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THE LOWELL OF THE WEST#i)lt;bfitoax Fulls and Its Future Prospects. eSThe | t:X«wippcrt-Ktc., JStc. J dpfewUl Cocmpomlence ot tbe Sioux Countj Herald,]■... . eioox Jauj, D. T., March fitb, 1SS0#This'letter is dated and written from I G the jiiitlystyled city the Lowell of the v Waat.’* It ii a wonder to all strangers } beholding it for the first time. It is « impossible to predict at this time what £ Sioux Falls must and will be in the ^ •pace of ten years hence, whdn it be- a ciimes a railway center and its citizens J s keep up the present spirit of enterprise.AH branches of business are represented and all nationalities engaged therein. The houses carry full stocks, even at this early part of spring. A. number of solid brick and stone storesare now scattered throughout the town. Siohx Falls has a population of about 2,500- It ia surrounded by bluffs, on j Iwhich arc located some elegant rest-• ►donees, j. D. Cameron is now completing the finest residence in tojrti. . j 1 ssioux Falls takes a just pride in theji interests of education, and the laws of the territory are liberal and humane. There is no unjust oppression. A three* M story brick school house offers ample facilities to the young and rising geher-UonB. The building is on a pleasant location,anct is'divided into four grades. Good educators are .at. the head of each department and liberal wages are paid.The two prominent hotels are the CUract arid the Williams House, both enjoying a gobd run of custom. At the Cataract-we-met T. H. Van Sickel, of Sioux .county, and at the Williams,. Orange City’s cattle buyer, G. Hozen-boora.There are four newspapers printed ; and. supported. The Pantograph, Times, IiiHipcii’cteiiifin'a. Scandinavian j our ha), the'jFbifces6’?ddrf,thc latter having started up last week, Prof. N. C. Frederi'ek'son wnd P. W. Wildt editors and proprietors. This^e gehtl.ehleh are whole-souled tn’en, and wid surely make it win,' The Pan-tagfdph is in the -lead and. enjoys the confidence of the business men'-and community. The editors and proprietors are Caldwell «fc Stahl, both practical printers, and for a long time were the Sioux City Journals stand-bys. The iboys.. are now negotiating for a new Campbell power-press, of which they itandin need. -
Newspaper Details
Sioux County Herald
Orange City, Iowa, US
Thu, Mar 11, 1880
Page 2
Full Page
Clipped by
Huron P.
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