The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-01-01
CALLED An ALLEGED BLUFF

CALLED An ALLEGED BLUFF
Ever since G. b. Billingl1urst start
s1Fthe Pierre Daily Dak0tan he la!
len spelling for q chance to demon
straLe that he 10 supporting his hom'
city for the retention Of the stat,
caiptal. The opportunity came wher
seme Of the local adherents Blled hin
With = story Of Mitchell's alleged
du1lng tactics, and he proceeded tt
dotail the whole a1air-whIch was III
reference to the reservation lying
Wsst Of Pierre. and which that towl
y now busily engaged In trying :
populate with the fling Of home.
Steads.
Without inquiring into the truth
nnlness Of the statement Of whether
Mitchell had any such men In its EN-.
Toy Nj. Billinghunt at once rushed
Into print to cast discredit on Mitch.
~. We have always believed Editor
Dtlltnshurst to b = pretty fair man,
Int he has been imposed upon pretty
saRiy 10 his.newspaper experience.
The Dakotan asserts that there was
1cr0wd Of landseekers coming oveI
tae North Western road about the
middle OF December and that they
were bound for the reservation to
he on the land. 1t Is asserted that
some man in the employ OF Mitchell
got among these ~landseekers and at
tempted to dissuade them from GO
ing out to the reservation, saying
that the land was worthless and I'M
productive. The Dakotan says that
- Huron gentleman quickly called
this bluf, and when c0rnered Mr..
Kn0cker admitted that he lad never
beens to Pierre. and when asked Why
~ should take the course be was
Hursuing he remarked he was paid
for the work he was doing and In
tended to earn his money" The
Dzkotan goes OF to say that the land
spekers made 1t 20 uncomfortable for
the gentleman that he left the train
. CentTeville and that another
Mitchell man rode from Centreville
% Parker and pursued the same tao
tics.
Editor Biilinghurst publishes the
ABOVE rot for just one purpose. and
that 10 to work up more sympathy for
Herre, which 10 practically the foun-
dation for all Its capital argument.
.Itsls the slllicst twaddle for the Da
kotan TO charge that up to Mitchell.
This city has not In It's employ any
nan to do such work az that. There
= nothing gained by 1t. Those fell
lows who want to 90 out and look at
the reservation are bound to 60, no
natter how mach any person might
say against 1t, II 20 inclined. In
fact, We are perfectly willing that
they should make the fullest investi-
cation for they will have their eyes
Spened quicker that way than any
thing that might be said to them.
When , landsseksr goes over there
lor tho purpose OF tinding sgr.cultur-
a lands he an6s his t1iBtake quick
enousb. but " be 10 looking Tor graz
ing lands be will Ind them In abund.
ance and the richest that can be
found In the whole western country.
Pierre brought that reservation into
the capital campaign and has sought
to make Of 1t an agricultural country,
Nth the Idea that In thu few years
70 come 1t Is going to be a densely
populated country. There have been
sufficient people who have investigat.
Cd the reservation who assert In all
honesty and candor that this great
range should not be spoiled In ar
effort to grow agricultural products
40 Is done on the east side Of the
river.
The Dakotan makes the statement
that during the past two years that
almost 600 people have filed home
ateads on the reservations west o
Pierre and Chamberlain. But the
Dakotan does not think for one
moment that the filing Of q home
stead means an actual settler. 1t j,
= well known fact that Of recent dat,
the landseekers have been employees
Of one Of the big packing companies
At Omaha, who have sent their mer
out to secure as much land as possible
In one body for the purpose OF having
. larger range for cattle.
The Pierre fellows have Away.
wanted fairness In this campaign ant
In the same breath they emit sucf
stun as is chronicled for truth by tn,
Dakotan. Mitchell is not using sucl
childish tactics In its campaign ant
1t would be utter folly and seems lik,
the worst kind Of amateurism to en-
ploy a man who would give sucl
things away. Pierre can chase up al
such foolish stories and cast then
on the desert air. 1t doesn'l
hurt Mitchell and keeps Pierre's tim'
employed.