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Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1905-08-17
JAMESTOWN NORTH DAKOTA THURSDAY, AUGUST

seven or more tracks Of equal distance
will be laid. When these are COM
pleted there vii! be room and plenty
for all coast trains.
Great Northern section men received
an advance In pay this week from 81 80
to S1.5O day. Northern Pacific sec
tion hands, who are now receiving
S1.25, expect a similar raise in their
pay. With offers from the harvest
fields it is hard to keep men on the
section work and the railroads general
1y increase wages at about this time
Of the year. Not long since the Great
Northern raised the pay of most Of
it's employees at the Waite Park car
ShOpS. e
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1905-08-17
Railroad nstss.

The Northern Pacific railroad has
purchased two blocks in the heart Of
the city of Staples and will at once
begin laying out what 1t ID announced
will be the largest yards on the entire
system. New buildings, including .
60 stall roundhouse, capable Of hous.
ing the largest engines on the system
will be constructed. a two story ms
chine shop with otaces for the master
mechanic and other of1cials is also tt
be erected. The present trackagl
win % extended west one mile ind
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1905-08-17
Medina Keops on Growing.

Medina Citizen: In the neighbOr-
hood Of forty binders and headers were
sold by Medina implement dealers this
season and the demand far exceeded
the supply. A large number of now
ers, rakes. bull-rakes, wagons, etc.,
were also purchased by farmers in the
market here. This shows that there
will be reign Of prosperity in western
Stutsman county when the grain is
harvested, and all indications point to
one Of the most bountiful crops on
record. A very few years ago the town
Of Medina consisted of assign board and
whistle-post, but you would hardly
make. stranger believe that was less
than seven years ago. A year ago last
January there were eighteen residence
houses in Medina, now there are over
forty, and more going up right along.
There are three good hotels, two gen.
eral stores, hardware store, two eleva-
torres and a new one and a 100 barrel
flour mill in course Of erection, photo
studio, real estate offices, bank, news
paper, harness shop, meat market,
creamery, blacksmith shop, two lum-
Der yards, two ;coal and wood yards,
drug store, two churches, school house,
livery barns, barber shop and billiard
and pool room. 1t is thriving COM
munity and it would be hard to find
one anywhere that does the same
amount of business as is transacted by
our local business houses. The
amount Of freight unloaded here daily
keeps two dray lines busy and the
travelling mems order books are al
ways full after stop here. Carpen-
ters and builders are always busy and
the, local painters are kept hustliug
putting on the finishing touches.
Everything is bright, new, and clean
and that is good index to the char
ter Of a town.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1905-08-17
Harvest Hands. /.

n Farmers looking for harvest hands
find the professional hobo who sits on
the fence and percheson steps demand
ing s3 q day. A party Of young men
from Iowa who stopped at hotels here
yesterday offered to work for q a day,
and said it was q fair price. The best
farm help can not be found on the
fences and steps but at the hotels and
boarding houses. Hoboes who pay for
no meals or lodgings generally do not
want to work at any reasonable price.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1905-08-17
Paris.

Jennings, Cleveland's land hustler,
was doing business up this way last
Friday.
Preaching was conducted by a min
lister from Medina last Sunday at Geo.
Halzworth's.
Riley Peak is at home again, He
has been at Prairie helping Lou Paul
son IN barley harvest.
Jake Moulder IS smiling facewas seen
on our streets today. He will put up
little hay for winter use.
VIM. Post went to Cleveland Monday
with R. Fisher, it being too wet to
make hay, hence the layoff.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gottlieb Schulskie
mourn the loss Of their infant son last
week. Funeral services were held at
the house.
The water men are busy here now.
They pulled to Mr.. Senter's place last
| week. Last week they went down l45
feet without water.
Land is changing hands here as well
as in other places. Messrs. Fisher
and French are reported as purchasing
a quarter section to swell the number
Of acres in their farms.
D. D. Smith was in town the other
day and says that he had two wells
bored without getting water-one
about 100 feet and the other 225 feet.
He then moved to the edge OF marsh
and got plenty of water at 30 feet.
Water was struck Monday in the
town we'll at 155 feet, with IA feet OF
water. Mr.. Senter was sen going to
Cleveland after lumber for curbing
Monday afternoon. At $50 feet one
length of curbing was put In and q
smaller augur was used to 60 deeper.
The well had started to cave at that
depth.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1905-08-17
COUNTY Correspondence
Items of News and Comment Sent In
by the Alert's Staff of Farmer Re.
porters In Neighborino Towns.
SpfritWood Lake Notes,


