Philip weekly review. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 1907-1912, 1907-09-20

In the deyeIopmenu OF the TWO coun-
ties spoken of. In weeks travel we
saw yoke of oxen, which was such
an important factor of transportation
and cultivation of quarter of CEN
tury ago in the eastern part Of the
state. Instead of cheaply constructed
buildings in the towns as was the case
when South Dakota was first placed
upon the map, you will find in the
former range country large, modern
stores substantially built We once
saw money taken i'm and loaned over
dry goods box. That was years ago
when man from Dakota was ouppos-
ed TO wear horns. But you won't find
that condition in the new towns.
There are substantial brick and stone
buildings, and others of we'll made
frame, furnished to a queens taste
with modern fixtures and equipment.
And there is lots of business. Every
body is hustling. Real estate has
fixed value based upon improvements,
productiyeness and locality. Twenty
dollars per acre land is not uncom-
men. Accomplishments sold at from
$500 to 1900 is also a frequent oc-
currence. And why not? Go a hun
dred miles east and see land sold at
from $35 to 800 per acre, and ask the
westerner "What is the difference i'm
the land?" 1t cannot be in the fer
tility, for there is nothing more fer
tile than the land that is seen west of
Chamberlain for miles and miles.
What. then, is the difference? Just a
matter of development. The whole
history of the west tells us that YOU
must ciyilize soil and climate as you
ciyilize people, who from primitive
methods and means learn modern
ways, equip themselves with modern
appliances and assimilate modern
thought. Prairie land that has for
centuries been exposed to the elem
ents of wild nature, that has for the
same length of time been stamped by
numbers of buffalo and antelope un-
til the earth's surface has become as
impenetrable as If under hydraulic
pressure, is being loosened by pillow
and made to prodnce the necessaries
and luXuries of life. And yet under
those conditions you will see the fin
est meadows, a perfect verdure of
emerald of the richest grass that
grows
If you want to see people happy as
CLAIMS at high tide you want to go
''across the river" Social difficulties
and inequalities do not exist there.
There Is one large family with COM
mon cause.-The battling of nature and
overcoming Of difficulties. You will
wonder what the difficulties are, and
we are going to tell you, and tell the
truth from observation and expert
ence: There, as elsewhere in South
Dakota, you find lack of people and
while for years every day there has
seemed to be hundreds of people go
into this territory, there is a lack of
people--actual homebuilders. Actual
settlers Is what is wanted. Thous-
ands of young people have come out
from the east and have located on
these claims, with what purpose?
None other than to get what there IS
in it. A few months residence and a
little money expended for necessary
expenses has made many enough
money with which to engage in vari-
Gus business pursuits. They prove up
and go home happy. Many of these
claims are kept by the original filer
because he knows that in years to
come his claim will be valuable es-
tate. Gradually, however, the man
who makes his living by tilling the
soil is reaching out, and by persistent
efforts on the part Of the men who
are lighting daily through pride, en-
terprise and pluck for their country,
the actual settler is coming slowly
but surely into his own, and it will
be but a few years until the present
story will have faded away or will re-
main merely in the memory of the
''oid settler,
They are going to hold festivals and
fairs in nearly every town west of
Chamberlain for $50 miles, and dur
ing these days of festivities they will
display what they are raising. In
every real estate Office you will find
samples OF wheat, oats, flax, corn and
potatoes. The skeptic from the east
can be shown, and he needn't be from
Missouri, either. They are hammer
ing away atspubiicity over there, and
are going To keep it up until the whole
world will know that South Rakota
is good--not one portion Of it that
has the dividing line in the Missouri
river. but all of it. The people of the