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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1922
Page
1
North Dakota Workmen’s Compensation Board pamphlet lists awards since establishment. Examples include Bank employees injured by mundane tasks, such as carrying ashes, running after cattle, or handling slivers on desks, with compensation and medical amounts noted.
Studies by the Children's Bureau in Michigan Colorado and Texas link farm work to delayed schooling. Among migratory and resident farm children, retardation rates rise 20 to 30 percent in Michigan and Colorado. Many youths aged nine to twelve worked ten to thirteen hours daily in sugar beet and cotton regions, with Texas children reporting similar long days. The Bureau continues rural studies with North Dakota and Eastern States, noting extensive hoeing, chopping, and plowing among ten year olds and older, averaging twelve hours or more in some cases.
Notice seeks cooperation for an agricultural exhibition during Pioneer Days from September 14 to 18. It asks members to address issues and support the event, referencing G. Busby as president and noting involvement by the royal household of England. The document emphasizes the palace’s prerogatives and old rules.
Adjutant General G A Fraser warned North Dakota service members buyers of veterans' bonus claims face severe action for high interest or usurious practices. He said many men answer ads to sell claims and forward responses for investigation. There are 22 500 claims on file in Bismarck with discounts 25 to 60 percent cited. Six thousand six hundred claims have been paid. the average claim is about 350 dollars.
State board released results with multiple races including Attorney General Peter Garberg 77,781 and George Shafer 83,412. other offices show L J Wehe 6,664. Insurance H C Carpenter 78,539. S J Olsness 87,662. Agriculture candidate W J Church 78,744. Joseph A Kitchen 83,723. Other tallies include Railroad Commissioner McDonnell 88,246. McKinnon 72,779. U.S. Senator O'Gonnor 9,140. Governor Platoon 4,618. Bard 4,650. State Auditor Hans Anderson 9,548. State Treasurer Isaac Heege 9,764. and multiple Supreme Court judges numbers.
The Emmons Logan County baseball race ended with Linton defeating Hazelton 3 to 2 after a ninth inning brawl sparked by a hazing incident. Cunningham left the mound amid fan confrontation, Lang was struck, and Stewart delivered the decisive two-base hit for Linton as Arm strong’s defense held. Umpires Krueger and Bradberg oversaw a tense, well played contest.
Corrected figures show the Nonpartisan League nominating 57 candidates on the Republican ticket while independent voters placed 56. Independents hold a senate majority with 26 on the Republican slate to 28 for the league, and they control the lieutenant governorship. The paper urges targeted campaigning in districts where independents won governorship votes to overturn two or three seats and gain a house majority, warning inadequacies in past organization.
Postmistress Books reports the Postal Department seeks bids from private truck owners to carry mail daily between Greenway and Linton if railroad service on the Roscoe-Linton line fails. The aim is to ensure continued first class mail and prioritizing newspapers if volume cannot be handled.
A notice warns that low humidity in interior spaces can harm health. It stresses maintaining adequate moisture levels for comfort, safety, and well being, advising occupants to monitor humidity and use humidification if needed.
E M Crary state printer urges the legislature to amend the law on legal printing rates. He argues the current double-pay provision is unfair when notices run for weeks and notes past printing by the Bismarck Tribune Company has been far cheaper than market rates. He praises predecessor James Curran and warns a state printing plant would be costly, advocating centralized handling to curb bills.
Governor Nestos has begun a campaign to sell North Dakota lignite to state residents and, if necessary, to buyers outside the state. He telegraphed 1800 North Dakota coal dealers asking for immediate action and detailed inventories, regional demand estimates, and plans to educate districts on using North Dakota coal.
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