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Jamestown alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1882, 1881-10-07
WNOD-

General freight agent Hannaford,
CT The Northern Pacific, has written
Agent Daley a letter in. which he
instruciS him to inform the public
that the following special rate on
wood will be made to settlers:
Wood in car load lots, one hundred
miles on under, $15 per Car load;
car load lots, distance over 100
miles, Is cents per mile per car.
This rate is less than half the regu-
lar rate and will doubtless be taken
advantage of by many of our set
tiers. 1t is seemingly the irten tion
of the company to do the fair thing
by the settlers, and it's efforts to ac-
commodate them should be appre-
ciated. Mr.. Hannaford personally
feels a deep interest in the welfare
and prosperity of those who have
left their homes in the east to come
to these prairies, and all can rest as
sured that he will do everything in
his power to make their burdens as
light as possible.
Those desiring further informa-
ton should address J. M. Hanna.
ford, general freight agent North
arn Pacific railroad, St. Paul.
Jamestown alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1882, 1881-10-07
DakOta'S PrOsnerity.

The Huron Times says: ."Ordinari-
" speaking, figures are dry things.
There is no romance in them. The
novelist and the sensational writer
will hardly use them to develop
plot or cap climax; and the average
reader will skip u column Of figures,
go around and keep away from them,
as an intelligent farmer would the
land aDUut-
There has however recently been
published Il column Of figures, which
tells story Of great interest to the
people Of Dakota.
Ii the report or the Board Of Equal
ixation Of this territory there is a
column of figures representing the
value OF tax .bIe property in Dakota,
for the current year. 1t loots up
$50, 100000 (not including railro d
property. A corresponding column
for the year 1880, shows a total of
$50, 0,0OG,ou0. Comparing the two,
there springs up from the dry -as-lust
figures, a fact which is Of the deep
est interest to every citiz@l and well
wisher of Dakota, for it shows more
fore bly, than columns Of newspaper
articles and dozens of books could
Cow the wonderful progress in set
tlement and wealth which this en-
pire of the Northwest has achieved.
1t shows that in the space Of one year
there has been added fifty per cent.
to the value of property III the terri
tory. It speak i'll the most eloquent
language, the language OF indlSputa.
bic fact, Of the thousands Of homes
that have been built upon our bread
prairics, Of bourteous harvests that
have made beautiful once barren
land, of fourishing towns that like
our own have sprung up like magic,
of the herds and Hocks that have dot
ted the hills and valleys, of the treas
ures of gold and silver that the noun.
ta;ns have been forced to yield, of,he
miles of iron rail that have invaded
the hitherto undisputed domain of
The antelope, in short, Of what is
doubtless one of the most remarkable
developments any section Of the Uni
ted States has ever seen.
In one year the taxable property
Of the territory has been increased by
one half! Can any other state or
territory, depending for the most
part on agricultural resources, make
as brilliant showing? With these
figures before us we may see some
thing of what the future has in store
for this land so blessed with all the
elements which tend to make people
great, and we may look with renewed
confidence to time not far distant
when in point of wealth Dakota shall
occupy no mean position in the sister
hood of states"
Jamestown alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1882, 1881-10-07
Legal Matter.

The following case was tried Monday,
Oct. 3, 1881: Anthony Dollar, plaintiff,
VS.. John Dee, defendant.
This action was maintained by the
plaintiff to recover for services performed
on the store of J2sn Dee, in jamestown.
The questions involved were, first, wheth-
er the plaintiff was employed by Dee's
agent; second, whether mechanics lien
in favor of the agent for the wages of
himself and sub agents would preclude
the sub agents from recovering of the
principal The case was tried before r.
A. Bill, Jno.S. Watson and l. c. Wade, a
jury of three wicked lawyers. Judge
Steinbach presided, and the arguments
were made by W, E. Dodge for plaintiff,
and VIM c. White for defendant Yer
dict for plaintiff to recover $27 and costs.
The attorneys on both sides worked
manfully for their clients and IN the course
of their arguments showed true legal
metal.
Jamestown alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1882, 1881-10-07
BLIZZARDS.

