The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1874-09-26

eled extensively before purchasing
where they did. and I am IL !lttl3 at
loss why they chose Minnesota in pref
erence to southern Kansas. Each Sec
ton has trunk railway III operation,
and perhaps equally good soil, and if
there is nothing to outweigh it, the
well known desire of every immigrant
to get into q warmer climate, I should
think would have given it the preference.
The summers are longer and hotter,
but at Hutchinson, 1850 feet above the
sea level, the heat, it is said, is not felt
so oppressively, and that flies, which so
torment cattle further East, are less
troublesome at that place. The amount
of rainfall has been question, but it.
is claimed that it is sufficient east of
Great Bend. It is not as near all East
ern market as you are and suppose is
less reliable for wheat, but on the other
hand, it must be a better stock country
and it is claimed to be we'll adapted to
fruit, which can not be said of Mime
sofa. Ihave stated what I apprehend
to be facts, but if I am mislnformed in
any particular should be glad to be
set right, not only on my own account
but on that Of others, whom I hope to
induce to go with me after I have seen
with my own eyes the home Of my
adoption.
If Minnesota has advantages over the
locality named Of which I am ignorant,
1 should like the facts through your pa
per, if you are pleased to give them
without the use of my name.
Truly Yours, --
We have not space for q full answer
to the questions proposed by our cor
respondent, but we will endeavor'.to an
swer them correctly and fairly and at
as much length as our space will per-
NIT:
THE NATIONAL COLONY.
l. Our correspondent desires full in
formation concerning this portion of
the West. For this we must refer him
to the journals issued from time to
time by the National Colony Company.
The advertisement of the Company,
published in our paper, claims for this
region fertile soil, convenient markets,
lealthful climate, Christian society,
superior mail, railroad, school and
church privileges, and an absence Of
ague, consumption, the liquor traffic,
desperadoes and Indians. This is mere
ly a summing up of advantages upon
which we shall dwell for a moment
AS to fertile soil, this is called, land
was so called before this county was
settled, the Garden Of the State and
the cream Of the prairies. The soil
has depth Of from two to four feet
It's pr0ductiveness has been dcmonstra-
ted during the past three seasons. No.
blcs county took first premiums on
wheat and sQuashes at the recent State
Fair at St. Paul. Some Of the oldest
residents Of the State say they would
not give two counties in Southwestern
Minnesota for all the land on the North
ern Pacific. The healthfulncsS of the
climate is so well established as to be
,, beyond any question. We are north of
the aguc line or belt, and the dry at
mosphere precludes any such thing as
original cases of consumption, while
nearly every form of lung and throat
disease is cured bya residence in this
State. Too much can scarcely be said
as to the exhilerating effect of the eli.
mate. Men are buoyant and energetic I'M.
deralmost all circumstances except abso
lutte sickness. Our markets are conven.
lent. Minnesota is on the Great Lakes
and Oh the Mississippi, thus giving hel
the advantages Of water transportation
Worthington is on q trunk line Of rail
road which runs daily trains to st.
Paul and Sioux City. AS to church
and school privileges and society, these
are admitted to be unsurpassed by
those in any community On the frontier
The liquor traffic is excluded from No
bles county, and the Colony is compos
ed Of q class Of people who average
much better in character and intelli
gence than frontier communities gen
orally.
TIE GRAssHOpPEKs.
For two seasons Southwestern Min
nesota has had her crops destroyed by
grasshoppers but enough has beer
raised jn this section to show the capa
bilities of the soil. Its productivenes:
is simply wonderful, and settles oul
right to be called the garden of TIN
State. The grasshopper visitation thi
season was general along the frontier
extending from Manitoba, in British
America, to Texas. The destruction o
crops in Kansas and Nebraska was full
ly as great as in Minnesota, and, if tn
published accounts are true, the suffer
ing there is greater than here.
WHY MINNESOTA WAS SELECTED.
2. Our correspondent is at a loss t.
know why the founders Of the Nation
al Colony selected location in Mime
sofa rather than in Kansas. This wa
!, done because Minnesota is vastly supe
rior to Kansas i'll climate and in re
sources. The founders of the Nation
. III Colony travelled over 20, 00G miles, ex
aiming the country from Missouri
the Red River country and from low
to Utah, and after a careful .compar
son Of advantages decided in favor G
Minnesota. They made special examir
y alton Of the advantages of Kansas an
= Nebraska and rejected these States fo