'QUICK METHOD
FOR DECIDING
AN ELECTION
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 4 (by As
sociated Press).—To speed up the
count of ballots, election board offi
cers at the general municipal election
here today will be paid 5 cents for
each ballot tallied and tabulated.
San Francisco city and county i3
using the non-partisan preferential
ballot, which eliminates the primary
election. Voters may express first,
second and third choice for each of
fice. If a candidate obtains a major
ity of the ballots cast for first choice
he is elected. If the first choice does
not thus elect anyone the second
choices are added on, and then the
third. With the addition of the third
choices a plurality becomes sufficient
for the election of a candidate.
Under this plan put into operation
and twice tried successfully here un
der the direction of C. H. Zemaneku.
San Francisco registrar of voters, the
ballots in city and county elections
are counted at one place. When the
polls close tonight the returns will be
rushed from all precincts to the Civic
Auditorium, where the count will be
started immediately by 1,800 persons,
divided into election boards consist
ing of one caller and two clerks.
Twelve divisional deputies will super
vise the count and decide disputes
which may arise in any election
board. Election board officers will
not know beforehand what precinct
returns they will handle. All such of
ficers are. required to pass civil serv
ice examinations.
“This plan will save the city from
■$12,000 to $14,000 on each election,”
Zemansky said. ‘‘It provides an ac
curate and quick count. All election
boards may be watched at one place,
thus eliminating the possibility of
fraud in isolated precincts.”
The polls close at 7 o’clock. Ze
mansky says he will be able to tell
at 7:30 o'clock who has been elected,
except in eases of unusually close
votes.
i ,‘ J will get the returns of the first
/five votes ”ounte(1 in each Precinct of
,, This being from
the citv, he Sam.
., ,, i, , 5f will indicate
every part ot the city, j-.
almost infallibly how the com..
go. At any stage in the count i C3T!
quickly obtain the totals as far 6s
the count has gone.”
A bill permitting this system to be
^_tried by any county in the state was
introduced in the last California legis
lature, Kamensky said, but failed to
get out of committee.
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MAIDS ARE SEEKING
ALASKA HUSBANDS
Dust at preset the territorial bu
reau of publicity Is flooded with let
ters from all parts of United
States written by love-lorn iu.a*^ens
who want to come to Alaska to gt?
husbands.
' letters have come to the bureau
from every section of the country all
the way from the Everglades of Flor
ida to the pine woods of Maine, The
letters differ front each other slightly
in detail, but all the writers yearil to
make some sourdough happy.
Each and every one of the letter
0 writers had read somewhere that
there was a serious shortage of women
in the territory, and they were will
ing to come North if a suitable mate
could be found.
Many of the writers are well edu
cated, and according to their side of
the story, good looking, and some of
them have money. Their reason for
wanting to come North is that they
“long for adventure in the land of the
midnight sun and the chance to make
a lonely miner happy by the presence
of a woman.”
The chief of the bureau, E. J.
White, is answering each letter and
giving good advice to the seekers
after happiness.
Fresh Ever-Ready Flashlight Bat
teries, all sizes. Blum-O'Neill Co. 3-tf
Bacon or ham and eggs, 50c, at
<fordova Grill. 29-tf
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NARCOTIC CLINICS
TO BE ESTABLISHED
SAN DIEGO, Cal., Nov. 4 (by Asso
ciated Press) As a part of the na
tional movement, and under orders is
sued by the commissioner of internal
revenue, J. P. Carter, collector of in
ternal revenue for the Southern dis
trict of California, will begin a cam
paign for the establishment of nar
cotic clinics in the larger cities in his
district. Among the cities named
1 where Collector Carter expects to
have clinics in operation are Los An
geles, San Diego, Bakersfield, San
Bernardino and San Luis Obispo,
Cal.
The clinics will be estabished for
the purpose of attempting a cure of
those persons addicted to the use of
narcotics, without leaving them sub
ject to the machinations of unscrupu
I lous physicians and denizens of the
underworld who maintain an illegal
traffic in the narcotic drugs. The
clinic plan is to administer doses in
gradually diminishing amounts until
the patient can do without the drug
entirely.
NOTICE TO FIREMEN
No. 1 chemical will be placed at the
Second street station for the winter.
H. W. NETTLETON, Fire Chief.
It’s the flavor and the grain which
make the bread at the City Bakery
famous.
Hub Bollinger has taken charge of
Hubbert’s tailor shop, and is prepared
to attend to your wants. 1-tf
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Phones—Residence, 115; Office, 132
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