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Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1889-01-03
= Foster County Farm.

\ short time since The Alert printed
description of one of the fine farms in
the James River valley the Nester Farm
near Valley City. The following from
the Carringten News tells OF another Da-
kota enterprise, one OF the big and pros
porous plantations that are scattered
over the terr;tory,s broad domain:
The Engberg Farm & Land company's
ranch at Barlow is one OF the progressive
Constitutions" of Foster county. The
company has a thousand acres ready for
wheat next spring; ffty-fve head of
stock, of which eighteen are wcrk-horses,
mcst of them fine brood mares, now with
foaI; a hun6red-acre fenced pasture. with
horses and cattle still out all day grazing; !;
q spacious stock-barn, with forty to fifty
tons of hay in the NOW; piggery. contain
ing some handsome swine, machinery
house, all in admirable order, holding
threshing engine and separator. four
harvesters, and multitude OF other
implements, wagons, ETC.; and comfort
able farm-dwell1ng. Mr.. j. r. Engberg,
the resident partner and manager, has
brought into reauisition thorough business
habits and any amount OF energy and grit
in the conduct of this important enter
prise, and Is working hard to make 1T
financially and permanently successful.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1889-01-03
GentlemeD, Go Calling.

There will be an unusually large num-
Der OF open houses tomorrow. The la
dies are coming gracefully forward and
entering into the spirit OF the occasion.
Their gentleman friends and acquaint-
ances should not disappoint them, by
staying at home. The renewal Of social
amenities once a year is always friend
ly, satisfactory and nelghborly thing to
do. It will dislodge many inhospitable
and selfish notions acquired by months
OF busy, Work-a-day life.
By all means let the gentlemen 60 and
call on the ladies tomorrow Go in
couples, threes, fours, groups and even
singly If necessary, but 60. It is court
esy due the sex. No gentleman should
neglect it. Besides, you will have a
merry time, and feel better for the doing
Il
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1889-01-03
How is Thise

The Edgeley Mail says that W. H.
Mick, a merchant, has shipped another
lot of furniture to LaMoure and also an
Edgeley's reputation as a place to get
bargains is constantly spreading.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1889-01-03
THE PROGRAM.

During the session Of the educators
the program calls for papers on the fol-
towing topics:
"Moralsin the Pubic Schools" by
Superintendent g. III. Clemmer Of the
city of Grand Forks. !. 81
sNon-asct school legislation z by
Superintshd dent p. n. Smith OF the city
OF Fargo. l
Extremes in Methods = BY Superin-
tendent Joseph Kennedy Of Trail coun-
"The Course Of study as adapted to
the Wants Of our Schools" by Prof.
James Bishopo Pembina.
"Sons Responsibilities Of Dakota
Teachers, !" BY Superint ntendent O. T. Den
ny, Jamestown.
School Government" "by Superintend-
ent a. Woods Of Grafton.
"a Complete School System for OAK
ota,p by srritorial Superintendent Hen.
p. A. Dye.
Tbs following subjects also will come
before the association for consideration:
"Iext Books Their o Uniformity and
Supply. School Statistics How Far
Desirable and how Secured" Indus
trial Education as an Integral part OF a
{ School Course" 'sThe Marking System
as sBasls Of Promotion" !"
Important matters pertaining to county
supervision will be brought before the
county superintendent section. 4
NOTES.
President Sprague Of the North Dak-
ota University, will deliver a lecture at
tue court house this evening. The citl-
1ns OF Jamestown are invited to be pres
ept at all the meetings Of the ASSOCIATION
ahd especially at the lecture tonight.
Or. Sprague is a finished scholar and a
lecturer of WIDE reputation. The merit
of his lecture deserves a large audience.
4 Prof. G. Fl. Clemmer, principal Of the
Grand Forks schools and one Of the best
known educators in North Dakota, is at
|tending the association meeting and is
down on the program to read a paper.
Prof. Cfenmer was principal OF the
schools here for a number OF years, and
his many friends are glad to greet him
once more
Superintendent of Public Instruction
d. a. Dye, who vas expected to be pres
ent and read paper on "a Complete
School System for North Dakota" is
said to be sick at his home and unable to
attend. M.
This is the second annual session Of
the educational association. IL vas or
gained and the first annual session held
last year at Fargo.
The local committee on arrangements
for the association meeting is Prof. Wads-
wcrth, Miss Bertha Klein. Miss Minnie
Il, "a s,:s ~: al AID lNiIi. tulasG. Q
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1889-01-03
EARLY COMPLETION OF THE
..SOO."
Thought to be Acknowledgements
for Mutual Railroad and Territorial
DevelOpment

