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Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1891-11-19
A"Horse'' On somebody.

The republican conference at Fargo,
last Tuesday, is the subject Of much
amusing aftermath. It will be remem.
bered that the conference terminated
suddenly after the withdrawal of Mr..
Potter's resolution iustrnctlng Senator
Hansbrough to vote for Minneapolis for
the national republican convention.
Acting Chairman Goodwin, at the sug-
gestion OF some disgusted republicans,
hung up sign calling on the republl-
cans to reassemble at 4 o'clock. There
was no one around at that hour, as the
state committee had assembled, passed
several resolutions, one of them favoring
Minneapolis for the convention, and the
members had gone home. Some joker
added the words "April1 l, 1892, to Good
wins sign IN the hotel Office, and several
newspaper correspondents. supposing
the sign genuine. telegraphed 1t to out
side papers. It is said that Mr.. Good
win is now kept busy explaining that
All Fools day is more properly the coun-
Gil day of the democrats, and that repub-
llcane will respect the rights Of the oppo-
sitlon party.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1891-11-19

tuition for some three years. She is 9
native Of London, Eng, bnt thoroughly
Anericanized and very much attached to
her adopted country. She has the happy
faculty OF putting q companion entirely
at ease, and no one could be more enter
tanning than she. She seems just tho
person for the place.
DIR. o. Wellington Archibald, the su-
perintendeat, and DR.. D. &. Moore, the
assistant superintendent, are the right
men for the places they hold with 90 much
credit to themselves and the state. 1t
would be sad loss to the state to be OBJ
liged to fill their places. Ogden Lowell.
the steward, has everything in good or
der, and the buildings and grounds show
his careful attention. No one who has
had the pleasure Of being entertained by
DR.. Archibald and his pleasant family
need be told of how we spent the day
suffice it to say the day spent at the
Jamestown hospital was one Of the pleas
ATTEST days spent in North Dakota, and
we came away feeling that should we
ever become insane we should want to be
sent to jamestown.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1891-11-19
LET'S ALL Give THANKS.
Thursday, November 2Otll, Set
Apart by the President
for That Purpose.
A Wheatland Editor Visits the
Asylum and Falls in Love
Witll-the Doctor.
Hon. G.. F. Goodwin the Victim
of Political Joke. A
Crop Incident.
Thanksgiving.


President Harrison is little late with
his Thanksgiving proclamation, but here
1t is:
1t is very glad incident of the mar
velous prosperity which has crowned the
year nov drawing to a close that its help
full and reassuring touch has been felt by
all our people. 1t has been as wide as
our country, and go special that every
home has felt its comforting influence.
II is too great to be the work of man g
power, and too particular 20 be
the device of his mind. To
God, the bene6cent and fall wise, who
makes the labors of men to be fruitful,
redeems their losses by his grace, and
the measure of whose giving is as much
beyond the thought of man as it is
beyond his deserts, the praise and graft
tuue of the people of this favored nation
are justly due.
Now, therefore, 1, Benjamin Harrison.
president of the United States of Amer.
lea, do hereby appoint Thursday, the
Goth day of November, present, to be a
day of joyful thanksgiving to God for the
bonnties of his providence, for the peace
IN which we are permitted to enjoy them.
and for the preservation of those irsti
tutions of civil and religious liberty
which he gave our fathers the wisdom
to devise and establish, and us the cour-
age to preserve. Among the appropriate
observances of the day are rest from toll,
worship in the public congregations, the
renewal of family ties about our Amer
can fresides, and thoughtfulness towards
those who suffer lack OF the body or of
the spirits.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1891-11-19
Another Tram Needed i.

People at Fargo are deploring the fact
that the evening west bound train over
the Northern Pacific has been dlscon
tinued, and will unite with other towns
between that point and jamestown in
asking for an accommodation passenger
to this city. The Republican says 1T has
been informed by railroad men that
there is good patronage between Fargo
and Jamestown. At the time the even
ing train was taken of there was an
average of SO to Is persons who got of
between the two cities. Yesterday morn.
ing it IS said fully hundred
passengers from the west got off
there, most Of whom would like to
have returned on an evening train. 1t
would be great accommodation to the
people west to have more effective
train service"
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1891-11-19
The Beautiful.

Quinn in Butte Miner: The following
was handed into this Office last evening
by "pale and intellectual" man who
claimed to be lineal descendent of
Byron:
love the bright sunshine of rose-scented June,
When it comes in its shimmering dress;
But to warm and inspire me, there's nothing,
vow,
To compare with nv Beautiful's yes
Its sound is like music Of heavenly hOSts,
and 1t gives me loves passionate glow;
But OH. what a freezing. NOrthpolean chill
There comes with the Beautiful 5 mo"
The policemen have not yet retained,
but when last seen the ''poet" ives about
four rods ahead and, though running
like frightened deer, the officers were
gaining.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1891-11-19
The Elevator Storage Law.

