The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-01-08

are going to be some criminal arrests
The only way this can BE- avoided is
to cleanup the whole mess, and sec
that every farmer whc has put money
in any of the League papers gets his
money back or else stock thai repre-
sents actual value" said D. =. Rishoff
manager of the Publishers National
Service Bureau which is the League
organization controlling the Iown!ey
newspapers established through the
Brinton Newspaper grab act.
Rishoff rendered his resignation to
f. B. Wood, director general Of the
Brinton~T ~Townley subsidized press, and
made the above statement to Wood.
1--WE must get rid of Brinion. The
farmers are on to him, and it will be
impossible to organize the Publish
ers Service Bureau and meet our debts
unless we absolutely sever all connec-
tions with Brinton", Sid leishoff.
Wood said this couldn't be done.
We'll, I'm going to be out Of it, and
l am not going to be in the criminal
prosecutions when they are starred,'
said Rishoff. ''No one can afford to
be mixed up in this mess, because be-
fore it is over with he would be SO
smeared he would never recover"
After this revolt by Rishoff he was
approached by both Lemke and Wood
Bishop Bill Lemke insisted chat Rish-
Oft remain as manager Of the Townley
prepared dispatch service But Ris,1-
OFT refused unless Brinton be side
tracked for keeps. Lemke thvn offer
ed big increase in salary, but Rish-
off was firm.
Lenke insisted that Brinton could
not be fired.
Rlshoff originally was editor of the
Milton Globe, and when the league
was organized joined it's ranks. He
was the organizer and editor manager
OF the first Nonpartisan league news
paper, the Bottineau Courant; then he
went to Fargo as head of the North
western Service Bureau, the original
league newspaper ombination. then
went to St. Paul as the head of the
League National Bureau which pre-
pares the canned dope for the papers
IN all the states where the Townley
Dropa ganda is being carried on.
When Brihton conceived his famous
''Grab' scheme he established sep
arate bureau at Fargo and made him
self the head of it. He secured op-
tions on SO newspapers, one in eacl
county in the state, then secured tn
passage of the bill which gave, the ad-
nlinistration Che power to name an Of.
fetal paper in which every line of paid
for legal advertising should be print.
ed.
AS result of this, AZ weekly news
papers have suspended publication
and about SO more are struggling a
long, barely making both ends meet
pending the end of the autocratic con-
troll Of the state and the return of bus
mess to normal.
''The organization is autocratic and
the farmers have nothing whatsoever
to say about the conduct, policy, meth
Cd Of operation, or management of the
League newspapers" was what Rish-
off told Wood
Rishoff charges that Brinton, thru
Townley, Lemke and Wood, is still ac-
tually in direct management Of the
League newspapers and the organiza-
ton of the papers. Brinton, Lemke,
Townley, and Wood through their com
mon stock absolutely control the news
papers. Then too, the service bureau
charges for service at such rate that
it eats up any profits.
Rishoff poured out his heart, not to
say anything about his personal opin-
ions, in talking to a representative of
this bureau.
1t is evident that Brinton is having
hard time to find party who is will
ing to be the political editorial cats
paw to pull his chestnuts out of the
lire. First Walter w. Liggett bolted
and said Brinton must needs go; and
E. B. Fussell, associate editor of the
Nonpartisan Leader refused to take
Liggett's job as head of the Publish
crs' Service Bureau of North Dakota
Then to secure catspaw the state or-
ganization was consolidated with the