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The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1917-11-14
OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS
OF SCHOOL DIST, NO, ?,

Hovland. Mimi, Oct. 29th, 1917.
Board met on the Goth day of Oct.
1917, pursuant to CALL
Present - Bray, Ellingsen, Hanson
and EllQuist. Absent-Hoyt and Rob-
erts.
The president of board being absent,
Director Bray was elected chairman pro
tenn.
The bond of Mons Hanson as District
Treasurer with the Fidelity and De-
post Co., of Maryland, in the amount
.of 100000 was received and upon mo-
ton approved.
On motion voted to instruct teachers
to require pupils absent from school to
furnish statement from parent or
guardian to teacher showing why such
child has been absent.
Bills were audited and allowed as
'ol1o"s
The Macmillan Co., textbooks. S &C. 81
Montgomery Ward & Co., misc.
'oppAio' ........... 10. OIL
Andrew Hedstrom, 200 it floor
IhS ................ 3. 40
Standard Salt and Cement Co.,
celhent 11.96
p. F.. Aim, 80 yards cheesecloth CAT
U. s.. & Dominion Trans Co.,
freight charges ............ 1.26
Grand Marais State Bank as
Slgnee OF Chas. J. Johnson,
premium Treasurer's bond $500
A. N. Palmer Co., Palmer me-
tnOd SO
Peoples Drygoods and Clothing
Co., 73 yards gauZe. ....... 5.84
National Bank of Depere, ag-
ricultural charts ......... IS 90
st. Paul Book & Stationery Co.,
primary material ....... 12.43
Ed: Nunstedt, one window and
1raHle .'.............. 4.5O
Aug. J. Johnson & Son. wallpa-
Anton Arnoust. SUPPLIES. ' 80
Hazel Harrison, days labor as
sisting paperhanger . 1000
H: r. Loveioy, rs hours labor
Brentwood school ...... 872
A. l.. Ellquist, years premium
on 100000 policy with the
Cook County Mutual Fire In
surance Company .......... 1880
w. S. Taylor, 40 hours carpen-
try work Birchwood school,. 24.5O
Glen M. Harlson piling wood CTS
Carl Thorson, IS hours labor
Flute Reed school .. 29.75
Henry Westerlund, 232 hours
labor Flute Reed school, $3.50
1t was decided to allow janitor at the
Chicago Bay school the same wages as
are paid janitors at other schools.
There being no further business
board adjourned, sine die.
Attest: A. l.. ELLQUIST,
Dist. Clerk.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1917-11-14
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out of money orders by which the men
can send their pay home to their fam
lilies. In some of the big camps the
Y: NJ. c. A. is providing banking facil-
tiles for the men as we'll. =
Do Your Bit with a Tenner.
This month (November) the Y. M.
G. A. must raise >$35, 100000 to carry
on it's work among our soldiers and
their allies until next July. OF this
$35. 100000 about $24,0o0,000 will be
spent on the work with our own troops
or about $40 for every man in Uncle
Sans uniform. II everybody who has
received letters from soldiers and sail.
ors were to contribute SO the task
would be easy. Are your boys health
and happiness and clean soul worth
$40 to you? & @s 3. z,s: :*s !,
~ Your town mayor, your pastor, your.
school superinte will know. who
ID the treasurer Of the campaign com
mittee in your county or town. Other
wise send q check or money order Is
Cleveland 81. Dodge treasurer, 124
East Twenty eighth street. New 81 orb.
city. !,
#.. Only sacrifcial giving BY millions 81
g1vers will make possible the contin.
;ua = Of this vast work for American
ealdisss and Tor those g our alliek
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1917-11-14

- was evening on the broad
Hampstead Plain, Long Island.
where the Rainbow division was
spending It's last night before embark
ing for France. Ii had been raining
hard in the afternoon-a cold, steady
autumn downpour-aAd there was
nothing to suggest the rainbow In the
outward aspect of the camp. Lines
and lines Of sodden canvas housed
$1,000 men, gathered from ~ different
states. The ground was dotte1 with
pools and ~quagmires. Under the wet
canvas IT. was damp and cold, with 4
penetrating chill. Lit by pickering
candles, the tents were far from cheer
ful shelter for = mans last night in
his native land.
But there were seven big tents
whore electric lights, numbers and
friendliness made tho night pleasant.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1917-11-14

