Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1921-04-23
CUSTER'S ASSETS
Custer a Good Place to See for Com
mercial Investment aud in
Which 10 Live.

The old adage comparisons are
odious" is usually true, but often fur
nish the best method ofobtainiug values.
| The residents Of this community are
more highly favored as compared with
other places than most Of us realize.
This relates to not only one item but to
many. 1t is said that the Black Hills
have an individuality peculiar to itself
and unlike any other mountains IL
| contains all the various formations the
geologic ages OF the past in its ledges and
broken stratas. This accounts for the
wide range of mineral TO be found in the
! Hills as these minerals bccur in different
formations and only when these are
broken aud projected as ia this case
could such variety be found in a single
| place.
The Hills peoples are also possessed
Of an individuality of their own. A
! spirit Of fairness, beneyolence and gem
eral human kindness. Considering the
general meagerness of the resources Of
| the Hills, no more forward looking,
hopeful people can be found anywhere,
aud after all it is the "iolks" who make
| a community worth while or otherwise.
Clusters greatest assets are the people
first of all and our favored surroundings.
The discovery" of our scenery and cli-
mate within the past few years by the
nutGiIa hos hrnugI,t r5 ,raat baraEte
Among the assets are two which are
worthy of mention. First the Sana-
torium which is a great and growing IN.
stitutiou. Many visitors who are pos
sessed of experience state that for
general possibilities as Sanatorium for
the Tubercular, it is not exceled in the
United States. That it is already great
asset to Custer's business a. purchaser
and great advertisement, all who can
appreciate this splendid and growing in
sttution cheerfully admit An institu-
ton for which every citizen should be
booster and a supporter The second is
the Government aud State Interest which
has been manifested the past few years
by the extensive system Of road build
ing which is under way and already pro-
jected for the future We may not as
community fully appreciate the benefit
which has come to us through these two
sources alone in the past two years in
business. Thousands of dollars in trade
and wages have been unloaded to this
community and while other communi-
ties further removed have been in the
throes Of financial difficulties and have |
been laying off men and business has
been hard put to make collections, this |
community because Of these unfailing |
sources have felt the situation far less
keenly. There is hardly an adverse
situation which can be mentioned in |
reference to this community for which a |
parallel or much worse condition may
be found by comparison elsewhere.
And our winter has been wonderful. |
Certainly the Hills never more truly de-
served the appellation, "a land of sun
shine" than the past six months. With |
the tourists coming this way in a count
less stream, with the plans of the sum
mer already shaping to make Custer the
centre of interest for the entire Hills in
July, Custer people may we'll feel graft
fed at the prospect Of having an oppor-
tuntty of greeting the traveller with open
hearts and such a welcome to all the
coming guests that they shall carry away
an image of this community which can
mean nothing less than pleasure and
profit and will advertise us az the
pleasure Camp Of the State"