Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-02-22

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y stem is in working order, and that
he work has been done according to
The representatives OF W.
D. Lowell who were here looking At. |
ter tho plant recently, were very
strenuous In their demands to have
the plant accepted and settlements
made, but the council would not take
the bluff, aud on Saturday last the
plant was shut down, and Mr.. Lowell's
returned on Monday
to Minneapolis. Another engine has
been installed to run the gas plant,
and an effort will BE- made to furnish
y supply Of gas for lighting purposes,
altho it IN ~ n. be quite as satisfac-
tory as it would have been, had there
been supply on hand at all times
during the night and day.-Atwater
Republican. Press.
\ we'll known cit zen did stunt at
the 500 line station the other day
that he will not care to repeat right
away. He had in his hand roll Of
bills amounting to several hundred
dollars and going up to the St i've In
which there was q hot soft coal fire,
such as we occasionally find in a rail
road waiting roc M, remarking, "Who
cares for money! he suited his action
to the word aud made q motion as
though to throw the roll in the tite.
1t so happened that his hand came in
contact with friend who was stand.
log b nd him, and the bills actually
went into the FIRE. The fellow was
compelled to make three frantic grabs
before the roll was returned to his
pocket, 10 slightly damaged condi
ton. When you see a fellow with his
hand in q big bundle OF white band
ages you will know who it is that does
not care nor money -Payuesville
Press.
Charles Nelson, Of BrOo:on, has In
vented and patented an ingenious con.
,rivance VIII ch is destired TO lessen
| The number of wear words used while
.he head OF the house Is putting up
>toves. The invention is an sdjusta-
Die slovepipe which can be lengt' ed
or shortened in moment. 1t con-
sists OF two lengths OF stovepipe which
telescope into one another and by
simple device they may be fastened at
any point. Mr.. Nelson has been here
for couple of weeks making the tools
with which to manufacture his patent
stovepipe. He expects to have them
on the market in very short time
..... "A meeting was held at the resi-
dence Of P. j. Williamson OF Irving,
for the purpose of improving the Crow
River from q point near the outlet Of
Green Lake to a point near or be-
yond the Meeker county line. The OBJ.
ject is to lower and straighten the
channel, thus giving drainage to sew
eral thousand acres of valuable land
which are swamps or subject to over
flow, and also maintain the surface Of
Green Lake at g certain level and
avoid the flooding of valuable pasture
and meadow lands adjacent to the
lake. This would dry number OF
unhealthy swamps which are breeders
of malaria and the cause Of consider.
| able sickness. 1t was decided to Pc
tition the legislature for an appro-
priation sufficient to cover part of the
expense, the balance to be borne by
those benefited by the drainage. ....
A petition asking that the citizens OF
Spicer might vote on the question, as
to whether or not liquor Licenses should
be granted was presented to the village
council at their meeting last Monday
evening and the uestion will be voted
on at the regular election, which takes
place on March ID. Another question
that will probably be voted on is the
separation of the village into an in
dependent assessment and election
district. -Green Lake Breeze.
A long time ago there was little
boy who had said his prayers and
kissed everybody good night but the
new hired girl. "Arent you going to
kiss me good night" said the domes-
tic. "Nore, replied the young hope
full. 81 saw papa try to kiss you this
morning and don't want you to slap
me the way you slapped him." And
the young hopeful's mother is wonder
ing if she is not able to do her own
work from this time on and save the
expense of keeping the girl.-Ex.
BY placing on record no less than
four weddings within six days the
vicinity of Raymond has now become
the stan dard-bearer for Kandiyohi
county in matrimonial aft fairs. This
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