The camp ground has lots of camp
erS.
Mr.. and Mrs. JAS Campbell were
guests at the Wallace camp Sunday.
Ed Lyman caught nine pound
pickerel last week, rare fish in size
these days.
The family of A. Y. Moore of Vim
bledon is spending couple of weeks
at the Wood cottage.
Capt. Ingraham's tenting party has
been at the lake for week and had a
pleasant time in camp.
Harvesting has commenced in the
vicinity of the lake. Henry La aBrasch
has some elegant macaroni wheat.
Several social entertainments are
promised by the ladies Of the lake this
week, including a card party at the
club house.
Larry McLain is reported to be the
next Jamestown citizen who expects
to get a cottage location on the lake
and build summer home.
The Wimbledon 'phone is not a very
rapid means Of communication with
Jamestown owing to delay in getting
connections at Valley City.
Miss nellie Rose and cousin, Miss
Isabelle Rose, Of Fargo spent Sunday
at the Lyman's, and Miss Isabelle will
remain during the present week.
n. E. Whites auto met with an ac-
cident on the way to the lake last
week and one Of the front wheels was
wrecked, leaving the machine on the
roadway for team power to haul to
town.
The plowed field Of barley near the
Mutz school house attracts the atten-
tion Of all passersby. The barley was
cut from the outside towards the
center, which left strip partly clear
Of bundles. Three gang plows did the
work and it kept three shockers busy
taking away the bundles and shocking
them on the plowed ground.
The barn that burned on the Mrs.
Arms farm near the lake was all
ablaze from the lightning before the
family were aware of it. Had the
horses been looked after soon after the
stroke that set the barn atire, most, if
not all, Of the animals could probably
have been saved. The loss in horses
will exceed $1,000. Mrs. Arms will
put temporary roof over the stone
foundation for the winter and rebuild
the barn in the spring.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1905-08-17
crsp Summary.

N State crop bulletin tor week ending
3 Aug. Il: The past week was quite
warm, with light to heavy showers IN
most PARTS Of the state, accompanied
~ 81 damaging hailstorms in the north !.
efn portion. N . US
sss Rust does not seem; to have msde
\ ny progress, and the grain = matur-
s1ng @ fast that II = almost an ont Of
5dang,sllr. ptId Idamlss from thst source
ilt 4 I! !;,!| ai,sctang Z asx u tns 's
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1905-08-17
EXTENSIVE BRIDGE WORK
Northern Pacific Has Large Improve
ments Under Way.-The Strike
Sltuation.-Railroad Notes.

The work Of replacing the super.
structure of the bridge across the Mis-
souri, river with heavier steel work, Of
more than double it's present capacity
has been progressing for sometime.
In order to relieve the weight on the
superstructure while that is being
shifted, an entire system of false work
resting upon piling driven into the
river has been erected under the first
span of the bridge. This supports the
rails and ties SO that the superstruc-
ture may be removed piece by piece
and replaced. The extent and quality
of the work may be determined from
even a casual inspection of the i'm
mense amount Of piling and support
ing timbers using in supporting the
first span of the bridge while the
change is being made. AS soon as the
timber work and the first span is COM
pleted, a new system of false work be-
meath the second span, and the work
will progress with that until practi-
cally5completed with the exception of
piers. These of course are amply cap
able Of sustaining all the weight that
might be placed upon them, being
monoliths practically of granite, rest
ing upon the bed rock of the river.
The present reconstruction OF the
bridge, while perhaps not absolutely
necessary, is deemed advisable by the
company because Of the gradually and
constantly increasing weight Of trains
and engines. When the bridge was
first CONSTRUCTED, tains of four hun
dred tons were the ordinary freight
trains. This capacity has practically
quadrupled in the past few years.
While observing the work being done
upon the bridge, one freight train
passed across it carrying nearly fifty
cars and exceeding the total length of
the bridge by several hundred feet, so
that when the engine had passed far
out on the trestle on the west the
caboose had not reached the east ap-
proach to the bridge.-Bismarck Tri-
bune. ....
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1905-08-17
A new PLANNING : MIL.
Extensive Plant About Ready for
Business. 4 desirable Enterprise
! for This Part of the State.

