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Personal Mention.
Anton Bakke was a Darners Msit
or on Monday.
A. H. Brown made a business trip
to Dassel on Saturday.
J. Gerstle went to the twin cities
last week for a short visit.
Miss Olive Crosby is a guest at the
Connors home in Stillwater.
William E-trem was a New London
caller the fii^t part of the week.
Mrs. N. J. Luwdgren will leave Sat
urday for a Msit in the twin cities.
Mrs. A Yolk and children vis
ited in Kandnohi a few days last
week.
J. D. Anderson left on Monday for
a week'& business trip to Canby,
Minn.
Mrs. E. N. Carhm visited Kandi
yohi relatn es and friends a few days
last week.
Miss Ellen Nordgren of Pennock
was a guest of Miss Selphia Larson
on Monday.
Mrs. Carrie Nelson of Kerkhoven
arrived on Monday for a short visit
with friends.
II. T. Olson returned home Mon
day from a se\eral days' business
trip to St. Cloud.
Miss Effie MeLaird of Chatfield
armed last week and is a guest at
the J. D. Parnell home.
Mis. Mike Downs and two children
went to Kandiyohi Friday for a
short \isit with relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Rasmus Garstad re
turned from St. Cloud on Jaturday
from a visit with relatives.
Miss Anne Elfstrum returned home
from St. Cloud Saturday, where she
has been attending summer school.
Mrs. Ole Enckson and daughters
of Spicer are usiting at the homes
of J. Youngberg and S. Berkness.
Misses Minnie Fndlund and Myrtle
Johnson visited in Tnpolis last Fri
day and attended the church social.
Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Tyler are en
joying a visit from their son, Atty.
G. H. Tyler and bride of Elk Rner.
Miss Esther Larson returned home
~jday evening from a visit with
relative^ and friends at Tampico, 111.
Misses Hazel and Florence Ben
son lett on Fuday for a week's visit
with Litchfield relatives and friends.
Mis. A. H. Brown and two daugh
ters Pearl and Ruby, left Saturday
for a visit with New London friends.
Mr. and Mis. And. Hedin and fam
ily were the guests of friends in Co
kato Sundaj, making the trip in their
auto.
Miss Rose Hendry left yesterday
for her home at Milbank, S. D., after
a visit here a guest of Miss Marion
Carlson.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur KUnt and
Miss Gladys Bengbson of Fahlun
visited at the home of Aug. Johnson
Sunday.
Mrs. J. B. Iiwin and two children
of Minneapolis are visiting with Mrs.
Irwin's parents, Mr. and Mrs. C.
Hennings.
Mesdames F. H. and W. D. Mc
Nees returned home on Saturday
from a several days' outing at Cres
cent Beach.
Miss Ethel Swanson returned to
her home at Minneapolis Fnday from
a week's visit at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. E. Sanderson.
B. Benson was at Kerkhoven a few
days last week. He has several men
employed there putting in a heating
plant in the school house.
Miss Beatrice Irvine, who has been
a guest at the C. Aekerman home for
the past three weeks, departed Mon
day for her home in Minneapolis.
Miss Myrtle Jacobs arrived today
for a visit at the L. J. Boudette
home, and will be a guest at a house
party gaven at Crescent Beach this
week.
Miss Marion Carlson and her guest
Miss Rose Hendry of Milbank, S. D.,
spent Monday, guests of Miss Myrtle
Miller at the Miller cottage at Green
Lake.
Mrs. I. Ryd and daughter Miss An
na returned home Thursday from a
couple of weeks' visit with relatives
at Ruthton, Minn., and also in North
Dakota.
Mrs. M. B. Gaxness ejnd little
daughter Mary, left for their home
at Oberon, N. D., after a couple of
weeks' visit with Mr. and Mrs. Pet
er Engh.
M. McDonald left Monday for Min
neapolis where he will spend the re
mainder of the summer visiting at
the home of his daughter, Mrs. Chas.
McOormick.
Rev. E. E. Gynild and wife of Far
go are spending the week with Will
mar relatives and friends. Rev.
Gynild has a month's vacation from
his church.
BINDING TWINE SCARCITY
LIKELY IN THIS COUNTY
All Local Dealers Are Short With
Little Prospects of Immediate
Relief.
