Show District Court Declares Meriwether County Sheriff Continued from Page One Tuesday and part of Wednesday morning Considerable time Tuesday Tuesday Tuesday Tues Tues- day was devoted to argument concerning concerning concerning con con- the legality of Harper votes Counsel for Meriwether ther Ray E. E Dillman George Georgc E E. E Stewart Stewart Stewart Stew Stew- art and Rulon J J. J Larsen contended contended con con- tended that since by an ordinance published last June the the- Harper precinct was abolished the votes were not legal They questioned the legality of a minute entry in inthe inthe inthe the commissioners' commissioners minute book wl which ch set up a polling place in Harper and authorized the appointment appointment appointment ap ap- ap- ap of election judges The entry was dated in October but was not signed by the commis commis- Counsel for Mitchell W. W Stanley Dunford contended that it was not necessary that the entry be signed since it was not a legal document like an ordinance but merely a recording of the action of the commissioners Electors Commended Judge Young allowed the Harper Harp Harp- er votes to counted be-counted saying that it is not the intent of the law to any qualified elector The count as made by the counsel counsel counsel coun coun- sel before the court totaled 1318 votes for Meriwether and 1343 votes for Mitchell ten less for each candidate than the commissioners commissioners' commissioners commissioners' commissioners commissioners' commis commis- canvass in November The votes were lost one or two in various precincts On the whole the count showed practically lly the same results as those found by the election judges which was a surprise to both counsel counsel counsel coun coun- sel and court who had expected a good many more errors than were found The electors of Duchesne county are to be commended County Clerk Goodrich said for their Intelligence intelligence In in- on voting methods and the counting judges in all cases handled their jobs efficiently he added |