Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-02-14
THE TOWN oP BRITToN

Vegetable loan, five to fifteen feet in
depth, with q sub-soil Of clay extend
ing from IS 70 100 feet in depth, and is
recognized as the counterpart Of the IA
nous Red River yAlley With the differ.
ence that this soil is more porous and
capable Of enduring more Asoutll and Wet
weather without detriment 10 its produc-
INK qualities, Just to the east lies the
Sissetoa 4pdian reservation, Which is
expected Don 70 be tiinWn open to set
element. Within it's borders are running
s%trcaIHs heantiful lakes, filed with FISH
Of every variety, and fringed With forest
trees. fine springs Of sparkling water,
forests and rich succulent grasses, render
ing L without 4 peer in the Northwest as
a stock raising section.
THE TOWN OF BRITTON
Is located on . commanding eminence or
ridge, separating two valleys. TO the
North and west as far as the eye can
reach extends broad valley, and to the
south and west Pleasant Valley while
70 the east eight miles distant, are seen
Tie beautiful His and lakes of the
Reservation. Bfitsoa Is loo miles south
HN
IF Tower City on tho Dakota & Great.
Southern. Which road viii be III full OPP
erstion during the year 1881, and viii run
trains 70 Britton by tile 1st ef July. Tile
town is rrIiued ia honor ~ Ct II az Brit
ton, the wellknpwn railroad bniIder 81
Tie South and East, at present General
Manager II tire above nanaed road. TIE
eropsieiuis of tie town sltp are some of
Dakota's m6st active, energetic, exl5er-
fenced capitalists aud business men, whp
never do things by halves. They have
/, written contract with tbs p. q @ S
Ky, n make ti4is 4 station ard stopping
place for al trains. Is IL intended to
make titis til end III ola division of one
Nnslxea mIss III eoeta. All neeesSars
e{,Aix, moe lteGat3 ofIser shpps w53l bs
ezlzAM4
skilled WorSinens assuming the imp Itanct
"a tAis city as il business center. Among
the Improvements already decided upon
ae, a three stcry hotel, two large gcner.
al stores, Hardware, Machinery, Three
Elevators. Bank, Lumber Yaras and il
N swspaper Office, already on tile ground
Standing upon the town 81 to Of Brittoa
an looking into alie fertile valleys to tile
North and South of it, q scene of rural
beauty presents itself nowhere excellea
yn this continent. The smoke from HIM
dreds Of farm houses cnrls upward. 8llile
around them thousands OF acres of rich,
~aIiuyi&l soil is prepared to drop fatness
into Britton's commercial lap, when tIit
Harvest Home" of 1884 5ftaii come. |
With the great amount of building already |
planned, the unparellcd deyelopement |
and III of the surrounding ceun- |
Try. the picturesque and healthy location, |
the well-known ability of the owners Oh
the townsste, backed by abundant capital,
the declared intention of the railway OF
ficials regarding the building at this poinI
of a division station, renders the purchase |
of business and resident lots here moi
only safe but assumes large returns to
the first investors in TINS Bonanza City
Of Dakota" No part of Dakota boasts Of
a more dense population, a soil as rich
and prolific, such pure and sparkling
water as the country around Britton, the
Gem ofthe Prairie"
DAY COUNTY
Is located on the east side Of Dakota, and
is nearly in the center North and South.
It's north line is just six miles south OF
the 46th parallel Of latitude, the line OF
Tive proposed division of the territory for
statehood. 1t has 80 townships conpris-
ing hills and valleys that for productive
ness of soil are unequaled in the North
west. TO show the rapidly Of Its settle
ment, its wonderful growth and aevei
opment in the past two years. we append
the following remarkable statistics taken
from the official records Of the comfy.
The assessed valuation in 1892 was 100000.
In 1883 ii increased to 100000 and this,
too, with very little realty for assessment,
In 1894 about twelve or fifteen hundred
quarter sections Of decided lands added to
the personal assessments vii. foot up
MILLIONS OF nOLLARS. The
actual voting population in 1882 was 333.