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At the General Municipal Election held May 8, 1923, the total num- ber of votes cast was 35,953. John L. Davie was reelected mayor. W. J. Moorehead was elected commissioner Number 1 and Wm. J. Baccus was returned as Commissioner Number 2. The school directors were the following. Director Number 2, Mrs. Nannie S. Dramer, Director Number 3, J. F. Chandler, Director Number 4, John J. Allen, Jr.
November 4, 1924, an election was held to vote on a proposal to in- crease the salaries of the mayor, commissioners, auditor and making such offices full time positions, also providing methods and funds for pensioning members of the Police Department and providing days of rest for members of the Fire Department. The vote for the amendment was 28,893 and against it 42,356. The measure failed to carry. At the same election bonds to the amount of $1,147,000 for construction of sewers was voted upon. Votes in favor of the bonds 49,428 and against the bonds 23,117. The bonds carried.
In November, 1925, a Special Municipal Election was held for the
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purpose of voting upon a proposition to incur a bonded indebtedness of $9,960,000 for acquiring and constructing certain municipal improve- ments in Oakland Harbor. The number of votes cast in favor of the bonds was 29,485 and against them was 3,883. The bonds were carried.
The General Municipal Election was held May 12, 1925. Leroy R. Goodrich was elected Commissioner Number 2 and also Commissioner Number 3, for unexpired term. Frank Colbourn was returned as Com- missioner Number 1. At this election, Rose B. Buckhalter was elected School Director Number 3. The total number of votes cast was 26,394.
Special Municipal Charter Election held December 21, 1926. The following proposed amendments to the charter were voted upon. (1) Establishing a Port Department under control and management of a Board of Port Commissioners. Votes in favor, 16,158. Votes against, 6,216. The amendment carried. (2) Empowering council to authorize the transfer to and the assumption of and performance by Alameda County of the assessment of property and collection of taxes for City of Oakland. Votes for the amendment, 16,151. Votes against amend- ment, 5,943. The amendment carried. (3) Providing for retirement system for aged and disabled city employees, who are not eligible for membership in any other city pension system. Votes for, 11,200. Votes against, 9,994. The amendment carried. (4) Increasing the salaries of the mayor, commissioners, auditor and school directors. Votes for, 14,738. Votes against, 23,104. The amendment was defeated.
On July 1, 1928, the City of Oakland had the following officials : Incorporated May 4, 1852.
CITY OF OAKLAND (Alameda County)
California
City of class two. Population 1928 (est.) 325,000. City Council meets daily at 11 A. M., except Saturdays, Sundays and Legal Holi- days. Nominating Municipal Election, third Tuesday in April 1929, and on third Tuesday in April every second year thereafter. Gen- eral Municipal Election third Tuesday after Nominating Municipal Election.
Mayor and President of Council . John L. Davie
Secretary to the Mayor
P. M. Fisher, Jr.
Commissioner of Public Works Frank Colbourn Commissioner of Streets Wm. H. Parker
Commissioner of Revenue and Finance Eugene K. Sturgis Commissioner of Public Health and Safety Charles C. Young
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Auditor Harry G. Williams
City Clerk Frank C. Merritt
City Attorney Preston Higgins
Treasurer Sophus Nelson Supt. of Streets and Ex-officio City Engineer ... George N. Randle
Chief of Police Donald L. Marshall
Chief of Fire Department W. G. Lutkey
Health Officer . Chas. Fancher, M. D.
Plumbing Inspector J. E. Francis
Building Inspector A. S. Holmes
License Inspector Fred B. Peru
Supt. of Electrical Department Carl E. Hardy
Purchasing Agent . John H. Brill
City Wharfinger W. J. Masterson
Poundmaster
R. C. Trotter
Fire Marshal
F. C. Kispert
Supt. of Municipal Woodyard
. J. K. Polk
BOARD OF EDUCATION
John J. Allen, Director
Rose B. Burkhalter, Director
F. A. Campbell, Director J. F. Chandler, Director John W. Edgemond, Secretary George W. Hatch, President Fred M. Hunter, Supt. Schools. Nannie S. Kramer, Director
CIVIL SERVICE BOARD Tom Carney Chas. DeWolf, Secretary. B. W. Hammond, President Harry F. Huber
BOARD OF LIBRARY DIRECTORS Wm. G. Eggleston, President Myrtle Fieberling Chas. W. Fisher Claud Gatch