A letter from New York farmer
making inquiries about Dakota says:
"The most serious objection l can see
to your country is the confounded
blizzards that sweep over your
prairies ever now and then" Well,
we suppose that our New York friend
never had any down their. 1t is
true we have cold weather and some-
times a storm that is called biz.
zard here, but Judging from expert
ence, regions further south and east
have sufferd much more than Dakota
from wind and storm and so far as
our knowledge extends there is no
portion ofthe globe exempt from such
visitations. We.have seen as severe
storms in new England and middle
states as we have ever seen IN Dako-
ia, and we think the universal testi-
mony of Dakotaians will warrant us
in the statement that taken as a
whole, Dakota winters are no more
unpleasant than in New Y ork or New
England. 1t is true that there are
occasional storms when people like to
stay in doors, but it is so there, also,
and quite as severe too. If the biz
yards constitute the only objection to
Dakota in the mind of our corres-
pondent, the best thing he can do is to
come and try it.-Fargo Republican.
Jamestown alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1882, 1881-10-07
Nothing would add more to th

Nothing would add more to the
fair reputation Of our growing lit.
tie metropolis abroad than the
knowledge that the citizens take a
vital interest in the important sub
ject of mental culture. There
should be societies formed among
us to keep alive the subject-to pro.
mote the investigation Of important
themes-to cultivate the art Of ex-
pressing thought in written and
spoken language-to lay the foun-
dation and prepare the way for lee
lures and other literary entertain
ments-to encourage the establish
ment of a public library at the ear
liest practicable time-and in many
ways to contribute to the pleasure
and welfare of the people and give
weight and character to our name
Gin the regions beyond Very
soon the question of colleges and
universities, their location and va
ried appointments, will be raised
in N orth Dakota, and why may not
we by taking a lively interest in
such matters prevent our neigh bors,
some Of whom are already moving,
from carrying off all the prizes! No
higher enconiums could be pro-
nounced on Jamestown than this
that her people are profoundly
moved on the subjects of education
mental and moral. We have
schools and churches already and
they are nobly sust aimed. Why not
supplement their work by active
measures among the people for the
increase of knowledge and a broad
er and deeper culture? A great field
is open here and it needs but a lit
tie we'll directed effort to make it
fruitful Of the very largest aud best
results. We are not straitened for
material with which to build. Sell
dom will be found commune
tv with a larger proper
tion Of competent men and
and women, than our own here.
Scores of them have ability natural
and acquired to conduct an enquiry
on anv practical theme to the en-
tire eaifcation of even cultured
audience, and understand we'll the
benefits Of well-stored and thor
oughly -discip plined mind, and surely
too much Importance cannot be at
tached to the general diffusion of
valuable intelligence among the
the people. Will not some one
move at once? There is no time to
be lost.
Jamestown alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1882, 1881-10-07
Young Nan, Come to Dakota.
The Pierre Journal in an article a

The Pierre Journal in an article ad-
dressed to the young men in the
states, says if you have enterprise
and ambition and desire to engage
in farming, or business pursuits, the
east is no place for you, because ev-
cry avenue there is occupied by men
of capital who are thoroughly estab-
Iished in business. How are you,
without capital or powerful influence,
to wedge your way into successful
business? Turn whatever way you
will and you must compete with men
of wealth engaged in the same pur-
suit you desire to engage in; men,
whose business in many cases, has
come down to them from their ances.
tors, and who have the business of
the country sealed to themselves and
should you engage in the same bust.
ness you could not hope to do better
than to obtain the patronage they do
not care to control. Now and then a
young man Of rare genius in his line,
without either money or Influential
friends flashes like a meteor along
the staid and conservative paths Of
eastern business life and succeeds.
But such are exceptions. The am
bilious young man there finds every
road he would travel monopolzed-
held by strong hands from which it
cannot be wrcsted. Young, man
you are wasting your time and losing
great opportunities. Come west! !!
There is an open field and equal op-
portunities here in every walk life;
ability, energy and pluck you a;e
certain of success. If you are con-
tent to be a laborer in some other
mans vineyard all your life then it
may be as well to stay where you are,
but if you belong to the class that
nature endowed with the will and
ability to direct instead of being di.
rected, come west. Come now and
commence to lay the foundation of
future success and usefulness.
Jamestown alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1882, 1881-10-07
Proceedings Of the Board Of VILLAGE
Trustees.

