Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-05-24
A DAKOTA CIRCUMSTANCE.
Illustrating the Way i'll Which the Cheer
full Boomers Boom.


[ met the man in Omaha who doomed
Palestine City, Oak, and as I had been
out there and found it tract of land
without a house Oh an inhabitant, / was
naturally anxious for further particu-
lars. l had received one of his circu-
lars, and l asked him.
you spoke of six railroads as GER
tain to come to the place. What was
to bring them?'
Geographical situation, sir. l
couldn't see how they could possibly
get by the town. [ had the finest bed
of gravel you ever saw, and railroads
always want gravel. I put the number
at six, but that was low estimate"
I'm speaking Of the climate, YOU said
man could go in his shirt-sleeves in
January"
$50 lie could-did it myself; it would
have been more comfortable with two
overcoats on, but was experimenting
with the climate"
"1on said you gathered strawberries
in December.
Exactly. They were in can, but
1 forgot to state that fact. 1 write
carelessly when in hurry"
And You said that blowing was go
80 it was. Did 1 state the sort of
plowing?"
u think not"
Careless i'll me, sir. We begin snow
blowing in November and keep it up
until April. 1 am always cheerfully
willing to explain these little masters"
You had a thousand inhabit ants, and
were to have five times that number
within a YEAR,"
Certainly. Had large Indian camp
lhere at the time. An Indian is an in
habitant, suppose The lalo.ors
employed on the six rs-Ir AIS vou!a
have made up the remainder. It was
a low estimate"
How about coal being found on the
ground 2"
u found it, sir. I scattered two hun
dred pounds of it around there, and
most of it can be found vet"
And you stated that the thermome-
ter did not go below IS degrees above
zero"
Fact, sir. I was there for several
weeks in July and August, and I can
assure you that do not exaggerate in
the least
4 did not see anything of your gas
and water works"
mo, sir In shipping them from the
East there was some mistake, and they
went Oh to some town in Arizona. An
noyed me much, I can assure you, but
mistakes often happen III a new coun-
try"
IF I remember right, the town had
two banks, three churches, good
school, theater, fire department, police,
and a 100000 court rouse"
Exactly, sir. The statement was a
little premature, but made in all can
dor"
"And your terms were only $50 lot,
business or residence
"Only $50, sir, which, you must adj
nit, was wonderfully cheap. Nothing
like it ever offered the great American
public. 1 sold over nine hundred, sir"
But what was the matter with the
town."
circumstances, sir. It was sud-
denly discovered that my title to the
land was defective-in fact, that had
no title. Annoying, I assure you. But
for that 1 might have sold 1900 lots.
Great drawback to me, sir.
But what of the nine hundred pur-
chasers of lots?"
Il feel for them, sir-feel for them;
but this is world of disappointment.
| may found another town further
West, and if 1 do my first move will be
to sell every one of the nine hundred a
$500 lot for 500. I'll be glad to do it.
sir-glad. Good-day, sir.-Ne,0 York
San.
A NEW theater to cost nearly 81 ,OOO..
600 is to be built on the Champ de