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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-10-26
TRADE MAN FOR BLANKETS.
Hudson Bay Employees Redeem Him.
but Ae Lapses Into Barbarian


TO trade man for a roll of blank.
cts Is rather unusual proceeding, and
the trade in which he figured as the
man is never-to-be- forgotten event In
the life of William Jarman, who is &c
years old and once was the "Kins
Dodo" of the Puget Sound Indians,
says the Brooklyn Citizen. That was
htty years ago and BLANKET Bill" as
he is called to this day, expects tc
reach the century mark in years.
'"Blanket Bill'' was a man O. wars.
man on board a British frigate that
sailed into Puget sound water a great
many years ago. With party of 9th.
er sailors he came ashore to trade
with the Indians. The party became
separated and with yell the fire-eat-
ing aborigines' set upon the main body
or the British tars. All reached the
boat but Jarman, who was captured
and taken to the interior by the In.
dams. He fully expected to be scalped
while the fagots burned about him,
but he made friends with the chief and
soon found himself elevated to a high
position among the tribes. Before him
every one bowed.
After several years Hudson bay
traders heard that white man was
held in captivity among the Indians
and, bartering with the red men, Sc
cured the British sailor upon the pay
ment of roll of blankets.
But Jarman went back to live among
the Indians. He married a squaw, OF
probably good many more than one
for he says he would take his spouse
back and trade her for another when
ever he got tired of the same one
BLANKET Bill'' attributes his long life
to plunge in the sea every morning
and the avoidance of spirits of all
kinds. A pipe is his only dissipation
And he walks eleven miles into Bel
lingham, State of Washington, every
little while just for exercise.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-10-26
WOULD BE A STERN PARENT.
Father Waits for Young Son to Come
Home After II O'Clock.

Father Waits for Young Son to Come
Home After II O'Clock.
She came into his study gently. Il
hate to disturb you, dearie--' He
looked up "but it is after II and
Dick has not come home yet-and-
1t is the second time this week he has
stayed out I did not wish to speak
to you-but-a boy of H."
She faltered. He was looking at
her with a STRANGE fixed expression.
Il understand. Leave him to me, I
shall wait up until he comes in
Don't be harsh with him. she said
pleadingly. ooh, am so sorry I told
you! Remember, he has always been
such good boy"
my dear, you have nothing further
to do with this. I must deal with my
son in my own way; request you not
to interfere. You had better go quietly
to your room. I ask you to do SOL
want him to find me here when he
sees fit to return to his home.''
She retired with her mother heart
aExiously beating and waited until the
click of a latchkey sounded in the
street door. She listened, trembling
ready to rush out-a penitent peace.
maker. She heard:
''Dick, is that you?"
Eyes, SIR"
us the dog in the hall?"
Eyes, sir"
"Well-turn out the gas! Good
night"
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-10-26
USES OF sAWDUST.'
Too Valuable Now to Be Put to the
Uses 1t Once Served,

Uses It Once Served. .,~
Many are the uses of sawdust. In
the days when the sawdust wagon
made its numbering rounds through
the streets of most large cities two
commercial uses Of sawdust were to
sprinkle floors and to shelter lead
pipes from cold and glass bottles from
breakage.
Near every sawmill was "a vat for
the sawdust and it was carried away
free by any one who had any use for
It, In this era Of the use of by-products
sawdust has commercial value. It is
no longer given away, but is sold.
One of the recent uses of sawdust is
Its distillation, resulting in acetic acid,
wood naphtha, wood alcohol and tar.
Sawdust may also be burned in special
furnaces or mixed with other material
for fuel.
Sawdust, when saturated with chem
icals, can be effectively used in the
manufacture. of explosives, but it IS
more particularly in demand in paper
making than for any other purpose.
Such thing as sawdust on the floor OF
a room as substitute for rug or
carpet is now practically unknown.
Sawdust has joined sand in this re-
spect.
Cotton felt has been substituted for
sawdust as q non-conductor of cold in
winter. Gas can be made from saw
dust. It is also used. for briquettes,
/. e, blocks of compressed sawdust
and wood chips burned for fuel. Even
in the protection of glassware against
breakage saWdust has been suppressed
ed by excelsior, sawdust being regard
ed as too valuable for such use.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-10-26
GULF or MEXICO is DEEP.


