The Bismarck tribune., 1922-11-11
SURPRISES in
MANY WESTERN.
COUNTY VOTES
Weather Cuts Down Total ]
Vote on Slope and Many
Leaguers Suffer Reverses
STARK STILL SOLID ! I
Gives O'Connor and Nestos
Majority, But shipley Is
Beaten for the House

81 ~, /. t4..y' }g fso. = 5F
Beaten for the House
The stormy weather in the west
ern, part Of the state just preceding
thu election cut down the vote ma
terlaily. In Stark county 500 less
votes were cast than in the primary.
The result of the lessened vote was
severe reserves for the Nonpartisan
league candidates\for various county
places and reduced number of votes
for Lemke. and Frazier.
solid Stark" Remains
Stark county retained its na1sfe,
"Solid Stark" so far as the heads OF
the Independent ticket were con-
cerned. In 36 out of the 81 precincts
of the county O'Connor had lead
Of 267 votes while Nestos had lead
of lilo over Lemke. The vote was: !:
O'Connor 1,849; Frazier 1882; Nes-
tos 2,118; Lemke 999. In the same
precincts E. j. Hughes, Democratic
candidate for congressman, had a
majority of 313 over J. H. Sinclair.
D. E. Shipley, one of the 1nde-
pendent leaders in the last legisla-
ture, who made the race for legis-
lature in the individual column, made
a good race but lost. Plus Kopp was
reelected by the largest majority,
getting 1857 votes in "a precincts.
%. H. Starke was second with 1,781
and Herman Raabe was third in the
race with 1,778 votes, three being
chosen as representatives.
J. L. Hughes, county auditor, was
defeated by A. S. Ward of Belfield
in close race. Frank X. Wanner
was elected clerk of court. Sheriff
George Brown was reelected. Peter
Splichal was elected treasurer over
John Reuter- Jr. Others chosen were:
States Attorney, James P. Cain; Re
gister of Deeds, John Leask; County
Judge, Fred Maser; Coroner, A. D.
Davis; County Superintendent, H. O.
Pippin, all unopposed. w. R. Veigel
was reelected surveyor over w. S.
Stratton in close race. i
Approximately $500 votes were
cast in the election as compared to
$500 in the primary. There are about
1000 registered. The bad roads which
followed snow and rain storm kept
many farmers from the polls.
Morton County
Every county officers elected in
Merton county is, an Independent.
The nost remarkable race, was that
of Charles Mcdonald for sheriff,
who won on stickers in an eight-day
campaign, following the death lof
Jack Brady. The victory Of L. H. Con-
molly for states attorney was by a
strong margin. Bad roads cut down
the farmer vote.
Hettinger County
Frazier got 1927 votes to 632 for
O'Connor, and Nestos got 78O to 95Y
for Lenlke. The Mott Pioneer-Press,
league, was chosen official paper.
County Superintendent Mrs. Martha
Bratcher, league, won. Other county
officers elected included: Sheriff
Gus Buehler; Auditor Henry Noble;
Register of Deeds, Wagedorf; Coun-
>ty Judge, Mccoy; Clerk; Henry
Barry. J. X. Murray won for states
attorney, 1923 to 773.
= Billings County
Governor Nestos carried Billings
county, heretofore league, by small
margin. Miss Mabel Rapp was re-
elected county superintendent. Willis
F. King defeated o. G. Lindhe for
county auditor. Paul Lebo was >chos-
en- county auditor.
Slope County
League candidates had their owr
way in Slope county. Judge Fred
White, known all over the Slope for
his work for the Red Cross, was ap-
parently beaten for county judge in
a close race. C. P. Brownlee, the only
other anti-leaguer holding office,
was defeated for states attorney by
T. T. Hiner, former preacher OF
Marmarth. ~
Logan County \
The O'Connor- Nestos ticket car
'ried the county. Complete returns
gave:l Frazier 700; O'Connor 1856;
Nestos 939; Lemke 495. 26 of q pre-
cincts gave George NJ. Young S8l !;
]. w. Demnney 100. The grain grad
ing measure lost 73O to 1856 in these
precincts. County officers chosen in
cluded: County superintendent, Az
thur J. Solien; aSheriff, John j..
Wentz; auditor, Carl Kaz; treasurer
AndreaG Baltzer; clerk, Jacob Rott;
county judge, ]. ]. Silbernagel, states
attorney, A. B. Atkins. Kretschmar
apparently won over John Wlshek
FOR Joint senator.
Emmons County
Winners in county fights were:
States Attorney, Charles Coventry;
treasurer, E. T. Atha; sheriff, Joe
Volks, Jr.; Register of Deeds, A. h.
Irvine; clerk of court, John Bickler,
county Judge, Adam Thomas: Off
cial paper, Emmons County Record,
edited by Frank Streeter. The So
called German ticket was successful
in most of the county scraps. iNestos
had a majority Of about 250 and
O'Connor lost the county by between
SO and 100.
Mercer County
David Schwartz of Golden Valley
was elected states attorney 1over
John Cass of Stanton. Felix Conrath
won for sheriff over Henry G. Kinds
worth while Herbert Roberts, Nom
partisan, won for treasurer. Haevls-
cher won for clerk of court. Paul
Leupp was reelected county auditor.
Henry Giffey was chosen register
of deeds and E. R. Thomas county
superintendent. The results on the