Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-08-10
GREAT NUMBER
OF CANDIDATES
IN this COUNTY

Candidates who will compete fol
state and county offices completed
their filings Saturday, August s, be-
ing the last day on which nomination.
petitions could be filed.
Reports from Tombstone last night
told Of the complete list of county
candidates, state candidates making
their filings with the secretary Of
state at Phoenix. Democrats filed
petitions for all Offices, the republi.
cans filing for but few. Five coun-
ty offices have but one candidate,
Judge Albert M. Sames leading the
list. Sames filed for the republican
primaries, and no democratic candi-
date for superior judge appeared.
il. e. James, candidate for clerk of
the superior court, w. M. Cox for
treasurer, H. L. Hutchisonson for
county recorder and James Powell
for assessor will run in the demo-
cratic primaries without opposition
and no republican petitions have
been filed for these offices.
Republican petitions filed were AL
bert M. Sames for superior judge,
George Jay for supervisor district No.
1, Norman J. Roberts for supervisor
district No. 2, A. H. Jelly for justice
of the peace Wilcox precinct, w. NJ.
Taylor for justice of the peace Pir-
t1eville precinct, w. H. Mars for
constable Tombstone precinct, Fred
A. Kinney for constable Bisbee pre-
cinct, Lee Hall for constable at
Naco, j.. J. Wien for constable at
Benson, and G. A. Williamson for
constable at Wilcox.
The candidate who will appear on
the democratic ballot for state, SEN
ate are j. B. Wiley of Douglas, c..
M Leake of Central Bridge, w. p.
Sims and Fred Sutter of Bisbee and
P. w. Hamilton of Wilcox. For the
Legislature w. e. Oxsheer and r. /.
Gleason will run from district No. 1,
AL j. Morgan from district No. 2,
Thomas Cowperthwaite from district
No. 8, all of the three districts be-
ing in the Bisbee district. w. E.
Jones and J. T. Mcdaniel are candi-
dates from district No. 4, Harry T..
Pickett and Mrs. M. J. Runkle from
district 5, both districts being in
Douglas. Normal Abel of Tomb
stone will run for the Legislature
from the western district and Will
liam Coxon of Wilcox from No. Z,
the northern district.
Many contests are in prospect for
the democratic, nomination for super
visor. Harlie Cox, Dan, Angus and
Harry E. Wootton are candidates from
the Bisbee district, John M. Lid,
John R. Hart, H. A. Bennett and A.
G. Karger from the Douglas district
and D. A. Adams and former senator
Charles M. Roberts from the north
ern district. For Sheriff James f.
Mcdonald, George r. Henshaw and
Charles E. Cross will appear on the
ballot, for county attorney James
Gentry and John F. Ross and for
county school superintendent Walter
S. Lanford and Helen M Brown are
the names which will confront dem
socratic voters on election day.
The nomination petitions for justice
of the peace are as follows: Douglas
James III. East, w. B. Fonda, w. G.
Jack and NJ j. Donahue;, Tomb
stone, H. P. Merrill; Bisbee, w. p.
Craig and L. T. Frazier; Naco, b.
Beckham; Benson, J. Leroy Ian
caster; Cochise, VIM. D. Monmonier
and H. L. Bruner; Valley Mrs. Elma
D. Harris; Wilcox, w. T. Brinley;
Bowie, Ben Kratzberg and George
w. Smith; Paradise, j. c. Hancock
Dos Cabezas, A. B. Wadleigh and
w. K. Dawson; San Simon, F. G.
Garrett
Always popular office, the jol
of constable brought out the largest
number of filings. The names follow
Douglas, o. A. Ash, Gordon Newman
R. L. Kirk and Thomas L. Butler
Tombstone, Porter Mcdonald; Bis
bee, Alex Kidd and Tom w. Voelker
Benson, Jess B. Walker; Cochise
Pierce f. Getzweller and w. w
Adams; Valley, L. M. Brown ant
Bufordl Slower; Wilcox, Leonard S
Page, II. T. Clark and w. w. Elan
ders; Bowie, S. F. Mitchell and w
c. Johnson; Paradise, E. F. Epley
PirtleYille, willard Evans, D. P
Dwyer and Charles H. Mitchell; Do!
| Cabezas, ]. w. Moore and Mile.
Standisn; San Simon, T. Hollis ant
D. F. Caswell.