The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-12-09
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The winter season IL practically the
harvest Of the real estats dealer.
Many deals will be closed between
now and spring which were started
In the fall when the e~asterner was
out in this section, driving over the
country and viewing the fields cover
ed with stacks of grain and with an
abundant corn crop fully matured
before the frost and ready to be
gathered. These things OF evidence
have appealed to the farmers from
Illinois, Indiana and adjoining states
to a point where they are now ready
to close their contracts and move out
in the splingtime.
P. H. Kelley. one of the hustling
real estate men of this city, has just
returned from a trip down through
Illino4~, where he closed several con
tracts "ilh men whom he piloted over
the surrounding country late last fall.
At one time Mr.. Kelley had some six
or eight automobiles driving over the
country. They were grouped on Main
strset in front of his office, and from
there the journey began.
Mr.. Kelley spent some little time
down in central Illinois while away.
In that section he found much in
quiry about South Dakota land, and
when a person learned that he was
from this state he was piled with all
sorts of questions as to conditions,
crops. schools, churches. etc.
Zone day." said Mr.. Kelley. 81 was
riding on an Illinois Central freight
train from Lincoln, ILL.,, over to Mt.
Pulaski, and after the conductor had
taken up my ticket we fell into con-
versation. Naturally he asked where
I was from. and I told him South
Dakota. The conductor laughed and
said that he had some advertising
literature which some land shark
up in that state had sent him. Suit
ing the action to his words the con-
ductor climbed up into his cupola
and brought down some advertising
matter, and at a glance I saw 1t was
some of my own which / had sent
out the year before. The conductor
said that he had read and re-read
what the phamphlet contained and
he had become very much interested"
81 have been running on this road
for a good many years." said the IL
linois Central conductor, land / m
about ready to retire. l have given
all my children a good public school
education, and the last of them will
finish next June, and they will be
able to hustle for themselves. In the
fall I I'm coming out to South Dakota
and will look you up with the idea of
buying a farm on which I Wi. spend
the remaining years of my life.
There are a lot of conductors on
this road and on other roads who
have spent nearly their matured life
on the road, and after about, forty
years of service they commence to
look out for the last years Of their
life to be spent in the open. I know
OF quite a few who are contemplate
ing some such q removal as mine"
Mr.. Kelley said that there was q
fine feeling toward this state through
out Illinois, and that it was brought
about last year when thousands from
that state came out here to register
for the Rosebud lands. They had
little conception Of what South Da-
kota was up to that time. but when
they spent several days going
through the state they reached the
conclusion that 1t presented strong
agricultural features. Mr.. Kelley