Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1905-09-28
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Montpelier. 90 q
Chicken shooting in this vicinity Is
poor sport according to hunters.
Roy Carley rs making headquarters
In Montpelier this fall and will build
aresidence here.
q 1t is stated that Montpelier and,
jamestown will be shortly connected
by telephone, something greatly need
ed here. ~-..
A number of new farm residences
are going to be built as soon as the
! farmers in this vicinity can get a lit
tie spare time to begin the work.
/; The hotel run by Mrs. Heath is do
ing good business and the reputation
for keeping neat and tidy house and
setting up good meals is well known.
Tom Stewart our popular carpenter
and builder is erecting a billiard and
pool hall which promises to supply a
needed place of amusement during
the long winter evenings.
Fishing in the Jim river at this
point is not bad and anyone with a
little patience, hook, line and piece
Of bull beef can get nice mess OF
perch and cat fish these days.
S. A.Shain, the hustling landlord at
Jamestown, is putting in considerable
time marketing his crop. Landlord
Shain is prosperous with the rest Of
the good farmers in the vicinity OF
Montpelier. ....,s.
G. G, White of Dowagiac sMich. Is
spending few weeks inOthis vicinity
looking after his crop. Mr.. White has
three quarters of land near the Chlca-
90 ranch, and believes that land values
are going to increase. .,.. - =
s4 Montpelier is growing like weed.
The new store built by VIM. Campbell
with Mr.. j, w. Jacobs in charge is a
fine addition to the business buildings,
of the town. 1.-The building is "a by oO'
and the stock large and we'll selected.
A good many threshers run their
machines Sunday and most OF the far-
mers are building temporary granar-
les to hold their surplus grain, the
elevators at both Ypsilanti and Mont
pelier being full and the railroad COM
pany unable to suppy cars, or move
the loaded cars as fast as filled.
B Lumbersfor a new elevator, badly
needed improvement in the building
line, is expected in few days and
work on the building is looked for to
& co mmence inside of couple Of weeks
The present elevator under the care
sof Agent Carley is unable, to handle
the grain and people Of Montpelier
and vicinity will be pleased to have
another elevator in operation here.
The increase of land under cultivation
in this vicinity fully warrants the
/ additional elevator. -
Among the comparatively new set
4 tiers who are doing we'll farming In
this part of the county are the Berg
4 Brothers who came from Iowa about
year ago and bought halt section
of land between Ypsilanti and this
place. They brought number Of good
teams with them and have an excel
lent crop all threshed but the flax.
The Berg Brothers also rent addition
!. al land and are figuring on getting
hold Of more acres. They are the kind
Of farmers the county needs.
Another instance of the rise In lands
I in the southern part Of Stutsman
county is seen in the sale to Mr.. Ju-
berg ! young farmer Of Barnes county,
OF the Charles Walker section In the
southeastern, part Of the county for
! go per acre. The sale included the
crop Of this year. Six years ago. 1t IS
!, reported, Mr.. Walker got hold Of the
land for "a an acre. Mr.. Juberg Is q
r ;Do-noc t0o,,vtu r. punor yvhO has made