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Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1911-07-06
CITY sasal'1IAS !'ag
TAXSLEVY FIXED FOR ENSUING
YEAR. SCHOOL EXPENSE
1901

The annual school levy was made
at the last meeting of the board of
education for a total sum of $27, 500,
for all school purposes levied upon
all the taxable property of the city.
A portion of this amount will be
used to take up bonds maturing and
to provide for sinking fund.
The total school expenses for all
purposes for the fiscal year of 1910
aggregated $5s,550.19. OF this a.
mount, $27,149.4O was spent for per-
manent improvements such as site
for Franklin school and payment of
balance on building leaving $751;
4OO.79 for school expenses for the
year. The total cost of the building
outside of the furniture is about $55-
900. Supt. Crane submitted a re-
port to the board regarding various
matters. He noted that in a house
to house canvas for the school census,
showed a decrease in the number of
pupils, due probably to the departure
of a number transients enrolled in
the first part of the year, and pupils
who had left the city. The total
number of names secured was 1867,
last year 1912. The total enroll
ment, including the name of every
pupil who had taken school work part
or all of the time during the school
year just passed, was 500, an in
crease of 40 pupils. At the close of
the term this year there were 622 en-
rolled. !
sup1. crane reporte= ;lat the tut
tion accounts were in good shape.
That the school piano fund balance
was $295.93, that jamestown Col
lege had paid $4S, one-half the rental
of the gymnasium, and the balance
is to be paid by the college athletic
society, both of which amounts were
recommended to be added to the pi-
ano fund.
The teachers committee are taking
measures to fill the three vacancies
occurring IN the teachers force for
the grades. The high. school force
is practically completed. Supply
lists are ready for distribution and
advertising. Lists include supplies
for manual training department, la
boratory, reference library, text
books, kindergarten and general sup
plies. The floors of the school hous-
es have been scrubbed, the manual
training shop will be improved under
the direction of Prof. Heine.
Supt. Crane will spend part Of the
summer vacation conducting sum-
mer school at Belville.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1911-07-06
THE 4TH CELEBRATED
THE GLORIOUS FOURTH OF JULY
WAS NOT NEGLECTED IN
STUTSMAN COUNTY

tuesday there were numerous
small and large celebrations Of the
great American Independence Day in
Stutsman county. Small parties and
good sized gatherings in different
parts Of the county made merry and
did the traditional stunts. There
were lively celebrations at Bu-
chanan, Pettibone and Courtenay,
while in jamestown the occasion was
mostly given over to picnics, fire
crackers and in the evening to fire
works.
At Buchanan there was large
crowd present, from various parts of
the county, and many attending from
Jamestown, including Co. H. There
was ball same by the Millers OF
this city and the Buchanan nine. The
speakers were J. A. Buchanan ant!
Russell Chase of Jamestown and Rev.
Mcleod of Pingree. A fine time was
had by over 1000 people.
Courtenay celebrated in old fash
ioned style with a parade of floats,
several of them Icing handsome.
This was followed by autos that were
decorated attractively. There were
two ball games at the fair grounds,
the one in the morning between the
Kensal and Courtenay teams, was
won by Kensal. There was also a
band concert and auto races, bike
races and a stand in the street was
provided for dancing in the evening.
Many of the Courtenyites also attend
ed the dance at Spiritwood Lake.
At Spiritwood lake there was a
large crowd at fuckers and La
Brasch's, and the day being pleasant
many boats were used by pleasure
seekers and fishers. At fuckers pa
vilion many young people INDUCED
in dancing both afternoon and even
ing. Everything went off smoothly.
During the evening there were fire.
works galore.
At jamestown the day was ce!e-
brated by the w. c. T. U: holding a
picnic in Nickeus park, the sneakers
II the occasion being G. s.sBuck. and
J. w. Carr. The Declaration of In
dependence was read by George
Hampstead. The occasion was a
pleasant one all around.
The firemen of the city had pic
mic at Weise's park near the James
town Ice Cos property. The f1remen
and their families picnicked in regu-
lar country style. There was good
program of races and games.
In Klaus park number of families
had private picnics and spent the
day and evening pleasantly and pat
ronized the launches and row boats
on the river. In the evening there
were fire works, but of the sane order
mostly
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1911-07-06
WILL RESTORE SALE OF MILE.
AGE BOOKS

