Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1920-11-04
c, O.P. CLEANS
Up IN COUNTY;
| RACE CLOSE.
Campbell Running 81 Behind
Byron in Al Precincts for
the Probate Judgeship
Eimers Beats Eller for Of
flee of Sheriff in Hot
test Fight Of Campaign

Returns from forty-one precincts
in Idaho county give, for probate
Judge. Campbell, 1927; Byron, 171s
or a lead of 81 votes for Byron. Of
the fifty precincts in Idaho county, re-
turns are lacking from seven, but most
of these are believed to be strongly
Republican Precincts from which re-
turns are unavailable are Newsome,
Pleasant View, Pollock, Joseph, Lo-
rena, Warm Springs and Warren. In
Red River and Concord precincts, no
election was held. In face of existing
returns, coupled with a forecast of
what the seven missing precincts will
reveal, Byron apparently has been
elected provided. of course. no error
was made III recording the vote on pro-
bate judge in the several precincts, or
in transmission of the vote over the
lOngdistance telephone to Grangeville.
The entire Republican county tick
ct, with the possible exception of John
Byron, candidate for probate judge,
was elected by an overwhelming ma
jority, at the election Tuesday. By
rom is running neck and-neck with Pro
bate Judge Wilbur L. Campbell, Dem
Ocratic candidate for reelection. Thir-
ty-eight out of fifty precincts give
Campbell 1905 and Byron 1901. The
official count may be required to de-
termine who is elected.
EIBEERS WINS FROM ELLER
j. G. Eimers was elected sheriff over
Sheriff w. H. Eller, in what perhaps
was the hottest fight in Idaho county
Both he'd numerous friends who were
working in behalf of their favorites
Grangeville and vicinity, while Eller
carried the west side Of Camas Prairie,
but his majority in the west was not
sufficient to overcome Eimers lead
here. Eller was a favorite in Cotton
wood, Keuterville and Green Creek.
Seth D. Jones, Republican, of White
bird, representative in the last session
OF the legislature, was elected state
senator, over A. j. Stuart, Democrat,
editor of the Sites Enterprise.
Lloyd A. Fem, editor of the Kooskia
Mountaineer, defeated j. B. Leeper,
Democrat, of Sites, for representative
In the legislature
Dale Clark, Republican, Kooskia,
was reelected commissioner from the
FIRST district, defeating P. J. Taylor,
Democrat, Kooskia.
George D. Smith, Republican, Grange
vile, was choice of the people for |
county commissioner from the Second |
district to succeed the late John d. |
Long. He defeated Sam Hamill, Demo
erat, of Greencreek.
commissioner Z S. Vincent, Repub-
mean, of Whitebird was reelected from
the Third district. defeating T. @.
LYDIA, Democrat, also of Whitebird.
MRS. CONE REELECTED
Mrs 0tie Cone. Democratic county
treasurer, was reelected She had no
opposition.
Leonard Case, Ferdinand, Republican,
was elected county superintendent of
VI schools, having no opposition.
b. Anger, Republican, present prose
sSu aI attorney, defeated f. NJ Crit
nth, Democrat.
calvin Hazelbaker, Republican, was
aeeieeted assessor, over Orland Deck
CT democrat, of Kooskia.
I'll .. Maugg, Republican, Grange
nrnle, defeated George w. Trenary,
of Koosl1ia, for coroner.
W. =. McNutt, Democrat, Elk City,
was elected surveyor. He had no op-
position.
VOTE IN So PRECINCTS
Following is the vote on county Of
,;no+. !" enlrty-five out of fifty pre-
,aicts' In Idaho county. most of the
,orsg precincts being in the mountain
SANITY, with small votes:
STATE SENATOR
Jones R . 1920
Stuart D 19e5
'iArE REPRESENTATIVE
Fem R ooss
Leeper D 1o6S
1st Dist.
Clark R OLA
Taylor D 1o17
'oMMissIoNER End Dist