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From the Friday, March 1, 1934 edition of The Steamboat Pilot:

On April 3, Steamboat Springs, along with other towns of the state, will elect a full set of town officers, mayor and six trustees for a term of two years. Registration will take place March 27 and on the day before the election.

The trustees appoint a clerk, treasurer, marshal, attorney, police magistrate and other officers.

For many years, there has been no election contest in Steamboat Springs, although party designations have been maintained. Both parties have named the same ticket. The board always has been nonpartisan in its actions.

It is probable that party chairmen soon will call caucuses with the probability that they will again get together on a ticket.

The present officers have been very efficient and diligent, and many have expressed the opinion that it would be well for the ton if they continue on the job.

Man was shot in forehead at Mt. Harris on Sunday

Joe Reilly, of Mt. Harris, received a bullet wound to his forehead Sunday night about 10:30, when he was attempting to get into the house of Nick Gianikas, a Greek coal miner who has lived in Mt. Harris for the past 16 years. Reilly has been in Mt. Harris for about four years.

According to reports, Reilly went to the home of Nick Gianikas on Sunday evening and was refused admittance. He tried to kick down the door, and failing in his attempt to open it, he took a chair from the porch and broke the glass in the kitchen window. Gianikas then shot through the window curtain at the intruder, the bullet striking Reilly in the forehead.

Gianikas himself notified the authorities. He was brought to Steamboat Springs on Sunday night and now is in county jail. No charges have as yet been preferred against him. Reilly was taken to the Hayden hospital.

A probe was made for the bullet, a foreceps inserted 4 inches, but the missile was not located. Reilly gradually regained consciousness, and there is a chance that he will survive. He came to Steamboat Springs from Kentucky and is married. Gianikas is a single man.

It seems that the two men had had trouble before, and according to local reports, Reilly had attempted to knife Gianikas during a previous quarrel. The authorities say Gianikas had a clean record since his residence in Mt. Harris.