Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1907-10-19
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j. r. @. Johnson is very much in
terested in the ditching Stevens coun-
| ty is doing this season, but sort of
feels that his portion of the commits
| sioner district is entitled to little
more attention than it is receiving,
and is interesting himself to find out
just why this is the case. . ......+
The above item which was printed
in this column Aug. 81 appearstohave
been an error. Mr.. Johnson called on
us Tuesday and stated that the item is
entirely wrong in what it says relative
| to the commissioner from his district.
We are pleased to make the correc-
tion.-EDIroR.
0. r. Eystad was a business caller
in Alberta Tuesday morning.
John Rash was a Morris business
caller Tuesday.
Mrs. F. J. Rentz was an Alberta
business caller Tuesday morning.
w. M. Roberts went to Morris Tues
dav to report at 10 O'Clock a. M, for
jury duty during the present term of
| court. ...
Mr.. Andert returned from st. Paul
Monday evening.
Who, which, what Or that entered a
school house recently and performed
some acts that entitle the executor to
an opportunity to leave a measure
for a striped suit of jeans. ua
Christ Plocker received word on
Tuesday morning that his mother who
resides at Chaska, this state was very
i'll, nigh unto death. He at once
made arrangements to go. Being
pretty well advanced in years it is be-
lieved that death will be the final re-
suit.
There is an saying "Watch my
smoke" A freight conductor was
recently Intercepted as to how he
reached the station, or how did he
get in. q He replied, "I smoked inn
Bee hunters sometimes smoke the
bees out to rob them of their honey
and it is not unusual to hear the ex
preston smoked out. It is very simple
and easy, the train crew just watch
the engines smoke and if they have
no orders by wire to wait they just
continue their journey so long as no
smoke ahead warns them of an ap-
preaching train, hence they smoke in.
The weather is so fine that it must
be Indian summer that is now in pro-
gress. -. .'-.
Mutulating the interior of school
room and breaking into the building
to do so is laid at the door of some
crimmially inclined SPECIMEN of sup
posedly human origin not over one
hundred furlongs from this spot on
the earth's crust. .......
@. W. Roberts and family have
moved into the place formerly oc-
cupied by Carl Hendrickson and
family. ~
Mr.. 7. Vaughn had about five humid
red bushels of timothy seed. Ityield
ed about ten bushels per acre. At one
dollor and eighty cents per bushel
this should be considered pretty fair
crop. w. ....-
August Baumgartner who has ex-
perienced the trail and tribulations and
the coming of the mi lineum as far
mer and day laborer in this vicinity,
under the severest of reverses for
many long years has made arrange
ments to cast anchor in the neighbor-
hood of our thriving sister hamlet of
Donneley, which evidently derives it's
name from the "Sage of Niniger."
Spooks, bugaboos and hob COLLINS
are things We sometimes read about
and either real Or imaginary they do
bob up even in remote and unknown
says in the earth like this and cause
some to change their plans and allow
others to change with them to try and
convince themselves that theirs is
only dream, a hallucination and
repetition of the haunted palace.
Mr.. John Raash will cease losing his
time and money on rented farm in
this locality and seek employment by
the day in the lumber woods in the
Northern part of the State. John is
an industrious hard working fellow
and should succeed any where, but
the opportunities for getting a start
in the world on rented land in this
locality have proven anything but
renumerative to him and he proposes
to throw down the gauntlet.
Mosquitoes prefer negroes to white
men. They will sting black dog in
preference to light colored one. They
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