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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-10-24

later Of the Bismarck Tribune. took
chnrgr of it. in 1881. 1t WAS changed to
Il daily in 1879. Tor Il short time it con-
.tinucd as Il quarter of the size of the
present newspaper. but was Soou changed
to full size. and has never stopped publ
cation since. ". X. Kellogg Of the Fargo
Argus secured possession Of the paper
in 1850 and has published the paper ever
since.
The Daily Capital.
Tn" l'aily Capital is now owned by !.
u. Burgsicr. The CapitAr was establish
ed in 1882 by VIM. Fl. Furkc, Who is now
retired from the business. The Capital
has always been independent IN politics
and has devoted It's efforts 20 getting out
Il PAPER for the people at large. 1t has a
large and faithful constituency in the
county
College Is incorporated.
jamestown College. the Presbyterian
School which has been responsible large
~ for JameStoWn's educational prestige,
has had d hard and struggling past. IN
colporated in 1883. it received the Off
cial backing and endorsement Of the Pres
hyterian Synod Of the state in october
,f 81
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-10-24

the basement Of the new $50, 900 arrmory
Of Company II.
+. Good Public Library.
The public library Of jamestown is
another evidence of the influence is in the
city that tend to education and refine
ment. 1t has a good stock Of books Of
fiction and reference and is well patron
lied. #
jamestown the Metropolis. .
jamestown is truly the metropolis of
the James H,ivertFalley. 1t has telephones
and railroads which connect it in all di-
rections with the outer world. It has
two daily and three weekly newspapers.
and 1t is situated in Stutsman county
a territory not to be beatcn in the state
for its fertility. Each of the smaller of
the dozen towns in the county ships an
nually half Il million dollars worth Of
grain and small products. III country
schools are of y very high standard and
attendance is compulsory. Churches and
other social organizations take a large
part in the life Of the villages, and are
supplemented, by various other organi-
cations.
Stutsman Out Of Dept. r.
Last July a dispatch was printed in
state papers-printed without comment
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-10-24
Several Fine Hotels.

The city is modern in every way II
has city heat, electric light, city water
works and the best Of fire protection.
Its hotels are second to none in the state
Head of Large Territory.
Among the fine buildings to be seen
there are three of the department stores,
the tlks hail, city hall. and the Masonic
Temple, TO cap it all, jamestown is
the county seat of Stutsman county. IA
territory as large as the state of Della
ware, and the road of the Midland Con-
tinental makes direct connections with
all the Northern Pacific lines at that
point. > #.
Pushing MidIanu Northward.
The Midland Continental railway is
certain to have it's effect on the growth
Of Jamestown, commercially. The road
now extends from Jamestown to Edge
ley and is being built north from James
town toward Wimbledon. Work toward
the latter place has been pushed this
summer so as to complete the line to
that point before the closing of the sea-
son.
Ss jamestown Has Great Future.
Ss'When complete. the Midland Contin-
entail VIA extend from Winnipeg to
Galveston-from Canada to the Gulf.
Straight north and south the road runs.
giving the United States one good dir
ect route across the country and inter
secting at the tra]nscontinental lines.
Jamestown. on that direct line, has d
good commercial future.
A Coming Y. M, c. A.
The Y. NJ. G.. A.. of jamestown is young
Only six months ago its organization
dates from, but already it has good
quarters. a director and plenty of APP
paratus N an athletic way. Tho read
ing room is wen stocked with magazines
and the big swimming tank is of untold
value to its members.
When Secretary Miller of the Fargo.
Y. NJ. c. \. ca,ne to jamestown to help
start the new organization. an impor-
tant step in the development of the
youth of that City took place. Clarence
Newly. Il physical director of Michigan
City. came to be secretary and is acting
as physical director rs well. The new
organization has nearly 275 members
all gained since February of 1915. TWO
bowling alleys. a 13x%0 swimming pool.
plenty o. good lockers. shower baths,
reading rOOm--theSc are some of the fea-
new VS.. The quarters of the l. are in
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-10-24
By Scoop

