The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1917-08-22
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Brainerd lodge of Elks will have a
picnic at Mile Laos lake the latter
part of August.
Minnesota has one of the best crops
in history, and Montana and North
Dakota will do much better than was
expected week ago, according to late
reports.
w. Il. Tillotson, prominent Moor
head lawyer and insurance man, fell
and broke his leg as he tripped on
wire in stepping from an auto in
front Of the postofice.
Acting under orders from the War
Minneapolis, Of the First Minnesota
Infantry, has re-opened the state mus
term office at the Capitol.
National headquarters of the Amer
lean Cooperative association, of which
F. 4. Bennett of Great Falls, Mont,
is the head, have been opened in the
Gilfllan building in ST. Paul.
Judge J. T. MCGEE, member of the
Minnesota Public Safety Commission,
who left Cleveland for Washington,
had to be carried from the train to
a taxicab at the Washington station
because Of a broken arch in his right
foot, according to word from Wash
ingtcn.
Guy Empey, more than 80 years old,
was pinned beneath his car when it
turned over near Waterville. He was
jaken to Owatonna and examination
disclosed two broken ribs and a bad
ly bruised face. The car was almost
demolished. MI. Empey declares he
is going to cut out fast driving in the
future.
Ellen McCadden, a 15-year-old girl,
saved the life Of Harvey H. Warwick,
a St. Paul architect, when the latter
was thrown into the Mississippi river
by the capsizing Of his canoe yester-
day. The girl on shore saw him strug-
Cling jumped into the river and swan
to him, bringing both the man and the
canoe to safety.
John Boarth Of Winona, MIMI, an
I. W. w. held in the Dunn county Jail
at Manning for seditious utterances
and for failure to register at Roches-
ter, Minn., his last legal residence, was
indicted as Stacker by the federal
grand jury on testimony of States At
torney Johnson and Deputy Sheriff
Dawes of Dunn county.
The warehouse built for the Fosston
Potato Growers association has been
accepted from Egg & Bas, the build
ers. In the basement bins accommo-
dation is provided for the storing of
5000 bushels of potatoes, while 5000
bushels can be cared for On the up
per floor giving the warehouse a to-
tai capacity Of $4,000 bushels.
Crops in the Melrose vicinity are in
an excellent condition. Harvesting is
we'll under way, and threshing has
started in many localities. The best
yield reported as yet is an average Of
threshed on a farm near this city. Po-
tatoes are plentiful throughout Stearns
county and the pastures are in an ex-
tremely good condition, due to rains
during the past week.
The first case of smallpox among
the soldiers at Fort Smelling appeared
when Walter Smith of C battery, First
Minnesota field artillery, recent re-
cruit from Minneapolis, was found to
be suffering from the disease. 1t is
only mild attack and his recovery
is expected. His terminates are quar-
antined and an effort will be made to
complete vaccination Of the men of
the regiment at once.
For the first time in the history of
the Scottish rite of the Southern ju-
meeting of the chief officers of the
supreme council was held outside Of
Washington. The meeting was held
Monday. The body is the council Of
administration of the supreme coun-
ell. Some emergency matters Of bus
wait until the annual meeting in o.
tcber.
The problem of supplying shipping
facilities for farmers who have less
than carload lots of potatoes or vege-
tables to SELL is in fair way to be
solved according to Colonel R. A.
Wilkinson, who, with Hugh J. Hughes,
another member of the state food COM
mittee, appeared before the Public
Safety Commission. Men will be sent
out to confer with small shippers of
food products and to aid them in COM
bining their shipments.
Poisoning of fifty bed patients in
the state sanatorium for consumptives
at Walker on June p was made pub
lie only When the state board of Wis
itors made final report on it's in
vestigation, following complaints to
Governor Burnquist, and a separate
inquiry by the State Board of Health.
The REPORT finds the complaint "un-
fortunately true" and recommends Sc.
we're punishment of an employe blamed
for the infection suffered by the pa.
tients
More than 200 stationary engineers
from Minnesota attended the eighth
annual convention of the Minnesota
Stationary Engineers association,
which cOnvopod Of tho Norohontc, HI