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Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1911-08-17
TWO AY|ATdRS KILLED
St. Croix Johnston and w. II. Bad
ger, Famous Birdmen, Meet
Death at Chicago

Chicago, Ill.,, Aug. 15.-Two a.
viators, William r. Badger of Pitts
burg and st. Croix Johnston of Chi
cago, both young men, lost their lives
at the international aviation meet
here, yesterday. In dying, both re-
vealed tie frailty of the craft in
which two score more aviators were
curvlng and flying about in the air,
with scarcely pause for the deaths
OF their contemporaries.
Deaths in both cases were due to
unexplained accidents, probably re-
suits of unexpected defects in the
machinery of the machines and was
IN no way caused by carelessness nor
lack of responsibility of the drivers.
Badger, wealthy youth, careen-
ed. to his death in a pit in the ayia-
tion field. There had been a flaw in
one of the wings of the propeller
of the Baldwin machine he drove.
The centrifugal force broke the pro-
peller, upset the delicate equilibrium
of the machine and Badger dashed
1000 feet to the bottom of the pit,
his neck being broken.
Johnston fell 500 feet under his
engine and was drowned as the re-
suit Of an equally unsuspected de-
feet. Caught under the heavy en-
gine in his Moisant monoplane, he
was carried deep into Lake Michi-
gan and his body was not brought
to the surface until an hour later.
..a
Minot, Aug. 15.-Flying twenty
miles in fifteen minutes and aris-
ing to height of from 1900 to g.
900 feet, Lucky Bob" St.. Henry
fairly electrified 10000 people at
the fair grounds last night.
st. Henry made three magnifi-
| cent flights. The first time he cir
cled the race course three times,
\ alighting in exactly the same spot as
| where he started. On the second
attempt he went straight south ten
miles being scarcely visible to the
spectators.
A team of horses driven by =
farmer ran away when st. Henry was
1900 feet in the air and Lucky
Bob" said that he could see the
farmer as he was thrown out of the
| wagon.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1911-08-17
SEVENTEEN SILVER CUPS

Seventeen handsomely engraved
and decorated silver cups and troph-
les will be given away as premiums
at North Dakota Industrial Exposi-
tion to be held in Bismarck Septem-
ber 26 to October 16.
One of these cups was donated by
the St. Paul Association of Com
merce and is valued at $3.50; four
others were donated by L. B. Hanna,
Fargo; C. B. Little, Bismarck; The
Merchants Hotel, St. Paul, and the
Waldorf Hotel of Fargo. The re-
naming twelve were donated by
Carlos N. Boynton, of st. Paul, one
of the prominent land and real es-
tate men of the northwest; he offers
these twelve cups as first and second
corn prizes in the "Slope Country"
where he owns large tracts of land;
the counties eligible to these twelve
prizes are Burleigh, Emmons, Kid
der, Stutsman, Logan and Mcintosh.
All of the other cup prizes are open
to the state. Six of the cups donat-
ed by Mr.. Boynton are valued at
SIS each and the other six at
$50 each. The other four cups
mentioned above are valued at 800
each.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1911-08-17
FELL 7s. FEET

Des Laos, N. D.. Aug. led
Morley, of Butte, Mont, fireman on
the Great Northern had miraculous
escape from death early this morn
ing. Morley was in charge of two
dead engines which were being TAX
en- to st. Paul. It was 2:25 a. m.
and No. 1 was due to pass the
freight at Des Lacs siding. The
train had stopped directly over the
Great Northern reservoir just west
of Des Laos to allow the switchman
to switch the train to the siding and
when it had stopped Morley got of
to investigate hot box. Instead
Of stepping onto terra frma he
plunged Is feet downward and land
ed in the water below. His cries for
help brought the train crew to the
rescue and the injured man was TAX
en- at once to this city and placed In
st. Joseph's hopsital. His injuries
are not serious however. and it is
expected that he will be out in few
days.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1911-08-17
SELECT NORMAL SITE
North Side Site Gets Majority Of
Votes After Hot Scrap

