The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-01-11
THE PARK QUES1ION-CO.MINL
O'HEA RN HEAR RD FROM
GRAvD PRAIRIE. ian. 5. 1892


THE PARK QUEs71ON-CO.M.NL
O'HEA feN HEARD FROM
GRAND PRAIRIE, Jan. S. 1882.
EDITOR ADVANCE: What have you
done? Ruined our county, by selling
our lands! Such was the exclamation
of enc of the principal business men of
Adrian the even ng l came from WOr-
thiugton. Now, ..s there may he some
others through the county, aud prob
ably in my district, who are If the same
opinion. l will briefly state my reasons
for voting to sell 10 feet frem the
front Of Court House Park. In the
first place, there WAS . petition gette,l
up by quite = number Uf the prihcipal
business men of Wortilingtvu, stating
that if Miller & Thompson, Of Rock
Rapids, could get title t. that block,
they would purchase y lot or two and
put up Z large brick block, to cost
probably $1,000. with public ball in
second story, and I understand there ia
room for about II lots, aud the aggre.
gate value 1T present would be bet ween
eight aud ten Thousand dollars.
Now, then, as there is ample reom
for the court house. aud three other
nice streets for it to front Oil, the space
left being about 800 by 200 f-et. did
not see the use or benefit Of that stril,
to the farmers of Mobiles county. This
gentleman says it spu:ls the looks et
the park. Now, e. net know that
the farmers in general care much about
.he looks Ut the Worthington park.
Also that the court house ought to
front oil the business street. If any of
you will take the trouble TO thiuk =
few minutes, you will Gnd that na!le ef
our neighburing towns have court
houses on the business streets. Meth
er Rock Rapids, bibley Eor Luverne
have. and they all have better shan
WOrthingten at present.
Another thing: If it brings ia eight
or ten thousand dollars. toll you it
sill como very handy 1t TIE present
time, rs We have between four and Eve
thousand dollars coming due in - few
months, Of the old II per ce:,t. bonds.
and as there 10 no law ut prrsen. that
will enable us to :ssne mare hands il,
order to take them up, and NO: money
enough in the treasury to DO it, I
Thought that would be doing serv-
ice to my constituents and the county
in general it by my vote, could xet
,noney enough to pay Up those bands
bear;nG such heavy interest. and have
probably half the strip left for future
wants. Now. then, in following the
dictates Of my own reasoning, IL I have
done different from the wish of the ma.
jIrlty Of my constituents. it ia not t"n
late yet, a. all We have done 10 ta au-
thorize committee to confer with the
r. r. Land Co. to try and get title in
order to make good the decd. Now.
gentlemen. hoping that will never Dc
ANYTHING On the Board but what ean
give 40 good reasons for ~ Ean fSI
my present action. l remain. ysu,
humble servant.
81. O'HEARN, Com. 9TH Dist.
DAIRYNEN's ASSOCIATION NEET1H0
The Seventeenth Annual Conven.
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