Show GUNDERSON C SO AND AN SMITH S atit TO ro t TAKE I 1 A KE BALLOTS BALLOT INTO COURT that errors were made in counting the vote in 11 precincts is the tile I 1 claim made by carl gunderson in contesting the right of albert bryner to the certificate ot of election to the office of county commissioner for the four year term mr G gunderson aun through his attorney L A mcgee claims that errors were made in winter quarters castle gate helper wellington Sunn side clear creek kenilworth hiawatha storrs and stan cardville dard ville the contention of the contestant is the same as that explained recently in the news ad in the conica of eugene Sant sch for the two year commis commissionership the claim is made mad e that on many ballots on which a cross was placed in the circle underneath the democratic democrat c emi blem and a cross was also placed opposite the name of gunderson the name of bryner was not crossed out and the ballots were counted for bryner it is also contended that on many ballots where the th e cros was placed in the circle under the republican emblem and a cross was avas placed opposite the name of bryner in the democratic democrat ac column without scratching the name of gunderson the vote was also counted for bryner this the contestant claims is contrary to sti statute tute because it is provided that where a voter wishes to place his mark in the circle underneath the party emblem and then wishes ito to vote for one or more on another ticket he must not only mark a cross in the square opposite the name of those for whom he wishes to vote on the other ticket but must scratch out the names of the candidates on his own ticket for those offices the official count showed bryner elected by 45 votes but gunderson contends that a proper count will prove that he has been elected by a plurality of 10 H C smith democratic candidate for county clerk has also filed a petition demanding that the certificate of election of ernest horsley be cancelled and a certificate be issued to him his contentions are practically the same as those of the republican candidates for the commissionership and he claims errors in winter quarters helper price wellington sunnyside Sunny side clear creek and hiawatha qi hiawatha awatha mr horsley was declared elected by a majority of 19 but smith contends that a proper count will prove that i he received a plurality of 29 votes L A mcgee is also smiths attorney the hearing on the petition of eugene who is contesting the election of emil ostlund has been set for jan 4 and it is expected that the new cases will be set lor for the tile same time that the tile whole matter may be disposed of at once the hearing will vill be the first official work nork of judge george christensen Ghrist ensen the democratic jude judge elected last november A broken rail rall sent four pullmans of no 1 off tho track at cedar this morning anil and the passengers pa on that train no 5 and no 10 are getting an eyeful 1 ot of scenery while a wrecker gets the can cari back on the track and repairs the damage no 16 ran back to helper at neon for a dimsh supply of grub for the hungry crowd on the three big trains late tate this afternoon it was not known when they would get through |