Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1920-01-15
LEAGUE TO RUN GERMAN
Tcwnleyitcs Hope to Swing Emmons
Back in Line BY Talking in
Two Languages

A few Of the Townley faithful met
in Linton Friday afternoon of last
week to figure out ways and means OF
getting their local newspaper in work.
ing order for the coming campaign.
A representative of the Publishers
Service Bureau was here from Fargo
and outlined the future plans.
A German newspaper is to be pub
listad in connection with the local
league organ. In order to secure the
funds necessary for this added depart
ment, it is planned to have Herman
Hardt, of Napoleon, canvass the Ger
man-speaking population of the coun.
ty for stock in the league newspaper
corporation. 1t is said that the Eng
l;sh edition will be printed on Wednes-
days Of each week, and the German
edition on the following day.
Efforts were made to straighten
out the differences resultig from the
launching of two distinct newspapers
corporations the first being abandoned
because the Publishers Service Bureau
did not have the proper hold on it.
A numbr of those who had purchased
stock in the first corporation refused
to transfer to the new company, and
demanded their money back. Steve
Kraft, of Strasburg, was one of these,
ut agreed to make the change when
he was offered the position of director
in the new company.
Some dissatisfaction was manifest
over the fact that last fall stockhold-
ers were held up for $500 per year
for three years. subscription in ad-
vance when others were able to get
the same service for II so per year.
Ed. Lawler, of the Hartford neigh
borhood, was made president of the
corporation. Most of those who own
stock in the paper are from the north
end of the county. Tr ese, with coun-
ty officers and the various members
CT the Stewart family, constitute the
stockholders other than the Publishers
Service Bureau. {,
AS to the publication of German
newspaper, the Record has twice tried
the experiment. It is highly expen-
sive and the cause of unlimited worry
to the publishers. German help is
hard to get-and keep. Many of the
German-speaking people also read
English fluently and take an English
speaking local paper in preference.
The Record stiM has it's equipment of
German type, but will not try to CON-
pete with the league in the German
language. Publication of German
paper is only a political .expedient,
and not good businss proposition.
The Record has no fountain of gold to
draw upon, and must depend strictly
on business principles to exist. We
will, therefore, depend entirely upon
a newspaper published in the English
language to win the election for Off
cial newspaper next far.
We firmly believe that those Ger
man-speaking voters Of the county
who are convinced of the dangers from
Townleyism will not be dragged into
line by the political expedient of Offer
ing them a newspaper published in
foreign language.
The Nonpartisan league held the
support of two-thirds of the German.
speaking voters in the referendum
election hast fall-and still lost the
county by majorities ranging from 116
to 308 on the printing bill.
A German newspaper will not pay
its way, and can only be considered
from the point Of view that it may
be able to draw enough extra vote,
to make the difference between vic
tory and defeat next fall when the
people of the county vote for the
newspaper they desire to be the one
legal newspaper.
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