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Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1891-08-27
Running Night and Day.

The Russell. Miller company is now
grinding out the best -four in the world
and the mill is going night and day.
The orders for this pure Dakota wheat
-four are numerous. The mills of North
Dakota are advertising their -four as
made from unmlxed, No. hard wheat,
and brand it SO upon the sacks and bar
rels. The mill at jamestown has been
recently enlarged and the latest roller
machinery added wherever needed. The
railroad shipping facilities are now. COM
plete and cars loaded with wheat come to
the elevator spouts,and loaded with -four
are switched away to be taken to the
Pacific Or the Atlantic oceans,
and from thence their con-
tents may be sent to another
continent. The mill company is in the
market for hard wheat, and has always
given grade and a price that have in
duced many farmers to dispose of their
grain to the mill in preference to other
buyers. In cases where frost deteriorates
grades the milling company have the
advantages of knowing just what value
for -four purposes there is in the blighted
wheat, and as rule their grades have
been all that the wheat was worth.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1891-08-27
Four Minutes Of H-.-l.

The following account of a recent hail
storm that occurred in Kidder county is
given by the Dawson Times:
The worst hail storm known in the
history of Kidder county visited this
section last Thursday at 6p. m. and
lasted minutes. 1t is utterly impossl-
ble to realize the terror that accompanies
such storm or the damage it can do in
such few short minutes until one ex-
perlences it by observation. 1t is esti-
mated that the loss amounted to fully
10000 bu. of wheat and 10000 bu. of
oats.
The hail stones began falling about 3
miles northwest of Dawson and contin-
ued in southeasterly direction for dis.
tance of ten miles. varying in width from
one to two and one-half miles and cover
ing an area of about 5000 acres of grain.
The hail anu rain came IN torrents and
the heavy wind that accompanied it
drove the water up the streets of our
town in small rivers, carrying with it
nail stones to depth of 6 inches in some
places. Windows were broken in many
places and at Hensel's farm the storm
was SO bad as to kill chickens. Many
people were caught in the fields at work
with their binders and headers and did
not have time to get their teams un-
hitched, thus adding double terror to
both man and team as the horses became
frantic from the falling hail stones. Mr..
s. d. Niles probably met with the most
serious loss of any. His grain was extra
fine as he had taken pains with it and
was almost entirely destroyed in many
places. He was at work with a header
and binder and barely escaped with his
life from header box that was blown
from the wagon and struck within foot
of him. He did not have time to unhilch
and the team becoming unmanageable,
they were obliged to cut the straps and
let the horses go where they liked. Mr..
Sanders and Mrs. Chas. Hart were out
with a team and the team becoming
scared before they could be unhitched,
Mrs. Hart was thrown and injured very
seriously.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1891-08-27
DAMAGE DONE BY FROST,
Estimates Vary, But Wheat
Fields are Probably Injured
Thirty Per Cent.
In Spite of All, However, North
Dakota Will Harvest u
Big Crop.
Some Big Wheat Yields Re.
pOrtetl---Farmers Made
Happy For Once.
The Frost Came.

No very great damage to crops has
apparently resulted from the frost of Sat-
urday night, though it is certain that IN
many sections of the state the uncut
grain sustained injury. The prevalence
of smudge fires prevented more wide
spread disaster to fields, and in nearly
every case where farmers kept them
burning the wheat is reported unharmed.
The frost had been bulletined by the
signal service, and the prevailing cold
temperature of Friday and Saturday fur
nished additional warning of danger to
the states magnificent harvest. Accord
ingly many took the precaution to light
fires early and keep them going until
morning. One farmer, seven miles out
from jamestown, employed his whole
family IN this work, and in reward of his
efforts has the satisfaction Of. still expect
ing bountlful yield of plump, hard
wheat. Smoke from these fires hung like
a cloud over the valley, and here the loss
will be least felt in consequence. Out
upon the high, rolling prairies the
smudges were less effective, but even
there the damage is said to be, on the
whole, comparatively slight.
1t is estimated that about one-quarter
OF Stutsman county's wheat acreage had
been cut previous to Saturday night. OF
the remaining portion, probably one.
quarter was so badly damaged as to re-
duco its grade to something under No. /
northern. Other fields will pan out MOL
hard, the same as if no frost had appear
ed, while few pieces are as reasonably
certain to yield nothing fit for market.
The most deplorable feature of the freez-
ing lies in the fact that an opportunity
is thus afforded the outside buyers to
call everything 'frosted grain," and un-
less the matter of inspection is closely
watched thousands of dollars may be
fraudulently diverted from the pockets
of the farmers to the tills of the wheat
gamblers. In itself the frost must be
regarded as serious calamity to the
state. but will scarcely discourage the
agricultural interests unless accom- panied
by the greater evils of under grading and
low prices.
Sunday opened with higher tenn
perature, which promises to develop into
another season OF perfect weather. This
will permit the early harvesting of all re-.
naming grain, and unless the frost of
Saturday proves more disastrous than
first reports indicate, North Dakota may
yet be depended upon to market the
greatest crop raised in it's history.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1891-08-27
Anent the Griffith Case.

