The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1906-04-13
I MOBILES COUNTY NOTES

day last week he saw four swans on
the Leonard slough near Rushmore.
A very unusual sight. I suppose
that most of us have read Of the
song of the dying swan, but u great
many people never had the pleasure
of seeing one. These were pure
white and of large size.
On Friday evening of last week
Mr.. and Mrs. F. 7. Graves were
treated to a genuine surprise. II
they did not remember that they
were married April 2, 1881, twenty
five years ago their friends remem
bered it and they thought that to
remind the good couple of it would
be the right thing to do. About
seventy-five persons were present,
and these were far from being the
whole of the friends Of these good
people, indeed il they would enter
tain all their friends at the same
time they would need to make quite
an addition to their dwelling,
although at present it is one among
the best residences in town. The
many friends of Mr.. and Mrs.
Graves. wish them happiness and
prosperity for the twenty-five years
to come,> even a more propitious fu-
ture than the past has been.
This is a great country and we
may we'll be proud of it. But great
as it is, in these days of telegraphs,
the great city dailies and rural free
delivery, we are apt to think we
know everything that is going on,
but perhaps we are somewhat mis-
taken. At least that is the way l
felt the other day after reading q
short article telling of what the
is doing in the way of
some Of the arid regions
of the far west, regions which are
now a dreary desert. The irri-
CATION of these tracts we are told,
is a much vaster undertaking than
even the digging of the Panama
Canal. The work when comp leted
will open for settlement millions of
acres of some Of the richest lands
on the continent. In some cases
the dams to hold the water are
thousand miles from the lands to
be- irrigated, and there are miles on
miles of concrete lined canals to
conduct the water. At one point in
western Colorado u tunnel the lon
gest in the country is being cut
throug a high ridge, and when tin
inshed will be thirty thousand feet
in length. It is going to cost
several dollars, for we are told that
it costs forty dollars footto run it.
The whole account reads like ro-
nance, and 1t impresses one with
the thought that it takes trains as
well as money to run government
like our own.
There are many ways Of serving
ones day and generation, and most
people will say that the reclai ming
of the desert lands is one among
them. 1t is provided that those
who settle on the lands shall pay
back to the government, in install
ments, the cost of the work done.
As an illustration Of what all this
means Redlands, California, is
giving us an example. Sixteen years
ago, we are told, Redlands was a
sheep pasture, today with irri-
CATION it's 1900 acre support 1910
people, all independent and pros
porous. A good showing.
Adrian.
Frank Henneckes returned from
San Diego, CAL, Tuesday having
spent the winter there.
Einar Oien was assistant clerk in
Marstons drug store during the
absence of Ray Lands.
Henry Savannah and son Martin
went to Minneapolis Tuesday al
witnesses before the u. S. Court re-