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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-07-19
Married Today.

+ George w. Sanderson and Mise Isa.
belle F. Downs were united In mar.
riage this morning Ut ton O'Clock 1t
the home Of the groom's parents, Mr..
and Mrs. James Sanderson, In this
city. The marriage service was read
by Rev. Father Nalloy, the ring core
mony being used. The ceremony was
Witnessed by only the immediate rel
attves Of the contracting parties. The
attendants Of the bridal pair we're the
BRIDES sister, Miss Lucy Downs, and
Mr. Walter Tait, . cousin of the
groom. The different rooms in the
house, including the parlor where the
wedding occurred, had been to .tefully
decorated with greene and be uq lets Of
roses and carnations, and the bridal
couple stood beneath q beautiful bell
Of sweet peas during the reading of
the service. The Loheagrip wedding
march WAS played by Miss Ruby o.
son of Atwater, = cous usin Of the groom
The bride was dressed in IN exquisite
gown of white silk tissue trimmed with
passementerie and valeuciennes lace,
and carried = bouquet Of bridal roses.
The bridesmaid wore white null
dress. The groom was dressed in the
conventional black.
Following the ceremony q wedding
breakfast was served at tho home ot
the brides mother, Mrs. Michael
Downs, In town Of Green Lake, where
q large number of invited guests a..
sembled to offer congr atulations to
the happy pair and to partake of the
bountiful spresd.
This evening a reception will be
given In the Woodmen Hall at Kan.
diyohi, where the young people will
participate In dancing.
The TRIBUNE joins the many friends
OF the bridal pair in extending to them
best wishes for happy married life.
They are both we'll known and highly
esteemed by large circle of friends.
The groom Ia . member of the general
merchandise firm of Sandersou & Son
at Kandiyohi, of which his father il
the senior member. Mr.. and Mrs.
Sanderson will 60 into housekeeping
at once In that village.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-07-19

The Lutheran Synod congregation
held ito annual meeting at tho church
on Monday forenoon, July 10. En-
couragiug reports from the different
organic atoms within the church were
read. Tho new church IL all paid for
and there 10 . balance of ol75 in tho
treasury. Tho treasurer . report shows
that sl2, ,027.6o wss expended on the
new church edifice and that q, ,659. 10
had been expended on furniture 6xtures
and other furnishlngs. This makes
the total cost of the church Sl4, $3.50.
II was decided to change the time of
tho annual meeting from June "a to
the second Monday in January.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-07-19
.Rir0ville

July II.
Harvesting of rye will soon com.
mence.
Jalmar Void 10 working for ST.
mond Johnson during haying.
Farmers are rejoicing over the fine
weather for haying, altho it is q little
hot.
Peter stenerson is working for Hans
Hslvorson during hayiog and har-
vest.
Christopherson and Stenbskken are
busy breaking bronchos during spare
hours.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. P johnson and Mr..
and Mrs. A. o. sonstegard visited
with John stenerson Sunday.
Laura shipstesd, who has been
teaching school in South Dakota, is
spending her vacation at h1me.
Mr.. aud Mrs Anton jacobson re-
turned from their wedding trip satur.
day and are now ct home at George
Johnson's homestead.
John Hslv vorson from New London
came home Saturday evening and
spent Sunday at Long Lake with the
rest Of the Rtngvilleites. ~
Karsten Mork went to Minneapolis
Thursday mor,ing to attend tho fu.
neral of his brother Elias, Who died
Monday. Karsten returned Friday
night. =. ~ e..
The Eastern division of the Aurora
Y. F.. s. had the yearly outing to
Long Lake Sunday and Of course ev.
erybody WAS there. A good time il
reported by nearly Ill. s.. <.. ..=.
The board Of directors OF the George.
willie Creamery association had their
monthly meeting Saturday. Twenty
cents per pound will be paid for but
ter tat for the month Of June.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-07-19
Swift County Pioneer Dies.

