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Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1907-04-04
PROPOSALS FOR BIDS

{ Sealed bids will be received at the
ofice Of the county auditor at James
town, N. D., up to 2 o'clock p. m,
May 9Th 1901, for twenty four, q,
steel slushers No. 2 with shoes;
twelve, y, wheel scrapers No. 2 and
three, 8, road plows. IL
g The county board reserying the
right TO reject any and all bids.
Ii ndrew BleWett; @
:fssss1 III. Count q dditor.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1907-04-04

Heavy Contracts - Contractor
James Kennedy is in Bismarck to
start work Of laying the water main
to Fort Lincoln, and a large number
of..men will.be employed. The steam
digger will be brought to the city
and put to work. Mr.. Kennedy has
contacts for ter mains and sewers
in Salt Lake City which amount to
S465, 900.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1907-04-04

The Te1npdrance Commissioner
LaMes Lies eolee Murray, Of Sherbrooke,
theme WY appointed temperance COM
missioner vas formerly secretary OF
the State enforcement league. Under
the bll, the governor is authorized to
namefa suitable person, .an attorney
at law, to- be temperance commission
er. The official is to be provided
with an office at the state capitol and
has a clerk for whom an appropria-
tion of 5000 year is made. He may
also name deputy commissioner
who shall receive compensation for
the time he is employed and special
sheriffs Who are to be allowed 90 a
day for the time actually engaged.
The compensation Of the temperance
commissioner is $1,000 year.
Whenever the commissioner be-
lieves the prohibition law is not en-
forced in any city, village, or town,
it is made his duty, with the ma
chinery at his disposal, to enforce the
law. Nothing In the bill relieves
states attorneys or other officers OF
their duties under the prohibition
law. An appropriation of $1,000 is
made for the expense incurred under
the law.
1t is probable the new temperance
commissioner will qualify at once
and begin upon his campaign for the
enforcement of the law. Under the
provisions of the Law the governor
may suspend the commissioners frcm
duty at any time he is satisfied there
is no need for the services and may
restore him to duty at once.
The law mad an emergency clause
and is now in force. 1t is unders tood
that the appointment of Mr.. Murray
was on the recommendation of the
state enforcement league. 1t is evi'
dent that the illegal sale OF booze ir
the state will be attended by more
hazardous chances from.now on thar
ever before.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1907-04-04

Patterson Loses Out Monday
was warm election day in Bismarck
and Ed Patterson was defeated for
mayor by ,53 votes, his opponent, DR..
Smyth being elected by that number
of. votes. Three aldermen elected are
said to be supporters of the new
mayor. There were numerous argu-
ments but no serious encounters.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1907-04-04

Shippine ont Grain Grain ship
I ments ara being forwarded from the.
Il branch lines and elevat oiiss "a again
living and shtp piping grain Three.
teams cana dow the n rtherns yes
ssterday, and the a. before with
{ trains from ti,e Rhod dss sbrancfl b which
EEshipmAnl bafores s1lstJ thes Es.;;
lnonds Bees saSs thlls esca pad assess'
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1907-04-04
Hayyvood TriaiS set for NAV y

ss Boise Ida, Aplril q The trialsssot'
Haywood, tsone Of the officers OF the
Western deration of Miners Tor
eonneetip ipn. With the assassin sof,
former sgarnor st eetsuhsnbe has
been yet for Ma :s.Si'. IN.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1907-04-04
RUFF APPoInTEE LET OUT.
San Francisco Supervisors Remove
.s Their Secretary.

San Francisco, April 3. The board
Of supervisors has removed its secre-
$tary,. Senator George B. Kean, Ruef
appointee. Supervisor Gallagher Of
fered the resolution dropping Kean as
secretary to the board. It was voted
for by all the supervisors present ex-
cepts Tvietmoe and O'Neill, the latter
two members Of the board appointed
by Mayor Schmitz and who have not
been Implicated I'm the charges Of al;
legged corruption. After the resolution
was adopted Gallag CHER announced the
board would haYesnoth hing more to do
with Ruef and that KeanA was q Ruef.
man. sf.5 ss y
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1907-04-04
CITY COUNCIL j I n.
important Mssilsg Of Council. Con
tract lot for the Rslaying q
Water Mains on 5th ave.