The binding twine scarcity situ
ation may become quite acute in
Kandiyohi County, although the sit
uation is not as bad as in many
places in the Northwest. A canvass
of the Willmar dealers resulted in
ascertaining the fact that they could
sell from twelve to fifteen thousand
pounds more binding twine for the
grain harvest than they can get. An
International man at Willmar today
said he could sell five carloads of
twine between the cities and Benson
at once if he could supply them.
The situation is that the farmers
have depended upon an inexhaustible
supply and have not purchased their
supplies in time so the dealer could
guage the demand. The sale of pris
on twine is also a discouragement to
the dealers from putting in big stocks
of twine. The wheat crop is esti
mated to require from one-fifth to
two-fifths more twine than in ordi
nary years and a number of farm
ers will run short with the supply
they have already put in. It is to
meet this late demand where our
dealers figure their shortage. It is
thought that there will be no diffi
culty in securing ample twine supply
in time for the corn harvest.
One dealer suggested that some
farmers have purchased more than
they need for the grain harvest, and
might be willing to help the situation
by dividing with their less fortunate
neighbors.
Prof. Stomberg Was Here.
Prof. A. A. Stomberg of the Swed
ish department of the State Univer
sity paid a visit at Willmar last Fri
day and drove out to Svea in the af
ternoon. He was delighted with
the action of the school meeting at
Willmar in deciding to take up Scan
dinavian languages in the public
schools this year. As far as the lan
guage being recognized in the State
University is concerned, he stated
that it is now recognized for all
practical purposes. There are only
two or three departments, the medi
cal and engineering, where standings
in Scandinavian are not advertised
to be accepted in lieu of other for
eign languages. In practice, how
ever, such standings would be ac
cepted in both these departments.
The text book question has been re
ceiving attention and there will be no
difficulty after this in securing suit
able textbooks for the public schools.
Licensed to Wed.
Ole S. Stoiash of Dwight, N. D.,
to Miss Borghild Oakland of Dovre,
July 25.
J. Ludvig Boe to Miss Juliana
Reigstad, July 27.
Carl Koch to Miss Mathilda Yopes,
July 27.
John Edwaid Anderson to Miss
Julia Sena Fodness, July 27.
Carl A. Adolfson to Miss Amy E.
Swenson, July 30.
Lyle H. Anderson to Miss Hulda
May Anderson, July 30.
Hans Edward Nelson to Miss Ida
Mane Josephine Swenson, July 30.
Axel E. Newman to Miss Hilda
Peterson, July 30.
Pastor is Surprised.
Last Saturday evening Rev. Theo.
Livingstone of the Swedish M. E.
church was made the object of a
very pleasant surprise at the resi
dence of Mrs. J. A. Johnson at 625
Sixth St. The members of his church
and a number of other friends gath
ered to show their appreciation of
the good work that he has done in
the church. Rev. Livingstone was
presented with a sum of money.
The evening was spent socially. Re
freshments were served and all, old
and young, enjoyed a good time.
Mr. Vik Not to Blame.
In a report of a collision in our
last issue, the Willmar Tribune stat
ed that Elliott Vik run his auto into
N. H. Nelson who was on a bicycle.
We learn later that Mr. Vik was not
to blame, and Mr. Nelson so admits.
The latter was coming from the hos
pital where his cousin had just
been taken after being hurt, and was
not keeping a very close lookout.
Will Auction Privileges.
The grounds committee of the
County Fair consisting of W. 0.
Johnson, L. A. Tjosvold and Ed.
Benson will lay out a plan of the
grounds shortly and will dispose of
all locations for privileges on the
grounds to the highest bidders. The
date of the sale will be announced
later.
County State Fair Exhibit Under
Way.
Supt. John Ahlstrom of the County
Exhibit at the State Fair, was in the
city this week making some prelim
inary arrangements. He has enlist
ed the assistance of Peter Bonde
and E. E. Lawson in the designing
of the booth. Kandiyohi county has
been assigned the same booth that
it had last year in the Agricultural
Building of the State Fair.
VOLUME 18. 8. GES WILLMAR, MINNESOTA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 31, 1912
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PETER LINDQUIST.
Peter Lindquist, whose death was
briefly mentioned in our last issue,
was born in Sifferbo, Gagnef parish,
Dalarne, Sweden, January 19, 1851.
