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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1920
Page
1
The Fargo Forum calls Gov. Frazier to drop H. J. Hagen from the state bank guaranty board after his prior conviction for false statements to a bank examiner. Though a new trial was ordered, the stain remains and critics urge merit and clean records for such posts.
Linton and Pollock met in a neck and neck nine inning contest at the Pollock Old Settlers Picnic. South Dakota club won in the ninth on a long drive after a running play was cut off at the plate. Band concerts races and a dance followed the game.
The semi annual gathering of county superintendents ran July 13 to 16 in Valley City. Officials reported it as the most successful meeting yet with strong cooperation and plans for the coming school year.
The article reviews a three day event where superintendents discuss the annual reports from teachers treasurers and clerks. Topics include Amer sanization night schools health work consolidation and state education topics. The event features a Pageant Light and visits to Nortimer and Grand Prairie Consolidated schools with discussions on costs and transportation.
A fragment discusses how shallow waters reveal the bottom with little light, contrasting with how depth requires strong light. It notes depth as a positive quality and hints at the phrase purest ray serene and a wreck-strewn context. The text ends abruptly with a misread name.
The Huerta faction blames grafting generals for the revolt and reports the arrest of Pablo Gonzales as part of vigorous action to stabilize the government. Adherents say the upheaval aims to obstruct immediate U S recognition and stems from eliminating corrupt generals and Carranza loyalists.
A cyclonic storm sweeping Western Idaho and Southeastern Washington caused extensive property damage with washed away houses and rail lines. Reports from Moscow Pullman Winona and other towns described destroyed buildings, flooded farms and halted train service, with heavy losses feared though no confirmed deaths.
Mexico City the De La Huerta government captured Generals Pablo Gonzales Carlos Garcia and Jose Santos who planned a coup d etat. They will face immediate court martial on rebellion charges with the war office announcing the proceedings and expected disclosures.
London report in the Times states that France has begun military operations in Syria advancing toward Aleppo and Damascus. The action marks a broader French engagement in the region with potential implications for the theater and regional power dynamics.
Thirteen hundred Mexican federal troops aligned with Huerta have begun a new revolt south of Lampazos near the border, threatening the Nuevo Laredo district. Rail communications between Monterey and Lampazos have been cut by the insurgents.
Bertha Lynch aged 16 months ran down an incline track to rescue her baby sister amid rail danger at Mingo mines six miles from Middlesboro Kentucky. A coal car driven by her father Mose Lynch struck her, the child was killed and the baby escaped injury.
Dispatches report severe fighting near Ovruch south of the Pripet marshes with heavy bayonet action. Bolshevik casualties include generals Knatjinski and Cryson and about 400 others in the Ovruch region amid the Polish withdrawal.
Warsaw reports Bolsheviki have occupied Smorgon southeast of Vilna and push toward Osmiana. A communiqué from army headquarters says the battle continues along the Osmiana river as forces move south and west.
In Cumberland Wisconsin Nick Capra a farmer was killed by a lightning strike during a severe storm. A four year old child sitting on his knee was uninjured despite the fatal shock.
A Somerset miner earned 602.67 dollars for a single month, working eight and a half hours daily, as Pittsburgh area wage records were again surpassed.
Dublin faces a grave railway crisis as workers refuse to move any freight trains dealing with war materiel and Sinn Feiners kidnap five men who offered to operate the trains.
County agent notes employment offices show steady demand for harvest help at 3 to 3.50 daily. Offices favor advance fare with baggage checked to farmers. U S Employment Office Fargo urged. Farm Bureau directors may survey help needs and consider a carload shipment from Twin Cities. Stock judging team returned from Fargo. no top prizes. Immigration photographer to visit county. Bert O Donnell reports Kubanka wheat outperforming Marquis after rains.
Ragliah Lutheran Synod plans a 25 acre college site in Bismarck with liberal arts, commerce, music and theology departments. Grafton county eyes $162,250 road project with $78,300 for excavation. Dickinson reports a forged check scheme with a $25 face value altered to $15.50 and two other alleged forgeries. Steele records isolation plans for a leprosy patient near Crystal Springs. Ellendale notes Dickey county crop prospects ahead of expectations. Aneta reports Nelson county fair attendance down but races and stock display strong.
Republican and Democratic county central committees met in Lin ton to organize and elect county chairmen. Townley forces controlled the Republican selection while antis led Democrats. Townley achieved gains in precincts despite league opposition. two tie votes decided by lot favored the leaguers. Roy Yeater chairs the Republicans and P G Rooks heads the Democrats.
Farm Bureau directors and all interested in harvest help are asked to meet Saturday July 31 at 2 30 PM in the Court House. Wages and supply of help will be presented to attendees.
The enrollment period for the Naval Summer School at Great Lakes Illinois has been extended to July 27. Eligible boys aged 16 to 20 with parental consent and physical fitness may enroll for a three month period though training ends Sept 1 and returns home. Recruits pay own transport to Great Lakes but receive 50 dollars for six weeks pay and return transport is government funded. Food lodging and uniforms are provided free. Report to Navy Recruiting Station Minneapolis Minnesota for physical exam.
Dan R. Richardson Post of the American Legion holds its regular meeting in Linton at the club rooms under the First National Bank at 8 p m on Thursday August 5 delegates to the state convention at Minot will be chosen all members urged to attend and returned servicemen who have not yet joined are asked to be present and hand in their membership
Sylvester Zernhelt Hazelton Ernest Koon Temnvik and Kenneth Green Westfield with County Agent Sauer from Fargo report a well spent trip. They visited Agricultural College Equity Cooperative Plant and the State Fair while taking part in the Stadt Live stock Judging Contest.
The first sleeping car patent was issued on December 24, 1856 to inventor Theodore Woodruff. Webster Wagner refined the concept two years later, followed by George Pullman in 1859.
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