Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-02-22
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Kandiyohi. Feb. 90 Mr.. and
Mrs. Elmer Thulin returned home
last Thursday from visit with rel
atives in Rockville and few days
visit in Duluth.
Mrs. Elmer johnson and children
and Miss Emma Cederstrom visited
with Willmar friends from Tuesday
until Thursday last week.
A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
A. w. Linderholm SATURDAY..
Miss Hilda Holmberg of Willmar
and Miss Amy Hawkinson OF Min
neapoiis were guests at the P. E.
Lundquist home last week.
The pie social given at the hall
Saturday evening was very well at.
tended.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Anderson
of Atwater came up Saturday for
an over Sunday visit with Kandiyo-
hi friends.
At the special meeting held by
the Ebenezer congregation last
Wednesday it was decided to buy
two acres of land from William
Cook for a cemetery. The question
of building a basement under
church was voted down.
Misses Freda and Emma Carlson
came down from Willmar Satur-
day for few days. stay with their
sister, Mrs. Gilbert Gabrielson.
Rev. B. E. Walters goes to Still
water this week to attend the Min
nesota Conference of the Swedish
Lutheran church held at that place.
The Elmer johnson family drove
down to Gennessee Sunday for a
days visit with relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Melander
and A. C.. Gabrielson were Sunday
visitors at the C. Gabrielson home.
A very big crowd attended the
wrestling match pulled off at Kan
diyohi last Friday. Melvin Sam
uelson Of Willmar had agreed to
throw ten local men in sixty min.
utes. but failed to do so. He only
threw three. Art Wheeler from
north of town was the first man,
and Samuclson threw him in eleven
! and a half minutes with a hamme,
lock and half Nelson after HARD
struggle. Thor Anderson, the Sec
ond man, he threw in five and 6
half minutes with a bodv hold
Anderson being a very light man
! only weighing 1873 lbs. JOSEPH
Holmberg was the third man. AZ.
ter fifteen minutes hard struggle
they quit without fall, as that
| was the limit of time with one
man. Samuelson was on the defen
sive ten minutes out of the fifteen
and was close to being thrown by
Homlberg. Harry Lundouist, the
fourth man, gave Samuelson the
fall after eight and a half minute:
hard battle. Aug. Gabrielson wa.
the fifth man. He gave Samuelsor
the tussel of his life for eight min
utes when the referee stopped the
match because Samuelson gave Ga
brlelson punch in the face. At
ter fifteen minutes rest Samuelsor
came back with Gabrielson for the
remaining seven minutes without {
fall. Tney were on their feet al
the time with the exception of one
minute when Gabrielson was On the
defensive. When Victor Holm.
berg, the sixth man. came up there
> was only four and a half minutes
left of the hour. During that time
Holmberg kept Samuelson a-going<
S and would perhaps have got a fal
0 on Samuelson if there had beer
more time. Peter Defoe, E. F.
: Lundquist, C. A. Harrison and Ell
mer Nelson, the remaining four
e we're all good men but had NJ
chance to tackle Samuelson as the
: other six kept him busy for ar
: hour. The Kandivohi boys showed
a clean wrestling spirit all thru the
q match which is more than can bt
: said of Samuelson. who was more
! or less inclined to be rough whe1
$ he had chance. After the match
Samuelson challenged to throw any
: man in the hall of his own weight
three times in an hour for $25 side
n bet. E. F. Lundquist accepted the
challenge at once. but the date fol-
e it to take place was not decided on
Mr.. Simons of Willmar, who refer.
t reed the match, must be giver
credit for being an honest and up.
right referee. The Kandiyohi boys
. left the hall as jolly and high spir.
. tied as when they came.
S PRIAM E
Priam, Feb. 20. Mr.. and Mrs