Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1905-11-23
MANY MORE INDUSTRIES.
New Railroads Will Open Up Natura
Resources of Black Hills.

Rapid City. :. D., Nov. 1.-THE peo-
pie of South Dakota have not Yet fully
grasped the meaning of the construc-
ton of the two railroads across the res
ervation from Chamberlain and Pierre
to this city. There is now no further
question but that the Milwaukee and
Northwestern Railway companies VIII
push their lines across the reservation
at the earliest possible time.
From the Black Hills standpoint, per-
haps, it will mean more financially to
the Hills than to the eastern part of
the state. In the first place, there are
a good many coal mines along the west
ern border of the state which could be
opened uD and the product shipped to
the eastern part of the state at Il good
profit to the Black Hills owners. There
is also a great prospect OF opening up
oil wells in The same district and the
oil found there is II superior quality TO
anything that could be furnished from
the south. The timber and building
stone supplies are another product that
would come into market in the eastern
part of the state.
The building of these roads will mean
the increasing of the population of the
Black Hills. there being many thou
SAND people who will take up their
homes throughout Stanley n Lyman
counties and it will increase the pop
ulation of the foot hill cities. largely.
such us Rapid City. Sturgis, Belle
Fourche n Spearfish.
Since the attention of the people of
the state has been turned to the So
called reservation. the lame lying be-
tween the Missouri river and the Black
Hills, it has been found that the soil
is rich and will. along the creeks. raise
an excellent crop each year without
failure. The higher lands cannot he
surpassed for cattle and sheep raising
All this vacant ground is now being
taken up rapidly. and in the course OF
the next two or three years there will
be settlers or every section.
1t is practically II certain thing that
n great many manufacturing plants
will locate in the Black Hills cities.
Cheap w can be furnished and sc
make a market for manufactured prod
ucts at home. Already negotiations are
in * for one of the largest foun-
dries in the west which will be moved
to the Hills as soon as the right place
is found.
The Black Hills can become a self
supporting community entirely.
These connecting inks of steel would
mean much politically to the Black
Hills. The day has come, it would seen
to the Black Hills people, when n bet
ter representation is needed at Wash.
ington.
With all the latent wealth of the
Black Hills and the varied interests tt
be looked after, it would seem that the
Black Hills can rightfully ask and de.
manda United States senator. This de
! mand is at the present time being made
and with an excellent prospect of being
granted.
The two parts of the state. the cas-
and west. would be united.
There are few states in the union tina
have greater wealth and greater posi-
bilities thar South Dakota. In min
eral wealth the Hills stands third place
at the present time and with the propel
attention to these mining investment
by the eastern South Dakota people
the Black Hills could easily take II sec
ond place.
THAT time is surely coming.