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Personal Mention.
Jonas Monson left on Saturday for
a visit with relatives at Granite
Falls.
Miss Mabel Lund in of Pennock is
the guest of her sister, Mrs. E. R.
Dahlheim.
Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Bigham spent
a few days last week with lelatives
at Tracy.
Miss Katheiine Tait of Diamond
Lake is the guest this week of Mrs.
Dan. Haley.
Miss Jessie Williams of St. Paul
was a Willmar visitor a few day-^
last week.
Mrs. Emelia Miller of Red Wing
is visiting at the home of her
brother, A. B. Ahleis.
Mrs. H. P. Staples and daughter
Majorie went to Howard Lake Mon
day for a week's visit.
Miss Anna Tallakson went to
Kerkhoven Friday for a couple of
weeks visit with friends.
Mrs. Ella H. Mantor of Minne
apolis has been the guest of Mis. J.
F. Branton the past week.
Misses Anna and Victoria Peter
son of Atwater visited with Miss
Cora Osmundson Saturday.
Mrs. J. R. Hultgren and son Dale
of Murdock were in Willmar Thurs
day on their way to Brooten.
Mrs. Nels Thompson returned to
Atwater Monday after a visit since
Friday at the 0. P. Nelson home.
Miss Hannah Hanson returned
home yesterday from Osakis where
she has been staying since last fall.
Mrs. L. W. Porter and daughter,
Miss Florence R. Porter, went to
Minneapolis Thursday for a visit.
C. J. Birkeland went to Kirrek
Saturday on business connected with
the New London Milling Company.
Miss Judith Peterson came down
from Gennessee Saturday for a few
day's visit with Miss Esther Swen
son.
Miss Alvina Dokken returned to
Sherman, S. D., Monday after a
month's visit with her sister, Mrs.
H. E. Palm.
Mrs. A. C. Carlson and daughter
Margaret went to Minneapolis yes
terday for a visit with friends and
relatives.
Mrs. John Holmdahl returned to
Norway Lake yesterday after a
week's visit with her sister, Mrs.
J. A. Hedin.
Mrs. Wm. Gilger and Miss June
Gilger went to Renville last
Wednesday evening for a visit with
Mrs. John Wein.
Mrs. W. J. Griffin and children
left on Thursday for Fergus Falls
where they will spend the remain
der of the winter.
A. A. Anderson returned home
Monday evening from a business
trip to Iowa. He also visited with
relatives at Madelia.
Mrs. Gilbert Gabrielson and son
Harold returned to Kandiyohi Mon
day after a visit at the N. P. Carl
son home in Whitefield.
Chas. Anderson and daughter
Nellie returned to Murdock Thurs
day after a visit here with Misses
Ragna and Tillie Myhre.
Mr. and Mrs. Victor Bergquist
went to Clinton yesterday for a few
days' visit with Mr. Bergquist's
sister, Mrs. G. A. Hedin.
0. E. Ruble went to Madison,
Wis., Monday for a couple of
week's visit with his brother, E.
Ruble, and other relatives.
Mrs. Archie Smith returned to
Breckenridge yesterday after two
week's visit here with Mesdames
Miller, Hioks and Rodenbur.
Mrs. A. M. Sherrard returned to
Watertown, S. D. Thursday after a
three week's visit here at the K.
Samuelson and Emil Thyden homes.
Elliott Georgeson, clerk at the
Hub hotel, went to Arctander Fri
day for a visit at his parental home.
He was accompanied by Nels Mon
son, of Roland, Iowa.
Mrs. A. Erickson returned to
Sioux Falls, S. D., Saturday after
a visit here with her sisters, Mes
dames F. E. Collier, Thos. Holling
er and William Hackett.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Heberling
and daughters Madeline and Sarah
returned to WhitpRock, S. D., Fri
day after a visit here with Mr. and
Mrs. R. G. McClintock and others.
Ed. Thraff, formerly of this city,
but now working in the store de
partment of the Great Northern at
Harvey, Montana, is visiting at the
home of his sister, Mrs. Anton
Swenson.
