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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-06-21
REDEEEMING A STATE.
Gigantic Than the Draining
OF the Zuyder Zee.

The proposed drainage Of the Zuy-
der Zee, which has been under dis
cussion for the past century, is pop
ularly looked upon as an engineer
ing problem in land reclamation
without parallel in contemporary
history. The land that would be re-
claimed by this work would be shout
$50 square miles.
In comparison the Engineering
News refers to a work in this direc-
ton now being carried out along the
Mississippi which will reclaim q
tract Of $500 square miles in extent.
The work of retaining the st. Fran
els basin, which lies on the west
bank of the Mississippi between New
Madrid, in Missouri. and Helena. in
Arkansas, is already we'll under way,
only few additional miles Of levees
being necessary to complete the ar
tifcial banks which are to hold in
check the flood waters of the Mis-
sissippi. The soil IL an alluvial de-
post, and. therefore, remarkably
fertile and capable of the highest
cultivation.
A comparison Of the extent Of the
st. Francis basin with the combined
areas of Rhode Island and Delaware
gives good idea of its magnitude,
says the Philadelphia Record. All of
this area was recently overfowed by
the Mississippi. With the exception
of few gaps there has been con-
structed in this work continuous
line of levees 212 miles in length.
The work has been done under the
supervision of the St. Francis levee
boards of Missouri and Arkansas,
acting in conjunction with the United
States government. The expenditures
of the two boards together to date
amount to about 81 800, 900, while the
government has expended about $780,
900 additional. Already the reclaimed
land has appreciated in value many
times its original valuation. and il
now held at 500 an acre. Railroads
now intersect the reclaimed area in
several directions, numerous indus
trial establishments have been built,
the population has been doubled, and
q general prosperity has appeared
where originally there were only
waste swamps.
1t is, however, not only in the ex-
tent of the undertaking that the St.
Francis basin reclamation Ia notable,
but in the very low cost at which it
has been accomplished. The work OF
about $500 souare miles
OF the Nile valley in Egypt is now be-
ing carried out by the building Of
dams at Assouan and Assiont at an
estimated cost Of $25, Oco.0 900, while
the entire reclamation of the $500
square miles OF the St. Francis ba-
sin will not cost more than 5000. 900
all told, or only $2,43o per square
mile, compared with $4,000 In the
Egyptian reclamation.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-06-21
Timber Land, Act June 5, 1878 Notice tor Pub
LEGATION. limited Safes Land Office, Duluth.

Timber Land. Act June 5, 1878 Notice tor Pub
lication;-united Safes Land Office, Duluth.
Mimi. April 3. 1902.
N,tice it. hereby given that in compliance with
the provisions IF tn act of Congress of Jnne 8.
1873 entitled An act for the sale Of tim Der lands
in the States Of California. Or eon, Nevada, and
Washington Territory as extended to all tho
Public Lard States by act Of August 4. 1892.
Matte Krehs;, of duluth. county IF St.
Louis Stale of Minnesota has this day fled in
this office his sworn statement No 6160 for the
purchase of The eh of neA end ny Of seA Of
Section 5, in Township 81 N, Range W., 18th Pm.
and will offer proof to show that the land sought
Is more valuable f., its timber or st..ne than for
agricultural purposes, aud to establish his claim
to. said land before the Register and Reeeiver of
this office at Duluth, MIMI, on Friday the
1lSh day of July, 1902
He names witnesses:
B. ]. Culbertson. John Culbertson and Emil
Krehs of Duluth. MINI. and Claus Hansen Of
.5rand Marais. Mimi
Any and all per ons claiming adversely the
ab ve-described lands are requested to file their
claims in this oftice on or before said 11th day
of July, 1902
WIN. E. (ULKlN. Register
J. H Sharp ATTY. 4-12
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-06-21
COOK COUNTY DIRECTORY.
COUNTY OFFICERS.
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