Two Thousand Fathoms the Figure Es.
tablished by photographic Office.
An elaborate report has just been
received at the navy department from
Lieutenant Solely, U. S. NJ, on the gulf
stream. Lieutenant Solely has charge
of the photographer Office at New Or
leans, and he shows conclusively in
his report that the gulf stream has an
existence in the Gulf of Mexico, fact
which has hitherto been in dispute.
According to Lieutenant Solely the
stream flows in the Gulf Of Yucatan
channel, where the water is deep, 1900
fathoms in the center, and flows out
through the Straits of Florida. where
the depth is less. The center of the
gulf Is a deep hole of large area,
more than 1000 fathoms deep, and
the water here is very cold. The main
current of the gulf is a distinct part
of the gulf stream.
It comes from the equatorial cur
rent, flowing westward through the
Caribbean sea, which is warm, with a
temperature Of 80 degrees, until it
flows into the cooler waters of the
gulf by the Yucatan channel. The
stream follows the general line of the
coast until it passes out by Florida.
There are some counter currents in
the gulf. A notable fact is that the
currents of all the rivers emptying
into the Gulf of Mexico turn to the
right-to the west-at Mobile and the
delta of the Mississippi, and to the
south along the Mexican coast.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-10-26
ODD NEW ZEALAND BIRDS,
The Honey Eater Acts Like Preach
er and Looks the Part.

The Honey Eater Acts Like Preach
er and Looks the Part.
The honey eater is one of the COM
monest and at the same time hand
soonest of the New Zealand birds, says
the London Graphic. The neck is or
namented with frill of curly feath-
ers of a greenish color with white CEN
ters and the throat is adorned with
tuft of white feathers, which has
gained for it the popular name OF
"parson Bird" an appellation appro>
pirate not only because of the decora-
ton but because of the resemblance Of
it's peculiar attitudes when singing to
the gesticulations INDUCED in by ex-
uberant lecturers when wishing to
drive home their points. The bird is
an excellent mimic and can be taught
to repeat short sentences with extra
ordinary clearness and also to whistle
short songs quite as we'll as a parrot.
The late Sir Walter Butler told the
amusing story that he was once ad-
dressing large meeting of natives
on a matter of considerable. political
Importance and had been urging his
views with all the earnestness that
the subject demanded when immedl-
ately on the conclusion of the speech
and before the old chief to whom his
arguments were chiefly addressed had
time to reply a honey eater, whose
netted cage hung to rafter overhead.
responded in a clear, emphatic way
"Tito!" (false.).
The circumstances naturally caused
much merriment among the audience
and quite upset the gravity of the ven
cradle old chief Friend" he said
laughing, "your arguments are very
good, but my mokai is a very wise
bird ana he is not yet convinced
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-10-26
NEW DEVICE FOR sEANcES.
A Black Silk Bag Which SwelIs Out
With Spirit Hands.

With Spirit Hands.
A German spiritualist, writing in
Psychic Studies, describes a new ap-
paratus for obtaining what is known
as direct writing. It consists of a
cubical box about foot each way, the
front being formed by conical bag Of
soft but closely woven black silk.
Through hole in the tip Of the bag
pencil is placed, so that the longer
part is inside the bag and the point
outside.
'The notion is that a spirit hand
can materialize inside the conical bag
or sleeve" says the account, land can
direct the movement of the pencil
over the paper. A medium, a country
girl of fourteen, who can only read,
write and work the simplest arithme-
tic, placed her hands on the top of the
box, in full light, and soon the conical
bag swelled out as though a hand were
inside, and the pencil began to write.
The box and bag being entirely closed
and dark inside, there is no obstacle
to the naturalization of hand with
in; thus direct writing can be obtained
in lighted room.''
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-10-26
PROFESSIONAL.
l.. y. @. TITUS, LII. B.,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR.
Grand Marais, MINI.
NOTICE OF SALE OF BONDS.

Notice is hereby given that the Town
Board Of the Town of Grand Marais, Cook
bids up to and including Oct. 10Th, 1907, at
10 o'clock a. m. of said day. for the sale Of
the bonds of said town issued for the fol-
lowing purpose and in the following sum:
Onethousand dollars for the purpose of
building a.. town hall for
said town. said bonds to bear interest
at the rate of six per cent per
annum, payable semi-annua1ly, and to be
two C2 in number. of the denomination
Of five hundred dollars (S5O0) each, payable
ten U0) years from the date thereof. All
bids should be addressed to the u6der-
signed town clerk, Grand Marais, Mimi.
The Board reserves the righte to reject
any and all bids.
Dated September 21st, 1907.
OLE J. ALLEN,
Chairman Board Of Supervisors.
CHRIS MURPHY,
Town Clerk. 9-9S
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-10-26
ON AN ARKANSAS RAILROAD.