Thought to be Acknowledgements
for Mutual Railroad and Territorial
Development
Attorney Mcknight and General
Freight Agent Hannaford of the North
ern Pacific were recently in Jamestown
having been on trip over the old grade
OF the A. B. & N. W., north from Aber-
deem, says the News. The visit is thought
to be connected with the early completion
of the latter road probably to Bismarck.
This, when accomplished and made part of
the already completed road known as the
Minneapolis and Pacific, will put the hard
wheat of North Dakota on a straight
track and in direct conn ection over a
single system, with Boston and the sea-
board. If such proves the case Mime
apolis millers will have to bid high con-
tinually for great deal of wheat which
has heretofore gone into their hands and
stopped, and been bought at price be-
low its value, for many potent reasons
It would seem plain as the way to parish
church that the Northern Pacific has an
interest in getting the hatd wheat of
North Dakota sold at its higher value
compared with the soft varieties OF other
states. That corporation can make it
worth the while for wheat growers to
cultivate every quarter section of fertile
land in Dakota contiguous to its line in
stand of enrourariner the continuance of
the present valuless condition most of
the land is in, as far as production goes.
The business for any railroad such a
policy would develope is simply stagger-
ing to estimate.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1889-01-03
Something just Right.

The people OF Dakota have enjoyed
magnificent fall and winter season this
year. Although the season is now well
advanced into the winter months the
weather has more of the character and
temperature Of July than Of December.
The boys play skinny" and ball in the
open air almost daily, merchants expose
their fruit and vegetables on the side
walks, the street sprinkler has reappeared
and even the pestilental gopher has left
his winter quarters and now frisks up
down the country roads as gay and active
as in the month of May. Wild geese are
frequently seen hesitatingly pursuing "a
northerly direction and occasionally halt
ing as If undecided whether the equator
or the north pole lies in the direction of
their fight. Spiritwood lake which froze
over last year about the middle Of No
vember is still open and presents the OPP
portunity referred to some days since for
q Dakota girl to trap muskrats along its
banks. Even the fnny inhabitants of
the lake accept this weather as an indi-
cation that winter is over and are now
said to bite with their accustomed spring
time avidity. Farmers have completed
all their blowing and narrowing and the
usual spring residuum Of that work will
not be found this year. Many grain
growers are embracing the opportunity
presented by this favorable weather to
experiment with winter wheat, the grow
ing OF which has hitherto been consider
ed impracticable, and many acres have
been sown in the Red and James river
valleys during the past month. At this
writing the ground Is still without its
usual winter mantle and the only cover
ing presented is the cured grass upon
which stock, still roaming on the prairies
at large, feed and gather their entire sus-
tenance. No hay has been fed in this
region as yet.
This weather is not entirely unpreceden-
ted and has continued 30 long now that
it has ceased to be matter of comment
except with fuel dealers who wear sui
cidal countenances and long for the
speedy descent of agenuine New Eng
land blizzard. The Alert learns from
old pioneers that on two previous winters
even this fine weather has been outdone.
Seven years ago the fall and early winter
months were an exact parallel with those
of this year and reputable gentleman
vouches for the statement that in that
year Christmas day was SO pleasant that
there was not fire in any stove in the
city. The winter of 1877-7S continued
as mild and summer like throughout as
this opening month of this winter has
proven.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1889-01-03
Presented with Diamonds.

On Christmas day the male employees
of the North Dakota hospital for the in
sane presented DR.. Archibald with a
handsome diamond stud valued at $50.
The presentation was made by Mr.Pierce
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1889-01-03

An elegantly mounted mountain sheep
belonging to frank Beals, is new occu-
pant of one of the Gladstone Annex front
windows. It is graceful, handsome an
imal.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1889-01-03
Sixty Dollars for a Bride.

