April 8, 1926 Weather from the Hill, Olaf Thorvaldsen | Cook County News Herald

Another week of winter’s hold lies before us. Daytime temperatures will climb above freezing, yet still sit below what April usually promises. On Tuesday, much like last week, expect another round of snow, about an inch and a half in town, with greater amounts inland. Even so, the brown seams of earth are beginning to show through the thinning snowpack. I am told that mud season is nearly upon us and that a northern Minnesota mud season is something a man ought to experience at least once before calling himself a man. My own forecast is that the ice will go out on Lake Superior by tomorrow.

President Coolidge has proclaimed National Forestry Week, remarking that “too long have we as a nation consumed our forest wealth without adequate provision for its wise utilization and renewal.” Closer to home, the Game and Fish Department responded sharply to complaints from the Northern Fur Trade Company of Winnipeg, citing lawlessness among trappers who, they say, have deprived the state of rightful resources. Mrs. Clara F. Baldwin, Director of Libraries, visited our library for inspection, and the Easter Monday dance brought in one hundred dollars for its benefit. Clean-Up Week has been scheduled from April 20th to the 27th.

I hesitate to lean too much on the Nordic stoicism my grandfather swore by, especially now as the snow turns to crust, then to mud, then to more trouble still. But Marcus Aurelius had the right of it: what stands in our way may simply be the way we are meant to take.