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Ewald Snowed Under for County Attorney
With bat two small rural precincts
not included in the unofficial count,
Tom Norton, democratic nominee. Was
elected sheriff of Cascade county oyer
Boh Gordon, republican incumbent,
with a lead of 238. His total is 6,696
•gainst Gordon's 6.468. Precincts still
to report are Bird Creek and Evans,
with a total registered vote at 84.
Democratic candidates won eight of
the 14 offices to be filled in the Cas
county court house, nominees of
the party displacing five republicans
now holding office. Democrats wore
elected to the offices of sheriff, coon
ty attorney, «lark of court, commis
afener and surveyor, all now hold by
republicans. Included in the demo
«rati« victories this year were the two
district judges, H. SL Ewing and J. B.
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Leslie, who were unopposed in the
general election. The legislative del
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««1 «am democrats being etectwj,
Eickemeyer, democrat for county
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attorney, continued to pile up a lead
M Wednesday's count and la ahead of
Peterson, republican, 6,186 to 3*2. a !
plurality of more than L700. Ewald,
independent, is short of his primary
vote, with 2,401, while Bymn, also run
mng aa an independent, received 176.
Mellon, democrat for county com
mi »ai on er, forged ahead Wednesday
and won one of the decisive, victories
of the «lection, defeating Ben John
atm, incumbent, 6,610 to 6*8. Mai
Ion'» friends expected him to be re
turned a, winaer, but the six* of Ms
majority was aboVç «11 pre-election
forecasts. *„ "
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j Ctourge Harper, who was defeated
. in the republican landslide pf J920 for
* «torf of the court after having held*t
that office 12 years, is another decia
iv» winner. He defeated Floyd Strai
ton, now chief deputy, 6,169 to 3,709
Brown, farmer-labor, has a total at
067. Harper was «he one candidate
- te the field who made no campaign,
drea toted n© liters tore and, accord
iag to common report, asked no per
son to vote for him.
'M. D. Nicholson, republican inculte -
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bent, teas elected treasurer over Bate
Harold Mady. republican, was re
etocted county assessor, winning over
■ Nicholas Frank democrat, 5769 to
8&6#. John. E. Moran, rVpubticàQ,
waa again returned to the office of
man, democrat more than two to one.
Nicholson received the highest vote
■cast for any county candidate on any
tfehat. '....
reœived a najority of
mere than two to «we over Stone,
ém fcaateft, fer feat office. C. E. Wag
nor, democrat, again was named pub
Re admmistratoor. by a vote et 5.12»
ms against X«14 fee Young, his reptfe
Bean opponent
On the legislative slates. Dr. E. ftt.
Larson repebltoan leads fee 12 can
didate» wife a total at 6388. The
county's delegation tn fee next as»«»
My apparently will be composed of
and two democrats,
recorder, wife a vote
of 6370 te 3317 foe Agaew. John 8.
Oeok. republican incumbent, county
, wo® a small land over A. J.
Fooaek. democrat, the vote being
dun Cbx istteoo. repubHcao was n
i m pe ria to ndent ot
schools, wife a lead of 6384 to 3318
«ver Martin Luther Evans, democrat.
4 One of fee interesting phases of fee
a republican candidate in fee prhmar
iea and aooiiafe of the démocratie
jmrty
e of Ids asm« being wrH
tm te,. over Woodward, republican
by a vote of 4,796 to 4396.
Dr. L. K McBurney, now coroner.
Those with majorities in the unoffi
cial count are thought to have a large
enough majority to guard against re
versals through error in reporting
precinct returns. The other member»
of the delegation are Shields, demo
crat; Wuerthner. republican; Holt,
republican ; Graybiil, democrat, and
Duncan, republican.
Larson (R) _
Shields (D) .
Wuerthner (R)
Holt (E) ..
Graybiil (D) .
Duncan (R) ..
Mayland (R) .
Harris <R) _
Representatives
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.4386
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6.472
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Cowley (D) ....^.
PUgaram (O) .
Ward ,(D)-
-Sutherland (D) ...
4 336
6*1
5,«e
Mellon (Ö) .
Johnston (R) .^4.........
County Attorney
5.008
Sücbameyer (D)
.5,186
Peterson (R) .....
Ewald (lod) .
Ryan (Ind) . .
Sheriff
Norton (0) .^... r
Gordon (R) _
Cleft of Court
Harper (D)
Straiton (R)
8,462
«et
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.... 176
„..54>96
... 6,468
....6,169
8,709
(F-L)
- Cetoaty Treasurer
Nicholson (R) .
. 967
6,936
Bateman
Ceqaty
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2.848
Mady (R) . .
Frank _
Ctotety /Clerk
Moran (H) ^..-—
AgneW fD)
County Auditor
Cpok (R) ..
Foosek (D)
Ruppgteteaddnt
Ghrfettoe» (R) :_
Evans (Ö)
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County Surveyor -.
Lockhart (D)
Woodward (R) .
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4,006
Ceunty Ceroner
McBurney (R) ■*..
