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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1921
Page
5
A Temvik roundup of Frontier Day events, local arrivals and departures, market trips, and community notes. Residents visited Linton for Frontier Day, barns and wells were repaired, thrashing and grape sniping described, and visits from kin and miners documented. Names include Pollock, Linton, Dornbush, Beth Sabraw, Grier, Colquhoun, Amundson, and Zenk.
Mrs. Martinson and Mrs. Lindahl returned Tuesday from an overland trip to Minnesota. Mrs. Prescott and her son Gerald of Steele visit at sister R. R. Wurm's home. Evelyn and Marion Barton of Braddock spent a week at R. P. Sisco's. Miss Louise was home over Sunday. The Branens Tenaders R. P. Sisco G. B. Aaring and C. B. Thompson fished Sunday with little luck. Wm. Olson family returned from Minnesota trips. Frank Barta and Mr. Gorder fished for grapes Sunday. Wurms and Prescotts also at the river Sunday. Not much news this past week. Misses Harth and Burnstad visited at C. Waddell's from Wednesday to Friday after trips from South Dakota. Frontier Day also attended. Merl Chase visiting Ray Jackman home for the past two days.
A fragmentary scene on a seaside afternoon sketches Joe’s engine, George’s nine from practice, Gus the auto man, and Eugene Wolf losing his way home Saturday. The chatter touches coffee, a baseball parley in vogue, and plans for next year with nearby teams seeking a “rep.” Mesdames Lutgen and Leffingwel appear in passing.
Official circles in London state the recall of British troops on leave is purely precautionary and not aggressive. The move aims to avoid breaching the Irish truce, as any first shot could trigger sporadic fighting across Southern Ireland.
Washington reports that 16 countries including the United States, which normally yields about half the world’s wheat, show a production this year of roughly 1.953 billion bushels, about 7 million more than last year. The estimate uses reports up to August 15 and awaits further country returns for a firmer figure.
Naples reports continued volcanic unrest as Vesuvius shows increased activity for several days. Enormous smoke columns rise from the crater, creating a dramatic night scene illuminated by the full moon.
London dispatch from Smyrna reports Mustafa Kemal Pasha leader of the Turkish Nationalists orders evacuation of the region between Sivri Hissar and Angora in Asia Minor as part of military movements and strategic withdrawals.
The Department of Labor reported that eight of fourteen industries showed higher employment in July than in June. The report details the percentage gains and notes overall mixed changes amid shifting labor demand.
Three heavily armed robbers believed escaped convicts struck the Ut tle mining town of Kincaid seven miles from Taylorville Illinois. They held up a bank cashier and a deputy sheriff and escaped with a payroll totaling 185000 dollars.
Sarah Bernhardt is seriously ill in Paris, according to a news agency dispatch. Friends fear the illness may prove fatal for the famed actress amid mounting concern from her circle.
J. W. Shorthill told the Interstate Commerce Commission that freight rates on a car load of corn from Nebraska to Omaha now consume market value of 392 bushels for 118 bushels produced at 1914 costs. He cited 12 states saving 5 cents per bushel via co operative elevators, but higher freight and handling costs erase gains. Even at 1914 costs, farmers would lose money under current rates and prices as corn costs 55 cents to produce but sells about 46 cents in Omaha, leaving roughly 33 cents to the farmer after charges.
F W Peck of the University of Minnesota told the commission that freight rate cuts would boost farmer earnings. He showed wheat oats corn and hay scenarios with 3 4 and 5 cent reductions and noted a dollar per ton hay cut could lift hourly returns by 40 percent. Critics challenged the figures but cross examination did not refute them.
A bomb containing 73 pounds of T N T with fuse was found and burned near Leavenworth Washington. the failure to explode is believed to have prevented loss of life and millions in property in a rich farming district if the dam had broken.
William E. McClintock, Alaska’s first officer, testified at the federal inspection of four postwreck executives, saying crew members on the wrecked steamer Alaska showed fatal slackness in rescue efforts and an Annox officer suggested shooting them. The trial concluded with findings on negligence tied to the disaster.
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