The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-14
IND HER NAME rs. IV-AIER7 OWN
Saeest and Most Ub Date Little civ IN South Da.
kota---A ffPrise thinner That offers Great
Inducements for the Ingestoy
Special Correspondence

Special Correspondence. IN.
Me5eTaSTas E III prN Was as Maud ass
Maud puts everything to the bad once
a week in the comic supplements of
the papers, but it she could just look
over this ssGem,, l5s g South Dakota,
have another @'t1.kiek coming South
first by the verses of NDoane Robinson,
who. has la reputation second to none
in producing "a line Of stuff that
everybody reads and likes, and second,
by good, clean facts that are published
in South Dakota, = whose, editors stand
high an the newspaper fraternity, all
over the country. II But, while most of.
the towns are. wide awake, and pro-
gressive, there is one that has made
''an awful hit' with. me, and that is.
the dead swell' little burg of Water
town, ,,Coddington county, where the
and where the glad hand'' is extend
ed, land every encouragement is given
by business union that "extends
every assistance to the visitor who is
DESTROYS of opening up a new business.
Watertown is located in the north
eastern part Of the Estate, about 200
miles west from Minneapolis, and in a
d
and IS populated by prosperous, hap
Ply and contented class of farmers who
"have made good' in old Coddington,
and are the hardy, right sort Of men
that are "builders, - who: discount
their obligations and feel they are in
'God's country and they are. Wa
ets ssppRg f b~ s and ar
great northwest. The great North,
Western system reaches out and taps
| this town both from the twin cities and.
Chicago, as does the Rock Island, and
Jim Hill has pushed his road thru from
st. Paul, while our own Minneapolis
"bunch," and all of these roads con-
slider Watertown second to no city in
South = Dakota that "delivers the
goods. -, Think. of this, you men Of
affairs in the east who are looking for
a place to open up new manufactur-
ing plant or to establish new whole
| sale branch. Just have the porter make
a Flyer to one of the f'iive ones >
| OF the state: You are there in the
morning from. the twins and only one
| day from Chicago, look over the splen-
| did warehouses that shelter the machine
interests. see the up-to-date business
way affairs are conducted by some of
| the, best men of the state. Go up and
/ hooAH I'LL u din 't0 UIduI IS wholesale
grocery plant and gasp with surprise
! when You learn the territory this bust
ness, covers and the high-class grade Of
goods they place all over the north
Look thru the up.-to. date lumber
yards, visit the big elevators, size us
the splendid terminal facilities of four
big railroads. Then jump into one Of
the forty kerosene buggies' that this
little city boasts, and whirl down to Will
Stokes big 4O0-barrel-per- day, flour mill,
and see them produce the tt.fwhite stuff y
from Geadtidiipgton county.W that has
a great reputation and is shipped all
9 Gger the e. wor1d.: Then talk to, Herb Shel,
don or w. b. Rylls about the
j Financial strength: of the city and
county and get a line on how everybody
is fixed, and the. prosperity that exists ID
this hustling, bustling community nd
the strong standing. the business inter.
eSsts enjoy in financial and business. cir.
| eles~ all over the northwest Yoi1 oJutgllt
to be going some by this time and be
convinced that this is, a great2section to
invest and live in, bit if You are from