The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1882-06-08
A NEW MILLING CENTER.

Minneapolis as a Wheat Grinding
Point 70 Have q Formidable Rival.
RED LAKE FALLS, Mimi, May 81, 1882.
While 80 much is being said, and tru.
ly, of the beauties and advantages of the
many new towns now inviting inimi gta-
ton and investment, the actual pres
ent status and future prospects of this
exceptional place tell a story of cold,
Solid facts, based on tangible evidence
and uncontrovertible figures, touching
matters which have q bearing only on
dollarand-cent considerations.
This assured focus of trade, manuf;,c
lures and agriculture is at the junction
of Red Lake and Clearwater rivers in
Polk county, Mimi, twenty-five miles
east of Crookston, Mimi, and thirty-six
miles east of Grand Forks, IT.. On
these streams are the only great water
powers between Fergus Falls on the
south, Manitoba on the north, and the
Missouri river on the west, while there
is an immense wheat producing region
directly and naturally tributary to this
point. An inspection of the map shows
the great advantages Of this location. 1t
Is situated on a level plateau, and flanked
OH two sides with
NINE FIRST-CLAss WATER POWERS,
at an average distance of not over three
fourths of mile from the centre of the
town site. These powers are cheaply
and easily utilized, even without dams,
and have fall offrom twelve to thirty-six
feet. The average minimum flow of wa
ter III Red Lake river is equal to 200 cub
ic feet, with fall of one foot in forty.
Clearwater river has about one-fourth of
the above amount There is an average
variation between high and low water OF
five feet on Red Lake river, and four feet
on Clearwater river. 1t is estimated that
there are at least
ONE BILLION FIVE HUNDRED FEET OF PINE
on Red lake, the source of Red Lake
river, which has an area of at least 800
square miles. This pine must all be driv-
EN- past this town site. A large body of
hard wood timber is near and tributary
to these water powers, which can be and
will be used in manufacturing furniture,
agricultural implements, paper pulp,
etc, ETC., which require hard wood lum-
Der. A fine wheat growing country sur
rounds this point. It is we'll settled up,
and is producing an abundance of straw
for paper making The value of these
powers for milling flour is almost beyond
computation. When the
DULUTH 4 WINNIPEG RAILROAD,
now under active construction, reaches
this point and extends to the Red river,
it will he sixty miles less distance from
the center of the Dakota wheat belt to
Duluth via Red Lake Falls than to Min
neapolis, SO that there will be differ
ence in favor of millers on these powers,
as against Minneapolis, of at least cent
i bushel on wheat, and on freight from
Minneapolis to Duluth, $50 miles, of 20
cents per barrel on flour. Add to this
the saving on water rents, insurance,
city taxation, etc, and it is readily seen
that this location has advantages sure to
command attention of prudent invest
Ors.
There are, right here, in great abund-
ancc, lime and building stone, sand,
first class clay f9rhriSk making, ETC., and
I aSily obtained. Wood for fuel can
be: had to any extent at ~ per cord. The
town
CAN BE BUILT OF BRICK
much cheaper than Dakot:. towns can be
built of wood. The river beds furnish
plenty Of gravel for road making and
other uses.
The town is beautifully situated and
most judiciously laid ont. broadway is
100 feet wide, the other streets and ave
nucs arc eighty feet vide ans: the alleys
are twenty feet wide. All full blocks
are 500 feet square and lots arc 25xl4o
feet. a court house square, market
square, public school grounds and pub
lie park are reserved, and all are on a
basis Of far seeing librrality.
Now, these are the bald business facts
of what might be ampliticd t. an unlim-
ted degree concerning a point ut which
it. needs no PROPHETIC eye to see a future
city, full of enduring commerce and
manufactures There is no blow t.
buster about it. Red Lake Falls need
none, but does invite the close exalnina-
ton of shrewd men. The open way to
such examination, and to all further in
formation, may be found by applying to
or addressing c. Kretzschmar, Crook
ston, Mimi, or p. X. Burrows, Grand
Forks, d. T.