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Arizona republican., 1906-08-23

Lysander John Appleton walked into the kitchen at his home this morning dressed in rubber suit. over his head he wore a cap something like that the divers wear, leaving only the mouth exposed. What on earth are you fixed up that way for?" said his wife. Lysander John Appleton paused. his hand on the refrigerator door and said with an air of mournful dignity 'I am about to eat a ripe tomato. and don't want to get any of the juice on my clothes ''-Atch.sOn Globe.
Arizona republican., 1906-08-23
S1OO REWARD. 500.

The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that science has been able to cure in all its stages, and that is CataTrh. Halls Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure now known to the medical fraternity Catarrh being a constitu- uonal disease, requires a constitutional treatment Halls CataTTh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. thereby destroying the foundation of the disease ana giving the patient strength by building up the constitution and as sisting nature in doing it's work The proprietors have so much faith in it's curative powers that they offer One Hun dred Dollars for any case that it fails to cure. Send for list of testimonials.
 Address F. J. CHENEY & CO, To- ledO, ..
 Sold by all Druggists. 75c.
 Take Halls Family Pills for cOnstipa-
Arizona republican., 1906-08-23

Listen to any girl of 16 and the tenth word she will say is "chum." and it appears every fifth word in her con versation afterMard.-Atchison Globe.
Arizona republican., 1906-08-23

A man does so many foolish things every year that he staggers under a terrible burden of humiliation by the time he is fifty-Atchison Globe.
Arizona republican., 1906-08-23
SHE HAD A RIGHT TO PREACH.

Woman's inbOrn right. to preach has been recognized by Bishop Talbot of Pennsylvania A skirted itinerant eX- pounder of the gospel used to gather a crowd every Sunday within sight of the bishops cathedral. and many of his flock were seen lingering under the spell. one of the vestrymen. a pomp- ous and prosy banker, went to the bishop to remonstrate. He wanted something done to stop the preaching near the cathedral. He thought the mayor would help them out if the bishop were to appeal to him. This thing of unmarried women preaching around in a crowd Of men is sean dalous and should be stopped" said the banker. "Oh never mind" said the bishop, easily "she cannot hurt me. Let her preach. She must eXhOrt somebody, and, you see, she has no husband. I warrant Mrs. - gives you many a good sermon in the re- tirement of your home. All women like to preach. .''-Pittsburg Dispatch.
Arizona republican., 1906-08-23

A picture no artist can paint-the Grand Canyon. Excursion Aug. 26th.
Arizona republican., 1906-08-23

Ask about the Canyon" excursion August 26th. S15.OO round trip.
Arizona republican., 1906-08-23

At a wedding the best man can't always prove it.-Philadelphia Record.
Arizona republican., 1906-08-23

Some people impress us, and other oppress us.-Philadelphia Record.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1906-02-08

jamestown, the Metrsp-
oils Of tho james River
valley Of North Dakota.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1906-02-08
Demand for Horses .

A large number Of horses flom out
side the state will lbe sold in North
Dakota this year and farmers will
have to pay good prices. The new
settlers and the breaking up Of addi-
tional land will make an increased de-
mand for horses for farm work. Most
of the horses will be brought in from
the south and east, as the Montana
or western horses have been sold and
buyers in Montana have been getting
horses from western North Dakota.
The high prices of horses has made
a temptation to bring in horses from
across the Canadian border.
United States Marshall Shea went
to the western part of the state Fri
day for nineteen horses and, after
some investigation, discovered two
more of the large bunch which a
party is charged with bringing into
the United States without paying any
duty.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1906-02-08

for the establishment of any or all
of them: wholesale grocery, fruit
and machinery houses, brick yard
factories for manufacturing, cereal
foods, fax tow mill, linseed oil
factory, cold storage warehouse,
a business college, wagon factory
and additional railroad facilities.
The above outline of the advan-
tages of Stutsman county for
settlement and of the city of
jamestown as place Of business
or residence is familiar to the old
er residents, yet there are SO many
new inhabitants who are unac-
quainted with the resources above
noted that a repetition Of them oc
cassionally is not out of place.
New corners of the county can con-
fidently endorse the above facts to
their friends in other states, and
recommend to them that no more
profitable and safe investment for
the farmer, the tenant, or the
landless can be had than the poss-
session of a Stutsman county farm,
while no more promising city for
business is to to be found in the
new northwest than Jamestown.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1906-02-08
The Gleason Stock Sold.

