Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1919-08-14
TOWNLEY TOOLS DELIVER THE GOODS
R Commissioner Agriculture and Aandah Railroad Commissioner Majority
Printing Commission, Hog All Legal Printing
Promises Before Election Lies Lies
paper ut OverC Completely

Shortly after the freak legislature
adjourned last winter, one Meitzen, a
league speaker, toured Emmons coun-
ty and spoke in practically all of the
towns. In every instance he made
certain promises for the league for
which he was q hired representative.
And taht this league speaker lied
to the people we are now in position
to prove conclusively.
Mr.. Meitzen told the people in his
speeches that this printing commits
sion intended TO be perfectly fair in
choosing the various county legal pa
pers, and that in counties that went
against the league they would appoint
anti-league papers.
sMeitzen particularly named the
Fargo Forum as one of the papers
that would receive the appointment
because Cass county would be anti
league.
Well, the two members of the print
ing commission in Bismarck who are
tied to Townley's coat-tail- Hagan
and Aandahl-did business last Sat-
urday afternoon, and they gave the
lie to these league promises. They
gave the lie to league speakers. They
gave the lie to Brinton and Townlcy,
and to league leaders on the floor of
the two houses Of the legislature.
Hagan and Aandahl didn't let go Of
la dollars worth of legal work in a
single county Of the state. They have
designated the one newspaper for
every county in the state excspt three
Forks, Richland and Kidder.
And that they didn't care how raw"
their work was is shown by the ap-
pointments made. In those three
counties the league papers were not
yet in position to be legally desig-
mated. 4a
II Grand Forks, Hagan's paper, the
4 Grand. Forks American, isn't old
enough to be a legal newspaper. In
Kidder, they made the mistake Of
moving the Dawson Press from Daw-
ron to Steele, thus losing the legality
Of that paper. And the same applies
to the Townley paper in Richland.
In large number of the counties
the newspaper at the county seat was
|.passed up and league paper ap-
,|pointed wherever it happened to be in
bthe county.
i In Logan county they picked the
i lBurnstad Comet, little one-horse
..lsheet far from the county seat that
was recently taken over through the
efforts of the ,ex-convict, Herman
i Hardt.
| In Dickey the Forbes Sentinel was
chosen, although located in the ex-
treme southwest corner Of the county,
the large towns Of Ellsndale and
Oakes being passed up.
II And this holds good for numerous
|counties Of the state. Thousands of
! taxpayers throughout the state will
J, now be forced to pass up their home
newspapers and take some little one
horse rag away OF in some extreme
corner Of the county to get the legals.
/, This condition proves the crooked
ness Of the league plans. Many will
remember the claims Of Senator Ca
lhill, Of Grant, when he was here with
4 ITownley prior to election. He claim
ed the new law was passed for the
reason that legals had sometimes
been published in some extreme end
,Iof a county when persons interested
4 IIliyed in the other end Of the said
county. Well, now the new law and
the new board have made that condi-
ltion worse than ever.
In Emmons county, a deal was
! made with j. NJ. Stewart 70 take over
Il his junk-pile, and now : fortnight la
i ter that paper gets the designation
i for Enmons. II will hold that legal
4 printing monopoly this year and next,
and then II. win be 4 thing: Of ths past.
i That paper stands no show Of ever Sc
Touring majority of the votes In this
i county snd when the time comes foi
Tito loose IT, strangleP hold on public
!. and private legals, that newspaper
Y will soon thereafter suspend Spubiica.