Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1917-12-21
CITY NEWS ITEMS

CIlY NEWS 1lkWS
SHOES REPAIRED.-N Neatly and
promptly at Henle's Bros Harness
Shop. If.
Miss Marion Hanson, who is at
tending Miss Woods Kindergarten
School in Minneapolis, came home
last night to spend the holidays.
Mrs. G. Lee and baby went to the
home of Mrs. Lees parents in Mon
tevideo yesterday, called by the seri-
Gus illness of Mrs. Lees sister.
POULTRY.-Weh have a choice lot of
poultry for the Christmas and New
Years trade. Call early and get the
best. Morris Meat Market, J. J.
CARNEY. adv.
Eat your Christmas dinner at the
Merchants. We are making a spe-
cial feature of our Christmas dinner
and it will be served from IL to 2.
c. A. Dushek. adv.
Misses Angelina Zahl and Marjorie
Harvey are expected to arrive today
from Cheyenne, N. D., to spend two
weeks vacation with the formers
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. F. A. Zahl.
The two young ladies both teach
near Cheyenne, their schools being
about four miles apart. Miss Har-
vey's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. J. Harvey
formerly of Morris, now live in
Cheyenne, having moved there q
year ago.
At a special meeting of the Royal
Neighbors lodge held Tuesday eve
ming the following officers were elect
ed for the coming year: Mrs. Caro-
V. O.; Mrs. Edna SIR, Chan; Miss
Nellie McHugh, Recorder; Mrs.
Marie Arvig, Receiver; Mrs. Anna
Ryhn, MARSHALL; Mrs. Mathilda
Brom, I. S.; Mrs. Thea Flatner, o.
S.: Mrs. Mary LAWYER, manager for
years; Drs. Caine and Fitzgerald,
physicians.
The death of John Conklin oc-
CURED sometime Wednesday night
or early yesterday morning. Mr.,
Conklin had been working on the
section for the N. P. Railroad for
some time and Wednesday night
10 o'clock he went into the round
house and sat down by the stove.
He was found dead yesterday morn
ing sitting in the chair just as he
had been seen the night before and
had been dead for several hours.
Death was due to heart failure. Mr..
COnklin leaves a wife, two daugh-
ters and one son to mourn his loss.
No arrangements had been made for
goes to press.
F. F. Frisbee, cashier of the Han
cock National Bank at Hancock, was
in town yesterday transacting bust
ness in regard to the war savings
SLdulp S. NIL L I1SUSS Ids DSS1I dp-
pointed county chairman of the wal
savings committee and came to con-
suit Mr.. Siverts, Sr., who is chair
man of the Stevens County Bankers
Association. These two gentlemen
have arranged meeting to be held
at the Commercial Club rooms next
Wednesday at l p. m. sharp when
all the bankers and school superin-
tendents in the county, besides any
other people who are interested, will
meet to make plans for pushing the
sale of the war savings stamps.
The Norris Literary Club is plan
ming on sending boxes of clothes tC
the destitute people of France and
anyone having clothes which they
cannot wear that might be used by
someone else should leave them al
the Red Cross headquarters. Chill
dren's clothes are especially needed
This work is being done under the
supervision of Mrs. Shurpliff and
family, now located in France. DR.
Shurpliff, before his death, was a
prominent minister in the Congre-
gational church in Minneapolis and
his wife is carrying on work which
he started. The committee in Morris
to take care of the clothing and
boxes is Mrs. w. Light, Mrs. Bur.