Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1904-07-21
i is oREAr FoR SOUTH DAKOTA.

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Opening of the Rosebud Will Benefit
All the Counties In the Southern
Section.
The Rosebud registration has pro-
crossed sufficiently to demonstrate
that the opening to settlement Of this
tract Of land will be far.reaching IN its
effects, and will work wonderful
transformation in the entire country.
not only Immediately west Of Cham
berlain, but the border counties on
the east side OF the Missouri river az
well.
The Rosebud opening ia bringing
thousands of people into the state who
might otherwise never have come, and
after they reach here the country
proves both a revelation and a sur
prise to the visitors. While but COM
paratively few will be able to be TAX
en- care of in the Rosebud opening, the
overflow that will drift over the lands
already subject to homestead entry In
Lyman and Stanley counties viii GER
tainly retire all lands open to settle
ment during the summer and I'LL every
quarter with an occupant, fastening
the settlement of the country by many
years. In fact, the officials of the gem
eral land Office look for much heavi-
err filing the next two months on the
vacant Sioux lands than in the Rose
bud, not especially because the former
are better, but because they are more
extensive and the people are here to
acquire them.
While there will not be to exceed
/ 400 entries made outside of the In
dian allotments in the Rosebud, the fl
ings on the Sioux lands in Lyman
county alone, as shown by the follow
ing statement of the Chamberlain land
Office. we're during the six months end
ing July /, the large total Of 2,87O. as
follows: Original homestead entries
2,S7O, returning 42S,794 acres; final
homestead proofs, 154, perfecting title
to 24,094 acres; commuted homestead
proofs for 72S quarters, perfecting IT,
tie to 103,579 acres, or grand total
Of 3,007 entries and 445, S67 acres han
died by the ONCE during the six
months. This is showing that dWarfs
the probabilities of the entries on the
Rosebud, SO far as magnitude is con-
cerned, and proves that for those who
fail to secure fortunate numbers in
that tract the Sioux lands still furnish
a substitute presenting all the advan-
tages, possibilities and prospects as
those coveted lands. AS it is probable
that the Northwestern will In the i'm
mediate future be extended into the
Rosebud lands. so it 10 also certain
that the Milwaukee line will immedi-
ately be extended west from Chamber
lain through these vacant Sioux lands
to the Black Hills and on to the Pacific
coast, and as Lyman county is long
and narrow. the projected line of the
Milwaukee company will make rail-
road communication convenient to all
parts of the county. And as to town
site possibilities. all these will also be
live factor in the extension Of the
Milwaukee line, for town will Of ne
cessity have to be placed every ten
miles for the entire $50 miles between
Chamberlain and the Black Hills.
ANY one who takes a glance at the
map Of the country west of the Mis-
souri, river will see at a glance the
wonderful transformation that is being
worked in the face Of nature by the
thousands, now fiocking into this por-
ton Of the state in quest of homes,
The inevitable result must be the i'm.
mediate requirement by actual home.
builders of all the vacant lands now
subject to entry in this vicinity. the
creation of many thrifty, prosperous
cities, and permanent, substantial de.
velopment throughout country now
in its infancy, yet rich in soil and
promise for the future. Neither will
those who fail to secure tracts in the
Rosebud have reason to regret their
misfortune on account OF price. All
such will find homes in the Sioux lands
with the only charge for acquiring the
same being the filing fee OF $14, or in
case proof is committed after a resi-
dence of fourteen months, a charge Of
from 80 cents to $1.25 per acre, instead
Of the $4 asked for the Rosebud lands
BY Oct. ! the lands west Of the Mis-
souri, ri.er in South Dakota will be as
thickly settled as airy portion OF the
state, which will also vastly increase
the value Of all farm lands in all por
tons of the state. We Therefore reit
crate that the Rosebud opening, in at
tracing tens Of thousands to the strife
win have more far-reaching effects
than any other factor In the history 81
the state.