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Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1913-04-03
THE ROAD DRAG.

The earth road will doubtless be
commonly used in rural commune
ties for many years because of it's
low first cost. The ever recurring
problem of upkeep on such a road
can be solved very largely by the use
of the so-called split-log drag.
Anyone who can use tools reason
ably we'll can build one of these
drags at cost of four or five dollars
for labor and material. Very few
tools are required in making the
drag, and it's use is as simple and
cheap as it's construction. If desir-
ed metal drags can be purchased at
somewhat greater cost, from manu-
facturers of road machinery.
Careful use Of the drag on a road
that is already in reasonably good
condition will almost entirely pre-
vent trouble from ruts, mud holes,
or dust, and give good service at a
low cost.-H. r. Flint, University
Farm, St. Paul. :,
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1913-04-03
CONDENIN1NG SCHOOL LAND.

Bismarck, March 31.-The board
of university and school lands has
made arrangements for right of way
through several pieces of school land.
The Northern Pacific is planning on
building west from Edgeley to the
Missouri river and will 60 through
number of school sections and the
meeting is for the purpose of setting
price on the land desired by the
railroad. The price paid depends
on the value of the land and the
route the road takes through the Sec
tion. If it is along the side of a sec-
ton there is nothing asked but the
real value of the land, but if Sec
ton is cut up SO there is small de-
tached lot the company is required
to pay damages. Another set Of
plans will also be considered and
have to do with the extension of the
Stanton branch to the northwest.
The land is appraised at all the way
from $25 to $40 an acre, depending
on the value of the land and the
route of the road.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1913-04-03
YELLOWSTONE RIVER
on A RAMPAGE
Highest Water at Glendive in 20
Years.

Dispatches from Glendive, Mont,
say that a ranchman and IT'S head
of cattle were caught by a sudden
rise in the river s miles north from
Glendive, and drowned. Water is
the highest known since the big
bridge at that point was washed out
about 20 years ago. The water is
increasing in volume by the melting
of SHOWS which have disappeared
under the effects of the strong warm
winds. 1t is said that 1900 feet Of
20 foot fill have been washed out
west Of Miles City.
The Milwaukee has equally as much
trouble as the N. P. with ice gorges
piled on the track. Bodies of cat
tie, horses and hogs have been seen
floating under the bridge at Glen
dive. Traffic east of Billings on the
Burlington is also delayed on ac-
count of high water. The Cannon
ball river. in North Dakota is over
it's banks, and railroad bridges have
been washed out at Regent and New
England on the Milwaukee road.
Theeice is being loosened at several
points by dynamite.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1913-04-03

Rome, April 2.-Surrounded by
mountains Of floral tributes from roy.
atty, big business men and society of
every nation, the body Of ]. P. Nor.
gan lay in the Grand hotel, while
relatives planned for it's removal to
America.
It was the day when the wealthy
and all powerful banker confidently
had planned, even while critically i'll,
to start for Aix-les-Bains to spend his
birthday, the 18th of April.
With every necessity and luxury
that money could buy at his command
haresn actually died Of starvation.
This fact, startling in contemplation
was stated by his physicians. who
said that all the artifice of medical
science could not get nourishment into
the mans system because of failure
of functional nerves to do their work
The Italian government interposes
almost endless red tape in the remov'
al of bodies from this country, but in
the case of Morgan it was expected
that usual delays would be obviated
through the influence of Ambassador
O'Brien. The removal of the body is
expected very soon, but no definite
plans have been announced further
than that the body will be conveyed
to Naples by special train and from
there taken to New York.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1913-04-03
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Rome, April il. Pierpont Nor.
gan. the great American financier.
died at the Grand hotel here.
Announcement of the death was not
made to the waiting newspaper men
for some time after the end came, the
information being held up until prl-
vate cables could be sent to the Lon.
don and New York houses of the Nor
gan firms.
The end came peacefully, while Nor
gan was still unconscious.
Herbert l.. sstterlee. Mrs.. satter-
lee. daushtersof the nnancier; Profess
sor Bastianelli, Doctors Starr and Dix
on and other members of the Morgan
party were at the bedside, but for
hours before his death the banker
gave no sign of consciousness.
Morgan passed away after a week
Of critical illness and he was for the
most part unconscious since last
Wednesday. The Lest ynrds he ut
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tered were said on l.... day, when he
aroused himself and asked that his
legs be massaged, a treatment that
before had relieved him when he suf.
fered from nervous disorders.
Attacked by Indigestion.
Early in February, while Morgan
was making trip up the Nile to his
excavations in specially construct.
ed boat, he was attacked by acute in
digestion and lapsed into a state of
coma in which he remained for twen-
ty-four hours. He was rushed to Cairo,
where physicians and nurses were in
waiting.
Professor Bastianelli was summoned
from Rome to attend the banker.
Morgan already had engaged immedi-
ate passage to Naples aboard the liner
Caronia and specialists from Paris
and Berlin had been cabled to meet
him. But BastianelN vetoed the trip,
knowing that his client was in much
more serious condition than was ad-
mttted. Morgan was persuaded to re-
main in Egypt until March 10. when
ho!sailed for Naples aboard the liner
Adiiatic. .@
By that time, he had recuperated
sufficiently to travel without especial
danger. but those who saw him when
the Adriatic locked ct Naples knew
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1913-04-03
BETTER FARMING MEETINGS
Held at WOodwOrth and MarstOn-
moor.

