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Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1908-07-02
Banqueted the Governor.

The citizens of McHenry gave Gov.
Burke banquet in the opera house
Monday we Of last week. The hall
was app opriately decorated. The
Free Press says:
''Quite number came in from the
country and with the population of
our town, made good showing in
numbers. Tables we're arranged in
the shape of a horseshoe in the hall
and were laden with profusion Of
cut flowers as we'll as an abundance
Of the deli :acies of the season. At
eight o'clock the hall was opened and
the throng that had gathered we're
given seats at the table by members
OF the reception committee, Gov.
Burke occupying the head of the
main table.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1908-07-02
THE iowa STORM BELT
North Dakota free From Such
Terrible CatdStrO-
phieS.

W. j. Dwyer, of Medina has re-
turned from business.trip to Deco
rah, la. lie was in that place on
the 18th inst during one of the SER
ious storms that frequently break
over the surface of Iowa and cause
death and great destruction OF pro-
perty.
Mr.. Dwyer states that he has trav-
eled over the open prairies Of North
Dakota for over Is years, in all sorts
Of weather and in every season CT the
year. but never in all his life has he
witnessed storm as fierce and de-
structive as the one that visited
Iowa and southern Minnesota, a stort
time ago. Mr.. Dwyer says that the
storm at Decorah came up about p.
m. and it was regular tornado,
accompanied by immense hail stones
and torrents OF rain. lie was with
friend, at his house, and within few
minutes alter the storm burst every
windowlight on one side OF the dwell
ling was smashed in by hail. The
rooms were deluged with water and
the buildin, struck by lightning,
which passed down one of the wires
and set fire to th6 contents of
clothes closet. Mr.. Dwyer and the
owner Ct the house were fortunately
able to extinguisil the flames. The
little river nearby OveriiOwed its
banks within half an hour after the
tornado struck. Most of the plate
glass as well as other glass on the
storm side of stores and private
dwellings we're smashed in and it is
believed that if torrents Of rain had
not accompanied tn, hail tn: stones
would have accumulated to a depth
over foot.
A section of the Rock Island track
was washed out, also the branch of
the Milwaukee road, and it was nee
esasry to drive from Decorat to Cal
mer town II mi'es distant, to reacn
the main line of the Milwaukee, and
there he had to wait Is hours for the
track to be repaired before a train
could be secured.
The crops around Decoran and
Calner we're entirely beaten down
and destroyed. Oats, corn, hay,
wheat, and other crops were COM
pletely wiped out. At Decorah the
storm lasted nearly aud hour, and
the destrut tion of.property was i'm
mense. Buildings were Dnroofed and
blown over, bas, ments flo. ded, signs
torn down, bridges washed out, roads
torn up, trees blown over. "A general
destruction followed in the wake of
the storm, which was the same terri
BILE tornado that passed into southern
Minnesota, causing loss of life and
property.
Mr.. Dwyer says that North Dakota
has an unearned reputation for biz
yards and storm disturbances, and
the state has never experienced in
all it's history storm of one tenth
the magnitude OF that which has
just passe1 over low, and southern
Minnesota, an which is duplicate
of many others OF annual. occurrence
in those latitudes.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1908-07-02
Raging Mississippi.

e The Mississippi river at St. Paul,
has reached the II foot mark, and is
now three feet higher than the dan
ger line. 1t is also higher than it has
been before for II years. Families
living on the flats ARE cut OF from
the rest Of the city and are compelled
to 20 to and from their houses in
boats, tubs and RATS. The police
were busy all day taking people from
msrooned houses. Regioning tomor-
row mail will be delivered to the
Hooded District by boat. Many large;
factories are flooded. ss
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1908-07-02

Newspapers published, 345.
Ignite coal mines, SO.
Assessed valua tion of all property
in 1907, s2l3,663, ,839.67.
Total valuation of all property Is
more than 81, $50, 600. 900.
Number of state banks, 430.
Number of national banks. 130.
Number of acres in CROP 1907. g.
$780, 900.
Wages paid farm laborers, 81, l19, l37
Bushels. of grains produced: Wheat,
72, 534, 812; fax, 13,075, 502; oats. 80,
$40, ,l22; barley. l3,2S9,547; rye. 3l4,
663; corn. 1885, 1893; potatoes, l,757,
367.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1908-07-02

