Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1889-08-01

today and there are rumors that the cap
ital is already on wheels. The delegation
consists Of f. E. Jones, VIM. NJ. Lloyd,
S. L.. Glaspell, Alfred Dickey, f. E Wal
lace, J. w. Goodrich, Attorney General
Nickeus and possibly others. Some time
ago a tive-cent bus line TO the capitol
was started. It had only been in opera
tion a few days when some patriotic
hackmen who were charging - cents
and were sworn to do their share with
Mr.. Bly, to get all of the delegates per
diem, and mileage too, stole the wheels
of the busses. Nothing has been heard
of them since until today. when Mr..
Jewell of the Tribune, seriously ayers
Messrs. Lloyd and Jones, of the james
town contingent, were discovered putting
them under the capitol building ana
preparing to roll the old shell off toward
the jim. Jewell says writ of replevin
will be secured, the wheels recovered and
an attempt made to keep the building a
day or so longer Mr.. Jewell must be a
Joker. The jamestown people seem to
be seriously and hopefully going after
the capital which prompts your CORE
spondent to give your readers the results
OF his persistent inquiry into the matter.
The truth, whether palatable Or other
wise, is best told early. The jamestown
people are proceeding on the salvation
like theory that the capital ought to be
in jamestown, and therefore it will be
there If everything in this wicked world
| were just as it ought to be, we would be
living in the millennium perio2. which
everyone knows is several years in the
| future. The truth of the matter is that
| the fact that the capital ought to be in
jamestown does not materially brighten
the chances for getting it there, except
| in the imagination of the enthusiastic.
| This is an extremely practical age, and
the way to get what you want
is to use practical methods. Plain
| ly then. if jamestown wants the
capital she must come up here with a
! 4roll in each pocket and do more than
| that-she must unwrap the rolls OF
course Bismarck wants the capital to re
main here and wants it to stay worse
1 than any other town seems TO want 1t
removed There is a feeling among a
large number Of delegates that as The
! territory now has Sl61,O0O build
ing the capital should stay here unuli the
new state is in condition to build anoth-
er. Or course jamestown, Grand Forks,
and Devils Lake want the location sub
Z, mitted to vote and then the two places
receiving the highest number Of votes to
be voted on again. This would leave
jamestown out in the cold. The James
! town people want the first four towns
taken. There is a movement on foot to
locate the capital at Bismarck until 9th
erwise provided by law, which would
/ leave the matter to the coming leglsla
l lures. This movement has considerable
strength behind it and looks as If it
might win. The capital question is the
most perp1exing with which the conven-
tion has to deal IT Jamestown people
are building any air castles on the
/ strength Gift being the seat OF gov
1 ernment OF the new state, they had best
3fplace but little faith in the permanance
land solidity of the edifices: 1t is for
i lJamestown's interest that the capital re-
4 main at Bismarck unless 1t comes to
Y Jamestown, and her representatives
ought to realize this fact and not start
the wheels rolling until it is known where
it will stop.
A meeting of lawyers was held this
evening and the initial steps We're taken
to form a state bar ASSOCIATION. Hon. +.
w. Camp presided and Major Hamilton
acted as secretary. Messrs. Spauldlng of
Fargo Hill of Grand Forks, and Flem'
ington of Ellendale, were appointed a
committee to formulate a call for meet
ing to be held in the court house at Far
90, August Goth, at 11:3O a. M. for the
purpose of perfecting the organization OF
a state bar association.
The convention has received an inv1-
tation, not entirely official, but sufficient
lly so, nevertheless, for all practlca! pur-
poses, to go to Standing Rock and wit
ness the diplomatic contest between the
United States commissioners and John
Grass, the Sioux statesman. 1t is thought
the invition will be accepted.
Excursions to the Bad Lands have be-
come a prominent feature of social life
here A large party went to Glendlve
Saturday afternoon. On the return
trip, Sunday, they met other excur-
sionists at Medora, and the whole party
returned to Bismarck yesterday morn
ing.