JAMESTOWN, D. T., Oct. 8, 1881.
Board of Village Trustees called to or.
order ut 8 p. m. ]. r. Bush in the chair.
Clerk called the roll and found present
J. T, Bush, president, A. Klaus, L. Lyon
and ]. J. Flint.
Minutes of lsat meeting read and ap-
proved.
The following accounts were allowed
by the finance committee, and moved by
A Klaus, seconded by L. Lyon, that or.
ders be issued for the amounts viz:
A. G. Howe, tor work doae on
StreetS S01 w
David Ryan, for work done on sts. II 90
l.. r. Herbert" 40 95
W. II. Campbell, quarter salary
as Clerk -. ...........>.... ~ 70
VIM. G. White, quarters salary as
Attorney -. 4o 70
VIM H. Campbell, paid T. ..
White balance on books and for
telegrams -. -..-............ 5 -
Carried.
On motion Of A. Klaus. seconded by L.
Lyon, the report OF :he Village Jnseice
for the quarter ending Sept Both was &C.
cepted and handed over to the finance
committee.
? Moved by A. Klaus, seconded by J. J.
Flint, that the tender of Robert Jordan
for building the engine house for $9sl bs
accepted, and that the Village Attorney
be Instructed to draw up contract -
per plans and specifications on file in the
Clerks Office The work to be completed
by the 18th Of November, 1881.
Carried
Mr.. Anton Klaus rendered his resig3a.
ton as Village Trustee to the toArd.
Moved by L. Lyon, secsnded by J. J.
Flint, that the resignation Of A. Kla1s
be laid over until the next meeting.
Carried.
Boar, adjourned to Oct. 18th. at TO
D. IN, at Mr.. Whites Office.
w. Il. CAArBELL, Village Clerk.
Jamestown alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1882, 1881-10-07
COllidcd.

Engine No 80 left sanding alone last
evening in front of the depot, got away
and collided with engine No. 25, which
was standing at the coal sheds. 1t ap-
pears that the engineer of No SO had cut
his engine from the train and supposing
that all was we'll went to supper. He
had not been gone long, however, when
his engine without cermoney started up
and ran into No 25, smashing its pilot
anb shaking things up generally.
Jamestown alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1882, 1881-10-07
TELEGRAPHIC DISPATCHES.
THE UNTERRIPIED.

THE UNTERRIPTED.
st. Paul. Oct. The demoera-
tic state convention assembled here
today. The following ticket was
nominated: Governor, General r.
w. johnson, st. Paul; Lieutenant
Governor, d. P. Barnum, st. Cloud;
Auditor, Rudolph Lehmicke, 0f
Saltwater; Secretary of State, @. j . EN-
Lamberton, of st. Peter; Treasurer.
John F. Russell, of Houston coun.
ty; Attorney General, George E.
Baxter, Of Rice comfy; railroad
commissioner, r. s. Cole, Of Owa-
tOnna.
The convention endorsed Judges
Clark, Dickinson and Mitchell, the
present supreme judges. Dickinson
and Mitchell are republican nomi- "a
nees.
Resolutions looking to the pay
ment of the state debt, condemning:
the action of the republican party,S
expressing regret at the death Of
President Garfield and extending,
to his family their most heartfelt
sympathies, were adopted.
ATT AGAIN.
Wilcox, A. T.. Oct. IA report
this morning from Dragoom Sum
nit says: A wounded Indian scout
came there to the section house,
saying that the troops and Indians
were fighting again last night back
OF the first range Of mountains.
DESTRUCTIVE GALES.
Fortress Monroe, Oct. The
gales Of Tuesday night and Wednes-
day did much damage to the ship
ping. Two schooners were lost
with nine men.
YORKTOWN.
Yorktown, Oct. IA grand mill.
tary parade and review by the press
ident will take place here Oct. 20.
CONVENTION.
New York. Oct. The republican,
state convention was called to order
by Senator Platt. Senator Warner
Wilder was made temporary chair.
man. Committees were appointed
and the convention adjourned. On
reassembling. Warden, chairman Of
the committee on credentials report.
ed, and the Brooklyn and other anti.
Conkling delegates were admitted.
The report was adopted. Chauncey
M. Depew was elected permanent
chairman. A resolution deplorlng
the death Of Garfield, eulogizing his
life, public services, and the admin
istration of the ex-president, and ex-
pressing confidence in the ability and
of President Arthur, be.
lieving he would carry out the prin-
ciples Of his predecessor, and pledging
their support in the enforcement Of
civil service reform was adopted.
Then Gov. Cornell favored submitting
an amendment for free canals. Gen.
Joseph B. Carr was unanimously
nominated for secretary of state. Ira
Davenport was nominated comptrol.
Ter in place of J. w. Wadsworth.
He declined. Lester w. Russell was
nominated for attorney general.
RED DEVILS.
Tucson, Oct. GA Tombstone dis
patch says a battle is being fought
sixteen miles northeast Of here. a
company of cavalry being raised here
was interrupted by the Indians.
OIL GOES UP.
Port Jervis, Oct. 6-Thirty-fve
oil cars were burned on bridge near
here, some of them being thrown q
thousand yards by the explosion.
ICE.
Poughkeepsic; N. Y, Oct. 6-Ice
formed on the Hudson river last
night.
Jamestown alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1882, 1881-10-07