He spent hjs youth in Dalarne, re
ceiving the common school education.
He arrived in America in June of
1868. He located in Lemont, HI., but
in the following year he went into the
great northwest and selected a home
stead in section twenty-four of
what is now the township of Rose
land. His was the first homestead
to be filed on within the limit® of the
present Roseland township. His
brother, Olof Lindquist, filed on a
neighboring tract in the fall of the
same year. Since his arrival the
deceased has taken an active inter
est in the development of the commu
nity, and has seen it grow from a
wild prairie to a progressive com
munity. Where formerly his little
claim shanty stood there now stands
a large comfortable residence and
several barns and store houses of
ample size. During the first winters,
bodies of friendly Indians would
camp on the island in the lake near
by, and around the low spots where
were ponds of water were found
large quantities of the bones of the
American bison which formerly
ranged over this prame, which in
the Indian language was known as
"place-which-makes-buff aloes."
Mr. Lindquist was a very method
ical and painstaking man. As evi
dence of this are the records he has
kept every year since he settled in
the country of crop yields and other
information. He has served his
township as supervisor both in the
first Whitefield organization and la
ter in the township of Roseland, and
was for many years the treasurer of
the school district number 64. He
was a man of a quiet and peaceful
disposition and of a sound judgment.
He was married in 1873 to Miss Breta
Olson, also a native of Gagnef par
ish, Sweden, who survives him. The
marriage was blessed with eight
children who are: Mrs. C. E. Nelson,
Mrs. Peter Strandberg, Mrs. Henry
Bjelkengren of Svea Mrs. Oscar Ol
son of Wmfield Albert Lindquist of
Cheney, Wash. and Oscar, Fred and
Ruth who live at home. About a year
ago the deceased was taken ill with
cancer of the stomach but was able
to be around to within four weeks of
his death, which occurred on Sunday,
July 21st.
The funeral was held Thursday,
July 25th, at the Christine church.
All the children were present at the
funeral except Albert. Among other
relatives present were Mr. and Mrs.
Ole Okon of Dassel, Minn., Revs.
Alex. Peterson and A. J. Ryden
spoke and the last sad rites were
performed by Rev. A. J. Ryden.
There was a profusion of beautiful
floral tributes contributed by rela
tives and friends, and there was a
great turn-out of people to pay their
last respects to their esteemed
neighbor whom they had known so
well as one of the fathers of the
prosperous settlement. The pall
bearers were Messrs. Ole Olson,
John Erickson, P. S. J. Johnson, H.
P. Olson, John Erickson and M. Wal
ner. The remains were laid away
for their long rest in the adjoining
churchyard.
"Val dem, som redhgt det adla velat,
det ratta sokt och det milda tankt."
ADOLPH NORMAN
The sad news of the death of
Adolph Norman was received in this
city Monday. He died at Bethesda
hospital at St. Paul Sunday evening
at 7:30 o'clock. The deceased is a
former Mamre boy, having grown to
manhood in that town, and is well
known in many places as buttermak
er.
Per Johan Adolph Norman was
born in Los Parish, Halsingland,
Sweden, on March 4th, 1868. When
only three months old his parents
moved to America. After spend
ing one year at Taylor's Falls
they came to Mamre township, where
Adolph grew to manhood. Then
he learned the trade of buttermaker
in the Litchfield creamery and be
came the buttermaker in the Mamre
creamery when organized. Later
he took charge of the Hub creamery
at George Lake, and later was in
business at Spicer. Since then he
has been employed in a number of
creameries and last he was employed
at Finlayson, Minn. About a month
ago he was taken with internal hem
orrhages. He was taken to the hos
pital at St. Paul about a week be
fore his death and seemed to be im
proving nicely. His wife had come
down to spend last Sunday with him
and at that time had no idea that
the end was so near. The deceased
was married to Miss Albertina Nor
sen, daughter of Rev. Norsen of Ben
son, who with the two children, Ches
ter and Ruby, fifteen and twelve
years old, are left to mourn a de
voted husband and kind father. The
deceased also leaves his mother, now
Mrs. Anders Ryden of this city and
three sisters, Hannah, now Mrs. Fred
Engstrom, and Clara, now Mrs. Chas.
