The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-02-18
Most Centrally Located,

tnd edltors one would think that
was a Mitchell jubilee. Of cours
Pierre had friends there but tn,
'entlment and crowd all seemed j,
favor OF Mitchell, and promincn,
Sioux Falls old timer remarked
that "Mitchell is geogra phicall, !,
the center of population at presen,
and always will remain so, not be-
cause other parts of the state will
not grow and prosper, but from til
TACT that the population OF the state
will hold it's present and future re.
latlon to we'll defined center and
Mitchell seems to be that center in
spite of all other conditions whict
surround other growing centers OF
population. Yankton, Mitchell
| Redfeld and Aberdeen are the lead.
ing business centers of a north line
leading through the center of the
state. Watertown, Brookings,
Sioux Falls, Canton and Elk Point
represent the eastern line of com
nercial activity and all are within
easy distance of the proposed cap
ital location at Mitchell. From
Elk Point, Vermillion, Gayville,
Yankton, Scotland, Springfield and
Fyndall, Mitchell is but few hours
distant. From Canton, Worthing,
Lennox, Parker, Marion Junction,
Bridgewater and Alexandria Mitch
ell is neighbor. The Northwest.
ern takes you up at Alcester, or at
Beresford, Centerville, Hurley or
Parker and drops you at Salem,
where the Sioux Falls branch of
the Northwestern picks you up and
you are at Mitchell in very short
time. From Watertown, or Brook
logs or Madison you run out west
and jump onto the train with its
many connections at Aberdeen,
which picks up travellers from the
east and west, at Redfeld, Wolsey
and Woonsocket and again you
are close to Mitchell when they get
to the east side of the river. The
same is true of those who on the
vest side of the Missouri when they
reach Pierre. The Black Hills peo-
pie won't have to ride all day and
part of the night to reach Mitchell,
as they do now to reach Pierre. II
the Milwaukee builds west from
Chamberlain and Evarts, and this
will be done, then the entire coun-
try from Hot Springs and Edge
mont to Belle Fourche will be with
In a reasonable distance from
Mitchell"
Thus spoke a man who seems to
have given the location question
some study as to the conveniences
of the public, and when one looks
over the railroad map of the state
Mitchell is found to be popula-
ton and railroad center, which one
can reach from any point in the
state east of the Black Hiiis with
ease and comfort, and not nights
ride anywhere only coming from
Pierre to Wolsey. When man
has to ride all day and the greater
part Of the night in the winter time
to reace a state capital it is time it /
was hanged to some point where
the people could get there between
meals.
After the first winter session of
the legislature at Pierre, a constant
and growing demand for the re.
moval Of the capital has been beard
all over the state With the excep-
ton Of the local interest embraced
within a circle Of so miles. If the
capital had been located at Mitch
ell, Sioux Fails, Huron OF Redfield
10 the beginning, no one would
ever have heard Of q removal com
binatien Pierre is not "a blame
for The eond isiolls that favor ssE
ore central poi
lare is f So