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Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1896-09-03
Wheat Yields.

1t could not be expected that two
double record breaking crops could be
raised in succession and none OF the
helds are yielding as expected this
year. The grain Is more or less shrunken
all over the northwest and will be light
weight, but not to the injury of its -four
making qualities.
Chas. Rettich's yield, that has been
in other years an average Of II bushels,
is cut to 81 this year.
c. B. Bowie got about the best returns
on small piece-l3 bushels.
j. H. Sears former yields of 20 bushels
this years makes only IL.
Dalrymple says the reason of the
shrunken wheat is that the crop seemed
to stop growing at critical point.
At Valley City elevator men say the
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1896-09-03
One Reason For 1t.

Mckinley says We had good times be-
tween 1880 and 1890. Yes, We did. But
didn't the coinage of 100000 to s5,00O,-
600 month of silver during those years
have great deal to do with those good
times? Was not the Bland-Allison act
responsible for that prosperity? Did
not the good times cease about the time
the goldbugs began to succeed in their
warfare against silver? Instead of the
hard times which the goldbugs predicted
would result from the coinage Of silver
IN that decade, we had prosperity, and
instead of the prosperity which the gold
bugs predicted would follow the repeal
OF silver legislation. we had terrible hard
times.-Duluth Herald.
Duluth Herald: A tired and disgusted
public would greatly appreciate a change
of stale expressions on the part OF the
goldbugs. Honest money sound
money!" "gold money Just as if any
body IN. the world wanted unsound or
bad money! Why don't they say what
they mean, British gold" 900 cent
dollars" "bankers' money" As Bryan
says: why haven't they courage to say
"gold:'
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1896-09-03
WANTS $1,000 DAMAGES.
A Sensational Suit for Defam-
alton Of Character
...a Begun.
A "CoId Standard" Club Or.
ganized-The Democrats
Rather Scarce.

Ralph T. Goyet, Jsmestovn's "lO.oent
barber" who was arrested yesterday
afternoon on complaint Of Mics Gertrude
Mosher, was finding considerable diff.
Guilty today In getting bail in the
amount Of $500. The complaint recitee
that some very sensational charges
have been made by Goyet against Miss
Mosher. They implied undue intimacy
with several we'll known residents. The
complaint says that plaintiff lives ovel
the Lawrence store, in the back end Of
the same, that Goyet's shop is in the
front end, and that he has tried to have
the landlord make her leave the rooms.
Plaintiff says she is single woman, 2s
years old living with her mother and
q younger sister, has gone 10 good
society, Is member OF the Eastern Star
and has to depend on her daily labor as
a dressmsker for support That the
false and defsmatory charges brought
against her character have injured repu-
tation and business, and she demands
35,OOO damages.
The case been brought in the district
court. E. M. Sanford was engaged by
defendant and Judge Baldwin by plain
tiff. The case excited good deal Of
comment and is likely to disclose senea-
tional features.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1896-09-03
Soil Moist to Sixteen Inches,

Soil Moist to Sixteen Inches.
The crop has been harvested on the
Campbell experimental farm at Lisbon,
and last Saturday party Of professors
from tho agricultural college visited the
same. They exoavsted the soil with an
augur at six different points and found
it moist for sixteen inches down. At
ten inches it could be orushed into q
mud ball in the hands. In potato
field not cultivated by the subsoilers,
the ground was dry as powder.
The corn crop was specially good, the
stalks standing higher than q mans
head, and the ears we'll matured.
The extra cost per acre of cultivating
by this plan, over the old way is less
than 81. The increased crop OF what.
ever is raised makes the outlay profita-
BILE even at low prices.
The fine roots of the plants, ex-
amlned by microscope are seen
to have penetrated the soil
treated at Lisbon, in great numbers.
The second year the subsoil cultivation
will be easier and more satisfactory
than the first.
A car load OF the packers will be
sent to this place for sale this fall.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1896-09-03
A Test OF Faith.