Bismarck Tribune: Although the noted
case of Carr vs.. the National Elevator
company, which was brought before
Judge Templeton this fall to test the va
lidity of the rules of the railroad commits
sioners, and the. statute which says an
elevator ehall receive grain for storage at
a compensation of two cents per bushel
and which was decided to be all right
did not come up on appeal as was ex-
pected, yet the same matter will be heard
at Fargo by the supreme court in the
case of Louis w. Stoeser vs. Norman
Brass, on appeal from decision by Judge
Morgan, in Ramsey county. He follows
the ruling of Judge Templeton and says
the law is all night. The poiot is squarely
raised and the different attorneys will
lock horns over the problem. It is stated
the reason the Carr case did not come
up was on account OF the present session
Of the federal supreme court at Wash
lngton having the preclse question be-
fore them, and the Carr case was held in
allegiance until that tribunal had said
what was the law. The case before the
United States supreme court is from
New York state, and grows out Of stat
ute which says that the big terminal
elevators in Buffalo shall not receive
more than stated sum for storing grain.
This case will be argued in Washington
this month and decision may be locked
for before the first of the new year.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1891-11-19
NEEDED LEGISLATION.
Baking Powder Bill Passed by the
Minnesota Senate.

Minnesota Senate.
The recent newspaper discussion of
the dangerous qualities of ammonia
comes from the alarming increase Of its
use in baking powders. People who ab-
sorb it in small quantities from day to
d ~ suffer from slow ammonia poisoning.
Taken internally in sufficient quantities it
eats away the coatings OF the stomach
and intestlnes and causes death. Slow
ammonia poisoning produces various
forms of stomach trouble.
Not one woman in ten thousand would
use an ammonia baking powder if she
knew it. Such powders not only under.
mine the health, but ammonia imparts
sallow and blotched complexion.
Following IS the bill recently passed
by the Minnesota senate. It's the dan
ger signal which the law throws out for
the protection of the people:
"A Bill for an Act to Regulate the
Traffic in Baking Powder.
Section Amy person who shall know
ingly sell or procure the sale, or offer
for sale IT, any package or can Of baking
powder, containing any ammonia in it,
not distinctly, legibly and durably brand
ed, stamped or marked in a conspicuous
place with the words in the English Ian
guage, This Baking Powder contains
Ammonia" IN letters Of great plea, or any
letters equivalent thereto in length, shall
be guilty of misdemeanor, and pun
isLed by fine OF not less than $40 nor
more than $50; shall he confined in the
county jail not less than ten nor more
than twenty days or by both fine and i'm
prisonment, at the discretion OF the
court.
Section 2.-The sale or offer for sale of
the substance mentioned IN the forego-
ing section in packages not stamped,
marked. branded or labeled as therein
required, shall be prima facie evidence
Of knowledge Of the character Of said
substance, on the part of the person 60
selling or offering for sale and his en-
ployer.
Section 3-This act shall be in force
on and after it's passage.
NOTE.-An Incident occurred in the
house when the senate bill came up for
passage, in reference to an amendment
| proposed by Mr.. Diment. This was op-
| posed by several members. Mr.. Felg
said that it the bill as 1t came from the
senate was all right then the amendment
was all wrong. The amendment COM
pelling the printing of the word sam
monia" on the label only affected the
Royal Baking powder. and no wonder
they felt the senate bill was a blow at
! them.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1891-11-19
For the -Four Hundred"

The changes in evening dress suits are
SO few and slight from year to year that
most men know very little about them.
This is the style for this season: Collar
moderately high, straight cut, or the
'white wings type. Shirt of plain white
linen, with three very small white en-
amelled studs Tie of plain white lawn,
tied by the wearer. Square.cornered,
linked cuffs. with buttons Of white en-
amel, although gold buttons are not IN
bad taste. Pearl -colored gloves. Hand
kerchief of plain white linen or silk
Shoes of patent leather, with silk tops.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1891-11-19

he says whatever OF the wheat crop goes
over unthreshed until spring "cannot fail
to be ruined for any purpose except for
pig feed" 1t certainly will not do wheat
any good to go through winter in stack.
but it is not likely to be affected more
than couple Of grades at most. The
Alert has been accused OF doing the ca
lamlty act about crops, but this Karop.
oils man goes us SO many better that We
cannot refrain from gently calling him
down,
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1891-11-19
Enamored of Our Asylum.

A short time since Editor Showers of
the Wheatland Eagle, spent day at
the asylum, and the Eagle tells about
the visit as follows:
In company with Coils. Lamont and
Robinson, Of the penitentiary board, we
spent day at the jamestown asylum
recently. We found there we're some
3Oinmates, l3l males and 80 females.
Mr.. James B. Ruddy is male supervisor
and Miss Madeline F. Edwards is super
visor of the female wards. Mr..
Ruddy aud his very estimable wife, who
is housekeeper, have been with the insti.
tuition since it's foundation. having come
up from South Dakota with the first
patients received.
Miss Edwards has been with the lnsti.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1891-11-19
That TAX Certificate Case.

