Show I I 1 I i MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS UINTAH BASIN TOWNS Mayors Majors Myton l Hollenbeck Hollen- Hollen Hollenbeck beck nuch Roosevelt Roose goose velt veit Colton Vernal Bock Vernal Bock k Beats Deats Darmer Danner In Salt Lake Municipal elections In the Uintah basin last Tuesday attracted more than the usual attention Even though thero there was only one ticket In Inthe Inthe inthe the field in My Myton ton nearly 50 0 of the voters were out The following ticket was elected President Town board of trustees Charles J. J Wahl- Wahl quist members of board Dr J. J H H. Brown Joseph E E. Holder E. E R. R C C. C W W. Walker A few tew votes otes were recorded J. J Morgan Calvert received a number of votes for president of Town board and also for member of board Others Others Others Oth Oth- ers who received votes were C. C P. P r Will R. R Harris and Fred Todd A hot fight in Roosevelt brought out a large number of voters Paul Hanson defeated James Sabey for mayor by ten votes Bruce Calder and Clarence L. L Ashton were elected councIlmen on the same ticket Dr W. W L L. Sutherland on Hanson ticket and Roy WIlkins on Sabey ticket received same number of votes At last accounts the question had not been settled Ray Jordon city recorder recorder recorder re re- corder and Homer P. P Edwards Edwarda treasurer on Sabey ticket were elected In Vernal former Mayor Edward Samuels and the present Incumbent S S. S D. D Colton were candidates The entire Colton ticket was elected as aa follows S. S D. D Colton mayor John JohnN N N. Davis year four-year councilman John C. C Bates Dates year two-year councilman Wilbur year two-year councilman council council- man Isaac Burton year two-year councilman councilman coun coun- cilman Ethel Emert Deming treasurer treasurer treasurer treas treas- H. H Walter Woolley recorder There was only one ticket in the field in Duchesne A surprise was the writing In of enough votes for James Hair to defeat S. S W. W Johnson The others elected were Mayor L. L A. A Hollenbeck four year councilman council council- man G. G V. V Billings year two-year councilman councilman coun coun- cilman James Dalgleish city recorder recorder recorder re re- re- re corder G. G J. J Greaves city treasurer treasur treasur- er Glen C. C Gray With a total vote of approxImately approximately approximately ap ap- ap- ap proximately 80 per cent of the registered regIstered registered reg reg- voting strength of Salt Lake and more than Increase over the total vote in the municipal election election election elec elec- tion of or 1917 the voters expressed their preference for tor E. E A. A Bock as mayor over J. J E. E Darmer and for Herman H H. Green and Theodore T. T Burton as commissioners over otto Olto E. E Ashbridge and Frank J. J Hewlett The total of votes cast for tor the mayoralty candidates as they appeared appeared ap ap- upon the ticket was Eight votes were cast for candidates whose names were written Into the blank spaces of the ballot making a total of 19 G 3 9 votes cast at the elec eleo- tion Running on a law Jaw and order Is Issue Issue issue Is- Is sue Governor Calvin Coolidge of Massachusetts opposed by the Central Central Central Cen Cen- Labor union because of his hla stand on the Boston police strike sent his Democratic opponent Richard Richard Riehard Rich Rich- ard ard H. H Long d down wn to overwhelming defeat with an Indicated plu plurality of more than Kentucky was another state to elect a Republican governor Edwin P. P Morrow received a n majority es estimated estimated es- es at to 2000 o otter o er Governor James D. D Black In Mississippi the Democrats facing facing fac fac- ing only a Socialist ticket won a victory by a plurality of approximately approximately approximately sending Lee M M. Russell Russell Russell Rus Rus- sell lieutenant governor governor- to the governors governor's chair With more than half of the state reported Secretary of State Smith predicted it would be found Ohio had voted dry on all four prohibition proposals submitted to the voters and that the majorities would approximate approximate ap ap- ap- ap proximate One of these proposals proposals proposals pro pro- was offered In the form of refer referendum on the legislatures legislature's action action action ac ac- tion In ratifying the eighteenth amendment to the federal Another proposal als also also a referendum dealt l with the prohibition tion enforcement act adopted by the state legislature The Tho other two proposals were cons constitutional amendments touching n on tion u.- u. |