The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-07-22
n City Of the future
Chat Was Out Of Sight
THEY were telling real estate stories

'IlE1 WE'RE Telling real estate SloTltS
in the Office of the United States
marshal. when Deputy Marshal Cash
Taylor told one that was acknowledged
TO he unique from ali points OF view.
1t was along in the early sos. Mr.
Taylor had laid down the duties of his
Office for three months 20 obtain rest
and recreation. The larger portion of
his vacation was spent in Dakota which
was then a frontier in every sense of
the word. Among the buSEbodies who
were seeking to take advantage of the
immature situation were real estate
men and promoters of town sites. The
narrator ran up against one of these
individuals one day-introduced to him
bv IA mutual friend" The man with
the scheme dropped the hint that per
haps he could let Il friend of his in ION
the ground floor" if he chose to take
advantage of an opportunity such as
never came twice in one mans life He
was the chief selling agent of lots in
the uewly-platted town of Henderson.
and. according to his story, lots were al
ready beginning 10 be SO enhanced in
,aluc that it was quite unreasonable TO
sell them any longer at the original
price. save in a case OF fhis kind, where
he could favor a friend"
TAYLOR didn't have the slightest in
tention of investing in town lots IN
Henderson or any other place in Da-
I5ota. hut for the novelty of the thing
he suffered himself to be taken into
the condolences" of the agent of Hen
Iersor and to go over with him the
prospects of the city that was to be.
They went into 4 private room 10
rethcr and reviewed the gorgeous map
If the town; with its broad streets.
marks, groves, sites for public buildings
and fountains. a union depot. a street
ear system and plans of sewer system
and pavements. In short. it was the
prospectus of a delightful city that
would prove a veritabie oasis in the
desert-like wilds of the Dakotas.
..Of course" explained the promoter,
all these improvements are not COM
pleted as yet. but we are confident that
the town will lack nor of them within
n few months, having much capital be-
hind it. The city hall, the palace no.
tel, the union depot and the public IL
brary are none of them quite completed.
neither as yet are all the streets paved
their entire length. But give us a rea-
.sonable amount of time. my dear SIT,
a reasonable amount of time. AS 1t Is,
we have one of the most promising
cities in the northwest, and real estate
property will multiply in value very
rapidlv. If you wish to invest in ten
or fifteen lots, l will make you a price
such as no one else at this late day
can possibly get
But Mr.. Taylor, though immensely
fs,ttered by the friendly offer to be
taken in ION the ground floor was APP
~nrehepsiye that there was a cellar some
where beneath that floor, into which
sooner or later a reckless investor from
the wilds ot Michigan might be precip-
itated. He accordingly refused to buy
Some weeks later he happened to be
a passenger on the Northern Paclhc
nea. that portion of the territory which
nr made his headquarters. His chance
travelling companion was a herce-look'
inc but generous-hearted westerner,
done I'D in buckskins, high riding boots
spurs. sombrero and a heavy waist ar
-senaI. Their conversation was sudden'
ly interrupted by the action OF the
brakeman. who was seen to hurrlediS