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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-03-14
THE FADING GLACIERS


Il "a well known Swiss naturalist. d. M,
Correvon, writes from Arolla, Canton.
Valais, reports the Paris Messenger.
4 f 'The glaciers seem to be fading into
the shadows of their former selves,
real skeletons encircled ~ their white
or black moraines. They are diminish
ing everywhere. 4. Z, s.s 81 s Is
Il remember in July, 1886, Prof. =.
A. Forel, the famous expert in geology,
took US to a glorious ice grotto which
he had discovered 20 minutes walk
away. from the hotel at Arolla. We
were able to walk there without diff
fculty as in an ice corridor. Now not
only has the grotto disappeared, but
it takes an hour and a quarter to reach
the glacier from the hotel.
During the first days of October Is
years ago traversed with two guides
the glacier of Bersol from Zermatt to
Arolla; it them reached deep down into
the valley, nearly touching the gla-
cier of Arolla. To-day we mounted up
to 500 meters within the Pass of Ber-
tol without any difficulty. =. .
IN. Anzeoug, who has stayed at
Arolla every summer since 1860, be-
ieves firmly that the glaciers which
separate this territory from Italy will
disappear as the years go by, and that
the cattle of the Valasian peasants
will be sent to market to Aosta (Ltaly)
across the passes which are now COW
cred with ice.
'The one curious advantage in this
diminution of the glaciers is that the
moraines of Arolla are now producing
veritable forests, the seeds of which
must have been blown up by the wind
from the valley.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-03-14
! Cook County Iron, I

uluthS Nsws Tribune March 9TH.
Frank Johnson !, of Minneapolis, Of the
Johnson Nickel Mining company, came
MP q Duluth last night and is at the ST.
louis. He CLAIMS to have made q new
and very important discovery in steel
making, though the method may not be
available with ore other than magnetic
and titanic. II have discovered q pro-
cess, said Mr.. Johnson, whereby I can
make steal direct from tho ore. The
molten metal goes from the blast furnace
to the converter. One melting 10 thus
saved, and tho handling of the pig from
the molds to the converter il dispensed
with. The steel can be made for at least
So a ton less than by present Methods.
Mr.. Johnson said that he 10 having two
cars of ore from Cook county sent to St.
Paul via Winnipeg for further expert
ments. Mr.. johnson has come to the
head of the lakes to further his plans
for the establishment of = blast
furnace and steel plant in this city.
He says plans have already been
prepared.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-03-14
Ancient Skyscrape1p.

Numerous conflicting estimates have
been made of the height of the tower
of Babel, but one fact never has been
denied, and that is that it was a sky
scraper. St. Jerome, in his common
tary on Isaiah, says that the tower
was already 1000 PAGES high when God
came down to stop the work. A pace
is about 21A feet; therefore 1000 PAGES
must be 10000 feet; consequently Ba-
bel was 20 times as high as the Pyra-
mids (Which are only about 500 feet)
Father Calmet says the tower was ST.
900 feet high, and that the languages
were COMPOUNDED because the archi-
tects were COMPOUNDED, as they did
not know how to bring the building
to head. Moreover, it is understood
that the. Chinese language of to-day
was originally the same language as
the high German. r, ~
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-03-14
AS COnnty COmmlsslOneTe,
of the Country Cook, Minnesota.

Timber Land. At June3, 1s7s.-Notice for Pub
]icatlon United States Land Office, Duluth,
Notice is hereby given that in compliance with
the provisions of the act OF congress of June
1873 entitled An act for the sale Of timber lands
in the States Of California, Oregon. Nevada and
Washington Territory" as extended to all the
Public Land States BY act of August A.. 1892,
Joseph A. ellis: Of Cross RIVER, County Of
Cook. State Of Minnesota. has this day filed in
this Office his sworn statement No.: 7521, for
the purchase OF the lot Land swA Of nwA, SEX
Of nwh, and ;swA Of neA of Section 26, in Town
ship 80 north. Range west 4th p. NJ. of and will
offerpToof to show that the land sought is more
valuable for its timber or stone than for
agricultural purposes, and to establish his
claim to said land before. the Register and
Receiyer Of this Office at Duluth. Mimi. on
Thqrsday. the 3Oh day2ot July. 1908.
He names as witnesses: :@,ar @.5s@:.@< .
Dan Burns, John O'Neil, Alex Dolan and
William Smith all OF Gross River, MINI. III
h Any and all persons claiming adversely the
above-deecr lands are requested to file their
July, 1904. n 4 A .21s a ~.
=: u Shepherd, Atty. @sS3 81 z-..2
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-03-14

