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Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1910-12-22
PETITIONS FOR P. O. SITE
Two Locations in View Oh South
Side for Federal Building

In the matter of site for a post
office building two petitions were in
circulation Monday afternoon and
today among business men, one petit
tion favoring the Katie Snyder cor
ner on Fifth avenue south, the other
the ne corner of Sixth avenue and
Second street, property owned by
More Bros and j., F.. Bolinger. In
formation from Washington has been
received that the postoffice inspector,
who was sent here to secure informa-
tion regarding the various proposed
sites, has reported favorably for the
Snyder corner. The final decision In
these matters rests with the treas
ury department, however, and the To-
cation seems to rest between the
Snyder corner and the More Bros.
site and advocates of both sites are
advancing their relative merits.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1910-12-22
EIGHTEEN CASES
DISPOSED OF
At the Last. Term Of the District
Court. Term Adjourned to
January 2esrd .

At the last term of the district
court the case of Lawson VS.. Greshic
resulted in verdict for the plaintiff
OF $125.
During the last term of the dis
trict court, consisting of a week s
work, there we're eighteen cases dis
posed of, seventeen civil and one
criminal !, case. Judge Burr held
court during several evenings to ex-
pedite the work, some of which was
OF considerable importance. It is
possible that the adjourned term will
not begin January 23rd to which
date it was adjourned. However,
this all depends upon the wishes Of
the new judge, who is expected to
be appointed by the governor in the
near future, and who will serve until
the next general election or for two
years.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1910-12-22
AN OPEN WINTER

Roscoe Davenport, one of the old
time trappers who has been doing an
extensive trapping business down in
Sargent county ever since the season
opened this fall, predicts that this
section of the country is due for
mild and open winter. According to
Mr.. Davenport, muskrats, skunks,
mink and other fur bearing animals
have made little preparation for win
ter, which the trapper says, is sub
stantiated proof that the winter will
not be severe. Mr.. Davenport has
met with good success in the trap
ping business and since the season
opened in November, captured over
one hundred and twenty-five skunks,
and where he has to dig them out,
had only to go down few inches be-
low the surface. In case the winter
was to be severe they say that ami
mails that burrow in the ground will
60 down deep for protection. II
these predictions are true, and the
weather SO far has been in line with
them, the worry which has been ex-
listing among the farmers who have
several head of stock to care for, and
with little to feed them, will be great
ly relieved.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1910-12-22
BEAVER WORKING IN JIM RIVER

BEAVER WORKING IN JIM RIVER
A number of beaver, which are
p1 otected by the state law, are known
to be working in the river near the
Ardon Smith farm south of the city.
The Industrious little animals have
cut down a large number Of small
willows and some large trees, clean
ing the bark from the limbs and max
ing dam that hsszfaised the water
several inches. TT 80
It is said that some party is. TAX
ing a chance Jon being hauled ap hy
the game warden In setting a trap
for the animals which work at night
1t is known among the old trap
pers and pioneers Ut earlya6ays. that
the James river was favorite place
for the trappers and that many
thousands of valuable fur bearing an
imals were taken each winter by the
French and Indian trappers of pio-
neer times. =
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1910-12-22
HUMANE OFFICER AT WORK

. Humane Agent Blake of James
town, was called to Adrian Monday
to take charge of a small. :oy, who
was being cruelty treated by his step
mother and father as was claimed by
neighbors. The Humane Officer
found the lad after a long earch,
as he had run away from home and
gone to Alfred. He told that he had
slept half clothed out on the prairie,
in a dug out cave, granaries and un-
der an elevator, without food and the
humane officer brought the boy. to
jamestown Tuesday night by auto.
The lad is II years old; his name is
Cyril Wood He was given warm
clothes and a scrubbing and will be
kept at the Blake home few days,
and will probably be adopted into a
family living in the northern part of
the state.
Officer Blake was called by phone
today by banker at Dogden, N. D.,
to come at once and care for case
of cruelty to children there. He
has many calls of this nature, and
states that he directs his work to-
wards preventing cruelty to children,
as distinct from caring for the home
less, although he has a list of many
homes where children will be adopt
ed. The State Humane Society has
now over 5000 members.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1910-12-22
CHANGES IN
RAILROAD CIRCLES
RUMORED CHANGES IN THE SU.
PERINTENDENCY OF SEVER
AL DIVISIONS OF THE
y. p. SYSTEM