Mrs. J. F. Shelgren and daughter
Lillian of Minneapolis were in
Willmar Monday on their way to
Norway Lake where they will visit
at the home of Mrs. Shelgren's son
in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs.
Ben Halvorson.
Mrs. Emma Green Hegberg of
Minneapolis left for Kandiyohi yes
terday after a visit with her
nephew, Philip Green, and sister
in-law, Mrs. C. A. Green. Mrs.
Hegberg will be the guest of Mrs.
C. A. Broman at Kandiyohi.
VOLUME 15. 8 PAGES WITH SUPPLEMENT
WILLMAR?°oiety
The Willmar subscribers to the
new Chautauqua project held a
meeting on Wednesday of last week,
at which it was decided that the
project had met wit'll the necessary
encouragement to warrant that the
necessary preparations be made to
move the buildings to Willmar and
that a good program be secured.
The whole management of the en
terprise will be vested in an execu
tive committee composed of seven
subscribers. The meeting proceed
ed to elect the following as the first
committee: Russell Spicer, D. N.
Tallman, E. C. Wellin, L. 0.
Thorpe, F. G. Handy, P. C. Ton
ning and V. E. Lawson.
This committee was authorized to
purchase the Gilger property, on
which the association has an option,
and let the contract for the remov
al of the buildings of the Green
Lake Chautauqua, after securing a
bill of sale of the same. The fine
natural grove on the* Gilger point
will be laid out as a park by some
competent landscape gardener and
the grounds improved so that this
beauty spot will become available
and accessible as a public park.
The Gilger residence will undoubt-
edly be utilized as the care-taker's
residence and the old brewery
building, which contains much lum
ber in fair state of preservation
will no doubt be utilizd for some
purpose consistent with the purpose
of ihe enterprise.
WILLMAR PARK ASSEMBLY,
NAME OF NEW ORGANIZATION
Lnd View ot Auditorium at Spicer, which will be Removed to Willmar.
It is proposed to put on a pro
gram so strong in its drawing
qualities that Willmar will become
the objective point for people along
the tributary railroad lines for a
great distance, during the season
when the assembly is in session. A
great deal of interest is already be
ing evidenced among the ladies of
the city in regard to the classes of
domestic science, etc., which are to
be a part of the morning prcgrams,
and the prospects are that there
will be no dearth of attendance at
these.
The executive committee elected
by the subscribers to the Willmar
chautauqua project, met last Mon
day morning and elected the follow
ing officers: President, Russell
Spicer Vice President, D. N. Tail
man Secretary V. E. Lawson,
Treasurer, F. G. Handy. A num
ber of committees were elected to
look after the various details of the
enterprise. The committee on
grounds and buildings is composed
Prof. E. A. Vaaler preached at
Grove City last Sunday.
Miss Bertha Baisden, who has
been teaching school northwest of
town, spent a few days with her
friend, Minnie Hedin, last week.
Casper Engh spent Sunday at his
home in Murdock.
Hanphin T. Carlson, who is at
tending the St. Cloud Normal, visit
ed school last Saturday.
Albert and Alfred Anderson of
Cyrus enrolled in the Commercial
department last week.
Leonard Anderson spent Sunday
at his home near Svea.
Our first basket ball game was
played at the athletic hall last Fri
day evening against the High
School. Both teams put up a good
game, the final score being 29 to 25
in favor of the latter.
Marie Hilleboe made a short call
on friends at the Seminary last Sat
urday.
Hugh Tait spent Sunday at Kan
diyohi.
Alex Stenerson, Otto Christopher
son and Olga Haroldson were enter
tained at the home of Emma Somer
ville last Sunday afternoon.
A bunch of fifteen students were
out sleigh-riding last Friday even
ing. The start was made in the
best of spirits, but an accident be
fell them that dampened the enthu
siasm. The hayrack broke and two
of the party fell thru and were
bruised so that they were not able
to attend school the following day.
Margaret Tallakson, Emma Ekren
and Mary Aune spent Sunday at
their homes out of town.
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of E. C. Wellin, F. G. Handy, D.
N. Tallman and Russell Spicer, and
this committee will proceed to
make the contract for moving and
erecting the buildings at once.
