Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-01-23

HsRs nave oeen declining In price
OF late. Good news to the consumers.
Miss Grace Ramsett has taken a.
position as stenographer for Road
master Hess, in the Great Northern
Office.
Winnie Rogers and Martha Greene
entertained the "Junior Elks' at a
sleighing party and oyster supper last
Friday evening.
Friday evening, Feb. s, has been de-
clded upon as the date for the city
flremens' ball. The affair will take
place at the Bonde Ball.
Last Wednesday was the monthly
pay day. for the railway employees.
The pay roll was little lighter than
that of the previous months.
DR. J. M. Rains has gone to Toronto,
Canada, where he was called by the
death of his aged mother. He is ex-
pected back to Willmar about Feb. l.
The regular meeting of the w. C. T.
U. will be held at the home of Mrs.
Styles next Tuesday afternoon at three
O'Clock sharp. All are cordially in
vited.
At the Presbyterian church next
Sunday morning the pastor will ad-
dress the boys and girls at the child
ren's monthly service, taking for his
subject, "Danger Signals"
The Ladies Aid, Society of the
Swedish Mission church will meet
Friday afternoon, Jan. 25, in the
church basement. Refreshments will
be served by Mrs. Gustaf Erickson.
All are cordially invited.
c. 81. Johnson, of the. Willmar Job
bing and Manufacturing Co., was in
Fargo last week<and made the. neces>
sary arrangements for opening his ice
cream factory in that city: He ex-
poets to remove to Fargo about the
first of March.
Don't forget the concert in the Will
mar high school assembly room next
Friday evening. It will be musical
treat, and as the entertainment is
given for the benefit of the high school
orchestra you should encourage the
members by your patronage.
The Masonic Building Association,
at its annual meeting held last week re-
elected the following officers: Samuel
Carver, president: James Sanderson,
vice-president: 81. ]. Ramsett, secre-
tary; Russell Spicer, treasurer; G. P.
Karwand, 81. S. Peterson and S. B.
Qvale, directors.
Members of the Sons of Norway
lodge and their wives and lady friends
enjoyed basket social given at the
Bonde Hall Monday evening. Games
and short musical program furnish
ed entertainment for those present
and the receipts from the sale of
baskets amounted to forty dollars.
The St. Agnes Guild of the Episco-
pal church will sell paper articles in
cluding dinner cards, valentines, can
die shades and numerous other useful
and pretty things at the Guild Hall on
Thursday afternoon and evening, j IAN.
"a. Lunch will be served. A cordial
invitation is extended to everybody to
attend.
Ed Embertson, who conducted a
confetti onery store on Benson avenue
and was one of the losers in the fire
which visited the Westberg block
some time ago, is looking up a new
location. He left on Monday to
visit points there. He will visit with
his brother at Glenwood before return
ing from the trip.
A number of Willmar gentlemen
went over to Clara City last Thursday
and engaged in bowling contest with
a team at that place. The Willmar
team was defeated in series of games
that was played. The following Will
marites visited our neighboring city:
J. G.. Freese, J. G. Jones, F. w. Fer
guson, Sherney Hanson, Ludwig
Glarum, Frank Cleary and Axel Han
son.
The Willmar camp of Royal Neigh
bors will be represented at Atwater
next Friday evening, by big delega-
ton, who expect to be present at the
meeting of the camp there and witness
the initiation of class of candida
This camp will have it's degree team
to perform the initiatory work. If the
weather is favorable several will 90
down in a sleighing party, while
others will take the afternoon train.
It is anticipated that the visitors will
have a royal time as the guests of the
, Atwater camp.
Thos. Olson of Willmar, chairman
of the board of county commissioners,
was in Atwater on Monday for the
purpose of making Investigations con.
cerning those in this vicinity who are
dependent upon the public for support
On the 7th of this month the new system
of taking care of the poor went into
force as result of the vote on the
question at the last election. The
county system is now in force. But
the county is not in a position to take
charge of the poor at present as there