Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1920-04-21
New London

New London. April 20.-A S. Rapp
is re-decorating the interior of the
home meat market
Adolph Berglund of Pennock called
on friends in New London last week.
Word was received here last week |
that a boy was born to Mr.. and Mrs. |
NJ O. Oppegaard of Minneapolis on |
Sunday, April 18th.
p l.. Peterson having finished his |
lumber saving on Thursday disposed
of his saw mill outfit to Christ Peder-
son of Norway Lake.
William Hallberg came up from Min
neapolis on Saturday.
Miss Mabel Mus spent Sunday at
her home north of kerkhOVen.
Mr. and Mrs. Erick Wermelien, Mr..
and Mrs. Oscar Osberg and Axel Mel
son transacted business in Willmar on
Monday.
Mrs M. Butala entertained a party
of twenty of the neighboring children
| on Sunday The occasion was her little
| daughter, Florences fifth birthday.
| A. N. Nicholson has just completed
the building of a double garage on the
| rear of his residence lots.
| Miss Mary Green returned last week
| from an extended visit in the Twin
| Cities.
| Miss Eunice Broberg is visiting her
sister, Mrs. M. Van Worst at Merriam
| Park.
c. E. Monsoon who is serving on the
Federal Jury at St. Paul spent Sunday
with his family here.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. R. Kambestad and
Mrs. G. O. Kambestad and daughter,
Emma visited at the E. E. Hauge
home at spicer on Sunday.
Work is progressing rapidly on the
power line which is being constructed
To Eo1o Nit
by the Union Power and Light Com
pany Of St. Cloud The poles are set
; and the linemen will have the wire all
; strung within a few days.
A petition has been presented to Judge
l Qvale asking for the laying county
} line between Kandiyohi and Stearns
? Counties on the north line of the town.
ship of Colfax. commission consist
ing of J. J. Week of Stearns, county and
? J. M. Monson and E. F. Fink of Kandi-
yohi county has been appointed to lay
? out said road The commission met
at New London Monday forenoon to
organize and prepare for the work
The county road grading crew arriv-
: ed in this vicinity last week and pitch
ed their camp on the west side of the
5 track on the Aug. Carlson farm about
midway between Green Lake Mills and
New London The crew began work at
once, grading between New London and
/ the railroad crossing. They are now
s engaged in cutting down the hill in
front of the new home of August Carl
son. The work as they have opened it
up looks promising, indeed and judg-
ing from the work this crew has done
in other parts of the county we expect
a splendid road from here to Spicer
| when this work shall have been COM
| pleted. Our county commissioners ap-
propriated last winter $4,000 for re-
grading and crawling the road be-
tween New London and Spicer.
About four o'clock on Tuesday morn
ing a fire alarm was turned in when
the barn, located just back Of the for
mer Nelson restaurant which was
burned two years ago, was found to
be in flames. The fire was discovered
too late to save either the barn or it's
! contents The barn contained six
! horses and one COW. One team belong
| ing to Lloyd Howe, one team belong
ing to the Union Power and Light Com
pany of st. Cloud and one team and
COW belonging to George Harris of this
village. Subscription lists are being
circulated to raise money to buy an
5 | other team and a COW for Mr. Harris
, We understand that the sum of $341
has been contributed by our good peo
| pie for this purpose Emil Thimell
y Mrs. Craiger, and Conrad Swenson have
| given generously of their time anG
:. effort to collect this sum and have
$ bought with it a good team and har-
! | ness, COW, and a good washing ma.
chine. This help on the part of the
community will enable these old peo'
pie to again become self sustaining
Misses Grace Smith and Byrnna
Jones of the H. S. Faculty enjoyed q
trip to the city Saturday to Monday.
, A number of our young people en-
. joyed the dance at Hawick on Friday