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Morris tribune., 1922-04-21
CLEAN UP DAY TODAY.
Civic League to Direct Attack on
City's Rubbish. ,

Today is Clean Up day for Morris
and the Civic League of the city will
muster it's forces for general as
sault on all rubbish, old cans and
other trash that the going away Of
the snow has made more or less con-
spicious throughout the city of Nor
ris. Women of the league will have
charge of the various streets in the
city with their forces of high school
children.
The offensive will open simultan-
eously on two fronts. the east and
west sides. Mrs. J. c. Morrison will
be captain in charge of the forces on
the west side and Mrs. A. w. Bris-
bane in command of the forces in the
east side.
Persons having rubbish and gar
bage that they wish to be rid of are
asked to place it in their alleys at
convenient places for the city teams
On Saturday city teams will make
the rounds of the city and gather up
the rubbish and other unwanted ma
terials that clutter UP the landscape
and which have been put in piles by
the clean up squads This service
will be free, according to City Mana
ger Frank Haight.
Morris tribune., 1922-04-21
PLANS LAID TO LAUNCH
LOCAL BASEBALL TEAM
American Legion Backs Project and
Early Start is expected on
Local Diamond.

Baseball for Morris fans this sum-
mer is practically assured as the re-
suit of an American Legion meeting.
last week when sum of money was
set aside for getting team under
way and securing necessary aquip-
ment According to expression at
the meeting, it will be possible to
muster a likely bunch of diamond
athletes for the coming summer and
with proper support it is expected
that Morris can be we'll represented
on local diamonds this summer. The
services of Fred Boutell, local hurler,
have been secured to do the mound
work for the local crew.
AS soon as the weather is favor
able it is expected that practice eve
nings will start at the grounds. Con-
siderable work will also be done on
the diamond to put it in shape for the
coming contests. A committee with
Leo Dwyer as chairman has been
authorized by the local post to go
ahead and make all necessary pre-
parations for putting team in the
field. According to the chairman,
it is desired that all local ball play
ers get in touch with him as soon as
practice is practicable as it is desired
to get all material out for the team
that a good fast aggregation may. be
put in the field.
The team will probably be spon-
sored by the American Legion but
the nine. positions will be open to
local ball players and the makeup of
the team will in no way be confined
to Legion men. 1t is not expected
that popular subscription will be re-
sorted to for the support of the team
this year but there is a possibility
that season tickets may be printed
and then sold throughout the city.
This would get the team well under
way after which it is expected that
it would be self supporting. Pro
ceeds from the American Legion
dance on next Wednesday night will
be used toward the support of the
ball team. .a.- .-. .<..-
Leo Dwyer yesterday announced
that the first practice of the year
would be held at the local grounds,
Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock,
weather permitting. All ball players
are urged to be on hand at that time.
Morris tribune., 1922-04-21
HURRY, HURRY, HURRY"
Comedy in Three Acts Will Be Pre-
sented by H. S. Seniors.

Seniors of the Morris high school
will present Hurry, Hurry, Hurry"
a comedy in three acts by Leroy Ar
mold, professor in the English depart
ment at Hamline university, at the
Orpheum theatre next Friday and Sat
urday evenings, April % and 20. A
matinee for children will be given
Friday afternoon at three o'clock.
Miss Alice Hotchkiss of the English
department is in charge of its pre-
sentation.
The play is one which took first
place in a newspaper contest and is
considered to be we'll adopted for
production by amateurs. The action
of the comedy is set in New York
city and the plot hinges about a
young woman who must be married
by midnight on certain Wednesday.
Failure to accomplish this will cut
her off from fortune left by an aunt
to go to a home for spinsters unless
the girl is married by midnight on
the date set. Some interesting stu
ations develop during the course of
the plot. Tickets will be put on sale
at Krueger's Drug store next Tues
day and all seats will be reserved for
the evening performances.
Following is the cast:
Jack Candall, cow boy author, Nor
man Ness.
Mr.. Hooker, business man, Carl An
derson.
Stephen Hooker, college freshman,
Allen Dripps.
Ted Stone, football hero, John Gar
berick.
Alosius Bartholomew, college profes-
sor, Leigh Roberts.
Floy Hooker, vivacious debutanter,
Jean Harris.
Floy Hooker, vicacious debutanten,
Laverna Milhardt.
Mrs Hooker, modern mother, Flor
ence Stoneburg.
Rita, pert housemaid, Julia Anderson
Morris tribune., 1922-04-21
Legion Dance Next Wednesday.

