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Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1884-08-24

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Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1884-08-24

Tents may be rented for from S to 50, ac-
cording to size, Any parties desiring to camp
can have provision made for them by address
ng ELDER G. pALLOU, at Reno
No charge for ad nittance to the grounds, and
no collection taken.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1884-08-24

Tin work Plumbing, Gas and Water
Pipe Fitting done by Competent and ex-
perienced work men.
Particular attention given to general
and special orders. Will attend to
buying and filling orders at a small
com m issiOn.
Call and examine goods and prices be-
fore purchasing elsewhere.
CoodO O~la 1t Lowest P00siDle
Rates.
K. =, Rail-.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1884-12-04
A REVIVAL UF THE 70, CIBiE AID.
MISSION LUNACY.

Member elect 10 the teri tOrial council,
Hon, A. S. Jones, of Hutchinson county,
if correctly reported, takes the ground
that the question o: division and admis
sion "is left TO the people of the territory,
through their representatives In the leg.
islature, to decide f'r themselves, since it
cannot be expected that nation with a
democratic head will take the inltla i've
sler," etc He further says "rhe most
important step, and the very first one the
coming Legislature should take, should
be to pass bill calling q constitutional
convention, at which q constitution
should lie framed for that part Of Dakota
ly,ng south of the 46th parallel, ana a
state government be formed, complete IN
all its functions. Then, with her duly
authorized and accredited representatives
she could go bravely up to the dorr of
the union and knock, as did the state of
Michigan, and the door would be opened
unto u.s."
About year and half ago some ex
trem,sts in South Dakota started out IN
der the lead rship Of Uni,eC States lis.
tr,ct Attorney Hugh J. Campbell and
with the motto "Fe.r God and take your
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1884-12-04
The Question Uf Per cent,

4 few weeks ago Rev. s. N. Griffith
delivered lecture at the Baptist Chapel
on tn, subject of interest in which he en-
braced vide range III the domain o: per
centage and to some points in the latter
the Alert took issue with hlm. Since
that time some person over the Hom de
plume Of "~ # x' has been firing back
at us through the columns of the Capital.
Last week we dismissed the subject with
paragraph, as 1t is too long range to con
test u position with person who en-
trenches himself among the stars, and es-
pecially the fixed stars as these seem to
be. Were it not that this is an important
as we'll as an interesting question We
should give 1t no furl her attention.
But we propose now to bring our dis
putant within reasonable range, bring
HIM down t. earth, smoke him out as it
were. For this purpose We shall take the
conditional aim of the hunter who, ul-
certain as to the character of his game,
fired with the desire TO hit if 1t was a
deer and mss If it was a calf We will
articles referred to is none other than the
Rev. Griffith himself. AS rule we do
n 1t discuss questions with a person in
ambush. There are two & I'D reasons for
this. One Is we might catch tartar and
tie other is that when we take the trouble
to corner our adversary we want the pub.
lie to know VINO he is.
In his first article the writer sub
stantlaly comedies nearly every point of
objection we raised except that Of per
cent per annum, aumits that he did not
nave Mr.. Blalne's statistics when prepar-
ing the lecture, also admits the correct.
ness Of Mr.. BIaine's gold basis by adopt
ing 1t, arrives at the same aggregates OF
valuation that we did and at su bstantially
the same per cent of increase for the de-
cade ending 1880, the increase IN Con-
necticut being IS 6 per cent aud in Min
nesota 334 per cent. The former he says
is 3 per cent per annum and the latter
Is II per cent per annum. We obtained
the rate per annum by dividing the ag-
gregate by 10, or removing the d, ,cimsl
point one digit TO the left which brings
the same result, namely, ? Sc per cent per
annum increase for Connecticut and S3.4
for Minnesota.
This mode of obtalliug the rate per
cent per annum Mr.. Griffith assuming
that he is deer) says is not correct and
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1884-12-04
ALEGISLATIVE JOURNAL.