A promising young man of Eagle
Grove, recently presented his better
half with handsome piano lamp on
her birthday. He was Aattered when
she told him she intended giving 1t his
name, until he asked her reason for so
peculiar proceeding. "Well," she
answered, "you know dear, it has good
deal of brass about it, it is handsome
to look at, requires a good deal of at
tention, is remarkably brilliant, is some
times unsteady on it's legs, liable to ex-
plode when only half full, flares up oc-
casionaIly; it is always out at bed time
and is bound to smoke. "-Fairmont
Sentinel
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-03-14
CAUGHT ON THE RUN.

Ole Gunderson, of Hovland, had the
misfortune to severely cut ons o. :hls 1 fset
with an ak last week, az re'ult 8 Hh 1la,l1i
he is now at the Larson botsl under the a.
care OF DR.. Houston. Il 81
Chas. J. johnson apl H. MAYHEM left
for Duluth Tuesdy morning accom-
punied by Messr:: Davis and Dorsey,
who had come cross country from Ely.
NJ. Bray Ittended the town election
:at Hovlani Tuesday. =. =,
E. H/Douglas was arrested on q
,oharceof selling liquor without license
and rough BIT before Justice Durfse. He
n,ad not guilty and asked that the case
h. contint led to next Wednesday, which
was done Bail was fixed at $500, in de-
fault of thich he was committed to the
county ill.
Augut Brunes arrived in town Thurs-
day ewing on his way home from Oass
count where he has been assisting his
tathel n the erection of house on the
latte farm. August says tho Booth
Deov told him they intended to send q
hoalown the north shore in about two
wei.
btmaster johnson has received
NE that the mail carrying contracts
b been lot. A. Booth & Co. has been
Fded the contract for carrying tho
on the steamboat route from May
to December LIST each year. The
pr route between Two Harbors and
land Marais was let to August Beck
kn, Of Two Harbors, at $2,47O per year.
buis Plante, the present carrier, was
Earded the contract for the Star route
etween Grand Marals and Grand
Portage at $1,000 year. This latter
foute will in future be only a winter
sFoute, the same as the one between
aGrand Marais and Two Harbors, as,
under the new contracts, the steamboat
route has been extended to Grand
Portage.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-03-14
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and
NOTICE / LE CTIONl

q o'the Honorable Board of County zGomnis-
sioners Tor the County Of Cook, in the State Of
& The prayer Of Your petitioners, the under
signed respectfully represents: %S l 81 81. "A S
mat they are electors actually residing on the
territory herein bslo = specifically described;
that # ls their prayer that he Honorable Board
Of County Conn ssioners appoint both the time
and place when and where all the electors act
ually residing upon said lands, az hereinafter
partlcu larly described may vote. as prescribed
by law. for or against the Incorporation Of the
lands TO, be described, intoa Village; r., -
:, mat the boundaries OF the land sought to be
thus incorporated into q illage are speci 6cally
described as follows. to- Wit: All Of Section
Seventeen az AL Of Fractional Section Twenty
f2 ay, and all OF FRACTIONAL Section Twenty one
gil, IN Township Sixty one (6D North, Of
Rsnge One a. East Of Fourth Principal Me-
rid1an; that the name Of such proposed Village
shall be the Village Of Grand Marais; that the
number of persons actually residing in said
ter11atory, g duly ascertained BY census taken
census having been taken dnrii- ( the month OF
february. A. D. 1908. is Two Hundred and two
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-03-14

Cornelius Vanderbilt, the wealthy in
venter, recently had an adverse decision
rendered against him in an interference
proceeding in the patent Office. G. A.
Snow & Co., patent lawy ers in Washing
ton, report that Mr.. Vanderbilt wished
to broaden his claims after the inter-
ference had been declared but was not
permitted to do so, although he ap.
pealed from one tribunal to another
Wealth and influence do not affect the
decision of the patent Office. There il
no fairer court.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-03-14
No. 4e5 2-2l
NOTICE OF EXPIRATION OF RE-
DEMPTION PERIOD.