Water Mains on 5th ave.
i, At. the meeting last Mondoy night
in response to petition Of residents
of the first ward for better drainage
of part Of the ward. it was ordered
that q surveyor make an examination
and report the best means Of drain
Ing said ward to the south east.
A petition for. an additional cleo
trio light on lst ave. at--the foot of
the hill leading north was received,
and referred to committee. A. mo-
tion.w made. and carried that the
committee submit to the council a
comprehensive plan for lighting the
city to better advantage than at
present seems to prevail.
The building committee to whom
was referred the matter Of a new city
hail submitted a report with rough
sketch of plan for such building
and estimate of the cost. The report
was accepted and it was ordered by
resolution of Mr.. McElrOy that a
special election, April 20, be held to
vote on the question..of issuing bonds
for the purpose Of erecting such
building, said bonds to be in the
amount Of 820, 900 to run 20 years and
to be payable $1,000 per year, at 5 per
cent interest.
s It was learned Tuesday however, by
Mr.. McElroy, after consultation with
the governor and school land board
at Bismarck, that it is probable that
the state school land board would
take the bonds at 4 per cent instead
Of s per cent. and a sale to the state
would be preferable to one to private
parties on account of the probable
difflculty of paying them off at the
above amount named per year If
sold to private concerns. The build
ing proposed is for a suitable hal, for
city offices. council room, jail,
storage for fire apparatus, band room
and library.
The bids for the relaying Of the
water-mains on 5th ave. were opened
and read as follows: w. D.. Lowell,
Minneapolis s765O; G.. W. Haggart,
Fargo, s7490; c. H. Porrett, Fargo,
T S732O. The last named being the
E lowest the contract was awarded to
G. H. Porrett.
The returns for the city election
were canvassed with the following
result ls6 ward, G. r.. McElroy,
who. had mo opposition, received l6
. votes. End ward, James Murphy, So;
D. Brockman.s Al. 3rd ward, E. J.
: Pearson, So; W. f. Boise, 13. 4th
ward, HI. W.. Kelley, So; E. E. Clark
33; T.. Joos, II.
The city election bills amounting
to S72 were paid.
The following bills were allowed :s
Western Elec Co lights $500 90
Western Elec Go. pumping
water 12s OF
+ WaStern Eleo Co. puBa ping air 81 %
Scntt Cd. hard ware 3.55
Gan Conn i 20
L ! essa Rnroster printing 40 80
!: Jessa Rnrester. pub aud. rept 80
Alert nrintine 10 80
"a i jackson. labor sxss. ,'.s II 90
!, :. =, ;, 5 nar : tto 40 Z
.sl'' spa4ooR - go ,al = 40
Spanton and Ringuette, teams
Sn.t = 1 p,,s,1a'. = ,SS tnr 80 = . d, N
NV 8 rs 81 Snanta1d s,-S1 ,aho, ~
-, =. -, 80 aaa,a -. - 95
,.o,s,s %s,er "a s. c. IS s., ,,n,r ,s. sn m
1IeS., 1ohn 1cLs. = natas. ,ahor straafs ! q, 81
49, nan = .' s,nos ,ahor I.Ih strsstss ! I ~ ~
snf,. 81 y ~ 1.' q. ~ 5 81 s,
5IvvulUos 0lU ~ YOk 0uO 0Mk
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1907-04-04
CITY SCHOOL AFFAIRS
Board Of Education Engages Teach.
srs for the Ensuing
School Year.

The regular meeting OF the board of
chooltru stees occurred Tuesday eve,
all members being present except DR..
Rankin. The city treasurer's month
ly report showing an overdraft Of
Sl9. 80 as received and placed 90 6le.
On motion an order for $500 for
paint for north side school house,
favor Of Churchill, Webster and Bel-
niger, was made on The treasurer and
the amount charged to Lee Halbett
account for painting. The monthly
report of the superintendent was re-
ceived and placed on file.
The teachers committee maue It's
report and the same was adopted by
the board. The board rc-engaged
Supt. Schmidt, at the same salary as
last year, viz, $500 year, and the
following teachers at the salaries
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1907-04-04

