The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1893-01-06
A Review of nIitchelrs Many
interests.
The Progress Made by the Town
in 1882.
The Several Factors Entering
Into the Growth.
The Outlook for the Future
1 Most Promising.

The person who first located on the
site where Mitchell now stands would
never have dreamed that ten years
hence city would be built thereon.
Yet as one goes up and down Main
street he cannot help but notice the
many splendid business blocks which
have been reared in so short a space of
time. The activity in all lines and the
volume of business daily transacted
denote the class Of people it needs to
make town assume the proportions
Isat Mitchell enjoys. While we have
sone through q variegated existence,
IN de SO by the several years of poor
crops, Mitchell has held her own and
has now emerged from under the tenn
Nporary clouds unscathed and with her
armour buckled tightly around her
majestic form, steps into the arena of
PROSPERITY prepared to face all obstacles
in her onward march to success.
The years of 1890 and 1891 were not
CHARACTERIZED as years ofbuilding and i'm
provement, for the most part the reason
for which was lack of confidence in the
future. However all the faith lost DUR
ing tpe years of depression has been re-
gained during the year just closed.
Due evidence of this is the fact that one
wear ago dozen business houses stood
empty on Main street but today every
building on that thoroughfare and even
on the side streets is now occupied by
business men. Again a year ago it was
an easy matter for a stranger moving to
Mitchell to rent house, but now the
man who owns his#property or has a
long lease IN the house that covers his
head t..ll cullsluer himsell ~. vt....e in
deed. There are more people moving
into Mitchell than can readily find
homes and the result of this will be the
erection of a great many residences
this year.
While the improvements made in and
arouna Mitchell the past year do not
reach gigantic proportions individually
vet IN the aggregate the amount of
money expended along this line is lar
ger thanone would imagine. THE RE-
PUBLICAN reporter made a tour of the
four lumler firms in Mitchell and Sc
cured their sales of lumber during 1892.
Each onehOf them SAYS they increased
their sales over 1891 from $4,000 to
$4,000. ing each instance. The larger
proportion Of the material has gone
INTO the country for the erection of
arms, sSr;lnaries, houses, ETC., which
ould indicate that the farming class
.,as keeping uF it's end in the matter Of
improvements Adding together the
salsk of these bur firms and we find
thai ehe sum of s75, $50 has been expend-
ed fofhpmber from the first of January.
1892 to the last cay of the year.
There is nothilg that inspires conf
dcnce in the mini of a stranger more
| than to see the business men of a town
buying property and real estate. 1t
shows that they htye confidence in the
growth of the place and makes it appear
all the more valuable to them. In this
respect several| business men have
shown by their Investments that Mitch
ell property is Il good as any in the
. state. Last sumner there seemed to be
u sudden disposition for the acquiring
sof property and ] mes Lyons led off by
purchasing the spre he occupied as a
grocery, paying|S4, 800 for the two-story
brick building. Coca. Johnston then
purchased for $500 the two-story brick
occupied by Smith snd Conyes, who
afterwards became the owners of it at a
small advance. It the same time Jos.
Harker also came into possession by
purchase OF the txo-stolV brick struct-
ure he occupied, paying $1,000 for it.
In September MIR. Harker also commen-
ced the erection ola fine stone building.
24xl0O and two stories high. 1t is built
of Jasper stone, and trimmed in front
with white stone and makes a handsome
structure. costing about $1,000, The
upper and lowcl. iloors are flushed
in hard pine and will be used as i gro
Gerry below and Office rooms above.
Jacob Becker was also one OF the first
/ to buy the building he occupies and
Geo Il. Logan and the Mitchell Dry
Goods Co. soon followed.
Later in the season L.. o. Gale COM
4 menced the erection of "a footG
story extension TO his already 9r1rl
building, occupied as drug store pnd
has the largest and finest store inHagt
state. Mr.. Gale made his inp$a $aut
lnent at an expense of about $saon,
There have been quite number oPr al
4 changes in residence property WHheh
i materially increases the amount SEQ
ded in this manner. Fnu .,
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