The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-03-23
PROSPEROUS HILLS COUNTRY
Black Hills Section Showing the Eff
fects of Railroad Construction
RIGHT Nov,
Right Now.

AS stated i'm Fridays issue, Presi.
dent Nicholson has JUST returned
from a trip in which he visited AL
most every part of the Black Hills
region. He reports a bright outlook
for that country.
At Rapid City the Northwestern
is grading its track eastward and
has laid several side tracks into the
city Large quantities of material
are piled up near the site of their
proposed Car shops and it is evident
that they mean to make quite a town
there. "A large foundry, a cement
factory and other industries have re-
Gently been loacted there'and the CO.
Pile confidently expect Rapid City 10
become a large town i'm the near flu
Iure. They propose TO work hard
for the location of the Seminary i'm
that CITY and their business men in
dlcrted that they would make large
inducements to the college to put it
there.
At Belle Fourche the irrigation
PROJECT promises to make a large
town and a prosperous country,
There is a new town laid out by
the government about twenty miles
o! mole easc OF Belle Fourche and
some think the Milwaukee means to
run to this. This whole region will
yield all sorts OF "truck,n fruit. etc.
in large quantities and Butte coun-
ty will ere long develop into a great
country. Other irrigation projects
are projected and there is a large
amount of good coal in Butte
county. Beet sugar will be
grown in large quantities and a
large beet sugar refinery is likely to
be built at Belle Foarcbe. At Dead
wood the Homestake Company is
now building d mill. said to cost.
when completed about S40O, 900. The
Homestake mine will increase it's
output and il is stated on excellent
authority that it has GRE enough an
covered at the present time to keep
it going at this increased rate for
Twenty-Five years and that the sup
ply seems inexhaustible during the
life time of the present generation.
at least.
DeaGwood citizens are very anx-
lous to secure the Seminary. At Hot
Springs, the Soldiers Sanitarium
now nearing completion. is a mag
niticent group OF buildings. Here is
located the old Black Hills College.
a fine three story stone building,
with good house for the principal ard
a fine campus. The people of hot
Springs make liberal offers to have
the University buy the old property
and locate there. The whole town
seems anxious to have this done. A
new and attra"tive aspirant for the
Seminary is Whltewood. 1T is a
small village located nine miles from
Deadwood. about eighteen from
Belle Fourcbe, twelve from Spearhsh
and nine from Sturgis and is the CEN
ter of a present population of about
81, 600 people. They have fine water,
a good city water system, the finest
building stone. slightly locations and
Senator Cooper and Editor Carr are
hustline to get the Seminary located
there. 1t is said that the Deadwood
and Lead people will heartily
support Whitewood i'm case it appears
that the University is not likely to
locate at Deadwood.
DR.. Nicholson considers the i'm
mediate development of the Black
Hills an assured thing. The mex
hausuible mineral resources of Wyo-
ming and the Hills. the gardening.
fruit and cattle raising to be pro-
jected m the marvellously fruitful
valleys OF western South Dakota and
the new impetus OF the railroad
building will all tend to rapid devel-
opment. The Seminary will be un-
der the Mitchell Board with a local
executive committee in the Hills
and will offer preparatory courses.
work in music, art. elocution, bust
ness courses and courses for teachers
to tit for State certificates.
1t will not be open until a year from
September next. 1t is the policy of
the administration to 90 slow and
establish the school OF a safe basis.
President Nicholson was a busy
man during the trip. In addition
to the time occupied in travel, inspec-
ton and the meeting of numerous
committees and individuals, he
preached at Rapid City, and at Hot
and lectured at Deadwood
and in the opera house at Hot
Springs. He also gave a lecture at
Lead and assisted i'm the launching of
scheme to build a new $4,000
church for the Methodist c%ongrega.
ton in Lead. He met yarious