The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1874-10-17

who would have to be carried until an
other harvest. OF course we shall con-
tinue to publish an honest newspaper,
hewing to the line let the chips fall
where they may.
WATER LINE 70 THE ROCKY NOUN:
TAINS.
A project for continuous navigation
from New Orleans to the Rocky Noun
tains is now under consideration. The
proposed plan is to connect the Mime
sofa with the Red River and both with
the Saskatchewan by "a system Of ca
mails, locks, and slackwater improve
ments. The project is pronounced per-
fectly feasible, and comparatively
cheap. Lake Traverse, in which the
Red River takes it's ries, lies within a
mile or two of Big Stone Lake, the source
of the Minnesota river, and in time of
high water the passage from the one
lake to the other can now be made in
canoes and batteaux. From the mouth
of the Red River to the mouth of the
Saskatchewan, the distance is 60 miles
through Lake Winnipeg, and steam
er is to be put on the lake next Spring
to ply between the two rivers. Lord
John Grahame, during the past Sum-
mer explored the South branch OF the
Saskatchewan distance of $50 miles,
and he is now engaged in a project for
navigating these northern waters from
Breckenridge on the Red River to the
Rocky Mountains.
This project, when carried out, will
open up to St. Paul the commerce of
over three thousand miles of naviga-
ton and give to one Of the finest wheat
regions of the world water outlet
There is a magnificent commercial fu-
ture before st. Paul.
FINAL HOMESTEAD PROOF
The following information is for
those who may wish to take final proof
on homesteads before the Clerk of the
District Court:
TO entitle parties to the benefit of
this mode OF proof it is required that
they post up conspicuously on the land
embraced in the Homestead entry, and
on the door of the Court House, and
keep posted for not less than three
weeks, a written or printed notice to he
signed by the Homestead settler, stat.
ing that he will, on the day to be nam.
ell therein, appear before the clerk of
the court, ut the Court House, for the
purpose Of making final Homestead
proof Oh the land, describing same by
subdivisions Of section, township and
range.
Tie affidavit of the settler and the
proof of his witnesses must show
First, The settlement and cultivation
Of the land, rs required by law in ordin.
airy cases; Second, That the notices
herein specified were posted, and re-
NAMED posted, in the manner and fol
the period of time required by these
regulations; and, Third, That in con.
sequence Of the rayages Ivy grasshop
pers the party is unable to defray the
expense Of Il personal attendance ut the
District Land Office.
In cases where it is not practicable te
prove the settlement and cultivation OF
the land and the posting Of notices, as
herem required, ny the same witnesses
the fact OF the posting and maintenance
Of the notices may be shown in Il sep.
arate affidavit by other witnesses.
THE DE GRAFT STOCK FARM
Our readers are already familiar will
the facts concerning the stock farm o
Col. King, of Minneapolis, who recent
ly sold his Lyndall Herd at Chicago
and realized a fortune upon a single
sale. But Mr.. King is not the onl,
prince in stock farming. Mr.. G.. A
DeGraff, Of Waseca county, has :
stock farm Of 1900 acres near James
vile. and from the accounts, we judg
his to be one of the most complet,
farms of the kind in America. A re
porter for the St. Paul Press recentl,
visited the farm and has given an ex
tended account of it in the columns O
that paper. OF the improvements III
Saws: