Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1912-09-24
TEN DAYS LEFT
TO REGISTER
VOTERS WHOSE NAMES ARE NOT
YET ENROLLED SHOULD At
TEND TO THE MATTER.
OFFICE OPEN EVENINGS
County Clerk and Recorder Cunning.
ham Will Register Voters From 7
to 9 p. M. Beginning Thursday
Night-Figures Show Wonderful
Growth Of County.

County Clerk and Recorder Frank
Cunningham announces that for the
of voters he will keep his
office open evenings from to 8 o'clock
beginning with Thursday evening.
There are quite number Of voters
whose work makes it difficult for
them to visit the office during the
usual hours and such parties will now
rolled on the great register.
A Marked Increase.
There has been marked increase
in the number registered during the
past ten days. BY tonight the total
will stand at about 4,2O0. After to-
day and exclusive of Sundays, there
will be just ten days left in which to
register, the books being closed on
Oct. 5, thirty days before the election.
Exceeds All Estimates.
At the first of the year careful esti-
mates, based on the best obtainable
information, fixed the total that would
be registered for the coming election
at 1880. A good many placed the
total lower than this, but the figure
quoted was generally accepted as the
one that would prove about right. It
was impossible, however, to ascertain
just how many new voters had located
in the county, and it is now apparent
that the estimate is too small. 1t has
almost been reached today, and the en-
suing ten days will bring in a lot more,
because registration is proceeding all
over the county, justices of the peace
and notaries public being empowered
to register voters and forward the pa
pers to Mr.. Cunningham. 1t is esti
mated today that the total registra
ito non November will not fall short
of $500.
Is Surprise.
To understand just what an In
crease this is, it must be remembered
| that two years ago the total vote o1
the county was 3,414. After that, q
big slice was carved from Fergus
county to make the new county o1
Musselshell, and the voters in thai
territory numbered 572, which reduced
the voting strength at that time to 2,
842. With these figures in mind, thu
total of $500 expected by October
will convey some idea of the very
rapid growth of the county in twt
years.
Naturalized citizens who intend ts
register should take with them to tn.
office of the county clerk, or to tn,
notary or justice in case they are reg
istering outside the city, their naturali
zation papers. In the event that th'
papers are lost, or for other reason
cannot be presented, such citizen
must make an affidavit setting out tn
fact.
Az to Transfers.
In regard to transfers, Mr.. Cunning
ham announces that residents Of tn
county who are registered may trans
fer from one precinct to another, with
in the county, up to ten days befor
election. There can be no transfer
from one county to another, however
after the books are closed on Octobe
5, and that would really involve ne,
registration.
Notaries Can Register to October S.
There has been some question as
the authority of justices of the peac
and notaries public on the outside ref
istering voters up to and includin
October S. The law requires that tn
books close on the above date, but tn
attorney general has decided that a
voters registered up to the close {
registration must be placed on tn
great register after that date.