The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-02-14
EXTENSION OF THE c. & N. w,

velopmcnt of Nation, State or Coun
ty, l., an efficient means for CONNER
cial intercourse. Our greet golden
west with its wide stretch OF alluvial
soils; its rich mineral deposits; It's
grass covered plains, and its forests
of sturdy trees, nodding, while the
gentle breezes whisper among their
boughs, slept the sleep Of silent re-
pose until avail ened by the click Of
spade and pick echoed from hill and
mountain side. And as the iron rails
heightened each day, space between
east and west was used up and set.
Elements and civilization followed In
the wake.
Onward, they plunged with accele.
rated speed, past mountains looking
d ,wn in perfect dismay; past impreg-
nable gibralters offering resistance to
their progress; through archways,
that spanned the turbid waters OF
countless streams, that arched them
a smile as they thundered over and
across and were lost In the abyss be.
yond.
Civilization came plodding on In the
tr Ill, casting anchor here and there
to investigate the rich resources that
were piled high beneath the surface,
and exca 1ation facilities were made
possible by the rich surfice resources
that had been basking In the sunlight
for thousand years or more. Here
was builded an asylum Of active en-
terprise, necessity, forcing her claims
for undaunted courage, and labor was
paving the way to success.
Oh, you mighty monster Of speed.
with your nerves of steel and your
breath of steam; what you have done
for the west you can do for any por-
tion thereof; and we call a halt to
those that are persuing visible mir
age, that is always ahead and In the
distance. but never overtaken; to
those that are satisfied with their
present environments, for satisfaction
as applied to present conditions and
as mental .acti' ity. Is adverse to
the aspirations and inclinations of b
thinking people. Our days Of dream
ing are over and to materialize oui
hope, shout presto! Presto!" while
we extend to the great builder a yer,
welcome invitation to make a Journey
through Mellette and adjacent coun-
ties, where hopeless opportunities,
without transportation advantages,
await your coming.
Nature, in her distribution Of nat
sural resources, favored Mellette coun-
.ty consideration, by gift Of deep
rich soil, favorable cli.Latic condi-
tions. and picturesque scenery
Would you engage In stock raising
AN opportunity awaits you here
Would you engage in farming-the
black rich soil together with congen-
|ial ciamatic conditions of rainfall
and length of seasons, invites you to
her borders. Do you seek health,
here is the ideal hospital, Every
crystal stream; the broai open ex-
panse Of grass covered plains, and the
desired altitude, all lend q healing
balm to the nerve wrecked body and
mind. If to break the monotony OF
the plains, you seek pleasure, an
hours motoring brings you to the Bad
Lands, where the erosivs work OF
wind and rain have car, ed countless
figures in forms, from the lone senti
mel to massive masonry of perpeadi. :
ular walls, streaked with oil the
shades OF the rainbow. A shad.wy
waste, silent, lonely, and bleak, where
the wild rose mods in the wind and
the sneaking coyote moves about un.
n.oIested. Here's where the lover of
nature Is spell bound in admiration of
the deep gray gorges, the wind wo'
cliffs, and the shear wall Of perpen-
dicular rocks overlooking the swift
clear stream-Little White, az 1t
neanders to the northward.
This great iron horse is a builder.
lie builds banks. schools, churches,
towns and cities. He influences NOR
ais: inspires religion; courts social as
IEarations, and develops intellect
Railroads invite labor, and labor Is
the great lever that moves the world
Isolation calls halt to oevery activity
Where transportation facilities are
Inc fiicient. So let's be up and doing
and not so many blind owls, percned
on the, deadest dead limb of isolation
to hoot because hooting seems t. be
1.-The only alternative. Let's have q
star Of hope ahead and bend every
energy TO reach the goal, that shal
hove In sight the stretch of iron rails
causing the people that have beer
moving in a role Of ancient trada