About this time of the year it is
customary to hear of changes in the
roster of railroad officials and this
year is no exception to others in
this respect. 1t is currently re-
ported, but not officially announced,
that number of important changes
will be made in the personel of the
of the Minnesota,
the Fargo, the Dakota and the Seat
tie divisions of the Northern Paci-
fc road. Superintendent Burt, who
for the past six years has presided
over the Dakota division. goes to Far
go, to become superintendent of the
Fargo division.
Supt., Birdsall, formerly trainmas-
ter OF the Dakota division, and who
has been superintendent of the Min
nesota division since last May, will
come to jamestown as superintendent
|of the Dakota division, succeeding
Supt. Burt.
Supt. Sovereign, who has been on
a sick leave for number of months
will return and take charge Of his
old division, the Minnesota division
with headquarters at Staples. Supt.
Craver of the Fargo division will
go to Seattle to take charge of that
end of the line.
+. Outside of the above changes in Of
|ficials, no other announcements have
been made either as to officials of tte
plans of the company regarding ex-
tension or work for the coming year.
A large party of N. p. general Of
fcers was in the city today enroute
from the west. They have been on a
"trip o inspection. The party consist
ed al General Manager Goodell, Supt.
Blanchard, Supt. of Motive Power
1knir, Cen. Master Mechanic Curry.
Master Carbuilder Gilman, Supply A
gent Wakefield and Engineer .zof
adaintainence of Way Perkins. Aft
er, looking over the company's prop
:erty and yards at this place. the par
ty left for the east during the after
noon.
An item of interest to employees of
the company residing at Dilworth and
Fargo is the announcement that aft
er Dec. 81, 1911, the shop train
now running between those points,
will be discontinued. The company
gives full years notice of their in
tention to do this.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1910-12-22
AGENT BLAKE
OUT OF FUNDS
FOR CONTINUING THE WORK OF
HIS OFFICE. MANY DE.
MANDS FOR HIS SER
VICES

state agent Blake hndS that the
expenses of his work in answering
calls for the duties that pertain to his
office, are greater than the amount
provided by the statute, and that un-
less some temporary assistance from
counties, societies or individuals can
be obtained he will have to abandon
the work at least until possible
appropriation can be obtainedhrdshr
appropriation can be secured from
the legislature, which could not be
| available, If obtained, before March
1st. Requests are received by mail
every day from persons desiring to
| adopt or care for homeless child
rem, also notices of such destitute
\ and homeless children are received
from time to time from different
parts of the state.
Agent Blake has this month placed
1S children in good homes in differ
ent families around the state, and
has many other applications. At
| times he is obliged to take tempor-
ary charge of children left by par
ents in the care of strangers or neigh
bors. In some cases the counties
have taken these children into the
| poor farms for temporary shelter.
In several other instances Agent
Blake has cared for them at his own
expense. Stutsman county is caring
temporary for several children left
on Mr.. Blake's hands and other coun-
ties are doing the same until homes
can be provided for them.
There is need of clothing in many
cases. Any money that is raised in
any manner by any person or society
in the state and sent to w. A. Blake
jamestown, n. D., will be carefully
expended and receipts taken for the
same, and the vouchers filed for ref
erence. His work keeps him on the
road most Of the time and he has
been unable to secure any money for
the work from interested persons or
IA VI 6oAAAAA6 AuIuduc oOClIlGS.
A recent case of humane work
comes from Streeter, where woman
was left with three small children,
all practically destitute. Two of
the children have been provided with
homes and the mother has been al
lowed to keep the youngest, and
she is now engaged in earning her
own livelihood at one of the hotels
of the city
If the people throughout the state
will take the matter up and render
some assistance the work OF provid-
ing homes for destitute children as
we'll as keeping up the work Of the
humane society in regard to dumb an
imals can be continued. The legis-
lature has only provided $500 year
for the expenses for this work, which
is state wide in it's character and
this sum has long since been eXpend
ed. The experience of the last year
has shown the work to be more nee
essary and important than hluch of
the charity work provided by the
legislature through various institu-
tions of the state.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1910-12-22
HOTEL lNsPECToRsHIP
Contest for appointment and Posi-
bility of Law Being Re-
pealed n