The Morris band will make it's ini-
tial appearance of the season on next
Wednesday evening when it will play
a concert at the armory preceding the
American Legion dance to be given
there that night. For the past weeks
the band has been practicing each
Wednesday evening and now has one
of the largest memberships in the
history of the local organization. The
concert will start at $50 and will
be followed by the dance. Hanson's s
orchestra of Osakis will furnish the
music for the dance. Ladies will be
admitted free to the concert and
dance.
This will be the first dance of the
year given by the Walter Trip post
of the American Legion and the pro-
ceeds will be used toward financing
a baseball team for Morris this sum
mer.
Director S. H Grosland is arrang-
ing and interesting program of con-
cert numbers for the concert and it
is expected that some very pleasing
music will be forthcoming from the
local musical organization on next
Wednesday evening.
Morris tribune., 1922-04-21

Enter Morris, Morris of fifty and
one years ago, an infant clothed in
canvass, nursed on Uncle Sans rev.
enue fluid and fed from the barter
of hides, furs and feathers; few
shacks and more tents, a gamblers
haven, frontier trading post and
supply station. The crack of the
skinner's whip over his string of oxen
the clink of the gamblers chips, the
boisterous shouts from tent saloons,
then tolled the knell of parting day
where now a thousand city's noises
usher in the night.
Fifty-one years, then the post Of
fee of Passe de Terre, now the city
of Morris with it's some $500 souls.
Time changes all things. Morris of
II was not the Morris of 1922. In
the late summer of 1871 a tramp
photographer, whose temporary shop
is in the right of the accompanying
picture, planted his tripod on the vir-
gin prairie and beneath his shroud
peered west on Sixth street. The ac-
companying picture was the result.
BUILDING STILL HERE
The building under construction
was the store of Larson and Nilsson,
the same building that is now occu-
pied by the Giesen plumming estab-
lishment. The two large tents were
gambling houses and the lone chin
ney appearing in the picture was put
up by e. e. Solseth and held the dis
tinction of being the first chimney
erected in Morris. The building in
the center was the immigrant house.
In the spring of 1870 o. C. Hanson
came here and worked for the De-
Graft Company, contractors for the
grading of the railroad bed between
Benson and Breckenridge. They had
their supply store mile and one-half
north of town. The following spring
N. A. Nilsson came and together with
Samuel Larson, established a gener-
al store here. They built on the pres
ent Giesen location and later built on
approximately the site now occupied
by the Home Restaurant.
A~stage and freight line was opera
ted west of here by Burbank and
Company carrying supplies to the
Sisseton Indian reservation, located
little west of what is now Browns
Valley, and the various frontier mill
tary posts in the Dakotas. Previous
to the laying Of the rails from Benson
to Breckenridge in 1871 mail came
in by stage from St. Cloud and on to
Fort Wadsworth.
PASSE DE TERRE
Passe de Terre was the first name
given the post Office at the present
site of Morris. Later the name was
changed to Morris in honor of Char
les A. Morris, chief engineer of the
st. Paul and Pacific railway, the or
iginal name of the railroad coming
through from st. Paul and Mime
apolis. Later the road was known as
the st. Paul, Minneapolis and Mani
toba and eventually became the
Great Northern.
During the early days of Morris,
wilkins Wolff built on the present
site of Wells Brothers-Hanson COM
pany, and operated a general store
Morris tribune., 1922-04-21
Leigh Roberts Places.

