Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-02-22
LUyERNE.

Country-No Special Boom, but a Regu
lar Advancement all the Time.
Especial Correspondence OF the Globe
Four years since, when this section of Min
nesota had just recovered, or had just been
emancipated, rather, from the thraldom of
the pestiferous grasshopper, the GLOBE mis-
sionary visited this thriving town, the capital
city of Rock county, and discoursed of its
merits and attractions. Through this import.
ant medium of information numbers were I'm
doubtedly induced to visit Luverne, and some
of course to locate, among whom the afore
said missionary was made happy in meeting
Arthur McGrath, ESQ.,, late of st. Charles,
and now o prosperous business man and
farmer of Rock county. Stimulated, as he
remarked, by the representations of the GLOBE
at that time he made visit TO this section
and was so much impressed with the truth OF
the reports of the scribe aforementioned that
he at once called in all his reserve forces and
quartered himself without delay.
While the successful business career OF this
gentleman, who has established a fine trade
IN the wholesale liquor line and has farm OF
half section, one-haf of which is under cul-
tivatlon, demonstrates the reliability Of the
scribe. It is also no less true that
the career of each business man who has lOca.
ted here and has devoted his timeStalents and
capital to business, has in every instance been
successful. There has never been al Luverne
one of those great booms IN real estate which,
while it lasts makes town famous, and when
| it colapses leaves about nine-tenths of those
| who have put their money into it feeling as If
from the dead ashes of the past th0y would
| JOY to gather something of greater financial
value than an empty experience, and who
| carry the evidence of misplaced
confidence on their countenances.
Property has never brought more
than it was worth and has never sold for less
| than 1t cost
| Rock county, the extreme Southwestern
county in the state, Is not large one but it
than any other in the state. The soil Is rich
and deep, the surface gently undulating with
out being broken, has no thin rock tracts and
is one of the best watered districts in the state.
Such Typography and quality naturally sug-
gests rare stock country, and when You
reach that conclusion you are nearer the truth
than any one except reporter ever gets.
While experience has demonstrated the fact
that as wheat country, 1t is not reliable yet
for mixed farming, corn, grass, hogs and
stock, it is unrivaled.
This the practical men who have engaged
in agriculture here are laboring to demon
strate For example, G. D. Chase j. La Due
and A. McGrath are cited. The former has s
farm Of 200 acres under, cultivation plants
corn 80 acres, hog pasture 10, brood mare
pasture 90, cattle pasture 40, barley, oats and
100 acres under cultivation 40 fax; 40 corn
90 oats, wheat nothing, will summer. fallow
balance and SOW to fall rye and grass seed
Mr. LaDue has his farm stocked with the
best thoroughbred cattle in the State ani
a fine strain of well bred horses
The efforts of these and other gentlemen Il
convert this section from wheat rails ing, out
side of their own example, has resulted IN thu
establishment of most desirable institution
by the Messrs. Raymond & Walker, late @
Rochester, Mimi, viz, creamery. Thes
gentlemen have begun and will complete
ready for business by May next, building
on the most approved and modern plan, whicl
has the capacity to manufacture the cream
i, from 1000 cows. They start with GO
COWS guaranteed. and have an ex
perience of fifteen years to war
, rant success. Experience proves tina
{ cream sold to creamery produces more t.
the farmer than the best hand made butte
, does, and he has the milk for calves and hogs
t With the splendid native hay and pastur
e grounds and the increasing area devoted t.
t corn, it will be but very short time whe
Luverne will be far in advance of any whea
producing region in the state. OF the city il
self the most important improvements in ad
dition to the creamery, (Which will cos
: SO ,500,) are the new bank building to be bull
g by Jacobson u Co, 25X60 feet, two Store
: high, of brick, the bank to be organize
under the state banking law. and th
< enlargement of Mr.. W. H. Wilson's fourin,
mill.
e This latter institution is a -four mill loca
, ted on the Rock river adjoining the city, an
2 turns out at present 100 barrels merchan
work per day, which will be increased so pc
cent. by the addition. Mr.. Wilson also has
large stock farm, one item of which the com
ing season will he the fattening of 500 hogs
While there is fair settlement already /
t Rock county, that there is still room for NOR
/ is evidenced by the fact that Mr.. A. Erickson
J one of the leading business men is now i
8 Europe, as the agent of the st. Paul & Siou,
: City land company for Norway and Sweden tt
s promote emigration and colonization in thi
= county.
Politically, Luverne exhibits peculiar his
b tory. In the spring of 1871 the first tow
e meeting showed total poll of thirty-fou
j votes, thirty-three of which were Republican
d the unintimldated though Solitary Democrat
d NJ. Mccarthy, writing his ballot, as Their
t were no printed ones to be had. But the fac
"a little leaven leavens the whole lump" bid
lair TO DE realized. Recruits nave Hooked u
the standard of the incorporating gentle
man until they are able to down their oppo
nents. Among the achievements are Ston
& Void, grain timber aud general merchan
disers; NJ. F. Battelle, merchant and agricul
tural implement dealer; &. R. Pedrck, lumbe
J. dealer, and host of others.
. The city is of course well governed, is finei'
located, has broad, level and well dralne
/ streets, and If stranger wants a location TO
legitimate business purposes, they don't in
! poverish him in locating or freeze him on
afterward. To sportsmen who delight i
chicken shooting in the season, no more de
lightful locality can be found Good hotels
abundant game and one of the largest and hes
5, trained kennels of thoroughbred Irish settlers
belonging to Mr.. NJ. Mccarthy, to be foun
!. in the state. The st. P. & s. C. road Hand
you there every day at p. m. from the morr
. ing train from St. Paul, and most desirabl
and pleasant trip it will be found to be. Wis
Luverne by all means says the GLOBE mission
, ary.
The Disabled Steamer Sardinia.
, LONDON, Feb. 20-The steamer Texas, frol
: Baltimore for Liverpool, was seen alongsid