Skulason have been three of the
leaders of the Johnson campaign.
According to chairman Cashel OF
the democratic state committee, that
provision of the primary law reQuir.
ing candidates for state Office to re-
ceive 30 per cent of. the vote cast in
the previous election, will be tested
in the supreme court by some one OF
the democratic legislative candida
tes who did not receive the neces-
sary vote.
Geo. Young, who is third in the
congressional race, made surprising
ly good run, defeating Helgeson, who
was supposed to be the insurgents
strong man. Young's legislative RE-
cord also helped with the railroad
employees of the state.
ALIEN McKENZIE'S VIEWS.
In an expression regarding the re-
suit of the first state primary, ALEX.
ander Mckenzie is quoted by the
Fargo Forum as follows:
II am well pleased with the re.
suits of the primary election law. II
has given the voters of the state ar
opportunity for expression. The re-
suits have wiped out factioDalisn
and the ticket selected is one which
can be supported in the utmost har.
mony by both stalwarts and insur.
gents.''
Twichell of Cass takes his defeal
with philosophy and Says he is just
as good a republican as ever, and viii
support the ticket.
The friends of j. A. Buchanan
while proud of his big home endorse
ment naturally regret that he wa:
| not better known around the state.
AS it was he made good run for q
new man in state politics.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1908-07-02
R!Ec!APTuRED
The North Dakota PostoffIcs Rob-
bsr Who Jumped From
Train.

Frank Stevens, the notorious Man-
vel postoff1ce robber who escaped by
jumping from a window of a moving
train in most daring manner, has
been recaptured within ten miles of
Elma, Ia, where he made his reck-
less attempt at gaining liberty. Ste
vens was being taken to the federal
penitentiary at Fort Leavenworth,
Kas., to serve term OF three years.
Tie three officials who we're taking
Stevens to Leavenworth had also In
their charge Modesto Caplette, "a
half-breeu, who had been sentenced
to serve fifteen months in the Leav-
enworth prison for smuggling. The
party were all in compartment in a
drawing room car and were just pre-
pairing to retire to their berths for
the night. Stevens was sitting.by the
window dressed only in his under
wear and socks, and just as thu train
started out sof Alpha he made a
spring, slipped through the window
and was gone.
IT appears that the two prisoners,
Stevens and Modesto Caplette, the
smugglsr, were handcuffed together
in a lower berth. Stevens evidently
had worked at the handouts before
and was an expert at slipping them,
for he got the handouts of his arm
without either the guard or the 9th
er prisoner being aware of the fact.
In fact, he got out of the windo" so
quietly hat the guard did not know
of the fact He turned to look at the
prisoners and they were all right, ana
in a few minutes he turned again
and Stevens was gone.
At the next station Max Richarcs
GOT off the train and drove back to
Elma, after wiring in every direction
to put police officers on their guard:
By the time EIma was reached 1t was
almost daylight and Richards. at once
began getting the network OF rural
telephone wires with which that Sec
zion Of Iowa Is threaded, hot with
information of the escape.
A bloodhound was secured at FL
ma. and as Richards had the prison
er's clothes it was an easy matter 70
get tile scent. The dog was taken
out along the track where Stevens
had made his escape and easily
picked up the scent, but ne had not
gone far before he scared up rabbit
and the man hunt with the dog was
off, as he firmly refused to take up
the tracks again.
Shortly after Mr.. Richards return
to Eima, farmer telephoned 10 that
he had seen man answering to Ste
yens' description entering his barn,
and in very few minutes Richards
was at the barn. He climbed up into
the hay NOW and was searching
around In the hay when he heard a
voice say: 'Come on, you old hay
seed, and get your hay down for your
horses. What are you afraid off?''
Richards at once grappled with
the man and soon had the cuffs on
him again.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1908-07-02
North Dakota Statistics.s 4

Interesting are the figures which
tell Of che growth Of North Dakota
prepared BY G Commissioner Of Agri-
I 4cnlture.W. a. Gilbreath in conjunc-
ton with a new map Of the state.
The map 81 this year shows all the
late territory opened. the new rail-
roads and Is complete "a every re-
sspecu. On the back Of the map are
shown some very resting figures in
connection with the state and are ial'' as
SfolloHa
Population over 6oo, 600. s
PostolB Ices, $50. NJ S
.Isl l Free deli Srnral mail ron utes, 293S
iles
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1908-07-02

The latest summary Of the legisla-
tive vote in Barnes county shows an
error in the earlier count. It now
ira nspires that instead Of being de-
Heated, Frank Ployhar has been nom-
mated to the legislature By four
votes.
M. n. Johnson Of Petersburg, G..
Is. Frich Of Lakota, Judge Engerud
|of Fargo and Baird g. Sk0lason Of
Grand Forks hold 8 conferences o.
Fargo Tuesday. gfich, Engsrud and ND
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1908-07-02
Chickens Killed by Poison.

