Show v george halverson george halverson of ogden 0 m den city the present district attorney of the second judicial district is the R republican nominee for that office he was appointed by governor wells on april 17 1903 to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation 0 of col A 13 hays flays who it will be remembered rem ember was appointed by president roosevelt as solicitor of internal revenue department since his bis appointment mr halverson has made an enviable record for himself he has been instrumental in breaking up some of the most dangerous im gangs 0 of organized orga nied Led criminals ever operating e in the west everyone kemem remembers bers the reign 0 of terror of the 0 K saloon gang last spring g and the nightly holdups on the streets of ogden 0 ogden den now holds the record t through the efforts of mr bi r halverson of having sent more criminals to the state penitentiary within tile the last eighteen months than all the rest of the state combined 1 mr ir halverson is a native of utah he graduated from the university of utah as valedictorian with the elass class of in 1692 1892 lie lib went tolzin to ann arbor where he entered the law department of the university of michigan MiChi gall from which cidh he ha graduated it io aw avs 94 1 ever since that time behas he has been engaged in tho practice of law in ogden he was admitted to practice in the supreme court of the united states april 23 1901 he has been twice elected county attorney of weber county the last time leading his ticket by 1872 votes over his opponent it was while mr halverson alverson li was county attorney that the horticultural law which caused so much friction in weber county was declared unconstitutional by the su preme court a signal 0 victory for mr nal verson lie he als also ocar carried up to the supreme court of utah and afterwards to the supreme court of the united states at washington D 0 and won the case of commercial national bank vs alma D chambers the celebrated tax case durin during his term as county attorney mr Halver sons ex experience as a prosecuting ci attorney and his great reat knowledge of criminal law should commend him to the voters of the district ard lead to his election |