The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1920-11-04

the result of Tuesdays election in
Ward county has been pretty we'll de-
cided. In another part of this paper
the Independent prints fairly COM
plete vote from all of the precincts
that have reported. The following
are the precincts missing:
Cameron and Douglas village, Fox
holm, Gasman, Hilton, Linton, New
man, Rice Lake, Ryder village, Shealy
and Spring Lake. County Auditor
Kennard says the election board are
given three days in which to send in
the returns, so all must be in by Fri
day night.
A. P. Scofeld has been reelected
sheriff of Ward county with a ma
jority of about 600, defeating Miller
Miller Of Ryder.
r. w. Kennard was reelected coun-
ty auditor over Olaf Rib, with a
majority of 1884 with the II precincts
to hear from. His majority is ex-
pected to remain about the same when
the final returns are in.
Olaf eleven lost in the fight for
county treasurer, Alfred Mostad, nom
partisan league candidate winning by
nine votes The official returns for
the county are now all in. eleven
received 1859 votes and Mostad 1898.
Mostad had made strenuous cam
paign while eleven, who is employed
in the county treasurer's office, did
scarcely anything in his own behalf.
All of the other independent can
didates in the county have won, with
the exception of two of the county
commissioners, and the candidates for
the legislature in the End district.
T. N. Henderson defeated Couey for
Clerk of the District Court, having
a present majority Of 1875. Hen
herson's Minot majority was 1859,
being the, high man in Minot.
M. j. Engeseth, has been reelected
Register of Deeds. His majority is
about 1900. His opponent was N. j.
DeMaree of Des Laos.
O. B. Herigstad, states attorney,
has defeated Moody O. Eide by about
600 votes.
VIM. Murray, county Judge; c. B.
Bach, public administrator, Il. Y.
Frahm, county surveyor and R. w.
Pence, were without opposition.
Peter Vandenoeyer defeated L. y.
Gilmore, league candidate for COM
missioner of the First district.
Alfred Haldi has big lead over
M. M. Powell for commissioner Of the
Second district.
L. w. Toftner, league candidate, de-
feated Thos. Plaisance for commits
sioner Of the Fifth district.
The Ward County Independent has
defeated the Ward County Farmers
Press for official county paper. The
Independent has majority of 1412
at present not counting in the eleven
missing precincts.
About 5000 votes were cast in
Ward county.
J. H. Burkhart has been elected
representative from the Second dis
trict over John Hennessy with large
majority.
Walter Bond defeated Mrs. Carrie
May Seed for the Senate from the
10Th district with big majority.
Andrew Johnson Of Douglas, B. B.
Mouck and A. B. Carlson Of Minot
and J. H. Burns of Surrey have very
large majority for the house of repre-
sentatives from the goth district. Bond
and~the members Of the house from
the 29th ran on the independent ticket.
A. M. Waller was reelected county
superintendent Of schools without OPP
position.
K. E. Leighton and Frank E. Fisk
were defeated for district judges by
John C. lowe Of Minot, and Geo. H.
Moellring of Ray. The winners re-
ceived large majorities. The district
includes the counties of Ward, Burke,
Williams, Mountrail, Divide and Nc
Kenzie.
Governor Frazier received 1912
votes in Ward county to O'Connor's
1900, with II precincts to come. o.
Conn6r's majority in Ward county is
probably 200 Or 300.
The five initiated laws all carried
in Ward county. The law pertaining
to the examination Of the bank car
ried 4779 to 1886, with the II pre-
cincts missing. While it viii be sew
eral days before the results become
definitely known, it is believed that
the five laws carried in the state.
Erick Weltikol Of Plaza, was in the
city today and made this paper
pleasant call. His son accompanied