Frank n. Thornton, OF Benson, died
ct the Frost hospital Saturday even
ing about 7 O'Clock. The Immediate
cause of death WAS diabetes, from
which he had suffered for . number of
years psst Deceased had slso suf-
tered from gangrene for the past four
years. His Left leg was badly affected
with this disease and sbout two weeks
ago that member was ampntaied above
tho knee. For soma. time after the
operation he seemed to rally but .
change for the worse soon occurred
And finally death resulted. The re-
mains were taken 70 Benson on the
Flyer and the funeral was hold on
Monday afternoon. The interment
took place st Lakewood cemetery,
Minneapolis, yesterday morning, snd
was In charge of the North Star lodge,
l. o. O. F., of which deceased was .
charter member.
est settlers at Benson and resident
OF Minnesota since Territorial days.
During the Iodiau outbreak in 1862
he served in the Sixth Minnesota un-
der General Sibley, after which he
went with his regiment to the civil
war and advanced to the rank of ma
jor OF the Eighteenth United States In
fantry. At the close of the war he
came back to Minnesota and settled
at Benson, which at that time was the
terminal of the Crest Northern rail-
way. He was one of the foremost and
most successful business men in Ben
son and was universally esteemed.
At the time Of death he WAS president
of the Flret National Bank there. He
leaves . wife and eight grown chill
dren to mourn his death.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-07-19
An Immense Machine.

The largest ditcher of its kind eyer
made is at present under course of
c0nstru :tion At the p E Parsons
blacksmith shop On Third street.
When completed this ditcher will cut
. ditch 10 feet wide on top, feet deep
and 2 feet wide ct the bottom. Il will
weigh nearly 30 tons and "A horses
will be required to operate it. This
monster ditch maker was planned by
Mr.. G. c. Greene, formerly of Glen.
coe but now : resident Of our city,
and 10 being built under his super
vision with E. P. PArmeter !ss chief
assistant. Work WAS commenced on
1t on June "a and 1t 10 expected that it
will be ready for business in about
three weeks. From 8 to IA men arc
:kept busy .constructine And putting
together tho different parts needed
and - . result the shop IL ono of the
busiest places of business in the city
ct the present time. It is estimated
that the ditcher will cost about 5000.
When the cost of the horses needed in
ito operation and other incidental
expenditures are added the total cost
of the machine will be at least 5000.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-07-19
Go to Church" Band Picnic.

i As . reward for attending twenty.
hve or more services, some over thir.
~ children OF the Presby yserian Sun.
day school were treated TO Z picnic
held In the Eagle Lake woods on Tues.
day OF last week. OF course 1t 10 uu
necessary to state that the young folks
enjoyed themselves immensely. They
were In charge Of the pastor, Rey. Blu,
Oh, Ind Mr.. scotton, the Sunday
School missionary. ss4 z.. .:..~..z e.. i.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-07-19
Sabbath School Convention.

A second Sabbath School couven
tion will be held at the Eddy farm,
Whitefeld, July 30, and the following
schools have been invited to psrtici
pate: :.
Raymond, Methodist; Priosburg,
Union; Priam, Presbyterian; Edwards,
Union; Pennock. Presbyterian;
Woods, Methodist; Willm&r, Presby-
terian, Methodist Episcopal, Swedish
M. E., Swedish Baptist and Swedish
Mission; spicer, Presbyterian.
Morning servics commences at II
O'Clock; afternoon service 1t 2 o'clock.
All Sabbath School workers are in.
vited. = 4*.s5. "'.
r.: s. . LEWIS EDDY, ~ >s
.. n. ..". H. G. CRAWFORD,
I THOMAS SCoTToN,
= ~& Committee.
r@.S-A. rI>~.~ z
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-07-19

Lat Wednesday evening . pleasant
surprise was sprung on Rev. A. G.
Hall by the members of his Bible
class, The affair Was = complete sue
cess in every way. The purpose of 1t
was to give the members of the class,
which has been 80 ably conducted by
Rev. Hall for about three months, IN
opportunity to show their apprecia-
tion OF his work in . practical way.
He was presented with the neat sum of
e35 in cash. After the presentation,
and = short speech by Rev. Hall, in
which he expressed his gratitude for the
interest and feeling manifested, and
said among other things that he had
never been taken 90 by surprise before,
refreshments we're served, and the even
ing wss spent in = pleasant social
way,
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-07-19

s. B. Carlson left for Duluth Mon.
day TO attend the annual convention
of tho State Pharmaceutical Asso.
citation which convened in that city
yesterday and remains IN session till
tomOrrrow evening. =. +. - ~, =.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-07-19

Mrs. Olive NJ. Young and daughters,
Marguerite and Lucille, left on Friday
morning for New Lebanon, Pa, whore
they Will spend the summer with Mrs.
Young z parents, Raw. and Mrs. D.
= =. Baldwin. Thsy sxpect TO return
home about September /, 4.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-07-19
Annual School Meetina.

