Sturgis advertiser., July 19, 1887, Image 4

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Interest Faciei on Time Deposits.
CHOICE RESIDENCE LOTS, DESIRABLE BUSINESS
TKHTS, AVAILABLE
ACREAGE PROPERTY!
LOANS ON REAL ESTATE
lire or Life Insurance,
CALL, ON OR ADDRESS
DAVENPORT & BROWN
Office Rear First Nat'l Bank, Sturgis, Dak.
FURNITURE!
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Parlor: and Bedroom Suites
-Of the Most Modern Styles,-
Parlor Folding Beds, Mirrors, Window Shades
and Fixtures of all Kinds.
A Complete Line of QueenH-waro,
DECORATED DINNER SETS
French China Tea Sets, and Plain Crockery.
Glass-ware, Library Lamps, Baby Car
riages, Mattresses, Pillows, Etc., Etc.
-My Goody are ull of the—
-Superior in Quality and Bold at Prices which will Defy Competition.
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W. CORN WELL STURGIS, DAK.
IRON, WOOD AND CHAIN
Iron Pipes, BrosB, Steam and Water Fittings, Hoso, Packing, &c.
Gun and Locksmith!
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-AGENT FOR-
U. S. WIND ENGINE AND PUMP CO.,
Standard Pumping and Geared Wind Mills, Food Grinders, Corn. Shelters, &o..
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Barbed Wire, New Domestic
Etc., Etc. Agent for the Walter A. Wood'
HARVESTING MACHINES!
COPPER AND SHEET IRON WORK A SPECIALTY.
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HARDWARE, STOVES & TlfAEE
Agricultural Implements, Paints and Oils, Doors. Sasliand Glass, Croekery,
Glassware, Lamps, &c. Charter Oak Stoves, Wagons and Baggies
STORE
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M'CORMICK MACHINES
And Repairs.——
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TUESDAY,
JULY
10,1887.
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The STUSGIS ADVERTISE!! IB beflswith
presented to the public for consideration.
This number was issuod under adverse
circumstances and on short notice, but
the paper will improve with age. The
ADVERTISER ia established permanently,
and its principal!mission will be to ad
vance the interests of the people of Stur
gis in the various ways that will present
themselves from time to time. .There is
an abundance of material that can be
utilized with good advantage to Sturgis
and the country tributary, and the AD
VEKWSER will make use of it to the beet
of its ability.
While the ADVERTISER is first for
Sturgis, it will never speak disparaging
ly of neighboring towns, as it firmly be
lieves this course is a detriment to.the
entire Black Hills country. We need'
the support of one another for the mu
tual good of all, vnd it is sincerely hoped
the day is not far distant when Block
Hills towns will work together as a unit,
instead of one trying to build up by
pulling down everything else.
The ADVERTISER has great faith in
Sturgis and will always be found labors
ing for what it believes to be the best in
terests of tJjo community.
Thanking the people and business
men of Sturgis for the warm reception
xtended' the ADVERTISES, we remain
cir obedient servant. I, R. CROW*
LIQUOR LICENSES.
Although several petitions,, signed b.y
the best people of this place,, were pre
sented- to the board of county commis
sioners asking that no licenses be grant
ed to.ceEtjiin parties. Tzbe-have conducted
dance halls ia Stiu-gis for yeai», they ig
.nerfid the pivayers of the petitioners and
granted the licenses asked for. Without
questioning the motives of the com mis
sicmers iit tiiifc matter,, we think they
should have first considered tUo wishes
of the better element of this community
and then dealt with these questionable
reseats afterwards. The board might
have established a more commendable
precedent than to virtually authorize the
continuance- of dance lulls on the princi
pal street of Sturgis.
At a special session of the town board
of trustees, held yesterday roonf city li
censes were refused these parties in
question. This is right. The board has
taken a course that is endorsed by every
good citizen of Sturgis. The board has
taken a bold stand for docency and good
order, and now that matters are in a fair
way to cloeo tho public dance halls on
Main street, that have long been obnox
ious to the respectable citizens of Sturgis
and a disg^aco to. the community, it is to
be hoped that they will forever remain
closed—at least in the business portion
of town.
COUNTY DIVISION.
