Morris tribune., 1919-01-17


few days in Minneapolis the latter
part of last week.
Nearly every member of the Fred
Chaplinski family is sick in bed with
influenza.
Choice Virginia Splint Coal in ton
lots or more $3.50 per ton. Morris
City Mills. adv.
John McAleer of Wolf Point, Mont
ana, is visiting friends in Morris. He
was a former resident here.
Miss Hazel Witwer was taken sick
the first of the week with influenza,
but is getting along very we'll
Mr.. and Mrs. w. L. Colyer went
to Minneapolis for a visit with rela-
tives They expect to return home
the first of next week.
Mr.. and Mrs. G.. w. Anderson
moved this week into rooms in the
Spooner building and are now get
ting settled in their new home.
The Firemen's Annual Ball was
held at the Armory last Friday night
and fair crowd was out, altho not
as large as usual, due no doubt to the
influenza scare.
The Epworth League business and
social meeting, which was to have
been held this evening, has been
postponed on account Of sickness of
several members, and will be held
later.
Harry Adams, J. A. Lime and
John Eddy went to st. Paul Tuesday
to attend the Grand Lodge Of the
Masonic Order. Mr.. Lime and Mr..
Eddy took in the Masonic Veterans
Feast Wednesday night.
Mrs. A. C. Newell accompanied her
daughter, Mrs. C. F. Kaye to Chicago
last week, returning home again Sun
day. They went to meet Mr.. Kaye,
who had just been released from
Camp Meade, and was on his way
home.
F. A. Shipman has purchased the
Chokio Review and he took charge
Monday of this week. Mr.. Shipman
was formerly editor of the Donnelly
Star and during the past few months
has been assisting at the Morris Sun
Office.
Harvey Stegner of Bismarck, N. D,
was in Morris last week visiting with
his brother, Wesley, who is attend
ing the West Central School of Agri
culture. He had been to Beardsley
to visit with his parents and stopped
here on his way back.
Plans are already under way fOr
the 1919 Moccasin to be put out by
the students of the West Central
School of Agriculture. Allen Drip,
is Editor-in-chief and Wesley Stegner
is business manager. The boys are
now soliciting advertising for tn
book.
Archer Redecker, a son-ln-law OF
VIM. GRADER, has accepted position
at the Morris National Bank and be-
gan his duties Monday morning. He
has Just been released from the army,
having been at Camp Forrest, Ga.
He has had three years of banking
experience, part of the time in ST..
Paul and later at Sioux Falls, S. D.
Mrs. S. M. Arvig will serve a 10
cent lunch at the Variety Store to-
morrow afternoon, Saturday, begin
ming right after dinner and lasting
until supper time. The money taken
in will go to the Ladies' Aid Of the
Methodist church and she gives a
special invitation for everyone to
come in, especially the country peo-
pie.
William Vaughan has been here
this week for visit with his mother.
He has been released from the navy
after one year of service, the most OF
which he spent at stations in Eng
land, France and Ireland doing air
service work. He will now return
to his work in the weather bureau
at Washington.
The merchants of Morris are just
about thru with taking inventory of
their stocks and several of them are
now planning on an extensive cam
paign of advertising. January is al
ways a slack month in the way of
business as most of the storekeepers
are busy with the inventory and do
not advertise for trade, which &C
counts of the absence of ads at this