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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1920
Page
6
The Pioneer paper of Emmons County in Linton announces display rates for local notices and classifieds. Rates include 20 cents per column inch for single insertions and 15 cents for contract space, with ten cents per line for locals. Circulation covers the south half of the county and much of the north.
On May 24 1919 Arthur C Townley addressed Emmons county residents urging loans from the Bank of North Dakota at 4 to 4 34 percent The Bank has operated a year and only a dozen Emmons county applicants have loans Townley calls it a danger and criticizes a Chicago funded socialist bank borrowing one million dollars at 7 percent He warns farmers about the state finances and economic policies.
The piece recalls Townley claiming eastern borrowers paid 3 3 12 percent and asserts the Bank of North Dakota, backed by the state, could match rates. It concludes with a jab about public gullibility and a quip attributed to P T Barnum.
The Bank of North Dakota borrowed a million dollars in Chicago at seven percent and cannot loan to bona fide farmers. It did loan 25000 dollars to the Minnesota land speculator MacMahon, who is described as the uncle of Congressman Baer’s wife. The piece questions trust in Townley.
The Free Press notes recurring lateness by the local league paper management as delays extend beyond a day, with last week showing an even greater lag than typical. The report highlights systemic print delays affecting readers.
The post office delayed Saturday mail causing embarrassment for the paper which failed to publish King Arthur content two days after publication day. The speaker notes the administration would be ashamed by the late issue.
The Prohibition Party met and nominated Wm. J. Bryan as their candidate for president. Bryan promptly refused the nomination.
At Chicago conventions the single taxers committee of 48 radicals of labor non partisan league and other radical movements attempted to consolidate on a national third party ticket. Disagreements splintered the effort and led to the formation of several additional parties.
At a campaign event in Regan Burleigh County the Record man met G A Bardsley of Witz North Dakota who revealed he is Fay Harding’s cousin. Bardsley recalled Harding saying four years ago the state would own all land and Harding hinted about registering as a socialist. He referenced Townley’s socialist program as viewed by Emmons County’s former smelling committee member.
Roy Yeater is named chairman of Emmons county the Republican state central committee. He registered as a Democrat for many years before joining the Nonpartisan League. Townley’s companion on a recent trip was E R Meitzen a socialist candidate for Texas governor. The elder Meitzen edited a wartime magazine The Rebel. Both Meitzens joined Townley. the elder is the league German editor and the younger a league lecturer. A Meitzen on a NP train attacked a traveling man last year.
An article notes a defendant disputes an accusation of attacking a traveling man, insisting the act targeted a prone-peddler instead. The report frames the claim as an exception to the statement that he assaulted a traveler.
The North Dakota Socialist party has vanished as a distinct group as thousands of former socialists register as Republicans to back Townley and his socialist lieutenants. Appointive posts have gone to socialists under Frazier and many imported league workers are socialists. One league candidate for state office was a socialist delegate before the league began.
The independents won seven teen state offices and all four initiated measures. They nominated a majority of house members and are close to a majority in the senate. Townley’s campaigns face difficulties with tours canceled as funds are sought in North Dakota counties.
One hundred farmers in Emmons county pledge one hundred dollars for campaign expenses this fall. Townley rallies the crowd urging prompt donations, describing the effort as costly but exhilarating while it lasts.
The Free Press failed to publish last week citing no staff to mail the issue. Four regular workers remained at the Free Press office, while league backers push for funding and meetings. Townley held a secret Emmons county gathering to raise money, with Townley present and other stockholders blocked from entry as Harding acted as doorman.
Voters in the district approved bonds to build a new schoolhouse. The school board in Valley City intends to raise teachers salaries and asks for next year contracts. The American Legion seeks a designated day at the fair. Local groups discuss renting spaces for Legion rooms. Delegates to the General Assembly were elected in Belfield. A new school contract was awarded in Balfour. Debating salary raises for instructors at the deaf school, the Devils Lake board favored the measure.
Henry P. Davison, head of the League of Red Cross Societies, warns of a typhus and famine catastrophe across eastern Europe from the Baltic to the Adriatic. He urges a $500,000,000 American relief plan with a non political commission to survey and restore central and eastern Europe, funded with liberal terms and international cooperation.
Eight miles from the Milwaukee road main line in Grant County North Dakota a section of land of about 98 acres is offered for sale at 18 dollars per acre with government and railway reservations. The listing is by Geo M Register of Bismarck North Dakota. Advtf.
The Rusk Radiator Co of Fargo North Dakota appoints Miss Ameda LaFleur as office manager. F L Watkins Press notes the Dakota Business College graduate is in demand as trained help. the fall term begins September 1.
320 acres rolling farm land with 80 acres seeded to rye and rest ready to seed. 2 miles from rail town. 6 room house, 18x40 granary with cement floor, 48x48 stable, drinking water, well house. 1 mile fencing and 100 rods hog net fencing. $50 per acre if taken by March 20. Write H. B. Smith Selfridge ND for details.
An advertisement from Klein Tailor and Cleaner in Bismarck North Dakota offers expert dry-cleaning pressing repairing dyeing refining and tailoring services inviting readers to ship their work.
Classified notice advertises a five room house with a large barn and two lots in a fine location in Linton. Inquiries directed to Dr. Wolvertam.
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