Lawrence county is to be divided. The
people living in the county east of a line
beginning at the PenniBgton county line
between ranges 5 and 6-, thence running
north 8 miles, thence west miles,
thence nosth 18 miles, thence east 6
miles, thence north 6 milea to Butto
county, have petitioned tho board of
county commissioners to be segregated
from that portion of Lawrence county
lying west of said division lino. The law
requires that the petition shall contain
the names of 500 electors residing in
that part of the county desirous of seg
regation. The petition on file contains
547 namos. Therefore tho coramission
iers nnist caH an election within thirty
days after the filing of the petition, giv
ing twenty days' notice of said election,
stating where tho various polling places
will' be held. A two-thirds vote will be
necessary to- socure a division. This voto
can be had, as almost every resident in
the newcounty to be formed is hoartily
in sympathy with tho movement for
many, good reasons. One among the
many strong arguments in favor of di
vision is the court expenses of Lawrence
county, which item alone annually
amounts to. upwards of $30,000- Tho
last court calender showed 31)0 cases-, on
the docket, less than a dozen of this
number being from this part of the coun
ty. Yet the whole county is taxed to
j»ay the expenses for cleaning up a
docket in which a large portion of the
county is not in the least interested. The
peoplo of the east end are fully awake to
the importance of the movement, and
will, vote almost to a man. in favor divis
ion-
The new county wijt be known, as
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BOOBS TOWNS.
As yet Sturgis- has never had a boom,
although the town is about nine years
old. While a boom is anticipated by
many upon th« completion of the rail
road to this plaoe about October 1 next,
it will be infinitely better if a boom does
not materialize in the sense that the word
"boom" implies. A steady and perma
nent growth is very decidedly bettor for
a town and the country, than-such booms
as have been witnessed within the last
few months at several points not far re
moved from Sturgis. The experience of
others in this respect should bo a good
criterion for ns, as they have built us an
expensive light house, as it were, by
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which we may pilot oar ship clear of I
breakers..
One of the best ways, perhaps, to. cre
ate a boom that will not act as a boom
erang,. is to legitimately advertise the
town and country and invite the atten
tion of capital) After this is done and
shrewd, discerning men-begin to drop ih
and acquaint themselves with the re
sources of the Hills and the possibilities
of Sturgis, don't miss an opportunity to
sell them a business lot or two or a few
residence lots, even if you do so at. the
minimum. Do not drive out capital by
holding property at fabulous prices. It
won^f do. Better sell low than not sell at
all, by which course both money and
people will flow in, and ultimately more
money will Be made by each individual
and the whole community than if futile
attempts are made to gather in. the earth
at one grasp.. Every new man- that
makes investments or locates here will
help to build up the town, and as popu
lation and wealth are among the chief
requisites to make a prosperous and
booming town, it behooves every good
citizen of Sturgis to invite capital and
people to come in and assist in making
this the leading town of the entire Black
Hills region. The golden hour is now
at hand.
ENCOUEACJE BUILSIHO.
Perhaps one of the most practical and
feasible ways to encourage building up
western towns is by means of a building
and loan association. Such an organi
zation enables men with limited capital
to secure homes on easy terms, and at
the same time the funds of the associa
tion draw a good interest. It also gives
work to laborers and mechanics who
would otherwise possibly be idle. At
the same time it improves the town, adds
to its material wealth and gives it the
appearance of life and prosperity. The
organization of a building and loan as
sociation, or something of a similar na
ture, is worthy of consideration, for much
good can bo accomplished by placing a
small amount of capital with 61ie assur
ance of a handsome premium on the in
vestment.
Commenting editorially on these asso
ciations, an eastern exchange publishes
the following interview, which plainly
points out many of the benefits which
accrue from such organizations:
"There are thousands of mortgages
made to building and loan associations
in thi3 city every year," said a lawyer to
me the other day, "and they are general
ly given by men with narrow incomes
and small capital, but i±is.very seldom
at one of those mortgn^s is foreclosed.
As one would expect the most defaults
in the payments of loans a*e among this
clasfe, I became interested in the matter,
and one day asked the president of one
of the largest building associations if his
experience accorded with my observation.
He told me tho proportion of mortgages
that his company had been compelled to
foreclose was one-filth the number that
would have found the way to the courts
if they had been made by an ordinary
loan agent, and ho thought his experience
to be that of all building societies. Tho
only reason for this that he could give
was that the system of weekly or month
ly paymonts enabled borrowers to make
payments when they received their wages
or salaries.
"Tho benefit these building associa
tions do in encouraging wage-workers to
save their money and secure homes is not
generally recognized," continued this
gentleman- "I understand ^Jiere are
soveral hundred associations located in
this city, with a paid up capital of sev
eral. millions, which is all loaned out to
small stockholders.. There are thousands
of comfortable homos here that nevor
would have existed but for the aid ren
dered their owners by building and loan
associations, and the larger part of them
are among a class of poor foreigners who
will be better citizens if they own their
homes and havT9 a direct pecuniary inter
est in good government. Tho socialist
and anarchist, I am told, find a poor
field for the propagation of their doc
trines1 amoag their stockholders."
TBS WAY BOOKS ARE BORN.