1t is reported from Pembina cUun-
ty that farmers have found prairie
chickens poisoned by eating seed
grain treated with formaldehyde.
One man reported that he found sew
en- dead birds in one field, all appar-
emily killed by the same means.
Grain set out for gophers and pos-
soned with strychnine is believed 10
be more fatal 10 chickens than any
thing else.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1908-07-02

Continued 6 On Page ]; ! g il2') ! .
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1908-07-02

Mckenzie for state treasurer in
same counties has Is, $50.
Bickford 20,S72. Ward.county gave
him 1920 majority.
Larson for attorney general, in all
counties except Adams, Barnes, Bill
llngs, Bowman, Dickey, Dunn, Eddy,
LaMoure, McHenry, Mcintosh, Nc
enzie, Ransom, Sargent, Ward and
Wells, has S,6l3 votes.
McCue in the same counties has
2,271 votes.
Miller in the same counties has
16, BIB votes.
Owing TO the women vote en-
state superintendent being omitted
in many OF the returns, it lis impos-
sible to give figures on this race, but
on many of the returns, Stockwell
has such a large majority that
there is little or no doubt of his
nomination.
The returns. official and unofficia
from 40 counties out Of the Al in the
state cast total vote of 5s,662, di-
vided between The senatorial candi-
! dates.
The counties of Billings. Bowman,
Dunn and Mckenzie are yet to be
heard from, which will add about g..
600 votes, ruaking over $4,000 votes
cast in the primary election.
Fargo, June 29.-The complete
election returns are mot yet In, out
the latest figures are about as stated
before except the insurgent candi-
| date for treasurer seems to have
been nominated. In the.state Offices
besides the above, the insurgents
nominate the school Superintendent,
supreme judge and attorney general
the stal warts the remainder. 1t will
F.: be a mixed ticket of nominees of
both factions, which will call for
the support of both and the feeling
is that such will be heartily given.
There is no material change in the
relative positions of the senatorial
candidates.
Bismsrck, June 3O.-The latest
returns for the congressional
and stale nominations make no
changes over what has been an
nounced heretofore on the senatorial
| vote. The result stood Tue day at
Bismarck headquarters:
Marshall 1888, with Billings,
Dunn and Mckenzie TO hear from.
Johnson Is, 845, with same counties
missing.
Hansbrcugh II, ZIG.
Little 11,576.
Gronna still leads the, congression-
al list, Hanna second, Young third.
A number of counties have yet to
be heard from ION the close race be-
tween state candidates but nothing
is expected to change the results un-
officially announced.
The vote on the railway commits
sion is still in doubt. 1t appears that
Anderson of the insurgents and
Mann of the stalwarts have been
elected, bnt.the Lord only knows who
the third man is-and more complete
returns may even .change the situa-
tion on the two men now apparently
10 the lead.
On secretary Of state the vote is
Blaisdell 27,152, with Adams, Bill
lings, Dunn, Eddy, McHenry, Nc
Kenzie, Ransom ..and Wells to hear
from. 33 \.
Buchanan 23,ooe.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1908-07-02
Result Of Primary Election, With Con.
gressionaI, State and County
Candidates.
Marshall and johnson High Men for the
Senate. StaIwarts and Insurgents
Both Have Winners.
THE WINNERS.