Verner Nyberg of Ironwood, Mich.,
is a guest of Hugo and Hildur Hog
lund.
George Piereth of Two Harbors
was a guest at the Olof Berkness
home over Sunday.
Mrs. C. A. Green leturned home
the latter part of the week, from her
visit with relatives at Belgrade and
Alexandria.
Miss Helen Hornbeck of Superior,
Wis., went to Green Lake yesterday
to be a guest of Miss Marion Gratz
at Crescent Beach.
Mr. and Mrs. F. W. McNees and
daughter, Blanche, and son, Junior,
left this morning for a visit with
relatives at La Valle, Wis.
Mrs. Herbert Feig and little son
returned to their home at Towner,
N. D., today, after a visit at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. John Feig.
A number of Willmar people were
guests at the dancing party given
by Mr. and Mrs. D. N. Tallman at
their summer home at Crescent
Beach last Friday evening.
several young ladies at her home on
7th St. last Saturday evening in
honor of her guest, Miss Sylvia
Thorgrimson of St. Paul.
Hopeful Rebekah Lodge No. 146
held a special meeting at the I. O. O.
F. hall last evening, when the officers
for the ensuing year were installed.
After the business session a dainty
luncheon was served and a good time
was enjoyed.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Bjornberg en
tertained a large company of rela
tives and friends at their home in
Fahlun last Sunday. The guests from
Willmar were Mr. and Mrs. Andrew
Bjorsell, Mr. and Mrs. William
Bjornberg, Mr. and Mrs. Emil Bjorn
berg and Miss Minnie Eckvold of
St. Paul.
Granlund, both of Spring Park,
Minn., Anna, now Mrs. Fred Ander
son, residing on the old home farm
in Mamre and one brother, August
Norman, manager of- the «e-opera-_
tive store at Svea. The bereaved
ones have the deepest sympathy of
the community in their sorrow.
The remains were taken from St.
Paul to Mamre yesterday (Tuesday)
by his brother, August Norman. The
funeral will occur tomorrow (Thurs
day.) The funeral party will leave
the old home at two o'clock and are
expected to arrive at the Mamrelund
church at three o'clock, where Rev.
G. Peterson will officiate. The in
terment will take place in the nearby
churchyard.
A Parcel Shower.
Miss Thora Peterson, a bride of
next month, was the honored guest
at a variety parcel shower given at
her home at 1021 Campbell Avenue
Monday evening. The rooms were
decorated for the occasion with gar
den flowers and little red hearts.
Various games, music and a delic
ious luncheon contributed to the
pleasure of the evening. The guests
numbered about thirty.
Social at Homewood Park.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the
First M. E. church will have a meet
ing at Homewood park, Thursday,
Aug. 8th, and the following lunch
will be served from 4:30 o'clock
until dark. Sandwiches, cake, pick
les and coffee, 10c, ice cream and
cake, 10c and cones, 5c. Free rides
will be given to and from the park
to all who desire refreshments.
A Large Wedding.
A large double wedding takes
place at the home of County Com
missioner C. J. Swenson in Kandi
yohi township this afternoon to
which about 400 guests have been in
vited. His daughter, Miss Amy, be
comes the bride of Carl A. Adolf
son and the daughter, Miss Ida Ma
ne Josephine, will be married to
Hans Edward Nelson. We expect to
have a full account of this inter
esting social event in our next is
sue.
A Kimball Tour.
Last Sunday a tour of thirteen
autoes from Kimball, Minn., made a
trip thru Willmar, making a brief
stop here. The editor of the Kimball
Kodak, Frank E. Smith, is a former
Willmar resident and later editor of
the Raymond News. He was piloting
his home people thru the city.
John Ahlstrom has the thanks of
the editor for a mess of fine straw
berries, samples from his ever-bear
ing variety, which attracted so much
attention at the State Fair. The
plants are now beginning to bear in
earnest and will continue until frost
prevents.
A little son was born to Mr. and
Mrs. A. G. Mullen last Friday morn
ing, July 26.
Personal and Otherwise
Mrs. |T. Jacobs and little son
spent 4 few days last week at
Spicer.
Miss Gina E. Berg spent Sunday,
guest of relatives and friends in
Minneapolis.