With the restoration of the three
cent rate for passenger traffic in
Minnesota comes the information
that railroad companies of western
roads will resume the sale of mileage
books of from 1000 to 5000 each at
the two cent rate. In addition ex-
cursion rates in Minnesota for the
Fourth of July will be put into affect
which under the two-cent rate have
not been given.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1911-07-06
ANOTHER SHOWER

Wednesday evening another show
er visited this part of the state adding
to the moisture that fell during the
morning and wetting the ground to
q dept OF two or three inches. The
rains and cooler weather have great
" revived the grain which was some
what set back by the hot wave Of last
week. The rain fall noted at the
asylum was three-fourths Of an inch
for the day.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1911-07-06
GOOD ROADS MEET

The next meeting in jamestown of
state wide consequence will be the
Good Roads Association July 18th.
There will be men of prominence
from all over the state in attendance
and the farmers of Stutsman county
are earnestly requested to attend the
meeting.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1911-07-06
PRETTY WEDDING At,
The DANEORD HOME
William s. Hartman of Bozcuan
Married to Miss Edna Danford.

The Bismarck Tribune has the fol-
lowing account of the Danford-IIart-
man wedding:
One Of the prettiest weddings Of
the season took place at the home
of nr. and Mrs. 8. A. Danford, Fri
day at p. m.,' when their daughter,
Edna Warrene, became the wife of
Mr.. Will s. Hartman of Bozeman,
Mont
This wedding is of particular in
terest to large circle of friends and
acquaintances throughout the state.
Preceding the ceremony, Mrs. ]. A.
Larson sang Mendelssohn's Spring
song. At the close of the song the
soft notes of the Mendelssohn Nedd-
ing march announced the coming of
the wedding procession. Ten little
girls daintily dressed and each carry
ing a bouquet of sweet peas descended
the stairs two and two. When they
reached the foot of the stairs they
separated, forming two lines and con-
tinued the march till they formed an
isle from the stairs through the re-
ception hall and into the parlor to
the improvise altar, then through
this isle came the two smallest girls
who passed white ribbons down the
lines and took their places at the
end. The bride and groom came
down the stairs together and passed
between the lines formed by the lit
| tie girls. They were met at the ap-
pointed place by Rev. ]. w. Dan
ford, grandfather of the bride, who
read the impressive service of the
Methodist Episcopal church.
During the ceremony, Mrs. A. j.
| Arnot played the Fower song.
The refreshment table was presid-
/ ed over by the Misses Rita Danford
and Evelyn Simpson.
The bride wore an elaborate gown
of imported Japanese hand embroid-
cred silk, which was very beautiful.
She carriedea ,bouquetsof cream roses
! and lilies of the valley.
Only relatives and few friends
were present. The out of town
guests were Mrs. c. M. Packard of
| Valley City, aunt of the bride; Rev.
J. w. Danford, grandfather; j. A.
Danford of Enderlin, brother and
, Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Simpson and Miss
Evelyn of Mandan.
Miss Danford is we'll known thru
; out this state and the adjoining states
, She was teacher of the eighth grade
| English in the Bismarck high school
during the past year. ..
Mr.. Hartman is a rising civil en-
gineer in Montana. During 1908 and
1909 he was one of the corps of en-
gineers engaged in the construction
of the Panama canal. The past two
years he was city engineer of Boze-
man, Mont, at present he is engaged
by the Milwaukee railroad in the
Gallatin Valley. Mr.. Hartman's
father is one of the leading lawyers
of Montana.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hartman left on No.
for the west. They will be at
home in Bozeman after July Is.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1911-07-06
NEW AGENT AT MEDINA

The N. P. has again had change
of station agents at New Lupzig.
Ralph Whitcomb has been trans
ferred to Medina, on the main inc,
west of jamestown. The new agent
here is D. ]. Vincent, and he comes
from Medina.-Bismarck Tribune.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1911-07-06

Mrs. J. G. Harrigan, formerly Miss
vesta Moxom of Jamestown, writes
from Colville, WASH, that Gene
Tweed and Harry Morris spent day
there enroute to British Columbia.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1911-07-06
A GUARD u ARD PROMOTION

