Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1883-04-20
City Officers Appointed.


At the first meeting of the city council
Monday night, AZ appeared from the min
utes Of the meeting published yesterday
morning, the appointlve offices were all
supplied. The following is brief BIZ
ographical sketch of each:
CITY ATTORNEY
w. E. Dodge, who was appointed to
the important Office of city attorney, was
born in Lowell, Vermont, IN 1857, where
he was brought up. He graduated from
st. Johnsbury Academy in 1879, having
taken a scientific and classical course,
prepared for Dartmouth college. From
1874 to 1877 he read law in the office of
Hon. f. W. Baldwin, prominent at
torney, and secretary Of the state senate.
= fter graduating Mr.. Dodge pursued his
law studies and was admitted to practice
by the Orleans county court in Sep 1880,
and month later started for the New
Northwest and brought up at Fargo
where he spent the winter in the law Of
flee of Roberts & Spaulding. Jan. %,
1881, lie came to jamestown and entered
into law partnership with A. a. Allen,
in the firm name of Allen & Dodge which
copartnership still exists At the fall
term Of the district court for Stutsman
county, 1851, fourteen cases were tried,
in thirteen of which Mr.. Dodge appeared
as counsel and won twelve: the fall term
~ ;aJ oe
which he appeared IN fifteen and won
thirteen. In the celebrated Kelley vs.
Elliott contest case lie appeared as at
torney for the plaintiff and for the de-
fendant IN the Kldder county seat con-
test and the case of Higgins VS. the county
commissioners Of KIdder county. His
law practice extends into Brown, Barnes,
Cass and Codington counties y. T., and
Clay county, MINI. Since the first of
last January he has brought suits in the
district court of this county to the num-
Der of over thirty. The business Of the
firm since January, 1881. has amounted
to over 100000. Mr. Dodge ranks among
the ablcst anl most successful attorneys
of North Dakota, and at this time. when
it will be necessary to draft new set Of
ordinances, the city is exceedingly for
tunate in securing the services of such a
superior attorney to do this important
work. "
CITY CLERK. t" .'
Joe D. Mills, who was appointed city
clerk, was born in Terra Haute, Ind, in
1855, and at an carly age removed to
Chicago where he was brought up.
In 1874 he went to Momence. Ill.,,
and engaged III clerklng in the
grocery store of Hiram Wilbur, in
which business he continued, and with
the same man, for the seven succeeding
years. Two years ago last FEBRUARY he
came to jamestown and engaged as clerk
in the store now owned by Shoenberg
Bros. which was then Klaus & Curtin.
Later he joined MIR. Nickeus in the mer-
camille business IN the firm name of Nick
Gus & Mills, and year later Mr. Buck
bought Mr.. Nickeus' interest and the
business continued in the firm name of
Buck & Mills for year when Mr.. Mills
sold his interest to Mr.. Buck, the present
proprietor, Mr.. Mills still remaining as
. salesman. Mr.. Mills never sought nor
held public Office before, and may justly
feel some pride IN being appointed the
first city clerk of city which he has
seen grow up from few scattering
houses to the gem city On the line of the
Northern Pacific railroad. Mr.. Mills is a
neat penman, possesses good business
qualifications, personally sociable and
popular and will make an efficient clerk.
NJ. H. Schmltz, appointed chief of po-
lice, was born in Trempealeaun county,
Wis, in 1856, was brought up and re-
mained there until the fall of 1880 when
he came to Jamestown. Until that time
his occupation was farming and working
at hotel. He was appointed village
marshal in the fall of 1881 in which posi-.
ton he served until the following spring
when the term expired. He was appoint
ed and served as deputy sheriff from last
June until fall, and in the mean time was
appointed city marshal to fill the vacancy
caused by the resignation Of Mr.. Mans
field, which term expired with the in
coming of the city administration by
which he was appointed to the present
important office, which his past efficient
service is = guaranty that he will fill we'll
Mr.. Schmitz is a $50 FOUNDER and Is ply
sically able to do lheavy work when ucc-
essary. .s .-.st
Phillip Dewyre, appointed on the po-
lice force, was born in Milwaukee, Wis,
in 1856, and was brought up In Mazo-
mania, the same state. He came to
Jamestown in the spring of 1881 and
has been occupied most of the time
since as foreman on the railroad, which
has been his principal business since
grown. Mr.. Dewyre has the makeup of
an excellent police officer which he will
No doubt fully sustain in the discharge of
his duties as such.
STREET COMMISSIONER
w. A. Redfield, appointed to this Of
hce, was born at Unity, New Hampshire,
~ 1s47, and was brought up at Clare
mont, that state. For the last seven
years before coming out here he was
engaged with the Amoskeag Cotton
Goods Manufacturing Company at Blan-
chester, N. H., having charge of the
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