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-Mi *£, S 'L *4 ftf" VOLUME 18. FIRE AT HIGH SCHOOL BLDG. Incipient Blaze Starts in Labor atory and Was Discovered During Noon Hour. An incipient fire at the Willmar high school created a great deal of excitement around this splendid in stitution of learning last Friday noon. During the noon hour smoke was dis covered issuing from the laboratory room. The door was locked and no one the building had a key. The janitor, Mr. B. J. Greenfield, was hastily summoned. When he arrived and opened the door the smoke the laboratory was so dense that nothing could be seen. He pushed into the smoke and made a thorough examin ation of the room to discover where the fiie was located, and succeeded in putting it out without the need of throwing any water into the build ing. The fire was entirely confined to the lower pait of one of the cabin ets. How it started is a mystery. Theie was nothing in the cabinet but a little box of chaicoal, a few glass testing tubes and a half dozen alco hol lamps which had not been used for more than two jears. The to tal damage done by the fire and smoke will perhaps not exceed $200. Had the fire started during the night in all probability the building would have been ablaze before it was dis covered. The incident served to call atten tion to the fact that the provisions lor extinguishing a fire in the school houses are woefully deficient. There is no hydiant in the building except a couple of small faucets and no fire extinguishes of any kind. The re sult of the fire will probably be that the Board of Education will equip the buildings with facilities for quenching small fires. Agricultural Meetings. The following meetings have been scheduled by the Industrial Depart ment of the Willmar high school: Dist. 44, 7 -30 p. m., Feb. 19. Dist 63, North school house, m., Feb. 21. Dist. 18, 7:30 p. m., Feb. 26: Dist. 48, 7 -30 p. m., Feb. 28. Dist. 36, 7.30 p. m., Mar. 1. Raymond, 2 -30 p. m., Mar. 9. Pennock, 2-30 p. m., Mar. 2 Kandivohi, 2*30 p. m., Mar. Dist 61, 7-30 p., m., Mar. 5. Dist. 57, 7:30 p. m., Mar. 7. Dist. 45, 7 30 p.m, Mar. 12. The subjects of corn growing, dai rying and agricultural co-operation will be taken up at these meetings. A coidial invitation is extended to everyone to attend these meetings. 12 PAGES 7-30 16. Miss Clara Rasmusson was a charming hostess to a "Valentine Party" gi\ en at her home last Fndaj. The occasion was in honor of the Normal class of the Willmar high school. The e\ening was spent in music and various games were plac ed. A delicious luncheon was served and* Miss Rasmusson was assisted bv Miss Bess Odekirk. Mr. Edwin Mayland, agricultural instructor of the Cokato schools, spent Friday evening at the home of C. L. McNelly He was enroute to Fargo, N. where be will work with Prof.| T. P. Cooper for the North Da kota Better Farming Association. The Ladies' Aid society of the First M. E. church will meetjvith Mrs. A. F. RaDue on Wednesday, Feb. 21. Everybody most cordially invited. Francis Willard Memorial Meeting. A Francis Willard Memorial meet ing will be held next Tuesday after noon, Feb. 20, at three o'clock at the home of Mrs. J. H. Martin, corner Becker Ave. and Tenth Street. All are cordially invited to be present. Following is the program which will be given: Song by audience. Scripture Beading and Prayer... *. Rev. Spencer Song—Selected. Talk—Why She was Known Rev. Livingstone Vocal Duet—Selected Esther and Eben Lawson Tribute to Francis E. Willard Mrs. Craswell Vocal solo—How Beautiful to be with God Mrs. C. E. Oberg Reading1—How Still She Stands.. Miss Mane Lange Vocal solo—Selected Constance Grangaard Readings—The Last Hymn Closing Prayer. Silver Chimes. Mrs. J. D. Parnell Swedish Mission Y. P. S. The Y. P. S. of the Swedish Miss ion church will give their monthly lit erary social Thursday evening, Feb. 15, when the following program will be rendered: Song—Audience. Devotional Exercises. Mixed Quartette. Vocal Duet Ruth Peterson and Hulda Hoglund. Reading Esther Anderson Vocal Solo Anna Nicholson Recitation Katie Broten Quartette. Song:—Choir. Refreshments will be served by Francis, Paul and Oscar Hedin in the church