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R [ e 0 g R AR KR A K] KRR K R IR K ¢ B i T 1| gt B ~ti¥§«!}w cu;««ti-flgifi HAE % i Mrs. Hagel Smith and son, Dale;} ' H. 'W. Warren: left for- different were visitors at the ‘Silver Lake|parts of Minnesota Sunday night. school Friday. Mrs. Joe Jolinson and children Mrs. G.: Peterson and daughters, | went to South Dakota{ for: & wvisit Mamie and Irene, and son, Lester, 4 . were Puposky visitors Tuesday. Mrs. William De Grave visited at the Silver Lake school Wednesday. Mrs. Irene Solonen and son, Her- man, Elma and Léster Peterson were Bemidji business visitors Wednesday evening. Mrs. Hazel Smith visited Mrs. A. Coy Friday. Joe Cizner and Lester Peterson were Turtle River visitors Monday. Mrs. Addie Dickinson and daugh- ter, Helen, and son, Fred, were guests of Mrs. Dickinson’s brother, Clarence Speelman, and family. Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Peterson and daughter, Irene, and son, Lester, Monday morning. ! td: J3Na ¥ * 1 Mr. and M#s. Sam Saathoff went to | H. Aldrich last Wednesday after- Laporte on business Saturday to do|R2oon. somte shopping. Miss Alta Ingersoll is working for potiss, Norma Dobbedat tete tor | M50 i wheeter and ester to cons! e . Mayo d 3 er: an regarding her health. From there ::l':;{"s:‘s':;d with relatives in Be- Ehe Wil 5o to aiftorehl parts of Min=l e ki el o nesof ) 0; 1 ate! eE. I:J. oSt‘;vsensr ?b:s v(':::!ened his new {'fi'} towss have returned. to flnis: store for business. He has put in da;.rn}v:;kz.& Theyibegdn work:Mon- a good line of groceries and hard-| 'Mr and Mrs. O. W. Olson and Mr ware. and Mrs. M. Braaten and families The St. Hilaire Lumber Co. is|spent Sunday afternoon and il THE HA RE () ‘rERY A M‘ERI AN building its lumber sheds here now. | with Mr. and Mrs. G b bl Elhiyulll’tli?:gon pt:t;.h{g in a full l::e Mrs. Guy Lasater 1:;'15:'.1?'5:': ::L W ' s F E C material as soon as the | aminatio: of building materlal aminations of this town in the Bow- FAMILY IS $100 = Prof. Walden is here this week ts ere Bemidji busi 1si : i i ) ‘ - Jere(Bemitil Dusnes eors: Tues giving state board examinations. I AAE AR L LR LS, oth he and Miss Hedman have been B i Sh Pex-llssgseckgfrgg‘:e gugs‘::t::hth:nf re-elected for next year. * x X ELEAM xwz * X : uy our are OW Coy home Friday evening. . Miss Bertha Christopherson came Burt Fuller ‘and Tony Stephonie Mr. and Mrs, Peter Becker and |1ome from Bemidjl Saturday = cve. Ston camp at Whitetien Lake, 0 HAT Ameri ike th step respond N g ning. She plans on 'staying home the efish Lake. erica ma i g:zlfg;er&fil“z{;y ri’eaanr(} ]\:r:& Phsl;:;p balance of the summer. Laurence Knox spent Sunday at PR v strl .e i iftiarwe. It goudonot , daughter, , | e rormors around here have | &, B- Fuller's. winning blows for the liberty now and the Imperial German Government The. Ladies’ Crochet clnb was en- tertained Wednesday by Mrs. W. S. plantizg now. Erickson, Mrs. Earnest Norberg and }Br. Walters, who moved here from | Gaughter, Helen, Mrs. M. W. Knox, Towa ohto the farm he purchased | Lenora Ryan, Mrs. N. L. Knox, Mrs. from Mr. Evenson, is remodeling his | W, S. Fauhl and May Fl\lhl.. The llar. J. M. ag t meeting will be held June 13 é:. should win this war the fate of your home would be the fate of the homes of Belgium. Earl, left Saturday evening for Thief River Falls. Mesdames Becker were called. to Thief River Falls by the severe ill- ness of their father, Mr. Brandvold. Mr. Brandvold has been very sick for the last three months. He 1is living on a farm near that town with his wife and son. .. He has two sous and one daughter in;Montana and another daughter 'in’)Thief Ri Falls. . 