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Show o Thornton Appointment Satisfies Public The announcement Monday of the appointment of J. W. Thornton as state senator to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of H. M. Woodward met with the united approval ap-proval of citizens in this district. Governor Blood's selection seems to have adequately met a situation in the county that threatened to become be-come another political problem for the Democrats. The appointment also closed negotiations ne-gotiations during which the law as to the governor's power of appointment appoint-ment to fill vacancies in the legislature legisla-ture was clarified by an opinion from the office of the attorney general. gen-eral. It was held that this authority authori-ty is the prerogative of the governor's govern-or's office. Mr. Thornton was born at Pinto, Washington county, December 9, 1883. He was educated at the Brig-ham Brig-ham Young academy at Provo, and is a graduate of the Utah State Agricultural Ag-ricultural college, of the class of 1917. Subsequently he took postgraduate post-graduate work in botany and agriculture agri-culture at the Brigham Young university. uni-versity. For much of his life Mr. Thornton has been engaged in farming and stock raising. He was manager of a large sheep company in southern Utah for five years. For several years he was connected with the national park service at Zion national na-tional park. He has been active in civic work, assisting in organizing the Lions club at Provo, and in 1934-35 1934-35 became district governor of the Lions clubs. |