The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-12-21

Slayton Gazette: The Worthing-
toh ADVANCE last week contained an
illustrated write-up Of several Of the
business interests of that town. Such
articles do much to stimulate greater
activity in business, besides bringing
a town into favorable prominence be-
fore the outside world. d. :53.3G
A. Hovey, who lives on his fine
farm north Of REshlnore, inspected
the ADVANCE Office Thursday last, and
pronounced it O. X. Mr.. Hoyey has
been an ADVANCE subscriber almost
from the first issue-about q years.
We were pleased to receive the visit
from neighbor Hovey ="
Heron Lake News: Notwithstand-
ing the bad year for such things, the
ADVANCE figures up over $4,000 ex-
pended in new buildings and improve
ments in Worthington during the
year. It is an excellent showing con-
sidering circumstances. This doesn't
Include the four or five thousand dol
lars put into the ADVANCE plant by
Bro. Eastwood.
With acknowledgements to Joel
P. Heatwole: Southwestern Minneso-
ia has some exceptionally bright
newspaper men. There is H. j. Mil
Ter, of Luverne; E. G. Huntington, of
Window; Carl Eastwood, of Worth
ington; King, of Adrian; Frank Day,
of Fairmont; Up Hunt, of Mankato,
and others. Their papers sparkle
with bright things every week. And
they are the men who contribute more
than all others to the development Of
their section.
The Adrian Democrat lets itself
down easily on the court house ques-
ton. Last week it said: Judge
Brown has dissolved the injunction
restraining the county commissioners
from going ahead with the building
of a new court house and Jail at Wor-
thington., The only barrier against
prompt action on the part of the com
missioners seems to be lack offunds.
The treasury vaults are not breaking
down with the weight of the peoples
gold, and it will take some time to &C
cumulate the neat little surplus lost
| in the bank failure. 1t is to be hoped
the commissioners will go slow. This
is no time to be extravagant in the
erection of county buildings" Our
commissioners are judicious, careful
men, and the county's money will not
be squandered. ;l.{,
Judge Henry Knudson, Of, Heron
Lake, spent Saturday and Sunday
with the ADVANCE family. The Judge
J is most familiar figure in this part
of the state. For "a years he has
made his home in jackson county
has held the Office of county treasurer,
sheriff and Judge Of probate, and has
been postmaster in two different
towns. Has always been active in
politics and high in the councils OF
his party. He. was in Worthington
when there was but one building here.
Mr.. Knudson has seen all the changes
that have taken place in southwestern
Minnesota-from an uninhabited, des-
olate prairie to we'll cultivated farms
and busting cities. While here the
Judge took occasion to call on some
of his old-time friends: Peter Thomp-
son, Geo. J. Day, M. P. Mann, ex-
Sheriff Anderson and others.
Il. E. Pierce has received request
from Fall River, Mass, says the
{ Window Reporter, for butter to sup
ply six families through the year.
: Somebody said that Fall Rivers a
manufacturing town, and somebody
else said that the. manufacturers
, should have no protection. This little
order for butter, from a New Eng
land state, shows that even New Eng
land cannot feed her own people, and
that they must look to the farming
lands somewhere for food. Yet demo
cracy tells us that protection is only
of value to a special class. That
special class must have food. The
present tariff law puts such high
tariff on farm products that the peo-
pie of Fall River can get their food
from Minnesota farmers for as little or