Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1875-12-22
LINCOLN COUNTY.
A Slice of Dakota wcather-RnIlroad
b Matlers-A Sensatlon at canton
Lincoln Countys Court
House-Elc., Etc.


Lincoln County's Court
House-Etc., Etc. Ii
CANToS, LINCOLN County, ID. T., /
December lSlh 1879
Editors Press and Dakotaian For the
past few weeks we have been enjoying
genuine Dakota fall weather, dry and pleas.
amt, the sun shining out pleasant every day.
| AS yet we have not had enough snow to
| interrupt good wheeling and the ronds are
lined with teams drawing of wheat, and,
returning with fuel, lumber, &c, The
amount Of grain-shippcd out and lumber,
/ goods, etc. shipped into this Sioux valley
/ is immense, and W stern Iowa gets the
credit of it in the commercial world, as it.
is nearly all shipped ftom railroad points
in Iowa. If Dakota could have credit for
what grain 1t exports, it would be better
known among other states, but this cannot
be hoped for until We have railroads in the
territories connecting us with the CONNER
cial world. Now all the territory gets
credit for, is what is shipped over the Da-
kota Southern, which is in fact but small
rart Of her production. We have had a
phantom road up this valley for three or
four years called "The Pembina and Sioux
2 City road" For some time the people of
this valley really believed that this road
G would become reality and q benefit TO the
country. but its real character Of phantom
o is being established. The only time 1t ap-
pears is when some other company or par
0 ty talk Of establishing some other line, this
is usually late in the fall, and there will
6 appear some very business like looking as
/ scrtions in the Sioux City papers, or if tn,
II other parties exhibit considerable activity
d dozen or two Of teams will be rushed ou
for a few days before the ground freezes up
This looks very much to us, like "a dog il
the manger" play.
Quite sensation was made in Canton
few days since by the reported abscondinl
y Of r. II. Lanning, Of the firm Of Adee &
Z Lanning, who were engaged in gcncralm mel
IL chandise. Mr.. Lanning left Canton with tn
purpose of going to Sioux City to purchas
goods.
We noticed an extract from the Siou
F. Valley News in the Press that is littl
lrt premature, stating that q fine court hous
had been presented TO the county by I'll
til citizens of Canton and vicinity Thel
an has been such house built, and certai
as parties are under bonds TO present sa
ne house to the couney, but the house has n
tol q, \,
en- on" just what it will "hatch {" is not y
known.
in On the evening Of the 10th a donate
Us. was given to the Rev. V. B. Conklin, at /
to residence in Lincoln Center. His comm
On. dious house was filled to overhowinR wi
guests, and general ggod time was ha
As the company gathered early, supper "
is served at Q p. m. The supper was such ii
each imagined themselves at a fair and
the q committee in the culinary departme
cen After this repast the company were cnt
will tained with social games, pastimes and n
sic; the latter aided by one Of Ford's
as 6 ggans The company showed their app
ook citation Of Elder Conklin's services in-l
trip substantial form of $1O4.35.
How is your flour r-barrel, seems to
am, a question of interest here just now,
/; J water is so low in the Sioux that the M
are unable to run but small part Of
oux time, and refuse to grind grists, and so
lss of them even give 80 pounds of flour
|sh, 60 of wheat. Tie price of flour seems
dar be to considerable extent controlled
Sor high or low water. Wind mills furni
has power for grist mills and other machine
in other states. Why not here? NJ