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M- it •!..1 .v ,-i :. 1 ALLIANCE HAIL COMPANY. The Officers of the Association Hold a Two Day's Ses sion at Jamestown. Anton Klaus Addresses Another Letter to the Council in lie Light. Marriage of Miss Carrie 12. War nock to Cliauiicey W. Cargill. Farmers Hail Insurance,' The annual business meeting of the alliance hail department was held at tbe headquarters of the company Wednesday and Thursday. The time was taken up in looking over the reports of the year's business, cheeking up the ac counts and other necessary work.Among the officers and directors who were present from abroad were, E. D. Wallace, Hope H. N. Clark, New Rockford O. G. Major, Clifford W. J. Burnett, Cum mings David Morton, Grandin W. E. Boise, Bellevayria Walter Muir, Hunter D. C. Briggs, Bathgate C. D. Edick, Sterling. The old board of directors hold over. The officers who were reelected were F. B. Fancher, president and manager Walter Muir, vice-president H. N. Clark, secretary, and W. M. Lloyd, treas urer. Mr. Pancher'a work was well re ceived bv the board, and on the whole the business done, satisfactory. The promise for increased business in '92 is also bright. Tbe company insured about 170,000 acres at 25 cents an acre, for a maximum loss of $8.00 an acre. Tbe losses on tbe immense crop were839,000 in round num bers. Resource?, including membership fees, notes and interest, amount to $335.26. All that has been collected has been paid out in losses and expenses of the company. There were paid up pre miums of $24,281, leaving $14,719 unpaid notes. Many of these will be paia as soon as farmers thresh. A payment of 60 per cent, has already been made, and two other payments will follow, one in the spring and another in the fal} of the year. In order to provide for a deficiency of liabilities, the by-laws of the company, which is duly organized under state laws, were amended so that assessable notes at 30 cents an acre instead of 25 cents, can be taken-., but are not collectable until it determined that it is necessary. Tbe by-laws were also amended in several other respects which it is believed will be for tbe interest of the company. F. B. Fancher, E. M. Sanford, Walter Muir, W. C. Briggs of Bathgate, W. E. Boies of Hope, attended the annual meeting of the South Dakota hail com pany at Huron last week. The North Dakota premium notes were turned over to the North Dakota department, and all oid matters that have been unsettled since the division of the territory, ad justed. The North Dakota company will endeavor to make collections for tbe years in which tbe old notes yet remain unpaid, and there iB strong reason to be lieve that considerable dividends can be obtained from this source. OFFERS TO SELL OR RENT. Several Propositions From Anton Klaus About the Electric Light Plant. Ttwn trill MILWAUKEE, Jan. 11,1892. Hon. Alfred Steel, Acting Mayor of the City of Jamestown, N. D.: DEAR SIB—Your reply to my telegram of the 7th inst., is received and contents noted. You say you do not see how the question of tbe validity of the '87 con tract can be brought before Judge Rose, unless through suit on the part of the city to compel tbe specific fulfilment thereof on my part. I claim it can be done by arbitration by any three men, although I will leave that for my attor ney, Mr. Camp, to say. If it cannot be done by arbitration, then I wish the city would commence suit at once and have it decided and settled who is at fault— whether the city or I carried out the con tract—and until then I will do as per telegram to you on the 7th inBt. You Bay favorably tbe council may consider a proposition on my part to sell to the city my arc dynamo, arc lamps and wires and poles. I wrote such a proposition to Alderman Eager some time ago—even abetter one. I offered to give tbe use of tbe dynamo, lamps and line, free of use for one year, and after a year aell it to the city, if wanted, at an appraised value. Second proposition: If the city wishes to buy now, I will sell for less than float and give three year's time with 7 per oent interest. Third proposition: I will lettheoity use dynamo, lamps and line, as it is now, if the oity furnishes the engineer and \WMM mil I 111 pay for coal actually used for running the arc lights, coal used to be estimated by by three disinterested engineers. I hope this will satisfy the oity coun cil that I take more interest in hav ing tbe city well lighted, and always have taken more interest than any one else in the city. If I did not there would not be electno lights in tbe city. The other oompany which had the contract awarded to them by the council at 8125 a year for each arc light, never spent a dol lar and never intended to put in a light. What they wanted was to sell out their contract to me and take an interest with the original Jamestown Electric com pany. I hope to hear from you again soon, and that the city will accept one or tbe other of the propositions. What a Rambler Heard. While strolling up the avenue the other day, I was accosted by a gentleman from the east, who is enjoying the sum mer land of North Dakota in our city. "My friend," said he, "can you tell me the meaning of this stillness which prevades the town, the downcast look of the citi zens as they pass by, as if some great calamity had befallen the city?" I re plied: "Indeed there has, for we have just beon informed tbe Northern Pacific