Grand Forks News: Rev. S. n. Griffith
was bound over to the district court in
$1,000. Bangs & Fisk made hard fight
for him, but his letters and actions were
too much to overcome. The state was
ably represented by states attorney
Bosard. The testimony of the little girl
and her mother was of such damaging
character that the reverend trausgressor
wept, while it cut him to the vitals. Mrs.
Morgan's reply to his anonymous screed
and argument for silence, was the sharp
est rebuke to hypocrisy ever administered
to scripture quoting sinner.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1891-08-27
Will Exploit Their County.

Bismarck Tribune: Messrs. Dwyer
and Lyons of Steele, and Arthur A.
Brundage of Dawson, have undertaken
to make an exhibit of the products and
resources of kidder county at the Mime
apolls exposition. In view of the fact
that there is likely to be no fair here this
fall, this would be worthy example for
the people of Burleigh county to emulate.
BurleiGh county carried off the banner
once before at Minneapolis. and the
crops of all kinds are certainly as good
this year as they ever were.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1891-08-27
Delay no Longer.

AS the days pass the necessity for the
early construction of frebreaks becomes
more and more apparent. Never in the
history of North Dakota, perhaps, has
there been as rank growth of grass and
vegetation of every character as is motto.
able this year, and in consequence the
danger from prairie fires can scarcely be
over-estimated. Everybody knows from
the experience of past seasons what fear
full losses may be prevented by care in
protecting property from the ravages of
these fires, and this fall there would seem
to be every inducement for farmers to
take extra precautions for the safety of
their crops and homes. But it appears
that, as yet, little attention has been paid
to this important matter. Hundreds of
acres of grain stand today at the mercy
of destructive fires, to say nothing Of
trees, shrubbery and buildings, upon
which much time and money have been
expended. This neglect may be attribu-
ted to the rush of harvest time, to the
scarcity of help, or to any one of
various reasons-but the fact remains
that the quite general failure to prepare
tirebreaks is short-sighted policy upon
the part of those who should attend to
it. 1t amounts almost to crime. For
when once prairie fire gets started, vast
sections of country generally suffer from
its effects, and not only the profits of
one seasons labor 60 up in smoke, but
the worldly possessions of an entire
gained through hard work
in previous years, are utterly destroyed
Fortune has smiled upon the state this
year, and the grandest crop ever raised
is being harvested. Now let those bless
ed by nature, do something for them
selves by taking every pains to preserve
the fruit which has fallen into their laps.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1891-08-27

