The Western advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1872-1874, 1874-07-18
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BASE BALL.

baOG BALL..
On Tuesday the Northern Blizzard''
Base Ball club, of Estherville, Iowa,
came up to play the "Okabenas," of
this place, return game. They were
taken to the Worthington Hotel, where
they were entertained while here. The
game was called ut 8 O'Clock Wednes,
day morning, and was closely contested
throughout. The score stood as fol-
lows: "Blizzards" 81. "Okabenas" q.
Umpire, Mr.. Franklin, Of Jackson
The third game will be played sometime
during the coming fall.
The Minneapolis Tribune and the
IMou have exchanged editors. Mr..
Croffut takes the lloil and Messrs.
Thompson and Wilcox take the IRi-
bune. W. S. King announces that he
has sold the Tribune to A1essrs. A. G..
Wilcox, Clifford Thompson, Jas. /.
IIendryx and Chas. F.. Hendryx. All
parties seem to be happy at the ex-
change. and here's to the Tribune and
the Mail and their families and ':may
they live long and prosper.''
THE CROPS.
The reports from Iowa are very IA
vorable. In some portions the crops
have been injured by the grasshoppers
and in others 10y hail storms, but gen
orally there is a prospect Of splendid
yield. 50 in this State, outside of the
tbs grasshopper district, the prospect
is excellent. In Dakota the general re-
port is that crops ''never looked bet
terri
On Wednesday the grasshoppers were
flying over during most Of the day, and
dying high, in a south-Westerly direc-
ton. On the same day they were seen
moving in solid column, from Brcckcn-
ridge, Oh the Red River, to Sioux City,
forming Il column four or five hundred
miles long. Where they are going no.
body knows. Probably returning to
their native country, the Rocky Noun
tains.
On Tuesday We took /. drive through
three or four townships to the north
and northwest. We saw geat deal of
fine looking wheat, oats and corn. The
ravages Of the grasshopper We're visible
in many places but not to the extent
anticipated. We saw some fine herds
Of cattle and quite q number OF calves
and young stock, which indicates that
our farmers are gradually stocking up.
AGRICULTURAL PAPERS,
The Western Kural, published at Chi
cago, is one of our agricultural ex.
changes, which we always read with
pleasure and profit, and from which we
frequently extract articles of value to
oul farmers. In recent issue the Ru.
rul says:
We notice in the Canada Furmer
credited to the Farmers Union one OF
our editorial articles, "Ilarvesting
Stacking and Thrtsling," which ap'
peared i'll our issue Of July II, 1873. We
also notice in the Worthington, NIinn.
Adr0nce. Il testimonial to the Farmers
| Union, saying how valuable a paper the
Farmers Union is, that it is just fitted
to the farmers of the Northwest, and
that much Of the matter in eastern and
| Chicago papers WAS not so fitted. Oh
course the .llruuce could not possibly
know that some Of the articles b,
which the Farmers Union is rendered
SO interesting are appropriated thun
der, and we can readily excuse it fol
being 50 enthusiastic about their eX
ccllence. But when the TURNER'S IN
ion, knowing that it appropriates mat
ter from other journals, republishes the
+ldy0Nrc's concentrations and plumes
itself thereupon, it becomes another
matter. That the matter referred tt
appeared in the TURNER'S Union, We
have no doubt, as our Canadian cotem
porary is second to no journal on tilt
continent III the ability and careful
ness with which it is edited.
In reply to this the Farmers Onion
says:
Now after reading this. we took pains
to hunt over our files for the article il
question, and discovered it in the issue
Of August 10th, 1873, and at it's close
Western Rural plainly credited.
OF course, we do not take ''sides'' II
this controversy. But we are glad t<
have this opportunity to speak of thu
Western Rurol as a general agricultu
raj paper and as containing d larg'
amounnt Of matter. But, as we salt
before, there is much i'll eastern an<
Chicago papers, which does not appl,
to agriculture in the new Northwest
For what is peculiar to Minnesota ant
the region tributary to st. Paul an'
Minneapolis, the Farmers Union is in
comparably the best agricultural pape
published.
IT, seems flat ,ya are not to be tOuch