Jamestown alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1882, 1881-08-12
Dan Long is musings "bile.
Wild plu,ns have turned red and only
need frost to make them palatabie.

uecu ITosC. W MAKE tAeIH t'AtathDle.
Hyatt & Mason have just got in a new
combination billiard and pool table.
Pat Moran set his new Case threshing
machine at work 90 bis oats yestsrda5.
Mr. VanDusen, Of the Troy Farms, was
in town to-day. He was looking tor =
cook.
The contract for the Eldridge school
house was let At $1,000 Carpenter Mar
tin gets the job.
The jamestown Sporting Club promises
to make a 6ns record. .Amoug its MEM
bers are several crack shots.
Valley City still cries aloud ora hotel
and the Times sees millions in it" for
the man who supplies this want.
Messrs Lambert s Bill, who have a
five mile contract on the branch, will com.
mence grading Monday.
Will not our people wake up to the i'm.
portance of Stutsman county being prop
erly represented at the Minneapolis fair:
The meeting at the Presbyterian churcl,
last evening for The purpose of selling the
pews vas adjourned ON account of tho
pastors illness, without transactinx busi-
ncss.
Two more gentlemen arrived from AL
bion, Mich, and arc in pursuit Of land.
The people from Albion make good set
tiers aud We are pleased 10 welcome them
to this fertile valley.
William Bowman has sold cut his
worldly possessions consisting Of lis
homes ead aud tree claim. He received
30, 900 for the Homestead and 81 500 for
tine tree claim. William is pretty we'll
hseled MS result.
Mr.. Scidmore and Mr. Herbert Bush
have been suggested as being two good
men 90 send to the Minneapolis exhiDi-
tion with stutsman county plunder. Nj
William Goodrich has also been suggested
By several as fit person. Either or oil
three would do.
Mrs. ]. j. Flint is looking forward
anxiously to the time when she will be
released from the responsibilities of land
lady of the Dakota House. Since Mrs.
Flint assumed this position her health
has gradually declined. A host Of
friends will regret her retirement.
The Rev. Tanning left to-day for his
former home at Marengo, Ills, where he
will remain until he has sufficiently re-
covered to enable him to resume his pas
toral labors. The good wishes Of every
citizen of this place accompany him and
sincerely hope that he will return at an
early date much improved in health.
Mr.. Tarbell, Of Beaver Greek, recently
sent the Alert some Of the incest tomstoe.
sc have ever seen grown in the territory
They were large, fair and fully ripened
Mr.. T. has all varieties # vegetables in
his garden, and those who have seen il
say that it is the best in the valley and
would compare favorably with those in
the states.
Is there not enough enterprise left in the
heart Of this community to make showing
a the great fair at Minneapolis: If ther.
is not. jamestown is doomed to have til,
finger of scorn pointed at it by every ham
let on the line We are poor as any one
but will give ten dollars toward making
q showing at the said fair, even if we hav.
to borrow Of our esteemed contemporary
The Ladies' Aid Society of the Presby.
terian Church held their ice cream festi
val in the new bank building last. evening
and We're successful to the extent of catch
ing on to about $25. Quite number OF
aides aud some gentlemen were present
and passed the time in conversation and
eating ice cream and cake. The cake wa.
excellent but the ice cream lacked savol
and was not of the kind which inspired 9
desire for repeated dishes.
The contest between Fred Clark anC
Henry F. Elliott involving title to the 8,
| sec. IA, tp. 139, r. 65, which Elliot,
entered as a tree claim in June, 1879
Plaintiff claimed that he had failed tt
comply with the timber culture laws dur.
ing the second year after his said entry
The testimony was taken by stipulation
Aller & Dodge acting for plaintiff. and
White & Nickcus for defendant. Attor.
neys Dodge and Nick.us went to Farg.
on Tuesday and closed the case befor,
the Z. S. land office Wednesday. Judg
ment reserved.
Bro. Barker, of the Tralll County Ban
ner, published at Hill City, town be
tween Fargo and Grand Forks, is an en-
terprising party and at times shows re
markablc good tasts. The last exampl,
Of this is shown in an illustration in hi.
paper purportng to be photograph o.
Hill CITY at the age of six months and or
the arrival OF the first railroad train. The
cut in question Is the one of jamestown
made in 1879 and which appeared in tn,
Alert this spring Mr. B. shows sucl
admirable taste in selecting an ideal fo
his town that We arc sorry to have to civ,
INN away.
Several parties have called at the Alci
office of late asking for different q,snti
ties of blank stationery, such as stat.
ments, bill heads and note heads. TIE.
did not want any printing on them bu
wanted to buy the paper Now We wan
it generally understood that We can't se
stationery of any kind in such way, am
our business men have no right to ask u.
to do so. In the first place such 4 cours,
on their part is nothing more or less tina,
q gross insult to the office, ard 10 suggest
iveo of an intent to rob the printer Of hi
only means of support. There is not ,
printer on the face If the Garth who un
ders;ands bis business who will sell hi
stock at lower figure than he would i