The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1938-12-08
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Clerk Race
VOTERS AT CLEMENTS
TURN DOWN TRUCK;
RESULTS LISTED

RESULTS LISTED
Belview went wet by a vote of
98 to so.
North Redwood residents as
sured another dry year there,
balloting two to one against liz
quor and named one man to
the two offices of constable and
justice of the peace.
Wabasso turned down muni-
cipal liquor store proposal 159 to
Ia.
Guy S. Dickerson and Joseph J.
Zeug are tied for the office of
recorder at Lucan with SO votes
each.
The village of Clements will
not spent 81 800 for fire truck,
the tally standing at 81 against
and "A for the proposal.
These are highlights of village
elections held throughout Red
wood county Tuesday.
BELvIEW reversed its decision
of last year on the liquor issue.
The 1887 vote was IS to 76
against a liquor store. 1t was
not decided whether the village
will operate a municipal store or
license a private one, but indica-
tions are it will be a municipal
establishment. John j. Ziegler
was returned as mayor with sc
votes. Rolf Omtvedt, his oppon-
ent for the second time, received
81 and Gus LANCE IA. H. O.
Kramm beat Andrew Solberg,
incumbent for the three year
council term with count of SO
to 26. Incumbent August Abra-
ham received 81 votes to rs for
George Olsen in the assessors
race. M. j. Munson was elected
recorder over Oscar Gimmestad,
the count LOG to 81. Jake Olson
will be justice of the peace, hav-
ing received 81 votes to % for
Oscar Gimmestad. Adolph Leon
ard was named constable with As
votes. John Bonner got 10. The
total vote was 1863.
NORTH REDWOOD vote
against the sale of liquor in the
village was SO to 80, big gain
for drys who balloted 81 to 40 on
the question last year. Unofficial
expressions taken in case liquor
was voted in were 48 for a muni-
cipally operated store to l6 for
licensing private concern.
George Everett was selected con-
stable with 10 votes and justice of
the peace with six. The question
of which office he will take will
be decided later. B. G.. Winge
defeated Lorenzo Ziegler, present
office holder, for clerk by count
of So to "a. B. H. Kuenzli was
the biggest vote getter, receiving
83 votes. Others elected are: w.
M. Sommers, mayor, 81; Anton
Becker, trustee, 81 and Charles
Brandt, assessor.
WABASSO had the biggest vote
ever cast in the village, 274 resi-
dents going to the polls. Math
Schueller was elected mayor with
217 votes; Charles P. Goblirsch
defeated E. Schiffman for the
three-year council seat by 176 to
SO; George B. Snyder was named
treasurer by vote of 234; Ger
aid Johapneck received the treas
urer's position with 229. In a
four way race for assessor A. J.
Fritz won with LOT votes. M.
Mitchell received 81; H. Elliott IA
and d. E. Sinclair 81.
Neither Mike Fagen nor John
Eye who received votes for con-
stable will take the office because
of the small ballot. Fagen receiy-
ed seven votes and Eye, five.
Francis Hirsch was elected justice
of the peace with 26 votes.
gLUCAN has not yet decided
how the tie between Dickerson
and Zeug for recorder will be
broken. When a similar situa-
ton occurred in Redwood Falls
IS years ago, the officer was de-
cided by casting lots and it is pro-
bable the same means will be
used in the Lucan deadlock. L. c.
Patterson was elected mayor with
81 votes to 40 for A. p. Macht.
Louis S. Larson was named to
the council by rs votes, John Pa
vek receiving rs. Joseph Brau
for treasurer; Marvin Prokasky
for justice and Emil Wichman for
constable were elected with only
a few votes against them. Anton
Kraemer was named assessor by
LIS votes to IS for John Zeug.
CLEMENTS elected Richards
Clements, Is, young garage me-
chanic, as mayor of the town
which bears his name. He re-
ceived IS votes to "a for L. H. Rad
datz who has held the office for
eight years. A. Richter was elect
ed trustee for three years; w. F.
Cannot. clerk; F. A. Macho, as
SCISSOR; j. p. Kagel, constable; and
G. d. Jensen, justice.
MORGAN had quiet election,
naming the following officials:
mayor, H. o. Draeger reelected
with 100 votes; councilman, E. r.
Lamp reelected with LOT votes:
recorder, +. S. Pollard with 101
| votes to II for L. ". Hopfenspir-
ger; assessor, H. w. Mattke re-
elected with 70 votes to ~ for w.
j. Bandemer; treasurer, w. p.
Netzke reelected with ITO votes;
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