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The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1915-09-30

Johnson; / want you to shake halAua
with an old newspaper pal of mine
from New York, Mr.. Kenneth Girls
void Kenneth, this is Mr.. Beverly
Johnson, of the Bayou State Security
bank, in New Orleans
Thus cambridge, sometime star re-
porter for the Louisianian, turning up
at the climax1ng instant to prove the
crowded condition of an overnarrow
world, much as Matthew Broffin had
once turned up on the after-deck of
the coastwise steamer Adelantado to
prove it to him.
While Griswold, with every nerve
on edge, was acknowledging the in
PRODUCTION which he could by no
means avoid, Broffin drew nearer
From the porch steps he could both
see and hear. cambridge, cheerfully
loquacious, Continued to dc most Of
the talking. He was telling Griswold
Of the streak of good luck which had
snatched him out of a reporters berth
in the South to make him night editor
of one of the St. Paul dailies. John
son was merely an onlooker. Brofin's
eyes searched the teller's face. Thus
far it. was a blank-a rather bored
blank.
And you are on your way to St.
Paul now" Griswold said to the news
paper man. Broffin, whose ears were
skillfully attuned to all the tone varia-
tons in the voice of evasion, thought
he detected quaver of anxious i'm
patience in the half-absent query.
"Yes; l was going on through to-
night, but Johnson, here, stumped me
to stop over. He said l might be able
to get a news story out of his sick
president" cambridge ratified on.
Ever meet Mr.. Galbraith? He is the
bank president who was held up last
spring, you remember; fine old Scotch
gentleman Of the Walter-Scott brand
when did you leave New Orleans?'
Griswold asked; and now Broffin made
sure he distinguished the note of anx-
iety
1.-TWO days back; missed a connec-
ton on account of high water in the
Ohio. Might have stayed another II
hours in the good old levee town if we'd
only known, Ell, Johnson" And then
again to Griswo1d: Remember that
supper we had at Chaudiere's, the
night I was leaving for the banana
coast? By George! come to think Of
it, believe that was the last time we
foregathered in the Say, Kenneth,
what have you done with your beard?"
Something clicked in Broffin's brain.
The final doubt was cleared away
Griswold was the man he had seen and
marked when the two were saying
good-by on the banquette in front Of
Chaudiere's.
Broffin's right hand went swiftly to
an inside pocket of his coat and when
it was withdrawn a PAR of handouts.
oiled to noiselessness, came with it.
Deity the man-catcher worked them
open, using only the fingers of one
haad, and never taking his eyes from
the trio on the sidewalk. One last
step remained; if he could only man
age to get speech with Johnson first
During the trying interval Griswold
had been fully alive to his peril. He
had seen the swift hand-passing, and
he knew what it was the Brofin was
concealing in the hand which had
made the quick pocket dive. He knew
that the crucial moment had come:
and, as many times before, the saw
age fear-mania was gripping him. In
the cold vise-nip of it he had becorla
once more the cornered wild beast.
(TO BE CONTINUED>
The Ely miner., 1915-05-21
REVIVAL OF RIVER TRAFFIC
Pioneer Pilot Says Water Course to
New Orleans Is Almost Perfect
Praises Government Work.

Wabasha.-That the next generation
will see a revival Of river activities
which will rival those of the early days
is the opinion Of Captain Joseph
Buisson Of Wabasha. But the revival
will not resemble the rafting days,
as the boats to be used will be much
larger than those which towed the
RATS.
Buisson is one of the pioneer pilots
of the upper river, having been con-
tinuously on the river 40 years. With
his brother, he operated four raft
boats during the lumber days. They
were the Ben Herschey, C. w. Cowles,
now the Callitan, owned by Mrs. John
Deer, of Moline, ILL.,, as pleasure
craft; the Horace H. and the Laif
Land.
The traffic is on the river from Min
neapolis to New Orleans, says Cap
tain Buisson, and the right style Of
boats is all that is needed. "The at
tempt last year to demonstrate the
possibilities of the river as a means
for the transportation of freight, even
with the unfit boat used, was sufficient
evidence as to what can be done" he
says.
'The river has never been so good
for navigation. The government has
accomplished wonders in creating and
maintaining permanent channel and
within a few years there will be al
most a perfect water course from
Minneapolis to New Orleans.
The Ely miner., 1915-05-21
WOOL GROWING IN
CANADA A SUCCESS
This By-Product of the Farm viii
Make Many Western Canada
Farmers Rich.

