The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-04-13
OF LOCAL. INTEREST.

OF LOCAL INTEREST.
p. Mayhem left for Duluth Wednes-
day morning, :l
g. a. Nelson Of Lntsen spent Tuesda
night in town, leaving for home w ednes.
day morning. H. IS. .eSs.% ~ sSs.
J @. Kelly left for his hosae near Rice
lake Sunday after spending few days
with. friends in town. :.
Treasurer johnson returned from Du:
iuth Tuesday and left Wednesday morn.
ing tor his claim, near Rcs:lake.
Jas. Morrison and family returned this
week from a months .sojourn, in the
woods. Mr.. Morrison lis still suffering
from the injuries he received couple OF
weeks ago by falling on tho ice.
r. The register and receiver of the Du.
luth land office have given notice that
townships 1853 and 154, range 20, west
9th p. NJ, will be opened for entry on
May 18th and 18th respectively.
The Rainy Lake Journal was welcomed
to our desk this week. The Journal Is q
bright and pswsy paper containing all
the latest news of the new gold region,
and is a credit to the thriving village in
which it is published.
II. T.. Sweet and JAS. Bennett arrived
from Duluth Tuesday IN a row boat.
They were bound for Rowland. where
Mr.. Sweet has the job of building about
fifty claim shanties. Mr.. Sweet is strong
~ of the opinion that there Will be con-
siderable development in the Hovland
district this summer. He says it will be-
gin as soon as navigation opens up.
The house committee on tax laws has
recommended for passage the Reeves
bill, providing for the repeal of the law
regulating the taxation of mineral lands.
The present law provides levy of one
cent ton on the iron ore output. This
is considered altogether too small in
comparison with the amount Of money
invested. The Reeves bill, as recon-
mended, provides that iron lanes be
taxed as other property is.
The senate has passed q primary elec-
ton law which provides that the eau
cuses in the different precincts and towns
In each county shall be held On the same
day, between the hours of 2 and 9 p. M,
the voting to be done by ballot, and the
polls to remain open at least one hour.
This will do away with "snap cacuses,"
and is step in the right direction. It
was drawn by Senator Culkin of Wright
county, who ably championed the bill on
the floor. It is to be hoped that the
house will pass the bill.-St. Cloud Jour-
al-P1ess.
Extraordinary results have been re-
ported from trials of new stone
cutting material called 'Krushite."
The substance consists of tiny met
al shot, ranging from mere pow
der to clover-seed size, which have been
chilled to intense hardness-but without
producing brittleness. The material is
substituted for sand, requiring no change
OF machinery, for saving granite eud
other stone, and is said to be capable of
doing the work of diamond saws at
tenth OF ths expense. It is also effec.
lively used in sand-blast apparatus, and
IN place Of diamond drills for boring
and drilling. A ton of it has been
found to equal 300 tons of sand for saw
ing and polishing. It does it's work by
crushing projecting parts over which it
rolls, and it does not-like sand, emery
or corundum-become partially imbed-
ded in the blade or rubber. A great
reduction in labor and driving power, as
we'll as in wear and tear, is claimed.