BOARD OF PLAYGROUND DIRECTORS Nellie Anton
H. C. Austin
Jas. P. Maher, President R. W. Robertson, Secretary
John B. Kaiser, Secy. & LibrarianAmy E. Thurston Minna McGauley Jos. E. Zalos
BOARD OF PORT COMMISSIONERS H. C. Capwell
G. B. Hegardt, Sec'y & Mgr.
Roscoe D. Jones, President
R. A. Leet
Geo. C. Pardee
Ben H. Pendleton
BOARD OF PARK DIRECTORS
C. L. Anderson, President
Walter S. Chandler, Secretary Roger Coit
Lee S. Kerfoot, Supt. Parks Wm. R. King
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JUDGES OF POLICE COURTS
Department No. 1-Howard Bacon. Clerk, Walter Fieberling. Department No. 2-Edw. J. Tyrrell. Clerk, Edwin Meese, Jr.
CITY ELECTIONS OF BERKELEY
Berekely officially grew from a "town" to a "city" in the matter of municipal government during the latter part of 1908 and the first part of 1909. Fifteen freeholders were chosen by the electors of the city on November 21, 1908, to prepare a charter and submit it to the voters. The representative men chosen for this task were William Carey Jones, Benjamin Ide Wheeler, F. W. Foss, J. L. Tisdale, E. E. Newton, J. W. Richards, Christian Hoff, Beverly L. Hodghead, C. A. Blank, J. T. Renas, R. A. Berry, John M. Foy, S. N. Wyckoff, J. W. Flinn, and J. T. Short. The charter drafted by these men was voted upon at a special election held January 30, 1909, and adopted by the vote of 3, 178 for and 546 against. The first election under the charter was held on May 22, 1909, when Beverly L. Hodghead became the first mayor; and R. A. Berry, Christian Hoff, E. B. Norton and W. F. Mc- Clure were elected as councilmen. The defeated candidates were H. J. Banka, J. O. Davis, J. V. Mendenhall and E. Q. Turner. Four school directors were also chosen-Elinor Carlisle, E. L. Loring, William C. Morgan and Roy J. Young. The four defeated candidates running for positions on the board of education were Charles Z. Elles, J. W. Flinn, A. T. Sutherland, and R. I. Woolsey, the latter failing to gain a posi- tion by twenty votes. The first meeting of the new administration was held July 1, 1909, when lots were drawn for the long and short terms. McClure and Berry secured the two-year terms; and Hoff and Norton the four-year terms. Berry was elected vice president of the council, and was assigned as commissioner of finance and revenue. The other assignments were to Hoff as commissioner of public health and safety; McClure, public works; and Norton, public supplies. F. D. Stringham was appointed city attorney.
Under the new charter a first and second, or a primary and general election are held in April of each odd numbered year. The outcome of the 1911 elections was the election of J. Stitt Wilson as mayor over Beverly L. Hodghead, by a vote of 2,749 to 2,468. M. H. Hanscom was chosen city auditor over John Ogden, the votes being 3,243 to 1,753. E. Q. Turner and John A. Wilson were the two councilmen elected from a field of eight that filed for the primaries. The other can-
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didates were R. A. Berry, Fred F. Connor, E. E. Newton, Francis W. Reid, A. F. Waid, and Charles S. Daniel. The candidates for school directors were Elinor Carlisle, Herman I. Stern, Elmer E. Nichols, Mrs. James B. Hume, Mrs. Mary E. Clifford and Walter E. Schott. Elinor Carlisle and Herman I. Stern were elected in the finals, defeat- ing Mrs. Mary E. Clifford and Walter E. Schott. The first election was on April 1, and the finals on April 22.
TEN BOND ISSUES FAIL IN BERKELEY
A special election was held in Berkeley on May 6, 1911, to vote upon ten separate bond propositions. All of the proposed measures failed to win the necessary support of a two-thirds majority to legalize them. The purpose of each proposed bond, the amount, the vote for, and the vote against follow in the order given. High school, $50,000, for 1,175, against. 1,284. Grammar school, $320,000, 1,174, 1,307. Kindergarten school, $30,000, 900, 1,567. Fire department, $85,000, 1,425, 1,167. Police, $15,000, 1,338, 1,227. Civic center, $170,000, 758, 1,776. Tun- nel, $130,000, 893, 1,649. Small playground, $200,000, 1,022, 1,526. Incinerator, $60,000, 1,695, 880. Sewers, $250,000, 1,154, and 1,408.