are going to move our depot to Fargo as soon as their hotel is finished. Think of the solitude the park and Gladstone will have withont that depot." He said, "What! move that massive structure with its delicate perfumed wood from foreign climes,—never! I will away to St. Paul and there beseech the Northern Pacific company to let it remain where it is, a lasting tribute to show what they have done for the city of Jamestown." So we smile as usual and think truly, our lot has been cast in a pleasant place. iv II'II |jii Yours respectfully, ANTON KLAUS. The telegram above referred to is as follows: "If satisfactory to the council I will run tbe arc lights for last year's price, uutil my attorney, or city attorney, before Judge Bose, or any other judge, decides if I am holding or no),." RAMBLER. Stutsman Comity's Condition. The quarterly statement of the fiscal affairs of Stutsman county, made by Treasurer Flint and Auditor Graves, pre sents some interesting figures. The county's credit balance has increased from 811,499.11 on Oct. 1st, 1891, to $23, 439.22 on Deo 31st—more than doubled. The collections for the three months ag gregated $26,782.99, of which amount $82.00 was from the dog tax,and $1,839.15 was received in the seed grain fund. A total of $14,842.88 was disbursed during tbe quarter. The assets of the county, including court houte, furniture and fix tures, real estate, notes and securities, county bridges and cash, are given at $88,646.51 nearly half of this amount being the value of bridges and road and bridge implements. In the way of lia bilities, $27,000 of court house and jail bonds, $36,500 of road and bridge bonds, and $3,000 seed wheat warrants, are out standing. Tbe detailed list of warrants issued during the quarter shows a total of $5,224.52. The funds on hand Jan. 1st, 1892, amounted to 823,439.22. Going For Standard Oil. The trial of the case of tbe state against State Senator McGillivray of Dickinson, for an alleged violation of tbe state oil inspection law, was held Tues day. Tbe action was brought by the agent of the Standard Oil company, who claimed that defendant was handling un inspected oil. It is said the defense proved that all legal requirements had been complied with, and that the trial brought out the additional fact that the state inspector had stamped about twen ty barrels of oil in a storehouse at Dick inson, and stated that the oil was ap proved for illuminating purposes without ever testing a single drop of it, and in his own language on the witness stand, "not knowing whether the barrels so la beled, contained whiskey or oil." The case has created a great dea' of talk be cause of the prominence of tbe defend ant, and friends of Mr. McGillivray are jubilant over the victory. Cargill* Warnock. The wedding of Chauncey W. Cargill and Carrie E. Warnock,occurred Wednes day at the residence of the bride's father, J. C. Warnock, in this city. The ceremo ny was witnessed by a few invited guests and friends of the family. A sumptuous repast was Berved at 1 o'clock, and the happy couple left at 4 p. m. for their fu ture home in Mason City, Illinois, where tbe groom is highly esteemed as one of tbe leading physicians of that place There were a number of very handsome presents given. The bride is an accom plished and popular young lady whose numerous friends join in wishing her a ong and prosperous married life. AN UNAVOIDABLE ACCIDENT. Mrs. Andrews and Miss Wallace Burned in the Wreck Near Braitterd. Th'j Prospect of Better Prices for Wheat Appears to be Brightening. Stutsman County is Satisfied 4 with the Railroad Tax of 1888. The Rail Snapped. The distressing accident on the North ern Pacific railroad Firday, near Brain erd, whereby two ladies of the Andrews opera company were burned to dea'ii, and twelve others .severely injured, can be classed under the head of pot pre a I is at a in A .••.:,•• i' .•» J- i1 i. JAMESTOWN WEEKLY AIERT. VOL XV JAMESTOWN, NORTH DAKOTA. THURSDAY JANUARY 2) 1H92 NO 2o 1 winter, the broken rail is a difficult mat ter to insure against in railroading. Ex tra precautions in running in extreme cold weather is about all that can be done. Tbe weight of rails on curves, where the strain is heaviest, should be such as to prevent ordinary accidents, and eighty pound rails are considered amply heavy and in general use on the Northern Pacific. The long severe cold spell has rendered rails brittle, but up to Friday no accident has occurred. The disaster at Brainerd would have resulted in all likelihood in little injury to any occupant of the overturned sleeper bad not the usual horrors of fire from lamps and heated stoves followed. The train was running not to exceed 25 miles an hour. Supt. Green says that the ther mometer was 40 degrees below zero, and that no blame can be attached to the em ployees. R. R. Wise took tbe injured into the Arlington hotel a* Brainerd and did everything possible to relieve their sufferings. As most of the ladies in the opera company escaped in their night clothes the extreme cold weather was cause of much suffering. Mrs. Andrew?, wife of the proprietor of the opera com pany, was the favorite of tbe troupe. She and her maid. Miss Wallace of Minne apolis, were sleeping together and the trunks of their bodies were found in close embrace, with the bed clothing so wound and wrapped about them that in the ex citement and confueion of the accident they were perhaps uuable