The Coconino sun., 1918-08-30
F. W. PERKINS FOR JUDGE
 OF THE SUPERIOR COURT

Judge F. w. Perkins has announced his candidacy for the nomination on the Republican ticket for judge of the Superior court.
 Judge Perkins is the present incum- bent of that important office, and his supporters point to his splendid rec- ord for the past six and one-half years as the best evidence of his qualifications.
 He was deputy clerk of the United States district court at Kansas City for some years and later served as clerk of the court and as United States Circuit court commissioner for five years. ', 4
 He read law with one of the lead ing law firms of Kansas City for four years. He is a graduate of the St. Louis law school of the Washington University. He was admitted to prae- tice and practiced law successfully in Kansas City for many years.
 Judge Perkins moved to Flagstaff in 1905 and for two years was in the banking business, after which he prac- ticed law until he was elected judge of the Superior court in the fall of 1911. Until elected judge, he was ref cree in bankruptcy for this district. His practical experience in the busi- ness world, as we'll as the practice of his profession, has peculiarly fitted him for the solution of the varied and perplexing problems that judge of the Superior court of this state is called upon to solve.
 Judge Perkins has always taken a lively interest in every movement for the welfare of the community in which he lives and for the state at large. He served four years as a member of the board of education of the Northern Arizona Normal School, during which time the Normal School grew from small beginning to a large and thriving institution.
 For five years he served as one of the trustees of the Flagstaff public schools, and his untiring work in the interests of the schools produced splendid and lasting results. Judge Perkins has the confidence and esteem of the bar of the entire state. He has rarely ben disqualified to try cases in this county, and has been called into many counties in the state to try cases for other judges and has been called upon to sit as a judge of the Supreme court in cases where one of the judges of that court has been disqualified. During his six and one-half years on the bench he has the creditable record of having had only four cases appealed from this county, all of which were affirmed and of having but two cases reversed during his entire term of office.
 Judge Perkins practical experience as an accountant and business man especially fit him for the duties of the probate department of his court.
 His interest in the schools and his experience in the handling of boys and girls and his kind and sympathetic nature have peculiarly qualified hin to solve the problems of the juvenile department of his court, while his business experience, his years of prac. tice in the courts and his careful study of the law involved in each case have won for him a most enviable reputation as a jurist.
 He has shown no sympathy for the bootlegger and has done everything possible to enforce the prohibition laws of the state.
 Our Legislature has made the offic. of judge of the Superior court non. partisan one, and the supporters o1 Judge Perkins feel that the voters o1 Coconino county, regardless of poll tics, could do no better than "let well enough alone" and retain him a. judge of the Superior court for an other term.