The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1882-11-16

strongly hacked by those of the most
intelligent land hunters who have
stopped to investigate It's merits. No
bles county cOmpIises twenty town-
ships, containing 80 square miles,
460, $40 acres. lis south lire is the line
between The two States. is well water-
ed by springs, creeks and numerous
beautiful lakes; and besides, good wells
at water are .Obtainable ut reasonable
depths, ranging from eighteen to for
ty feet Formerly, aud at the present
as well. the wheat crop has beem aud liz
IN important one though the farmers
here. having learned wisdom, from the
experience Of their brethren in boil,
States farther east, ave rapidly work
ing into diversified farming. turning
their attention, largely to the raising Ut
STOCK and dalrying. A very wise de-
cision 1t is. too. The county il gener.
ally we'll adapted to the culture of
small Grain, though good judges say
that about one third of il is excellent
for meadow land, fact that is the key
to the future prosperity of its people.
Already there are three railroads trav.
erSing this county; the Burlington,
Cedar Rapids & Northern: W0rtl.inR.
ton Il Sioux Falls, and Chicago, st.
| Paul, Minneapolis Il Omaha railroads,
all Ut which practically centre in WOr.
Ellington. will, the chances favorlmg
the early construction OF The Minneap.
oils Il Black Hills road and 4 branch
1T the Chicago. Milwaukee l. st. Paul
from Spirit Lake, t..ns giving the
country first class railroad facilities,
besides giving
woRTAINGrON, THE COUNTY SEAT,
at which point these roads all do and
must centre. notable significance and
prestige among western CITIES. The
town 1T WOrthingtOE is located at tho
junction If the b.. L. II. Il n. and T..
st. +. NJ. Il O., directly, aid il effect
also the ". & 5. F. road. The town
site Is an elevated table land or 18TH
mus DetweeI east and west Okabpha
l.akrs. each of them beautiful sheets If
water. 1t is surrounded by i country
rrmar kabls for its fertility. yielding
abln.lant!y at the touc', ri the intelli-
gent h"slanbman. The uapuiat ion Of
Warrington is now nearly $500. with
fine prospect of large gains during
the coming year.
THE EAST AND WEST OK AEEN \ LAKES.
located upon. either side 1T the town.
are said to he the highest waters in
Minnesota. the outlet of the east Lake.
! tlnwins into the Dies Mnints river AMI
on Into the Mississippi. while the west
lake tinpii+S through a creek aud river
Into the Missouri; the altit ude Of WOr-
thington being fully nine hundred
! feet al"'vn 'lle tl"or Of the capitol build.
ing il ST. Paul. and |, 200 hig tr than ~
water level al Duluth, renders u res
dence her" simply delightful. Settled
10y al intelligent and "nterpriSing peO-
pie. their early works already Il" follow
them. as a,tested ty regularly laid out
streets, lined with btaUti fui shade
trees Of different varieties; good and
substantial sidewalks leading III every
direction from tie centre to the cir
cumfrence If the town; with good and
sufficient lights ut a|l street corners at
wight; also an efficient police fnrce.
All these. ard many other points. 60
lug I" show tie enterprise and hnSinpss
| energy Of the citizens. but i higl, de-
gree st refinement and culture strikes
the visitor very fav"rably. making him
feel that Il home here would indeed he
very desirable.
WOKTnINGTOS' PUBLIC SCHOOLS
are If :, decidedly high order. having Il
high school aud tive grades, under the
direction of Prof. Wood. late of Ober-
| lin. Ohio. are the pride 1T all citizens.
The school buildings are not especially
grand. having lecn built with view
| 10 bring Con,mMlinils, and COSTING
something over $1,000.
THE ORGANIZED CHURCHES
are Methodist, Episcopalian, Presbyte-
| rian. COngregat iOnaIiSt and Lutheran,
all Of which have already built very
neat and conmOdiNns houses If wor-
ship, costing from 81 GOO to $S.0Ol.
TIE COUNTY BUILDINGS,
located here, occupy il beautiful square
Of ground in the midst Of the city. coy
cred with ornamental trees, and though
| not pretentio,!s. answer W II the pur-
pos for which they were inttndt d, and
together with steel Jail, which by the
way is used more frequently by Outsi,l-
prs than their own people. puts the
county in good condition in this regard
for many gears to come. Tie iNte,.
ton Of the writer WAS to have referred
at considerable length, to every inter-
est; hut us the short time allowed for
taking notes only smtficed to get about
half way over the city, thus necessitxN
ing Il delay until some time IN the near
future, when every interest, including
matters general, social aud personal, rs
WILL rs Of 4 business nature, will re-
ceive due attention most ci,eerfUlly.
In the meantime will our friend,
there please accept the following per
sonal reference. nearly all of whom
placed us under lasting obligations by
their kindly c"nrtesirs. We remember:
Daniel i>"hrr. lawyer, and attorney
for the b., e. Il. Il n. railway c"mpa.
ny; +. +. B'chan, artistic Photographic
CT; lleagtlr Il Co.. meat market; T.. :.
Mills, county auditor; II. &. Shepard,
county treasurer; Is. +. Johnson, regis.
ter "t deeds; l.. 3. Bennett, clerk Of
the court; Z. Il. Miller, sheriff; NJ. A.
I)"anr, superintendent Of schools; l..
>. Nelson, Judge Of probate, also court
commissioner; A. 7. MIXER. publisher
If the ADVANCE, which by the way
the city Of WOrt!,ingtHn rs well; II. E.
Torrance, general merchandise; Bsr-
low & Plumb. general groceries and
meat market; W. ". Heron. c"ufec.
TONER and eating house; Fred Bloom.
real estate. claim agent. and justice Of
the l'eacr; J. II. Johnson, boots. shoes
and harness nlah,,fact urpr and dealer;
Henry Davis. general merchandise;
Hewitt u MARITIME. hardware: C.. IL.
Smith, mayor Of the city and U. ).
land agent; 5. Y. Wyckoff, general
merchandise; =. Mclean, meat market
and stock me: chant; Azom Forbes.
lumber; +. T.. Warren. agent Is. T.. Il.
Il n. and e.. St. f.. NJ. 4 q. railroads:
Okabet'a FIGURING Mills. Frank Lewis,
secretary and treasurer; Il. ID. Barber,
which is Il. ~; 4. :. IuSsleton, gen
erAl groceries; Ludlow & Co., hard
ware; Bank at WOrthingtnn. Il. IL.