The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1919-12-17
HAPPENINGS IN =.
GOPHER: STATE
News From All Parts of Minne-
sofa Given in Condensed
Form,
EVENTS BRIEFLY TOLD

WHO'RE ouSy headerS Will Find News
From All Parts Of State Terseiy
chronicled for Their
Benefit.
Hibbing. two years Hibbing
has become the strongest union labor
town in northern Minnesota, with 16
unions.
Sank Rapids.-Aug. "a, rs, 26 and
q, were chosen IS the days for the
1920 Benton county fair at a meeting
of the association held here.
Canby.-Benjamin Mummey, 70
years old, Civil war veteran and COM
mander Of the local G, A. R. post, was
found dead in bed at his home here.
Luverne.-A special election will be
called here in December to decide the
question Of issuing bonds for the erec-
ton of modern high school building.
st. Paul.-The appeal in the test
case o. the Minnesota soldiers bonus
law will be heard at 100 p m. Friday,
December 10th, in the state supreme
court
Wilbert-A new $4,000 German
Lutheran school has been dedicated
here. Professor Theodore Buenger of
Concordia college, St. Paul, delivered
the dedicatory address.
Aurora.-Andrew Germ, a deer hun
ter, is believed to have persisted in
the woods north of Aurora during the
recent severe storm. Firemen have
joined hunting party searching for
him.
International Falls-Two young
children of Magnus Hanson were
burned to death when the home was
destroyed by fire. Their mother was
seriously burned trying to save the
children.
Tower.-The third mortality of the
deer season in northern Minnesota
took place at Mud Lake, two miles
from Tower, when Jacob Scalser, an
Austrian, died of wounds accidentally
self-inf1icted
Farmington.-Seven children }.
Frank Kane of Rosemount were found
unconscious in their home due to 5as
from coal stove. The children were
living in Town and attending school.
They will recover
Duluth.-For the second time jury
disagreed in the damage suit OF G. A.
Ringquist against the Duluth Missabe
& Northern railroad growing out of
the forest fires which swept northern
Minnesota year ago.
Hibbing.-Sheep used for the first
time N northern Minnesota in forest
fire prevention and which were i'm
ported here by the Dupont Powder
company, to dispose of underbrush
near it's plant at within, are being dis
posed of rapidly.
Warrington. Audwig Swanson
may d. from wounds received from
a shotgun in the hands of a CON-
panion. The two were hunting and
in crawling through a wire fence the
gun was accidentally discharged. The
charge of shot struck Swanson in the
face.
Hill City.-Rewards totalling 500
have been offered for the finding of
Alfred Amonson, local man who has
been missing since November g. The
company by which he was employed
offers $50 and the other $50 has been
raised by subscription. Mr.. Amonson
went hunting and never returned.
Pipestone.-Forty years ago, c. J.
Cawley was installed as agent for the
company here, coming to Pipestone on
the first railroad train to reach the
city. Mr.. Cawley has remained as
agent in Pipestone, and railroad men
claim that he holds a record which is
probably not equaled by another sta
tionman in the country.
st Paul.-The state railroad and
warehouse commission has granted
the Great Nortnarn railroad permits
sion to remove it's tracks and pas
senger and freight stations from the
village OF Hibbing, to carry out the
project of moving the village of Hib-
bling to Alice so the iron ore under
lying the village can be mined.
East Chain.-East Chain township
of Martin county has dedicated
100000 consolidated school, which
serves the entire town. Children are
brought to school by nine motor
busses. Although in a rural COM
munity which is 10 miles from rail-
road, the school offers the 200 pupils
complete high school as we'll as grade
courses.
Misunderstanding to commit sui
eide by hanging in his barn, John
Palmquist, 60 years old, reached for
his revolver and fired two shots, one
taking effect in his forehead and caus-
ing death. PalmQuist had mounted a
chair and doubled rope around his
neck. He jumped off and was strang-
ling before reaching for his revolver
to kill himself
Two Harbors.-The first hunting
accident of the big game season in
this locality occurred in the Goose
berry river country when Nick Mag
nuson. son of Peter Magnuson, re-
siding in this city, was shot and seri-