Minot, Aug. 12.-In one of the
hottest elections ever held in Minot,
the Ramstad, or north side site, for
the new normal school won on the
first choice vote, securing majority
of 46 over both the south hill and
the Valley street sites. Each voter
was compelled to vote for first and
second choice and the result of the
election was as follows.
North Side Site-First choice,
382; second choice, 1873.
500 Valley Site-First choice,
So; second choice, 4O6.
South Hill Site-First choice, 173;
second choice 174.
The Early Troubles
It will be noted that the north
side site had more first choice votes
than the combined first and second
choice votes for the south hill site.
At one time the normal school board
had selected the south hill site for
the normal, but there was such a
strong protest from all sides that it
was determined to let the people of
Minot vote on the matter. This
vote was taken in the commercial
club and turned out to be farce
becausei the advocates of all but the
south hill site practically refrained
from voting so regular election was
decided upon for today, only taxpay-
ers being allowed to vote, and no
ballot was counted which did not
have on it both a first and second
choice. There we're 72S votes cast
out of a normal vote of over 1000.
Valuable Site
The normal site contains sixty
acres valued at $4,000 and will be
donated by Erick Ramstad, James
Johnson and Joseph Roach. The
other sites were also very valuable,
and the peculiar feature of the elec-
tion is that it was a hot fight for
the privilege of giving the property
to the state. Is
Not a Local Issue
The situation is still complicated
by the possibility that the board may
not necessarily follow the choice of
the Minot voters.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1911-08-17
Y. D. HOMEsTEADERs INCLUDED

n. ID. HOMESTEADERS INCLUDED
Washington, D. c., Aug. 14.-The
house has passed the Warren bill,
granting leave of absence to home
steaders until April Is, 1912. All
western North Dakota land districts,
including the Dickinson and Devils
Lake districts, are included. Bill
has already passed the senate.
Representative Hanna has called
upon interior department for re-
classification of the coal lands in the
Fort Berthold Indian reservation in
order that more land of this nature
may be open. At present the land
containing thirty-inch veins are with
held from entry. Mr.. Hanna would
fix fifty inches as the basis in the fu-
ture and give the settlers surface
rights, reserving the title to the min
eral.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1911-08-17
INFORMATION ABOUT s1Los

Farmers who are expecting to
build silo, will be interested in a
pamphlet regarding the construction
of silos issued by the Red River VAL
ley Brick Corporation Of Grand
Forks. The company claims that
brick silos are more permanent and
brick in every respect is better ma
terial from which to construct the
silo, than cement blocks. A brick
silo, like a brick house when well
built, is a permanent structure and is
expected to be q profitable invest
ment for the North Dakota farmer.
The cost, dimensions and other In
formation relating to the silo are set
forth at length IN the pamphlet re-.
ferred to. ,'ss s.4.a L Is .ss5s.9s
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1911-08-17
CHURCH DELEGATIONS

Rev., E. H. Stickney Of Fargo,
joint superintendent of Congrega-
tional church and Sunday school
work for North Dakota, writes that
two very attractive Congregational
churches were christened Sunday,
one at Regan and the other Wing,
on the new Pingree-Wilton line
Supt. Stickney and Rev. ]. s. Rood
Of Hebron, missionary representa-
tive, together with the pastor, Rev.
E. G. Sergeant, Of the new churches.
took part in the services. The Wing
church dedicated free from debt and
both charges are giving promise Of
fine work.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1911-08-17
M1NoT AB1DEs BY VOTE

Minot, N. D., Aug. 15.-Commit-
tees representing the three sites that
were proposed as locations for the
new Minot normal school met in the
office Of former Governor ]. M. De-
vine today and signed an agreement
abiding by the results of Saturdays
straw vote election, at which the
Ramstad north side site got a ma
jority of all votes cast on first choice.
The committees while in session
Jointly further petitioned the state
normal board to select the Ramstad
site and that work be started on the
buildings as soon as possible.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1911-08-17
Announces EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE
OF State League Under Direction of
Constitution Adopted