There is a prospect Of a collision
between the Yanktonnais Indians
and white buffalo hunters, who
have gone on the reservation beyond
Glendive.
Jamestown alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1882, 1881-10-07

The Canton Advocate says: "The
absence Of timber on the grassy
prairies of this country still conti-
nues to be matter of controversy,
but in the light of accumulating
evidence we can now come to de-
cision in regard to the matter. The
climate can have nothing to do
with it, because in these prairie
regions there are often large bel'-
of timber land under precisely The
same climate conditions, and LAT
the soil is favorable has been proved
successfully. Another great gain
to our knowledge is the ascertain
ment of the fact that since the an
nual firing of the grassy prairies
has been discontinued by the rapid
advance Of civilization, the timber
is everywhere encroaching upon
them. Large tracts of land in In
diana and Virginia which, accord
ing to numerous traditions of early
settlers, were once grassy prairies,
are now covered with luxuriant
growth of forest trees, and in view
of our present knowledge there is
nothing in nature, either now or in
the past, to prevent the gradual en-
croachment Of (aborescent) growth
over the grassy prairles. -
Jamestown alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1882, 1881-10-07
Sunday Potpnorri, n In Sunday Argus.)
SUNDAY.

TO MoRROw's SUNDAY; A DAY OF REST;
YE WICKED SOILS, PREPARE TO
JOIN THE PRAYING HOSTS
WITH zEsT, WITHIN
THE HOUSE OF
PRAYER.
TO-DAY, YOU SHOULD HAVE SHAVED AND
TAKEN YOUR "PARTING SMILE"
YOUR LAUNDRY BILL You
SHOULD HAVE PAID
YOUR BOOTS sHINED
UP IN STYLE.
RuMsELLER! YOU SHOULD CLOSE YOUR
DOOR AND BOLT YOUR ALLEY
GATE, HAVE ONE CLEAN
SUNDAY TO YOUR SCORE
BEFORE IT is TOO
LATE.
To-M0RRow's THE LORDS THE ONE IN
SEVEN HE CLAIMS AS HIS ALONE,
AND ONE MORE CHANCE TO
YOU is GIVE TO JOIN
HIS CHOSEN
OWN.
YoU LITTLE KIDS, THAT FEST THE STRICT,
YOU HAVE RAISED OLD NED SINCE
MONDAY, REMEMBER AT NOON
THE CUIInREN MEET
AND REMEMBER
ALL
Jamestown alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1882, 1881-10-07

A Washington special says that
Secretary Kirkwood is minded to
break up the system of absentecism
inaugurated by eastern governors
of western territories. Two fla
grant cases have forced themselves
upon his attention. Fremont of
Arizona, and Ordway of Dakota,
have been absent from their respec-
tive capitals, furthering their inter
ests at the east, for many weeks.
Fremont has just returned to Ari-
zona in obedience to sharply impe-
rative orders. Like orders will be
issued in like cases in the future,
and something will probably be
done to prevent the appointment of
eastern politicians to territorial po-
sitions which they unlawfully con-
vert into sinecures.
Jamestown alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1882, 1881-10-07
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stORDNAI,& RECORH.M

The Pembina Pioneer, in an ed
itorial of last week speaks of that
rather odorous publication, dubbed
"Ordway's Record" in the follow
ing impressive tone: 1T carries no
general advertisements but the
whole is one grand advertisement Of
our governor for whom we pre-
sumo the paper is named. The re-
marks are in no way fattering to
Mr.. Ordway but on the other hand
are reprints of some of the official
testimony taken before committee
selected by congress, whose duty it
was to see what Mr.. Ordway had
been doing while Sergeant.at-arms
Of the lower house, and this testi.
mony reads bad. The governor has
however written a defence which
has been published in the Yankton
Press and Dakotaian, in which he
has attempted to justify his con.
duct. This we are told is but the
commencement of things in this d.
rection, and undoubtedly before
winter IS over, matters ana things
will be pretty generally ventilated.
It is bad state of affairs for our
territory to say the least and we
are further of the opinion that this
unsavory mess would not have
been stirred up if Governor Ordway
had not attempted to bulldoze the
legislature of last winter. So long
as he remains in our territory as
governor, there will be strife and
contention, and we do wish his pol
litical friends could find some Off
cial place for him in his own native
state and thus rid our people Of all
this trouble. We do not desire to
be hard on the governor but still at
the same time we must say that we
think he is in the wrong now and
has got mighty hard road to trav-
ell.
Jamestown alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1882, 1881-10-07
- Laal Nnce.