ardson of Pembina, Mr.. Muir said he ran
on the prohibition ticket last fall against
Judd LaMolre. Mr.. Dlckie SAID: "That
ought to be sufficient. Let us take Mr..
Richardson"
Editors Fcss Of the Normanden of
Grand Forks, the Scandinavian Alliance
paper and Muir OF the Independent, the
English alliance paper offered the use of
the columns of their respective journals
for the communications of the prohibi-
tionists, which were accepted. Mr.. Foss
said he represented a people who com.
posed thirds of the population of
the state. and urged the fact that no bet-
ter means Of communicating with those
voters could be had than through the
Normanden
After some general discussion the con-
ference was adl lourned and the members
went to the court house to hear the pro-
ceedlngs of the state enforcement league,
which was there in session. The best of
feeling prevailed among the prohibition
delegates. They declared the attendance
would have been larger had not harvest
and expense OF travelling prevented the
farmers from coming. All seemed en-
couraged by the gathering and more than
confident that their action was the Wisest
course their party could pursue.
The republcan-prohibitlonists in the
city today largely outnumber the others.
The feeling developed at an informal
conference this morning-held at the
parlors of the Gladstone-showed the
direction OF the wind to be decidedly
opposed to third party action, although
there was an equally positive sentiment
favorable to third party action. Messrs
Walter Muir of Hunter, Barnum of May
vile, Dickie of New York, and others
favored independent political action.
Messrs. Pollock of Fargo, Congressman
johnson and others present were unfav-
orable to independent action by the pro-
hibitionists, and expressed determine
tion to fight the temperance battle
within the republican lines.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1891-08-27
Folly of Late Sowing.

There are good many fields of green
wheat throughout the county that would
never have ripened this season, and if they
have fallen victims to an early frost it is
only another reminder to their owners,
that delay in sowing grain in this country
is about the worst business that can be
engaged in. A correspondent calls The
Alert's attention to the fact that neigh
boring paper reports seeding still going
on in Stutsman county June 19. This
may or may not be true, but certain it is
that large amount of wheat was sowed
too late to mature under the ordinary
conditions of this climate. The late
August frost only the more speedily
brought about what would have occurred
in the first part of September beyond
doubt. There were good many reasons
for late sowing this spring, among them
being the advent of rain, the promising
season, the desire to get as much as pos
sible in the ground, and the lack of seed
for earliest sowings.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1891-08-27
A Boomer From Berlin.

Col. Siebert OF Berlin, Germany, arrlv-
ed in jamestown Sunday, having come
direct from Bremen in quick voyage IN
one of the ocean racers. The colonel is
owner OF the we'll known Siebert farm,
one of the most valuable and carefully
titled plantations in the county. The
buildings are large and commodious, and
the crops on the land show evidences of
early and proper tillage. The colonel drove
out to the place Sunday on q
brief trip of inspection and was much
pleased with the country. dls fears of
extensive damage by frost are not as
great as many seem to believe will re-
suit. The high prices ought to make
up, to a great extent, the damage.
Speaking of prices the colonel said:
"In Germany rye is worth as much as
wheat. The great source of supply is
Russia, and her crop is very short. There
is general European crop shortage.
France, which Is large wheat producer,
is short some 75,OOO,OOo bushels, l be-
lieve, in her yield of wheat. All the
countries report the same condition. It
is hard to tell how high wheat will go,
but it certainly will bring good price" :"
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1891-08-27
Threshing Returns.

St. Paul Globe: The Red river valley
has been credited with the finest wheat
in North Dakota, but State Examiner
Wallace informs the Bottineau Pioneer
that that county, about up to the Mani
toba line, leads them all. The yield is
put at twenty-five bushels per acre for
the entire county, and nearly all cut, out
of the way-of frost.
A dispatch from Rutland, Sargent
county, says the first new wheat was mar
keted there Monday, from the farms of
United States Marshal Price and Isaac
Lincoln. The yield is from 20 to 25
bushels per acre and grades No. hard.
Ransom Beddoes of Mcintosh county,
threshed $50 bushels of wheat off %
acres. and sold it for So cents He also
got 376 bushels of oats off 10 acres and
136 of barley off acres.
Napoleon Homestead: Harry Miller
reports that he failed out three dozen
bundles of barley and got five bushels of
grain. Come on with the next best crop.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1891-08-27
Some Big Yields.