Capt. G. g. Grafton has been pro-
NOTED to rank of major in the North
Dakota State Guard, vice Major, G. F.
Mudgett of Valley City, who has been
at his own request. placed on the
supernumary list. Captain Grafton
who has been captain Of Co. b of
Fargo, was with the regiment in
the Philippines.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1911-07-06
HOMES FOUND FOR MANY chill.
DREN

Two hundred orphan and deserted
children have been placed with fam
lilies Of the state since January 1st. by
State Humane Officer VIM. Blake.
He has eleven children now on hand,
ten girls and one boy. The girls he
states are the easiest to find places
for.
The Colorado statesman., 1911-10-14

of farm property. Farm land. exclu-
sive of buildings, which was valued at
S1S. .O5S, ,OOS. 900 in 1900. had more than
doubled before 1910, being then re-
turned as having a value Of S2S.3S6.-
10000. The enormous increase here
recorded of $15,32S. 7C2. 900 represents
an advance of 117.4 per cent. in the
value of all land in farms.
OF the factors contributing to this
increase in the average value OF land
the most important is doubtless that
of advancing farm prices OF agricultu-
raj products. This has increased the
incom producing power of the farm
and correspondingly influenced the
selling price or value of farm land. 1t
is probable also that in calculating
the value of farm lands it has become
customary to capitalize the income
producing power at a lower rate of in
terest than formerly. This might be
true, despite the fact that interest
rates in general have probably not
fallen. because of the reduction in the
risk of the farming business.
The Colorado statesman., 1911-10-14
Resignation of Officers Army Menace

number of reasons which disqualify
an officer, one especial disqualification
being susceptibility to seasickness.
which necessitates resignation Of
many young men.
During the last year, it is said at
the war department, very few cadets
or second lieutenants have presented
their designations. Mai. Gen. Leonard
Wood. chief of staff of the army. has
refused to permit a lieutenant of the
cavalry to get out of the army to en-
gage in civil pursuits because he was
about to be married. He, however,
granted the young man a three months
leave of absence for his honeymoon.
The lottery is a profitable scheme in
Cuba and the returns to the war de-
partment show that last year the Gu
ban government received from this
source $3.300.000 profit, which repre-
sents ten per cent. of the entire an
nual receipts from all sources.
But despite the revenue the Cuban
government is seriously contemplating
gradual abolition of the lottery in view
of the enormous weight of evidence
to show that it is impoverishing the
laboring classes and creating great
distress generally.
The Colorado statesman., 1911-10-14
THERE rs NY
RE SlChkTioh
I'VE F0uhO
A BETTE r
\ ooe i

IF lie navy department recently has
Z been particularly unfortunate in the
designations of young officers who
have just finished their education at
West Point or Annapolis at govern
ment expense. In the last few weeks
eight or ten midshipmen and ensigns
have presented their designations with
reasons sufficient to cause the depart
mcnt to accept them. Both the war
aud navy departments are periodically
confronted with this question.
The withdrawal of young officers
from the service before they have Civ
en- the government some return for
their education is discouraged by both
departments. A resignation is accept
ed only when 1t is believed there eX-
lists an impediment to the profitable
retention of the young man. The navy
suffers more than the army as to the
The Colorado statesman., 1911-10-14

WASHINGToN.-Lovers of adven-
w ture and makers of romance have
overlooked one of the richest of mines
OF Imagination and fact that is strang-
er than liction-the federal pigeon
holes and dossiers in which the pa
thetic appeals of the eternal claimant
are embalmed in red tape and buried
for the curiosity of the future Mark
1wain's story of the interior of John
Wilson McKinzie's claim for 60 bar
reis of beef contracted to be furnished
10 Shermans army, which provisions
decayed while the contractor was try
ing to catch up with Sherman on his
famous march to the sea-" is no ex-
aggeration of the stuff of which humor
or romance are made to be found in
tire archives OF Uncle Sam at Wash
inSton.
Thousands of claims are on file in
the archives of the United States gov
eminent The famous French spolia-
tion claims, growing out of the de-
stfuction or capture OF American mer-
chant craft plying between the Ameri-
The Colorado statesman., 1911-10-14
Population Gains Faster Than Farms