Another business change in the
county is announced today, it being
the purchase by Edward Clamp Of this
city, of the E. ]. Gleason stock OF
groceries, dry goods, ETC.. at Spirit
wood. The deal was closed today and
Mr.. Clamp left for Spiritwood to take
charge of the store. Later he will
move his family to SpiritwOod.
Mr.. Clamp has had Is years expert
ence in the merchandising business In
this city and elsewhere, .and is well
known to many residents Of !. the coun-
ty from his long association with the
mercantile business Of the Chase COM
paDy stores. a five years lease of the
Gleason store building has been made.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1906-02-08
LAND OFFICE CHANGES
Fargo Land Office Not To Be Dis.
continued As Reported, But New
Territory To Be Added.

The Fargo Land Office will mot be
closed as reported it would be. Com
missioner Richards of the U. S. land
office under date Of Feb.3, 1906, replies
to the Bismarck Commercial Club, in
answer to the protest sent by the club
against the proposed segregation of
five tiers Of townships-in all 100
townships-from the Bismarck land
district to be attached to the Fargo
district. The commissioner says that
the change of boundaries referred to
was recommended by this Office after
careful consideration, and was direct
ed by the president by executive order
Of January q, 1906. 1t is not con-
sidered that the transfer of lands
from one district to another mater
tally affects the settler, or; puts him
to any great inconveniences or ex-
pense, because visit to the land office
is not required to institute or perfect
an entry or contest, as the law autho-
rizes the settler to go before a u, S.
commissioner or Judge or clerk Of a
court Of record residing in the county
in which his land is situated, and make
all necessary aff1davits required by law
and the regulations of the depart
ment.
The register and receiver Of the
Bismarck land Office have also received
a letter from the general land Office
under date of Feb. 3, saying that the
change in the boundary Of the Bis
marck land district will take effect
May l, and adds the ranges 81 and II
to the Fargo district. The tract
books and other records pertaining to
the lands in the district affected will
be forwarded to Fargo prior to that
date and no contests or final proof
hearings will be had at Bismarck after
April 30 coming from the land in
question. This transfers to the Fargo
district about 100 townships contain
ing approximately 100000 acres Of
government land still open to settle
ment.
According to the above decision of
the U. S. land commissioner the three
western ranges in Stutsman county
which have been included in the Bis
marck land district will be trans.
ferred tc the Fargo district as we'll as
the two eastern ranges in Kidde1
county, Nos. 10 and II. The Stuts.
man ranges are 81, 68 and SO. Attor'
neys and others here claim the change
will be a great convenience to all
interested in government land matters
and that the Bismarck land office
having SO great a volume of business
could not expedite matters as rapidly
as can be done with the territory in
the Fargo district.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1906-02-08
PRIZES TO Be GIVEN
J. J. nill Offers Cash Prizes For the
Best Farmed Land In Minnesota.
North and South Dakota.