.-S .,"E. I. a
Railroads and manufactures
are all we'll enough" said a bus.
mess man the other day; "but
give me the city with schools,
churches, a Y. M. c. A.. and
parks-a place where the people
like to live"
Jamestown, on the main line of the
Northern Pacific and started wnen that
road entered North Dakota for the frs
time, has probably been the cause fol-
more a, ticles than any other cit.J in the
state. TO q single one they never fai
to feature the fact tina one may go GU
Of Jamestown in six different directions
that the Northern Pacific enters James.
town from four directions and the Mid
land Continental from two.
Railroads Are Not AL,
Jamestown is a railroad center, .bu'
there is more to the city than that, II
any city in North Dakota can claim tt
be a center of education. II city Of
churches and schools and of good, whole
some environment; certainly jamestown
has that right.
Strong IN due ationaI Way.
There is the public school system, UNI
exceiledE in the state, with a good fac
ultS and thorough training methods
There is the high school with a large
faculty, with equipment Of all kinds to
aid the work, with d good library, with
scientific apparatus and with good quar-
tels for athletics. There is the school Of
higher edncation-Jamestown College, a
school in a small city under ideal en-
v~ironments, With a complete course in
academy n college work. \ faculty
small but select. and a student body
small enough at present to allow Of the
most thorough work and individual pro-
Sress. Doesn't jamestown. educationally
fill all the requirements that a larger city
would-fll them better. for the good of
the individual student" '
City of Natural Beauty. :.
Parks? Natural beauty? jamestown has
plenty of both. The James River-"long-
est unnavigable river in the world
winds in and out through the city leav-
ing a trail of refreshing green trees and
grass and bushes. Toward the extrcmi-
ties of the town, on the river, are the
parks. Delightful places OF recreation.
they are fitted up with everything in the
way Of swings. '"teeters.' and benches
for the comfort and the amusement Of
the old and the young. Parks are the
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-10-24
Growth Gradual 6yt Sure.

Growth Gradual 6ut sure.
/ In 1874 4 church ami d scl!oo! were
Z erected. and the finer life Of jamestown.
! began to take forlu. Erom its bcautj-
tul grounds, schools, churches and park,,
it is a far cry toathc box car church and
t.e tent school.
u Hor.is of the Fr1nGie@.
The jamestown Hotel and The Chap
man House were the iirSl evidence Of Il
! residents. Both were IN truIS. You lifted
the Zap. thrust in your grips. if you
We're travelling for Su-mtl-Su, If Mime
apolis, and sal. on "a wooden stool in II
corner of the tent while the exhibition
Of service was going on. ."
Organization Of :he County.
The first step in, The organization Of
rthe county cane v,,s,nAtl,c state, Iesis7
lature appointed A. W, Kelly and George
pointed 10 serve Wifi then Jacob Frey
and the three then chose the following
county officers:
County Clerk George Vennu,r.
Probate .Iudgr--H. f. Elliott.
Sheriff.. Mckechnic.
Justice-G. j. Goodrich.
Constable-Mcrrick Moore.
Note--The latter was d city. lot
Il count officer.
Kelly the First Postmaster.
A.. ". Kelly was the frs; postmaster
lie was appointed in 1872 and received
the salary Of $l,oo Il; year. '"Getting the
mail" was simple IL what it is now. Iu.
simply walked 10 where the sack lay a.
ter flung from the train, opened it up and
took out what yul We're sure belonged
to YOU. Same Will the rest. Life WIS
free and naturu! in those days.
Maii All Came There.
There was 10 H,&iotfice at Bismarck
at that time. although the post had bee !
settled years brf~ic due to the traffic
up the river. Mail came from the we+j
to jamestown pvElotfice and was sent
from there. In This way easterncrs c"m.
imunicaled with and received letters frnui
the soldiers at Forts Buford. Rice az
Lincoln in the early seventies.
e Nar;irg :re James.
Mrs. Chenery ut .IAmesrnWu passes Il"
an interesting exclamation Of how uir
James River received its name. 1t was
named years before the town was form
According 10 the story. Il Frenchmlh
Jacques. lost himself on the North Dakota
prairie III the S"u heaStern part Of The
state and wandered FOR days without
drink or food. Finally he came to a
stream. and in nii JOY gave it the name
of himself. jacques being French for
James. So from Tin" jacques Riviere of the
pioneer days cane the James OF to-day
the ''Jim''-wandrring southwark through
North Dakota from near jamestown and
helping to beautify the North Dakota
prairie land.
Getting Big Wheat Yields.
T Farming was not ut all at "A standsiill
even 50 early. Many of the farmers Sc
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cured large yields Of wheat thH would
seem past belief to The farmer of today.
considering The facilities at hand. pu the
Nennum n Mciitchuir farm near james
town wheat was grown : - feet long
going 20 bushels 10 the acre.
The jamestown Alert.
In Il newspaper way. the .Aiert WAS the
first PAPER to try the rocks. It was start
ed AS Il weekly by Am. Foster in the
middle of the ~ecale Of the seventies and
continued under his infringement for
several years. Then Marshall Mcclure,
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4 unostentatiously. Yet, while t!lert
was nothing startling about it. the news
meant more than it apparently did. III
was headed, County out of Debt,' a!G
continued as follows: ,&
Jamesown. July 22.--As Stuts-
man county is now out of debt &
and the purpose for which Il sink
ing fund was treated has been
accomplished. the county COM
missioners have transferred the,
balance in the sinking fund to
the county bridge fund ~.
That there is no longer a sinking q
fund in tile county-or Il need of
it's something worthy OF more
tnan passing mention.
A City With a Past. Z.
AS for the historical background. the
beginning Of the city goes back til the
early seventies. 1t is a pioneer settle
8ment OF North Dakota and was settled
before many larger places lit the state
ware thought Of. Oldtimers remember
that jamestown, With two or three places
civilization in 1871.
How 1t Got Its Name.
The name was given it from the city
of Jamestown, Virginia, and was sug-
gcsted by the chief engineer of the
Northern Pacific. who hailed from Viz
sinia. Its location on the James River
influenced his suggestion Ss.E jamestown
Of Virginia also being 50 located.
Mrs. Cnenery-Historian.
Mrs. Jennie NJ. Chenery Before the
Literary .ub read a paper i'll 1900 on
the early days of Jamestown. 1t is prac-
tically the only history Of its Kind re-
counting facts Of history Of thai citytund
is regarded as high authority. Mrs. Chen
cry being one of the few Old time residents
left who were in il position to know tht
facts first hand. 81
The Beginning.
IN the spring of 1871 the termlnusS.uf
the Northern Pacific was Moorhead. The
grading was pushed and the outfit camp
ed for the winter on the present sitt. IF
Tower City. Next spring several engl-
neers We're sent out to where the James
river crosses the railroad and the. Site
OF d new town was laid. Jamestown sw;is'
begun. i
=. 5, Fort Seward Abandoned.
The fort at this place was first calin.l
Fort Cross IN honor Of " colonel Of that
:;.ble from New Hampshire. Liter tie
name Was changed to Fort Seward. lNilsIl
the forr was abandoned forever II ISL.
the frontier days of janestnwI wc3e
over. &u
H. Crude Life on Frontier.
The town was graded n 1879, lncArrd
fist on the west and later on RI. cast
and a depot and telegraph office then.
Church services were sometimes held in
u box car on the siding. being at other
times conducted at the barracks or in
the depot. .#.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-12-19
III MANY Advantages for
Big City Boys
By MEYER BLOOMFIELD