parlors. Everybody cordial ly invited. Hurt Under a Dredge. Charles Wentworth, 58 years old, was hurt yesterday morning while a dredge was being unloaded at the Willmar depot. The dredge acciden tally fell upon him and broke one of his legs above the ankle. He was taken to the Willmar hospital. Mr. Wentworth is a stranger in these parts and his home is at Cambridge, Minn. *~-^**°—^-ftiwfor Senator C. W. Odell spent yester day in the cities on business. OLOF SUNDT Director of Willmar Glee Club, sketched by Tribune artist. Beginning Saturday Morning, February 17th Unmatchable Bargains Offered Divided into Lots for Easy Selections LOT 1 Torchon Laces taken from our 5-6-7c stock, Sold at per yard oC LOT 2 Comprising fine patterns in Torchons and Valen ciennes Laces, wide and narrow. Very Large Assortment. Values to 12£c. Sold at per yard oC LOT 3 Fine Valenciennes Laces, Beautiful Patterns, wide and narrow widths. A number of them sold ft formerly at 25c. All go at per yard 1UC New Embroidery Flouncing and Corset Cover Embroi deries just unpacked, 18, 27 and 45 inch width. Beautiful patterns, to be sold at very attractive prices. See them. as TROUBLE FOR B00ZE BUYER Boy Wha Gave Strang Brink to Companion Arrested, Fined Expelled from School. Following up some evidence that intoxicating liquor had been smug gled in among the students of the Willmar Seminary, on investigation by Sheriff Bonde^soon located the guilty parties. A student whose home is near Montevideo had gone to Ray mond and bought the liquor and brot it up and gave it to some of his com panions. He was brot before th» court and fined $30.00 and costs or 30 days in jajl by Judge Muller. His father promptly sent a ch ck to cov er the amount wanted. The young man was expelled from the Seminary and the faculty firmly refused to re instate him when asked to do so by his father. Our object in publishing this is to call attention to the fact that it is a crime under our State laws to fur nish or give away liquor as it is to sell the same, and there are others who should take heed of this warn ing before they get into trouble. The young man is a minor, but refused to testify against the liquor sellers at Raymond, claiming that he had pur chased the stuff thru a third party whom he only knew by the name of "Dick." He stated tho that at Mon tevideo he never had any trouble to buy liquor at the saloons, which goes to illustrate how well these places are "regulated." Conditions are a lit tle different in Kandiyohi county than in the saloon-ridden communities. Prize Corn (Lost. Will the person who thru mistake or thoughtlessness took the nine ears of Silver Mine corn from the Beck man exhibit at the corn show of the Farmers' Short Course please return same to C. L. McNelly or Co. Treas. N. O. Nelson? This Silver Mine corn was from a prize 10 ear lot of corn and was exhibited thru the courtesy of Mr. J. W. Beckman of Cokato. Mr. Beckman prizes this corn very much and expected to enter it in competi the HState Silver Cup and $25.00 cash prize at the State Fair next fall. Will the men who exhib ited white corn at the recent show kindly look thru their samples for these ears. C. L. McNELLY. Mr. and Mrs. Mason Spicer and little daughter, Miss Dorothy depart ed for their home at Denver, Colo., last Wednesday. Mrs. Spicer and daughter have been guests of rela tives and friends in this city for the past two months. Mr. Spicer visited here a week arriving to his family home. accompany Coffee will be served next Tuesday afternoon in the basement of St. Mary's church by Mesdames George Sanderson, James Kelly, P. Kielty, H. Sampson and T. Mica. Every body is welcome to attend. Mr. and Mrs. D. N. Tallman and two children left the first part of last week for a pleasure trip east. They will visit at the former's home in New York City. They expect to return home about the 1st of March. Mrs. Andrew Johnson and Miss Dora Moline went to% Svea Saturday to attend the funerai of the latter^ sister, little Laura Moline, which oc curred Sunday morning. Miss Hattie Thompson returned to her home at Spicer Monday from a couple of weeks' stay in this city at the home of John Berg. Einar Brogren, who has been ill at his