Bryan, at Buffalo, New York:
1 am told that some of your
merchants, in order to give an object
lesson to the people, have been Offering
to furnish Mexican dollars for fifty cents
% part Of change when you buy goods.
My friends, let me give you an oppor-
tunlty to test the sincerity Of these
people. Let me give you suggestion.
They tell you that if we had the free
coinage Of silver that the American DOL
lar would be as little as the Mexican
dollar is now. They tell you that il We
had the free coinage of silver silver will
not rise in value. Whenever q man
offers you Mexican dollar for fifty
cents. you take it, and then take it to
your savings bank or to any other bank
and ask them if they will take that on
deposit now for fifty cents and give you
written agreement to give you 8
Mexican dollar the next day after the
Inauguration Of the next president.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1896-09-03
Topographic Surveyors.

After an absence Of three years, Geo.
T. Hawkins in charge of party of gov.
ernment surveyors, IS again in this part
OF the state for the purpose of continu-
ing the government Typographical sur
vey. This work has been carried on by
different parties during several years.
Mr.. Hawkins is accompanied by Messrs.
j. r. Ellis, J. l.. Furbush and F. r.
Wemple. They will work north OF the
Northern Pacific track, IN Foster county
and expect to delineate about 1000
square miles Of country. After the work
allotted in this state the party will 60
south to Iowa and then Arkansas.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1896-09-03
The Coming Convention.

The program of exercises OF the
seventh w. O. T. U. convention has been
issued. Jamestown will have large
number of visitors here for the occasion
which will be Sept. 11th to 14th. Miss
Preston, president, notifies the public
that rates OF one and one-half fare have
been given on all roads; that delegates
will be entertained; that reduced rates
have been given at the Capital hotel to
visitors. Day meetings will be held in
the Presbyterian church, evenings and
Sabbath meetings at the opera house.
The program is long and varied a
number Of the contributions beng from
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1896-09-03
The "sound Money" Meeting.

The Sound Money Meeting.
The call for q mon. partisan sound
money club" resulted in a meeting at
the armory last night of about 40 advc.
Gates Of the single gold standard. The
meeting was composed mostly of repub-
licans, although the non-paItisan fea-
ture was particularly emphasized in the
CALL
II is reported that only about five
democrats we're present. the remainder
being republicans. Agent Squirting OF
the Northern Pacific was chosen chair.
man. He stated that while y sound
money democrat, he would not vote for
Mckinley, but for the Indianapolis nom.
inee. He would work for sound money
but not for McKinley's election
or for any other republican nominee.
How loyal gold standard voters can help
that cause by refusing to vote for Nc.
K,nley and by throwing away votes on a
gold democrat who stands no chance Of
an election, was not discussed.
At the suggestion Of L. r. Casey q
was sppoin ted to draw up q
constitution and secure signatures for
the gold standard cause. Alfred Dickey
made few encouraging remarks on the
in Indiana. Among the other
democrats st the meeting were Cashier
Shsttuok Of the bank, George Lutz and
Fred Klspp.
Thursdsy was set for the next meet
ing.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1896-09-03
Lakelets.


The town OF Wimbledon on the 500
near the Stutsmsn line is growing,
owing largely to the company fsvoring
the place. The townsite Is owned largely
by the company and they are encourag-
ing improvements. Three new resi-
dences have recently been erected.
There are good sized stores already in
and furniture store opens this week.
Wheat is running little better IN that
part of the county-seversl yields being
as high as 20 bushels.
Messrs. DePuy and Lucas with their
families left for Bismarck today after q
short stay with the Wallaces at the lake.
The party caught very larged number
OF fish. Mrs. Lucas and her sister, Mrs.
Hutton, are hne musicians having for
several years been members of the
Hutchinson family compeny. While at
the lake they favored the campers with
many beautifully rendered songs The
party were unanimous in declaring that
their trip had been pleasure unalloyed.
Bob Robinson and Will Gleason have
spent month camping at the lake. The
use of Rob's walking sticks is still denied
him, but the outing otherwise has been
of benefit.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sheppard and family
hou o1e ok ho 1ol~
sopetime.
Tuesday next the hunters may be ex-
pected to show up without keeping the
guns under the buggy seat.
Visitors can find excellent accommo-
cation at Mr.. and Mrs. Porters at
reasonable rates. Hunters will find it
CONVENIENT stopping place.
Henry LaBrasch Is talking OF moving
to Wimbledon.
The perch seem to be increasing owing,
it is believed, to the disappearance of
the voracious plckerel. Only an occa.
sional big pickerel Is now caught. The
large number Of perch taken from the
lake seem in no way to decrease their
numbers. In fact they have never
bitten more satisfactorily than this
summer.
The hard times have kept away the
usual large and paying patronage from
outside counties this year. Not half
the money has been spent nor half the
people have visited the Like, it is said.
The "plrates" camp, kept for q week
by Masters Russell, Glsspell, and Nc
Ginnis, has been broken up and the boys
returned to peaceful but not more at
tractive pursuits with visions of school
desks looming up besides.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1896-09-03
OFF FOR ST. PAUL
A Large Excursion Party to the
Twin Cities.
From Mondays Daily.

