Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-09-04

thru the Anderson Land Co., by
which J. H. McHugh purchased
the H. C. Hanson residence on
Ninth street, the consideration be-
ing $4,000.
w. F. Gratz of this city COM
pleted a deal yesterday for a very
desirable piece Of Green Lake shore
property. He purchased the Henry
Westin property, which includes
all of Stony Point. This gives him
about 800 feet of beach.
J. c. Freese brot in ID chickens
this morning after a few hours
hunt near the city, to the south.
Yesterday afternoon he succeeded
in getting Is. On their first day
out: in company with another gen.
tleman, they secured 16. Other
sportsmen who have been out have
not been so fortunate.
The contract for the new school,
house at Svea has been let to STEM
berg Bros. of St. Paul. The con-
tract price was $4245. 90. The bids
received on the original specifica-
tions for brick structure exceeded
the appropriation by more than
$1,000, and hence the plans were
changed to frame building. The
item Of having to haul the brick
ten miles by wagon greatly added
to the cost of the brick building.
At meeting of the Willmar
Lodge No. 422, B. R. C. Of A., held
in the first part Of the week. a
handsome gold chain and engraved
charm was presented to Mr.. J. J.
Hill, the chairman, by the men,
bers Of the union, as a token Of ap-
probation of his faithful work in
behalf of the brotherhood. Mr..
Hill will represent the local carmen
at the convention to be held at Chi
cago. He leaves next Friday and
will be gone twenty-five days.
The public schools opened last
Monday. The teachers are the
same as those announced about a
month ago in the columns of the
Tribune, except that Miss Bessie
Scripture of Minneapolis has been
secured to take the place Of Miss
Cantieny, who was obliged to re-
sign on account of i'll health. Prof.
Tonning reports an initial attend
ance Of 857, with 13O enrolled in
the High school. This attendance
will undoubtedly be considerably
increased in a short time.
NelsS Swenson, assistant cashier
at the Bank of ,Willmar, received
a letter from his brother at Hahn
stad, Sweden, on Aug. 20. It was
written on Sunday, Aug. Is, and
had been mailed and postmarked on
the 10Th. 1t had thus taken the let
ter just ten days to travel from the
eastern part of Skane to Willmar,
Mimi. There have been cases
known where letters have been re-
ceived within twelve days after the
time of mailing, but Mr.. Swenson
thinks this instance is a record
breaker.
Albert Svobodny of Roseland has
reported loss from lightning to
the Willmar Farmers Insurance Co.
Lightning struck his barn some
time ago but did not ignite it..
Some damage was done to the
building and all the horses were
down when help came to the barn.
The horses all recovered, however,
but are deaf and Mr.. Svobodny can
drive them only with signs that
they can see or feel. To what ex-
tent this disability has injured the
horses will be a difficult point for
the insurance men to adjust.
Hon. E. E. Lobeck, prohibition
representative from Douglas coun-
ty, was in the city last Monday en-
route for his home. He had spent
two or three days in the country
districts in the county. He was
accompanied by his brother, J. E.
Lobeck, who is principal of the
lately established Ladies' Seminary
at Fargo. This was the school
which Willmar attempted to secure
and which is called the Oak Grove
Ladies Seminary. Mr.. Lobeck
stated that the prospects for the at
tendance at the next school year arc
very flattering. He had spent Sun.
day at Eagle Lake.
The hunting season for prairie
chickens, wild geese and ducks
opened last Sunday. Game Warden
J. B. Boyd states that ducks are
quite numerous in the ponds of this
county. There are more prairie
chickens than there has been for !
number of years. One of the theh
ries advanced for this condition q
that the heavy SHOWS in the Dakotas
forced the chickens to find new
feeding grounds for the winter and
naturally many of them remained
in the new locality all summer.
One provision of the new law which
sportsmen should keep in mind is
that hereafter no one has a right tc
hunt on anybody's premesis without
the owners permission.