Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1906-07-19

a The nomination of Attorney JOB
S)Knauf Of this city, by the repuh'
state convention to succee9
Young, for a four year
supreme bench has create>
liable discussion which was /
led by Judge Engerud, of the
f]court stating, or purporting t.
STATED, in the Fargo Forum tn
would decline TO serve with \
KnaUf, and in case of bis elect1
would resign from the bench. The
democratic papers and several of the
\ insurgent press. have taken the mat
ter up and attempted to create dis
satisfaction with the nomination.. A
dispatch to the Minneapolis Journal,
reprinted in the Forum and other.
state papers, say that Mr.. Knauf is
: not disturbed by the discussion of his
candidacy in such unfavorable terms,
that the supposed reason for Judge
Engerud's opposition is doubtless of
personal nature, relating to the. COL
lection Of an account by Knauf from
the judge several years ago; that the
reported bar association meeting at
Fargo, which protest ed against the
nomination, was not regularly called
and was not representative bar
meeting but was comp posed mostly of
democrats who favored Judge Fisk, a
democrat Of Grand Forks. The
JourDal dispatch; adds that Nj. Knauf,
twas not candidate for the judge
ship till three or four days before the
convention. He only entered to
head off the selection of democrat.
He wanted to Withdraw from the
state ticket after he had landed, but
some of his friends would not stand
for it.. fearing it would mean the
: nomination Of Tracy Bangs, a demo-
crat.'
The republican nominee for the su-
preme bench while comparatively a
young man is we'll known in the Gen.
tral and western part of the state,
and especially in the Fifth Judicial
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 q
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
interest to many thruout the state.
John Knauf was born in Waterloo,
Michigan and is now past 3S years Of
age. His mother died while he was
child and bis father passed away
leaving a large family of children
with but small estate for their aid.
In 1883, the younger members Of the
family moved to Stutsman county
wherejthey1ocated on farm and lived
till fall, when the younger three were
taken with fever and Of necessity
moved to Jamestown, where those
able attended the public school.
Owing to continued sickness the saw
ings from their first Dakota crop soon
disappeared. Is. NV.
Then begun the tug for ways and
means, and old timers remember see
ing John with snow shovel or saw
seeking the hardest and coldest work
at which to earn the necessities of
life for himself and orphan brothers
and sisters and to attain conm mon
school education. Then came the
5ss.Athard times' of the sos when the
brothers and sisters left. John re-
!, pained in school under Professors
Clemmer, Denny, Voight and their
assistants, afterwards attended the
Presbyterian college at Jamestown,
and then took a course at St. Johns
University at Collegeville, MINI. In
1890 went to Ann Arbor, Mich,
where he entered the law school of
the University Of Michigan and grad
uated ii the columbia law class
Of ,92, having worked his own way
thru tl1e district and public schools
Sofs Dakota, q few college terms and
The course at Ann Arbor ithout
means other than bis own earnings.
HesSead law In an Office from July '92
}tillS Odt. "a, when he acquired q
small library and opened an Office in
lam estoiWan where he has since prac-