The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1918-01-23

Days ]. ~ stst..
h Last year, during the first four
fdays in January, the Bemidji post
loaice did over $40O worth Of stamp
Eppsiness, while. during the first four
days Of this year the office did over
800 worth. ==sys
Five thousand and eighty children
were born, in st. Paul in 1917, accord
[ing to the report Of births eompeted
in the Health department, This is
the smallest number in the past four
years. g.. &C. E .=ss
H. Shoemaker, who represented
the National Nonpartisan league at
meeting held at Walters, pleaded
guilty to charges of using indecent
EAnd abusive language, tending to pro
yoke assault and was fined $40 and
costs. " . r.. =. =. :: Il ~. ..z-
Two Indian boys from the Flan-
drean Indian school were captured
At Pipestone while running away
from the institution. The boys were
bound for their home in the northern
part Of the state and said that they
wanted to go hunting. S.: :....=zs' ,S:*-S
II. 7. 5Stavn, 71-year-old bachelor
near Willmar, was found dead in q
3Q-foot well on his farm by boys
coming from party. A ladder with
aabroken r,lng in the we'll indicates
that Stavn had gone down to make
some repairs and fell into; the water
when the ladder broke. + 7: y
There is no law existing which
permits soldiers absent from the
state to vote at Minnesota elections,
according TO q statement of julius A.
ESchmahi secretary Of state, who
said that the socalled absent voter
law is imperative in the case of
soldiers. Attorney General Lyndon A.
Smith said the soldier vote cannot
be taken under any existing laws.
IA farm crop survey Of Minnesota
may be made by town assessors dur
ling their canvasses next spring, pre-
liminaries in that direction having
been discussed at special confer
ence at the Capitol. The scheme is
similar to that proposed to the State
Public Safety Commission last year
and this time probably will be car
ried out under the direction Of A. D.
Wilson, state food administrator.
+ Fairmont is proud of MIR. and Mrs.
Rudolph Theiman, who were born in
Germany. Mrs. Theiman has knit "A
pairs of socks for the Red Cross and
81 pairs for the boys of E Company,
136th infantry. They have two sons
in E company and third in the ma
tional army In the windows of their
home are a service flag, a Red Cross
emblem and food conservation
card. The stars and Stripes fly from
the roof. -
A proposal for abolishment of both
the state forestry and timber boards
and creation Of new state board
to administer laws relating to state
owned timber was referred to COM
mittee of five to be appointed by
Governor :. Burnquist and include
members of both bodies at a joint
meeting of the present boards. Re-
commendations will be considered at
another joint conference and finally
presented to the legislature of 1919.
The new city hall at Breckenridge
was formally opened to: the public
with municipal ball, music for the
event being furnished by an orches-
ira from Fergus Falls. The Brecken-
ridge chapter of the Red Cross serv-
ed the refreshments. ..:ss. s:....s :.,..s,
The Nonpartisan league meeting
scheduled for Wells, which aroused
much feeling and open threats Of
violence, should the meeting be held,
was held on the property Of the
Farmers Cooperative Creamery
company, out Of doors. No seditious
utterances were reported. About 100
farmers attended. The loyalty meet
ing planned to Offset the Nonparti-
san gathering, attracted the larger
crowd. Delegates from all parts Of
the county, aggregating more than
500 persons, were in attendance.
1 a new file was established in the
office Of the Ramsey county register
Of deeds Office when . wedding con.
tract, the first Of the kind to be re,
corded in. this state, was placed on
Ifle. The contract contained the sig.
natures of Veronica dihalyi Of St
Paul and George Davis, also Of St
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