The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1917-08-29

4uo Cduaulau casualty 11SC, 1SSueu
last, contains among the wounded the
name Of G.: Simons. Glenwood; Mimi.
Directors of the Ferham Agriculttr-
al society decided to erect a new
building at the fair grounds at a cost
not to exceed $4,000. =:
The. st. Cloud ssbranch of the Rail
way Employees association is complet-
ing plans for an all day picnic to be
held at the Wife Park pavilion on La
Dor day.
The farmers of England township,
Polk county, are fighting the SOW this
tie. This menace has not been so
great in that community as many 9TH
ers, but it is commencing to get
good start.
The annual convention of the Up
per Mississippi River Improvement as
ISOLATION will be in Winona Sept. 26
and 27, according to secretary A. V.
Gardner of the Winona association of
commerce and the arrangements will
be started Immediately.
A well-bred little pig, sold and re-
sold at an auction given for the bene-
fit Of the Red Cross at Pennington,
brought $24 into the Golfers of the or
ganization.
Part Of the burnt down section of
Gary is being rebuilt and the build
ing operations have commenced in
earnest. Carl Nelson of Mahnomen,
has secured the largest end of the con-
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work.
Judge J. J. Fitzpatrick of the Winona
municipal court has been accepted as
a candidate for entrance to the Sec
ond officers training camp at Fort
Smelling and will leave the bench to
try for commission. He was elect
ed to the judgeship last spring.
A meeting of the men was held at
Sank Rapids for the purpose of get
ting the sentiment regarding the or
ganization Of home guard. About
60 men at once signed as members
and proceeded to elect J. p. Keller,
CAPTAIN, and Lew Beatty, lieutenant,
Speakers at the peace meeting at
Ada advocated the repeal of the con-
scripticn law and declared that the
CONSUMPTION question should be sub
mitted to a. vote of the people. Peti-
tons asking Congress to submit the
question of CONSUMPTION to the people
were circulated.
Three hundred ring-neck pheasants
have been delivered at Winona from
the state farm by members Of the Wi
nina Sportsmen's club. They were
distributed to two new game preserves
in the county. The birds, purchased
by the Winona club and propagated
at the State Game Protective leagues
farm, will join others which were
placed there recently.
Four loads of improved Manchuria
barley, yielding 101 bushels, have been
threshed at the State University farm.
Instructors at the farm say that, at
this rate, the field will run better than
60 bushels to the acre. All of the
grain will be saved for seed. Farm
ers who want this seed, Minnesota No.
2 Pedigreed rye or car lots of COM
the University farm, st. Paul.
Matt Schimplin, a Scandinavian en-
ploye of the Dry Milk factory at Ano-
ka, has been jailed on a charge of
using seditious language and is under
military guard. He will be turned over
to federal authorities. Schimplin and
other employees were discussing the
war at the factory and Schimplin, it
is alleged, grew very much heated and
made the statement that it was his
opinion that President Wilson should
be shot
Names of the young women who
graduated from Mankato high school
last year, have been requested by the
committee on nursing of the general
medical board council of National De.
Tense, Washington, D. c., and have
been supplied. The names were
sought with a view Of writing to the
young women i'm regard to entering
a school Of nursing to fit themselves
for patriotic duty during the war.
State Auditor Preus has accepted
| dill III lldtlOu lIOlN van II. manning OF
the Federal department of mines to
assist in drafting regulations to en-
force the proposed new Federal law
governing the manufacture, distribu
/ ton and handling of explosives in time
of war. Robert w. Hargadine, former
state fire marshal, also will assist ard
both Minnesota men plan to go to
Washington for an early conference
with Mr.. Manning.
Though Indictment weather com.
PEELED Anoka to hold it's patriotic meet
ing indoors, 5000 people damned the
Company B armory to suffocation and
cheered to the echo five stirring speak.
ers who voiced sentiments of loyalty
to the government that could leave no
doubt of the wnole-hearted American.
ism of Anoka and Washington coun.
ties. Every speaker was repeatedly
interrupted by applause and the meet.
ing ended with the audience, brought
to it's feet by the "Star Spangled Ban.
ner,' giving three deafening cheers for
Uncle Sam.
The draft has brought two tragedies