The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-08-19

/ recently made q trip oVer CONSIDER
able of the newly opened reservation
in Corson, Dewey and a small portion
of Schnasse counties. Considering
there were only 1880 filed on out of
the 5000 numbers drawn, those who
filed are in evidence in the vicinity
of the new towns now being built
along Puget Sound railroad, and in
my opinion the cream of the who'll
reservation is practically untouched
I went by rail to Timber Lake and
Isabel, the latter being the present
terminus of the Moreau Divide line.
Timber Lake, the first town west OF
Cheyenne Junction lies IN the shores
of a lake of that name, this body OF
water covering several thousand acres
and lying along the crest OF the Dr.
vide. Why this lake should bear tnat
name / cannot divine. There are not
more than a dozen scrub cottonwoods
and ash trees around the entire o
line. Owing to the length and depth
of its waters there Is splendid OPP
portunity for boating and would not
be surprised to see it the scene OF an
nual boat races before many years.
There is some very good farming n
grazing land in this vicinity, and
while much of 1t is Indian allotment
there Is ample opportunity for pur-
chasing In the usual form from the
Indians. The soil is a sandy loan and
| believe will be particularly adapted
to small grains, vegetables and alfalfa,
and may in the course of time give a
fair yield Of some varieties OF corn.
The town itself is building up very
fast and all lines of business are WEI
represented though the indications are
that some lines will be overdone as
the country is not sufficiently settled
to warrant so many investments. To
the north and south there is an i'm
mense cattle range, and 1t will, no
doubt develop into a fine shipping
point.
The town of Isabel lies on the crest
of the Great Divide between the
Moreau and Grand rivers and over
looks q vast stretch OF country many
miles in extant. At the present time
1t is the great stock shipping point
for this region and many car loads
leave it's stock yards every week. This
place has three banks, eight lumter
Yards and many other business enter
prises. Most of the building now be-
ing done Is for business purposes,
there being but few residences UNI
der construction. At present the rail-
way and mail service is very irregu-
lar but 1t is expected that q post
Office will soon be established there
and a railway mail service put on.
The soil around Isabel Is such thai
might be expected in this high alti-
tude and Is much similar to that
around Timber Lake. Under the loan
lies o clay subsoil and under this a
sort of "hard-pan" which is much un-
like the generally rejected hardpan,
because when this Is dug up and ex-
posed to the air and moisture 1t be
comes as mellow as the loam. This
leads one to the belief that cultiva-
ton will, In a great measure, reducs
the so-called "hard-pan" to a pro-
ductive soil for small grains and vege-
tables. Taking things all in all |
am inclined to think that Isabel by
reason OF the easy access to the surf
rounding country will be the principal
distributing point between the Moreau
and the Grand rivers.
From Isabel l went southwark for
az miles TO Dupree which is on the