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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1922
Page
6
The Emmons County Record of Linton North Dakota lists publisher B Streeter and notes its status as official county and city paper established in 1844. Display rates are 25 cents per column inch for a single insertion 20 cents for contract space ten cents per inch for composition and ten cents per line for locals. The paper circulates across the county and requests advertising copy by Tuesday noon each week.
Developments in state affairs continue with a Fargo bank embezzlement case connected to Jack Hastings, former officer and financial secretary to A C Townley, arrested in Seattle. He was implicated by evidence from the Heaton trial, signaling more arrests to come.
A farmer argues to the records man that 32 cents of every $100 taxes fund the county agent and questions the need for the position. He notes the agent’s salary exceeds the county’s highest elective official and suggests voters decide the county agent’s fate in an election. The piece likens the issue to other local debates and calls for a referendum on the office.
The county engineer extracts a sum nearly equal to the governor’s salary for himself and his jitney. The question arises: who do the county dads actually represent in this arrangement?
The Fargo Courier News published a full retraction of every allegation leveled against Wm. Langer before and after his gubernatorial candidacy on the independent ticket two years ago. The paper admits it erred in its reporting, admitting that no newspaper in North Dakota or the United States has faced such a complete reversal. This apology comes as farmers observe the gesture and consider the impact on Lange.
The editor recalls the campaign era attacks by the Courier News and leaders like Lemke and McClintock. He argues the league failed due to deceit and graft, notes Townley schemes harmed farmers, and urges independent investigation by wary farmers. He defends his stance as honest and vindicated by later events.
The Emmons County Free Press claimed the Record overcharged Logan school district but later admitted missing extra lines. The editor apologized grudgingly and the Free Press echoed irony over failing to figure proper charges, while Miller considered a similar apology.
Senator Underwood said the Shantung issue must be settled between China and Japan and cannot be taken up by the arms conference. He noted seven conference powers are bound by Versailles to support Japan, preventing inclusion of the Shantung matter.
St Paul Jacob Bentail, once Socialist candidate for Governor of Minnesota and twice convicted in Federal court for obstructing enlistments during the war, surrendered to Federal authorities and was sent to Leavenworth to serve a two year sentence.
Los Angeles reports millions of oranges damaged by a heavy frost across southern California, described as the worst frost in nine years with growers facing severe losses. A separate note in New York notes liquor forfeiture valued at $1,000,000 to the government over two years.
Report states 1,250 Marpah rebels killed in India and Delhi area. It also notes 6,727 sentenced to imprisonment, with thousands of Hindus affected by ongoing unrest and actions. The count reflects conflict intensity and legal actions amid security concerns.
C D Cunningham of Centralia Washington rises as commander of the American Legion of Washington a famed figure in I W W and radical circles and a former special prosecuting attorney who led the pursuit and trials of Westley Everest and other radicals after the Armistice Day killings of four Legion men in Centralia. He served in World War I as an infantry private at Camp Pike Arkansas.
President Harding rejected outstanding ex servicemen for the American commission to the international disarmament conference. Washington checks show ex service members in key posts including secretary and assistant secretary of the navy an alien property custodian an ex service general in charge of the budget and the new veterans bureau task. The public has elected 26 ex service members to the house and two to the senate. In nearly a dozen states service men are governors and eight members of Hoover's unemployment committee are veterans.
Arthur Woods of New York heads Hoover committee aiding jobless veterans. As a former World War I wartime special assistant and ex New York police commissioner, Woods organized a national bureau to place veterans in civil life and built a broad network to secure employment and services.
An excerpt from a diary page titled The Modern Fourth mentions the Bonrthef das ce Inday and after supper Peete and Tog reading lessons. It references a Star Spangled banner and American identity as part of a Legion Weekly fragment.
A long list from North Dakota communities covers courthouse additions in Stanton, a new bugle and drum corps for the Legion in Bismarck, and local sales and dissolutions in Mandan. Other notes include state farm groups meeting, banknote circulation in Wilton, and various municipal actions in Fargo, Wahpeton, and Jamestown.
Directory lists Emmons County officials including Auditor Syiss.B Hy Brant Treasurer Chas B Carley Register of Deeds H Irvine Sheriff GW Miller County Judge Clerk of Court Supt of Schools State's Attorney Don L Tracy C F Wagher H H Hanson Chas Coventry T P Lee Chairman Second Dist Frank Goughnour First Dist F J McConville Fifth Dist Jacob Schall Thi Dist L du Heaume Fourth Dist
A dense roster lists Frank P. Allen presiding, A. Oliver stenographer, Geo. M. McKenna associate judge, CleH Isen stenographer, Rev. C. R. Newcomb juvenile court officer for Emmons Logan and McIntosh counties, with Mayor, auditor, police magistrate, justice of the peace, and civic attorneys named alongside city officers including police chief Henry Wittmayer, fire chief Fred Pettie, and health officer J. W. C. Wolverton Official Newspaper Emmons Co. Record.
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