Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-05-10
a. CANDIDATES
IN PINE COUNTY
Four for Representative,
Eight for Sheriff and Six
for Auditor.
Filings Closed Yesterday;
Primary Election to be
Monday, June IL.

Up to the time of closing for the
filings of candidates for political Of
fice-at 5 p. M yesterday afternoon
there were 10 filings i'm Pine county
the last week. making altogether
total of "A candidates for the various
county offices.
County Commissioner Frank w. Ste
pan of Willow River. filed Monday
afternoon for the office of state repre-
sentative, and C. G. Mann of Hinckley.
| filed Wednesday afternoon for the same
office Thus there are four candl-
dates for that office. o. B. Steen and
Charles ]. Swanson having filed some
time ago.
Mr.. Stepan who has record of
economy on the county board, came to
Pine county with his family from Lee
Sueur county in 1914 and they have
since resided on their farm in Kettle
River township. He is the father of
II children.
Mr.. Mann has been the publisher of
the Hinckley News the past eight
years. He is SO years old, married
and has child, and has held various
local offices in Hinckley village.
Down in Chisago county, which is in
the same legislative district, the 56th,
there are also four candidates for rep
resentative. They are Joe Holm,
North Branch, boiler inspector; Theo-
dore A. Norelius, LindstrOm, editor OF
the Chisago County Press; Albert
Amundson. TaylOrs Falls, editor of
Taylors Falls Journal; and Mrs. Ros-
anna Payne, Harris, who formerly re-
sided at Ball Club and was a member
of the House of Representatives from
Itasca county in the 1929 and 1881
sessions.
Three Senate Candidates.
There are three filings for state
senator from the seth district, all
from Chisago county, but to be voted
on by the voters of both Chisago and
Pine counties. They are Frank W..
Hanson, Rush City; w. G. Brach, Tay-
lors Falls; and c. Elmer Johnson, AL
melund, who served in the 1888 reg
ular and special sessions of the Leg
islature as representative from Chi
sage county.
Included in the late filings for Of
fees in Pine county, those within the
last week, are A. r. Woodbeck, post
master at Brook Park, for county au-
ditor; Joseph S. Curtis of Chengwa-
tana township, for treasurer; Reynolds
Harris, Hinckley. and r. J. Gray. Pine
City, for register of deeds; Michael B..
Hurley, Pine City, incumbent, for
county attorney; Eta M. Wiley, Pine
City, who was a candidate four years
ago. for superintendent of schools; F..
P Gottry, Pine City, incumbent, for
coroner; and John Ettel, Rock Creek.
incumbent, for county commissioner
in the First district.
All the candidates for legislative
and county offices run on a nO-party
basis, so there will be no party desig-
nation with their names on the ballot.
The primary election is to be on Mon
day, June 18th, at which time all but
the two receiving the highest votes
are eliminated. The two nominees
for each office go on the ballot for
the fall election in November. The
only two offices in Pine county where
the names of the candidates will not
appear on the primary ballot are those
of county attorney and coroner, there
being but two filings for each office
and thus they are automatically NOM
mated. The battle of ballots in those
cases will take place in November.
List of County Office Candidates.
The complete list of A candidates
for offices in Pine county. the incum-
bents being marked with an asterisk
(*), is as follows:
Representative, seth Legislative District.