Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1911-04-21
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Paramount Question Decided y
Tuesdays Election in Many
South Dakots Towns.
Sc COND VOTE NECESSARY.
Aberdeen's Election On Mayor and
Commissioner Not Decisive,
None GET Majority.

Wet or dry, was the paramount
question in many Of the towns which
held an election on Tuesday. Some
which had tried out the dry measure
reversed their former decision and
voted to moisten up things for the
next year. s33
"a The 'wets gained the. cities Of
Pierre, Fort Pierre. Howard, Vienna
and Sherman. which during the past.
year have been dry. The drys gained
Platte, Valley Springs and Egan, which
have been wet during the last year
Valley Springs went dry BY ma
jority of three. Canton indicated that
it had permanently placed itself In the
dry column by majority of 80, the
greatest ever returned against license
there. License was carried by one
vote in Miller, s. D. The temperance
people will contest this on the grounds
OF Illegal votingE. y 3sss rs
IT is likely that at future elections
the license partisans OF Canon will
not bring the question before the yot-
ers. Platte was swung from the wet
to the dry column by majority OF
only votes, after a hot fight.
The result on that question Iii a
number Of South Dakota towns fol-
lows:
For License. 3s aS
Pierre.sFts Pierre, Vienna, SGeddes.
Hot Springs, Miller, Sherman. Madi-
son, Faulkton, Castlewood, Sioux Falls,
Flandreau, Garretson, Milbank, Mo
bridge, Mitchell, Ashton, Andover,
Bristol, Groton, Clear Lake, Marion
Junction. Hartford. Tyndall, Dallas,
Kimball, Chamberlain. Huron. Howard,
Briton, Waubay, Glenham, Selby. Web
ster, Ipswich.
Against Liesnse.
| Ramona, Platte, yirborg, Spring.
field, Hudson, Coleman, Dell Rapids,
Canton, Centerville, Beresford, Irene,
Woonsocket. Egan, Valley Springs
Mellette, Redfield.
| The Result In Huron.
| Huron, April 21.-Returns of the
city election on the recall show all
present officials exonerated. Mayor
C. F. Koepp won over G. A. Kelley
for mayor by majority Of 1O3.
Second Vote Necessary.
The election at Aberdeen was not 1e
cisive as To either mayor or the -four
commissioners, as none OF the five
| candidates for mayor received the
necessary majority, and none Of the
twenty-four candidates for commits
sioner received majority. The high
men for mayor are John Wade and
Ed M. Hall, and they will be candi
dates at Tuesdays election to head
the city government under the com
J mission plan. The eight highest can
4 didates for commissioner are A. e
Boyd, C. G. Fletcher, Ira Kruger, E
D. Rasmussen, H. Olson, Frank Clark
A. G. Fossum and H. y. Geisen, and
/ they will be placed on the official bal
lot at Tuesdays election, for the vos
ers to choose four Commissioners
from.
Library for Miller.
Miller s. D., April 81 Tuesday
ielection resulted in the reelection I
$. v. Christ for mayor. The PROPOSE
A tion for the founding of free city
4 library carried. License was carried
by one vote. ~
Brookings Votes Bonds.
j Rrookings, s. d. April 21 Interest
4 in the city election here Tuesday cen
tered in the proposal ID bond the eft!
for $50. 900 for tie erection OF new
city hail. The bonds carried by 62t
majority. Leighty, who has beer
mayor for two years, was reelected
his majority over Miles being 31s.
he Girl In the Taxi, Z at the Metro
q poiitan Tuesd dDy, April Is. Seats OF
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