Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-03-08
A Tiattering Outlook. I.

A correspondent of the Oelrichs Ad
yocate, writing under the nom de plume
of0. b. c., in recent issue'submits the
following sensible communication touch
ing upon the fattering outlook for the
future advancement of the Black Hills
country:
Considerable has been said of the de-
velopment of the Black Hills, but things
have not developed as rapidly as some
have expected, yet compared with other
new regions, the growth has been phen-
omenal. Many people especially the
farming class have been somewhat dis
couraged for the past year on account Of
the drouth which has occasioned close
times in this region as we'll as others,
but all are now looking for better times
to follow, as the hindrance to the pro-
gress Of the Hills have been overcome.
The present outlook from careful obser-
vation shows that we are now entering
on new era Of prosperity, although the
region has the richest, and most varied
natural resources of any known region,
yet on account Of it not being accessible
10 the business world, its superior re-
sources have not been generally known,
and but small degree of development
has been attained. This region has
been shut out by the impossible barrier,
the Sioux reservation, and but one rail-
road has been in for any length Of time,
but the last six months has changed our
prospects greatly. The reservation has
been opened. The territory has at
tained statehood. The Black Hills have
been ably represented at Washington as
well as in our state legislature. 1t is
now reached by two railroads and three
more contemplate coming in from the
east rs soon az they can build to the
Hills. The Cheyenne Northern will tap
the Hills, and direct route to Denver
is almost certainty. The two present
roads will make extensions and put in
several branch lines the coming season.
Everything taken together has attracted
much attention from all parts of the
country. and especially from eastern
cities, and as consequence the resources
are becoming generally known, and the
Black Hills is assuming a wide reputa-
tion of being profitable place for in
vestment. And now many people are
coming in with an idea Of investing.
Many of the towns in various parts of
the Hills are assuming large proportions,
and many transfers are taking place,
and in various localities real estate has
doubled in value the past six months,
yet this is buta commencement to what
will soon follow, for the whole Hills is
destined to become wealthy and popu-
lous region. Besides its superior busi-
ness advantages, its salubrious and mild
climate will induce heavy population,
and soon many retired people from the
east will make this their final homes.
The better time will soon affect our
farming community, for general boom
Throughout. the mineral regions means
better times for the farming class ada
cent to the Hills, and as we have the
centre of the agricultural belt, our pros
perity will soon develop beyond our
expectations. We probably never will
again see such close times as we are now
emerging from, for the most of the OBJ
staeles have been removed, and people
who are selling out their interests will
in a short time see that they have made
a mistake.