z F. J. Traynor, secretary of State
Progressive League has announced
the selection of the following execu-
tive committee:
First Judicial District-A. o. Ar-
derson, Grand Forks.
Second Judicial District-Victor
WARDROBE, Leeds.
Third Judicial District-A. +.
Kraabel, Clifford.
Fourth judicial District Harry N.
Tucker, Courtenay.
Sixth Judicial District-Ralph
Ward, Garrison.
Seventh Judicial District-C. L..
Lindstrom, Langdon.
Eighth Judicial District-R. A..
Nestos, Minot.
Ninth Judicial District-h. l..
Garden, Souris.
Tenth Judicial District Keo-
hane, Beach.
Eleventh Judicial District-George
FAIRIES, Williston.
Twelfth Judicial District-Wal-
ter Parkin, Mandan.
The officers Of the league elected
heretofore are Judge A. G. Hanson of
Fargo, president; A. B. Cox, Valley
City, first vice president; Thomas
Hall, Bismarck, second vice presi-
dent; H. N Johnson, Lankin, treas
urer; and Fred J. Traynor, Devils
Lake, secretary.
A meeting of the executive COM
mittee and the officers of the league
has been called for August "a, at 10
a. M, at the Gardner hotel in Fargo.
at which meeting the executive COM
mittee will be organized and ways
and means for the development of
the league discussed. All progress
sive Republicans in the state are in
vited to attend this meeting and take
part in the discussions and aid in
Developing plans for the furtherance
of the work of the league. The
meeting will not be in the interest OF
any candidate for any Office. It is
anticipated that plans will be made
for the organization of county lea
CUES, in all of the counties of the
state and progressive policies gener-
ally outlined.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1911-08-17

vashti, N. D., Aug. 12.-The
steel is now laid within three miles
of this vicinity, and unless something
unforeseen should prevent, before
the week is ended the work of laying
the steel will be completed at Wash
IL. The side tracks will be laid and
the construction train with boarding
cars will be brought here for the
better accommodation of the crews.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1911-08-17
MORE R. R. MILEAGE
Railway Companies Report New Mil
cage Subject to Taxation
This Year

Bismarck, Aug. 14.-The state
board of equalization after hearing
from the out counties, held meet
ing to reconsider the appraisement
of real estate, although the assess
ment was voted on and adopted at
meeting yesterday afternoon. After
lengthy discussion it was decided
to not make any changes. The as
sessment of farm structures have
been equalized on an appraised value
of forty cents per improved acre of
ground.
1t was decided that the appraised
value of automobiles at $170 each
was too low rate and $3.50 was tenn
porarily decided upon. This ap-
praisement has not been passed by
the board and is subject to change.
Separators operated by steam en-
gines were appraised on an average
value of $100. Separators operated
with gasoline engines were equalized
on an average of $50 as basis,
while steam traction engines went
in at an average of 5000.
The railway corporations of the
state have reported the following
new mileage subject to taxation this
year. The law reads that only such
railway lines are subject to taxation
as are in operation, but in order that
the state board may place the prop
erty on the tax rolls and prevent
confusion among the county taxing
agents in assessing right-of-way as
farm lands, the companies have re-
ported their new trackage to the
state board. The Chicago, Milwau-
kee Sound reports new track thru
the Standing Rock Indian reserva-
tion. In Morton county, 55.3S;
Hettinger county, 44.26 miles; Stand
ing Rock not in any county, 23.43
miles. Total, 123.07 miles. Side
| tracks in this connection are given
at 37.O2 miles.
Great Northern Railway company
( reports it's new Fargo-Surrey line,
track laid but not in operation. Nc
Henry county, 1923 miles; Ward
county, 6.68 miles. Side tracks
less than one mile, or s4-1OO of a
| mile.
The Northern Pacific reports the
| Bismarck-Mott branch known as the
Western Dakota line, 127.46 miles.
This branch has trackage in Morton
county of 1883 miles and in Het-
finger the mileage is given as 1888.
| Side tracks in Morton and Hettinger
counties, fraction over ten miles.
The company requests the board to
assess the unconstructed Sanger
branch. This branch has trackage
of little over 27 miles in Morton
and Oliver counties. The total main
track reported is 295 miles, with a.
bout 49 miles of side track over last
year.
This will give the railway property
of the state a taxable valuation of
over one million dollars in excess of
last year.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1911-08-17
N. p. WORK AT PINGREE AND
VASHTI

Pingree, N. D., Aug. 12.-One of
the difficult features of the construc-
ton of the new railroad from Pin
gree, N. D., to Wilton, N. D., is in
the erection of bridge three-quar-
ters of a mile long across the lake
at the Joe Williams ranch in the
northern part of Steele county.
Work has already been commenced.
In the gathering of material for
this monster bridge, the railroad is
making use of traction engines, the
gasoline driven machines pulling the
great loads of timbers across the
prairies. Work on the line In gen.
eral, is being pushed forward with
great rapidity.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1911-08-17
PRODUCES RESULTS i.

