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

from st. Paul in 1872 and engaged in tn
business OF carpenter and builder and il
1873 was carpenter at Fort Seward. HI
now has in connection with his buslnss
q cilities for moving buildings to AMI
from all parts of town.
Otto Gasal came to jamestown in 1880
from Arcadia, Wis. Being carpenter by
trade, he worked at the bench until tn,
spring of 1882, when he engaged in tn,
real estate business, in which ne has beer
| very successful. Few agents IN James
town have located more settlers durlni
the past year than Mr.. Gasal.
p. H. Foley IS very successful real e.
tate agent, and has made many wander
ing souls happy in the last year with bar.
gains in town lots and lands.
Henry Flohr, on Fourth avenue, anc
Vcleen, on Front street, carry Oh the sho'
and boot making business extensively ant
are among the very important and valua.
BILE industries of the city.
The jamestown Building and Loan As
soclation and the Dakota Building anG
Loan Association are doing great dea
in aiding the building up of the town
both OF which are in excellent working
condition and the stock of both above
par.
Stutsman county Is just completing &
new court house which will cost, wher
completed and furnished, upwards Of
thirty thousand dollars. 1t is built ot
solid brick Messrs. Bracket s. Lathror
have the contract.
Attorney Tredwell, formerly of Cleve-
land, Ohio, located in this city during
the past summer to engage IN the prac-
tce Of his profession Mr.. Tredwell
came with fiattering recommendations
from those who knew him and his abili-
ties at home. He is said to BE peculiarly
adapted to practice in criminal cases,
either TO prosecute or defend.
banner, the brewer, has invested about
s25, 900 IN the buildings and machinery
used in his brewing business He man
ufactures an excellent quality of beer and
through his establishment in various
ways carries his part well in the business
enterprises of the city
The Telephone exchange which is now
being brought to the point of active op-
Grafton, is one of the greatest enterprises
ever yet developed IN this town. Here
IN jamestown especially slime is money"
and the time that will be saved In the use
the telephone will be equal to large
amount of capital.
John Vennum came to Jamestown in
1880, and in the spring of 1851 commcnc-
ed business with one horse dray and
then had scarcely half enough to do. The
past season he has run nineteen teams in
his business of delivering freight, express
and other hauling belonging to his Dusi-
ness.
The unusually heavy and substantial
walls of E. w. Benefits new brick
building on Fifth avenue are worthy of
special note and remark. Mr. Bennett
did most OF the work himself and took
special pains from the foundation up to
make the building firm and solid, and
the result is that he now las very su-
perior building as to construction and an
elegant one in appearance. It is now oc-
cupied by Drs. Drake g. Baldwin as
drug store.
The Alert keeps even pace with the ad.
vancement of all other enterprises of the
town. Its business departments are now
separated from each ether, and yet con
veniently connected. In the front room
on the first floor is the counting room and
general business Office, with stock room
partitioned of to the right. Back of this
is the composing and press room, conven-
iently arranged. The engine room at
tached at the rear is so arranged as to run
the belts into the press room and apply the
steam power to both the paper press and
a large job press at the same time. In
the back room up stairs is the job depart
ment which is furnished with complete
ontfit of the latest styles CT job type suit
ed to all kinds of work IN this line. In
front is the editorial rooms furnished with
conveniences and comforts equal to those
of the metropolitan papers, being nicely
carpeted, provided with elegant book
cases and desks, and warmed By q nickle
plated base burner.