GENSUS Director Durand has given
~ out an important statement from
the bureau of census containing ad-
ditlonal figures and details of the agri-
cultural statistics of continental Unit
ed States collectedNApril IS. 1910.
During the ten years which followed
the census of 1900 the population of
the United States increased q per
cent, but the number of farms did not
keep pace with the increase in popu-
Bation. From 5,737.372, in 1900, the
number grew to 6.340,357. an increase
of 602 1856, or 10.5 per cent. For the
whole United States this is the lowest
rate of increase which has been noted
since the number of farms was first
recorded in 1850 The increase in the
total acreage devoted to agriculture
was only 35,137,000 acres. or AZ per
cent. The actual area in farms was
S3S ,592 900 acres in 1900 and S73,729.-
Od0 acres in 1910.
improved land, however, increased
more rapidly than the total farm acre
age or number of farms, the advance
being from Ala $4,000 acres in 1900 to
Az ,448, 900 acres in 1910, gain of 62.
$40 eco acres, or 1872 per cent. in ten
years.
In striking contrast with the slow
growth in the number and acreage of
farms and the area of improved land
during the ten years is the enormous
rise which has come about in the value
The Colorado statesman., 1911-10-14
GIVES VARIETY IN DESSERT
Almost Numberless Arc the Possibill-
ties When Freezer is Article
Of General Use.

Now that freezers are to be had at
a price so reasonable that every one
can afford to have one, no family
should be without one, as the height
Of dessert excellence is reached in
many frozen sweets impossible to pro-
cure in any but the largest city con
fectioneries. In fact, in most com
munities and in the rural districts 1t
is even impossible to get simple Ice,
the only thing available being Ice
cream, in perhaps vanilla and choco-
late flavors. With a freezer at home
a variety of creams as well as ices,
frappes, etc, is possible, and one has
the satisfaction of feeling that the
best and cleanest materials go into
them and they have a delicious
honey" flavor impossible to procure
in creams or ices procured at the
stores Listed below are number OF
tested recipes, and also hints to to-
the cream used in ice creams, and
method of making the cream. II you
want the rich, full-bodied delicacy
known as Philadelphia Ice cream,
scald half the cream used. This por-
ton of the cream will increase slight
ly in quantity when freezing, while
the raw cream will almost double its
bulk. Ice cream made from scalded
cream is too rich for most tastes and
unnecessarily costly, while, on the
other hand, ice cream made from all
raw cream is neither so smooth nor
so rich as when half scalded cream is
used. For freezing ice cream the ice
should be smaller than walnuts and
mixed with rock salt, two portions Ice
to one of salt. After cream is frozen
It can be kept hard by covering with
larger pieces of ice over top of can,
using half as much salt as when
freezing cream. Be sure to keep waste
hole in tub open during this time.
Too large ice or too little salt while
freezing means extra labor and but
terry, greasy cream. and too much salt
makes coarse. watery cream. Water
ice or frozen fruit will not freeze so
readily as ice cream, therefore use
larger proportion of ice and finer ice.
Fresh fruits for favoring should be
mashed or cut fine few hours before
using and mixed with sufficient sugar
to sweeten and draw out the flavor.
All fruit flavors should be added to
cream when partially frozen, to avoid
any chance of curdling.
The Colorado statesman., 1911-10-14
Watch Smugglers in the Philippines

TT he manner in which the Moros car
i ry on smuggling in the southern
seas is systematic. according to 1ntor-
m;ttiors given to a Washington CORE
epoudent by Captain Geddes of the
customs cutter Skua. He states that
the Moros have an unusually high tree
on the Tawi Tawi group, from which
tbey can see the coast of Borneo and
also see the smoke of his cutter when
miles away from the spot
When everything is clear the Snug
rlers make n dive for the little group
of islands that dot the sea between
there and Zamboanga. and almost al
xyavs escape me even when | can sight
them" says the captain, as they
know that my boat in the best or
weather can only make seven knots,
and with the tide against me in hne
weather only two knots.
There is at least 100000 worth OF
textiles being smuggled from Borneo
INTO the southern islands every year
sbat with a good. fast boat | am sure
couid be almost all stopped. II it were
not for my one-pounder on the fore
decb I'd never land anything. AS 1t
Is when we make haul it is most al
The Colorado statesman., 1911-10-14