The next city elections were on April 5, and April 26, 1913, to elect a mayor, an auditor, two councilmen, and three members to the school board, one of which was for an unexpired term. M. L. Hanscom was elected city auditor in the first election over Adolphus F. Eddy, 4,904 votes to 1,999. Charles D. Heywood and Charles H. Spear elim- inated Herbert F. Briggs and Philo F. Phelps in the preliminaries for mayor; and in the finals Heywood defeated Spear, the former receiv- ing 4,523 votes to 3,724 cast for Spear. At the first election of April 5, Edwin T. Harms, Christian Hoff, George C. Pape and F. A. Post- Nikov qualified for the finals as candidates for the council, outrunning Walter S. Brown, B. P. Bull, F. P. Farber, Charles Green, James McIndoe and A. F. Schad. The vote in the finals was 4,598 for Harms; 4,026 for Hoff ; 3,995 for Pape; and 2,671 for Post-Nikov. Mrs. Agnes Claypole won the short term on the board of education, defeating F. C. Shallenberger in the first election. The candidates filing for the full terms on the school board were Mrs. Elvina S. Beals, Roy I. Woolsey, Milton T. Farmer, A. T. Sutherland, Edward Vincent Surr, and Mrs. Hester Harland. The four first named entered the final general elec- tion, where Woolsey and Mrs. Beals won.
Three large bond issues were determined at a special election held
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April 12, 1913. The first one was for $475,000 for sewers, which re- ceived 3,793 votes for and 1,203 against, thus receiving the necessary two-thirds majority. A proposed issue of $235,000 for twelve play- grounds near the Emerson, Columbus, Franklin, Jefferson, Le Conte, Lincoln, Longfellow, McKinley, Hillside, Oxford, Washington and Whittier schools failed to get the required majority, although 3,040 votes were cast in favor, and 1,844 against. A $95,000 issue for addi- tional lands, buildings and equipment for the fire department was ap- proved, 3,609 to 1,343.
The 1915 elections occurred on April 3 and April 24, when a mayor, a city auditor, two councilmen and two members of the school board were selected. The primary candidates were Samuel C. Irving, J. Stitt Wilson and Charles D. Heywood, and the results respectively were 4,424, 3,526 and 2,945 votes, Heywood failing to quality for the finals. Walter A. Gompertz, F. T. Robson, George C. Pape and John A. Wil- son were the four candidates to lead in the primaries in a field which also included C. E. Ayer, Carleton T. Bartlett, Charles Green, Norman W. Pendleton, E. Q. Turner and Charles J. Wagner. Mrs. Carrie H. Gibbs, William B. Herms, Robert B. Baird and Herman I. Stern weathered the primary contest, leading Fred J. Goble and Helen Vail Wallace for the two places on the school board. In the finals on April 24, Irving received 7,412 votes for mayor, and Wilson 4,492. Robson and Gompertz were elected to the council; and Mrs. Gibbs and Herms were the school board members chosen. The position of city auditor was determined in the primaries, M. L. Hanscom receiving 6,189 votes; A. F. Eddy, 3,214; and E. S. Gutierrez, 572. The school board contest was fairly close. Of the 22,854 registered voters, 12,011 went to the polls on April 24. A ballot was also taken on an odinance forbidding and regulating the bringing, transportation or delivering of alcoholic or intoxicating liquors within the city. The vote in favor of the ordi- nance was 5,084, and against, 4,514.
