Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-04-23
THE MICA CITY.


Custer City is 80 situated that with
little exertion and judicious boosting
she might become the leading city of
the Hills within a few short years.
What is needed is for the citizens to
wake up and extol the advantages ma
ture has provided and show what man
can do in making progressive business
city, by the intelligent use of Drawn
and brain.
Many cities adopt names suggestive of
their principal product or support-for
instance, in the early COS Moline, Ili-
nois, was styled the "Plow City,. At
that early date plows were the principal
products of the place. Now all kinds
of agricultural implements are manu-
factured there. Often slogan has been
added to the nomenclature of city to
more prominently bring it's wares before
the public.
In years gone by Nations used slogans
in time of war to urge their soldiers on
to victory. In this progressive age en-.
terprising cities use them for CONNER
cial supremacy. There is no doubt they
have been a great help to many wide
awake, hustling city, by their constant
use. Whatever individual opinion may
be about it, we here present few "slo-
gans", adopted by the cities indicated,
which are interesting:
Chicago-I will.
Buffalo-NIeans Business.
Mankato-Mankato for Mine.
Tacoma-You'll Like Tacoma.
Exeter, Neb-Boost, Don't Knock.
Tampa-Tampa, the One to Tie to.
Omaha-Omaha, The Market Town.
Lincoln-Lincoln, the Meeting Place.
Ell Paso-El Paso, the Pass, Don't Pass
FL Paso.
Fort Wayne-Fort Wayne With Might
and Main.
Colorado Springs--She Sits Forever
in the Sun.
Walla Walla-What Walla Walla
Wants is You.
The CHRONICLE believes the time has
arrived when Custer must have busi-
ness organization of some kind if we
would keep pace with our sister cities in
the Hills. Therefore, in view of the
fact that mica is at present our principal
product the CHRONICLE suggests that we
call our fair abiding place
THE MICA CITY;
and adopt as our slogan:
"sEE Us sHINEw
This is emblematic of the product
that produces our bread and butter. AS
it shines in the sunlight-so may our
city shine in the business world.
"Wellw says the Kicker, "You had a
Commercial Club here once. What good
did it do?" True; but they were con.
fronted with unexpected obstacles which
discouraged so many members that from
lack of interest the organization ceased
to exist.
1t is hardly necessary for US to enum-
crate the advantages such an orgsniza-
tion would be in promoting enterprises
that would increase our population.
There is not a reader of the CHRONICLE
but what can comprehend its field Of
usefulness.
The CHRONICLE presents these facts at
this time for the reason that the Com
| mercial Club of Omaha will visit this
portion of the Black Hills in Maybe
tween the 18th and 25th. While out to
boost the wholesale and manufa cturing
business of Omaha, these parties have
proved great boosters in the past for the
cities and towns which they visit, carry
ing as they do moving picture cameras,
a number of newspaper and magazine
writers who never fail to send in boosts
for every town and city. They investi,
gate every opportunity and resource OF
the communities they visit, and have
been known to spend several hours look.
ing over city improvements, mines and
enterprises of all kinds. The cities and
towns they will see on this trip will be
full of interest to business men and
bankers. Many of them are land buy
ers, others represent capital seeking in.
vestments, so If they are favorably i'm
pressed with our city and opportunities,
they will help US as well as helping
themselves. Therefore it behooves US
to extend them the glad hand of fellow
ship.
That we may receive this body of rep
resentative men in manner that will
rebound to our good the CHRONICLE sug
gests that our citizens form Business
League and secure several hundred
badges-say 2x4 inches-of the various
shades of mica, and have printed there
on the words:
THE MICA CITY!
''sEE Us SHINE"
| Custer City, 8. D.-May, 1910.
| Upon the day our visitors arrive max
it a gala day. Let every man, woman
and child in the city wear a badge, an,
show the outside world that though WI
live in portion of the wild and woody
west", we are progressive and have tn,
welfare of our little city at heart-bein,
ever ready to entertain the strange
, within her gates" when properl,
clothed and vouched for.