The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-04-14
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Fred Jackson's residence, destroyed by
fire last fall, will soon be commenced.
Fred Jackson held the winning ticket
on the $3.50 Parker shotgun ratified by
J. E. Mayhem at the Broadway saloon
last Saturday night.
Miss Bhtha Tofte, Hilga Toftey and
Hokan Sandvold came down from Tote
on the Bon Ami Tuesday for visit with
Grand Marais friends.
Miss Hida Benson has resigned her
position in the store and, with her moth
Grand brother Henry, has gone out on
her homestead to remain.
Clark & Scott opened the season for
their gasoline launch last Wednesday
when they hauled the Severson stock of
merchandise from Cascade to Grand
Marais.
j. B. Dumphy of Duluth, represent
ing Julius Kessler s, Co., distillers, was
in town this week. He was accompanied
by Tom Madden, who was out on his in
itial trip for the same firm.
Olaf Severson has sold his entire stock
of merchandise to G. II. Taylor and
closed his store at Cascade. Mr.. Sever
son will also resign the postmastership
at that place and the probabilities are
that the Cascade Tor Tomsonite) post
Office Will be discontinued.
CD. johnson has crew of men now
at work repairing the damage done by
the storm last fall to the several buildings
on the point. The Bay View hotel, the
Mayhem building and the Benson house
are among those to be overhauled and
returned to habitable condition.
Grand Mara1s was s'dry" town last
Sunday, the saloons having been previ-
ously notified that the law must be OBJ
served. All the saloonkeepers profess
to be we'll satisfied with this new order
Of things and to all appearances show
an honest disposition to strictly comply
with the same.
The firemen have hustled earnestly
for the success of their first annual ball,
to be given at Bramer's hall next Mon
day evening. The general public has
taken a very friendly interest in the
event and the boys anticipate great
turn out. They are, prepared to give
their patrons royal good time.
+ A special election will be held on
Good Harbor Hill for the town of Grand
Marais on Friday, April 20, to fill va
cancies caused by the separation of the
Village of Grand Marais from the town
ship, as follows: Two supervisors, one
treasurer, one justice of the peace, one
assessor, one constable and one everseer
of highways. The formal notice of cleo
ton appears in another column.
The firm of Ho We & Nelson have been
dissolved. r. s. Howe will remain in
Grand Marais with his family and will
continue the cigar factory in operation.
He expects before long to have sulta.
BILE stand in which he can run tie barber
shop and factory together--a change
that is necessary, now that he is alone in
business. Mr.. and Mrs. Nelson depart
ed on the Bon Ami for Duluth, with the
intention of locating there.
The fishing season Is opened. Croft
Bros. on. Tuesday brought in nice
catch Of about 500 pounds of trout from
few hundred hooks they set out early
in the week Tho entire catch was
quickly disposed of to local customers
the supply not beng equal to the de-
mand.,@ They are placing the balance OF
their rig in the water as rapidly as prac-
ticable. Scott & Clark were delayed by
the non-arriyal Of some needed apparat.
us: butzthey are:noW getting*their rig in
the water and willsinI q very short: time
be operating in full blast = r.. /
The opening Of naviga ration was marked
by the; arrival: OF the Bon Ami at. this
port at: 4::30 Tuesday afternoon: Quite
a number of passengers for Grand Ma:
rails we're aboard, butH the, Bon brought
very little freight tor this place e beer 81
and other saloon stock beng mostly .ai]
chat was =unlo aded here :]Al any Isle 81
Royal fishermen and til ir. families were
aboard and the boat DON'T nued her, n:
slitial voyage to Washing ton q arbor,
I The Bon Ami win tered att;5 IEWos H:ar bo1s
but she made CHS Til from Duluth and
i experienced no difficulty hateYer il
lgetting through /: