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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1922
Page
6
The Record is the official Emmons County newspaper for Linton North Dakota. It prints locals and ads with rates: 25 cents per column inch for single insertion and ten cents per line for locals. Advertising copy must reach the printer by Tuesday noon each week.
The Record and Free Press clash over committee fights in Lynn, with independents edging league candidates. Key figures include E T Atha and E D Fogle, plus Micky McConville and Sam Day, as lines shift for county and state posts.
A letter quotes accusations that lifelong Democrats were ousted from consideration and criticizes the Record man for not naming a Republican for party chair. It recalls League influence when Roy Yeater became Republican chairman after switching parties to seek legislative nomination.
State canvass figures show Nes tos leads Baker by about 11 000 for governor while independents hold a senate edge and league holds house majority possible after fall. The piece mocks Weary Willie and Record editorials, notes scattered league gains in precincts, and cites local contest results with varied turnout and support.
The Free Press backs a gene aligned reform effort to seize influence over both central committees, while critics deride the opposing side as rotten politically and assert defeat of their faction.
The snippet hints at political critique. It references "the boys" now involved in what’s described as a squeal act, suggesting allegations or exposure of information. No explicit names or places are provided.
Two Northwest railroads announced removal of freight embargoes set during the shopmen strike. Great Northern restored less than carload freight to Montana and through the state, while Northwestern dropped its owner risk policy. Sco Line to operate Duluth to Crosby train in summer. 18 Omaha trains discontinued. Ralph Budd urged striking workers to return with seniority and pensions preserved.
Minnesota fuel administrator Ivan Bowen met with twin city coal dealers and Governor Preus to outline rationing steps as a coal shortage looms due to strikes. He warned scalpers and utilities of excessive pricing and said he would seek a federal embargo if pricing continues. Coke prices rose a dollar per ton as the state urges conservation for farmers.
Washington President Harding, via Colonel Charles Forbes, picks St Cloud site for a veterans mental health hospital. The hospital, with 280 acres three miles from St Cloud, will house about 850 patients at an estimated cost of 1.5 million dollars, after board recommendations reduced beds. Brigadier General Sawyer, the board chair and the president’s physician, led the reduction.
The first car of spring wheat reached Minneapolis traders, selling for 46 cents above the September option price. The early arrival breaks several years of records, grading No. 1 dark northern spring and weighing 60 pounds.
The northeast Minnesota experiment station at Duluth reports a forty percent reduction in stump removal costs using the delayed clearing method demonstrated on land.
At a Pro ducing Managers association meeting in New York August Thomas was appointed executive chairman, a post analogous to Will Hays in film and Judge Landis in baseball.
North Dakota payroll data show office employees receiving about 14.2 million dollars over two years eight months, with schools, retail stores, elevators, and oil distribution among other sectors. Regional briefs mention road aid, bank reopening, a banker’s death, threshing yields, and weather impacts across cities such as Devils Lake, Bismarck, Wahpeton, Fargo, and Langdon.
Directory item lists F. Wagher superintendent of schools H. Hanson state attorney Chas Coventry and Ports Official Newspaper Emmons Co Record among local officials and media outlets.
The text lists court and city officials including Frank P. Allen, Presiding Judge, Fred A. Oliver, Stenographer Geo., Juvenile Court Officer Rev. C. Newcomb for Emons Logan and Mcintosh Counties, Mayor Woolverton, Police Magistrates, City Attorney Britts, and other names such as Henry, Fogle, Hinton, and Chas. Paulson.
The record lists officers and meeting notes for several groups: Cc U meets first Friday with Nira Thruda Heyerman as vice president and treasurer, Fay Harding as cor sec, Ell Rec. Sec, Nelile Wiseman. Ladies Guild meets Wednesdays with Mary Teeie P as president and Flora erature as treasurer. Ladies Aid Society meets weekly with Annie Pittheer as vice president and Hageman as secretary. Sk Club meets Fridays with Theresa Streeter as president and Edith Brant as secretary-treasurer. Evangelical Missionary Society officers include Mrs W I Bechtle as president and Mrs J Bechtle as treasurer. Priscilla Club meets every other Thursday with Mr a Hi C Heuer as president and Hy Smith as secretary-treasurer.
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