, 1926-12-29
FEW CHANGES In
COURT HOUSE AT
FIRST NEW YEAR
New Term-Slight Decrease in
Some Salaries

On Monday morning the new
county officers-elect will take their
respective jobs at the court house.
and in the lineup for the new yea
there seems to be but few changes.
One new member will set on the
county commissioner board, and a
new sheriff will preside over the
Jail. There will be some slight
changes in the salaries to be re-
ceived by the officers-elect due to
the change in classification of Park
county.
Sam Aldrich becomes the new
member of the board and Eugene
taking the place of p. E. Markham
who is completing a four-year term.
W. C. wilkins is the hold-over
member of the work and Eugene
Phelps was reelected for the two
year term.
In the county treasurers' office
there will probably be no change.
E. S. Hopes was reelected to serve
the county as county treasurer and
will be assisted by G.. A. Holm, who
completes a very efficient organi-
cation in this office. Under the
new classification of the county the
treasurer will receive a salary of
$500 per annum rather thar the
$4,000 paid formerly. The deputy's
salary also takes a slump, and in
stead of the $500 per year the job
hereafter will only pay $1,000.
In the assessors office there will
be no change. H. A. Phillips was
reelected to this position and he
will appoint as his deputy another
year, Mrs. M. B. Phillips. his wife,
who has proved very capable in this
office. There is no change in the
salary of the assessor or his deputy
due to the fact that Park county
has dropped back to second class.
Mrs. Bertha Rousseau is county
clerk-elect. and succeeds her hus-
band, whose Illness and death made
a vacancy there. Mrs. Rousseau
has served many years as deputy
county clerk with her husband, and
is thoroughly familiar with the
officd and its work. She will be
assisted by Miss Eva Larson, who
has been employed in the office
~ ihOntHS. III lnlS OlllCe
there is to be no change of salaries.
Frank Blackburn is taking
over the law-enforcement duties of
county sheriff, succeeding Henry
Dahlem who has been sheriff about
n year and a half. A. A. Han
cock, who has proved an efficient
and valuable under-sheriff for Sher-
iff Dahlem will remain in his pres
'ent position. The salaries have
been slashed a bit in this office,
u to the change in county clas-
~sification, and Mr.. Blackburn will
receive $500 per annum, whereas
his predecessor received $4,000.
Meyer Rankin is the new county
attorney-elect, having no opposi-
ton at the general election. He
has been serving in this capacity
for several months, so hat the
first of the year brings no change
in this office. His salary for the
text two years will be but $1,000
whereas it has been $1,000 in the
past.
Mrs. Orilla Downing. also sue
ceeds herself in office being elected
by n of the largest majorities of
any candidate in the county. She
has proved a most efficient officer
in this office since the death of
her father, Uncle George" Russell
and her vote this fall testified to
the confidence imposed in her by
the taxpayers. Mrs. Downing re-
ceived the most severe jolt of all
over the change in classification of
Park county. and instead of the
$500 which she. received for for
mer service, she will now receive
but $1,000.
The only question of future oc-
cupancy seems to be the county
superintendent office. Mrs. L. L..
Lawson is filling this position in a
very capable name at the present
time, being appointed by the board
of, county commissioner at the
resignation of Mrs. Irma Patrick.
The county superintendent-elect,
Mrs. Ed Anderson of Powell has
not made any statement of her in
tentions. and at the time of her
election had not received her GER
tificate to qualify her for this Of
flee. If Mrs. Anderson fails to
qualify for the position the filling
of this office will be a duty of the
new board of county commissioners
Going the round of the county
offices Howard F. Bell is still tc
be found in the county engineers
office, and f. A. Chisholm county
agent, Is very much in evidence OF
the second floor. Mr.. Chisholm Ii
making a splendid officer for Parl