The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1913-12-04
". ". SNEAD IS
ELECTED MAYOR
Hager, Kirk and Minor
Elected Councilmen. Joe
Williams Is Reelected
Recorder. Large Vote.

Monday was election day in
Heppner with the Offices of may
or, councilman, recorder and
treasurer to be filled.
A lot ofinterest had been work
ed up on Friday and Saturday,
especially in the mayoralty fight.
0. E. Farnsworth and w. w.
Smead were the respective oppo-
nents for this position, and by
the time the polls were opened
on Monday morning, the forces
were well lined up for a spirited
fight. 1t seemed to be we'll un-
derstood that the candidates were
standing upon different plat
forms; Farnsworth being in fav-
or Of an open town and the re-
tanning of the present city mar
shall in his Office; in fact he was
tabled as Smiths candidate, tho
he might not have been entitled
to this sobriquet as there were
some other issues in the fight.
On the other hand, Smead was
understood to be opposed to re-
tanning the present chief of po-
lice, as well as lined up for a
strict enforcement Of the laws
we now have.
On Saturday afternoon the
women Of the town held a mass
meeting at the Baptist church
which was well attended, and
there was a goodly representa-
tion of the candidates at this
meeting and they were called up
on to express themselves and to
take their stand so that the new
ly-made voters might know how
to act. Various candidates made
their position known, and at this
meeting also it was decided to
pursuade other men to run as
councilmen and Chas. Thomson
and J. L. Yeager were endorsed
for this position.
1t was a little hard to predict
the outcome as the vote of the
women of the town was an un-
known quantity and the result
shows that they took a lively in
terest and turned out well. The
largest vote ever cast in Heppner
at a city election was the result,
and totaled 379.
For mayor, the vote stood,
207; Farnsworth, 166.
For councilmen, ]. O. Hager,
j. C. Kirk, w. 0. Minor, Chas.
Thomson and ]. L. Yeager were
on the ticket. Kirk and Minor
were up for reelection. The re-
tnrns gave Hager 235; Kirk, 235;
Minor, 299; Thomson, 1856; Yea
ger, SO,
Another contest of much inter-
est was between Alex Cornett
and Joe Williams for recorder.
Mr.. Cornett defeated Mr.. Will
Iiams in the last general election
for justice of the peace and his
many friends fully expected him
to win out in this race. 1t was
not to be however. The contest
was a close one and resulted in
Williams coming out victorious
oy a vote of 1876 174.
The largest vote received by
any individual candidate was by
L. w. Briggs, reelected treasur-
er. His total vote was 302. He
lad no opposition.
The election passed off quietly.
A large number of voters were
sworn in and voted by the use of ]
Blank A, and it may be reasona-
BY asserted that a good many of
.hese had but little right to cast ]
/ vote at a city election in Hepp-
Ter. But it was ever thus and
he satisfaction that the better
clement of the people get out of
is that the men who receive
he most support from this class
# voters are generally shelved.
This is often the case and it
hould always be so.
The newly eleted officials will
axe office the first of January. ] !