Wichita, Kansas^ acquired an enviable
reputation a few months since with her
real estate boona, and tho means by
which it was created is told in the fol
lowing by a business man of the town:
We organized. We held almost night
ly meetings, and among the first things
we agreed upon was: to hang together,
anil stay by each other through thick
and tkin.
Wo advertised' by hundreds of thou
sands of circulars. We set forth all our
advantages in such a manner that stran
gers who were led by our circulars to
give us calls were not deceived, but, on
the contrary, agreed that we had not put
it as strong' as we might.
Every town in the East of notoriety
was not only served with our circulars
but our newspapers.
And the newspaper advertising did
double duty. Our people made it a role
to ask all their friends to advertise.
We then subscribed for a large num
ber of copies, loaded with local advertis
ing and full of accounts of our future
prospects and great advantages, and we
found by conversing with parties who
finally came here prospecting that the
full advertising columns of our papers
which they had seen did more than all
else to impress them with tho growth
and importance of the placo.
Wo found that we could not overdo
this thing—that tho more wo paid out
for t%eo purposes tho more were our
profits. Every new-comer was a cus
tomer to most of our stores, and while
their advertising paid to them rich re
turns, it sarved the double purpose to
impress the Eastern man who had an eye
to business, with the fact that Wichita
was in fact a rising town, and thus we
have gone on, until we have an added
population since I came here of over 20,
000, and property has increased in busi
ness places more than 1,000 fold, and iri
the country round about us the apprecia
tion 'has.been.over 400 per cent.
You have in- times gone by? dene a
great deal af advertising for me,, as yon
know, but now I know as well as you can
know that printers' ink is the best}, capi
tal to boom a town. Had we not used ill
unsparingly, Wichita would not have
been larger than Carthage.
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SHERIDAN HOUSE!
JOHN
SCOLLARD
Proprietor,
Good Board
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Clean Beds.
Prices $2.00 Per Day.
SPECIAL RATES!
Made Known on Application.
Behm& Newell
BLACKSMITHS
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Mercha'tTailor,
STUR.GHS, DAK.
Coloring and Repairing floBP »g
Notice a ad ia the best style.
City Beer Hall!
FRITZ AMMON, Prop.
Milwaaiaekeg Beer 25 cente per
quart.
COLD- LUNCHES!
Finest Club Room in Stur
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it is, we
shall soon outrank any town in the state.
Messrs. John Parley, J. D. Hale and
A. A. Raymond have been appointed by
Judge Thomas a board of appraisement
for Lawrence county to condemn prop
erty along tile line of the Eikhom road.
The commission will have considerable
work to do.
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Our facilities for doing all kind* of repairing
in onr line are Second to none in the Hill*. Good
work guaranteed at reasonable prices. Shop on
Main street, opposite Northwestern burn.
F. W. MOLDENHUER,
BOOTS 'BOOTS!
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Finest Hand-Made Ladies'
Shoes,Eastern Price, $8.50, $6.50
Fine Corocco Kid 3.00
Fine Hand-Turn French Kid,
$4.50, $5.00 and -"6.00
Slippers from 75c, $1.00, $1.25, $1.50 to $4.00,
Misses and Children's Shoes from the Finest to the
Heavy, Strong and Durable. Boys' and Youths'
Boots and Shoes
WAY DOWN!
Men's Fine Opera Boots
Gentlemen's Fine Shoes From
Hay Boots, Full Stock
Split Boots
The Largest
Merchant Tailoring
and Clothing House
in America.
WANAMAKER
OAK HALL,
Philadelphia.
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A full lino of card samples of
the great piece goods stock
will found with
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MCMILLAN,
SAI.ES AGENT,
Sturgis, Dakota.
We have the best fitted, best stocked Boot and
Shoe Store in the Black Hills. Can make to order
Gentlemen's Boots and Shoes at the Lowest Cash
Price.
Shoe Brushes, always the best Shoe Polishers,
French F. M. Bixby 3 NB 3 Reserves Day &
Martin's Liquid Polish Butler's Raw Gloss for fine
kid shoes, shoe laces, button hooks, and every
thing pertaining tp the shoe line. In addition we
have a large line of
Gents Furnishi'g Goods
That-are selling down to Eastern prices. Shirts*
dress and fancy. Flannels from 50c to $3.00.
Overalls, the best made
Heavy Wool Pants
Men's Hats, fine
Suspenders
Handkerchiefs, Silk
Men's Hose
Fine Lisle
Fine British
I BUY FOR CASH!
Save 25 per cent., and give my customers the ben
eflt. Call and examine goods. Everything
Marked in plain figures, where a chijd
can buy as cheap as a man.
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