The citizsns of Willmsr must be well
satisfied with the way the present
school board Is managing affairs,
Judging by the email attend ance 1T the
annual school meeting last Saturday
evening. Thrrs were only about tif.
teen persons present. TIE meeting
VAS .lled to older by President OF.
terness. The minutes of the last au.
nuaI nesting were read and approved.
The treasurer's report was read and
upon motion accepted as read. The
meeting then proceeded to elect two
memt'ers of the board to hut coed
Messrs G. II. O.terness aud Peter
Hong. Russell Spicer wos unani.
mously ell cted to succeed Mr.. Hong.
Mr. Bitterness declined reelection,
and 40. Forsberg was without op.
p1eitlol siec.ed TO the place. The
question Of getting xssewer cuanections
for the High school bulldog was dis
cussed, and motion p pAsssd In favo,
OF getting the proposed Fifth stt ee,
sewer to run up to the schoolhous<
grounds. No further business ap.
pearing, the meeting adj ,urned.
TIE following is the report of The
treasurer for the past year:
To THE HONORABLE BOARD OF EDUCATION
Gentlemen:-I herewith submit to you the
financial statement for the Independent
School District No. ~, Of the city of Will
mar, Kandiyohi county, Minn,, for fiscal
year ending July 81, 1905.
CASH RECEIPTS
1904
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-07-19

L'tchfeld's population il slightly
over 2, 400, Z small increase over the
population OF Ave years ago, when II
was 2,260. ... SUI: 81. +. !.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-07-19
Licenses To Wed.

July l2-Chsrlss A. Parsley and
Bertha HAlvors0u.
July l3-Lewis Brink and Annio
Wieburdink. 81. 81 = s.
p July l7-George W. Sandorson and
Isabollo Frances Downs.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-07-19
Total. ...... 10, 1893 ls,416 1892

ACCORDING 10 t0e ABOVE u9Ore6 the
county has maze An increase In
popula,ion Of 9s2 daring the pact five
years, while the City Of Willmar shows
= gain of only 4l8. The Elks in max
ing = canvass Of the city for the pur-
pose of securing q lodge OF that order
here found that WilImsr had 5,06l
souls within her borders. This CEN
sus was taken in January and while it
was the opinion Of many that the 6g-
ures were rather steep yet 1t was hard
ly expected that the returns as sent in
by the enumerators appointed by the
state would chow such q vast decrease
10 1926. How to account for the big
difference between S, ,061, the census ae
given by the Elks, and 3, 1926, the cen.
sus as given by the recent count, is the
question that 10 puzzling our people.
That the figures for Willmar should
fall below 1900 was q great surprise,
as It has been the general opinion that
the city could show population that
would not fall far below the 5000
mark.
An investigation into the census ta.
ken by the Elks reveals the fact that
at the time they took the count there
were several hundred members cf rail.
way employees families making their
home here who could not be counted
In the JuEe census, as they removed
from the city before June on account
OF the laying off of several railroad
crews. Agent May, who 10 at the head
of the Elks lodge in this city, gives
out the information that ell told there
were about 400 persons in these fami-
lies who were necessarily lost in the
June count. Deducting this from the
city census given by the Eiks would
leave balance Of 4. $50, which SCENE
q more reasonable figure at this time
for Willmar's population. It has
been intimated by some of our citizens
that the census taken earlier In the
year was little ''padded," but even
conceding this it seems hardly pos
sible that 1t could have been carried
out to such an extent as to make the
big difference that the two counts in
dicste. It cost the Elks for this first
census the cum of sl01, 22-two cents
for each person counted. ~,
The enumerators appointed by the
Elks and all Of whom testify that they
made an accurate count are as follows:
First ward, J. B.. Boyd; Second
ward, Frank Knox:-Third ward, VIM.
O. Johnson; Fourth ward, Frank
Holmberg. Mr.. Boyd was slso the
enumerstor for the stste census, being
assigned to the First and Third wards.
Allen Ssther took the count for the
state in the Second and Fourth wards.
The latter gentleman states that he
did not begin bis enumeration before
June IL, hence he lost that many days
thst might have been to his advantage
IN making the count Of his two wsrds.
Being student ct On Iowa college he
WAS unable to take up the work earlier
and In order TO make Z complete count
before June 80 it certainly rt quired
considerable hustling and II no one
WAS omitted he made . remarkable
record, considering the fact that hs
! VS. - % entire stranger % : msjority
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-07-19

