Pioneer Record of Emmons County Officials
The Record under B Streeter as publisher serves as the official county and city paper for Emmons County. Established 1884 and printed in Linton North Dakota, it is entered as second class matter at the local post office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmons County
Linton, North Dakota
Dan R. Richardson
American Legion
Linton
North Dakota
H. Irvine
Paul Marshall
Glen Turner
Rates and Local Advertising Terms Display
The Record lists rates for single insertions and contract space. Local rates apply per line for one insertion with circulation focused in the county halves. Advertising copy must reach the printer by Tuesday noon each week.
Political rumors in Kidder County town
The Record man reports in Steele that nonpartisan plans for next year include Fay Harding as a congressional candidate against Geo M Young while Sherman would get Ward's Senate seat and H B Hanson would take Sherman’s House spot. The piece notes Harding’s unlikely election prospects.
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Steele
Kidder County
Fay Harding
Congress
Geo. M. Young
Sherman
Ward
H. B. Hanson
Kidder County Construction League
Harding
Nestos addresses governor race details at Court House
The Courthouse crowd heard R A Nestos describe alleged league dishonesty with specifics, noting Emmons and Grand Forks counties. He cited local cases including T E Lawler and Anton Senger, tying farm loan practices to nonpartisan rewards and public tax bail funds.
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R. A. Nestos
Frazier
Court House
Nestos
League
Emmons
Grand Forks
T. E. Lawler
Lawler
Mr. Lawler
Anton Senger
Anton
Farmers resist league backed loan amid local tension
In Dakem precinct Anton’s loan from the state fuels debate as farmers accuse league backing of steering neighbors into money-losing ventures. The Record newspaper is praised for its improved pay, while farmers claim continued hard times and loss of credibility. Nestos is urged as an alternative.
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Dakem
League Newspaper Corporation
Anton
League
Nestos
Auction of cherished Airdale yields sixteen dollars
The league quietly sold a prized Airdale pup for 16 dollars after high hopes of a large fundraising haul. League papers had withheld the news as the sale proceeded without public notice, while league members stopped digging whenever the bosses called.
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Airdale
Miller Citizenship Application Questioned
Miller faces inquiry over his application for naturalized citizenship. Officials review documents and eligibility criteria as part of a routine background check. Proceedings focus on verification of residency and ties to the United States.
Miller defends Bank of North Dakota loans in heated exchange
The Record faces Miller on attacks about farm loan delinquencies and bank tactics. Anton Senger is cited as a loan recipient who publicly supported neighbors yet misled them, while Miller accuses the Record of lies about more than a million in delinquent BND farm loans.
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Miller
Bank of North Dakota
Brinton
Old Boy
Anton Senger
Senger
Record of a Theorized Bank Payment Breach
A Free Press report questions whether the Bank of North Dakota or its insiders violated the law by improper payments to the state treasurer. If the payments were made, the treasurer says they were not. if they were not, someone may have illegally diverted funds. The speaker challenges investigator Miller to uncover who broke the law.
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Denmark
Miller questions Free Press debts and editorial policy
The speaker questions when the Free Press will start meeting its honest debts and comments on a Danish editor, noting the editor appears to be operating on wind.
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Miller
Free Press
Denmark
Jamestown Press Club Banquet Honors Legion Newspaper Men
Jamestown women journalists formed a press club and hosted a banquet for Legion convention newsmen. The event showcased the ladies as active, capable professionals in the field.
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Jamestown
Legion
Campaign heats up as league fight splits voters
In a heated campaign, league officials push to stay in while voters seek eastern capital influx. The public leans toward ousting the league faction, signaling an end for the current group amid broader economic stakes.
Recall Frazier and ban group from North Dakota banks
A call to vote for the recall of Frazier and his allies to push foreign capital out of North Dakota. The message urges support for an independent program as outside investors replace funds in North Dakota farm loans and certificates of deposit. It questions whether the league administration drove out small investors seeking high rates, and suggests asking bankers for details.
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Frazier
North Dakota
League
North Dakota Mortgage Concerns Drive Investor Exit
The note questions why men of moderate means in other states stopped funding North Dakota farm mortgages because of the Nonpartisan League. It urges readers to consult bankers for correspondence on the matter and argues that removing the radical state administration is needed to bring small investors back.
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North Dakota
Nonpartisan League
Recall Campaign Ties Up Free Press Finances
Inquiries weigh on the Free Press as a recall campaign intensifies debts grow and the paper sinks deeper into the red each month. For weeks the staff has warned of possible suspension if revenue fails to cover expenses and creditors demand payments.