Why not attend q school that
makes good by placing graduates in
responsible positions? Any school
can teach something. but Aaker's
Business College produces results.
Last week the following students
were placed in some Of the best posi-
tions in the state: Nellie Anderson,
il. Fisher, p. q. medshammer, Mar
garet Daily and Mabel Nelson. Send
for new catalog To A. =. q. Fargo
or Grand Forks. s5' IN
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1911-08-17
500, ,ooo, 600 MORTGAGE

Bowman, Aug. 13.-What Is, IN al:
probability the largest mortgage ev-
er fled in the state Of North Dakota,
il being placed on records at the
Bowman county court house this
week. #
The mortgage. which is for $780,
oO0. 900, is given to the United States
Trust company of New York, ard
covers ali Of the Chicago, Milwaukee
and puget Sound right Of way from
Mobridge to Seattle. .5ss
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1911-08-17

Flavor and Strength
The GENERAL ARTHUR 10 % mild
as good cigar can be. It 70 better
than the best strong cigar. Try one
'-10c.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1911-08-17

Fargo, Aug. 15.-One of the hea-
West rains in years fell yesterday
morning between the hours OF I o.
clock and o'clock. when .6s Of an
inch of rain fell. The fall was nearly
a cloudburst for short period OF
the time, nearly half an inch OF rain
falling in ten minutes.
Reports from other parts OF the
county are to the effect that the rain
was even heavier than IN this TO-
cality, q report coming from Dill
worth that it. was genuine cloud
burst there. The rain was accom-
panied by hail though not enough to
do damage.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1911-08-17

Endless drive belts 1t J. 7. Easers.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1911-08-17
HIGH Winds
AUGUST STORMS CONTINUE OV.
Err sTATE-sONIE DAMAGE
IN sTUTSNIAN

Heavy wind, rain and electrical
storms have visited nearly every
part of the state the past two days
and Tuesday a. M, about 1880 a Sc
we're storm swept jamestown and vi
cinity, doing considerable damage to
small buildings and chimneys, break
ing many trees and flooding low
places. Hail accompanied the winds
and rain.
The center of the syorm seemed to
be about five miles southwest Of
jamestown in the Pendray, Jordan
and Monek vicinity, where several
barns and granaries were unroofed
and blown about and general dam
age done over strip about a half
mile wide, standing grain and corn
was heavily hit. Nearly every wind
mill in the neighbrhood was thrown
over but no one was hurt. At the
Albert Monek farm big frame
granary was turned up side down and
parts landed in the pig pen, where
also one hay rack landed. Hay
racks were broken and wagons over
turned, one water tank that eight
men could not over turn. The gran
ary was blown about ten rods.
The hail broke several panes of
glass. At the Leo and Fred Jordan
farm the terrific wind did considera-
BILE damage. The barn built OF hea-
Wy timbers was unroofed and the
timbers scattered in every direction,
some blown into the house. The
barn had stood for 20 years. The
roof of the granary was twisted on,
and also part of the roof OF the
house. A cook car was demolished.
The Jordan loss about $500, was the
heaviest reported. The damage was
all done in less than ten minutes.
Several hail losses from the storm
this morning were reported nearly
all in the southeastern corner Of the
county, losses estimated at from rs
to Is per cent. Among those hit by
hail were ]. Morrisey, H. L. Kastner,
Brockman and Smith, Victor Max
ime, Charles Eastman, J. R. Sullivan,
]. A. Sheridan, D. D. Sullivan, all
of Jamestown; Fred Tablert, San
born; A. D. Ferguson, Eckelson and
Martin Craven, Spiritwood.
The storm did considerable dam
age southeast of Spiritwood, Destroy
ing the granary and machine shed
of w. H. Sisson on 34-140-62. The
building costing about $500 was 32x
"a, and blown for many rods. The
cook car of Bert Orange was COM
pletely demolished and all the pro-
visions lost, the cook had just left
the car when the storm hit the
building. Eight hay racks were
scattered over the country. A small
house belonging to Crearar Creigh-
ton on 25-14O-62 was destroyed and
VIM. Farley lost the cupalo on his
house. Many tons of hay in stacks
were blown across the country.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1911-08-17

