The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-24

accounts for the attention being given
to live stock and dairying. Sleek
herds of cattle may be seen in every
part of the county, and no neighbour
hood now is without it's creamery. No
day passes that does not see ship
ments of butter from various railway
stations in the county. In company
with H. A. Sanford, the Great North
ern agent at Willmar, the writer Wis
tied the railway yards and saw men at
work loading $4,000 pounds of butter
into cars for shipment to extreme
points on the continent; to New York
on the Atlantic, and Seattle on the Pa
cif1c. 1t is not unusual to send away
a carload of eggs every day for a
week at stretch, and one day re-
Gently, three cars of eggs left Willmar
for Seattle. These shipments were for
the Alaskan trade. 1t is this con-
slant shipment of a variety of products
that brings regular stream of money
into the county, and everybody gets a
share.
The lands in Kandiyohi county,
which sell for $25 to $50 an acre, are
just as valuable. so far as their pro-
duc1ng qualities are concerned and
just as near schools, churches and
markets, as are those lands in Iowa.
Illinois and other states where lands
are selling at from 500 to $3.50 an
acre. 1t has been clearly demonstrated
that life is too short and important
for the enterprising young farmer to
of the East or in the arid regions of
the far West. The bonanza" days
have passed away, and cheap lands
advertised beyond the rain belt are a
delusion and a snare. but there is no
uncertainty in Kandiyohi county for
men endowed with a reasonable
amount of thrift and frugality.
Excellent Shipping Facilities.
The county has excellent shipping
facilities. The main line of the Great
Northern railway passes through the
county, central east and west, while
the st. Cloud & Willmar and
the Willmar & Sioux Falls cut
across it diagonally from the
northeast to the southwest The 500
line touches the northeast corner,
while the Milwaukee strikes the south
ern boundary. The stations on these
various lines are the starting points
for rural mail delivery and telephone
lines. which put every neighborhood
in touch with the world. In some re-
spects the farmers of this region have
up date conveniencies not to be.
found in older farming communities
OF the Eastern states, not to Speak of
the greater fertility of their lands, and
the advantages of their superior water
of wood to burn, and their
glorious climate.
Kandiyohi county has several en-
terprising towns and villages, including
Willmar, Atwater, New London,
Spicer Kandiyohi, Hawick and Ray
mond. Willmar is the chief place and
county seat. 1t has a population of
over 1000, while that of the county is
about 10000
WiIImar Centrally Located.
Willmar is centrally located, and it's
busy, busting, everyday business life
is evidence of its commercial import
ance. 1t has never had a BOOM in
the hurrah sense, but from the time of
the erection of it's first building in 1869.
when it took its name from the owner
of part of the townsite, a former
bondholder of the railway, living in.
Europe, to the present time its
growth has been of a substantial and
enduring nature. The excellent class
of business blocks, most of them of
brick, the public buildings and hand
some residences, all bespeak the
wealth, enterprise and public spirit of
the people. Its tributary territory can
be exeelled by few. similar areas in
this or other states in present or pros
pectiye resources. Almost every acre