Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1921-08-31

Lake, Becker county, where Rev. Han
son owns a farm. They. left by car.
on August 3 for Brandon where he
distributed the. books Of the 5Oth an
nlversary OF the Brandon church
where he was formerly pastor. The
following Monday he left by the way
OF Fergus Falls, Pelican Rapids and
Detroit. While in Becker county he.
assisted with the repairing OF his
house there. He also preached in the
Toad Lake church Sunday, Aug. 81.
They returned by the route Of Fra
zee, Perham, Henning and Ottertaii
city. Rev. Hanson was met at Bran
don by his three children who return
ed with them. The speedometer re-
gistered distance of $50 miles.
Donald CoEell and <Silas SEVERED
are employed for week by the State
Highway Commission to count and re-
gister kinds of all cars passing at a
given point on the state road. They
are stationed at the corner near the
Mrs. Andrew LungstrOm residence.
The object is of course to determine
relative amount of traffic on all state
roads. The count for Sunday was go
cars.
MRS. Harriet Nyberg last week tra-
ded her Ford and Overland cars to
Willmar dealer for a tScripps4Booth
car in which the family departed to-
day for their future home at Seattle.
They will camp enrOute and expect
to be on the 100 mile trip about ten
days.
Mrs. Nyberg enjoyed a second sur
prise party last week given her by
her ROseville relatives and friends.
M. F. I4undquist and Willard Wilson
spent last Thursday in Willmar.
Miss Helen Fink is expected back
from Missoula, Mont, next Friday,
where she spent the past two months
visiting her aunt, Mrs. Jennings.
Miss Hulda Hanson will leave next
Saturday for Red Lake Falls where
she will be member of the High
School faculty.
w. S. Johnson of Paynesville was
New London visitor today.
The Farmers Elevator company re-
ceived a shipment of two carloads of
coal, one car soft and one nut coal,
last week.
The New London young ladies re-
Gently in camp at the Findley cottage
at Spicer were all guests at a delight
full dinner at Tepeetonka on Monday
night.
Miss Clara Nelson will return from
Minneapolis this week to stay indie
finitely with her father, Ole Nelson,
who is i'll at his home here.
Clarence Hanson is engineer at the
mill and De Lloyd Johnson has &C.
copied the engineer position at the
Municipal Plant
The Standard Oil company received
shipment of a carload of gasoline
last Monday from Duluth and the
Stenbakken garage received carload
Tuesday from Texas.
The St. Cloud people are busy on
the construction of the light and pow
er line from the gravel pit.
Mrs. Frank Rose was hostess to
gathering of her friends on Wednes-
day of last week where she served one
of those inimitable Rose luncheons.
Miss Alpha Olson will leave on
Saturday for her school at Big Lake,
and Miss Edith Eckman will return
on that day to her former school at
Bagley, and Miss Ingeborg Hedeen
will resume her teaching at Mime
apolis in the grade schools.
]. F. Willard of Minneapolis was in
this village on business to- lay.
The New London team defeated the
Willmar nine at the latter's home
grounds Sunday by a score of - to 8.
Manley Ogren was on the mound for
the winners and held the fast Will
mar team to only 8 hits. This is the
second time that the local team has
defeated the Willmar team on the
home grounds. The Willmar ball
park is one of the largest ball parks
in the state therefore it proves that