THE WINNERS.
1908 Republican State Ticket.
U. S. Senator-T. F. Marshall, M.
N. johnson.
Members Of Congress-A. J. Gron-
ma, L. B. Hanna.
Governor-C. A. Johnson.
Lieutenant Governor-R.S. Lewis.
Supremes Court Justice-B. f.
Spalding.
Secretary of State-Alfred Blais-
dell.
State Auditor-D. X. Brightbill.
State Treasurer-E. a. Bickford.
superintendent of Public Instruc.
tion-W. L. Stockwell.
Commissioner of insurance.. G.
Cooper.
Attorney General-Andrew Miller.
Commissioned of Agriculture-W.
C. GilbreaGh.
Railroad Commissioners lin
doubt.
Republican County Ticket.
State Senate-Alfreu Steel.
Members of House-T. J. Atwood,
F. G. Kneeland,.. -. Richard Pendray,
William Sinclair.
Sheriff IN. H. Romer.
County Auditor-Andrew Blewett.
County Treasurer E. Wallace.
Clerk OF Court-Geo. T. Richmond
Register of Deeds-Oliver H. Ben.
nett.
States Attorney-Geo. W. Thorp.
County Judge-Marion Conklin.
Superintendent of SCHOOLS ]s-FreG
M. tVanner.
County Surveyor-B.P. Tilden.
County Corocor-A. W. Guest.
County Commissioner, 2nd Dist. =
Wm. Farley.
County. Commissioner. 4th Dist.
Frank Norden.
County Assessor, 4th Dist. VIM.
Jenkin Jr.
Bismarck, June 29.-The Tribune
has returns from.-4O counties on the
vote for United States senator,
which shows totals as follows: Mar.
shall 1875; Johnson 1868; Hans.
brough Il. 538; Little II, 45l.
Gronna for congress in all counties
but Billings, Bowman, Dunn, Mc.
Henry, Mckenzie, Mcintosh and
Wells, has 23, 553 votes.
Hanna has in the same counties,
2l,976 votes.
HeeR eson 10 all but Billings, Bow.
man Dunn, EDDY, Griggs, .McHenry,
Mcintosh, Mckenzie, Stark and
Wells, has IA, $40 votes.
Young in all but Billings, Bowman,
Dunn, Eddy, McHenry, Mcintosh,
Mckenzie, Stark, Ward and Wells,
has Is, 3O4.
c. A. Johnson, for governor, In all
counties but Billings, Bowman, Dunn,
Eddy, LaMoure, Mcintosh, McKen.
zie, Stark and Wells, has 32,987. 4
Twichell In all but Billings, Bow
man, Dunn, Eddy, ..LaMoure, McIn.
tosh, Mckenzie. and Wells. has 49,.
943.
i. Lewis, for lieutenant governor,
in all counties but Adams, Barnes,
Dunn, Eddy, McHenry, Mcintosh,
Mckenzie, Ransom and Wells, has
q, 435 votes.
Bendeke 10 the same counties has
20, $50 votes.
Spalding in all counties but Adams,
Benson, Billings, Bowman, Dunn,
Eddy, LaMoure, NIGH Mcintosh,
Mckenzie, Ward and Wells, has a, /.
AT votes. ii N 55. s5i
Wright in the same counties has
Is, 554 votes. 3 ;s 3Ss 53 .,s.. f5
n Blaisdell for secretary Of state, In
all counties except Adams, Barnes,
Billings, Bowman, Dickey, Dunn,
Eddy, ,I4aMoure, Mo Henry, Mcintosh,
NICK Kenzte, Ransom, sargent, and
Wells, has y, 267. ~
Buchanan In the same counties has
l9, ,652 votes. 81
In same couDties, Brightbill foI
aodilor ms i, ia Jorgenson,, z, z ,lysl,
ands Olson 4, l,2o7. ss5.I55s
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1908-07-02
COUNTY
CANDIDATES

The following totals of the vote
for repub lean candidates for U. S.
senator, congress, state and county
officers show the result with all pre-
cincts reported. The totals for the
vote of judge and the several county
candidates, who had no opposition
are not given. The official count will
be made July 2, when the complete
results for all candidates will be CIV
en- for both republican and demo-
cratic tickets,
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-07-30
DEATH TRAP FOR BIRDS.
Lighthouses on Maine Coast Attract
and Kill Thousands Every Spring.

Lighthouses on Maine Coast Attract
and Kill Thousands Every Spring.
One of the keepers who came ashore
from Boon Island recently tells the
story of the strange death encountered
by thousands of the migrating birds
every spring.
Flying along the coast at night they
are instantly attracted by the power
full light from the watch tower, as
moths are drawn to a candle. Thou
sands of these birds in their passage
north fly with full force against the
thick glass of the brilliantly lighted
lantern. Stunned to death they fall
TO the rocks below or scale away for
q little distance and flutter helplessly
into the water.
The light of morning sometimes re-
veals the rocks covered with the little
creatures whose journey to their sum-
mer homes has met this sudden and
fatal termination. Hundreds OF spe-
cies are found among the unfortunate
little tourists. Most of them are
easily recognized as belonging to the
various common classes of song birds.
But very often large birds of beautiful
plumage come to their final resting
place in this manner upon the bleak
rocks Of Boon Island.
On one occasion several years ago
the thick glass of the lantern was
shivered to atoms by the impact OF
some strange bird Of powerful bill.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-07-30
NEW HUTCHINSON
Special correspondence to the News-Budget

Special correspondence to the News-Budget
Mrs. II. II. Davis is quite ill.
Mrs. A. b. Compton has so far i'm
proved as to be able to ride out.
A few from here attended church
in Weyerhauser Sunday.
Frank Gutheridge went to Mime
sofa recently.
Sam Funk, Charlie Stevens, Gus
Laurence and James Gutheridge leave
Saturday for the harvest fields Of
Minnesota.
Mrs. Fosters father, brothers, sis
ter and cousin from CrescO, Iowa, are
visiting at the home OF II. Foster
Mrs. f. M. and Mrs. G. M. RidOut
were callers in Weyerhauser Monday
G.. r. Case sold horse the first Of
the week.
Mrs. Johnson OF Weyerhauser was
visitor at the Davis home Monday
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-07-30
RARE coLoRs IN MoLEs.

