The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-04-17
THE "EANT SLOPE" PROTESTS.

tary of the WOrtllingtOn Board OF
Trade was received ut the Herald Office
a few days ago, and as the best means
of doing justice to both parties to the
controversy between Mr.. Parsons and
his late Wortl'ington associates, we
submit the letter III full:
Editor Rock County Herald:-I am
instructed by the WortEington Board
OF Trade to send you marked copy of
the "ADvANCE" containing their reso.
lutions touching the matter OF Mr.. Par.
sons unwarranted attack upon the peO-
pie and country in Eastern Mobiles, and
ask you to give them the same publici-
ty in your cOlanns that you have Par
sons letter. The Board desires me to
say they consider this would be no
more than simple matter of justice OH
your part, that the readers of the Her.
aid might have both sides of the story.
And to say they entertain no sucl, feel
ing against Rock county as you express
in a recent number of the Herald
against this part of Mobiles.
Yours Very Truly,
II. r. MILLER, Secretary.
BY order of the Board.
The resolutions referred t" emhody,
in substance, a general denial of Mr..
Parsons statements respecting the
country in the eastern part of Mobiles
county, and charge that Mr.. Parsons
standing in that community is below
par. Life is too short TO give the resO-
lutions in full. See editorial on second
page.-Luverne Herald.
This is what the Herald calls ''doing
justice to both parties" 1t publishes
Parsons attacks on Worthington and
the "East Slope'' in full, with much
comment, rejecting upon the aforesaid
"Slope," and then says life is too
short" to give the other side.
In the editorial referred to ION Sec
ond page,' the Herald rehashes it's
claims concerning the vast superiority
of Rock over Mobiles.
Let US restate few facts mentioned
heretofore in reply to the Herald.
Mobiles has 20 townships of land,
Rock has II. Mobiles can take out all
her lakes and ''low, wet land" and
still have more high and dry wheat land
left than Rock. Mobiles has six large
lakes and Il number of "gems" or small
ones, which beautify the country, and
Rock has river a little larger than
Kanaranzi creek. One-fourth of Mobiles
was made on purpose for dairying and
stock raising, and three fourths is rs
well adapted to grain raising as Rock.
Moreover, while on this subject, we
took up the Financial Statements of
the two counties for the fiscal year
just closed. Here it is boiled down:
ROCK COUNTY.
Liabilities, $5l, 1926
Assets, 25,620.1S
MOBILES COUNTY.
Liabilities, S29,000.00
Assets, 27,7O9.C9
Little" Rrck, with her twelve
townships, has Il debt nearly twice rs
great AS the debt OF big" MOBILES, with
her twenty townships. "Little" Rcck
has assets Which do not covsr half her
Indebtedness, while "big" Mobiles has
assets whicl. c,me within S1,:9l of
covering hers. Moreover, further, like
wise. and also, Mobiles has court.
house with Il steel Jail, the latter cost
ing about $4,000, while Rock has hers
to build yet, and we are now boarding
her prisoners at our Jail.
People looking for homes, please
make Il note "ont" and look to your
| ''tack- k-ses.'
But all this least slope" and "west
slope" business is bosl,, made out of
whole cloth by men who want to injure
WOrthington. Our town is on the ''di-
vide," the ridge. which separates the
east and west slopes. Worthington is
said to be the highest town in the
State. and still they insist it is ''too
| low" to grow wheat. "That riige''
has about rs much to do with changing
the soil Us it has to do with changing
the climate. ''That ridge" affects the
soil about as much as tie State line
fence-po below Bigelow affects the
soil. The other side of that fence post
is Iowa, where it is always warm
and where crops always grow. This
side of that fence post it is Minnesota
where it is ''cold'' and "wet' and
where crops grow, too. So it is with
"that ridge" The other side of that
ridge is Luverne, where it is always
warm and dry and lovely, and where
the debt is always big and burden
This side it is Worthington, where il
is cold and wet, and white bears slide
down hill in the streets all summer or
the snow banks, but where the debt is
small and every fellow stands ready tc
pay it.
Great is the ''ridge'' and mighty is
the State line fence. post!
OPENING THE FOUNTAINS.
In nntn Ho,taSc IL, Tho no h th., l. r