The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-05-10

three months n received an impetus
which placed it far in advance of other
towns, and it remains still the undis-
puted metropolis of the entire country
west of Niobrara-due wholly to the
great development made during the
opening. Gregory fully intended and
expected to become a second Bonesteel
when the president should issue his
proclamation opening Tripp county to
settlers. Thus it may be easily under
stood that g and CONSERVATION
We're in the carts of Gregoryites at
the news that the Jacksons' had laid
out a new townsite four miles west of
them and only a half mile from the
Tripp county line. However, there was
railroad ended at Gregory, n Gre
gory people stoutly insisted that it
would go no farther until Trip county
was settled. Without a railroad Dallas
would be powerless. and could not hope
to compete as a gateway" to the
firmly insisted that the railroad would
be extended to their town this spring,
and succeeded in inducing a few bust
ness men to invest in property there.
Also they got busy moving the build
ings from the old town to the new, a
distance of ten miles. Throughout the
past winter, in spite of the bitter cold
and the snow. a large force Of men
and horses worked steadily at the job
OF moving Dallas to New Dallas" as
he new town was temporarily called,
and when spring arrived the job was
finished. The spirit of energy and
p 7siEs,Ion nc ed alSplaysd w9n t + adj
people on q tour of the west We're Of
ten startled and astounded at the sight
of seventy or more horses hitched to
a frame building moving slowly across
the prairie. Often progress had to
be stopped While the men in charge
dug a roadway ahrough the deep snow
in a valley or filled a gulch or buffalo
wallow in order to make the passage
safe. 1t was a tedious AND very ex-
pcnsive undertaking, but "the Jack
sons never faltered, but sturdily push
ed the work to completion. 1t was the
recognizes no obstacle as insuperable,
and hesitates at no task that is at all
possible of accomplishment.
With the approach of spring the in
tense rivalry between the towns CT
Gregory and Dallas became acute. An
expression favorable to Dallas made
on streets of Gregory was equivalent
to inviting violence. Dallas promoters
still insisted that they would get the
railroad as soon as the ground thawed
sufficiently to make construction pos
slble, and the citizens of Gregory still
hooted the idea as ridiculous. Things
could mo- go on thus for ever. With
the first week of pleasant weather in
March came the return of the survey
ors and railroad contractors In vain
Gregory people pointed out that they
came merely to inspect the condition of
the road made last summer, or to move
away machinery and supplies left on
the ground during the winter. The
~railroaders started straight west from
the end of their line in Gregory and
drove stakes to Dallas. Within a week
a contract was let for the grading. and
within another week the general mana
ger OF the railroad announced that
trains to Dallas WOULD be in operation
by the first of June. Thus industry
and perseverance are to be rewarded in
one instance at least. And now VIC
are to again witness tina wonderful
sight, the sudden uprising from the
bare prairie of a western boom town."
1t has been ~semi-officially announced
that h president will not delay the
opening of Tripp county beyond
August or September which means
that the registration will be held pro-
badly sixty days earlier, which will
give Dallas about ninety days in which
TO become q city large enough to house
1900 people at a time. This is q con-
estimate for much more than
that number We're in Bonesteel at diff
ferent times during the Gregory county
opening, Il total of 105. OOt registering
tof homesteads at that time.