A Washington dispatch says: The argu-
mems were heard by the supreme court
Saturday in the somewhat celebrated
case OF Wallace & Martin We. Stutsman
county. This long drawn out legal bat
tie has been in progress in the territory
Of Dakota and the state of North Dako-
Ia for five years. Judge John F. Dillon
of New York, has charge Of the case for
Stutsman county, and Col. w. E. Dodge
for Wallace. The real estate in question
was part Of the original grant by the
United States to the Northern Pacific
railroad. The taxing officers Of Stuts-
man county assessed and levied taxes on
the lands in 1880, which were not paid.
The county treasurer sold them for de.
linquent taxes, and Charles 8. Wallace
was the purchaser at s36,8O. Subse.
quently the district court adjudged al
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1891-11-19

the tax proceedings null and void, aad
enjoined the execution OF the deeds for
the land. Wallace then sought to re.
cover from the county the money paid,
the land going back to the Northern
Pacific by the district court decree.
The arguments on both sides are very
elaborate. The general princlpls men,
toned by the counsel for Stutsman
county is that the purchase Of tax
title has always been regarded
as speculative, and that the pur-
chaser pays his money for what
the chance is worth. Judge Dillon was
apparently very nervous over the out
come OF the appeal, but his presentation
of authorities was very complete. Col.
Dodge made the argument His facts
were arrayed in clear, logical manner
and seemingly he left no gap in his side
of the case. His address to the court was
fluent, argumentative and powerful. He
was warmly congratulated at the close.
The general principle set up was that his
clients sought to recover their money
from Stutsman county on the ground
that it has through it's treasurer recelyed
the PLAINTIFF money wrongfuny. and
without consideration, not as taxes, be-
cause none were properly assessed
against the lands. No tax lien existed
and no money was due the county. 1t
had no valid authority to receive plain
tiffs' money. The money was simply
paid over under the influence of the un-
authorized and illegal acts Of the tax
officers. The county alone is responsible
for the entire proceeding. Col. Dodge
made the point that none OF the authori-
ties cited by the opposition applied to
the case. A decision is not expected for
some weeks yet.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1891-11-19
Big St. Paul Fire.

Aaspecialetelegram to The Alert says
the wholesale grocery house of Griggs,
Cooper & Co., corner of Third and Wa
couta streets, and the wholesale hard
ware establishment of Farwel], Ozmun,
Kirk & Co., burned at st. Paul last
night. The fire occurred at midnight,
and both buildings were completely
destroyed. The loss is placed at about
one million dollars, with an insurance
for two-thirds that amount.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1891-11-19
One Crop Pays for the Land.

Devils Lake Inter- Ocean: Last spring
Towner county to George Beatty, for
$1,000. The land was to be paid for out
of the crop, Mr.. Currier receiving all
that was raised over seven bushels to
the acre each year until the debt was
paid. Mr.. Beatty had only 100 acres in
wheat ON the place this year, summer
following the remainder. The wheat
averaged AZ bushels to the acre, and
graded northern and No. 3. Mr.. Beat.
ty has realized more than enough from
his 1OO.acre crop to pay for the halt Sec
tion, besides paying the expenses Of rails.
ing the crop and leaving HIM seed fol
another year.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1891-11-19
Thanksgiving Proclamation.


Governor Burke has issued the follow
ing Thanksgiving proclamation:
In accordance with the public procla-
nation of the president of the United
States, and by virtue of the authority
vested in me as governor of the State of
North Dakota, I do hereby designate
Thursday, the Goth day of November, as a
day Of Thanksgiving.
Thanksgiving prOclamatiOns are some
times issued as matter of duty or GUS
tom, but in this year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and ninety. one,
your executive feels that he will not he
able to command language sufficiently
strong to impress upon the people his
own idea of the thanks that are due for
the splendid harvest in this year of peace
and prosperity.
We have abundant occasion to give
thanks. The horn of plenty has been
opened wide, and blessings have been
showered upon the people Of North Da-
kOta. Poverty is stranger within our
borders; starvation and misery are un-
known. We have occasion to give thanks
for more healthful climate, and more
wealth in the soil than can truthfully be
claimed by many countries.
We shonld give thanks for the indus
trial development of this state; for the
building of homes of happiness and
beauty on our prairies; for our admira
ble school system; for the high moral
sentiment which bears the fruit OF ODE.
dience to law; for the widespread civil,
lzing influence Of Christianity, with lte
promises of joy in the future. and for the
blessing of health and good cheer dur
ing the year now closing.
'.And thanks that from our daily need
The joy Of simple faith is born;s
That ne who smites the summer weed
May trust Thee for the autumn corn.
''Giye fools their gold and knaves their power
Let fortunes bubbles rise anu fall;
Who sOws a field or trains a flower,
Or plants a tree is more than all.
''For he who blesses most is blest:
And God and man shall own his worth
Who tolls to leave as his bequest
An added beauty to the earth"
Our thanks on this day should be
from the heart; for bountiful harvest
has rewarded our labor. Let this
strengthen our faith in the future. AnC
with 1t all, we should remember that We
cannot receive the full blessing wlthou.
endeavorlng to deserve it.
With continuance of the faith anc
labor which have brought success, I sin
cerely believe that it will be demonstra
ted, as the years so 6y, that We have
established ourselves in a favored lane
where we will, each year, have greater
cause for sincere and fervent thanksg1v
ing.
do, therefore, recommend that The
people OF this state assemble at their re
spective places of worship on the da,
appointed, and there render thanks te
Almighty God for His goodness to us at
people.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1891-11-19
Not So bad as Reported.

