Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1895-04-18
Dan Wallace In Arizona.

one OF the best known boys in the county,
His numerous f.iends will no doubt be
glad to hear from him in this way:
Editor Alert:--The other day my friend
Mike and concluded that We would
take q trip over to Tempe and Mesa City
and sec what there was to be seen IN
that part OF the valley which is known
as the South Side. 1t was the 23rd of
March and q perfect day. We left town
at p. m. and soon arrived at the MARI
copa cana, ,.where the ditch company has
an immense dredger 1T work widening
and deepening that waterway. The
dredge is built on boat that floats on
the canal and the dirt and mud Is
scooped up in large bucket on the end
of an arm.
| Next we came to the new macadamized
road that the county 10 building to
Tempe. A gang OF prisoners from the
county jail were working IN rock cut
and in another piece gang Of "hobos"
we're trying to earn the fifty cents day
which the county pays them when they
get tired OF tramplng and don't want to
60 to Jail. We crossed Salt river, which
is stream about three feet deep and
about 100 yards wide. The railroad has
ablg bridge here of nine 2OO-foot spans
that are high and safe above the biggest
floods.
Next We came to Tempe. This is a
little town with grist mill, several
stores, saloons, etables, lumber yards
and churches and the territorial normal
school. 1t Is built beside q mountain
about 400 feet high that is known as the
Tempe Butte. If It had some of North
Dakota's surplus snow it would make
one OF the graDdest tobogg8n slides in
the world. eau imagine lot of James
town boys sliding down over it's rocky
lodges to the smooth slopes below.
Wouldn't they have picnic?
Tempe goes great deal on it's name,
which they seem to think has pedigree
from way back. They call it Tempay-
Phoenix people call it Tempu, and ten
der feet call it Temp. That makes the
Iempeites mad. For my part think 1t
another jay town Of the style Of W,mble-
don, N. d.
When We left Tempe We drove south
and east beside fine fields OF alfalfa and
wheat and barley that stand as high as a
horses knee. The bitches we're all run
ming full of water and every thing looked
ss thrifty 90 could be. Orchards we're
in blossom, 90 that IN places the cir was
all perfume. Fat cattle and horses were
everywhere to be seen Rrszisg lazily on
the oceans OF grass. About six miles
from Tempe We came to ono of Mixie's
big ranches whore he hes q man raising
pigs on alfalfa grass. Such Q lot Of piRs
you meyer saw-slll running ont in tho
alfalfa with tho sows and % tat and slesk
| % pigs could be. From there We drove
ON past moro nice places to Mesa City.
Mesa City 10 . pretty town that Wa
started long tiue ago by . gang OF
Mormons who came down from Utah.
There vas not many OF them to start
with. but Mormons sro great breeders
and now they say there IL ono family Of
ATS Johnsons. So it 10 that il you meet
q man and don't know his name, call him
johnson and it 10 all right. The John
sons run y big store that they call the
Scoop" that has everything from diaper
pin TO farm wagon and they say that
theyido q big business, especially in the
first line Of articles. The night we were
there they had q theatrical entertainment
given by the local talent, known as the
Mesa Dramatic society. My partner,
Mike, gave me the clip early in the even
ing and the Dext thing l saw Of him was
/ when he came into the hall With good.
looking Miss johnson on his arm. This
put me to thinking, and SO rustled
around and found seat next to pretty,
young Johnson girl who seemed to be in
need of close attention. Score one for
| jamestown. Nearly all the old women
brought their "kids" along and some Of
them squalled like little Apaches, but,
everything considered, the play vas a
complete success. Out OF 10 characters
in the cast IL were Johnsons, but for all
that they succeeded in doing up the vii
lian in great shape at the end. After the
play was over took in the town for q
while and then went back to the hotel
| and went to bed. Sometime between
| that and morning Nike came IN and
| turned in. When woke in the morning
found my bead at the foot of the bed and
Mike expressed the opinion that must
have had too much johnson to sleep
| we'll.
After breakfast we drove out to the
Owls Nest, which is the name OF Aunt
Adds ranch. There was plenty OF cactus
out that way as high as horse. The
soil ls good and everything grows as
rank as can be. The uncultivated land
is all grown up with wild flowers that
are very pretty. Near there We saw
some fields of wheat all headed out and
alfalfa that was covered with rich purple
blossoms. They have several large
orange orchards in that vicinity that are
now covered with beautiful blossoms.
Miss johnson won't have any trouble
in getting orange blossoms when she
gets married.
Mesa City is lots nicer town than
Tempe even il there are several john
sons living there.
On our homawsrd journey We came by
the creamery where they are turning out
over 800 pounds Of butter every day. and
the formsn kindly treated us to largs
tumbler of buttermilk which tasted
nearly as good as the fine vino which
they make in Mesa City. At noon We
rolled into Phoenix again we'll satisfied
with o.. trip through the South Side.
Seed Wheat for Sale
have limited quantity Of "Buohan"
NJ hr1nk