Valley City Times-Record says:
There is a two-cornered fight on for
the appointment of the position Of
hotel inspector for the coming two
years and promises of a bill repeal
ing the present law.
The present inspector, A. M. An
derson Of Fargo, has opposition for
reappointment i'll the person Of w.
O'Gorman of Grand Forks, and one
proposition that complicates the mat
ter to certain extent is the fact that
o'Gorman has the support of the
Grand Forks council; U. G.. T., in his
fight. The U. c. T.; was largely re-
sponsible for the passage of the ho-
tel inspection bill.
For some time there has been more
or less discussion of the probabilities
Of D. repeal Of the law by the ap-
preaching assembly. Whether or not
it will materiaiize remains to be seen.
but the prospects are that unless
very strong opposition develops to
such a plan, p bill including q pros
vision for the repeal Of the measure
will be introduced gaining its start
in the senate.
Travellers Of the state are practi-
cally unanimous in their support Of
the present law. contending that since
it has been in operation, commenc-
ing three years ago, there has been e
very marked Improvement in the
condition in the small country town
hotels and it is to bring these up TO-
a proper standard that the bill was
primarily intended for. d;
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1910-12-22
on EUROPEAN PLAN
THE CAPITAL HOTEL TO BE RUN
UNDER NEW PLAN AFTER
JANUARY 1st

Manager G. F. Rathman of the
Capital Hotel has decided to conduct
the hostelry on the European plan
beginning with 1911 and several i'm
portant changes are to be made to
bring this plan into effect. The
room now occupied by Tunstall's bar
bershop on Front street, will be used
as a restaurant and lunch counter.
The present dining room of the ho-
tel will be used as cafe, where
meals can be had at a regular price
per meal, or la carte. The restaur-
ant and cafe will be conducted by
Victor Wilmart, restaurant man,
and caterer of many years success
full experience. The rooms in the
hotel can be had at a price to suit
customers, from so cents per day up
and with or without baths. BY the
arrangements thus made the kitchen
of the Capital hotel will be used for
both the restaurant and the regular
dining room.
Tunstall's barber shop will be NOV
ed into the larger room west, and
fitted up and remodelled for first
class barber shop. This room is now
occupied by Fine Clothing store,
which is to be moved into the Glad
stone block. BY these changes the
Capital Hotel will become a European
house, and fall in line with the ten
dency Of hotels throughout the coun-
try. - y
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1910-12-22
BOYS AND GIRLS ON TRIP
Winners Of County Corn Contest Civ
EN- Fine Trip to Fargo

