The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1917-08-22

A score of patrons OF the Dan Patch
Electric line, many Of them stockhold.
ers, were in Federal court in Mime
apolis to fight the petition of the bond
holders, now before Judge Wilbur F..
Booth, to have the road dismantled
and sold for junk. Harlan P. Rob-
erts, representing the patrons OF the
road, told the court the road could be
operated with profit.
In the western section of Minneso-
ia, in the Red River valley region,
good crop is being harvested. This
is true particularly Of Clay, Wilkin
and Norman counties. The grain crop
is better than earlier reports indicat-
ed. Rain has been of material bene-
fit to the potato and corn crops. The
great potato acreage in Clay county
now bids fair to yield we'll.
Mesaba Range alumni of the Uni
versity of Minnesota have invited Pres
ident Burton to be their guest at the
annual meeting to be held in Hib-
bling about September Is.
Peter Ongman, so, former resident
at his home at Brainerd, dying in
stantly. Dependency over an attack
of asthma is believed to be the cause.
The first new wheat brought to Fer
gus Falls offered on the market
weighed go pounds to the bushel and
was graded No. 1 northern. It sold
for 1910 a bushel. Experts say this
years harvest will be of the highest
quality ever grown there.
Almost 40 per cent of the drafted
men in the eastern section of Stearns
county will be unable to pass the physi-
cal examination. This was evident in
the first fifty examined at st. Cloud.
Of the first fifty-three examined, thir-
ty-three passed and twenty were re-
jected..
Thirty-nine of the forty-three sum-
moned to be examined under the draft
at Saltwater, appeared at the court
house and we're examined by Doctors
Charles Cappellin and j. H. Haines.
They rejected fifteen on account of
physical disability and they reported
to DR.. E. E. Wells for further exam
nation.
On the eve of their departure for
Fort Smelling members of F company,
First Minnesota Federalized National
Guard, were shoWered with gifts
from commercial and industrial inter.
ests at Winonaa. All sorts of remenl-
ORANGES were given the Minneapolis
guardsmen who have been on duty
patrolling transportation facilities
for four months.
The Thief River Falls city council
has granted gas franchise to VIM
Glenn of Sheldon, Iowa, representing
the Public Construction Co. of Mime
apolis, for period of Is years. Accord
ing to Mr.. Glenn the construction OF
the plant will be started as soon as all
the papers are signed and consider
able portion Of the mains will be laiG
before cold weather starts
Mrs. w. F. Edgar of Thief River
Falls is in receipt of cablegram stat
ing that her son, Clarence Diffenbach
er, had been wounded during one Of
the recent battles i'm France. The mes
sage gave the information that the
wound was in the hand but contained
Diffenbacher is with the Canadian
| Overseas battaliOns.
When lightning struck the resi-
dence of Mr.. and Mrs. F. M. johnson
at Fergus Falls the electric light wires
were severed and the house left il
darkness. Hearing the baby crying
Mr.. Johnson lighted candle and went
in the room, where he found the 10
month-old child in it's crib almost com
pletely covered with pieces of plaster
that had been knocked off the cell
ing. When he picked the child up il
gave glad little cry and reached Out
and tried to grab the candle, none the
worse for the experience.
Only fair and reasonable investment
projects will be licensed by the Min
nesota Securities commission if il
adopts the governing policy of the
Michigan commission, which is oper
ating under a similar law, according
to reports by John B. Sanborn, state
insurance commissioner, and c. Louis
Weaks, assistant attorney general, who
| consulted the Michigan commissioner:
at Lansing in behalf of the Minnesota
| body.
| A fight over the school election a.
St. Cloud has been opened and con
testants of the election predict that i
will be taken to the supreme court .
the state, L. D. Brown is contestins
the election of w. w. Smith, presiden
of the board. Only one vote now sep
arates them.
While playing in the granary thu
little son Of Mr.. and Mrs. John Heis
erman of Deer Creek fell down stairs
striking on his head. He was removed
to the hospital in an unconscious con
dition suffering from conclusion of th'
brain. Following an operation he wal
reported to be in an improved condi
tiOn
The storm at Brainerd blew tn
house of Ole Rasmussen from it's foun
dalton and set it in the yard. A two
story frame addition also was throw