Arizona republican., 1902-06-04
LOCAL OPTION
Election for Half of Maricopa County
 Ordered June 24.

The board of supervisors yesterday. { under a law passed by the last legisla- ture, known as Title 43. decided to give the people of this county north of the Salt river. except the city of Phoenix, the privilege of deciding whether liquor shall be sold within the local option dis trict designated i'll the petition. The order was made upon three petitions. containing altogether more than fifty names Of persons residing within the district. The district includes every town and mining camp in the county north of the river except Phoenix. Me Dowell. Wiokenburg and Morristown. If prohibition should be voted all road 1 houses will be abolished. The election ! will take place on June 24, and the fol- ] lowing judges have been appointed ScCttsdale, J. L. Davis. J. A. Elliott and
 II. L. Underhill; JOhnstone. D. |. Sturges, J. A. Weider and Charles Smithline; Glendale. Isaac Irer ". T.
 Barllley and J. G. Hammels: Alham- bra. William LaWsing. s. D. Ream and 1 D. Battin: Cartwright, L. J. Rousseau.
 R. J. Cartwright and Floyd Smith
 Riverside w.. J. Osborn, H. G. Van 1 Fossen and H. E. Slosser; Buckeye,
 J. r. Wilcox T. N. Clanton and W. W. Jones: Liberty. W. E. Thomas, D. E. i Ifarer and Ii. R. Rich; Orme, R. G. 1 Greene, W. D. List and George Trow- bridge; Arlington, s. l.. Chapin, W. Ii. Taylor and G. W. NeWsholme; Fowler. (. c. Coy, L. J. Jackson and c. F. Kay; School District No. T, David Full
 Wiler, Simon Novinger and William Beltcliffe; Osborn A. W. Gregg, G. J. smith and Harry Kay: District No. II,
 NJ. 4. Stanford. R. H. WColf and Will , liam Creighton; District No. 3S, A. B. 1 Ghenoweth, W. T: Phillips and Ellis l McFaH; District No. !. C. Baker. c. B.
 Norton and J. w. Williams: Peoria, ] w T. Hanna, Howard Bartlett and F.
 \. Tucker.
 The board Of supervisors has not de- 1 cided whether il will be necessary or not to crder c registration for this spe- ! cial election. Under the present elec- 1 tion laws the ordering of q registration i lies With the board, though there must 1 be q supplemental registra tiOn for the . accommodation of those wno are en- l titled to vote but who had no oppor- 1 tunity to register at the last reSistra-
 ti0n. The proposed local option dis | tIict though cuts some districts in two notably Phoenix precinct. so that with ] cut q SpScidl leSiSlfallCA IL WOulu D- difficult to exclude those who do nos ! live within the local CptiCn district l Under the present law one registered is allowed to vote only in q precinct in ! which he has lived for thirty days next i preceding the election. In the rural communities in which the elections would be held the board believes that the residence of every man presenting ! himself at the polls would be known to the judges CT to someone else pres ent at the polls so that registration would be net strictly necessary and that q saving to the county cf as much
 as S1 200 would be effected.
 There is already conjecture as to the result Cf the election. It is believed by many that local option will carry
 in the district mapped out. The only election so far held under the new law vas in Apache county where the pro hibitiCnists were victorious.