In each of these a soldier was strum-
ming on plano; others were reading
books and Magazines; hundreds WERE
raised counter at one end three or four
young men were busy passing out
notepaper and envelopes, selling
stamps and Weighing parcels, which
the men were sending home. Ono of
the soldiers said to ma as stood in
the tent used chiefly by men from
Iowa: I'VE came all the way here
from Des Moines, and we were mighty
lonely. Then we found this Y. M. c.
A. on the job, and it's been home
and more than a home to u.s. It gave
US what We wanted when We needed
1t most. Well never forget it. The
boys best friend Is the Y. M. c. A."
Fine, clean-cut, Outstanding Fellows.
How close those benches were pack
ed with men. bending over the long
tables absorbed in their writing!
What an appeal to the sympathies
those great groups OF soldiers make!
Fine, clean-cut, outstanding fellows,
some OF thom mere boys. one thinks
Immediately of the sacrifice they have
made tor the rest of us and how pre-
cious they are to some one back home.
Somewhere. in far OF farm or village
or city street, there are parents or
brothers or wives who would give all
they possess for one glimpse Of those
sunburned faces as you and see
them ON their last night before going
across. And It was with a throb ct
the heart that watched them, bent
over their letter paper. in one after
another of those seven big tents.
These were the tents Of the Y. M. c.
L. On that last night in America tho
association was serving the soldiers
in tho best of all ways-giving them
IN opportunity. to write homo. On
previous nights they had enjoyed box
ing bouts. movies. concerts. dramatics
and q score Of healthy entertainments
a. we'll Is religious meetings. But on
this last night homo ties were strong
est And perhaps that IL the keynote
Of tho splendid work tho T. M. c. J.
Is doing among our men in Uniform
Keeping them in touch with homa>
Magic Words, "WIth the coloreL. 9
In these times there are some lot
tsrs that mean more to Us }tnan any
W have ever read before They are
written on sheets of paper stamped
With the Stars and Stripes, and the
red triangle Of the r. NJ. G. A, and
they bear the magic words, with the
Colors. There are many more than
g million such letters ip the mails now
wails you read Its Perhaps ono Ct
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1917-11-14
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Department of the Interior.

U. S. Land Office at Duluth, MINI.
October 81, 1917.
Notice is hereby given that John w.
Kelley, Of Grand Marais, Mimi, who,
on September 16, 1912, made Homestead
application, No. O10526, for Eh of SWH
Section 81, Township 81 NJ, Range s
East, 4th p. Meridian, has filed notice
of intention to make three year Proof,
to establish claim to the land above
described. before George Leng, Clerk Of
me District Court, at Grand Marais,
1917.
Claimant names as witnesses:
John johnson, Nels Olson. Hans
B1erken. Jonas Nessman all of Grand
Marais, MINI.
JOSEPH WINCZEwSKI.
11-1 Register.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1917-11-14

part Of the world to another than sta
tistics can express. Statistics are
pretty poor anyway when 1t comes to
reckoning in terms Of love and human
tenderness. Let's put 1t this way:
That the Y. M. G. A. is tho biggest ex-
press company the world has ever
seen, and the parcels it Is handling
are tho loves and devotions Of human
beings.
= Worlds Best Loved Trademark.
This war las made US think hard
and fast. Your boy or your neigh
boris boy or some boy you know and
love has been called to do his share
in the big job of policing the word for
democracy and human liberty. IL it
any comfort to you to know that wher.
ever his duty may call him your boy
will nave a friend that will serve him
in body, mind and soul? Are you
glad to know that this friend will place
books and magazines ct his disposal,
organize classes to teach him what
ever he wants to learn, give him q
pocket testament and invite him to
join religious meetings of the faith
that he was brought up in? Did you
realize that the association provides
athletic equipment for his tavorite
games. teaches him games II he knows
none and holds concerts, lectures,
MOVIES Bible classes, dramatic enter
tainments and every kind Of whole
some amusement to keep him interest
ed? Are you glad to know that this
friend will 20 with him overseas, help
to shield him from z score of difficult
and dangerous temptations and follow
him right up to the front line trench
and beyond it? The last contact the
soldier has with this life he loves 20
well Il = cup OF tea given him by tho
7. NJ. c: A. free just before he goes
>"over tho top" to hand to hand strug.
gle with the enemy. And rs he comes
tottering back from No mans Land,
wounded, but strong enough and
plucky enough to keep on his feet,
even before his. wounds are dressed
the 7. M. G. A. is waiting for MIN with
tea and sweet chocolate. the great COM
:;orts OF the man IN tho trenches. Do
you wonder that the Rcd Triangle is
called ''the best loved trademark In
tho world?" One soldier IN France has
called It the last evidence that any
body cares" z:s.:4. Tia =.. !. ..y.. s.
II every thinking citizen could sss
with his or her own eyes something
OF the actual work being done for our
man BY the association there would Do
no question Of the r. NJ G. "a. having
to appeal to the public Tor money.
Rather than lot this essential work
falter for On Instant rich men would
SOL their motorcars. Door men woal6
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1917-11-14