2 Mrs. Albert Norrie and daughter, of the world your government calls today for financial volunteers. To- Today you share in the day is Liberty Loan Day. The ooy o ihe prosecty o Liberty Loan of $2,000,000,000 e of ehe Hohumfl::nfiduc:.:;- being #ld' to ithe 100,000,000 you wouldhwes no ghoiceian so.whesomsid peoplé of ithe United States means be done with; o preperty. - It would be that the share of each individual is wken fromgow by foree., . - .55 ) been busy the last two weeks get- ting their ground ready for pota- Home of Mrs. N. L. Knox. ;Knbx - went to Island Lake Ifl'ld’v sday‘evening and on Friday at- ded %% picnic at the Wayside 1. e term of school closed I‘::ll'oin, -;}ere.l guests of Mrs. Thomas iy i 91 iechon ot alle nday. 4 3 an e teacher, 88 . 3 m:mfl.muy- Neilson and Laura !.:m!fl;inhy. let for her hom ,20, or the equivelent of $100 a ‘DOYOUR SHARE " i Bmily. o Every mad, woman and child should feel Steele and Messrs. Hans Nelson, Ray Hayden and Lee Worth were guests :t the Gilbert Peterson home Sun- ay: i Mrs. Thomas Bailey was the guest Mr RerE; Dyed “Mys, Hedvi S e (i s, an Rpriday o et to Be: and Mrs. Joe Jones apd Pet% me here from have_ ¢l ut. 20 gcres already. | da ghter, Liela, were callers at the of Mrs_Gilbert Peterson Thursdey | EEEREE R E Migyv. Koy homs Sunday arternoon, e Silver Lake and Buena Vista|[¥ = WILTO:; . ; ¢ schools will close Thursday. A pic &&iilqfililnifillt :*’**”‘(;0;‘*": nic will be held at each school “in | . The Campbell Lake 8chool closed | & 4 & & & A I R the afternoon. iday, May 25. ' The day was very Mrs. L. Leind and Mrs. P..Holm Mrs. Gilbert Peterson and daugh- | fittingly marked with an open air|gspent Wednesday in Bemidji. ' ters, Irene and Mamie, and brother, | gathering under the pines on Picnic Miss Martha Roen left -n'mrgd,y Joe Cizner, and son, Lester, were |Hill, just across Peterson creek. Miss | for Bemidji where she is employed guests at the J. Nelson home Friday | Alice Jacobson, the teacher, deserves Walter Hynes and sister, Miss ml evening. and has the l'-hfl?ks :“d %‘;Od will of | 1en, spent Monday in Bemidji ' our community for her efficient con- p & % % % % % % % % % & % % % %|duct of the school during the year ; Bev. Btoken eud family kave mored * SAUM CO ENCEm’; % | just completed. By the combined|this their home this summer. Xx k& &k xXK¥EKEKEKK X X|efforts of teacher and board this Mr. and Mrs. N. B. Nelson and Commencement program at Saum, | school has been greatly improved|mrs. Matthers of Leonard were in June 1, at 1 o'clock in the afternoon: along the line of equipment and ap-| Pinewood Saturday on their way to Welcome song—High school. paratus and now compares favorably | Bemidji. Prologue—In praise of our school. | with the average one-room country Mr. and Mrs. Rue of Wilton re- A bouquet of flowers to the high- | school. turned home Saturday after spend- est average students. Fires are raging all around and|ing the past week on their farm near Story—*“What _the School under the prevailing dry conditions | pinewood. Saw,” Johanna Dolgaard. it ‘'seéms the flames cannot be per- Miss Maidie Sthol returned Satur- Essay—*‘‘Toward the Rising Sun,” | manently checked until the whole day from Great Falls, Mont., where Elmer Jonnson. , country is burhed over. Fortunately|ghe spent the past few weeks, the Recitation—‘‘Our _Hired Girl,” [ no serious damage has been done | gyest of friends. 4 Janette Gilga. i here so far, thanks to telephone con- Mrs T. B. Millar was the guest of Essay- he Farmer's Battle,” | nections and willing response to| friends in Bemidji Saturday. Della Anderson. calls for help by neighbors. C. 0. Haugen and H. Stai of Aure Duet—*‘Beautiful Bells,” Janette Wedding bells will ring soon. were Bemidji visitors Monday. Gilga, Borghild Lund. A. P. Christenson drove home from Mr. and Mrs. Haarklau and son Exposition—''"How to Keep ‘House"” | Bemidji in his new Buick Saturday | carl, were Bemidji callers Saturday' Eighth grade. afternoon. : Song — ““The Triumph of the Rev. O. P. Grambo conducted ser- Right,” Eighth grade class song. vices in the Lutheran church Sun- Essay—*“The Story of a Leaf,”|day afternoon. There will be ser- Alvira Fossum. vices again June 10 at 7:30 o’'clock Song—Mrs. Eberhard. in