Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1888-05-09

| Rev. and Mrs. E. =. Robertson eX-
pect to leave Morris tomorrow. They
will visit with relatives short time
and will sail for Scotland about June
| LIST. Rev. Robertson is au energetic,
able man, aud a forcible speaker.
Both he and his estiinable wife have,
q large circle Of friends who sincerely
regret their departure.
The following advice while it does
not strike anyone we know of, is so
good that we reproduce it: The best
way to diminish the number of di-
vorces is to train boys to be temper
ate and the girls to be good house.
wives and cooks. A tippling hus-
band and wife who can neither
make good cup of coffee nor broil a
beefsteak will always be in line for
the divorce court, whether they ap.
ply or hot.
We heard q young lady eritieising
the young gentlemen of Morris the
other day and we propose to let the
young men know what one, at least.
of the young ladies think of them
She said: 1.-THE young men Of this
place are the most ungallant and
stingiest lot ever saw. They are
very willing to see us home from
church or pay us some attention that
costs nothing, but let an entertain
ment be given where there are tickets
to buy and see how scarce they are"
Young men do you deserve such
censure as this?
The committee having in charge
the arrangements for the g. A. r..
encampment to he held in Morris Con
June 12-15 is very busy. The neces-
sary work Is all under way. It is es-
timated that Is 900 people will be here
and it Is suggested that families and
church and other organizations as we'll
as the hotels and restaurants make
every preparation possible for feeding
so great q company. The programme
for the four days will he full of inter-
est for residents rs we'll as visitors.
There will be PROFESSIONS, music by.
more brass bands and drums corps
than we've ever seen together IN the
state before, speeches by noted men,
camp fires, evening entertainments
etc. etc If the funds hold out there
will also be sham battle. Plan 10
lay, aside your work and have a good
time at the encampment.
For q number of years Morris has
felt the need of better hotel building
than any now in existence here. The
Metropolitan building, the best in
the town Is out of repair and is not
of sufficient size to accommodate the
hotel trade. AT several different
times different projects have been
brought forward for the erection of
hotel building that would be credit
to the place, but as yet none of them
have been carried. Now, we under.
stand, plan is being matured that
will result in fine brick hotel build
ing before the season is over. While
this plan was being matured, how.
ever, the Metropolitan has changed
hands and still other changes may
result. The new owners of the Met
ropolitan were here recently and
have asked contractors for an esti-
| mate of the cost of adding two stories
to the back part of the hotel, enlarg-
ing the dining room and kitchen and
OF putting the entire house in perfect
repair. If the capacity of the Metro
| politan is increased as is now pro-
posed and the building is otherwise
put into good condition, probably no
new hotel will be built for a number
of years. II not, a fine brick one may
be expected In short time. There is
demand here for at least one large
first class hotel and we are sure that
there is enough of enterprise among
the business men Of Morris to see
that the demand is supplied.