The next general elections were on April 7 and April 28, 1917, to select a mayor, city auditor, two councilmen and two school directors. M. L. Hanscom was reelected auditor, defeating William T. Drake in the primary. Ida M. Blochman and Roydon Irving Woolsey were elected to the school board, securing the necessary majority over Porter L. Howe, Luella M. Twining, and Frank G. Shallenberger at the first contest. Samuel C. Irving and J. Stitt Wilson qualified for the race for mayor over Herbert L. Coggins and Charles Henry Spear. The candi- dates for the council were Charles D. Heywood, Edward T. Harms,
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Elvina S. Beals, Christian Hoff, Clarence E. Ayer, John S. Bradley, .A. H. Broad, H. P. Nelson, Harvey C. Parkinson, E. B. Parsons, Stephen H. Reno, Bertha Monroe Rickoff and Charles J. Wagner, Jr. The four first named won at the first election, and Heywood and Harms were the two leading candidates in the finals. On the 28th, Irving and Wilson staged a close race for mayor, the former being given 6,300 votes and the latter 6,163. There were 12,616 votes cast. A flour mill ordinance was defeated 2,979 to 6,580; and a city market ordinance also failed to receive an indorsement by the vote of 4,990 to 5,174 against.
A special election was held August 27, 1918, to secure an expres- sion of the views of the voters of Berkeley upon the proposition of creating a Public Utility District, consisting of Oakland, Berkeley, Alameda, San Leandro, Piedmont, Albany and Emeryville. There were 7,608 votes cast in favor of the district, and but 2,594 against. The alternative plan received 6,254 votes in favor, and 3,005 against.
The elections of April 5, and April 26, 1919, brought fourth four candidates for mayor. Louis Bartlett and Samuel C. Irving were the high men in the primaries, leading H. L. Coggins and Wells Drury. Elmer F. Bell was chosen city auditor in the first contest, for both the unexpired term of Hanscom and for the following two-year term, defeating William T. Drake. W. W. Kemp was elected director for an unexpired term, and he and Carrie H. Gibbs were also chosen for the two four-year terms. Out of a field of nine candidates for the two full terms on the council Carleton Tripp Bartlett, George Schmidt, George P. Baxter and Charles M. Boynton got through to the final vote, when Bartlett and Schmidt won out. Boynton won the short term to fill out a vacancy. For mayor the final vote was 4,573 for Bartlett and 4,511 for Irving.
On November 13, 1920, the voters in what was known as Ocean View, an unincorporated territory in Oakland township, by a vote of 246 to 143, decided in favor of annexation to Berkeley.
The primary election of 1921 occurred April 2. Elmer F. Bell was elected auditor over Christian Hoff for the two-year term. Wells Drury and Clarence E. Ayer were beaten by Louis Bartlett and Albert Leisure in the contest for the finals for mayor. Edward T. Harms and Clarence Dr. Heywood were reelected councilmen, defeating William Percy Klanenberg, Garrett Owne and Irving R. Whitney. For the two full terms on the school board Ida M. Blochman, Mary A. Cleverdon, Wil- liam B. Herms and Ernest L. Loring won places in the finals over Henry
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C. Biddle and Daisy Lee Brunnell. Lester W. Hink and Frank D. Mer- rill qualified for the short term vacancy on the school board. There were 12,863 votes cast at the final general election on April 23. Bartlett secured 6,427 votes for mayor, while Leisure was not far behind with 6,384. Ida M. Blochman and William B. Herms were reelected to the school board for the full terms, and Lester W. Hink for the short term.
BERKELEY ADOPTS CITY MANAGER PLAN
A special city election was held on January 20, 1923, to vote upon several ordinances and amendments to the charter, and to decide upon the proposition of adopting the city manager form of government. The city was divided into ninety-three precincts for this election; and of the votes cast, 5,226 were in favor of the city management plan. The vote in the negative totaled 3,076. An attempt to change the city tax limit restrictions from $1.00 to $1.25 failed by a vote of 1,618 to 6,338.
The first election under the new form of government was held May 1, 1923, to select a new administration effective July 1. A mayor, eight councilmen, two school directors, and a city auditor were voted upon. The candidates for mayor were Frank D. Stringham, Herbert L. Cog- gins and James K. Fisk. Stringham was given 6,962 votes, Fisk, 5,957 and Coggins 542. There were 14,090 votes cast. For auditor the votes were divided between H. L. Traub, with 5,970; Elmer F. Bell, 3,733; and Edward T. Harms, with 2,984. Sixteen candidates filed for the council, the first eight given being elected: T. E. Caldecott, M. B. Driver, Carrie L. Hoyt, Samuel C. May, Agnes C. Moody, Walter Mork, Elmer E. Nichols, Frank W. Wentworth and Mary A. Clever- don, A. S. Fuller, Marie Gognebin, H. J. Haney, Fred C. Koerber, Gladys A. Leggett, Mathew Morton and George Schmidt. Lots were drawn for the two and four year terms, the first four named securing the short terms. Lester W. Hink and Carleton T. Bartlett were elected to the school board, running against Margaret M. Whitney, Carrie H. Gibbs and Adelaide Smith.