the evening. Essay—*The Combat of Giants,” Remember the date and place of Arthur Arntson. the next club meeting—At the home Commencement song--High school. | of E. W. Hall, June 16. Come, you Song—Mrs. Peterson. are all welcome. Play—*The Foam Maiden,” Doris B Graham, Olive Carison and aaurice | % & % * ¥ X X X X K ¥ X X X ¥ * Stortroen. x DEBS Reports. IFEE R RS EE R R R RN Closing song—*“A Perfect Day,”| Mr. and Mrs. Halvor Peterson are Saum school song. the proud recipients of a baby boy which arrived at their home one day last week. Gust Tnorland went to Bemidji Monday to work in the lumber yard of the Crookston Lumber company’s mill. George Hayes closed his term of school in Myrtle Creek school Dist. No. 97, last Friday with a picnic and foot races, sack races and potato races. Everybody enjoyed the fat man’s sack race. Car] Hoganson and family visited at the Halvor Peterson home Sun- day. Last Thursday morning while leading his bull to the pasture, Carl Winger was quite seriously injured. The animal started to run and the rope becoming tangled around Mr. Winger’s hand, he was thrown viol- ently against a stump, breaking sev- eral libs and terribly lacerating his hand. John Anderson and son, Ben, went to Bemidji Monday and from there they will go to the northern part of the county where they will work in camp this summer. Rev. Person held services in the Myrtle Creek school house every night of last week. The Clover Leaf Farmers' club of Clearwater county met with Mr. Woodford near Turtle Lake last Sat- urday. it his duty to'subscribe smezhingito the Liberty Loan. If.you;cannot;buy an; entirg: band yourself, club, together with your family and purchase several bonds. You can pay for these bonds in full or in five installments as ¥ In asking you to subscribe to the Liberty Lean your Government does not ask you to spend your money. Instead it holds outan opportunity to save and invest. It offers bonds backed by all of the resources of the sichest niion i therveorkl-bonds whickicun; S HEWe be immediacely tirmed lnto cash — which TVAMIOCR L e o pays 3% % interest—and which are exempt On application ::.:o :";‘W $10.00 §20.00 from all taxes except those on estates and O° “:;“:;g‘ l:'" 1300~ 50.00 130.00 inheritances. On August 15th 1500 3000 15000 30608 Every cent of this money will be spefit in e zmfl o 109 __.M':: this country for supplies for our soldiers and $50.00 $100.00 $500.00 $1000.09 for materials for the Allies. This will help A fnte ¢ sottled pith: faal s payment August 30th. o0 your business. Don’t wait for anyone to ask you to bu; WHAT LIBERTY BONDS ARE abond. Go at once to your neireu ban: Liberty bonds are United States Govern- ©of post office and subscribe. This bond ment Bonds secured by all the resources of issue is your chance to volunteer. If this the Federal Government. They are issued Money is not raised by bonds, your govern- in multiples of $50:and bearintercat.at the ment wiil be forced to draft it in the form tate of 3% % per annum, payable semi-an- of taxes. nually Decembér 15 andJune 15 of: cach TODAY IS LIBERTY year. These bonds mature in 30 years and 'LOAN DAY may be redeemed by the Government in 15 As you lay your flowers on the graves of years. Should the Government put out any those who in the past have given their blood future issues at an interest rate higher than for your country, declare 3% % before the close of the war, the that you too will give “the “‘Liberty Loan’’ will immediately become last full measure of devo- convertible into higher rate bonds. tion, "’ —that you will prove REMEMBER BELGIUM proasell oppriby ok e sacrifice by toda) i Our country—and that means every one kit ¥ -dom( in our country—is at war today for th, youe ahues Goc: Liberry, y for the pro- d subscribi ., ‘ o of four: sk : il an subscribing to thisbond Clock * By P - Y H & I PR E R R R R SRR R R R B x WILTON * IPEL SRR EEE R SRR RS The Ladies’ Aid met at Mrs. So- land’s and every one