home for the past two weeks, was again able to resume his duties at the Tribune office Monday. v—• Miss Naomi Soderling is reported very ill at her home this week. The St. Paul Symphony Orchestra, under the conductorship of Walter Henry Rothwell, will leave St. Paul March 24, on a Spring Tour of the Northwest, which will include fifty three cities and require six weeks' time. Fifty-five musicians in addi tion to Mr. Rothwell and the manag ing staff of the organization will make the trip. The orchestra will visit Willmar and give the first even ing concert on this tour on Monday, March 25. Louis W. Hill, president of the St. Paid Orchestra Association, is giv ing the details of the trip his person al attention, and it is not unlikely that he will accompany the orches tra on part of the tour. "I consider the St. Paul Symphony Orchestra as an important education al factor," said Mr. Hill, when ask ed the purpose of the tour. "Its educational value to St. Paul is in calculable. There is no reason why the territory tributary to St. Paul should not benefit by the orchestra, and as the St. Paul season closes in March, we decided to send the or chestra west." Although a young organization, it being only six years old, the St. Paul A. 0. Forsberg was at Raymond on business Saturday. K. T. Rykken of New London spent Sunday in this city. Alton Sperry spent Sunday a guest of friends at Raymond. Miss Alice Gibson left Thursday for a few days' visit at Dassel. John Walby spent Sunday at his parental home at Norway Lake. A. A. Anderson returned yesterday from a few days' spent in the cities. Judge and Mrs. G. E. Qvale left on Thursday for a short visit in Minne apolis. A. A. Anderson and Carl Dahlheim went to the cities Friday morning on business. Mrs. C. A. Nelson returned Thurs day from a shorjt visit with relatives at Litchfield. Mrs. H. N. Hansen returned home Thursday from a day's visit with relatives at Kandiyohi. Miss Esther Johnson left on Satur day for Minneapolis, where she will attend business college. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Johnson are the proud parents of a little son born to them Wednesday, Feb. 7. Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Devinney left yesterday for a couple of weeks' visit with friends at Pipestone. Personal and Otherwise Miss Florence Porter went to Min neapolis Friday for a few days' stay with relatives and friends. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Boese of Gen nessee celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary last Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Emil Johnson and son Lowell, and Miss Mabel Nelson spent Sunday with relatives at Svea. Ole Ostensoe and son, John of Conrad, N. D., visited at the home of Mrs. Martha Botnen last week. Mrs. Richard Burns of Litchfield was a guest at the Edward Woodcock home a few days the past week. Miss Lillie Hanson returned to her home at Minneapolis Friday after a visit with her niece, Miss May Han son. Miss Selphia Larson went to Litch field Saturday for a short visit with friends. She returned home yester day. Pete Sorenson, who recently left to reside at Annandale, Minn., was in Willmar Wednesday and Thursday of last week. James Hagen, who has been at tending the Willmar Seminary here, left on Saturday for his home' at Montevideo. orchestra has advanced so rapidly that it is now considered one of the standard musical organizations in the United States. It has brought St Paul to the front as a musical city and given that city the name of being the most liberal supporter of high class music in the United States. Following are the cities outside of Willmar which probably will hear the orchestra on the Spring tour: »St7 Cloud, Brainerd, Bemidji, Thief River Falls, Winnipeg, Grafton, Dev ils Lake, Miaot, Williston, Glasgow, Great Falls, Havre, Kalispell, Spo kane, Wenatchee, Everett, Anacortes, Bellingham, New Westminster, Van couver, Victoria, Seattle, Tacoma, Centralia, Portland, Aberdeen, Olym pia, Ellensburg, North Yakima, Walla Walla, Wallula, Lewiston, Pullman, Coeur d'Alene, Missoula, Deer Lodge, Anaconda, Butte, Bozeman, Living ston, Billings, Miles