The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-08-31

| Primghar, as sAtd before, is h the hub center
 SsSs.s aititSds % iS tS. county, Ssd S csS see t so | and be seen from almost all parts of the county. It has many large and pleasant acres and contains trees four to six inches in
 diameter. planted ten years ago. The town,
 unlike many western towns, has simply
 country. Its population is between GO and
 TOO. It has two banks, two hotels. four law
 yers. stores sufhcient. newspaper, and the
 needs.is come enterprises in the way of griss mill tow mill, flax mill, creamery, brick yard
 etc and ite citizens are ready to lend sub | stan tial welcome in such efforts.
 | The Hon. James Rowan, state senator from Dubuque, has large interests here. He owns .
 one half interest in part of the town site and | . large farm short distance from town. Hs | for some time has been testing at Dubuque | the clay from deposits adjoining town, in the
 various tests in brick burning. and pronounce. it suocess. Already subscription 10 raised
 donating Ave acres of said clay deposit to tho
 enterprise. and Mir. Rowan proposes to push i'
 The town being only seventy miles from the | famous Sioux Falls quarries, good rock can be had at . price but little in advance of quarry prices. Indeed.on of the bank buildings in tho | county is built entirely of this building stone | will develop themselves. But of course tht one great inducement here is the hne farming lands-new, rich, not worn out and not ye' | having reached its best price.
 One other inducement to the incoming | farmer might be mentioned. Tn nearly all tho
 rural districts the school houses are built and paid for and there is substantially no school in | debtedness in such districts. The county | superintendent of schools informed your cor
 respondent that there were lSO school houses
 There is still another inducement. Three years ago tho county, with surplus funds or
 hand. erected and pad for new and elegant | court house. It is finished in Georgia pine
 and furnished with elegant furniture that
 would grace state house In It's erection
 by rigid economy in building, the county SC cured what usually costs public purses twice | the money County warrants, 60 the county | treasurer informed me, have not been below | We suppose that this section of the country | like all new countries, has n the past had itt | obstacles, but they have been largely over
 come, and the nne brick blocks and structure. that have been built in several of the towns | of the county the past two years. together with the fine farm residences and large com
 modious barns being built. bespeak substan
 Primghsr has not yet erected any bricl | buildings, though some are contemplated dur
 ing the coming & year or so It n;,,,n nas not yet | It must not be forgotten, however, that its
 railroad age is but two years. lt is the coun | ty seat, on the Illinois Central road. There
 tho neld open for brick structures and other
 enterprises par excellence
 | Speaking of the Illinois Central railroad il
 win be but justice to make note what thil
 enterprising road is doing for this section oi | country. It is admitted to be one of the best built and best ballasted roads in the west Particular mention might be made of the large | and commodious depot buildings at all the dc pots along the line, the best in our judgment | on any road west of Chicago. They have also | built massive stone depots at Sioux Falls and | Dubuque, constructed out of the famous
 Sioux Falls stone. all as permanent as if they | were providing for tho centuries to come | Their road, from road bed to minor detaile | seems to be built with full considerations fol | safety. durability and comfort. A large pari | of the credit of the success ie without dou bi | of E. Jenries, general manager. and to M | GIlleas, division superintendent of this divis ion. They are also preparing for excursionI | for eastern parties to come and see this corr
 and grain belt of of Iowa over the Illinois Cen We were convinced of one thing That now | is the time for men in other parts on worn ou | farms to pull up and get out to thIs country | of rich soil that will last generationwithou special fertilizing; and second. that they
 should come. too. before the price reaches iti | final figure
 The county officials and business mer | treated your correspondent courteously, AnC
 we have no doubt they would be equally quiries, and for Ihis purpose we will name | several parties to whom those desiring to gel
 further facts may write: O. F. Albright
 mayor of the town; Q: H. Crawford. county
 itor; F. A Derby. county treasurer; J. W | Walters, clerk of oourts; Isaac Clement, re
 corder of deeds; George W. Schee, Slocum S | Co.,, bankers; J. l.. Peck, cashier of Prim
 & whitehouse, F. M. Mccormack. Frank A
 Turner. o. H. Montzheimer. F. F. Ward. J. M | Lopg, Frazier Ballou, W. s. Armstrong, F. RI. Dtckey Co James Rowan, all business
 men and prominent citizens who can direct
 parties in any inquiries made of them.