Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1916-03-17

day and Thursday March % and %.
We cordially invite the ladies to come
and see our display of millinery in
hats and trimmings which will be
shown in a great variety. E. Peter
son. adv.
One of the rooms in the basement
of the library at GraceviIle will be
opened as rest room today. The OBJ
ject is to provide place where women
and children from the country dis
tricts may find place to rest and en-
joy the facilities. The room will be
in charge of the library janitor.
A. A. Dreger arrived last week to
take possession of the Mark O'Connor
farm near this city. He was married
few weeks ago and the couple made
their household goods purchases in
Morris Friday. In order to make hap
piness complete Mr.. Dreger included
a high-priced washing machine in
the list of home necessities.
A huge black cat blinking inviting
ly at passers-by occupies a space in
the display windows at the Hogan
Decorating Co.'S. salesrooms. Behind
the cat is large fancy colored bowl
and both are electrically lighted at
night. The cat believes in advertising
for she has a good story to tell about
a good article everybody should use.
Everybody who reads English in
Morris reads the Morris Tribune. If
you have anything to sell and want to
talk to these people an advertisement
in the Tribune will convey the inform
alton. Tribune readers have money
to spend for anything that will add to
personal or home comforts, increase
the value of the acres or add to their
general welfare.
John Arvig, of Bozeman, Mont,
who has been here for couple of
weeks for visit with his brother,
S. M. Arvig and family, left this
week for Minneapolis to took after
business matters before returning to
Montana. Mr.. Arvig is the owner of
the electric light plant at Washburn,
N. D., and will spend a week there
before returning to Bozeman.
Archie Stone was the owner of a
bran new horseless conveyance the
first of the week when he snapped an
insurance policy for pair of mules.
There isn't anything mentioned in the
catalogue that Archie cannot use in a
trade if the other fellow fells like
swapping it for an insurance policy
and the beauty of it all is that Archie
never kicks if the other fellow "shoves
one over"
Ed. Johnson returned Saturday
morning from DeKalb, ILL.,, to which
place he went after New Years to
visit relatives. He states the coolest
he saw down there was eighteen be-
low but was much interested in the
weather reports from Morris. He has
been a resident of Stevens county
two years and will remain here this
summer to assist Finnegan & Eddy
with their land business.
Having learned that man down
in East Lake Lillian township, Kandi-
yohi county, has family of eighteen
children, the manager of a motion
picture theater at Benson is offering a
reward to the father of the largest
family at Benson. In case Benson
beats Willmar will be up to Man
ager Gafney of the Orpheum to find a
winner in Stevens county. The lar
gest family which has showed up at
the Orpheum so far is father, mother
and twelve children.
Christ Muecke and family arrived
here last week from Pipestone and
have gone to housekeeping on the
Chas. Walker farm five miles north of
the city. He has rented the farm for
short time and has intentions of
buying one of his own in this county
if he has good success this year. He
thinks prospects are good along that
line for he says poor beginning has
a good ending. His poor beginning
started last week when he lost his
valuable collie dog on the streets. of
Morris. He is advertising for it this
week and hopes some honest man has