Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-06-12

$4,000; three large hotels, one national
bank with cash capital Of $4,000, and
aid a citizens bank, having an author
lied capital of s250,0OO; 5O-barrel four
ing mill, turning out the best -four man
ufactured in the West; a stucco and
plaster mill, turning out hundreds of tons
of the above mentioned articles of COM
merce; planning mills, feed mills, lumber
tablishments and trades represented, two
newspapers, the STURGIs ADVERTISER and
the Sturgis Record; Masonic, Odd Eel
lows, Knights of Pythias, Ancient Order
of United Workmen, Modern Woodmen
and Grand Army of the Republic socie-
ties; the headquarters of the Meade
county Farmers Alliance; daily mails in
all directions; direct telegraph and tele-
phone connection with all towns and
cities of the Hills and the outside world;
the control of the immense trade of Fort
Meade and the thickly settled farming
community beyond it; the finest and best
equipped fire department in the Hills
including hose and hook and ladder
companies with the latest improved and
best paraphernalia, and a frst-class
steamer; hack lines to Deadwood and
Fort Meade, and, best of all, a debt of
less than $4,000, $4,000 of which is
bonded for twenty years at per cent?
against an assessed valuation of nearly
100000.
Additional improvements to be under
taken in the near future are: The con-
struction of motor line to Fort Meade,
for the transportation of passengers and
the immense amount of government
freight used by that post, bill allowing
right ht-of-way across the military reserva-
tion now being considered by congress;
the building of narrow gauge railroad
to Deadwood and the mining camps; the
grading of many residence streets, and
the erection of $4,000 court house.
The above short recapitulation shows
what Sturgis has done in the past and
what it intends to do in the future. An
unprejudiced mind cannot but acknowl-
edge the superior position of Sturgis as
regards the farming community sur
rounding it. By studying the map Of
the Black Hills it can be readily seen
that the facts appearing in the proceed
ing column are literally true.
Sturgis occupies the most fattering
position as regards the recently opened
reservation, lying but twenty-five miles
from that recently ceded territory. tits
nearer the reservation than any other
town in the Black Hills, and, as conse-
quence, cannot be equalled as an outfit
ting or starting point for all those intend
ing to locate in the country lying imme-
diately east of the Cheyenne river. The
many roads leading eastward from this
city to the reservation are all excellent
and upon them the hauling of heavy
loads is comparatively easy matter.
The merchants of this city carry enor-
nous stocks of goods and are selling at
prices which will not allow them to be
undersold by any dealer in the West.
| The individual, the family or the col
ony, seeking place to locate and build
for himself, or themselves, home for
the future should, if they desire to avoid
useless travel and needless expense, pur-
chase tickets to Sturgis, by way of the
Fremont, Elkhorn & Missouri Valley
railroad, and supplying themselves with
whatsoever they desire in the way OF
: groceries, provisions, hardware, clothing,
dry goods, farming implements and uten-
} sils, make this city their base of supplies,
starting from this point to whatsoever
location they may prefer. By doing this
a great deal of time will be saved as we'll
as money. Remember that all vacant
lands in this land district are not on the
reservation recently opened. There are
thousands of acres lying in Meade
county, of which Sturgis is the county
seat, still awaiting owners, and this land
is just as good as any yet taken up. BY
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