Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-04-07
Citizens Ticket Wins
In Dallas Election

Capital Journal Special Service.)
Dallas, Or, April AT the annual
spring election for city officers held in
Dallas Monday the Citizens ticket, got
ten up by the Commercial club and en-.
dorsed by the business men, won by
electing all of their candidates on the
ticket, E. C. Kirkpatrick, as candidate
for mayor Of the citizens ticket and
opposed by II. G. Black as an Independ.
ent and Nose Mansion as representing
the taxpayers, won the race by 70
votes, Mr.. Mansion being his nearest
contestant he receiving 2S9 votes. H.
G. Black was third in the race having
232 votes to his credit In the race for
councilman.at-large, w. L. Barber, one
Of the retiring members of the present
council and candidate for election to
the above office easily defeated his
opponent, George M. McBee by nearly
a two to one vote. Charles Gregory, as
the only aspirant for auditor and police
judge received an almost unanimous
vote. In the first ward where the
citizens ticket had their only opposi.
tion in the race for councilman, John
h. Sweeney, representing the ticket
easily ran away from Rev. G. C. Curtis.
Of the Christian church, his opponent,
defeating him by 129 votes. Other
members of the ticket who were elected
with no opposition were Joseph Card,
as councilman in the second ward and
John b. Miller for the same office in
the third. The amendment to the city
charter by adding a new section to
Section 81, to be numbered as sis and
which authorized the city council to
issue and sell bonds not exceeding
$4,000 in any one year to raise funds
to defray the expenses of improving
street intersections within the city with
hard surface pavement, was defeated
by large majority. The reason for this
vote being benerally understood by a
majority Of the voters on account of
the people not knowing the meaning of
the amendment. The amendment to
the city charter by amending section
66 so as to require all property own.
ers to pay all costs of improvements of
that part Of any street intersection
covered by sidewalks and curbs which
may extend beyond the property line
into the street intersection and making
all real property abutting or fronting
any such improvements liable for the
costs thereof was also defeated by
big majority. An amendment to sec.
tion thirty Of the city charter also re.
ceived a large opposing vote.
New Imperial Hotel Attached
John R. Sibley, a Dallas attorney,
representing two japanese, served at.
tachment papers on the proprietor of
the New Imperial hotel Monday after
noon and the hotel property was taken
IN charge by Sheriff John w. Orr and
W. H. Hines placed in charge as
custodian. The japanese claim that
they were employed as cooks at the
hostelry and that upon their leaving
the employ of the establishment their
wages were refused them. II is the
opinion Of the sheriff that the matters
will be adjusted by this evening and
the hotel running again as usual.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Chapman, Of
Salem, were in the city Monday visiting
relatives and friends. Mr.. Chapman
was formerly proprietor of the Dallas
Planning Mills.
Mrs Lena Buick returned Monday
from visit with relatives and friends
in Albany.