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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1919
Page
4
The Pioneer reports that the Scandinavian-American State Bank faced scrutiny over loans exceeding legal limits and alleged improprieties involving bank officials and ties to the Townley league. Court findings hint at attempted upheaval by banking board members amid calls to salvage the bank.
Townley at a Fargo shake down claims Grand Forks will get the first terminal elevator, while John Hagan, state agriculture and labor commissioner, says the location is undecided. Observers expect Hagan to align with Townley and Grand Forks to receive the project.
Three North Dakota Supreme Court justices affirm a bank ruling while two judges, including one elected by the league, dissent. Attorney General Wm. Langer failed to obtain permission for oral witness examination. The publisher notes the Court’s broad power and its swift handling of dissenters.
A state official urges the court to aid in exposing bank crookedness tying Townley suares to loans to “enterprises.” Legislation plans discussed at a Fargo league bosses meeting aim to curb elected officials’ powers and secure control over state offices despite election outcomes.
Justice Bronson rose from an unendorsed campaign to defeat in early races. Attorney General Langer later hired him as assistant AG. The league recruited him for the high court and he won election. Since joining the bench his rulings have aligned with league bosses.
In Linton last week Dr. Storey Fargo eye specialist waited anxiously for reports from the Fargo shake down. His funds were in the league bank when it closed and he prayed farmers would raise enough money to allow withdrawal. Justice Robinson, Lemke’s former law partner, often denounces league moves yet tends to vote with the league in major showdowns.
Justice Birdsell was elected by the league as a supreme court judge but often refuses to rule in line with Townley desires. He appears to seek to eliminate politics from the supreme bench. The North Dakota state banking board is sidelined in protecting bank depositors due to a recent supreme court decision by three justices.
Washington on October 22 reports that producers representing 90 percent of the beet sugar output have agreed with Attorney General Palmer that 10 cents a pound to wholesalers is a fair price for the new crop.
The transport Logan with 1,270 infantry from the Twenty-seventh and Thirty-first Regiments arrived in San Francisco from Vladivostok, the third such boat today. Soldiers object to prison stockades and conditions of American occupancy in Siberia. Sixteen American dead from Bolshevik combat were aboard.
A roundup of short items across North Dakota notes Red Cross funding for Cavalier county school nurse, a new electric lighting franchise in Sawyer, and the Devil’s Lake Commercial Club joining the U S Chamber of Commerce. Fire trucks arrive in Mott, and a new community building is planned in the same area. Bismarck to Fargo entries cover a 1920 federation convention, oil leases south of Itay, 650 short course enrollments at the agricultural college, district court in Center with two civil cases, a November 25 Senate replacement election in Towner county, and a Jewish relief conference in Fargo. Other notes report a bank vault theft in Mylo, a fatal auto crash near Mandan, sewage-disposal plant inspection in Minot, highway project completions in several counties, water quality doubts in Veile, a new $7,560 tractor for Fargo fire trucks, a subway plan under the Northern Pacific in Fargo, a large creamery project in Devils Lake, a life-threatening incident in Devils Lake, and candidates for the Gibbons Senate seat in Danube and Bisbee areas. Obituary for Mim Lura Perrine in Valley City.
The North Dakota Supreme Court ruled the Scandinavian-American Bank of Fargo solvent and that postdated checks are negotiable instruments. The board has no power to appoint a receiver or close a bank without the state examiner's knowledge and consent. Justice Bronson wrote the opinion with Justices Robinson and Grace concurring. the bank reopened immediately.
A Hazen fatality occurred when a runaway team killed Matt Schrum of a farm 12 miles south of Hazen. Across the region officials report plans for an electric lighting plant, night classes at the state normal, and road project funding. Other items note jail, church, and civic events. accidents. and organizational meetings in Fargo Mandan Bismarck and Minot with deaths of workers and a broad set of community developments.
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