Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-05-09
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New London Times: Rev. and Mrs. He
deem left today for Winthrop where they. will
attend meeting of the Bernadotte congre-
cation, it being the 4Oth anniversary of the
organization......Little Knute Hoftoe, the
three year old son of DIR. and Mrs. Hoftoe,
has had light touch of typhoid fever the
past week..:...Miss Alma Swanson closed a
very successful term of school down near
Spicer last Friday, and on Monday evening
the pupils gave very interesting program.
...:..Rev. D. G. Jordah1 departed for Sioux
City on Monday to visit the Norwegian
Luth. Normal school at that place......Mrs.
Peter Hakanson and children. of Canada
arrived here last Saturday for a visit at the
home of ]. M. Monson. They left for Will
mar Monday, where they will remain until
school is out .:.:.:At the school board meet
ing which was held on the 26th of April, o..
F. Morgan of Minneapolis was elected prin-
cipal. Mr.. Morgan Is teaching at West Con-
cord, Mimi, at the present tir"e. It Is ex-
pected that he will move his family here this
fall All last years teachers were reelected,
excepting Miss Nellie Morse, who will 60. to
Flandreau, S. Oak. j..
Beethoven Banner: o. G. Hough was in
Minneapolis the fore part Of the week to buy
team of Shetland ponies. The ponies ar
rived tuesday,. Miss Josie Y ungberg spent
Saturday and Sunday in Willmar......A
daughter " as born to Mr.. and Mrs. A. p.
Bergstrand, of Woods, on Wednesday OF last
week.....T. G. Berge, l.. Nyquist and A. T.
Archer were In Willmar Wednesday after
noon for the purpose ofconferring with supt,
Bowen relative to the contemplated moving
of the Kerkhoven elevators. The railway
company intends putting in a new passing
track here. Which would have necessitated
moving the elevator track and elevators
about 80 feet to the north oftheir present To-
cations, bringing two of the elevators, the
Pv and Northwestern, too close to the main
business portion of town. The situation
| was explained to Mr.. Bowen and he prom.
Used to have his engineers look into the mat.
ter. The matter Of having the ridge of clay
| on the north side Of the right-of:way between
| 10th and 10Th SITS. taken away was also
| mentioned and the superintendent said he
would keep the matter in mind and ii it be.
came convenient to use it for filling would
put In a shovel and have it removed.
| Raymond News: DR.. H. L., Mclaughlin
/ Is no" on tue IOaO LOT a CINCINNATI OIuS
| congratulated Thompson left Tuesday
for North Dakota to file on a claim in the vi
entity of Tay1or......Lee and Mae Somervill,
came down from Willmar last Saturday ant
drove out to the home of the latter to spent
Sunday......A baby boy was born to Mr.. ant
! Mrs. Henry Nevil, residing on the r. G. Gil
man farm last Saturday......W ork on tn
branch ditch north of town. has a1read.
started and two crews are at work, nigh
and day. Electric lights are used for illum
ination at night. The ditch starts on tn
Wenzel farm and will terminate In the mali
ditch.......Albert and August Barbknech
were In Willmar on business last Monda:
and while there the latter disposed of hi
farm consisting Of 12O acres In section II
town of Edwards, to the Anderson Land Co
for consideration of So ,45O.. 1.-THE BAN
at a recent meeting hired Prof. Hegstrom q
instructor for a term Of two months and b
will take up his residence here for that perio
and give instruction twice, q week......Th
Great Northern finished hauling dirt for til
grade for the new passing track the first {
the week and also for an unloading platforr
south Of the track and the work train Is nov