Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-08-21

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Work has also commenced on the
engine repair shop.
The news was received this week
by relatives of Mrs. Tillie Gleason
that she was recently married at
Spokane, Wash., for which place
she left a couple of months ago.
The groom is a Mr.. Day, propri-
etor OF a restaurant in Spokane.
There will be a great gathering
Of pioneers at the log cabin on the
Minnesota State Fair grounds on
Thursday, Sept. 5, when plans for
the celebration of the 5Oth anniver-
sary of the admission of Minnesota
OF the statehood will be formulated.
A Mr.. Stewart is in the city
showing grain shocking machine
of his own invention. Mr.. Stewart
was admitted to the bar as prac-
ticing attorney at Willm4r years
ago, and later was county attorney
| of Swift county. He now resides
in Illinois. :
The Great Northern Co. has laid
their spur track on the west end
of Pacific avenue and will soon have
their work train engaged in filling
this street, according to their con-
tract with the city. The filling of
this low place will be a great i'm
provement.
The residence property of A. c.
Crawford on Fourth street has been
sold to Lizzie Hultberg, and the
residence property of the Hileman
estate in First ward to Fred Mag
nuson. These sales were made last
week by the Crawford-Leslie-O -Otos
Land Agency.
Chester Sothard, who has repre-
sented the Burdick Samp1ing Co. of
the Minneapolis Chamber of Com
merce on the sampling force in the
local yards, during the last fifteen
months, left our city last Monday.
His place will be taken by Mr..
Lynch from Sauk Center.
Property owners along Ella ave-
nue. in First ward are having this
thorofare covered with gravel Sc
cured from the Great Northern
company's pit at New London.
The improvement extends from
Seventh street to Russell avenue and
touches portions ofNinth and Tenth
streets.
During the severe thunderstorm
last Thursday, some phenomena
blew out all the covers from the
chimney in the residence Of P. E.
Parson on Trott avenue. There
was no evidence Of lightning hav-
ing struck and no damage was done.
Lightning struck the same chimney
eleven years ago.
Last Sundays storm increased in
violence as it reached the eastern
boundaries of our county. Three
or four windmills were blown down
in Harrison and two or three south
east from Atwater. Tops of~wheat
stacks and hay stacks were blown
off over a wide area in the eastern
part of the county.
A. P. Adams closed deal this
week whereby Andrew Bjorsell
traded to F. A. Comwell of Los
Angeles, Cal., his McCumber, N.
D., hotel property for 200 acres in
sec. 26, and 80 acres in sec. IS,
town of Burbank. This farm is
improved and rented and Mr.. Bjor-
sell gets this seasons rent in the
deal.
The Swedish Mission church of
this city entertained distinguished
guest last Monday, the Rev. J. A.
Forslund of S0derhamn, Sweden,
who was a delegate from the Swed-
ish Mission Covenant of Sweden at
the meeting here in this country
last June. Rev. Forslund spoke in
the church Monday evening and de-
parted Tuesday noon.
N. O. Nelson made trip to his
farm in Whitefield early in the
week. He brot home samples of
the wheat which indicate that the
crop will be of good quality.
Wheat is thinner than was expected
earlier in the season. Barley is
proving a good crop this year.
Some yields of fifty bushel to the
acre have been reported.
The committee in charge of the
Green Lake Chautauqua met at Spi-
Ger last Saturday to settle up ac-
counts for the last assembly. The
new committee will meet Sept. 13,
by which time it is expected to be
k own whether or not sufficient in
terest exists to secure the erection
of permanent buildings. The plans
include those of a So, 600 auditorium
and necessary additional buildings.
Mrs. Andrew O. Sather of this
city enjoyed a visit last week from
Ludwig Larson, an uncle from the
state of Washington. Mr.. Larson
was former resident of Irving,
but left this county and located in
Lewis county, WASH, twenty seven
years ago. He noted great changes
at Willmar since he. last visited
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