Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-04-04
ADMINISTRATION Wins
CITIZENS TICKET DEFEATED IN
EVERY WARD IN CITY.
Dallas Taxpayers Cast Heavy Vote I'm
Favor of Armory For Oregon
Guardsmen.

BY a two-to-one vote, the adminis-
tration ticket defeated the Citizen
forces at the annual city election held
in Dallas yesterday The landslide was
complete, the Citizens sbeing routed in
every ward. The vote was the heav-
lest ever cast in a city election, being
almost as large as the usual number of
| ballots cast within the city limits in a
county or state contest. The labor
vote turned out almost to man and
many citizens voted yesterday who had
not gone to the polls in a city election
for four or five years. The total vote
cast in the city was ATT.
The vote for an Armory for Com.
pany H, Oregon National Guard, was
favorable, 270 votes being cast for the
measure, and IT'S against it. BY this
vote, the taxpayers have instructed the
council to appropriate $3.50 for such
building, in the event that like sum
is appropriated by Polk County.
Against this $500, the state stands
ready to donate $500 and thus create
fund of SIS, 900 for building pur-
poses.
The ordinance creating a sub-com-
mittee on streets, submitted to the
people under the referendum, was
adopted by a heavy majority. This
law is designed to take away from the
Mayor still more of the little power
granted him by the city charter. 1t
provides that when the council so de-
sires, that body may elect sub-com-
mittee to take charge of the work
heretofore apportioned to the street
committee appointed by the Mayor 1t
is not probable that this law will par
ticularly interest future councils, as
it was passed by the old council in an
effort to take away the power of a
street committee appointed by Mayor
Eakin. To keep the law from becom-
ing effective during his term of office,
Mayor Eakin caused it to be submitted
to the voters under the referendum,
thereby preventing it from going into
effect during his administration.
The vote by wards in yesterdays
contest was as follows:
F1FSU NdFU.
Mayor. r. Craven, 1913; E. c.
Sc.
Auditor and police judge-Charles
Gregory, 157.
Councilman at large-W. A. Ayres,
100; ]. E. Sibley, 81.
Councilman-H. G. Campbell, 113;
]. A. Mccain GA.
Armory appropriation, for 81;
against, 72.
For election of street committee by
city council, 1902; against, S.
Second Ward.
Mayor. r. Craven, 49, E. c.
So
Auditor and police judge-Charles
Gregory, 1873.
Councilman at large-W. A. Ayres,
III; ]. E. Sibley. 81.
Counciman-Tracy Staats, 107;
Miles Davis, 50.
Armory appropriation, for 81;
against, 6S,
For election of street committee,
100; against, 81.
Third Ward.
Mayor. r. Craven, 70; e. c.
43
Auditor and police judge-Charles
Gregory, 101.
Councilman at large-W. A. Ayres,
"A; j. E. Sibley, 4S.
Councilman-F. j. Coad, II; Sylves-
er Carter, A.
Armory appropriation, for rs;
lgainst, 35.
For election of street committee, IA;
against, 28.
Total Vote.
Mayor. r. Craven, 31S; Kirkpat-
lick, 1853; Craven's majority, 100.
Auditor and police judge-Charles
Gregory, 396.
Councilman at large-W. A. Ayres,
i05; ]. E. Sibley, 166; majority 139.
Armory appropriation, for 270;
Igainst, IT'S; majority, 95.
Election of street committee, for,
'76: against 141: majority, 1876.