Over one hundred visitors to the Twin
cities left this station on No. this
morning. The depot was crowded with
passengers and friends. The train was
also full of passengers before reaching
here and three extra coaches were
needed to take care OF the ticket holders
from this place. Many people took ad-
vantage of the opportunity to visit the
Twin cities at this time who have not
been away from home for several years.
There are many ladies who expected to
add to their trip the mild pleasures of
shopping. The low fare and the sttrao-
tions combined make the trip specially
promising. .......
The G.. A. r. company abandoned the
plan OF hiring a sleeping car for the
entire trip, as the inconvenience of re-
turn at night to the car switched IN some
railroad yard became apparent. The
Bismarck company however, we're in
their own sleeper.
Many country people as we'll as town
residents have made arrangements to
make this trip and see few OF the sights
of the country and meet q crowd from
all over the United States. The baggage
cars we're piled high with trunks.
Everybody seemed happy and expect
ant, aud with the fine weather promised,
will have glorious time.
Among those who left on this morn
ings train were: Mrs jas Wyard, Mr.
and Mrs E L Calkins, Miss Scanlan,
Mrs A Wehrn. the Misses Wehrn, Mrs
A h Kline, Il W Kelley, Miss Alice
Hodge, Miss Sanford, Miss Elliott, Belle
Ellsworth, DR. and Mrs McLain, Al
Smith, . L Churchill, Mrs f E and
Miss Gertrude Mosher, Mr. and Mrs
Bigelow and Miss Hattie Bigelow, Mrs
and Miss Eta McElroy, w W Graves,
Mrs Lewis Lyon, Cora E Slocum, Mrs
F Delsire, Mr. and Mrs H G Heavenor,
Mrs Weldon, V @ Holcomb, Mrs Elvidge,
Maud Petty, Mr. and Mrs Tunstall, Mr.
and Mrs Geo Woodbury., r A Bill, r
Ferguson, Oomrade 81 A Mason, Mrs
Donnelly, Mrs T + Bailey, E 8 Miller,
G H Cowles, MISS Kate Marles, Mrs D
Armstrong, Mrs E G Cook, Mrs Joos, Mrs
A Y Moore, J A and M W Wright, Miss
G Wright, Mrs Anna Hayden, J NJ
Lees, Vene Vennum, Fannie McHare,
Mrs c A and Miss Olga Krusell, Mrs o
@ Wonnenberg, Mrs A F Raymond, F
R Hill, Supt and Mrs Moore, Major and
Mrs Lowell, Mr. and Mrs F II Besls, J
r Purchase.
The afternoon train also carried out a
number.
The Crittenden post at Minnewsukan
came in today in special sleeper decor
ated with wheat and flags. About 40
veterans and their families we're aboard.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1896-09-03
County Convention

The call for the Independent County
convention Saturday September 10 at
2p N. is published elsewhere. The
caucuses for election Of delegates will be
Sept 16. The democratic and In
dependent County convention being
held at the same time and place add
interest to the occasion,
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1896-09-03

1t is said that no penalty is included
in the game law for not taking ont
license. A section of the code has been
dug which seems to make the violation
fees.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1896-09-03

The whole system is drained and
undermined by indolent ulcers and open
sores. DeWltt's Witch Hazel Salve
speedily heals them. 1t is the best pile
cure known. BALDWIN Bros.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1896-09-03

Baldwin Bros. will refund your money,
If not satisfied after using one bottle of
DR.. Fenner's medicine.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1896-09-03

highest yield 90 far reported 10 about II
bushels for Barnes county.
Frank Casey returning from Ransom
county says the wheat is running from
4 to 10 buehels there.
It is not likely that wheat will be
much higher than the present market
price.
The crop IN the northeastern part of
the county ls generally grading No. l
Northern.
The Orange threshing crew wss fitted
out with men today and left for work on
the Orange place near Spiritwood.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1896-09-03

jamestown. The exercises will be
literally interspersed with music. There
will be some bright and entertaining
women in the convention and the exer.
cises promise to be Of more than usual
interest.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1896-09-03
OTHER PEOPLES VIEWS.
Major r. E. Flemming in Fargo Com
mon waafth.