The British admiralty proposes to
remove the cowls and other emilia ting
apparatus from the decks of the war
ships, experts having decided that they
retar0 the speed of vessels.
The glass mandatory in Altare in
Savona, Italy, has been carried on for
over a century. A new oven is now be-
ing constructed that will be the largest
in Italy, and which will produce in "a
hours ten tons of the finest white glass.
A German patent filed in London is a
machine for digging potatoes and sep
arating them from the soil. Another
for q hat provided with q sponge sat-
urated with water, ether or other sub
stances for keeping the head cool. Still
another invention is an I'm bre,la with
a handle that bends at two joints.
It has often been claimed that the
presence Of nickel in dust is sufficient
criterion to distinguish it as of cosmic
rather than terrestrial origin. 1t has
lately been shown that nickel is found
in SCOT, and hence that nickeliferous
dust may be terrestrial. GaMium, also,
is found in all aluminous minerals, in
many hue dusts, in many iron ores, in
SCOT and in atmospheric dust.
The wave Of motion OF the sea is util-
lied to run an archaeological buoy at
the mouth of the river Nelbe in the
North sea. The least motion of the wa
ter is sufficient to generate the electric
current, which when not needed passes
to storage batteries. The success in
this case and in the generating electric
ity by means Of floats off the shore of
Los Angeles, CAL, is encouraging to the
belief that the power Of the waves will
later be made valuable to coast towns.
Prof. Charles Wilson has announced
to the Royal society new determines
ton of the temperature of the sun,
which with due allowance for slight
and unavoidable errors is placed at
6,4oo degrees Centigrade (11,192 de-
grees Fahrenheit). If the proba BILE
absorption of the suns radiated heat
by its own atmosphere is allowed for,
the mean temperature of the suns
body is placed at $500 degrees Cent?
grade. Prof. Wilson started his calcu.
lations almost ten years ago.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-06-21
SOUTH AMERICAN TROUBLES.
The Different Governments Are Con-
stantly ON the Verge OF War
with NeA1hbor1ng Powera.

international storm-signals are fly-
ing over a large part of South Amer
ica, from the isthmus of Panama to
the very tip of TERRA del Fuego, says
Youths oinpanion.
Beginning at the north, the insurrec-
ton in Colombia is SO openly fomented
by the government Of Venezuela that
Colombia has broken diplomatic re.a-
tions with it's unfriendly neighbor,
and would probably declare war
against it if its resources permitted.
Moreover, Venezuela is not only occu-
pied with watching Colombia and with
keeping an eye also on a smoldering
insurrection of its own, but has also
provoked trouble with Germany.
President Castro is reported to ho,d
that revolutionary government is
free from accountability for obliga-
tions incurred by its predecessor. He
is indisposed to settle the claims ma de
by foreign governments. German citi-
zens have large claims, and the Ger
man government purposes using force
to compel payment. +;
Peru and Bolivia are both nursing
old grievances against their powerful
neighbor, Chill, for occupying terri
tory which once belonged to them.
They are not strong enough to go to
war on their own account. but if
Chilli were embroiled with another
power, would ally themselves eagerly
with its enemy. Their opportunity
may come in q quarrel between Chill
and the Argentine Republic. which. like
most South American quarrels, turns
upon a question of boundaries. It is
aquarrel of long standing, which. near
the end of last year, threatened war.
A temporary arrangement has averted
immediate hostilities, and permanent
peace may follow.
These disputes throw q curious light
upon the proposal for compulsory arbi-
tration which the Pan-American con-
gress has been discussing. If such
a system were to prevail, it mi ght be
that one-half Of South America would
be at war much of the time compelling
the other half to keep the peace.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-06-21
pUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

Mrs.. Muggins-''Xopr husband seems
Buggins-"A pig iron will."-Railroad
Gazette.
Tom-"Don't you consider Miss
Kayne rather dull7" Dick-"Weu.
after the way she cut me can't say
that I do. San Francisco Chronicle.
First Lady-@'Dear me, l never saw
Mrs. Potts look so pale. Second Lady
"Nor I; she's proba bly, been out in the
wet without an umbreua."-Pearso
Weekly.
Young Father (proudly)-"we have
new baby at our house." Bachelor
Friend (sympatheticany)-"Wen, well,
you must do all you can to bear up un-
der it.-SomervilIe journal.
Mamma-"Teacher tells me you were
very naughty in school yesterday. Why
did you not tell me yourself?" Tommy
"Why-er-you always told me not to
tell tales out OF sch ool." de.phia
Press.
"oh!" said the poet, haughtily, iii
you don't accept my verses it doesn't
matter much. I have other irons in the
fire." "Ah! Then put these verses
with them by all MEANS" said the ed
Observation-Disclosures Record.
The Doctors Calls.-Hunt-"I have
seen DR.. Pellets carriage at your house
three or four times lately. 1t has
alarmed us greatly" Turner-"No-
body's sick; Pellet merely called to col
lect bill. Nothing serious,I assure
you."-Boston Transcript.
"But these chairs" she said, show
ever fashionable they may be. are very
uncomfortable" Ah," replied the
salesman, that's the beauty of these
chairs, madam. When a caller sits in
one ofthese chairs, madam, she doesn't
stay very 1ong."-Philadelphia Press
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-06-21
BAGGAGE RIGHTS OF coRpsl.
when F.ll Fare Il Pai1 for K tAs
Ticket Carries with IL ~
Regular Prlvllogo.

