The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1914-01-16
OFFICE OF SHERIFF is BEST IN
COUNTY AND WILL BE
MUCH SOUGHT. =
County Auditor RoI0ine viii
Not Run 10 Succeed Self
FOUR TICKETS TO BE IN THE
FIELD AT THE JUNE PRIM-
AIRY ELECTION.


Though yet a little early there
is more or less talk throughout
the county as to what the fight will
be like at the coming primary
election next June. Several pec-
pie have already signified their
Intentions of becoming candidates,
and others have the matter under
advisement. There is no question
but that the fight before the COM
ing election will be by far the
strongest ever held in this section
of the state.
In the first place there will be
four ballots at the primaries,
namefy>~thc Republican, Democrat,
Socialist and Progressive, the latter
two having polled enough votes at
the general election in the fall of
1912 to entitle them to be classcd
as political parties in North Da-
kota. At the time the assessor
makes the round it will be neces-
sary for all voters to state which
of tho above named PARTIES they
belong to, and at the polls they
will be given only the ballot of
tho party to which they claim to
belong. 44
The biggest fight at the Juno
primaries will be on the Office of
sheriff. Dick Stainhofer is now
holding his second consecutive term
and under the law cannot be- a
candidate this year. His Office is
by far the best paying one in the
county, and the position is a very
desirable one. In addition to the
annual salary of $500 he is allow.
ed all mileage he makes in serv-
ing papers, and. has two: deputies
which. are being paid by the conn-
ty. The fact that Mr.. Stainhofer
cannot run to succeed himself,
gives everybody in the county an
even chance for his office, and
there will be many who will want
to trya their luck. The many
friends of ]. w. Moore of Bowbells
are encouraging him for the place,
and Offering him much support
but he is not yet decided whether
h1 no n III n n IN
John is very popular IN all parts
of the county, will make a. hard
campaign in case he decides to run
and would be a hard man to beat.
Warren Heath, also of this city,
who Is now one of Mr. Stainhofer's
deputies, is also being urged by
his many friends to make the
run, and like Mr.. Moore, has
strong supporters in all parts OF
the county, and it would take a
strong man to beat him. Both
Moore and Heath would be canti-
lates on the Republican tickets,
and the chances are that there will
be one or more candidates on each
1 of the other tickets in the field.
stAtes Attorney H. A. Hanson
has already made known that he
would be candidate to succeed
+ himself, and there is every reason
to believe that he will have oppo-
sition. Mr.. Hanson polled an ex-
ceptionally large vote at the cleo
tion 1n1912, leaving his. three op-
8 ponents pretty well in the rear.
While in the office he has led a
+ lively campaign against all piggers
and gamblers in the county. He
u is responsible for closing the var
4 ious drug stores in the county, and
for keeping close tnb on the liquor
traffic here. He has made some
d bitter enemies on account Of the
war he has waged against people
who: in the past were left unmol-
4 ested, !, and at the same time has
made many staunch friends. What
his chances OF. reelection are would
be hard to guess, but various peo;
pie are in q position to know
state that he cannot be beaten by
any attorney In the county: There
4 Is every reason to believe that II
81 torney H. Marshall Of Porta
viii also be candid ate and he
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