Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-03-09

NAsuSb ESuueteU UOuply savage ana brutal ny
their success in the horrid Minnesota butch
cry, swept down upon the town in their re-
treat towards the Missouri, there were but
three families ut the Falls: those of Judge
Amadon, Geo. p. Waldron and Barney
Fowler. Judge Amadon aud his son we're
murdered while at work in their Asld. and
the other settlers hastily gathered together
what they could and fled to Ysnkton. The
settlement was not resumed, and in 1867 the
government set apart the land where the
town stands as . military reservation,
and Fort Dakota was established aud occu.
pied by troops until 1869. In 1870 the
military reservation was abandoned, and the
country thrown open to settlement. Settlers
again commenced to come in, and in 1871
DR.. ]. L. Phillips laid cut aud plated the
ground upon which the principal part Of
the town now stands. For several years the
growth of the town was slow, but substan-
tial. Among its citizens and business men
were such men - C. K. Howard, w. II.
Corson. w. VanEps, Phillips & Brown,
Weber & Shaw, Artemus Gale, and others
OF the same enterprise and push. With
such men there is no such word as fail, and
under the impetus of their exertions and
influence the town continued to grow until
now it contains not less Than 1900 inhabi-
tants, and during these times of general
.stagnation and business dullness in all
other sections Of the country is a marvel Of
enterprise and thrift.
Sioux Falls is we'll represented in all the
branches Of commerce and trade by enter
prising and liberal men. Our space will
not allow us to particularize, but our duty
would be lily performed if We did not allude
to a few of the men whose indomitable
pluck has done so much towards making
Sioux Falls what i, is to-day. Chief among
these is G. K. Howard, and who in the
whole northwest does not know or has
heard Of tho irrepressible, un%conquerable
voluble, vociferous Charlie Howard. He
came to Sioux Falls IN 1860, and started
business on a small scale, but 1t is not in
Charley's composition to be circumscribcd
in his operations. With a good record and
Il corresponding credit. he branched out
and extended his business far beyond the
limits which a %slow.going, prudent man
would have considered safe. He laid in an
immense stock Of goods, and during the
first grasshopper gear, when poverty and
want prevailed, he trusted everybody who
needed goods, and asked for credit, in hopes
that the next years crop would enable them
to pay up. But when the g%rasshoppcrs
came again and again, he continued to ex
tend his business and to sell goods on credit.
He thus carried men through, and enabled
them 10 live aud retain their homesteads.
who otherwise would have been compelled
to succumb ana seek livelihood elsewhere.
He was a public benefactor, and scores Of
men in the Sioux valley who are now in
easy circumstances, arc under obligations
to Charley Howard for pulling them
through, as without his aid they would
have lost their land, and been compelled 10
leave the county. One incident will illus
trate Towards pluck and confidence in the
country. A year ago a good citizen and
farmer residing near Sioux Falls, who three
years in succession, had his wheat crop des-
troyed, determined to abandon his land, and
seek q home outside the grasshopper range.
Howard, knowing the man to be an enter.
prising and valuable citizen, did not wish to
see him leave, but expostulations and az
peals 10 try it again" did not change
his mind-the man was determined to go.
Finally, however, Howard induced bin to
remain, and accept the following PROPOSE
ton. which be put in his Characteristic Ian.
guage: "See here, you ID fool, I'll tell
you what III do: you 60 ahead and SOW all
the wheat you can, and I'll pay you the
market price at the rate Of thirteen bushels
per acre-wheat or no wheat" The farmer
went to work, prepared his ground, put in
q large crop of wheat, and when harvest
time came around, his crop yielded twenty
three bushels per acre. His ether crops
were good in proportion, and to-day the
man 10 contented and prosperous. and
Howard is ahead ten bushes per
acre on what most men would have consid-
ereda wild and reckless proposition. How
ards business enterprises are varied and ex-
t%ensive, and his advertisement in the local
papers, which read &c. X. Howard whole
sale and retail dealer in everything" is no
exaggeration. His main sore room is 44x15O
feet. and his warehouses, granaries, barns
and stables cover about two acres Of ground.
He owns the Sioux Falls brewery, a large
stone building supplied with all the modern
appliances for the manufacture of beer. He
has large herds of cattle, sheep and hogs,
runs a meat market, and packs large guam
titles of pork and beef. He owns sixty
head of horses, which he uses on his daily
stage line between Sioux Falls and Port.
landville, on his freightline, and on his dray
and express wagons around town-but not
one for pleasure. He is treasurer of the
county and president of the village board Of
trustees. w. d. Sites, a thoroughly COM
nefknt business man. ia intarestad with NJ