Wreck, Though No Uncommon Thing,
Likely to Cause Engineer Trouble.
A Western railroad man tells of a
road in Arkansas built long ago, road
that had all the weaknesses to which
neglected systems are exposed. The
ballast was thin, the grades heavy and
the ties. rotten. Nearly all passengers
travelling by this road provided them
selves with accident policies, although
as matter of fact there was not much
danger, as the trains were not given to
sprinting, and the regular accidents
used to occur without serious results
Trainmen had by long practice learned
when to jump, and the passengers by
following their example Jared just az
we'll.
The fastest train went at the rate
when the wind was not unfavorable-
of ten miles an hour and so was called
the Little Rock express.
One day the Little Rock express
jumped the track and went tearing
into a cornfield While the rest OF
the trainmen were sitting in the shade
waiting for the wreck train the con-
ductor came up, saying to the engi'
neer:
bill, I am afraid you're in for it
this time. miss my guess if you don't
get fired for this
"Ah, g'wan!" exclaimed Bill, lit
wasn't my fault; it was the fault OF
the rotten old road. Besides, we get
derailed on an average of three times
a week. The superintendent wouldn't
know what to think if we kept the
track for ten days running"
'"That's all right, Bill" rejoined the
conductor, 'but you're off the wrong
way. So long as you keep on the right
of way it doesn't matter much, but we
have no business in this mans corn
field, and you know it."
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-10-26

Timber Land. Act June 8. 1s7S.-Notice for
Publication. United States Land Office,
Duluth, MIMI, Sept. IL, 1907.
Notice is hereby given that in compliance
with the provisions Of the act of Congress OF
June 3, 1878, entitled IAN act for the sale OF
timber lands in the States of California, Oregon,
Nevada and Washington Territory" as extend
ed to all the Public Land states by act of Aug
ust4, 1892, Patrick J. Bayle: of Grand Marais,
county Of Cook, state of Minnesota, has this
day filed in this office his sworn statement No.
u ST., for the purchase seq Of neA' neH Of seA
ship 81 north, range 2 east 4th 2. M, an. will
offer proof TO show that the land sought is more
valuable for its timber or stone than for agri-
cultural purposes, and to establish his claim to
said land before G. Fl. Carhart, .. s. Com
missioner, at his Office at Grand Marais, MIMI,
on Monday, the 10Th day of December, 1907.
He names as witnesses:
George Bayle, Thomis T. Carter, Samuel Zim-
norman Jr. and Silas King all Of Grand
Mara1s, Mimi
Any and ali persons claiming adversely the
above-described lands are requested to file their
claims in this Office on or before said 18th day OF
December. 1907.
1915 J. G. HERMAN ENGEL, Register.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-10-26

Timber Land Act, .june 3, 1s7s.--Notice for Pub
ication.--United States Land Office. Duluth,
Minn., March, 10, 1907.
Notice Is hereby given that in compliance
with the provisions of the act of Cong ress OF
June 3, 1878. entitled act for the sale of tim
be1 lands in the States of California, Oregon,
Nevada, and Washington Territory. as extend
ed to all the Public Land States by act of Aug
ust A. 1892. Benjamin Beulke of St. Paul: county
Of Ramsey state of Minnesota, has this day filed
in this office his sworn statement No. 7s4, for
the purchase OF the eh of nwl4 OF section II, id
township 62 n, range 9 w., 4th P NJ and
will offer proof to show that the land sought
is more valuable for it's timber store than
for agricultural purposes and to establish
his claim to said land before the Register and
Receiver of this Office at Duluth, Mimi, on
Thursday, the 9th day of January. 1908.
He names as witnesses:
Major G, Wilson of Bemidji. Minn., Otto
Born of St, Paul, MIMI. William Howenstine
and David Carrlboo Of Grand Marais Mimi.
ANY and all persons Gaining adversely the
above-descrlb lands are requested to file their
claims in this office on or before said 9th day of
1o-1g j: 6. HERMAN ENGEL, Register.
H. l.. Shepherd, Attorney,
Duluth Mimi.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-10-26
TIME TABLES FOR CLOTHES.
Darkey Gives a Proper Answer to a
Strangers Suggestion.

