Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-05-04
OUT IN THE STATE.


that he was entitled to the vote of the State.
OUT IN THE STATE.
From. the So"th,cest Corners Railroads and
Telegraph Lines--Farn Lands and
Farm and Prairie
Schooners--To,cns and Counties Good
Times Coming.
Correspondence of THE GLOBE,
WoRTHNeToS, Mobiles County, Nav LIST. 1878.
Ihls comes very near being the corner of the
state, 1t only lacks one county of it. The
little county of Rock, with its twelve full
sized townships, and four halves, has the dis
tinguished honor of being the extreme south
west cornerstone of Minnesota, and Joining
hands with Iowa and Dakota, to promote the
general welfare. Mobiles is twenty town
ship county, and good one, and it is receiving
the attention it is justly entitled to. 1t is a
streams and deep rich soil. Nearly all of it
Is susceptible of cultivation, except
what is under water. Take these
ITO southern tiers of counties together and
there is very little difference between them, as
regards their natural advantages. There is
certainly remarkable similarity in their con-
hgrration, and Typographical delineation of
one county su1fices for all. OF course each in
habltant thinks his own section, town, county
and State the best; but that is kind of local
patriotism that is always commendable.
Worthington is the county's seat of govern
ment, and the immigration that is thronging
in just DOW is making it lively in and around.
The hotels are getting rich and real estate men
are on the road to opulence and high-heeled
boots Look out over the prairie at any
hour, and immigrant wagons may be seen NOV
ing IN various directions, with their white
covers looking in the distance like chips at
sea: The old time ox-train is again revived,
and the days of prairie-schooners have returned
to bless the land. This restless human family
Is on the move, and some good will como of it.
As with the tribes of the old sheer force of cir
cumstances is driving them into these remote
places where they are planting their banners,
and building their homes and laying the foun-
datlon broad and deep, another pillar to the
republic. The magnificent iron highway that
has penetrated all this rich region, aehad of the
tide: is the grand promoter of the flood, that is
now setting in. Choice lands Access
sible by cheap and speedy
means of transportation, are GER
new homes. Here we have the St. Paul & Sioux
City-Sioux City st. Paul, excellent and
well managed railroad, carrying daily mails
and freight and passengers to our very DOORS
So with IL telegraph lines in connection,
means of communication is afforded to ell this
people with the outside world, both by steam
and electricity. The town claims population
of from FIVE to seven hundred. She has her
large good school building, Congregational,
Presbyterian and Methodist churches, United
States land office, elevator and Touring mill,
the latter containing FIVE run of burrs, four o
i've hotels of various styles and capacities, q
court house. two weekly newsp apers, the larg-
houses, lumber yards and other
concomltants, In addition to the
usual number of professional gentlemen-law-
yers, doctors and gospel expounders. Many of
these new towns have from one to three lakes
each. approximating their borders, where the
gate their waters in summer. Worthington has
Its west and east Okabenas, the former SIX
miles in circumference and the latter three
They are two pretty bodies of water, and
abound in fish and fowl. These enterprising
people propose to establish a pleasant drive
and adorn it with a row of trees on each of the
two sides, thus affording pleasure parties and
the towns-people a pleasant place for recrea-
ton. Less than two miles away is another
lake. the Ocheeda, body of water
about twenty miles in circumference
This lake flows into Missouri waters, while the
two Okabenas mingle with the Mississippi
This is said to be nine hundred feet higher
than st. Paul, and here too we find the crown
Ing summit, the most elevated lands of the
State. The three great rivers of t. he continent
are fed from the waters of this grand plateau.
The st. Lawrence via the lakes, the Mississippi
and the Missouri, have each their arteries
reaching up to this peculiar watershed, and
they share nearly alike in the element they
take away to the dual CULTS of the ocean.
The Okabena Touring mill is one of the in
teresting enterprises of the town. Its capacity
is hundred barrels of -four in twenty four
hours, motor, steam power; hay and the furnace
hnr &C.
facture of one hundred barrels, of -four. A man
and boy run the engine and do the firing.
Inc hay Is coarse slough article, costing
loose laid down, $1.75 per ton. 1t is fed to the
flames with pitchfork, and that operation
is ell work and no play. There is no lack of
h i but 1t REQUIRES vast amount of stufing.
That kind of fuel is much cheaper than any
other they can get here. 1t costs less than
simply the freight on wood, and the latter arti-
Gle Is not more than 81 or 50 per cord for the
bsst seasoned hard maple, delivered. Some
families use twisted hay for heating their cook
ing stoves and warming their habitations 1t
makes hot fire, and in hay country like
tins 1t is far more economical than wood or
coal. These mills have four run of stone for
wheat and one for feed, of which the latter is
turning out two hundred bushels per dav. In
connection with the mill is an
elevator having a capacity of
twenty thousand bushels. The two properties
gregate about $4,000. Joseph Love- very
sklllful miller, is the gentleman in charge of
that department. No -four in this part of the
country has better reputation than the Okla
bena brand, manufactured at this mill Two
OF the burrs are four and half feet each in di-
There are tive middlins purifiers complete, and
the entire works are in perfect working order
and tuned to profitable industry.
Miner d Parsons real estate firm of Worth
ington, sold during the month of April, mostly
IN Murray and Pipestone counties, 10, 900 acres
of railroad lands, and 10000 acres of govern
ment lands and improved farms, the greater
portion Of it to actual settlers for cash. In the
meantime this company loaned out cash sc, 900
on real estate, to run five years at IL per cent
per annum. Here follows a tabular statement
Of the business of the United States land Office
for April, up to the goth.
Homestead entries. .......... 9.466, 81 acres
Deciaratory statements. ...... 1890
Timber culture entries. ... 1000
Soldier filings. $40 8:
Homestead final proof. ...... 1920
Presumption cash proof ........ 760
Total. .29, 46637 acres.
VI prime railroad lands there yet remains
Tor sale IN Mobiles county alone about $4,000
acres; the desirable government lands are about
all taken up, and settled upon. There are
many large good farms being titled in the
county this season, and the sod is being turned
Tor hunreds more. The Murphy Bros, two en-
terprlslng young men from New Jersey have
recently purchased secondhand farm near
town, of several hundred acres and they are
putting it in shape for good
nome They are not anticipating n
fortune from the venture this year. but they
VIII lay the foundation upon which they expect
to build a competence, and show what industry
combined with good judgment is capable Of
wrestling from these alluvial acres. Bennett g.
Gr;ssell lumber firm here, are soon to erect
two-story brick building, the lower story to be