The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-04-01
Hancock Department
REGISTRATION IS
UNUSUALLY LARGE
MANY NEW NAMES ON VOTING
LIST AND BIG VOTE is BE.
ING CAST AT ELECTION
TODAY.

The interest that Is being taken In
the present municipal campaign was
demonstrated by the large number of
names PLACED on the registration books
in each ward OF the city on Saturday.
there being a total of 296 altogel hcr.
The largest new registration was In
the fourth ward. which added 121 new
names TO it's list Of voters In the
first ward there were 20; second ward,
So, and third, a..
voters began to present themselves
early at the several polling places and
II appears as though the vote today
would be the largest ever cast. The
Republican campaign managers have
made a strenuous canvass and as a
result predicting the reelection OF
Mayor Dodge by n good safe majority.
The Citizens are also confident of the
outcome and the Socialists are count
ing in an unusually large vote for their
candidates
Oh Saturday afternoon the Repdbll
cans issued a circular explaining tho
reasons why the voters and tax payers
should support Mayor Dodge and his
administration. because of the eco.
nomy which it is claimed was cffecteS
in city finances during the year 1912.
One feature claimed was saving OF So
GS3 in the engineering department
alone. Former City Engineer Craig Il
out with a statement calling attention
to the fact that whereas during his
incumbency the city had built new
million gallon reservoir. a new pump
ing station, installed an electric pump
experimental with sinking of wells
filled the Front street ravine, and bul
miles of water mains and sewers, be
sides preparing complete plans foi
sewering all unsewered portions Of the
city necessitating an increased en-
cheering force there had been n
public works of any magnitude under
taken during 1912.
City Clerk Macdonald is the only
candidate on the Republican city sicke'
who is unopposed. and the candidate
have no opposition on the Citizens
tickets. In the fourth ward II. II. Broch
the regular nominee for supervisor IL
being opposed by Richard Hoskins
formerly alderman, and this fight il
one OF the most interesting features u
the election in this ward.
The general expectation is that TIA,
proposition to raise Sll, 900 for new
FIRE hall will pass. Women are eii5ibl'
to ballot on this proposition but at tn,
registration on Saturday only one wo'
man applied, that one being in th'
third ward.
Immediately after the present cleo
ton is out of the way the county cam
paign will begin in earnest, and tn
various candidates will get busy will
the circulating of the petitions. Han
cock has numrer of aspirants fo
Office and all will make thorough
canvass and an earnest effort to win
For sheriff Mort Getchell Of this cit!
| Is one of the leading aspirants, an'
Harry James of Hancock is also Ju
for the Office. w. II. Vivian, of Hough
ton, was also a former resident OF TIN
sido of the lake having lived at RIPPLE.
before becoming under sheriff severa
years ago For county treasurer An
drew Bran has stated that he intend
to seek the nomination. and Charles
Tolonen, who was recently considers
as a candidate for the treasurershlT
has stood aside i'm favor of Jacob uitt
of South Range and instead will be
candidate for nomination as reSiste
of deeds. John Maclay of RIPPLE:
salesman FOR the Portage Lake Foundr
land Machine company, is another loca
candidate for the latter nominations.