Jamestown alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1882, 1880-04-27
AS OTHERS SEE US.

4 Prominent stranger Shoots on His
Mouth About Jamestown.
To THE EDITOR OF THE ALERT:
Since arriving in your town l have OBJ
served with pride your beautiful vii
lage with its substantial business
houses, hotels, &C. One of the marked
features that does not escape the notice of
the observant traveller is the energy of its
business mon. As class of citizens I
think you might we'll be proud. All
seem to be doing we'll, and all have some
thing to do. As yet have failed to see
any tramps or dead beats, that usually
drift into a new place. l may be assum.
ing too much when I predict for you
town in FIVE years of five thousand inhab-
itants but, sir, think the evidence Il
before you. The vast country, with its
rich and fertile lands, that will be made
tributary to this point for years, will pour
into the lap of Jamestown her products,
and Of an undisputed quality. The i'm
migration now pouring ia from Mishi-
gan and other States is d the first class
and they come prepared with full outfit
of stock and machinery rsidy to turn over
the sod of this rich and rolling prairie.
With this great influx of hardy and we'll
to-do class of people, you cannot fail in
few years to see prosperous country and
a thriving people. The question now lies
here: where are these cereals to be mark.
eted: Most certainly, here. With your
immense country north and south for one
hundred miles either way, there is no out.
let but Jamestown. In one or two years,
when the products seek a market, you will
then begin to realize the fact that right
here is favored spot from its natural To-
cation. Ware houses in sufficient num-
bers must DO erected to handle the thous-
ands Of bushels Of grain that
; must necessarily come here for
shipment and from great distance.
Ev:ry town, Of course, handles grain; but
can you cite me to another having the
scope or area Of such magnitude: It is
seldom We find such advantages so CEN
trallzed. The present growth Of your
town is healthy from the fact Of it, being
behind that of your country. and it should
be 90 maintained in future. Built up ac-
cording to its necessities, and not in ex-
cess Of the country's demand, then trade of
all branches will prosper, from the simple
fact that it is not over done.
You have distributing centre here for
large country, and 1t will remain within
your gasp for years. 1t is, vulgarly
speaking. the jumping off place OF the
land hunter, which will be continued :or
years to come. Also. the headquarters for
tht immense traffic you will have north
and south SO long as it il uninterrupted by
north and south railroad. There has
been good deal Of speculation here by
some of your business men in regard to
q valley road, and they most all favor the
construction Of one. l., for one, would
most emphatically object to 1t on the
ground of its being a detriment to the
development of your business interests.
The further you can reach the country
trade on wagons the more prosperous will
bs your town. Euild cross road and
you at once give the farmer home mar
ket and that grain is carried BY your door
handled by new village which has
sprung up on that line Of road perhaps
only six or eight miles to the north or
south of Jamestown. That country which
you now see tributary to you will not be-
long here, but to some other corporation.
One outlet by rail IS all that is necessary
for communicating town. In . very
short time you will see small town to
the east and also one to the west Of here,
on the line Of the N. P. R. r. You can
not help this, for the reason that you don't
control the road. The same reason would
held good with a north and south
road, taking away that portion of country
from yeu that is now compelled to seek
your market.
There 10, to certain extent, class of
peopls In all towns not satisfied with let
ting we'll enough alone, but will persist in
getting themselves into trouble and draw
ing Others IN BY some plausabls scheme.
There is another class of citizens that take
great delight in knowing other peoples
business, and impartlng their knowledge
to this one and that, free gratis. They
usually congrsgate after business hours
around the stove at the PRINCIPAL hotel