present reports a very pleasant time. Miss Minnie Giusness returned from North Dakota where she has beén visiting her sister. Mrs. C. F. Rogers returned from Dakota where she has been visiting her sister. Mrs. Hare and Mrs. Brennan spent Thursday with Mrs. Aldrich and we're glad. to see she is greatly im- proving from her previous sick spell. Mrs. Heselman, who has been vis- iting her niece, Mrs. Knapton, left for Long Prairie where she will visit relatives. From there she will re- turn to her home in Milwaukee. Mr. and Mrs. Horen, Mr. and Mrs. Rognlein and Mr. and Mrs. Soland motored to Redby to visit Mrs. Hor- en’s mother. Mrs. P. Frodahl left for Trail Sat- urdav where she will visit her daugh- ter, Mrs. Dahl. I EE R EEREE R R R R B x SPRUCE GROVE * * (Too late last week) * I R R L R R R R R J. H. Hardisty and wife of Thief River Falls autoed to the S. Parker home on Sunday. Andrew Burnseth aas been break- ing with his tractor for W. Paske- witz the past week. Heavy frost has made €arly gar- den stuff look sick during the past week. Gilbert Benson of Germantown and his tractor came up to Malcolm on Wednesday. W. Olson was called to put out a fire on the range line Monday. Thomas Knutson is brdaking on his new place for a flax field. The women are all busy setting out everbearing strawberry plants and planting garden. Mrs. W. Paskewitz spent Sunday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. T. Knutson. Archie Peters was a caller in this vicinity, from Malcolm, Sunday. Outdoor Program. Marching, patriotic songs and games: Song--Tramp, Tramp, Tramp, Battle Hymn of the Republic and America. Games: Potato race, high school boys. Potato race, high school girls. Potato race. eighth grade girls. 30-yard dash, primary girls. Same by 3rd and 4th grade boys. Same by 3rd and 4th grad: girls. i Same by 5th grade boys. i o Same by 5th grade girls. i ; Tug of war, 5th grade against 3rd and 4th grades. Ball game, Saum vs. Foy, played by high school girls. Lunch served free to all by the Ladies’ Aid of Saum. Commencement play Saturday s night, June 2. Admission 15 and 10 £ cents. Funds used to improve the § % school grounds. ‘i#*&illlii*lli: * KEIL 3 (. NOTES * x X Pflnlsifls%t X X X Instead of singing and spelling during the first fifteen minutes in the morning, this time is now devot- ed to studyving. Fridav afternoon, every room had an exhibit in their own rooms, of the articles made this year. There will be no school Wednes- day. May 30, as Decoration day is a Jegal holiday. Some of the girls in the eighth grade and high school sewing class - have completed their sailor dresses. E A picture of the manual training b work done by the boys during the past year was taken Monday by re- quest of C. C. Swain, rural school commissioner, when he visited our school a few weeks ago. He desires to use a reproduction of the picture in his annual report. We will have state examinations Friday and during next week. Miss Duckstad and some of the girls from her room finished plant- ing the flower garden ‘Monday. About 60 parents and friends view- ed the excellent display of work done by pupils during the year, on Friday. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis Fliscal Agents of the United States Government in Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Northern Wisconsin and Upper Michigan ialiiiiiililii{ Xx - *x FROHN {i!i‘kll#li{'ll#l The Equitable Farmers’ club will hold its next meeting at the Ole Heg- land home next Saturday. Miss Betsy Berquist is visiting her sister, Mrs. Rodin. Gunild Kvale and Melvin Chris- topherson visited at the Ohrberg home last Sunday. Csrl Opsata has started up his saw mill and is busy sawing logs again. The Hensel boys, Lewis King, Vir- ginie King and Eleen Berg motored to Bemidji Sunday night. Mr. and Mrs. and Johnson of Cass Lake visited at the Severt Melhus home last Sunday. DRY CLEANING Clothes Cleaners for Men, ‘Women and Children -_ ' 0 o®A4=teA-@- v ~-~- - -