20 YEARS AGO
OCTOBER 9, 2000
The Forest Service conducted its first prescribed burn of the July 4, 1999, blowdown wood on September 29, along the Lima Mountain Grade Road about one mile northwest of Okontoe Youth Camp and several homes and cabins. A Forest Service spokesman said the conditions were right for the 113-acre burn. More than forty Forest Service personnel were on hand to help light and contain the fire. An attempted burn last fall “kind of fizzled” because it was still too green in the woods.
The Grand Portage National Monument will receive $511,000 to begin planning a Heritage Center at Grand Portage. Created by Congress in 1958, the Grand Portage National Monument is the oldest national monument that does not have a heritage center or visitor’s center.
30 YEARS AGO
OCTOBER 8, 1990
Hedstrom’s Lumber Company received an anonymous letter last week warning that white pine purchased by the company in a timber sale near Ely had been spiked. It may be the first time this form of eco-terrorism has been practiced in the Midwest. “We’re concerned about the safety of loggers and the people in our mill,” said Howard Hedstrom, company president. The company plans to go ahead and harvest the sale, which is located on state school trust lands in Bear Island State Forest. The sale has been questioned and protested by Ely-area businesses and environmental groups. Test boring indicates some of the pines are 110 years old. Hedstrom said it is mature timber and is diseased to some extent. “It needs to be harvested,” he said.
60 YEARS AGO
OCTOBER 6, 1960
The noise of heavy earth moving equipment from the east end of the high school grounds indicates the construction of a much-needed new football field. The old field was 4 ½ feet higher at one end than the other, and kept pushing up sharp volcanic rock which actually made it dangerous to play on. It also was in too small an area for any addition of lights and bleachers.
100 YEARS AGO
OCTOBER 6, 1920
I have returned to Grand Marais to enter upon the duties of publishing this newspaper. This is the second time I have enjoyed this privilege. Those were happy days that I thus labored in this town, and I am glad to be here again. — John A. Blackwell
Arthur R. Burns, who was arrested in Duluth on the charge of speeding and for aiding in procuring intoxicating liquor, pleaded guilty to the latter charge before Judge Cutting in the Municipal Court of Duluth. He was sentenced to 60 days in the county jail. The charge of speeding was dropped.
115 YEARS AGO
JUNE 24, 1905
From the New York Times: TOO HEAVY TO HANDLE Elliot S. Ranney, New York Athletic Club automobilist, had a car made to order from original designs with 150 horse power. Currently, the largest practicable car is 100 horse power and many experts consider that to be too much. When the new car was finished, Ranney (a very muscular man) took hold of the crank, but the pressure was too great and he could not budge it, even after several attempts.
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