The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-11-03
Is It Solid, or Mushroom

1t has been a pleasure to us, while in
different portions of this Judicial District
during the past summer to hear the fiat
tering comments made by gentlemen rcla-
tive to the Improvements being made in
our young city Of Canton, and some of
them asked if our growth was warranted,
and healthy one, or was it mushroom
boom the reaction of which would be more
detrimental in the end than beneficial.
We think, if the progress of any west
em railroad inland town in these modern
days Of push and lightning can be called
solid, that Of ours certainly can. We have
been (, good while climbing to where we
are; many of our citizens have watched
the seasons come and 60, and have seen
the green upon the bluffs and on the
Sioux darken and fade for nearly twenty
years Within three years the first train
OF cars came creeping up the valley, halt
ing on the borders as il hesitating wheth-
or to venture beyond the boundaries of
state into an almost uncxplorcd territory,
and now two lines of road cross each other
within the corporate limits, bearing the
burdens of commerce and travel beyond to
the longest river in the world.
From little hamlet we have grown to
the dignity of city; banks, stores, eleya-
tors, business houses and residences line
the streets and dot the elevated plateau
and still no vacant buildings; new ones
are being erected for business and resi-
dence purposes; there is no speculative
mania, no excitement has been caused by
travelling agents blowing corner lots and
inducing men to migrate, no flaming ad-
vertisements to allure and deceive Can
ton is looming into prominence and into a
town of wealth upon its own merits and
that of the beautiful country surrounding
and tributary to it. That enviable rival,
Sioux Falls, draws heavily from some of
our best townships in the county; Eden
and Lennox, thriving and promising towns
also get share, but withal, Canton holds
her own with steady, sure and solid
growth, and why should she not? her To-
cation is one of the most beautiful, healthy
and attractive in the Sioux Valley, lin
coin county of which she is the capital, sis
pronounced by men whose experene and
observation entitle their opinion to weight,
the best agricultural county in southern
Dakota. Its lands are near every acre
available, rich in grain and grass bearing
qualities, superior in fact its settlers are
those who have borne the burden and heat
OF the day, toiled through years of adver-
sity, mishaps and the more than usual
drawbacks OF new country, poor in purse,
limited in household comforts but I'M
daunted in spirit, they now are surround
ing themselves with the comforts, conven-
fences and evidences of prosperity, and
are helping to build up the towns of the
county as well as their own immediate To-
cality, With this surrounding, and with
the enterprise and business capacity of our
own citizens, men whose credit induce
their trade to be sought after, men
who have invested their all in the building
up and maintaining growth and stability
that cannot fail of accomplishing their
most sanguine expectations. Canton
future can only be predicted as 4 bright
one, and its present advancement is based
upon solid foundation.