Jamestown alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1882, 1881-08-19
DIVISION.

desire on the part OF Che press OF
Northern Dakota that convention
should be held at an early day to
take preliminary steps toward a
division of this Territory. We are
glad to see this effort made, and if
the press will keep agitating this
question the end will be obtained
in due time. There are many ar
guments that can be presented,
many, if not all, having been pub
lished in the Alert. We are too
unwieldlv for a state, and covering
such vast extent Of territory, we
cannot exist in harmony. Our in.
dustries are such that we, in North
ern Dakota, desire and need legisla-
ton that is opposed to the interests
Of the Black Hills and Southern
Dakota. And to reach our capital
we must occupy as much time as it
would take to go to New York or
Washington. One Of our contem-
poraries has suggested plan by
which action could be taken at an
early day that would tend to hasten
the work. The plan is to select
eight men, four to be officials APP
pointed by the government, and
four from among our citizens who
have been elected to important
trusts by the people. This COM
mittee of eight is to name one first
class man from each county AS del.
egate, and one additional man for
every thousand inhabitants in each
county containing over one thous-
and, the convention to meet at
some central point, and suggests
the following as committee that
would be likely to prove bipartisan,
and one which would have the con.
fidcnce Of the public:
His excellency, governor Ordway;
the Hon. r. T. Pettigrew, delegate
in Congress; the Hon. Geo. IL.
Hand, secretary Of the territory;
The Hon. Hugh J. Campbell, y. S.
attorney; captain John B. Ray.
mond, U. S. marshall; the Hon.
Granville q. Bennett, ex-delegate;
the Hon. Geo H. Walsh, president
of the last territorial council, and
the Hon. J. II. Harding, speaker of
the latest territorial assembly.
This committee it is thought could
meet at Fargo on September Is, at
the time Of the great agricultural
fair, and in person or by proxy, sc.
lect by vote, taking up each county
separately, delegates from the sew
eral counties acc cording to the above
ratio, and invite the same to meet
at some point to be agreed upon in
committee, say on or about the
tenth or twelfth Of October follow.
ing; the committee to be ex-otiicio
members Of the convention at
large. The convention to be called
for the purpose CT considering the
necessary steps to be taken to Sc
cure an early division, and to ap.
point suitable committee to carry
the decisions OF the convention in.
TO effect.
There is only one thing necessary
to put this in proper shape, and
that is for some one to set the ball
rolling. Who will be the first to
move in the matter?
Harvesting is nearly completed
and is turning out much better thau
was expected. Those who are good
Judges claim that the average yield
will be twenty bushels per acre in
this county, aud some claim that it
will 80 twenty two bushels per acre.
There are thousands of acres that
( will 80 over thirty bushels per acre
and very lalgc proportion that will
gn over twenty five bushels per acre
There are few fields of late wheat
tho t will 90 "a low as twelve bashels
per acre. On the whole Stutsman
county will realize for the fourth sue
cessve year a bcuntlful harvest.
Those who contemplate coming west
Will do we'll to take the
above into consideration, remember.
lug that if they are Coming west that
it is Of vital importance to them that
they come to section Of the country
that has proven by its productions
that it is reliable. The advantages
OF Jamestown and the James River
Valley are not excelled by any loca.
tion in the great Northwest. In the
first place the water in this valley is
as pure and cold AZ that which flows
from the springs of old Vermont.
Such thing as alkali Is not known in
the valley. jamestown is destined
to be one Of the greatest railroad GEN.
ters in Dakota. Its being centrally
located, geograpb cally, makes it a
natural point for every road that
crosses the territory. At the present
time there are three roads building
to and from this place, and it is safe
to predict that within two short years
at the furthest jamestown will be
able to boast of four roads, all of
which will be tributary to this town.