Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-12-23
LOCAL BREVITIES


Those who patronized the Swed-
ish M. E. church auction recently
may pay the amounts due to DR.. P.
Nelson.
Miss. Annie Abrahamson and Miss
Christine Stevenson, a sister of
Mrs. Ben Benson, are assisting the
sales force at the Popular Store dur
ing the Christmas rush.
Messrs. Frye: Mapes and Gibson
have moved their scenic theater
from Granite Falls to Morris, open
ing up in the latter place the first
of the week.
D. A. Mathews of Minneapolis,
travelling auditor of the Northwest
ern Telephone Exchange company,
is at present busy checking up the
accounts of the local exchange.
Last Friday Mrs. Anna Lingren
sold her farm, consisting Of 26O
acres and located about mile and
a half north of New London, to
Solon Benton and N. o. Nelson.
The consideration was $4,000 cash.
Atty. Elias Rachie will next
week move into the Hedin resi-
dence at COS Third street. O. Jor-
gen Olson and family, who lived
there before, are now located in the
l. C. Olson residence on First
street.
The new officers of the Masonic
lodge were installed by w. P. Rob-
erts Of Minneapolis, Grand Master
Of Minnesota, last Friday evening.
After the work of the evening had
been disguised Of the ladies Of the
Eastern Star served refreshments.
The weekly reminders that we
have run in this paper for the past
six months will be discontinued un-
til next spring. We wish you to
remember, however, that "It's the
school for you.' Cordially Yours,
Little Falls Business College.
After having chung around"
town for a while, w. F. Huffman
of Fargo and F. M. Brennan Of
breckenridge were ordered by the
police to get out last Wednesday.
They obeyed at once, leaving from
here on foot for more accommodate
ing quarters.
The Person & johnson cigar fac
tory will not make cigars from now
on for couple Of weeks, pending
the preparation of the annual gov
ernment report. Most of the cigar
makers will spend their vacation
visiting with relatives and friends
in various places.
August HOlmberg came home
Saturday evening from Minneapolis,
where he had spent week in the
Bethesda hospital on account of an
attack Of pleurisy. Altho he is a
little weak yet, he is able to be
about, and he hopes to be entirely
we'll again soon.
The first $40 wolf bounty of the
year was paid on Monday to Tho,
Tolefson of Lake Andrew. Thi:
was the second wolf killed in the
county this year, however, Gust
Harlander of New London dispos
ing of one in April, but the bounty
for this has not yet been paid.
Phil Haley and a crew of men OF
Monday finished the job of moving
the lnyard & Sherwood ditchin{
machine from Pennock to Lake An
drew, where it will be used in dig
ging the Arctander ditch. It tool
eleven teams and the same numbe
of men one week to move the mon
ster ditcher.
Bonds have been filed by Ella
Johnson in the estate of Mrs. Ann;
Lundquist in the sum Of $l00, AM
in the estate of John Nelson by J
A. Hedin in the sum of $30, 1000
A petition has also been filed in tn
estate of Christine Swenson, askin,
that Peter Swenson he appointe'
administrator.
When Napoleon the Great North
ern Express company's deliver
horse saw in the paper last wee
that he had been succeeded by Ri
ley' it made him so "rily' that h
forgot all about being sick, an
now he is back at the old stand
ready to haul anything anywhere
at least till all Christmas present
have been properly cared for.
The Carleton college GIee Clu
now has two Willmar boys anon
its members Harrison Sherwoo
having been selected to sing secon
tenor with the organization. I
win place on this club one, of tt
best and most popular organic;
tions of it's kind in the state, is a
honor to be proud of, and the DO!
are to be congratulated. The clu
expects to visit Willmar some tin
during the Easter vacation.