Show First Primary Ele Election tion Leaves Only Two Undecided Contests In Duchesne County Nominations Incumbents Poll Heavy Vote la In Two County Offices Ashton Leads Ticket with Votes Sheriff Mitchell Polls PoDs for Majority in Field of Five Candidates With complete returns from all of Duchesne County's 20 precincts in in and tabulated before midnight midnight midnight mid mid- night Tuesday the results results as corrected by the board of canvassers Wednesday morning showed only two contests undecided in Duchesne e County Neither of the contests for either the Republican or Democratic tickets succeeded in getting a majority for the two two- year commissioner post Sheriff Mitchell running for nomination against f a field of four other Democrats was vas two votes short of having a majority according to the return sent m in by the judges but correction of errors in two precincts precincts pre pre- e- e by the board of canvassers Wednesday mornIng morning morning morn- morn ing reduced the vote of one of the opponents by five and increased Mitchells Mitchell's total by 1 giving him a majority majority ma ma- of four votes and the nomination The winning vinning candidates were vere Democrats C. C L. L Ashton for State G. G A. A Goodrich for County Clerk Arz Arzy H. H Mitchell for Sheriff Floyd Case with an and d Leland Hair Hail with were vere high candidates for year two commissioner Republicans Rulon J. J Larsen State Dewey vey Meriwether for County 60 Leandrew Gilbert with and Ed Conklin with were vere high candidates for year two commissioner Probably the closest race to be decided in in the primary mary at least from the standpoint of those checking t Continued On Page 8 |