Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-07-04
IMPRESsIO OF A VISIT
O'Dell Tells in Interesting Way Of
His Trip to the North Country.

HIS Tip to the NOrtn IOuHll y.
was surprised to learn that som'
f person or persons had circulated a re
& Iport that / had followed the advice Of
! our exalted President and had enlisted
lin the warfare against race suicide.
therefor write to correct and advise
, them.
ii | have been at Pierre, s. D., l have
upheld the nerve and dignity of Lin
coin better than knew. | told the
people of Pierre that we had the finest
city in the Mississippi Valley. | told
their officials and head men that this
was the home of great men. | told the
old Bachelors out on the prairie that
swarmed with beautiful women
!; was at home in Pierre. The wei
come hand was there and the latch
string was out on every door. MI
1 Guttry, battle scared hero OF Lincoln
hack line is there, prospecting in his OLD
age. j. W. Laughlin, a Mt. Pulaski
hoy and big hearted man is alderman
and deputy u. s. Marshall. He is an
Iex-sherriff. Charles l.. Hyde, the
worthy son of worthy sire is the fin
ancial king pin OF Pierre and estimates
his wealth by the millions. lie mas
! lust completed the finest business
/ block in Pierre and has cleared the
ground for another. He told the board
of trade at a recent meeting that he
was planning still another. Clear
eyed and clear. minded he is laborlng
to lift the business portion OF Pierre
from the Missouri flats to the higher
Hand. He is moulding the destiny of
Pierre with master hand. His sec
retary drove me over the city and
showed me the fine property owned by
Capt. d. II. Harris OF this city.
This lusty young city of Pierre will
be the next of the great river cities
along the Big River. The county
seat of Hughes county and capitol of
the state, it contains the growing pos
siblities of a metropolis city.
1t is located in the center of the state
surrounded by magnificent country
and no large city within a radius of
300 miles. With the development of
the country half dozen railroads will
center there and Pierre will be one of
the great commercial cities of the
northwest. What was once the haunt
Of the COW boy aud Sioux is now a
pretty and orderly city of 5000 people
Within ten years it will contain ~, OO0
inhabitants. | know Of no more
promising young city in all the west
TO one who has never been there
this young commonwealth of South
Dakota is revelation. There is nc
finer country anywhere than eastern
or southern South Dakota, where lane
| is now selling for $75 per acre.
West of this land and on a par
allel with it newer country wher
land can be purchased at prices rang
ling from $40 to SSS35 per acre Still tai
Their and west Of the Missouri river is
great public domain toward which tn
tide of emigration is flowing swiftly
1 People going ahead Of the railroad
have purchased westward 100 mile
from Pierre and built their shacks o
the rich prairie lands where two veal
ago the cattle man was king. There
much land in this fertile country thu
can be had for comparatively nothing
1t is gently rolling. The soil is dee
and rich, capable OF producing almo'
: aLything. The rainfall is greater du
ling the growing season than in lllinol
I would advise any young couple co
templating matrimony to each secu
LEO acres of this land and cnmbil
their efforts on 800 acres of as fine lal
as there is in the United States. II
: land, were it incapable of producing
+ bushel of grain, would still be valuat
i ss. grazing land. The dice are load
! "and they can't lose.''
!. The hardy race from Norway a
+ Sweden are settling in this count
i Every man is a "sticker." This laud
I. so much better than that of the IN
!. night Sun" that they stay and becol
+ wealthy and influential citizens.
!. farm ia Stanley county is a gold mi
+ The land is SO promising AMI attract
+ that hundreds of young women
I "holding down" claims, Fifty mi
+ from Fort Pierre and thirty miles fir
4 La railroad 1 learned that a party OF l
x eohs girls had claims.
+ AS passed over the old DeadW'
+ trail I.saW. many miles. OF it under fer
+ They told me that corn had produ
+ seventy bushels to the acre.
i Respectfully,
+ Il. Il. O'DEL1