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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1921
Page
6
Linton North Dakota reports Emmons County news from The Pioneer Paper published by B Streeter official county newspaper. Established 1584, the paper serves as Emmons County’s civic record with city notices and local updates.
Display rates set at 25 cents per column inch for single insertion. Contract space 20 cents per column. Composition ten cents per inch. Locals ten cents per line for one insertion. Paper circulates mainly in the county’s south half and broadly in the north. Advertising copy due is Tuesday noon each week.
The Free Press editor says he knows of no buyer rumor for the Free Press. Only nine of North Dakota’s fifty three counties have clean penitentiary records. Emmons County is among them.
The Irish Free State emerges as a British dominion with Canada like status and full taxation rights, Ireland to share the war debt and Ulster given a month to join or remain as is. A district court awards 2000 dollars in a cattle case hinging on authorization and check payment rights.
An attempt will test if the Dakota Central’s valuation of its local exchange supports a substantial rate increase. They petition for higher rent and claim a net income around 700, which they say would allow the new rate to stand. Even if approved, maintaining their current subscriber base is doubtful.
A large Courier News advertisement signed by Liederback Kaldor and Levang of the league state executive committee attacks Townley and the former fly-by-night group running the league in North Dakota. Notably Walker and Maddock do not sign.
The Nestos administration plans to cut roughly half the high-salaried receivers and deputy examiners who run closed banks, while reorganizing the state loan department to speed winter loans. Farmers crave real results and may reward the administration at reelection if farm lending improves.
The piece urges Record readers to consider gifting annual subscriptions as Christmas presents to keep a link with Emmons county. It notes readers forwarding copies adds delay and cost, proposing straight subscriptions as simpler and cheaper. It also discusses Sen Tom Watson of Georgia and a Senate inquiry into American forces in France, concluding most charges lack substantiation and criticizing Watson’s conduct. A North Dakota telegraph report mentions a Devils Lake correspondent.
Lake wrote his son witnessed a man hanged without trial in France, but the Forum editor, the son, denied personal knowledge. Army men know wild yarns from barracks and mock legends like Baron Munchausen, while many view Watson as an unscrupulous seeker after notoriety.
North Dakota towns report cultural events and civic notes. Grand Forks hosts the University Philharmonic, while Minot tax per person stands near fifty dollars. Neche restarts Community Milling flour production. Jamestown reports an early morning garage fire with dam damage. Werner seeks housing as families move in. Fargo notes a rain caused lightless night due to main trunk shorts. Bismarck sees a tax official resign. Dickinson notes 2000 dollar damage settlement. Williston plans a Kommunity Karnival beauty show. Grand Forks honors Dr. Massaglia as a pathologist speaks in Rome. Center reports a movie theater fire panicking the crowd. Dickinson records the first Blue Sky law conviction. Grand Forks marks birthday banquet for H A Foss. Edmore man faces prison over deceptive age claim. Bismarck dedicates a new fireproof St Marys addition. Minot expects a January jury term with heavy caseload. Bismarck truck sinks after icy river crash. firefighter saves others.
Passing Glimpses of Late Events in North Dakota lists many brief items from towns like Bordulac Fargo Devils Lake and Bismarck. It notes a parent teachers association organization, theater opening, elections, deaths and injuries, fires and thefts, a retirement, a synagogue plan, a jail raid consequence, weather power outages and road issues across several counties.
Directory style entry lists auditors treasurer and deeds officials including Chas Carley Irvine Hangon and other local officers in a terse archived format. Provides names positions and office abbreviations for governance roles within the community.
Frank P. Allen presides with Fred A. Oliver and C. H. Alsen as associate judges plus stenographers Geo M. McKenna and Rev C R Newcomb. The Juvenile Court Officer for Emons Logan and Mcln tosh Counties is named as Rev Newcomb.
Fragmentary OCR lists mayor auditor treasurer and various names including C A Woolverton H Smith Ed Graft Police M Britt and H C Lynn among officials. Other scattered entries reference newspaper roles, attorney H Britts, police figures, and local entities with unclear context.
The document lists society officers including President Mrs W J Bechtle and Vice President Mrs Theo Brenner with other roles such as Secretary Mrs G Bechtle. Found items include a boneheaded umbrella white child’s mitten and a black lady’s veil among articles in street cars reported by the London Street Railway Company.
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