City, Glendive, Dickinson, Bismarck, Jamestown, Fargo, Creokston, Hibbing and Su perior. The orchestra will make the tour in a special train of the Great North ern Railway. Edmund A. Stein will be general ^manager and Miss Ger trude O'Hanlon will be tour manager. Christ Berg and Chas. V. Johnson of Svea attended the Glee Club con cert here Monday evening. Rev. Arvid Ostling, pastor of the Swedish Mission church, is at Das sel this week, where be will hold a series of meetings. Mrs. I. Hanson and little son, Gor don, arrived Thursday from Manito ba, Canada, for a week's visit at the home of A. O. Sather. Miss Ethel Peterson returned home from Sioux Falls last Saturday, where she bras been attending school for the past several months. The X. Y. Z. Club was very nicely entertained at the home of G. 0. Sand by the Misses Gleason and Borghild Sand last Wednesday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Strawn and nejiusJohnson left for Minneap THHW& "morning to" attend the wedding of their sister, Miss Alice. C. E. Leverich, new Assistant Gen eral Superintendent of the Great Northern Railway, made his first trip to Willmar yesterday and was a guest of Supt. McKinnon. Leonard Hanson left on Thursday for his home at Russell, Minn., after a week's visit with Theo. Hanson and his sister, Miss Ruth Hanson, who are attending school here. Misses Fern Magnuson and Abbie Edgren, Paul Hedin and Hugo Hog lund attended the Young People's meeting at the M. E. Oak Park church near Willmar last Friday evening. Albert Anderson entertained a few of his Seminary friends at the home of his brother, A. A. Anderson, Sun day evening. Dainty refreshments were served and a most delightful evening was spent. Misses Naomi and Teckla Soder ling, Ella Nyquist, Thora Thunstedt, Hjalmer Nyquist and Joel Thunstedt were very nicely entertained last Sunday at a six o'clock dinner at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Gabriel son near Kandiyohi. Mrs. George Tyler entertained at a whist party, where two tables were played, at her home on W. Litchfield Avenue Saturday afternoon. At the close of the games elaborate refresh ments were served. The favors of the afternoon were won by Madame Pinney. Miss Alice Johnson, formerly of Willmar, but who has been employed at the Donaldson Glass Block of Min neapolis for some time, was married in that city Friday afternoon, Feb. 9, to Mr. William Langfurith of Chi cago. The bride is a sister of Mrs. W. K. Strawn and Cornelius Johnson of this city. first Appearance of Willmar Singers Enthusiastically Re ceived at Bonde Han. The concert given last Monday night by and for the benefit of the Willmar Glee Club at the Bonde Hall drew a large crowd and was a thor ough success. About three hundred and fifty people were present to us ten to the program which had been prepared for the occasion. he numbers by the Glee Club were well rendered and thoroughly enjoyed. Should any number be men tioned specially above others as be ing particularly well rendered, prob ably the vote would fall on the two last numbers, "Aftenroster" (by Os car Borg) with a baritone solo which part was carried by Selmer Berg and "Sommernat" a pretty little night song composed by Director Sundt, the solo part of which he himself sang. Many would probably vote "Where the Sweet Kentucky Flows" as the most musically rendered. In all the singers did well and seemed to improve as the program progress ed and they gained more confidence. The piano solo "Annie Laurie" with variations (Ryder) by Miss Ethel Reed was most beautifully rendered. In responding to an encore she plav ed the Nocturne "Nachstuck" by Esi poff. A quartette consisting of Messrs. Lars Jorstad, Rex Smith, Selmer Berg and Erick Glad sang "Two Lit tle Baby Shoes" and were heartily encored. Elmer Peterson's clarinet solos were well received, and every body enjoyed the flute selections by Robert Otterness. Rev. Livingstone, who gave a reading as a substitute for the violin number promised, ren dered in Swedish Victor Rydberg's "Tomten." The petem is a master piece in the first place and its ren dition was simply splendid, and was, to all who understood, a delightful Veat. T. O. Gilbert, appropriate for the day, read a part