Id uCu RSA OOuVb
Miss Jennie Hall, principal
high school at slll IL
Miss Bertha Rich, latin and
mathematics Is 90
Miss Helen Geiser, german
and mathematics IS 90
Mr.. II. G.. Davidson. history IS 90
Miss Kathryn Martin, 9Th
grade so 90
Miss Elizabeth Wood, 7th and
9Th u 50
Emma Thompson 7th 85 ~
Leila Lowell, 9th 60 90
Lura Mitchell 6th 60 90
Hattie Mcpherson, 5th IS 0O
Zula M Ryan, 4th IS GO
Mayme J Canan, 3rd 55 O0
Lula Lowell, End GO 90
Francis Merrill, 1st 10 OO
Helen West 4th and 5th IS 90
Angela Behan, 3rd and 4th SIS 90
Ella Larkin, 2nd 100
Maize Clemens, 1st and Prin.
north side 1900
Jennie Hughes, Music 25 90
An additional teacher will be
preceded ne the li4gl school and the
committee requested That it be EN-
powered to employ the same. The
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1907-04-04

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Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1907-11-15

While special significance be attached from part
standpoint to the elections last week. the municipal
test IN Cleveland Ohio where Tom Johnson the democratic
candidate for mayor reelected by 1913 majority
Burton hailed with gee by the democrats The
entire party ticket carried victory with Johnson with
the exception of police clerk Johnson has developed popular
ity in his home city that may place him in the list of avail
able candidates for the democratic nomination for president
next year Burton his republican opponent regarded
having the elements of strength defeat the incumbent
He is personal friend of president Roosevelt and for
this and probably for other looked upon
having the backing of the national administration in his
fight Being the home of Taft the preferred candi
date of the present administration for the republican nonina
ton for president the of Burton would have given
impetus to the Taft 1t doubtful whether
the administration forces took any active part the election
And they did the result would probably indicate nothing
than rebuke of outside interference with strictly home
affairs An astue politician is likely to butt
sary and there certainly need for any preliminary
skrish in the presidential battle by mx-up with the
municipal election in Cleveland.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1907-11-15
CAUSES OF MONETARY TIGHTNEss.

Joseph French Johnson dean of New York University
school OF commerce. said recently before bankers associa
ton:
Nothing could be false than to put the blame for the
present panic IN Wall street President Roosevelt He has
not caused it, and has had nothing do with it. The
IS psychological rather than financial We find the
mems minds rather than in financial conditions Some of
our great railroad presidents openly declared that unless the
president abandoned his aggressive hunt for awbreakers ruin
was inevitable 1t these and not the president who
have helped bring on this panic.
The explanation very crude Pressed logical ulti
matum leads up the very conclusion the professor
Pressly repudates and seeks avoid Mere thinking in
itself inadequate account for anything Men may worry
their brains subject for lifetime but unless the
mental effort is followed by physical action there is no
erial effect 1t simply begging question to saw that
the cause of the financial in mems minds
The be ruthully said of every change that takes
place IN human affairs for thought the forerunner of
every change IN the commercial world The professors
PLANTATION, therefore, explains nothing What led the rail
road agates and other princes of the world of finance
predict the coming of the monetary Was it not that
they correctly gagged the signs of the times the shadows
OF approaching events and to brace themselves
or the outcome that to them appeared inevitable Their
mental foresight induced them change their policy not
violently perhaps but gradually They commenced to cur
tai their big enterprises tighten up their purse strings
Whether this change of action prompted bv desire TO-
dlscedt the policy the national administration or purely
from motives of preservation matters not In either
case the outcome is the Public confidence under
mined There is widespread withdrawal of money from
the usual channels-banks and conservative
and securities go topping with crash is comparatively
easy matter tor the money kings to bring financial
panic without deliberately concerning that Men
who aborng under the impression that their interests
assed whether under the color law or otherwise are
apt try protect themselves in way The methods
vary somewhat but the tendency to curta expend
lures slump investment securities and weakening of
NOn1He 11o1O- 41,o
gradients that make up panicky times We are face to face
with these conditions, and panic follows
The reaction from wild speculation in Nevada wildcat
Mines the abnormal demands of wage earners may have
been contrbutory aso but our opinion only to
very small degree.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-01

