The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-03-16
1As WaoLEslAlE CENTER
MlitchsAl PV'ossesses tahs Location and
the Territory to Build up
h Business


q Territory to Build up
the Business.
) There is IA slong incentive to build
Mitchell up us d wholesale center.
and it is found in the splendid teri
tcry by which the city is surround
ed. In its immediate territory there.
are l25 towns with which business
eau be transacted quicker Than by
any olhur wholesale center in this
state, Iowa or Minnesota; these
towns are located in the section Of
the agricultural and stock producing
poltiehs of the state, the backing
aud foundation which is placing the
people who live in this section on a
stronger financial basis us every veal
goes NY these towns are progressive
and are growing i'm population con-
stantly.
Ina small way Mitchell has start
ed intthe wholesale business and has
several establishments which ale
- AUGOUvItk fWlUlJ tuI1t SuCGGSS. IL llCSG
that are. already here have acted as.
an Incentive for Others to come, and
with the opening Of spring Palmer
Co., Df Sioux City. will commence
the construction Of another whole
sale house, which will handle fruit
exclusively at the outset, but which.
might possibly develop into some
thing greater within a year.
A movement is on foot at the pres
ent time reconstruct Il building for a
Wholesale grocery establishment for
Mitchell. and it is DESIGNED to make
the structure large enough for an ex-
tensive business to be carried on.
The building is to be located in a
fIyor1i,le place for trackage
facilities, and the Milwaukee road
viii. lay a track along Railroad street.
fsr its accoiiilno ration us we'll as
Tint uf Palmer Co.
Superintendent Collins. of the
Milwaukee road. predicted that
three or foIr years after the switch
had been. placed on Railroad street
hat that tloronghfare would trans
act more business on its one side than
on both sides of Main street in the
course of a year. Speaking from his
standpoint Mr., Collins has in view
the rapid growth and development of
Mitchell bv reason of the extension
s0f the Milwaukee road to the Black
Hills section Of the state. With that
line completed new towns will spring
up along the entire way for which
Mitchell will be the gateway to great
reservation country beyond the Mis-
souri,. In the matter of all shipments
this city will be %twenty-four hours
ahead of its nearest competitor in
the wholesale line, and it does not
look reasonable that this great field
will be left unoccupied for any great
length of time. There is hardly any
reason to doubt but what the Mil
sswaukee will be running freight aud
passenger trains into the Hills coun-
try late in the fall, and thus a coun-
try vast in resources, plenty OF room
for development of stock and agicul-
T ural enterprises will be ready for
business. The way in which the peo-
pie are at the present time hooking
out to the reservation indicates that
the population will keep pace with
the railroad as it is constructed. in
fact hundreds and hundreds of set
tiers Gave already gone beyond the
ra1lr Dad and are waiting for it TO
catch up with the procession. 1t
does not require "A very strong magni-
flying glass to look into the early
future OF that part of the state TO
predict an early settlement OF towns,
rs has been shown by the way 10
IS hlch the new towns which have al.
II Seady been stalted have grown, re-
feTI1hg to kennebec, Reliance and.
Pleslo.
Mitchell! today Oft rs the greatest
possible opening Tor the establish.
nlent OF wholesale industries of any
city IN the state, in that 1T offers a
ana tefrltory that while occI-
pied iiy other Wholesale centers can
readtly be held by firms doing bust
ness liefe Some correspondence has
s$Iesulled In llinging parties, who are
desiTous OF engaging in the wholesale
business, to a favorable way Of look
ing at Mtchell's proposition. We
believe that with the construction of
this wholesale grocery house that it
will be the means OF attracting many
other enterprises.
The Commercial League, which is
promoting the wholesale eat1lres is