hoods Primitive the only that quite BARE
less life which the kindergarten for the future martyr
The handicapped city boy has much his though want
OF the things he ought to have glazing that many and
womA devotng their best bring fuller life the
coming citizens.
Outside of benghted localities
sacrificed to cotton and glass Mooch the good of the American
people has made for teacher and books In
cities there opportunities
would have made Lincoln think himself prince could
taste of them.
This not that the city boy everywhere has everything which
is his right There
breathing though splendid
boy work too hard to stay hem forced
leave before they have been shaped
and to their fellows
only by say the city boy of today is we'll off
But with still higher outlook and from the point of of thorough
justice and good WILL ask before
that doing all that highly civilized people do
Lncon environment hard school begin life in. That
did not make Lincoln 1t could not break him, have broken
young life that about all for it. How he
above his unoVev before his fellows the
the world the story which the city boy ponder often
While backwoods need clearing in the overcrowded metropolis
there much need of heroic stuff there and the challenge
that Lincoln knew. The conditions which bee the growing child
almost people ideal The
for good without the competition the opposite influences and
the tender of the child the battle-ground between the conflicting
elements There social ugofwa cities and the child the
prize.
There much to be thankful for in the opportunities that city
vdes oeat Schools bath houses gymnasums and engh
ened people who studying the needs of the children But time
called for patriotism vao than do these days of transition
isolated living cooperative living Those who their
fellows well the leaders of the time In the boys clubs and the class
this leadership being trained 1t will directed toward
doing with nements and pess Streets with the things
that rob the child of its heavenly prerogatives
The log cabin boy has thing with
Each master of destiny The Lincoln type has passed from
the boy world Let us do away with %.
this priceless national wealth. &
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A. ]. Thomas who has been laid
up with a sore hand for some time
past is able to be around again but
not to do any business.
DR.. Shipman's new span of
horses are dandies, and no mistake.
From appearances and the way they
get over ground we should Judge
they are goers.
Justice Goldsworthv dealt with
Simon berwick for disorderly con-
duct on Wednesday to the tune OF
SO and costs and H. Kornheld be-
ing acquitted,
The state receives a premium I'M
der the mineral law of one cent a
ton on all the iron ore mined in the
state. The state auditor has re-
ceived the report from the Chand-
Ter Iron company showing for the
year ending Nov. 80, there were
3OS,744 tons mined and the Mime
sofa Iron company mined SIS, III
tons, making a grand total of S44,
ass, and revenue of S., 444.55.
Burke, Coughlin and O'Sullivan
of the Cronin murderers were con-
victed and their punishment fixed
at Imprisonment for life. Kunze
got three years and lawyer Beggs
was acquitted. The verdict set
ties the longest trial in the criminal
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TIHow Some South
lAmeriican Girls Work
By EDWARD CROSS, London, Eng.

