Jamestown alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1882, 1881-02-11

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Rev Mr.. PcgIow, the German minister
will prcacl, in jamestown Sunday.
It is esid that our quiet friend, Chris
Timm. will soon take his departure from
jamestown. Mr.. Timm las been very
peasant citizen and jamestown will not
be benefited BY llis absecce.
Ministers are requested to bring notices
of appointments for religious services
and other meetings to The;A Alert office,
cry Saturday morning, for publication
in Saturday evenings daily. The subject
of the proposed discourse should in al
cases accompany the appointment.
There sesms to be movement On foot
to move the U. S. land office from Fargo
to Tower City. Tower City is : very en-
terprising- little burg but it is IN no way
calculated to entertain government land
Office. When the time comes for the re-
,noval Of that instit ution JamestowD
should be made its next stopping place.
It is reported that the Indians occupy
ing the tepees on the north side of town,
in the vicinity Of Mr. IIcKenzie's old
place, are in destitute circumstances
Up to last Monday, Tor more thar. week
back, all they had to eat was dog they
hal caught Onto somewhere up town
Perhaps Uncle Sam had better gather his
children into the fold.
z Great are the changes that have taken
place in both our legal and commercial
circles since our last issue. ]. c. Nick
eus. one Of our most successful genera,
merchants, having solo.a half interest in
his popular establishment t, Joe D. Mills,
Of this city. it il understood that Mr..
Nickeus will become oil 6edged part
ner Of our enterprislng attorney, VIM. c..
White. Mr.. N. 10 lawyer Of experience
AID unqusstioned ability, and it is to be
presumed that the air within their legal
sanctuary will be fairly blue with we'll
laid schemes. Mr.. Mills, who has very
many warm friends in this city and
county, ill take charge Of the store ard
run It for all it il: worth. Joe is close
business manager j good square fellow,
and The Alert is willing to bet the heads
Of two or tbree delinquent Subscribers
against box of sardinrs that he will
build up trade which will fill his pock.
cts with lucre and his soul with delight
So mote 1t be-.
Several leading carpenters and contnc-
tors Of this place have taken the pains to
inform The Alert tha: it did them great
injustice last week. By intimstlng that
good carpenters could find cmplt ymcnt IN
jamestown during the ecmiug building
season. Now 1t is not the intention of The
Alert to in any degree injure the pros
poets Of any trsdesman or Mechanic In
Jamestown. 1t desires to see everyone do
we'll, and is opposed to any means that
would result in over doing any kind of
business, providing the men occupying
the field are worthy and capable.
While it is fact thst there are many 60
called carpenters here, it il equally true
that there is a deploable scarcity Of first
class ~orkmen. Last season good car
penters were hard to find. Every man
who could saw board or make . straight
mark, was in his own opinion, = carpea.
ter, and ss matter of course demanded
s. so per day. 1t is not the business Of
The Alert to say who are g,od carpen.
ters or who are not, but there is one fact
that mus. appear uplermost to all, and
that is. that there are more wood-butch-
ers in jamestown to day than good car
penters. First-class workmen Can never
succeed so long ss the greater portion of
their business is being manipulated by
botches. 1t 10. therefore, in the opinion
Of The Alert, essential to both carpenters
and citizens that change take place.