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Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1895-03-28
VETOED.
The Act Providing For ;
New Building at the
Hospital.
A Small Cut Made in the Regu.
lar Appropriation-Other
Reductions.

There will be no new hospital build.
ing put up this season. The governor
Friday vetoed the act providing for
the issue of $4,000 bonds for this pur.
pose, on the ground that the debt limit
OF the state has already been reached
and that no more bonds can be issued.
This will be disappointment, not only
to the working men who looked forward
to getting work at the hospital this sum-
mer, but to the officers of the instution.
The governor has also cut the regular
appropriation OF the institution $10,4OO,
from sl38,9OO. This is not heavy cut
in comparison with others made on the
educational institutions and will not
seriously interfere with the efficiency of
the hospital service. Under the clrcum-
stances the institution comes out very
we'll.
The sum total of the appropriations as
passed 10y the legislative assembly, was
100000, and the total reduction will
reach $l35, 600. The several state insti-
tutions are reduced as follows from the
orsui n al oDnronriatiopa.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1895-03-28

Der Of the typographical union. went over
the matter OF the nonparlel box heads on
BREWER tables with the contractors for
state reports Wednesday. The commis.
sion maintained that the union scale did
not warrant the payment of about 81 100
on the contract, as claimed by the printers
under the union scale. This amount
was deducted from the uncompleted
work. The printers found the commits
sioners and Mr.. Gushing only dlsirous Of
doing what they deemed fair in the
matter. The bound volumes of the
public documents will be completed and
delivered to the secretary Of state in
about three weeks. There will be three
volumes for the period ending June 30.
1894, one more volume than in 1892,
owing largely to increase in the number
Of transactions in each department and
to the entirely new report of the school
land board.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1895-03-28
From Tuesdays Daily

The Villers' trial ls proving to be a
long one. The testimony OF Mrs. Tro-
mer was finished Saturday afternoon. It
was quite difficult to get her testimony
as che could not stand the strain over an
hour at time and would then have to
be carried back to the hotel. The little
Tromer girl, Hildegaard, was the next
witness, she testifying about seeing
Villers at the kitchen window when he
called her mother out; and after her
mother went out, in few minutes heard
the cries OF her mother and, running ont
to the barn, was just in time to see
V,llers get in his buggy and drive off.
She called to her mother but could not
hear a reply. She looked around the
barn, and in the we'll. could not see
her but saw blood on the box that
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1895-03-28
Points In Wheat Culture,

Bulletin No. II from the botanical
department of the North Dakota aer1.
cultural college and experiment station
says varieties Of wheat do not degenerate
because OF continuous growth npon the
same soil. Different samples of seed of
same variety which were grown upon
different soils under like climatic cop-
ditions will produce a like crop when
seeded under the same conditions.
The theory that proper wheat
culture demands frequent change Of
soil is fallaclous. 1t is not demonstrated
that any advantage is gained by the use
of seed previously grown under different
climatic conditions than that under
which it is to be used. Failure often
results from iDjudicious seed exchange.
Smut and weeds are often introduced by
change of seed. Seed exchange as
practiced precIudes any proper methods
of crop improvement by careful culture
and seed selection.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1895-03-28
Interstate Meeting Postponed,

The meeting Of the grand lodge, A. O..
U. w. of the Dakotas, which was to have
been held IN d few weeks at jamestown,
and to which members of the order
looked forward with great interest has
been postponed by vote of the majority
of lodges, on account of hard times.
The meeting here was expected to
have been very large one and to have
lasted several days. The money which was
to have oeen used to pay the expenses of
the members will most likely be loaned
to subordinate lodges and by them used
to aid members purchase seed grain.
The amount will be about $500. There
have been 1913 applications from South
Dakota for this aid, and only from
North Dakota yet the North Dakota
lodges are largely IN favor of postpone
ment of the grand lodge, showing the
charity and good intentions of the order
for the benefit of all. The four applica-
tions from this state have been special
cases where fire and other unforeseen dis
asters have taken the seed left. The
amount to be furnished each applicant
will be from so to IS bushels. It Is ex-
pected that the grand lodge session will
be held next year at this place.
A dispatch of yesterday from Aber-
deem says that legal question has been
discovered in connection with the post
ponement, and unless the grand lodge is
called an Injunction is likely to be issued
by leading memters OF the society COM
pelling the session to be held. It was
the intention Of the grand lodge officers
to have used the funds thus saved to
assist members of the order to buy seed
wheat and other grams for the spring
work. and the legal complications con-
fronting them will very likely change the
situation.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1895-03-28