Not So Bad as Reported.
Someone at Karlopolis writes the Pho.
neer Press the following crop report
which was published Monday:
About three fourths of the heavy wheat
crop OF this part of North Dakota is
showed under. Two inches of snow fell
Wednesday and q strong wind trlturated
it so that 1t was we'll driven into the
shocks. At just this time
of the year it generally freezes
so hard that the sun fails to wholly
remove the frost again till spring. 1t is
probable, therefore, that one-quarter Of
our splendid crop Is destroyed. What
ever Of it goes over unthreshed till spring
cannot fail to be ruined for any purpose
except for pig feed. Some farmers have
100 to 200 acres yet out. Some OF 1t is
high grade. The most OF the stacked
wheat is yet unthreshed. The rains have
been unusually trying to wheat stacks
this year, in some instances wetting
them to the ground.
AZ Karlopolis is in this county, The
Alert feels like stating that "this part
Of North Dakota" referred to by the
correspondent, must be confined to the
immediate vicinity Of Karlopolis. It
may be true, as the correspondent init
mates, that three-fourths Of the grain
out that way is unthreshed, but the
figures will not hold good for this county
nor for ''this part Of North Dakota" !"
There are no doubt, small, isolated local
tiles in every part Of the state where
threshers have been scarce and most OF
the grain is still in stack or shock, but
it would be we'll for correspondents from
such localities to particularize more and
generalize less. In this county
about seventy-five per cent Of
the thresbing has been done. It is evi'
dent that the Karlopol,s correspondent il
looking for the dark side Of things, when
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1891-11-19
An Important Admission

Grand Forks Herald: The election of
Hon. b. +. Spaulding OF Fargo, as chair
man OF the republican state central COM
mittee, to succeed Jud LaMoure, resign
ed, will meet with the general approval
Of the party. The Herald could not
have done better were it there itself to
boss the "yob."
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1891-11-19
Worlds Fair Notes.

Leigh Lynch has been commissioned
by Director General DAVIS to visit the
South Sea Islands in the interests Of the
exposition.
Mr.. Sell, the London advertising agent,
has applied for space to exhibit speci-
mems of all the leading newspapers of
the world which have been printed dur
ing the last two centuries.
The Illinois board of Worlds fair CON-
missioners has ordered specifications for
the architectural reproduction in draw
ings Of all the Illinois state institutions
and public buildings, sixteen in number.
One of the interesting exhibits from
Montana will be relief map OF Butte.
the greatest mining camp in the world.
1t is reported that Montana's appropria-
ton of $4,000 will be doubled at the
next session of the legislature.
A splendid exhibit from Australia
seems assured. Minerals, education. for
est1y and especially wool is to be repre-
sented. Wool growers and wool brokers,
to the number of City, met recently in
Sidney, New South Wales, and took steps
to make at the exposition very extern
slve collective exhibit of woods. New
South Wales has selected it's commission
to the Worlds fair.
w. A. Alexander and Louis Gelder,
representing the insurance associations
of Chicago, have asked for space, 5Ox1OO
feet, to construct building at the fair
to constitute All exhibit OF the most i'm
proved methods of fire-proof construc-
ton and the appliances used IN saving
goods from burning buildings. The
building, it is urged, can be occupied by
salvage corps during the fair.
The Chicago Paper Trade Club, which
includes the prominent manufacturers
and dealers IN paper in Indiana, Illinois,
Michigan and Wisconsin, has decided to
make the best exhibit Of paper manusac.
turing and its machinery and appliances
ever hold under one roof. The display
will show the actual manufacture oi
paper in all grades from wood pulp te
the highly finished book, and the exhibit
will be conducted every day during thu
time OF the exposition. The finiehed
product is to be run through perfectinf
press and printed and sold as souvenir