There was some discussion of re
modeling the auditorium to provide
Cor raising and sloping the floor up
wards towards the rear, and to re
move the posts from the center.
The finance committee is composed
of Russell Spicer, F. G. Handy and
L. O. Thorpe. The program com
mittee is composed of Supt. P. C.
Tonning, Senator L. 0. Thorpe and
V. E. Lawson.
The official name adopted for the
organization is the "Willmar Park
Assembly". Provisions to properly
incorporate the organization was
made. An assembly of ten days du
ration seemed to be the idea of the
board. It is proposed that a first
class program be provided, and that
the sale of the first year's season
tickets be made on a special benefit
basis, and that the civic pride of all
the citizens be appealed to to make
the sale of the season tickets go a
long way towards wiping out the
balance of the amount necessary
towards the acquiring of this hand-
some property as a public park.
It is likely that the tickets for the
full season will be placed at five
dollars. The citizens will derive
a direct benefit from the start out
side of the benefits which_the as
sembly will bring ancf the acquire
ment of a big auditorium, in the
clearing and opening to the public
of this fine grove on the lake.
The program committee held a
meeting yesterday morning and dis
cussed their work in a preliminary
way. They favor as the dates for
the first assembly July 20 to the 30.
Among those of national reputation
who will be communicated with in
the effort to secure their attend
ance are Hon. Joseph Cannon, Sen
ator Robert LaFollette, Gifford Pin
chot, Hon. James Wilson. It is
proposed to have one Swedish Day,
when men eminent among that
nationality will be present, and one
Norwegian Day which would prob
ably occur on the 29th which is St.
Olof 's day and a Norwegian holiday.
This matter of program will not be
closed for some time and the above
outline is purely tentative. But
the committee is determined that
the coming assembly shall be made
an event that will attract people
far and wide to Willmar.
County Treasurer's Dates.
County Treasurer N. 0. Nelson
has arranged the following itiner
ary for his annual tax collection
trip:
Monday, Jan. 31, Arctander, at
Syver Iverson's place.
Tuesday, Feb. 1, Sunburg Store.
Wednesday, Feb. ?, Colfax Town
Hall.
Thursday, Feb. 3, Burbank Town
Hall.
Friday, Feb. 4, Hawick.
Saturday, Feb. 5, Irving Store.
Monday, Feb. 7, Lake Elizabeth
Store.
Tuesday, Feb. 8, Thoipe Store,
East Lake Lillian.
Wednesday, Feb. 9, Lars Erick
son's store, West Lake Lillian.
Thursday, Feb. 10, Prinsburg.
Visited Bulck Factory*
Henry Osmundson returned home
Saturday evening from a trip to
Detroit, Michigan, where he visited
the Buick, Packard and Ford auto
mobile factories. All of these
companies are crowded with orders
for the coming season, and the out
put for the coming year will exceed
by several thousand cars that of any
preceeding year.
Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Wil
liams of Ryan. Washington, are
guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
John Williams. They are on their
way home from a six weeks trip to
Prince Edward's Island, and' vari
ous points in the eastern states.
A marriage license was issued
last Thursday to Louis Marlowe and
Hattie Elenora Campbell. They
were married the following day by
I Judge Nordin, with Mrs. K. J. 01
json and L. Campbell as witnesses.
^RAILWAY YAADS
Conductor Kinkerter has the Far
go run for nine mouths, his run be
ing from Morris to Fargo on the
passenger.
Roadmaster Czock and Nelson
are still on the Watertown line and
probably will remain the balance of
the winter.
The many friends of Hugh J.
Johnson are glad to see him back
pulling freight. He has had quite
a vacation.
Operator Whitaker has been
working the trick in the relay office
this last week while Operator Nel
son was absent.
Stenographer Losleben went with
Superintendent Stewart on the pri
vate car with the little Jap cook
who is again working for the Su
perintendent.
The electric wires of Jthe G. N.
are going up pretty slow and it
looks as if it will be a long time
yet, as a new dynamo will have to
be purchased, also other machinery.
