Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-04-27
mains dry another year. There have
been no saloons in the city for three

BROOKlNGS-At the city election
$50 votes were cast. Bonds, city hall,
$4,000, carried sos for. 60 against.
Vote on mayor, First ward, Leighty,
122; Miles, Al; Third ward. Leighty,
II; Miles. So; Fourth ward, Leighty,
141: Miles. 40. Newly organized Com
mercial club gets behind bond question
with above result. No wet or dry is
sue.
DAV1S.-Aftcr a strenuous fight, for
the first time in its history Davis went
dry" by a vote OF 80 to IA. During
the past ear Davis has received the
liquor business of Hurley and Viborg,
as both these towns We're dry" The
result was many brawls n nue.
disorder. so that when election came
around this year the business men
made n agreement to shut out saloons
for the coming year.
MISUNDERSTANDING passed off
very quietly here, there being but one
candidate for some of the offices. j. B.
Fountain was elected treasurer: Art
Montague. assessor; Q. M. Johnson,
Justice of the peace; Milt Haviland,
clerk, and Alphonse Chicoine. Jas. Dem
nison and Ale Bernard. aldermen. The
vote on the liquor license question
stood 6S for n Is against.
CANTON-Out of a total of 526, liz
cense was defeated by a majority of
90. The Carnegie library proposition
carried by nearly 3 to 1. p. S. Pickett,
for city commissioner of finance, had no
opposition. There were three candi-
dates for the other position of city COM
missioner. with no election. o. T.
Brandhagen received GAG. John w.
Bremen 232, w. H. Shaft, 80.
CHANCELLOR. Chancellor went
wet by a vote of 80 to 4. The tenn
perance people did not put up any
fight. The following ticket was elect
ed: Trustees. w. II. Wheelhouse, E.
G. Hofmeister and Stephen Pool; clerk,
Arthur Wenckens; treasurer. A. N.
Berens; assessor. Cuny Jacobs: justice,
T. Pool.
.VlBORG.-At the election in Viborg
the saloon question was the principal
fight. in which both side did their best,
the town went dry by a vote of Ga to
"a. The following officers were
elected: Aldermen. Ralph Allen. Don
Nelson, Chris Christensen and n. p.
Jensen; police Justice. John HELM.
TR1PP-Town election was very
quiet. No important questions were
voted on. The full caucus ticket was
elected. L. +. K~liebenstein, Theo.
pie, L. S. Sadler and c. c. Hirsch were
elected aldermen. The saloon issue re-
suited in a victory for the vets by a
majority of 65 votes.
WOONSOCKET-The election here
brought out the largest vote ever cast.
when 291 votes were polled. A majority
of 10 was cast against saloons, so
W~oonsocket will remain dry for anoth-
er year. Busch was elected alderman
in the First ward by 8. Stackland in the
Third by 10 n Allen and P%endexter
tied in the Second.
HOwARD-Howard went wet by 10
majority. DIR. Webb, w. W.. McNally
and Rev. E. G. John were elected alder
men, John Arneson treasurer, Barney
IO'Niel police Justice, and ]. j. Cox CITY
justice.
CENTERVILLE-The genera mu-
nicipal election, held in this city yes
terday, resulted as follows: For mayor,
N. Noble; treasurer, E. NJ. Waterbury:
tice. Soren Christensen: alderman, F..
M. Cope, w. c Cooper, Alfred Holm
quist License was defeated by q ma
jority.
woRTHING.-The election here
was a very quiet affair. The citizens
ticket was elected with the exception
of councilman for the Second ward,
which resulted in a tie. The license
question did not come up owing to pc
A0A4AAA6 W oCSAAG INK
number Of signatures.
MIDLAND-The following officers
were elected for the town Of Midland
for the ensuing year: Trustees, John
Hilgert. James, w. Faubel, j. C. Rus
sell; clerk, VIM. Healy; treasurer, Chas.
T. Coyne; assessor, A. L. Moore; Justice
of the peace, Francis p. Ryan. The
town went wet by a vote Of 40 to II.
YANKTON-In annual election Tues
day h only excitement was the saloon
liquor license. n the town went wet"
! n every ward by a majority of 270.
r. 8. Vaughan, for city Commissioner,
under the commission form of govern
ment. was reelected. his name being
tho only one on the ticket.
DELL RAPIDS-Dell Rapids gave
III majority against license out Of a
total vote OF 208, an increase Of 26 ovel.
last springs dry vote. w. g. Milne was
reelected city commissioner over Geo.
Wood by 81 majority, his election being
taken as approval of the commission
administration.
TYNDALL-The city election in Tyn-
dali passed OF quietly; the only con-
carving by 1o1 majority. Messrs. MUIR
ray Colburn, Frank Srstka and Henry
Buchholz were reelected aldermen
without opposition.
KIMBAL-With a light vote on
both sides. license carried by 4e ma
jority. II less than a year ago. Ochsner,
Liesch, Yarash and Gavin elected alder
men. and! H. c.. Smith and p. ". Lenz
city and police justices. respectively,
without opposition.
MURDO-Only one ticket. Mayor, J.
81. Cox: aldermen, F. M. Kratz, G. L.
Kuca, H. c. Parker and NJ. M. Snyder;
treasurer. =. v. Latourelle; assessor.
James Mcclure; city Justice, r. s..
Vaughn; police Justice, j. w. Doboise.
wet. 6e: dry. "a.