The H'lsboro Banner advocates the
plan OF the legislature providing for the
lily publication of Its Journal Of pro
ceed.ngs for the purpose of furnishing
the people in ormation as to what their
representatives are doing. The Grand
Forks Herald endorses the plan with the
quann.a ion tnat the report be concise
and the reservation that the speeches Of
members We elimin ted. The Alert wsnld
say that it does not all IN with tho idea
or plan in any respect. We d. not think
it necessary IN this age of newspaper en-
terprise There is no doubt but that the
newspapers in 3 smarck will OF their own
accord and enterprise furnish better r. .
ports If the proceedings than any official
publication would be, and IN every respect
as correct. We are not in favor Of the
territorial legislature entering into com-
petition in the publishing business with
the newspapers at bismarck, nor do we
favor paying one of those newspapers q
bonus from the public funds for publish
ing an "otficial report" when they will
furnish a better one upon their own re-
sponsibiIity and from their own resour
ces. Such a,pu' licalion If furnished gra.
tuitously other than being paid for sut of
the peoples treasury, should be sent 10
every citizen Of the territory. There
would bc no rights OF discrimination in
favor Of one and aVainst anofner IN ita
distribution. II n subscription price were
demanded then thu people woulh prefer
to subscribe for the Tribune or Journal,
each of which will contain a gooG report
OF the proceedings and other news matter
besidcs.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1884-12-04
A New Name Tor North DakOt8.

YASxroN, b. r., Nov. Co. 1884.
Editor OF The Jame-town Alert:
lE:-Congrcss will soon meet and the question
Of the division OF Dakota VIII be up for consider
stion. 1t seems but natural that the name PEN
bina' should be attached to the new territory
But there Is an objection to this. As wheat
g:owing region, North Dakota hasa reputation
throughout the world So e fear that this repu
taton will suffer by change Of name. Such need
no: be the case. A name can be given that will
sustain this reputation, and remain, through all
time, full OF meaning The most satisfactory
name that can be given to the new territory is
~ hcatland' ALVIN H1LpRETH
Well, now, Mr.. ALVIN Hlldreth, Yank.
ton, D. T., the only reason your sugges
ton does not narayze us is that it is old.
II you imagine this is new the question
suggests itself, Where have you been the
last several y,ars' If you have just come
into the territory you are little fresh IN
assuming to give new name to that part
of it which has given Dakota all the fame
1t has or ever had. You have detached
with your lncisors more than you can
mastica;e, Mr.. AVN Hldrrth, Yankton,
D. T. You are laboring under pre-
sumption. You are trying to wag the
dog with the tail trying TO bore an auger
hole with gimlet. You should reflect
on the uncertainty of q sure thing. Da-
kota is good enough name for us. For
your section how would Confederation Of
Cow Counties do, eh7
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1884-12-04
MARSHALL MCCLURE PHOpR
r q WARNoCK EDITOR
THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.

Last Monday President Arthur submit
ted his last annual message to congress.
1t ia not specially remarkable in any res
pect, '.ul PLAN, unpretent1ous, common
place document which very naturally hes
the air Of one WI O IS about TO retire to
private life 1t is rather )anguid through.
out, no point being presented vigorously.
1t reciles the presidential contest just
cl sed and The 10y Il and law abiding
character of tie people in waiting peace.
fully in decorous suspense tor the al.
nouncement OF the result, but recon-
mends that congress provide some more
precise aud definite regulations for count
ing the electoral vote; refers to our for
eig.. relations as being amicable renews
his recommendation of 1882 that all excise
taxes be abolished except On dist,leu
spirits, maintaining that the revenues
that will still remain will be sufficient to
meet the reasonable expenditures Of the
government and afford surplus large
enough TO permit such tariff reduction as
may be advisable recommends the i'm
mediate suspension OF the coinage Of sill
YER dollars and the withdrawal from cir
culution of one and two dollar notes; call,
attention to The subject of future retire
m'nt of ':ne three per cent bonds and the
question as to how they can be retired
without contracting the currency; en-
dorses the report of the secretary of wal
recommending defenses for imp 'rtant
seaboard cities; reviews the expedition
for the relief of the Greeley party; COM
mends the sutges ION of the postmaster
general that postage on drop letters be
reduced to the sIpgle ,ate OF one cent;
refers with satisfaction to the polite 81
working Of the civil service rules and the
advantage derived from them IN the IN
prov. ment Of tho service; recommends
the enactment of a national bankrupt
law repeal Of the homcstc4 I'd law, pen
sioning Of Gen. Grant, government aid
fr popular education, and radical ]esis.
latiOn to wipe out mOrnOniSm
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1884-12-04
THE FOSTER COUNTY EMBROGLIO.

