The Cook County news-herald., 1920-05-26

Louis Falk has numb Der Of men
working on his new building and ex-
poets to have jt ready for occupancy
at an early date ~
Contractor Backlund has cornnnefl-
ced work on v. N JohnsonIs new
building. The concrete found alton
was put in this week and the com
crete blocks hauled, ready to be laid
as soon as the, founda ton sets. IS:
The Cramer House burned Friday
night. It was being fixed up by
some Two Harbors party to take care
of the summer business. tt is not
known how the fire started. .s.EE.
Mrs. Peter LeSage arrived on the
America for an extended visit with
her relatives here. She was accom-
panied by her infant son. Mr.. and
Mrs: LeSage are now residing on the
range, having moved there from here
last summer. : %%- !. .-:...~ 4
Ray Parent of Schroeder was a
business caller in Grand Marais last
Saturday. Ray was among the first
bunch of boys that left here for
France, and while he did not fall
from missels of the Hun, he fell, and
fell hard, from one Of cupid's darts,
being the only boy from here that
we know of to bring back a bride.
The Cook County Cooperative
Warehouse Association shipped one
half ton of cream ON the America
Monday night. This is the largest
shipment ever made by the associa-
tion to date, and should Indicate a
prosperous year for the. shippers
Mr.. N. j. Bray is looking after the
interests of the association during
the absence of Mr.. Glinch
Today is the last day of school,
The graduation exercises will be held
in the school auditorium this ever-
ing. Tomorrow the different grades
will have their annual picnics, some
on t'Sweethear's Bluff, west of the
village, and some on the picnic
grounds between the village and
Chippewa City. We hope the chill
dren have a good time and a swell
feed.
The traffic over the North Shore
road has been exceedingly heavy for
so early in the season. We do not
know the reason, but is whispers
that there is such thing as s'hkker"
over in Canada, which might have
something to do with it. One party
was here last week on: what they
said was: AZ fishing trip. On their
return from the Fishing trip they
seemed to be we'll supplied with
Canadian money, which would indi-
cate that they had been across the
bridge to fish,
Last Saturday the case of Andrew
Solgard VS.. John Myhr was tried be-
| IO4C ouSCtSC NdCI OOIlIlSOll cLlu d. jul y.
The case is over dispute of wages,
Mr.. Solgard having been employed
by MIR. Myhr last winter in his log
ging operations near Hovland. There
were quite a delegation from the east
end here to attend the trial as wit
nesses. The plaintiff was rrepresen-
ted by Mr.. Monker and the defendant
by Mr.. Murphy. After: Being out
five hours the jury was discharged,
having been unable to- reach an agree
ment. The case will be again taken
up at a later date. :.
| George Wartner, the only old time
settler left in the GunAint district,
arrived in town Monday evening on
the America, having made the trip
| by way Of Port Arthur. Mr.. Wartner
reports that Richard bowman, one
of the other olde timers up there,
has been in the hospital at Rochester
| for about two months and has under
: gone three operations. However
his letters say. he is getting along
nicely and hopes to be around again
soon. Mr.. Wartner reports a poor
trapping season. on account Of the
deep snow and the steady cold
weather. ..s-.,