Prof. Borchert has returned from
Woodwork and Marstonmoor, where
he held Better Farming meetings.
Last week a farmers club was Or
ganized at Woodwork with the fol-
lowing officers:
President-A. Hoffman.
Vice President. D. Hames.
Secretary and Treasurer-G. Der
rickson.
At Marstonmoor there was a dis
cussion of cost Of producing an acre
of corn and an acre of wheat, and
what they were worth to the farmer.
The matter of farmers telephone
line was also taken up at the meet
ing.
The New Home people want a
meeting held in that township, and
this will probably be next week.
A meeting was also held at the
Winfield town hall Friday. All
meetings showed a live interest
among the farmers in the work of
the association, which is becoming
more practical and valuable all the
time.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1913-04-03
GARDENER-POINDExTER

The wedding of Charles Gardener
and Miss Ruth Poindexter occurred
Sunday afternoon at the home of the
bride, 705 north Seventh avenue,
Rev. c. H. Phillips performing the
ceremony. Charles Gardener is the
youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Gardener. The bride, the daughter
of Reuben Poindexter, was born at
jamestown and spent her entire life
in the city. The groom is the fourth
member of the Gardener family at
whose wedding Rev. Phillips has
officiated. The ceremony was per-
formed in the presence of large
number of friends and relatives, the
attendants to the bridal couple be-
ing Miss Edna Wells and Percy
Wheeler. Mr.. and Mrs. Gardener
will reside at the farm six miles
south of jamestown.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1913-04-03
FATHER GERAGHTY APPOINTED
DEAN OF FARGO DIOCESE.

FATHER GERAGHII AFfOlNIED
DEAN OF FARGO DIOCESE.
Very Rev. Ed Geraghty of St.James
Catholic church has been appointed
as one of the deans of the Fargo do
cese by the Rt. Rev. James O'Reilley
of Fargo. Father Geraghty's juris-
diction covers the counties of Stuts-
man, Sheridan, Wells and Kidder.
The duties of the new dean consist
OF presiding over quarterly confer
ences where theological matters will
be discussed, and experimenting the
temporalities of the different parish
es in the deanery.
All friends of the popular pastor
of jamestown will be glad to hear of
the honor conferred on Father Ger
agility by, Bishop o'Reilley. Father
Geraghty will reside at jamestown
az heretofore.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1913-04-03
YOUNG WOMAN
SENTENCED TO.
PEN|TENT|ARY
ON PLEA OF GUILTY ON WHITE
SLAVERY CHARGE.
Her Victim Sent to the Reform
School.