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Free Press
Factories and Mills Asked to Increase Workforce
Washington reports tentative emergency program recommendations for reducing joblessness to four million, urging local emergency committees, published unemployment counts, part time work by manufacturers, stock production, repair work, municipal infrastructure expansion, federal building projects, and Congress action on road and railway funding to boost employment.
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Washington
National Conference On Employment
Congress
North Dakota News Roundup From Crary to Jamestown
A composite North Dakota brief reports on local events: Crary opens a new $75,000 school building. Emerado suicide by .22 pistol. Devils Lake Elks game dinner. Williston threshing engine blast deaths. Marmarth recalls case to Supreme Court. Bismarck ballots rotation of recall candidates. Agricultural College winter rye outlook. Minot fire destroys tractors and oil with $35,000 loss. Starkweather child injury and death. Cogswell bank consolidation. Jamestown man dies and brother injured. Merle Long dies after ten days. Powers Lake drowning in San Pedro harbor. Fargo invites Gompers to farm labor meetings. Tappen buggy-train collision fatalities. Grand Forks Holstein donation for dairy show. Crazy: lantern fire and fatal explosion. Gladstone: hunting license story. Minot rain insurance. Fargo conventions schedule. Mandan trip reflections on Emery and democracy. Oakes agriculural show honors. Jamestown Legion elections and leadership, with state and national figures. 1922 meeting location chosen for Devils Lake. Agricultural College notes on state dairy show travel. Bismarck to implement new eight-grade study course focused on North Dakota history and Indian lore.
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Crary
Emerado
C. A. McKany
Devils Lake
Elks Lodge
Williston
Marmarth
District Court
Supreme Court
Bismarck
Agricultural College
North Dakota
Minot
Starkweather
Ralph Hunt
Cogswell
Farmers and Merchants Bank
Cogswell State Bank
Jamestown
Merle Long
Powers Lake
Frank Spaulsburg
U. S
San Pedro Harbor
California
Fargo
The
Fargo Trades and Labor Assembly
Samuel Gompers
A. F. of L
Tappen
John Gallagher
N. P
Grand Forks
St. Paul
John Snitko
Saskatoon
North Dakota Federation of Women’s Clubs
Western Conference
English Lutheran Synod
North Dakota Sunday School Association
North Dakota State Teachers’ Association
James M. Hanley
Legion Party
France
John G. Emery
Emery
Oakes
Sioux City
Iowa
Don Gordon
Herman Kallestad
Crete
George Allison
Elmerado
Philip R. Bangs
Kansas City
Mandan
Pullman
Tax collections total eight point seven million set record
Bismarck reports a tax take of 8 725 965 18 dollars for July 1 1920 to June 30 1921, edging the prior year by about 200 000. hail insurance led at over 2 750 000, general state taxes about 1 359 000, motor vehicle taxes 716 000, soldier bonus 675 000, and workmen’s compensation 618 000. total general fund receipts were 5 489 591 15 in 1920 and 2 727 916 38 in 1921.
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Bismarck
Workmen's Compensation Bureau
General Fund
Livestock Values Leap to Over 30 Million
North Dakota farm livestock product value rose from 9 832 117 in 1909 to 30 979 923 in 1919 per federal census. National gain exceeds 1.5 billion. Dairy up from 4 872 304 to 19 576 343. chickens and eggs 4 576 089 to 10 486 386. wool and mohair 381 885 to 913 551. honey and wax 1 869 to 3 652. 1919 figures cover chicken eggs and chickens. 1909 includes all poultry.
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Fargo
North Dakota
Federal Census Department
United States
Rent terms shift in Kidder county land deals
Pettibone reports a changing crop rent custom as taxes rise from 14 to 22 dollars per quarter to 45 to 80, prompting landowners to demand a larger crop share. New 1922 contracts adopt a 60-40 split, with owners supplying seed and paying 60 percent of twine and threshing costs while receiving 60 percent of the crop and renters 40 percent.
Motor Vehicle Registration High in North Dakota
North Dakota issued 91,600 automobile licenses in 1921 up to now, surpassing the total for all of 1920 which was 90,840. E. P. Crain reports that used car registrations rising offset a drop of about 2,500 in new car sales, with new car sales expected to nearly equal 1920 by year end.
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Bismarck
North Dakota
E. P. Crain
Crain
North Dakota Farmers Aid Near East Relief Appeal
Hans Georgesen president of the North Dakota Farm Bureau federation asks farmers to donate grain to help penniless homeless and foodless women and children in southern Russia and Armenia. The bureau will organize collection, milling, and shipment to Near East Relief for aid.
