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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1922
Page
6
Display rates: 25 cents per column Smch for single insertion. 20 cents for g centract space. Ten cents per inch for composition. Lecale: Ten cents per line for one insertion. The Record circulates in the county's south half and broadly in the north half. Advertising copy due to printer by Tuesday noon weekly.
Dr Wolverton argues county bills. dispute centers on who qualifies for county medical aid. Father figures deem both boys not county poor. contrasts with cases where the county funds medical treatment and supervision by Dr Monteith is noted. The state’s attorney maintains authority over such cases.
A fragment discusses a county doctor drawing a regular salary and the limits of county charges. It contrasts with Pettis and Hanley cases where supervisors had no authority to pay bills, noting a county chairman's past alignment with a road group and suggesting a substantial remembrance may be due.
George Lynn resumes duties as associate editor of the Emmons County Free Press amid a North Dakota drive to organize Klan branches. The North Dakota Masonic grand lodge at Fargo declared membership in the Ku Klux Klan incompatible with Masonry and set a deadline for Masons to withdraw. John J. Coyle of Mandan praised the action as patriotic, while E A Ripley, Grand Master, replied that the Fraternity remains strongly opposed.
A Grand Forks Herald letter defends law and order while accusing the Free Press of backing local officials and bridge workers. It questions donations from Fogle and associates to cover Free Press operations and criticizes coverage of removal proceedings.
The letter questions the Free Press as a farmers' paper and accuses officials and stockholders of funding an investigation into public funds while the paper publishes as if independent. It asks who pays the newspaper's running expenses and whether farmers or bridge and road contract interests fund it.
The Record declares it will criticise political friends if facts justify it and rebukes the Free Press for blanket support. It asserts its policy differs, insisting officials must serve taxpayers and that friendship must not shield wrongdoing. Public accountability is its standard.
Doc Wolverton criticizes the Record as a weak advertising medium while noting readers’ confusion over a dating error. He cites Miller’s eight page paper as bloated boilerplate, calling it miscellany and a postage stamp in disguise.
Ironton Marion Illinois Otis Clark, a union coal miner and the first man indicted by the special grand jury investigating the Herrin massacre that left 22 dead, surrendered on charges of murder of C. K. McDowell the Lester strip mine superintendent. Union officials moved to post bond while Attorney General Brundage and others questioned the speedy indictment.
North Dakota reports 68,566 farms covering 17,158,800 acres with 179,667 men and 145,066 women employed. 1920 wool and dairy outputs shown, wheat acres up 600,000 in 1921. Fargo, Minot, Grand Forks, and other towns feature museum plans, new transit, fairs, and local incidents including a fatal accident, a fire, and government notes.
Fragmentary OCR text references Frank P. Allen presiding judge Jeera Oliver and court officials Geo McKenna Newcomb Omer Logan MciIn tosh and C A Woolverton official newspaper mention. Includes scattered names and court role hints without clear actions or dates.
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