The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-04-26
ELEEEN YEARS.

Next Sunday, April 29th, will be the
eleventh anniversary Of the arrival of
the first passenger train in Worthing.
ton, which was then the terminus of
the road. The editor Of the ADVANCE
arrived OH that train, getting in be-
tween 10 and IL o'clock ut night. and
walked across the prairie to the WOr-
thington Hotel, then kept by w. 3.
More, who bOasted that he made ST..
$40 u month out of the hotel during the
last three months Of his prOprieturship.
Arrivi ,g 1T the hotel, we inquired for
Prof. HumistOn, the manager Of the
then National Colony. and were direct
el to his room. Wepicked our way over
and arsund men who were sleeping in
the halls OH the floor, and found DR..
Craft. DR.. Moore and I. p. Difee in
bed in the Professors room. The
hotel, the Mc,.auren corner building.
Henry Davis's store, Cap. Atkins hard
ware store, (noW Dayton's bank
Peter Thompson's store on 9th street,
Prof. IInmis>In's Office, and. we Oe-
lieve, DIR. Barber's building, were about
the only buildings in town. There was
shanty or two west Of the west lake
and from that on to Luverne, all was
q blank prairie. There were u few
houses in the county, occupied by set
tiers who had come III 4 year or two be-
fore. The only railroad was the Sioux
City & st. Paul, then completed as far
as WOrthin.tun.
Attorney Clark Informs us that the
year before he drove through frem
Jackson to Yankton on the old stage
road via OF Graham Lakes. There was
then Il hut or two 1T Graham Lakes, 4
log house where I.uyerno now stands
and III, oil fort ut Sioux Falls.
Eleven to twelve years have worked
wonders. People sometimes talk of
slow growth for this part of the west,
but looking the field over, the growth
seems wonderful. Now there is I. city
Of 5000 panple with daily news
paper ut Sioux Falls. The log hut
ut Luverne has expanded i!:to Il fine
town witl, brisk business and boom
ing county around it, and Mobiles COun-
ty, which was then Il virgin prairie, has
IL population of 5000 to 1000, with
thousands of acres under cultivation
and thousands uf cattle gr'Zing. Wor-
thiugtnn is I, fine town of POO inllabi-
tants, with three raiirni.!s and three or
four more On the way. Adrian is 4
brisk town of 400 population aGd Il
brisk business and H'l>',nore is sl,,p-
ing for Il tne country town. Since we
took that memorable ride on the first
passenger train into I''"rl Iington, the
Worthington & Sioux Falls. the South
rrn ,Atjmnrsnta al,d the Hn, lington, Co.
siar Rapids Il Northern railroads have
been built through, the county.
Give us ten to eiryrn years more and
what will be the result? Worthington
will he i city Of 5, 600 to 1O,OOO pOpula-
ti,n with six or eight railroads and the
county will b. h,linminy with crean,er
ies, tow mills, canning factories, hay
presses, n,uring mills, etc. Besides
the O.n.h:., the ,fnrt1inston 4 Sioux
Falls and the Burlington roads, we
shall have the Milwaukee,, the Wabash,
the Elmore, the Nrl Wood Falls and
other railroads, with three or four
short lines to Chicago and us many
more to the Northern Pacific country,
striking Fa,go, Jamestown and Bis.
mArck The short route from the Pa.
citic O:;el" to Chicago will be through
Worthington by way Of the North
western, the Milwaukee,, the Wabasl,
or the Rock Island. You cam pay your
money and take your choice. Stick a
pin in these predictions ans! hold them
down and see if the ADVANCE is not
correct.