The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1910-11-03
HYDE FRIENDLESS
IN SOUTH DAKOTA
CITY he BUILDED
Indicted Millionaire Lives Like
q Laborer and Cannot A.
ford an Auto.

the millionaire real estate man or this |
city. has occasioned considerable dis.
cussion here as to his guilt or inno-
cence. Many people shake their heads |
and say "too bad, too bad" His bust |
ness associates say that the prosecu- |
ton against Hyde Is the work of enc
niles and those actuated by malice. |
Whatever inspired the proceedings |
Pierre people are unit In expressing |
the hope that Mr.. Hyde may be able
to clear himself OF the charge and put
an end to the rumors circulated against
him for these many years.
A Remarkable Career.
Mr.. Hyde's bushes career has been
most remarkable. Coming to Pierre
in the early sos with but small means.
! he has amassed one of the largest
fortunes in the state. His wealth il
| estimated all the way from $1.000,0 600
| physician, but failing health compelled
him to give up this career and seek
new climate. He chose Pierre for
his home and settling here began to
operate in real estate. He built fine
home rs years ago, nearly two miles
from the present business center Of
Pierre, and early prophesied that In
time it would be in the very center of
| P1erres residence district He had UNI
bounded faith in South Dakota and un-
F, measurable faith in Pierre, and he In
vested every dollar he could get hold
OF in Pierre property
Always on the Buy.
In the times of depression he never
lost faith and when other people were
discouraged and selling their property.
Hyde was on hand to buy. He bought
nearly all the vacant corner lots in
Pierre; he bought entire blocks on what
L. sN.tII la.4. la
when Congressman Burke secured an
appropriation for a federal building at
Pierre, Hyde, with keen sagacity, tied
up all the downtown locations and
succeeded in locating the postoffice
building on the hill, in location where
commenced the moving of the business
district from the fats to the hill.
In the meantime Hyde had invested
money in Kansas City real estate, In
|. Duluth, in Denver. in Portland, in Win
nipeg and I'm acre property in Seattle.
, In this state he bought property in ABB
erdeen. His investments were made
when the entire country was In the
, depths of business staRnation. He held
? on to his property until the hard times
. were over. until tho real estate boom
, was on in every city ia the country.
} He pulled out $40, 900 from $4,000 In
|. vcstment in Winnipeg. FIe pulled down
, an even 100000 from his Aberdeen in
J vestment and so on In all the cities
. where he bought real estate. He woke
/ lup one day and found that the wheel
Of fortune had made him million
b lire.
: Begins to Build Pierre.
Q Then he commenced building on the
Ellis of Pierre. His first venture was
4 $4,000 opera house. This was FOL
[ owed by a three-story brick block
A aamed the Hyde block" with 'front.'
9 age on one street of half block. Then
4 he built another two-story brick ad-
I joining the opera house property on
: Pierre street Not content to stop with
e This, he built on an adjacent corner
4 another three brick known as
4 pierre Street block" with frontage
: OH Pierre street of half the length OF
the block and with a frontage on Cap
|. itol avenue OF 100 feet. He filled all
these buildings with tenants and start
4 ed another block on Capitol avenue.
Then he planned for a big hotel 'and
this year broke the ground for the
4 finest hotel west Of Minneapolis. IT is
: OF concrete and brick construction, six
4 stories high and covers quarter OF
= a block facing on Capitol avenue. This
manificent structure will cost quar-
: ter of a million and It Is Hyde's in
= tention to serve New Years dinner In
: builded for himself, has also builded
: for Pierre. He has plans for six
: story office building and expects to
4 commence building in the spring. he
J also has plans completed for resi-
dence which Is to cost $4,000. And he
paws cash for all as he goes along. No
;, mortgages incumber any Of his prop
= erty His success has been remarkable.
: He is president Of the American Elk
change bank Of this city. president OF
!. the First National Life Insurance COM
pany of Pierre. Both institutions are
!. strong and healthy, dividend payers
: and stock in them way above par. His
: associates are the l,veiiest business
!, men OF the state. They have con-
y f,dence in his integrity and unmeas-
urcd faith in his ability to do things.
No Social Friends.
n Socially Mr.. Hyde has no friends.
e No one likes him, no one knows him.
e He is retired, not given to any of the
: ways of life which bring pleasure. His
r only recreation Is In hunting, and he
: does his hunting in Canada, where he
: ahoots more ducks and geese than he
o knows what to do with. He goes on
e O. shooting trip twice year and goes
v alone He may join others elsewhere
but If he does no one knows it. He
drives an old horse and an old surrey
: scouts the idea of an automobile and
o says he can't afford any such con-
y veyance. To his family he Is entirely
n devoted, and he is proud OF his boys
o and of his girls. His oldest son is In
f an eastern college, where nc is working
o his way through. Not that Mr.. Hyde
J. Is stingy with the boy, but he told him
e to "go to college, work your way
through and then when you graduate
I will make it worth your while In
y this Mr.. Hyde believes he Is going to
J. make man out of the boy, while II
= he loades him with money he might
y turn out as many millionaires' sons
do. Such is the man. Hyde, who has
just been indicted for fraudulent use OF
X the mails. How do Pierre people take
'e IL? 1 can't tell. 1t is safe to say that
ts Mr.. Hyde is the best hated man In
~ Pierre, yet In this extremity I think
that generally speaking the Pierre PEG.
pie hope that he will be able to clear
!. himself, not Tor Hyde but for what he
AZ may be able TO do for Pierre.
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TETANUS CLAIMS VICTIM.
Iowa City. Ia, Nov. 2.-Adolph Grish
n aged 20, died Of lockjaw yesterday de.
~ spite the use OF antitoxin injected i'm.
~ mediately after his arrival here. H,
was kicked In the face by colt at hi
- home in Brighton, la. For six day.
y previous to his death his jaws wer,
y, firmly locked and he was without sus
'A tenance.
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