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Public Administrator
Wegner (P) . .—
Young (R)_
over Dixon in this county, the demo
6.901
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Erickson lacks but a few votas of
having a two to one lead for g o vernor
cratic nominee polling 7535 against
Stanford, Nov. 6^—E. C- White,
tested in a cloee race by U. C Brick
er, repubiiean , for member of fee
state legislature from Judith Basin
county. Bricker is a member of fee
lower house at the pr es e n t tin**. Hh>
lead over White was 61 votes Wednes
day night with on* precinct yet to
hear from. The miasing precinct 1>
normally democratic, but it » not be
lisvod it will entirely wipe out Brick
erto lead.
Sheriff C- H. Kelley (R) was r*
elected, defeating N. Roy Nelson (D).
Aim* Peck fD) wa* elected clerk of
court onrLD. WomeWorf (R); W.
3360.
man, 8367 to 4,146. and Leavitt ha»
the edge on Kirschwing, 6370 to 6349.
President CooUdge received 4378;
LaFoIlette 8.668 and Davis 2366.
R. C BRICKEB LEADING B. C.
WHITE IN CLOSE CONTEST
M OM Roman" la Apparently Defeated
by »1 Yets* in Jwfife
former state senator and prominent
démocratie leader, is apparently de
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niversary of the ending of the greatest wwr in hla
id this grunt holiday will
% ceremonies It recuite
ring that the world e*
b of four long year» it
ring and death
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m«r oof rOuo»
tory. Throughout t
be celebrated with :
the period of great
perienced at the ce
strife and hardship,
In honor of Ail
era, in this issue, a special feature entitled "Six
Years After," by John Dickinson Sherman, which
wfö merit yoor particular attention. We believe
you will find this article interesting and instruc
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Big Otter Field to
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Separated from the Wayne «troc
tore by only the distance necessary to
span a narroe?' thult* the Big Otter
struct«« equal# Its neighbor tn pros
pects for commercial «11 production
and was announced Saturday by the
Steffenoa- -Consolidated Oil company
as söotÄfef field In the Crest Fylls
srea that will be imatedtotely drilled.
A well will be sptokted during the
present month gnd will be well along
towards completion before the Wayne
test, started last Thursday, cah be
The Big Otter »tr ue to re meets and
all but overtops the Wayne structure
In .fee intmedUite vicinity of Belt and
Anaingtoh, fee actual junction being
between tie two towns. The Wayne
structure extend* from a point be
tween Belt and Annington northwasv
Jobm Livingston, rup., of Geyser,
defeated Jonas H«nson, dem., of Ray
nesford, for county commis.ioner,
Harriet Strum, denu was elected
county supnrltif*nil*nt of sehoool over
Maykird Beaman, rep. E. F. Hersey,
rep^ was deetod county assessor over
Frank J. Paniaa, den*.
H. U. Bkownlee, rep, was re-elected
county clerk without opposition, and
Maxgaret Egan, dem., was elected
county administrator without oppo*l
Hon.
Clyde O. Pemberton, tep , detested
E. L. Montgomery, ferns., for coroner
James M. Croft, rep., wax elected
county treasurer over Ira J, Phillips,
<W. by «6 votes. _
to within seven or eight miles of Great
Palls and fee Big Otter area reach«»
towards laynosford the same approx
imate distance, embracing 8.000 acres
in township* 18 and 19 north, ranges
seven and eight east.
As with the Wayne structure, 1 ess
mg has bees under Way wife the
(D) defeated Harmon
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armmmmn f Ki for surveyor
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Stevenson interest# throughout the
drilling will be doue «iis faH was
made Saturday by Grovgr C. 9Äe5Sn
son, who has peMonslfy condtfc^terf the
taking of the lease cohtnufts . ! * '<
With an idea te entotoragutg a«tee»i4«^i
of «he strbdtur«, 'C H- Previer
Merkte of Belt and Homer and
Armstrong of Armington as
slated Mr. Stevenson in blocking up
the lease* and getting all matter*
squared away for the comptoiyQemert
of drilling Mr Stevenson stated thet
the Rig Otter well- will be (fcUted by
the Consolidated under its ewt] sopér
vision, by one of it* qper%ting com
George 1
Schuyler
pen to*
Local People Interested
Land owned by
ter known early day resident* of the
Armingtos! section is v^thuî lhe strue
tors, «id several tract* are uWned by
Grast Fall* people Among the larger
tracte are those owned ' by Harry,
gchovbrr and Römer Armstrong. ). B
Long 0 Co., Frank Msrion, Mrs. Lulu
Gangway, Mr*. lone GsYviir Hsmment
Brothers, Philip liveflk, James
Bough. Swan Tborson, Ed and Archie
Dawson and N„ H. Browning. , ,
The geology of the Big Otter s^ruc
tutu closely approximates the Wayne
except that in some detail* it l* r*
ganted by the gtotegiste as being pos
sibly more favonfele especially a* re
