July 13th Date of Election

Corson County is now an organized county and the proclamation calling for an election on July 13, for the purpose of electing a full set of county officials and determine the location for the temporary county seat, is now in the possession of the auditor of Walworth county, under whose jurisdiction this county is held for judicial purposes.
In going back to the origin of Corson county we find that it was made up of the best portion of the original Borman, Dewey and Schanasse counties. We also find that the bill providing for the forming of this new county was framed by J.W. Harris, president of the First National Bank of McIntosh. It takes in all that part of the Standing Rock Reservation that lies in South Dakota and consists of over 1,800,000 acres of land.
Soon after the enactment of this bill steps were taken toward the organization of the county that we might have the advantage of public schools and that we might hold our own courts and cause law and protection to prevail. In this Mr. Harris was largely instrumental. A petition was presented to governor consisting of about a hundred and eighty-six signatures of legal voters of the county asking for an organization, which was finally granted.
Taken from McIntosh Globe May 27, 1909

$12,000.00 hotel for McIntosh
Local Capital starts ball rolling-Forty room Hotel will soon be under construction

That McIntosh is going to have a $12,000.00 hotel is no guess work but an actual fact and this is something we may well boast of. It is a fact that means much to the nature of McIntosh and its businessmen in general. First class hotel accommodations for the traveling public is one of the main essentials to the making of any city. A stranger will always size up a town by the hotel accommodations he receives and almost invariably will speak a good word for the town as the result.
We don't wish to belittle our restaurants as they are most essential in their place and we can boast of some of the best restaurants along the line. In all walks of life the first impression a person receives counts for more than a score afterwards and it is therefore essential that strangers be given a good impression when he first arrives. Is it any wonder than that we are highly elated over this grand cavern that we are soon to be able to boast of?
It will be a two story structure 50x100. A veranda will extend around the two sides facing the streets and a cement walk will be built in front along these two streets after the building is completed. A steam heating plant will be installed together with bath rooms equipped with a hot and cold water system. The fixtures thru out the entire building will be modern in every detail and no less than forty guest rooms will be provided.
The enterprise will be a home concern, being built by home capital. One of our big ranchers and enterprising merchants, Joe A. Archambault, has shown his faith in McIntosh by taken it upon himself to erect this large structure and to this enterprise the people of McIntosh will owe much.
The Milwaukee Land Co., originally reserved three lots on the corner of First and Main Streets for hotel purposes with the intention that anyone who would erect a good substantial hotel on them should be given a free title to same. While several eastern parties have been looking into the matter for some time it was not until W.H. Schulz, manager of the Central Lumber Co., took an active interest in the propostion that any steps were taken and it was largely thru his efforts that Mr. Archambault decided to take advantage of this opportunity, this in cooperation with Louis Agard who was instrumental in bringing about the deal.
We will state right here that Mr. Schultz has been well repaid for his eforts by securing for his company the contract to supply the building material and the building contract was awarded to one of our skilled popular contractors, N.A. Pierson. Work has already commenced on the foundation which will be of solid cement.
J.A. Archambault is one of the Indians, who has distinguished himself as shrewd financier and business men. He was born in 1872 at the Grand River Agency, which was then situated at the mouth of Grand River near where Mobridge now stands, but was later moved to Fort Yates. His father is a French Canadian and came to this country when a young man, having since lived among the Sioux Indians. Joe is a scholar of the Indian schools at Hampton, Va., and after finishing school engaged in the ranching business and also acted as government interpreter at Fort Yates at one time. In 1902, he established a trading post at the Bullhead sub-agency where he met with much success and in 1908 established a mercantile business at McIntosh which has been a good source of profit to him from the start. He was the first man to erect an elegant residence here and one of the first to realize the importance of McIntosh as a business center and a coming city of note. When the president appointed the commission to appraise the lands in he Standing Rock reservation, he was chosen as one of its members to represent his people.
Taken from McIntosh Globe September 23,1909