The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-12-24
Topics of a Week
Concerning our People, Business and |
Progress in the County and Town.

A merry Christmas to all.
Charlie Miller went to Duluth Tues.
day morning.
Pat Bayle has gone to the reservation
to stay for the winter.
Harry Schultze of Sugar Loaf is in
town for few days stay.
Gen. E. M. Pope has engaged office
rom with L. U. G. Titus.
Charles Gannett and John Mckinley
were up from the reservation this week.
Miss M. Monilaws will spend the va
cation with her mother in Two Hart ore.
Miss Maude Miller went to Duluth
yesterday to spend the holidays with
relatives.
IT gossip will help there will be con.
siderable doing 10 the matrimonial line
IN Grand Marris this winter -' >4@7
Miss Brown of the Good Harbor Hill
school went to Duluth TO spend the hol-
iuay vacation with her parents.
Miss jacobson, the Hovland school
TEACHER, was in Grand Marais the first OF
the week, returning Wednesday morn
ing.
Fred Amyotte is building a two-story
frame building, 20x3O. for hotel and
boading house purposes. He expects 10
have it completed ready for occupanc,
early next month.
Victor johnson came down from d u
luth to spend Christmas with his par
ents on Maple Hill. He is with H. A.
Hall 4 Co., painters, and will return to
Duluth after the holidays to remain. .,
"How long will the boats continue to
run?" is vexed question in this COM
munity nowadays. The rnmor is cur
rent that there is an agreement between
the companies engaged in north shore
lake traffic to cease opera lions Jan. LIST.
This rumor insists on bobbing up 10
connection with all speculation as to
the closing of the port. While it may
not be true, the rumor has had ten
dency to hurry the people IN the neces-
sary preparations for winter. remem-
boring last winters experience from be-
ing Caught unawares." Notwithstand-
ing, there is much freightlng still to be
done, which with herring fishing along
the shore never better than this season)
and some passenger traffic will give the
boats business as long as they see fit to
run. 1t is not usual for navigation to
close earlier than Feb. l, and the people
are hopeful that the present sc ason will
not furnish the exception.
At the meeting of the village council
last Saturday evening J. w. Babb's res
lgnation as village marshal was accepted
and Claus G. Monker was appointed to
to fill the vacancy. The appointment
was general surprise to the commu-
nifty. Up to the time of the meeting
there we're no known aspirants for the
place and it seemed very much a case of
the office begging a taker. The men,
beers of the council had carefully viewed
the landscape DER and their eyes rested
on no one to supply the need OF the oc.
casion-tbere was a dearth of available
timber. Therefore, it was a relief to
them at the last moment to find three
applicants to select from, G. G. Monker,
Daniel O'CnnneII and Jas. Irving. Mr..
Monker was appointed by unanimous
vote. The people are we'll satisfied, be-
cause it is felt that the new appointee
will fill the bill very we'll. This office
has grown to be one of much Importance.
1t is not such a sinecure us a good many
imagine 1T to be. Local conditions,
however, are not such that the marshal's
duties need be to any extent Of the
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