Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1895-08-15
COME AND SEE us.

The following article from the
pen of Thos. w. Bishop, the able
editor of the Volga Tribune,
strikes the situation so square in
the face that it is reproduced for
the benefit of the eastern readers
of the Herald:
The editor of this paper, while he
has always held an abiding faith in this
portion of South Dakota, has never to
great extent endeayored to boom it; he
does not believe in booms. But after
ten years experience in Brookings
county with all the ups and downs
and drawbacks incident to the settle
ment and opening of a new coun-
try, it seems the proper thing now to
"speak right out in meetin," in few
words OF invitation. To premise, this
article is particularly addressed to his
friends and acquaintances where he re-
sided before coming to Dakota, and,
being something of an "unbelieying
Thomas" himself, does not advice
friends or anybody else to take news
paper or other reports as to our con-
dition or prospects, but simply asks
them to come right out here and SEE
FOR THEMSELVES. Then there can be
no mistake.
Almost any country looks we'll and
promising in June: but the proof of the
pudding in this instance is not in chew
ing the string (although come convinc-
ing facts might develop from weighing
the pounds Of binding twine used to
the acre); the harvesters and thresh-
ing machines tell the tale. Machine
measure" never lies. We are about to
commence measuring; we shall be at it
in full blast by the time easterners can
make the journey to this point. So
come now. before your corn crop is
ripe, if you have not been dried, out of
that crop too. Come and measure our
wheat, barley, oats, flax, potatoes, see
the hay we have already in stack and
the countless tons still standing and
growing on our vast prairies; and, II
you have leisure. stay till our corn is
fully developed, for we do raise lots of
corn. This last statement will be the
hardest for you to believe, we are fully
aware; but you can trust your own
eyes, can't you? Get up early some
fine morning while you are here and
watch the procession of teams bringing
milk to our creameries. Take trip
into the country and look at our sleek
COWS, out fat hogs, our hocks of sheep,
and producers by the hundred.
Then inquire as to our market for
grain, stock, and other farm products;
examine the flour our millers make:
look for churches. ask about and visit
our country schools, our graded schools
and our colleges-yea, verify, for we
have them. Taste the water from our
springs and wells; breathe our always
pure and invigorating air. Everything
is here, except wood and breweries:
the former is growing very fast, and
we get along quite nicely without the
latter.
Let the young man just starting in
| life come, and if he has not the where.
with to purchase a quarter section, he
can rent one and take off enough crop
the first season to pay for it. The
father with lots of sons and daughters
should come and secure home for
each OF the children; they cannot:have
better send-off, and never again with
so small an outlay. Let the old people
come also; our climate and atmosphere
will give them vigor and renewed
lease of life. We want all classes to
visit us. with perhaps two exceptions:
The first is the land speculator; too
many of such have been here already.
The second is the lazy and shiftless
class; money does not grow on the
bushes in South Dakota any more than
elsewhere: it is in the soil, and honest
industry alone can find it; this is no
place for drones; the country they most
desire is found in the Southern States.
Remember that now is the time
during the harvesting and threshing
season-when you can SEE what we
produce, in spite of the jealous reports
of hot winds, drouth, billiards., hail,
aud what,not that have been pounded
into you for the past dozen wears. In
all earnestness, take our advice-.we
will treat you we'll
COME AND SEE US!
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