The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-07-10
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u-osrsspondsnt western ltsfal..
Editors Western Rnral:-one Of /
i almost pertinent questions Of the
times i sthssfa rrner and business mad
Of the Esat ii Does it pay to move
Hest?s He will meet some sore
head@who has returned to his native
bamrning grounds after an arssue-
cessful venture in the growing West,
whittier he went expecting probably
life Of ease, idteness and comfort,
where the bright silver dollar grew
on the willow bushes and where there
vas no5nafdsr iabor than eating; he
will hear his disgfuntied statements
of his experiences and say There's
nothing in il" But let this same
man visit Brule Co, Oak, or many
other sections Of the West, look upon
the evidences Of success in the num-
tberless farm houses, with farms neat
II fenced and under tlne state Of
cultivation; the bright, active towns
.teemin0 with business; ride through
the country AID count seventy
schools; note the large amount of
stock and its excellent condition; ask
the value Of farms and be told sl2 to
$i5 per acre, then to consider that in
1880 there we're only 2ss people in
the county, while the farms could be
counted upon the fingers, while to-day
there are over 8 900 residents, and 100
farms to one at that time, and he
must make up his mind1that it pays
to . West and pays big. Has
the time for such profit gone By? No!
tits but the beginning; for the farm
ers in the Middle and Western States
can sell their farms at from thirty to
sixty dollars per acre and coming to
Brute county with their money buy
from three to six times as much land
as they sold, which in ten years will
be worth more money. Will the
crops be less? Let us see! Do Sst.
raise over forty bushels of corn to
the acre? That is the average here.
DO you raise any flax? This crop
yields ten bushels seed on SOD, worth
ninety cents per bushel OF fifteen
bushels on old ground. Does your
wheat average better than twenty
bushels? Can you raise more than
Fifty bushels Of oats? More than
thirty bushels barley? More than
than twenty-five bushels rye? More
than 200 bushels potatoes? These
are the averages for Brule county.
There is more'proft to the farmer in
raising forty bushels corn upon stem
dollars per acre. land than fifty bush.
els on thirty dollar land. If you
don't think Il figure up the interest
upon the investment.
Atthis time when thousands Of the
homestead and timber claim entries
made four and five years ago have
not nlatSEed, there are on many &C.
counts numerous Accomplishments fol
sale at prices varying from 500 to
$1,000 owing to de~sirability. Thu
fraud and perjury practiced by the
sbanditti Of the PRAIRIE SO openly
from Mitchell to the Missouri river
two or three years since, became SC
obnoxious q to command the atten.
ton of the United States Govern
anent, and II il with pleasure we OBJ
nerve that most of it has been sup
pressed sad. that which remains il
seeking its victims under the guist
Of a~attarneys'' and Gland agents. A
little inquiry in . town Of banks and
business houses will enable anyone
TO know and avoid these shysterine
sharks and-beware Of bargains.
Every town in Southern Dskota o.
any size has many good, honest, re
liable real estate agents and i mar
witt ordinary business sagac!ty Fan
ind'thsm. Eastern farmers may hot
understand the term arelinasish.
ment." n brief, any person having
made z government entry and desir
GUS Of leaving it upon account .ol
sickness, death, other pursuits or. til,
many changes taking place in life
will sell, and make his relinquishmen
+4-not to the purchaser but to the
United States Government. Th,
purchaser has thereon the first RICH
Of entry, homestead, presumption q
timber claim as he nayeleet aud h
must then carry out the provision
designated BY the law for the perfec
ten of title in any entry, i~rrespectiv,
Of thh aabor which has previousl,
been expended upon the claims. 9
course s title is preferable hat it i
also more expensive. III the south
ern part Of Dakota east Of the Mis-
souris river where the State Isl crosse,