The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1919-08-20
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9patgn fund Of the Salvation Army. s,= s*.s=
Wadena. The blueberry crop alone
In Wadena county this year is con-
5servatively estimated to-: be worth
over 800, 900. sI 35 X 5..l
Detroit.-The skeleton Of q man was
unearthed IA 9 sandpit near Detroit,
owned by Joseph Ames OF Fargo. The
Becker county coroner was notified.
Minneapolis.-Ira Montgomery, q re-:
turned soldier, Of st. Paul, was elected:
agricultural agent for .Hennepin coun-
II by the executive committee OF the
county farm bureau. - s.-.> = @. g.. z@z..
East Grand Forks:--Two men en-
tered the home Of John Dokken, 2l9
International avenue. having previous
~ called Mrs. Dokken from the house
on q fake errand, but took nothing. =
I. Sttllwater.-Dr. William A. Catne,
landed q trout of the German brown
|. variety that weighed just exactly
seven pounds. The big trout was
caught at Sand Greek, q common, ordi-
nary fly being used. s2:: y " ~
Brainerd. Reports are current here
that young ducks are being shot out
of season at Rice Bed 80, near IRON
ton. Sportsmen are exasperated and
will seek the deputy game warden's
aid to put q stop to it. :, !s>>>
Thief River -Eleven-year-old
Allen Sorenson, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
John Sorenson, suffered compound
fracture of the left leg just below. the
knee while attending the fair, when
run over by an automobile.
Observation-Disclosures owners who
operated their cars without tail lights
were arrested. There were also four
arrests for drunkenness, and. three for
disorderly conduct In the same time.
Judge l.. D. Evans imposed fines
amounting to $1S1.S0.. =. n. 80. IL.
Moorhead.-Walter Peterson, alleged
I. w. w. organizer, who was carrying
32-caliber revolver, and George
Grier, who was armed with a 46
caliber. Colt; were held to the Clay
county grand jury by Judge L. d.
Evans.
st. Cloud.-St. Clouds population
has grown to approximately 10000
during the past few years, .accor ding
to an estimate made by the publisher
Of the biennial directory This is an
increase OF about rs per cent in the
last three years. -. >
{ Hibbing.-Edward Hirschbach, trav-
cling salesman, MAS killed and VIII
Ham Thomas, his companion, had his
leg broken in an auto. accident south
of town, when the car made sharp
turn, throwing both men out, Hirsch-
bach sweeping along the ground for
about twenty feet, his scalp being
torn of and skull fractured. He was
dead when picked up.
Bemidji.-The Bemfdji Townsite (
Improvement company, said to be de-
linquent on payment of taxes since
1912 on $50 lots, got out restraining
order for the city to- show cause be.
fore Judge Stanton, why its property
should be sold for delinquent taxes
after being illegally assessed, as the
company claimed, in 1912; by the board
of equalization, which raised the as.
sessment 10 per cent.
st. Paul.-The first lease of state
land at one cent an acre under the
offer by State Auditor J. "A. O. Preus
to attract stockmen| from drouth
stricken Western states to good pas.
lures on Northern Minnesota cut-over
land has been made. George H. Cros-
by, of Crosby, paid Sc rental on 600
acre tract of state land near that town
for Western stockman who will pas:
ture sheep there: The rental was
asked by the auditor to, comply with
the law and was paid by. Mr.. Crosby
that the Western stockman might use
the land without cost. .f,>t: ~ =
University Farm esota owes
its prestige as a corn state largely to
the advance made in the selection OF
| seed corn. Fifty years ago. says
Andrew Boss, vice, director Of the Min.
nesota experiment station, "only lit.
tie corn was grown IN Minnesota.
Flint corns and a few early dents
were brought from the New Egnland
states and gradually became adapted
to the, soil and climate. Continued
selection of the earliest kinds of dent
Fshas developed varieties that are pretty