The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-10-19
TOPICS OF A WEEK
photographic RESUME OF LOCAL
DOINGS.

Items of More or Less Interest Con-
corning the People, the Business
and the Progress of the County and
and Town.
Wildwood for sale.
A. V. Johnson, P. O. Bdg.
Mrs. F.. S. Humes of Cascade was in
town Monday.
John Croft of Knife River visited rela-
tives in this village this week.
Mr. ard Mrs. Russell Richardson re-
turned from Duluth Sunday night.
l.. Il. Irvine, collector for the Duluth
Evening Herald, was in town Monday.
The Willing Workers will meet with
Mrs. Geo. Bayle next Tuesday afternoon.
Archie Walker has located in Tofte
and will open blacksmith shop there
John Woods returned from Duluth
Sunday night, bringing a fresh COW
with him.
Johnny LeSage IS now employed IN
the Schroeder Lumbe: company's yards
in Duluth.
Miss Ruth Jensen of Knife River, has
been visitor with Grand Marais friends
this week.
Fred jackson returned Wednesday
evening from business trip to Lutsen
and vicinity.
Mrs. Levi sherwood entertained her
Sunday school class at her home yester-
day afternoon.
Mrs. Bertha c. Toftey of Tote proved
up on timber and stone claim before
Commissioners Carhart Monday.
The Young Ladies' Society of the
Lutheran church will meet with Miss
Rena Larson next Friday evening.
party of Miss Agnes Lanktree's
little friends surprised her at her
parents home last Saturday evening.
The Ladies Aid society of the Con GRE
gational church will meet with Mrs.
Blackwell next Wednesday afternoon.
Joe Croft has been quito sick with
pneumonia for the past ten days, >but is
improving and is now able to be out
again.
Having failed to make satisfactory
lease of the place John johnson is now
planning to open the Grand under bis
own management.
County Attorney McAlpine went to
Duluth Thursday night on business per-
tanning to the Davis case, which has not
yet been finally disposed of.
Mrs. Dean Holt of Scanlon came down
on the America Wednesday evening to
be witness in her brothers final proof
leaving for home the next evening.
Herman Dannenberg has returned
from the Dakota harvest field, where he
had charge of threshing engine, and is
again on his homestead at Cascade.
Rev. Eidnes conducted services at
Little Marais last Friday evening, and
during is stay at that place baptized
the Young son of Mr.. and Mrs. Fene tad .
F. P. Heating, of Duluth, was in town
Thursday as witness in the final proof
of }. G. Murphy. He is now engaged in
some estimating work in the woods back
Of Grand Marais.
The county commissioners of Lake
granted the petition of settlers to
have d road opened up from Little Ma
rails to Schaaf Lake, note of which was
made in these columns last week.
L. H. Lien, Peter Berg, Silas King and
Ed Sterling left for the 24-mile post
Wednesday morning on combined land
looking and hunting trip and returned
yesterday. They report that game is
scarce IN that direction.
L. {. c. Titus now occupies quarters
in the Herald Office as law office. The
building heretofore occupied by him had
to be moved from it's location near the
store On account of insurance regula-
lions.
It is announced by the Booth company
that the steamers America and Eas-
ton will run till about the first week in
December, and then the Moore will 90
on as winter boat, and continue oper-
ating until she is compelled to stop by
the ice.
Pemble and Parent, the Island Lake
trappers and gardeners. sent the Herald
a sample of Vermont Gold potatoes that
they recommend as the best variety of
seed for north shore planting. Four of
these potatoes, taken from their garde y.
weigh five pounds. They raised five
bushels from three pounds of seed.
The members of the Latin class of the
Grand Marais school and a few friends
surprised Miss Ella Hogan at the resi-
dence of Mr., and. Mrs. L. O. G. Titus
Tuesday evening. Lunch was served,
games vera n)ave0 and the avant nrovo1