The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1920-08-27


state gave former U. S. Senator
Joseph M. Dixon of Missoula a lead
of $500 votes over Harry l.. Wilson
of Billings with Attorney General
S. C. Ford running third in the race.
Valley county gave Ford small
plurality with Wilson running second
and Dixon third. The lead that Dix
on now holds practically assures him
the nomination as practically all of
the big precincts of the state are in.
Latest returns give Dixon 1928,
Wilson 1875 and Ford 9,670. Slayton,
Clinton and Higgins were all left
hopelessly behind.
A check made at late hour in
Helena yesterday afternoon gave B.
X. Wheeler, the democratic nomination
by an overwhelming majority.
The counties which returned plurali-
ties for Seator Dixon are: Blaine,
Broadwater, Carter, Cascade, Chouteau
Custer, Fergus, Flathead, Gallatin
Garfield, Glacier Granite, Hill, Jeffer-
son, Lewis and Clark, Meagher, Min
eral Missoula, Park, Phillips, Powder
River, Prairie, Ravilli, Roosevelt, San
ders, Sheridan Teton, Wheatland.
These counties showed pluralities
for Wilson: Beaverhead, Big Horn
Carbon, Dawson, Deer Lodge, Fallon
Lincoln, Madison, Powell, Rosebud
Silver Bow, Saltwater, Sweet Grass
Treasure, Wibeux and Yellowstone
Attorney GeiGral Ford carried Ii
berty, McCone, Pondera, Richland
Toole and Valley.
Daniel Slayton carried his home
county, Musselshell. Partial returns
give him 539 votes to Wilson's 513.
Senator Dixon will have pluralit!
of at least 1000 in his home county
Missoula, while he also carried all thu
neighboring counties. Higgins, wh'
also halls from Missoula county, raj
third in his home county, being beatel
for second place by Ford, while Will
son was fourth. Wilson carried nj
home county, Yellowstone, by abou
800 votes. Silver Bow gave the Bill
lings candidate his greatest pluralit.
which is S15, with two small precinct
. not reported. Silver Bow, the home o
Robert Lee Clinton, gave its favorit
son third place, giving Senator Dixo
second call, while Ford was fourth.
7 Senator Dixon carried Ford's hom
county, Lewis and Clark, with VII
t son second and the attorney genera
e third.
Returns from 1,O15 complete pre-
: cincts out of 1852 gave Dixon Is
: 900 to Wilson's 13,482, and Ford, wit
9,2O9 was third. R. L. Clinton ha
1854; D. W. Slayton, 1915 and Hie
gins /, 434.
For the Democratic nomination
Wheeler had lead of more than 10
: 900 votes over Lieutenant Governc
w. W. Mcdowell. Wheeler had 25
S3S to Is, ,494 for Mcdowell. Thomas
I Carey had 1886.
q Supreme Court Race
For the Republican nomination fc
! the six year term on the state suprem
bench, William l.. Holloway wit
: 1866 votes and Albert J. Galen wit
e 15,478 were ahead. Two are to b
r nominated. John Hurley with 1917
I votes and Jess Stevens with Ga
= were the second pair and Frank Al
J. mold who had 1867 votes and Fran
w. Haskins, with 1892 were in las
E place. For the Republican nominatio
for the two year term Frank B. Rey
nolds was leading Frank n. Ute
. Reynolds had 25,384 votes and Ute
11,578. On the Democratic ticket v
w. Palmer and Harlow Pease, Nor
Z partisan league candidates, were lea,
ing, Palmer with 22,627 votes ar
: Pease with 17,746, John w. Stantc
: had 13,347 votes and Frank Wood
t 1922
For lieutenant governor Nelson
n Story, Jr., was leading the Republics
field and R. G. Linebarger was crow'
p ing C. H. Williams for second plac
: Story had 1913 votes. Linebarg'
. 1924 and Williams 1856. John Olive
: in fourth place had 1897.
d In the Democratic primaries Rolar
:, C. Arnold, Nonpartisan league entl
d had 23,l32 votes, more than twice
7. many as David Hiliger, his nearest o.
, ponent with 1904. Frank H. Coont
Z had 1851.
i Rankin Holds Lead
2 For the Republican nomination +,
attorney general Wellington D. RAJ
kin was leading his large field Of "a,