Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1914-10-14
STAVANCER-LACET
COMES TO W|LLMAR
WiIInlar Commercial Club Has
First Meeting Of Season
Last Night.


wegian-American organization composed
of natives of Stavanger and their des-
cendants, thru their secretary, Mr.. Ber-
thel L. Relleson of Jewell, Ia, in a let
ter read at the meeting of the Commerce
ial Club last night, has signif1ed their
intention of accepting the invitation Of
coming to Willmar for their annual re-
| union next June. In their convention at
Canton, S. D., last year, the "Stavan-
gers mustered nearly three thousand
visitors and Secretary Belleson esti-
| mates the probable attendance at Will
| mar from two to three thousand. This
convention will be by far the largest
| that Willmar has ever attempted to care
for The convention will continue three
| days. Committees representing the
Morse society and the Commercial Club
| will meet some time during the winter
| to make preliminary arrangements for
| the gathering.
At the solicitation Of the local Public
| Health Society, the club decided to CO.
operate with the State Public Health
Association and voted to become a pay
| ing member of the association. DR.. Hill
of the State society is expected to come
| to Willmar before long to make a talk
| in favor of county sanitorium for con-
sumptives.
President Gilbert presented a request
from a. committee of young men that
the Commercial Club rooms be made
available for the use of club of young
men who desired congenial meeting
place. The matter was left In the hands
/ of Mr.. Andrew Larson and Secretary
Stanford to arrange.
Mr.. E. c. Wellin of the Public I'M
provement Committee made verbal re-
port Of the work accomplished in the
| matter of planting boulevard trees and
cutting out unsightly old trees, and
| outlined line of action for activity dur
| ing the coming season along the same
lines. A list of disfiguring trees to be
cleared away has been made and the
committee has already applications for
the setting Of So trees by property
owners. $3.50 is the price Of setting a
tree and caring for it to insure its prop
er growth. It is proposed to continue
the work Of parking along the right-"f-
way on Pacific avenue as far as Seventh
street. Gorton avenue will see extern
sive improvements from Tenth street
and west during the next season.
Mr.. D. N. aTallman was called on to
express himself on the matter and made
a very enthusiastic speech. He said
that the progress Willmar has made
with her bou1evards, trees and lawns IS
very gratifying and is far ahead of any
other Minnesota city he has seen. The
results do not show up just yet while
the trees are small, but in ten years.
Mr.. Tallman predicts the efforts of Will
mar citizens along this line will make
our city by far the most beautiful CITY
in the State. To prove that his inter
lest is as great as ever Mr.. Tallman
lagain renewed his donation of $4,000 tc
be added to the funds to be expended
lby the Public Improvement committee
Ialong this line II have never received
as much value from any money I ever
spent as that put into this work and
want to see it continue he said. The
value Of improving and beautifying city
Iproperty from a purely monetary stand
point was strikingly illustrated by Mr.
Tallman, when he said that the filling
of a certain lot and planting of trees
of the same had netted him 500 tret
in the sale of the same
The Club made an appropriation o1
ls50 for the Public Improvement Worl
land Pres. Gilbert expressed the thank:
, of the Club to Chairman Wellin of th'
|committee for his unselfsh work ant
, to Mr.. Tallman for his generous inter
est.
i Mr.. Andrew Larson was called on 70
remarks regarding his recent trip t.
the West and responded briefly. He ais
Fl spoke of the great attractiveness adde'
= to the landscape on farm as we'll as cit
by the planting of trees.