The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1919-12-17
OPENINGS IN. !.
GOPHER STATE.

NEWS from All PartS OF Mlnno-
sofa Given In Condensed
Form.
Buhl.-The village council granted
village employees = wage boost OF 10
per cent
stlllwater.-On tho way for "a
years, a postal card addressed to
August Ryden, deputy county auditor.
has arrived. It was mailed at Harris,
Mimi. January 20, 1897.
Duluth.-Chauncey H. Troyer, mem
Der OF the Duluth police department
for quarter OF century and its chief
for more than IS years. and later chief
Of police at Fargo, N. D.. died here.
St. Paul.-More arrests in the Ram
sey county treasurer's Office tangle
will be made soon, according to R. D.
O'Brten. county attorney. Additional
forged checks have been unearthed.
Redwood Falls.-Wenzel Pauer,
pioneer farmer Of this community,
died from injuries received while
blowing in his field. The plow struck
4 rock, throwing Mr.. Pauer from bis
seat, causing internal Injuries.
BemidN.-The coroner's jury at
Black Duck decided that the death Of
Anthony schweigel. who was shot
by his father, Andrew schweigel,
while hunting last Tuesday, was acct
dental. The father testified that he
shot 1t = deer and that the bullet
glanced of tree. hitting his son.
Observation-Disclosures has been
placed on the official air route OF the
Winnipeg to the gulf air trail, accord
Ing to information received here by
City superintendent F. e. Cogswell
from Ernest s: Hightower, general Sec
rotary Of the trail. Efforts are now
being made to erect hangers at differ
ent points along the line.
St. Paula statewide conference
Of Minnesota health officers for the
discussion Of legislation for the con-
troll Of contagious and communicable
diseases, has been called by DR..
Charles e. Smith, Jr., executive off,
Ger Of the state board Of health. The
delegates will meet December in
the Ramsey county medical society
library, st. Paul.
Duluth.-The steamer Duluth Of the
Great Lakes Transit corporation left
the harbor . few days ago with the
largest cargo OF -four ever sent by the
great inland waterway, smashing all
former records held by package freight
ers. The Duluth is taking to Buffalo
$3.50 tons Of -four, carried In 10000
packages. far in excess of anything
previously attempted.
Morristown.-H Il. Hershey, pro
pr1etor OF q motion picture theater
here, and his helper, Leonard Witter,
| IL years old, were burned to death
when the theater was partly destroyed
by fire. An explosion in the operators
booth Is held responsible. Hershey
| was 38 years old and unmarried. Wit
ter evidently was trapped in the oper
ator's room. No patrons were in the
building when the explosion took
place.
Blackduck.-One OF the largest land
deals ever known In this section was
consummated when H. L. Nehls OF
Cedar Rapids. Iowa, sold a tract OF
land near Blackjack, containing 49,
| 600 acres, to Minneapolis men. The
tract which was sold was part Of the
original holding Of the Minnesota
Hardwood Land Development COM
pany, the original tract containing 3d.
600 acres, and being sod by w. E.
Dean Of Bemidji, to Mr.. Nehls.
st. Paul.-Little acts of kindness
will be rewarded after many years in
the case Of Peter ]. Lavalle. St. Paul
pawnshop inspector, who is the only
left by Anthoni Genini at Marshall,
MINI. Thirty-three years ago Mr..
Lavalle read newspapers and talked
French to Genini on cold winter
nights. when he was q roomer in La
valle's mothers rooming house. After
oil these years, Genini il repaying his
kindness in hard cash.
Hills.-A. c. Finke, whose case
against several prominent citizens OF
Rock county was dismissed at Man.!
kato where it had been called for trial
in federal court, will again start 40
ton. according to 4 statement given
out by him. Mr.. Finka, at one time a
member Of the state legislature Of this
district, brought suit for $4,000 dam
ages against numerous Hills citizens
and others, charging that his resi-
dence 1T Hills had been painted yell
low.
st. Paul.-Elmer Stuart Smith, ar
rested 1t Centralia, WASH. In connec.
ton with the massacre Of four Amer
lean Legion members during the pa
rade on Armistice day, il remembered
by former students Of Macalester COL
lege and the st. Paul College Of Law.
He was graduated from Macalester I'M
1910 and the college Of law in 1919.
Professors ut the st.. Paul colleges
describe Smith as "a high type Of stu
dent" "a conscientious worker" and
"scrnpulously honest" He played
tackle on the Manchester football team;
and was prominent In school activi-
ties At that time he said his home