Show NEXT HEKT COUNTY ATTORNEY tatom the death of E H ryan last week left vacant the office of county attorney of iron county and as there are matters of pressing importance im which must be cared for one of the first duties of the board of county commissioners will be to fill that vacancy among these eligible for appointment are john M foster george hunter lunt and john H fife of cedar city joseph E richards and homer C parcells and judge H S laney of modena which if any of them are applicants for the appointment or which of them aou would id accept it were it tendered them we know not in the case of the first four no introduction tro to the people of iron county is necessary because with possibly one exception they were born bom and reared among us and with their characters and ability we are all more or less familiar A attorney tto aney richards we know is much talked of for a federal appoint ment as state prohibit prohibition tion ment officer and would probably not consider the county at this time for that reason were the of the bedei he to abandon prospects other appointment to become an iron county official he would add dignity to that office and give splendid service as advisor advis ort and defender of the peace of the county in the cases of mr parcells and mr laney who are comparatively recent additions to the legal f rater frater anity of the county available information concerning them may be of interest regarding I 1 adge laney we is not regret that our information what we do know more complete however is that he came to the since and filed county a few years homestead near modena to on a expression in use h his is own jocular addressing the court in county time he is out there on first for th the a homestead trying to live down his past the judge is a man of mature years and judg judgment mento has a good library and has had considerable experience in the legal profession the appointment were he be to accept e probably in move ove to the seat be he would of the county government where his services would be more readily avail able concerning mr Par parcells eells he he came here from oklahoma early in 1920 inquiry reveals that he has been prominent in public affairs in in that state for a long time he H e was elected as city clerk of guymon okla in 1907 and succeeded himself again in 1909 from which office he be resigned upon being elected as clerk of the district court as a r republican e in a democratic county in in the fall of 1910 serving during the next two years in that office he was made police magistrate for the years 1912 and 1913 after which he accepted a position in the legal department of the interstate inter state commerce commission with special duties as appraiser of the physical valuation of railroads which position he held for about two years he was admitted to the bar in the state of oklahoma in december 1913 and was licensed to gratice in the state of utah by an order of the supreme court of this state duly entered on july 2 1920 mr parcells is is a middle aged man has a wife and family of three and is permanently loca located in iron county he has had a wide experience and is accumulating a good library to better equip him for the work of his profession should he be made our next county attorney A tt orney the commissioners will have made no mistake |