Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-10-17
III. P. Knappen, of Bismarck, lat.

III. P. Knappen, of Bismarck, lat
ter connected with the Farmer-Labor
State Record of that city, was
brought to Dickinson by Dunbar and
placed in charge of the plant here
when the injupnction was served on
Brown. Knappen is, still here, but up
to the time of going to press had
been unable to make no arrange
ments that would facilitate the pub
fishing of the weekly.
Following close. upon the action
of the judgment creditors in levying
their executions, the Dakota Nation
al bank, which owns the building oc-
cupied by the Recorder-Post. on
Thursday instituted action against the
Publishers National Service bureau
to recover rem alleged to be due
them. If this is not paid at .once
ban officials state that ejectment
proceedings will be started requiring
the defendants to vacate within
three days. AS it is Knappen rules
supreme over the remains" of the
plant while league cohorts are rush
ing franticaIly about in an effort to
raise sufficient funds to satisfy the
Judgments.
Leagues Are Aroused.
When news OF the action taken by
Dunbar, Lemke and other league
leaders became known over the
county, farmers who had purchased
stock in the paper began to rub
their eyes in bewilderment and won
der what had become Of the money
they had paid to the statesmen who
sold them stock in the plant y
"since the paper was bought by
the league the Recorder-Post has had
not only a checkered career. but
mighty hard shedding" When the
Publishers National Service bureau,
under the direction of it's chief or
ganizer, J.. W. Brinton, purchased
the plant in the spring of 1919, stock
, statesmen were sent out into all parts
of the county. These statesmen col.
and $8,544 in notes for which stock
in the corporation was given In OK.
change. At the same time the Ser
vice bureau reserved $4,000 worth
of stock in the corporation, holding
it as collateral against the unpaid
notes. The above was approximately
twice the amount paid to L. E. Bus
embark for the plant. Harry Dence
publisher of the Belield Times, wa:
placed in charge by Brinton anc
within a brief space of time the pat
ronage OF the paper dwindled tt
practically nothing. Notes that were
collected by the stock statesmen have
since been sold to innocent purchas
ers who are now entering them fol
collection. Although it was said a;
the time that the Service bureau hat
turned the paper I've to the farm,
ers, this Is now denied by the
leaguers in control who claim to b.
the legitimate owne of the plant
The more than 10000 subscribed b,
league supporters in the county fol
stock in the paper, have been entire
ly lost to them and there is but littl&
hope of recovery.
Many of the most ardent Lacquer.
in the county after learning of tn,
action taken by the Publishers Ser
vice bureau openly re%pudiated thu
league Inc its leaders like Governor
Frazier, Attorney General Lemk'
and Commissioner Hagan and de
clared that they would bend every ef
fort to prevent their reelection
Many others stated that they woult
have nothing more to do with the or
ganization so long as William Lemke
present attorney general, was recog
nized as its head. and would do al
in their power to defeat him in tn
recall.
Thress Denounccs Leaders.
attorney Otto Thress, recognize,
over the state as one of the mos