A dead man has the same baggase
rights a. living one. This question has
been passed on by the chief baggage
master of the Union depot, and it was
done in q hurry, too, reports the Dem
yer Post. There were five live per-
sons and one dead man waiting for
the decision. The coffin was placed in
the baggage car and then the trunka
Of the 1ive friends were weighed.
The weight exceeded the $50 pounds
for each, but il the dead man were al
lowed baggage, this would solve the
difficulty. The clerk had never heard
OF such thing before. He refused -
check q trunk on the dead man's
ticket.
The train was almost ready to start
The five persons did not care to pay
for the excess baggage, neither did
they like to allow the body to 70
alone. The whistle of the srain toot-
ed its first warning.
Just then the chief baggage master
. glance.
Check the trunks" he exclaimed.
and the i've hurried of in time to
catch their train.
Then he explained to the clerk that
the General Traffic Managers associa-
ton had passed on the question only a
few days before. This organization de-
cided that when full fare ticket is
paid for, for the transportation Of q
corpse, the ticket carries with it the
regular baggage privilege Of mot to
exceed $50 pounds" ,
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-06-21
QUEERkoT o. I'LL THEFTS.
a Not Very Particular Thief Oar1aes
OF Seventy-Five Skunks With.
out Leaving Any Trace

Francis VOL, Montour county
farmer, would like to know who stole
his skunks. Vol lately had rs fine
skunks. One night they were all tax
en- away in bunch, and Vol has been
nosing around the neighborhood ever
since trying to strike the trail of the
thief, says Hazleton (Pa.) corre-
spo"@>nt of the Chicago Inter Oo~an.
ITS dummed strange" he said last
night, after a weary days hunt, that
/ cant strike nary trail. Now it
stands to reason somebody stole them
skunks, and it's equally sure it must
a been somebody what knows skunks
pretty we'll, or the beasts would "a left
a trail I could follow"
Woll established a skunk farm about
six weeks ago in remote part Of Mon
tour county and stocked it with rs
skunks and 300 bull frogs, from both
OF which he expected to realize con-
siderable revenue, especially from the
skunks, which are becoming scarcer
hereabouts every year, and conse-
quently more valua BILE for commercial
purposes.
The industry thrived from the start,
and Woll found that 80 long as the
skunks were we'll fed they would not
lose their temper unless roughly
handled. Just about the time Woll be-
gan to congratulate himself on his
business sagacity some thief carried
off his ntire stock. The skunks were
confined in an Enclosure fenced in with
woven wire. One morning last week
when Woll went to the farm to feed his
stock he found that the fence Enclosing
the pound had been torn down and
every skunk was missing.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-06-21
FEW GOT HIS AUTOGRAPH.
Prince Henry Disappointed Many os
the Elends Who Tried to Get
Hts SIGNATURE. =,

Prince Henry while here was nat
urally asked often for his autograph,
but it il estimated that not more than
100 persons succeeded in getting it.
Most of the requests came by mail.
The prince, who had met the auto
graph fiends on the other side, decided
to give his autograph only to certain
individuals. These were the president
of the society or club of which he was
the guest and one or two of those
nearest him at table. To this rule he
persistently adhered, states the New
York Sun.
At all the dinners at which the prince
: was guest in this city, and elsewhere
requests for his autograph were sent
to him in large numbers, most of them
! in notes addressed to him through the
i presiding officer. Not few of these
requests were made personally.
The prince always took pains to in
form those who presided at the din
+; ner of the rule he had made, a nd left it
to him to explain it to the applica nts.
In accordance with the rule he made
for himself he always wrote his auto
graph on the menu card of the presid-
| ing officer and of those nearest him at
table, sometimes extending it so that
perhaps five or six persons had the
favor shown to them at the head
! table.
Had he complied with all the re-
quests made of him, it was said by a
person who was with him and knew
about his mail, he would not have had
time to do anything else throughout
his visit but write his signature.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-06-21
THE VANISHING LOBSTER.
The supply, the Scarcity Increases
from Year to Year.

