Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1915-06-18

will attend summer school.
The J. A. Weinand and c. W.
Roberts families were entertained at
the Fougeron home Sunday afternoon
and evening. The program was cards
and Mrs. Fougeron served refresh
ments.
Assessor Bagstad has finished his
labors and if there are any who are
displeased with his work will have
chance to air the matter before the
board of review which holds meeting
here on June %.
The Stevens County Sunday school
convention was held at Chokio Monday
with a good attendance. L. j. Schlatt-
man is the president of the organiza-
ton and Ray Roberts is the secretary.
VIM. Bach was another from here
who attended the convention.
L. M. Larson has decided to enter
the cream business and will pay cash
for all cream delivered at his store.
Cream will be taken daily except on
Sunday. Highest prices will be paid
and accurate tests given. Those hav-
ing cream TO sell should interview him
ABOUT it. adv.
A card received here this week from
MIR. and Mrs. ]. A. Schultz and fam
lily at Paynesv!lle states that the
Schultz car arrived there safely and
all had most delightful trip. The
car left here at ten o'clock and after
a short stop at Morris arrived at
PaynesviIle at three. Mrs. Schultz
says the baby had accumulated a
beautiful tan.
A team belonging to Phillip Ernst
INDUCED in lively runaway Monday
morning when they took fright from
the rafting of a metallic culvert at
the lumber yard. They were stopped
near the depot after slight damage to
the harness. About an hour after
wards the men were again loading the
culvert in the wagon and the horses
started the second time. The harness
was ripped to pieces.
The annual Lutheran parochial
school picnic was held at the Frog
Lake church last Sunday when an I'M
usually large crowd turned out. The
weather was pleasant and the roads
were in fairly good Condition. Rev.
Olsen preached an interesting sermon
after which a picnic lunch was
served. In the afternoon Attorney
Mangan and Ex-County Auditor Ware
spoke on the county option issue.
W. M. Roberts is seeing some OF
the farm country this week. He has
been acting as chauffeur for an insur-
ance man who has the welfare of an
insurance company at heart. Mr..
Roberts is one of the Civil war veter-
ans and his friends are urging him for
speaker of the day at the Fourth OF
July picnic to be held at Lake Hattie
on Sunday, July 4, when the Alberta
Concert Band will give fine program
of music, speeches and sports.
Odin Norby is not quite sixteer
years old yet but he is already a bust
ness man and stock raiser: Some day
he may be Napoleon of finance fol
which the prospects are most assuring
Last winter Odin invested the nickle!
and dimes he had saved when hi
bought ten head of sheep. This weel
he had his first returns in the shape o.
a check of $14 in payment for thu
wool he sold. His 6ock now number
twenty -one head and all Of them ar
healthy and growing. Odin is an in
dustrious and ambitious lad.
Both sides in the coming county op
tion fight will make Alberta a battl
ground. The drys held forth here las
Friday when A. A. Stone, ST., T. H
Mcclure, Farmer Kirk and L. c
Spooner, of Morris, were among tn
speakers who set forth the iniquitie
of the saloons. Tonight the vets wi
have an inning when fellow name
Colwell will tell of the advantage
Alberta would have by continuing til
saloon policy. Sunday afternoon 9
three o'clock Attorney Frank Murphy
of Wheaton, will be here to discus
the matter from a temperance stanc
point. AS the option election az
proaches lines are being more strictl
drawn and one hears considerable con
ment both ways in tAlberta. One {
the remarkable developments so fs
is the fact that one or two men VIII
have been supposed to be dry hav
come out for license while sever;
others who were counted in favor {
saloons openly repudiate them nov
Two of them are farmers. They sa
they have been in the habit. of takin