The following was the amount of busi-
ness transacted at the u. s. Land Odice In
Fargo for the week ending Sept. 30th:
Jamestown alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1882, 1881-10-07

They class editors with liars, and
go so far as to call them bags of
wind. Let an editor tell the truth
in every instance, and he would not
have left a single friend within a
year. 1t is the truth that is most
feared, and if an editor is liar it
is because the people would have
him so, but we do not think that
editors are so great liars as some try
to believe them to be. They some:
times suppress the truth to screen
the people, but it is not lie be-
cause it is not told. Let some of
those individuals who are so ready
to say liar, go through the different
printing Offices Of this country and
observe the care exercised by the
different editors to publish only
facts, and we think they would go
home convinced that if other people
would try as hard to utter only
truths, such thing as lie would
scarcely be known. Editors are
the remnants Of the old stock of
days when a mans word was better
than note and first mortgage Of
the present day. The fact is they,
as a general rule, are too honest to
make money.-Exchange.
Jamestown alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1882, 1881-10-07
GarAcld's Ap,loris,,ls..

For the noblest man that lives
there still remains a conflict.
| would rather be beaten in right
than succeed in wrong.
Present evils always seem greater
than those that never ccrae.
Growth is better tam rerma-
nence, and permanent g4owth is
better than all.
Craftsmanship consists rather in
removing the causes than in pun
ishing or evading results.
1t is one of the precious myster-
les of sorrow that it finds solace in
the unselfish thought.
Ideas are the great warriors of
the world, and war that has no
ideas behind it is simply brutality.
Eternity alone will reveal to the
human race its debt Of gratitude to
the peer less and immortal name of
Washington.
1t is as much the duty of all good
men to protect and defend the repu-
tation Of worth y public servants as
W ueIecC puDllcgfdScalS
Throughout the whole web of ma
tlonal existence we trace the whole
thread of human progress toward
the higher and better estate.
Occasion may be the bugle-call
that summons an army to battle,
but the blast of the bugle can never
make a soldier or win victories.
An act of bad faith on the part
of a state or municipal corporation,
like poison in the blood, will trans
NIT it's curse to succeeding genera
tlons.
Bad faith on the part of an indi-
vidual, a city or even a state, is Il
small evil in the comparison with
the calamities which follow bad
faith on the part Of a sovereign
government.
If there is one thing upon this
earth that mankind love and admire
better than another it is a brave
man; it is man who dares look
the devil in the tace and tell him he
is the devil.
We should do nothing inconsist.
ent with the spirit and genius of
our institutions. We should do
nothing for revenge, but everything
for security; nothing for the past,
everything for security; nothing
tor the present and future.
The Red Cloud chief., 1881-11-03
THE Wall OF A BALDHEAD.

In the hesday Of life and 1ho fuiincss of
In the vortex OF passion aud fashion and
wealth.
by Mockery chased, and Despair over
hauled
I Al! sad IL my fateI-I am bali-O I'm baIdi
am whole and entire In body and brain:
] am bowed, not with age, nor with physical
pain.
Nor Inalady cureless, whatever it's called
But % l am bald-I am baid-O I'm bald.
am favored by fortune in figure and face:
] have means at command, and a prominent
place
In the eyes Of the world. where. with bitter
ness CALLED.
Unjust smile and bow back, when I'm bald
I'm bald!
= lis a pitiful thing at the banquet or fcte.
Where the rcvcl is high and the heart g. clate,
Fer the hostess forever 10 have me in stalled
As AZ usher bccause-l am bald-D I'm bald
Iwouid gladly trade heads with the head OF a
mop,
Or the wax figure down n, the millincr shop
Then, ~ least, l should not bc forever ap-
FAILED
With the siark-nakcd fact, l am bald-o In
bald!
In the hcyday OF life and the fullncss Of
health:
In tn vortex of passion and fashion and
wealth.
by MOckery chased and Despair over
hauicd-
An. sad Is my fate,-I am bnld-O I'm baldl
j. IS. RGeg, ia indianapolis JptIrIl.