e
A citizen of Sykeston needing domes-
tic for his family and finding the supply
as usual limited in this part of the
United States sent to friends in Germany
for girl. His order was filed promptly
and on receipt OF the passage money, some
$50, the girl started bringing with her in
addition small child. The new arrival
had not been in the new position many
days before another well-to-do resident
of Wells county made up his mind that
1t was wife he wanted and as he couldn't
find one around Sykeston, the article be-
ing at present pretty scarce,at the timely
suggestion of some one he opened negotia-
tions with the new conner from the Fader-
land, who none averse accepted the offer
and duly became the strangers bride, he
obtaining possession by simply paying
the former investor the price of the ticket
from the old country. There is little
doubt but that the result of this domes-
tic speculation will prove satisfactory and
profitable to both the principal and there
are beyond question many farmers on the
prairies of Dakota who would undertake
to make good home and husband for
any honest woman who is willing and
able to work the first years of a farmers
lite in Dakota. Independence and hap
piness can be most always assured as
result of these natural partnerships. In
Stutsman county there are several thriv
ing, industrious farmers who have secur
ed their indispensable helplnates IN this
rather abrupt but none the less satlsfac-
tory way.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1889-01-03

Johnny Fosdyke, after spending the
holidays. with his mother in Minnesota
is again in the city.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1889-01-03
ToDAY's SESSION.

. .
AT this mornings session papers we're
read by Superintendent E. II. Smith, Of
Fargo, on "Non-Sectarian School Legis-
lation";; Extremes in Methods by Prof
Kennedy Of Hillsboro; "Some Response
bllities of Dakota Teachers" by Prof. O.
T. Denny Of jamestown; and "School
Government" by Superintendent A. L
Wood Of Grafton. Each of these papers
was followed by more or less discussion.
Grand Forks was chosen for the next
meeting place.
The following officers were elected:
President Judge VIM. Mitchell of
Fargo.
Flrst Vice President Prof. Steele Of
Mandan. a
Second Vice President Superintend-
ent House of Richland county.
Secretary o. p, Rider, LaMoure.
Treasurer A. Il. Wood, Grafton.
Executive Committee Shirley, of
Grand Forks, Denny Of jamestown, and
Mrs. B. N. Spur of Valley City.
The association adjourned this after
noon and most of the Red River valley
members left for home on the east bound
afternoon train.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1889-01-03
These will Receive.

The following is a revised list of the
ladies, who viii keep open houses New
Years day after p. M:
Mrs Judge Rose and Miss Nellie Rose
assisted by Mesdames H. B. Wood, G. B.
Avis, A. j Feezer, Otto Wonnenberg, Z.
+. Branch and Miss May Hof.
Mrs. johnson Nickeus and Miss Lizzie
Nickeus, assisted by Mesdames j.. ID.
Mills, ID. G. Buck, Herman Gieseler and
Miss Myra Porter.
Mrs o. H. Hewitt, assisted by Mrs. G.
G. Steele, Mrs. Alfred Steele and Mrs j. A.
Ranken.
Mrs. A. r. Hathorn, assisted by Mrs. J.
J. Roper, Mrs. True and Mrs. J. B. De
Nault.
Mrs. R. M. Winslow. assisted by Mrs.
A. A. Allen.
Mrs E. P. Wells, assisted by Mrs. ]. S.
Watson and Miss Marguerite Wells.
Mrs. Prof. Roc gers and Mrs Prof. An
drews at the college assisted by Mrs.
S. X. McGinnis, Mrs. Fl. B. Allen, Mrs.
W. NJ. Lloyd, Miss Lillian McGinnis and
Miss Jessie Bowman.
Mrs. Lewis Lyon, assisted by Mrs. G..
S. Wadsworth, Mrs. Blood, Miss Blood,
Miss Julia Lyon and Miss Minniss
VATs. M. .. WeliS, AFS. II. ~. IlOtcllhiSs,
Mrs Hatch, Mrs. Merry, Miss LaF'ollete,
and Miss Atkinson, will receive at the
Reading rooms west of Baldwin &
Smiths. and especially invite all their
friends to cali.
Mrs. David Goodman, assisted by Mrs.
G. P. Smith, Mrs. S. II. Moer, Mrs. G. i.
Judd and Miss Cornelia Smith.
Mrs. j. Fl. Waugh and Miss Minnie
Hammond, assisted by hiss Utley and
the Misses Thorold
Mrs. G. r. Topliff assisted by Mrs. L.
R. Casey. Mrs. F. B. Fancher and Mrs
Frank Melllnger.
Mrs. r. E. Wallace, Mrs. L. B. Dur
stine and Miss Aiotie Rice viii receive at
ts,,le n, ist,,se fTsssa q is5 rs
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1889-01-03
TEE EDUCATORS ADJOURN.
Officers Elected and Grand Forks
Selected as the Next Meet
ing Place.
The Custom Of New Years Calling
to be Revived Ladies TAX
ing Hold.
Employees Of the Asylum Present
DR.. Archibald with q Valu-
able Diamond.
North Dakota Educators.