least is on its way to you. Each one
Of our Is cantopments, where the new
national army 10 being trained, IL
using more than a million sheets Of
this paper every month. In the draft
army alone that means 100000 fila,
ments of love every month reaching
out from tho great encampment where
the mon are being trained into the
greatest army this nation has ever
dreamed and binding them to the
hearts at heme. Multiply that by
thinking Of al the other places where
Uncle Sam has men with the dag--in
navy yards, on the high seas, in arse
mails and officers training camps and
lover There" In France. In all these
places mon are writing home. Those
unassuming little sheets of notepaper
gladden. millions of hearts a day.
They transfer more love from one
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1917-11-14
Million Letters Inihe Mails To-day
Barring Magic Words alllitfhec Ol0Is'
Keynote Of the Splendid Work the CA Does Among
Our Men In Uniform Is Keeping Them II b. d.
/. Touch With the Folks at Home.
STAMPED WITH STARS and STRIPES and RED TRIANGLE

1ufarious Ways Which the Association Appeals Boy
Your Neighbors Boy, Some Boy You Know and Love
Creates Helpful Environment in Cantonmen Way Overseas
In Front Line Trench and Beyond-Fst Aid He Comes
lettering BacGive Your Share Of the Required to
T. Accomplish This Last Evidence That Somebody Cares "
The Winslow mail., 1917-05-04
FEEDS 100 "TRAMPs" A DAY
They Are Feathered Hoboes, However,
and Demand Only Light
"Snacks."

Judge Orlady Of the superior court
has undertaken the task of feeding
several hundred hungry pigeons each
day outside the window Of his Offices
on the fifth floor of the city hall.
The pigeons have learned to distin-
guish 1t from the other windows.
When Judge Orlady arrives at his of
fee the pigeons already are there to
wish him a "good morning" and beg
for their breakfast.
In the corner of his Office the judge
has large box, which he keeps filled
with cracked grain. He scatters the
grain on the window ledge, and re-
plenishes the supply frequently, as
hundreds of the birds come and go.
Sometimes the birds return during
the day for another "snack." If the
judge isn't looking, they peck on the
window pane to attract his atten-
North American.
The Winslow mail., 1917-05-04
The Spirit of Scotland.

I went into Cupar (writes a cor
respondent) to make a business call
in a small Office, and in the course
Of conversation asked the Scotswom-
an was talking to, perfect
stranger to me, If she had anyone
"at the front" The answer Of this
noble and heroic woman (who, was
evidently unaware that she was CIV
Ing expression to the spirit Of Scot
land springing up eternally through
the centuries) was: -
~Three sons have / given to the
wars. Two have been killed, one at
LoOs and one later. The third is safe
AZ yet, though he Is in France. Sorely
I grieved when heard, but do not
grudge them. If I. had ten sons
would give them all gladly for the
defense of the country. / think shame
Of the women who hide away their
men folk"
The Winslow mail., 1917-05-04
WOUND STOPS SHELL SHOCK
Only the Unwounded Suffer From Its
Effects, According to London
Doctor

A shell explodes in the vicinity of a
soldier. He is unWounded, but vio-
Iently shaken, perhaps knocked over
Or buried. He loses his senses for a
varying period and his nervous sys-
ten, having suffered a violent shaking,
is no longer what it was. He starts
at the least sound, he cannot sleep he
has pains in the head and his hands
are slightly tremulOuS: all, except the
last, symptoms that depend on the
word Of the patient and not on the
observation of the doctor. Now, there
is one remarkable fact to be noted
about all these cases, according to a
physicians letter in a London paper.
These men are unwOunded. No case of
''sheii shock is ever found to occur
in a soldier who has q wound, no mat.
ter how trivial. 1t seems as If the
rending of the flesh by bullet or a
fragment of Shrapnel acts as sort
OF safety valve, localizing in the injury
the destructive force that otherwise Is
spent on the nervous system.
The Winslow mail., 1917-05-04
WHERE PEACE IS ENDURING
For More Than a Century Uncle Sam
and Canada Have Been
Good Friends.

