Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1882-06-30

but the open prairie, showing what a
wonderful growth this country has made.
In these towns lot of twenty-five feet
front and two squares from the center of
town is worth 81 800.
soldirrs' Lands.
Delegate Pettigrew has written the
commissioner of the general land office
in regard to soldiers dcclarative state
ments in Withdrawing lands from settle
ment. He says these are used in great
numbers in Dakota, in the following
manner:
These declaratory statements are filed
by attorneys, who have blank powers of
attorney from the soldiers, and they are
sold and transferred from one person to
another, and the practice of covering
up lands and speculatng out of them
has become very prevalent, and great
areas of land have by this means been
withdrawn from the market. AS soon as
one decIarative statement expires another
is placed upon the same tract of land if
the spcculator has not found customer
for it. desire that you shall issue such
instructions, if within your power to do
so, as will prevent these practices, and
suggest that no soldiers declaratory
statement shall be received from an at
torney or from any one unless filed by
the person or soldier at the local land
office, without it is accompanied with
certified copy of the soldiers discharge
and an affidavit from the soldier that he
makes the entry in good faith for actual
settlement, and 1t is his bona fide intcn-
ton to settle upon and improve the
lands as home. This should also be ac-
companied by an affidavit Of the attor-
ney making the filing that he has no
interest in the land, that he has not pur-
chased the fling Of the soldier or any
other person, and that he does not make
the filing for the purpose of withdrawing
the land from the market to sell again
upon speculation. l think it is much
more important that the attorney should
be compelled to make an oath, and
believe that if he is compelled to make
| this oath, it will prevent these fraudulent
practices which have heretofore existed
| l respectfully urge prompt action on this
subject9on the part Of your department.
The report of the crops in England is
very discouraging to the people of the
kingdom, and the indications now are
that America will be called upon to
| there. The London Standard says:
/ GsNofhiur c1ort IF tho fairoSt yvoathar
| up to and through harvest can save us
| from reaping in dismal dependency
| another of the long series of deficient
crops over which farmers many years Of
| late have mourned as if they were with
out hope.'
This will occasion a demand upon
| America for breadstuffs that will no
| doubt simulate prices very much. While
America does not ejoice in Englands Ca
| lamity, she will no doubt be prepared to
feed her own citizens and have surplus
enough to supply the wants of the king
dom. The bonanza wheat growers of
| Dakota have a bright prospect of good
| price before them.
Fargo Republican: The striking of the
large vein of gas on the farm of Ed. G..
| Dinner, within a distance of fourteen
miles from Fargo suggests the feasibility
of heating and lighting both Fargo and
Moorhead with natural gas. 1t IS the
cheapest and best fuel in the world. In
the Pennsylvania aud New York oil fields
natural gas has been extensively utilized
and it has been found to be the cheapest
fuel that can be used. Mr.. Dinner says
that the flow of gas from his well is con-
tinuous and it has a powerful pressure
lifting the tools and other heavy substan-
ces. Pipes can be laid running it into
Fargo, and the city could thus be sup
| piled with cheap and convenient fuel
The scarcity of wood and the high price
| of both wood and coal renders this ques-
ton of vital importance to our people.
There is rare opportunity for the invest
ment of capital, upon which quick returns
can be realized.
Mandan Pioneer Mr.. Howard Eaton
who leaves for the Little Missouri in a
few days again, reports the Indians thick
IN the Bad Lands. While he was aware
that really "good Indian - is goob
fertilizer and is not afraid of the red skins
when they come in body, he has no use
for the single fellows who are in search
of ponies, guns and scalps if need be- He
anticipates some trouble with the large
hunting party now in the Bad Lands,
some of whom will drop off the main gang
and indulge in petty thieving. Mr.. Eaton
says they are preparing for warm recep-
ton for these fellows, should they try to
run off any stock, and as the temptation
will be great, some lively skirmlshing
may be looked for.
The Sioux City Journal of recent date
says that the artesian well at that place
is now down l,74O feet, and the drill is
still working in very hard rock. The
character of the formation has changed of
late, and the present rock is supposed to
be Trenton limestone placed in Whites
geology at 200 feet. Below this, in the
natural order should be st. Peters sand
stone, and when that formation is reached
the company hopes to meet it's ample re-
ward. The hole is now 425 feet through
very solid rock. The drill sinks very
slowly.
The wreck on the Manitoba railroad a
few days ago. by which several per-
sons were killed, it seems was the re-
suit of the conductors carelessness. The
injured fireman testified that Conductor
Joseph Goran was running the train al
the rate OF forty miles an hour, against
the protest of the unfortunate engineer,
Il who was killed. The conductor has
Il IL