The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1906-06-01
bsspse are goyfuI and Prosperous
FARMERS Make Money and Invest ~
IN Land ana Get Rici,--sone Oak
= Land Open 70 Homestead.

rise I'M values gives them excuse for
another profitable speculation. Others
Are investors pure and simple. people
Who have idle capital and can find
10 better or surer safety deposit box
khAn the soil OF South Dakota, MOTH
ing that will yield them the same big
income in the form Of yearly rental
Ind steady increase In valuation.
kradesmen, mechanics, professional
men and plain workers are also here,
III eager TO find openings, and the
kempetent ones invariably do 80. But,
whatever their vocation or means. the
ambition OF ell II the same. They
want land and they want lots Of II.
We few who don't have this ambi-
ron to begin with quickly acquire IT.
hitter few days in the state They
oan't help tits in the air.
ITS not surprising" said one res
nAent, because all our wealth il based
an land. Those who are not making
money by what some economists call
sunearned increment" get II by min
3tsring TO the needs of those who till
ne soil, and the result in the end il
Ahe same. The man who buys South
l6Akota land, or the one who tiils It. or
Ae who sells goods to either of them
Nfll get wealthy, and that's all there Is
10 Il"
South Dakota Is certainly wonder
GuI country, and those who make their
homes here have ample excuse for
khair enthusiasm which is based on
HE golden rewards which have at
npded their efforts. They came here
Soor and when land was cheap and
rStiiled. They have seen the popula-
Non Increase by leaps and bounds. the
fairies gradually brought under cui-
Idtufion. and made to yield BONANZA
ereps, and the comforts and luxuriss
,h1 modern civilization secured, is II
ieny wonder they are proud and en-
khusiastic? Some unthinking strang-
;ers, thunderstruck by this universal
spirit. call 1t egotism, but few days
"a inspection makes them quickly
6hange their minds. On railway
Vain recently met Chicago drum
ner. who is on his tenth year in this
iaorritory. he said:
when I first began making South
{Uakota points u WAS considerably put
hut by what thought was the bum
comke, or esotism of the residents.
Their tales were of the Munchausen
order, to my way of thinking Now
I'm fully as garruio,R and confident
In this kind Of talk as any Of them. /
simply can't help It. I've seen the
Wonderful wealth Of the state. have
apen 1t increase at a rate which made
Nay head dizzy, and must admit that
the stories one hears are, as q rule.
sspeIl founded. Ever read the Arabian
lNirhts? Yes. Well. of course you
Remember the yarn about Aladdin and
mis- wonderful lamp. Say. that was q
great story, wasn't it? Well. sir, take
,hvS word for II. Mr.. Aladdin never did
anything half so magical as the
Change which has been wrought in
south Dakota within the last twenty
hive years. His deeds were cheap and
eakey. Here we have . profitable
reality"
1t 8 the custom in South Dakota to
refer to the times when land was
cheap" It's cheap today, considering
jlts enormous productive capacity and
lthe steady manner In which values
keep on advancing. Like all compar-
snfively new countries, the matter OF
values IL largely one Of location. In
.communities where the population IL
ilnrxe and OF desirable class the farms
ARE well titled and churches, schools.
banks, etc, reasonably numerous,
HANDS are naturally held at higher
tprices than in neighborhoods less fa-
Ivored by the progress or civilization.
All the lands in those western sections
OF the state are just as rich and just
a susceptible Of profitable improve
iment as the eastern. They are merely
awaiting the coming Of the settlers.
Once under the pillow. there will be no
question about the future.
As / have already said. the onward
march OF civilization In South Dakota
d n rapid one. The railway unloads
= few families on the bare prairie.
with nothing In view but broad ex-
iuanse OF blue sky and an undulating
stretch Of grass covered land. Tents
or sod houses 20 up. the sod ID broken,
and seed sown. The yield IN encourage
Iins and the hardy pioneers keep at
work. gradually subduing the wild
hands. Intent on Transforming IL into
= presentable farm. Some day he
wakes IN Il, a realization that he IL an
empire builder. His tent or sod house.
AXE that OF his neighbors. has grown
into Z comfortable we'll furnished
home. His farm Il fenced and highly
ryoductive. instead Of the primitive
hoe and scyshe he has modern agricui-
kural machines. and around him have
.nprunx viiiagesand even cities. teening
with life and prosperity. This Il the
sucord OF the older part Of South Da-
ksta. ana II 10 being duplicated today
Ia other sections Of the state. In
may be found an explanation Of
Increase In land values: Of the fact
that the holder OF farm r. frequently
sufprised TO learn that there are eager
purchasers for his holdings 1T o.
mueh As $50 or SIS m acre. when II
WAS only few years ago they cost
nm, nothing but the entry fees.
south Dakota II on the jump. The
last census. taken IN 1905. gives the
kbute . population of sss.is6. and this
Regulation Ii well distributed instead
e being nassed In one or two large
klt1ss. In other werds, economically
kpeAking. II Il o healthy population.
Me- largest city In south Dakota has
shy 1s.ssa people. willis there are