Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-08-27

of the state in the most complete manner
Now, which Of the many towns aspiring
for the state house should receive it!
We favor Pierre. Why?
This town is situated at the geograph
ical center of South Dakota. It is on
the banks of the great Missouri. Al
present it is easily accessible from all
eastern points of the state. 1t can b'
reached readily by rail from any city il
Dakota east of the Missouri. Railroad
branch out in every direction from it
Therefore it will work no hardship to
nor inconvenience any eastern residents
to go to Pierre when having state bust
ness to transact. In connection will
this we would call attention to the fac
that vast domain-one half our state
| lies west of the Missouri, extending tt
the Wyoming and Montana line.
portion of it-and most valuable por
ton, too-has been inhabited for years
by large class of wide awake, progres
siye, educated people, who have been ig
nored oftener by the general and terri
torial governments than any people il
the great west. The major portion o1
this great country is yet closed to settle
ment, but is soon to be thrown open anc
in short time will also be thickly set
tied.
In locating the capital it will be well
to bear in mind that we are placing il
for the future and not for the present
alone. Friends of other towns declare
they have better rail facilities and are
consequently more easily reached thar
Pierre. What of it? Because at the
present time this may be SO, or because
it SO happens that one of the candidates
is in 'the present center of population
is it right to make the citizens of the
Black Hills and those who very soon will
be living Oh what is now the Sioux res
ervation go, even to Huron, when they
are compelled to visit the state capital
The fact that some aspirants claim q
larger population, more commodious
buildings, ETC., at the present time does
not signify that South Dakota must
build for the present only and not for
the future.
Some people living in the Black Hills
claim it is to cur advantage to have the
capital at Chamberlain because in plac-
ing it there we will all the sooner get a
competing railroad, viz: the Chicago,
Milwaukee & st. Paul. This is most
absurd. Is it at all plausible that if the
Milwaukee builds across the reservation
from Chamberlain the Northwestern will
remain behind at Pierre? Is it sensible
to believe that should the latter build a
line from Pierre to the Hills the Mil
waukee will lie idle at Chamberlain
Supposing Pierre gets the capital and
the Northwestern does not build on, does
it seem probable that the Milwaukee will
allow the f., f. & M. Va part Of the
Northwestern systemic still enjoy the
entire trade of the Black Hills? AS soon
as the reservation is declared open does
it not look business-like and sensible to
believe that road will come across to
the Hills regardless of the location of
the capital? Then if one comes we can
rest assured of two or more. The Man
itoba is resting its survey at Pierre only
waiting chance to cross the reservation.
From these facts it can easily be seen
that. the "Chamberlain- Milwaukee road"
scheme does not in the least affect the
capital question.
We would ask our taxpayers if they
desire to pay the mileage of their SER
wants to Sioux Falls, Redfeld, Huron or
Mitchell when they need only pay to
Pierre! DO you want to travel to
Sioux Falls when you can doryour bust
ness at Pierre? Do you prefer going to
Pierre and then paying for ride 119
miles farther east, to Huron, in order to
transact business far easier done at
Pierre? Looking at it in every conceiv-
able light, on all sides and from every
standpoint we must confess we are un-
able to see why the Black Hills should
not stand solid for Pierre. By SO doing
we gain everything and lose nothing. To
work and vote to the contrary we gain
nothing and lose much. We commend
the subject to our readers hoping they
will carefully and thoroughly study it
in all its phases, knowing full well that
after doing SO their ballots will surely
bear the talismanic legend: .For tenn
rary.capital Pierre