The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1920-03-03

Red Lake Falls.-A better road he.
tween Crookston and Red Lake Falls
will be IN existence BY the end Of the
current year II the plans Of the Polk
county commissio ners are carried in.
to effect. .z.g 2. .. .: =
st. Paul. M. Gruber vice presi.
dent Of the Great Northern railroad In
charge Of operations, and William G.
Watrous, superintendent Of transpor.
tation, have resigned, according to re.
ports here. ~. Z = 4 e. ~ MI. i. III
Zumbrota.-Five business buildings
were destroyed at q loss Of $4,000 by
fire which broke out here. The fire
burned itself out. The fire was caused
by explosion Of q coffee percolator in
a restaurant. 81 > = T + =. 49,. +
Baudette. - Ralph Sexton. well
known citizen here for many years
was found dead in his bed. He had
been in poor health with tuberculosis
for some time. He leaves a widow
and one child.
Sank Center.-A community house,
which also will be the permanent head
quarters of the local American Legion
post is being planned: The city Of
Sank Center will be petitioned$s to
finance the project.
Minneapolis. - George P. Wilson,
former member of the Minnesota
house and senate, three times attorney
general and one of the Nestors of the
bar Of Minnesota, died here at the
home of his daughter, aged 80.
Mankato.-The high school was
closed part of last week because of the
sickness of the teachers. An attempt
will be made to keep the grade schools
going by filling in with high school
teachers who are not sick. Fourteen
teachers were off duty on one day.
Little Falls.-Potato growers from
over the state gathered here to COM
plete plans for the organization of the
Minnesota Cooperative Potato Grow
ers exchange. The Michigan plan of
potato marketing is proposed as the
basis for the Minnesota exchange.
Pipestone.-The Pipestone city coun-
Gil selected 20 blocks of street to be
paved during the summer and follow
ing public hearing to be held within
a few days bids for the work will be
secured that the operations may be
commenced early in The spring. Pipe
stone will have nearly IA miles of con-
crete paved streets
Chisholm.-St. Louis county will
have it's second American Legion band
and the Mesaba range the first one, If
steps taken by the local post material
ize. The Chisholm soldiers and sail
ors have appealed to the Chamber of
Commerce to get behind the move
ment, which will turn the present city
band into legion band with a greatly
increased membership.
rookston.-Every Red river valley
county will send farm crops exhibits
to the Red River Valley Winter shows,
to be conducted at Crookston, Feb. 9,
to 13, to compete for premiums valued
at $1,000 for the crops division. Be-
gun in small way in 1910, this annual
exhibit has grown until it now is the
largest grain, corn and potato exhibit
in the. state, with LILO entries last
year and $500 expected this year.
Cloquet.-In a fit of jealous passion,
John Ranta, IS, Finnish farmer resid-
ing five miles north of Cloquet, on the
Saginaw road, shot and killed his wife
and two children and then turned his
revolver upon himself with fatal re-
suits. Ranta, it is believed in Cloquet,
where he is we'll known, went violently
insane. The Ranta case is the third
case of insanity and gun play near
Cloquet within the last four months.