Jamestown alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1882, 1881-12-30
EDITORIAL NOTES.


introduced into he house.
The Omaha Herald claims tha
Omaha has a population Of $500
| people. The Omaha Herald is not
religious paper.
| Congressman Al!rich. chairman I
the committee on territories, say
that he believes Dakota will be ad
mittel as q state at this session.
The Chicago, Milwaukee aud S,
Paul railway have determined to lc
cate their new car and machine shop
at Minneapolis, that city having mad
IL an OrjcG Tor them to do 30
There is 10, ,40G.766 bushels o
grain in store ut Chicago, agains
I3,433,27a last year at this tine; o
wheats,he amount now is 3,sO2 ,002
against 6,9f0,OG5 last December.
The r,mGr to the effect that u bill
has passed both houses OF congress.
abDlish!ng the tree culture act il
without foundation. NJ suc| bill
has ever been introduced or is likely
to be.
1t is reported that Coy. Ordway
and Delegate Petligrcw have go,
through fighting each other. 1t is
now expected that some attention
will be given to their respective
offices.
The special agent who investigated
The affairs Of the Miles City land
office before ,urniuy the office over
toe. Ii. Gould, is saidlo have found
tile late receiver, Y. Z. McHath,
short some $1,000, aid that he had
prActls.u other frauds. His bonds
Iuen have made the amount good,
ouu i is claimed IL; still will be pro-
secuted
Othvr countries than the United
states are blessed with Il green
Chri"t.nas. In s,me parts of Eng.
and the season is unusually opel J
liz k.nl, prinrosee are i'll bloom,
voslv,, perfume the deIis, aud the
song b.;u, nave Not ioat their sum.
lner noJus, wi.iie oA the c"lnnons ,he
hcat!ler ,e purple and the iurze re
50 lvnaa,.t With g"i,ieu bloom.
Fargo iivpuslican: Iiirpcr's
Weekly proposes tho abollt:o" OF or
prcse.tt caucus system, and the pas
siug OF Il law ps,.r.dtng for q party
vote Oh NvuI I,tintluA.. tu. The Ques-
tlun which naturally arises is: Who
shall be entities. to vote for toe party
candidates Or, rather, who sil.ti! be
excluded from vutlnS! III al men
were honest aul ionoI able, Tie Curtis
method would work TO u charm; but,
;,ias, Mr. Curtis prcsnpposes q con.
ditlon Of thing wiici does not obtain
IN this country--uerJaiuly not IN our
large cities where luost OF the evils
VI our present caucus system origin.
ale.
Pioneer Press: FIFTY million dol
lars il round numbers represents the
wholesale and jobblny trade OF st.
Pau, tvr the year 1881. 10 be more
precise, the wholesale and .jobbing
houses of st. Paul have done a busl.
ness during the year ending with the
present week aggregating S52,2ls,.
265. La the year 1880 tradc OF the
same branches Of business in the
same CITY aggregated S4O,olO,00O.
The first total is suggestive. The
is doably suggestive.
That city not thirty years old
should grasp a wholesale trade ex.
tending over four States and two Ter
aud passing beyond the po.
litical limits vi tic United Safes to
invade the commercial domain OF
thriving Brush province, and
in a single year to $50,
900, 600 is a pregnant fact.
Dakota Herald: The register of
tho land office at Fargo has recently
rendered Il decision, holding That III
all Homestead entries made prior to
the passage Of the act Of June 18TH,
1880, commonly known as The June
Act" residence and cultivation is not
necessary, ,hac claimant has but TO
enter, and then pay government
price tor the land to entltle himself
thereto. LII this ease the settler had
openly avowed his intention to aban
uuil his claim and remove from The
territory. Contestant has appcaied
from The decision, and if the depart.
mcnt sus:ains the registers position,
then compliance with the homestead
law in all entries made prior to June
10Th, 1880, will be a simple matter.
1bere are but dllties-entry and pay
ment of government price. There
is preceden, for tbe decision, but it
.s made to get an authoritative con-
s,ruction ot the " .iuue Act"
Bismarck Tribune: Dakota can be
divided at this session Of congress.
Nothing Is lost to Bismarck by di-
vision. Much may be gained
through it. Ofcourse in view If the
prejudice that has growt up IN
tiiu Fed ristr valley against THIS
county, B;smarck wil stslid a poor
show i,,detd In TIE distribution Of
public tavors, bat as our people Eiin-
gle, that prejudice will saou dissp-
pear and orr interests being in COM
mon, common syinpathies viii soon
take the place OF prejudice. As to
the capitol oi the ncw territory, Bis
marck is undoubtedly ihe proper
place for it, but it is net a matter
worth quareling over Almost any,
one Of the state institutions-tae
prison, insane asylum. or a normal
school are worth more to city than
the capitol, which is most valuable
through the attention it attracts te
the locality: but this is over balanced
in the opinion Of many, by the ieal-
ously that is excited by it. If Bis
marck gains only the United States
court, she can afford to surrender all
claims to the capitol rather than re-