Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1882-12-01

manufacturer of cigars, came to James
town from Minneapolis in March, 1882
Manufactures $1,000 cigars per month
Building l4x36, on Fifth avenue
LIVERY STABLES.
John Moore, on the corner of Sixt1
avenue and Second street, Frey g. lnsley
on Second street, and Waller Sc Carr, OF
Fifth avenue, each have extensive liver,
and feed stables, and keep for the accom-
modation o. the public good teams ant
rigs, which is a great convenience to lant
seekers in going about the country and t.
our citizens whose business or pleasure
requires such means OF going about
| About 200 is invested IN the livery
enterprise in this city.
8. X. McGINNIs
Few men in jamestown or in North Da
kota has done more for the development
and advancement OF this town or county
than 5. K. McGinnis. His money anC
his energies have ever been bestowed
with lavish hand for the improvement
OF jamestown and the country around
Largely interested in the prosperity OF
the town he has always been found IN the
front rank of those who projected and
turthered its enterprises whether directly
bearing upon his own personal interests
or not. Grumbling about she expense OF
opposition to any scheme for public i'm.
provements can never be traced to him
but on the other hand he is ever found
or the side OF harmony. Such being his
known disposition when the board OF
trade was organized he was by common
consent, and without any solicitation on
his part pointed out as the lest man in
town for the position of president and
subsequent events have shown the wisdom
of the choice. A man of level. head and
sound judgment he Is fit man to stand
at the head Of public business interests
Mr.. McGinnis is one of the most extensive
real estate dealers in this county.
S. RUSSELL.
Perhaps there is no man in jamestown
more intimate with the rise and progress
OF the great Northern Pacific country ex
tending all the way from Duluth to Mon
tana than 3. S. Russell. In 1871 he was
in buainess in Duluth and came up as far
as Fargo in 1872. At this time Fargo
had but one builling and it was not
known that there was an acre of plowed
land in North Dakota and although it
valuable for agricultural purposes, it was
not believed that it would by either Mr..
Russell or his friends In 1879 Mr.. Rus
sell became the manager OF the celebrated
Spiritwood farms of this county. In 1881
he severed his connection with these farms
and moved to jamestown where he has
since been engaged in the real estate and
farming business. Last season he har-
vested seven hundred acres of wheat and
expects to seed over twelve hundred acres
next spring. Mr.. r. is reliable we'll IN.
formed man and is doing fine real estate
and loan business.
THE ROLLER MILLS.
Klaus, Fox g. Co., propretors of the
Jamestown Roller Mills, formerly of
Green Bay and Milwaukee, erected the
Touring mill in 1880 which has been and
IS now one of the most important inter-
ests of the CITY, furnishing q home mar
ket for over $50, 900 bushels of wheat per
year, and producing 5000 barrels of -four
which finds ready sale at home and other
stations on the road. The building, ma
chinery and average stock on hand rep
resents a capital OF 100000 The build
ing is 45x75 feet, four stories, every floor
OF which is occupied with the best and
most approved machinery. This COM
pany, in addition to the above, have the
plans already drawn to build another
mill with capacity of 225 barrels of
flour early in the spring at cost of s45,-
600 to $50, 900.
THE OLD-T1MERs.
Those who were here in 1871, and who
are known as the "Old- Timers" who used
to eat salt with the sqnaws and smoke the
calumet with the warriors were A. W.
Kelley, Thos. Collins, Geo. Vennum, A.
Mckechnie, George Braune, Merrick
Moore, Il. F. Elliott, James Lees, D. NJ
kelleher AMI Pat Moran. They were
little untame themselves IN those days,
but since civilization and the n. p. K. r.
has reached the place they have all re-
formed, quit playing Sc, en-up for the
drinks on Sunday and now frequently
congregate together on the Lords day
and discuss bible questions and county
politics.
CHURCHES AND SCHOOLS.
Last but not least are our churches aud
schools inwhich.]amestown excels IN many
respects and equals IN nearly all others.
The three church houses, Presbyterian,
Methodist and Catholic, represent at least
$25. 900 capital and the pastors of each of
these socie'ies are men of charactet, learn
ing and much above ordinary ability. No
sectarian feeling exists to mar the har-
mony or initiate against the good each
separately and all together may accom-
plish. Our schools are excellent IN every
respect atfordlng as they do the means of
good education for all practical and or
dlnary purposes.
MISCELLANEOUS.
V. T. Brown, recently of Chicago, pro-
prietor of the new restaurant on Fifth
avenue, is doing good business and sup.
plying want long felt IN this city.
H. W. Kelley, proprietor of the book
and stationery, news and notion store in
the postotfice building carries a stock Of
two thousand dollars and has sales of
about four hundred dollars per month.
John MCGEE, carpenter and builder,
came to jamestown in 1878 aud has been
actively engaged in constructing build
lngs in the town and country
l. G. Wade, prominent farmes;. real
estate dealer and attorney, came to this
place in 1879: IS now located in McGinnls
block, giving his whole attention to his
real estate business.
r. A. Bill, attorney at law by profess
sion, is also engaged in farming operations
and real estate business He came here
in 1879, and has established his business
with the growth of the town and coun-
try
John S. Watson, formerly of Craw-
forhsville, Ind, has established a good
law practice and real estate business.
Mike Murphy & Bro, contractors and
builders, came here from Iowa in 1879 and
have been among our most active and en-