Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-02-15
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CASE y E;'Gl9|6|elBEB.
Independents Win Out in
H ! !, ! ontest 81 sa-
prelrle Court Decision
(Heraidg Special seryiceDs

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prAnse court mas dscideds n fexor.cf
JsineOseQAubAs Independent, asaAnst
Jake Dewinx and IN favor Of Ed
Drdnkwater, independent, against
Andrew Nelson, Nonparttsan, in the
Hurke county election Uses {eo5l .strs
2ssThe appeal wRs taken rom the
fifth district court Tor BurE6seounfyg
the ~ cases being heard onaappsA,
together by stipulation; becAnsS asthe
testimony wAs acknowledgements
District Judge Charles n. C~o0ley,fthe
cases MISUNDERSTANDING the lastsWeek
Of Decernhers aa20. n. ~ ia.ss W asss,,
Ed DrinkwatArsa and Andrew Nelson.
were candidates for. ahe r1frsaAdi4 Uhn.
Or Grubb and Jake ~ DewinGest swsre
candidates Tor. c0msniBiopSttahg Runke
county att the seiection Inc sdveYnbef,
faa DrtakZwatF opntestedL
Nelson wnassshsld elected syhArfnt BY
the caHvaAsinGH board, whieAssf6un1
votestforsD rinkWater.3 TheslatteraflAd
81 contest, Claiming to AhavSstrscesved
over sl,6o0 Legal votes while Nelson
feceived Tess than moo legal votss.str
u Drinkwat6ri ehArges0 that insG each
OF the preciEetS there weto more than
five votes for Ssi1iirf rnotscanyaSAeds0r
counted andi"tlfAtt inN-sach .pfectntts3
votes we~re.tcouIited tforsNel winch
should n haveebeenScountsdseo Tor him.
i Was claimed y.thss contestant thAt
persons not .fqualified s4fabt1rs voted
forilNeison, thattabsentavovers ballots
We're cast. illeEauSyastha ones Of the
ballots cast, for Nelsons;w asaa ballot
east by ta@iperson who was Ill but the
ballet was taken to 'thegwrong polling
place. It also was alleged ballots of
wqmen weres1narked switi1outaany res
quest. n
4's Coolcy's Holding.
Judge Cooley in district court found
that thu contestant" ED ,D~rinkwAter,
was duly elected sheriff of Burke
county.
In the contest On commissioner. the
board of c~anvassers certtfedithe,. elec-
tom Of jake Dewing by d vote, OF $50
tos518. The 'a11egationssmade In the
Contest instituted by John o.. Grub
werelsubstanttally the5saYpe as In the
Sheriff @contestst,.A Among fthe4charges
were that aliens &were, voted3 that
Dewing solicited votes pn@gelecticn
strength'sthat,, Dewlng was endorsed
by the Ndnpartisan league sIsrssf44r'2
Edward Stnklert andilAAJ Palda, MI
not attorneys : argued another Burke
county case before the supreme court
late yesterday. the Case brought bysC.
j. Kropriva, county autiit6t;;.kgAlnst
Lawrence Larson, = FORMER 33trsMsurefs,
and the First NATIONAL Bank sofsBow-
bells. q Es.tttat Ss-.ty,St4 - n II 49, .
The complainant chargedfthat three
days before LArs6ns was. sacceeded In
office as county treasurer, on April ~,
he placed s4l9. 900 in.the ErvtsNAtion-
al Bank of Bon ana receivsAScer.
tificates sof debSsit.s III iwAsschArged
that va: totalsiio OF slss, e00a waszsplated
on certifinates in various banks fstThA
compel retus1. Of shs. moseSland. II
w~AssgHant4d by District Judge Lowe,
from Ewhithnorder an&appea1 ia. .tAhsn
by Larson and the banlEs = {a"i ~ 4. q =
The casGff involves the, right Of q
treasurer.sto ,plxesf certain sT6hds ON
certificates of dspositFand sA1Sofss 5thS
question of whether the banks were
then esaffdkposioaries.s SspssM I'd