Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1905-10-19

ity for the benifit Of the community,
as we'll as himself.
Grain Piled on the Ground,
A remarkable condition is seen this
fall in the great yield of crops which
yield has never been equalled in acre.
age and productiveness, altho there
have been several years when the aver
age yield has been fully as great, if
not greater. The great increase in
crops has taxed the facilities of the
railroad companies beyond their pres
ent capacity, to ship to market
promptly the grain as poured from the
thresher. Every nook and corner Of
every farm building where room can
be had, has been used for storing sur
plus crops. To hold the surplus crops,
and not delay threshing operations,
granaries and temporary bins have
been built in almost every field along
side of the threshing machine, and
the golden 81 lain turned into these
bins to await hauling to market or
storing in some safe place later on.
Oats that yield from seventy-fve to
eighty bushels, per acre, wheat run
ming from fifteen to twenty-five and
thirty, flax fifteen to twenty, rye, bar
ley, speltz in proportion make these
piles1of garnared wealth the surest
evidence Of the value of the soil, of
the prosperity Of the farmer who cul-
tivates the land. 1t is safe to say
that no losses have occurred from pill
ing grain upon the ground and that
the futurewill see many new grana-
riesIand plenty of storage bins ready
for the threshing season. The .eleva.
tors have been unable to receive the
grain offered for shipment, and with
the great increase in all other lines of
business, the railroad companies have
beenIunable to furnish cars promptly
as heretofore. This blockade however
will be OfIshort duration as every rail-
road company traversing the county
is alive to the necessities of the situa-
tion land is. moving the crops with
systematic rapidity.
There are some thirty-one elevators
scattered atdifferent points thruout
the county. In Medina in the western
part ofIthe county new flour mill
and grain elevator has been erected
this summer.
The assessed valuation Of the coun-
ty is about six and one half millions
Of dollars.
Our Surplus Products.
The surplus products shipped from
Stutsman county during the year 1904
were approximately as follows: 725,OOO
bushels of wheat, 100000 bushels of
oats, 365,OO0 bushels of flax, 100000
bushels of barley, $4,000 bushels of
rye, 2l,000,000 pounds of flour, 1900
head of cattle. 5000 sheep, 10000
pounds Of hides and pelts, 10000 lbs.
Of tallow, $50, 900 lbs. of butter, 5000
bushels of potatoes and $4,000 pounds
of wool.
A large number of cattle, sheep and
hogs were slaughtered by local con-
Germs to supply the home demand and
for shipment to numerous small towns
in the surrounding country; over
10, 100000 pounds of flour were manu-
faetured and used locally and in the
county. Practically all OF the surplus
supply of eggs in the county is bought
by Jamestown merchants to meet the
home demand, also very large quanti-
ties Of potatoes, poultry and butter;
Jamestown being one of the best local
markets for produce in the state.
Business Houses.
That the business interests Of
Jamestown are varied and extensive
is shown by the following list: 2
abstracters, IL attorneys,1 state bank,
2 national banks, barber shops, 3
blacksmith shops, book stores, Is
boarding houses, 25 brick and stone
10 contractors, IS carpenters,
3 coal yards, clothing stores, con-
fectionery stores, 2dentists, drug
stores, dry goods stores, l depart
ment store, 10 dresssmakers, 8 dray-
men, 6 grocery stores, harness stores
and shops, 3 hardware stores, heat
ing and plumbing shops, hotels,
hospital, insurance offices, 5 imple-
ment dealers, jewelry stores, jewel
ers, 3 job printing offices, 4 livery
stables, 6 loan Offices, lumber yards,
3 music dealers, S music instructors, 3
millinery stores, 2 daily and 3 weekly
2 newsdealers, 8 physi-
clans, Is painters, 8 pharmacists, 10
plasterers, 20 painters, IL real estate
dealers, 6 restaurants meat markets,
3 repair shops, The Northern Pacific
Railroad Co., The Jamestown &
Northern Railroad Co., The James
River Valley and the 500 Railroad Co,
tailors, ! tinshop, l telephone ex-
change, warehouses, 2 wagon shops,