Willmar tribune., 1908-08-05

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Mrs. S. c. Hicks went to Pen
mock yesterday for a visit.
The Little Helpers of the Swedish
Baptist church will meet Friday
evening at o'clock at the home of
Hans Anderson.
Misses Carrie and Cecilia Boese
of Atwater visited at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Schwartz from
Saturday till yesterday.
An event which will prove of spe-
cial interest to all will be a social
given by the Y. P. S. of the Synod
church on Monday evening, Aug.
II.
John Skoolheim went to Towner
last evening to build a residence
for Fred Larson, assistant cashier
Of the First National Bank of that
place.
S. P. Swenson went to Alexandria
yesterday to finish the brick work
on the new high school building.
He expects to have it ready in a
few days.
Bennie Halvorson of Norway
Lake has entered the fight for the
Republican nomination for register
of deeds, and spent some time in
the city last week handing out
cigars and making acquaintances.
! The first dance given in the Green
Lake auditorium a couple Of weeks
ago was such success that another
one has been arranged for next
Friday evening. Noren's orchestra
of Litch6eld will furnish the music.
The warm weather during the
past ten days or more has hastened
the harvest of small grains materi-
ally. Oats will prove very light
crop. Wheat has not filled as
plump as it might. Barley will
prove good crop.
4 A weekly feature of the Tribune
for some time will be a column
edited by James A. Edgerton, who
has retired from his newspaper life
to farm. We feel that our read
ers will enjoy the writings of this
eminent publicist.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Batterberry
went to Sisseton, S. D., Saturday
for visit before returning to their
home at Bowman, N. D. They had
been the guests of relatives and
friends at Kandiyohi and New Lon
don for about a month.
The Board of Education has made
arrangements for connecting the
basement of the Lafayette school
building with the Ella avenue
sewer so as to drain the basement
and avoid the necessity of buying a
boat for the use of the janitor.
Hans Flygare and son, of Gen.
nessee, drove in to attend Calder
woods meeting. Among others
from the country who attended
were John Wicklund, Gabriel Stene,
S.>A. Syverson, C. A. Baklund and
wife, K. T. Rykken, wife and
daughter, F. O. Swanson, L. Z.
Thompson and Ole .Arneson.
Miss Florence Smith leaves next
Tuesday for a trip to the east. In
Minneapolis she joins her uncle and
aunt, Mr.. and Mrs. F. w. Butler,
and goes with them to their home
in Pennington, Maine, for visit.
She also intends to visit the nation
al capital and other interesting
places before returning home.
A street of tent booths will be a
feature of the coming street fair.
The committee is providing the
necessary tents, which will remain
the property Of the fair and may
be used from year to year. This
will not only save the large amount
required to erect wooden booths
each year, but it is thought will
present a more attractive appear
ance.
| When the steamer Northwest
left the harbor at Duluth last night
it had aboard several Willmarites
|-Supt. and Mrs. P. C. Tonning,
on their way to Isle Royal for an
outing; Mrs. Olive M. Young, ;xwhe
goes as far as Cleveland, Ohio, and
from there on to Oberlin, where
she will spend few days; and DR..
H. F. Porter and Miss Florence
Porter, who go to Buffalo and other
! eastern points.
; Messrs. Ed Benson and G.. W
Jorris were in the city Monday
afternoon looking for suitable resi-
dences. They secured options OF
several choice properties and will
locate here as soon as possible
They have now gone to Chicago
and New York city to purchas.
] a stock of goods, and expect to have
everything in readiness for bust
ness about Sept /.
r A postcard from Stockholm
Sweden, to the Tribune, bears th'
f following inscription: July %
: 1908: Just back again to the cap
ital city of Sweden, from tn
mountains Of the north, where tn
snowballs were flying on hot da.