Alberta wool growers are looking for
Is cent wool this year. That is the
assertion made by prominent sheep
man of the Grassy Lake district. ut
is quite within the pale of possibility
that we will receive that figure from
our wool this summer" said he, land
/ would not be surprised to see some
get more than that.
The war has caused great demand
to be made on the woolen mills, and
they have got to have the raw mate
rial"
The present season has been most
propitious for the growing of wool, a2d
the growers expect to reap big har-
vest of splendid quality. The winter
has been very even, and the sheep are
doing well on the ranges.
No special breed of sheep is kept
on Western Canada farms, and all
seem to do well. The advice of those
interested in the welfare of the farm.
ers Of Western Canada, advise all
who can at all do 80 to enter upon the
raising of sheep. They have proved
most profitable to those who go into
that industry on scale commensu
rate with their means, and their farm
area.
The climate is perfectly adapted to
the raising OF sheep, they are easily
kept, and as pointed out, there is good
money to be made out of them.-Ad
vertisement
The Ely miner., 1915-05-21
CLUB IS PRIDE OF DISTRICT
Deerwood Civic League Does surpris-
ing Amount Of Work-Other
Towns Make Reports.

Little Falis.-The Civic league of
Deerwood established itself as the
pride of the Sixth district by the re-
port which its president, Mrs. Golf,
read. This club, which Is only a
year old and is made up of twelve
members, has done a surprising
amount of work. The women con-
Quoted billboard campaign, provided
waste boxes for the streets, helped
pass a curfew law and have now pre-
sented the town with a drinking foun-
tain. At Christmas time they sent
two boxes on the Christmas ship and
took care of Is families in the town.
The club is an outgrowth of the
board Of directors of the Girls club,
Ind, besides its civic work, has still
had time to continue this work among
he young girls, conducting classes in
sewing and domestic science and pro-
riding small library, which is open
Thursday afternoons and Saturday
evenings.
The report of the Musical club of
Brainerd was given by Mrs. Brodie
Youngsclub, president in the district.
The Musical Art club of Little Falls
S proud of its student section, which
has given programs during the winter.
The Ely miner., 1915-05-21
FARM BUREAU PLANS MEETING
clay County Society to Convene in
Moorhead June 12-livestock
Parade Scheduled.

Moorhead.-The annual meeting of
the Clay County Farm bureau will
be held in this city on Saturday, June
IL. The day will be largely devoted
to a discussion of livestock, and ex-
perts from the extension division of
The Minnesota college of agriculture
and other educational institutions in
.he state will speak.
There will be a stock parade, in
which cattle from the famous Holstein
iarm, east Of Moorhead, belonging %
E. c. Schroeder, and stock belonging
to several other prominent farmers
will be shown. All the farmers in the
county are invited to attend the con-
yention. The meetings will be held
In the open air.
The Moorhead Commercial club will
give the visiting farmers dinner at
noon. The club has appointed a COM
mittee to receive and entertain the far
mers while in the city.
The Moorhead Retail Merchants as
sociation, which was organized few
weeks ago, will do its part in making
the annual convention a great sue
cess.
The Ely miner., 1915-05-21
CONDUCT ALFALFA CAMPAIGN
Many Meetings Held Under Direction
of Rochester Commercial Club
Veteran Farmers Speak.

