The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1935-12-05
Lucan Votes Approval for
Liquor Store, Revere
Retains Store
Walnut Grove Has Several
Close Contests; MilrOy
Mayor Vote Close

village elecClOnS were carried
on in peace and quiet in Redwood
county's Is villages Tuesday with
few contests in most places and
only scattered instances where
ballOting was close.
Two villages voted on the liquor
question, Revere deciding to con-
tinue to have liquor store and
Lucan reversing its position of a
year ago and authorizing a dis
pensary by a large majority.
At Morton in Renville county,
w. G. Andrews was chosen as
mayor while other caucus candi-
dates also were elected without
opposition. They are: T. w. Beis-
wenger, trustee; H. F. Manecke,
constable and Francis Sheehan,
justice Of peace. Seventy-nine
votes were cast.
Results in Redwood county vii
lagos were:
Lucan-On the question "Do
you favor a hard liquor saloon ?"
Lucan voters voted yes by ma
jority of SO to 8, completely re-
versing their stand of year ago
when the village remained dry 26
to IL. A. F. Macht was re-elect-
ed mayor and Louis Grams, coun-
Gilman for two years while new
officers are Peter Paskewitz,
councilman for three years; FL
mer Benson, justice of peace and
Fred Viergutz, constable, each
with approximately SO votes.
MilrOy-A close race developed
here for mayor with Ed Solseth
receiving 80 votes to defeat Mrs.
E. Dysart who received 81. Peter
Scott, the incumbent, did not file
but received seven votes. Herman
Kremin was reelected to the
council, receiving 46 votes to "a
for Ed Hickey. G. G. Mellgren
was unopposed for treasurer and
received "a votes while James To-
masek defeated Mrs. w. A. Welsh
for recorder "A to % and Elmer
Welter was reelected assessor
over Elmer Penke 81 to 16. Char
les Reed was renamed justice of
peace with. SO votes to Ii for
George Wagner and Mark Davis
was chosen as constable over Ju-
Illus Hansen 46 to "a.
WabassO-The election here was
exceedingly quiet with Al votes
cast. D. E. Sinclair was re-elect-
ed mayor with 38 votes and Ed
Schiffman, councilman, with 80. A
constable and justice of peace will
be appointed as incumbents, whose
terms did not expire at this time,
received the majority of votes.
LambertOn- Forty-seven votes
were cast here to re-elect incum-
bent officers without opposition.
They are: Chris Rongstad, mayor;
V. M. Calkins, trustee; L. A.
Cooler, justice of peace and A.
Zindel, constable.
Revere-The election here was
close as usual, E. T. Ebbesen be-
ing chosen for mayor over Ross
Lee 43 to 80 while George Hoff-
rogge won a council seat over
Robert Kaatz SO to 80 and A. T.
Anderson was elected clerk over
Mrs. Ray Sawyer 80 to 35. On
the question of again granting a
license to sell liquor, the vote was
A yes and 3S no.
Delhi-Election was extremely
quiet here with all old officers re-
ceiving new terms without oppo-
sition. ]. F. Bunting was re-
elected mayor, Ole L. Flore, coun-
Gilman; Rudolph Hultquist, treas
urer; Walter Lundberg, justice of
peace and C. A. Hultquist, con-
stable.
Walnut Grove-Three interest
ing races developed here with
Mayor j. G.. Weeks winning re-
election as mayor with "a votes
while his opponent, William Post
humus, received 80. August Far
Der, councilman, was defeated by
w. l. Egge LOG to rs and Norman
Peterson was elected justice of
peace over o. w. Gremmert, in
cumbent, los to rs.
Clements-An unusually quiet
election took place here with only
the incumbents filed. L. L. Raddatz
was reelected mayor with SO
votes. Arthur Richter trustee
with SO, c.. D. Jensen treasurer
with 60, C. D. Thompson justice
of peace with so and j. P. Kagel,
constable with seven. A band