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Russia
Armenia
North Dakota
Hans Georgesen
North Dakota Farm Bureau Federation
Near East Relief Association
Farmers of
North Dakota Farm Bureau
Near East
North Dakota Local News Briefs Highlight Public Notices
Lisbon authorities report new fire truck in service. Glenburn growers organize for marketing. Casselton holds achievement day with great turnout. Haynes Mutual Old association charter issued. Bismarck recall election ballots will not be mailed to absent voters. University reports 1000 students enrolled on last regular registration day. Crosby Minot business leaders tour northwest for outreach. Watford City notes bumper potato crop. Jamestown notes American Legion state convention: 213 posts, 9518 members, all towns with 500 population or less have posts. many towns under 200 also host posts.
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Lisbon
Glenburn
Casselton
Cass County
Haynes
Haynes Mutual Old Association
Bismarck
University
Crosby—Minvot
Watford
Jamestown
North Dakota
Department of the American Legion
J. P. Williams
Fargo
Legion
Juvenile Court Officials Named in County Proceedings
Frank P. Allen presides with Judge Fred A. Oliver and Associate Judge Co. HH. Qisen in the juvenile court structure. Stenographers Geo. M. McKenna and Rev. C. R. Newcomb are listed among court staff and officers for Emons Lo tosh counties.
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Frank P. Allen
Fred A. Oliver
Geo. M. McKenna
HH. Qisen
Rev. C. R. Newcomb
Emons
Lotosh Counties
MciIn
Clio Club Elects Officers and Meeting Schedule
The Clio Club meets every Friday afternoon. Theresa Streeter serves as president with Jean Smith as vice president and Edith Brant as secretary-treasurer.
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Clio Club
Theresa Streeter
Jean Smith
Edith Brant
Treas
Evangelical Missionary Society Officers Listed
The Evangelical Missionary Society names its officers including President Mrs W J Bechtle Vice President Mrs Theo Brenner Treasurer Mrs J Kramer Secretary Mrs Chas Meter Cor Sec Mrs G Bechtle Jr.
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Evangelical Missionary Society
W. J. Bechtle
Theo. Brenner
J. Kramer
Chas. Meter
G. Bechtle, Jr
No Sense In It In Drug Reform Oddities
A fragment cites a quip about doctors being sick and self important from a Medical Journal. It then notes that sleeves and handkerchiefs only appeared before the early sixteenth century, as a brief historical aside.
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Elizabeth
Medical Journal
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Emmons County Record
B. Streeter
Oficial County Newspaper
American Press Association
General Merchandise
State
H. Brant
Chas
Carley Register of Deeds
A. _H. Irvine
Miller County
L. Tracy
Wagher
Hanson
Chas. ‘Coventry
T. P. Lee
Frank Goughnour
F. J. McConville
Jacob Schall
L. du Heaume
Third Judicial District
City OF
Sly
Woolverton Autor
Mit
Seer
Renee Reese
Raft
A. Britts
Justice of the
A. M. Britts
Henry Wittmayer
Ssessor Tee
E. Fogle
Fred Petrie Health Office
Wolverton
Paces
Frank Sternhagen
First Warkrick Heisler
Aay Hinton
Fran Meier, Jr
Martin Reidlinger
Chas, Paulson
ENS
Matthews Episcopal Church
Wm. Malpas
Schoo Berelalsiaemers
German Baptist Church
Pion
Oleh Luchs
Methodist Episcopal Church
Wathan L. Rockwell
Evangelical Church
Sens
Schook
Reformed Church OF Strasburg
Holland
Duiker
Linton Lodge NO
Hall Over Stone Drug Store
F. B. Streeter
W. M
W. C. Wolverton
Sec
Knights OF Pythias, Linton Lodge
Liseroser
Order OF Eastern Star
Otilla Meier
Royal Neighbors
Linton Lodge
Lillian Lang
Etta Junge
Modern Woodmen OF America
P J. A. Lang
E. H. Smith
Catholic Sewing Circle
Glass
Anton Horner
A. R. Corwine
M. T. Barger
Maccabee Lodge
Irene Irvine
Augusta Pomerance
Anna Pietz
Thruda Hageman
Fayarding Cor
Bilya Pagel
Nellie Freeman
Ladies Guild
Mary Lynn
Ladies Aid Society
Emma Norman
Ella Pa _ Pres
Annie Picher
Hulda Hageman
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