The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-03-24


Sunday morning at 1890 and again in
tue evening at 7:30. Ali are cordially
to attend
Misses jacobson aud Van Every Of
Hovland spent Sunday IN town.
The Willing Workers will meet with
Mrs. J. w. Babb next Tuesday after
noon.
Olaf Seyerson and Charles Mcdonald
will give dance at Bramer's hall next
Saturday evening.
The Ladies Aid society will hold it's
next meeting with Mrs. Andrew John
son next Thursday afternoon.
Jas. Scott has been quite sick for sew
eral days with acute rhematism. He is
improving, although still confined to
the house.
FOUND-Almer Nelson found hat
and pair Of gloves aud left the same at
this office to be delivered to the owner
upon payment Of this notice.
The Grand Marais fire company will
hold a meeting at G. H. Carharts Office
next Thursday evening. Important
business is to be considered and all
me mbers ale urged to be present.
The county superintendent has called
school election to be held at Maple
Hill next Wednesday afternoon at three
o'clock for the purpose of electing a
board of six trustees for the newly Gre
ated independent school district.
The Cascade post office is an estab-
llshed institution, it having been in OPP
GRAFTON since the 9Th of the month.
The post office has been given the
Government name of Tomsonjte. We
are expected to get the habit of calling
it Tomsonite.
A rat was killed at the Broadway hotel
the other day. This is something SO un-
usual as to be worthy of note. Rats
have so seldom been seen in Grand Ma
rails in the past as to make them sort
Of curiosity. Several large specimens of
the vermin have been seen at Plante's
livery stable lately. The only plausible
explanation of their numerous presence
here now is that they may have deserted
the boats here at the time of the big
storm.
The committee has not completed the
program for the literary meeting next
Friday evening further than to an
nounce the question for debate, which
is: "Resolved that United States Sena-
tors should be elected by popular vote"
The affirmative will be argued by A. j.
Laldlaw and Guy Titus, while S. q.
Murphy and G. G. Stnbstad will endeav-
or to sustain the negative of the propo-
sltion. The program will also include
Rotations, music. readings, etc., and a
cordial invitation is extended to all.
The masquerade last Saturday night
was attended by a record-b breaking
crowd, the larger number of patrons be.
ing ia costume. TIE ladies especially
displayed excellent taste, there being
many very cred1table character represent
tations. Socially and financially the
ball was success. The prizes for the
best costumes were awarded to Dom
mick Peterson and Pbilomene Cariboo
whose representations of Sitting Bull
and his squaw was perfect. Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Bean, as the typical Irish
couple, were awarded prizes for the most
comical costume.
G. H. Taylor is making changes in the
interior arrangement of the store which,
when completed, will be very much OF
an improvement. The grocery depart.
ment will be enlarged by the removal OF
the old post office room and the SO ttine
apart of the meat market. A we'll hight
ed, convenient and comfortable office
will be fitted up back Of the grocery de.
partment. The meat market will be
fitted with marble top counters and fur.
nished in up-to- date style. To these
improvements it is intended later to ado
cash carrier system and other conven.
fences for the accommodation of store
patrons and to facilitate the handling Of
the business of this important CONNER
cial institution.