The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1917-07-25

I~Pos't'ons 10 serve at Washington al
an aide to Herbert c. Hoover. food
administrator.
The entire force of Federal officials
IN st. Paul attended the trials of 300
slackers at Duluth,
Colonel Benjamin B. Herbert of Chi
cago, founder of the National Editorial
association, who has taken suddenly
Ill, died at the University of Minnesota
farm school hospital Death was due
TO heart disease. Col. Herbert had
been attending the editors convention
in Minneapolis.
Maj. A. w. Bjornstad, member of the
general staff at Washington, known as
the father of civilian training camps u
has visited the Fort Smelling student
camp. Major Bjornstad, who is the
author of several text books on mill.
tary science, said he was favorably i'm.
pressed with the work of the students
at this camp. He formerly was sta
tioned with the Twenty-eighth infantry
at Fort Smelling.
Tearing down an American flag and
crushing it under his heel while utter
ing vile epithets almost cost Victor
Salmi his life at Kinney, MINI.
The 48th annual camp meeting held
at Red Rock under the auspices of
the Minnesota Pentecostal association
ended with an address by DR.. John
Paul, of Wilmore, KY.
Herbert c. Hotaling, of Mapleton,
Mimi, was slated for election as presi-
dent of the National Editorial associa-
ton, which met in Minneapolis Mon
day for a four days session.
All dental instruments needed by
the Minnesota base hospital have been
given to the hospital by a group of
Minnesota dentists, who raised a fund
OF $1,650 to make the purchase.
j. A. McGovern, chief grain expert
for the Equity Cooperative exchange
and the st. Paul Grain exchange
has resigned to accept an appointment
as chief grain inspector for North Da-
kota.
Fruit raising has received great
Impetus in the Red River valley.
Judging from reports received at the
northwest experiment station the
strawberry belt has moved northward
again.
Duluth is not "bone dry" In spite
of prohibition ordinances it is said
beer manufactured here can be shipped
over to Superior, and from branch
houses there delivered to residences
in Duluth.
An interior stairway is fireproof
only when it is constructed Of freproof
material and furnishes protection from
smoke and flames, according to an
opinion handed down by Attorney Cen
eral Smith.
In spite Of the late opening of the
navigation season and ice delays after
wards, the receipts Of coal at Duluth
and Superior docks from the East up
to June 80 were just $4,000 tons less
than year ago.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. McCrum, residing
a short distance from Thief River
Falls, are in receipt of letter from
Congressman Halver Stevenson
thanking them for having four chill
dren enlisted in. the war;
The patriotic duty of the veteri-
marian in the present war was the key
note of the discussions at the first
annual convention of the joint Mime
sofa and Wisconsin State Veteri-
nary Medical associations, at Lake
City.
State and civil authorities are con-
sidering the necessity of calling a bat
TALON of regulars from Fort Smelling
to guard nearly 800 slackers who are
under arrest in the Minnesota Iron
range districts when they are taken to
Duluth for trial.
Winona county has experienced the
"dryest' Sunday in it's history. Every
saloon in the county was closed in &C.
cordance with an order issued to the
saloon men by the sheriff. The order
was sent out following instructions to
the sheriff from the State Public Safety
commission.
The Northwestern Minnesota Young
Peoples league Of the Norwegian
United church at their annual session
held here elected the following officers
for the ensuing year: The Rev. Mr..
Moen, Crookston, president; the Rev.
A. N. Skogerboe, Thief River Falls,
vice president; Bert w. Lee, Oslo, Sec
rotary; Miss Assing, Mcintosh, treas
urer.
Working in conjunction with the
Council of National Defense and the
Minnesota Public Safety commission,
the Woman's committee, or auxiliary
of these two organizations, has estab.
lished headquarters in Minneapolis