The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-08-02
CAUGHT.O ON THE RUN

acting business at the court house to-day.
Fl. D. Jones returned on the America
from an extended trip to the head of the
lakes.
CLAUS Jacobson and Emil EIliasen, of
Rowland, were visiting friends here last
Sunday.
J. G. Montferrand is up from Grand
Portage to transact business at the
comfy seat.
Ira Newton, F. Sweat and John
Dahlstrom are registered at the North
Shore hotel.
s. F. Howenstine and daughter, Miss
Mary, arrived from Duluth on the Brad
shaw Thursday evening.
F. A. Day, Duluth attorney, was
here the first of the week to transact
business at the court house.
81. Mayhem returned on the America
last Sunday from Duluth. T. W. May
hew expects to remain in Duluth for
few days.
A number of young people had an
informal dance at the court house last
Tuesday evening and an enjoyable time
is reported.
James T. Hurst, the lurnberman, left
on the America Tuesday evening for his
home in Wyandotte, Mich, having COM
pleted his work here.
Miss Anna johnson, of Manistee,
Mich, is visiting relatives here again.
Miss Johnson made many friends here
during her visit last winter.
P. Nester, the lumberman, was here
the first of the week to look over his
timber on Maple Hill. He has not de-
elded when he will take it out.
E. @. Glow, who visited here last week,
left on the America the first of the week
to spend week at Toben's harbor, Isle
Royale. E. c. Carhart accompanied
him.
Olaf Berglund, of Maple Hill, has re-
ceived handsome three-seated carriage.
The roads in his town are in such con-
dltlon now that carriage is the proper
kind of vehicle.
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Gagnon, of Grand
Portage, we're in Duluth during che
week, this was Mr.. Gagnon's first trip
this year and he went up to buy stock
for his store at Grand Portage.
Ole Anderson returned on the Brad
shaw last Monday evening from Duluth,
while there Mr.. Anderson secured his
second papers. In order to vote next
foil second papers must be secured next
week.
W. A. Gallagher, the we'll known land
man. is engaged in looking over timber
north of here, Mr.. Gallagher has not
been here for over year and was sur
prised at the number of improvements
made during that time.
The local tent of Maccabees have
decided to have an excursion in the near
future A committee has been appoin.
ted to look up the matter and it is
expected that the trip will be an event
which will be a pleasure to participate
in.
Haying is in full blast here now, the
hay crop is very fine and the farmers
have reasons to feel proud Of the fields
that they have. The writer saw some
fields on Maple Hill the first of the week
that could not be surpassed anywhere.
This county will become stock country
within few years without doubt.
The Red Cliff Lumber Company is
asking for bids for certain supplies to
be furnished at their camps IL 61-2 east
and 62-2 east next winter. There is
considerable in the bill that the local
farmers can supply, and in another year,
by little effort, all the bill could be
furnished here. There will be large
amount of numbering in this county for
the next few years and local people
should get the contracts for the supplies,
especially as the lumber companies pre-
for to buy from local people.
The board Of county commissioners
held an adjourned meeting last Monday.
Among other business which was trans
acted the tax levy was made, the total
levy this year, as estimated by the COM
missioners, is $8,5l5, as compared with
$1,000 for last year. Daniel Nc
Donough, Godfrey Pante and J. G..
Montferrand were appointed judges of
election for the unorgan1zed territory,
and Gagnon's Island was designated az
the place for holding the election. A
number of bills were allowed and q
number were referred to the county
attorney.
The county board of equalization ad-
journed last Monday morning. The
board made several important changes
IN the assessment as returned by the
IT,