Brakeman H. W. Rost met with
an accident while breaking on his
regular run between Willmar and
Gerretson. He is confined to his
home and will be two weeks or so
before he can go to work.
Former Chief Clerk Switcher,
who has of late been chief clerk to
General Superintendent Scott, will
be the man who will hire all the
laborers after this. The pass
frauds made the new office.
Superintendent Stewart returned
from Watertown Monday this week
after being on the Watertown line
for the last two weeks fighting
snow. He had one-hundred and fif
ty men shoveling snow and building
snow walls. This winter has been
the worst in the last ten years.
Conductor J. J. Barrett and
brakeman Harry R. Dizzard met
with a serious accident Sunday af
ternoon in the terminal yards.
Just before leaving the switchmen
ran a car through the wrong switch
and it pinned Barrett and Dizzard
between the cars, severely hurting
both. They are getting along nice
ly, however, and Mrs. Barrett left
early Monday morning for the City.
The High School Basket ball team
defeated the Seminary in a fast and
exciting game by a score of 29 to
25 last Friday evening. Both
teams played for all they were
worth, especially in the second half.
During the first few minutes the
Seminary boys rushed the H. S.
boys off their feet and scored five
points before the game had fairly
started. The high school boys soon
recovered and began to creep up on
the score and finally passed the
Seminary. The score at the close
of the first half was 18 to 12 in fa
vor of the High School. Everybody
present enjoyed the game.
Next Saturday evening the High
School team expects to play the
Benson H. S. team at the Bonde
Hall. A good game is assured and
every body should turn cut and root
for Willmar. Tickets may be ob
tained from any H. S. student at
15 and 25 cents.
Jacob Floren and Gustaf Thun
stedt visited the different classes
Tuesday morning.
Rev. Davies gave a very interest
ing talk to the members of the
High School Monday morning.
The seniors had a meeting last
week and sent for samples of pins.
Both divisions of higher algebra
are again reciting together.
The boys' glee club practiced
Monday night after school.
Joseph Donovan entertained a
number of his friends at his home
on Seventh street Friday evening.
Clara Axness gave currnet events
Tuesday morning.
Last Thursday morning members
of the senior class gave a debate on
the question whether or not Cu
ba should be annexed to the United
States. Those on the affirmative
side were Lawrence Bergeson and
Charley Anderson: on the negative,
Charles Adams and George Haima.
The negative side won out. All
the boys did fine.
Peterson-Rlngstrom.
Monday afternoon at one o'clock
at the residence of Mrs. Hulda Nel
son occurred the marriage of Miss
Eda Peterson, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Gustaf Peterson, town of St.
Johns, to Oscar Ringstrom, of
Grove City. The ceremony was
performed by Rev. J. N. Andersen
of the Synod church, with Miss
Rachel Ellingson and Mrs. Nelson
as witnesses. A reception was
tendered the newly married couple
at the home of William Kragen
bring in Irving township Monday
evening, a number of the friends
and relatives of the contracting
parties attending.
Mr. and Mrs. Ringstrom will
make their future home at Grove
City. The Tribune joins their
many friends in wishing them a
long and happy married life.
WILLMAK, MINNESOTA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 26, 1910
Peter Sletlen Bays Grocery.
A. F. Hanscom has sold his gro
cery store to P. R. Sletten, the lat
ter taking possession next Monday.
Mr. Sletten has had a good deal
of experience in the grocery busi
ness, ancLhe will no doubt make a
success ofjthe venture. Mr. Hans
com has fiot yet decided what he
will do.
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NAMES ADOPTED FOR
1 DISTRICT SCHOOLSThis
Some time ago a movement was
started to name the schools of the
county. Not that "The little red
or white school house" was not
good enough, but when applied to
some over a hundred buildings the
term became slightly confusing.
