The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1880-12-02

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We tlropp. over 70 this west hub of
tie county Oh Monday last. and sam
pied the place. We Ike the samples
and now they may bring Oh the dinner.
It has ~1grown considerably since we
last SAW it and there is every evidence
and assurance of life and business. Al
though it was nearly dark when we
stepped from the cars. the main street
was lined with teams.
Mixing around. among the business
men, we found them all telling story
of a live trade and plenty Of grain COM
ing in for shipment. The buyers pay
SAC. to SIC. for wheat. On Saturday
last, we learned, about $500 bushels
were received 1T the elevators.
We found Geo. IL. Carr, the live mer-
chant. with four or five clerks, working
rs though the house were Oh fire to sup
ply customers with goods. Found the
dwelling boys, in H. Davis store, smil-
ing and happy, dishing out goods with
one hand and taking in wheat with the
other. Called on James Gown. at the
lumber yard. and found him busy over
his books trying to catch up after a
busy day. Dropped in on F. J. Porter,
in his neat little office, and found him
encouraged as to everything except fuel
supply, as he could not get coal and
wood to supply his customers. Found
people burning screenings, Germ, fence
posts, and anything that would burn
cheap until the road gets in a supply Of
fuel. Bolted in on our friend Il. s.
Roberts and found him with his hotel
full and in good humor. Found that 4.
II. Childs had retired from the Adrian
Hotel and that J. V. Barlow had just
moved in and is renovating and arrang-
ing the house for business. judging by
the meals we sampled. he knows 10y ma
ture and wi: hout training how to keep
a hotel. And right in the Office, who
do you think we found? No less 4 per-
sonage than our colored friend Powers,
the barber, with 4 new suit Of clothes
and rs clipper and loquacious as ever.
Moving down on the same side of the
street, we walked up F. Wegen, the fur
niture man, left him his two hundred
cards printed ut the ADVANCE office,
and charged him to send us AL the
news, and then moved on block or so
further and came upon J. Limbert, fall
of sudden" who was up to his elbows
in the new meat store and had beef
hanging around to the right Of us, beef
to the left Of us, and beef in front of us.
Mr.. L. is already doing i good bust
ness.
But time would fail us to tell how we
yanked suit of clothes and an al:er-
tisement out Of Geo. Carr; three dol
lar greenback out Of Peter Ulveling; \
four dollar draft out of James GOWN
two meals, nights lodging and al add
vertisement out of J. V. Barlow; CT
gar out Of lie witt Roberts, and small
sums Of money, items. etc, out Of 9TH
erS.
But we must quit for this time. Some
other time we hope to make Il raid on
our sister town and bring back still
more forage.
WILL WHEAT RAISING; PAY IN THIS
COUNTY.
We were much pleased daring brief
stay in Adrian this week. to hear far
mers answer this question in the affirm
ative so decidedly. There IS no talk
over there of abandoning grain raising
and all the farmers we SAW seemed TO
be in - est Of spirits.
Peter md Frank dwelling told us that
they had t|rrsh"i - acres Of wheat
and the yield WAS 30 bushels Of clean,
plump wheat. over 20 bushels to the a.
ere. They cleared, on this piece, about
81 600, druncting ont Of this the labor
of one man and three horses. The wheat
was of the Canada Fife variety.
F. J. Porter Informed us that on one
of his SOS, purchased Of the railroad
company he had furnished seed to q
tenant, and gets one half of the crop.
lie feels sure that his half will pay for
the land, til" breaking and the seed
furnished. On Is acres, already tlresh-
ell, Of Lost Nation Wheat, the yield
WAS over 900 hu ;he|s, or over 20 bushels
to the acre. The wheat Sold for Sic.
From several persons we learned Of a
farming operation 10y Mr.. Sheel,an, OF
Grand Prairie. Two years ago he
bought 1GO acres of railroad land, pay
ing about s. cash per acre. lie broke
up about 40 acr S, paying 50 per acre
for the breaking. lie rented it last
year and furnished the seed. getting
one half the crop. The wheat was
sown on breaking without backsetting.
The average yield was g to 81 bushels
to TIE acre. Tie sold his half of the
crop for $3.50, or more than land,
breaking and seed cost. His outlay
was: land, SS00.00, breaking, $3.50 90,
seed. $25o.0o. total, $780, Crop sold
for 1910. lie then sold the land at 50
an acre, or nearly double tile price paid
for it.
at this rate it will certainly pay to
raise wheat in MOBILES county.
THE STA TIC RING.
We know of certainly three foreign
ers III this town whose naturalization
papers were paid for with Mr.. Dunnel' s
money in consideration of their votes,
and we presume there were others.
They CAME right from the clerk of the
court and owned to their good luck in
Tetting tneir nanrrS without money and