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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1921
Page
6
The Emmons County Record, published in Linton North Dakota, notes display rates of 25 cents per column inch for single insertions 20 cents for contract space and 10 cents per inch for composition. Local circulation covers the county’s south half and much of the north half with ads due Tuesday noon weekly.
Eastern delegates attended the Devils Lake convention where a warm debate over recall highlighted factional divides. Rhetoric backed by I V A and Twenty One pressed independents against anti recallers, while Nestos of Minot was praised as a steady challenger to Red River Valley political machines. Clara Flemington Strand of Ellen Dale emerged as a bold female fighter, though limited by gender in a largely male assembly. Funds calls by Liederbach warned of league instability with thousands in unpaid bills and overdrafts blamed on league leadership, as farmers shoulder the deficit.
The league cannot meet demands from individual farmers who signed accommodation notes. The notes makers are called goats and exposed by the emblem, with Sen C A Ward noted for wearing a goat watch fob while others such as T E Law ler Anton Larson Steve Kraft signed large sums for the cause. Ward, however, keeps his name off the paper.
The Record argues it opposed recall propaganda for public good and upholds that recalls bring advertising revenue. It claims no ulterior motive exists and notes supporters at Devils Lake will broaden the recall list, increasing legal notices for the paper.
Townley warned that business men signing recall petitions against Frazier would find grass growing in their doorways. The town looks to Hazelton for a boy scout organization. Linton is also discussed as a possible host for such a group.
Communists clash with police across Hamburg to Saxony amid looting and 50 deaths. Rioters seize banks and rail lines while mines and railways are damaged. Eisleben sees intense street fighting as police battle crowds. attack spreads toward Berlin and Leipzig with Soviet financing alleged but not proven.
A run of short items from North Dakota towns reports a fire truck purchase for Wahpeton, a youth death by rifle, proclamations and bonds, new water towers, engine installs, Girl Scout formation, farm wages, town hall votes, prohibition sweep totals, and local officials' moves across cities including Mandan, Minot, Dickinson, Jamestown, and Williston with varied civic and public notices. Officials discuss tax, band maintenance, and road boosting. schooling, recalls, and memorials appear, along with railway talks and county-level appointments and budgets.
Paris reports the reparations commission may order Allied troops into Germany as discussions reopen. Germany’s failure to meet the March 23 payment deadline is tied to potential property confiscation and a possible indemnity loan. French officials denounced the Berlin note, signaling renewed conflict over terms.
The Polish legation in Washington announced from Warsaw that Poland carried nine of sixteen districts in Upper Silesia in the plebiscite, all nine in the coal and industrial region. Commune majorities, not overall vote totals, will decide the result.
The Senate added a $200000 appropriation to the deficiency bill on request of Senator Calder of New York for quarantine work in New York where typhus has been found among immigrants. Public Health Service plans the funding to control the outbreak and protect public health.
The Ladies' Aid Society meets every Wednesday. Officers listed: Emma Norman as President, Ella Pagel as Vice President, Annie Pitcher as Secretary, and Hulda Hageman as Treasurer.
Directory listing county officials includes Auditor E H Brant Treasurer E T Atha Register of Deeds A H Irvine Wees teeseeeesesess EQ Miller County Judge Don L Tracy Clerk of Court C F Waghe Sup t of Schools H H Hansen State s Attorney has Coventry T P Lee Chairman Second Dist Frank Goughnour First Dist F J McConville Fifth Dist Jacob Schall Third Dist L DuHeaume Fourth Dist
The record lists local officials including Presiding Judge Frank P. Allen and Auditor C A Wolverton with several county roles such as Police Chief Scott Cameron and Fire Chief E D Fogle. It notes ward representatives Frank Sternhagen in the Second Ward and Chas Paulson in the Third, plus church services at German Evangelical Friedens Church with services at 10:30 a.m. and Sunday school at 10:00 a.m. every third Sunday morning and weekly evening, led by Rev Martin Vos El er.
Rev W Malpass ministering at morning service and evening service. German Baptist Church holds services every second Sunday at 11 30 a m and evening at 8 p m with Sunday school each Sunday at 10 30 a m Rev Rudolph Luchs in charge.
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