The 1925 election was held May 5, to select four councilmen, two school directors for full terms, two for short terms, and to decide three bond issues. The councilmen chosen were John M. Atthowe, Fred D. Koerber, T. E. Caldecott and Walter Mork. Three other candidates, Fred T. Connor, William A. Zimmerman, and Fred A. Post, filed. Vera Bright and Fred S. Stripp won the long school terms, defeating
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Mary A. Cleverdon, Dr. William Alexander, Hjalmar A. Ilmaner and Charles A. Park. For the short terms C. H. Denman and Lester W. Hink were elected, running against H. J. Haney and Stella M. Lin- scott. Three proposed bond issues failed to receive the two-thirds vote required for adoption. One was for $900,000 for public parks and play- grounds; one for public places of recreation in the amount of $50,000; and the third for $140,000 for sewers. An advisory vote upon increas- ing the library levy from four to eight cents for a period of four years received 7,130 favorable ballots, and 5.264 against. The Hillside school bonds result was 7,030 for and 4,443 against. A special election was held November 2, 1926, and among the propositions considered was the establishment of a "civic celebration fund;" to celebrate and commem- orate events of public interest; to provide for the entertainment of officials, of distinguished guests of the city, or of delegates to conven- tions held in the city; to provide for the advertising of the city, or for the holding or maintenance of any public entertainment or series of entertainments. The amount proposed to be set aside for this purpose was five thousand dollars; but a vote of 10,231 against the measure defeated it. Those who cast votes in its favor totaled 9,145.
One hundred fifty-two precincts were established for the election of May 3, 1927, when 12,035 votes were cast. A mayor, an auditor, four councilmen for the full term of four years; two for short terms; two school directors for the full terms; and one for a short term were chosen. M. B. Driver was given 6,814 votes for mayor; Frank V. Cornish, 4,854. Mabel W. Jensen was the choice for auditor, receiving 6,989 votes, while Charles G. Stevens was credited with 3,118. The vote for councilmen, four-year terms, was: Frank A. Berg, 8,478; Richard S. French 5,999, Carrie L. Hoyt, 6,982, Agnes Claypole Moody, 5,885, Raymond E. Beloof 1,904, Mary A. Cleverdon 3,663, Herman H. Gast- man 2,246, William Hull 3,903, and Oswald S. Mish 1,920. Berg also secured the election for the short term expiring July 1, 1927 ; and Blake R. Vanleer for the term expiring July 1, 1929. Louis L. Hector and Albert H. Morgan were elected school directors.
PRESENT BERKELEY OFFICALS AND BOARDS
The list of officials of Berkeley, taken from the recent and last Fourth Annual Report of City Manager John N. Edy, is as follows: Elective : Frank D. Stringham, mayor; John M. Atthowe, Frank Berg, T. E. Caldecott, M. B. Driver, Carrie L. Hoyt, Walter Mork,
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Elmer E. Nichols and Blake Vanleer, councilmen. Berg succeeded Frank W. Wentworth, resigned; and Vanleer succeeded Agnes C. Moody. Oliver Young is city justice, having succeeded Judge Robert Edgar, deceased. Mrs. Mabel W. Jensen, who succeeded Harry L. Traub, deceased, is auditor.
The administrative officers, appointed by the city manager are: J. H. Jamison, purchasing and budget officer ; Emma Hann, city clerk; F. W. Flittner, assessor; Pauline Young, treasurer and tax collector ; Earl J. Sinclair, attorney ; A. J. Eddy, engineer ; August Vollmer, chief of police ; George Haggerty, fire chief ; Stanley P. Koch, chief building inspector; Dr. James R. Scott, health officer; P. J. Rogers, pound- master ; H. A. Tibbetts, superintendent of parks; Granville E. Thomas, superintendent of recreation; and Joseph Irwin, wharfinger.
