Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-08-25
Thursday. August rs, 1904.
OF VISITORS.

from various parts of the state con.
tinues to pour its hundreds every
week to the capitol city. Sometimes
they arrive in such numbers hat not
everything the people of Pierre
might desire can be shown them in
the way of attention. Nevertheless
they return home surprised and
delighted with what they have seen.
The Pierre capital committee is in
receipt Of multitudes of letters
expressing establishment of visitors
at what they have see in the city
and its surroundings. Some Of the
writer's declare they were favorable
to Mitchell when they started ON
their trip, but that the evidence of
what they saw at the capital has
converted them.
The stories that Mitchell knockers
have told about the capitol building
being so dilapidated and inadequate
auai unsafe and about Pierre being
nothing but a SHACK" town, are so
fully shown to be untrue that many
propose to retaliate upon the dis
pensers of the fraud, and they
declare that from now until election
they will put in a good share of the
time letting their neighbors know
the facts.
Recently a delegation went from
Worthwhile, and the Journal prints
interviews with some of them as
follows:
John Erickson, carpenter ION.
tractor says, Pierre is all right.
The city has exceptionally fine build
ings and it's surroundings are beauti-
ful. The natural gas wells are a
wonderful product of nature, and
must be a saving of thousands of
dollars to the city in the way of
light and fuel. The capitol building
Is a frame structure, but is quite
roomy, and the offices of the state
officers appeared to be suitable for
some time to come
&C. NJ. Cassatt, carpenter-co con.
ECactor says, Il heartily agree with
wEaat Mr.. Erickson says, and do not
taink it would be economy to move
tire capital
Thomas Cassatt says, The pres
cent capitol building is a very plain
structure but will do until a new one
~ erected. l think the public build
Ings and residences in Pierre are as
tine as any in the city of Mitchell,
End ! must say that | was agreebly
surprised in the buildings that met
my gaze in the capital city. The
caaantry west Of Pierre is not a
szsaren waste by any means. The
cssmtry for FIVE miles out is very
Ealing, but from ten to fifteen miles
from Pierre the land is as fine as
Any n eve looked at, and should
be good agricultural land.
Herman Batteen, of the firm of
Perry &Batteen. says, i am heartily
in sympathy with the people Of
Pierre who have spent thousands of
dollars to beautify their city and
make it a fit home for the capital of
this great state. They have some
elegant residences and business
houses, and the location of the city
the edge Of the bluffs is beauti-
ful in the extreme. | think il would
be a waste of money to remove the
Not only that, but it would
mot be right under the circumstances
that we voted ii there at a former
election
"A. w. Perry, a retired farmer,
says, Pierre is the proper place for
xhe capital. Let it stand there "
a dozen went from Brookings and
Ole Asklason, as their spokesman,
says in a letter to the Individual:
They have some fine buildings at
Pierre. We were shown ali through
the many rooms Of the capitol; and,
by the way, we we're somewhat sur
with that building, as we had
heard Il was only a shack that looked
like : storm shed, The building is
Of wood, but large and well built,
and ought 10 do for som t;ma I'll