The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1919-10-29
STATE BR'EVI1I|ffS

ss Wadena.,At the recent election,
ss Wadena's schools became an depend
ent system This year opens with a
new school board, and practically new
faculty. s5-t .s=# .5Ze zsZ ..s 5... ..z I !.
Aitkin. -zAitkin county has received
d q huge, gravel: grader or sitter which
will be used at the Barker gravel pits,
& which were: recently purchased in the
! interests Of the good roads campaign.
:s st. Cloud.-John Gamades, defend
ant in a $4,000 damage suit brought
against him by Allen Redman, has
been proven innocent of the charge
Of assault brought against him by the
y plaintiff. ~, <. ~=..>
>Bemidji-County Auditor A. D.
johnson has advertised for super
3 intendent for the new county infrm-
ary, now in the course of construction
on the county farm, just east of Lake
Benidji.
Wahkon.-A channel has been
= blasted between Mulvey's island and
the mainland of Mile Lacs lake to
enable boats to pass from one side
pf the bay to the other without max
ing a long detour.
Thief River Falls.-A $4,000 addi-
tion to the mechanical building to
in the Thief River Falls high school
was decided upon by the school board,
and work has begun. =.
Fairmont.-W: H. Cotton of Fair
mont has lost twenty-five head of
hogs by what he calls hog flu" This
is new and strange diseace that
acts good deal like hog cholera. He
are sick.
Brainerd.-Virgel CLIFFORD, II, was
killed at the roundhouse of the, North
ern Pacific Railway shops, as an
engine entered the roundhouse Glib
ford's head was caught and crushed
between the edge of the cab of the
locomotive ad the roundhouse door,
death being instantaneous.
/ Aitkin.-As Nina Voll, 10, was going
home from school recently, a boy
struck her across the face with some
heavy grasses which cut the eyelid
and left scar on the eyeball. She
was blinded for a time but given
prompt medical attention and the doc
tors hope by giving the eye complete
rest the sight may be completely re-
stored.
IIz:2GSt. Cloud~-Elmer- Neslund, 20, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Peter J. Neslund,
near Foley, Benton county, was shot
and killed by brother shooting with
.22-caliber rife in target practice.
Elmer was blowing twenty rods from
the place of shooting and when lunch
con was brought out to him his body
was found with a bullet hole in the
back of his head.
Bemidji.-St. Paul advices are that
| Bemidji is being given serious con-
sideration as a location for a COM
pany of infantry in the Minnesota
| National Guard. It is stated that
Eveleth had contemplated company
and armory of the National Guard but
had neglected to take advantage of
the fact and that Bemidji was next
In line for the honor
Crookston-Between 700 and 800
| LCoCAC1O CApOCCCO w ICIOAU tAO
convention to be held here the last
! three days of this month, when the
Northwestern Minnesota Educational
association will hold it's annual meet
ing. The association comprises the
northwestern counties of the state,
and considerable Importance is at
tached to the convention this year, as
no session was held in 1913.
Virginia. fzzes as it
! were, G. W. Little, late of Minneapolis,
in charge of the soda fountain in a
local establishment, cast loving eyes
towards Miss Sophie Birksey, who
hands out cigars and cigarettes in the
same place. His glances were recipro-
Gated. The romance gained daily and
they were "quietly' married hoping to
keep it secret, but like all secrets, it
| just leaked out and now they are be-
| ing congratulated. :
East Grand Forks.-Much local in
terest is shown over the prospective
! sale of pure bred stock, which will in
herds of prominent stockmen of East
| Grand Forks and the surrounding dis
trict. The Western Polk County
| Breeders association, which consists
of about 100 of the. owners of farms
tributary to East Grand Forks, will
! arrange for this sale of pure bred cat
/ tie, horses, sheep and hogs, the latter
part Of November. -
/ / ,Motley-The Motley postoffice mas
/ been advanced to third class with
salary Of 81 100 per year for the post
1 master, John Monahan, coupled with
additional rent and clerk hire seE
4 Red Lake Falls.-Approximately
! $4,000 more stock must be sold in
] the Red Lake Falls Hotel company
! Ito put the corporation securely upon
Its feet. This fact was made evident
/ lat a meeting of the stockhold ders OF
the corporation when the report Of
Treasurer George F. Hennings was
I. read. IS B.
! .l#s .ls Minneapo Carrying out an al.
4 legged threat made in Hennepin #coun-
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