The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1919-08-21
PRINTING BILL
LIE IS NAILED
SUSPENSION OF OPPOSITION
PAPERS GENERAL BEFORE
Law WAS THOUGHT OF.


printing law is causing a wholesale
suspension Of papers and twelve pa
pers have been obliged to suspend pub
licatioh recently on account Of this law
has been shown to be wholly false and
insincere by facts obtained from the
Western Newspaper Union Of Fargo.
This company keeps record of the
changes among the publications of the
state. This record shows that for the
last two years and during a period
before the printing bill had been
thought of, suspensions were numer-
.ous. It shows that there have not been
an unusual number of suspensions
since the printing bill was passed last
winter, and that the general suspen-
sion Of weekly publications in North
Dakota for the past two years and
now has nothing to do with the print
ing law.
Suspensions of weekly papers began
about two years ago, said Mr.. Della
ven of the Western Newspaper Union,
from causes that grew largely out Of
the war. Prominent among these was
the enormously increased cost of pa
per and publication. Such suspensions
Of weekly papers have been general
all over the United States, said Mr..
DeHaven. The causes have not yet
been removed and suspensions are con-
tinuing both in and out Of North Da-.
kota, and any attempt to make it ap-
pear that the new North Dakota
printing law, which did not begin to
take effect until last week, is the
cause, is the flimsiest kind Of subter-
fuge.s
The following is an approximate
list Of the North Dakota weekly pa
pers that have suspended publication,
or have been obliged to move or merge
with other papers during the past two
years. They number 66. OF these, 58
suspended, five moved and thres
merged. ~-& ,.:-,E.-. -
Antler, American, Baldwin, Bulle-
tin, Blaisdell, Mountrail County Her
aid, Bowman, Citizen, Braddock, News,
Burt, Icho, Ruxton, Outlook; Gallo,
News; Carpio, Free Press; Dawson,
Press (hcved to Steeie); Delamere,
Mistletoe; Dunseith,' Magnet; East
Fairview, Tribune; Flasher, Hustler;
Fullerton, Independent; Gilby, Chron-
icle; Grand Forks, Independent; Ora
no, Tribune; Grassy Butte, Advertiser;
Hamilton, North Dakota Independent;
Hampden, Guardian; Harvey Journal
and Harvey Herald (merged); Hast
ings, Times; Havelock, Journal; Het-
finger, Journal (merged) Hurdsfield,
Harald; Jud, Leader; LaMoure, Echo
(merged) Lankin, Reporter, Lidger-
wood, Broadaxe (moved to Wahpeton)
Ignite, American; Lisbon, North Da-
kota Farmer; Lisbon, Rotary; Lisbon,
Wheatland Educator; Luverne, Led
| ger; McClusky, Sheridan Post; Nc
Kenzie, Gazette, Makoti, Sentinel;
Manning, Dunn Copnty Settler; Med
ora, Billings County Herald; Mineral
Springs, Tribune (moved to Amidon) I;
Minot, Northwestern Agriculturist;
Mott, Spotlight; Nekoma, News; Ome-
NEE, Herald; Overly, News; Palermo,
Independent; Parshall, Leader and
Post; Raleigh, Herald, (moved to Car
sony; Rawson, Tribune; Robinson,
Times; Rolla, Rolette County Herald;
Ross, Valley News; ST John, Leader;
Sanish, Pilot; Sentinel Butte, Republi-
can; Shorbrooks, Steele County Trib-
une (moyed to Finley); Silva, Journal;
i Taylor, Reporter; Upham, Star; Wales
/ Progress; Wlldrose, Plainsman; Wing,
II Statesman, 49,