10 Years Ago Sept. 6, 2002
To remedy the potentially dangerous problem of speeding on County Road 7, the Cook County Board of Commissioners has requested that the Minnesota Department of Transportation conduct a speed study on the entire length of roadway (about eight miles). Three major accidents have occurred in primarily one area near Fall Creek. Local law enforcement officials were asked and agreed the speed limit should be reduced from 55 mph to 45 mph.
A canoe party had a once-in-a-lifetime experience along the Phoebe River last week. They were portaging along the river when they heard something in the water. They saw five timber wolves standing in the river drinking the water. There were four adults and a puppy. The puppy got out of the river and started rolling around in some high grass on the shore. The adults then got out and lay down on a rock shelf above the area where the pups were playing. Eventually the wolves noticed the canoeists, but did not run away. After quite a while they all got up and walked slowly into the woods.
20 Years Ago Sept. 7, 1992
Hedstrom Lumber Company has announced that it will shut down sawmill operations for two weeks starting Sept. 8 due to declining amounts of sawtimber being sold from public lands.
Once again this year, there is no rush of candidates filing to run for elected office on the school board, the hospital board, the soil and water board and the city council. In fact, with only three days remaining in which to file, there aren’t enough candidates to go around.
The Grand Marais City Council, meeting Aug. 26, accepted a recommendation presented by its TV cable committee to approve the transfer of the city cable franchise to D.D. Cable. The action follows months of negotiating with D.D. Cable’s lawyers over details in the company’s transfer proposal.
50 Years Ago Sept. 6, 1962
The light and power crew has been erecting the poles for the football field and the work should be completed in a few days. The powerful white lights will be 43 feet above the field and should give ample light for night football. The bulbs have a life expectancy of about 25 years. However, this does not cover possible vandalism. They cost about $12 apiece.
School enrollment for the first day of school continued to show an upward trend, with 31 more than the opening day enrollment last year. The year before the increase was 35 over the opening day of the prior year. The total enrollment for the county stood at 968.
An exploratory archaeological excavation at Grand Portage National Monument from July 16 to Aug. 15 under the direction of the Minnesota Historical Society turned up four adult human burials, probably of Chippewa Indians from about 1800-1825. All of the burials were positioned with the heads to the west and the feet to the east. Among other materials found with the burials were brass bracelets, brass finger rings, a rusted fire steel, an adze, a corroded copper kettle, coiled brass wire hair ornaments, and black and white tubular glass beads. The burials were not made in a formal graveyard, but were random interments made over a considerable period of time, so remote that no one now living can even guess who they were. All skeletons were in poor condition, making it impossible to accurately determine the age and sex of the individuals.
90 Years Ago Sept. 7, 1922
The dedication exercises for the new school house at Lutsen were held Saturday night. The meeting was largely attended and was a great success. Good music was furnished by two sets of players on two floors. Dancing followed the speaking. A lunch was served. It was an epoch-making event in the history of the Lutsen school district.
Yesterday afternoon Louis Lofstrom of Devils Track Lake was accidentally shot with a .22 caliber rifle while climbing into an automobile. He was getting into the back seat and pushed his gun ahead of him, facing the barrel. It was accidentally discharged, the ball entering his abdomen. The local doctor was away and a doctor was brought from Chicago Bay to examine the patient, who had been brought to town immediately after the accident. It was not possible to locate the bullet without an X-ray examination, which was done in Two Harbors. The bullet was located in the liver and an operation at once performed, and the bullet was removed. The patient is reported as doing nicely, and will probably recover.
Joe Anderson, who has been working this summer as a cook in Sjoberg’s restaurant, left this morning for St. Cloud where he expects to start a bakery.
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