Major r. E. Flemming in Fargo Com.
monwealth:
A bushel of wheat pays as much
freight now in the depressed market TO
this cereal as it did when it was worth
one dollar per bushel. The per oentage
of freight charges to tho value OF the
wheat at one dollar per bushel at Fargo
was 10 $40, today the per cea tsge is %.
Can there be any logical argument for
this unbalanced condition of affairs?
The lower grades of wheat are made to
arbitrary charge Of so much for bushel
OF wheat whether 1t ls one hard or re-
jected. All other merchandise Is made
to pay freight rate in proportion to its
value but the farmers products must pay
40 arbitrary rate Of more than twice ss
much for q given number Of miles by
rail a. 1t does east Of Chicago.
Think farmers, for mOment-do you
realize that you are paying to railroads
on an sverage-all over this state, more
than one-fourth Of sll your products?
Do you know that you are paying into
the treasures of the railroads in this
state for freight on the single article Of
wheat, more every year than is being
added to the assessed value Of all prop
erty in the entire state?
Ask yourselves why property bonded
at $4,000 to $4,000 per mile should be
taxed at 10 per cent of its value while
you must pay on valuation at the rate
Of one-third to one. half of the value of
your lands.
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Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1896-09-03
Senator Davis on Record.

Following is an extract Of speech
delivered by Senator Cushman X. Davis
at Crookston, Minn., on OCT. l3, 1890:
"Now, fellow citizens, to business
matters. The first congress probably
passed more important legislation than
any congress since the year 1872, except
the congress during which We began the
war. We passed the silver bill. Since
1875 that fundamentally Of finance, that
right arm Of every monetary system
which had existed in efficacy through all
the ages since before the time when
Abraham paid 800 shekels Of silver for
the cave in which 10 bury his dead, that
great function of civilization was re-
stored and made legal tender, and from
the moment it was poured into the veins
of circulation, prices increased, q uni.
verssl sense OF prosperity was felt, and
tho country began to move forward
upon q career Of prosperity which I
assure you my fellow citizens, We do not
begin to appreciate, even in it's begin.
ming. We raised it from it's disoredited
and disturbed condition and We gave It
as money the purchasing power Of gold.
The price of silver before the bill was
passed was 80 cents, and 12O after the
bill was passed, the nominal price being
129. And what followed Immediately
upon the passage of the bill? Prices
rose throughout the country on the
cereals, On corn and barley. That work
for the farmer was done by the republi-
can party. I tell you, gentlemen, that
the passage Of the silver bill was ten
Thousand times more beneficial to the
people in Minnesota and 10 the union
than any tariff DILL your reformers could
possibly DEVISE"
Leading republican statesmen who are
today advocating the gold standard are
convicted out of their own mouths Of
either insincerity or duplicity. Davis is
now gold bug, and voted in 1898 to
repeal the law he praised so highly and
whose good effects he so truthfully dis
oribed.
***
Harvey, Wells County Advertiser,
(Rep.): Harvey has more free silverites
to the square inch than any town IN the
state, sorry to say. and there is only one
copy of Coins Financial School IN the
town that we know OF, and that is in the
Advertiser Office.
k
Bryan: "Show me the man who has
tried to break down labor organizations
and 1 will show you man who today is
sweating blood for fear some laboring
man is going to have his wages cut IN
two"
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1896-09-03

Bryan: "Show me the man who has
tried to break down labor organizations
and l will show you man who today is
sweating blood for fear some aboring
man is going to have his wages cut IN
two"
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1896-09-03
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Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1896-09-03

Jerome Ssbln: Times are pretty hard
with farmers. We are sinchsd now on
one hand and might as we'll be sinched
by one side as another. I don't see any
hope for better prices.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-17
AMONG THE ALBANIANs.
Two Men Jailed. for Passing COun-
terfeit Money.

