The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-05-12

DuluLl.
Farmers on Maple Hill have CON-
menced planting.
! NJ. Murphy has returned from Duluth,
where he spent the winter.
Fred jackson went to Duluth Thurs
| day night on business trip.
The benedlcts and bachelors will play
base ball tomorrow afternoon.
Geo. Leng has gone to his homestead,
near Lutsen, to do his spring planting.
The Grewar stock of Liquors were sold
at sher1ff's sale today for the benefit OF
creditors.
Miss Anna Johnson arrived from Chi
cago last night to spend the summer in
Grand Marals.
Rev. W. H. Gable will attend the
Lutheran conference at St. Paul next
week, Wednesday and Thursday.
The county board met on Thursday
and disposed Of lot of routine business.
It adjourned to meet again on May 22nd.
Mrs. Claus Hanson returned from
| Tofte last Saturday night, She having
enjoyed a weeks visit with friends at
that place.
Sammy Zimmerman held the lucky
ticket in the rattle of "Johnny Smoker"
| and thereby assumes the dignity Of
horse owner.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. G. Murphy arrived
from Duluth Wednesday night and are
getting comfortably settled in their
home out on the farm.
An old soldier puts the query: What,
if anything, is to be done for the obser-
vat1on of Memorial day in Grand Marais?
Is this to be the only place where the
event will pass unnot1ced?
/ Gust Olson has secured the agency
for history of the eruption of Vesuvius
and the San Francisco earthqu It
"a we'll printed and: we'll bound book
aud is sold at moderate price. Mr..
Olson is receiving many orders for the
book.
J. r. Roberg, who has spent the past
two years IN Southern California, has re.
turned to Grand Marais to stay. He
Twas outside the earthquake zone and
was not scared out of California by re-
cent terrible happenings. Mr.. Kobere
will open shoe and harness repair shop
here.
Misses Allen and Paeenhart, the Maple
Hill teachers, went to Duluth Saturday
| and returned Sunday night. Miss Pa.
genhart received word that her mother
| was dangerously ill. On arriving in Du
| luth she obtained word by phone tina,
her mother was much better, making it
unnecessary for her to 20 home at this
time.
The council has taken up the matter
IT extending Broadway to the dock and
| at last meeting appointed committee
to confer with interested property owp-
ers in regard to the matter. This pro-
posed improvement is generally conceded
| to be most necessary. The need of an
improved thoroughfare to tie dock is
/ imperative and the only obstacle in the
| way of carrying it out is the possible
cost to the will sge, which may be more
than the village is at the present time in
! position to incur.
At the last meeting of the village coun-
| Gil Chris. Johnson handed in his resigna-
tlon as village marshal. to take effec,
May 49, Before engaging in anything
| else he will take vacation during which
he plans on taking trip to Duluth, the
Twin Cities and westward Chris. has
! always proven to be an excellent official
and IL was anything but pleasure t.
the council TO receive his resignation.
George Bayle was appointed to fill the
| vacancy, and the village may be consid-
cred fortunate in securing man for tn
place who will likely prove to be. wor
thy successor of so worthy an official
The first cargo of lumber to be shipped
out of Grand Marais Was taken out on
barge this morning, consigned to the
Plise n Lumber Company, Chicago. The
cargo. which was the product of the
Cook County Manufacturing Company's
mill, consisted of 10000 feet of lumber
and lot of shingles. The work of load
ing the boat required large crew of
men, for the greater part of the week,
at so cents an hour. 1t is hoped that
the company will have several cargos to
| ship before the season closes.
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NOTICE.--Chris Murphy has received
first class short horn bull and placed
| Lhe Same on his farm ! :.