Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-11-23
1874 600 acres are land surface. The


state racks twelfth III size in the union.
tits iafger by one.TUurth than tire conn
binea area OF the New England state
The population is not more than half
a million. For. seven consecutive years
this state has led all Others in produc-
tion Of wealth per capita, the state re
ports for 1904 being Si43.950,663, or
estimated at 100000 population, S297.9l
for each man, woman and child. Men
II the east who have travelled west and
locate III South Dakota popularity
known as the aCoyote state" either on
land OF purchased outright or upon
somesof the l6i-acre farms granted as
homesteads by the government, say
that they have never repented the bar
gain. 1t has always proved a bargain
to The live man, whether he be farmer,
IL business OF professional man. Those
who visit this mid western state for
pleasure go back to il for profit, to till
its fertile soil, to raise livestock or to-
establish business that is us sure to
grow as the sun is to rise daily to the
meridian, for its prosperous population
are money makers and money spenders.
In short the South Dakota of today,
with its InriWng farms. it's we'll built
cities, towns, ana villages, its banks,
schools and educational institutions is
the ideal spot for a home for those who
wish to thrive and make money, in a
climate that is nearly perfect and
where sickness is hardly known 1t has
been truly said that South Dakota is a
poor place for doctors and landlords
| for illness is a rarity, and every land
! owner owns SO much land that he can
afford to laugh at landlords, for he is
| lord OF his own manor. Farming pays.
| The farming in South Dakota, so those
tell us who live there, pay better than
| in any other state in the union. That
is broad statement, but these men
who say so are farmers from New En-
who have farmed it all their lives, and
who have made more money, they say,
with the same effort in South Dakota
in five years than they could have made
| in three times five years in any other
state
! Next year Pierre will have an extern
| sive amount of grading and build
| ing, and the first real movement toward
city building will begin. Pierre must
tincressSs her Formulation several times
1 even if no attempt is made to bring in
manufactures. There is bound to be
great improvement, however, and more
! real changes will take place in the APP
| pearance of the town the coming year
, than for twenty years befyle 1t is
not at all improbable that Pierre will
+! have at least 5000 people nexts year.
i 1t is but a few days since railway ex-
tension was announced. Already peo-
| pie are coming to get in on the ground
! floor for the boom. ! We do not look for
any stampede and in fact would rather
see a steady growth, but with II 100000
acres OF land open to development west
of us along the new line of road, and
much of it to be homeSteaded there is
bound to be rush. Men who have
i lived in Pierre almost from boyhood
are now looking for homesteads. The
land that three years ago was the I'M
disturbed range of the cattle king is
today the object of homeseekers The
y country that congress was asked to
make a 64o-acre homestead land will
now be settled by men who will prove
u up on 100 acres. Where but a short
time ago the bones OF dead critteI
marked a spoton the prairie an artesiar
, we'll will soon gush forth. Instead OF
81 vague stories and underlined rumors
this vast land, larger than all New Eng
land combined, will become the field
of individual exploitation. The time
7 tiaSscome Waen a new city in the gal
u axy of commercial centers is going t,
spring up, and Pierre is that city. Ma
ture mas endowed us with fine waite
anu }sOOl ilC IiliGUly Ni Is
souri, will sweep away the unhealth,
/, sewerage Of the city, and from hole
ibored III the ground come an enaIes
supply OF natural gas. Light, heat ait
;. power is solved. Only the energy 0
: man now remains to be spent to trans
form Pierre into one of the great trad
centera of the northwest. Pierre vii
: be a good place for young men to star
in with their commercial life Capital
jout..al.
To Locate Here.
4 During the nexf couple of al
5 Pierre will. no doubt, witness man
large manufacturing plants of the cas-
locate distributing depots in Pierre
{ Already one of the greatest lmplemei
! houses on earth has commenced negt
! tiations. with one OF our local firms (
handle their transfer business. Iii
! business alone will mean many iara
!. buildings to be erected 1t will furnis
I employment to labor, and will add {