The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-02-09
Topics Of Week
CopcerniuR our People, Business and
Progress in the County and Town.
RELIGIOUS NOTICES.

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The Union Sunday School meets at
the church Sunday morning at 1880.
DIR. Hicks 10 expected home tomorrow
from a visit to Chicago Bay.
The delinquent tax list will be pub
lished IN the Herald next week.
C.. N. Ashford, who has been quite
sick with winter cholera, is ina
proving.
Little Sidney Woods had both his
ears quite badly frozen while playing
last Sunday.
MIR. and Mrs. Angus LeSage have re-
turned from their trapping camp at the
"a mile post.
Mrs. J. W. Babb visited at the home
Of her father, G. N. Ashford, at the
Brule several days this week.
9. G. Stubstad has been appointed a
member OF the library board to fill the
vacancy caused by the death of Gen. e.
NJ. Pope.
Clerk of Court Mayhem, who was
clerking on the Bon Ami, left the. boat
when it was in the harbor Sunday even
iaR, to remain here and attend to the
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All the people OF the county are asked
to bear in mind that the meeting to con-
slider the question OF organizing an ag-
ricultural society will be held Feb. 22nd,
at the court house. Come.
The mail carrier brought news Satur-
day evening of the death at Tote Of the
oldest of the Gustafson children. five
OF whom were down with diphtheria.
The deceased was boy of about Is yea re-.
Ed. Sterling drove the stage to Grand
Portage Friday just for an outing and to
show how the trip could be made on
time. But he tackled Old Borealls in
his ugliest mood and did not return un-
til Sunday afternoon, nearly twenty
four hours late.
An ordinance relating to yagrancy was
given it's fret reading at the council
meeting Monday evening. This does
not mean that the community is sorely
troubled with this particular brand of
public disorder, but recent experience in
in the local justice courts showed the
necessity OF such an ordinance, hence it's
introduction.
There is reported a shortage OF ties or
the market. One who knows says that
every road in the. Northwest is now look
ing for ties, with practically all of the
present supply contracted for, and but
little hopes of contractors being able to
meet the demand. Tamarack ties are
now held at IS cents. 1t was only a
few years ago that those ties sold for Is
cents.
Boy skaters are seen frequently going
out onto the lake, far beyond the danger
line. Fond parents should warn thei,
boys to keep in on the back bay, where
there is still good field of excellent
skating ice. The varying currents
caused by reefs and shoals at and along
the point of rocks makes the ice unsafe
and renders it extremely hazardous tc
venture out beyond that.
Scott & Clark and Croft Bros. are
filing their ice houses with supplies fo1
their own use. The former will put uI
about fifty tons and the latter thirty
The ice on the bay is now about
fourteen inches thick, making it an easy
matter to put up ice as compared with
conditions year ago. Last year it was
much later before there was any ice iii
for packing purposes, apd ice men hac
to hustle to get supply before the
wind carried it out to sea.
Realizing the high prices that are now
charged for the old styles of building
material and the great desire for know
ledge on the subject OF concrete, thu
Atlas Portland Cement company, 81
Broad st., N. Y, has published bool
on "Concrete- CONSTRUCTION About thI
House and on the Farm" The Herald
has made arrangements whereby an.
subscriber can obtain copy of this boo1
by writing to the Atlas company at tn
address ABOVE given and mentionin,
this paper.
Diptheria antitoxin will hereafter b,
sent out free by the ST. ate board Of health
to the local boards over the state i,
| quantities sufficient to combat all case
of the. disease that may arise. Tn
state board at it's quarterly neetin,
voted ON the recommendation 81 Dr
Braken to provide all local boards will
the medicine upon application: beinl
made therefor. Although it il expen
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