The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1906-02-24

he had faith to believe that Jamestown
now was sufficiently advanced as a
|traveling and business center to make
|such an investment profitable. After
|irecounting some of the trials and per-
|plexities of a hotel mans life, he paid
a tribute to Mrs Klaus. his silent part
ner in the business, which called Tor
hearty applause. from her many friends
and admirers. .,sg ss s
George Washington Thorp, In res
spending to the toast The Bar of
Jamestown, claimed to be lineal de-
scendant of the great George through
some of his step children, and thought
from the deep devotion to veracity ex-
hibited by the bar of Jamestown, they
could all claim heredity from the man
who could not tell a lie. He closed
with ain eloquent tribute of respect 10
the late Judge Roderick Rose, Father
of the Jamestown Bar
+ Alfred Steel is very coriversart with
educational matters and was well chosen
to respond to the toast, Jamestown Ed
ucationally. The new school build
irgs now in process of erection, and
the fine corps of teachers, and the ready
enthusiasm for +, everything connected
with our schools, proved Jamestown's
devotion to this cause. Mr.. Steel is;sa
delightful after dinner speaker. and did
not disappoint his hearers. 3 4
, Rev, c. E. Phillips who is Just COM
pleting eleven years of religious work
in this city; gave Jamestown Religious 2
To the satisfaction OF. jamestown peo4
pie, at least. he proved that this is a
religious center. He attributed mitch
of the prevalence, Of that sentiment
(which binds OUR hearts in Christian
love" to the work of former religious
leaders, citing Rev. Mr.. Tanning of the
Presbyterian church who gave several
of the best years of his life to the de-
velopment of the best in the city. ~. !
Mrs. Harold Graves in responding to
the toast Jamestown Socially gave a
delightful play upon the names of prom
inent society gentlemen and ladies. She
has an ease and grace in public address
which charmed all her audience, 3;4s
George Lutz in speaking of the bust
ness enterprise of the city stated that
we have. 1872 business houses exclusive
of the professions and railroad business.
Last year saw $I,3oo,ooo of business
done here. Our banks have deposits
of about ST 100000 and in zoos trans
acted business to the amount of $I5,-
ooo,ooo. .o.., ~ Ne ss..,sss = liz %9k (
John Knauf was introduced as the
Boss Politician, but he proved that We
have no politicians here, for if we had;
they would have secured an appropfi+
alton for improving navigation on the
James river; and also for a public
building -, ~ ! 81. =. ~s..5 .5..,5,> :: :
|. Supt. D. S. Moore Of the state hos
.pital for insane facetiously spoke s,of
jamestown as a health resort = 80
OF. Sellers toast was Real ,Estate," !"
and he spent his. five minutes with
statements of solid facts of the value
of this commodity which has thus far
eluded the trusts, and Of which Stits-
man county possesses about $500 sEc-
TONS He stated that only 1000 acres
of government land yet remained airi
the county and that in isolated 4os and
8os. d. Z: : .,e.-> , nj. f4&s isg2S 49,
Sam Wilder gave a railroad mans
view of this center, and emphasized the
Importance of the location and the
desperate need of a suitable depot.
F. H.. Champman kept his audience
laughing with his various mills. from the
coffee mill up to- the Russell Miller
plant. He cited the old mathematical
fact that 10, mills make one cent" and
wondered how long it would take one
mill to make enough for him to ride
in an automobile. s&:its ss.b53 s,s
T. A. Boyden paid the, usual tribute
to the ladies, of whom he professed to
be very fond. and the audience sang
Aud Lang Syne and dispersed . s'