Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1875-12-16
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p. III. Turner, Of Turner Turner county, !
the city day or iANol
since after anabscnce upon his Dakota farm /
Of just one year, during which time hel
scarcely left his premises, SO absorbed WAS
he in agricultural pursuits. He furnishes
us the following ncwsn notes concerning the I
Improvements, etc, in his c-unty during
the past season.
Turner county, although represented as
being badly grasshoppered- -last-year,r Was
not in reality SO hard up as some of the
residents desired to make it appear, in the
hope Of getting aid from the public at large,
and If thrown entirely upon her own re-
sources could have abundnntly supplied the
wants Of all within her borders. The past
season has been q very prosperous one.
Crops Of oil kinds yielded largely, and the
quality Of the wheat harvested takes rank
second to no county in the territory. Alr.
Turner raised 055 bushels, II portion OF
which he has already disposed of, realizing
, from it a cents per bushel. Corn was u
fair crop, and the same may be said of all
other kinds of iurm products.
Turner county is looking to the compile.
ton Of the Sioux City aud Pcmbina road
to Beloit, Iowa, for u near shipping point
for her products, and earnestly desirous that
the line may be built thus far at an early
day. The section Of country lying between
Turner and Beloit, u distance OF twenty.
three miles, is an excellent grain growing
region, and will settle rapidly on The com.
/, plction of the Pembina.
{; -Four years ago Mr.. Turner and one oil
), his brothers, moundcd a road from The
present town site of Turner through to
Sioux Falls, and the next year, in 1872, i,
. became "a public lhorOughtarc. AT tina,
time there was not n single habitation be:
tween the Vcrmillion and Big Sioux rivers
). Since then, -hnWeNer, the country las zhecr
. settling rapidly, and now comfortable farm
= houses dot the prairies in ever; direction
l. and it is almost impossible to get Gu. O
sight Of ttirtf,. s,4 4 t,et sse as
is sisted in laying out a road from his splacc te
a Yankton, ut which time not u Louse wa:
- standing betwecnth two points.
Ss| The growth of Turner county the pas
y, season has been slow, but as the crop.
a. have been excellent and everything pros
: tavorably to- induce immigration anoihc
'c year.
or Swan Lake, the county seat, las improy
K ed much the past season. Many business
or office and residence buildings have gone ur
Since the 4th of July no less th1n eight o
u ten Substantial houses have been built, an,
In others are projected
ch The town OF Turner contains only ,abou
10 q dozen buildings all told The Episcopa
~ :, lians are making an effort to erect small
~ chapel another season, and it looks YER
&c much as though-thcy would succeed Il
nv their undertaking. Rev. DR.. lIoyt, O
ro Yankton, holds regular service there, q
u' does also the Rev. Mr. Slangler, Methodist
of lincoln Centre A commodious schoo
IN house is among the buildings TO be crcc,e
ON another season at Turner, and altoge,hc
- =. there is every indication that the town wi
'es materially improve during ,ite coming Yea,
lar The county ut large WAS highly favore
be the past season, in that il was not visited l.
.cd amy of those destructive lalh storms whic
80 were 80 prevalent in other sections Of Ill
'se northwest. The grain was all gathered i
talr order and III good ecason. From
high mound on Mr.. Turner's farm he wf
nta enabled to stasl and count 800 stacks ,
wheat 1t one time standing round abo,
him within a radius of few miles. in
previous TO ,Le commencement of II
threshing season, aud i, is probable the
~. were rs many more OF The gelaeh pyrami.
within the, circle unseen. Scarcely on
SC; half of the grain raised has been narkcte
and considerable Of it is yet unthrcshet.