Show JUDGE KNOX FOH JUSTICE OF THE COURT announces Announce 3 his candidacy while ai lie substituting here for judge erickson E ricks on jud judge ge william F knoy knox of the fifth judicial district announces that complying with the requests of many friends who are urging him to enter the race for justice of the supreme court of the state of utah lie he will be a candidate for the nomination to this exalted position the convention in which the nomination is to be made will take place in salt lake city on july 14 it is common usage that candidates are being selected lor for supreme court justice along geographical lines and as southern utah at present has no representative on tile the supreme bench it is generally conceded that a southern utah jurist will be made the candidate so far of southern jurists only J W cherry of mt pleasant former district attorney and albert H christensen of manti former judge of the seventh judicial district have announced that they have their hats in the ring and now we have with judge knox three republican candidates from this part of the country supreme justice corfman the present incumbent is said to be the only democratic candidate in the field judge knox is well known in our district having substituted quite frequently for judge J H erickson in the counties of our district sevier wayne piute diute garfield and kane this week judge knox knos is again holding court here while judge erickson is trying some cases in the district of 0 judge knox comprising washington iron beaver millard band and juab counties the judge was quite reticent to answer our question whether or not lie he will be a candidate and finally made the announcement no after communicating over the telephone with judge erickson and obtaining the assurance that our judge has no intention to enter the race the reputation of judge knox as a splendid attorney and presiding judge is so well founded hero here that tie he no doubt will be the favorite candidate of the sevier county delegation at the republican state convention he has a host or 0 friends among the legal fraternity and the people of the sixth judicial district with his profound kno knowledge of law he combines an immense capacity for work when he was elected judge of his district two years ago there were over old cases pending in the courts of the district judge knox kno worked during ills his incumbency cum bency persistently even giving up his summer vacation to catch up and succeeded wonderfully dl dis posing of cases that had been pending for ten and in one instance even for thirteen years judge knox knot is a native of 0 ohio the state which gave us so many of our presidents and moved with ills his parents to missouri when still a boy under school age he received ills his public and high school education in warrensburg mo and attended the university of missouri taking a four year scientific and a two years law course having graduated lie ho moved to beaver county in utah and soon gained recognition as one of the ablest attorneys of the state for two terms he served as city attorney of beaver city tor for two terms as county attorney for beaver county and in november 1920 lie he was elected judge of the district |