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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1913
Page
4
The Williston Graphic condemns the lynching of Cleve Culbertson by a masked mob. It argues law and order were trampled, calls for hearings on pardons, and warns the community that mob justice stains county and state justice for years to come.
The text criticizes several state dailies for sensational reporting on Culbertson's lynching and recalls Christmas moralizing. It notes untrue claims of dragging behind an auto and wild eyes. It also covers tax delinquency costs, a malpractice case dismissal against Dr. Roberts, and a Bickford embezzlement ruling.
A construction engine narrowly avoided a 75 foot embankment near Mandan Lake while returning from Sanger with two water tanks. The engine struck a broken rail, jumped the track, and was forced back onto the rails with help from Section Foreman Tornow clearing the way for its return to town. In the same issue a public notice from administrator A N Midsnesa seeks creditors’ claims for the estate of Knute O Holdal, deceased, filed in Sheridan County Montana, with deadlines and attorney listed.
Rules govern a vote contest awarding twenty prizes to top vote getters with district quotas and weekly ballot counts. Also a District Court bankruptcy notice for Claude K Olson declares him bankrupt and sets a creditors meeting and trustee appointment in December 1918.
Notice of mortgage foreclosure by Dickinson Land Company against Moses Hawbutzel for property SW quarter of section 4, township 165, range 100. Sale set at Williston Court House on January 24, 1914. Mortgage amount $362,402 with prior debts and taxes itemized. costs of foreclosure to be taxed.
Harold N Shaw of Gilford stopped by for a brief visit with Rev and Mrs Shaw. He will leave later this week for Fargo to resume his studies.
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