Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1916-08-16
SuNbuRC VISITED
BY BIG CROWD
Band Picnic Objective Of Many
Auto Parties Last Sunday
Afternoon.

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in the Township of Norway Lake, rs
miles northwest Of Willmar, was the
objective point Of many joy rides last
Sunday. The annual picnic of the
Sunburg Cornet Band is an event that
always draws a big crowd, and there
were hundreds of autos lined up along
both sides OF Main street while their
occupants were gathered in the heart
OF the village where band stand and
seats had been erected under trees
along side OF the new hotel building
which has been built by Swenson and
Holseth. Temporary booths were
erected where lunches and liquid re-
freshments might be purchased and
hey were we'll patronized.
There were over thousand per-
sons gathered to hear the program.
There were people from Kerkhoven,
Benson, Belgrade, Pennock, Glenwood,
3rooten, Belgrade, New London and
Spicer, and other places. There were
ministers and laymen, farmers and
! business men, matrons with promising
antilles of youngsters, and maids with
heir sweethears. People of all class
IS and conditions of life mingled in
democratic confusion. The band gave
concerts turnout the day. Judge r.
4. DAILY was the first speaker and he
made a hit with the crowd. 1t was a
veil balanced talk which we'll reflected
he good sense of the Judge. Hon. P.
I. Frye was called on and made one
# his characteristic talks.
Senator E. E. Lobeck, of Alexandria,,
! made one of his powerful addresses
! md sustained his reputation as plat
! .orm orator. He spoke on the duties
| If Christian citizenship, and left no
! me in doubt as to his stand on the
! questions he touched upon. At the
! lose of his address he spoke a few
| moments in Norwegian which seemed
please the audience immensely.
| Hon. Knute Knutson, representative
! # Swift county, was called on for re-
marks. The last speaker was Judge
! I. O. Gilbert of Willmar who was Civ
IN an enthusiastic reception.
The village of Sunburg is making
pretty good progress, for being locat-
ID fourteen miles from railroad. Be.
sides the new hotel, a new garage has
>een built, and some residences are
)eing erected. The village was re.
|
'kink" will be taken out of Main
;treet and the streets will be laid out
The town people are expecting the
Luce Line to reach there after while
nd then will take on the airs of a
;ood sized village.
The drive from Willmar is one OF
the most scenic in the county. Over
the Dovre hills and past the beautiful
~ lob orb IN hob
Valley by Lake Florida and Crook
Norway lake, thru Jericho and its
churches, past the historic West Lake
community and up the state road be-
ing cut thru the big hills, to Sunburg
the scene is one Of constantly chang
ing beauty. The editor and family are
under obligation to County Auditor
Samuel Nelson for this fine ride. Ev
erywhere the fields stretch out with
shocks of golden grain, and here and
there a setting of conical stacks tells
that stacking is in full blast. Shock
threshing has also begun in some 10
caities. From the road there is moth
ing to indicate that the yield of wheat
and small grain will be light.
The editor was asked how Sunburg
came by it's beautiful name. On page
33S of History of Kandiyohi County
we find it recorded that "Sunburg
postoffice was established at the house
of Ole Eliason in NW1-4, Sec. 80, July
1, 1872. He continued as postmaster
until Dec. 1, 1897, when Hon. P. A
Gandrud was appointed. The name
was recommended to the post Office de
partment by Jon Sandvigen of Lake
Johanna, who was instrumental in Sc
curing a star mail route up to his
settlement and therefore wanted othel
offices established along the route"