The scheme of naming the district
after some noted man or from some
thing connected with its location
was then thought of, and that it
has met with approval is evident
from the fact that already 48 schools
have selected a name. The follow
ing list was handed to us by Super
intendent Fredrickson the first of
the week:
Dist. No. 1—"Y" Lake
3—Fairview
5—-Lillian
6—Pleasant Hill
14 W—Success
18—Pleasant Valley
20—Hill Side
26—Green Lake
27—Diamond Lake
28—Lincoln K-i
30—Crow River
31—Warner
33—Lowell
36—Longfellow
38—Stanton Hill
45—Roadside
46—Whittier
55—Washington
62—Franklin
64—Roselillian
65—Sunnyside
68—Prairie View
71—Grove
74—Cosy Grove
75—Lakewood
76—Oakland
78—Tennyson
79—Willard
81 S—Brookside
1
rSl—Thorpe
l- f%2—Rosefield
83—McKinley
86—Sunny Slope
87—Pleasant Dell
88—Prairie Star
89—Riverside
90—Blooming Prairie
91—Johnson
93—Roosevelt
95—Nordlie
96—Prairie
97—Rose Hill
98- Spring Grove
99—Wilhelmina
100-Prairie Hill
102—North Star.
103—Prairie Queen
105—Moccasin
ZENITH FACTORY
COMES HERE
Fuel Saver Corporation Decides
to Locate Its Plant on Site
Ottered at Willmar.
The new factory planned for the
Zenith Fuel Saver Company of St.
Paul will be built at Willmar.
was decided by the board of
directors of the company at a meet
ing held in St. Paul last Saturday,
and J. A. Giantvalley, the secretary
of the company, has so informed
the Commercial Club of this city.
Two other cities bid for the fac
tory, but the natural advantages of
Willmar together with the induce
ments of a free site offered by the
Commercial Club brought the com
pany to its decision.
The Commercial Club has under
consideration three or four sites for
the factory. The matter will be
discussed at jjthe meeting of the
Club next Tuesday evening, and it
is possible that a site will be de
cided upon at that meeting.
The Zenith Fuel Saver company
has been operating a small plant
for a couple of years. They did
well from the start, and have been
unable to take care of all the orders
they have received. For that rea
son they decided to put up a mod
ern plant in some favorable loca
tion as soon as possible, and this
Ihey are now going to do. The
company has made arrangements
with a stock brokerage in Montreal,
Canada, for the sale of $150,000
worth of additional stock. The
plan is to build an adequate plant
here, and then enlarge it as busi
ness shall warrant. The company
has about twenty-five stockholders
here, who control about $5,000
worth of stock.
Willmar Gains Citizen.
Willmar will soon gain another
valuable citizen in the person of
John Larson, one of the progressive
farmers of Mamre township, who
has rented his farm and will move
to Willmar to live. He will have
a sale of his farm effects in Febru
ary, of which due notice will be
jgivenJn^the^ Tribune. He makes
tbis'move primarily fcTgive "his
children better advantages to get
an education.
The annual meeting of the Will
mar Mission District of the Swe
dish Lutheran church convened yes
terday at Svea and will be in ses
sion until this evening. Six pas
tors and about twenty lay delegates
are in attendance.
Arthur Carlson has been home
from Mankato the past week. He
will soon go to Minneapolis where
he will be employed as drug clerk.
Miss Rena Berg was
Spicer over Sunday.
home from
Christmas Stamp Sales.
According to a report received
by Health Officer Rains some over
600,000 Red Cross Christmas stamps
were sold in the State last year,
four times more than the amount
sold the year before. Of the total
cash receipts the American Red
Cross received $1,200 and the State
Association for the Prevention and
Relief of Tuberculosis, $2,640.
The balance was retained for local
use.
There were 77 centers of distri
bution, and about 50 sub-depots,
but of this number only 7 sold all
the stamps ordered. The places
which gained this distinction are
Warren, Sauk Rapids, WILLMAR,
Windom, Madison, Henderson, and
Waterville. Redwood Falls sold,
8,600 stamps, the highest number in
proportion to its population, which
is about 1,800, and Benson disposed
of about 4 stamps to each inhabit
ant.
Two Farms Sold.
A. P. Adams and S. L. Benton
made two sales of farms during the
past week for W. J. Pinney. One
two-hundred acre farm was sold to
Albert Lundquist of Kandiyohi and
the other to G. Adamson who lives
one mile northwest of the city.
