The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-06-15
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.
Gust T. Nelson spent sunday
Lutsen.
c. n. Taylor came down from Duluth
Wednesday night.
Gene Clark made business visit to
Duluth last week.
son was born to Mr.. and Mrs. Chris
Murphy, Friday. the 7th.
A social dance will be Qiver ,at the
village hall this evening ~
Misses Kline and Small visited with
Miss Ida Nelson at Lutsen last Sunday.
Albert Olson, representing Fiteer
Brewing company,was in town this week
The Willing Workers will meet with
Mrs. R. E. Wray next Tuesday AFTER
noon,
John King, the scaler, loft the first of
the week for the home of his family in
Arizona.
Otto Calvert, deputy int, nal
revenue collector, was in town the fret
of the week.
Mrs. R. S. Howe expects to leave the
first of next week for visit at her old
home in Canada.
Mrs. Dan Ashford returned Sunday
night from an extended visit with her
parents at Two Harbors.
Chas. Cannot returned Sunday night
from visit to the home office of his
company at Escanaba, Mich.
Nick Probeck returned from Duluth
Wednesday night, stopping here for a
short stay before going on to Gunfint.
Geo. Leog spent Sunday at Lutsen.
He says that the report of damage caused
by forest fires in that vicinity are
exaggerations.
Drs. Lambert and Blk, dentists, held
forth at the Broadway couple days the
week attending to the dental wants of
the community.
Misses Anderson and Davis, West
Maple Hill teachers, left for Duluth the
first of: the week, and will spend the
vacation in that city.
The tug Crosby brought in raft of
about 10000 feet of logs from Devils
Track river the first of the week, being
part OF the rear of last years drive.
John Massman, of Colvill, has planted
twelve bushels of potatoes this year, and
in his garden, which is we'll advanced, he
has large variety of other garden truck.
c. N. Ashford has already cleared six
acres OF land on his homestead at Brule
river this spring, and this is not half of
the acreage he intends clear during the
season.
The Grand Marais friends of B. A
Rude, now of Two Harbors, will regret
to learn that he is confined in the
hospital with blood poisoning in one of
bis hands.
Twenty young friends of Edward
Young surprised him at the home of his
parents last Saturday evening. Lunch
was served and jolly good time was
enjoyed by the little folks.
The Easton has been placed in the
North Shore service and will make semi.
weekly tri ps during the season, leaving
Duluth Mondays and Thursdays. She
will DO all the way freighting. leaving
tho America to stop only at the mail
stations.
The Schroeder Company's tug
Ashland came over from Ashland Wed
nesday with rafting crew, in charge OF
M. B. Riley. She went back that night
to get the boomsticks and they will get
busy at once picking up the cumpapy's
timber along the shore.
Ned Carhart, who is travelling for a
Duluth wholesale house, was iu town
"a couple of days this week visiting his
brothers G. II. and Joe. Mr.. Carhart
visited Grand Marais about four years
ago, and, noting the improvements in
the village, he remarked that great
changes are made in four years.
Napoleon, Israel and Eugene LepaRe
and Arthur Dalbec, Cascade homestead
ers, left for Waverly, Mimi, last Satur.
day. They took along sample of oats
raised on Chris Murphy's farm last year,
which they consider to be AL and an
excellent demonstration of the grain
growing possibilities of this section.
Harry Holland, the second porter on
the America, was DROWNED off the boat az
she was pulling away from Susie Island
last Saturday afternoon. 1t has been
habit with the boys on the boat:
contrary to the warnings of the officers,
to lean up against the bar placed across
the RangWay Young Holland WAS in