Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-01-13

Of tie City and Immediate Vicinity J
The Washington League Of Knights
and Ladies held installation cere-
monies last Monday evening at their
lodge rooms in the Bonde Hall. Re
freshments were served and q general
social time was INDUCED In.
The First National Bank held its
annual meeting yesterday and re-
elected the same efficient set of officers
for another year. Among the out Of
town stockholders who were present
were G. A. Glader of Atwater and
John Elmquist of Fahlun.
The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Kandiyohi County
Bank was held on Tuesday of last
w elk and the old officers and directors
were reelected for a. other year. It
will be twenty five years next April
since the organization of this bank,
when all interested in this banking
house will have an opportunity to OBJ.
serve its silver anniversary.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Stromberg,
former residents OF this city, but now
of St. Paul, passed through Wilma
last Saturday on q sad mission. They
we're on their way to Maynard with
the remains OF their four weeks-old
son, which died the 7th inst. The in
terment was in the cemetery near Mrs.
Stromberg's old home in the town of
Leenthrop.
1t will be of interest to the friends
of Miss Martha Campbell, formerly
principal of the Willmar High School,
to learn that she has accepted q posi-.
ton as teacher OF mathematics in the
schools of Marinette, Wis. Miss
Campbell taught in the St. Paul
schools during the past year, but re.
Gently resigned to accept the position
which she is now engaged in.
The many friends of Miss Matilda
BOnde are pleased to see her name ap-
pear among the leading contestants
for the Daily News piano. Yesterday
Miss Bonde had reached second place
in the list. The young lady will high
~ appreciate all the assistance given
her towards winning the prize and has
already enlisted large number OF our
people in the saving Of Daily News
coupons for her.
City Clerk Otos is now occupying
the Office room in the Bank of Willmar
building vacated by the real estate
firm of Crawford & Leslie, having re-
moved his Office just across the hal
from the former quarters. The re-
moval will give additional room fol
Dr.. Petersen, who occupies adjoining
rooms, and whose growing business
is such as to require more Office space
Mr.. Otos says that he Is now "a
home" to all friends and patrons.
Willmar friends will be pleased tt
hear that Fred Monson is one of thu
fortunate ones in the employ of th'
Inter national Harvester Company, q!
hewill not be In the large army ofthOs,
who will be dismissed from service al
! q result of the big changes inaug
urated by the company. He has re
newtd his contract with the McC0r
mick Division and is DOW signed will
that company until April, 1905, at I
very hattering salary as collector ant
| expert.
Among the many &C ming attraction
billed for the opera house is Winnin
ger Bros Own Company, which viii
be here all of next week. The com
pany will open it's weeks engagement
on Monday night with the iour-ac
pastoral drama, "Cloyer Dale.
Prices, Is, Is and IS cents. The frs
night ladies will be admitted free, pro
viding tickets are reserved before
p m. Willmar people will be inter
ested In knowing that Frank Win
ninger, who IL one of the five brother
at the head of this company, lie tn
same gentleman who made such q hi
here while with North Bros. in tn
character of Dutchman.
"Brother'' Williams, the well-knop
darkee whose familiar figure is occa
sionally seen ABOUT Willmar an
neighboring towns, was given g.
opportunity last Thursday to do som
"uplifting'' work for Jim Hill. II
was sent with q force Of men to Li,ch
field to assist in the transferring q
grain which had been split on tn
ground in the freight wreck near tha
city on Tuesday. Chief of Polio
Bonde saw to 1t that the old gentle
man made his departure for the seen
of labor. A force OF about twent
men W az sent from w illmar to engag
in the work of transferring the grail
to the new cars for shipment to 1t
destination.