Superintendent Denny in opening the
discussion on Prof. Clemnier's paper read
Thursday asked how the difficulties pre-
sented by the mingling Of pupils at
morning and noon intermissions should
De met, and suggested the difficulty of
introducing calisthenics successfully.
The speaker inclined to to the belief that
the recess could not be adyantageously.
abolished and spoke of the needs Of the
pupils meeting and associating together
in order to harden up the character Of
the American child. 5 81
Rev. B. M. Spur Of Valley City, em-
phasized the lack Of supervision Of out
buildings. BY such supervision on the
part of the teachers the morals OF both
city and country schools might be great
ly improved.
Judge Mitchell Of Cass county, referred
to the action and resolutions of the w.
@. T. u, and commended the good inten-
ton of the ladies, but nevertheless mis-
statements were at that time made
through mad dvertence, that subsequently,
were recalled and corrected. The ladies
ought not to be called upon to yield in
their efforts in this direction to any
society. As to the instruction in the
schools Of Cass county, the law is strictly
compiled with in all cases. Recesses
and calisthenlcs do not cover the same
ground ard neither can accomplish the
objects attained by the other. Henry
Ward Beecher said 'slet nature caper.D
The proposition to abolish recess had
been voted down in the Fargo school
board. He would not abolish recess in
Dakota towns where we have ample
facilt1es in the way OF play ground. He
quoted DR.. Ray as believing in co-edu-
cation because nature had placed boys
and girls in the same family and they
should not be separated in the schools.
Pending the discussion the association
adjourned.
After a short session yesterday after
noon the associa iation adj journed to visit
the asIs am III ii Y Ia ss'
Last evening President Sprague, who
is the head of the North Dakota Univer-
sity at Grand Forks and lecturer of
ability and fame, addressed an inteli-
gent audience at the court house on edu-
cational matters. The lecture was we'll
received.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1889-01-03

t~s,gisll SV.Q.ls Os at Jnelf ilSGtinS liNE Ut.
%, and showed that the structures there
expressed were unwarranted and after
wards regretted by their authors. The
paper then recognized the PARAMOUNT
Importance of the moral culture y the
pupils in the public schools and Emade
wise suggestions as to the most e4ectlve
and expedient methods for resthining
immortality, and intoxicating hahlthful
tone and sentiment among the young.
The ladies were congratulated thet they
had invited public co-operatih with
school officers and teachers on t4s line.
The law requires teachers to be pf good
moral character and forbids th exclu-
non OF the bible from the schcos. I'm
fortunately the law does n0ff deal ex-
plicitly with sovereign direosprs and
herein is found great obstacle to prog
ress end improvement. Inadquacy OF
outbuildings and neglect IN aring for
them was noted as source Ottnuch evil,
and forceful plea was made pr such re-
vision Of the laws as shall compel school
officers to give due attentim to these
matters. Needed ventilation was spoken
81 as an important factor u securing
onnd morals, The influApoe OF the
teacher should be exerted lpon the play
0ronnd as well as in the school room and
the faithful and earnest tealher will ex-
erciee q wise supervision 0f the play
around. as here it is that pupils suffer
most from evil associates. 1t was rec
commended that in many 0ses the recess
be dispensed with and substitute
therefor provided in the way OF music
and calisthenic exercises Especially in
4hipher schools may the RECESS be spared
and the pupils be require to attend rec
itations only, and their Tfesence on the
play ground and about the buildings or
other times, is not neceSary. The ex-
tent to which the recessjhas been done
away with in many Of he larger cities
was cited as illustrating the wisdom OF
the recommendations The great idea is
to prevent as far as practicable, unneces-
eary association of pupils except when
they can be under thesupervlsion OF the
teacher. Another necessary item IS the
absolutely good morae of the teachers.
Pupils are quick to discover any fault or
falling. More attention should be paid
q moral instruction. keeping in mind
the thee divisions d education, moral,
physical and intellectual.
The following is the list of those pres
ant at the openingof the morning session
p taken from Secretary Kennedy's regis
ter:
VIM G Baker, Grand Forks; Miss Clara
IN Leighton, Everest; Miss Mamie Port
sner, Steele; Mrs. B M Spur, Valley City;
NJ L Williams, Lakota; Ludov1c Estes.
Grand Forks; A 81 Yoder, EveresL; IA B
Sprague, Grand Forks; NJ A Shirley,
Grand Forks; Miss Clara Struble, Grand
Rapids; Miss Laura i Berrine, Medbury;
Fl B Arnold. Grand Rapids; d l. Perrin,
LaMoure: Miss Laura J Eisenhuth, Car
rington; Miss Kate Needham, Sykeston;
s J Axdall, Sherbrooke; Mrs s s Cathro.
Bottinean; j w Cathro. Bottineau;
Joseph Kennedy, Hilsboro; 0 r Rider.
LaMorre; A L Woods, Grafton; G FL
Glemmer, Grand Forks; NJ A Shirley.
Grand Forks; 9 II Thompson, Casselton;
Edward Winterer, Valley City; J M
Devine, LaMoure.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1889-01-03
The Second Annual Meeting o4she
ASSOCIATION now IN Session Fl
the Court House.
Representatives from Nearly all Of
the North Dakota Counts
are Present.
After Opening PrelimlnaYes Prof.
81. Clemmer Of Grand Forks
Reads Paper
North Dakota Educay ybrs Meet.