Miss Amelia Gilbertson is enjoy
ing her vacation from her duties as
saleslady at Chase's store.
Misses Ella and Nora Moyd re
turned home Saturday from a
month's ^visit with relatives at Clo
quet and Barnesville.
Miss Hulda Erickson returned to
her home at Milaca today after a
couple of weeks' visit at the home of
Andrew and Elmer Peterson.
Mies ^Edith Pierce returned to
her home at Fort Dodge, la., this
morning after a visit here with her
cousins, the Misses Sanderson.
Miss Amy Hans com resumed her
duties at the Willmar Public Library
on Monday after a two weeks' visit
at Minneapolis and Crescent Beach.
Sylvester Limperich, before leav
ing for the Pacific coast, was tend
Mrs. Alvin Campbell entertained I€red a very pleasant surprise by a
number of his young friends at his
home on Litchfield avenue W., last
Wednesday evening. A social good
time and a dainty luncheon were the
pleasures of the evening. The young
host was presented with a beautiful
gift as a remembrance of the occas
ion.
Mr. and Mrs. I. T. Cramer return
ed home Tuesday morning from their
trip to Glacier National Park and
Harwood and Cut Bank, Mont. While
at Cut Bank in interest of their son's
claim they visited a couple of days
with Mr. and Mrs. Peter Rasmus
son, who recently left Willmar. Mr.
Rasmusson reports his health very
much improved since going west, but
they miss their home in Minnesota.
Mr. and Mrs Cramer spent Sunday
with their son Roy, in Breckenridge.
THE SIMON DYKEMA
RESIDENCE BURNS DOWN
Roselagd fwnship Scene of Hot
T^^iri^restertay Afternoon.
The old pioneer house on the Mrs.
Greitje Dykema place in section 6,
town of Roseland, burned to the
ground yesterday afternoon, to
gether with a good share of its con
tents. The fire is supposed to have
caught from a stove as the family
washing had been done there during
the day. The fire was discovered at
about two o'clock, the whole house
being ablaze, and the alarm was
sent thru the country by telephone,
nearly the whole settlement arriving
on the scene of the fire. The wind
blew directly towards the new house,
which was erected last year, but this
was saved by the efforts of those
present. Since the new house was
occupied the old house has been us
ed for storing purposes and contain
ed a quantity of corn and other sup
plies. The damage to the house is
estimated by Mr. Joseph Feifarek at
$700. It was insured in the Will
mar Farmers' Mutual.
Creamery Manager Skips.
When the patrons of the West
Lake Lillian creamery came with
their cream last Wednesday morning
they found the creamery locked and
no buttermaker to receive their
cream. Coming again on Friday the
same condition existed. It was
learned that Soren Hansen had taken
French leave and in a letter to one
of the patrons stated that he was
going north to some friends to get
funds to settle up with. He owes
the patrons of the creamery for
June and July business as well as
some for May. Checks issued to the
patrons drawn on the Bird Island
State Bank were not paid for want
of funds.
Benefit Performance.
Manager Crosby of the Willmar
Opera House has donated the pro
ceeds of the performance to be giv
en at the Dreamland Theater next
Friday night for the benefit of Grov
er Krumsick, the fireman whose ser
ious injury we mentioned last week.
The performance is under the aus
pices of the Biotherhood of Loco
motive Firemen and the Elks lodges.
Besides the pictures put on by Mr.
Crosby there will be vaudeville and
la number of extra numbers. It is
hoped that as many as possible will
turn out to help the worthy cause.
The admission will be 25 cents. We
understand that no less than 700
tickets have been sold at this writ
ing and it is hoped that this may be
greatly increased.
Notice.
Mr. Foster would like to meet at
his office, on Monday morning at 10
o'clock, as many as possible of the
Seventh and Eighth Grade students
who were conditioned in any of their
subjects, and who desire to remove
such condition before the opening of
school.
Benson Motorists Here.
The sociability tour of the Ben
son Auto Club arrived at Willmar
last Friday morning at a little after
nine o'clock. There were 43 cars
from Benson, including some from
DeGraff, Murdock and Kerkhoven.
