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Show FARMER-LABOR J VOTE INCREASES; Their Votes Said to Have Elected Republican County Candidates Indication of how the Farmer-La- I Ilior-Soclallst vote wont In Weber coun- j ty was given this morning' when fl?- ! ures of the loading candidates werB completed In the county clerk's offlo-under offlo-under direction of Lawrence A Van Dyke. Lloyd Mertahelmcr. candidate for j sheriff on the combined ticket, led the field with a total vote of 1365 .is compared with 5238 for Sheriff Pln-' Pln-' o U who won on the Republican ticket There were five districts missing when those figures were compiled. com-piled. William C. Sumner, Farmer-Labor I candidate for county surveyor, gathered gath-ered 1318 votes; C. T, Stoney for 1'nlted States senator received 1191' votes; Joseph Young for State rep- i i .ntatlve received 1317; .J. M Wll-1 liams fpr tri asurer, L'2!; Stanley Toi - I siik, for assi'Ssor, 1279, and T. P.I ower for county clerk and auditor, 1263. i he figures show a tremendous rain over the voting of 1920 for the Far-' mer-Labor and Socialist candidates I tnd m it few districts their inn. 11-dates 11-dates ran even with the leaders of I the two major parties. In political circles It was declared , today that the vote for the Farmer-Labor Farmer-Labor and Socialist parties put over the Itpub!lean county candidates ml 1 rnl Instances. It was pointed out h it the Farmer-Labor and Socialist .I'- would. In the majority, hae gone to tho Democrats if th tickets we-o not In tho field. This was partlcu-irue. partlcu-irue. it was said. In the cases of shi rirf pincock and County Assessor As-sessor Berrctt, where these Republl-, can candidates won by cry small ma- Jorities. oo i |