The movement for better farming
throughout the American northwest
is taking on big proportions. James
J.~Hill lends his powerful assistance
to it by Offering generous prizes Of
money for the best titled and best
managed farms in Minnesota, North
Dakota and South Dakota. The only
requirement. is that farmers who
compete for these prizes must keep
two classes of live stock in addition to
their crop farming-that is, cattle
and sheep or swine. The judges will
visit the farm and will base their
award OF prizes upon the system Of
rotation Of crops, character of culti-
Walton. cleanliness of farming, crop
yield, and numbers and quality of the
live stock kept in proportion to the
farms area.
Every farmer has a chance at the
Hill prizes.
The prizes are divided in such a
manner that every farmer has a
chance at them. Three prizes are
offered in each congressional district
in Minnesota and for the eastern and
western halves Of each of the Dakotas.
The first prize is $500 in cash, second
$3.50, third S75. This makes total of
1925 in cash for each district, or an
aggregate of s6,825 for this year for
farmers in the three states named.
II the number of entries and interest
taken is sufficient, Mr.Hill will doubt
less duplicate these prizes each year
for four additional years, making a
total of some S35, 900 in all.
The prizes will be awarded by two
judges, one of whom shall be Prof.
Thomas Shaw OF St. Paul and the
other shall be chosen within the dis
trict directly by Pres. Hill, or by
Prof. Shaw with his approval. The
juggling is to be done bet Xeen June l
and August l, and entries should be
made as early as possible on forms
furnished free on application to
Orange J Judd Farmer, Chicago, Ill.
No expense: no red tape.
There are no fees or dues. Every
farmer may compete. The intelligent
farmer on small scale who is rela-
lively poor has as good achance at the
prizes as richer farmer who operates.
on bigger scale. To win the prizes.
does not necessarily involve any
necessary expense, simply that the
farmer shall farm we'll.
Millions for grain growers.
A contest in behalf of better seed
and better culture of grains is also
being conducted by Orange Judd
Farmer, with view to adding mil
lions to the profits for farmers who
grow wheat, corn or oats. 1t offers
$500 as cash prize for the oest work
in 1905 with one acre Of wheat, $500
for best work with one acre of corn,
and $500 for best; work with one acre
of oats-not necessarily the largest
yield,::but the best p:actice in every
detail. 1t offers 5000 in all, and
many other prizes are being contri-
buted. From the acre OF pure seed
grown in 1906 by each contestant,
there should be enough fine seed
available for planting next year to
forever Danish poor seed from every
farm in the land.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1906-02-08
Numerous iiarket Towns. j;

The market towns along all
these lines Of roads are numerous,
being from ten to twelve miles
apart, with convenient side tracks
and loading platf forms whore grain
can be shipped from cars ordered
by the shipper. The towns have
kept up with the growth Of the
country in their vicinity, and each
Of the villages is q warm rival Of
its neighbor and competitor for
trade and other advantages. Ex-
cellent town schools are kept up in
al1sof these smaller towns and in
each Of them is to be found the
ever industriou newspaper man
taking notes Of all that pertain to
! the needs of the vicinity for the
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1906-02-08

Stutsman County is forty eight
miles square and contains 2,W1
square miles. or almost one and
one half million acres. The topo-
eraphy of the county is generally
rolling prairie, the soil is q black
loan with clay subsoil. The sur
face of the county presents, in
summer, a scene of verdure, being
covered with a mat Of nutritious
Grass where the land is not under
cultivation or in growing crops
The fertility of the soil is attested
by the immense yield of crops,
grown this, and other years, and
the lasting qualities of the soil are
proved by the fact that the same
land has been cultivated for twen-
ty-6ve years with no diminutlon
in yield where proper farming
methods have obtained The coun'
ty is drained by several streams
and creeks, flowing in generally
southerly direction. Over two
thirds of the area is comprised in
what is usually termed prairie
land, the northwestern part being
moro hilly and better adapted to
stock growing.
The assessed valuation OF the
county is about six and one hall
millions of dollars.
Our Surplus Products.
The surplus products shipped
from Stutsman county during the
year 1904 were approximately Of
follows: 1885, 600 bushels of wheat
100000 bushels Of oats, 365.OOO
bushels Of fax, 100000 bushels OF
barley, $4,000 bushels Of rye,
2l,OOO,OOO pounds Of -four, 2Wo
head Of cattle, 5000 sheep. 10000
pounds Of hides and pelts, 10000
pounds Of tallow, 10000 lbs OF
butter, 5000 bushels Of potatoes
and $4,000 pounds of wool.
a large number Of cattle, sheep
and hogs we're i aughtered BY local
concerns to supply the the home ,ll1 81 de. 9.
mand and for shipment 70 small
fovlnns il the surrounding country
5over - 81 10000, 600 pounds of f1ou1
were manufactured and used local.
IL and ii the county. Practi ally
cll of ths surplus supply Of eggs II
the county is bought BY James:
town merchants to meet the home
demand, also very large quantities
of potatoes, poultry and butter
jamestown being one Of the bes1
local arkets for produce an the rs
state. =,
81 nrodncts &c the county, hogs have
bee,n' ,onitted, but the hog raising
industry u nsither unprodtlit titablt
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1906-02-08