Rochester.-More alfalfa, less hog
cholera and better farming was the
slogan at thirteen meetings on farms,
in villages and roadsides in Olmstead
county under the direction of the
Rochester Commercial club. All of
the meetings were we'll attended and
much interest manifested in the al
falfa campaign.
At Simpson three rural schools
joined in the ceremonies of the pre-
sentation of large flag to the Simp-
son school for winning the largest
number of prizes at the county fair
last fall. Prof. G. E. Farr of Chicago
made the address.
Among the speakers at the meet
ings were Floyd L. Hatch and Lind
say Reese, two veteran farmers of
Illinois, and r. C. Pollock, county
agent of Dakota county. Eighteen
additional meetings were held, closing
the campaign.
The Ely miner., 1915-05-21
CLAY COUNTY WON BY "DRYS'
MOORHEAD AND GAINESVILLE
ALONE FAVOR SALOONS.
County Option Election Returns indi.
cate Dry Victory by Between
300 and 500 Votes.

Fargo, N. D.-County option has
won in Clay county. Minnesota
The drys, with practically complete
returns from two-thirds of the county,
which include the wet spots like
Moorhead and Barnesville, claim a dry
victory by between 500 and 900 votes.
The vets concede the drys have
won by between 500 and 600.
There is no doubt but that Clay
on and the oasis for practically one
half of North Dakota will be as dry
as the desert after J:ns 80.
Total Vote Cut Down.
The total vote was cut down some
what in the rural precincts because
of the muddy roads following the
heavy rains and the intermittent snow
f1urries of the forenoon.
Only the most enthusiastic wallowed
through the mud to the polls. Those
who were slightly Indifferent remained
away. AS result the dry majority
was reduced.
Two weeks ago, with a normal vote,
the county would have favored county
option by from 1900 to 1000, but rap
id gains had been made by the vets
during the last 15 days as a result of
vigorous campaign they prosecuted
and the arguments they used with
drinking men over the county and
with the tax payers and merchants
of the city of Moorhead
Moorhead Votes "Wet."
Moorhead, which went wet by So
in the spring election, was carried by
slightly increased lead by the sal
oon advocates this time. The argu-
ment that there would be no revenue
to pay the operating expenses of the
city after July l if the saloons were
wiped out, had some effect, but the
majority was only 79, when the anti
optionists had claimed at least 200, as
shown by their polls.
GAINESVILLE, the other soggy spot in
the county. was also carried by the
vets by slightly increased majority
over the spring election.
Practically all precincts outside of
Moorhead and Barnesville went dry
and every rural precinct in the coun-
ty gave majority against saloons.
The Ely miner., 1915-05-21
$500 F|REMEN TO
MEET IN PINE CITY
SECRETARY OF STATE COMMIT
TEE PREDICTS ATTENDANCE
OF THIS MAGNITUDE.
CHURCH SOCIETIES TO AID
Wos1en VIII Assist In Serving Meals
to Guests at Convention in June
Elaborate Preparations
Are Being Made.

Pine City.-Pine City is preparing
to entertain $500 guests when the
hreinen's state convention is held here
next month. Secretary Myler of the
stale committee, predicts an attend
ance OF this magnitude, basing his
statement on reports from fire chiefs
and departments throughout the state.
Private homes Of Pine City will shell
ter at least 500 visitors. Pokegama
laka hotels can accommodate 100.
About 4C0 will be cared for in eight
sleeping cars that are to be side
tracked here for the convention. Cots
will be placed in buildings at the fair
grounds for 1000 men and tents will
be provided for the remainder.
Women of various church societies
will aid in serving meals. Quarters
will be fitted up where $50 persons
can be waited upon at once. Pine
City has a big task to house and feed
the delegates, but the problem will be
worked out satisfactorily.
Bands are coming from Virginia,
Rush City. Brookpark and several
other places. More than $1,000 has
been subscribed here for convention
expenses.
The Ely miner., 1915-05-21
Roseau County Votes Out Saloons.

