The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-09-14
TOPICS OF A WEEK
photographic RESUME OF LOCAL
DOINGS.


D0lNGS.
Items Of More or Less Interest Con-
corning the People. the Business
and the Progress Of the County and
and Town.
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Andrew Toftey, of Tote, was in town
yesterday.
ID. Mcdonald of Duluth was in
town Monday.
The county commissioners are holding
special meeting today.
L. II. Lien returned last night from q
business visit to Duluth.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. H. Taylor returned
to Duluth last Saturday.
Mrs. H. Croft of Knife River visited
with Grand Marais relatives during the
past week.
Fred W. Erickson, Duluch merchant,
arrived last night and is visiting on
Good Harbor Hill today.
Rev. H. NJ. Pinkerton has resigned as
pastor of the Congregational church, tho
resignation to take effect Oct. IL.
The Ladies' Aid society of the Norwe-
gian Lutheran church will meet with
Mrs. Matt johnson next Wednesday
afternoon.
Louis Engelson was in Schroeder tho
first OF the week papering and finishing
the interior OF the new school building
at that place.
Frank Sturgeon, Of Superior, Wis,
is in town today. Dan Sauve returns
with him to act as one of his wit
nesses IN timber and stone proof.
Mrs. Davis arrived from Duluth last
night and will stay here this winter,
keeping house with her daughter, teach.
or in the westside Maple Hill school.
The latest reports from the bedside
OF Mrs. August J. johnson are more en-
couraging. Although she is still very
sick her condition is somewhat improv-
ed.
Miss Sadie MCGOWAN, the teacher en-
gagged for the primary room, having fail
ed to come, Mrs. sherwood has kindly
consented to take charge of the room
until another teacher can be secured.
Hans K. Hall, of Caribou Point, made
forced visit in Grand Marais yesterday.
He came from Duluth on the Easton
and was carried to Grand Marais be-
cause 1T was too rough to launch small
boat at Caribou Point.
The decision of Grand Marais milk
dealers to raise the price is, they aver, to
enable them to buy feed for the COWS,
and not "a combination in restraint of
trade" They wall have to place the new
schedule on a sliding scale to keep up
with feed prices.
About sixty OF g. b. Carhart's friends
were present at the banquet rendered
him at the Broadway hotel last Satur-
day evening. D. B. McAlpine acted as
toastmaster. Toasts were responded to
by DR.. Hicks, G. F. Kindred and 9th
ers, the feast of good cheer and good
things to eat being thoroughly enjoyed
by those who were present.
The question OF liability for damage
to gardens done by cattle running at
large is likely to come up in the local
courts some of these fine days. Owners
OF gardens are not able to see that be-
cause mich COWS are given the run OF
OF the town it necessarily follows that
they are given the run of the gardens,
too. Nor can they see that "milch cows
means bulls, calves and every sort OF
four-legged critter.
Frequently you pick up one OF the
glancing at the headlines YEARLY thrust
1t aside, remarking: Nothing in the
paper today" Did you over stop to
think what that phrase-"nothlng in the
paper today"-means? It means that
during the DAY or week just past nc
misfortune has befallen anyone in the
community. It means that the grin,
angel of death has crossed no threshold
Of friend; that no man driven by liq-
uor, hatred or fear has taken the life oil
fellow human; that no poor devil
haunted by the past or the misdeeds OF
some other, has crossed the divide by
his own hand; that many things that
ought not to happen have not happen.
ed. So the next time you pick up pa.
per that doesn't announce a tragedy
give q little thanks instead of grumbiing
because there is no news.
Inos. D. Parent, of Schroeder, was in
town Thursday. Mr.. Parent and biz
partner, VIM. Pemble, who are engaged
in the fur trade, devote part of thei,