The annual report Of dearth in
lobster fisheries has made its ap
pearance in January, reinforced by
the United States fish commissioner
who reports that each year it become >
more difficult to obtain lobster eggs
along the New England coast. This de-
crease is most noticea bic south of Cape
Cod. Measures for the protection or
ostensib.y designed for the protection
of lobster fisheries are an established
feature of annual legislation on the
North Atlantic seaboard. says the New
York Sun. In 1899 the Maine legisla-
ture reduced the penalty for the TAX
ing of "short Holsters" from five dol
lars to one dollar and New York dimin-
ished the penalty in the same year. In
1900 Massachusetts, adopted law pro-
hibiting .obsters from being caught
In the waters within or adjacent to
that state by anyone not having been
q resident of it for one year, and the
same legislature made it unlawful to
sell, or to have on hand, a lobster Of
less than 1oh inches long. Virginie
adopted law authorizing the board
of fisheries, on petition Of so citizens,
to lay off shoals or rocks for era bling
grounds. and South Carolina adopted
statute for regulating the catch, sale.
export and canning Of clans, oysters
and Holsters. The two states which
have adopted the most comprehensive
and stringent methods for the~regu,a-
ton of deep-water fisheries are Mary
land and New Jersey. Massachusetts,
and Virginia have followed. while New
York and Connecticut have fewer,
though New York is the great lobster
consuming constituency of the United
States and probab bly, of the world.
Although 10000. 900 lobster eeqs were
Planted in New England water, the
lobster dearth still continues in con-
sequence of a constantly charging de-
mand. High prices are the rule a nd re-
course has been had to the waters of
the Pacific coast as a source of addi-
tional supply and the propagation of
Holsters there is said TO have been at
tended thus far with great success.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-06-21
"A New Russfan CITY.

The Russian authorities are az alert
for trade as Americans. At and near
Dalmy, the commercial seaport of the
Siberian railroad, they have $4,000 men
at work to make a 30-foot harbor.
They are rushing up docks, dry docks,
shops and buildings, and also are build
ing great modern city. The Russian
minister in charge of this enterprise
recently arrived there, having taken 81
days by rail from St. Petersburg,
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-06-21
Sheriff's Execution Sale.
STATE OF MINNESOTA,
COUNTY OF HENNEP1N, s''

Sheriff's Execution Sale.
STATE OF MINNESOTA,
COUNTY OF HENNEP1N, 3D.
DISTRICT Court,
FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT.
Washington Bank. a c, rporation, Plaintiff.
vs..
Worlds Fair Masonic Hotel Company, Joseph
c. Howard J W, Nash. William H. Lynn and
Winslow NJ. Bracket Defendants
Notice is hereby given that under and by
virtue of an execution issued to me out of said
court in the above entitled action. against the
property Ofthe eenhants either Of them,
nave levied npon and will sell at public
auction for cash, as the property OF said de-
PENDANT Winsow M. Bracket the following de-
, scrihed real estate situated in the County Of
Cook, State of Minnesota, to-wit:
Lots two. three and four OF Section Three
in Township Sixty-fve North, of Range Four
West Of the ,urth Principal Meridian. accor-
ding to the y. s. Government survey thereof;
or so mucf of said property us may be necces-
sary to satisfy the amount of said writ Of exc
cutiOn. Said sale will be made at the front
door Of the court house at Grand Marais in said
county on the 23rd day Of June. A d. 1902 at
t." o cl. OK IN the forenoon. Subject to redemp-
ton as by law provided
Dated May IL 1863.
H MS GuLBRANSEN.
Sheriff of Cook County, Minnesota
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-06-21
D.elish Clothes for Americans,

Bn0lash C@othes Tor ARes40aas.
London tailors make a fortune in
New York every spring and fall. They
send their representatives over from
London and the latter put up at the
best hotels in New York city and take
innumerable orders for suits Of
clothes from the younger members
of the swell clubs, who cannot 70 over
and who desire to own English clothes
with the English mark in the neck of
the coat.-N. Y. Sun.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-06-21
Timber Land Act, June g. 1878 Notice for Pub
LEGATION Limited States Land Office, Duluth,
vii