to extricate themselves. Tbe company waa going to Grand Forks for three performances. The members of the troupe lost all their clothes, jewelry, money and other effects, the majority of them having to senft out from the hotel for wearing apparel before tney could appear in public. Besides those who were severely injured nearly all were more or less bruised and those who are not in bed are limping around tbe hotel with court plaster adornments. Tbe Pullman conductor lost a fur coat, cap and 890in money which were born in the looker. The entire car was con sumed clear to tbe wheels and irons. Tbe fire was spread by the oil from lamps saturating everything. A BRIGHTER OUTLOOK. Reasons 1'or a Belief In Higher Wheat Prices. Farmers who have held their wheat for a higher price can be confident of being on the right side, if the present export rate keeps up. The receipts at primary points are rapidly dwindling to the figures of a year ago, while the export demand.keeps steady, and is several million bushels more each week than it was a year ago. It will be August before the first of the new crop in Europe is available and long before that time, the American surplus will be limited in amount. Wheat opened with a brisker demand in Liver pool the first of the week and has con tinued so. It is claimed by many that wheat worth a dollar a bushel in this country would not affect the European demand, and that the grain is considered cheap by the foreign buyers. After Feb. 1, a duty of 10 cents a bushel is to be taken off wheat in Germany, and that will undoubtedly induce a heavy buying in this country. Early in the winter tbe German mar ket was largely over stocked by Russian grain dealers, who knew that the prohi bition ukase was to be made, and who •hipped all their surplus wheat out of Rus sia because they could get better prices for it abroad than at home, where the peasantry had nothing to buy with. Tbe German people want good biead, and prefer American wheat to the India wheat, because the latter has less gluten it. The Russian wheat is very similar to that of the northwest, in this country, and is therefore largely bought in Ger many. The condition of the winter wheat in America is not reported as very favor able, although of course it is too early to predict what the yield will be. The ex .• ,.LL^ -r- a.- EHfijfa, *t ft*W WA ^my treme oold weather, the coldest known for years in the middle states, is very liable to freeze out much of the winter wheat. STUTSMAN SATISFIED With the Adjustment of the 188ft Railroad Tax. As Stutsman county accepted the proposition of tbe Northern Pacific to pay its taxeB on the basis of its gross earnings, inter-state as well as local, for the year 1888, the recent decision of tle supreme court of the state declaring that the grosB earnings law is valid, has little effect here. A good many counties in which the Northern Pacific has lands un nold, refused to accept this method of settlement and joined in bringing suit to recover taxes for that year from land valuation. The legislature made it pos sible for the company to offer the gross earnings plan of settlement, and this county was one of the few that accepted that method. The counties through which the main line of the road passes have of course the advantage, as the large volume of traffic is on that line. Recently there were paid into this county about $12,000 under the settlement au thorized by tbe law which hasfjust been declared valid, and the sales of the com pany's lands for taxes of that year were released. The difference in the amount of taxes by either method would be small for this county. Under the state constitution the Northern Pacific now pays its taxes on binds assessed by the state board of equalization, and has paid the 1890 tax on such basis, and will pay the 1891 tax when due. The case decided by the supreme court establishes no pre cedent for future taxation, as such case cannot arise again. It mav, however, be appealed, and its final settlement en trusted to the United States supreme court. Tbe decision reverses the judgment of the district court. Judges McConuell and Winchester signed the opinion, they having sal in the case in place ot' Wallin and Bartholomew who had appeared in case as attorneys before their election to the bench. Judge Corliss dissented. Alliance Men Talk. Walter Muir: I have my farm cleared and 1,000 acres of as good land as lies in the lied river valley. Providence has been with the farmers this year, and has defeated the designs of my enemies, who wanted to see me ejected from my farm, so they could point to an alliance man whoee own affairs were a failure. But 1 am now independent—although not The Independent, you know. Hon. E. D. Wallace of Hope: I be came dissatisfied with the price offered me for my wheat, about three years ago, and shipped a car load for trial, after a long delay in getting a car. The result WHS I made $100 on the deal. I have shipped my own grain ever since, when not satisfied with the local offer. A neighbor of mine told me recently that he made 18 cents a bushel by shipping. The railroads have done pretty well by the farmers this year in giving them cars. The amount of money brought in the state by those who shipped their own grain must amount to many thousands of dollars, all of whiob is spent at home. This helps merchants and business men and indirectly helps the railroads them selves. The