Willmar tribune., 1908-10-14
AMONG OUR
NEIGHB0RS

Mankato wants a shirt and over
all factory.
The fourteenth annual session of
the Northern Minnesota Methodist
conference met in Litchfeld last
week, with about 200 delegates in
attendance.
The Litchfeld street carnival was
not very successful, the cold and
disagreeable weather causing a
light attendance. In the contest
for carnival queen Miss Hazel Bra
sic won out with some over 5000
votes.
The Paynesville Land company
was organized last week with E. K.
Gesme, Henry Hanson and W. w.
Holmes at the head. The new firm
will handle farm and village prop
erty and also Canadian and Colo
RADIO lands.
The Glenwood Library Board has
provided course of three enter
tainments for the people of Glen
wood. One of these will be a lee
ture by DR.. L. G. Herbert, we'll
known lecturer, and the other two
will be of musical nature.
The village council at Appleton
has entered into a contract with
Walkers Northwest Booking Cir
cult of Brookings, S. D., whereby
Appleton will be added to the cir
cult, which includes Willmar,
Litchfield, Fergus Falls, etc.
The sixth annual Western Wright
County Fair held at Cokato was a
success in every way. The exhibits
were numerous, the attendance was
record breaking, and the business
houses all report "a big business.
Everyone is satisfied, and plans are
already being laid for the fair of
1909.
The express company has cut, out
it's delivery at Madison, and now
the Independent Press wants the
citizens to cut out the express COM
pany by ordering everything by
freight. The Press figures that if
they do, the express company will
regret it's naughty behavior and
establish a rapid automobile deliv-
ery-and just watch 'em do it!
Bird Island has had some trouble
with the Minnesota Central Tele-
phone company, and now has de-
cided to organize one Of it's own.
That is, A. C. Bowe of Merriam
Park agreed to put in system,
provided the citizens of the village
would take $4,000 in bonds with a
guaranteed interest of six per cent.
He found no trouble in disposing
of the required bonds, and the new
service will be in operation within
60 days, with more than 100 phones
connected with its exchange.
Early Tuesday morning Of last
week bank robbers wrecked the
vault of the Danube State Bank and
got away with $25O0. They did
the work thoroly and were evident
ly old hands at the business. Those
who were awake and heard the
racket were SO terrorized that they
didn't dare to put in an alarm, and
the authorities didn't know any,
thing about the affair before the
burglars had tagged a. train and
got out OF toH L, going as far as
Glencoe. So far tie culprits are
still at liberty. The bank was in
sured against burglary in the sum
of $4,000.
Rochester, Minn., is taking ad-
vanced ground in the control of tu-
berculosis. A meeting was held
under the auspices of the Rochester
Sanitary Committee on the 18th
inst, at which definite steps were
taken to employ a county visiting
nurse, who is to visit and instruct
consumptives in their homes thru
out Olmstead county. She is to
visit all homes, both those of the
rich and poor, and the ordinary
citizen. when in the opinion of the
attending physician, her instruc-
tions and ministrations will help
the family to maintain the neces-
sary sanitary precautions and to
care for the patient wisely and hu-
namely. .-Anoka Free Press.
Negotiations have been opened
between the Hutchinson commercial
club and Chicago firm whereby a
cucumber picking plant may be
established there next year. The
firm wants a suitable site and con-
tracts with farmers for at least two
hundred acres Of cucumbers for next
year, and as the raising of this
vegetable is very profitable, the
yield amounting to from $50 to
$500. the company will no doubt
find n1entv If farmers RI cunyl1,