The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1912-04-12
kOMESTEADERS NOW HAPPY.
Prospects for Excellent Crops-A He
tory of New Lands.


Sioux Falls.-John T. Cogan and
George T. Jameson came in from Ken
nebec, Lyman county, where they
have been arranging matters for this
years business. They report condi-
tions extremely good and the prospects
most excellent for a big movement
in South Dakota real estate. Over
eight carloads of seed grain have
been distributed from Kennebec, and
much more from other towns in that
county. They say there will be the
largest acreage of crops In that coun-
ty Of any time since it was settled.
The heavy SHOWS and the late fall
rains have put the ground in fine
condition, and the outlook for a big
yield is very promising. 1t would be
a surprise to many Sioux Falls people
and those living in the eastern por-
the development that has been made
In that western country in the past
few years. AS Mr.. Cogan remarked:
This state, like all other western
states, settled and developed along it's
eastern border first, spreading from
his nucleus westward, and through
the progress of improvement was mod
crate for a short period of years. so
soon as the producing qualities of the
soil were demonstrated and became
known, its lands were eagerly sought
by the thrifty farmer and it's develop
v.r~ na-.1 49, H.
advance in values of it's realities was
phenomenal. Within the short period
Of the past five years the actual crop
and stock production of Lyman coun-
ty has been doubled, while values of
realty have enhanced from 100 to 200
per cent. The history of all other
states, from the time the government
threw open its western lands to the
homesteader. will apply equally to this
in its settlement and Development
at first a rush of people to secure the
free lands, a period of great activity
in wild speculations and populations
with inflated values, a frenzied eager
ness on the part of the ho~mesteader,
the town lot boomer and individuals CT
that sort, to secure Uncle Sans pat
heavily as possible upon his holding,
then abandoning without improving
his claim. This is always followed by
a period Of depression, the natural eff
feet of over-infiation. This depression
is ever followed by a wave of prosper
inv narp,onant orl c+oI1n IN ohoroo
ter, occasioned very largely by the
fact that the next class of settlers
are sturdy men, men with brains, with
energy, with capital and with a will.
This is the class of men who i'm
prove and develop the country, util-
izing natures latent forces, and by
proper cultivation extracting from
Mother Earth those bountiful crops
she is ever willing to produce under
proper management. This is the class
of people that are now settling Lyman
and h counties west of the river, and
that will make that section one OF the
richest portions of our state. The
same conditions exist in that new
country that existed here twenty years
ago, and lands are selling there today
at the prices they could be bought for
in this county and the eastern por-
ton Of the state a few years ago. The
prosperity of all of that country means
much for the eastern portion of the
state, and it's successful development
ought to be a matter of pleasure to
every farmer and business man. The
Sioux Falls wholesale and iobbing in
~terests have much to hope for in the
settlement and successful building up
of that region"
Lyman is one of the largest coun-
ties, being practically 100 miles from
east to west, and is we'll equipped with
railroad facilities, has several fine
towns, with newspapers, churches,
schools and all lines of business repre-
sented, and the people are hopeful and