St. Paul daily globe., 1889-03-16
WILL Be A KEY CITY ALSO.
Settlers Rent Land About Chamberlain
and Wait for the Opening
AND THE CAPITAL TO COME,
When There Will Be a Big Rush of the
Men Who Want to Kake
Homes.

Special o the Globe.
CHAMBERLAIN, S. D., March 15.-The
passage and approval of the Sioux bill
is already bringing i'll people who in
tend to settle on the reservation land
when the land is thrown open for set
tlement. The most of these are leasing
land around the city. where they will
remain until the land west of the Mis-
souri, is opened. One of the most i'm
portant features of the Sioux bill is that
clause which provides for homestead
filings only. The settlement of the vast
domain to be speedily thrown open will
therefore be permanent, and the growth
substantial. The great mistake of al
lowing presumption filings is readily
observed on the east side of the Mis-
souri,, where a great per cent of the
land has been acquired under this act
by spectators and
NOW LIES IDLE,
the owners having abandoned the land
as soon as proof was accepted; and it
therefore remains for the hOmeSteader,
! the true pioneer, to improve, develop
and build up the country, and the pre-
emptor profits i'll proportion without
being compelled to undergo many in
conyenlenceS that usually attend the
flrSt few years in new country. There
is at the present time great deal of
this class of land lying near this eity
that can be leased at nominal figures.
the usual agreement being small per-
centage OF the crop raised. 1t would be
we'll for the farmers who intend to Sc
cure land in the reservation to do as
those arriving now are doing, that is, to
lease one of these farms for the season,
as it is still early enough to put i'll
crops, and person would then become
familiar with the country, and would be
In position to secure the choicest lands
when
THE RESERVATION
is thrown open to settlement. The rush
will be immense when this land is
thrown upon the market, and the ad-
vantage of being upon the ground
would be very material. The passage
OF the Sioux bill assures the early eX-
tension OF the Chicago, Milwaukee S
st. Paul road to the Black Hills, which
would render Chamberlain the most ac-
cessible point for the people of that sec
ton of the country; and the people in
the river counties south of here are
anxiously looking for a railway to build
from YanktOn north along the Missouri
and through their counties. They
know that by placing the capital of the
new state at Chamberlain their wishes
will be gratified. Now that Chamber
lain has been formally declared as q
CANDIDATE FOR CAPITAL
of the new state of South Dakota, let
ters are being received from prominent
persons in the Hills and in the counties
south of here, declaring their intention
to support and otherwise assist this city
in securing the coveted prize. Suffi-
cient means have been placed within
reach of the executive committee to
carry on a vigorous and aggressive
fight. Already a great difference is
realized by the passage of the Sioux
bill, and large amounts of real estate
are daily changing hands. Several dele
cations of prominent and wealthy citi-
ZenS from st. Paul and elsewhere are
now looking the city over for the pur-
pose Of investing and casting their lot
with the deStines of the Key City. No
doubt is entertained whatever as to the
acceptance Of the Sioux bill by the
Indians, and bright days are undoubt-
edly i'll store for our city.