The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1919-07-23

II S809&0co0.-YuO CFOOKHIOnS DEe20sst
1els won hrst prize IN the bread
alhg contest held ii Floral hail dur
No tho fair.
IS Denidj board OF education
decided to purchase motor bus for
conveying the school children to and
from their homes. s &. .=a zs=.
). Wadena.--W. l.. Schater sold his
sixty-acre farm on the western out
skirts of this city to J. II. Krips Of
Compton townships for $3.50 an acre.
st. Paul.-Appltcatio for tuition re-
funds from 800 former members Of
the s. A. T. C. at Carleton and St.
Olaf's college were received at the
office of Adjt.-Gen: w F. Rhinow.
. Wadena.-Engineera E. S. Ward has
severed his connections with the high
way commission as road engineer and
will be in the employ of the. county
hereafter at a salary Of 5000 per
month
Hallock.-Ed Feldt of Robin, Mimi,
was drowned in the river here while
bathing. He was married and the
father Of five children. About ten
years ago he was the leader Of the
Robin band. S#=
Bemidji.-A meeting of the Bel
trami county board will he held soon
for the purpose of ing bids for
the sale Of $4,000 road bonds, and it
is expected there will be 10 difficulty
In ,disposing of them.
Minneapolis. Minneapolis postal
receipts for the first Is days of July
show an increase of $10,99294 over
the same period one year ago. The
reduction in postal rates that went
into effect July l., is the reason given
for the increase.
Minneapolis.-A bulletin issued by
the College of Agriculture announces
that the recent influx of insects mis-
taken for gnats or mosquitoes are
black flies. Smudges are advised, and
other measures detailed for warding
off the insects attacks.
Albany.-At a meeting of the pres1.
dents, secretaries and buttermakers of
the cooperative creamerfes of
Stearns county held here on Thursday
an association to be known as the
Stearns County Cooperative Cream.
cry association was formed.
Crookston.-Marshall and Penning.
ton county farmers who suffered loss
from this years floods in those coun-
ties, will receive aid from the Red
River Valley Development associa-
ton, according to C. G. Se1vig; Crook
stcn, secretary Of the association.
Royalton.-Mary, the 12-year-old
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Borash, who reside three miles north
Of town, met her death by drowning in
the Platte river, while attempting to
save her little sister, 6, from a like
fate. The little one was saved by q
brother
Thief River E'alls-One cattle barn,
70 by 60 feet, has been completed at
the fair grounds and another has been
begun. If the others can be kept
within the cost of the first one the
entire program, which calls for three
such buildings, will be carried out
this year.
Moorhead.-Tornado insurance tc
the amount of $50,500 will be placed
on the Clay county courthouse, it was
decided by the Clay county board of
commissioners. Andrew o. Houglum,
Clay county auditor, also was author
ICED to take out tornado insurance on
the county JAIL
Virginia.-Range blueberries are
abundant and hundreds of berry pick
ers go to the lakes north of the city.
The Sand Lake road being one of the
most popular highways visited by
pickers as berries grow near the road.
Truck and passenger cars take the
pickers to the favorite patches.
Sank Rapids.--At mass meeting it
was decided to use the balance of
the civilian relief fund for a monu-
ment to be erected not only for the
boys who died in service in foreign
fields and at home, but also in N am
DRY of the boys in the township and
village who served with the army.
Neutrality-suspicious. in Roseau, Pen.
nington and Marshall counties have
been distressing en- account of high
water. Many of the farms are inun-
dated and in places farmers will not
even harvest enough potatoes for their
own use. Trees are being cut down
In order to get feed for stock from
the leaves.
Notwithstanding operations now
under way here include a three-story
modern Northern Pacific railway de-
pot, three-story courthouse, costing
over $250,000; new waterworks
plant, costing over 100000; a new
school in West Brainerd, new fiue
house OF the Northern Pacific railway
shops, a large new garage of w. E.
Lively and numerous fine residences.
costing $4,000, $4,000 and more. -
St. Paul. Minnesota'sS National
Guard organization, which now con-
tains three regiments Of infantry, to.
falling 1890 men,, will be reduced to
half that number in 1920 Matnr VIII.