Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-07-03
WEBSTER.

is the county seat Of Day county and
situated on the II. & ID. Diyiion al the
G. III. & st. p. r. X. 235 miles directly
west OF 81. Paul. Is located ON q bcauti-
iul eminence and having a wido awake,
liberal and energetic class OF citizens, ii
offers ane advantages to the business,
professional, or any other mar desiring a
good location. The present population
is nearly a thousand souls. Being 10
Gated in the coieaus and surrounded by
numerous farms already opened where
fine water and grasses are found in album
dance, and which are destined 10 become
at no distant day magnificent stock and
grain farms, Webster viii be the market
through which tie products Of these fer
tile farms will have to pass 70 the COM
mercial marts Of the world, and as the
years roll ON viii become famous, rs the
center Of the finest stock producing sec
ton Of Dakota; it has already made rap
I'd strides in tile march Of improvements
in the short period OF its existence. 1t
has a high school building foity.four feet
square aud thirty feet high, four large
assembly rooms besides wardrobes, halls
and recitation rooms, also II belfry and
clock tower, and bell, weighing upwards
OF 1,e00 pounds; a high school has al
ready been organized and lie in successful
operation The court house Is al I'M
posing structure 3Jx30; there are four
offices below, with hallway through the
center and stairway leading TO large
court room and two jury rooms above.
The building il handsomely painted, and
is a fine ediice capable Of accommodate
ing the county business for u long term
OF years. The brilding and ground is all
paid for and the county is out Of debt.
The Congregational church Is a hand
some structure 3oxG0, 22-foot ceiling, has
seating capacity for 800. and is finished
inside and out With all the modern ai-
plianccs, all paid for and dedicated; be-
sides this city is supplied with a coulmo-
dious opera house, and overhead n Of
the finest equipped Masonic Lodge rooms
in Dakota. Also q large number Of FIRST
class private residences.
OF business houses VIC ennmerate two
lumber yards, one bank. two hardware
and three general merchandise stores, TIVE
drug stores, enc furniture store, two har-
ness shops. one printing Office, three
blacksmith shops, two hyery and feed
stables, two grain warehouses, two coal
dealers, two feed stores, four agricultural
implement depots, three hote;s, barber
| shop, two fnf3lihar establishments, u
dentist, MONEY order =. O., telegraph and
exchange office, three physicians. six
real estate loan agents, four attorneys.
The Day county agricultural society is
| located at Webster, one Masonic and
Good Templam lodge, a Masonic Chap
ter and Odd Fellows Lodge are about TO
be ~onganizc.l. Webster is also the sup
ply point for Fort Sisseton and Britton.
A daily stage line runs to these points. n
tri weekly to Watcrtown, a weekly TO
lake Lynn and a semtweekly to Clark.
! The .awa, sioux Falls & Northern rail-
way will run throu3h the center Of Day
county. Webster viii be the end Of the
first division OF the route, and will DO the
point for machine snops and division
headquarters, Few towns in Dakofa can
oifer better opportunities for Investments
and none hayea brighter future before
them.
Tisse arc q few hundred acres ON the
north Of car CITY, two townships that are