A new enterprise in Jamestown will
soon be humming away, filling orders
for all kind of planning mill work. The
growth of the town and surrounding
country has shown the needs for fur
ther facilities in; the way OF wood
turning and up-to-date planning mill
work, and the plant which has been
put in by F. C. Bennett on the mill
track in the western part of town, is
expected to do a good business in this
line. -. ,. .sl..
The building has been built especi-
ally for the purpose, the main floor
2Sx48 with an annex 2Ox36. The main
part is two stories in height and the
entire plant is equipped with the lat
est and most complete line of ma
chinery ever brought to this part of
the state. No such equipment of
planning mill machinery outside OF
Fargo or Grand Forks can be found in
the state, and even Aberdeen, S. D.,
has no planning mill equal to the new
mill about to be started here. Z i
There is an elevator, and engine
house with l2-horse power Fairbanks
engine. "@.
The two floors are now ready, with
machinery in position for the power
to start, and in a few days Mr.. Ben
nett will begin work, having in sight
enough orders to keep the factory
busy for some time.
A great variety of wood work will be
done and it is expected to supply spe-
cial sizes and orders for lumber men
and all others in several counties In
this part Of the state, where there are
no such facilities to do the work, as
we'll as for the immediate vicinity.
A skilled foreman from Duluth has
been engaged and work will be turned
out with promptness. A dry kiln for
lumber will later be added to the
plant, and orders taken for all kinds
of fancy scroll and ornamental work.
AS indicating the capacity of the mill
the following are some Of the machines
in place ready for business:
Self feeder rip saw, I inch. 4 sided
moulder, 24x6 inch planer, 36 inch
band saw, heavy upright mortise,
double ended turner's lathe, scroll saw,
tenoning machine, is inch jointer,
combination saw, boring machine,
sand papering machine, 2 spindle
shaper, carving machine, sash coping
machine, knife grinder.
This is new enterprise in which
Mr.. Bennett has made large invest
ment and it deserves the patronage
Of the public.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1905-08-17
SplrttWood.

Mrs. H. F. Hobert was on the sick
list last week.
A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs. ChaS.
Majors in Valley City.
Harry Long has succeeded A. P. Pan
kin at Power s station.
Miss Malinda Gainsforth of James
town visited here Sunday.
Mrs. r. E. Hull has returned from
q three months visit In Wisconsin.
Some of the farmers have started to
harvest and those who have threshing
machines are getting ready to thresh
. bumper crop, soon.
The many friends Of Mrs. Harry Sis
son, who was taken to the hospital,
will be pleased to learn that she is
getting along nicely.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1905-08-17
Referred to General MANAGER.

St. Paul, Mimi, Aug. Is. -(Speecial.)
J. J. Hill returned yesterday from his
eastern trip. President Perham of
the telegraphers' union today took up
with Mr.. Hill the matter OF arbitra-
tration between the railroad company
and the operators, asking Mr.. Hill to
investigate the recent troubles be-
tween the Great Northern road and its
telegraphers and operators. Mr.. Hill
referred the entire matter, together
with the accompanying correspond
ence, to the general manager of the
Great Northern, F. E. Ward, advising
Mr.. Perham that all such matters
were entirely in the hands of the gen.
eral manager. ....
The railroad company claims that
operating" conditions are practically
normal and maintains that as soon as
the public recognize such situation
first class conditions will prevail at
every station.
AT FARGO.
The return of the day and night op-
orators at the Detroit station of the
N. P. was reported this morning. At
Dopelius, a very important point on
the same road, one operator returned
since Saturday and there have been
returns reported at Wadena and New
York Mills, n
The situation in Fargo remains the
same. No operators have returned
either on the G.. N. or the N. P. At
the latter depot Manager Fitchell and
an assistant are doing all the work
that is being done in the day time and
by the night manager at night.
Between forty and fifty operators
who are assembled at stfike head.
quarters in this city held aImeeting at
Moorhead Saturday night. The bust.
ness was Of an executive nature and
the only report given out was that the
best Of feeling prevailed and the de.
termination to stick to the guns Of
the o. r. T. was as strong as ever
Fargo Forum. ....,2
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1905-08-17
State A..s..msn Comparisons.

