Willmar tribune., 1916-10-04

Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Ray and fam
lily Of Willmar, and Mrs. Mary An
derson of Thorpe, Mrs. Martin Bake
and friends and relatives were enter
tanned at the Ole f. Erickson home
Sunday.
John Iceberg had his usual smile
again last Saturday after disagree.
able week of "batching It," Mrs. Lee.
berg, had, during that time, been Wis
iting with friends and relatives in
Minneapolis.
Frank Berg from near Renville,
who has purchased the late Peter
Anderson farm, will move to that
place this fall. Those who know him
speak we'll of him, and he is the right
kind of man we want to purchase
farm for sale here.
The mail carrier brought regis
tered package last Saturday to Ole E.
Erickson, which contained two valu-
able gold watches, one for him and
one for his daughter, Esther, from his
brother; Peter Erickson, at Saltese,
Mont, as a remembrance of his visit
here last summer.
H. ]. Ramsett will have majority
of the votes at Lake Lillian on No.
vember 9TH. He is serving his twen-
ty-sixth year in the Clerk of Courts
office and is a tried servant. He has
received the majority of votes here
against seven opponents since 1890,
and at only one election did he fail
to receive a majority Of the votes. We
hope to see Mr.. Ramsett reelected
to this office which he has held con-
tinuously for twenty-s1x years.
The blind evangelist, A. J. Freeman
of Moline, ILL.,, who is at present at
W1llmar will conduct a revival meet
| ing at the Fahlun Baptist church,
commencing Tuesday evening, Octo-
Der 18th. The evangelist has made q
tour of the United States, Canada,
Sweden, and it is fifteen years since
he started his work. Freeman was
here two years ago, and is a force
full speaker and singer. Don't fail to
hear him, as everybody Is cordially
invited to attend. Tell your friends
about him and come out to the serv-
ice.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gisby Olson and fam
lily, who have been renting the A. A..
Swedin farm, left this vicinity last
week in way that was not suitable
to either relatives nor creditors. Some
time Tuesday night they drove to
Willmar with one Of their teams and
placed the same in a livery stable
They then took train for Minneap-
oils. From that place, Mr.. Olson
wrote the First State Bank of Bird
Island to take charge Of the property,
which they had covered by a mort
gage. He said nothing of the team
which had been left at Willmar, but
after search of all the nearby
towns, the team was located by Sher-
iff Bonde at the county seat. Mrs.
Olson also wrote letter to her
mother, stating that by the time she
received the same, they would bs far
away, but where she did not say.
There is move to call a meeting
In the near future at the Thorpe
school house, by the stockholders in
the Luce Electric line for the purpose
Of electing a delegation to be sent to
the head Office at Minneapolis to de-
mand the cause for quitting the work
on the line, and to find out when they
can expect the line to reach Lake Lii
l1an. AS it is now, there is lot of
dissatisfaction, after having again
this summer had to subscribe for a
large number Of shares, and given the
company free right Of way, with the
understanding that the road should
be here by the first Of January. Was
this gotten, under false pretenses? ?
There are about seven thousand dol.
lars In notes held by the First State
Bank of Thorpe, payable on condition
that the work is started in this town.
Not one of those notes would have
been given by the farmers If they had
known the encouragement for the
road would be as poor as it is right
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