next thing that we want is aright to build warehouses and elevators of small capacity on side tracks, on any road, and for these warehouses the equal privileges of cars. This will do away with many of the complaints now con stantly arising. Ex-Governor Church's Additions. Everett, Wash., News: Governor Louis E. Church is a firm believer in the old adage, "It never rams but it pours." His mascot haB been attandirg strictly to business during the past few months, and, to use a slang expression, things have been coming his way he has been literally overwhelmed with a torrent of blessings. His heavy investments in Everett realty, as everyone hereabouts know, have made him rich, but he ad mits himself that Sunday night capped the climax of his good fortune, when his wife preseuted him with twins—as fine a pair of babies as ever swelled a parent's heart with love and pride. And all his host of friends declare that there is noth ing too good for Governor Church—and the babies. One for Jamestown. Forman Item: Tbe republicans of this portion .of the state seem to generally favor Jamestown as the place tor holding the state convention to elect delegates to the national convention at Minne apolis uext June. Jamestown is centrally located, can be conveniently reached by rail from every portion of the state, and has facilities for accommodating all who will attend the gathering. The Sargent county member of the state committee, Col. D. F. Ellsworth, announces his in tention of voting for Jamestown as tbe place, and the latter part of April as the time for holding the convention. ,s'M r- ,,• 1 yt IV ".'I'ljliHjii.IiiiiiiijIIi.hu. THE ASYLUM WELL Contractors Encounter an Ob stacle which will Prevent Drilling Deeper. An Invention Which Promises to Solve the Question of Fuel. An Explanation of the Weather Charts oil Exhibition at the P. O. The Asylum Well Plugged. The asylum trustees transacted a good deal of business at their last meeting. A full boaid was present, consisting of Trustees Fancher, Smith, Lieber, Auld, and Paulson, the last named being ac companied by his wife. Trustees Auld of Dickinson, and Smith of Wheatland, spent Sunday at the institution. All of the December accounts weie audited While in session the board was informed that the drill now cleaning out tbe arte sian well had evidently struck a steel obstruction in tbe bottom of the well, as shavings of steel were found on the point of the drill. It is believed that this will effectually prevent any further excava tion of the well. The board had about concluded to sink the hole deeper by 50 or 60 feet, if it bad been easily cleaned out. It is supposed that the obstruction has been dropped by some person, into the well, for the purpose of compelling the state to spend another 87,000 or 88,000. In the opinion of many the state has been elegantlv swindled in the con struction of the asylum artesian wells. This is the second hole dug and the total cost of both, with the ex penditure of the last appropriation, will aggregate nearly $18,000, and as yet nothing is to show for it except the present well which it is hoped will fur nish water, if not fire protection, as was expected. Tbe city well of Jamestown is scarcely a mile distant, cost about $6,500, and bas furnished more water than tbe city can use, and affords an excellent fire protection for a portion of the town. If the well at tbe hospital had been paid for from any other source than the state, it is admitted generally that the asylum would have have had a good flowing, fire protecting well long ago. It has taken about five years to prosecute tbis expensive and disappoint ing work, while the city's was completed in six months. Every legislature has been bled to provided funds tor the well, which is a great necesity to the institu tion. The present board is doing what they can to get back the flow of water, about 6,000 barrels a day, that was obtained by the Gray Bros., of Milwankee, but which only lasted a short time, and bas gradually diminished until it was necessary to clean out the hole, or com mence a new well. The trustees have placed the work of clearing out the well with a new firm of contractors from Illinois, and are in hopes that the efforts to get a permanent water supply will be successful. A GHEAT INVENTION. Preparing Lignite Coal by Com pression. A few years ago a system of compress, ing or moulding into bricks tbe screen ings of anthracite and bituminous coal was discovered that has been improved upon from time to time until now "pressed eggette fuel" promises to revo lutionize the coal business. By this process it has recently been discovered the poorer grades of coal and screenings can, at a slight cost, be made almost equal in value to a given weight of the best coal in the natural state. The secret and patent for this process is owned by a parent company in Philadelphia, which bas in its directory some of the leading business aen and capitalists in the country. Mr. M. Nirdlinger of Milwaukee, Wis., is vice president of the concern and general western manager. This gentleman arrived in Bismarck Tues day. It was to the Acme Fuel com pany, of Milwaukee, an offshoot of the parent concern, that a car of lignite coal from Sims was shipped by Bis marck parties last summer. Mr. Nird linger brings tbe information that it was his company that wanted it, and after a thorough test he is prepared to say that after being treated