Before me lies a letter from Mont
real, and the most interesting thing
about it is the cancellation stamp of
the Canadian government, "Girard"
writes in the Philadelphia Ledger
Upon the wide field of the British
flag is printed in body type this re-
ninder: Help to win the war. Buy
war savings certificates"
Canada is helping to win the war
not only with her dollars but with her
men. Half 3 million have already en-
listed, and that is like Pennsylvania
sending an equally large army to the
front, the population Of Canada being
Tot quite so large as that of our state.
Curl0uSly enough, most Americans
know much less about the government
of Canada than of England, France,
Russia or Germany.
We forget that July l is Canada's
Fourth Of July, and that the dominion
came into being just fifty years ago.
We forget that instead of thirteen
colonies, as we had, Canada had but
four provinces.
We have had states and territories,
but Canada has provinces and dis
tricts. There are now nine of the for
mer and five of the latter.
Ours is republic, but Canada is a
dominion. y
When Benedict Arnold's little army
of about eleven hundred men, which
had marched, starved and frozen,
through the wilderness of Maine, at
tackled Quebec at the outbreak Of the
Revolution, Canadas population was
less than that of West Philadelphia.
For 102 years the United States and
Canada have not had gun, soldier,
warship or fort to guard the 1000
mile boundary line which divides them.
Proving that when a lamb and lion
lie down together the sheep does not
invariably repose inside of the king
of beasts.
The Winslow mail., 1917-05-04
NEW WAR VESSEL UNCANNY
John Hays Hammond, Jr., Operates
Coast Defense Boat by
Wireless.

The most uncanny vessel af1oat in
American waters is anchored in the
cove at West Gloucester, Mass. TIE
only craft to be seen, it is the new
coast-defense boat invented by John
Hays Hammond, Jr You feel that it
is uncanny when you look at 1t af1oat
In the little harbor and realize that
without soul ON board it can never
theless be directed in any direction,
and when it Is in line with an enemy
ship 1t can fire a broadside as effec-
lively as big man-of-war with full
crew and complement of trained gun
ners.
The wireless is the explanation.
From the coast Mr.. Hammond can
start the motor on the boat, set the
steering gear as he likes, and then
train the guns on any desired target.
1t is just another Of the marvels which
modern warfare has brought into be-
ing.
AS to its practicability, the inventor
is modest but positive.
ITS all right for coast-defense work, "
he says, "and it is comparatively so
simple that one week can be turned
out by shipbuilder without difficulty
In the event of big order, the parts
could be standardized and made in
wholesale lots, so. that the output
could be greatly increased"
OF course Hr. Hammond is not tell
ing the details of this new invention,
but the boat is ready for service, and
from the window Of his laboratory in
West Gloucester the inventor can look
out on the little harbor and keep an
eye on his new craft, which may play
part in the world war If the United
States becomes involved in it.
The Winslow mail., 1917-05-04
Sable Fish.

The United States bureau Of fish
cries is trying to popularize the sable
fish, which is found In large numbers
off the coasts of the Northwestern
states and Alaska. 1t has been almost
entirely neglected as food, although
Of high quality.
The sable fish is also called the
black cod. Last fall fishermen caught
the sable fish in large quantities. Most
of the catches went into cold storage.
In order to bring this fish to the
attention of dealers, thereby causing
3 more general consumption, the fish.
cries bureau has prepared some print
ed matter on the subject.
The Winslow mail., 1917-05-04
searchIiohts for Firemen.

The up-to-date Cincinnati fireman is
going to be an Illuminating person,
casting light into all the dark places.
The fire department has invested in a
number of high-powered searchlights
made to be strapped to the fremen's
backs. The device is intended for use
in night work and In places where the
smoke is dense. It takes husky fire
tighter to bear one of the new search
lights, and still do much fire fighting,
for the machine weighs 80 pounds In
all but it throws a 5000 candle power
beam, and will burn for five hours
steadily. The battery is carried on
the back, and the headlight shoots for
ward over the fireman's helmet.
The Winslow mail., 1917-05-04
No Chance for HumorIst.

Twenty-three thousand seven hun
dred and siXty-one persons tried to tell
what love Is, when New Orleans pa
per held a prize answer contest on
that subject recently. And then the
prize went to this one: "Love is the
doorway through which the human soul
passes from selhshness into service
and from solitude into kinship with all
humanityw Southerners are just that
sentimental that the person who wrote
"Love is what makes two auburn hairs
grow where there was only one red
cne," probably got stung."-Springfeld
Republican.
The Winslow mail., 1917-05-04
oriain of the LecomotIxa Whistle.