Particular Varieties Confined to Ger
tain Fields--Piebald and White.
Molecatching first became regular
occupation about century ago when
English molecatchers were introduced
on the lands of the then duke of Buc'
cleuch
The handsomest varieties belong to
the silver gray" class. If these could
be obtained in any quantity their skins
would bring high price in the fur
market.
Mr.. Service of Dumfries, lately lee.
turing before the Edinburgh Field
Naturalists association, stated that he
had never seen a really white mole
and he believed it to be great rarity
Nor had he ever seen a piebald vari-
ETY.. He had little doubt that varia,
ton of colors in moles ran in certain
families.
The regularity with which particu-
lar variety occurred repeatedly in the
same field or on the same farm was
well known to every molecatcher,
while no abnormal coloration would
perhaps occur in any other part OF the
parish.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-07-30
HOW CAMPHOR is MADE.
Simple Method by Which the Oil Is
Extracted From the Wood


Extracted From the Wood.
ITO make camphor," said a returned
traveller, you put in chips at one hole,
and out of another hole you draw the
crude product in coarse white grains
like salt.
Wherever camphor trees grow you
will find camphor distilleries. They
are low buildings Of mud brick, and
their odor IS SO aromatic that it can
be detected two miles off.
''In each building there are a dozen
fires. On each fire is a kettle Of boil
ing water, with a perforated lid. Fit
ted to the top of this kettle is an iron
cylinder, filled with camphor chips of
the size of your little finger Fitted
to the top of the cylinder is an empty
inverted jar.
There is your whole apparatus-a
simple thing, which works simply.
The steam of the boiling water pass
ing up through the cylinder extracts
from the camphor wood it's oil. This
oil, mounting still upward with the
steam, settles like brine on the sides
Of the inverted Jar at the top. This
brine, when the fire goes out, dries
into a substance like frost or snow
White and aromatic, the frost-like
substance is the crude camphor. It is
scraped off the sides of the jar and
refined and pressed into those attract
i've balls and cubes that you buy at a
high price everywhere"
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-07-30
BRUCE
From the Bruce Newsletter

From the Bruce Newsletter
John Reichert of KEENAN, is drilling
the we'll this week for the electric
light plant and water works.
The first poles for the electric lights
were set Thursday.
Sam and Dave Coey arrived home
from Western Canada last Friday
Mrs. II. E. Cherry and children OF
Rhinelander arrived here Wednesday
for visit with her brother, w. A.
Blackburn.
NJ. A. BrosiQus and family are re-
ceiving "a visit from her parents and
brothers, Mr.. and Mrs. George Dia-
mond and family of st. Paul.
E. E. Wood Of Island Lake has
had a bunch of western horses in the
village the past week and has sold
quite few to the farmers and Others.
Several farmers have expressed a
willingness to help clear up the fair
grounds about the first week in Au-
gust.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-07-30
Correspondence for this column
must be received by Wednesday night
TO insure publication
APOLLONIA

special correspondence 20 the News-Budget
Air. and Mrs. William Daigle lost
herr infant babe last Thursday.
John Siglin and Ernest Doug hty
tr.,. to New Hutchinson Sunday
on business.
Miss Stella Bowman left on the
noon train Tuesday for her work in
the city.
Miss Kate Conley went toSt. Peter
Monday.
Our school house is being treated
to a coat OF paint.
c. Barnes is laid up with asore leg
the result of the CHANGING of an ak
Mrs. Maggie Kiefert is working fol
Mrs. John Doughty at present.
Mrs. E. Gazelle has two children
visiting in town at present.
The young people OF Apollonia
drove to Amacoy Lake Wednesday
and enjoyed picnic. Those who
made up the load were John Siglin
Ernest and Archie Doughty, Pau
and Fred Otis, John Kepner, LlOyC
and Lynn Hayden, Lois and lnei
Siglin, Nellie Hill, Anna and Burne
dette Martin, Hazel Hendrickson anG
Clementine Martin and Libby Siglin
G. w. Heaverin had business il
BlOOmer Wednesday.