City Planning Commission : The Zoning Division consists of Albert H. Morgan, Jr., president; Sue Irwin, S. Hall Bither, H. R. Phinney, and Chas. L. Houser. The Civic and Development Division consists of Albert H. Morgan, Jr., chairman; Professor B. R. Maybeck, Edwin Landon, Mrs. Aaron Schloss, and Vernon Smith. A. J. Eddy, Stanley P. Koch are ex-officio members; and E. M. Haug is the board's secre- tary.
Charity Commission : Mrs. M. Koughan, H. C. Macaulay, Mrs. Ida B. Blochman, Seldon C. Smith, Mrs. Dane Coolidge, Hollis R. Thompson, and Dr. Stanley Hunter.
Playground Commission : Mrs. Maude S. Mallett, secretary ; Mrs. W. H. Marston, C. W. Whitney, J. T. Preston, and Charles F. Naylor.
Board of Health: Dr. J. R. Scott, Dr. Robert Hector, Frank D. Stringham, Mrs. Bernice Lester, George Grimshaw, Dr. C. K. Cooke, Dr. F. H. McNair, and Dr. Frank L. Kelly.
Advisory Board of Health: Dr. Robert Hector, Dr. F. H. McNair and Dr. Frank Kelly.
Library Trustees : Mrs. James B. Hume, Thomas T. Dowd, F. C. Shallenberger, E. N. Ament, Mrs. Carrie L. Hoyt and Carl B. Joekel.
ALAMEDA CITY ELECTIONS
The legislative act incorporating Alameda as a town was signed by the governor March 7, 1872, after the failure of one two years previous. The original act was amended in 1876, and a new charter secured in 1878. The first town election, called by the county board of supervisors, occurred May 6, 1872, when H. H. Haight, E. B. Mastick,
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Henry Robinson, Jabish Clement and Fritz Boehmer were elected town trustees; Thomas A. Smith, treasurer; E. Minor Smith, assessor; and William Holtz, Dr. W. P. Gibbons, Nathan Porter, Cyrus Wilson, F. K. Krauth and Fred Hess, school directors. Haight was chosen as president of the first board of trustees. Elections were held an- nually during the early period of the town's history, as in other munic- ipalities. W. H. Porter was appointed the first town clerk on May 21. Coming down to the time when Alameda received its first city charter in 1907, the elections since will be considered in detail.
A special election was held January 27, 1906, for the purpose of choosing fifteen freeholders to draft a city charter. The voters selected Edward K. Taylor, George A. Moore, Brainard C. Brown, Isaac N. Chapman, P. W. Barton, E. J. Bevan, Frederick E. Mason, Julius Magnin, J. D. Jamison, J. C. Linderman, William H. Noy, H. G. Mehr- tens, Paul K. Buckley, H. M. Kebby and Henry Michaels for this responsibility. This group of representative citizens chose E. K. Taylor as president of the board, George A. Moore as vice president, and Brainard C. Brown as secretary. They filed the completed draft of the charter April 26, 1906; and on July 18 a special election was held in the nine precincts comprising Alameda at that time. The vote was 719 in favor of adopting the charter, with 348 cast against. It was adopted by the state legislature, and ratified February 7, 1907.
The first city election under this charter took place April 8, 1907. E. K. Taylor defeated J. F. Dorderer for mayor, the former receiving 1,713 votes and the latter 1,027. E. M. Smith defeated J. M. Robinson for auditor and assessor. Oswald Lubbock was chosen treasurer over W. H. Ross. The new charter provided for two councilmen at large, and one to be elected for each of the seven wards. B. L. Fisher and F. S. Loop were the choice for councilmen at large, winning from W. M. Bowers, V. M. Dodd, H. Jantzen, M. H. Owens, T. Rosenberg, and B. J. Smith. The candidates in the various wards at this election are herewith given, the first named in each case being elected: First Ward, M. W. Brown and C. D. Crawley. Second Ward, P. Christen- sen, D. S. Brehardt, and A. J. Ernest. Third Ward, C. P. Magagnos and H. B. Waters. Fourth Ward, E. B. Bullock, S. Miller, C. T. Rose and J. Stackler. Fifth Ward, W. H. Noy, J. S. Fitz, and G. A. Nissen. Sixth Ward, R. S. Gee and G. H. Ward. Seventh Ward, E. J. Probst, G. Atchison and W. Remners.
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