Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1895-11-21
iowa and South pakota.

Dakota Huronite: Away down in
lower Iowa, the other day, the writ
er during an hours visit with one
of its old settlers, gentleman who has
been in public life in that state more
than forty years, got into the following
Iconfab:
Iowan-"A good many people are
leaving your state now?"
Dakotan-"Yes, we have had little |
pinch up there, as we notice you have
here, even in this old settlement"
Iowan-''Yes, you are right, the
pinch is everywhere, and affects new
settlements the worst. a good many
of our people are dissatisfied, selling
out and going away, but they general
ly have to get somebody in to keepthe
number good. 1t is no sign of fault in
"a country that people leave it now"
Dakotan-tDo you remember that
when you went up the Mississippi,
| from Keokuk to McGregor, in the fall
of 1858, the prairie schooners by scores
and scores were waiting at every land
ing on the west side of the river, wait
ing impatiently for the ferries to get
them out OF Iowa?"
Iowan-''Yes. yes, 1 remember it
we'll. We had boom in 1856 and in
early 1857, but the country went to
business smash in the latter part of
1857. Then came bad crops in 1858,
wild cat currency, threats to blow up
the Union, hard winter, sick wheat"
poverty, and the devil to pay general
| ly. We had about as many people as
you have now, and feared we were 60
ing to lose all OF 'em. Guess they
would haye gone if there had been any
railroads to carry them out!"
Dakotan-"That is just as we re-
member it. We came oyer to Iowa
that very fall, fresh from school. Our
best girl was here and couldn't get
back. So we came, and, after paying
the preacher, neither of us could get
back. Had to stay and fight it out,
until Iowa became one of the grandest
and richest states in the Union, then
went over into South Dakota, which is
going to be better and richer state,
by far, when it is developed"
| Iowan-"You put it on thick, but I
have no doubt that South Dakota is to
be a glorious state. People will leave
it and go to it by turns as times change
and the spirit moves them. Do you
know that more than million of
people have left Iowa since 1880? If
we could have held on to you people
that insisted on hunting for better
} things the present census would have
shown you more than three millions OF
people in this state; but we had to let
J you go, and the world admits that we
, have been getting along pretty we'll
, That most wonderful water discovery
' and development will work wonders TO,
4 your section, and nobody of sense real
/, ly doubts that South Dakota is b,
0 nature as rich every way as Iowa eve
\ was. When the next impulse of pros
perity comes you will be right in i
every way. The. south is little en-
. ticing to many now, but this grea
y central region between the great lake
n and the Rocky mountains, is to hol,
i the leading wealth and civilization o
the continent at a very early day. |
= those of your people who have had gri
y and gumption enough to sustain them
S selves during the past ten years wan
5 to see real prosperity, they better wal
for it where they are. The wheel mus
take another turn during this decad
u and the capital prize is sure to sto
e fright at South Dakota doors"