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

A daughter was born this morn
ing to Mr.. and Mrs. C. F. Olson
in First ward.
Remember the Flower Show and
entertainments at the Library Bull
ding Sept. l3 and IA.
Let everyone make it a point to
attend the Flower Show at the Pub
lH Library Friday and Saturday,
Sept. l3 and ii.
Charley Backlund and Magnus
Olson of Dovre marketed the first
flax of the season last Monday. 1t
was of fine quality.
The contract for the erection of
$4,000 Carnegie library at Glen
wood has been let to J. H. Olsen,
the Willmar contractor.
The Swedish M. E. church will
serve coffee at the home Of William
Thompson on Wednesday, Sep. II.
All are cordially invited.
Freight train No. 404 was
wrecked at Benson last Sunday
morning. About ten cars went in
to the ditch a mile and a half this
side the station.
The Ladies' Guild of the St.
Luke's church will hold rummage
sale in the Opera House block on
Thursday, Sep. 10, and lasting
thruout the Street Fair.
F. C. McCutcheon, brakeman on
the Great Northern, will move his
family here in a short time and
will occupy rooms in the H. T. o.
son residence at 734 A street.
Ben Benson, the plumber, landed
the contract for the heating and
ventilating system in the new High
school building at Granite Falls.
The contract price was $4469 90.
Lars Halvorson has purchased the
residence owned by Mrs. Anna He
din on Ninth street, the cash con-
sideration being $3.50. The deal
was made thru the Anderson Land
Co.
There will be interesting enter
tainments and refreshments will be
served at the Flower Show to be
held at the Library on the 18th and
l4h of this month. The proceeds
go toward the book fund of the IL
brary.
The ladies of the Presbyterian
church are planning to serve din
ner and lunches at some convenient
point down town during the street
Fair. Sept. 10 to 2l. They will al
so have on sale a fine assortment of
home made candies.
Andrew Bjorsell has the contract
for the erection of a new residence
for John Wahlstrand on Maud
street. Excavation is being made
and the building will be pushed to
completion this fall. The cost will
approximately be $2500.
A party of fifteen men who have
been working in the gravel pit at
New London were transferred to
Wilmar to assist a track-laying
gang. They came down yesterday
to investigate conditions and see
whether it would pay them to leave
their homes in New London and vi.
cinity and accept this work.
Mr.. Thomas Coleman Anderson
and Miss Christine johnson, of Bel.
grade, were married at the home
of the groom's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. T. j. Anderson, last Wednes-
day evening. The Tribune extends
congratulations. Mr.. and Mrs. T
C. Anderson will be at home te
their friends at Belgrade after Oc
tober l.
H. H. Basler, county judge Of
Burt county, Neb., with his young
son, was in the city last Saturday
en- route for lake Koronis. A com
pany of about a dozen gentlemen
from Tekamah, Neb., have pur
chased tract of land on lake Ko
ronis and will erect summer home
for themselves. C. w. Conklint
has charge of establishing this set
tlement.
Conrad Feig of Atwater was il
the city Monday. He is troubles
with an affection of the eye, whicl
it is thot might develop into some
thing serious. Mr.. Feig is gettin,
pretty we'll along in years, being
79 years old. He is the father O.
County Auditor Feig of this cit!
and Henry and George Feig of At
water. The former accompanied
him back to Atwater.
August Lundquist and famil,
left last Monday. for Crookston
where Mr.. Lundquist has secured
employment with the Crooksto1
Milling Co, where he will be fore
: man of he elevator and mill. Thi
is one of the companies in which
Hon. Marcus Johnson has control
: ling interest and is managed from
the general Office at Red Lake Falls
in charge Of S. M. Sivertson.
A nice little story regarding :
lady at Belgrade who wa. .alleget