The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1938-05-12
4 Seek County
Attorney Job;
Beran in Race
BARNES, FALK, ROGERS
OPPOSED; HUBBARD,
MATSON ON TICKET

Interest in the Redwood
county primary election June
20 doubled and trebled We'd
nesday as a last minute rush
of filers brought primary
contests in a total of six of
fees. Candidates for county
attorney, auditor, treasurer
and county representative
will be on the ballot, in addi-
ton to sheriff and fourth dis
trict commissioner for which
large fields developed earlier.
The county attorney scram-
BILE was the center of inter-
est Wednesday as Tom Reed OF
Redwood Falls entered the field
to make three way race, G. j.
Fillenworth of Lamberton having
stepped into the contest Saturday.
AS the time for fling neared the
close, N. r. Ryerson of Redwood
Falls became the fourth to seek
the position held by George A.
Barnes who filed several weeks
ago.
Wesley M. Sommers of North
Redwood made primary contest
for county treasurer when he i'll
ed Wednesday. Fred E. Gleason
of Sanborn was the first oppon-
ent of Arthur P. Falk, seeking re-
election, when he filed Saturday.
3 For Auditor
Joe Pistulka made a race for
auditor when he stepped under
the wire to oppose Ira R. Rogers
incumbent and Otto Lindeman
who filed early. Pistulka is a
Seaforth man, graduate of Red
wood Falls High school and at,
present is bookkeeper at the Red
wood Rendering plant.
Fifth filing Wednesday was A.
w. Hubbard of Redwood Falls
who seeks his old position as
coroner, unopposed. DR.. Gordon
Cole, who served one term, did
not file for reelection. Hubbard
filed three minutes before closing
time.
A next-te-the-last day filer was
Joe Beran of Clements who seeks
the county representative seat
held by the late H. NJ. Aune.
Other candidates for the position
are Harvey E. Swennes of Lam
berton and Aubrey w. Dirlam Of
Redwood Falls, both of whom
filed earlier in the campaign.
George Matson of Redwood
Falls became the fifth candidate
for sheriff Saturday when he en-
tered the field against L. j. Kise,
incumbent, Joseph NJ. Mahal,
Fred j. Carity and Erwin A.
Meierding, all earlier filers. Mat
sons candidacy has been rumor-
ed for several weeks.
The fourth district commission
er race remained unchanged
through the final week with Ed
win Wells, Harry Hoffman and
Rud Stensvad opposing E. A.
PeaSe who seeks reelection.
Have No Opposition
Unopposed candidates besides
are E. II. Bollum, regis
ter of deeds; G. d. Clipfeu, sup
of schools; John NJ.
Zwach, representative at large
and Herman Beckman, second
district commissioner.
For congress, seventh district
voters have two candidates seek
ing each party nomination. II.
Carl Anderson of Tyler, Repub-
lican candidate two years ago, is
again in the race opposed by W.
R. Mitchell of Tracy. J. L. O'Con-
nor, Renville county treasurer,
seeks the Democratic nomination,
opposed by Frank L. Whipkey of
Willmar while Paul j. Kvale of
Benson, incumbent, is opposed by
F. H. Shoemaker, North Redwood.
Mr.. Sommers was born in Rem
vile county and attended school
there. He is serving his third
term as mayor of North Redwood
where he was postmaster five
years and has been manager of
the Farmers Elevator over nine
years. Mr.. Gleason is farmer
at present and was in the banking
business II years. He has lived
in the county ~ years and is
making his first try for public
office.
George Matson was born at
Sanborn and graduated from high
school there. After attending
Dunwoody Industrial Institute he
served as assistant county en-
gineer here four years and has
held positions with the Federal
Works administration since.
Thomas F. Reed, Redwood Falls
attorney making his first venture
as a political candidate in other
than city elections, is also a coun-
~ boy. He was born in WestlinS
In 1899 and attended
Milroy schools. After army SER
vice and between years at the
University where he received his
legal training, he taught school
,ne year in Gales township and
TWO years in Clements village.
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