Alma StOckness, young woman
19 years of age, was before district
court Tuesday, charged with white
slavery. She was formerly from
Fargo, and it is alleged that she
came to this state about two years
ago from Minnesota, and induced a
young girl 16 years of age by the
name of Myrtle Everton, to accom-
pany her to Mandan, where they
have been living for the past month.
The younger girl in the case was
found in disreputable company in
Fargo, and was taken in charge by
the Y. w. c. A., and ticket bought
for her to return to Valley City,
where she formerly lived with re-
spectacle foster parents. The Stock
ness woman who had made Myrtle's
acquaintance in Fargo, boarded the
same train and prevailed on the girl
to go on to Mandan, where their lives
were of the most deplorable kind.
1t is claimed that a number of Man.
dan men were implicated in the
scheme to keep the girls there for
the purpose mentioned, but so far no
direct evidence has been secured
against them.
The Stockness woman was induc-
ed to come back to Valley City, and
was there arrested. Humane Officer
Blake had the case in charge.
In Judge Coffey's court the young
woman at first declined to plead
guilty but afterwards changed her
mind and admitted the facts. She
was given an indeterminate sentence
which may last from one to five years
according to her conduct.
Myrtle, the younger girl, was SEN
tenced to the state reform school.
She is an orphan and came from
South Carolina. Her step-father
abused her, and she was allowed to
shift for herself at an early age. She
has been living the life alleged only
a few weeks.
The Stockness girl has relative
in Minnesota who she says is depen-
dent upon her. Both girls were
faund inmates of disreputable joint
in Mandan, kept by Chinaman with
one eye. States Attorney Engler of
Valley City appeared in the case for
the county and Deputy Sheriff Kelley
and an attendant accompanied the
girls to this city where the hearing
was had.
It is claimed that there are nume-
rous young girls in Mandan who are
living under the same conditions as
related in the Stockness case. Far
go and Moorhead, in one way or the
other, seem connected with almost
every case of this kind brought be-
fore the court.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1913-04-03
DEATH OF ROBT. H. ALTON.

The death of Robert H. Alton,
aged 10, occurred Wednesday after
noon at the state hospital, where he
had been as a patient for little over
year. He was formerly employed
as messenger boy for the Northern
Pacific. He was son of Cyrus AL
jamestown, and leaves brother and
half brother who reside near Bu-
chanan, and mother and sister
living in Jamestown. The funeral
was held at 2 p. m. Friday at
1893 west Main street; burial at
Highland Home cemetery.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1913-04-03
AUTOMOBILE LICENSES.

Clerks in the Office of the secretary
Of state are busy at the present time
issuing automobile licenses and up
to April / there had been 982 issued.
No. went to c. J. Lord Of Cando;
No. 13 went to w. A. Dennison Of
Cathay; No. % to E. D. Holmes Of
Havana, and one Of what is supposed
to be .'the lucky numbers" TT. to
Holbert, Strand of Abercrombie. It
is estimated that there will be an in
crease in the number Of licenses this
year over last Of at least 1900.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1913-04-03
DISTRICT COURT.

An interesting case is before Judge
Coffey from McHenry. 1t concerns
the payment of warrants in the
amount of about $4,000, issued for
the erection of a town hall. Action
has been commenced by taxpayers to
prevent the payment of the warrants
on the ground Of their being unlaw-
fully issued, as it is claimed the hall
was not. erected for village purposes
and is used for other than for public
purposes. Atty. e. P. Kelley Of Car
rington appears for the taxpayers.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1913-04-03
BOUGHT CHURCH BUILDING.

Father Kleidon has purchased the
Episcopal church at McHenry, from
Rev. L. G. Moultrie of Valley City,
for the use of the Catholics of that
town. The Catholics obtained tho
church from the Episcopalians for .
very generous consideration. It
was mostly through the courtesy Of
Rev. Mr.. Moultrie that the church
was transferred to the Catholics, as
the Episcopals are leaving that town
and have ceased to worship in the
church.-Sanborn Enterprise.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1913-04-03

that he was very sick man. He had
to be carried from the steamship
aboard special train which was wait
ing to carry him to Rome.
Morgan was rushed to Rome as rap
Nly as possible and placed in a quiet
suite In the Grand hotel, where Doc
tors Dixon and Bastianelli were in
constant attendance.
2 Doctors Always Present.
Four nurses from the Anglo-A -Ameri-
can Nursing Home were in constant
attendance and doctor and nurse
were with him every moment. Dixon
and Bastianelh ordered complete rest
and except for brief afternoon drive
with Mrs. satterlee, Morgan did not
stir from his room.
Daster Sunday the financier was
stricken with a recurrence of acute
indigestion and was ordered to bed,
where he lost strength rapidly, and it
could no longer be denied that he
was in critical condition.
Morgan's death was due to lack of
nourishment. From Sunday of last
week the doctors could not induce the
patient to eat, because of lack Of
functional vitality in the nerve CEN
terA The refusal of throat muscles to
do their duty made it impossible for
Morgan to swallow.
The doctors resorted to feeding by
Injection, but expressed the fear that
such liquid food as could be admins
tered in that way would not keep him
up long. Sunday night it was discov-
cred that Morgan was not assimilat-
ing even the liquid diet and then the
doctors knew it was matter of hours
until his death.
He had no illness and suffered no
pain, but wasted away simply because
his body was incapable OF nourishing
itSelf by reason of the inactivity aa
his nervous system.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1913-04-03
HELD ON WHITE SLAVE CHARGE