Warroad, Minn. - The saloons
in Roseau county were voted out in
the county option lection, and the
final returns will show the drys vic
tors at least three to one. Warroad,
the county seat, is the only town in
the county now having saloons, eight
being licensed there. Only IL of AZ
precincts had reported up to 1880 at
night, at which hour the dry head
quarters, where the returns were re-
ceived, were closed up. These IL pre-
cincts gave the drys $50 and the vets
240,
The Ely miner., 1915-05-21
Our French.

Professor Poussin, the Belgian ref
ugee professor at Harvard, was panied
at q dinner in his honor, by the ap
plause and cheers which greeted his
description of ruined Louvain and
wrecked Liege. But when it was ex
planned to Professor Poussin that the
Harvard professors and students had
q very slight knowledge of French-he
had spoken in French-his perplexity
vanished, and he smiled.
II see," he said. Il see. It is like
the case of Mr.. Smith. Mr.. Smith, ar
American, said to his wife at Paris
restaurant:
"'Strange! I spoke to the proprie
tor in French, and he didn't under
stand me-
"'Well,' said Mrs. Smith. no won
der. He's Frenchman.'
The Ely miner., 1915-05-21
BODIES OF 8 AGED
BROTHERS found
JOHANNES, AMUND AND SVEN
MITMoEN MURDERED.oN
FARM NEAR LOWRY.
ROBBERY BELIEVED MOTIVE
Victims Were Known to Have Large
Sums of Money About the House
--Neishbors Think Assailants
Obtained 5000 to $4,000.

Lowry.-That robbery was the mo-
tive uehind one of the most sensa-
tional crimes of Pope county and
that the robbers obtained from $S,-
900 to $4,000 is the belief of neigh
bors Of Johannes, Amund and Sven
Mitmoen, three aged brothers whose
bodies were found horribly mutilated.
Johannes and Amund were found
in the house with their heads split
open and ropes around their necks
Sven, with his head crushed by a
stone, was lying half covered with
dirt and mud, in the barnyard.
The three men lived on farm near
here and were known to have large
amount of money about the house. A
search disclosed that the robbers
failed to find a secret drawer in an
old bureau that contained $4,000 in
gold, currency and certificates of de.
posit in the Lowry bank. Two large
blood. Blood stains were found on
nearly every article of furniture and
clothing on the premises.
Condition of the bodies indicated
that they had been dead four or five
days.
Bodies Horribly Mutilated.
John, the elder, 20 years old, was
found in bed. His head was split half
way from the left ear toward the
right ear. Lewis, 6S, was lying in the
kitchen. Evidences of struggle were
shown by the disarranged condition
Of the meager furniture. Lewis head
was cut open half way to his chin and
he was gagged. Sven, the youngest
63, who had for years been suffering
from weak mind, lay half covered
in the COW lot. A milk pail was
nearby. His head had apparently been
crushed with rock which was found
nearby covered with blood and hair.
Several large sales have been made
during the winter and spring, but none
of this money is known to have found
its way to banks for deposit. Neigh
bors examined before the coroner's s
jury said that sales made recently
would amount to more than $4,000.
The brothers never had callers and
never visited among the neighbors
John and Lewis occasionally drove
into Lowry for supplies. Sven was
seldom if ever off the place.
Neighbors express a belief that
there are yet large amounts of money
secreted about the premises, as it is
L. hot i
from $4,000 to $4,000 worth of prod
uce and stock from their farm annu
ally for the last 10 years.
The Ely miner., 1915-05-21
Canadian Settler DISAPPEARS.

