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Show Republicans Take Control of Board After Six Years Beaver county Tuesday returned to a virtually complete Republican auminist! ative basis after six ' years of Democratic control of the board of county eommis don.r-'. though most of the other county officers, including clerk, treasurer, sheriff and recorder, have been Re-i.liian Re-i.liian throughout this period. The ascendancy of the Republicans Republi-cans to power resulted in the election elec-tion of Ernest G. Joseph of Beaver to the chairmanship of the board, succeeding A. H. Christiansen, also al-so of Beaver, whom Joseph defeated defeat-ed for the two-year term in the November election. Ivan McKnight of South Milford, Republican, . elected to a four-year term on the i board in opposition to J. Ed Wil-i Wil-i son of Milford, who was the in-I'umibent in-I'umibent member of the hoard by 1 appointment, is the ether new j member of the board. J. Sim Mur- dock of Minersville, Democrat, is j the holdover member of the board, j The only other Democrats hold-; hold-; ing elective office in the county I administration are Bertha Neilson ! Bowman, who was elected last fall ! as county recorder to succeed Vel-. Vel-. la Gillins Browner, and Samuel O. I White, succeeding himself as coun- ty surveyor, unopposed in the elec-j elec-j tion. I William A. Miller, as county clerk and auditor; S. Taylor Farns-! Farns-! worth, as county treasurer; and J. I H. Rollins, as county assessor, are succeeding themselves for four-year four-year terms in those offices, while George C. Miller begins a two-year two-year term as county attorney, succeeding suc-ceeding Theodore Bchn, whom he defeated in the November election, j Niels Jensen, veteran southern i Utah peace officer, is succeeded as j sheriff by Jasper Puffer, both being be-ing Beaver residents, and Sheriff Puffer has named as Milford deputy, dep-uty, L. G. Clay, long and faithful Republican worker, as deputy to i succeed Theodore Kronbolm. who has served Sheriff Jensen long and efficiently as westend deputy. o |