The following table shows the total
assessed valuation of all taxable prop
erty in the state Of North Dakota for
the years given and the total state tax
levy given in each year as for valua-
tion-valuation as equalized by the
state board yearly:
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1905-08-17

& The residence Of Frank Clock has
been seld. II ID said that Mr.. Clock
viii build another house for his use
this sumnaeI.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1905-08-17
Gerber.

Z Daniel Muruh lost q valuable horse
by lightning last week, also twenty
tons Of hay. &.s3s.s NJ
Gus Kranm and Gunder Josephson
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1905-08-17

John Curry has rented one Of the
new cottages recently built by Wilson,
Bonner & Allen on the north side. d
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1905-08-17
Weather and Crops.

There was q fine rain in this locality
Sunday which will help all the late
crops. Wheat is rapidly ripening and
cutting will begin in many fields this
week. The weather last week was
very favorable for all kinds Of grain.
Flax promises to. be large yield, and
is becoming . crop that many farmers
and they can rotate successfully with
wheat and other grain.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-11-02

Bushel boxes Fancy Colorado Eating
Bushe boxes Fancy Colorado Keller
Pears ................. .......,..... III. 10
Bushel boxes Fancy Colorado st. Law
Omaha daily bee., 1905-11-02
Grocery Specials for Thursday

Fresh, crisp. milk crackers, per 3D. Do
Fresh, crisp, ginger snaps, per b. sc
Vanilla OF lemon waters. per lb......,.. Toe
Fancy separator creamery butter, ID. DC
2-lb. can sweet sugar corn. ..........,. sc
Don't fail to see our big demonstrations
basement.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-11-02
Buy Your Apples and Pears Now

3-bushel barrels of Fancy New York
Greening or Baldwin Apples. ......... "a q
Fancy Imported Malaga Grapes, per lb.12i5c
Fancy Halloween Dates, per d.. 71C
Fancy California Cooking Figs, per ID. 71hC
measures Fresh Roasted Peanuts. l0c
Omaha daily bee., 1905-11-02

q lbs. pure cane granulated sugar for$.OO
4S-lb. sacks Fancy High Patent Mime
sofa flOuT- .'.......s.s. l.sO
10 bars best brands laundry soap...... 25c
Jellycon, per package. .................,. &c
JellO, per ...''.ss.-.s.s... 20 |
Advo Jell per package ."............::.. &c
The best soda or oyster crackers, h.. SIC |
Omaha daily bee., 1905-11-02
IN THE DOMESTIC ROOM

Fine quality Bleached Muslin, yard 1lc
wide, at Nard. Observation-Disclosures. rs
Yard wide fine Cambria, best lOc value.
on the market, Thursday, ZiC
only, yard ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. -
Seamless Sheets fine quality, pa yards by
21s long, good value at A2r
Coo, at, each..................... ENJS
Omaha daily bee., 1905-11-02

SSaS commercially all wool Blankets, ls
quarters q by "a inches long, , o.
Thursday t.................. ,.,..... ~
s.. % Home Made Bed Comforters. 80 inches
wide. feet long. fine colors, IS0
we'll made, each Observation-Disclosures. AsOO
121kc outing FlannelS, best made, R1~
bright and dark colors, yard. ......... OSS
SPECIAL SALE ON FLANNELETTES.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-11-02

S5C CORSET COVER EMBRoIDERIEs-
Beautiful patterns, great snap at Zoe
soc ALL SILK VEILINGS-In ell the
nobby new cOlors and patterns, I0C
15C' IADIES' NECKwEAR at..........,5C
2OO-YARD SPOOL COTTON.....,......
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-21
Man Who Was Supposed to
Be in His Grave Is Rec
oenized by Son at Denver
ADMITS HIS IDENTITY
Takes to Drink After Losing
Two Fortunes and Later Is
Reported TO Be Dead
Special Dispatch to The Call.

