Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1895-04-25
SHELDON SAYS 50.
The Governor Believes Pierre has
a Bright Future Ahead.
GO FOR NATURAL GAS
Items of Local Interest Gathered To-
gcthcr During the Week
Gone BY.

Governor Sheldon is an enthusiast
when it comes to the possibilities in store
for the state when our irrigation facil-
ties are properly developed. He also be-
icvcs that the hidden stores in mother
earth, away down deep. are capable of
great deal more than artcsian water. aud
talked in the following strain to the FREE:
PRESS the other day:
"Iou people in Pierre should properly
realize what might be expected for the
city if You should ever go after it. j
firmly believe that underneath your artc
sian basin is an unlimited supply of nat
,lral gas. and ii you would organize to
bore for it you would not be disappointed.
If had the means at my command
would test the matter for myself within
the next few months. In the natural gas
regions of Ohio and adjacent states it is
no uncommon thing to go fully 1000 feet
to tap a flow. while you have found it in
good quantities right here in this city all
The way from 400 To l.2O0 feet. There
must he a vast store of this gas some
where beneath your city, OF i, would not
lie creeping to the surface. Why don't
you 90 after it? by boring to say depth
of 1000 feet it stands to reason that you
would find flow sufficient to light and
heat your city, and it would be Il big in
crntivc to the establishment of nlanufac
tories here of various kinds that would
insure your city's future growth and
prosperity, not only in the wealth it
l,vt,,C M in I,n nf ~
ting the building of Il road across to the
Hills. Then in that event. with your
good supply of gas for power purposes.
and your position ON the Missouri river.
with its unlimited supply of water. villa;
would stand in the way of your having
smctcrs here 70" reducing the ores from
that country? The possibilities for
Pierre seem unlimited. What would help
the city in this way would be of great
bcrciit to the whole state. With plenty
of natural gas here, and water. why not
have WOODEN mills in operation 10 clean
aud manufacture wool right where it is
produced in such large quantities You
people of Pierre have the working on, of
year own future in Your grasp, and it
will be bright if YOU will only take the at
yau,uycS nature has laid in store for you. :"
City News.
There is * dncided Improvement in
Pierre property in the way of building,
fencing, planting trees and vines. and
putting in water service. Almost every
property owner in the city is improving
aud identifying his place in some way
Manager Cuttin. has force of twenty
men employed in extending the water
mains aud when completed will cover the
city pretty thoroughly The mains will
be extended from Euclid avenue on Tii1cn
street to Attica street: OH Hill street from
Retreat to Broadway: on Broadway to
Folsom avenue. aud on Third street from
Erskinc to Decatur street. Most of the
people living along the line of the pro-
posed ex;ansion will connect with the
service. ToaY lIcngcl is putting in the
water at his place II, the Second ward and
j. Il. Dillon, OF East Pierre. is doing the
same. For number OF yea,s our citizens
have felt the lard times too much TO Sc
cure water service and what comes with
it, but the prospects are so much brighter
gone to work With new hope and q new
energy that bids fair to make orr city one
of the most prosperous in the land
The vacant store and residence build
ings gre rapidly filling up and the rental
schedule is rising. There is scarcely a
desirable 6uiidjng that is vacant ut pres
cnt. and large amount of building and
improvements are under way. The pros
poets were never better for bonntiful
harvcstan people have taken hold with
new vigor and hopcfulness, realizing that
the opportunities and inducements Of
feed here are better by far than else
where. 10 be sure, Pierre is not as pros
porous as we would all wish. but she man
fully held her own during the great inan-
ciul panic OF two years ago. and since
then has been steadily improving, The
man who stands on the street corners and
continually complains OF hard times
would go hungry in the land OF milk and
honey. 1t is the people who are fairly
well sa tistied with what they have got,
and always on the alert to bettcrotheir
condition, that make cntcrprising citi-
Zens.
AS the spring house cleaning season APP
proacLes y plumber of our citizens arc
moving about aud changing their places
OF abode. j. G. Williams and family &C
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