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Show Final Filings Made for Political Posts; Primary Contests Told Four primary contests developed in the Republican party and one in the Democratic party as the deadline for filing designations of candidacy for nomination for county offices was reached Friday, July 23. In two of the Republican Repub-lican primary contests the final election will be determined since no Democratic candidate has filed for the offices. Three Republicans filed for one office, commissioner, which means that one must be eliminated in the county convention and the other two will then meet in the primary pri-mary election. Four Republicans will automatically be elected to their offices since no Republican opponent was named for the nomination for either of the offices, and no Democrat sought the nomination or election. elec-tion. W. Clair Rowley, Republican, Republi-can, who has no opponent for the nomination and no Democratic opponent for the office, will almost al-most certainly be returned to office, of-fice, since the only way that he could be replaced would be by a write-In candidate. Hillman Dal-ley, Dal-ley, Republican, county assessor and surveyor; David A. Smith, Republican, Cedar City precinct Justice, and John W. Bentley, Republican, Re-publican, Parowan precinct justice, jus-tice, are in the same situation as Rowley with no opponent either in the Democratic or the Republican Repub-lican party. Two File for Legislature Heber Sevy, incumbent, and Clarence Lamoreaux, both Republicans Re-publicans and both Cedar City livestock men, are candidates for the nomination for the state legislature leg-islature from Iron County. The victor In the primary election will he the sole candidate for the office since the Democrats failed to name a candidate for the office. of-fice. Two Republicans are also seeking seek-ing the nomination for county attorney, with the contest to be decided in the primary election since no Democrat filed for the office. They are Durham Morris, Incumbent, and A. M. Marsden. Two Republicans, Lyman Sevy. Incumbent, and Myron F. Hlgbee, former mayor of Cedar City, are seeking the nomination for four-year four-year term county commissioner position to be named at the election. elec-tion. The successful nominee will be opposed by Theron Ashcroft, Democrat, in the general election. Jess Guymon, incumbent, has two opponents for the Republican nomination for two-year term commissioner, Mary Lyman and Howard Joseph, both filing for the nomination. The successful Republican candidate will be opposed in the election by Charles F. Burton, the only Democrat Dem-ocrat to file for nomination. Seek Recorder Post Two Democrats, Florence S. (Frostee) Benson and Eugene M. Orton, both Parowan, are seeking the Democratic nomination for the position of county recorder In opposition to Georgia Mitchell, Republican incumbent. There will be no primary contest con-test for the nomination for county coun-ty sheriff but there will be a three-way race in the general election, a Republican, Democrat Demo-crat and Independent each filing for the office. Arthur Nelson, incumbent, in-cumbent, will be the Republican candidate; Haldow E. Chrlsten-sen, Chrlsten-sen, the Democratic candidate, and William Hills is the Independent Inde-pendent candidate. All three are Cedar City residents. One candidate from each party has filed for the remaining county offices treasurer, eliminating elimin-ating the necessity of a primary election for the position, but making a general election contest con-test necessary. The two candidates candi-dates are Clair Hulet, Republican, Republi-can, incumbent, and J. Carl Rummler, Democrat. Files for Fifth Term Will L. Hoyt, Democrat, incumbent, incum-bent, is the only candidate for the position of Judge of the Fifth Judicial District. One other position will be filled fill-ed at the general election, that of Representative to Congress from the First Congressional District Dis-trict of Utah. Candidates will be Congressman Douglas R. String-fellow, String-fellow, Republican, and former Congressman Walter K. Granger, of Cedar City. Stringfellow is a resident of Ogden. Granger was "drafted" for the nomination this year by leading Democrats of Weber County. He had not intended to seek the position po-sition but responded to the urging urg-ing of party workers to make an attempt to regain the seat in Congress he hi Id for 12 years. The two county conventions will be held on Saturday, Aug. 14, with the primary election to be held In September. |