Emery County Progress | 1908-09-05 | Page 4 | Used Roof to Make Coffin

used roof to mke cofan anoka minn when A johnson a pioneer formerly of ham lake thi county died recently in northwestern canada there was not a board or plank with which to build a coffin the nearest station was miles away A bachelor neighbor tore down the roof of his hut to get boards for the coffin and went without a root for weeks johnson s body was burled in the rude box and friends drove miles to buy a coffin the journey took them a week and they then brought the remains back to minnesota tor interment in cottonwood cemetery