The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1900-03-16
THE YEARS OUTLOOK
A Brief Summary Of What Mitchell EaS
to Offer People as a Place in
Which TO Live.
The Building Outlook for Mitchell Has
Not Been so Bright in a Good
Many Years.
How the Money in South Dakota Banks
is Divided Among Various Classes
Of People.


Vi TtUpl6.
THE MITCHELL OF 1900.
Some Of the Things She Has Done
and What is Looked For
ward To.
Twenty-one years ago the site now
occupied by Mitchell as city was
nothing more than a vast prairie stretch
of country, with hardly tree to break
the monotony OF the scene. Before that
there was a small settlement q short
distance northeast from the present site
of Mitchell. In the expanse of twenty
years-brief in the west-Mitchell has
made some giant strides in it's forward
movement towards the building of q
city, and its position today among the
leading cities of the state is indicative
of the push aud energy of her people.
The growth of the town has not been
of the mushroom characters but it has
been of that kind that builds for all
time to come. While the years of de-
preston were on, Mitchell lost none of
her prestige and though not much ad-
vancement was made the city was able
to maintain her standing and prevent
any retrogression. Mitchell has kept
pace with the country surrounding it
has never thought it good policy to take
ameteoric shoot along the lines of pro.
gross and then wait for the procession
to come along, and in the meantime
lose q good deal that she had gained
Building operations will be conducted
on larger scale this year than for a
good many years. The necessity for
more and better buildings has not been
apparent until within the past year or
and probably conservatism that Is q
little strong has prevented some build
ing that was required several years ago.
But the evidences of prosperity have
shown the need for moro buildings and
this year they will como, both ~ to
business aud resident buildings. One
feature of the erection of the business
buildings is the fact that they are going
TO be put up by Mitchell business men
their own money going into the struot.
ure, which is plenty of evidence that
the business men have abundant faith
in the future of the city.
Mitchell is particularly we'll supplied
with schools and churches. Of the
latter their are eight which attend to
the spiritual wants of her oitizens and
they are we'll attended and supported
by the people. Mitchell's public
schools and Dakota University are the
pride of her citizens. There are four
fine school buildings located in various
parts Of the city and also the parochial
school undor the management of the
Catholic church. Dakota University,
standing prominent in the south part
of the city, is strong incentive to at
tract people to move here to educate
their children. The directors ol
college have their plans all laid for the
erection OF an additional building this
year aud expect to commence work or
it just as soon as spring opens in order
to have it in readiness for the opening
of the fall term.
Tho excellent railroad facilities-ir
which the Milwaukee road goes out il
four directions and the Omaha gives III
an eastern outlet-have attracted
several enterprises that would have
gone elsewhere. For instance the J. 1
Case Wholesale transfer house ant
Turner's wholesale dairy supply house
There are machine shops, flour mills
the Milwaukee has it's round house ant
all of these employ a good force OF men
The city is well supplied with news
papers. 1t has one daily-THE RE
PUBL1CAN-snd three weeklies-THl
CAPITAL, The Gazette and Die Dakot
Post. There are four monthly publ
cations-The South Dakota Educator
The State Issue, prohibition paper
The Visitor, the organ of Dakota Con
ference, The Phreno-C Cosmian, tn
college paper, and the South Dakot
Retailer. the official organ OF the retail
merchants of the state.
The business and resid ence section c
the city is we'll lighted with electricit
and fine local telephone system or
ables people to be in close connectio
with each other. Besides the local tn
long distance telephone reaches out i
every direction and places Mitchell /