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Show Politics Wax Warm As Parties Name Candidates Democrats and Republicans Both Name Full Tickets at Last-Minute Sessions Starting Battle for Official Positions. DEMOCRATIC NOMINEES. Mayor IRA OVERFELT Four-Year Council LEO D. BARDSLEY Two-Year Council ERVIN ROBERTS AXEL MODEEN B. S. EGGERTSEN City Recorder SIDNEY J. BAXTER City Treasurer MRS. ANN BEAUREGARD REPUBLICAN NOMINEES. Mayor JUNIUS METCALF Four-Year Council DR. G. STANFORD REES Two-Year Council HAROLD CHRISTENSON DAN E. BORG NEWELL CHILDS City Recorder MERRILL PETERSON City Treasurer MARGARET HALVERSON The two major parties, Republican and Democratic, shunting aside other parties that have been a factor in municipal elections in Gunniaon for many years, got busy at the eleventh hour Saturday night and named res-j res-j pective candidates for the coming No-jvember No-jvember 5th. election. Until a few days before the time set for the primaries there was but little activity, and candidates can-didates seemed to be scarce. Now, however, with two tickets in the field, matters are taking on an attitude of more sincerity and "the fight is on." At the Republican primary, held at the City hall Saturday night, a ticket was named and harmony prevailed. There was but one candidate for the office of mayor, and June Metcalf, the only nominee, was placed on the ticket by acclamation. Dr. G. Stanford Stan-ford Reies was accorded the same courtesy, and without opposition won the nomination for the four-year term councilman. In the selection) of three 2-year councilmen, eight nominations were made. The first ballot settled the matter and Newell Clrlds, Dan Borg and Harold Christenson, incumbent, were voted in. Merrill Peterson had but little opposition op-position when he sought the nomination nomina-tion for city recorder, while Mrs. Harold Halverson was nominated by acclamation. Ira Overfelt, banker, at the Democratic Demo-cratic primary held at the L. D. S. chapel Saturday n'ght, was without opposition, and he was nominated for mayor by acclamation. There was no (Continued on last page) Politics Warm As Rivals Enter Tickets i . j (Continued from ras;e 1) opposition to L. 1). Rtrd-.y when he was named to run for the office of 4-ar council. This rule, generally, was adopted in nominating candidates for all the offices, and Ervin Roberts, Ro-berts, Axel Modeen and B. S. Eggert-sen Eggert-sen were the successful candidates bidding for the 2-year council terms. Sid Baxter and -Mrs. Ann Beauregard Beaure-gard were the successful candidates for recorder ar.d treasurer, respectively. respec-tively. Centerfield Nominates. Two old factions, the Citizens' party par-ty and the Gcod Government party, have selected their respective candidates, candi-dates, and both partes are now "in the field" seeking votes. The Citi-, Citi-, zens' ticket is headed by C. Dewey Lund, for town president; Roy Tuft, I n -. r n A Ta4 nvc "vn HTlH I. J. Myrup, ivuss n.. i ..w Roy Bardsley, as trustees. Precinct, officers named at the primary are! Jas". C. Nielson, chairman, and W. A. Fjeld-sted, secretary. I Nominees on the Good Government ticket are Chas. C. Nielson, town president; Newman Beck, Ralph Jensen, Jen-sen, Alvin Fjeldsted and 0. L. Malm-gren, Malm-gren, trustees. Chas. E. Embley was named chairman and Marlin Soren-son Soren-son as secretary for the coming year. i " |
