The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-07-24
THE ROSEBUD METROPOLIS
GREGORY is A WONDERFUL TOWN
FOR ITS AGE.
EXPECTS TO GET LAND OFFICE
Within Three Short Summers a Pros.
porous Little City Has Sprung up
Out on the Raw Prairie Recently
Roamed by Reds.

porous LttIe Guy has sprung up
Out on the Raw Prairie Recently
Roamed by Reds.
Gregory, s. D., July 1S-From a
stan correspondent: Gregory is a
good town without any Trip county
rush. This energetic and thriving
metropolis of the Rosebud reservation
country Is already enjoying a sub.
stantial prosperity based up a rich
agricultural country round about and
It also has a most promising future,
based too upon its environment on
top of this good health on its own aC-
profit very materially by the forth.
coming rush of homcscckers into
Trip county Gregory expects to
entertain thousands of visitors who
come up into the northwest when
registration for the big millionaire
land lottery begins. As a foundation
for their expectations that Gregory
will get many OF the visitors. people
here point out that this Is the largest
town in the Rosebud territory and is
crowds. And on top Of these hopes
for the future, Gregory believes 1t
will land the United States land of.
nee II 1t comes south OF the Missouri
river.
An Astounding City.
Gregory is a most astounding little
city for three years growth 1t would
be hard to fnd anywhere a bigger or
more substantially prosperous little
city OF its age. It has many towns
beaten, many times it's senior in point
OF years. And 1t is still rapidly grow
ing.
The main business street OF Gregory
is as long as the main business street
OF Norfolk. Both sides are lined with
business structures, erected in haste
in order to accommodate a pressing
trade, which are filled with all OF the
various types of enterprise to be found
in the ordinary town of 1900 to 1000
and the human activity in and out OF
these business bee-hives, the constant
click click, click of typewriters, to.
gether with the everlasting banging
of hammers, all show the commercial
health that is here and the growth
that is being constantly taken on.
Center of Rich Region
Without any Trip county rush
Gregory is thriving agricultural
town-the center of very great and
fertile territory. For forty miles, down
in Nebraska, Gregory draws trade; also
for many miles into the Sully flats
country, northwest, and for a long dis
lance north AS a result, the business
men of Gregory are prosperous. The
fact that there are five lumber yards
here shows what is doing in the sur
rounding territory.
Broad cement walks extend for sew
eral blocks along the main street, or
either side; there is good waite
works system; there are street lights
and there are several hundred coz.
homes. many of them luxurious homes
One being built by II. f. Slaughte
right now will compare favorably will
many of the more comfortable home
of Norfolk.
All about the town there is, abov,
everything else, a feeling of intens'
loyalty to Gregory. Everybody II
town gets into the boosting game
when it comes to matter Of interes
to the whole town. Fractional differ
ences, II there be any, are buried unde
the hat when 1t comes to standing VI
for their own town.
Frontiersman of fifty years ago woul'
have died for JOY If he had been con
fronted all at once with the moderl
improvements which make life in tn
far west so durable, indeed even 81
fascinating as it is today. Now Their
are the telephone and the automobile
on top of water works, to help out tn
situation. And it is just as easy t
be contented on the frontier today a
in New York city-Or easier. Gregor
soon will have electric lights for illu
mination.
People welcome hot days for tn
sake of the corn and at night relish TN
delicious sleep which comes in thi
high, dry altitude of cool evenings.
The fact that the Rosebud is broker
up into farms quarter section large
adds to the prosperity of the tow
within it, For this puts somethin
like 1000 hustling farmers in tn
country-and it can easily be seen tina
this means life for the merchants il
town.
A number of minor manufacturing
industries are already starting Il
Gregory-a mill, a cigar factory,
bakery, tailoring establishments, an
the like. Gregory expects to be pei
manently a prosperous, thrifty city O
perhaps 5000 people-as large a tow