The tour was met by members of the
local motor club at the brick yard,
where a halt was made in order
that the autoes could enter the city
in a continuous line. The local mo
tor club had also arranged for re
freshments on the court house
grounds. A neat stand had been
erected, decorated with flowers and
shaded by an immense United States
flag tied between two trees in the
yard. The tables were nicely decorat
ed with flowers and lemonade was
served to all participants in the tour,
which numbered no less than 200.
The pilot car was driven by Frank
Thornton, the president of the club.
While at Willmar the sad news was
received of the illness of editor
Woodburn of Benson and Mr. O. So
land dropped out of the tour and re
turned to Benson on that account.
After a few minutes stop the tour
started on its way to Olivia. They
were joined at Willmar by Dr. H. F.
Porter, who was accompanied by his
brother, Dr. Leslie Porter of Atwat
er and Dr. E. H. Frost, who was ac
companied by his wife and Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Aekerman and Harrison
and Winnifred Sherwood. They made
the entire balance of the trip and had
a very interesting time. From Oliv
ia they ran to New Ulm and from
New Ulm up the Minnesota river to
Granite Falls and Montevideo, re
turning by way of Benson Sunday
morning. The visitors were pleased
with their reception at Willmar.
Photographer Simons managed to
get a good picture of the line-up of
autoes on Litchfield Avenue, in
cluding the refreshment stand. A
very handsome 40 page booklet with
cover was distributed by the touring
autoists.
Benson Editor is Dead.
This issue of the Times is com
pleted after its editor, T. W. Wood
burn, who began the preparation for
it, had passed away, so sudden was
his death. For several months last
summer and fall he gradually run
down in health and strength and dur
ing,the.winter and early in the spring
was confined to his bed and room.
He recovered very slowly and short
ly after leasing the paper last May
he went on a visit to his sisters in
Monmouth, 111., and when he return
ed after the Fourth was believed to
be better. But ten days ago he had
another relapse and at the time of
his death, which occurred Friday af
ternoon, he had been confined to the
house again for a week. For a cou
ple of days before that he was be
lieved to be gaining again, but when
he awoke Friday morning he was
found to be failing rapidly, passed
into unconsciousness shortly before
noon and the end came about a quar
ter after three o'clock The funeral
services were held from the house at
four o'clock Snuday afternoon, and
were conducted by the Rev. A. Cof
fin of the Episcopal church.
T. Wylie Woodburn was born in
Bloomington, Ind., the son of James
A. and Martha Woodburn, his father
being one of the professors of the
state university. A couple of years
after his death, which occurred when
Wylie was yet a mere boy, he began
to learn the printer's trade, which he
followed all his life. During that
time he was for two years one of
the publishers of the Swift County
Advocate, printed here in Benson for
four years editor of the Atwater
Press, and for a while one of the pro
prietors of a paper in Shoals, Ind.,
before coming here eleven years ago,
since when he has been foreman of
The Times until he leased it three
months ago. He was the possessor
of an unusual mind and memory for
facts and figures and especially
things political. He was honest and
his word good. He was married to
Ella Lowell in Fond du Lac, Wis., 25
years ago, whom he leaves to mourn
his loss, together with three sisters
and a brother Mrs. W. A. Foland,
of this city, Mrs. J. H. McMillan and
Mrs. Chas. Torrance, of Monmouth,
111., and Prof. J. A. Woodburn, of
Bloomington, Ind. Peace to his ash
es.—Benson Times.
Visitors From North Dakota.
Editor H. S. Rearick of Coopers
town, N. D., and his brother-in-law,
A. O. Lee of Gennessee, made a call
on Willmar friends yesterday fore
noon. Mr. Rearick was a former
resident of the town of Irving. His
father, Rueben Rearick, is also
down visiting old time friends in the
county. Mr. H. S. Rearick was for
a number of years editor of the
Grove City Times and is now editing
a paper at Cooperstown, the Griggs
County Sentinel. He is also a can
didate for county auditor of his
county, and his Kandiyohi county
friends hope that he will be success
ful in landing the place. Mrs. Rea
rick is a daughter of Andrew Lee
of Gennessee and they are sojour
ning for a few days at her parental
home.
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PBIOE 5 CENTS NUMBER 24
SIXTH PARTY IN MINNE
SOTA IS ORGANIZED
Roosevelt Supporters Meet at St.