terfeit Money.
Albany, Ca, Jan. 16-Police officers of
this city to-day arrested John Lawson,
black. and W. c. Hair, a white man, on
"A charge of passing counterfeit gold
coins. Both men are in Jail. and will be
taken to Townsville for examination
Lawson came to town yesterday and got
a spurious Sl0-gold piece changed at S. 3.
Brown a. Bros. store, and when confront
ed with the charge of passing spurious
coin referred the officers to Hair as the
man who had given IL to him, and Hair
claimed that he had received 1t from a
circus man. Between them they made
good Brown Bros loss. and were at once
arrested. Hair has been known to have
handled such money before, and the case
looks bad against him.
Cards are out announcing the approach
ing marriage of Henry 4. Mcintosh OF
this city to Miss Alice Cheatham, daugh-
ter of Col. and Mrs. o. +. Cheatham of
Augusta on Jan. o. Mr.. Mcintosh is the
talented young son of Col. II. NJ. McIn-
tosh of the Herald, and his bride-to-be is
one of the most lovely young ladies In
the entire state.
The Jewish congregation of this city are
now building what will be when complet-
ed one of the handsomest synagogues in
the state. The building will cost $4,000
and will stand on the Episcopal church
lot. which was bought for the purpose, the
Episcopalians buying another lot, on
which they will soon erect "A handsome
The remains Of Clifford Partridge. a
young man who was well known here, was
brought here from Poulan to-day for in
terment. Young Partridge was in the field
at work yesterday, when death struck
him down between the plow-shares his
death resulting from heart failure. He
was the son of w. II. Partridge, farmer
and wealthy citizen Of this county.
A four-room residence on q. c. Coch-
rams place, near Flint. occupied by a ten
ant named Ramsey, was burned at mid
day yesterday. Ramsey lost all his per-
sonal effects. He had no Insurance
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-17
oHARLEsToN's POLICE CHIEF.
Gov. Evans Threatens to Put the Met
rOpOIitan Bill in Force.

rOpOlitan Bill in Force.
Charleston. S. c., Jan. 1.-THE city of
Charleston is in as great a muddle as
ever over her chief of police. Capt. Mar
tin acted with Recorder Jervey this MORN
ing. and it is presumed that he is in charge
still though neither he nor Mayor Smyth
will say so. Gov. Evans has as good as
threatened to put the metropolitan bill in
force here If Martin is removed Mar
tins friends are attempting to show
that very few people are opposed to his
reappointment and Gov. Evans pro-
fesses to believe that the dispensary law
will not be enforced If he is turned out
1t is true that Martin has many sup
porters in the city, and few people deny
that he has made a good police officer
but equally as many want him turned
down because he is known to be such an
active partisan.
While other men nominally appeared at
the head of the so-called citizens indie
pendent ticket here, Martin is believed
hind the throne as politics go; therefore,
it is not surprising that the party sue
cessful at the polls want his scalp. AS
far as the dspensary law is concerned
1t is an open secret that IL is going to
be enforced under Mayor Smyth fully as
vigorously as it was under Mayor Ficken,
no matter who is chief of police. If
Gov. Evans establishes a metropolitan
force here simply because Martin is turn
ed out he will do so for no better reason
than to spite the people and possibly pro-
entire city is intensely interested in the
ma
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-17
MOSES IN THE JURY's HANDS.
strong Arguments Made by the Law
yers on both sides of the Case.

Jacksonville. Fla, Jan. 16-The argu-
ment in the case of John Moses, being
tried in the circuit court for the murder
of Ernest Cooper. was concluded at noon
to-day, and after the charge was made by
Judge Call. case was given to the jury
At late hour tonight the jury had not
agreed and the judge placed them in the
custody of the sheriff until o'clock to-
morrow morning, to which time a recess
was taken.
States Attorney A. G. Hartridge made
a strong argument on the line that the
defendant was responsible for the deed
He viewed the evidence as to insanity
and said that at no time in the life of the
defendant had he been known before to be
violent.
Strong pleas were also made by the
lawyers for the defense, ]. +. Hartridge
and Col Il. w. Pope. Judge Call charged
that if the jury believed that the defend
ant was insane at the time he committed
the deed, then the verdict should be not
guilty, but on the other hand, if they did
not believe him to be insane at that in
slant, then they should return a verdict of
guilty. The judge also charged that the
state had place for the care of lunatics
The charge, all in all. seemed to lean
rather toward the defendant.