Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1908-12-03
REHABILITATION
OF Discriminating Observation
and a ReiteratiOn of a
Political Dissertation.

Special to the Alert.-Your cores
pondent returned few days ago
from an extended trip into the north
ern part of the state where he WIS.,
tied all of the line houses in connec-
tion with the Occident Elevator Co.,
and found them all doing "a flourish
ing business with the exception of
the st. Thomas Elevator. This town
boasts of seven of the largest grain
receptacles in the country, and before
the advent Of the 500 railroad into
that territory, St. Thomas was the
banner wheat market of Pembina
county. Now however the.to is on
the toboggan and three elevators in
stead Of seven could handle the busi-
ness with ease. Then again the crop
! was light this year, on account of the
land in that region being over run
with wild oats and Canadian thistles.
While travelling from Bisbee to For
rest River on the 500 road, your cor
respondent was amazed at the mag
nitude of the grain that was being
hauled along that part of the system
commonly known as the wheat line,
running from Kenmare to Thief
River Falls. 1t was common sight
to observe great freight trains COM
prising from sixty to seventy cars
loaded with wheat and fax, side
tracked to admit of the passing by of
the passenger trains. And I further
noticed that large areas of land had
been ploughed and put in condition
for early spring seeding. With these
facts in view the statement recently
made by James J. Hill, that inside
| of six years, the United States would
be consuming all of the grain we
| raise, must be taken with large
sized grain OF salt.
While in Grafton I encountered a
bunch of prominent local politicians,
| among the number, being our old
| time friend, Grant Hager, and the
crowd were discussing III. G. Hans
brough's attitude in attempting to
| ride back into the senate over the
heads of the voters of North Dakota.
They considered that the senator was
making a monumental blunder, and
was carrying his nerve to the "lim-
it," when he would ask one hundred
Legislators to break their given
pledges. They do not believe that
the senate or house will be flim-t1am-
med by the argument Hansbrough is
making in his own behalf. They ad-
nit during his incumbency of eigh-
teen years in the senate, that he has
made many brilliant grand stand
plays. He very nearly made the peo-
pie believe that he was fighting the
harvester trust, and he and Tom
Marshall together did make some OF
us believe that they had solved the
denatured alcohol problem, but it is
quite unnecessary to repeat what
effect these "pryotechnics" had on
the price of harvesters or alcohol.
1t was generally admitted that Tom
Marshall is a "Dead Cock" in the
"Pit.' His evasion of promises made
and his vacillating course pursued in
holding up Federal appointments,
with view of working both factions
of the republican party, has practi-
cally ostracized him from the politi-
cal "arena' of the state.
| While in Fargo was Informed that
after due deliberation, Gov. Burke
had decided to appoint John Carmo-
dy of Hillsboro and S. E. Ellsworth
of jamestown as justices to the su'
preme court, and it is generally un-
derstood that these appointments
will meet with the hearty and uni
versal approval Of the members OF
the bar and the people throughout
the state, it being admitted that
both gentlemen are highly qualified
and eminently fitted for these high
positions, and from geographical
standpoint, the selections are unique.
| Col. M. A. Hildreth could have
had one of the places, but he decided
that in view of the many important
cases he had pending and the exten.
|sive and lucrative practice in which
he was engaged, that he could not
afford to make the sacrifice at this
time.
| There was also some talk indulged
in Of making change in the adju.
tant genera]ship of the state, retir-