The Arkansaw traveler. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1882-1???, 1889-03-09
TO HOME-SEEKEES.

lilo, for Dakota. Eut where Let me tell
you. ON the line of the Chicago, Milwaukee
4 st. Paul railway, the present western ter
minus of which - Chamberlain. on the Mis-
souri, river. Among the many places reached
there Is one, the little city OF White Lake,
located IN tho western part of Aurora county,
one Of the best IN South Dakota. This city,
for one only six years old, gives evidence, bY
Wat you will see, of being backed 10y splen-
did country around il. You will Ice greeted
by fine, large, two-story public school build
ing, and should you visit the same you VIII
ind a thriving graded school in successful
operation. You will see four good church
buildings, the Roman Catholic, which IA the
largest, the German Lutheran, the Methodist
Episcopal and Presbyterian. In all of which
there Is regular weekly services. OF the
benevolent orders, there are lodges of Free
Masons and odd Fellows. and Grand Army
post. The various branches of merchandise
are well represented In dry goods, boots and
shoes, clothing, hardware, drugs and medl
clnee. lumbermen, agricultural implements
two good private hanks, jeweler and mechan
zeal arts, saloons. one good opera house, four
hotels, two livery barns, one grist mill, one
creamery, three grain warehouses, and two
large elevators. which give our farmers n
splendid market, as evidenced by the fact
taat since the 18th of August, lSSS, there has
been paid out 10y these institutions To the
farmers of the surrounding country the sum
of 600 600 for grams alone. There has also, in
the same period, been paid for stock shipped
from this point, the sum OF Sl0,On. our
creamery, which was completed last spring,
did not start up until late IN the season, but,
for the time IL was operated, paid the farmers
for cream the sum of S,6sD. our city Is moor
porated, and has put down an artesan well to
a depth of $50 feet, and has water mains laid
reaching To the business part of the city. CIV
Ing good supply of water, all at cost of
5000 But our city would he worth very
little but for the magnificent country around
il. Here the farmer will find attractions that
need only 10 lie seen 10 DE appreciated. Inc
lands are of a rich dark loan, with clay sub
soil mixed with lime, warm, and quick to pro
duce, sufficiently undulatIng to drain well,
but not wash. not broken or abrupt, unless on
VIA
productive of immen Sc crops. All the various
grains can be and are grown here very sue
cessfully. Vegetables of all kinds are usually
a great success and bring a marvellous return
for time and labor expended. The native
grasses afford fine Pasturage for cattle and
stock of all kinds, and is, theT efoTe not only
grand country for farming, but also for stock.
raising. The climate seems especially adapted
to the healthfulness of all kinds of stock.
Never hear of such trouble as hog cholera.
The present winter has been so mild that
farmers have had To feed their stock but little.
Now, there are grand opportunities TO get you
a home at very small cost. \ GU can secure
leo acres of choice good land at from $500 TO
81, 500, owing, of course, to improvements and
location. There are chances now to purchase
land at prices that, in a short time, will bring
YOU double the money paid. Like In all new
countries, some have overreachcd, become
embarrassed, then discouraged. and are too
often disposed to lay the blame of their fail
ure to the country, when, in fact, the fault is
all their own. Ii is no exception To the rule
that success depends very largely on indus
grand country, one susceptible of wonderful
development. which must be seen to have an
adequate idea of. You Will be astonshed
when you see il, that il is only seven years
since the first settlement. 1t looks more, from
the improvements that greet you on every
hand, as If II might be fifteen or twenty years
old. One fact must not be overlooked, il lie a
very healthy country. Under the influence of
the pure, Draclng and invigorating atmos-
pierre many an invalid who had despaired of
ever being well. has been restored to compar.
alive good health. Nearly all the townships
are supplied with good school -hou ses and, as
we have two school sections IN each township,
our common schools are and will be very lib
orally provided for. One thing more the
people who are already here, you will find to
be, in the main, as intelligent and refined as
you will meet with anywhere. Now, get
right aboard the train and come along. There
is room for you all. Get you that home you
are wanting. and feel that il Is yours, and be
come citizen of what is now the state of
South Dakota and destined to become enc
of the brightest stars in all the galaxy of our
glorious Union. Any letters of inquiry will
be cheerfully and promptly answered by the
undersigned. j. C. READ.