gauds the chances for finding commer
mi gaa. The Big Otter is somewhat
higher than the Wayne and It is main
ly on feat feature 'feit tlte pi aspect
for finding gas are considered to be
superior '
The Big Otter was discovered and
cxmninpd by Col. N. F. Jamieson, on
giaeer for the Stevenson interests, and
bt* findings were checked, with one
exception, by the «me corps of geo I
oghlta who concurred in hi* report cn
the Wayne structure The one geolo
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Hu 007 Sectoral Votes Bor«. Davit Hm Solid South—180
torn! Vote*. LaFollatt« Hu 13 Electoral Votoa—Tbose
irf TnaroiuMfi Montana, Nevada, New Mexico
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ALMOST CERTAIN THAT MONTANA IS FOR COOUDG1
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I CHICAGO FIRM BIOS HIGH
*■/" FOR MU TURRET SUPPLY
Farm Foal Gets 14 to 11 Cent* and
Loading WW Start in Fails >
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The J. H. White A Company, of
Chicago, bid w»* the -highest for the
purchase of Cascade county turkeys
and that für» was awarded tbs con
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for extra fancy, if cent» ter oU tom*
■ad 24 cento for No 2 turkey». UN
bid* were Hie result of formers peel
ing their 1924 turkey artel*
B. jr. Sparrow of Greet Falk will
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warehouse la Grist
mated that ferae carloads- will be
jdrinM. . .< J
The Thanksgiving turkey move
ment to fee largest market* has si
ready started, according to J. fi. Book,
general agent of the Greet Norther»
railroad Two carload* «r* to be
loaded at Valia* and Conrad Tuesday
and Wednesday and another carload
will be loaded at Choteau Monday.
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AWAT IN FALLU FRIDAY
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Mrs. J. L Engdahl died at jfea Dfa
cooties* hospital on Tuesday evening,
Nov. 4th. at 8:40 surrounded by all
hdr family.
; 'The funeral will he bald is the M.
A chuséh in Ornat Falla on Friday
afternoon of Otis week at 2 o'clock.
. Hn. Kagdghl, who was bora Id*
faplppd, lived as a girl {h Gteaf'FaBs
and wiw " tlïék» -fnmrrted*to #ehri %.
1. Shortly after thelyimafTt
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they came to B «M where, ip eon
irfectiorrf wife Cha»- Redpath, Mr, feng
ftpen,ed a f furniture store a? the
aa4'|J*qrth«s«t end of t<<* ' v9M|roh %Hdge.
They have resided 'In ' fhfe' viefeity
practically all the ÛmJ tTntè ïW&k
Mrs, Engdahl leaves six children,
all wejl known to Belt people: Mrs.
Esther
Engdshi,
Buehley, Iferef Engdahl,
I. Mis. Rasmus Nelson, Mrs.
Gladys Walton and Harold Engdahl.
' Abotlf two' year* ago Mrs,,Engdahl
Nora
sr I to «rffer from trouble
thfe 'was lata»*- aggravated by
troubles peculiar to, «western, of .her
coast where her health improvsd but
bosines* compelled them, to return
for a while. For « time after her re
turn Mr*. Engdahl felt quite well, but
recently condition* changed for the
worse
Last week while staying with the
Bramlette» she became w> ill that she
hra# immediately tff«|erred' to the
Deaconess hospital where p«»*ed
sway on Tuesday,
Beside* her chiWren. and husband
»he is survived-fey two kiateca«nd two
brothers, two of whom, Vic and Es
ther. are welf known hese.
The deceased vs*-», woman of
friendly disposition, of Mdc aeqnain
tance, a loyal member of tke M. E.
church and wqs beloved by all who|
knew her.
Her untimely deife 1« the fiW
break In Uw family who kre heart
broken and who have the sympathy of
all wh« know them
Writing her husband at Lewwrtown
.-turned borne Monday Bhe exrc-t*
to go beck to tewintown about
Thankagfvtef day to step.
age.
Mr* George Hubber. who has been
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this «ritte« is little «ore tten had*
completed, but the general
of the different eanfedfttm bm hem
so wsll mamwwwd that ft na>T
ly ha said that there is little
tunity for a revere« of fee
shown by fee turmrnu
Hie Montana return* so fete
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NcSHANB-MMCAN NUPTIALB
Roteh Meghan« has bent buying
cigars for his friends fel* week. Ex
planations being forthcoming fee re
porter gathered fee followt«* news
story;
On Friday, October 31*t, in fee
Catholic church at Chinook. Rotdhfer<t
J. MeShane and Mise Annie Mise«,
of Belt were married by fee 8*y. Fr.
Schroeder. Mr. and Mr»- Geoegs
Butcher of Chinook stood oÿ
fee'Bridal pair. It will be rememb«
ed that Mrs. Butcher was fetowsly
Clare MeShane. a sister «f fe»
and well known here. After fe» oar
emony the wedding »arty went tor M» 1
Butcher ranch where a
n«r wr.t served. TI« Happy
-f-rr-d te Belt Stoterfey mé eM
mflkc their bom« h«re for * feus.
The Times .extend«
nod beat wtehes for a long «»d hi
T'ided life.
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