Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-03-20
Eight for Mayora1ty
Will Be on Ballots
in Primary Monday

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Names of eight candidates for nomi.
nation for mayor will be submitted t.
the people of Great Falls in the city
primary election Monday. Richard
Sherwood, alone on the Citizens-Labol
ticket, is certain of nomination. Davie
j. Ryan and Albert ;. Eousek viii
compete for the Democratic nomlna-
ton. On the Republican ticket will be
George T. Booth, Scott Leavitt. +. N
Armour, A. H. Gray and A. =. Foutch
For police magistrate, George Rabar
(incumbent) will be on the Republican
ticket and Frank HI. Farmer and Johr
Z. EARL, ST., on the Democratic ticket
For Aldermen.
Candidates for nomination for alder
men will be:
Republican-First ward, Harry r
Stevens; second ward, ]. J. Schwerdt
and Arthur Leweke; third ward, j. j
Fred Weideman; fourth ward, no can
didate; fifth ward, no candidate.
Democratic-First ward, d. G. Nc
Govern; second ward, Bernard Joyce
(incumbent); third ward, Charles Fl
Sutherland; fourth ward, DIR. r. r.
johnson; fifth ward, II. Fl. Sheppard
and Reynold Plath.
Citizen Labor-First ward, no can
didate; second ward, no candidate; third
ward, Herbert Gailaher; fourth ward
L. 3. Larson; fifth ward, John Wilson
For the office of city treasurer but
one man filed. That was w. Z. Wren
(incumbent). who seeks the nomlna
tion for reelection on the Democratic
ticket.
The eight candidates for the mayor
atty nomination are:
r. N. Armour
Attorney II. M. Armour probably
did not know, on the day he arrived III
Great Falls that Just II years from
that date the people of the city would
be passing upon his fitness for the
leadership of Great Falls at the polls.
But it is a fact. On March p, 1903
Mr.. Armour came to Great falis 20
begin law practice and on March -,
1921, the people OF Great rams VIII
vote on his name as one OF the eau
didates for nomination TOR mayor Oh
the Republican ticket.
Mr.. Armour was graduated from tne
law course of the University OF M!chl.
gan at Ann Arbor after winch ne spent
one year in the office OF the attorney
general of Iowa. He then came u
Great Falls. o
Since he came here II years ago
Mr.. Armour has been alone LII Ills
practice. lila .sf;oo
since coming to Great Fans Is t1s
position Of city attorney wnicn ne he1u
under the administration OF Mayor n.
IT. Lease from 1913 to 1919: Durlns
that time he handled the CITY pono
issues for paving the north sioe, pullu
ing the city police and fire station anu
erecting several other pubic Dulio-
ings.
George T. Booth.
George T. Booth, Republican, is ol
and has lived in Great Falls % years
He came here from Canada, where he
resided three years after emlgratlns
from England, his birth place. He was
FIRST empIoyed as teamster ~
Great Falls and for y years was II.
the confectionery business from "hien
he retired two years ago.
Mr.. Booth represented Cascaae
county in the state legislature at Tue
! Fourteenth and fifteenth sessions aho
At tha fourteenth session was the o,iis
Renuhlican on the Cascade county gel
cation. He is now serving his f'1tn
sear in the city council as a repre-
sentative of the Second ward. nc j
chairman of the auditing and printing
committees and member OF LIZ
| hn,lay.rd and judiciary committee.
M and Mrs. Booth have two sons
canroo r Jr.. and Clifford, bott
res;dents Of Great Falls. A third son
Percy. was killed in action overseas ~
| lois The family home is at 4ls
Eighth avenue south.
Albert J. Fousek.
Albert ] Fousek, Democrat, IS ,.
years old and has lived in Great an
| IS years. He followed the pushes.
Of cigar manufacturer during all y
his residence here until three year,
ago. when he retired from active pMsl
ness. He is native OF bohemia, N
migrated to the United states with III
| narents when seven years old ana hse'
an a farm in Minnesota untl ne 81
moved to Great Falls. .r
Mr.. Fousek first entered pol,'ics
| years ago, when He was
| man from the third ward. lie served
| n the council continuously for - years
and resigned to accept the offlce o.
mavor in 1915. He was elected mayor
r. succeed himself two years later. III
Io11 he was elected to the state legls-
lature. He has been twice defeated
for the office of sheriff and was two
raars ago defeated for the office OF
49, ao,pu,; g aionor
The Fousek home is at 40 E,gEtf
street south. Mr.. and Mrs. Fousei
have six children, all Of whom I've II
Great Falls.
Rev. A. &. Foutch.
4 graduate of Yale university, the
Rev. A. e. Foutch. former pastor q
tho Warren Methodist Eplscopa
church. has devoted most Of his time
to the ministry. having spent the mos'
| ~ his time since he came to Montana
about 10 years ago in the service OF
| the church.
The Rev. Mr.. Foutch held severa
nastorates in different Montana towns
| end in Iowa before accepting the lead
ership Of the Warren Methodist church
on the west side about four years ago
| He held the pastorate until two years
| ago when the place was taken by tht
Rev T. T. Fike. the Rev. Mr.. Foutcf
going into the employ of Strair
| Brothers store in the credit depart.
ment. He remained in the employ Of
Strain Brothers until he entered thu
1 rraynra1itv race short time ago Ht