The Cook County news-herald. [volume], July 11, 1917, Image 1

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NEWS-ETTES OF GRAND
MIARAIS AND VICINITY
Jottings Heard About Town of
Things of General Interest
to Local Readers
A. M. Anderson left yesterday for
Duluth.
F. F. Hofacre of Duluth, was
transacting business in town the
past week.
William D. Bailey and family and
Mr. Gridley of Duluth, spent a cou­
ple days in the village last week.
John Nelson Jr., and Charley Seg
lem made a trip to Port Arthur on
Sunday, returning Monday evening.
Mrs. J. A. Kirkwood left Monday
night for St. Paul where she will
spend some time with her husband.
The Ladies Aid of the Congrega­
tional church will meet next Wednes­
day afternooi) at the home of Mrs.
Hans Tofte.
Miss Signild Soderberg went to
Duluth on the last boat, where she
will spend a few days of her sum­
mer vacation.
Mr. and |drs. L. L. Simmons re­
turned from Osceola^ Iowa, last Tues­
day evening. They drove all the
way in their auto.
C. H. Smith, boot and shoe sales­
man of Duluth, is transacting busi­
ness here this week. He is leaving
for Port Arthur tonight.
The Royal Neighbors will meet at
the Village hall Thursday evening,
July 12. All members are asked to
s,be present at this meeting.
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Olson returned
on Saturday from their wedding trip.
They have started housekeeping in
their home on Duluth avenue.
The ground is being prepared for
the erection of a garage building on
Madison street. The garage will be
owned and conducted by B. A. Rude.
This afternoon (Thursday) the
Swedish Ladies Aid will be enter­
tained by Mrs. Mat.% Lanktree, ami
you know you are welcome, so please
come.
Mrs. H. B. Blakeslee and sons, Al­
len and Harold, arrived Sunday night
for a visit with Mrs. Blakeslee's sis­
ters, Miss Louise Alleh and Mrs. Ax­
el Berglund.
Dedication service will be held in
the Congregational church Sunday,
July 22nd. Rev. Dr. Lesher of Min­
neapolis, will preach the dedication
sermon. Special music. All are cor­
dially invited.
George Robertson and Harry Hayes
drove the red truck, which belonged
to the North Shore Garage, to Du­
luth yesterday where they will de­
liver it to its new owner. They ex­
pect to return soon with a couple
Fords.
A party consisting of Mr. and Mrs.
L. P. Hagstad, Mr. and Mrs. L. T.
Peterson, Mr. and Mrs. John Mathe
son, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Swanstrom,
B. W. Olson, Lucille Olson and Nan
Nelson autoed down from Duluth on
the Fourth. They were very much
pleased with the condition of the
road and promised to come again.
Twelve Reasons
Why You
Should Buy Your
Groceries of Us
Jfo. J.
BECAUSE you are guaranteed
prompt, courteous and efficient
terriot.
Clerks and delivery men on the
jump to serre you accurately.
This is a big feature of our live
-wire policy.
F. A. Noble, organizer for the
Modern Samaritans, arrived on the
America Sunday evening.
Mrs. C. G. Stubstad and children
left for their home at Proctor last
Saturday evening.
Mrs. Blackwell has decided to
make us a longer visit than she first
intended. She has put up a tent a
cross the bay, where she willl camp
for the summer months. She expects
to be joined by her daughter Marion,
in the near future.
C. A. A. Nelson of Lutsen, motored
to Grand Marais with his family last
Sunday, bringing with him the fa­
mous ball player of Cook county,
known to most of us as "Moses." Mr.
Green, of the State Forestry service,
who is stationed back of Lutsen, also
accompanied them.
Rev. Hanson of International Falls,
and Rev. C. O. Swan of Duluth, will
hold services in the Lutheran church
of the village on Thursday night at
8 o'clock and in the Maple Hill
church on Friday night the same
hour. Both the Swedish and English
languages will be used.
RED CROSS CIRCLE HAS
BEEN ORGANIZED HERE
There was a meeting of the ladies
of the village called last Friday at
the home of Mrs. James Kirkwood
for the purpose of organizing a cir­
cle of the Red Cross at which time
and place the following officers were
elected for the ensuing year: Chair­
man, Mrs. James Kirkwood Secre­
tary and Treasurer, Mrs. J. C. Mur­
phy.
There was a good attendance con­
sidering it being the first start made
and the present members wish to in­
vite everyone who is interested in
this work to attend the next meet­
ing which will be held next Tuesday,
July 17, at the Kirkwood home.