The farms are beginning to tell the
results of the season in the yield Of
grain, and early threshing reports beal
out the predictions of large averages
The farm of the Murphy Brothers il
Foster county, will prove one of tho best
paying businesses this year that any one
can boast Of. There are 500 acres in
cultivation and all of the grain is now
cut. Threshing in barley shows a yield
of 80 bushels of that grain to the acre
The 700 acres of wheat promise 80 bush.
els to the acre. Threshing in ripe grain
reveals fine, clear, plump berry, and in
grain not quite as ripe when cut, a little
darker kernel, but sound and good
enough for No. hard. The Murphy
boys are naturally proud of their sue
cess and the excellent results of their
careful farming.
Other instances of big yields are re-
ported IN other parts of the state. In
Ransom county one farmer threshed out
1,O34 bushels of wheat from 33 acres, a
little more than 81 bushels to the acre.
He sold it last week at 50 cents and got
a check for $S5S.2O, and when the farmer
went to the bank to cash the check he
danced Jig right before the cashier
Another yield is reported from near
Cakes. From 300 acres the yield was
S,175 bushels, over p bushels to the
acre, and the owner sold 300 bushels at
80 cents and is holding on to the remain
der.
The Northern Pacific and Great North.
ern roads expect to handle thirty-five
per cent more wheat this year than last.
A st. Paul daily says that ''this crop, if
loaded into cars which averaged $50
bushels to the car, would require, if
moved at one time, 164,636 cars, and
would make solid train reaching from
St. Paul to New York CITY,"
According to the Dunseith Herald.
Rolette county has the resources to
make better display at state fair than
any other county in North Dakota.
Wheat, 40 bushels to the acre, oats, rs
bushels, barley, 60 bushels, fax, l8 bush.
els, potatoes, 500 bushels, all varieties of
fine stock, coal, wood, min
eral. lime and sand stone, potters clay,
and numerous other things.
Lisbon Star: The grain Is so stout
and heavy this year that 1t strains the
binders very badly to cut it, and 1t Is
hard work to keep them in repair. d.
q. BUTTE, who has some 1000 acres in
crop and "A binders running, has an
expert in the field all the time, who goes
around with wagon full of extras, and
IS soon as machine gives out puts it |
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1891-08-27
Will Fight a Railroad,

Valley City Times Record: Friday,
Messrs. John Russell, Ronald Mcdonnell
and VIM. Laughlin, appraisers appointed
by the court to fix the damages caused
by the 500 on the Nester farm, met,
viewed the land, beard expert opinions
and gave Nester $1,1S6 damage. The
500 takes about 21 acres of land Neither
party is satisfied. The 500 officials hold
It is too high, and Mr.. Nester wants
S3O,0OO. The case will have to be settled
IN the court.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1891-08-27
The Entire Northwest Seems to
Have Felt the Effects of
An August Nipping.
Threshing Returns Indicate Big
Yields Throughout North
Dakota,
The Roller Mill Running All the
.Time--VariOus Items of
Interest,".
Frost in Wisconsin, Too.

Dispatches from the southern part of
Wisconsin, state that Sunday night last
severe frost fell IN that state, injuring
the cranberry crop so or 60 per cent, and
doing great damage to the tobacco and
corn crops. It was the hardest August
frost that ever visited that state. North
Dakota is not alone in getting frost bit
ten. The entire northwest experienced
the unusually early freeze, and crops of
all kinds have suffered accordingly.
1t is still to early to form anything
like correct estimate of the amount of
damage done by the recent frost in this
vicinity. Everybody now comedies that
the loss has been exaggerated both ways,
however, and it is deemed best to wait for
the thresher's story to settle the exact
percentage of injury. Many fields which
we're thought to be seriously affected,
are turning out immense yields of the
best grade, while others which were at
first considered safe give promise of a
poor crop.
One thing is evident-the Minneapolis
and St. Paul press, have taken altogether
too rosy view of the situation. Their
reports of but slight frosts, in widely
scattered sections of the state, and none
at all in others, may be attributed to the
unreliable estimates of correspondents,
and partially, perhaps, to desire to hide
the real facts. An attempt has been made
from the first to boom northwestern
crops, and to admit the prevalence of
frost to any great extent would material
ly weaken the glowing tales that have
been told of prospectively enormous
yields. AS matter of fact, q
large percentage of North Dakota's
wheat acreage suffered from the
severe frost of Saturday night. All late
sown grain was irreparably injured. Of
course, large portion of the crops we're
cut and safe, and these will tend to
swell the figures indicating bountiful
yield. But there still remains a we'll.
defined feeling that the frost was sad
calamity, and nothing will change this
opinion unless it be the actual results
as shown when marketing begins.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1891-08-27
The State Tax Levy.