No. 4s5 2-2l
NOTICE OF EXPIRATION OF RE
DEMPTION PERIOD.
In whose name assessed-,J. N. Sirmyer. :.
Description of land-Undivided 4-6S of Lot of
Section 10, and Undivided 4-68 of Lots /, 2, 8.
4. S. 3. Z, 8. y, and of seA of swA of Section 90
all in Township IS. Range West. -
Number of acres-1798. :''' =
Year taxes lev1eo-1896 Years subsequent taxes
levied-1S07, 1898, 1899. 1900 1901
Date of Judgment, March 21st, 1898. e..
When sold-May 2, 1895. -:.~s...:
Amount sold iOr.... ..................$ 4.H
: Amount subsequent taxes 80. ......:. + 1850
Interest penalty and costs. ....-."-.> . 90
Total amount required to redeem: -. s 23.A
To j. h. Sirmyer: -:.I -,
You are hereby notified that pursuant
to a tax Judgment entered in the Dis
trict Court in the Counties Of Lake and
Cook and State of Minnesota, as above
stated. the sland hereinabove described.
assessed in your name was sold :: for
taxes as above stated, and that the
time for redemption from said sale
allowed by law will expire sixty days
after service Of this notice and proof
thereof has been filed in my office. In
addition to the amount above stated as
necessary to redeem from said sale the
cost Of service of this notice must be
paid together with such interest az
may accrue from and after this date II
u Witness my hand and official seal this
18th day Of February. 1908. /, n, .5.s
(SeaD CHRIS. MURPHY, Is,
r =: ,> >-s - =. County Aud tor. s.,
!: MI ,:J:@,@ ~r Cook County. Minnesota
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-03-14
Corn In Tomato Guns.

Cut out the stem end of large, firm
tomatoes, and remove the center pulp
and seeds. Dust the inside with fine
crumbs and seasoning, and fill with
nicely seasoned stewed corn. Place q
generous piece of butter on top, cover
with bread crumbs, and bake in a mod
crate oven for 20 minutes. If cooked
too quickly or too long the tomatoes
will lose their shape. These are a
delicious accompaniment to roast beef.
Ladies' World, New York.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-03-14
DAINTY NEW TRIPLES,
Costumers Of Followers Of the
F1shiOn1.

affairs which have been popular for
more than year are no longer consid-
cred the correct thing. To be thor
bag about ten inches deep and eight
inches broad. This should be of soft
English morocco, in black, green, dark
red, tan or blue, and have elaborate
mountings of Burmese gold, with
short chain of the same metal by which
to carry it, says the New York Herald.
A handsome bag in this new shape
had two golden lizards, one each side
of the clasp, and set in the beautifully
wrought bodies were pale amethysts.
The bags are lined with MORE to match
the shade Of the leather.
Card cases, too, have increased in
size, and the prettiest of those intend
ed to be carried this autumn are made
of soft suede in pale gray, flaming red
or golden brown. Sometimes there
will be border to the flap Of reddish
gold, highly polished, and again, say,
on pearly suede case, . mermaid de-
sign in gray silver, the figure occupy
ing one corner, while the tail and
draperies swirl across to cover the
other end.
A genuine novelty in the way of
leather goods is shown in portfolio
or case to be used as q memorandum
for telephone numbers. The case il
shaped like a screen, having the out
side covered with soft red, black or
brown morocco, and the inside ar
ranged so that between the narrow
strips of leather there are bits of
white bristol board just the right size
| on which to jot down names and num-
bers of those you are apt to want often
est on the telephone. The case holds
slips enough for about 40 names.
There are desk furnishings in beau
tiful glossy red metal called golden
copper ware. A large inkstand of this
rich material is supplied with a pen
! rack made from small brownish red
J antlers. Picture frames in this golden
copper with plain polish surfaces make
an effective background for carbon
and artist proof photographs.
These simply afford a pleasant
change from the elaborate jeweled
ones. Besides the frames there are
fancy powder boxes, smaller ones for
stamps and pins, as we'll as all man
ner of pretty trays, suitable tor the
boudoir or library.
The ware gets it's name from the
beautiful blending of the coppery hue
and pale dull gold.
Tortoise shell combs are going to be
worn as much as ever this fall and the
usual set includes three or four, the
extra one being a pompadour comb,
which is placed in the hair entirely for
service, as it does not show when the
couture is completed.
| The newest combs are certainly de-
signed with some idea of comfort, fo1
the rims are rounded down in the cen.
ter to fit about the fat knot on the
top Of the head. Even the larger comb
intended to- keep up stray "scolding
locks,' is curved after the same fash
| ion. :s>. ~ -, ! "a
This, by the*way, is narrower than
formerly, and does not give the head
so broad 8 look as the heavily trimmed
ones that have been the correct thing
For evening wear: there are jewe1ed
tortoise combs, in sets OF three. and
four, but for the street nothing il! quite
30 pretty as rich ruby she'll, plain and
polished until it CLOVIS: & :=2s:s3. .s
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-03-14