Timber Land Act, June 8, 1878 Notice for Pub
LEGATION United States Land Office, Duluth,
Miun., y pril 10. 1902.
Notice IS hereby given that in compliance
with the provisions of the act of Cong rass of
June J. 1878. entitled IAN act for the sac of tim
br1 Ian ls in the States of California, Oregon,
Nevada: and Washington Territory as extend
ed to all the PublicLand States by act of Aug
ust 1. 1892. Olaf johnson, OF Lutsen county of
Cook state Of Minnesota, has this day filed
in this Office his sworn statement No. 6lH+
for the purchase Of tho swA OF neA of Section 81
Township 80 north Range s west. and
wi offer proof TO show that the land
sought is more valuable for its timber
or sIor than for agricultural purposes. and to
establish his claim 10 said land 'e.ore the Reg
lister and Receiver of this Office at Duluth, Min
nesota on thursday the 10th day of July, 1902.
He names as with. sses:
G. A. Nelson. Gust Nelson, Alfred Nelson and
John MCGUIRE all of Lutsen, MINI.
Any and all persons c aiming adversely the
abovedescrlbed lands are reques, ed to file their
claims In this Office on or before said 10th day of
July. 1902.
So VIZ. e. CULKIN, Register.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-06-21

Timber Land. Act June 3. 1s78.-.:otce for Pub,
lica on.-United tates Land Office. Duluth
Mimi. April .3rd 1902
Notice Is hertb. given tha' in cmpl ance with
the provisions Of the ct of ~ z. ess of June 3.
1S.>. Ell, it td'An act or he sale OF timber lands
il, u states of california; Or gon Nevada ard
Washington Ter tory ;s tx'ende': III the
Public Land States by act # August 4. 1892
Herman }. onskemper of Duluth. county of st.
Louis. State OF Minnesota has This day filed in
this office his sworn statement No. 6lyS for the
purchase of the VIZ of ne4 Sec. IS and 81 OF Sc
nf Section Is in Township g Dorth Eange !
east. AMI VIII offer proof to show that the lard
sought Is more Va luA BILE for its timber + stone
tina for agriculture purposes s.: to estabi sh
his claim to- r:id land before the Register and
Receiver Of this Office at Duluth Mimi, on
Thursday. the N day of august, 1902.
|. He names as witnesses
Peter McAlLin, Abner Brotherton, VIM.
Quinn AID E. j. Mclaughlin, all of duluth,
MINI.
Any and ali persons claiming adversely tho
above. deserts, Led l,ntls requested TSHee their
Gla ms in ,6 this Office on or before sal day
5-24 VIM. E. CULKIN, Register.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-06-21
Americans IN Hawaii.

In 1872 there were $50 Americana in
the Hawaiian islands and $4,000 'Ha-
waiians. In 1890 there were 1000 Amer
leans and 10000 Hawsiians. The ma.
tives are dying race. In 1900 the
death rate among Hawaiians: was 1921
per loo; among Aknexieaas and Euro.
paspss l3.7s. y IS 80 - 49,. Us -
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-06-21
Confession.

Mauds-Did you ever smoke . str>@.
cite?
Mildred-No. But once dirtsd nv
handkerchief at al express train that
was passing with people looking out al
thewtndoxA-chicago Record; a,-s,a:
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-06-21
Polish PoDuiaAiar.

The Poles now numbers bout Il. ooo.-,
900 people, Of whom perhaps !, 900, ooos
are in eastern Prussia, chiefly, in the !
province g sof Posen; 1000, 900 in north. !.
eastern Austria. chiefly 81 the province !:
81 G4hcia, and about 1000, 900 q III s.,
tfe@oe Neaesfnps RpSsto ii = & r 4. 3
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-06-21
Notice for Publication.

Depar ment o the Interior-Land Office at Du-
lu'h Mimi. May IL. 1872.
Notice is hereby ven that the following
named settler his filed notice Of his intention to
make final proof in support Of his claim. and
that said proof will be n,ade before the Judge
Marais. MIMI. on July list, 1902, viz:
j. i>elmer johnson who made Homestead Entry
NO: '720 for he So OF sw14. ne's OF swA, and
sex Ct nW4 or sec. g. p 81 n, OF Range East
4th P. NJ
He names the following witnesses to prove his
continuous residence on and cultivation of said
land vz:
Ole Erickson, Chris J ohnson, John Drouillard
and Olaf Fredrickson. all OF Grand Marais, Mimi,
SPA VIM. E. CULKlN, Register
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-06-21

WANTED-SEVFRAL PERSONS OF CHAR
acter and good reput' ti'.n il eac state Zone in
thi comfy seQuir d. to represent AMI advertise
old established wealthy business b. use Of sold
financial standing Salary SIS ~! wtekly with
excuses adj io' al. all payable in cash each
Nedne sday direct from head ,ffets. Htrse and
carriages furnished when niece saFy. Reference
es Enclose sell add, essed stamped envelope
Manager 3l6 Caxton building Chicago.