Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-11-03
CANTON IS GROWING
1911 Shows More Substantial Growth
and Capital Invested Than Any
Year in Its History and Some
thing Like 100000 is
the Figure.

eral years ago was destroyed 10y fire.
In addition to these provementS.
the S. Fl. Bowman Lumber company
is spending something like 81 900 in
improving their property on the cor
ner Of Lincoln avenue and 9th street.
All OF the beautiful homes erected
during the year, are mOdernand
some OF them cost over six thouS-
and dollars. The LEADER has not
been able to figure up more than
twenty-five dwellings, as follows with
the names of the owners: Paul
Thompt. John Millie, three dwellings,
Tom Rood, w. NJ. Cuppett, DR.. An
derson, John Peterson, A II Brown,
bert Kins'e,, two. Harry Stein,
Ben Whitmure, Charlie Reynolds,
John J. Chraft, Charlie Tangen, Mar
tin Cranes Dan Frame, John Robin
son and Prof. Dale and G.. W. Mars
ton are finishing Up concrete bI"ck
homes.
Eling EIlingson built a fine tw"
story cement block garage ON Main
street and Judge Kennedy has store
building nearly finished adjoining he
opera house. aud Ed Warner is build
ing cement block store on Main
street. In addition to this splendid
list of improvements, many other i'm
provemenLS have been made in the
shape of garages and additions, and if
the figures were Obtainable it is quite
certain that 5000, 900 would not cover
the actual money value Of CantOn's
Improvements for 1911, to say nothing
about the money expended for new
autos during the year, which helps to
make Canton one of the most pro-
gressive towns In the state.
1t might also be we'll to state that
the Milwaukee railroad company built
small round house and made other
Improvements on their property In
the city, and we might add to the
grand total the building Of a sewer
system for the Indian Asylum which
connects with the city system, cost
ing in all about $4,000 and if every
thing was figured up under the gen
eral head of improvements $3.50,
wouldn't t cover the actual money paid
out during the year to meet the re-
uuirements of our beautiful city, and
it might also be stated that there
isn't a vacant residence in the city,
and many new cottages will have to
be built next year to house the fam
lilies Of men who will run the manu-
featuring plants. Something like 80
men will be employed at the gas en-
gine plant alone, and the plow factory
mechanics will need homes.
Yes, Canton is growing and will
continue to grow. There is no better
business center in the state, and the
Milwaukee trains run north, south,
east and west. Canton is located in
the center Of the richest part Of the
famous Big Sioux Valley with three
water powers available for electric
m achinery, and one company, the
Sioux Valley Power Co., is already Or
ganized.
This section, of which Canton is
the center, is a great cattle, hog and
corn Market and the agricultural
wealth Of the people is not surpassed
in any state, and it requires five big
elevators to handle the business.
Yes, Canton is growing and all the
towns in the county are growing, and
the people are intelligent, progressive,
prosperous and happy, and one town
ship. Norway, contains four fine
houses of worship, and the people of
Canton and Lincoln county are a law
abiding christian people.