Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-05-22
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Wednesday Evening, May q, 1873
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The valley Rapidly Filling Up-pour
Hundred Claisns Taken this xprinx-Ex.
cellsnt Prospects In Every Direction.
The foundation for the Rockport mill has
been laid, and work Is progressing rapidly.
up the valley every day.
Samuel Bloom, residing one mile south Of |
Rockport, had FIVE ponies stolen few days
aro. Parties are in pursuit Of the thieves, but
nothing has been yet ascertained Of their
success.
Cattle men in the valley are adding to
their herds BY buying and breeding. In
short time they will be able to furnish all
the beef needed for Dakota's cities and mill
tary posts.
The railroad farce which Gov. Burbank
inoculated few of the shop keepers Of
Springfield with, has subsided, and no effort
will be made TO have an election on the
Bond Bogus." ~ -
The Methodist church at Scotland is fin
ished Elder Williams is there" holding
four days meeting and warming up the
bretbern for final fight with old Satan and
his satellites.
immigration comes in quietly. Hutchin-
son, Armstrong and Hanson count'es are
filling up rapidly. Bon Homme and Yank-
ton counties are finished, aud are now quite
Indifferent about securing sny more popu-
lation.
We cannot boast much of the weather
lately-cold and wet is nota good prospect
for corn crop-but we had nearly the
same last year and yet We had good crop
better or grow faster. Last night the swal-
lows arrived which is sure sign of warm.
er weather. They are a cunning little bird
nobody sees them come or 60.
The Episcopal church at Firestsel and
the one at Scotland will be finished during
the summer A Methodist church will be
built at Olivet, an Ep,ecopalian church will
be commenced at Milltown, and a Catholic
chapel is talked of ON the bank of the jim
near Maxwell. With all these accommoda
tions, and good crops we will never more
pray. &C"
Mr.. Kimball, the engineer Of the Nc
Gregor & Algona railroad, has been across
the valley in the neighborhood of Milltown
looking out for survey for the extension o
that road, to reach the wheat crops Of th'
valley. Thus is the road that We pray for
bringing us direct to the lake at Duluth
We want some other market than Chicago
With this route and the improvement of tn
Missouri river, we will be able to avoid th
Dakota Southern and her tax of nine cent
per bushel, and fifty cents per one hundre'
pounds. .,---
As soon ,as the road is finished 10 Siou.
Falls Yankton will lose the trade O
the valley from Olivct north. Lumber wi
be cheaper there. and every inducement /
4 offered 10 secure trade vest of Sioux Fall
And lankton IMPOSED upon by her ou,
rageous road tariff will be helpless, and onl
able to secure the trade Of the country Will
in very small radius unless she reduce
the railroad rates and urges shipping b
water. She is at stand point in her hi
tory from which she can view the evil {
her ways.
1 I do not believe that there is now in a
Bon Homme county more than a one ha
township of land that is not occupied.
mean, put all the quarter sections together
3 there is no where one half township in
body. An Iowa colony from the neishbo
hood Of Ackley, have located eight mil,
west of Scotland near Sharon postoffice,
Bon Homme and Hutchinson counties. tt
~ prairie west of Rockpor and Milltown
fast filling up. think, already, about AZ
claims have been taken in the valley tn
spring. They have not been located
,e spectators, but by bona fde settlers comi1
in with their teams and Implements ar
going to work.