The voting precinct of Hellwig in Fos
ter county seems to be responsible for the
wrangle in the county seat question to
SUCH AL extent that the county commits
sioners would be justified in revising :he
name by dropping tie "wig" syllable.
Such change might not accord with the
popular idea of e.phony but its al pro-
pria.eness would be too apparent to ad-
init of discussion. The only fault we
have to find with the old board OF COM
m,ss,oners is the lack of fore,hought in
naming that precinct. They ought to
have foresecn that a name compounded
of a place which offers no inducements
to Immigration and a hlrsnte appendags
which even church descens reject would
sometime raise he-Il in the county, as it
did. the first opportunity. The usually
urhsne and candid Hays, Of the New
Rockford Transcript, exhausted the vo
cabplary of billingsgate the first issue af-
ter the official count upon the canvassers.
and The imperturbably meek Wyard, Of
the Garringt n News, after h-vlng :mn.
ed the other cheek also shows signs OF
putting on the gloves, metaphcrically
speak np, and going into the ring
The facts seem 10 be that after wal,ine
the full time allowed by the statute the
canvssspg uoard proceeded according to
law to make The official canvass Of all the
returns that had been made, which in.
GUIDED every precinct in the county ex'
cep, helwig. That precinct not having
made an, return the presumption OF law
would bethxt no election had been held
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1884-12-04
THOROUGHLY OUrOF POLITICS.

Perhaps no person on he continent is
more provoked or more sincerely regrets
the quaint ALI grafton :'Run', RomaDism
and Rebelllon," than the Rev. Burchard
himself who gave utterance to it. That
it WAS 0one lnnoccnlly on his Part there
can be no doubt, but that does not repair
the damage. Those four ingeniously ar
ranged words blasted the hopes Of Bla,ne's
Life and the object to which he has been
working for more than quarter of a
century. This of itself Is a source of in
cxrresslblo regret to the aged minister
who is said to be man of very sympa
tnetc nature. Heis seventy.two years of
age and has been minister tor ffy
years, during which ministry he has al
ways sus aimed very pleasant and frater-
nal relations with the Catholic church.
In his usual sermons or upon an ordinary
occasiun he might have said the same
Thing and no one would ever have tn .ught
any more about it, bnt in this case it WAS
heralded from one side of the continent TO
the other almost before the sound OF his
voice in which 1t was expressed lied out.
In one breath be made himself immortal
IN the p 'lltica) history Of the country for
he consequences that followed, but an
Immortality that will be 'he bane of his
|ifv. lie is morc an object Of pity than
OF ccnsare, and for humanily's sake the
papers ought to let up on him. His own
modification is punishment enough and
any additional >'r.pes laid upon HIM
is persecution and savage vengeance
1t ls very correctly estimated that this
little combination of four words turned
$1,000 votes in New York state from
Blaine TO Clevelanl; IN effect defeated
Blaine and elected Cleveland put lOO..
900 fedc al office holders out of job and
consequently made HIM 100000 implaca-
ble enemies who will curse him as long
$ they live, and ye, not one Of them as
uuseltishly and honestly desired the sue
cess OF MIR. Blaine as hc All who were
not pecuniarl'y interested IN the election
Of Mr. Blame will soon come 10 look up.
on and laugh over this singular and lu.
d crous affair rs JOKE, and the sooner
the 'etter for all concerned TO com.
plete the joke Cleveland ought to appoint
Rev. Burchard minister to Rome. H.
would no doubt be glad Of any mission
that would take HIM away from the i'm
mediate surroundings that keep alive and
deepen his modification and unuttcrable
chagrln. There is no danger of him ever
TAX ing part in another presidential can:-
paign. There is not another man in
America 50 thoroughly and eternally out
OF politics as Rev Burchard
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1884-12-04