covers the we'll, Gt was we'll with box
top and wheel and buckets to raise
water.) Not hearing or seeing any thing
of her mother she returned to the house
and in a few minutes heard her mother
scratching at the door, and let her IN.
The state introduced seven other wit
nesses on various things and then
rested their case.
The defense opened the case at noon
Saturday. Villers was the first witness.
He denies being at the Tromer place
that night and also to being there the
Sunday before, (the 4th of Nov.0 and
says the last time he was there was
Tuesday, week before the crime. In
regard to the personal property she
claims he took from her he says he
bought them of Tromer, save and except
few things he claimed he borrowed.
He denies ever taking any indecent
liberties with the woman whatever.
He gives an account of himself on that
night tracing his movements from the
time he left home at $50 up to the time
he arrived in jamestown between II and
II o'clock.
The cross examination OF Villers COM
menced Saturday night after supper but
was not completed. An attempt was
made TO impeach his testimony. This
will make strong case for the state, if
successful. ,Villers tells quite straight
story il not impeached.
There is a great interest taken in the
trial. The court room is filed with peo-
pie each day and standing room ls at q
premium. The trial will last until We'd
nesday and maybe longer. The scene in
the court room was tonching one
when they would bring the woman in.
She would at times burst out in tears
and it would bring tears to the eyes of
many OF the spectators. This case, we're
it tried in city. wonld cause as much
excitement as the Hayward trial. A
great deal OF feeling exists.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1895-03-28
Capitol Notes.
From Fridav'S Daily

-
Editor Jewell will return to Washing
terests of the Inventive Age.
1t was reported that Gov. Allin had
signed the bill appropriating $4,000 for
destroying the Russian cactus. The bill
signed IS the measure providing for an
assessment and levy Of a tax to destroy
the weed.
The Grand Forks News: Fred r
Fulton of Grand Forks has written to
the state treasurer that he will take
every one of the state warrants amount
ing to $4,000. Why should there be
this unreasonable howl from St. Paul
that the state is bankrupt? No state is
bankrupt that can float it's warrants.
Gen. Schofield and other officers OF
the regular army are expected in Bis
marck soon to look over the ground
eligible for sites for tbs new fort. The
name Of the post is also being discussed.
Some one proposes having Mrs. Custer
consulted on the question. 1t is sup
posed the site chosen will be at least
three or four miles from the town.
State Auditor Briggs and Treasurer
NlcnOls may leaVe Tor new OrK SaCur-
day to negotiate the state warrants to
the amount of about sl5O,OOO. II the
governor outs the appropriations to come
within the revenues it Is believed that
less difficulty will be had in raising the
money on the security. The officials ex.
pect to return IN ten days or two weeks.
They are anxious to pay of old claims
against the state and distribute the
money at a time when it Is the most
needed.
The governor has cent to the secretary
OF state with bis approval senate bill No.
1876, introduced by HagRart Of Cass, re-
pealing Sec. 982 OF the compiled laws
making owners responsible for damages
from detective sidewalks; house bill No.
137, providing for bounty to encourage
the manufacture and production of hemp
fiber and spinning tovs grown in the
state; and, house bill No. 167, providing
for bounty for the manufacture OF
binding twine.
The printing commission. assisted by
Mr.. Gushing now Of the land department.
formerly Of the Fargo Argus and mem.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1895-03-28