nCAD oN "HA1H 01lhVH CuAnUE
Fred Altrock, a transient, was ar
rested Tuesday on a white slavery
charge, and appeared in the district
court for hearing, He and his
wife were stopping at a local hotel,
and on complaint of Humane Officer
Blake, a warrant was issued for Alt
rock. He showed a marriage IL
cense and certificate of marriage to
the woman in question, who is only
about 20 years of age and rather
prepossessing in appearance. 1t is
said that the couple had been trav-
cling from place to place since De-
cember last, stopping for three or
four days at town and then NOV
ing on and that the man was living
off of the earnings of the woman.
He appeared in the district court
and waived examination. The wo-
man is said to have been an inmate
of disreputable joint in Fargo, be-
fore starting out on the road with
the defendant. Assistant States
Attorney Thorp acted in the case in
the absence of States Attorney Chase.
It was expected that the court
would impose sentence after con-
clusion of the hearing.
The two girls, Myrtle Everson
and Alma Stockness, sentenced yes
terday to the reform school and an
indeterminate sentence at the state
pen, left Wednesday for Mandan and
Bismarck.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1913-04-03
MILNOR GAVE CARLOAD
IN DnTArO

A carload of 500 bushels of po-
tatoes was shipped as contribution
to the Dayton, Ohio, flood sufferers
from Minor, N. D. The merchants
of Minor and farmers of the sur
rounding country donated the po-
tatoes, and the Commercial club of
that township. raised 500 in cash in
addition, which was sent to the flood
refugees. The N. p. road shipped
potatoes to St. Paul free of charge.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1913-04-03
THE NEW HOTEL INSPECTOR.

THE NEW HOTEL INSPECTOR.
Grand Forks, April Nv. B.
Woolsey of Grand Forks, appointed
by Governor Hanna as hotel inspect
or of North Dakota, has been a trav-
cling salesman in the northwest for
thirty years, twenty of which were
spent as resident of Minneapolis.
He was a charter member of the
Minneapolis council of the U. c. T.
For the position of hotel inspector
he had the almost unanimous in
dorsement of the travellers of North
Dakota.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1913-04-03
EndCarleAf Long
unconsCiousness.
HAD Been ILLS0ME Time
F|nancIer Attacked by Ind|ges-
tion Early in February.


Rome, April 1.-Dr. NJ. Allen
Starr of New York, called into
consultation in J. P. Morgan's
illness, attributed the finan-
cier's breakdown to emotion
caused by the investigation
carried out by the Pujo COM
mittee at Washington into the
operations of the money
trust"
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1913-04-03

Continued on page five.)
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-04-13

strong a catching corps Jean Du-
bue Is his only reliable veteran toss
er: George Mullin may be good. but
he is as likely to be bad With
strong battery material Jennings
would be dangerous. AS II is he will
have 10 fight his hardest to stave off
Chicago and Cleveland,
Jimmy Callahan is seriously re-
garded I'm some quarters-principaliy
around Chica so-but he is too weak
In the box TO cut much OF a swath,
Ed Walsh Is 20 the White Sox what
Walter johnson is to Washington;
Joe Wood TO Boston and Chief Bender
10 Philadelphia Walsh has been
pitching about half of Chicago's
games for years. He cannot forever
go on doing this, His arm showed
the wear and tear I'm the tail-end of
1912. A disastrous year for Walsh
would be far more disastrous for
Callahan, who is on the toboggan.
also, go far as his athletic prowess
Is concerned.
Cleveland has a better club than
either Detroit or Chicago, but Joe
Birmingham, the manager, is untried.
and likely to encounter his down.
fall with an aggregation which for
years has been torn asunder by strife
and petty factions, Indeed Il would
not be at all surprising II George
Stovalls Browns moved up a few pegs
at the expense OF some OF the more
favored. Stovall at least is a man
ager Of ability; the trouble is that he
has little with which TO work.
The Red Sox won the pennant last
year by going through the whole run
without a slump or without a serious
accident, In the worlds series IL
looked like anything but champion
ship array. The Athletics Of 1910 and
1911 were fully 20 per cent stronger
than Stahls much-vaunted red
hosed clan, And the Athletics OF 1913
will be the equal OF the old guard.
II the veteran pitchers show anything
near their average form. Pender,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-04-13

