Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1904-11-24

1 uc NOIUll DthOUd 1lClull U1OCCl0
association will hold its next meeting
at Valley City on Jan. "a and Is. The
session to be was held in Feb, but it
has been changed in order to coincide
with the date Of the meeting Of the
legislature to facilitate getting some
needed legislation passed. The citi.
zens of VALLEY City are preparing to
make the event memorably pleasant
to the organization.
A Valley City dispatch says Chas.
Brodst, farmer, bought pint of
whisky and pint of carbolic acid for
medicinal purposes and feeling dry
took swallow of the acid, mistaking
it for whisky. While still holding the
bottle, friend. Joe Jacobs, took the
bottle from him and tried to empty it.
The prompt work of physicians has
brought Brodst out Of danger, but
Jacobs is in a critical condition.
The Dickinson Press says that one
of the big land companies at that
place have just put in an automobile
capitable of carrying II to l6 people.
For winter use the machine has
tight cab, like street car, in which
the landseekers can, in tine most cut
ting winds, ride with comfort and
view the land. On Thursday an ex-
pert arrived from the east to set the
machinery in working order and get
this powerful automobile ready to
spin over the prairies.
The new armory Of co. G at Valley
City will be GOx13O in size. The base
ment will have stone walls ten feet
in height, above which will be the
frame superstructure with eighteen
foot posts. Owing to lack of funds
the basement will not be finished at
this time, but in the future it will be
fitted with bath and toilet rooms and
a gymnasium, as well as drill room.
The first floor will be finished with a
large stage and will have seating ca
pacity for about a thousand people
The armory will cost 8,l0O.
Walter j. Burton, a prominent busi-
ness man of Wheaton, Minn., was the
victim OF distressing accident at
Lakota last Friday when he was acci-
dentally shot by his brother-in-law, J.
w. Berg, with whom he was visiting.
Berg it appears, was handling a
magazine shotgun, and getting it in
shape for use. He had put in some
new springs and was engaged in try
ing them to see whether Ur not they
would eject the shells. While thus
engaged the weapon was discharged,
the hammer in some way slipping
from his fingers.
Attorney George w. Newton of Bis
marck went deer hunting on the river
bottoms south Of town and had disa
gleeable experience that will probably
put an end to his desire to hunt this
season. Will. waiting at the edge of
the brush with shotgun loaded with
buckshot for some deer to make its
appearance, he put the muZzle Of his
gun down on chip to rest for min
ute. When he lifted the gun up again,
he put the forehnger Of his left hand
into the muzzle Of the gun to be sure
no sand had gotten into it. In some
unexplainable way the weapon was
discharged at the same time, and the
first joint of his left foretinger was
blown off il the discharge of the gun.
a meeting of great Importance to
stock raisers Of the northwest will be
held in Fargo on November 22nd. The
state veterinarians of Montana, North
Dakota and South Dakota, DR.. Ram
sey OF the bureau Of animal industry,
the government inspectors, who have
been working in their states, and
prominent stock men and railroad
men will meet to consider and formu-
late lines OF legislation for the purpose
of more thoroughly controlling, and
seeking to eradicate. the scabies,
which has effected the cattle Of the
northwest for several years. Repre-
sentatlves will 80 before the legis-
lative bodies of the three states at the
sessions this winter and ask for the
enactment of similar laws by all.
The Fargo Call says thata ''spotter"
named Larson attempted to black.
mail two women of the red light dis.
trict, yesterday. Complaints were
made out and last night Larson went
to the landladies and said that he was
acting for the Enforcement league
and that if they would dig up s25
each that the proceedings against
them would be quashed. The women
put up the required sum and Larson
gave each one a receipt for the money
which was paid to him. The Call
adds: s'The whole deal is nothing
but blackmail, and as long as the En-.
forcement league uses such men as
Larson, it is hard to see where they
expect to gain the sympathy of the