Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1891-05-14

buildings we're commenced in 1884 and
completed in 81. Buildings contains
ten wards and have accommodation for
800 patients.
jamestown is supplied with water for
all purposes by an artesian we'll 1.476
feet deep. with a temperature Of 20
degrees; pressure 1N pounds to the square
inch and flow of SIS gallons per
minute.
During the summer an extensive
system of sewerage will be built.
The first train to run into
jamestown was in 1872; first mill
70; first store building 49,;
first hotel T8; first lumber yard rs; first
carload of machinery was received in 49,;
first carload of wheat was shipped in 70;
first wagons were received in 70; first
brick yard IN 81; first bank IN 81; and
first church in 80. Previous to 80 re-
ligious ceremonies were performed on
Sunday in Klaus Hall lover what is now
the Gladstone ot1ice) and theaters. operas
ETC., reigned supreme the rest of the week.
In 1884, where Is now the best resident
and business portion of the city, lots
sold for $50 which are now held at from
81, 900 upward. In 1878 there were no
houses that had any chimney excepting
logs and mud with piece of stove pipe
on top. An electric light plant was
started Feb. 1st 1888.
In no other city or countyln the world
are SO many good opportunities offered
to labor and capital. If eastern laborers
would labor half as hard on farm here
as they do in the factories they would
be independent in a few years.
Among tho many excellent opportuni-
ties offered manufacturers attention
should be called to jamestown rs loca-
tion where fortune could he realized. A
sugar beet, starch or flax tow factory.
linseed oil mill, would make success
here. Flax straw which is now burned,
would realize then in tow from IS cents
to $3.50 per hundred.
That jamestown Is one the best cities
in the state is attested by the fact that
two national banks are supported, with
a large line OF depositors. These depos-
it's are largely the money OF citizens who
came here without a dollar or farmers
who came to this section s or 10 years
ago, settled on government land, many
of them without anything; now with fine
farms. we'll stocked and clear Of debt.
A woolen factory would meet
with unboundel success here.
While we have bakeries here we have
no cracker factory and that would make
u success.
A candy factory will find an excellent
trade awaiting them.
Every facility Is offered for certain lines
of manufactures. A golden opportunity
such as is offered at this writing seldom
goes begging long and no doubt these
lines will soon be filed here. Property
,s cheaper here. advantages considered,
than in any city IN the state. Every
commercial traveller will tell you that
jamestown is his best town-that more
goods are sold, ana payments prompter
than elsewhere. And detailed intorna-
tion viii be cheerfully given by address
ing any business man.
Good society goes q long way towards
making contentment. This country
was opened up by men Of enterprise and
education. Nowhere else is there better
society. The gentlemen and ladies who
may think Of coming here to "out
shine" the natives, will find jamestown is
up to Chicago and New York in the
standard of excellence.
If you are "all right" and worth asso.
eating with, come anyway and take a
look at this city.
Some say that this Is blizzard visited
country. Every winter here ls pleasanter
to endure than east or south, because
the air is dry and pure. One feels go
good, 90 full Of life and energy, just like
work. While it's cold in winter it is not
80 severe and penetrating cold as pre-
walls 1000 miles south. Consult the his
tories and cyclopedias and you will find
the state has a climate unsurpassed for
health.
Come and see our city-you need not
stay unless you want to.
It is an educational center
It is o social center
It is trade center
It offers more inducements to manu-
facturers and wholesalers than any city
OF equal size in the world.
Excellent cheese and butter are made
here, as good az anywhere in the west.
This business in particular pays. james.