Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1882-08-09
ON THE wisonA AND ST. PETER.

ON THE WiNoNA AND ST. PETER.
The Village Of Clnrk.-A Good County
and Growing Town.-Some Politics.-The
Crops.
Special Correspondence.
We have recently paid our first visit
to Clark, the county seat Of Clark county,
and that being one of the places about
which we have not written during our
rambles over Dakota, we wish to give the
town little free puff because it de.
serves it.
Clark lies thirty-one miles west of Wa
tertown on the Winona and st. Peter
railroad, being at present the terminus
OF travel on that line, though by the first
of September this road will connect with
its Ordway branch at Redfeld. Clark
county has had some settlement for
several years, but as people are slow to
wander out on our prairies very far be-
yond the railroads, settlement was meagre
and scattered. When grading began on
the road, there was great rush for Clark
county, and before the iron was
laid to the county seat all land near the
track was taken. Less than two months
ago the first train reached Clark, and
since then the town has had wonderful
growth. From what we have seen OF
Dakota towns in full bloom, during the
great rush of the present year, we honest
ly believe that Clark can show the most
surprising growth in point of buildings
and population of any other town in
southern Dakota. The buildings as a
class are the best of any new town we
have seen. The townsite is very pretty,
with just slope enough to
the eastward for drainage and beauty,
taking it from the monotony of the too
common level prairie location of our
towns.
The location of Clark is such that it
cannot help being good town. 1t has
tributary to it large area of country
which, for fertility. is not surpassed in
Dakota. It will be the largest and most
important town between Watertown and
Red6eld, and certainly presents to-day
the best business openings and surest in
vestments of any town in that entire sec
ton. It is not one of those "inhated'
burgs, full of sharks and unscrupulous
operators who plat quarter sections and
gull the anxious and unsuspecting "ten
derfoot," but has grown by force of its
surroundings, and will be just as good as
it is now right along.
The hotels of Clark are extremely new
but the shells of q couple indicate tina
the town is not going to be behind afte
points in matter of accommodations.
We cannot let the occasion e
by this time without telling
: joke at the expense of couple of u
wandering wretches. Last week on
night we got to Egan on delayed trail
from Howard, intending to catch trail
Q east, But we learned that the train wa
4 about four hours late, and, wishing t
get little sleep, We made arrangement
with Landlord Taylor to keep watch o
the train and wake us in time for it. w
!, !, then went to bed, and being greatly ia
tigued were both soon asleep. Taylo
in the mean time got to sleep, and th
first thing we knew was the shrill whis
: tie of the engine at about four in til
morning. We have no recollection c
: ever getting into suit of clothes quick
er in our life. Our partner, being sty
. lish fellow, had taken off his shirt an
:, =, when the whistle Jared us out of be-
- he did not have time to put it on, br
~ got on as many of his other clothes as i
40 could and ran to the depot with his shi
:, in his arms. Fortunately we caught I'll
train; but the poor fellow with his shi
. :. off was in pickle to know how to get
- on before q car full of ladies. At last |
a crawled INTO the baggage car and finishe
- his toilet. When we last saw him /
~ was swearing at Taylor.
:, We have heard enough of politics
y, Deuel., Codington and Clark counties
- - guess that things are terribly mike
~ =. Clark will very likely instruct for Pet
= !: grew, while Deuel. will go for Han
Codington is in doubt. A. 9. Millett
of the Watertown land ofiit
10 10 has come cut for Pettigrew, as has {
~ ~ along been expected, but it is not app,
', hended that his course will have any
feet in shaping the course of things
Watertown.
T. We wish to say show" to the editor
No tho Mitchell Capital, who suggested IL
nj when we heard from Dawson county
of would want some one to kick us out
he Dakota. We have heard from Davisc
in no doubt brother Rathburn has also.
ed hope his friends may be able to bri
him back to consciousness.
~ Crops are immense all over Dakota,
for as we have been able to observe. Ct
~ is little backward, but is now growi
~ :, rapidly and may come out all right. T
u no is certainly grand year for Dakota.
~ MACK
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OO, English Crops and Markets.
an London, Aug. 7.-Me Mark Lane