The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-02-22
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
@CAUGHT ON THE RUM

We are compelled to omit Interesting
matter this week owing to the lack of
space.
Andrew Hedstrom of Maple Hill has
gone to Duluth. He drove as far as
Two Harbors.
Exercises we're held at the local school
Yesterday to commemorate Washing
toms birthday.
The lake is almost as free from ice to-
day as it is in the summer time, there is
none in sight at this point.
A. Van Johnson went to Two Harbors
on Monday by the overland route.
Gust Anderson accompanied him.
There was good skating the first of the
week but the wind on Thursday COM
bined with the warm weather has
wrought change.
@. A. Hokanson and Mr.. and Mrs.
Gust Lind, who have been spending the
winter here, returned to their home near
1.utsen on Thursday.
Next Saturday is the last day you can
pay your personal property taxes with
out penalty, on that date penalty of
1Op cent is added.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chris Murphy and Mr..
and Mrs. L.. U. G. Titus drove to How
land last Tuesday for visit with friends.
They returned on Thursday and report
a delightful trip.
G. G. Monker, who has logging con-
tract near Lutsen, returned on Thurs
day. Peter Rindel, Ever Anderson and
Sam Rindel, who have been working for
him, returned with him. MIR. Monker
expects to start work again shortly.
The Grand Marais Literary Society
organized last Saturday evening. There
were numer at the meeting and all
manifested great interest. Meetings
will be held every Saturday evening and
a program will be prepared for each
meeting. The officers elected last Satur-
day were: President, l.. U. G. Titus;
Vice President, Chris Murphy; Secretary,
Miss Rose Murphy; Treasurer, w. F.
Youngs.
Rev VIM. E. Tharp of West Superior
arrived on Thursday. He IS holding
meetings among the logging camps and
is under the direction of the Lumber
mems Mission. He travels by dog-team
and informed us that on his way here he
held services ia 48 camps and talked to
1000 men. He left on the Hunter
Thursday for lower points and expects
to be here again to hold services at the
Court House hall Sunday evening, March
End, at 7:30 P. NJ.
The Bon Ami was here last Monday
.foz~the last trip Of the season and the
Hunter arrived Wednesday and after
going to the Scott camp on Thursday
left for Duluth for her last trip of the
season. Both boats have broken all
former records for late navigation, and
if the present mild weather holds out
they may come again most any time.
Both companies will probably commence
IS early as possible with two new boats
on this run next year. The service will
be far ahead of anything we have had.
The Duluth papers are saying a great
deal about the wolves on the north shore
this winter, and every few days they
have thrilling story from someone who
has made the trip from this point to Two
Harbors and has seen great quantities
of wolves on their way. Of course these
stories must be true, but it is strange
that none of the residents know ANY,
thing of them until they appear in the
Duluth papers. The mail-carrier, who
has been on the road all the time has
not seen any all winter, and as most of
those who have given their stories to
the papers have been with him it makes
their stories all the more remarkable
A company has Incorporated in Du-
luth to improve the Brule river so that
it can be used to drive logs. The COM
pany is called The Brule River Improve
ment Company and the incorporators
are Edward Lynch, Richard H. Pagan,
Charles H. Maglnnis, Alfred Jaques and
Edwin Fl. Hall, all of Duluth. The new
company will clear up and straighten
the channel, close sloughs, erect ]eeways
and put in booms and side rolling, sluic-
ing and flooding dams as needed. The
capital of the company is $4,000. There
is large amount Of timber tributary to
the Brule and some OF the incorporators
own most of it. It is expected that the
work on the river will be begun the COM
ing year.