Bismarck Tribune: The state auditor
has sent circular to the county auditors
informing them of the amount of state
tax levied for general revenue and for in.
terest on the state debt. The total on
each dollar of the assessed valuation of
various counties is four and seven -tenths
mills. Four mills for the general reve-
nue. and seven -tenths for the state debt.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1891-08-27
in order again. 1t keeps him busy most
of the time.

s. B. Andrus of Dickey county, reports
a yield of sc bushels of wheat from three
acres. This he sold at the elevator for
No. l hard and received 50 cents. He
also claims to have threshed 500 bushels
of rye from sowing of IL bushels of
seed.
Assessors returns from all but SIX
North Dakota counties give the follow
ing acreage in crop: Wheat, $685. ,275;
corn, 30,22O; oats, 36O,629; rye, 7,l18;
barley, 12O,69l; flax, 89,O73; potatoes, A.
442; millet and Hungarian, SOB; other
tame grasses, 1871.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1891-08-27
Advertised Letters.

List of uncalled for letters in the post
office at Jamestown. North Dakota. for
the week ending August "a, 1891:
LADIES.
Gray, Mrs r II Rice. Miss Ellen
Sechs, Miss Eliza
GENTLEMEN.
Adams, G Allen, Grant
Howard, Belt Kellogg, VIM
Merritt, Joseph Russell, }
Short, Cornelius d Shatfner, Rev Fl B
Saunders, S Wall, Michael
Weikert, Elmer Williams, Charles
Reynolds, RS
If not called for within IA days, will
be sent to the dead letter office. In call
ing for these letters, please say adver-
tised, and give date of this list.
G. P. SMITH, P. NJ.
Wanted-2,000 pounds butter. Strong
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1891-08-27

Let every citizen consider himselfa com.
mlttee of one to guard against the fires
that are bound to occur. And let the
work of preparing firebreaks commence
at once. Delays are dangerous.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1891-08-27

Wanted-2,O00 pounds butter. Strong
& Chase.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-05-09
NJ Al c. r..
NM TROTTING BREn HORsE.

III ~ ''E'I1I' '3I'1I'f
VIII be kept for the improvement Of stock at
the barn connected with j. ID. Martin & Co.'S.
lumber yard In Mineral Point on Saturday OF
each week during the season; balance Of time
az home
MAJOR was sired by MambrinO Swgert, and
his dam Is a Stocking Chief mare, and sister Of
Dsbornes trOttihg stallion; graud-dam by Cut
ler's comet.
He b three years old, beautiful dark bay;
weighs 1918 pounds and stands 10 hands high
All lovers OF line horses are invited TO call and
see Major. Terms reasonable.
lgw3 W. II. DUNN.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-05-09
we1it VIM.

We desire to say to our citizens,
that for years We have been selling
DR.. Kings New Discovery for Com
sumption, DR.. Kings New Life Pills,
Bucklen's Amica Salye and Electric
Bitters, and have never handled
remedies that sell rs well, or that
have given such universal satisfac-
ton. We do not hesitate to guarau-
tee them every time, and we stand
ready to refund the purchase price,
if satisfactory results do not follow
their use. These remedies have
won their great popularity purely
on their merits
w II PRpEAUx, Druggist.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-05-09
How nnhnn. Mnrl..

Cuban workmcn are so addicted to
conversation and gesture thnl ID left
to themselves, they would lose half
their working hours i'm social inter-
course. To prevent this loss. accord
inc to "A LONG established custom the
cigarworl,er7 employ lector or rend-
er who. from his desk in the center
OF the wurkng-room entertaius his em-
ployers with the latest Havana news
papers Ia the morning aud with
Spanish novels and ballads in the latter
part of the day. Although payment Is
voluntary aud comes in the form of
small. present of money nom each
operator ut tine end ui thr weeks 10 Is
seldom ryadrd and makes MP % very
good salary for the reader The owner,
do not object to this plan, and some
times even provide "a platform and
reading desk for rhn purpose. ~. J..
Lcagar.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-05-09
4 Coed Raliahla Liniman..

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Prideaux.