Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1914-07-28
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volume 20, from Scoggin, Garfield
county: John B. White and Maggie
White, Jasper Scoggin and Nellie E.
Scoggin, D. r. Lewis and Margaret
L. Lewis, Mrs. H. M. Scoggin and
H. M. Scoggin. The school director
who certified that the foregoing sig.
natures were lawful and valid was
D. r.. Lewis, whose signature on the
same page is almost identical with
Margaret L. Lewis.
On page 62, volume %, Kelso, Cow.
litz county, the following similar sig
natures are apparent. Mrs. Florence
Webb and Jesse E. Webb, Benton
Pea and Fred Pea, William Elliott
and Rudincie Elliott, Frank Sanders
and Maggie Sanders.
In Pierce county (most Of them
outside Of the Tacoma district) sim.
liar signatures were noted on many
pages. Some Of them were: Carl
J. johnson and Albert johnson, both
addresses 2133 South o street, Ia.
coma; Thomas Larsen, P. o. Larsen
and Olive Larsen, addresses 2149 and
2136 Ainsworth avenue; Ethel M.
Short and Matilda ]. w. Short, MIL
ton; Arthur A. Simmons and Myrtle
P. Simmons, Milton; Jennie Edwards
and Charles Edwards, Puyallup; E.
E. Graham and Ellen G. Graham, Puy.
allup; Lenora Harrison and William
Harrison, Puyallup; Ferne Risley and
Earl Risely. Sumner; Karon Trana
and Anna Trana, Sumner; o. H. N.Y.
ers and Merle Myers, Sumner; e. A.
Mcdonald and Mrs. E. A. Mcdonald
Sumner; H. M. Crawford and Clara
Crawford, Sumner; Teman Gilbertson
and Anna Gilbertson, Spanaway;
Curl Stensrue and Lima Stensrue,
Spanaway; o. J. Storaasli, Jr, Mrs.
o. ]. Storaasli, Gina Storaasli and
Isabel Storaasli, Spanaway; Anna 81
vansen and John P. Swanson, Span.
away; Ollie Gregory and Ray C.
Gregory, Puyallup; Josephine Ander-
son and George Anderson, Puyallup;
Per Eick Anderson and Mrs. Soft An
derson, Puyallup; E. L. Middaugh
and Cora Middaugh, Puyallup; Win
ME Brown and Alice Brown, Buck
ley; Charles H. Stewart and Carrie
M. Stewart, Buckley; Ida Snyder and
Lottie Snyder, Buckley; o. X. Otis
and Addie G. Otis, Buckley; J. M.
Everett and Mary Everett, Orting;
Henry Summers and James Summers,
Orting.
All of the foregoing names were
counted despite the evident similar
ity. The names mentioned were
those which men at the state house
believed were written by unauthoriz.
ed persons without the shadow of a
doubt, ignorantly perhaps, but new
ertheless making the signatures in
valid under the law. No effort has
been made in this article to present
anywhere near all Of the similar sig
natures but just a few are given as
examples.
Another source of irregularity
which was overlooked by Secretary of
State Howell in his efforts to treat
the petitioners with absolute impair
TALLY, was the fact that several hun
dred certifying officers in country dis
tricts failed to set down their Office
in signing the required certificate.
The secretary of state telegraphed to
every county auditor in the state to
obtain the official positions of the
men who had certified the petitions
without giving their positions. Tech
nically it is asserted that the petit
tions should not have been counted.
Already 10000 of the 10000 names
filed by the Anti-Saloon league have
been discarded. They were not
checked by the local registration Off
GERS and Superintendent Conger of
the league admitted that they were
invalid names when he filed them.
Despite this admission the state had
to check each name, although know
ing beforehand that the uncertified
names would have to be discarded.
This useless effort cost the taxpayers
several hundred dollars in pay for
special clerk hire.-Tacoma Ledger
July %.