Seven young scholars of Stutsman
county school districts are spending
this week at the Agricultural COL
lege of Fargo, with all of their ex-
penses as the reward for excellent
showing made during the annual corn
contest among the Stutsman county
school pupils. Instead of money
prizes the winners were given this
pleasant and instructive trip. They
are:
Villetta Willows, Arrowwood
school district.
Nettie Albrecht, Fried.
Cyril Albrecht, Fried.
Elizabeth Jessen, Homer
Mary Dirks, Roundtop.
Richard Pendray, Jamestown.
Donald Wanner, jamestown.
The last two substituted for two
contestants who were unable to at
tend and paid their own expenses.
+: The youngsters average from 10
to IA years and will spend the en-
tire week the guests of the college.
They left Monday afternoon and will
return Saturday noon and are in
charge of Supt Fred NJ. Wanner of
the county schools. The boys will
be given exhibitions of corn judging,
cattle raising and other departments
of the agricultural college, while the
girls will be given demonstrations in
the department of domestic economy
and science. The N. P. company do
mated the transportation.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1910-12-22
uABLE COW
BY. W. G. Palmer, Agricultural Col
lege Extension Department

If a COW gives It's pounds of but
ter in a year is worth $50, how much
is COW worth that gives $50 pounds
of butter in a year?
Suppose that butter will average
25 cents the year. round and it will do
better, and that the. feed is worth
$40 for the year. The first cow
would give return of $43.75, less
$40 for feed would leave a profit
of 1915, counting that the milk,
calf and manure pays for the labor.
The second COW would give re-
turn of $3.50 for butter and would
give at least 1000 pounds more of
milk which at 20 cents per hundred
pounds, and is worth more for feed,
would bring $S. The calf from the
good COW is also worth more, but let
that go. The return would be $685.
so less $40 for feed or a profit of
$3.50 on the same basis as; the 9TH
er; COW made a profit of, 1915. It
would take practically fifteen IT'S
pound cows to make as much profit
as the one $50 pound COW.
1915 is 6.2 per cent on $50 and
$3.50 is So per cent on $895.16.
on the basis of percentage income,
when the 175 pound COW is worth
$50, the $50 COW is worth $Ss5.16.
The keeping Of the cows would be
looked at from the business stand
point. The poer COW is dear at any
price but the good cow is usually not
rated at her real value.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1910-12-22
the T1'HE POST OFFICE SITE.
SOME possible ADVANTAGES
OF THE MORE BROS.
CORNER

night that H. NJ. Taber and w. R.
Kellogg were directly and financial
ly Interested in one of the proposed
sites for a postoffice building, in
jamestown. The owners of the site
referred to are the More Bros. of
Wimbledon and J. F. Bolinger of
jamestown and neither Mr.. Taber nor
Mr. Kellogg have any financial inter-
ests lin this or any of the proposed
sites. AS far as the Alert publisher
is concerned the only possible inter-
est he might nave is an indirect and
remote one such as other property
owners in the city have in the erec-
ton of new buildings and replacing
old wooden structures with new ones;
and in the building up of any portion
of the town.
To replace old frame structures
thatsare now dangerous to adjoining
property to remove an old barn, to
clean up a corner that has never been
very attractive on account of its
primitive surroundings, will be con-
ceded as desirable in any quarter of
the City.
The location of postoffice build
ing; On the corner of End street and
Sixth avenue would have strong
tendency to improve the opposite
|sidesE.of the streets, that are now en-
numbered with old frame buildings.
Among the new buildings that might
possibly be located in this locality
Is the, proposed public library build
Ing, This with the new city hall and
the pobtofice building, all in a con-
venie4t area, would certainly not be
any disadvantage to the majority of
the residents of jamestown in the To-
cation of public buildings. .
In, the opinion of many citizens\and
business men the proposed site Of
tered by the More Bros. and Mr.. Boil
convenient ih some re-
spects than. any other site proposed
for the greatest number of citizens
of the town. Compared with other
sites that comply with the specific
cations of the department, the More
Bros. site is nearest the depot, nearer
for the residents of the western part
of the city and west of the river;
nearer to large portion of the res
idents Of the north side of the city
and, if the locality is improved with
new buildings referred to in a few
years there would be none who could
truthfully say that that location for
a postoff1ce was not as good as any
that can now be selected in the city.
At present, it is true the surround
ings are not attractive, but in other
cities and towns where postoffice
buildings have been located away
from the main business street, no
business interests have specially suf-
fered and old buildings have been re-
placed by new ones, and the growth
of the town promoted.
Those supporting the selection OF
the More Bros. corner know that the
unusual and special benefits to be de-
rived therefrom will be general
rather than individual, and will be
soon so recognized by the majority
of the people of the city in case that
site is selected.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1910-12-22

