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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1921
Page
6
Local Emmons County newspaper The Record lists display rates per column inch and contract space prices. It notes circulation in the county halves and deadlines for advertising copy due Tuesday noon each week.
Senator Church of Benson county, a league director, voices opposition to an eight-hour day for public works. He notes farmers already work fourteen to sixteen hours and cannot shorten their day. The piece contrasts class interests and farm policy in North Dakota.
The recall mechanism clashes with referendum and initiative, turning government into a daily election. In one county officials pressed the sheriff to resign over alleged shortages, then recalled petitions against those officers, prompting reinstatement and dropped recalls. Petitions target the auditor in Kidder county and Goughnour in the First district, with more possible if filed.
The local league denounces Rep Jos A Kitchen for harsh language toward Speaker Twichell after being named chairman of the education committee. Kitchen, a WWI veteran and former county schools superintendent, faces criticism but Twichell defends the appointment. The Bank of North Dakota adds the Record to its mailing list for its propaganda bulletin amid saboteur concerns.
The Record reports a forthcoming hearing by railroad commissioners aligned with the league and required by new law to advertise. It notes the editor’s defiance of Townley influence, calls the anti Townley group’s stance clear, and mentions calls for a recall in the First district, urging cautious political alignment. It ends with a jab about a contested jury award.
Congress pressed to cap the regular army at 175000, overriding Baker and Pershing. Senate 41 33 and House 285 4 approved joint resolutions directing the War Department to cease enlistments until the force reaches 175000. Re enlistments allowed for prior service. conference possible. Baker and Pershing opposed, advocating 200000 to 250000 depending on needs.
The city experiences growing panic as workers threaten to act, with large bank withdrawals and an exodus of threatened classes under way. Reports cite the postal strike aftermath, testimony at the fair price conference, and a declining crown value fueling nervousness.
A collage of short reports across North Dakota cites local changes and events. Van Hook A Gairy association forms. Park River builds a service station. New England initiates 24 hour electric service. Hankinson eyed as Quentin Roosevelt airway landing. Indian lands auction results near Fort Yates. a Beulah shooting incident. Dr. F J Dugan dies at 70 in Grand Forks. a horse is electrocuted at Sawyer. a Presidential citation to Ray Towns crosses from Cusselton. Langdon launches North Dakota Farmers Lumber. Burns anniversary events in Langdon. Williston conducts seed wheat and corn tests. Minot reports a fatal pistol duel. Bismarck mourns W C Gilbreath. Dickinson notes W L Richards retirement. Beach tax cash payment ruling. Tower City upgrades fire equipment. Bismareck banks funding concerns. Lidgerwood poultry show records. Fessenden oil blaze causes $30,000 loss. Kenmare Alaska visit notes. Strawberry Lake prison release. Mapleton climate history. Watford City school superintendent drama. Fargo Farm Bureau officers named. Grand Forks commercial club survey. Mandan Sioux chief honor noted.
A roundup of brief items across North Dakota towns reports new mine openings, dam proposals, office elections, and local incidents. Notable entries include M K Lee leading the Bottlers association, wells county lease of fair grounds, and highway and rail actions affecting communities in Grand Forks, Fargo, Jamestown, and beyond.
A series of fires in Worcester Massachusetts caused losses exceeding 1 million dollars. The Knowles seven story building and nearby structures burned while a wood working plant at North Foster and Union streets lost 100000 dollars. One dramatic rescue occurred on the seventh floor as Leslie G Kingborn was saved by a 75 foot ladder. Governor Cox sent investigators and offered aid as authorities weighed incendiary origin.
Former Governor Whitman announced a wide graft system in New York involving police protection payments by citizens and businesses. He described the graft as new and more widespread than during the Becker era, noting the police lieutenant’s execution for the Rosenthal murder.
New York Federal Judge A N Hand issued a temporary injunction restraining Western Union Telegraph from landing the British Brazil Barbadoes cable at Miami Florida. The order also bars use of three cables between Key West and Havana for messages between the United States and Brazil and from splicing the Barbadoes to Cuba line.
Cleveland Common Pleas Judge Florence E. Allen sentenced Robert Momera to life imprisonment after a jury comprising three women found him guilty of second degree murder in her first murder case.
The American Legion Dan R Richardson Post in Linton, North Dakota, meets on the first and third Fridays of each month to assist visiting soldiers and sailors and support veterans.
County officers named include Auditor KE Brant Treasurer E T Atha Register of Deeds A L Gels Sheriff Theodore Meinhover County Judge Don Tracy Clerk of Court C F Waghe Superintendent of Schools H H Hansen State's Attorney Geo W Lynp F J McConville Chair Ben Matthews Ludwig Weber L DuHeaume and district designations for the Fifth and First to Fourth Districts.
Frank P. Allen presides with Associate Judge Fred A. Oliver and Juvenile Court Officer Rev. C. R. Newcomb. Stenographers F. J. Graham and Co. H. Olsen are named for Emmons Logan and Mc Intosh counties.
The city roster names C. A. Wolverton as auditor and Earl H. Smith as treasurer. M. T. Barger serves as police magistrate, A. M. Britts as justice of the peace and city attorney, with Scott Cameron as chief of police and Paul Marshall as assessor. Additional posts include A. M. Britts as engineer and E. D. Fogle as fire chief, among others.
Fragmentary report names Wallace Eyes and A Wolverton amid a Second Ward confrontation. Other legible items include references to Nick Heisler Chris Bosch and Paulson with Salslete's Third Ward noted. Further detail unreadable in the excerpt.
Services at 10 30 Sunday school at 10 00 every third Sunday morning and every Sunday evening at 7 30. Reverend Martin Voseler is pastor.
Sunday schedule for St Matthew s Episcopal Church lists morning service and evening service with Sunday school in between.
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