The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-04-16
STATE Y NEWS Of INTEREST Il
Town AND CITY ELECTIONS.

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TOWN AND CITY ELECTIONS.
,North Dakota Municipalities Choose
u Their officers.
Fargo-The municipal election here
was without features as far as the
head of the ticket was concerned,
as there was no opposition to Mayor
Elliott. In the fight for the treasurer.
ship Andrew G. Laizure defeated G..
H. Mitchell, who has held the place
for q decade, by over 300 majority.
City Judge Ryan had an overwhelm-
ing victory for reelection over Ches-
ter Johnson. W ~.
Grand Forks-J. D. Taylor defeated
George E. Duis for mayor by 1859
majority. For city Judge P. Nc
Laughlin was elected over r. ]. Pur-
cell by a majority of 80. The vote
cast was the largest in the history
of Grand Forks, the total being 2,199,
as against 1866 cast two years ago.
There was close fight for alderman
in the First ward. r. B. Griffith, the
well.known temperance advocate and
leading merchant, winning over Will.
lam Flynn by one vote.
Jamestown-The city election, the
hottest in years. was won by Pierce
Blewett. citizens candidate for may
or. against Aid. Charles E. McElroy
by 1G9 votes. Blewett carried every
ward. but McElroy's by handsome ma
jorities. and only lost that by Is
votes. The fight was waged for
municipal house cleaning.
Valley City-The city election here
was one of the hottest contests in
the history of the city. Six hundred
and fifty-three votes were cast, of
which Lee Cowell received $50 and
w. H. Mcpherson 1923. The contest
largely hinged on the continuation of
the present lid policy, and the lid
people won out.
Dickinson-This city elected George
NJ. Frye mayor by an overwhelming
vote. and also reelected Aldermen
Fred Rouquette, w. L. Richards, Fred
Turner and James Stewart. The Car
negie library gift of $4,000 was &C.
cepted by a vote of nearly to 1.
Larimore-Election day passed Off
very quietly here, there being only
one contest. M. w. Edwards and
George Larmour were the opposing
candidates for alderman of the Third
ward. Larmour being elected by a
vote of AZ to 20. John F. Uffelman
was elected magistrate, w. c. Geering
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d. Henry alderman of the Second
ward.
Minot-Sam H. Clark, editor of the
Daily Reporter, was elected mayor of
Minot over William Dunnell by vote
of 63S to 4S3. The Dunnell men
charge illegal voting in several wards
and will contest the election. Small
wood and Hurd tied for alderman in
the First ward, and ]. H. Schofield
won in the Sixth by one vote over c.
H. Parker. Hendrickson won in the
Second. Spath in the Third, Reed in
the Fourth and Vandover in the Fifth.
The library tax carried by big ma
FORTY.
Devils Lake-Mayor F. N. Whitman
was reelected in a three-cornered
fight in the city election, the defeated
candidates being C. E. Burgess and
T. Gram. Whitman's majority was
200. The fight had been spirited, but
Whitman's victory proved an easy
one.
The following city ticket was elect
ed:
Mayor. J. G. Gunderson; aldermen,
Nick Johnston. o. X. Kjervestad and
IS. H. Porter; treasurer, o. T. Lawen;
police magistrate. NJ. E. Sperry; jus.
tioe of the peace, C. w. Bruce.
DR.. William T. Sprague was elect
ed mayor by a large majority. The
following aldermen were elected:
First ward, ]. A. Wright: Second
ward. F. w. McRoberts; Third ward,
g. 3. Buchanan
Bismarck Only aldermen were
voted for in the city election, and
therefore very light vote was cast.
There were no contests to speak Of
save in the First, Second and Third
wards. where Orr, Hinckley and Lar
son won out. respectively. against
O'CcEnors. Sanders and Peterson
Hinckley won by one vote. The COM
plexion of the council remains TN.
changed.