New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-04-21
THE NEW STATES.
IN SOUTH DAKOTA.
WIN AND THINGS IN A GROWING COUNTRY:
SIOUX FALLS, THE GATE odrY; HER CONDITION.
HER PROSPECTS, HER HOPES AND
HER NEEDS.

4 HER NEEDS.
n.,,.ricAa. 1889: BY Tbs Ye,o- YORK TrtbMne
o.,ou srApy CORRESPONDENT OF the rRIBuEEl
Sioux Falls, Dakota, April 10.
Tn attempting 30 picture whnt tne Vp'coa
vy.stsYner, with q fond pride all his own' loves
- .all the 9 wild and woolly West 1t Is most
.oorooriate that the beginning should De maoe
hs,e where the first settlement was erected upon
800 soil There are Vests and there are
wes,s. but the wild and wooiiy wes'' ene
west wherein solitary teepee or mno-hat grows
,;shiu thirty days into an Incorporated CITY WIN
. xavor and q Common Council, nre department.
"a National bank, or may De- TOO. daily
..vsoaper and g university-tnis ID ohS ee@'
Northwest. Its geographical limits are suD!ece
~ much contention. Minnsapohs lnS'Ses n"0
d. awiN end woolly West oesans VAIN inc
raYls os Mhnehaha and that o. raui 10 ho0
20. 81 Paul earnestly dissents nom TINS view'
and 10 make her claim the more emp her
pevsuapers not infrequenty s'ArS 'ne,r u0p r,rr
msnt Of local news with the WIN an" "-'o''S
hesdiine. ,,a 30 ,rasrun
-. o" ~ rnds,,ake to define the geographical
s.,,asriss of this delectable region. But In
Minneapolis met man Oh commerosi anu sSoia-
...,r.,nsnce who pointed out handsome dock
Of buildings, and said" lsn't that nope S'ru''-
ureg'
n was noble structure there could be no
doubt Of that.
.Thst building" he continued proudly cost
asoo. oo0-yes, sir, S5o0,oooi 1--we years ago
there was church there; I'm member OF IL
II was put up in 1856. and the lot then cost
ne SEQ. Well, SIR, we sold II to the people
Who own that building for $4,000. Then, sir,
ue built US another church for $50, 600 odd, made
our clergyman handsome present. and put
10000 on bond and mortgage at per cent
That sir" he concluded triumphantly, that's
IN. way we boom the Gospel out here"
Theps was nothing irreverent in this. at
was said naturally and sincerely, but where
sse under the sun could such phrase
as boom the Gospel" be heard, save only IN
the wild and woolly West"
Dakota, all glowing with satisfaction at
the victorious issue of her long struggle win
the Democracy in Washington, and with nope
for her future as one Of the members OF the sister
hood of States, Dakota is astir with one grand
and mighty BOOM You feel it in the strong
hearty grasp with which her people take you
by the hand. You sec it in the quick and resi-
less flashing of their eyes and in every MOTION
of their necessarily active bodies. ihey nave
been a long while, as whites go in this country,
making their opportunity: but they have IL az
last, and they know they have It, Settlers are
coming in by droves every day. Houses are
starting up in such numbers that the township
man Of Yesterday is useless to-day Right here
in Sioux Falls Is 1 drove around this morning
I counted 1es new residences in course Of CON-
.t,uct,on. and the ground is being broken for
more AT the rate of o dozen per day. Nor is this
ic nr0QrpSSlVe move
ment that has been going on for ten years. The
,i,o. as n ,s TODAY, has been built within that
time. two-thirds Of it within the last four years
One Of the most active of its citizens, wLo built
,he FIRST frame shanty down by the falls twenty
r.ars AFRO. who came here when the place was
n xilderness broken only by frohtier military
noet. and whose cash capital on arrival was 20
cents. surveyed the city on behalf Of the Govern
mann, and then concluded to settle. He Is now
,he chief factor in a National bank, the owner
NJ q score of handsome dwelling-houses, ana il
building at this moment o great block OF Jasper
hu,,dinex n neutrality-suspicious. theatre
a cotton mill. and a motor street railway. "na'
4. tho use of being surprised at what you near
~ Western progress and opportunity when TINS
is what you can actually seer
On the train coming hither CHANGED to meet
Western specinen, who struck me then as mon
.,,ous,v amusing. Whether he was really SO droh
40 tboucht is now q question. He was very
q .o, ,hs locking major, with q face OF DARK
h-on,e, mustacbes that stuck out far beyond MS
.heeks. a huge slouched hat, an antique ana 1aoed
aanneI shirt trousers that ballooned, so TO speak,
:. ths knees. and coat that was old in War times
To rsoup of Eastern men, dudish by contrast
With him. he was descanting in most extravasan'
,e,ros Of the wonders Of his country. 1t was the
most MAGNIFICENT land in the world; there never
was nor could be anything like it; the finest TIM
her the richest soil, the choicest game, the most
snsudid everything And, as for the town itselt'
mn human language was powerful enough 70 90 IL
even the faintest approach Of justice. Curious 10
know where this Canaan lay. / ventured query.
Its in Montana, sir, the Eden Of States"
aWhass the name Of the town."
o Buzards' Gulcb"
Happy nsme,' said I. Many Inhabitants p
Many Well, should say so. There was
s6r vb.p left six weeks sgo, and therell be
zoe, know. by the time get back We've got
electric lights and q grand opera-house that ii
hold the hun dern town.
Interpreted in the light of the fact that the pop
Nation OF this Territory is Increasing at the rate
~ 500 per day, it wouldn't be remarkable If the
,laiu Of the man from Buzzard's Gulch were hap
ply realized.
To those people In the East-and they are by no
means all dead yet-who think that the hardy
ssttlersp of this region are in constant danger OF
their HIVES from Indians, are subjected to week
IL billiards that take the roofs from houses or
hurry %hole villages under the snow, Sioux Falls
would be a revelation. On the day last week
wh,n six inches of snow fell in Richmond. the
,bsynometer here marked 80 degrees as its lowest
,xtYeme and as for Indians, the appearance OF a
,ed man in Sioux Falls, whence but twenty short
vears aeo settlers were driven away, often minus
their hair. excitss universal curiosity People
s.op on the streets to watch him. Children run
out from houses to catch glimpse OF him. ana DC
Is eyed by an and guyed by many as an Afso IA
HIS native dress would be in the streets Oh Nsw-
- ,Iano IN the Territory