The line of work to be taken up by
the circle will consist of making
bandages, socks, and all other arti­
cles necessary for the soldiers to be
used at the front and in order to
ALEXANDER ANAQUOD
DIED LAST WEDNESDAY
Last Wednesday morning Alexan­
der Anaquod died at his home in
Chippewa Village. He has been an
invalid since childhood and has been
entirely helpless for many years, and
for the past year or more his death
was looked for. He was 45 years of
age.
The funeral took place Thursday,
interment being made in the Catholic
cemetery in Chippewa Village.
My Dental Office in the cabin will
be open during the summer months
as usual.—Dr. T. M. Robertson.
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Ed. Toftey & Company
car% onthis work, which will necesr~ -gur"Z^ne." in this servicftj ^rhile
sitatfe the buying of "goods for tfigt* escaping the horrors'of^Hrench war
purpose, the Modern Samaritan
Lodge of Grand Marais has been the
first to head the list by a contribu­
tion of ten dollars which the circle
wishes to thank the order for. Any
other donations either in goods to be
used or cash to buy such goods as
are necessary will be made public in
the columns of this paper together
with the name of the giver.
A FOREST REGIMENT FOR
SERVICE 'IN FRANCE
Opportunity for Woodsmen to Enlist
for War Service They are
Fitted For.
Under tiiv i. j"ervision of the Na­
tional Fo^stry Service a regi^enl of
woodsmen «no millworkers is *»eing
recruited for early service in France
to be part of the American Engi­
neers' Reserve Corps which will uid
in transportation and other engineer­
ing work, and which is being organ­
ized at the request of our allies.
Recruiting for this service" must
come largely from frontier comvnum
ties such as Cook county, and it is
expected that this county's quota
under the conscription regulations
will be filled by volunteers for this
service, because this regiment is to
be recruited at once.
Citizens of the United States, and
those who have declared their in­
tention to become such, between the
ages of 18 and 40 years inclusive, are
eligible and for the convenience of
applicants the necessary blanks have
been placed in the hands of the coun­
ty attorney, county auditor and sher
riff before whom applications may
be made.
Recruits for this regiment will be
subject to the same physical examin­
ation as that required for other mili­
tary service, and enlistment will be
for the period of the war.
The pay, which begins at date
enlistment, ranges according to class
from $30.00 to $51.00 a month in
the United States and $36.00 to
$61.20 a month for foreign service,
traveling expenses being furnished
by the Government from the place of
enlistment to the training camp. The
regiment will be assembled in bat­
talions at Washington, D. C., and at
Fort Leavenworth, Karts., and will
be sent overseas as soon as organiz­
ed, trained and equipped.
The work of this regiment will be
performed behind the battlie lines in
France, but may fall within the dan-
fare, will perform a patriotic duty
in the line for which their life and
training have peculiarly fitted them.
The list of eligible occupations is as
follows: Axmen, wood sawyers, tie
cutters, loggers, teamsters, scalers,
blacksmiths, harnessmakers, wheel­
wrights, hostlers, millwrights, mill
engineers, mill sawyers, saw filers,
cooks, camp clerks, machinists, auto­
mobile and motorcycle operators and
foresters.
In addition to the foregoing, the
department circular contains the fol­
lowing information, of interest es­
pecially to prospective applicants:
"While designed to serve primarily
as a mobile logging and milling crew,
the regiment will be organized on
military lines and its members will
be uniformed and armed like other
units in the United States Army.
The first duty of its officers and men
will be to lfearn military discipline
and teamwork through thorough­
going drill at training camps.
"The regiment will work largely in
sprout forests of oak, beech, horn­
beam, and other hardwoods, with
son.e stands of pine. The timber is
small in comparison with most A
merican forests, much of it from 8
to 12 inches in diameter.. These for­
ests resemble the woodlots of south­
ern New England, and the operations
will be similar to portable sawmill
logging and tie cutting in Massachu­
setts, Connecticut, Maryland and Vir­
ginia. The larger logs will be sawn
into boards and dimension material,
while the smaller trees will be cut
into hewn ties, poles, props, etc. The
closest possible use of timber will
be required.
"The French forests have for many
years been managed with great care
and skill. The American forest re­
giment must be able, if it is to do
creditable work, not only to cut and
manufacture the timber with high
efficiency, but also to avoid waste
and leave the forests in good condi­
tion for future production. For this
reason it will be officered mainly by
trained foresters.
"The listing of applicants does not
insure their final acceptance. It may
be necessary to reject subsequently
some of the men who have been
listed.
"The prompt recruiting of this re­
giment will enable it to be among
the first to carry the flag of the
United States abroad."
P. E. Aim and family made an auto
trip to Duluth on Monday, returning
last evening.
FOURTH 0F JULY CELEBRA
tlON A GRAND SUCCESS
With Ideal Weather Conditions Grand
Marais Has Largest- Patriotic
belehration Ever.
