The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1919-10-08
GRAND mARA,s. COOK COUNTY,. m,s., oc1os1R !. ii,

Cloud youth who had enlisted In the
navy as@ a bugler. Rose disappeared
from the naval station some time ago
About month ago he was apprehend-
ed by the Little Falls police and held
there on a charge OF vagrancy, but
escaped sIs sz<*@.. *%. 4 ..: .% ii.
! Lake City. Representative Sidney
Anderson Of the first Minnesota dis
trict has appointed Glenn B. McCon.
nell Of this city to take the West Point
Military academy entrance examina-
tion ir. February . !. / -:ss
|, St, oud.-Eight city officials In;
cluding the mayor, city clerk and coun-.
cfl from Detroit, Mimi, were here one
afternoon recently to inspect the paw
ing work done here in the past sum-
mer. 4 .%
East Grand Forks.-Farmers on Min
nesota Point and the vicinity of East
Grand Forks are having little or no
difficulty in securing plenty of labor
ers to harvest the potato crop this
year. = =
Stillwater.-Dwight Jones, an en-
ploye of the Twin City Forge & Foun-
fracture of the right leg below the
knee while working in the foundry
department.
St. Cloud.-C. W. Bancroft, charged
with stealing an automobile at Wahpe.
ton and brining it into Stearns county
and d1sposfng of it, was released from
the county jail on $500 bond furn-
ished by his wife.
! Moorhead. Robotka Of the
University Farm, st. Paul, has been in
this section to make preliminary ar
rangements for short course in book
keeping by the officers of farmers CO.
operative organizations.
/ St. Cloud.-Letters have been re-
ceived here from a large manufactur-
ing concern in Middle Grandville, N.
r, making inquiries as to the granite
production here and the possibilities
Of obtaining and unlimited amount OF
crushed granite. =. ....>~
East Grand F0rks.-Philip Lundy
and Louis Hochberg, both Of Grand
Forks, charged with the theft of Wheat
from the granary of Paul St. Lawrence,
near East Grand Forks, were bound
over to the session of the Polk county
grand jury on larceny charge.
i, Owatonna.-S Steele county now has
two posts of the American Legion, the
second, at Blooming Prairie, having
just been temporary organized with
membership Of nearly ESQ. Plans
are being made for its formal organ
ization some time late this month. i.
Virginia-Edward NyQuist, Herman
Hyvonen and Albert Nyquist, farmers
living near Biwabik, who were arrest
ed by Game Warden George e. Wood
on charge of killing moose out
of season at Birch lake, waived exam
ination before Judge Carey here and
announced they would plead guilty in
district court. -, Il =
Benlidji.-Mayor L. r. Johnson, who
was asked by vote Of 8 to to re-
sign by the city council said he would
take the matter under consideration
and denied he was responsible for al
legged bad conditions. The mayors
resignation was asked in resolution
adopted by the council to straightens
out bootlegging conditions which have
| existed for some time :s4&
st. Paul.-Actual field work has
been started to determine methods Of.
preventing floods in the Minnesota
River valley. Similar Investigations
in the Red Lake and Roseau river
basins will be undertaken when pend
ing negotiations with Canadian off,
cials handling interrelated problems
are completed, according to E. " Will
lard, state drainage engineer.
Elk Riyer-Motor bandits who shot
and killed Deputy Sheriff Edward Fo-
ley and twice wounded Deputy Will
Iliff, are still uncaught. The fugitives
were traced with bloodhounds for
three miles from the scene of the bat
tie at the Elk river bridge. One of
the bandits Is believed wounded Some
| officials say, the bandits may still be
in hiding in the woods along Elk
! river but various rumors have started
Indicating their escape.
Cambridge. - Walter Johnson, a
| farmer living near West Point, Minn.,
who was shot and killed by guards
| placed at the West Point bridge to
watch for escaped bandits, when he
disregarded a challenge to stop, came
| TO his death by member of posse
directed to guard the bridge and the
person responsible for his death is not
guilty Of culpable negligence, accord
ing to verdict of coroner's jury at
the inquest held here. .:
st. Cloud.-A windstorm which took
on, the proportions of small tornado,
started west of Paynesvil1e and swept
stretch of country about four miles
VIDE and so miles long. 1t demoralized
telephone and telegraph service and
destroyed many small farm buildings,
according to reports reaching here. The
wind followed southwesterly direc-
tion and swept through Collegeville,
St.. Joseph and Rice. No one was in
jured according toreports. At Paynes-