SAAV OtoSSAAS00V9 AO"0v0CS SDuOb u0
did not include stud ents and teachers
In his count Who make their residenoe
In the city only during the school
year. 1t IL contended that this should
have been done, as sll residents in the
city on June are entitled TO : count
in the Willmar census and especially
the above on account of their nine
months residence here. s1 2 ..5s.s=
From the returns of the count Ia the
January census We hnd the following
figures: First ward, 1,0s4; Second,
1921; Third, 1850; Fourth, sO6. The
official figures are now at Baltimore,
at the Elks grand headquarters,
where 1t was necessary to send them
in order to establish for the Elks their
claim of population Of 5000 to
secure .. lodge for Willmar. Con-.
ceding that these figures are correct
there would be . difference In the two
counts in each ward Is follows: Fret
ward, l60; Second. 346; Third, 674;
Fourth, Sc. The difference. in the
Third ward is accounted for In 1
large degree to the decrease In the
floating railroad population before
the last census was taken, according
to the statement OF Agent May.
The vital statistics in. the city for
the past five years shows IN increase
Of births oyer deaths of 1893. There
were 408 births and 2l0 deaths. The
public school population Of the city
during tie past year is given ss 960.
These facts are given for the purpose
of showing that Willmar ID not suffer-
ing in lack of growth. Multiplying
the school population by i've would
be fair estimate of the city's entire
population, which would place it at
1900. At the spring election of 1900
the vote was $50 In 1905 there was
q total vote OF III At both of these
elections the license question was the
important issue and q full vote was
cast. The vote of 1905 shows IN In
crease of 43 per cent over that of 1900:
Tols alone indicates that the city ID
Increasing In population st Z good
rate.
While it ia admitted that there has
been. loss in the city to some extent
on account of immigration to Canadian
and western points, yet II is fact
that the influx here has been greater.
Among the latter may be mentioned a
number of families who have removed
to the city from farms, and who are
now known 40 retired farmers. These
have built new homes in addition to
the large number of houses already
.erected Z. AT present there are very
few, ii any; vacant buildings In the
city, which covers very large area.
If there are any persons in the, city
who have been omitted in the count,
they should make the fact known Ut
once. This statement is not intended
as reflection upon the enumerators,
who no doubt have done their best in
trying to get an accurate count, but 1t
Is possible that there may be an over
sight somewhere. There is q strong
sentiment in the city that there should
be recount and it is possible that the
Commercial Club will take hold of the
matter. We believe that such steps
would be the most satisfactory to oil
parties who have the welfare of our
city at heart and would get Ut rest all
doubts a. to the reliability of the
figures given.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-07-19
Drainage Meeting.

The Minnesota Draiuage League
will hold it, first annual meeting 1t
the city hall in Crookston, beginning
on the frst day of August, and ex-
tends IN invitation to Ill who are in
terested In the matter of drainage to
be present.
The league Is organized for tho
purpose of advancing the interests of
tho whole state and the county COM
missioners of this county have been
asked to send delegates to the meet
ing. The attendance of boards Of
trade and commercial clubs is also
desired and it 10 possible that ths
Willmar Commercial club will be rep
resented 1t this meeting.
Special railway rates are assured.
Full particulars and programs will be
sent on application to the secretary,
II. G. Hays, Bemidjt, MINI.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-07-19

County papers please copy.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-07-19

Ih1rd street meat market OF F.. W.
Rose. Mr.. Rose will now dtvote his
time to the cattle buying business,
after havi, & teen in the meat market
business in this city for the psst 26
years. !
Rev. and Mrs. A. G. Hall and niece,
Miss Ida Hall, Left Thursday for Fer
qua Falls. where they will be the
quests OF fciends for some time. Rev.
Hal has been granted . two months ,
vacation from his duties % pastor of
the Swedish Baptist church and he x.
poets to spend part Of this time at q
summer and health resort at Alexan.
dris, whore he will receive treatment
Tor the throat trouble with which he
has been affected for some time past.
During his absence the pulpit will be
filled by ministers from neighborinR
churches. Next Sunday, the 23rd,
Rev. o. P. Fkstrom, from st. Cloud
will Be here; the 3Oth, Rev E Bjork-
quist from Maynard; Aug. 8, A. E..
Lysell; Aug. Is, A. Ekstrom; and II 10
probable that o. Larson from Lake
Lillian will come the remsiniug two
sundays before Rev. Hall expec.s to
% bsck. ..= =.:= ..5>
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-13
Have Everything Ready When Furniture Arrives
THE NEW HONE AND sUccEs. IoN5 FOR ms PREPARATIoN