The celebration last Wednesday
was pull&d off as planned with
scarcely a hitch. The weather was
ideal and an unusual large crowd
turned out.
The program was started at 10
o'clock by the automobile parade.
20 cars took part, most of which
were decorated very artistically. The
procession started at the corner of
Wisconsin street and Broadway, mak­
ing a complete tour of the village
and ending up on the flat north of
the Princess theater.
First prize was awarded to Win­
ger & Robertson's seven-passenger
Overland, decorated by Mr. and Mrs.
J. C. Murphy. In this car rode Uncle
Sam, representatives of the G. A. R.,
the U. S. Navy and army, and two
Red Cross nurses.
Sam Zimmerman's Buick won sec­
ond prize. His car was decorated in
the national colors with a large deer
head in front.
The speaking was commenced at 11
o'clock, and was held in the open-air
on the flat north of the Princess.
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The speakers using for a platform
the large truck belonging to Win­
ger and Robertson while the large
crowd congregated on the grass and
in autos. After a short introduction
by S. C- Murphy, who acted as chair­
man, Dr. F. B. Hicks was called up­
on and gave a very interesting and
instructive address relating some
history of government and what it
stood for through the different ages
and finally what our own government
stands for. "Liberty," said the doc­
tor, "is what this country has been
fighting for from the day of the Pil­
grims, and that is what we are fight­
ing for today.".
Rev. W. H. Ripon was then called
upon. He began by saying: That
civilization is determined by its early
settlers and that the glory of this
was the fact that it was
founded by great -and noble., men,
The Puritans and Pilgrims establish­
ed this country on the principles of
democracy, religious and civil liberty.
We are engaged in this great war
that those principles which were es­
tablished by our fathers might be
preserved, and handed down to pos­
terity unimpaired. Rev. Ripon ap­
pealed to his hearers to utilize all
the powers at their disposal to help
the government to bring this war to
a successful conclusion, he appealed
to men to stand by the president,
and urged upon the women to put
their spare time into cans and jars.
Claus C. Monker spoke of the debt
our country owes France and that
this is our opportunity to pay that
debt. He made a strong appeal to
those of foreign birth to stand by
the president.
Several patriotic songs were sung
by the audience and after giving
three cheers to two members of the
G. A. R., who were present—Judge
Geo. H. Durfee and C. N. Ashford—
the gathering returned to their var­
ious homes for dinner.
The afternoon was taken up with
sports and races which resulted as
follows:
Running race, free for all—1st
Sam Zimmerman, Jr. 2nd, Andy
Lindberg.
Running race, boys under 16—1st
Alvin Engelson 2nd Earl Woods.
Running race, girls under 16—1st
Violiet Samskar 2nd Hallie Carter.
Sack race—1st John McGill 2nd
Earl Woods.
Wheelbarrow race—1st Sam Zim­
merman and Harry Helmerson 2nd
John Zimmerman and Jim Morrison.
Three legged race—1st Sam Zim­
merman and Oscar Lindskog 2nd.
Sid and Jack Woods.
Horse Race—1st, Axel Johnson
2nd, Albert Helmerson 3rd Dan Mc­
Donald.
Skiff race—1st, John Zimmerman
and Jim Morrison 2nd, Sid Woods
and Ed. Dalibec.
Canoe race—1st, Harry Helmerson
2nd Dan MacDonald.
The ball game between the Whites
and Indians resulted in a victory for
the Whites, though they were given
a hard tussle. There was a large
number of enthusiastic rooters for
both sides.
The Indian war dance attracted a
large crowd and was quite a novelty.
The balll in the evening was at­
tended by a very large number and
all report a pleasant time.
The Princess theater gave tw*
shows, afternoon and evening. Miss
Elizabeth Hicks favored the audience
in the evening with several songs
which were very well received and
were giveij enthusiastic encore.
Everyone is well pleased with the
entertainment of the day and the
committee in charge is to be con­
gratulated on the orderly way every­
thing was carried out. They will
publish an account of moneys re­
ceived and expended in our next is­
sue.
GRANb MARAIS POST
OFFICE ROBBER CAUGHT
Sheriff Lien is in receipt of a let­
ter from Post Office Inspector H. W.
Fleming stating that Harry Davis,
who robbed the post office here and
broke jail after he was caught, is
now serving in the Waupun prison.
Mr. Fleming says in part:
"You will no doubt be interested
to know that Harry Davis, alias Otto
Zimmerman, alias Otto Massanbach,
alias Frank Wagner, alias The Count,
alias Wolendorf, alias Seigel, alias
Charles Whorten, alias The Kaiser, is
now serving a fifteen year term at
Waupun for the attempted robbery
of a safe at Sheboygan Falls, Wis.
