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Ill MB vol*. VI H-J- thkmoi* OP PLSNTY -.J T, ilmttwr*'* Wse(y A4v®#ot*"Th# :Zm!Smm MMif Ja tlM itl Spate.- The large end the bom of p)«aty in the United States Is booth D&koUk As least thai ifc the boast of tb* citisens of ta* commonwealth. «We produce mot* wealth per capitathan any other state in Che lend," they exclaim a* tbey swell out their chests, "and we've been doing that lor six years. Watch us in the seventh. Ton can hear the rattle of»the binders clear to Chioago, and that is not thq only way we make ?»r "money." The boast ofSooth Dekotan ateni founded on hot when tbe statistics are brought forth. The bank deposits hire increased from $18,000,000 la 1900 to $42, 000,000 in 1905. Reports from the various counties show that the mortgage indebtedness hac decreased to about one-teorth what it was in 1808, and moefc of tbe mortgages now represent moneys invested in new purchases of land or in the erection of bnaineee property in the larger towns M|d cities. Following this long period at progress and prosperity baa come an era of railroad building. While the state was wry well supplied with road* before, it having 'Within It* borders 1,800 miles of tile Chicago, Milwaukee &St. Pfcni, 900 mile* of the C2bi c«go A Northwestern, 800 miles of the 0rm* Norther*, W0 mite* of the Rock Island, 150 miles of the Burlington, orsr 100 miles of theJ3oo line and ooeoftheim portantterminals «f the Illinois that Ihity ww naahle to din ew« of the growing business of this tbrif*y population. And now the &§««<* MUwaolwe St Pauliseiteodingalinefrom Chamberlain, oft the Missouri river, to tbe gtftffe mining region of fee Black flffi* whioh will form part of it» proposed «y»* to the Pacific coeet. The same wad is building from Armoar, fc. D.f a 100-mfle lin« to connect wtA one of its fcsrminale at Orient, in tbsfame atafe. It is now stated, on what appears to be the beet of authority, that the moat important extension to wards the Pscifie eoeet wilt be from Bvartei hi tbe northern part of tike state, en tbe Missouri river, through to Seattle, Taco Portland Mid BelHngham Bay ftia Hne tooonneot wttb tine line built from Chamberlain through die T"**V Bills, somewhere hi Montana Another important hi»e Is tbe proposed e*te*sto* of the Great Northern road frtHn A1erdeen through tbe southeastern part of Bdmrnsds oounty to Pierre, the proent capital of the state. Tbe grade for that Hne ie already constructed sad all ttat fartta* essary is that tb*lmek ataia be *». done, i.XWm have See that wffl d»w ids Share of the enormous cattle end dairy production* weet of tbe Missouri Wter toSt F*«l and Minnsapolia, Another .Hne to* la process of oonstruotion Is th* South Dakota OsBtrel» whicb was beUtisst year from StouxlTalU, twenty miles to tbi north, 4his year Is estmft^| f«? 1£® iniles farldher amrth. 1 *niepr)|jailab0n of South Dakota isoaeof &*beet ItUwcpos j©d largely of farmers who ^avo %ome in f^om tbe east, and ^ardy X! and tm* fK fifXlE OKABUI MIX OOlTITf. DAKOTA. JCGIEMOS0 TO T. J. PfAI Orttt and Work Suits Ult of them Fancy Dress Shirts XlPlain Work ShlrU Blg&ieofthea Collars^ Cuffs, Ties, Undl Hatsand $ As fine a line cairied the little l?? Wfltfilil :, Rainy Day Coats^ wmj und»rwsar« .. "r" p\_:. could wish to choojie from. Lfldics' v .. Or V Wearing Apparel Shirt Waists* V"*' Jy-.-r Skirts 8Mrt Waltt Salt* '!w Hosisry |. YQU CA^TT BfiAt OURSTOC! COMB AND SEE^ FOR Y^feS! Abshe V i ij -r s??." as anyone' »wr« iTiiif an •sutvsafc" Iw bets «ldl A* ef ft* *s!mmI ossnnse I of W ilNBi OT Wf Sm vtt is m* 'ft' ItfMriMVlb 4lt tlM' -fc *,*•«] idTi. HHa^ tbeW «K rhasaelpMe mk me* rf ywnt wsatth JIMb giiiiftn it 0» Mr. Ismbm wee byMra-UmhertTbemorttog paa spent tas«*Btotoo*ae t«tp vertbeeltr. -t oa* asm*,** ssld Mr. I» bev» to*wp0H^r «f tbe Da«y Blefl, "tbe» tbe road wili be taut jHrnymSAMS' *fla^MIMfcv olAsmtt meipenfi toba llr,AbAer% i r^Mrt Hb WWiiiit'i «®»er M^dum over the tne*tw«tb fPMI lifliiWT# Mr. W*mM 't^aiasr- ftwa* nlMril' *$: I Mb' SMPPIW^p OaJeahw*. ISlMia. WbU* be iwnv MtetawKIM*^ admired tfweltr a»A S* eltypMrb The party wltt awaft Sis a»* Irivalof Mr.HeeeWwe frem De troit, after which the route wift be Mrs«ik- ^TSie*^«i«i wtt tea Monday -Joint WaDare, tbe. 4r V of H» Sm] ip* 3mt iaott, ffoleat IpSBl mnaawMw i%eawMiW::lb* aa*srti#iKlHHl |e^^»iy-aSaj «iy se'gi €Uiifl% «»*&*? C.HUK' v .' -4 rnrnem at 1J6 ms haee -haS flUM |M» M., Brtdcvnter. rT i 5-1- v*: MO. 97 'A JV. *7: rm *r r. i# St E* t, h^S S -n 'A .1, r" ii: fatal SM«ta|" «l#t mmmm Wsg—r s«ijfc ...mm 'Si., "sf-v