The Worthington advance., 1882-08-10
THU HARYEET

THE HARVEST.
The weather for a FORTNIGHT past
has been excellent for harvesting
''made on purpose" and our farmers
are now gathering the largest and best
| crop ever seen in the country and as
good as ever grown anywhere. This is
the general story. The crop is ''splen-
did," they all say.
Thomas II. Parsons has out probab-
ly more grain than anyone else in the
| county, over 500 acres. Ha has made a
hit this time, and if no calamity be-
falls it between this and marketing, lie
will pocket small fortune. He esti.
mates the total yield at about 10000
bushels. lie has cut, so far, 60 acres
of barley, l20 acres of timothy. IS acres
of rye, and is busy cutting now, and is
about ready to begin on his oats. He
assures US that so acres of oats on the
Dickey place, in Elk, will average 100
bushels to the acre, and offers to buy
us case Of beer if it fails to average
this. His flax he averages at Is bush
els, and some wilt 60 20. He has also
12O tons Of hay in stack and will con.
tinue to put up hay until frost. He
says he doos not know Of q poor piece
of grain anywhere,
Messrs. Folger & Peabody have some
excellent crops on the famous Ocheetia
farm, formerly known as the best farm
in the county. They have 20 acres of
corn which stands six feet high and
tasseled out, said to be the best piece
of corn in this vicinity. They have SIS
acres of flax on the same place and
lot Of oats, WHICH promise 60 to so bush.
els to the acre.
Fred Bloom has so acres of oats on
the Boyer place, in Elk, which gives
promise of IS to 100 bushels to the acre.
John Hansberger. III Le7ain, has
splendid crops all through, lie assures
us that everything is good and puts
his flax at 20 bushels to the acre.
Milan Doane, just west of town. has
a splendid piece of wheat, which stands
up even with his shoulders and the
grain is already bursting through the
chaff. He has two volunteer crops, one
of flax and one of oats, which he in
tends to cut.
Mr.. McKillop, west Of town. has II
acres Of Fife wheat, which promises 30
bushels to the acre.
Mr.. Eggleston, we learn, has a very
fine piece of wheat.
B. W. Lyon was thrcshing his rye
yesterday. Parties estimate the yield ut
25..to % bushels to the acre. His White
Russian oats are enormous.
THE BURLINGTON.
c. J. Ives. Superintendent of the Bur-
lington road, S. L. Dows, construction
superintendent, and chief engineer
White, spent several days in town
since our last issue. They came
by team from Spirit Lake, along the
line of the new road, and report the
work as progressing finely. The con-
tractors Il promise, if good weather
holds, to have the grading finished by
September first, excepting the cuts, and
these by the 18th. The bridges and
culverts will take while longer, and
then ties and track will be rushed
through from both ends us fast as men
can lay them. Unless delayed by bad
weather, trains should he running by
the middle of October or November at
the latest.
The right of way is now al! secured
excepting across two sos near Worth
ington. One Of these is owned by
Joseph Dean, Of Minneapolis, and the
the other by our fellow -townsman, Jos.
Lowe. Mr.. Dean asked $500 and Mr..
Lowe 5000. The company refused to
pay these sums, and Messrs. Dean and
Lowe both served injunctions and
stopped work OH the places. Mr.. Ames.
the contractor has. however, moved to
another part of his contract and work
is not delayed.
Messrs. Ives and Dows have nothing
to say about extending north of Worth
ington, and nothing definite is settled
upon for such extension. They report,
however, that severel excursions are
arranged when the road is fully opened
One is for Chicago and Milwaukee,
including the board Of trade Of these
cities /; one for Burlington and Peoria
and another for st. Louis. They will
go west from Worthington and take in
Sioux Falls and Dakota beyond.
The Burlington has no land grant but
it believes in showing the country along
it's lines, and taking the business. The
Burlington cutoff will revolution,ze
the railroad and other business through
this section of country.
Look out for magical change. The
Burlington knife will cut the umbili-
cal cord which has tied US to st. Paul,
and open up to US the Chicago and st.
Louis worlds.
HIGHSCH0OL APPROPRIATION:
st. Paul papers of Saturday last pub.
lished list Of the high schools in Min
nesota, which the board has accepted
as having organized and conducted
high schools as required by the statute,
and the rules and regulations of the
high school board, and hence are entit-
led to participate in the appropriation
for that purpose. Worthington is not
in the list and hence does not secure
her share of the fund. The board say
in their report:
Principals and teachers in charge of
high schools must hold the certificate
OF the high school board as a condition
Of acceptance.
On inquiry, we learn this rule was
not complied with from Worthington.
Prof. kiehle, State Superintendent,
writes to member of our school board: