Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1877-01-23

place with two quartz mills and great
mineral resources.
Lead city 10 situated between the + +
forks Of Gold Run creek aud is the !
headquarters a msns rusty old min
ers and If : man wants 10 hear west
ern slang he wants 10 90 there.
New Chicago is the residence for
i he miewYs on false Bottom.
Crook City i. situ ated in the foot
hills, iusr where Whitewood creek
enters the pfa,rie, presume the sec
ond largest city in the Hills, surround
ed BY 6ne farming and grazing lands-
Spcsrfish city 10 located on the
open pssifie in Spearish Valley, is
paradise on earth and rich in romant-
lie scenery and natural curiosities,
there is room for = large. town and
the surrounding resources consisting
| OF the miLes in sbc close vicinity and
the 6ne pastur.l and farming lands
cannot fail 10 make Of this splace the
future Denver of the Hills.
Galena City on Bear Butte creek
is the los6ng place for the lead and
silver miners and before long the air
OF its surroundings will be stagnated
by the smoke Of the smeltcrs and
| furnaces.
Toll ROADS.
| For the transport OF supplies TO the
mines we must have roads, these
roads do not naturally exis. in the
mountains and must be built, this
cannot be done for nothing, and con-
] sequenuy they are toll roads, but
there is in my opinion no necessity
for an industrious man, who invested
say t2.000 or $4,000. to reap there
FROM in one season little fortune.
Your honorsble body ought to take
cognizance Of this fact and give these
toll roads ) charter and At the same
, time regulate the fees to be charged
for which you would earn the thank,
of any man in the Hills.
3. or county lines there exist none
E 30 far. A monument OF Capt. Reyn
! olds, from 1858, indicating the l04
G degree Of Greenwich, found on Res
!. W~.er, and one nine miles south o
I Bare Butte, established at Bar,
. Butte creek by Capt. Ludlow il
O. 1874. These are standard mark,
q on the division of the present coun
|, |tiea. wish DR.. Meyer and Gen
{ Dawson would give their idea, bu.
9 l can assist them ! am ready to do Sc
of Now l have spoken at length O.
y the mines, the timber, the agricultnr
Il al and pas.ural lands, towns, To-
9 roads and sundry other resources.
will leave io> your honorable body +
= give US in this country protection fo
d life and propcrty We want in th
" Black Hills separate judicis
y district, to facilitate th
$ settlement Of the disputes which wi
necessarily arise in that conptry an
y for the prompt punishment Of mime
8 committed. Capital viii not CON
= ia till We have courts to protect ]
I'd and il We have no. the temporary u.
y, Of the surplus cash laying idle in II
ne east We cannot develop our quar-
se mines, nor build bitches.
- Furthermore | would recommcu
. that this large domain be suryeye
$ : At ~ early day Is possible and Il
= establishment of ! local land ofie
= therein 20 that We can get titles
~ our mines.
-. Furthermore, your honorable bod
:, should petition congress for the e
Establishment Of mail routes to II
"a Hills, from the Mo. river, whore ii
.et shortest routes are. II they come n
l., this way, the greatest monopo
- on the continent, the z. P. r r. "
Il. pocket that money, where othsrw'
-. II would bring cash to our territory
nd where II is more needed.
rm Then It is necessary, as reco,
ire rnended by his Excellency, that teri
tnrial roads be established from I
m Mo. river TO the Hills. and in the E
lp- tablishment, care thould be taken
ty. the selection Of persons TO whom II
in work may be entrusted, that they q
am not guided by corner lot speculate
lii for town sites in the Hills or on I
led Mo. river. Let them establish I
ing most feasible routes, and let them
ish men who cannot he bought for
sen "diyy' on town site.
md Then sufficient amount should
ure appropriated to build bridges and q
ry- wells on these roads, SO sas to q
/. ranchmen sn inducement to max.
the road passablc. Then no time can
me made over prairie road by sta
ses where no ranches and no, abundaI