$1,000 instead what 1t is now. 1t has
been somewhat difficult to provide SO
much fuel for more than six months at
the close of each term when the appro-
prlatlon was exhausted, especially this
year, when all bills we're unpaid for six
months, owing to the lack of funds to
meet appropriations made.
by the bill signed by the governor
the expenses for the next two years will
be reduced $4,000, which is all the re-
ductloa the institution can bear and
make the inmates comfortable.
AS to S1O,SO0 for resident officers the
amount is just what the law gives them
for two years, and the salaries of any
other state officers can just as we'll be
cut by the failure to appropriate money
to pay them as these state officers
The salaries of the superintendent and
officers as above stated are not included
in the regular items of appropriation and
therefore were not scaled by the governor.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1895-03-28
STATE TOPICS.

The 500 road has filed a statement of
gross earnings on which it figured two
per cent tax instead of three, and the
state auditor returned it for correction.
The Soo's taxes on gross earnings ut
two per cent would be very light. 1t is
estimated that under the old law there
would he due by counties, and paid into
the state treasury 100000 by April Let,
but the time having been extended to
June 1st, there will be received only
about $4,000. The insurance depart
ment will also pay into the general fund
$1,000 at that time.
Maj. Foster IN Forum: I can't say I
believe in the twenty -four year cycle
business. I was in this country twenty
four years ago, and was clerk Of court at
Pemblna. Jud LaMoure was deputy
marshal. There was not thing raised
in this country that year. May was
very hot and July 5, water froze. re-
member this because Marshal Litchtield
spent July at Pembina, and we went
over 10 Jud LaMoure's where we had a
good celebration. I had puppy which
Colonel Wheaton had gwen me, and a
little dish of water was placed in the
kennel, and next morning I found that
frozen over. No, my eyes were all right,
notwithstanding the celebration of the
day before. I presume though the frost
would not have harmed wheat.
Since January l, the following lnsur
ance companies have gone out OF busi-
ness in the state: Hamburg Bremen,
Mllwa,.k kee: Mechanics Northwestern
ana Live Stock Insurance company Of
Des Moines; London Guaranty and
Accident, Caledonia of Scotland; Mime
eota Fire of Minneapolis; Guaranty Fund
Life association of Council Bluffs,
and the Masonic Benevolent. of Council
Bluffs. The following have fled state
ments and have been authorized to do
business IN the state: Preferred Acct
dent of New York; Union Casualty and
Surety Of st. Louie. The James River
Valley Mutual Fire and Lightning In
surance company, formerly doing busi-
ness in Stutsman county alone has ex-
tended it's territory over Griggs. Foster,
Eddy and Barnes counties. The only
hail insurance companies authorized to
do business in the state are the Alliance
Hail Association Of Jamestown; the La
Moure County Mutual of LuMoure: and
the Bohemian Mutual Insurance Union
Of Pesek, Walsh County.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1895-03-28
State Fair In South Dakota.

South Dakota will have a state fair
for the next six years, and Sioux Falls
will be the location of it. The enter
prlsing people there competed with
Mitchell and other towns for the privi-
lege and secured it by agreeing to pay
the per diem and mileage and expenses
of meetings of the board of agriculture,
also all expenses for printing and adver-
tising, also to furnish the necessary
buildings and keep the same 10 repair,
and to pay to the board $500 in cash
the first year and $1,000 in cash each
year thereafter. The pext best bid was
that of Mitchell which offered to pay the
expenses of the fair for two years for the
privilege of getting it the other four.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1895-03-28
The "A. U. U. W. Postponement.

