Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-04-24
Flood of Primary Pa
perS Due This Week


The coming week will see the secre-
tary Of States Office flooded with nomi-
nation papers for the June primaries.
Inc latest time for filing will be at
o'clock on the afternoon of May first
and after that hour no paper will be
accepted under any circumstances un-
Tess II is on file in the Department of
state. The primary papers have not
arrived at the State House In such
quantities as was the case two and
TOUR years ago at this period of the
year out the coming week will tell a
dlHerent story. None of the candidates
LOT Governor or United States senator
nave as yet filed their papers. but Gov
erhor Oakley c. Curtis will deposit his
on Monday and Ex-Governor Bert NJ
Ferhald of West Poland, one of tho
Nepupllcan candidates for United
states senator, will file his on the same
Jay Candidates as rule seem tn like
the idea of holding their paners haol,
until the very latest minute.
"A laoie compiled by Harold F. Dom
zen, me very competent election clerk
IN the department of State. shows +b.+
there are 635 voting precincts in Maine
ana some interesting facts are e,eaned
oiii ~. FOR instance, Long Island
ID iltalloh' In Somerset county has M
.ote Tor representative because of tho
iact that when the appointments of
legislative class districts u,,s
'nal plantation was forgotten. bur
.ne RESIDENTS may vote for the other
Iahuioates on the ballot. Long Island
! ID ".atlon, which was formerly Town
snip NO. 3, Range 1, was orga nized
plantation Jan. %. 1912. and b.s
reputation OF 216 according to the 1asr
census
The town Of Isle au Haul was di-
vorced from Hancock county and mar
ried to Knox county, or in other words,
the town was taken from Hancock and
attached to Knox, by the legislature OF
1918, but the voters of that place will
cast their ballot for representative to
the Legislature in the class district
comprised of Deer Isle, Stonington,
Sedgwick, Isle au Haul and Eagle, Hog,
Butter, Bear Pumpkin and Long Is
lands, in Hancock county, while they
will vote for the county officers of
Knox county and a candidate for Con-
gress in the Cd District of. which Knox
county is a part while Hancock county
is in the third district. This arrange
ment is made because of the fact that
Isle au Haut was taken from Hancock
county and annexed to Knox county
after the legislative class district APP
portionment was accepted and no
change will be made or in fact can he
MADE until the next apportionment
which will be done by the legislature Of
1921.
Ine town Of Isle au Haul is COM
posed Of the islands of Isle au Haut.
Inc Spoon Islands, York's Island, Fog
Island, Burnt Island, Merchants Row.
hlmbalIs Island and all other islands
south Of Merchants Row and if had q
population of 1872 according to the last
census
Under an arrangement between the
towns of Yarmouth and North Var
mouth, in Cumberland county. North
yarmouth sends representative to the
Il LEGISLATURE once every 10 years.
non. John E. Bunker, secretary If
state has decided to enter the prinar-
les Tor the nomination as candidate far
the National House of Representative,
from the Sd Maine Congressional die
trlct and on Monday next the 5otb on.
nlVersary of his birth, will file hi.
nOnlina ff0p popore --AS