The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-07-26
ATTY. JOHN KNAUF IS
THE man FOR THE
Successful Career of the Bright
Attorney Nominated by
Republicans.

Attorney Nominated by
Republicans.
The Bismarck Tribune has the fol-
lowing interesting article on John
Knauf, the republican nominee for the
supreme bench which should interest
every vote in the state. The Tribune
says:
John Knauf, tn republican nominee
for the supreme bench, while COM
paratively young man, is we'll known
IN the central and western part of the
state, and especially in the Fifth Ju-
dicial district where he has practiced
his profession since admission to the
bar, and as was stated of him during
the convention, has appeared on one
side or the other of most of the leading
cases tried in the district. He is a
hard worker, gives close attention to
the interests of his clients, and is
self made man, the type of those who
generally carry success with them in
whatever position they may be called
upon to fill. In this connection a
sketch of the nominee may be of inter-
SoS " AuoAy Lu6 STATE.
John knauf was born in Waterloo,
Michigan and Is now past 80 years of
age. His mother died while he was a
child and his father passed away leav-
ing large family of children with but
small estate for their aid. In 1883,
the younger members of the family
moved to Stutsman county where they
located on a farm and lived until fall
when the younger three were taken
with fever and of necessity. moved
to jamestown, where those able atten-
ded the public school. Owing to con-
tinued sickness the savings from their
first Dakota crop soon disappeared.
Then began the tug for ways and
means, and old timers remember see
ing John with snow shovel or saw
seeking the hardest and coolest work
at whic hto earn the necessities of life
for himself and orphan brothers and
sisters and to attain common school
, education. Then came the hard times
of the SOS when the brothers and sis
tiers left. John remained in school
under Professors Clemmer, Denny,
Weight and their assistants, afterwards
attended the Presbyterian college at
jamestown, and then took a course at
st. Johns University at Collegeville,
Mimi. In 1890 he went to Ann Arbor,
Mich, where he entered the law school
of the University of Michigan and
graduated in the Columbia" law
class of '92, having worked his way
through the district and public schools
of North Dakota a few college terms
and the course at Ann Arbor without
means other than his own earnings.
He read law in an Office from July '92
till october '94, when he acquired a
small library and opened an office in
jamestown where he has been since
Born of German parentage he was
imbued with those instincts that knew
no defeat. Strong will and persever-
ance have been the ever apparent
signs of his success.
He did not attend school as long as
the sons of rich men but he fully di-
gested the knowledge he did attain.
At the office building at the state hos
pital old timers recall the hard work
young Knauf used to perform there,
and the water fountain in the little city
park is part of his handiwork.
AS an attorney his practice has
not greatly extended outside of the
Fifth Judicial district, but since 1894,
he has been on one side of nearly ev-
cry important case in Stutsman coun-
ty and has practiced successfully
against some of the best railroad, in
surance and criminal lawyers of the
country.
He has acquired a law library of
of some 1900 volumes, has for over
twelve years had Office rooms in the
James River National Bank, has ac-
quired nice home, owns a few thou
sand dollars worth of lands and per-
sonal property.
The younger attorneys of his dis
trict all re gard him with friendliness
and many can tell story of his readi-
ness to aid them financially and other
wise, in the early struggles of their le-
gal practice. AS trial lawyer he is
always on the alert for the success of
his clients who realize that his first
thought is how much can l make for
or save my client" Many times he
says simply you fix my fee" and his
clients generally come back.
In habits Mr.. Knauf stands among
the best, he uses no tobacco, liquor
or opiates, he is generally found after
Office hours at home with his wife and
little children. Never much of a So
ciety man he is naturally Indifferent
to social functions but among the
people whose labor develops the coun-
try there is naught but good words for
him.
Mr.. Knauf did not seek the nomin-
alton. Did not attend the convention
and was at home when his nomination
was proclaimed. In politics he has in
small way, been a leader. He aid
ed in placing the "Old Court House
Gang" out of business and the affairs
of the county in the hands of new men
and the successful administration CIV
en- by these men, accounts largely for
the confidence placed in him by his po-
litical friends. He has not been an Of
flee seeker. Those who know him
unite in saying that if elected to the
supreme bench he will give to that po-
sition careful, honest attention which
will prove him successful Judge quail
flied to fill the place, in point of integ-
rity and ability.
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