Paul and Name Presidential Elec
tors and Delegates to National
Convention.
The state convention of Roosevelt
men to organize a third party in Min
nesota was held yesterday with an
attendance of about 500. The num
ber coming in from the country was
disappointing to the promoters. Eight
of the twelve electors named are
those nominated for electors for the
republican state convention May 16,
they having resigned from the Taft
ticket. Judge M. D. Purdy was the
chairman of the convention and made
the keynote speech in which he de
nounced both the old parties and
closed with an eloquent peroration
in which the patron saint of the new
movement, Theodore Roosevelt, was
lauded to the sky. One encouraging
feature for the Rooseveltites was the
conditional pledge of James Peter
son, candidate for United States sen
ator, for support to the new move
ment. This support will hinge on the
nature of the convention at Chica
go and the platform it adopts. None
of the LaFollette leaders and sup
porters of the state went near the
convention. The following are the
electors and delegates selected:
ELECTORS.
At large, J. W. Wright, Litch
field Emil G. Holm, New Ulm Ole
Canestorp, Elbow Lake.
By districts: E. H. Smith, Aus
tin L. C. Churchill, Windom W. B.
Douglas, St. Paul W. T. Coe, Min
neapolis E. E. McCrea, Alexandria
A. V. Rieke, Fairfax W. T. Magie,
Duluth W. A. Marion, Crookston
C. A. Rohrer, Henderson.
DELEGATES TO CHICAGO.
At large, Hugh T. Halbert, St.
Paul P. V. Collins, Minneapolis C.
W. Gilmore, Pipestone.
Alternates: James F. Spencer,
Rochester M. S. Norelius, Lind
strom W. L. Dickey, Wayzata.
First district, Henry W. Libby,
Winona alternate, T. H. Kelly,
Owatonna.
Second district, George W. Pat
terson, Worthington alternate, Paul
F. Dehnel, Worthington.
Third district, J. C. Applegate,
Cannon Falls alternate*. 0«Jr. Par
ker, LeSueur.
Fourth district, Albert O. Stark,
Harris alternate, Charles Villaume,
St. Paul.
Fifth district, Milton D. Purdy,
Minneapolis alternate, Dr. J. War
ren Little,' Minneapolis.
Sixth district, T. J. Sharkey, Sta
ples alternate, A. M. Welles, Sauk
Center.
Seventh district, P. G. Jacobson,
Madison alternate E. F. Sell, Fair
fax.
Eighth district, James Saari, Du
luth alternate, Charles Moose,
Cromwell.
Ninth district, F. L. Farley, Red
Lake Falls alternate, N. S. Hegness,
Argyle.
The new movement does not in
tend to bolt the Republican state
ticket, if its candidates are favor
able to the progressive party. Just
how this will work out will be inter
esting to see. The test of "pro
gressiveness" is going to be applied
by the "bull-moosers" to all candi
dates on the Republican ticket. Par
ty regularity will be thrown to the
winds.
Fooled the"Cheap Guys."
Crookston, Minn., July 30—Jim
mie Ward, the aviator, who grew to
manhood in Crookston, refused to fly
here Sunday when a crowd of 5,000
gathered outside the fair grounds
fence for a cheap peek at him, while
the total admission paid was only
$62. After his manager delivered a
red-hot roast to the crowd, the $62
was refunded and "Jimmie" headed
for Regina. He made a beautiful
flight Saturday, remaining up in the
air 25 minutes.
No doubt many of the five thou
sand strongly "disapproved" of the
idea of a flight on Sunday. They
were perhaps related to those whose
"conscience" would not permit them
to go to a circus but who greatly en
joy the street parade and free acts
outside of the tent.
Attends Funeral at Yankton.
Mrs. J. A. English went to South
Dakota last week to attend the fun
eral of her sister-in-law, Mrs. Henry
Butler of Vermillion that state, who
died Wednesday of last week in a
sanatorium at Hudson, Wis. The
funeral took place at Yankton last
Friday, Mrs. English returning home
Saturday. She was accompanied
by her daughter, Miss Marguerite
Stockwell.
Social at Eagle Lake.
An ice cream social will take place
at H. J. Berg's place at Eagle Lake
tomorrow (Thursday) evening, for
the benefit of the Long Lake church.
All invited.