moderate supply of broom covers The
soiled covers can be left TO soak in
tub of boraxed water and occasionally
washed out and hung to dry while the
clean ones are in use By this method
there will always be clean dry covers
ready to take the places of Soiled ones.
The door and window tops should be
very carefully wiped with a damp cloth
and a dustpan held under to catch any
dust that might otherwise escape the
cloth and fall into the room. Window
frames should be wiped in the same way
before any glass is washed. When once
the entire house has been gone over i'll
this way the formidable dirt will be
outside, and people can then so about
without running their clothes. I'm
methodical, needless cleaning. so-called.
has spoiled the clothes and the DISPOSE
tions of a good many people. Before the
shade-hangers arrive all windows should
be washed and polished and the WIN
dow sills and ledges spcnSed with clean
water. THIS warning may seem super
fiuous to some of my readers, but | have
seen beautiful sash-curtains of delicate
silk put over windows that had after
in a new house. This made handling
the curtains and their removal imme-
diatcly necessary before the window
cleaning. No nice manag ger would allow
such tUpsy-turvy doingS if given time
to plan the order of the furnishing.
After the important preliminarles have
been attended to. all regular and lighter
cleaning can be pushed forward. accord
ing to the wishes and the convenience
of the housewife and the special needs
of the expected family
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-13

Copyright. 1905. by A. S. Barnes & Co.
TN ADVANCE of any cleaning. if pos
sible. have all worknen out of the
Il house unless you are quite willing to
pay to have places cleaned several
times over before you begin 10 live in
Your new home The average mechanic
is a past master at making mess
wherever he goes. The work that he
causes others who clean up aIter him Is
often more than the work that he is
hired TO do
Permit no furniture to be delivered un-
ill the house is spick and span clean
and all ready Tor it. Then as things ar
live they can be permanently placed.
This method prevents repeated ciran,hS
and, repeated moving OF furniture De
lore ii is finally placed where 1t be-
longs 1t is therefore labor and expense
SAVING, and at the same tlme prevents
damage which frequent moving Is apt
to cause Above all, never leave anything
Tor mechanics to pusn-out VI tner way
when they are at work. for they are
no reSpeCterS of any polish tnat they 90
not put on themselves, and seldom tnink
of washing their hands before taxing
hold OF anything that hindcrs tner
progress be it ever so dencate. More
over. the best things are none TOO good
the mechanic seeI.iS " lH.ah-4or his
Tools to rest upon.
Two s.epiadocrs-one high. one of me-
dunn size-should he on hand when the
wUrk beg Ems; also broomS, duStpans, long
handled hoor brushes, whlSk Drooms,
puinled hairbrusn, such as painters
use Tor corners, pienty Of soft cloths,
cheesecloth busters, strong sponges,
soap, Sd polio, Washing soda, household
ammonia. chloride of lime, concentrated
Iye, pulver4zed boraX, hammers large
and SmanD, a Screwdriver, tack H1ter
and gimlet. Whoever requires thorouSn
cleaning must supply the appliances and
implements customarily usea to eApedlte
work. There should be also tnree OF
four large squares of double unbleacneu
muslin-the widest that comes-Ior COW
erings and to spread down when un-
pdcnIng is to be done. a Sood manager
has also, plenty of calico sweeping COW
ers ready to protect furniture unex-
pectedly exposed and in danger OF DAM
age. Besides these there should be,
supply of strong, heavy paper In rolls,
soft tissue paper and old newspapers
galore. 1t is very important to study to
avoid unnecessary labor. For this OBJ
ject these latter things. are urgently
recommended for housecleaning times,
1t economies time. labor. strength and
money to be all ready with suitable
working tools. ETC., for cleaning be-
fore anything is called for. There
one has to wait while you send out for
something that has been forgotten or
overlooked.
Ii you are so unfortunate as to be
obliged to move in before the mechan-
les have finished their work and de-
parted. give them a wide berth so far
as cleaning is concerned, and do none
in their vicinity. until they and their
tools are gone for good.
Getting what is called the big dirt
out should begin at the top of the house
and progress. floor by floor and stair
way by stairway; as you go COVE
The first sweeping should be dohe with
a wet broom to control the dust, and
the water used for dampening the
broom ought to be frequently changed.