of a speech on Ab raham Lincoln delivered by Con gressman Eseh before the Minnesota Bar Association. It was an eloquent delineation of the character of the great emancipator and was given by the reader in an inspiring manner. Young People's Society. The Young People's Society of the Synod church will hold their regular meeting next Monday evening, Feb. 19th, at the church parlors, at 8:15 o'clock. After the program has been rendered refreshments will be served by the Misses Eva Johnson and Alice Brohm. The Ladies' Social Union of the Presbyterian church will hold a cof fee at the home of Mrs. H. C. Han son, at 149 E. Litchfield Ave., Friday afternoon, Feb. 23. Everyone cord ially invited. Mr. A. J. Faneuf, who has been em ployed at Willmar for the past sev eral months, left yesterday for Min neapolis and from there will go to his home at Bay City, Mich. Miss Adeline Bates of Christine, N. D., was a guest of Miss Lena Kas ten Thursday and Friday. She left Saturday morning for Raymond for a short visit with relatives. Jonas Lundquist of Litchfield spent a few days last week at the home of his brother, John Lundquist, who is reported very ill at his home here. Student Wisnaes of the Hamline Seminary, St. Paul, filled the pulpit at the Synod church Sunday, owing to the illness of the pastor. Miss Amy Nelson, who is attending the Normal at St. Cloud, spent Sun day with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. N. 0. Nelson, in this city. The following clipping was hand ed us by friends of Mrs. C. S. Hut chins, a former resident of Willmar. Mr. Hutching will be remembered as the Yardmaster at Willmar for many years: Mrs. C. S. Hutchins, wife of Train master Hutchins of the Cotton Belt died very suddenly at the home of J. W. Geer, where the family had rooms on last Sunday morning. She had been to breakfast that morning and appeared in her usual good health, but it is stated that after returning to her room, she complained of feel ing badly. The indisposition was thought to be slight, however, and she laid down for a short while. Later she started to get up, when she fell, and expired in a very few minutes. The family had resided in Mt. Pleas ant for a number of years, and have many friends who extend deep sym pathy to the bereaved husband and children. The funeral took place Tuesday afternoon, the service being conducted at the Methodist church by Rev. N. A. Seale. The interment was in the Masonic cemet ry. Mrs. Hutchins was born on April 3, 1861 near Crystal Springs, Mass., and was married August 14,1884, at Winches ter, 111. Besides her husband, she is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Mae Gisch of Carson, La., Mrs. O. W. Nelson of San Antonio, and Miss Gertrude Hutchins of this place. Among those from a distance who were at the funeral were: E. E. Had dix and wife of Waco F. M. Blair and wife, W. J. Miller and wife, Miss Ella Mann and Sam T. Goodwin of Tyler J. J. Hughes and Gus Hoover of Ft. Worth J. E. Jones, George McDowell and W. A. McDermott of Texarkana. The funeral offerings were very elaborate and beautiful.— Mt. Pleasant, Texas. CEMINARY i,*IOTE£ Teachers' examinations were given the latter part of last week. Last Wednesday afternoon the Giants had a game with the Semi nary. Somehow or another the Semi nary boys were too fast for them and the lants were defeated, as Hie end of the game the score was 48 to 12 in favor of the Seminary. Oscar Strand went to Spicer Sat urday to spend Sunday with friends at that place The Osseo Society* had a short business meeting after chapel exer cises Saturday, for the purpose of electing a few committees. Hank—Are you coming to the so cial tonight? Student—Sure I'm coming." Hank—Then hand over ten cents for the refreshments. Student—No, I don't think I can come. Paul Redin and Sandy Swanson spent Sunday at their homes at Grove City. The Misses Clara and Anna Clau son left for their home at Warner last Monday. Leonard Quam visited at his home in Benson over Sunday. Last Monday Harold Hellickson left for his home at Brooten. 