These farms are well improved and
are located close to the little inland
town of Svea in Sec. 24, town of
Whitefield. It will be remembere.d
that both Mr. Lundquist and Mr.
Adamson moved here from Illinois
a few years ago and they are both
so well pleased with Kandiyohi
county that they decided to become
residents and farm owners here.
C. E. Hornbeck Injures Knee.
In stepping from a switch engine
Thursday morning while on his way
home from work. Chief Train De
spatcher Hornbeck slipped on a
piece of ice and fell, badly cutting
his left knee cap. He was unable
to walk and had to be taken to his
home in a hack. But Mr. Horn
beck is a very busy man and in
spite of the fact that he should
have rested for at least a week, he
went back to work Sunday night,
Plans for State Hospital.
The contract for the plans for the
State Inebriate hospital has been
awarded to Clarence H. Johnson,
architect, St. Paul, and he is now
HuBy* preparing the drafts. Ihe
plans call for an expenditure of
$150,000.
GILBERT 0.SANDCO.
The One Price Clothiers Will Be
At a special meeting of the
Hauge's Synod church at Long Lake
held last Saturday, Jan. 22, several
families, including twenty-nine
members in all, were admitted to
membership.
M. Welch, chief train dispatcher
at Minot, N. D., was a guest at the
C. E. Hornbeck home fiom Satur
day till yesterday.
Mr. and Mrs. Martin Peterson
were the guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Anton Peterson at Pennock over
Sunday.
CLOSED
Thursday and Friday, Jan. 27 and
28th, to arrange stock for their
Annua Inventor Sale!
Beginnin Saturday, January 29th.
Look for Posters—Wait for Bargains
A girl was born to Mr. and Mrs.
C. H. Lundstedt Sunday evening.
John Feig junior entertained a
number of his eight grade friends
last Saturday evening.
Miss Nellie Rasmuson entertained
a number of young people at a
party Saturday evening.
The Hooligans were entertained
by Misses Mabel and Lillian San
derson Monday evening.
Miss Helen Stewart entertained a
number of little girl friends at a
party Saturday afternoon.
William Gratz junior was the host
at a party given last Friday evening
for a number of his boy friends.
The Sunshine Birthday Club will
meet with Mrs. Sam'l Taylor on
Friday afternoon, Jan. 28, at 2:30.
Mrs. William Peterson will serve
coffee in the Swedish M. E. church
on Thursday, Feb. 3rd. Everybody
welcome.
Mrs. Geo. W. Tyler was hostess
at a delightful afternoon party last
Wednesday, about forty ladies be
ing invited.
C. C. Clayton, who for some time
has been working here as grain in
spector, has gone to Melrose to do
similar work.
Mesdames William Kent, E. C.
Harrison and Walter Fray attended
a Rebekah initiation at Morris Sat
urday evening.
Mrs. W. M. Chase entertained
the Ladies' Missionary Society of
the Presbyterian church Tuesday
afternoon of last week.
Mrs. Samuel Porter and Mrs. H.
G. Meyer will entertain a number
lady friends tomorrow, Thursday,
afternoon at the Porter residence.
Ed. Evenson and J. August Lind
quist of Arctander were in Willmar
Friday on their way to Cottonwood
where they went to buy some choice
stock for their farms.
T. C. Leslie, who recently sold
his farm near Pennock, will dispose
of his farm animals, machinery and
effects at an auction sale on the
farm next Saturday. See the no
tice elsewhere.
Joe Larson returned home Mon
day morning from Tintah where he
has been painting for Alfred JBer
gerson, who had the contract for
painting the school house just fin
ished up there.
You are most cordially invited to
the church parlors of the Swedish
Mission church Friday afternoon of
this week. From 3:30 and on Mrs.
Theo. J. Paulson will serve refresh
ments in the interests of the Ladies
Aid society. Come, and welcome.
The Swedish Literary Society will
hold a social session at the Carlson
hall tomorrow, Thursday, evening.
Among other good things on the
program will be readings by A. F.
Nordin and V. E. Lawson. Refresh
ments will be served by wives of
members of the society.