Willmar tribune., 1909-03-17
LOCAL bREVlIlE

DR.. Peter Ne)son went to At
water Monday to transact business.
Miss Jonette Gordhamer of Nor
way Lake is working as relief oper-
ator at Central.
F. A. Holmberg is working in
the tailor shop of Soderling & Lock
en- on Fourth street.
Christ Nelson has accepted q po-
sition as tailor at the Peter Berg
Tailoring establishment.
The Good Fellows will give their
next dancing party at the Carlson
hall on Monday evening, April II.
f. C. Wellin Of the Leading Store
spent a few days in Chicago last
week buying new stock for spring
and summer wear.
The Success Cabinet company has
moved its Office from the Ruble
block to the real estate office of
Lewis johnson on Fourth street.
Rev. G. Peterson and Rev. ]. O.
Lundberg of Svea went to L Litchfield
Monday to attend mission meet
ing Of the Swedish Lutheran
church.
The Ladies' Social Union will
give coffee at the home of Mrs.
F. A. Rogers, 4l3-4th St. on Friday
afternoon, March 10Th. Everybody
invited.
The Ladies Guild will give their
second Lenten coffee this week on
Thursday, March 18, at the home
of Mrs. Carruthers, under the aus
pices Of Mesdames Carruthers and
Joe Cleary.
Mr.. and Mrs. Otto Leslie and
daughter Frances Matilda returned
to their home near Wist, S. D.,
the first Of the week after a visit
with relatives and friends here, in
Pennock and Luverne.
G. P. Karwand last week received
a carload of the well-known Moline
p|ows and Van Brunt drills. These
farm implements have given gen.
eral satisfaction and the demand for
them is steadily increasing.
l. T. Cramer took party of six
land seekers to Minneapolis the first
of the week, where they will join
one Of the weekly excursions put
on for southern Alberta, Canada, by
the O. w. Kerr Land company.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred johnson left
on Friday for Balloon, N. D., near
which place they will make their
future home on farm. Mr.. John.
son has been a renter on the John.
johnson farm near Spicer since
last fall.
A. H. Brown completed deal
last Monday whereby he sold the
C. Henning residence in Spice,
Addition, one block north of Lin
coin school, to Herman w. Zelch
railway mail clerk on the Siou,
Falls line. The consideration wa:
$4,000.
H. Hodney, who for some time
has been assisting Capt. Morris O,
the local Salvation Army corps
has gone to Chicago to work in tht
Norwegian department of tht
Army. His place here has beer
taken by Cadet Gunnar Skoog, O.
St. Paul.
The date for the appearance O.
the Carleton College Glee club ha
been set for Monday, April S. Th'
club always gives an interesting
program, and they will no doubt b.
greeted by a full house upon thei
appearance here. There are tw'
Willmar boys in the club, Car
Jacobson and Harrison Sherwood
The officers quarters in the Sal
vation Army hall now present
more inviting appearance, tn
rooms having been fixed up with
pleasing pattern of wall paper
The paper was donated to the Arm,
by j. w. Kent, the owner of tn
building, and the work of putin,
it on was done free of charg
by Lewis Hedlund and John Sjo
quist.
The interior Of the Elfstrum /
Company's drug store has bee
frightened up with coat of Dutc
blue wall and Danish cream ceilin
paper. The border is in Irish gree
with red roses to match. Consider
ing the nationalities already repre-
sented in the personnel of the stor
Elfstrum's now has in stock tn
largest assortment of nations in tn
city.
H. E. Yapp, of the local graf
testing force, went to St. Paul Fri
day to enlist in the Anti-Armou
fight being waged by the Saint
City. St. Paul doesn't want tn
packing plant because it-St. PAT
won't get anything but the smell
and Minneapolis wants St. Paul t
have it for that very reason-an
furthermore because it, Minneapo
lis will derive nonst IF tho honofifs