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Show -WOMAN MAYOR I FOR COKEVILLE I Mrs. Ethel Stoner Wins Over Two Men in Wyoming Wy-oming Town OOKSVIIJiB, Wyo . Mav 11 Coke- vUlo has a woman mayor Mrs. Ethel Stoner wtiS the successful COntoStan !n the race yesterday with 70 votes. The election wns the most exciting In the town's history Three tickets were It the field, but tho Citizens' ticket, which included three prominent worn-i worn-i n, wns successful Two councllwOmen erc elected and this puts the city council in the hands of Ihe women With Mrs. Stoner were! Mrs r. D Noblltt and Mrs. Richard; Roberts who received 59 and 62 votes respect i ely R D. Booner, the Taxpayers' party' candidate, received i?, votes running at the head of his ticket, while 1 A Woodward, the People's party candidate candi-date received 42 votes, running 15 : votes behind his ticket. Much enthusiasm enthu-siasm has previilod In this Utile city; rtunng tin paet rew daya and at times excitement was at a high pitch. Efforts of the old-timers to get R. P Bnomer, Taypayers' candidate, to withdraw in favor of Woodward, who had been decided upon as tho popular candidate to defeat the women's ticket, proved Ineffectual. The Taxpayers insisted that their man was the strongest that could be put up to oppose Mrs Stuner. whose popularity U great They issued n newspaper for a few days in which all opposing candidates were treated K Ithnul r..,.r' . ...t Ihr. r.ffi,,ow palpn of Mrs. Stoner and her popular-: ,11- proved too great to be o rcome I The new mayor proposes, she said.' to enforce the laws In every way pos-! slble and It is expected that there will bo an immediate exodus of undeslr-, ahles. The new administration expects; to clear the town of all suspicion of bootlegging and all places of question-I able character in davs gone by. Cokeville has had the reputation of being the hang-out place of bad men.! but has been trying to live down this' reputation and the movu today is the outcome of influences that have been working for moral Improvement and! will no doubt prove effective, as the! new mayor is believed to have the ability to handle dit'lcull probUms in a manner that will accomplish best results. nn |