A dispatch from Aberdeen concerning
the voting of the lodges of the A. 0. o..
w. to omit the session of the grand
lodge this year, which was to have Teen
held at this city, says:
In the first place, the movement did
not originate with the officers them
selves, but with the subordinate lodges.
Il council of the grand lodge officers was
then called, and all were unanimous III
recommending The grand master to sub
nit the proposition to all the lodges
which was done. Out of 1874 lodges, SO
have been heard from upon the propo-
sltlon. Seyenty-six, representing q
voting strength in the grand lodge OF
5O42, have voted in favor of no grand
lodge, and %, with a voting strength of
2,l59 oppose 1t. The only officers who
draw any salaries are the grand master
workman, who receives $3.50 year; the
grand receiver, 500, and the grand re-
corder, $500. These salaries we're all
fixed a. the last grand lodge session
without opposition. Since that session
l6 new lodges have been organized and
over 1900 members admitted to the order
making additional work for the officers.
1t was not proposed to divide the
funds saved from the postponement of
the grand LESSON among the 5000 men,
bers, but to apply it only to those mem
bers practically destitute and in need Of
seed or money with which to pay their
regular monthly assessments, and these,
from the reports already at hand, will
probably fall below 200.
In this connection also it is stated that
the supreme court Of Nebraska has de-
cided the A. o. U. W. case. The mem
bers Of the order in that state, as in this,
wish to do away with their grand lodge
session for the year and use the money
in buying seed wheat for It's members.
The legality of the action was tested and
the court decides that the grand lodge
session cannot be omitted legally. That
the officers are elected for one year. The
question is about to be tested in this
jurisdiction.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1895-03-28
STICK TO SHEEP.
Raise Them for Mutton. Feed Corn
and Corn Fodder.

Raise Them for Mutton. Feed Corn
and Corn Fodder.
Editor Alert:-You have asked me to
give my ideas upon sheep raising and, as
I have raised Is crops 10y proxy IN
Stutsman county and never made dol
lar, will do so. Trees and sheep do not
generally 90 we'll together on the prairie,
but these are the only two things have
been successful with on my farm at
Eldridge. I shall stick to the sheep
business and carry 1t on just as exten-
slvely as ny means will permit hereafter.
We have u natural sheep country, but,
not a natural cattle or hog country Our
farmers should rsise only large, coarse or
medium wool sheep, as we cannot COM
pete with Australian, free, fine wool; and
can get more for our coarse or medium
wool. Besides sheep which weigh l25 to
$50 pounds on the Chicago market are
now bringing SOC per 100 pounds more
than lighter weights. II hog fat they
are bought quickly by exporters to the
European market. fed $50 head of
sheep this winter and many of your
readers will be anxious to know how
came out. Weli, did not make AMI
money and yet I did not lose; I paly
good prices for the work, and bought d
mixed bunch of sheep in the fall. q
paid $1.75 per head when they would not
have brought over $1.25 if they had been
shipped to market at that time. After
paying for the work and grain and the
loss Of ten sheep which died on our
hands had just about as much money
as had put INTO the sheep in the fall,
but sold all my old ewes aud retained
my young ones. l shall feed twice as
many next winter, but they will be Dig
ones it can get them.
Corn and sorghum should be the lead
ing crops Of Stntsman county, both for
feeding. Corn fodder is the best feed in
the world for sheep, unless it be sor-
ghum. A few corn nubbins will not
hurt tho sheep. Mr.. A. o. Fox, the
great sheep raiser OF Wisconsin, says
that be finds from experience this winter
that an acre of corn fodder is worth two
acres of clover hay. The farmers of
Stutsman county should never thresh
their gram, but instead they should feed
it from the bundle to sheep and sell the
sheep in the spring, bog fat. They will
get good price for the wheat that way
and save the enormous expense Of
thresbing, which everybody knows takes
all the profits. Stick to the sheep and
raise them for mutton.
CHAs. B. CLARK.
Minneapolis, Minn., March 10th.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1895-03-28
Kent Granted New Trial,

Myron r. Kent, who now ]anguishes
in the Morton county Jail at Mandan,
under sentence OF death for the mur-
der Of his wife near Mandan year ago,
will have another trial for his life and
liberty.
The decision Of the supreme court IN
the matter was handed down Wednesday.
Error is found in the refusal of the trial
court to call in another Judge, upon the
affidavit OF prejudice by the accused,
and in one or two other rulings IN the
admission Of testimony, and upon these
the order for new trial is based.
The new trial will probably not occur
in Morton county, ss 1t is thought to be
impossible TO secure a jury there. It ls
not known now where 1t will take place.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1895-03-28
Approved by the Governor

