The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-23
WHERE TOWNS GROW UP FAST
, BTJOR POTWIN or EwMON
,tN IIIL iOt tHOt Q IT.



uu me map. hat according tn EDITOR
Irpmas potwIn who owns IN. Perkins
'ogrfy Signal which he publishes there
since. that time Il has grown 10 hes III.
r"-rupnlis 1T northern South Dakota.
wth \ population nf ?En. thr~" banks
and SIS U1n srhoolhou~s In TN" last
..CrInn It hslpad p.rS ins county &" CIV"
th" higgest Republican majority of any
county IN tho State
EDITOR Potwin ~ not a South pakotan
Nv birth W.. cama originally from
within ten Mules nf Hartford Conn. II
Wa- only IN 1919 that he followed the
setting sun and landed IN Ah"rd'"n. y u
There he began ~ grow w with tn"
lruntry and ont Their. the country sets
n fast pace. according 10 MIR PotwIn.
lie himself has accumulated some wealth
and a family since leaving the old farm
ant h. - on his way haC% for a real New
tngiand 1hanksgiN wing dinner.
Nr PntwIn IL authority for tn" state
n,"nt that Their. ~ no peculiar significance"
IN the name II this newest metropolis.
a.. calls especial attention TO the fact that
there ara two ms IN the mldil" Of tha
wort
H. - tho first historian of Lennon
tn.' has arrived IN th.-, parts. IN MIR.
p0'wtn In. town. NV tn. wav. had its
thlri Anniversary Last month Until
tour years ago. according to MIR Potwin,
vino is at the Belmont tho whole region
rhor.,hnut was entirely rIndaValnpei
IN. placa - on the North OAK ota border.
about seven miles west II tho strip III
luIan reservations that tab" mp the
nrtdI" IT TN. state inst west NJ tha
Missouri and for years was merely a
s'pN country
The town SAID Mr. Potwin yesterday
was named after George T. I.mmon,
wno w. a noted character Of the rang.
country for twenty .iiv" or thirty years
H.. w. an immense shipper. and as such
came go know we'll the officers of the
chicago Milwaukee and ~ Paul hat
road was irving TO carry irs Puget Sound
extension wrSt ~ tn. Missouri hut did
fut -...Fu to b" able to find way because
rn" riy"r mp there shifts great deal
..mIuon saw the officials an ChIca go and
agreed 10 show them IN. hest point at
Wulch to cross and when they named the
own they called il after him
You can get some idea of the business
that. beng done IN the place from IN.
tacr that two Of the hanks have deposits
concentrating $500 each and m.
ABOUT sl-o."s' N~'
newspapers and attached to mrn- - a
pretty good sized Job printing plant.
which does an irnm-ns. business That
- going to h- great agricultural cOun-
Nv and iust now II i IN perIod of tran
-uuu.
No. the town mas never been shot mp.
'Ir Of cowboys came ia during ih.
.,rIv DAYS hut they had TO behave them
s.'lyr~ We are lsn miles from any other
,ruuriant town and tbs. places ri hISt-
r"-- have "A larg. country trade The
.pUn has been settled largely by people
rom Illinois. Iowa Wisconsin and Min
..-ota When the new settlers hogan
.. com. III a lot Of tn" old TanChTan
..pIght they would amigrat- to Canada.
.l' after going up there and spending
,utu- money ia looking around they
..In. bacA. Other people WHO lea Il
.tA.n hom.st"ads near Lennon Went
., To- Canada To look arodnd. tout .h"y
900 came back. saving Canada dIdn'r
u"k good 10 them. and settled ON the
and they had taken up.
In -mmon and the suburbs We nav"
YER 2tp children OF school aG". wrI. u
= 4 pretty hig rumh.r for a new town
IN" ~ hool building IN modern IN every
.'-,i'-'t and Their. IL "A high school Cour-"
= study which graduates into any of
20" l-adinE universities The town bna-,-
seven or eight hIg general stores IN
dltion tn numerous small ones. ana
'..y draw trade from forty 10 seventy
Niles away, peopls coming m To bay
IMPLIES for year az q tIuI.
Automobiles. You'd 10. surprised AZ
ft,. number Las summer an inventory
vas taken of the automobiles IN th" town.
NJ II was either ~ or ~ "" ~. an
r..romobile stag" ian" running from
"urnon Ia BYby. The town cam. 20
nd, snrtlsd IN this way
AbOII' a wear before the railroad went
.r' nigh paopl" heard Was going I"
t-- 'hrough that part Of the country
.ur "~Esr- and they made rush orr
tr-r, ard liv.d ~ tents and temporary
-ggrNs until ~. town was lad ont hy the
.,Hd company When the sals. Of lots
ops place on October g. 1890. over So. O'n
,Vn''h { lots Vas sold Tn. first build
ing pat up was a general store. and then
followed III. three bank buildings Now
30. have a lot 81 fine residences 81 native
lone. Tn. printing plant which ! now
~ was then located AT a iifil. place
'l-i Sem. WHERE u had n.-n set Ip
d log cabin. ! was not IN lennon
. 'n. starr. but when I heard about "
vent up and bought the plant from its
- u~T.
here good advertising business
h.T. from proving up notices W hen
= t'm"-t"ad"r proves up he has 10 nav
-ppicstion published thirty DAYS
rdNarc" and me legal rate Tor ihiS
.Hn - 81 so Sometime fh.se not I""-
.vuu," pay. IN INV pa ,eT The news
.,r.r .gr rh.r,. ~ usually about the first
TX Ius. strikes a town ale r tn" posi-
"." There ar" any number Of Villages
H1yN tier" from ~ To 2in or 10 inhabi-
...- hat have their own newspaper.
-. county SCAT II Perkins county
b~un and thereby bangs a tale Bison
.,.r' hfiy miles from anys here. bat
aUpu- ~ nrar ia. geographical
....... ~ he county a. you can get
i.r. -.f~ county. 10y ~" way. contains
b. 10 square miles which means
..r - bigger han some Eastern
Ia fn.' January follow ing "a"
.t.'. ..' f,gu lot, IN I.mmnn IN. night
..s ..4.,- fpr me. location Of the county
.'.4 I.uruou was IN she sNtr"ru"
.n.t.-r ~ ID" county but il public spirited
''r"u- ~U'.w - no reason why " should
49, I.. ft.. county sat Besides. they
-. hey could Outv vote IN" r.si OF
.',. ...lu'y We'll they got "a surprise
'.r. .ti mo- idea ~ ~" u'rnrnrs ~ Jro-
.f. hld h..cn coming "a 10 -"tiie ~
... ..n"T part ~ the county Many 81
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