Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1891-10-15
THE tale OF A TRAVELLER.
A Pennsylvania Editor Tarries
aDay in jamestown, Be-
tween Trains.
The City FavOrably Mentioned
in q Report OF his Trip
West.
Serious Accident to Il Section
Man Sunday.-RecOvery
Doubtful.
Jottings of u Keystone Journalist,

Doubtful.
J0ttings of u keystone Journalist.
Editor Zeamer of the Carlisle, Pa,
Volunteer, stopped Il day in jamestown
while on a trip to the coast few weeks
since, and speaks of his visit as follows
in the last issue Of his paper:
1.-The ground upon which jamestown
is built is fat and gravelly and evidently
was at one time the bottom of the river.
To the east lies range of low hills
which borders your view in that direc-
ton. To the west of the town ls the
river and beyond the river IS another
range of hills which intercepts your view
in that direction. To the north and the
south you have more extended view;
still after coming over SO much prairie
country, where your vision is limited
only by the horizon, you feel somewhat
shut in when you look around you from
jamestown as a center.
jamestown is the end of division of
the railroad, extensive repair and con-
structlon shops are located here and the
railroad contributes considerably to the
population and the business of the place.
Besides the main line OF the Northern
Pacific passing through from east to
west, the place has two branch railroads,
one running almost due north to Devils
Lake.a distance of one hundred and eie hit
miles, and another running almost due
south to Cakes, a distance of 60 miles.
On an eminence some two or three miles
sonth of the town the state insane asylum
is located, which at that distance appears
to be rather imposing structure for a
sparsely settled country like North Da-
kota. On the hill east of the town is a
large lone brick building without shade
tree or lawn or enclosed groun Is about
it. This is Presbyterian college and is
such conspicuous object that no visitor
fails to see it. The town also has several
large public school houses and evidently
Is as progressive in educational matters
as the people in the West in general are
The streets are wide as also are the board
sidewalks which in all parts Of
the town take the place of pave.
ments. There is a fair proportion
Of large and substantial buildings.
Tire place has two newspapers, The Alert
and the Capital. The Alert runs daily
edition. Editorially and in general ap-
pearance both are ,creditable efforts at
journalism, although 1t is hard for
an eastern newspaper man to see how
they manage to get sufficient patronage
out of this field to do 50 we'll. There are
several banks, one of which noticed
was called Lloyd's national bank. Upon
inquiring learned that it is owned by
some Pennsylvanlans by the name Of
Lloyd and who also have extensive bank
ing interests in the east. The town has
an electric light plant and is lit up at
night az we'll as any OF our eastern
towns of twice the same size.
In company with young Minnesota
editor named A. G. Buck, whom met
incidentally, Istrolled about the town
for several hours, visiting the newspaper
Offices, the court house, the Presbyterian
college out on the hill aud some other
points. The court house is large
structure located near the south
eastern corner of the town. The
basement of the court house is used
as Jail, and the sheriff showed US
through 1t, even into the innermost
cell, without locking the doors upon us.
There was only one prisoner in it and he
was there but for a trifling olfense, evi.
dence that this wild western community
was orderly and law-abiding. The sheriff
didn't inform us that short time before
some prisoners had made their escape
from his Jail. We learned that fact from
Pnother source. There was no one in or
around the college building when we
were there and it was as completely de-
serted and as silent as Pennsylvania
school house in the after part Of vaca-
ton. The emlnence where the college
stands is q good point from which to see
the town aud We we're well paid for the
walking it took to go there. There are
several hotels IN jamestown and the
Gladstone is good one, in fact very
good one for a town of 2,4OO inhabitants.
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He May Die.
Lorens Lorenson was the victim OF a
serious accident Sunday afternoon. In
to board an east-bound stock
train while the same was IN motion, he
was thrown from the caboose to the
track barely escaping being run over by
the 'push" engine which was helping
the train up the grade, but suffering al