Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1883-09-21
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| Huron Times: A prohibition terrific
rial convention for South Dakota will
convene IN Huron, at Parker hall, Sep
tcmber Goth, at 2 O'clock p. m. Each
county Is entitled to four delegates.
Bismarck Capital: Judge Edgerto
has SIMPLY decided one of the "collatcral
issues" The main question yet remains
and the Capital predicts that even Judge
Edgerton will decide IN favor of Bismarck
when it comes before the full bench
Glendale News: According to the
latest reports crops in this vicinity are
yielding beyond the expectations of enl
farmers. Wheat yielding from II to &c
bushels per acre and oats from 80 TO &C
bushels; this in many cases being sown
on sod.
! Pcmbina Express: The Red river has
got to be tame unimportant stream
these days. 1t is many years since the
water was SO low, being in general from
four to six feet in the middle. The ferry
a. this point has hard wiggling..
Farg Argus; A fire occurred near Cas-
selton on the far1u of l. W. Fisher, in
which his threshing machine and con-
siderable grain was destroyed, The fire
spread so rapidly that the men could
hardly keep out of its reach and the teams
ran away, strcwlng tho grain all over the
field.
Fargo Republican: The directors Of
the Fargo Southern railroad held a meet
ing III their office yesterday afternoon
and transacted routine business. 1t was
stated that iron for the road would he
by the Goth of September from Chicago.
1t had been delayed because of strikes on
the part Of IRON workers. The rails are
to be of steel.
Valley City Times: Satisfactory ar
rangements having at last been made,
the comfy commissioners have purchased
the brick and tile company building in
the northwest part of town, which will
| he transformed into county hospital.
The price paid IS $3.50. Workmen will
be set at work lathing and plastering the
building.
Fargo Argus: There is growing COM
plant about the amount, kind and Va
ric,y Of camp equlppage, supplies, am
munition and arms constantly demanded
by the school children. It's new read
er, arithmetic, pencil, blank paper, for
examination, a little blank book, striped
slate pencils, song book, 'tother kind,
until parents are going crazy.
Blunt Times: The constitution car
! peAters and state builders at Sioux Falls,
seem not to be all disinterested patriots.
The committee on name and seat of gov
crnment was made up of sontheastcrn n
delegates, and the substance of the re-
| port seems to have heen known even be-
fore their formal appointment. This is
getting along pretty rapidly for infancy.
Grand Forks Herald: The elevators
along the line of the Manitoba road
through this section, are taxed to their
utmost to receive the vast volume of No.
l hard wheat which is pouring in. The
r llrvads cannot furnish cars sufficient TO
relieve the pressure, and every train going
south is loaded to its full capacity with
the golden grain, the source of Dakota 8
wealth and power.
Pierre journal: What folly. The COR
stitutional convention passing resolu-
ton making Yaukton the capital for the
new state. 1T shows plainly that Yank-
ton and Sioux Falls have urged ON this
meeting for the purpose of benefilng
themselves. Now let Sioux Falls nsmi-
latc Pettigrew for senator and all will be
satisfactory. There would be just about
as much sense in the latter move as IN
the former.
Valley City Times: The Fargo csn-
ventlon has received about an equal share
of praise aud abuse from the territorial
press. Yet considering the harmlessness
Of the entire proceeding (except, perhaps,
it IS that portion of the proceedings
which by resolution makes this conven-
ton and the members thereof the per
pctual mouthpicce Of North Dakota,
when in reality it is no such an organiza.
ton, nor do we think the people will so
consider it, this discussion is decidedly
immatelial.
Casselton Reporter: A Casseltor mer-
chant, standing IN front of his store on
Tuesday morning of this week, counted
tifty- thee steam tbreshers all at work
within the range of his vision, and turn
ing ont the No. hard at an average
rate OF 1,5oO bushels per day, or total
of 94,5OO bushels PER day, and this, of
course, does not comprehend all the
threshers at work within sight Of this
city, as there are many that could not be
seen. Is there another town in Dakota
that can beat this? We thiuk not.
Wahpeton Times: Tha, was, indeed,
an interesting spectacle to the Wizard
party, TO meet slxteen-pagc edition OF
tho Fargo Argus at Barnesvllle, on their
way west, and then at all the tswns
along the line, including the Valley City
Times, the jamestown Alert, Tribune
and Capital at Bismarck, all with flying
colers, dong the country aud occasion
hon ors-da,ly. We daresay it showed a
degree of enterprise that the 800