DENVER, Colo, May 20.-Alvin Deval
Mitchell, who was Supreme Court Judge
in Illinois before the Chicago fire in 1871
and who was supposed to have died TWEEN
ty-four years ago, was found by his son,
Alvin DevaI Mitchell Jr., in Denver Tues
day night. while the authorities in Kan
sas City were looking for his remains to
send them TO Denver for reburial. The
father and son met at the corner of Six
teenth and California streets and the lat
ter Immediately recognized his sire.
Your name is Alvin Mitchell, and you
are my father"
Yes replied the father, "and you are
my oldest SON.
When the fire in. Chicago in 1871 caused
Mitchell to lose all his money his mind
was affected. He removed to Kansas City
an entered business with his brother and
soon got on his feet again and made a
fortune. Before long he lost IL all again.
Mitchelrs son moved to New York and
took with him his younger brother They
entered the real estate business there.
Now both of the sons are wealthy.
The elder Mitchell, after he had lost his
money for the second time, began drink
ing. His brother, with whom he was as
ISOLATED in business, kicked him out Of
his house and telegraphed the sons in
New York that he had died. A few years
later his wife died and the sons were
told that their father and mother had
been buried side by side in Kansas City.
Last week Alvin Deval Mitchell Jr.
came to Denver, as he had decided to
make this his home. He telegraphed to
Kansas City and ordered the, remains of
his mother and father to be sent here for
reburiai The mothers remains were
sent and were inferred in Paramount
Cemetery Tuesday afternoon. The father S
body could not be found. Tuesday night
the son sent second message to Kansas
City, urging that a thorough search be
made for his fathers remains. and two
hours later he found him alive.
The aged jurist had led precarious
existence for years, but kept the secret
of his career to himself. Mr.. and Mrs.
w. r. Upton had been caring for him.
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-21

mittee reports were continued before
the General Assembly of the Southern
Presbyterian church when the commits
sioners were called to order to-day.
While it cannot now be definitely as
certained, it is believed that the spe-
cial committee to whom was referred
the report on church federation, which
was made to the assembly yesterday,
will. make, it's report early next week.
The question of how the governing
body will dispose of the matter is a
mooted one, as quite number of COM
missioners are inclined to the BELIEF
that it is the first step to final organic
union with the Northern branch of the
Presbyterian church. If these dele
gates can be convinced that the move
ment Is for closer cooperation the vote
will probably be in favor of federation.
but otherwise opposition will probably
be developed strong enough to defeat
the measure.
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-21
Scared Into Selling
Their American
Holdings.
BOStOnian Tells Them
Of Coming Financial
Revolution.
Backed by a Syndicate Which
Profits by Alarm He
Creates.
Special Dispatch to The Call

BOSTON, May pa powerful bear
syndicate, including some of the biggest
operators in the United States, is back
ing Thomas ". Lawson Of Boston in a
campaign to hammer down the prices OF
American securities through the London
market. Lawson is the press agent and
advertising manager Of the ring and one
Of the Boston representatives His ad-
dresses are not only in leading dailies of
the United States, but he has invaded
the advertising columns of London and
Continental dailies with characteristic
poster-size advertising in an effort to
scare European holders Of American
stocks to throw them overheard
In this country Lawson is telling by
advertisement, the telegraph and the
magazine what he is going to do to the
system. In London he is telling the
public that the American people are
organized for a financial revolution and
thaf on n certain date they will with
draw at his behest their entire deposits
from the savings banks of the country
lie tells the British and Continental
public that there is not enough money
N the banks 10 meet this sudden with
drawal, as forty billions of the United
States wealth is mere paper wealth.
q III A-tS utcdnllilc LONDON mas been SELL
ing heavily, and will keep on selling un-
Ill its spectators realize that they are
playing into the hands of a giant bear
syndicate by disposing Of their stocks
which the bears have been wanting badly
70 cover short contracts
Lawson himself is said to be short fully
la.00O shares of Amalgamated stock, as
well as Utah. Steel and, other metal
stocks He seems to seize upon the psy-
geological moment for his advertisements
and has engineered three big raids In six
months, calling upon the public to sell its
stock 10 the system and to make it
stagger under the load of indigestible Sc
cuTlties. Each time he has reaped a
profit Of millions, and his hackers in the
enterprise reap profits of more millions
The system" by which Lawson means
the Rockefellers, J. p. Morgan, James
Stillman and other millionaires, has
bought the stocks thus offered, as ii al
ways does when bargains are kicking
around. But Lawson has bought and
his hackers have bought, while the public
hasn't much TO show for its money ex-
cept experience.
Just how far the syndicate will succeed
IN its raid upon the savings banks is an
open question, and how far it will be al
lowed 10 90 is still another, but even
now plans are forming to crush Lawson
and his raiders.