Some busy policeman caught him in
the act and pumped him full of lead.
He recovered however and was taken
to Waupun by Sheriff Goodell June
18th.
"When picked up he had several
small pieces of saw sewed in the
bosom of his shirt."
WOMEN'S CLUfe ORGANIZED
FOR FOOD CONSERVATION
A meeting of the Ladies of the vil­
lage was held la&t Thursday after­
noon in the Village Hall for the pur­
pose of organizing a cliub to work
under and with the State and Na­
tional institutions created to- aid in
and to unify the work of women.
This club is organized under the
direction of the Council of National
Defense and the Minnesota Commis­
sion of Public Safety. Such commit­
tees as Food Conservation, American­
ization,- Red Cross and Home Relief
are expected to be appointed.
The first thing that the govern­
ment asks is the getting of every
housekeeper in the state to sign the
Hoover pledge to stand by the gov­
ernment ideas in food conservation.
Only by this united action on the
part of millions of American women
is the United States going to be able
to keep its magnificent pledge to
feed the population of the Allied Na­
tions. Besides the Hoover pledge,
the government is going to make a
registration of its woman-power,
volunteer, trained and professional.
The women did not turn out in a
very large number but it is certain
that they will when they liearn more
of the purpose and motive of the or­
ganization.
The officers elected are as follows:
Chairman, Mrs. Ed. Toftey Vice
chairmen, Mrs. P. E. Aim and Mrs.
John Winger Secretary, Mrs. J. A.
Kirkwood.
Mrs. Jack Scott, Jr., county chair­
man for Cook county, is in St. Paul
acting as delegate to the conference
at the Capitol, held July 10th and
11th.
Help Your Children to Make Good
st
COOK COUNTY ST. BANK
r'ra"d
Marais. Minn
COOK COUNTY
STATE BANK
Capital and Surplus, $27,500.00
NORTH SHORE ROAD
IS BEING MARKED
Duluth—Port Arthur Road Made
Part of the Black and Whiie
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System.
A. L. Meiys arrived here Tuesday,
having marked the road from Duluth
with the Black and White markings.
He went on to Port Arthur Tuesday
to complete the road to that city,
making this highway part of the
Black and White Trail.
In speaking of the work of blazing
automobile routes the Duluth News
Tribune says:
"Within another week automobile
routes that are being blazed out of
Duluth to various points in the
northwest will have been completed,
officials of the Duluth Automobile
Club announced Saturday night.
"The completion of these arteries
marks the end of years of labor and
varied effort to connect Duluth by a
series of improved highways to im­
portant cities within a radius of 300
miles or more.
"The continuation of the Duluth
Twin City highway to Port Arthur,
known as the Black and White trail,
will be completed this week. The
distance is 270 miles along a scenic
route.
"The Duluth-Fargo trail, marked in
green and white, which runs through
Brainerd, also a part of the Bllack
Diamond route, is completed. The
Vermillion road, from Duluth to Bi
wabik and through Hibbing, is an­
other continuation of the Green and
White trail as it is so blazed.
"Ray V. Bennett, state manager for
the American Trail Blazing associa­
tion has been in Duluth supervising
the work of blazing the trails, which
have been made prominent enough to
make confusion of roads impossible.
All blazing will be finished in a week
or two.
"The seven roads now leading out
of Duluth will be entered in the offi­
cial guide book of the trail associa­
tion so that tourists througout the
country can see at a glance which
trail .is the shortest Jto. a given point.
"As a further accomodation-to out
bf-town tourists and members of the
Duluth club an information booth in
charge of M. M. Hanna has been es­
tablished at 428 West Superior
street. This will also be a complaint
bureau. Tourists encountering bad
roads or injustice at the hands of
village authorities are asked to re­
pay the club for its free information
by reporting instances."
OLD SETTLER CALLED
As we were going to press news
was received that Nick Probeck of
Gunflint Lake, died at the St. Joseph
hospital at Port Arthur, last Friday,
July 6th.
Mr. Probeck was one of the first
white settlers of this county and for
many years" resided in Grand Marais.
He was 80 years of age.
The funeral took place Monday
morning, interment being made at
Port Arthur.
Albert Ladd, who is employed on
the Canadian boundary survey, spent
the 4th in town.
A Savings Bank FREE with
the First Dollar Deposit.
See Them .in the Window.
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Bring the boy or girl into
deposit a dollar get a bank
book with the dollar credit­
ed in it, and take home one
of these banks to help save
the next dollar.
You' have the bank, we
have the key. Money grows
quickly. Bring the bank in
from time to time and have
the contents credited in
your bank book.
Pennies and nickels soon
make dollars. Dolllars make
independence. It's worth
the effort. Come in today.
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