Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-06-30


city has got and return home Then
the week following take the same
parties to Pierre. The Milwaukee
can easily make arrangements with
the Northwestern to take excursionists
to Pierre.
What will such excursions prove!
They will prove that the stories now
being foated by Mitchell for capital
thunder in these parts are mere
falsehoods, plain and simple. First,
they will show there is but little diff
ference in the time consumed in get.
ting to and from the respective cities.
They will show that the country
around Pierre is just a good as the
country around Mitchell. The land
is practically the same; the amount
of moisture is the same; if fact they
will show that if Hughes and adjoin-
ing counties are worthless but for
grazing purposes, that Dawson and
her neighbors are no better.
These excursions will also give the
falsehood to another of Mitchell's
alleged arguments, viz: That
Pierre is a poverty ridden remnant
of a once city" The visitors to
Pierre will find a busy city of three
thousand or nor persons, who will
give them such a welcome as only
Pierre can give for her reputation
has gone forth as the most hospita-
BILE of all cities and her people are
the most royal good fellows and the
best entertainers on earth. The Wis
itors will find an ideal place for a
cap tai city. Not Il located upon
a fiat prairie where proper drainage
for a sewerage system for a large
city-and that's what South Dakota's
capital will be some days impossi-
BILE; but a city located upon three
benches that grade up from the Mis-
souri, river giving a natural drainage
from the lowest as well as the high
est elevation and making a sewerage
system for any city mo matter how
large an easy problem.
These excursionists will find a city
with the most modern improvements
water syst-m, electric light system,
proper sewerage system, proper fire
protection. churches of all denomi-
nations. three Of the finest brick
public school buildings that can be
fCzr1 anywhere in South Dakota, a
handsome and prosperous Catholic
school, q fine large brick Catholic
hospital, three as fine bank build
ings as can be found anywhere in
the country. a Carnegie free public
library. the new government build
ing IN course of construction, fine
brick court house, splendid hotel
buildings with ample accommoia-
tons for any number of people, good
solid brick business blocks and many
as fine residences as can be seen in
any city in the state.
The exc~ursionists could also have
the pleasure of seeing those artesian
wells that throw up water that is
sufficiently warm for bathing pur-
purposes when il leaves the ground,
and containing sufficient gas to furn-
ish light for the entire city, power
for the city pumping station and
numerous private business enters
prises that use gas Tor power, and
also furnishes fuel for hundreds Of
families. They IAN see how easy it
would be for the state to sink an
artesian well on the state house
grounds and thereby save the expense
of fuel aud lights for the state house
for all time to come.
The exc~ursionists could spend a
few hours in the beautiful Riverside
park, which is filed with large
native trees, resting and talking over
what they had FOL In the even
ing we will promise that Pierre citi-
Gems will charter one Of the steam,
boats and give them one Of those
moet delightful evening excursions
on the Missouri river and take then
down to Farm island-which as its