The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-09-22
Topics sofa. % Week I !
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Concerning our People, Business and
!. Progress in the County and Town.


II Progress in the County and Town. I
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I Mrs. Matthias johnson is seriously
Ed. Johnston went to Duluth yester-
day morning.
The Ladies' AID society will meet with
Mrs. Lanktree Wednesday afternoon. =:
The Willing Workers will meet with
Mrs. G. H. Carhart next Tuesday after
noon.
Mr.. aud Mrs. Russell Richardson of
Duluth are the guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
&c. H. Taylor. :,
G. III. Todd came up from Grand
Portage yesterday morning, and was a
busy visitor in the, village during the
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. &. H. Taylor, who have
been in Duluth for several weeks, re-
turned to Grand Marais Thursday MORN
ing.
| Carl Eidnes, who spent his vacation
in Grand Marais, has returned to Red
Wing to resume'hls studies in the semi
nary in that city, ~*.s :,
There will be an auction sale and sup
per at Maple Hill church next Friday
evening under the auspices Of the sew.
ing society. Everybody is invited. j;
At a special election held last Wednes-
day the Town IF Grand Marais voted to
issue 1850 bonds, $500 of the pro-
posed issue is for refunding purposes
and $1,000 for the erection of town
Rev. B. Reitan, of Mora. MINI q,
| visited in this vicinity during the
past week. He is in the western part of
the county today, but will probably visit
Grand Marals again before returning
home.
Claus G.. Monker has filed for reelection
| as clerk of court and Geo. Mayhem has
! filed petition making HIM candidate
for the same Office. Thomas F. Thomas,
of Tote, is talked OF here as a very
probable candidate for the place.
The county board has designated as
state road the shore road from the Lake
county line to Pigeon River, which p}ac-
es it under the operation OF the state
law by virtue OF which state aid is given
to the counties for road improvement
purposes.
At special meeting last Monday
evening the village council ordered q
SPECIAL election to vote on the propo-
sition to issue 81. 800 bonds for the con-
struction OF a village hall and $1,000 to
establish a fund for the building Of
streets and sidewalks.
Nick Probeck and O. Nj. Smart arrived
from Gunflint Tuesday afternoon, haS-
ing come in over the trail. They left for
Duluth Thursday. They'report that two
diamond drills are busily at work on the
iron properties there and the people IN
that section are hopeful OF great results.
Miss Emma Sather and her mother
came down from Duluth the first of the
week, being called here on account OF
| the serious illness OF their sister and
daughter, Miss Ida Sather. Mrs. Sather
recently arrived from the old country
and has established a home with her
children in Duluth
Mrs. Alma J. Hedstrom will not be a
candidate for reelection as county super
intendent of schools. Miss Hilma
Anderson, Andrew Hedstrom's sister.
will lie candidate for the Office. MISS
| Anderson is a school teacher of con-
siderable experience and is considered
to be we'll qualified for the position.
As an evidence OF the work ahead of
| the United States land Office in this dis
| trict. there are 800 cases on the list IN
which proofs are pending. some hearings
being set as far ahead as May. The
number of cases is the largest ever be-
fore the land officials. The register and
receiver usually assign themselves as
many cases in day as they believe they
can hear, and the result is now the cal.
endar ia filed for about eight months to
come.-News Tribune.
| A petition was presented to the county
board at its meeting this week asking
chat certain territory of the town oil
Rowland be set apart as a new town
The matter will be given final hearing
at 10 a. M on December Sd, when all
interested parties will be given. an op.
portnnity to be heard. The proposition
to divide the town is opposed by tn.
people Of the eastern part of the town
ship and they will. be present at thu
proper time to present their objections
/ Ole Erickson; returned from the stat,