The Arkansaw traveler. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1882-1???, 1889-03-23

A Rafting Good Business Town Its
Location and Surroundings.

situated near the center of Brule county, In
the midst Of one of the inest farming commu-
mites In all south Dakota, about 100 miles
from Chicago on the Iowa a Dakota division
OF the Chicago, Milwaukee 4 st. Paul railroad,
- mue es west OF Mitchell and - miles east OF
kim6ali In lS0. the site where kimball now
stands was vast plain. Today IL 10 one Of
the most prosperous and su bstantal towns on
the line OF the Milwaukee railroad. The Mil.
waukee company ran the fret train through
the town OF ktmhali and Brule county. in the
beginning OF 1881, and by the help OF this road
and the indomttAble energy OF It's thrifty eiti
zens kimhall now hears the honor Of being the
cation between Mitchell and the Missouri
river and ranks second on the line OF the Mil.
waukee railroad In Dakota.
The town has population OF 1000 or more.
IL has never had . boom, but has from the hrst
enjoyed permanent and steady growth In
fact. unlike most towns In Dakota, 10 is far be
hind the country surrounding it, which he
capable OF sustaining n town of 6.0o0 inhabl.
tants from It's agricultural resources alone.
se o, the sS
intersected by perfectly graded streets and
level sidewalk. All branches of business are
represented. There are three hotels. two
hanks and two newspapers-the Graphic and
the Index-two large elevators with immense
storage capacity and two grain warehouses
take care of the big grain shipment, One
Touring mill of 100 barrels daily capacity, and
ntted with the most approved machinery.
sold ali over South Dasots-and draws Gus.
tom from the farming community for miles
around. stock company, composed OF farm
ers and bu siness men, has recently been incor-
porated. the object of which 10 to erect another
large Touring mill and elevator. which are To-
he conducted in the interests OF the farming
community. stock Is now being apidly sub
scribed.
Perhaps the crow ming glory of Kim ball is It's
a cost of s4.OOO This is one of the finest wells
in Dakota, IL not In the United states. IL
spouts upward Of H.000 barrels Of pure and
wholesome water every day In the year
enough to supply . city OF many thousand
inhabitants IL has pressure sunicient to
any building In the town. II furnishes q com.
plete water supply for household consump.
ton and for IRE purposes. Mains are laid
from ~ through the principal streets, with the
regulation fire hydrants ~ proper intervals.
As an additional nre protection. the town has
nrst-class hre engine. hose cart, etc. In
charge OF uniformed and ofhccred Ore com
pany. The paraphcrnalia arc kept In n suita-
BILE engine house. The water from the arte-
sian we'll has been thoroughly tested by con,
slant usage since the well was put down and
qualities. All Kinds Of live stock drink Il
Bile. The surplus water from the we'll lows
into valley on the southwest side Of the
town and then forms beautiful lake, which
affords fine boating and bathing facilities In
the summer and . skating park during the
winter. Ice for summer use 10 also cut from
=; The AXE was stocked with carp. bull.
years ago and now furnishes hundreds OF
pounds of nsh each season and plenty OF
kimhall has exceptionally nne educational
advantages and excellent churches, all well
\ attended. The school children are quArtered
IN new school building erected last season
alta cost Of $4,000 and which 10 supplied with
all the modern improvements in the way of
Methodists and Catholics all have handsome
, church edinces and they are indiv idually and
, collectively out OF debt and In q prosper
we'll represented by nourishing Iosiges of Ma
sons. odd Fellows. Knights Of Ply thias. G AR.
and Sons OF Veterans. An opera house, with
a seating capacity OF ave hundred. affords a
hne place Of amusement. The society of kim.
ants are lively, energetic. sober, industrious
people. street row on the busiest days Is
something rarely, IL ever, seen, and the Gala
boOse stands empty month IN and month out.
AS place of residence its superior does not
exist in Dakota. The climate Is perfection
itself. being invigorating and exceedingly
healthful. The extreme cold OF North Dakota
ia never felt The temperature averages
much higher In winter than the greater part
of Minnesota, Wisconsin or Iewa, and 10 about
mer extreme 10 about s6 degrees and the win
ter % degrees below. During the winter lust
closed the mercury dropped below zero less
than half dozen times.
The rapid and substan tial growth of kimball
10 due, principally. TO it's natural advantages
IN the way of location. This may be readily
seen when IL lie known that it has fully forty.
Ave townships directly tributary TO 10, all
OF them well hlled with thrifty farmers. This
lie what has made 1t. not only the leading town
of the county, but, as previously stated. the
second best on the Milwaukee line. IL lies
very near the center of one OF the largest
counties In south Dakota (Brule), which con
:ains twenty sFs: towsesaps, n are. o. 70!
rolling prairie. only broken by the Bijou Hills
and the BLUFFS bordering the Missouri river.