Approved by the Governor
The governor has approved and sent
to the secretary of state the following
house bills
No. l40, appropriating $50 to pay
Nellie Mcdonald for labor as clerk for
the commissioner OF railroads.
No. Isl, approprlating $500, or as much
IS may 90 necessary, to pay the ex-
penses of committee rooms, furniture,
fuel and lights, and other incidental ex-
penses incurred by the fourth Legislative
assembly.
NO. 1Ol, providing for the licensing OF
public warehouses and providing fees
for the same.
No. 12l, amending the military code,
fixing salary OF adjutant general and
quartermaster, and creating board of
control for the military grounds located
at Devils Lake.
No. 152, amending 81 laws, and pro-
viding that any city or incorporated
town or village with population OF 200 or
more may be constituted q special school
district.
The following senate bills have also
been approved by the governor:
No. II, requiring city taxes to be col
lected by the county treasurer.
No. SS, defining property exempt from
taxation. Reduces personal property
exempt from 5000 to 1926.
No. SO, allowing tax for the purchase
OF poision for the destruction of gophers.
No. 1O7, providing for the levy and col.
lection Of road and poll tax.
No. 121, establishing supreme court at
Bismarck.
No. 123. relating to prairie fires.
No. 1877, protecting animals from
cruelty.
No. 15l, requiring peddlars to pay q
license.
No. 167, suspending the appropriation
for the Mandan reform school.
No. 1853, ceding to the United States
jurisdiction over lands acquired in North
Dakota for military posts, and
No. III, relating to the printing OF the
codes.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1895-03-28
Farm Notes,

Commission men in Helena, and else
where IN Montana are urging an in
creased growth of poultry. They say
there is always scarcity and wonder
why farmers in North Dakota do not
raise more for shipment,
A meeting OF the Sugar Beet assoc,a.
ton OF Ransom county is called to he
held at the court house in Lisbon on
Saturday afternoon to take such
action Us may be deemed best in view OF
the black eye given to the sugar beet
industry in North Dakota by the failure
Of the senate to pass the house bill
giving bounty OF 50 per ton for all
beets delivered to sugar factory located
in the state.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1895-03-28
original appropriations:

In Cno nina OF the governor, alter due
and careful examination of all the possl-
bllities of the income for the state, this
cut ie absolutely necessary IN order to
carry the credit OF the state safely
through. Every item in each appropria-
tion which it was thought could be got
ten along without has been stricken out.
The heaviest cuts are those Of the State
university and Normal school appropria-
tions, and 1t has but one meaning-the
practical closing of these institutions
The appropriation left for these is just
about sufficient to close up the school
year and beyond that it will not go.
The most intense interest has pre-
vailed all through the state for the past
two weeks. as to the probable fate of
&4sone of the institutions. Especially has
this been so IN Grand FoIke, and at
Mayvllle and Valley City. where the
Normal schools are located. Almost
by delegations from these institutions,
that enough Of the appropriations be
allowed to remain to carry the irstitu-
tlons through the two years. These
delegations have been all politely re-
ceived, but no assurance has been given
that any policy different to the one
already decided upon would be pursued,
and the final disposition of the matter
proves that the governor considers the
closing of some Of the institutions abso-
lutely necessary in the present financial
condition Of the state. The governors
action was endorsed by all the state
officials. The cactus bill is not yet
signed. The indications now point to
the present administration coming out
with balance on the right side two
years hence. The Seventh judicial dis
trict bill is not yet signed.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1895-03-28

The Hospital Fuel and Salary Items.
Speaking Of the items $4,000 for fuel
and $1,000 for deficiency on fuel neither
OF which we're cut by the governor, from
the hospital appropriation, Trustee
Burnham Gays:
"The deficiency comes down from ter
ritorial days, but eight years ago 1t was
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1895-03-28
school Law Changes.

A short statement OF the changes in
the school laws. made by the superin-
tendent OF public instruction, shows that
civil government is to be included 10 ex-
amipatlons, for teachers and for first
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1895-03-28

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