Minot, Aug IA heavy wind
storm last night did considerable
damage in northwestern North Dako-
ia. Three plate glass windows were
blown in at Minot and several frame
structures demolished. John Renz's
farm home, a mile north of Minot,
was struck by lightning and started
to burn but the blaze was extin-
Euished before any great damage was
done.
The Falls City tribune., 1911-03-10
CHRISTIAN HEISER HURT

On Friday afternoon Christian
Heiser, living in the southeast part
of town, while hauling wood south
of the Nemaha on the Ed Towle
place, while passing under the
trestle work of the Missouri Pacific
railroad, misjudging the heighth,
of the crossing and struck against tn
beams above and was seriously in
jured. 1t is evident from the ma
ture of the accident hat Mr.. Heiser
had a close call. DR.. Miner was
called to dress the wound and it is
hoped that ere long he will be out
again.
The Falls City tribune., 1911-03-10
REPRESENTATIVE OF ROYAL AR
CANUM HERE

DR.. Ralph p. Roberts, has had as
guest Mr.. w. Lancaster, representa-
tive of the Supreme Council Of the
Royal Arcanum, one of the oldest Of
the fraternal organizations of this
county. DR.. Roberts has been a mem
Der of the Royal Arcanum for many
years and is enjoying the news OF
many members as brought to him by
Mr.. Lancaster The Supreme Re
gent, Mr.. Clovis II. Bowers Of Paw
tucket, r. l., was visiting in Omaha
on Tuesday of this week and was
particularly pleased with the beau
ties of this part of the state and
through Mr.. Lancaster sends his
greetings to all members of the Roy
al Arcanum.
The Falls City tribune., 1911-03-10
NEW TAILOR IN TOWN

Jack Reardon will open a ailoring
establishment in this city, Tuesday,
March 7th He will do general tail
Mr.. Reardon comes from the head
quarters of tho U system at Kansas
City. This system has "a branches.
has many friends among the railroad
boys, and is a live wire. We feel
sure he will make good here.
FIRE AT GARAGE
The Falls City tribune., 1911-03-10
BEATRICE LOSES

The Beatrice basketball team.
composed of the best players from
the Y. NJ. c. a. and the Beatrice Hig
School teams, was beaten last night
by the championship team from Por
tage, Wise, by the score of 81 to Is.
The locals put up a good game but
were outclassed in every particular
by the visitors, whose perfect team
work was greatly admired by the
large audience.
The Falls City tribune., 1911-03-10
SECTION HAND INJURED

Rapid City, s. D.-March Hurled
from a rapidly moving hand car into
the ditch, a Hungarian section hand
on the Milwaukee railroad working
east of here, was so badly hurt that
he will lose a leg. He was brought
here and the surgeons removed some
bone, but declared that the leg will
have to come off. A trivial break in
the machinery of the car caused the
accident.
The Falls City tribune., 1911-03-10
CIeveIand-Iuehes Store

Mr.. Harry Hughes of the CleYe-
land-Hughes department store is in
town arranging for his big opening.
He says the date of the big opening
will be March 18th, and that it will
be done in good style. Mr.. Hughes
spent three years in this town with
Mr.. Cleveland when he ran his other
store here and is well acquainted
with the people here in town. He is
a man with up to date ideas and will
undoubtedly equip his department
store up in such a way that Falls
City may we'll be proud of it.
The Falls City tribune., 1911-03-10
Kansas Farm Land at s257 an Acre

Kansas Farm Land at s257 an Acre
Wamego, Kas., March 6.-Seyenty.
two acres Of Kaw valley land, one
half mile eact Of Wamego, was con
veyed by r. II. Helm and NJ. s. Sny.
der to W. f. Schultz for a c~onsidera
ton of $18,553, or a little over 1851
per acre. The improvements are
worth about $500. The land was
bought by Helm and Snyder in ly02
for $50 per acre.