Mis. A. Palm returned home from
Diamond Bluff, Iowa, Friday.
LOCAL BREVITIES
Miss Dora Johnson is visiting in
Minneapolis.
Albert Rykken left Monday for a
visit at his home at New London.
Miss Syneva Frugaard left yester
day for a week's visit with friends
in the twin cities.
Miss Anna Schollin returned Mon
day from a ten days' stay at Clara
City on a professional visit.
Misses Clara and Gertrude Ras
musson left yesterday for a visit
with friends at Breckenridge.
Mrs. John A. Johnson entertained
a few ladies to luncheon at her home
on Fifth street Monday afternoon.
Miss Maggie Marshall returned
yesterday from a day's visit, a guest
of Miss Myrtle Miller at Green Lake.
Mrs. A. H. Soderling entertained
a few of her lady friends to lunch
eon at her home on 5th St. Saturday
afternoon.
Mrs. M. H. Hermanson and baby
left yesterday for Morris, where she
will join Mr. Hermanson, and leave
for Wadena.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bell of Crook
ston, Minn., are visiting with Mrs.
Bell's sister, Mrs. George M. Winney
and family.
Mrs. August Anderson is erecting
a handsome little cottage on her lots
on the comer of Eleventh street and
Litchfield avenue.
Miss Winnie Johnson returned to
Marshall yesterday, after a three
weeks' visit at the home of her bro
ther, R. T. Johnson.
Little Miss Hughzina Haley left
yesterday for Diamond Lake, where
she will visit her grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Tait.
E. E. Currence of Kandiyohi town
ship was a caller at Willmar last
Monday. He joined the ever growing
list of Tribune subscribers.
Thorvold Nelson returned home
from Watertown, Minn., yesterday
to attend his brother Edward's wed
ding which occurs this afternoon.
Herbert Hengstler came in from
Crescent Beach Sunday and resum
ed his duties at the Gazette office
Monday, after a week's vacations.
Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Stone very
nicely entertained the Win-Won
class of the First M. E. church at
their home on 5th street Friday eve
ning.
Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Sanderson
and Mrs. James Sanderson attended
the funeral of the late Mr. W. Wheel
er, which occurred at Atwater on
Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. McCune of
Sioux City, who have spent some
time at Crescent Beach, leave this
week to spend the rest of the sum
mer in California.
Miss Frances Lowell of Minneap
olis, who has been a guest of the
Misses Lien and Dr. and Mrs. Jac
obs, went to Spicer Saturday to be
the guest of friends.
Miss Caroline Moss returned home
from Minneapolis Saturday evening
and was accompanied by her sisters,
Mesdames Olaf Sandbo and Chas.
Johnson, who will visit relatives here.
Parties living on the St. Johns
telephone line from Pennock stated
the other day that they do not talk
so often with Willmar any more be
cause it costs them twenty cents a
message to get connections.
Mrs. James Sanderson entertained
a number of little folks at a lawn
party at her home on West Litch
field Avenue last Friday afternoon
in honor of little Anna Lucile San
derson. Covers were placed for ten
little tots.
Sam Fargo of Benson, returning
from Minneapolis, accompanied by
his two nieces the Misses Mamie and
'Viola Koch of Waupaca, Wis., was
in this city yesterday. While here
they visited Mrs. Mary Koch and
Mrs. Theo. Rosby.
Sylvester limperich departed last
Thursday for Spokane, Wash., where
he has accepted a position. His
mother, Mrs. H. P. Limperich, ac
nompanied her son to St. Cloud,
where she remained for a visit with
relatives and friends.
Dr. and Mrs. E. H. Frost returned
Sunday from a two days' auto tour
with tiie Benson Automobile Club.
Among other Willmarites who were
on the trip were Dr. and Mrs. Porter,
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Aekerman, Miss
Winifred Sherwood and Mr. Harri
son Sherwood.
'Miss Dorothy Nelson returned to
her home at Minneapolis yesterday,!
after a week's visit, a guest at the
Mrs. Ellen Tallakson. home near!
Willmar. Miss Nelson was accom
panied back by Miss Ida Tallakson,
who will visit there, and also byj
Master Gordon Stansberry of Min-1
neapolis, who has been-visiting rela-J
tivee hem for the past two:
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