The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-10-08
WIND CAVE A GREAT WONDER
Get Fine Impression of 1.-THE Richest
100 Miles Square in the World''
Black Hills Prosperous.
BLACK HIS PROSPECTUS.

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100 Miles Square in the World
Black Hills Prosperous.
(By G. NJ. Day, Argus-Leader.)
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The midsummer outing Of the mem.
bers of the South Dakota Press asso.
citation came to an end at Deadwood
on Saturday evening and the visitors
have returned to their desks with mem.
cries of one Of the most enjoyable out,
ings in the history Of the association.
Everywhere through the Hills the edi-
Sois were received with genuine Black
Hills hospitality, and that the trip was
one of the most instructive as well as
n of the most enjoyable ever taken
by the members. John T. COgan, the
secretary Of the association, who plan
on account of an important business
matter, and the details were carried
out by President Dowdell and George
Scblosser. The weather was warm but
the evenings were invariably cool and
the excursiOnists, of whom there were
about one hundred, came home with a
very high opinion of the Black Hills
climate. The visitors covered the most
Of the interesting places in the Hills
that section, and a higher opinion Of
its resources than they could have had
before. 1t was made manifest by a
careful study of the Black Hills situa-
tion that that section is exceedingly
prosperous. Collections are good, bust
ness is running at high tide, more money
is being put into mining propositions,
water powers are being developed, ir-
rigation is being carried on, fruit cul-
ture is extending, building operations
are not interrupted and every town and
city in the Hills is improving steadily.
The visitors experienced a revelation
with respect to the scenic projections
of the Hills country which are not sur
passed perhaps anywhere in the world.
Only those who had visited the Black
Hills before realized that there was
anything of the kind in South Dakota.
Black Hills hospitality was no revela-
ton for everybody knows about this,
but the extent to which it showed it.
self on this trip was a surprise even
o those who had experienced it before.
At Rapid City.
The party modified at Rapid City
and the members as they arrived were
met by the local newspaper men and
by the committee of the Commercial
club. A reception and banquet were
given to the visitors. Mayor G. L.
Wood made the address Of welcome
and President Il. Il. Dowdell made the
response. A carriage drive over the city
was also included in the courtesies of
the day. On Saturday, the visitors
were taken over the Crouch line to
Harry Johnson's summer resort on
Spring Gulch, the party being personal.
ly conducted by General Manager Soule
of the line. The trip is a most f~ascinat-
ing one. The day was spent at the
gulch, which is one Of the champion
pretty spots of the country abou. Rap
Id City. The ladies of Rapid City had
provided a picnic dinner whica wa
greatly enjoyed under the huge pine
Granville Jones, candidate for the
senate from that county, ami one
of the orators of the Black Hills, nsde
a witty and eloquent address OK VA
come, and G. M. Day was called OF ttr
the response on the part Of TN --osis.
tion. w. w. Soule, democrah, .aGi-
for congress for the shor *,
also spoke, and Miss Nellie SeAosser
gave a reading which everybody great
ly appreciated. A fine trout stream
runs past the property an some Of We
members angled FOR trout while others