Morris tribune., 1885-08-19
The shooting season has commenced;

The Sn0OClnS season HAS Couiuhohoo"
and this year picnic parties are fash
ionable. On Saturday the 18TH Rev
X. f. Norris and wife, Mayor Newell
and wife, Alderman Dekay wife ant
sister, Marshall Weber wife ant
Mrs. Nils A. Nilsson and Geo. f
Darling and wife ali started out u
hunt the chickens. At four o'clocR
A. Nj. the parties began to bestll
themselves and at five were on the
road anxious to reach the field. "A
temporary hunt was made near Foss
lake for breakfast where some WOOD
was appropriated for cooking purposes
During preparations for breakfast
Webber wandered away and FOUND
and bagged u lone bird, the first oil
the day. Then came the days sport.
Seven horses, four wagons, four dogs
fourteen persons all after the birds
with five guns and five hundred shells
1t would seem rs if the prairie chick
ems would be entirely eXtermlnated
but the shooting ability of the hunters
preserved the game, for little was
done but to frighten and scatter coVeys.
After hunting thirteen hours d
tramping and riding at least forty
miles in Framl.as and Swan Lake
the crowd succeeded in getting forty
birds, eight of which were eaten for
dinner. But the day passed was a
pleasant one, and the amount OF
goodies devoured was immense not
withstanding the fact that part OF the
company We're wholly unable to shoot
straight enough to hit flock of barns.
At meeting of the stockholders of
the Morris Brick Yard and Manufac-
turing Co., Tuesday, the following
board of directors was elected for the
ensuing year: H. Whitley, c. Phelps,
A. Dekay, L. c. Spooper and p. A.
Mccarthy.
The directors then elected the fol-
lowing officers:
Presidential. Whiteley.
Vice Presidential. DeKay.
Sec. and Treas.-C. Phelps.
General Managerial. Whitley.
The company Is III Il tiourishlng
condition, and with their new ma
chinery, will soon be making as fine
a quality of brick as can be found IN
the Northwest.
A few of the advantages offered by
the Morris Loan and Building AS
ISOLATION are:
LIST. The money invested is all kept
in our own town and used In building
it up, instead of being sent away to
eastern capitalists.
End. By allowing borrower to re-
pay loan and interest in monthly
no great hardship is inn
posed on him at any one time, and he
is enabled to procure and pay for
home that he in no other way ever
could or would procure and pay for.
3rd. 1t is profitable to the investor,
because his interest is compounded
4th 1t is perfectly safe.
5th. The amount needed to invest is
small.
1t will cost you this month-August
TO become member 81 Is for each
share of stock, and 25cts. per month
afterward to keep up your investment.
you can withdraw the amount inves-
ed any time on so days notice.
The village school terms for the
year have been arranged ms
;ollows: Fall term, fourteen weeks,
begins Monday, Sept. 14th and closes
Friday, Dec. 18th, Vacation of two
weeks, Winter term, twelve weeks,
begins Monday, January 4th, and
closes Friday March Goth. Vacation
If one week. Spring term, ten weeks,
begins Monday, April 5th, and closes
Friday, June 18th.
Until the new west side school house
IS completed, the High, Grammar, one
and one Primary, lde-
partment will occupy the east side
building, and temporary quarters will
be provided for the other intermediate
and Primary departments.
AS soon as practicable, kindergarten
features will be introduced into the
lower rooms;
Rupils from the country will he ad-
mitted to all departments free of
charge, and application will be &C.
cepted as long as there Is room to spare.
Pupils who have not already been ex-
amined and classified, and all new
pupils should make application to
Supt. J. A. Johnson. The school
board, superintendent and teachers all
Join in particularly requesting all
pupils to enter on the first day Of each
term. The officers and teachers will
do all in their power to maintain
good schools, but in order to SUCCEED
must have the cooperation of interes:
ted parties. Make upl your mind in
the start that your children will need
some money invested in school sup
plies; make your arrangements SO as
to Ii ave them enter the first day Of
the term, and see that during the
term their attendance Is pAAetuai an"
regular. Do ~---- 80"
- Jour part, and then
growl at the officers and teachers all
you want to, but don't growl until you
have done your part.
Beware Of Impostors!
Many spurious works, claiming to
be the genuine work of the late u. S.