Fergus Falls.-Arthur Weston, for
merly Of the town of Paddock, this
county, has disappeared in wilds of
northern Canada, and no trace of him
can be found. He left for a claim near
Edison last August and failed to write
home. AS time wore on and no word
was received, letters were sent to
other settlers, and they have written
back that he never reached his claim.
His father, E. C. Weston, a former
member of the legislature from this
county, has left for Canada to en-.
deavor to find some trace of him.
The Ely miner., 1915-05-21
stop Service on RAINY Lake,

International Falls.-Regular serv-
ice on Rainy lake has been discontin-
ued by the Rainy Lake Navigation
company. according to John Gagne,
manager. Mr.. Gagne said that the
boats would be used in fishing and
towing and no passenger service
would be maintained as in former
years. There are now so many pri.
yate launches and motor boats ply
ing on the lake that unless a large
party were going up the lake the
larger boats would not earn enough
to pay for the gasoline.
The Ely miner., 1915-05-21
STATE NEWS IN BRIEF
White Flags Warn Vets.

East Grand Forks.-Wet forces
seeking to stave off county op-
tion, upon which the electors will
ballot May "a, are finding their
task of country campaigning one
of many difficulties.
White flags, on which the dec
Iaration, "This is dry farm" is
printed, float from the homes of
many of the farmers. The flag
is designed to head off any work
ero for the cause of the saloons.
The outlook, option forces de-
clare, is for the success of the op-
ton movement. by which East
Grand Forks and Crookston will
be made "dry."
4 4
The Ely miner., 1915-05-21
Boy Sleeps While Town Searches.

Fergus Falls.-Word was brought
into Perham that the 3-year-old child
of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Tobkin had
disappeared. A boy 5 years of age
disappeared in the same neighborhood
two years ago and was never found,
and this added to the alarm. Large
parties began systematic search, but
before it had progressed far the little
boy was found asleep behind a door
in the pantry of his home.
The Ely miner., 1915-05-21
Kick Is Fatal to Farm Hand

'<'$1S 70 oe'' W
New Ulm.-John Goettsche, farm
hand, was killed in the town of West
Newton, Nicollet county, while feed
ing horses. One of them became un-
ruly and kicked and trampled him.
He died almost instantly.
The Ely miner., 1915-05-21
Lodge Membership increases

st. Peter.-De,egates to the state
convention of the Knights of Colum.
bus. in session in St Peter, listened
to a report which showed that the
membership in the order has increased
about 10 per CEN
The Ely miner., 1915-05-21
Home Rule Charter Fail.

East Grand Forks.-The home rule
charter failed of adoption, although
it had a majority of the vote cast
The charter brought on a hot fight
between the so-called OLeary aad
Sullivan factions
The Ely miner., 1915-05-21
Provides Fine State Park.

Taylors Falls.-This promises to be
the most notable year in the history
of the. interstate park here at the
Dalles of the st. Croix, which legisla-
tive provision has made into q fine
state park.
The Ely miner., 1915-05-21
Liohtoino Kills Farmer In Field.

Winona. - Herman Benedict, So
years old, was struck by lightning
while planting corn on his farm near
Bethany. He was instantly killed and
his clothing took fire, attracting his
sons who were nearby.
The Ely miner., 1915-05-21
Editor Charged With RlackmaiI.

Duluth.-Vicenzo Cimino, editor OF
Ell Coriere Italo Americana, an Italian
newspaper published in Duluth, is in
Jail charged with mailing matter
threatening various Duluthians.
The Ely miner., 1915-05-21
To sh;o Pike Fry from semid

Bemidji.-Bemidji's new hatchery
will make it's first shipment of the pike
fry and about so cans will be dis
tributed between this city and
Crookston. The spawn is now hatch
ing.
The Ely miner., 1915-05-21
Mexican Revolt

An American colony, 65 men, women
and children, is said to have been
wiped out by a savage band of nearly
300 armed Yaqui Indians at Esperanza.
Sonora, 72 miles southeast of Quay
mas, Mex This startling report was
received by Juarez officials.
The Ely miner., 1915-05-21
Impossihle

