The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-04-20

And such "a dinner with such an APP
petite-it Was st for q king and why
not, for our hostess carried the royal
! blood OF tile court oil Sweden. She
took great pleasure in showing to us
two famous Oil paintings of her royal
anc estors which were painted in Par
is in the sixteenth century and have
been handed down in the family ever
since. They represent two members
of the family Of Twedenstjeina of the
royal court of Augusta the Third.
These painting. now over 400 years
old. are very valuable but money will
not induce the family to part with
them. Here we also found seven
large paintings of the late Prof.
Bengt Nordenberg of N~ordenberg
Sweden. One of his paintings sold
recently for $40, ZOO.
Arriving at the site Of the coming
city of Murdo we found that the
telephone in keeping pace with the
forward movement of Immigration
and that they had their Office in a
wagon box and here we could have
stood and talked to the great cities
OF the east.
The location for the town of Muir
do is ideal, heing located on Slightly
roolling land giving excellent drain
age facilities A site for a main
street can be selected which will
lead directly south from the probable
location of the depot and many resi-
dent streets with prominent and
beautiful building locations may be
artist cally laid out.
With the location of the townsile
of Murdo at the center of the dis
lance from Mitchell to Rapid City
and in the midst OF !, vast and rich
agricultural section and with every
chance OF some day becoming the
capital OF a new country carved from
the western half of Lyman country.
1t is surrounded with the possible
ties of becoming a town of consider
able prominence.
One night was spent here and there
were twelve of us in the closely
crowded hunks at the Malone road
house. but those who have never
experienced, it, can hardly realize
the freshness of Il sleep out on a
Dakota prairie with the spring
breeze blowing in at the open win
dow off the starting buffalo and salt
grass We slept the sleep of ii tired
traveller.
The Bracket sheep ranch near
was very interesting and it
was "A grand sight to watch the
flock of 5000 sheep Craze on the ROLL
ing hills. The flock was in charge
of a twelve year old girl and she
was very proud of her pony and
dog. When we asked her If she was
lonesome her CHEEKY brown face
lighted up with Joy and She said
"No, / don't get lonesome and
swong into her saddle, galloping
away saying ST must head those
sheep this way that are wandering
away
On the return to Presho we stopped
at the Iverson ranch for dinner. Mr..
Iverson located ten years ago and
now owns a large herd of cattle.
When asked wat he thought of the
country as IL farming country lie said
that it would take some ti1ue but
that the soil would grow anything.
His house is constructed of immense
logs secured from Clay creek. He
also had a pile of wood in the yard. |
many OF the logs being two feet in
Wood is the fuel of the
ranches and many Of the home
.steaders, the wood being secured
from White river and the creeks. !
Several say miles are in operation
the White river. Miles and miles
Of fence are see with nothing but
native timber used for pots.
The black claim shanty is seen
every where. say black, for all are
covered with tar paper. On one we
found this inscription: ssWe havej
struck the land Of, drought and heat,
where nothing grows for man to eat.
gumbo sticks fast to a mans
feet. but the d-n stuff is hard to
beat" And this is true, for there is
no richer soil in the world than the
'ich black loan which is found in
Lyman comfy.
. The soil is sticky when wet for it
s devoid OF grit or sand. But it is
hardly proper to call it rumbo, for
genuine gumbo is found only in the
'erY low places or lake beds and OF
these there are very few. The rich
soil is from two to ten feet