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Show Republicans Win ; AH Offices In Millard County Millard county went straight Republican Re-publican in the election held here Tuesday, winning all o'ffices in the county and giving the state candidates can-didates substantial majorities. The vote was extremely large with 3807 votes cast for United States senator, which was a surprise to all concerned. The totals for the candidates are official until they are canvassed by the commissioners, and all precincts pre-cincts are in, and with most Republicans Re-publicans carrying a good majority major-ity of the votes there is not much chance of any changes. Roughly speaking the voting was 3 to2 in favor of the Republican candidates. candi-dates. Four west side candidates go into in-to office, Archie O. Gardner as the state representative; Golden H. Black at 4-year term commissioner; commission-er; LaVar Owens, as 2-year term commissioner, and Eldon A. Elia-son Elia-son as county attorney. William Mitchell, incumbent county treasurer, treas-urer, was high man of the coun-1 ty ticket, with Eldon A- Eliason, county attorney elect, running second' se-cond' high. In the state offices Wallace F. Bennett for United States senate, was high man, totaling to-taling 2489 votes. In the race for state senate Pax-ton Pax-ton won over Freer in Millard coun ty by 276 votes, .and Freer led Paxton in Beaver county by 55 i votes, which places Paxton ahead I of Freer by 221 votes. This is the third race between these two men I and up to this election they had each won once. The county voting is as follows: For United States senate. Elbert D. Thomas (D) 1318 Wallace F. Bennett (R) 2489 For Congressman Walter K. Granger (D) 1522 Preston L. Jones (R) 2293 For Justify Supreme Court J. Allen Crockett (D) 1551 Joseph Nelson (R) 2262 For state senate C. E. Freer (D) 1772 Mark Paxton (R) 2048 For state representative D. Ray Robinson (D) 1619 Archie O. Gardner (R) 2195 Four year term commissioner Homer U. Petersen (D) 1657 Golden H. Black (R) 2159 Two year term commissioner Robert E. Robinson (D) 1686 LaVar Owens (R) 2108 For county clerk Dorothy Beckstrand (D) 1855 Dale Ashman (R) 1958 For county treasurer R. N. Day (D) 1286 William Mitchell (R) 2512 For county assessor Ned A. Bennett (D) 1589 Claude Robins (R) 2213 For county sherifl Reuben Nelson (D) 1639 Culbert Robison (R) - 2165 for county attorney Milton A. Melville (D) .'. 1571 Eldon A. Eliason (R) 2240 As of Wednesday noon Bennett still held a lead for senate. The races between Granger and Jones, Basone and Priest, and Nelson and Crockett were extremely close with nothing settled definitely. |