by this new process it becomes a fuel nearly equal to the best bituminous coal. By this process the lignite is ground and mixed with an adhesive compound and sent through a machine which crompresses it, and turns it out in egg-shaped chunks, which when placed in the stove or furnace give the best possible combustion, and therefore the maximum amount of heat. Mr. Nirdlinger came up from St. Paul, I 1 I where a plant to manufactnre this fuel from screenings is just being completed, to call the attention of tbe people of thia section to the great possibilities for in creasing, at a small expense, tbe value of North Dakota coal. He brings with him samples of the lignite in the manufac tured form and seems prepared to dem onstrate the advisability of transforming the lignite into tbis state before being placed on tbe market. This fuel is pro nounced by scientific authority superior to the natural coal. Jt does not disinte grate, but remains hard as a rock until the combustion is effected. It melts away in the fire like pieces of ice, making an intense heat and leaving no clinkers whatever. The eggette or compressed fuel is made by simple and inexpensive ma chinery, and there is every reason to be lieve that a manufactory of this nature in this section would be of inestimable value to the state, and bring satisfactory returns to the investor. It is worth in vestigating. Pointers for Sheep Growers. Refering to the claim that there is a necessity for other wools, for effects that cannot be produced from our English or Merino blood of American breeding, a writer in the Western Rural says that this is not so, or rather that it would not be so if our growers were more careful to diversify the character of wool of the same quality. At present, Australian wools are imported in large quantities and at a considerable cost over the same quality of American Merino. This is occasioned first by lack of soft ness and pliability of much of our American wool, but secondly and prin cipally by the improved manner in which it is marketed. The flocks of .Australia are much larger than those of the United States and there is an individuality about a clip that is not to be found here, and when these wools are offered at auc tion in .London, which is the way they are sold, the buyers can select just such wools as they require for the goods they are making. The American wool grower obtains his bucks from the same source as his neighbor and the produce is similar, the only difference being the difference produce by the superior care of the one over the other. For many purposes the Ohio and Michigan wools excel any other of tbe world and today if the supply of such wools as are imported was unlimited and the Ohio and Michigan and similar wools limited, the position of valuer would be reversed. It is important that every grower should appreciate what bis land, climate and feed are best adapted for and breed to that end. Explanation of tbe Weather Chart. The weather bureau charts exposed to public view upon the poetoffice bulletin board, present an outline map of the United States and Canada, upon which are shown the stations where weather ob servations are taken daily, at.8 a. m. and 8 p. m., 75th meridian time, and tele graphed to the principal cities. These observations consist of readings of the barometer, thermometer, direction and velocity of the wind, state of sky (whether cloudless or otherwise), and amount of rain or snow fall. These are entered in* figures and symbols upon the map Lines, called isobars, are drawn through, or near stations where the barometer readings are the same. A seperate one is drawn for each difference of one-tenth of an inch in the height of the barometer- Dotted lines, called isotherms, connect ing places of the same temperature, are drawn for each ten-degrees reading of the thermometer. The direction of the. wind at each station is indicated by arrows, the arrows pointing iu the direction the winds are blowing, or op posite to the way a vane points. The general movement of storms in the United States is from west to east. When the isotherms run nearly east and west, no decided change in temperature will occur. If the isotherms directly west of a place incline from northwest to southeast, it will be warmer if from, northeast to southwest, it will be colder. THE COLD SNAI*. A Spell of Weather—Jack I'rost in His Glory. The present cold.snap is one of unusual length and severity. Not for several years has the extreme cold continued for such a length of time. The cold wave is felt everywhere fhroughout the north west and is particularly severe in the eastern and middle states. Reports from Pennsylvania, Ohio and Illinois show the thermometer to have been below 20 degrees. Much fear is expressed for the safety of the winter wheat crop, and great suffering is predicted among the poor the large cities, if the cold weather does not soon abate. No re ports of death or suffering in this state have been received, although the cold on the prairies must be great. Farmers are well prepared for it, however, both as to their own families and stock. The mercury indicated 40 below at 9 o'clock a. ni. Monday in a northwest exposure^ The severity of the weather Monday was. increased by a stiff wind from the north west. or the last ten days the mercury has not risen above zero. 1 5 I a—ifr tfe- iW I \i ,:st! r-y rt i* I ilH hifX jn ,v- fit I I B-.l't TJ,' 1MJ