The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1919-09-10

Two Harbors b. sCampton HAS
again been appointed, superint endents
Ifof the city schools BY the board 81 edul-.
cation.
International Falls At the state
land sale held here, approximately
!, 900 acres were sole. The sale was
conducted by the county auditor.
Saltwater The Washingt ton county
Poultry association decided to hold the
next annual exhibit on Thursday, Fri.
day, Saturday and Sunday, Nov, 20, I'll,
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st. Cloud. - Several additional miles
OF paving in St. Cloud will be con
sidered soon by the city commission.
Plans for laying the sewer. and water
mains already have been made. RI.
Brainerd. "A sale Of 100 acres of
Land in Long Lake township. south of
Brainerd, was sold by C.3E. Peabody
for 500 an acre. The land is broken,
but is unfenced and has no buildings.
Grand Rapids.-John Person, who
is employed at the Itasca hospital was
made happy by the arrival from Swed-
en- of his wife and five children, whom
he has not seen for over eight years.
SBrainerd.-When an automobile, be.
longing to Earl 'Clemencer here, broke
out in flames in :Lum Park, the occu.
pants ran the machine in to- lake
and saved the car from total destruc-
ton.
Brainerd.-Tony Bohlke. of Hubert
accidentally collided with a COW near
the Peasely farm corner on the Merri.
field road, coming upon a herd in the
dark. His car had radiator and lamps
badly damaged.
Tyler.-At a mass meeting of citi.
zens here it was decided to erect a
modern hospital building, replacing
the one which was destroyed by the
tornado year ago. A structure cost
ing more than 100000 is planned.
Stillwater.-Miss Ply Wyman, a
young girl living here, was drowned in
Lake st. Croix near here, on. the Wis
consin side of the lake. Attempts of
Miss Lila HILL, also Saltwater resi-
dent, to save Miss Wyman failed. The
body was recovered
Bemidji.-The lowest bid on the
general contract exceeding the $780,
900 fund available, proposals opened
on contracts for the proposed women's
dormitory at the Bemidji state normal
school probably will be rejected by
the state board of control. These
bids rejected, the plans and speciica-
tions probably will be revised and
new proposals invited
Mora.-Eight children were left par
entless when Andy Backlund, resi-
dent of Kanabec county for the past
thirty-nine years, died at his home in
Comfort township, after lingering
illness, at the age of As. He was born
June a., 1874, at Arvdahl, Sweden,
and when but years of age, came
with his parents to this county. Mrs.
Backlund died last February
St. Paul.-Homing pigeons were
enlisted by the state forestry service
in the fight to safeguard Northern
Minnesota against the forest fire men,
ace. While other states have adopted
airplanes and other new devices to
| combat forest fire dangers, Minnesota
is the first to plan to use carrier pige-
ons in the protection campaign, w. T.
Cox, state forester, said, after buying
three pairs of the birds.
St. Paul-Newly perfected gas may
be used by government experts to
| smother peat fires now burning stub
bornly in Northern Minnesota boys.
| Following reports of the successful
use of gas to smother fires in Penn
sylvania and West Virginia coal mines,
w. T. Cox, state forester, has asked
| the Federal bureau of mines to con-
slider experiments with similar gases
| on fires in Minnesota peat beds.
Keewatin.-Some Nashwauk young
men, whose names did not develop
were arrested charged with running
down child in the Patrick location.
It is said they speeded away towards
Pengilly leaving the child crying in
the street, but their machine went
dead and police easily arrested
them. The child is in serious condi-
ton, and the men are held pending
the outcome Of the injuries.
Thief River Falls.-The breaking of
! the scaffold on which they were work
| ing on silo caused Clarence Reese
and William Gilbertson, carpenters to
fall thirty feet at farm one mile
| south of Hazel. Both of the young
men were employed in building silo
! and were shingling the roof when the
board snapped. The two men went
down, Gilbertson suffering two cracked
| ribs. Reese escaped with bruises.
Ely-The fires in the Snowbank
and Clear Water lakes district are now
! out and the rangers in charge of the
fire fighting crews have returned. The
carelessness Of some camper or berry
picker has cost the government over
$4,000 for fighting fire left by them
and which bid fair to destroy large
amount of territory in addition to
that already destroyed. A crew of
| six men is being kept on watch for
| inciniant h1aZnS that miphf dovo1on