The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1913-04-17
CITY VOTES To
SUPPORT LIBRARY
QUESTION CARRIES BY A LARGE
MAJORITY, EVERY WARD
FAVORING 1T
ALDERMANIC SCRAPS N TWO Wards
~Youngburg Wins in Second and Bartlett
in the Third-ResuIts in Other
Towns Of the County

The fate of the public library was
the chief concern of the people of the
city at the election on Tuesday, al
though there was considerable inter
est in the aldeTmanic scraps in the
Second and Third wards. The PROPOSE
ton TO levy a one mill tax for the sup
port of the public library carried by
over two to one, the vote being 307 for
and 139 against, a majority of 16S.
The First ward was the banner ward,
giving the library a majority of 70, and
there was no contest on there to bring
u the vote. The vote by wards was
as follows: First ward-94 for, 10
against; Second ward-113 for, 46
against; Third ward-60 for, AZ
against; Fourth ward-40 for, 30
against.
There has been some talk hat the
question would have to have a major,
ity of the votes according to the vote
cast for mayor two years ago, but City
Attorney Cuckow informs us hat the
new library law, which governs the
election, states that all that is needed
for a favorable verdict is a majority of
the votes cast on the question at this
election.
The Register is pleased with the re-
suit, as we believe that the library
is something of benefit to all Of the
people and should r%ightfully be sup
ported by a public tax. 1t is expected
that the one mill tax will raise about
a thousand dollars, and this will be
ample but not a bit too much. The
proposition of getting a Carnegie IL
-, -. - la;N- Is-at,CrA1 nnI - sn 1ilyn1x
the matter will be put up to those in
charge Of the Carnegie fund within a
short time. All that Mr.. Carnegie re-
quires is the assurance that the library
will be maintained permanently and
with a public tax Brookings can read
lily give this assurance.
The scrap for alderman in the Sec
ond ward was a lively one and a big
vote was out. The candidates were
Alderman Youngburg, who was the
regular caucus nominee, and J.. d.
Wilson, who was defeated at the eau,
Gus and got into the running by petit
ton. Mr.. Youngburg won out by q
vote of SO to 73.
In the Third ward r. H. Bartlett and
Swan Hanson engaged in a death crap.
pie and when they were pried apart at
4 o'clock Bart" had his antagonist
badly worsted, and Swan was unable
to respond to the bell for the next
round. Superior training and better
management are given as the reasons
for Mr.. Bartelt's victory. The vote
was 60 to 35.
The regular city ticket, composed of
C. A. Johnson for mayor, H. F. Harold
son for treasurer, c. o. Trygstad for
police justice and w. r. Stowe for
city justice, went through without OPP
position, although some humorist in
the First ward cast a vote for Gunder
Jornlin for mayor. H. H. Hoy in the
First and F. L. Simmons in the Fourth,
had no opposition for alderman.
Three warm license scraps were
staged in the other towns of the u
ty, and the result was two to one in
favor of the "wets. At Volga the
"drys' won out by one majority, the
vote being 70 to II. 1t appears that the
"wets" were fairly sure of victory and
did not exert themselves particularly
and the "drys,"seeing this Indifference
got out and slipped one over on them.
At Aurora the license element won out
by a two to one vote and the same re-
suit prevailed at Elkton. White did
not have a saloon fight, but there was
a merry scrap over the proposition to
bond the town for waterworks and
electric lights. The waterworks ques-
ton carried by about fifteen majority
and the electric lights had an easy
time winning, there only being about
a dozen or fifteen votes against the
question.