Darkey Gives Proper Answer to a
Strangers Suggestion.
Il was walking on Pennsylvania av-
enue in Washington one day at high
noon when a niger doomed up on my
horizon coming rapidly toward me-"
said a well known negro comedian.
'tHe was wearing the most outlandish
outfit ever saw on human being, on
or off the stage. His trousers were
frayed and torn above his shoetops
He wore a musk-cOlored wooden shirt,
a celluloid collar and a tattered sack
coat. On his head was a sombrero
which looked as if several dogs had
been trying to pull it to pieces: But
the GROWING glory was a new and i'm.
maculate full dress vest. He had
pulled back his coat and showed his
thumbs into the armholes of that vest.
AS he came sailing before the wind he
certainly was the most comical figure
I ever saw. I couldn't resist the temp
tation to stop him.
"Look here I said, what do you
mean by appearing at this time of day
in such a dress? Don't you know that
you're de trop?'
"'De what-what's that?'
Don't you know that you're de
trop?" repeated, that it isn't permits
sible to appear in full dress before 6
o'clock in the EVENING"
"The darby drew himself up very
proudly.
"Look heah,' he said. TIL have you
to know that I don't 'ow nobody to
make time tables for my cloas.' D.
Kansas City Times.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-10-26
Administering Justice in Morocco

The. penal code in Morocco, or
whatever may 60 by the, name of a
code, is a good. deal more Draconian
than Draco. Two terrible instances in
point are quoted as Of quite recent &C.
currence. =
In one case a native prowler was
sentenced to thrashing with 800
blows of a stick for stealing three
fishes. In another case a young fellow
who had stolen 9 sum in silver equal
to about one pound sterling was
punished with a ropes ending OF 5000
stripes, from the effect Of. which -
died in few hours. - ~ ~ r. =
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-10-26
PRESS AGENT At HIS BEST.
Sample Of the Work Which the Mod.
ern Boomer Has to Perform,


ern Boomer Has to Perform:
Lillian Vera iSmithereen, in the
chorus of the "Boulevardier Bur
1esquers'' at the Magnifique theater
this week, is the only woman proprie-
tor of unicorn farm in the world,
says the Kansas City Times.
Before Miss Smithreen ever thought
of going before the footlights she had
built up great institution for the
propagation of uniforms, which is the
only institution of it's kind ever or
ganized.
Il was led to invest in this peculiar
enterprise" said Miss Smithereen yes
terday in her dressing room, Through
a chance remark of my old friend and
schoolmate King Edward. The emper-
or of Abyssinia had just presented the
king with magnificent lion and Ed
ward remarked in my presence that if
he only had a unicorn to go with it he
would have fine living emblem of the
British nation.
Let me supply the missing men,
Der of the happy family I said, for l
happened to have pet unicorn which
had raised on my estate in Australia.
"The king readily assented and l
gave{ him the unicorn The two ami
mails made a great hit at Buckingham
palace and there was Immediately a
demand among the nobility for pet
unicorns. I therefore turned my es-
tates over to the business of breeding
unicorns and now produce more than
1000 annually. The demand keeps up
because of the fact that the lion eats
the unicorn on an average of every
seventeen days and the unicorn has to
be renewed" A unicorn brings at the
market from $4,000 to $4,000, accord.
ing to the specimen. So you see the
business is a profitable one"
Miss Smithereen has adopted the
stage as a career purely through
choice, the SIS week which she re-
ceives as chorus girl being a mere
bagatelle, as it were and so to speak.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-10-26

Timber Land Act June 3. 1s7s.-Not,ce for
PublicatiOn.-UnltedS States Land Office. Du-
luth, Mlnn., March. 70, 1907.
49,! Notice 70 is hereby gwen that in compliance
June 3. 1878. entitled IAN act for the sale Of
timber lands in the States of California, Oregon,
Nevada and Washington Territory as extend
ed to all the Public Land States by act of August
4. 1897, Hubert Korfhage, of st. Paul, county of
Ramsey State of Minnesota. has this day filed
IN this office his sworn statement No. n,7o3. for
the purchase OF the lots L. z 3. and sw4 OF mex of
section y, in township 6? NJ. range w, 4P. M.,
and will offer proof to show that he land sought
Is more valuable for its timber or stone lhun
for agricultural. purposes. and to establish his
claim to said land before the register and re-
ceiver at Duluth, Minn.. on Thursday, the sth
day of January, 1908. - II: - - :
he names Ms witnesses IA. I'll
benjamin Beulke. of st Paul, Mimi, Major c.
Wilson o: Bemidji. Mimi, David Carriboo and
William Howenstine of Grand Marais, MINI.
Any and all persons claiming adversely the
sbove-descr1bed lands are requested to Tile their
claims In this Office on OF before said 9Th day
Of January. 1908. $500 : -
\ 1913 j. 9 HERMANsENGEL, Register.
H, L. Shepherd, Attorney, ~. :. :
Il Duluth. Mimi. #5zSg ~ -.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-10-26
Timber Land Act June 3, 187S.-Notice for
publication. United States Land Office.

