St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-04-06
COMES IN TO TAKE IT
Chamberlain Means to Have
the Capital Of South
Dakota.
It's Spires Are to Rise in the
Early and Late Light Of
the Sun.
Some of the Grounds of the
Mountaineering Faith
Felt Now.
A Company Organized to
Manipulate the Ways
and Means.
Special to the Globe .

Special to the Globe.
CHAMBERLAIN, S. D., April ). =
Chamberlain is in the field for the capt.
tal-not but that she has been candi-
date ever since the passage of the
Springer bill-but openly now, and
with an organization so strong and
effective that success is sure to crown
her efforts. To-day public action was
taken, and unanimous opinion was
the result. She has considered her
chances; she has measured her strength:
she has surmounted every obstacle, and
starts out with the courage and speed of
blooded horse upon the racecourse.
She will win, just as sure as the sun
sinks from sight beyond the glittering
SUBMITS of the Black Hills. Our
strength will come from every portion
of the grand state of South Dakota. For
eight years the eyes of all have been
cast in the direction of our city, waiting
for division, and anxious to
SEE THE CAPITAL
located at Chamberlain, on the banks of
the old Missouri. And why not? Should
not the capital of South Dakota be lOca-
place for it? Would it not be the most
accessible point for all the people of the
new state? And is that not what the
majority of the people want? Let us
see. The capital at Chamberlain means
the extension of the st. Paul railroad
T.. west to the hills. That means cheaper
freight for the hills, and greater de-
velopment of those vast treasures
which nature has stored away beneath
the rocky boSoms of those auSiferous
mountains. 1t means the settlement of
IL 1000, 000.acres of the richest land in the
Northwest, and the building of towns
and cities, which will stretch away
westward in their course, keeping pace
with the long lines of iron and steel
which the great st. Paul railroad will
soon lay down. Another factor i'll favor
of Chamberlain-one of great import
ance and possessed
BY NO OTHER TOWN
now engaged in the fight for the capt.
tai. That factor is this: All of the
land lying around Chamberlain is either
held by the parties who originally ell
tered it. OF by those who have pur-
chased from the original homeSteaders.
1t will not require a fortune for man
to get lots and blocks in Chamberlain.
Poor men will have a chance here, and
they can get homes for small sums on
reasonable terms. Can any other town
that is now an aspirant for the capital
say as much? Look at the frequent
changes in the real estate in the Vicin-
ity of these towns. They have been
sold and resold SO often, and at such
prices, that they have advanced stead
lily by booming, until to-day 700 or 800
per cent has been paid on their original
value. What has done it? One word
| 1l,,. oil lNx-
whom? By men who have been un-
! loading
ON EACH OTHER.
| until the prices have reached height
so dizzy that they are liable any time to
| fall and bury all in their ruins, Does a
man with limited means stand any
| chance in those places? No, emphati-
cally no. Here is the place for invest
ment for the capital, and here is the
| place it will come. Chamberlain has
| friends who are anxious for her sue
| cess. They represent every county in
South Dakota. The Black Hills are our
natural allies, and our success means a
brighter future for them. The people
| living along the line of the st. Paul
| railroad as far east as the Big Sioux
| river are for us first, last and all the
| time. The river counties are for US.
| and understand the great advantage of
having the capital on the Missouri
| river. The southeastern counties are
with us, and will stand by us in Octo-
| Der. Railroads will extend up the river
| to Chamberlain from below. From the
southeast they will come. and from the
northeast, far from the north and east,
declarations of friendship come floating
to our ears.
THESE ARE FACTS.
| q fn 0rn
in earnest. We have confidence in our
selves and our friends, and with these
assurances we feel jubilant, coura-
| geous. certain. To-day Chamberlain was
| reiOiced at the organization of COM
| pany for the purpose of pushing the
| capital interests, and when everything
is completed it will appear in these col
umns. A syndicate of gentlemen pur-
| chased block Of land on the East side
of this city last week, and they are go
| ing to plat it Immediately and place it
on the = market. A. b. Curtis is presl-
| dent: L. A. Stevens, vice president; D.
F. Burkholder, secretary, and IL. w. LIE
| Blond, treasurer.
Gentlemen from Sioux City, Yankton,
Omaha and st. Louis were here this
| week and bought property. The move
has begun. 1t is not that wild and eX-
| citable rush that sometimes reach our
| Western towns, but firm and steady,
with constant upward rise. There
have been here this week two repre-
sentatives of the st. Paul railroad who
have been talking the extension of the
road West. By the time the Indian
commissioners reach here to begin Sc
curing the signatures-and there is no
doubt but they will begin here, as the
Indians at our agencies are all fayOra-
ble-the future of Chamberlain as the
capital will have been settled. Our
representative in the last legislature
made friends for us-I. M. Greene-and
those s who We're e beue lie With t b