Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1890-01-30

J succeeded in getting the Esculapians
very much agitated about the charges he
preferred. LaMoure It Co.. which firm
still does business at the old stand in
Pembina county, sell patent medicines
and the bill looked to the senator as
though the country merchants rights to
retail soothing syrup, pills and fy blisters
we're in great danger of annihilation. il
the merchants had to have every clerk a
registered doctor. The bill was post
poned for further consideration Friday.
A bill making the husband and wife
equally liable for debts on household
necessarles passed the senate.
Steam Bo,ier inspection Law
The law requiring steam boilers to be
inspected is now in force. A board OF
inspectors is established and provisions
made for licensing engineers Of steam
engines. The board consists of one in
spector, to be appointed from each judi
cial district in the state, whose duty is to
inspect all steam boilers in use within
his district and to examin5 and grant
certificates to all steam engineers. The
Office is to be held for term OF two years,
and the same filed by appointment of
the governor. Rules aDd regulations
shall be made in April of this year by
the board. Full provisions for regulat-
Ing and inspecting the boilers on steam
boats are maze. Inspection is to be annual
and Oftener it deemed necessary. Engi-
neers are divided into three classes, chief
engineers, assistant engineers, and special
engineers The first two classes are to
comprise persons entrusted with the
higher branches OF engineering, and
whose knowledge and habits of life rem
der them competent to manage all
classes of boilers and steam machinery.
The special class relates to engineers of
steam threshers and engines of kindred
class. All such persons shall be examin-
ed to see If competent to attend to the
duties. If complaint be made that such
persons are not competent or attentive
to duties, the inspector may revoke
license Ne engineer shall run bis en-
gine over a week without cleaning. Any
person operating boiler or engine with
out license is guilty of misdemeanor,
punishable by fine not exceeding $500 or
imprisonment in the county jail not to
exceed one year, or both. Special class
licenses are not good out of the district
in which they are issued. A fee of
four dollars is authorized for each in
spection, and for examination of en-
gineers fee of $500 is allowed, with so
cents for each annual renewal. The act
does not apply to railroad locomotives or
railroad engineers.
. Incidentals.
c. e. Wolcott of Minneapolis, the we'll
known elevator expert and wheat buyer
who has done large business in Dakota,
is acquainting the house members with
the provisions of bill which requires
railroad companies TO receive and re-
ceipt for the weight of wheat at each
station, the same as other freight. Mr..
Wolcott is an European traveller, and
has gathered information on the elevator
question from widely separated sources.
In Russia he says there are no elevators,
the railroads take it and haul it to the
market at once, the same as stock or any
other freight. He would also have eleva-
tors store grain at d of cent per month.
He is said to be hustler and knows his
business.
A discussion Of the proposed law Civ
ing bounty for the successful cultiva-
tion of trees, discloses the fact that m ost
of the members have tried to raise trees
for the past five years and practically
failed, and that they expect the govern
ment to give them the right to buy the
land outright or prove up on it as home
stead. Still the belief is general that
with the usual rainfall IN the so.called
arid districts, trees can be easily grown
and the bounty idea is favorably consid-
cred. The amount of the bounty to be
allowed is the chief point of difference.
Bismarck Personals
Among the newspaper men at the
capital is j. J. Jordan, the hard orkipg
and successful publisher of r-e RepubI
can. Fargo has three lines of railroad
and Mr.. Jordan is making lively stir ovel
the fact that freight rates to and beyond
his city are not what they should be.
Alexander Mckenzie loaned up on
the Northern Pacific platform today,
towering head and shoulders above the
crowd. He was at once surrounded by
scores of friends anxious to shake hands
and learn the news.
Bachelor Billy Bulge of Grand Forks,
is looking around for novelties to amuse.
instruct and benefit. Being thrifty
finds all three at the same time. Some
of the legislative visitors to Grand Forks
tell of the elegant hospitality which pro-
ceeded from the magnlhcenty furnished
suit of rooms wherein Mr. Bulge is
wont to take his ease. and to entertain
his troupes Of friends.
1t is stated at Bismarck, that Hon.
johnson Nicheus will be appointed
United States district attorney for the
state of North Dakota. The Office has
salary; it is claimed of $500 or $4,000.
Editor Grant of the Edgeley Mail, IS
in the city looking after matters of legis-
lative interest to La Moure county.
New Rockford Transcript: Landlord
Patch and wife are jubllant over the
news that they fall heir to an estate in
Chicago valued at nearly S250000, The
property belonged to Mrs. Patchs aunt
and one-fourth of it reverts to her. Such
good fortune does not come every day
and the many friends of Mr.. and Mrs.