The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1915-06-17
Our Visitors Story


one to the other, when party of twin
city mon visited the fourishing county
town of Grand Marais, Cook county,
Minn., on Saturday, and met with the
county officials and discussed with them
the completion OF a standard highway
reaching from Port Arthur and Fort
William to Pigeon River in Canada and
from Pigeon River to Grand Marais, and
thence on to Duluth and other Ameri.
can cities. This road will not only put
Grand Mara1s ION the map" as half.
way point between the big United States
twin cities of Duluth and Superior, and
the Canadian twin cities of Fort Viii.
liam and Port Arthur, but it will open
up large areas of the finest agricultural
lands and improve conditions for the
thousands of settlers on both sides OF
the line whose facilities for, reaching the
market are now limited.
The credit for bringing this matter to
live issue belongs to VIM. Scott of
Port Arthur, who two years ago piloted
a party of Canadians to Grand Marais
and the outcome of a fraternizing of the
residents of either side of the line re-
suited in a combined effort which led
the Cook county people to thus COM
mence the building of a magnificent
standard road on which they have al
ready spent $4,000 and when the final
lap Of five miles has been constructed
will have cost them the tidy sum of
$4,000.
The Canadians have done equally we'll
and, with the big gang of men now
working, will, according to the state
ment Saturday night of Mr.. Lizard, the
Ontario government road engineer, be
completed through to the boundary by
the end of July next.
The following gentlemen accepted the
Invitation of Mr.. Scott on Saturday for
trip on the James Whalen" to visit
Grand Marais: F. Babe. H. W. Robin
son, James Perry, w. A. Armstrong, A.
A. Wilson, James Tonkin, H. J. Sterl-
ing, D. W. Black, and D. Smith of Fort
William; T. N. Andrew, j. w. Wolvin,
Government Engineer Lizard, I. L. Mat
thews, w. H. Russell, A. McGillis, Geo.
Rapsey, Carl Sorenson, G.. ": .Pearce,
iW. F. F.,aaangworthy, and D. J. Cowan of
Port Arthur, and w. F. Wolf of La
Crosse Wis.
To say that they were royaly vel.
coined and treated handsomely by their
cousins across the line Is putting it
mildly. They we're met by delegation
of Grand Marais business men and es-
corted to the fine county court building
where they held session with the coun-
ty commissioners consisting of the fol.
lowing:
| II. O. Engelson, chairman; Ole Allen,
Martin Jacobson, Sam Bal]y, Osborne
B. Ellquist, Commissioners; together
with George B. Hughes, state engineer;
I. L. Carter, county auditor; S. c. Mur-
ply, county attorney; Axel Berglund,
county surveyor, and Louis Engelson,
treasurer.
After thorough discussion of the
final details of the road between the
commissioners, their engineers and the
Canadian deputatlop and the govern
ment engineers, the Cook county officials
definitely decided to go ahead at once
and complete the intervening link of the
port-to-port highway. Upon the con-
clusion of the business session the Cana
dlans were treated to a sumptuous ban
quet at the Hotel Paine where mine host
Paine certainly excelled himself and
surprised his guests with the excellence
and elaborateness of the repast provided,
the final touch of completeness being
the apple blossom favors from Chris
Murphy's farm couple of miles from
Grand Marais. While some of the
townspeople acted the part of general
host to the Canadians, county officials
and many others were present at the
banquet and many addresses of high
order we're delivered by the various
speakers, Chris Murphy makiag very
capable chairman.
Grand Marais is a bright little town.
it's people are keen alert Americans,
prompt to take advantage of the oppor-
tunities which nature has 80 amply pro-
vided and if hard work and application
to the task of developing their county
and the welfare of it's people count for
anything, Grand Marais and that Sec
tion of Cook county adjacent: thereto
will be a city of no mean parts before
another decade rolls around. The town
boasts of county building which Is an
epic in architecture and utility, built at
a cost of $75,OOO, but looking worth
$150,000, has barrel factory turning
out 200 kegs day, is the center of a big
fishing industry, and the county town is
the pivotal point of very live aud en-.
terprising agricultural area. It has di-