The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1922-04-06
OF GRAND
MARAIS AND VICINITY

in town Saturday.
| Mrs. Jack Scott, Jr., of Colvill,
was a visitor in town Wednesday.
The village fire engine has been re-
moved from the Motor Inn to the
Village Hall.
! liver Soderberg has accepted 20
sition in the office of a MINNEAPOLIS
architect.
Paul Backlund Of Rosebush left for
: Duluth last Friday with Harry Hell
merson.
Henry LeSage of Grand Portage
came in on the stage Monday, return
ing Wednesday.
Geo. H. Mayhem and Billy Tebo
have taken a contract to cut wood
for C. O. Backlund.
Geo. Mccoy is building an addition
on Geo. Brisson's house ct Croft
vile.
Mr.. and Mrs. P. E.. Aim and
daughter Lois returned Tuesday
night from a motor trip to Duluth.
Simon Backlund is repapering and
painting the interior of his cottage.
Victor johnson is the artistic decor
! ator.
Miss Amy Lindskog of Maple Hill
is visiting in Grand Marais this
week, the guest of Miss Alma Isaac
son.
John B. Granoske of the Kellv-
How~Thompson Co., of Duluth, made
his first trip tc Grand Marais for
this season Tuesday night.
| People Of the Village are requested
TO notify Ed Toftey, president of the
Grand Marais' Light & Power Co.,
when street lights are out of COM
mission.
Halvor Strom of Tofte made a
business trip to Grand Marais' Tues
| day. Incidentally he came in and re-
newed his subscription.
Mrs. B. A. Rude and Mrs. V. N.
johnson entertained the Willing
Workers and Royal Neighbocs at
cards at the home Of Mrs. Verne
johnson last Tuesday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. j.. johnson arrived
on the stage Wednesday night from
trip to the Twin Cities where MIR.
johnson took in the Republican State
convention.
Winfield S. Allard, 3r., commonly
known as Doc, was in town Wednes
day. Mr.. Allard has been badly
troubled with rheumatism this win
ter, being laid up for number of
weeks. He is much improved in
health, though lacking considerable
Of being back to normal.
Messrs. Mulligan and Valentine,
federal forest rangers, returned
from Ely. Tuesday night by stage.
They spent Gay in Duluth. They
have been working all winter about
twelve miles from Ely, estimating
jack pine timber, their estimates to-
falling 12o,ooo,0oo feet B. M.
Hjalmer .Sather and Harry Helmer-
son returned from Duluth Monday.
They came as, far as "43'' by stage,
| coming the, balance of the distance
in Mr.. Helmerson's car which he
had parked there. Sam Zimmerman,
Jr., On his way home from the St.
Paul convention, accompanied them.
/ Cook county receives S22, 900 90
from the new state road aid fund as
apportioned by the board composed
Eof Henry Rines, state treasurer, R.
". Chase, state auditor, and Charles
M Babcock, state highway commits
sioner, according to an announcement
/ this week. It is one of SO counties
fout Of Sc allotted more than it paid
into t -: the aid fund Auditor Chase
II pointed out that the minimum to la
4 county, IS 80 per cent greater than
/ last years pportiionment& with 40
] increase in the tax rate, and as re-
suit the counties will receive hun
Idreds of thousands Of dollars more
than last year It is d striking IL
Illustration of the well known fact
that the average county viii receive
more from the state than IL pays Ii
direct taxes & he added State road
aid represents the proceeds Of gen.
Eera1 1-mill tai levy unsder the Bobb
{ Dunn amen nnent to the const ton
I hi which The counties 81 high rs
sssses yalua ioll cont So ilbute tov.ld
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