nor small. North Dakota grain fed
pork makes sweeter bacon than the
corn fed hog. Numerous farm
ers of the county are feeding
hogs for export. Shrewd observers
predict that within the next ten
years hog raising will become one
of the bestl live stock industries of
the county, Hogs are fattened on
grain,- speltz, barley and rye and
there are fields of ripe millet and
corn where hogs are turned to
their great gain. The North OAK
ota, hog is destined to become as
celebrated for quality as any of
our we'll known products.
Grain Piled on the Ground.
A remarkable condition was seen
last fall in the great yield of crops
which yield has never been equal
ed in acreage and productiveness,
altho there have been several years
when the average yield has been
fully as great, if not greater. The
great increase in crops has taxed
the facilities of the railroad com
panies beyond their present capa-
city, 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, was used for storing
surplus crops, and not delay
threshing operations, grainaries
and temporary bins were. built in
almost every field alongside. of the
threshing machine, and the golden
grain turned into these bins to
to await hauling to market or stor-
ing in some safe place later on.
Oats that yield from seventy-fve
to eighty bushels per acre, wheat
running from fifteen to twenty-five
and thirty, fax fifteen to twenty,
rye. barley, speltz in proportion
make these piles of garnered
wealth the surest evidence of the
value of the soil, of the prosperity
Of the farmer who cultivates the
land.
It is safe to say that no losses
occurred from piling grain upon
the ground and that the future
will see many new granaries and
nlentv of storage bins ready for
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1906-02-08

"a #brief stat ement, 81 land S;yalue'
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1906-02-08
Metropolitan ID all things.

jamestown is metropolitan and
enterprising, having electric lights
water works, high school, graded
schools, a large childrens academy,
Touring and grist mills, finest
opera house in the state, a city hos
pital, a state insane hospital,a free
reading room, is a telephone CEN
ter reaching by local and long dis
tance lines all parts Of the state;
has many lines Of business repre-
sented and room for more; has no
stores or residences unoccupied. u
The city needs the following on
terprises and il an ideal location
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1906-02-08

where Good Land IS YET CHEAP
In stutsman County, North Dakota Are Thousands
of Acres of Fertile Soil Awaiting the
Farmers PIow. ..~.
Some Idea Of Crop Results in 1oo4-5, Showing Why
Land Values are Increasing with
Population.
Some Facts About Jamestown, the Third Cit, in the
state---A r1ost Desirable Point to
Locate. >''
Is Railroad and Distributing Center for the James
River ValIey---dreat inducements
Offered. ..%
ands Now Selling From $Io to $40 an Acre Worth
More Than Double That Price and
Advancing.
General Prosperity of Residents Shown in Numerous
improvements and investments at
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1906-02-08

zFine Job Printing at Alert once
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-08-14

other reason, they Inevitably stimulate
to action the evil impulses to anarchist
crime.
In a broad view there has been no
more wholesome manifestation in de-
cades than the recent awakening of
public conscience to many deep seated
and far-reaching social wrongs and
abuses, and the correction Of some Of
the most serious ones which is now in
rapid progress. Overgrown wealth
through legal discrimination and
forced inequality are wrongs which II
behooves all right-minded citizens to
resist valiantly and undo, and not let
grow to foster anarchism. These re-
forms, both in the national field and
In the state administrations and the
great moral awakening back OF them
are establishing a firm basis for the
hopeful reduction. II not the elimina-
ton, of anarchism, The new and bet
ter conditions differentiate and en-
phasize In all normal minds the crime
of anarchism which. in final analysis,
is denial of their right and capacity
to order affairs.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-08-14
Personal NOTES.

