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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1922
Page
1
Linton 13 Strasburg defeated Hazelton 12 to 2 at Napoleon while Hague at Braddock was retired in the first inning due to rain. Braddock and Hague could not play last Sunday because of weather.
Linton and Strasburg played a rain ruined contest with Strasburg winning 18 to 10 after a seventh inning surge. Linton made fourteen hits but twelve errors while Angell struck out ten for Strasburg and Hague’s rain halted Braddock at half an inning.
December 15 1922 marks the final day to apply for government vocational education for disabled veterans. District Manager C D Hibbard of the U S Veterans Bureau urges timely submission, noting existing applicants need not file separately if already seeking compensation or rehabilitation benefits.
The notice urges applicants to sign and submit in person at a Bureau office. Applications postmarked by December 15 or filed before close of business that day will be considered. Late submissions lose the liberal government offer. Please publish to inform service members of the deadline.
Northern Pacific plans expanding Northwest service with new rolling stock. Charles Donnelly announces orders for 1000 box cars of 50 ton capacity, 40 ton standard cars, 250 stock cars of 80000 pounds, 250 convertible all service cars, 250 gondolas, and 70 express refrigerator cars built on passenger-car standards for fast fruit schedules.
Karl Kositzky will remain head of the state land department as affirmed by the North Dakota Supreme Court, upholding Judge Nuessle’s Burleigh county ruling. The dispute arose after Kositzky replaced W. J. Prater two months earlier amid a board led removal conflict. Prater argued the board lacked power. a vault entry and an agreement preceded Kositzky’s position.
Episcopal services will be held at St Matthew's on Sunday July 16 with Sunday School at 10 30 a m and Evening Service at 7 45 p m as announced.
The guaranty fund commission met in regular quarterly session in Bismarck with no major action expected. Officials report continued handling of three days affairs of closed banks and reduced administration costs. Discussion of abolishing the North Dakota bank deposits guaranty law attracted attention as national and state bankers discussed the issue.
Petitions containing thousands of names reached the Secretary of State’s office on Saturday calling for a statewide vote on a good roads constitutional amendment and two initiated laws. The amendment envisions county seat to county seat roads without a state bond. One law would create a three member highway commission and regulate auto licenses with a state highway fund.
Secretary of State Thomas Hall and Deputy Secretary Maurice Duffy urge funding for auditors at the Blue Sky Commission and endorse election law reforms. They propose no separation of ballots for men and women, newspaper nominations for primaries, nonpartisan officer elections, verified campaign expense reports, earlier presidential filing, and single petition signing from March 1. They cite constitutional amendments requiring an educational voting test and advocate clear, plain language by knowledgeable commissioners.
The commission warned that government price fixing requires current cost data and regional investment differences. It noted wide variations in bituminous coal production costs from $1 to $9 per ton annually, influencing district financials and market dynamics.
The North Dakota 1920 21 biennial report shows 5 507 school houses with 4 355 one room schools. Of 169 376 public pupils 74 656 were in one room buildings. Attendance in one room schools averaged 17 pupils per class and 20 601 daily across eight months. Teachers totaled 4 522 for 4 335 schools, earning average 102 50 monthly and 820 yearly. Seventeen teachers had college degrees and 2 876 graduates were high school level.
The canvassing board reports county results with Frazier winning by thirty votes and Baker by thirteen. Independents attract large margins in several races while league candidates gain strength. A Democratic party committee fight in the county could affect future appointments. The two top independents may face off July 19 at 2 p.m. in Linton to select fall ballot candidates.
The Emmons County Farmers Press meeting called by J. M. Stewart failed to attract attendees. Stewart appeared at the courthouse for the 1 p.m. Monday session, while few, if any, stockholders showed.
Anton Carson of Hazelton North Dakota was arrested Saturday and charged with manufacturing moonshine. He pled guilty before Judge McKenna, receiving ninety days in jail and a $200 fine. Failure to pay fines adds fifty days. State's Attorney Coventry Sheriff Ed Miller and Federal agents aided the case as officials raid locations and gather evidence for further prosecutions.
The weather department reports 4762 damage claims by yesterday close, well below last year’s 7691 for the same date. Adjusters near finish with field work unless new reports arrive, while a major loss from a Stutsman county storm affects Barnes county towns.
Henry Pfaff and Henry Sauter of Isa bell were sentenced to 30 years in the state prison after a 48 hour jury deliberation found them guilty of first degree manslaughter in the January 5 killing of Indians Roberts and Douglas Cuipris. Katie Pfaff was acquitted for defense of her honor. Sauter, a former Emmons county resident, testified Pfaff killed the men with an axe and shotgun after a liquor quarrel. The bodies were found in a well five miles south of Isa bell.
Minneapolis cash grain prices show No 1 dark northern wheat at 1.36 to 1.46, No 1 northern 1.24 to 1.39, No 1 dark hard 1.33 to 1.35, No 1 hard 1.26, No 1 am. durum 1.19 to 1.22, No 1 durum 1.14 to 1.18. Corn No 2 yellow 59 to 60 cents. Oats No 2a white 34 to 35. Barley choice to fancy 56 to 58 cents. Rye No 2 79 81 1/4 cents. Flaxseed No 4 2.59 to 2.64 1/4.
Dublin widow Mrs Wilson declines an invitation to stand as Unionist candidate for Parliament in North Down, the late Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson’s constituency.
The Department of Labor reports a nationwide trend of higher food costs with eightteen of twenty two cities showing increased production prices from May 15 to June 16. Officials cited a broad inflationary pressure and urged retailers to monitor pricing closely.
North Dakota high court ruled the Industrial Commission and Adjutant General lacked authority to pledge state credit or bargain away discretionary power to advance veterans claims. The decision blocks a plan to sell unpaid returned soldiers certificates at 18 percent discount, with funds potentially paid outside the state. Justice Bronson’s majority opinion critiques constitutional grounds for such acts while praising aims to deliver rapid compensation to veterans.
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