The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-04-13
Rev: II. NJ. PINKERTON

closed for the season.
A special meeting of the county com.
missioners will be held on the 18th.
The Willing Workers will meet with
Mrs. Aim next Tuesday afternoon.
Charlie Cannot, tir,ng OF waiting for
the Bon Ami. took passage on the gaso-
lene launch Thursday morning for Du-
luth.
DR.. Hicks left on the gasolene launch
on Monday to go to Minneapolis, he
having received word that his father
who resides IN that city, was very sick.
Dr.. Hicks returned Monday from
professional visit to Hovland. he having
been called to attend Mrs. Nick Nelson,
who is seriously sick with rheumatism
Louis Nichols, who has been sojourn-
ing at the reservation this winter, spent
several days IN town the past week. Ask
him for his new story about Judge VIM
dom and "the corker."
A. J. Scott has let acontract to Andrew
Hedstrom for the con struction of two
story frame 7-room house, on lots 10 and
Il. block %, Harbor Addition. Mr.. Scott
and family will occupy it as their resi-
dence, when completed, which will be
about June LIST.
Russell Richardson left on the gaso.
leEe launch Monday for Duluth. When
he returns, which will probably be on
this trip of the Bon Ami, Mrs. Richard
son will accompany him. They will be-
gin Housekeeping at once, Mr.. Richard
son having rented Hans Hotties new
residence on Monroe street.
E. L. Bradley of the Duluth Log COM
pany, Duncan Mcdonald clerk at the
company's Red Cliff camp, Ed. Johnston
Of this place and Hjalmer Eliason of
Rowland, after waiting several days for
the boat, started overland for Duluth
yesterday morning in Duluth Log
company rig; driven by Paddy Bayle:
Mr. Eliasen was bound for Rice Lake,
Wis.,. for a visit with his father and
brothers.
The Duluth Log company has large
amount of down timber still IN the
woods, which deep snow prevented them
from hauling this winter aud which they
will undertake to dray-ha during the
summer. Mr. Bradley says this work
will be given thorough trial, and if
| prnEtoi>1a nt Dr. T1;GE
will continue all summer. If the plan
proves impracticable the camp will be
. closed for the summer.
The Two Harbors Journal tells of an
april fool' joke that was played on o.
car Beckman. Somebody telephoned
him TO bring carriage at once to a
place. where man was in the gutter
Hurr1edly hitching up he responded to
call and, arriving at the place, he found
nobody there. Even then he didn't
tumble" until a passer-by very kindly
= reminded him of the date. He drove
back to the stable, "saying things"
A telephone line is to be established
along Devils Track river, extending
from Grand Marais village to the dam at
the foot OF Devils Track lake. The line
is designed especially for use in con
nectlon with log-driving operations or
the river, and it will be completed be-
fore the drive is started. Stations viii
be placed at convenient loca tions for ust
| INV tho 1rix1ovc opl xnl;
in charge can be kept constantly inform
ed as to conditions all along the river
thus guarding against possible jams anC
materially lessening the work OF tn
watchers-the main difficulties encoun
tered last spring. This line, intended
to be permanent institution, will b.
also useful as means of communication
between Grand Mdrals AID The Mapl,
Hill settl, ment. Plans for the 8, stem
, are now complete, the equipment is oI
hand and the work Of erecting it Will bt
commenced at once.
There are more than Cupid's victim
, who have been caused disappointment
| AACOA YCAJOuCC3 oAAAOUys OuS' W VA0 uOu
, arrival of the Bon Ami this week
There were those in Duluth praying tt
get home and those here whose bushes
calls demand their presence in Du
luth. Besides these, there has been Al
overflow at the Grand Marals hotels al
week of woodsmen arriving from CAM
W and awaiting an opportunity to &c
4 away. A large bunch of the latter gre,
tired of the delay and started out afoo
~ Thursday morning for Duluth. Tn
Bon Ami is bottled up in Duluth harbo
by an impossible ice-pack formed at til
head Of the lake by the strong .northeas
wind that has prevailed during the pas
: rem days. 1t is reported the ice is pack
= ed 1T the Duluth harbor entrance to
y sdepth Of thirty feet and that the ice fiel
II extends farther: than the eye can reach
81 The arrival of the boat depends who'll
10 upon a,taY orable turn 81 tie wind. 555I