on constant duty, and not
a single life was lost.
Frequently the rescuers
are obliged to travel long
distances to tender sue
cor, and this is specially
so with the crews serving
on the inland stations of
the Great Lakes. Twice
the Cleveland crew has
been hurried by telephone
call to Cincinnati, Ohio,
and Newport, Kentucky,
a distance of two hundred
and forty miles, to guide
the rescue work during
the floods in the Ohio
valley. The first time
the crew went out it saved
twelve hundred persons
from drowning, the second
time more than eight hun
dred.
One of the most sur
prising rescues effected by
long distance concentra-
ton is due to the Sturgeon
Bay ship canal station on
Lake Superior. The crew
whisked away on hurry
call at night by special
train, running on record
schedule. Chocolay Beach,
near Marquette, Michigan,
one hundred and ten miles
distant, was made by
midnight. The crew car
ried a surf boat and A
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-01
Drawing by M. J. Burns


and detailed three of my men to haul the boat
ashore. With the three other l went into the
surf to drag the shipwrecked from the undertow as
we knew they would be spilled My men and were
secured by life line to the Shore but it was cold
BATH tell you, and when cake of ice would hit
us we telt we were right on the job. Suddenly we
saw the white boat sPlashing for opening in the
surf My men on shore We're posted and started on
a dead run with the line. This was our chance to
whip the boat in and beat the sea puss. But my
men were tired Their sea boots were heavv and
the sand soft. The sea Travelled faster than they
could foot it, and big comber fetched that French
boat punch in the stern that knocked the crew
clear out of it into the surf We got busy and had
four of them safe before the undertow got the pull
on them. The second time the surf broke got
three more. The third time we got only two, and
they dead.
$50, instead of wasting more time getting dead
people ashore we went after the living the ship
again My men had fixed another cartridge and
hitched on the shot line belonging to the rocket
had just fired fired the gun again, and laid my line
almost in the hands of the shipwrecked men This
time they pulled in good shape but after putting
the hawser out to them we saw they didn't have
strength place it clear of the sea- so the breeches
buoy was more under water than out of it. We
landed the passengers in loads of three and four
They were pretty badly knocked about in the ice
foes and the majority of them were dead
than alive.
1T was high noon before landed the last
load with the buoy. My crew of six men had worked
ten hours without let-up bite to eat We had
saved hundred and sixty -four lives and the only
ones lost those who got spilled of the ships
boat and those that were washed overheard when
the steamer Topped on her beam ends. The four of
us who went out in the surf with the life line had
quite tussle with the ice foe. Charlie had two
ribs broken, and had my left hand smashed. The
folks down in the big building at Washington
thought had just about done our share that
night, and sent me this souvenir
Here Captain Lynn winked mischievously at
framed certificate of merit on the wall wherein
Congress voted him gold medal for the heroic
rescue which he captained
Value of the Telephone
A the same station occurred of the most
novel feats of rescue showing the expedency of
concentrating the of several stations by tele-
phone, which is now part of the life saving service
In gale which lasted three days and nights, the
Cape. Henlopen station rang up and massed by
telephone the crews of three other stations Under
Captain Clumpitt of the Trewes station the COM
bined force of reseuers managed to hundred
and ninety-four persons from twenty-five vessels
that stranded during that storm. Every known ap-
paratus was put to The surf boat saved twenty
three the self-rghting life boat got sixteen, the
breeches buoy landed one hundred and thirty-fv
and twenty came ashore in the life car For three
days and nights these splendidy trained crews
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-01
XV1HEN the soldier
" goes into battle
na Ohio l;,,, ~

