The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-04-20
::Mr.and Mrs. J..W. Babb went to Du5
nth on the Bon Ami Tuesday night.

Sc Mr.. and Mrs. J.: Nv. Babb went to- Du-:
fluth on the Bon Ami Tuesday night. I
The Willing workers will give birth
day social at the village hall next Satur-
day, evening. =. - ; .:v:.. :.> -
The Bon Ami arrived Tuesday morn
ing, bringing relief to variety Of anx-
ious walters, So % =
G. A. A. Nelson drove down from Lut-
sen Wednesday to attend the county
board meeting next day. -
John Eber, q miIlwright, arrived from
West Duluth the first of the week and is
engaged in overhauling the mill and get
ting it ready to start. \
Mrs. r. II. Douglas departed on the
Bon Ami last evening for London, Ont,
her parents home, she having received
word that her mother is seriously ill. 1
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. 81. Todd. of the
Grand Portage Indian school, came up
on the Bon Ami last evening for a cou-
pie Of days. visit. The school is practi-
cally closed now, all the children being
at the sugar bush.
The force at the store have been work
ing overtime all week opening up and
arranging the new and strictly !up-to-
date stock being received for all depart
ments. In shoes, furnishings, clothing
and dry goods the very latest is now dis
played, while the stock of eatables, etc.,
on the other side of the store is again
amply assorted and complete.
The Forsythe camp at Devils Track
Lake has closed down, operations hav-
ing ceased on Saturday last. The crew
came down with the teams Sunday. Mr..
Forsythe, the foreman, left on Monday
in charge of several teams of rented
horses and mules to be delivered to their
owners at Duluth. On his return Mr..
Forsythe will take charge of the work
of putting in small bunch of timber on
the hussey homestead east of Red Cliff
camps. This timber lies close enough to
shore to be an easy drayhaul.
W. S. Allard and son, proprietors OF
the sawmill at Lutsen, were in town the
first of the week. A part of their bust.
ness here was to perfect an appeal to
district court from a Judgment rendered
against them in Justice Clinch's court at
Lutsen, eonvicting them Of barbarously
torturing dog belonging to G. A. Hok-
anson. They were fined $500 aud costs
They have appealed the case to the CHS
trlct court. A peculiar feature of the
case is that MI. Hokanson, the complain
ing witness, went on the ~detendents
bond for appeal.
L. 81. Lien and DR.. Hicks returned
home Saturday night on the gasoient
mail boat. It was a rough trip and they
were mighty glad co get home. As they
entered the harbor the thin ice cut ;
large hole in the bow of tho beat bu
they were close to shore when the acct
dent happened and landed safely. Thu
hole was patched with canvas and. thu
boat started out on her return trip afte,
a couple of hours delay. The passenger
and crew had scare as they were start
ing away from Two Harbors. Som
waste gasolene in the stern of the boa
became accidently ignibed, the flame
shooting high into the air. The passen
gers, OF whom there were half a dozen
were terrified. One of The boat GREY
promptly picked up bundle of blanket
to which the blaze was confined ant
threw it out into the lake, thus remov
ing the danger. Major Wilson, who wa
aboard, refused to ride farther. He wa
put ashore and walked back to Two Ha1
bors to wait for the Bon Ami.