Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-05-22
\ TURNER COUNTY nAMnLE.

A TURNER COUNTY RAnrBLE.
Sioux City Journal Correspondent Tells
What He Saw and Heard In His Travels.
Hurley, May 6, 1884 Correspondence
of the Journal: Nearly every reader
of the Journal Knows of Turner county
and its thriving towns. For some years
have been rambling over the county
and thus feel pretty well acquainted
with the enterprising people. The rail-
road developments through this section
have, however, caused new towns to
grow, some of which have just begun
visiting, and new set Of business men
who have come here to grow rich and
take hand in forming the society and
respectable citizenship of this fertile
county. TIE towns of the county used
to be Parker, Marion Junction and
Swan Lake, but now we have the pros
porous burgs of Hurley and Centerville
to note in writing of Turner county
points of business.
This morning in rainstorm l left
Parker on a business sojourn to Swan
Lake, the aged capital of the county.
| The roads were miserable, and naviga-
tion slow. At Swan Lake 1 found Reg
lister Pier, sitting with his legs crossed,
trying to find out how in blazes the
roads will persist in keeping supply
of mud axle deep right at the east edge
of the town. To get to Hurley, four
miles distant, man must suffer seige
OF the most tenacious mud OH record,
\ and as my friend Pier had just padded
his way through he was musing over
the venture. Charley Pier is jolly
fellow, and has held the office for some
years. have had many a hearty laugh
at his dry jokes, and look upon him as
one of the jolliest mortals whose shoul-
ders bend under the weight OF an office,
and he seems to care little whether it
rains or moderates, or how much a few
colicky constituents may nudge each
other ad whisper dangerous combina-
tons. He makes good officer, and has
a neat set of records.
| at Swan Lake there is mighty pc
culiar stream, or some old inhabitant
has been playing me for tenderfoot.
My informant says it is kind of double
action affair. Inhigh water the current
is out of the lake; and when the dry
weather of summer comes the course of
the stream is reversed, and the water
flows back into the lake. L only give
this as told me, and if anybody believes
it they can do more thar | can. AT any
rate it is an ugly little stream, and looks
mean enough to do anything. The
water now is about the colcr of chemi-
cal cider, thrown down the throats of
an innocent public for the genuine arti-
Gle. 1t is so mean that it never changes
its complexion or its capacity to make
the lowland roads the fear of every
overland tourist.
N AT Hurley have passed several very
pleasant hours among her enterprising
business men. l find the town Il daisy
for its age. The site is certainly beau
tiful-lying to the west of the railroad
on slightly rising ground, atfording fine
y drainage, and splendid chance to build
a slightly city. For its age, Hurley is a
healthy child. The population is proba.
bly, 800 people, who have built nice
places Of business and cozy residences
Here have met my old friends Brown
Brauch and Allen.
Brown is large, fat, healthy printer
, and publishes a fine paper. The bust
!, ness men are giving him good support
and Mr.. b. shows his appreciation o!
their liberal patronage by giving them
la well-edited weekly paper.
Hurley has had the advantage OF
many Dakota towns by being born in 9
county well settled and rich in agricul
tural resources. Other towns have had
to wait until the country became set
, tied, while Hurley started with an agri
cultural wealth already accumulated
, AS point OF some commercial import
I ance, Hurley has as much prospect as
any other in southern Dakota. 1t has
some hopes of being the future county
seat of Turner county, but does moi
base its future on that, which has toe
much of the possibility to suit the prac
tical business men of this place. Tht
boys told me to send them live lawyer
! and land agent, who has industry
enough to grasp the grand chances tt
get rich and help develop the country
They want a lawyer who knows enough
of law to help the citizens out of tan
y giles when they get there, and particu
: larly man who can hit the truth righ'
: along or lie so scientifically that the.
/ can't catch him at it. Such man, o.
J, in fact any decent practitioner, can dt
3 well at Hurley, and the people will Civ
: him hearty welcome.
$ Assald above, the buildings OF Hurle.
j, are generally good. A fine hotel ha
= just been completed, whichis said to b.
run very well. There is good school
= house and one or two churches. For
young town it has more good sidewalk
than any other of its age in Dakota.
!, want to congratulate the town on it
!. good sidewalks, and could quietly sug
= gest that the aldermen of some othe
. Dakota towns visit Hurley and tax
= lessons in building sidewalks.
= Seeding is about all done, and tn
acreage of wheat is quite large. OF
served large areas nearly ready fo
: corn, from which / can safely say that
= with ordinarily fair crops, Turner cour
= ty will meto the front in grand shap
! this year. MACK.
! VIM. Parfitt, The
Parker photographer
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