The Bismarck tribune., 1924-06-26
MAJORITY FOR
NEST0SFALLS
IN BISMARCK
SOrlie Probably Carries Bur-
leigh County as a Result
of Slump in the City
OLSON is NOMINATED
Victory Over Harrington in
Close Senatorial Race Is
Indicated on Returns

A marked falling off in the total
vote in the city Of Bismarck, and
falling off, not SO great, in coun-
try precincts outside of Bismarck,
was noticeable in the returns from
the county, with the complete city
of Bismarck vote available and some
representative country precincts.
The lead of Governor Nestos in
Bismarck was 1923, his vote being
l,G22 to 799 for Sorlie. Two years
ago, in the primary, Governor Nestos
received 2,OS0 votes in the city to
ITO for b. F. Baker. The total vote
in the city in Wednesdays primary
was 2,42l as compared to 1854 two
years ago, on unofficial returns.
This falling off in the Nestos
majority in Bismarck, and falling
off in the first eight rural precincts
in the county, indicated that A. g..
Sorlie, the League candidate for
Governor, would carry the county
Eight precincts outside of Bismarck
gave Nestos 213, Sorlie 302 and Moe
II. In 1922 Nestos got 295 votes and
Baker 35l in these precincts.
The same condition obtained with
relation to the rest Of the ticket,
as is evidenced by the tabulated Bis
marck city vote, given elsewhere in
this issue.
Election boards found hard task
before them, and votes were still
being counted at daylight. While
telephone communication brought
many county precincts to The Trl-
bune, it was apparent that many OF
the returns would not be available
until precinct judges brought them
to the city late today or tomorrow.
Olson Nominated
On the basis of the returns avail.
able, Obert A. Olson was nominated
ket in Burleigh county, probably by
100 to $50 votes, over P. G. Har~
rington, indorsed by the Independ-
ents. Harrington had lead in the
city of Bismarck Of 345 over Olson
as compared to the larger Nestos
majority of 1923, and the vote of
julius Meyer, the third candidate,
appeared to cut both ways in the
county. j. NJ. Thompson ran ahead
on the Independent legislative ticket.
He had 1850 votes in the city or
Bismarck to 1928 for Mrs. Robna
Moses, also indorsed by the Inde-
pendents.
In the city of Bismarck with the
high school precincts missing, Miss
Minnie j. Nelson had 928 votes to
872 for Miss Bertha Palmer and 26S
for G. w. Conn for superintendent
of public instruction.
There was much interest in the
race for county treasurer, in which
Gilbert Haugen and Gerald Rich
holt assumed the lead. Richholt was
ahead of the field of eight in Bis
marck, having 720 votes, with Haug-
en- second with 478 votes.
For States Attorney, the city of
Bismarck gave Allen TAB, Smith
$50, McCurdy S63.
For Congress Here
For Congress, in the city of Bis
marck, Thomas Hall took the lead,
getting l l,486 votes to sos for Sher-
man and 461 for Williams. The
vote for General Williams was con-
sidered highly complimentary in
view of the fact that he was not in
dorsed by any political action. d.
E. Shipley fell behind little in the
city, some votes being deflected to
o. A. Hall, while Frank Milhollan
led his colleagues in the city of Bis
marck by more than $50 votes for
railroad commissioner. John Burke
and c. J. Fisk were out ahead for
the supreme court in the city Of
Bismarck.