Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-06-30

kota Registered iArEsa FSdutti1xs III
ton. The aps.het as u lssaTds Ear Tn the
election on the part of electors not
residing In rural districtssswiaa general
Ethrogghoutlthe section. and. itgslis held
that 1.-THE farm ees OF northwestern
North Dakota had not ycutE ihto the,
league smajofitles, thereAuit would
still be vary much irfYa doubt.
n Shows In Returns. Hs
In Williams county, for instance
Williston returned q reduction In the
lndependent strength, but In the first
81 precincts heard from, Including
Wi!liston Nestos' gained pa
precincts. including towns in which
b Independent strength wa y cut,
Nestoss gained 3S2, or an average OF
f2stosthe precinct: ssS 4%51 s|
In ne. precinct. Anna. township, he:
gained I2S votes. In Ward county,
Minot4and other cities,,and towns $clt
thae ..Nestos leadMby not getting. out
fun vote, but the rural precincts
G : a,s va1Sa t4,,1nsd sN 'ssaSe IN r. t t1ss ], /
standard I bearer sufficiently for the
loss to be overcome. ID. Il.
In Burke county Nestos lost In the
recall by close to 400.N As the farm
er votes come In 1T seems probable.
that he will carry that county.
Other counties rep rtssimilar gains.
for Nestos in, the county. u
Il the city vote had turned out:
the totals In the nine northwestern
Thousands OF farmers. switched to the
Nestos ticket. Having to overcome
the, losses%in the cities, the. farmer
votes were equal to. the task and sstiil
cut the league advantage: some 2 ,O0e,
IN the. recall election Frazier carr,
rled the counties by approximately
Northeastern section. Il -
In the northeastern part Of the
state, although the vote wa smaller
than in the recall election, it seems
that his majority will be about equal
Ito that received in the recall cleo
ton. He has gained in Trail and
Grand Forks counties and has lost
slightly in Cavalier county. Returns
from other counties are still incom-
plete. F4 .@.
In Walsh and Pembina counties 1t
seems likely that he will break about
even with the recall record.
Reports from these districts indi-
cate that Sveinbjorn johnson. the
present attorney general, now can
! didate for the supreme court, is piling
up g big vote: ~
! Losses In Southeast,
; The only part OF the state where
very serious inroads have been made
in the Independent majorities in the
norship is concerned, is the southern
section.
Here losses are reported in such
Independent strongholds as Cass,
Richland and Stutsman counties. In
Cass and Stutsman failure Of many
voters to cast their ballots and the
Democratic Registration are thought
to have been the main factors in
causing this slump. In Richland
county the senatorial fight may. have
, entered into the matter to some ex-
tent. ..5,N rr 80 II
Gains on Slope.
While gains for the independent
ticket are reported from all over The
mose notable ~andr.really astonishing
gain is in Morton county where the
F Independents have turned a majority
=" sS5 Tor Frazier in the, fecall cleo
Ion into d majority for. 'Nestos that
will bel approximately 200, q change
Of over / 900 votes. a
The only other county in the Third
district that has made a COMPLETE
: turnover Is Burke, whore a 900 ma
iority fol-. Frazier has been over.
come and the county will go for
Nestos by from 100 to 200, this is a
most satisfactory showing.
AL over fheTTwest sfbpe section
i, there, have been registered, good gains
for tha=Nestos ticket that will over
coresthe5 falling ofsin the vote in the
valley counties which, resulted. in. q
shrinkage Of majorities in some ot
the eastern counties.
Stark county for example which
gave Nestos 1873 majority.in the re-
: call with IS out o.. the, 81 precincts
in. gave Nestos 1864: faker 1.1s4 in
Hettinger county which in the recall
, gave Frazier 5SS majority. =
81 out OF the 8? precincts gave
Nestos 1877: Frazier 1925; practical
Adams county in ~ out OF. 80 pre-
.cincts gives Nestos $50: Baker .752,
where in the recall Nestos lost by
ac5S..1 - N I <.
Golden Valley county complete, in.
I creases it's majority for Nestosg from
ats In! the recall to 535 in this: years
!, primary. Even Oliver county the
league stronghold shows a bin hide
pendent gain where the total vote is
Baker $40 to 2s7 for Nestos where
in the recall the total league majority
was 761 To is gain Of .1Se for Mes.
Ftos. Mercer9county in 20 out of the
29Eprecincts give Baker, 1876; Nesfps
453. 1.-The total majority in the. county
forsFrazier in the recall being. 1.192
Though accurate figures cannot
now be given 1t isl. apparent that III
the group of counties, on the west
slope the league: has lost nearly 5000
votes over n third of which is in
j Morton county. -. 4 . n;
Billings county. 10; of, IL, McHare
1s; Frazier 4s2;a McCumber 217: Nc.
Clellan 21s; Sinclair ~; !stegner 80;
Baker 384: .Nestos 1856,
Stark; SO Of 81 precincts, ,McHare
/, 57:S Frazier i,:7s; Mccumber 1870
n nan 122.,SR Rake 1911 Il. Nestos I .701