and finely hed features extraordinarily attractive In
the afternoon the shopping Districts when the wealthy and fashionable
and enoa parade they constitute spectacle that is
quite enrapturlng,
In both these there employed conductors
the They active moving about and selling
the and learned that the preferred them this
respect having found that there less danger the sticking
to feminine fingers.
In Bolivia the take the Of foreigner by their
the the ladies of La
made Paris and these beauties will have them that the
skirts
spondngy short exposing their whole length the and French
the real rby
making a picture to which turns his back
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Mystic Workers Elect

At the last meeting of the Mystic
Workers of the World officers were
elected for the coming year as
follows:
Prefect-Fred A. Neff.
Monitor-Einar Jackson.
Sec.-John Hodge.
Banker-John A. Johnson.
Marshal-Richard Hodge.
Warden-Andrew Sund.
Sentinel-Anso Skantze.
Supervisors-Jos. Rothman, 5
wears; Steve Seliga, 2 years; Henry
Smith, year.
At this meeting ten applications
for membership were received and
Olof Fernlund, Oscar Heikkila,
Sam G.. Phillips, Earl Anderson
and Richard Hodge were initiated.
A dance and supper followed the
ceremonies and a good time was
had by all.
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T11,entu gn11r Deurs ago.
Items taken FROM Fhe Ely Iron Home
this date, 1880

history of the country but a verdict
of hanging would have been more
satisfactory to the public.
The Finnish Band concert Salur-
day evening passed off very pleas
antly and the patronage was very
liberal. There were from 100 to
$50 spectators present and all were
greatly pleased with the concert.
At 10 O'Clock the drawing of
prizestook place and was quite anus
ing tosee some of the young gentle
men blush when prizes weretendered
them, After the drawing of prizes
the merry dancers done justice to
the Terpsichorean art until a dis
tant clock told them the dawn of
the Sabbath.
1t is rumored that another deal is
on foot, regarding the Hinsdale
granite quarries south of Tower, on
the Duluth & Iron Range railroad.
A syndicate has just secured figures
of value and is after an option on
the quarries, whence most of the
stone used in the construction of
the lower stories of the Chicago
Auditorium was taken. The same
party is looking after some of the
large redstone quarries on the
south shore, the limestone quarries
at Kasota and the granite at St.
Cloud.
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Christmas for the Needy

The Mothers Club at their meet
ing Friday appointed a committee
to look up needy families and fur
nish them with a Christmas. The
response for assistance for the pur-
pose was general and large
amount of necessaries and luxuries
were provided which will be dis
tributed to those on the list furnish
ed by the school nurse and others.
A short program was also given
and lunch served. The program
was as follows:
Reading-William Gallagher.
Vocal Duet-Misses Margaret
Brown and Myrtle Hedloff.
Piano Solo-Gundbergh Berg
lund.
Victrolla Selections-Mrs. Gal
lagher.
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School Parties

The Grammar Grades of the
schools INDUCED in party at the
Lincoln gymnasium Wednesday
evening at which a good time was
enjoyed.
The High School pupils and
their teachers besides large NUM-
Der of invited guests embracing
teachers in the grades and the
alumni had a pleasant time at their
party Friday evening in the Lincoln
gymnasium. Simpsons Orchestra
furnished music and dancing was
INDUCED in up to II o'clock. A
lunch was served,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-12-19
| Novel Manner of
| Avoiding F amily Jars
By Walter B. Palmer. Pittsburgh. Pa.