there. 1t IS no crime nor in any way Ii
violation OF law for the people Of pre-
clnct, county or state 10 ne elect to hold
an election, therefore, IN the absence oi
any legal evidence or notice that an elec,
ton has been held the canvassing board
may legally presume neglect to hold an
election. The neglect of political priv
l'cge may be presumed but crime or an
unlawful act cannot We think 1t a well
settled principle OF law that person fan
ing to exercise political right or prlvi
Ieee is presumed to have waived It, 1t
would be an unlawful act and crime to
prevent a persrn legally entitled to vote
from exercising that political privilege
but it is not on unlawful act or crime for
him to neglect or refuse TO vote. The
same principle would apply to an aggre
CATION of legal voters.
If the people Of Hellwig precinct held
legal election, as It is asserted they did ,
and no return was made, as it Is asserted
there was not, 1henatne fault mus; be
somewhere between tho two extremes,
between the poll and the county Clerk,
wnich d.volves upon the person deputed
to convey the returns to the county clerk
TO explain, for the law holds him respon-
sible for the delivery of the certified re-
turns TO the county clerk. The Alert has
no interest in the matter farther than 1t IS
a subject of general interest under law
applicable to every county in the territory
with reference to elections and clrcum.
stance that may occur IN any county.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1884-12-04
The Dakota Legislature.

The Bismarck journal will make Q
SPECIAL feature of the legislative reports
during the session of the legislature, and
will give clear idea of the legislation
pending or accomplished, noting CAREFUL
ly the prospects and progress Of all i'm
portant measures. The editor of the
journal has had large experience as leg
isla,ive reporter, and believes he knows
what ls wanted by those interested in leg
islative proceedings. The Weekly jour-
nal will be sent to any address from date
of su bscrlption to the close Of the legisla-
ture for so cents. The Daily journal dur
Ing the session will cost e. The weekly
contains forty eight columns OF matter,
and is filled with news and choice mIscel-
lany that will prove welcome visitor to
every household.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1884-12-04

cases otthls sort where the people were
prevented d from holding an election, anC
1t is to be Ii. ped the Legislature will DIS
'rganize the counties, or at least provide
for special elcc,ion.-Blsnarck Jour
nal
1t Is cold day, even in the Red River
valley, when Jud. LaAloule can be
counted out Of legislative election.
Everybody else acknowledged his de-
feat for the Dakota council but Jud, who
claimed his election, and calling tor a
fair count, gave the ballot boxes his per
sonal supervision until even the opposi-
ton conceded his SUCCESS. A t. rritorial
legislature without Jud's presence on the
door would be stale, fiat and Improbable.
st. Paul Day.
A Lawyer 0. Bismarck who has spent
no little enegry during the past ear or
two to impress his frienus with the nccee-
sliy of a revision IN the exemption laws
of the Territory being eif"cted said, while
at dinner at the Inter.O Ocean the other day
that he despared of anything being done
10 the matter by the present legislature.
There is, he claims, wonderful amour,
of opposition to any revision OF the ex-
emptlon laws in South Dakota, the desire
for revision being almost entirely with
North Dakota people. Valley City Times.
A great many papers, uuacquainted
with the earlier history Of Dakota, are
laying all the blame of not Admitting
Dakota on to the democratic party, when
the facts are that Senator Hale, Of Maine,
is the man who is to blame, ano he de.
teated admission that he might compel
Yanktop county to pay some bonds held
by his friends which were disputed. Last
winter the admission bills were not in
troductd IN time to get through in the
regular course of eglslatlon.-Clark Co.
Review.
A gentleman recently returned from
New York intGrms the Press that while
IN that city he conversed with several
pAIoISeS WIZ uSohCu IA'O1 uA0LlOA do w
tue chances for remuneratively placing
sums of money ranging from $4,000 to
s60,oo0. They said that in their opiuion
the west wonld receive such Z boom for
the mex. few years as 1t had never had,
and that 1t was their intention to come to
Dakota and look up an opportunity for
the investment Of their surplus cash.
Sioux Falls Press.
The salvation of our farming COM
munity lies in dlversifylng the crops. and
rss,;,g stock, poultry, etc. The Lehman
Elevator company are now advertising IN
the Enterprise to pay cash for hogs.
Al'e"dy they have large number in their
plggerv which are being fattened from
the screenings of,he elevator. This is but
the preliminary step to a more extended
and apparently extremely feasible enter
prise. The main object of the experiment
is to demonstrate that pork can 5e raised
and fa,tened as successfully and cheaply
in North Dakota as anywhere in America
-Sunborn Eutcrprlse.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1884-12-04