Timber Land, Act June 3, 187s.-Notice for
Publication. United States Land Office.
Duluth MIMI. Sept, % 1907.
Notice is hereby given that in compliance
with the provisions Of the act OF Congress Of
timber lands in the States Of California. Oregon,
Nevada and Washington Territory" as extend
ed to all the Public Land States by act OF Aug
ust 4, 1892, Martin Aarhaus of Grand Marais,
county of Cook, state of Minnesota has this
day filed in this Office his sworn statement No.
r. $751; for the purchase Of the sen Of section
and will offer proof to show that the land sought
is more valuable for its timber or stone than
for agricultural purposes. and to establish his
claim to said land before G. H. Carhart. U. =.
Commissioner, at his Office at Grand Maraia,
Mimi, on Monday, the 10th day of Decem-
Der, 1907.
He names as witnesses: =.
Axel Berglund, John w. Mckinley, John G.
Murphy and Michael Murphy all Of Grand Ma
rails, Mimi.
Any and all persons claiming adversely the
above-described lands are requested to file their
claims in this Office on or before said 10th day of
December, 1907.
1915 J.C. HERMAN ENGEL, Register.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-10-26
Stone Acts as Barometer.

unfailingly foretells changes in the
weather. This stone was found in
Finland ma1y years ago by an explor.
or and has since been watched by
scientists with great interest. It pre-
sents a white, notified appearance in
sunshine. gradually turning from gray
to black as a rain storm approaches
The stone is composed OF clay, inter
and rock salt. In dry weather the salt
in the stone is prominent, but when
the air is filled with moisture the salt
absorbs the moisture and turns black.
thus forming the barometer. =.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-10-26

Timber Land. Act June 3. 1878. Notice for
Publication. United States Land Office, Du-
luth, Mimi. March 6, 1907.
Notice is hereby given, that in compliance
with the provisions of the act Of Congress of
June 3. 1873. entitled AN act for the sale of
timber lands in the states Of California, Oregon,
Nevada and Washington Territory" as extend
ed to all the Public Land States by act of Aug
gust 4, 1892, Lizzie Coleman, Of Two Harbors.
county of Lake, State of Minnesota, has this
day filed in this Office her sworn statement No.
1850 for the purchase Of the lot 1. section "a
township I'll range west, lots 1, 2 and 10 and
mex nwh of section 10 in township 81 n, range
west. and will offer proof to show that
the land sought is more valuable for it's timber
or stone than for agricultural purposes, and to
establish his claim to said land before the
register and receiver at Duluth, Mimi, on
Monday, the 10th day of December, 1907.
He names witnesses:
John F. Segog, Percy Sullivan, Dan O'Leary
and j. Roy Bell, all of Duluth, MINI.
Any and all persons claiming adversely the
above-described lands re requested to file their
claims in this office on or before said 10th day of
1915 }. G. HERMAN ENGEL, Register.
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Timber Land. Act June 3, 1s7S.-Not1ce for
Observation-Disclosures Sta ties Land Office, Du
luth, Minnesota April 20 1907

Timber Land. Act June 3, 1s7s.--Noti for
Observation-Disclosures Stat ties Land Office, Du
luth, Minnesota, April. 20 1907.
Notice is hereby given that in compliance
with the provisions of the act of Congress of
June 8, 1878, entitled IAN act for the sa lie of
timber lands in the States Of California. Oregon,
Nevada and Washington Territory" as exten.
ded to all the Public Land States by act of
August 4, 1892, Peter Alfred Anderson, of Du-
luth, county of st. Louis. state OF Minnesota.
has this day filed in this Office his sworn state
ment No. 1921, for the purchase Of the lot !,
swA Of nwA, .nwA of swA of section
and lot 1 of section 4. in town.
ship g. N, range 2 W., 4th P. NJ, and will
offer proof to show that the land sought
Is more valuable for Its timber or stone than
for agricultural purposes. and to establish
his claim to said land before the register and
receiver of this Office at Duluth, Minn., on
Thursday, the 18th day of January, 1905.
He names as witnesses:
Major c. Wilson of Bemidji, Mimi, De Will
liam Berry Of St. Paul, David Carriboo and
William Howensteln Of Grand Marais, MINI.
Any and all persons claiming adversely the
above described: lands are requested to file
their claims il this office on or before said 10Th
OF January, 1905.
JIG. HERMAN ENGEL,
1918 Register.
II. l.. Shepherd, Attorney,
Duluth. MINI.