The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-12-29
Topics ola Week
Concerning our People, Business and
Progress in the County and Town.
RELIGIOUS NOTICES.
The Union Sunday School meets at
the church Sunday morning at 1880.

The Union Sunday ScnOOl meets dit
the church Sunday morning at lO:3O.
Van johnson made a flying trip to
| Duluth last week.
| A social dance will be given at the
Grand hotel this evening.
Axel Berglund spent Christmas with
! friends at Rochester, MINI.
Andrew Tofte of Tofte was visitor
| in Grand Marais tx is week.
Tie Ladies' Aid society will meet. with
Mrs. Andrew Larson Wednesday, cfter-
noon.
Louis Plante is dangerously sick with
combined attack of pneumonia and
rheumatism.
L. II. Lien hurt his right hand quite
badly on Thursday while wrestling
freight for the store.
Michael Murphy left on the Bon Ann
yesterday for Duluth, to spend the win
| ter with his daughters.
H. Marshall, the Maple Hill school
teacher, returned on Thursday from his
! Christmas visit to Minneapolis.
Sam Zimmerman has tlmbers ready
and work upon the reconstruction of
| his house,recentiy destroyed by fire, has
been commenced.
G. H. Taylor's store recelved scow-
| fos,I Of Inx- o}Ngr,
disc on Christmas Day, and men and
teams have been kept busy since storing
it away for the winter.
Geo. Leng went to Duluth to spend
the sholidays with relatives. Having
been offered a position in Duluth mer-
camille establish ment where he was for
merly employed, he may not return to
| Grand Marals.
Schroeder's tug Ashland unloaded five
teams at this place last Sunday for
Kluck's camp at Hovland. NJ. B. Riley
was in charge of the shipment and went
to Hovland with tho horses. Several
men came over on the tug to go to work
at KIuck's camp.
Oscar Beckmar of Two Harbors was
in town Thursday night, this being his
first thro' trip since starting the stage
line this fall. The roads. he says, are
in good condition now. He does not
an ticipate any further serious trouble
this winter on account of snow.
Other calls on the busy Christmas
Eve prevented Il good many from at
tending the entertainment given at tie
church last Monday evening by the
school children. However, there was
fair sized gathering there to enjoy the
excellent program that was rendered.
II c A. A. Nelson, William Church and
C.M. Barker have been appointed by the
district court as commissioners to ap-
praise the property of the Northwestern
Improvement company that IS sought
under condemnation proceedings by the
Poplar River Boom and improvement
company.
DR.. and Mrs. Jones departed on the
Bon Ami yesterday for Duluth. After
visiting IN that city for a while they will
take their customary winter trip East,
returning to Grand Marais in the spring.
Kirby Jones accompanied his parents to
Duluth. He will return to Grand Ma
rails, after visiting III the city for a few
days. He will spend the winter here.
Not many Grand Marais people found
it convenient to take part in the cele-
brat1on at Hovland yesterday. They
we're with their enterprising and enthu-
eiastic neighbors in spirit, while regret
ting their inability to be present. 1t is
regrettable especially that there cannot
be more general participation in the
consideration If such important public
matters-good roads, agricultural soci-
city. e1c. as were there to be discussed
Those who participated in this reunion
were promised benefits, socially and
otherwise, that one would not Willingly
miss.
One of those of-land squalls that are
terror to fishermen operating in small
boats at this season of the year nearly
caused fatality at Schroeder last week
While George and Eli Smith were out
e attending herring nets squat caught
Them and carried them out into the lake
in spite of the hardest fight they were
! |capable Of People ashore went to their
Assistance. Using long line, with one
lend fastened on shore, Peter Strand
Louis Godin and w. G. Smit
Preached, the men in time to save them
They had been out five hours then, anc
both of them we're badly frozen.