Leigh Roberts, student at the Nor
ris high school, won third place in
the state declamatory contest held in
Minneapolis last Friday evening. The
local boy won third state honors
with ''The Plea For Cuba"
Martin Milan of Red Wing won
first place with "Grattan's Reply to
Mr.. Cory" and Ruth O'Connell of
Lakefield won first place in the girls
contest with Madame Butterfly. +"
The contests were held at Stanley
hall, Minneapolis.
Morris tribune., 1922-04-21
Record Bull To Donnelly

Edwin Anderson of Donnelly has
purchased from the Morris Agricul-
tural School the Holstein bull calf
from the highest record cow in the
county. -#
His dam is Nockdair Pontiac Burke
Segis 247848. She produced on Of
fetal test 545 lbs. of milk and 23.39
lbs. of butter in seven days at the
age of seven years. Since then she
has been running on yearly test and
has made 1889 lbs. of milk and
787 lbs. of butter in the ten months
since she started. 1t is expected that
she will make over $50 lbs. of but
ter and close to $4,000 lbs. of milk
in the year. The sire of the calf is a
grandson of one of the great century
sires of Colantha Johanna Lad. +.
Mr.. Anderson is very fortunate in
securing SO valuable a bull, which
stands at the top of Holstein produc-
ton in Stevens County up to date.
Morris tribune., 1922-04-21
LAST RITES ACCORDED
HAROLD VINJE MONDAY
Military Funeral Held For Youth
Who Passed Away at His Home
Last Friday.

Veterans of Americas A. E. F., the
Marne, st. Mihiel, the Argonne, and
camps in this country, Monday af-
ternoon paid final tribute to fallen
comrade, fallen not on the. field of
battle, but one who fell asleep at
home, among loved ones. With slow
measured tread these grim warriors
of 1917 and Is escorted the flag
draped bier of their cOmrade, Harold
Vinie. from the home of his parents
to Summit cemetery where he was
laid to rest with full military honors.
Sodden skies, a chill wind and the
occasional furry of snow but added
to the somberness of the occasion as
the procession slowly moved with it's
precious burden to the bivouac of
the dead.
Funeral services were conducted at
the home of the deceased's parents
at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon by the
Rev. H. H. Symons of the Congrega-
tional church. Shortly after three
the cortege moved from the home
and out Seventh street to the ceme-
terry. The Morris band led the pro-
cession followed by a firing squad,
the colors, the hearse and escort and
mourners. A contingent of Ameri-
can Legion men in uniform and
Company K followed closely the
mourners and in turn were followed
by long column of automobiles bear
ing friends of the deceased.
At the cemetery there was a brief
service and the body lowered into
the grave with full military honors.
A firing squad fired last salute over
the grave and taps were sounded a
final tribute to the ex-soldier dead.
Harold Vinje was the "a year old
son of Mr.. and Mrs. N. Vinje of this
city and passed away last Friday af-
ternoon following an illness Of lit
tie over two weeks. He was taken ill
in Milwaukee, March 20 with dip
iberia and a week later brought
home by his father. Every effort
humanity possible was made to save
him from the effects of an anti-toxin
administered at Milwaukee. He
passed away at 5:45 Friday after
noon.
The deceased was one of the most
gracious and beloved young men of
the city and has for the past few
years attended an engineering school
at Milwaukee. For the six months
previous to his being taken i'll he had
been employed in that city as a
salesman with the expectation of
soon returning to school and cOmplet-
ing his course in engineering. He
is survived by his mother and father,
Mr.. and Mrs. N. Vinje of this city; !;
three brothers, Louis, Sverre, and
Arnold; three sisters, Mrs. G. A. An
derson of Wahpeton, N. D., Mrs. F.
o. Muralt of Ada, and Mrs. D. D.
Cavanaugh of Minneapolis. All were
present at the services.
All business houses in the city OF
Morris were closed from two until
four as tribute to the deceased.
Morris tribune., 1922-04-21
Weather and Crops.

Spring is somewhat late this year,
tho by the first of the week, probably
sixty per cent of the wheat was
seeded. Practically no other crops
have been put in. On well-drained
farms conditions are normal, but
fields that are level and poorly
drained are still too heavy for seed
ing There is an abundance of mois-
ture in the soil, due to the heavy
snowfall during the winter and cop
ious spring rains.
A few inches of snow fell on Tues
day night but disappeared on Wednes-
day, and fair weather since promises
early completion of spring seeding
Morris tribune., 1922-04-21

Ing Squadron in It's nationwide
campaign, in the First M. e. Church
on Saturday, April 29th, afternoon
and evening, of the last day of the
campaign.
The Flying Squadron is divided in
to three groups, each spending day
in this city. Miss Brown travels with
the third. Each speaker is heard
both afternoon and evening in each
city to which they go.
Miss Brown though the youngest
member of the combination, is re-
ported to be most interesting and
charming speaker.
Morris tribune., 1922-04-21
Plots Nearly COMPLETED.

The work of putting acid phos-
phate on 40 test plots of one-third of
an acre each on as many farms in
Stevens county was practically COM
pleted this week by County Agent
Allen w. Edison and R. C. Teslow of
the West Central School of Agricul-
ture. The fertilizer for experiment.
al purposes has been placed on 35 Of
the 40 plots and it was expected to
complete the work early next week.
Morris tribune., 1922-04-21

That brings him into each city on the
last day of the series of meetings
and permits him to close UP the cam
paign in each place.
Mr.. Stewart was associated with
former Governor J. Frank HanIy in
founding the Flying Squadron Foun-
dation and succeeded to the head of
that organization on the death of the
former on August /, 1920.
There is no admission charged for
any of the six meetings to be held
by the Flying Squadron in this city.
Admission is free and everybody is
invited
Morris tribune., 1922-04-21

- WV NNA VI N4AN ~
Flying Squadron
was the youngest
chaplain. the Him
ois State Senate
ever had and the
only woman who
has ever filled
hat position. She
will be heard in
this city on the
third day of the
visit of the Fly
Morris tribune., 1922-04-21

iSlature, and the
leader Of the Fly
ing Squadron, will
give two addresses
in this city in the
First ME-. church
Saturday, April
18th. He directs
the organization
from the last
group of speakers,
it being divided
into thron uroIInc
Morris tribune., 1922-04-21

In 1872 H. H. Wells, who had arrived
in the spring of that year, took an in
terest in the concern and the store
was known as the Wolff and Wells
company. Shortly after o. C. Han
son, who had worked in the estab-
lishment, acquired an interest and
subsequently it became the Wells
Bros.-HansOn company.
FURS PLENTIFUL
Little cash was available in the
early days and furs were in a large
part a medium of exchange at the
stores then located here. A large
part of their trade was with the In
dians who brought large quantities
of furs for barter as did also the few
scattered settlers then in the section.
Some grain came in from Polk and
Douglas counties but Stevens county
was not yet in the grain production
business.
During the summer of 10 the rail
road was completed from Willmar to
Benson and the following summer
to Breckenridge, which for many
years was the end of the line. Dur
ing the summer of II, Norris was
the headquarters of the construction
crews and also the distribution point
for supplies to the Sisseton reserva-
tion and the various forts westward.
Gambling flourished as did also the
traffic in liquor for there was an ever
returning stream of freighters re-
turning from their westward trips
and goodly amount of customers
available at all times from the rail-
road construction crews. With the
completion of the road to Brecken-
ridge the gamblers packed their tents
and moved on to the more fertile
fields of Breckenridge, Moorhead and
Fargo.
EARLY MERCHANTS
In the early days a man by the
name of Avery had a store at the
and the late Andrew Satter had a
saloon at the present location of the
CARNEY pool hall The railroads s
headquarters were approximately
where the Bartles Scott Oil company
is now located with the depot cover
ing the block on Atlantic avenue
from Krueger's Drug store to the
Morris Bakery. ]. D. Good had a
lumber yard on the right of way and
office where Danielson's store is to-
day William Wunsch was one of
the early farmers and was located at
Pomme de Terre lake.
Travel by rail was trifie slower
in the early days than at present.
Leaving here on a mixed train at
noon the passenger to Minneapolis
would lay over that night at Willmar
and proceed to the cities the follow
ing day. The engines were fired
with wood instead Of coal and often
times, for long stretches in the win
ter, the whistle of the locomotive
was not heard around these parts at
all. The winters of '72 and '73 are
remembered by old timers as very Sc
we're and there was one stretch of
seven weeks when train service was
held up altogether because of the big
drifts. -. p. ."
Morris tribune., 1922-04-21

Stewart is Coming.
Hon. Oliver w. Stewart, of Chicago
a former member of the Illinois Leg
Morris tribune., 1922-04-21

A Young Chaplain.
Rev. Norma C. Brown, of Bloom
ington, Illinois, the only woman
Morris tribune., 1922-04-21

319th Machine Gun Battalion,
Arrived at New York May 9Th,
1919. Discharged from service at
Camp Dodge, Iowa, May 21st, 1919
as a private.
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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-01-03
NORTHFIELD
Miss Minnie z. Smith. Native Of
Orange, Died Saturday.