Nv HEN the soldier
w goes into battle
we cheer him on,
and when he returns he
gets a great reception.
The life saver receives no
ovation. The awful voice
Of an angry ocean is the
only salute he gets when
ne goes out and when he
comes in. He does his
duty without flourish, and
looks for no thanks ex-
cept what he may chance
Upon in the blank stare
Of one snatched from the
raging surf and death. .
:. There are men right
On this beach who have
launched their boats in
! he surf tor the last forty
years, and they are learn
ing something new every
day said Dan Lynn,
keeper of the United
States life saving station
at Cape Henlopen. Two
of the boys here, Frank
and Charlie" he pointed
TO the door leading from
his little cabin, where we
were sitting in the mess
room for the surfmen,
were on my boat when
we rescued the crew and
passengers of the French
steamer Amerique off Sea-
bright, New Jersey. That
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bright New Jersey. That
was as hard job any know of in the service
She was OF three thousand tons burden and car
ed two hundred passengers She struck on the outer
bar at night on January We spied her from the
station almost as soon the beach patrol started
on his run home to signal us; so there time
.eam of horses to the lfeboat car and piled s in
Lyle gun, two Cunningham rockets and a breeches
buoy freezing gale of wind was blowing, and
before got well under way it started to snow so
we could hardly see hand before u.s. The wheels
clegged, and the horses gave out. All hands turned
to, and after pulling the boat car for about five
the beach patrol had lighted fire as signal for
us and the shpwrecked
AS far the eye could reach the sea was Uttered
with ice foes Big cakes were hurled on the beach,
digging great holes in it, and there sea puss
behind the surf that made it boil like a whirlpool
Three times tried to launch the lifeboat but we
d1dn have ghost OF chance. The surf was too
much tor u.s. and the ice foes capsized every time
If the men on shore hadn't had a whip line on our
boat we should have been sucked out to sea bv the
andertow, which was running like mill race. l
thought my men were too exhausted to venture
out fourth time. Most of them were pretty badly
cut and stove up by the ice
All at once we saw the French steamer which
was lying with her nose buried in the outer bar
raise up her stern and, turn slowly sidewise This
freed her nose, and she flying over the bar and
smashed above on the inner reef like an eggshen
over so we could almost look down through her
funnel. The passengers had burst the matches and
were running all over the decks like mad. Every
time breaker would hit her we could hear the
screaming of the women, and as some of them
seemed to be washed overheard we formed life
Gordon and went into the surf with hand lines and
buoys We got six out of twenty that went over
board like that.
The storm had been increasing all the time
We didn't see much change of landing the rocket in
the teeth of such gale. But finally rugged up the
Lyle gun fired the range for FIVE hundred yards, and
landed the shot line right over the forecastle wind
lass. We hitched on the whip line which is half
inch manila, to the shore end of the lighter shot
hne; but the crew of the steamer didn't pull, and
we knew then that they didn't understand the
apparatus. ~
q ordered the men to jerk the whip line and pull
it in slowly, thinking it might boost up the crew.
Just as we were coaxing them like this, the
poor fools cut loose in of the ships 1feboats,
again blocking our rescue work. To try to land
through surf like that would mean death to any
crew except old seasoned one like ours and with
the special kind of surf boat have. WE'LL that
white French boat with its crazy came bobbing
along, one moment on top of the mixed up with
ice and foam and so you'd think she would
beach all right, the next moment sucked far out by
the undertow and foundering with the oars. In and
out she SeeSawed like that couD1e Of times
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1907-11-22
Carpenter-Crosby Wedding.

One of the most happy weddings
that has been celebrated in the city
for a long time occurred last Sun-
day, November 10, at the home of
the brides parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
J. l.. Crosby, on Newport street,
ST. Johns. 1t was an evening we'd
ding and in the presence of good
number of the friends and relatives
of the contracting parties, Allen l..
Carpenter and Miss Maude Il.
Crosby were united in marriage by
the city recorder, Albert NJ. Esson.
After the ceremony and congrat-
ulations a most sumptuous wedding
repast was partaken of by the
guests. 1t would simply be impos-
sible to describe all the good things
which were abundantly spread
upon the board. One of the guests
in trying to do so remarked that
the edges of the table turned up
from the weight of the feast in the
center and that he partook so lib
orally Of the good things that he
has been able to do nothing since.
The congratulations Of the Review
join those Of the friends of the
young people, and best wishes for
a long, happy and useful life.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1907-11-22
Happy Surprise Party.

Great was the surprise Of 7. ].
Miller Of this city, when the Sun.
day school class OF Victor Carlson
and few older members of the
Christian church, numbering In all
about 81 or IS, came marching up
on the front porch Of his newly
finished residence, and gave the
doorbell such terrific ring that IL
brought him up standing. The
gang" had gathered at calef
Bros. store and marched to Mr..
Miller's residence. After Mr..
Miller discovered who his invaders
were aud was assured they were
not a band of "holdups' he very
graciously received the bunch.
They spent the evening in a
most ENJOYABLE manner playing
games until few minutes after 10
o clock when all gathered in the
diner and fed their faces with the
best the land affords aud after sat
isfying the inner man and bidding
their hos, good night they returned
to their homes expressing their de-
light and wishes that the occasion
might be repeated. The only
break in the happiness of the event
was that the future partner of the
hosts joys and sorrows did not
answer to roll call.