Duluth News Tribune March 8th.--
Frank Johnson, of the johnson Nickel
company, who is in the CITY for few
days, is said to be considering an offer
for the Cook county ore lands owned by
the company. When questioned last
night he refused to discuss the subject.
The report was to the effect that ono OF
the Independent iron companies is in
vestigatlng the samples of from and steel
made from the Cook county ore, and are
sufficiently interested to give tho matter
serious consideration.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-03-14
NOTICE OF ELECTION-

Notice is hereby given. that pursuant to the
annexed petition In obedience to the general
laws of the State of Minnesota, of the year 1885,
at chapter 145 and acts amendatory, thereof, of
the State OF Minnesota, within the territory ln
said petition described and bounded. to-wit:
At the Court House, situated on Block 70,
M village Plat Of Grand Marais, in Section p,
1T 10 81 NJ Range East. on Saturday; the
held, When and where the qualified electors of
said territory, described and bounded in said
petition. will vote fer or against the incorpo-
ration of said territory as Village under the
name OF Grand Marais. in the County of Cook
and State of Minnesota.
q. d. Carhart, Andrew Larson and Fred Jack.
son are hereby appointed as inspectors Of such
meeting and election.
Tho polls Of said election will be open from
the hour OF Nine (9 o'clock in the forenoon till
of said day
Signed this 2sth day 81 February, A. D. 1908
= \ LOUIS PLAETE lat District
GUST OLSON End ~
- II. lENGELSEN 3rd "
80 As Comfy Commissioners,
NJ IN 04~>(/
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-03-14

A Rhode Island farmer shot his negro
farm hand and from all accounts it was
justifable homicide, case of self de-
Tense. But in the South, where the
negroes are ten times as numerous, such
incidents are referred to tho race pro-
blem.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-03-14
Wireless Telexraphy Old.

While searching through old rec.
ords the other day the mayor OF San
Reno discovered some docume nts
which show that q system Of wireless
telegrsphy was invented 40 far hack:
as 1869 -" '' - & ., 5s
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-03-14

WANTED-FAITHFULP PERSONS TO TRAV-
ell for well established house in few counties,
calling on retail merchants and agents. Local
territory. Salary t1024 year and expenses,
payable 1870 y week in cash and expenses ad-
yanced. Position permanent. Business success
full and rushing. Standard House, 334 Dearborn
st., Chicago.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-03-14
Small Inve1tmenf.

Patience-Did he ever invest in any
of these get-rich-quick concerns?
Patrice-Oh, yes; he married money.
-Yonkers Statesman.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-03-14
notice.!

This Is to notify all parties who have
cut or who contemplate cutting timber
or trespassing on the E18 of the SEA
of Section Is, and on the NW4 Of the
SW4 and on Lot No. Of Section Il,
and on Lot No. l of Section %, all in
Township 81 North, Range / East, that
they will be: prosecuted to the full: :ex-
tent Of the law. ~: r S@~.- = -
We, the undersigned, are the absolute
owners ic fee of the above described
lands and no one has been authorized
nor empowered to bargain for or sell
any timber, nor any part of said des-
cribed lands. =,
TO AVOID TROUBLE AND EX-
PENSE KEEP OFF THE ABOVE
DESCRIBED LANDS.
JOSEPH LAGER,
LOUIS P. CHRISTENSEN,
Joint owners of tho above
described lands.
Dated at Two Harbors, MIMI, Febru-
airy IA, 1903.
Wanted-Pine lands and mineral lands
in Cook county. Will buy lands subject
to foreclosure, taxes and encumbrances.
Will also exchange Minneapolis prop
erty for land. Send for free map of
Minnesota<and list Of agricultural lands
in Minnesota. ..
W.. D. WASHBURN, Jr.
800 Guaranty Bldg.
1913 ~ Minneapolis, MINI.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-03-14
STATE OF MINNESOTA