The North Dakota Educational asso-
oiation is now in annual sjssion at the
court house. Between fifty and seventy
i've members are present and most Of
the counties of North Dakota are repre-
sented. Among the prominent educa-
tors are President Sprague Of Grand
Forks University, Judge Mitchell, super
intendent Of schools for Cass county,
Prof. Kennedy, superintendent Of Trail
county, Prof. Clemmer, superintendent Of
the Grand Forks schools, Mrs. Superin-
tendent Spur Of Barnes county and
others.
The meeting was formally opened by
President Sprague, who called upon Rev.
y. N. Parker to Offer prayer. Mayor
Allen was then introduced and delivered
4 neat little speech of welcome to the
! teachers which was as neatly responded
\ to by President Sprague.
The executive committee reported
through Judge Mitchell and in accord
ance with his recommend dations Prof.
Woods of Grafton, was appointed treas
urer, wee Treasurer Abbey removed frolni
the territory, and Prof. Baker, principal
Of the East Grand Forks schools, was ap.s
pointed editor. Il
During recess Of fifteen minutes q
number of those present who were NOT
already members, joined the associations.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1889-08-15
The School Trustees in Session.

Thirteen School Trustees, the County
Board of Examiners and Messrs
Mower and Hunter. members of the
Legislature, held a meeting in the office
OF &. G. Sale, Esq, on Tuesday in re-
sponse to the call of Mr.. Kibler, the
School Commissioner, to discuss the
school system. Mr.. J. C. Goggans was
chosen Chairman and G. G.. Sale, Esq,
Secretary tf the meeting. Several
questions relating to the workings of
the common schools of the county were
proposed by the School Commissioner
and were fully discussed by those pres
ent. Among these questions were the
advisability of carrying out the con-
stitutional provision to keep the
schools open for six months in the year,
separate school districts, the question Of
the pay of teachers, the text books,
school buildings and such questions.
We believe majority favored running
the public schools for six months and
favored tine proposition to levy an ad-
ditioEal tax for school purposes so as to
pay the teachers cash for their services
and thus run the schools on a cash
basis. =
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1889-08-15
Summer Excursion Tickets.
observer. Sth ir%tant.(

Editor Observer: Will you kindly
allow US space in your columns to cor
rect erroneous statements made by the
Herald and News of July 25th, under
the headline "Referred to the Railroadn
This editorial says that several per-
sons" have tried to buy summer excur-
sion tickets ''but no such tickets have
yet been offered or put on sale at New
berry,"
Will the Herald and News name the
"several parties'? We cannot recall
even one who has been refused such
tickets.
The factis, the tickets in question
have been On sale, and quite num-
Der have been sold to NeWberry citi-
zens; not only to SparIanburg,, but to
all principal Summer resorts.
The Herald and News says further,
that "the fare to Spartanburg is $3.50
for the round trip" Erroneous again
The fare is only S4.55 for round trip,
and good to return at any time before
3lst October.
In justice to the ticket agent, rail-
road company and the public, we
think the Herald and News man
should have been less hasty, and ap-
piled to us and gotten his information
from official authority.
To the public we Will state, that We
have a lull stock Of tickets to all sum-
mer resorts and will be pleased to ac-
commodate them with through tickets.
Newberry has equal advantages in this
respect enjoyed by any town in Caro-
lima. VIII the Herald and News ex-
plain? A. NJ. MosELEY,
Ticket Agent
I endorse the above in every particu-
lar. \. B. MAzYCN, Agent.
New >erry, S. c., Aug. 3, 1889.