talk from laugh and chatter all
cussion; the reason therefor being this:
We naturally bunch well meaning but touchy
friends would politely call gh strung sensitive people, enemies
"scrappy and when to discussing hngswe
all each member of the family
opinion pretty nuouy and pretty vigorously while
truly very happy family yet when had fairly launched
of those dusse sessions could spoil dinner
and make ourselves, all around pretty miserable
have adopted this positively
prohibiting discussion of troubles table with
most feicitous.
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secretary, Mr.. Nelson, arrived
here Thursday at noon to look
over his interests at Winton.
Mrs. F. w. Metcalf of Winton
was a Duluth visitor several days
this week.
F. A. Stapleton of Winton was
in Virginia Saturday.
Gust Johnson has returned from
a business trip over the Vermlllon
Range.
Mrs. VIM. Shoop did some shop
ping at Ely this week.
The people of Winton have or
ganized a new dancing club which
gave it's first party last Saturday
evening.
Mr.. Sandboe had two vags ar
rested this week on account of one
of them being sort of sassy.
The elder one was fined and not
being able to pay was sentenced to
80 days, while the Is year old boy
was given a suspended sentence
and allowed to earn money to re-
turn to his home in Wisconsin
which he said he would do.
c. G. Wright and family left for
Duluth this week where Mrs.
Wright intends to remain for some
time. Mr.. Wright intends to re-
turn to work for the company.
Chas. Erkilla has returned from
Embarras where he purchased a
farm. He is packing his house
hold goods to move there.
Mrs. VIM. Ellington made her
regular business call to Ely this
week. Mrs. Ellington is hair
dresser.
James H. White of Ely was a
business caller here this week.
James Ward left Thursday for
Two Harbors where he was called
on business.
Officer Thompson escorted a
prisoner to Duluth Tuesday.
1t is reported and the facts are
based as truth that Mr.. Thos.
Carufel formerly of Fall Lake but
recently of Duluth, lost his pool
room outfit at West Duluth a week
ago Saturday and that he has gone
to Michigan to engage i'll a similar
business.
Mrs. Silas Blackmore of Barnum,
Mimi, spent several days calling
on old friends in Winton and Ely.
Mrs. Peter Teebo leaves Monday
for Rochester for kidney opera
ton.
H. c. Horning of the St. CroiS
office force was called to Milwaukee
bv the death of his father Satur-
day.
Mrs. ]. A. Hurtti spent Wednes-
day afternoon shopping at Ely.
Walford Lindbloom returned
last Monday from Rochester where
he underwent a successful opera
ton for rupture. .
Mrs. John Patka called on friends
at Ely Wednesday.
Prin. Fred Mokros of the schools
left this week for his home at st
Cloud to spend the holidays.
Messrs. Baker and Hudson Of
the Edward Hines Lbr. Co. are in
specting the Stony timber thi:
week.
A little short tussle took place
near the Winton depot last Sunday
which might have proven a seriou
affair. A couple of woodsm er
laid for a certain trouble maker as
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Tall Lake

The compositor on the Miner
made an error in last weeks paper
thatshas caused some annoyance to
several. parties. The error was not
Intentional and the pardon of the
parties concerned is asked. Editor
John Dahleen is spending several
days ,on the Mesaba range consult
ing DR.. St. Clair in regard to his
health.
Edward Hines and his private
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Owls Elect

The Owls who are now COM
fortably located in their new lodge
rooms in the new Hosking building
have elected officers for the ensuing
year as follows:
Prest. J. Stein.
Vice Prest.-A. P. Johnson.
SEE. J. Cole.
;Treas.-Jos. Martinetti, ST..
IhVocator-Chas. Mccarthy.
I.G.-O. Gilbertson.
Watden-Jos. Aleckson.
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ha7~ H&r~5f&1

Some Of the most beauti.
full women in the world. |
think, are to be found il
Chill. In Santiago and
Valparaiso the women. even
of the plebian class, will
their flashing black ewes
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Econon1y.

Newlywed-I'm glad, dear, that you
agree with me that we must econo-
mize. But do you think we can get
along without a cook?
Mrs. Newlywed-Oh, yes. Well
have all our meals sent in by q
caterer.
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We have adopted a new
rule in our household.
namely, that there shall pos
itively be no discussion of
any troublous subject dur
ing dinner, nor for one hour
thereafter. We don't bar