Kansas City alderman discredits the
claim that the Nd is on tight. art is on
the bum no asserts. Evidently a large
leak somewhere.
Philadelphia deaf mute has been
restored to speech and hearing by being
run over by an automobile. He was so
mad he Just had 10 say something.
Governor Andrew Harris and stan, Of
Ohio. attended the reunion OF the Ohio
Marylanders association. OF Springfield, o.
He was met at the depot by the cadet
band and Governor Wsrheld and stan, Of
Maryland.
George II, Dieffenbacher, who has been
delegated by the grand duke OF Baden to
study malarisl germs and mosquitoes in
North and Central America, arrived In this
country recently and has gone to Mexico
to start his Investigations.
George Irving, the last surviving nephew
OF Washington Irving. marvelously hale
and active at 50. is living In New York.
Mr.. Irving IL practically the sole remaining
member OF the Irving family. OF which he
is engaged in writing a history.
J. B. Martin. an Ohio man who owns
large mining properties in Alaska. asserts
he will give $4,000 year TO advance the
cause OF prohibition. Heretofore the party
has never had at it's disposal more than
$4,000 in any OF It's national campaigns.
waladotta, or Gray Eagle. an Indian
chief who took part In the Custer massacre
and, like many others Of the victorious
force In that night took refuge IN the Can
adam northwest from the vengeance Of the
United States. has recently died at Prince
Albert. Saskatchewan. Unlike some OF his
companions, however. when the rebellious
hAlf-breeds in Saskatchewan called the
Indians 10 their aid he not only refused
but took an active part in the war on the
white mans side. He was a peculiarly fine
specimen OF the red Indian. both physically
and morally. for he was feet 4 inches
tall and eonspicuously free from vicious
habits. ,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-08-14
AN AWFUL FATE DECREED.

Oh men who write things for the press.
II could catch and chain
The proofreader around the neck
Out on some sandy plain:
And called you all with arms to COME
Clubs, pistols, guns and spears
Pray, what would you all do to him,
Baltimore Sun.
Forget the pistols. guns and spears.
And do not let his falling tears
Cut in upon the game.
IT'S best, by far. II you would Kill,
To starve him half to death.
Then feed him ''potted chicken" till
Milwaukee Sentinel
Nor were this last a fitting death,
My friend and fellow dupe
For then would Gamers take his breath
And make II into soup.
Go to. you-amateurish lot;
You must be full of drugs.
just drop him In the metal pot
And watch him turn to slugs.
Washington Post.
But. ali. while this may seem to you
70 At his dreadful crimes.
Much mischief still each slug may do
Through mangled prose and rhymes.
'Twere better far without delay
Each scientist agrees
To send him where those surgeons may
Correct his tendencies.
Cleveland Plaindealer.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-08-14
THE OLD CUMBERLAND ROAD


The scheme of restoring by national
subsidy the "Old Cumberland Road"
which ran from Cumberland, Md,
across Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana
to Vandalia. Ill, is impractical as we'll
as Objectionable on other grounds. II
would no doubt be highly sentimental
satisfaction If that historic highway
which during the first half of the last
century tens of thousands of pioneers
travelled to reach new homes in what
was then the west. could be renewed,
but its renewal embraces no object of
national scope or need.
The "Old Cumberland Road" while
an object of historic inter est, has even
in this respect nc higher merit than
the "old Wilderness Road debouch-
ing from the mountains farther south
into Kentucky and Tennessee. or the
Santa Fe Trail and the Oregon
Trail" which ran across the western
plains. AS means of transportation all
these old wagon highways have long
since been paralleled and superseded
by railroads. some of which were sub
sidiSed by the national government be-
cause under the conditions in which
they were constructed they were re-
garded as enterprises OF national i'm
portance. But it has been more than
full generation since 1t was seriously
proposed to give national treasury aid
even to the superior steel and steam
highways. There is hardly a point at
which the national government could
consistently stop II it should begin now
to finance an alleged national wagon
highway like the "Old Cumberland
Road" which no one would dream of
financing to the same extent as a prac-
teal enterprise.
There is nothing to prevent town
ships, counties and states from taxing
themselves, II they choose, to restore
the ancient and decayed highway or
any portion of 1t. 1t is indeed in serious
consideration in Pennsylvania to legis-
late for the reconstruction OF at least
a part of one of it's famous old high
ways. not for sentimental but for prac-
teal uses. Those who most use these
or other country road improvements
should pay for them as for any other
local interest of the sort. But the time
has not come, nor is there yet any
sign that 1t will ever come, for the ma
tional treasury to bleed for a costly
interstate rock road for the conven-
fence and sport of touring AUTOMOBILE
lists. 1t would be Infinitely better to
plug UP some of the big holes already
bored by the auger of local interest
than to open new ones.