Gladys claims to know every one of
the latest steps,"
"Oh, what fib!" Why, she told me
only this morning that she hadn't been
out of the house for a week"
The Ely miner., 1915-05-21

POSITIONS Without a supply Of Aliens Foot
Ease. the an'iseptic powder to be shaken into the
Shoes. or dissolved In the foot-bath The Standard
relief to tired. aching feet and prevents swollen,
hot feet. One lady writes: y enjoyed every minute
Of my stay at the Expositions thanks to Allen .
Foo*-Ease In my shoes. Get TODAY. Adv.
The Ely miner., 1915-05-21
Drink 0enIson's Coffee.
Always pure and delicious.

The flesh of the camel tastes like
beef, but has the appearance of veal.
The Ely miner., 1915-05-21

A tornado struck Ell Paso, ILL.,, il'
flicting damage estimated at $25,00o
ard entirely cutting off outside com
munication.
At the business session of the Ma.
tional Conference of Charities and
Corrections at Baltimore, Md. Rev.
Francis H. Gavisk, chancellor of the
Catholic diocese of Indianapolis, was
elected president.
Harold w. Ault, eighteen-year-old
son of James H. Ault, manufactur.
er Of Newark, N. j., shot and killed
his twenty-year-old wife in the Hotel
st. Regis at New York and then end.
ed his own life.
The murder of three brothers on
their farm near Lowry, Minn., has
Just become known. They are John,
Siren and Amund Mittones. They
were dubbed to death. after a fierce
struggle.
Harry X. Thaw won another point
in his fight for freedom when the ap-
pellate division of the New York su-
preme court upheld Justice Hendrick
in his decision granting Thaw a jury
trial to test his sanity.
Ballot boxes were stuffed in the re-
cent municipal election in Kansas City.
Kan, according to George d. Jameson.
a former sergeant of police, who testi-
fled in Governor Capper's investiga-
tiol.
John D. Rockefeller won his suit in
the United States district court at
Cleveland for an Injunction to restrain
the collection of taxes to the amount
of more than s1,500,000 assessed
against him.
All the cavalry horses at Fort Sher-
idan. ILL.,, are under quarantine, follow
ing the discovery of symptoms of hoof-
and mouth disease in six of the ami
mails. The diseased horses were de-
stroyed.
"You can't be Germans or de
scendants of Germans in the C3ited
States; you must be Americans Ri
Rev. P. ]. Muldoon, bishop of the
Rockford diocese, told 400 German.
American members of the Illinois
Catholic Union, who met at Aurora.
ILL.,, in their twenty-third annual con.
vention.
Clifford Pinchot, former chief of the
bureau of forestry, arrived in New
York on the steamship st. Paul from
Belgium, where he has been acting
as commissioner of the Belgian Relief
Mrs. Hanna Turner, eighty-fiye
years old, and Mrs. Nan Turner were
killed outright and Mrs. Elizabeth
Barker and James c. Renner were
seriously, perhaps fatally injured
when Big Four train struck the lat
ter's automobile at grade crossing
at Windsor, Ill.
Mary Moore, prominent society girl
was instantly killed and her com
panion, Dan Beckwith. injured whel
the latter's car, with the girl at the
wheel, ran of the embankmezt a
Alvin, III.
The Ely miner., 1915-05-21

Collins are being made of pager IN
France, cheapness and lightness being
their advantage.
The Ely miner., 1915-05-21

Japanese mills are suffering from q
Jhortage of cotton supplies.
The Ely miner., 1915-05-21
Durinu the Sermon

He-I didn't see you at church this
morning.
She-No. I was late and went in
while you were asleep.
The Ely miner., 1915-05-21
Personal

Judge James Phelan, one OF the
most prominent jurists Of Michigan.
died at Detroit of pneumonia.
The Ely miner., 1915-05-21
Some Trade.

That's a fine machine you've got,
old man. What did you do with ths
little car you had last yearT
"Oh, l traded it for pint cs gar.
oline." j