The Worthington advance., 1876-05-25
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now things are rapidly shaping 50 rs to
verify the prediction in the near future.
So soon as one new railroad project be-
comes settled fact, another springs
up. This time it is railroad, IRON
Sioux City to Worthington by way Of
Rock Rapids and the Rock, River val
ley. The object is to give Sioux City q
more direct route to Milwaukee over
the Southern Minnesota. This will
open UP to Worthington an exceedingly
rich country. Now let us have our
coal road to Fort Dodge, and the pre-
diction that Worthington will surpass
Mankato as a. railroad and business
center will soon be verified. The fol-
lowing article relating to the contem-
plated road is from the Rock Rapids
Review of May 18th: @.s" i
Railroad matters called us to Sioux
City last week in company with j. +.
Eccleston, and the trip was made up
and down the Rock River valley for the
purpose of looking over the line of a
new contemplated railroad to this place
and WorthingtOn to connect with the
Southern Minnesota ut that point. The
route is feasible one, and will develop
a very rich country, besides giving
Sioux CITY direct outlet to the Mil
waule; n acket. The Pembina Compa.
ny, as well us the Southern Minnesota
Railroad Company are interested in the
new line and will put forth every effort
possible to hurry it's early completion.
We had Il long conversation with the
railroad men of Sioux City who are i'll
terested in both of the above named
railroads and are bringing matters to a
point for the purpose of fixing upon i
plan that will forward the new enter
prise. These men consist of Judge A.
W. Hubbard, G. &. Wicker, S. L. Davis
and John H. Charles. Mr.. Wicker has
Il large interest in the Southern Mime
sofa road, and is also interested in the
Pembina. They are men Of shrewd
railroad calculation and mean business.
This would be the most advantageous
road for us, as it would furnish this
country with the advantage of Chi
besides giving US access to st. Louis
and the Pacific. 1t will take time to
perfect this arrangement and to build
the road, but by prudent energy and
continued perseverance, it can be ac-
complished. Our friends of the Rock
valley want to keep this object in view
and concentrate their railroad energies
in that direction.
The Sioux City Journal says of the
project:
The people of Rock Rapids and that
portion OF Lyon County through which
the Rock River runs III its southwest
erly course to the Big Sioux, are just
now interesting themselves in !, new
railroad enterprise. They are endeav-
Oring to bring about 4 connection of
the Sioux City and Pembina and South
ern Minnesota lines, 50 as to give Rock
Rapids the benefit of railroad facilities.
They would like to see the Pembina
road or Il branch Of that line run up
the Rock River past Rock Rapids and
on to Worthington, there to connect
with the Southern Minnesota. While
these two companies have IN eye to the
advantages to be derived from a con-
nection of their lines in the manne,
suggested, they are still doing little ii
anything in the way Of carrying on:
the projected enterprise, nor is it likely
that such a movement will take definite
Slls1pe Cle pIeSellC season.
Il HOW TO KILL GHASsH0PPER&
We revive the following article from
the Mankato Review, as now is just the
time to test the matter. Will the
farmers try coal oil and report the re-
suit:
It is well known that the ordinary
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killing grasshoppers, and during the
payment Of the bounty in this county
< it was used quite extensively to kill tllt
coal oil is the chief merit Of Mr.. Rel
: mann's plan for killing the grass|op
pcrs. lie says clIat the smallest parti
p Gle that will adhere to ones finger, i
touched upon the body of all insect vii
: cause an almost instant death. lie
D takes i piece Of cotton cloth Il yart
e wide, and about twenty feet long. On,
h side he fAStenS to i rope, the ends c.
~ which extend oyer the cloth Il foot o
two. 10 the bottom of the cloth III
j. fastens, say one foot apart, lead sinkers
! sufficient weight to keep the cloth 6rml,
u stretched, The cloth is then soaked il
coal oil until thoroughly saturated, ant
with man at each end this apparatus
is slowly dragged over the ground occu
J: pied by the insects. Every hoppe
q touched 10y the oil is instantly killed
q The cloth is soaked from time to time
y as ones judgment dictates. Mr.. Rel
: mann says the first soaking consumes
, good deal Of oil, but afterwards mucl
q less is required, and he estimates thai
. y one and Il half or two gallons is I'LL tll,
= is necessary to kill the hoppers O,
. eighty acres. This process is to be ap
q piled Us soon after Matching lis possible
- when the grain is small. Where i
+ touches the grass or weeds more OF. les
- - oil adheres, and this kills such insects
q us come i'll contact with it. =.
y This process is very much preferabl
. to that OF drag ,ing Il burning rope sat
: uratcd III oil over the grain, for it doc
i comparatively little damage to vegets,
- ton, while this is the Chief objection
with lis to the other process.
Mr.. Reimann tried this method las
spring, and it worked to lis complet
S satisfaction. destroying the grasshop
!. pers upon his premises. and what i'll
t juries his crops sustained were tracabl
: to insects that came upon him frOll
:. other localities.
I'll TA7'TLER&
;, 49,. SUMMIT LAKE, May s, 1876.
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