Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1920-08-26


nation, being more than 700.
In the contest for the county offices,
of the II positions to be filed, exclusive
of the representatives in the legislature
and the district judges. the Nonpartisans
gathered six One. the candidate for
treasurer, was not opposed by q regular
Democrat. The representative delega-
ton nominees consist of five Nonparti-
sans and one regular. In the county Of
fees, the position of county clerk, court
clerk, sheriff assessor and public ad-
ministrator were saved by the regular
Democrats. The offices of treasurer,
county attorney, county commissioners,
auditor and coroner all were taken by
the interloper ticket.
Kester's Defeat Surprise.
The defeat of Chairman William f.
Kester by Elwin Ford was one of the
q lead of 240 in the princincts reported
and it was conceded Wednesday night
that the lead would be increased rather
than lessened in the precincts yet to
report.
Much interest had been manifested in
the race for the judgeships and the vic
tory of Judge Fl. II. Ewing and Judge
J. B. Leslie. although of modest proper
tions was a matter of satisfaction to
the regulars generally.
The contest for the nomination for
sheriff grew IN interest through the day
Wednesday when it became apparent
that Sheriff James p. Burns would not
have great margin over Mike Holland,
the Nonpartisan candidate. The pre-
cincts reported give Sheriff Burns a
margin of 107 which may be slightly in
creased by later returns.
Thirteen Still Missing.
The precincts still missing from the
figures as stated include 25, Wilson; IS,
Kearnes; Al, Adel; AZ, Bird Creek; 45,
Red Butte; H, Belts; As, Ming Coulee;
81. Albright: 6S. Davis Creek; SO,
Spionkop; II, Kibbey; - Otter Creek,
and precinct "A. Dry Wolf.
The apparent nominees of the Repub-
lican primary for representatives IN the
state legislature are: Boornan, Cooney,
Blomquist, Stevens. Roberts and Good
man.
The apparent nominees of the Demo
cratic party are: Crowley, Hudson, Bos-
ley, Patterson, Strunk and Dahl. Dahl
is one of the regular Democratic candi-
dates. Crowley, Strunk and Dahl all
reside outside of Great Falls. On the
Republican legislative ticket, every nom
inee for the Republican party resides
in Great Falls.
The completed reports from many of
the precincts not reported In The Irl-
bune of Wednesday morning will be
found in this issue.
Sixty-one precincts in Cascade coun-
ty give:
Democratic State Ticket.
Congress. Carroll 1713; McCusker
1869.
Associate justice (six year term):
Palmer 1921; Pease 1872; stanton 1o92;
Woody 1926.
Associate justice 1.-TWO year term):
Matthews 2774.
Governor: Carey POI; Mcdowell 1871;
Wheeler 2139.
Lieutenant Governor: Arnold 1s49;
Cooney 622; Hilger ITS.
Attorney General: Irwin l949; McCon-
nell 1917.
Secretary of State: Haste 1865; Peet
1918.
Treasurer: Hawkins 1871; Lord 1875.
Auditor: Sanyik 1921; Sathre 1860.
State Superintendent: Hannah 24SI.
Railroad Commissioner: Johnson 1850;
Meadors 1888.
Democratic County Ticket.
Judges of the District Court: Costello
1904; Ewing 1922; LaBossiere 1145;
Leslie 1856.
House of Representatives: Agnew
1929, Bosley 1898, Crowley 2145, Dahl
1861, Gereke 1924. Hudson 2o14, john
son 1888, Jones 1910, Patterson 1887,
Ryan 1916, Strunk 1856 Veen 1922.
County Clerk: Frank 1918, Winsby
1854.
Clerk of the Court: Harper 1923,
Jackson 176S.
County treasurer: Wiprud 2255.
Sheriff: Ball 39o, Burns 1,464, Hol-
land 1857, Lenihan 81. Willis SIS.
County commissioner: Ford 1919,
Kester 1879.
County attorney: Eickemeyer LILO,
Assessor: Gillin 1880, McClanathan
Auditor: Bennett 2,2a1, Neubert
/ $40.
County superintendent: Hay 2,77s.,
Coroner: Peters 1890, Reynolds
1,640.
Public administrator: Kingsbury J.
S11, Wegner 1852.
Justice of the Peace: Great Falls
Cline 1,030, Earll 1868, La
mere 1,24S, Wolf 630.
Constable, Great Falls township:
eagle 1852.
Republican State Ticket:
Congress-: Riddick 2,2S5.
Associate Justice: Frank Arnold 5S1,
Galen 906, Haskins 271. Holloway 1866,
Hurry 796, Stevens 7SS.
Associate Justice (two-year-term)
Reynolds 1886, Utter 652.
Governor: Clinton 142. Dixon 1,061,
Ford 600, Higgins 40, Slayton 40, Wilson
55S.
Lieutenant governor Linebarger 592,
Oliver .2S5, Story 9a6, Williams 432.