'The program given by the Osseo society at the chapel last evening was a thorough success and was enjoyed by a large and appreciative audience. All the numbers were well rendered, the last two numbers being exception ally good. Swedish Lutheran Ladies' Aid. The Ladies' Aid of the Swedish Lutheran church will have their reg ular meeting at the church parlors on Thursday, Feb. 22. Mesdames Swan Carlson, Charlie Carlson, Nels Carl son and Martin Blomquist will serve refreshments. All are cordially in vited. Miss Carrie Kouch, of Hendrick son, Minn., arrived Saturday to spend the remainder of the winter at the home of her sister, Mrs. Tbeo Mika, Fast Minneapalb Teas is le feated at Basket tall By a Scare af 32 la 8 Basket ball fans of Willmar surely received a treat Monday evenings when the local high school team won the fastest and hardest fought game ever seen in Willmar from the Min-t neapolis West Side Independents by a score of 33-32. The visiting team has the reputation of being one of the fastest teams in Minneapolis,, and they sure were fast. The high school team started off with a rush and Taylor and Carlson shot several baskets and these with fouls by Swenson and a basket by Branton brought the score np to 15-' 4 in their favor. The visitors got started here, however, and before the locals had scored again the score was tied at 15-15. From here on until the end of the. half the game was fought fiercely byj both teams the locals drawing away and leading by the score of 24-18' when tune was called. 1 'M During this period some of the roughest playing ever seen here took. place, Simms and Taylor in particu lar having some merry battles. McKeon made two of the best shots seen in a long time during the first half, both of them being from beyond the center of the field and co-. ing into the basket clean without bit- 2 ting the background. At the start of the second half the ., Independents waded right in and tied the score before the locals got to going. Then two baskets put the high school in the lea** but the visitors soon tied the score again at 27-27. -r Then a couple of fouls and a field basket brought the high school score up to 31. At this time there were only about three or four minutes left to play. A couple more baskets, the last a beautiful shot by Way, tied the score again for the third time during the half. Then a foul was called on Willmar and Simms shot the basket putting bis team in the lead for the first time during the The lead was short lived though as with less than a minute left to play' Taylor got loose from his man, and on a long pass from Carlson, he shot the basket putting his team in the lead. The game was by far the fast est and roughest ever seen here al though at one time in the first half it looked as if the locals would win by a large score. For the visiting team Way and Mc Keon at forwards were the individ ual stars. The former is probably the fastest man on his feet that has ever played in Willmar. Simms had' a lot of trouble following Taylor in the 1st half, but stuck a little bet ter in the second period. Straite and Nordin did great work on the defense and the latter was especially effec tive in advancing the ball. For Willmar every man on the team played at his best, Carlson and Tay lor divided the scoring honors, each securing six baskets from the field. Swenson secured one basket and shot five fouls. Owing to the fact that "Hank" Johnson has a badly injured hand, Branton started the game at right forward. This was bis first chance to start a game and he played good ball, securing one field basket and holding his man to one also. 3 5 About the middle of the last half Johnson went in. Nordstrom played a great game at guard, especially in the last half, he held bis man and S broke up long passes. Next Saturday evening it is prob able that the interclass tournament will be held to determine the class championship of the" school. It is also probable* that another city team will be brought ont to play here again during the season and possibly a return game can be played in the city. The line-up was as follows: Willmar. Independents. Taylor If Way Branton rf McKeon Swenson Straite Carlson rg Nordstrom lg Nordin Baskets: Taylor 6, Carlson 6, Swenson 1, Branton 1, Way 6, Mc Keon 4, Straite 0, Nordin 2. Fools: Swenson 5, Simms 5, Mc Keon 1, *f*-*