he calls in his table Of logsrithms to prove
that 1t ls absurd. He has compound in.
terest on the brain and applies that rule
10 all his calculations INVOLVING per cent
age. He seems to ignore the distinction
between interest and percentage. He is
making it an abtruse question involving
equations and logarithms where only the
SIMPLE rules of arithmetic are required.
Who ever heard OF compound percentage,
compound percent of increase in wealth,
compound per cent OF increase in popula
ton? The theoretical rule for compound
interest DIES not apply to this question at
all. Ia thus case there 10 no more author
lty for corpoundlng the per cent of in-
crease from year to year ,hs n from month
to month aud from day TO day.
Compound interest is only Il theory and
does not enter into practical and legiti-
mate business transactions. 1t is an out.
law in the society of business and can
only be obtained by circumventing the
law
Suppose A lends L 800 and takes lis
note due one year after date bearing In
terest at ten per cent. Suppose neither
principal nor interest is paid for seven
years and one hundred days, how much
would then be due, principal aud inter-
est? Mr.. Griffith would say 5000, but
there IS not court between the two
oceans that would sustain him in such q
computation. Ten per cent on the sl00
principal for each year and at that rate
for the fractional part of year is all that
any court would allow Mr.. Shylock on
the note, and if the legal rate of interest
IN the state where such transaction was
had was ten per cent the attempt to com
pound the interest would be usury. The
courts have uniformly set down on com
pound interest.
The following proposition ls gwen in a
article and We imagine by the
same erson 10 whom we have devoted
the preceding portion OF this article:
A gentleman interested IN tue present
discussion Of per cent. hands US the fol
lowing: If q mans money doubles IN
ten years what per cent per arnum Is hr
getting? Ten per cent? No. A little
ovel seven per cent: Z. g., log 2 4 3Ol030,
div. by To- .O3Ol03 cor num- OFT. If
a mans money doubles in ten years 1t is
100 per cent. for ten years, but only .O7l7
per cent. each year.
Well, at first glance that appears to be
a sumner. We accept the proposition
without objection but deny the correct,
ness OF the demonstration. Our friend
should remember that in no >propnsitiop
is compound interest to be implied or uu--
derstood. To be considered 1t must be
Simple interest is tue rule and
compound interest the exception, aDd we
think our mathematical friend will agree
with US that the rule Is always to be FOL
lowed unless otherwise expressed in the
Therefure when the qu.s
tion is asked 1T mans money doubles
in ten years what per cent per annum is
he gettng?" the correct answer is "ten
per cent" and not "a little oyer seven
per ceut," because the latter would be ap-
plying the rule for compound interest
where there is no authority for it 1i'he
question were asked, Ill mans money
doubles in ten years at compound interest
what per cent per anrum Is he getting!"
the answer he gives would bs correct.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1884-12-04

question of its adoption, or 10 declare the
boundaries of the proposed state or states
By joint resai1t1on the legislature might
sery pro morlaI,ze cong ess upon
the suhja enabling acl but furthe'
than this itsInterference in the matter
would prejudice rather than al divisl N
and admission.