ways Chinese, as they can dump all
their merchandise and drugs into the
ocean before we can each them Chi
nese? Oh, yes, lots of them. On an
average at leaest 300 are captured and
deported every year"
Captain Geddus has been skipper of
the cutter Skua for the last eight
years. three of which have been at
Jolo and two at Palawan. During all
this service he has often made as high
as $500 miles month cruising and
has assisted in several good captures
He recommends fast cutter and two
motor boats as a great Improvement
over the present equipment. and states
that with these the Borneo coast could
be patroled so thoroughly that Snug
Cling would almost become thing Of
the past.
The Colorado statesman., 1911-10-14
Chaudfroid Of Salmon.

Use for this one can of salmon or
an equal amount of cold boiled fish.
Flake. removing skin and bones. Mix
in a bowl teaspoonful of flour, tea
spoonful each of mustard and salt, n
few grains of cayenne, one egg light
ly beaten, a tablespoonful and a half
melted butter, three tablespoonfuls of
vinegar and three-fourths of cup of
rich milk. Cook over hot water until
the mixture thickens like a soft GUS
tard. Stir constantly at first and keep
close watch to take from the fire as
soon as thickened. Overlooking cur
dies. Add a tablespoonful of gela-
tin that has been softened in two ta-
blespoonfuls of cold water, then dis
solve over the teakettle. Add to the
fish mixture and turn into one large
mold or individual ones. When ready
to serve turn out and garnish with let
tuce, sliced cucumbers or pimentoes
as preferred. Serve with mayonnaise.
French dressing or cucumber sauce.
The Colorado statesman., 1911-10-14
Romance in Various Indemnity Claims

can coast Holland and the Indies have
been banded about Washington, from
capitol to White House to court or
claims and back, for more than cen
tury. but never paid in full. or all the
claims in American history these are
the most associated with great events
and great sacrifices.
These spoliations occurred during
the trouble between this country and
France at the close of the eighteenth
century. There was no declared war
between the two countries. but almost
a state of war There were two frig
ate actions, in which the American
frigate under TruXton won both fights
but never a declaration OF war The
whole number of American merchant
vessels despolled by France was 2,29O
The original estimate Of their value
was $2O,OOO,OOO. Some s7,G00,0O0 has
been paid, but this is all France was
liable for these losses.
There are in this batch OF British
American pecuniary claims some that
are based OH grants of lands to lndi-
ans by the British government in CO.
lonial days. These are only some OF
the stories of adventure. great for
tunes made and lost. captivity. depri-
vation and suffering, even or humor,
figuring the story OF the claimant lay
ing his appeal before Uncle Sam at
Washington.
The Colorado statesman., 1911-10-14
Mutton and Eqqs.

Put cooked mutton, free from sinew
or fat, through the chopping machine.
Mix with it pepper. salt, one table
spoonful of butter and one cupful Of
stock, put it on the fire in a sauce
pan to warm well, but not to boil.
Have some very hot. well seasoned
mashed potatoes ready, free from all
Jumps, and mixed with three table
spoonfuls of hot milk. Make wall
of these round the dish on which you
are going to put your mutton. Poach
three or four eggs. taking care they
do not break. Put the mutton inside
the potato wall and place the eggs
neatly on the top of the mutton.
Serve hot. This is delightful change
from ordinary mince.
The Colorado statesman., 1911-10-14
liable Economies.

There is one little suggestion to
make to the housekeeper. Never buy
fruits, vegetables or meats that are
out of season. This simple rule follow
ed out carefully will keep down the
expenses greatly. 1t is such temp
tation to buy the first box of straw
berries to be seen in the market, the
first shad, the first asparagus, toma-
toes done up in tissue paper that peep
out so alluringly! Those same dain-
ties later on will be had almost for
the asking. Therefore form the hab-
It of resisting all table delicacies that
are out of season. and buy instead
only those that are. You will save
many dollars as the year runs on.