On u level crossing between Bag
worth and ThOrton In England, on
May 4, 1888, there occurred an acci-
dent which gave us the locomotive
whistle. Stephenson's locomotive
Samson crashed into cart contain
ing 50 pounds of butter and so dozen
eggs, says the Popular Science Month
II. Following the accident q meeting
Ct the directors was called, at which
stephenson suggested that whistle
blown by steam be used to give warn
Ing or all approaching tF@l@. :.
The Winslow mail., 1917-05-04
Made n Hi With Her.

II suppose you women could i'm
prove on congress-"
perhaps in some things. But
there's one thing about congress that
appeals to me-"
'What is thatf'
"The way things are contracted for
whether there is any money in the
treasury or not."-Kansas City Jour
nal.
The Winslow mail., 1917-05-04
How About It7

Patience-There, now, I've spilled
some salt.
Patrice-What of it2
"It's sure sign Of quarrel"
"It's nothing Of the kind"
"Yes, it is, too. I never saw any.
one spill salt that a quarrel didn't fol.
low"
"That's nonsense"
TITS not nonsense"
Eyes, it is, and you're silly"
"It's you that's silly"
"YOu make me tired"
"And you make me sick"
1.-THE idea!"
"Yes, the idea."
"Poohl"
"Pooh, you"
Slow curtain.
The Winslow mail., 1917-05-04
Painful Reminder.

"Mrs. Grabcoin carries high head
considering the fact that before Mr.
Grabcoin got rich she used to slave at
wash tub"
"Maybe that's why she carries her
head high
"Yes7"
"She may be afraid that sometnH
while motoring about her eyes will
aiight on a tub
The Winslow mail., 1917-05-04
Denied.

"That Dubwaite baby gets every
ling he wants"
mot quite everything. Yesterday
IN a trolley car he wanted an old geii'
'le;nan's whiskers, but the old gentle
nan refused to part with them."
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-02-24

For state news read The Forum.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-02-24

The bill has been passed by the
senate. 1t is opposed blythe Nonparti-
san organization in the house, on the
theory that the Nonpartisan league,
while committed to plan of building
terminal elevators, demands the con-
struction OF such elevators through
financing the same by direct taxation.
Another feature that will be watch
ed with great deal of interest dur
ing the closing days is the progress
of the legislation aimed at making the
initiative feature OF the state consti-
tuition operative. Such legislation has
passed the house, and is now before
the senate for action.
The Nonpartisan league desires this
form Of legislation to make possible
it's plan for initiating number of
constitutional amendments, in line
with the provisions laid down in H.
B. A, which was recently defeated
IL the league succeeds in getting
the operative act adopted-the SUI
preme court has held the initiative
clause Of the constitution is not OPP
erative in it's present form-it will be
possible for the league to place its
campaign under way.
The freight rate issue will be
brought before the senate railroad
committee again next Monday morn
ing. The big problem in rates is the
adoption of the Minnesota
distance tariff schedule.
The first two days Of next week will
see the completion of the appropria-
ton work. The two appropriations
committees were given until the fifty
fifth day in which to report out APP
bills. The budget act is
still held Up in the senate committee.
1t is expected that Governor Frazier
will sign the two bills establishing
the highway commission, and provid-
ing O method of financing. These bills
are in line with the federal road aid
act. and contemplates placing this
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-02-24
THE LYCEUM

The SANITY Sinner, to be exhibited
In Bluebird photoplay at the Lyceum
theatre on Sunday, will demonstrate
how readily the law lends itself, in
certain circumstances. to the purpose
of revenge. Jane Lee was unjustly ac-
cused by John Brock and, on his tes-
timony, was convicted and sentenced
to q long term in prison. AS a matter
of fact Brock had, himself, committed
enough crimes to keep him In Jail all
his life, If justice should be done. In
deed he was in the very act of COM
hitting crime, when he turned the
tables against his stenographer and
sent her 10 durance vile. Released at
the end of her term the girl took upon
herself the mission of bringing retri-
button down upon the head Of the man
who had wronged her. How well she
succeeded will be depicted in exciting
episodes when The Sanity Sinner
comes into view.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-02-24

equally famous dramatic and musical
productions in the past few years, and
whose popularity extends the length
and breadth of America, will be the
featured star opposite Frank Sheridan
in The Perjls of Divorce, which is the
attraction booked for Monday and
Tuesday at the Isis theatre. It will
be remembered that Miss Hopper
made her film debut in By Whose
Hand? which was accorded great
praise by the trade reviewers in New
York city, who commented very liber-r
ally on her remarkable showing on
the screen. In this picture, she has
ample opportunities to show her vast
versatility, and she makes the most
of each opportunity.