The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-02-05
Candidates Have Filed With
. City Clerk for Election to Be
Held February: Is >.~
ELECTION OF, MUNICIPAL
JUDGE.PRoMISES CONTEST
Attempt Made to Disqualify
: Andrew Rood, Hearing to-
:. Be Held Monday Il.


fling petitions for candidates for city
election, which will be held on FeDru-
ary Is, the race for election has taken
on more definite shape. The last OF
the petitions bearing the required
number Of signatures were nled last
night with City Clerk George ste1n::'
DR.: A. ". Garlock stands unopposeo
for mayor, likewise George Stein TOR
city clerk, George w. Rhea Tor city
treasurer, J. l.. Lair for Alderman at
large, A. M. Bagley for alderman
from the First Ward, Harry Bridge
man for alderman from the Fifth
ward, and c. w. Warfield for member
Of the park board for term OF one
year.
Every other office will have at least
two candidates and several will have
three. Present Judge J. F. Gibbons,
Andrew Rood and c. M. Ascham have
filed for place on the city ticket as
candidate for judge Of municipal
court. N. E. Given and Mrs. Nina
M. Smith are contestants for election
to the park board for the five-year
term. c. D. Lucas and c. B. Hoyt
promise to make the outcome of the
clSCL1OA AOA SASy S~S~'SoSOA wa
tainty at present.
Wards Have Several.
In the Second ward there are three
contestants for a seat on the city
council, those having filed being A.
r. Carlson, Tom Mohler and Tom
Smart. The Third ward has simll-
ar situation with David Booth, B. r.
Stafford and George Posi- as candi-
dates for alderman Up until the
last few days o. P. Grambo has been
unopposed as, candidate for alderman
from the Fourth ward, but the filing
OF Ipetitions bring out the fact that
Pearl Barnell IS out, for reelection.
O. Attempt to Dis"ualf".
Developments within the last few
DAVIS indicate that there will be a
hot contest for election of municipal
Judge. City, Clerk George Stein and
Andrew Rood, the latter candidate
for municipal judge, have been ord
cred to appear before Judge w. S.
McClenehan of the Fifteenth judicial
district at Brainerd On Monday, Feb
ruary Z, at 1880 a. m. to show
cause why an order should not be
made restraining the city clerk from
placing the name of Andrew Rood
on the official ballots as candidate
for the office of municipal judge at
the general election to be held Feb
ruary Is, and that respondent An
drew Rood, be held to be, ineligible
and disqualified for said office. The
order for hearing was made by Judge
McClenehan upon motion Of c. M.
Ascham, attorney for relator, pro Sc.
Ascham holds that Andrew Rood
has failed to file in the office Of the
city clerk: his affidavit as required
by Section $50 Revised, or General
Statute of minnesota for 1913, and
that he is disqualified and ineligible
as a candidate for failure to file said
affidavit, and that he is not an at
torney at law, admitted to practice
law, that he is a layman, and Is not
a graduate of any law school Of recog-
nized standing and has no certificate
of beig learned in the law. X
The outcome Of the situation is be-
ing watched with interest by those
who are acquainted with the facts
pertaining to it. Whether or not Mr..
Rood's name will appear on the Off
cial ballots, Will be determined Dy the
outcome Of the hearing at Brainerd
Monday before Judge McClenehan.
Judges and Polls.
The following judges of election
and polling places have been desig-
mated by the city council for the city
election: First ward, F. s. Arnold,
w. C. Klein, J. ]. "Conger, Miller's
store; Second ward, Gertrude Bailey,
A. Lord, A. O.. Hoganson, City build
ing; Third ward, Anna Andrews, c.
B. Hoyt, P. M. Dicaire, Carver S
store; Fourth ward, Mrs. E. McTag-
CERT, J. A. Cline, A. J. Naylor, Abra-
hams building; Fifth ward, William
Dougherty, P. Void, c. w. Clark
Dougherty's store.