Miss Mis.nle Il. Smith passed away
80 .urday morning at the home of Mrs.
L. b. Poor on Union street, where she
has been for the past five yeats She
was in poor health, but able to spend
Christmas at the home Of her sister,
Mrs w. W. Holden, and her last Illness
was only OF short duration Miss
Smith was born in Orange. but came to
N0rthtield, when young girl. She at
I. ndei the Mortified high and graded
school nd graduated from that
institution Tor time she followed
the profession Of teacher, but later
took up millinery work. and conducted
a store in Mortified for many years.
only giving IL up when her health
failed. She is survived by one sister.
Mrs. w. w Holden, of this town and
several nieces and ncphews and cousins.
Miss Smith was a woman held in high
esteem in the community in which she
had lived so many years. She had a
large circle of friends who did many
pleasant things for her to help
make her happy though she was in
invalid for many years. The deceased
was a member OF Social Rebekah lodge,
The Athena club and of the Congreges
tional church being interested in an
these TO the very last. Funeral sery-
ices were held Monday afternoon from
the Congregational church. Rev. James
b. Sargent. officiating. assisted by Rev.
Mr. Creegan. Interment was in Mount
Hope cemetery.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-01-03
RANDOLPH

Miss Lois Hayward, who has beer
with her parents for the last tw,
weeks. left Monday morning for Bos
ton. where she is taking a course o.
study in business college.
Ernest Savage, also OF Boston. aftel
passing several days here with his
mother and husband, Mr.. and Mrs. L
G. Dearborn, returned to tile city Mon.
day to take his position.
Miss Eleanor j. Clark, the teacher in
the training department. after passing
a few days in Hanover, n. H., returned
home on Monday night to be ready fol
the opening of the schools on Tuesday
Mr.. and Mrs. A. M. Hubbard, who
have been ten days in Hyde Park
Mass, with Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Nor
ton, arrived home Monday.
Miss Ellen Blossom of Boston. after
passing her vacation here with her
mother, Mrs. George Hatch, left Mon
day for her home. -
Misses Faith Wilson, Annie May
Daniels and Earl Shequinne. all stu
dents at the University of Vermont,
passing the holiday recess here with
their parents, returned Monday night
TO Burlington to resume their studies.
Miss Elizabeth Campbell, teacher
in Springfield, Mass, who has been
with Mr.. and Mrs w. w. Jones, re-
turned to Springfield on Monday.
Misses Greta johnson, Doris Stock
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-01-03
MORE EVIDENCE
/ OF SECRET PLAN
BY France and Japan for
Protectorate Over
Siberia
is NEW ALLEGATION
BY CHILE DELEGATE
Request Made That Ameri-
cans Consider the
Evidence

Washington, d. c., Jan. 3 tBy the
Associated Press Nava! experts Of
the arms COL ference delegations contin-
ued today their study of technical de-
tails left in connection with the naval
/ limitation agreement while other naval
and far eastern questions formed the
subject OF informal conferences for
many of the delegates. Final adjust
ment of the limitation agreement
was still looked for by the end Of the
week. In the far eastern field there
was also another meeting to-day for
the subcommittee appointed to formu-
late new tariff program fors China.
The comparative hull in activities of
the conference proper served to hold
in prominence today the charges Of
the unofficial delegation from the far
eastern republic at Chita OF a secret
understanding between the French and
Japanese governments wherein the for
mer had agreed to support japanese
aims for a protectorate over Siberia.
Concnrrcntly with formal and official
denial OF th authenticity of the docu
ments purporting to embrace the I'M
Outstanding communicated yesterday
to Secretary Hughes as chairman Of
the conference. BY N. Sarraut, head of
the French delegation, declaration was
made oy II. Skirsky a member of the
Chita delegation that additional docu
ments which he said had passed be
tween the two governments on the sub
ject were in the files Of his govern
ment.
Mr.. Skirsky suggested that these
documents be inspected by a duly ae
credited representative of the Ameri-
can government, so that the results /
might be made known TO the confer
enee when it takes up consideration Of
Siberian problems.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-01-03
Gathered Up the Powder.

j. M. G. writes: sYou might add to
your collection Of old smiles this one
from Mr.. Waddington OF Wyck' His