Cincinnati, Ohio, Dec. 21.-Fire in
the modern factory district caused
damage of $2,OOO,OOO and the death
of one fireman and an unidentified
boy. Six firemen were injured by
falling walls. The entire block from
9th and Sycamore streets to Broad
way was swept by the flames.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1910-12-22
TWO FATAL CATAsTROPHEs

Bolton, England, Dec. 21, 1910.
Especial to Alert AN explosion fol-
lowed by fire in the Hutton Col
liery here entombed 29O miners,
eight escaped and all the others are
believed dead. Ten bodies have been
recovered.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1910-12-22
NJ. f. CHURCH CENSUS FOR 1910

NJ. f. CHURCH CENSUS FOR 1910
The Methodist year book just out
discloses the following membership
for North Dakota:
!. Grand Forks District, 2760. .
Fargo District, 2462.
Bismarck District, 2401.
Minot District, 2251.
Making total of 1915 members
Cor North Dakota. This is gain OF
over five hundred from last year..
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1910-12-22
FARM GAS PLANT

For sale an. aoetylene gas plant
for farm light and cooking. Price
500 and installed. Answer Alert
Office.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1910-12-22

A. L. Newton Of this city, has left
for Definance. Ohio, for vacation OF
several weeks.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1910-12-22

800, 10000 for loans-low rates
mo delay. w. b. q. Trimble Co.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1910-12-22

Miss Alma Lutz has returned from
Poughkeepsie, N. Y, to spend the
vacation holidays at home.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1910-12-22

Clothes cleaned, dyed and pressed
at the Pantorium. 3s2.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1910-12-22

TRY THE ALERT FOR RESULTS
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-01-04
NEW YORK GRAIN.

New York, Jan u WHEAT
Spot firm; No. red Sis elevator
domestic and s1.27ta /, 0. b. adoat
nominal In OPTIONS there was a finn
er market in wheat and the prices
were. mp over I've per bushel on high
err cables, bullish Argentine news and
a strong cash market Shorts aud
commission houses we've the best
buyers and offerings we're small, The
close was &c net higher, May
s1.2A.
CORN Receipts $3.50; shipments
123tS, Snot easy No. : zoe elevator
domestic. 7oi2c delivered aud 69c f.
o. b. afoat nominal. options IN
changed. May 75M,
OATS Receipts G2,525; shipments
1000, SCOT FIRM mixed ~ clipped
white 49m53 natural white lS1a q
5ih.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-01-04
sHERiFF's SALE.

By virtue OF a special execution 81
sued oht Of the clerks office Of the
ounty court OF Alexander county
and state OF Illinois. and to me d
'ected. whereby am commanded IL
make the amount OF q certain judg
.lent recently obtained against vii
liam Akers IN favor of Perks & HIe
gins. out OF the lands. tenements,
GODS and chattels OF the said vii
liam Akers. i have levied on ths
following described property to'wit
rhe N. Z. u N. e. X Sec. 30 Town
ship No. Il. Range one West and the
s, e. u ~. e. X, Sec 20, Township
IA Range one West.
Therefore, according co. said com
nand, | shall expose for sale at public
auction, all the right. title and inter
est OF the above named William
Akers in and to the above described
property. at ca two o'clock p, m. on
Monday the Srd day Of January. 1910,
at the southwesterly door OF the.
court house, In Cairo, Alexander
ounty, Illinois,
Dated at Cairo, H., this 18th day
OF December, 1909
JAS. M. M'MANUS,
Sheriff Alexander County