Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1917-07-27


Sunday with friends in Alberta.
M. S. Carl of Clara City, was trans
acting business in Alberta Wednes-
day.
Mrs. Nick DeYoung visited with
her son Arthur at Chokio Wednesday
of this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. A. Schultz and
family spent Sunday with the Guhrt
family south of town.
Ted Spaulding and Bill Lemmer-
man went to Morris Monday evening
and returned the next day.
Miss Dora Glover of Campbell, Wis
tied a few days this week with the
Misses Florabelle Schultz and Viola
Gulbranson.
There's no use trying to get away
from donning a Red Cross button"
You can't dodge the keen eyed AL
berta hustlers.
Jake Wander returned from his
visit to Iowa last week and is at pres
ent doing some repair work on j.
C. Hamilton's threshing rig.
The Monarch Hardware Co. have
added a car load of Irvine and gas
tractors to their already large and
complete line of hardware and farm
implements.
Chris Eystad and family and T.
A. Maanum and family spent Sunday
by enjoying an outing around the
lakes near Starbuck and calling on
many friends in the meantime.
Johnnie Eystad returned from
bingham, Montana, Monday after a
five month stay in the west John
says crops are very poor in Montana
and nearly failure in some parts.
A letter from Gilbert Gulbranson
with his latest photo enclosed has all
indications to show that camp life
agrees with him. Gilbert says him
self and all the Alberta boys are we'll
and feeling fine.
L. NJ Larson is spending part of
his time with his family in their
summer cottage at Starbuck. He
comes over quite often to look after
his correspondence and see how bust
ness is progressing.
Adding to his many known qualif1
cations Ole GulbransOn has just fin
ished identifying the appearance Of
the six school busses with a fresh
coat of paint. Ole is one of the all
around men of Alberta.
Leland Schultz has the name and
has proved himself one of the most
accurate and careful auto drivers in
town. Lee, although only about ten
years old can handle the old REQ"
to perfection. Just as good as Dad"
Way freight No. sos began carry
ing mail for Alberta Wednesday
which if continued will add greatly
to the mail service situation. AS it
was we had but one mail day MAX
ing matters even worse than before
the change of schedule.
The Alberta ball team were defeat
ed in a bob-taiI game at Cyrus last
Sunday. In the middle of the game
darkness came upon the players or
else they we're afraid to proceed
farther and the game was called off
the score, at that time standing to
in favor of Cyrus.
Grin GuIbranson, Geo. Ginnow and
Odin NOrby are some of the industri-
Gus boys of Alberta, having their own
gardens now in good shape and free
from infectious weeds, they have be-
gun operating in the rural districts.
At present they are at work on the
Peterson and Brenden farm west Of
town.
VIM. J. Braun was exhibiting the
working qualities of large 3O-horse
gas tractor on the street Monday eve
ming. Bill can make one of those
things cut all kinds of capers. Quite
number of progressive farmers had
a keen eye on the performance and
no doubt some of them will soon de-
eide a gas tractor would be very
nice piece of machinery for the farm.
George A. Johnson was up from
st. Paul Tuesday, returning the
same evening. Mr.. Johnson's mis-
sion was to confer with the promot-
ers of the Farmers Elevator Co., now
being organized here regarding the
sale of the Alberta Grain Co. Elev-
ator We understand no close of
deal was agreed upon at this time.
Mr.. Johnson expects to remain an
other week or ten days in St. Paul
before returning to Alberta.
A son and daughter of Mr.. Schust-
er living near Chokio took the morn
ing train for Lincoln, Neb., Wednes-
day. Mr.. Schuster formerly lived on
a farm near Lincoln, Nebraska, NOV
ing to his present location two miles
from Chokio five years ago. Mr..
Schuster owns a farm near ChOkio
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