Show CLEAN AGLEAN GOOD C RECORD A 11 christenson of manti who as aspires spires to the judgeship of the seventh district was born in gunnison utah december 15 1872 he ile is one of a family of nine children and times were ere hard so nt at tho the early age of 13 years it waa as necessary for him to go out into the world orld and earn his own oun living hing he tic the then nent went to work ork on a farm at christi alburg fo for eight dol dollars larser per in mont his only recommendation being a robust physique and an honest hone it face from the first hh hii im tm trusted him and atthe at the ageo age of 14 complete charge of a hundred acre farm prom from early boyhood he lie enjoyed jo y ed a love for learning und determined some day to obtain an education by the time ho he t is 17 he had worked and enough money to carry him through school at the gannison bc sern inary by persistently working during the summer months and teaching school for two winters he managed to rom complete a four year normal coune course at the B Y A by tho tile time he was 23 years of age after completing his course al the B Y A he accepted the of the levan schools for one year during chich aich time he made himself familiar with blackstone and other clemen elementary t works on law 4 when a boy on the farm he lie often dreamed of a time when he should study law aw in an eastern college encouraged by his mother that thought was appet mot in hh his mind so on tho the alth of august 1897 when he had received the offer to take like harge charge of a train load of sheep to the kansas city market he at once determined ter mined that this was his opportunity to go east and start his long iong looked for legal impal two to das dabs later he left with two hundred dollars bor borrowed money and a grip containing a suit of clothes at kansas city for his return pass he secured passage on a cattle train to toledo 0 but a short distance from ann arbor at ann arbor he completed the regular three year course of law in two years at the same time taking two additional courses of study political economy and finance and und oratory in june 1899 he took his degree grecoe of bachelor of laws and after being admitted to the supreme court of michigan he returned to utah and lacata located d at manti july bilth of tle same year realizing the necessity of experience in order to establish bl himself firmly in his profession f fes sion be he at once applied to the county commissioners to be appointed deputy county attorney to serve without salary his application was readily accepted and he served in that capacity forever for over year in 1900 the republican county convention of sanpete county nomi nominate nat ed him b by bv v acclamation mation for county attorney and he was elected by a large majority in 1902 12 he was again nominated bv b acclamation for the same office and arain carried his full party parly vote and was elected by oby a large nia majority larity cyer ever hie his opponent ferdinand ericksen bofani oi ML L meadan t he ile has alway been strongly republican never having anissea casting ing ins lits ballot for that party excepting when in michigan at school at the age of 21 ears he berged on or he the county committee of the republica republican party representing the gunnison gum Gunn ison district from 1902 to he was chairman of the republican party of sanpete county |