The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1917-11-28
THE STATE NEWS Of .s ..a..7
=ts Y J. =. %. THE WEEK IN BRIEF
Al Epitome Of II tho Big and ~
teresting Events Of the Pest Il
Il Few Days In the State &7%

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Few Days in The stats 5:Ss
In the last casualty list sent out |
from Ottawa, Can, is the name Of E.
Gonvick, Mimi, listed a.
mong the wounded and missing.
T. F. Carter of St. Paul, a survey
ing engineer of the Great Northern
railroad, has arrived at Mora with a |
crew and commenced running lines
and stalking out the yards and
grounds for the long looked for new
depot.
C. A. Exstrand, manager of the
Spring Lake Shipping association,
says that he has great difficulty in
obtaining cars in which to make cat
tie shipments and consequently can
not list cattle for shipment until
the cars are spotted.
Saltwater has contributed $780,
SO to aid the Protective league in
war aid. There have been 856 far
mers of Washington county who con-
tributed a quarter Of an acre to an
acre of products to the fund and
maket days are being held in the
county.
Through the efforts of Lewis Hart
the Perham band has secured a band
Instructor in o. B. Kari, formerly of
Rolla, N. D. With the material of
the present band Mr.. Karr states
that he will be able to build band
that will be a credit to Perham.
In their attempt to stamp out the
liquor traffice in East Grand Forks,
several sacks of whisky consigned
to parties in East Grand Forks, were
ordered returned by Chief of Police
Albert Hurst, acting on orders from
the newly reelected mayor, c. J.
Kelleher.
Eighteen per cent of the outstand-
ing notes against the Dan Patch
road, secured by collateral, will be
paid off by the court order releasing
$4,000 of the $270,000 in cash and
negotiable notes being held by the
receiver, C.
One hundred Christmas boxes for
the American soldiers in France were
packed by the Moorhead Red Cross
chapter and sent to the Minneapolis
headquarters for shipment.
Postmaster Henry j. Schaefer of
Albany sent in his resignation last
June and not until recently was it
! accepted by the postmaster general.
Owing to the vacancy there will be
an examination for the position at
ttSt. Cloud.
Eighteen Minnesota merchants
paid fines totaling more than $3.50
last month for violations of the
state pure food laws, Commissioner
James Sorenson of the dairy and
food department announces.
Anthony C. Luskemeyer, so years
old, president of the Melrose Gran
ite company of St. Cloud, died after
and illness of four months With his
brother John he organized the Mel
rose Granite company, which in the
past 20 years has grown to be the
largest monument plant in the world.
| Charles Writ is home at Interna-
tional Falls after a trip to Gemmell
and vicinity, where he went in search
of his father. The latter is ~ years
of age, who left home some time ago
saying that he was going to take a
job cooking in small camp, but did
not state where it was and has not
been heard from.
Reports indicating the liveliest in
terest are coming to Crookston from
the county chairmen of the North
western Minnesota counties in con-
nection with the campaign for the
National War Work council funds
Meetings were held as scheduled in
the various counties with fine at
tendance at each and committees or
gained to secure the money appor-
toned each county.
The Northwestern Telephone COM
pany officials, appearing before the
state railroad and warehouse COM
mission at the hearing held in Wade
ma, announced that the local tele-
phone exchange was operated at an
annual loss of $4,000 and that the
new rates proposed by them would
reduce that loss only $1,4OO per year,
still leaving an annual deficit of ST.
1900.
With road conditions growing
worse daily, the prospects for relief
of the International Falls wood "a
mine grows more unfavorable. No
hard coal can be secured by dealers,
SO the fuel situation is very serious.
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