County, or c cSo1 a. ss.
C: 3. Carhart, being first duly sworn, doth say
that ne is an Elector and an actual resident of
the territory above described that he lives on
Section II ia Township 81 North. of Range I
e. East Cook Go County, Minnesota; and the census
be incorporated into the Village of Grand Marais,
and to be located on Sections II, 20, and 81,
Township 81 N. Of Range East. Cook county,
Minnesota. carefully and accurately taken, and
at the time noted, viz: during the month of Feb
ruary. A. D. 1903; that he has read the foregoing
petition, and all of it. and that the facts in said
petition contained are true.
G. H. CARHART,
Subscribed and sworn to before me this Gath
day Of February, 1908
[szA1l CHAs. J. JOHNSON.
Notary Public,
Cook Chunty. Minnesota
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-03-14
STATE OF MINNEsOTA,

SlAt cer 4T @ IL 6ooS! |s..
Andrew Larson being first duly sworn, doth
say that he is an Elector and actual resident of
Section 2! in Township 81 North, of Range /
East, Cook County. Minnesota: that the census
OF an the residents of the territory proposed to
Marais and to be located on Sections II, 20, and
y Township 81 N, Ra1ge East Cook County,
Minnesota. carefully and accurately taken and
At the time noted. viz: during the month of
February A. d. 1908; that he has read the forego-
ing petition, and all of it, and that the facts in
said petition are true. y, :
ANDREW LARSON,
day OF February. 1908.
[sEALI :: CHAS. ]. JOHNSON,
Notary Public,
Cook County, Minnesota.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-03-14

SlA de9s of % oR eooE:' u.s.
Fred Jackson, being first duly sworn, doth say
that ne il an Elector and an actual resident of
Section y. in Township 81 North. Of Range i
East, Cook County, Minnesota; that the census
OF al the residents of the territory proposed to
and 20 be located on Sections II, 20, and FL
Township 81 ~. of Range i4East; Cook County,
N , carefoiy and accurately taken and
rnary, A.. D. 1908; that he has read the foregoing
petition. and all of it, and that the facts ia SAID
petition contained are true.
:, FRED JACKSON. ::
subscribed and sworn to before me this 24tb
day of February, A. D. 1908. ', ~
tsEAL1 CHAS. J. JOHNSON.
: Notary Public,
Cook County Minnesota
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-05-09
THE 1BsEN DRAMA.

Ibsen and the Ibsen drama may be
intellectual food for Boston. but the
same can not be said for the rest Of
the country. The following editorial
from the st. Paul Globe is an indica-
tion Of bow his latest drama is being
received IN the west:
The public declines to indorse the
Ibsen drama by contributing to its con-
tinuance on the stage. It is to be re-
GREETED that the public does not more
frequently show as good sense in con-
demning. by refusing to patronize, those
plays that make for the lowering of the
moral tone Of the people or pander only
to the morbidity of the perverts.
Ghosts" is one of a class Of plays
that should be suppressed. Along with
"The Resurrection" Of Tolstoi and Ib-
sens Dolls House it should be sent
to the limbo of the things to be for
gotten For week it was given to very
small houses in St. Paul 1t was arts
tically played. and the art of the actors
did much to hide the hideousness Of the
subject dealt with But it was un-
wholesome. 1t thrilled even more thrill
lingly than the bloodiest of inelodrama.
but the thrill it produced was of horror
and revulsson.
Ibsen's writing is not milk for babes
at any time and his dramas are simply
unfit for presentation before American
audiences. They are simply vehicles
for the laying bare of the vicious char
acteristics of some humans. but they
are not broadly human 1t could not
possibly do a student Of life, who was
sufficiently advanced to grasp the Ibsen
argura Mt any harm to see the Ibsen
play-neither could it possibly do him
any good.
We do not cultivate pure mindedness
in children by putting realistic books
into their hands. The public-at least
the theater going public-consists large
" of people who want to be edited or
amused. They are children in the de-
velopment of their respective faculties
while observing the drama
Let us hope that we have seen the last
of THE Ghosts and similar plays. II
there are people who must have the
Ibsen theory of demonstration to help
them to a knowledge of the things they
want to know let them go to the morgue,
the mad house or the medical museum.