The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-11-06
'CURDY LEADS
HIS OPPONENT
BY 265 VOTES
Appears Elected States At
t0rney of Burleigh County,
With Few Precincts Out
TRIBUNE is ELECTED
Named Official Paper by Ma
jority, Which Probably
Will BE 900 Votes

Although 4 few country precincts
in Burleigh county had not been re-
ported this afternoon, the increased
totals made available had not shaken
any OF the results which previously
appeared to be established The
closest county race was for states
attorney, between +. s. Allen. incum-
bent, and +. +. McCurdy.
When So precincts out of 60 in the
county had been tabulated, McCurdy
had 1908 votes to 1888 for Allen, a
lead of 265. Mr.. McCurdy DECLARED
he was elected, on the face of these
returns.
The Bismarck Tribune was elected
official paper in the county by large
vote, the majority probably being
about 900 when all votes are report
ed. With Sc out of the 80 precincts
reported, and only small ones re-
naming to be heard from. the vote
was: Tribune 1888; State Record
2,0l5, lead for the Tribune of 96S
votes.
heavy vote in the city of Bismarck,
the newspaper carrying the city by |
l,l33 votes, or 200 votes more than
Halvorson. the head Of the Independ-
ent ticket. The vote on official paper |
was lighter than on the head of the
ticket, especially in view of the posi- |
tion Of the newspaper candidates in
nhc nf h., hall
The Tribune also showed a marked
gain in its vote in the rural precincts,
outside the city of Bismarck, as Gem
pared to two years ago, the precincts !
thus far reported showing gain OF
about 500 votes over the papers vote
of two years ago. A very large
farmer vote was registered for The
Tribune.
Burleigh county totals, with 8 pre-.
cincts missing, included:
County superintendent HUI
ber 2,Os5; Madge Runey 1856. :,
County auditol-H Harry Clough q
OSG; Frank Johnson 1896.
Register of Deeds-~Fred Swenson
3,759; Jessie Van Hook 1875.
G. L. Spear 3,279.
County judge. c. Davies 1921;
John +. Fort 1874.
CoronerE. j. Gobel 3,76S; b. F.
Flanagan l,243.
Tax Reduction For 2,175; against
1898.
Courthouse Las; against B..
523.
Burleigh Totals
Totals for Burleigh county, with
some rural precincts out, showed
the trend Of the election in this
county. They follow:
48 out of GO precincts: Coolidge
1904; Davis 256; Foster 5; LaFol
lette 2099.
as out Of 60 precincts for Con-
gress: Hall 3.Oll; Gerald Nye, 1897;
Freerks, 56.
80 out Of 60 precincts for Con-
eress: Hall BOIL; Gerald Nye, L.
853.
46 precincts gave for Governor:
Sorlie 2,450; Halvorson 2,8O9.
~ precincts gave for Lieutenant
Governor: Walter Maddox, 2,233;
J. f. Paulson 1864.
IA precincts for Secretary of
State caves. Robert Byrne 2,l93; d.
E. Shipley, 1881.
46 precincts for State Auditor
gave: John Stecn 2,s01; d. c. Poin-
dexter 2,016.
"A precincts for State Treasurer
gave: C. A. Fisher 1904; j. V. Bir-
der 2,056.
As precincts for Attorney General
gave: George Skafer 1858; Thore-
sen 1903.
AS precincts for Commissioner of
Insurance gave: s. A. Olsness p
G56; W. S. Hooper 1882.
IA precincts for Commissioner of
Agriculture and Labor gave: j. A.
Kitchen 1898; w. J. Church l,725.
As precincts for Commissioner of
Railroads gave: Fay Harding 2,549;
w. c. Mcdonnell, 2,495; Frank Mil
hollan $500; L. NJ. Byrne 2,227; Ed
ward Hadley 2,l47; Edward Kibler
2,102.
AZ precincts for judge of supreme
court gave: JOnn burke I,So3; 4. j.
Fisk 2,341.
AZ precincts for state superin-
tendent of public instruction give:
Minnie j. Nelson 2,7O4; Bertha
Palmer 2,734.
40 precincts on the tax reduction
easure give: "For" 1874;
against" 1929.
Comparisons of the above figures
plainly show that the candidates on
the Republican ticket had the ad-
vantage over their opponents. At
torney- General Shafer. Commission
er of Agriculture Kitchen and State
Treasurer John Steen, candidate forI
Auditor, ran we'll ahead of other
Independents in Burleigh county,
Continued on page 81 !