Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-09-16
threshing on the place.

We next called at the creamery, and made
the acquaintance of the butter-maker Mr..
Louis Tuveson. We secured an inventory of
the equipment. Some improvements are
contemplated this fall. This institution has
purchased about {, 100000 pounds of milk
during the seven years of it's existence and
has payed to its patrons about $3.50, 100000
during that time. A residence has been
erected for the buttermaker and altogether
the plant is worth $6,OOO.OO. After driving
about during the afternoon we reached the
home of c. F. Akesson, who is secretary of
the Swedish Lutheran church. This home
has just sustained Emost irreparable loss,
in the death of the wife and mother two or
three weeks ago. Mr.. Akesson is mason
and has been working at his trade at Will
mar this summer. At present he is laying
the foundation for the new school house at
Pennock. His three sons, Gordon, Ralph
and Adar, are of great assistance in running
the farm. Miss Clara Norm ian is temporarily
managing the household. We were given
all the assistance possible by Mr.. Akesson
and were Hospitality entertained. Wesecured
shelter for the night at the home Of P. J.
Lindgren, near by. Mr.. Lindgren was one
of the early settlers of the town. a builder by
trade. He is very active and has a good
memory. He entertained US with some
"reminiscences of the past. Lindgren Lake,
which a few years ago was beautiful sheet
of water, where the waves washed a sandy
beach and where some species of fish were
caught, is now nearly dry. Dust from the
fields has blown into the same grass grows
rank in the old lake bed and now a good
drain is all that is needed to make fertile
fields and good meadow of the same.
Eddie, one of the sons, now runs. the farm.
He is married, and the patter of the small
feet of grandchildren is music to the ears of
the elder Lindgren. After a pleasant chat
we left in the morning for the Solomon Lake
neighborhood. We called briefly at Emil
Lofven's place, the old Freeman homestead.
Mr.. Lofven was debating with himself
whether field of late fax was better off
standing up than when cut during this I'M
settled weather. A brief hour or two of
sunshine gave him encouragement to begin
cutting the same. We drove onto the Asp
lund farm to find the old location Of mill
tary post, established there back in 1864, to
protect the frontier from depredatory bands
of Indians There is hardly trace of the
same left on the hill. The ground has been
broken and cultivated. There was an old
cellar hole we are told and a few pits which
may possible have been designed to protect
rifemen. The log houses had been removed
by the early settlers. The place served as an
outpost for the fort at Norway Lake. On
the hill was threshing rig Smelling out fax.
It was Juel Jue1son's outfit Of Wil1mar and
had arrived in the neighborhood the day
previous. The fax was damp and made
tough threshing. Walter Nelson was in
charge Of the machine We secured several
views in the neighborhoo Later we drove
up to the M amrelund church. Here extensive
Improvements are being made. The interior
has been somewhat ;remode1ed, and vestry
room added. Mr.: Carl %. Liljegren, g painter
of Minneapolis, isl at work trescoing and
painting the interior 81 q neat and tastyy
manner.
Later We. drove :np aaothers inter