schmidt who raised himself on his
and urged the Iowan In the name
or humanity not 10 exert full pressure
on a suffering pedal digit.
This time Il was George Zurich,
who for some months has ached for
a chance 10 wipe out the indignities
thurst upon Hack Gotch and
Zurich had 1t out on the carpet In
kissed the mat twice.
The report OF the proceedings says
The fatal toe twist did much 10 un-
dermine the confidence of the Rus
sian- When he began to feel the pres
sure an expression OF agony appeared
on his face and he was forced to rest
both shoulders on the mat"
That was the way the first fall was
gained. In the next Gotch did not
have to bring his prehensile fingers
into play In the manner described. A
man who elects TO be thrown twice
by the toe hold In one night is a
glutton. and Lurichs appetite for suf-
fering Is apparently normal.
An awful thing, this toe hold. Had
Ii been known I'm the dark ages II
would have been listed with the
thumb screw, the boot. the rack. tho
soavenSer's daughter. the Baptism of
Peace and other. methods OF torture
Compared with the excruciating pain
OF 1t. the twinges OF govt merely
tickle one and the weight OF a fat
man on your favorite bunion is a
pleasant caress.
In wrestling. the toe hold covers
multitude OF suspicious clrcum-
stances Sometimes when a fall IS
secured by other methods there are
lynx-eyed watchers who insist that he
man thrown put up a feeble resist
ance. When a wrestler becomes a
mark for the toe hold. however, all he
mas TO do is to muster up look OF
agony and sink matward like a tired
child II is In a measure a labor
saving device.
John l.. SULLIVAN saw plenty
=. TO commend In the opening
baseball game between San
Francisco and Portland. but he de-
plored the fact that there was little
disposition on the part OF the ma
jority OF the batsmen 10 take Il
whole-heartcd swipe at the bail,
John l., says it's the punch that
counts in every branch of human cf-
fort, and he is right beyond question.
According TO the Sullivan code, base
balrs biggest hero is the man who
grips the bat determinedly. waves IL
as u tiger bent on springing waves
its tail. and then knocks out home
run, There Is never any danger OF
feat OF that kind being branded
"a lucky punch.
Talking of lucky punches, .they
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-04-13
BLUEGRASS TURF BUGLE TO
SOUND WEEK FROM SATURDAY
Inauguration of Kentucky Spring Race Season
Will Forecast One of Greatest Meets in States
History; Horsemen Flock from All Points.
By JACK SALEE..

I OtlSV1LLE, KY. April 12.-One
week from next Saturday the
spring race season will be in
augurated In Kentucky. with great
promise OF being one OF the best in
the history OF the sport In the Blue
Grass state, Horsemen from all parts
OF the country havo come TO Ken
lucky for the four meetings this
spring, and when the stables from
the four sections of the country meet.
II Is more than probable that there
Will be some stirring contests.
OF course. the Kentucky derby.
which will be run May 10 at Churchill
Downs, overshadows all other events
TO be run prior to that date. but in
the Camden handicap. the Blue Grass
stakes and the old Ashlad Oaks.
lovers of the turf down in the Blue
Grass region viii have some great
racers to furnish sport for them. Only
a few stables will rest up here in
Louisville; waiting for the opening of
Churchill Downs. This spring LeNing-
ton has come to the fore With some
good sized purses. enough to attract
the attention OF the larger fry. who
are at Marlboro and Norfolk.
While w. n Shelley and Garrett
Wilson are preparing the programme
for the association meeting. railbIrds
are busy timing the thoroughbreds
which are quartered at Lexington,
Churchill Downs and Douglas park.
Some OF the horses already forward
In their spring training have been
making fast time and n world OF