The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-31
District Ne. .s-Cioxer creek
In shieh his farm /. located.

W 8Nst " IL II = A%t&aAHAs
He appeared a. = sueker esndi-
cate and showed under his oppo-
nent filed an oath Of office. but
fled no bend when Il appeared NJ
"a. finally considered not . real
dent
Mrs. Harry NJ Diseth. near
neighhor 81 the Milestone place
On Collins road. said she had known
milestone five ~ six years and
Tor about = year NJ 10 last De-
eemher delivered milk 81 Tire N'het-
stone place. assumed the woman
there Was Mrs. Whetstons.
">he esme over In the heu~e
orc dsy when had sou,~ cam
pan, and ! introduced her "a
- Mrs. Nheistene and she
didn't deny H." Mr>. Di>cth
said. she said she WAS Mrs.
MILESTONE No. s."
But DR.. MILESTONE said he had
never been married since the final
decree divoncing him from Mrs.
Mary May MILESTONE in 1910.
and had only had one wife.
Judge Olson held all these fac
tors unimportant beside the fact
that Or. Milestone had held his
office room to be his residence.
since late December. 1887: had reg
istered in Tacoma and had voted
regularly In elections as a resident
Of Precinct IS.
City Clerk Martin. her for
mer deputy clerk. Mrs. LenerA
Green. and Chief Deput, Coun-
" Auditor J. r. Ford, former
superintendent ~ elections.
testified and Identified records
covering Whetstone's registra-
ton and voting.
Buckets OF law were poured into
the case during the hearing and in
the final arguments. But here IL
what Judge Olson held. clearing
the way for Miss Martin 10 pro-
coed Friday-her last legal day
for the task-to certify to the
county election board the name.
of all candidates for the Feb. "A
primaries:
We are naturally. In this case
probably more than in most, con-
eerned with a question of fact
The period in question seems TO
me to be from Jan. 10. 1899 10
Jan. 10, 1912. That seems 10 be
the provision of the charter
three years Immediately preced-
ing the election
While the question Is one Of
fact largely, probably the con-
trolling fact is the intention ex-
pressed by the person concerned.
A man can have only one residence
and once he acquires a residence.
II he abandons this and wants 10
acquire a new one. he may do
that by expressing that desire and
then doing something to effectuate
it-something which IL more
feasible than that indefinite thing
confined in his mind called his
intention.
Until he accomplished n,
Of course, his old residence
prevails, as counsel has
argued. Perhaps n we con-
sider In this case that the
additional respondent (Whet-
stonel had q residence In
Falkland where he and his
wife moved from the city Of
Tacoma largely for reasons Of
health and recreation, that he
abandoned his vote and regis
tration here upon making
that change, and maintained
that residence until, at least,
r. he puts IL. two or three
days after Christmas In 1897.
AT that time a change in his
domestic situation occurred which,
according 10 his testimony. neces-
STATED his leaving the home jointly
occupied by himself and his wife
and come to another place for his
room and ordinary living. The
domestic situation did not i'm
prove and a divorce action fol-
lowed which came on for trial in
December, 1888. eliminating in a