Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1890-10-23
Additional Local,


MIR. d. L. Kearney, who is canvassing
the county for election on the democratic
ticket to the legislature, is hardly The
man to send there, il the opinion OF a
good many voters who have expressed
themselves, is taken into consideration
lie IS SAID to be against Mr.. Buchanan, the
republican nominee, for personal reasons
and solicited the nomination more on
that account than for any other cause
Mr.. kearney was sacrificed by the party
last year, and this time was given the
nomination to repay, no doubt, the 10
Justice he then received from the faith
ful. a good many OF his neighbols who
like Mr.. kearney as a citizen and man.
prefer Mr.. Buchanan for the place. Mr.
kearneV is also said to be scarcely resi-
dent. spending most Of the winters
abroad, and farming a rented place for Il
nonresident owner. Mr.. Buchanan, on
the other hand. has been in North Da-
kota with his family ten years and has
never left the state but twice and then
on brief visits. He has taken the good
and bad together and Is so entirely com
petent to represent the county cred.tably
that no republican will hesitate for a
enco to his opponent.
"Spike' Sage returned Monday night
with DR.. Archibald's trotting mare.
Maude Archibald. 'Spike' made the
Red river valley racing circuit with her
and returns with ar uninterrupted series
Oh victories. The mare was entered at
Wahpeton, Mccrhead, Alexandria and
breckenridge. She trotted seven races
and won them all. The purses were
small, but her winnings aggregate $1,000
spike is very enthusiastic over the aDi-
MATS record. She was not in the best of
condition when she went out and he
thinks she will be able to Go
a miia IN 2:2O next year.
Her best time was 2:32 21s-that is
her record. Spike" however. gave her
trial heat at Alexandria which she
made in 2:23, the last half being made in
Ill. DR.. Archibald was offered $4,000
for the mare at Moorhead, but said she
was not for sale. She is the fastest
animal in the state.
The republican nominee for clerk of
the court, T. +. Brach, is another county
Official who should be reelected. Mr..
Branch was elected last year for one
year term and ought to have the place
again for long term. He is an accurate
and efficient official and is ons OF the
earliest residents OF the county. A clerk
OF the court should be familiar with legal
proceedings and court business and one
who Is not thus qualified is likely to get
his records in state Of confusion which
would cause endless complications. Mr..
Branch is thoroughly familiar with the
work OF the office In re-electiDg him
the people are taking no chances. He is
popular with farmers who have proved
up before him and is generally recognize
cd as one OF the most accommodating and
best liked of the county officials.
The Office Of county commissioner, is a
most important one to the people of the
county. It is a business office, and a
man of good business Judgment and in
tegrity ought to ill it. The republicans
have nominated such man-Anton
Fried, one of the early settlers and a sue
cessful man in his private affairs. Mr.
Fried will poll a large vote among his
neighbors and friends in the district
where he resides. They all know him as
an upright citizen and a first class man.
II elected, and there is little reason to
doubt that he will be, he will bring to
the board much native shrewdness, and
careful attention to the necessities of the
county, with a full knowledge of the
condition of tie farmers he will repre-
sent. The entire county will be we'll
served if Mr.. Fried is elected
Farmers who have threshed their
wheat and who have read The Alert all
the year now have the opportunity to do
the right thing by helping out the sub
scliption department.
G. L. Draper, an old North Dakota
boy who was in Valley City in the early
days, has wandered back to the north
west again and has taken a position in
Stones restaurant.
Mrs. 3. L. Fellows of Casselton, is
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. A. W. Kelley.