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International Falls press and border budget (International Falls, Minn.) 1909-1926

December 1, 1910 · Page 5 of 11

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oupie atrhSr the^casel would led the subor- imi^on^liadfnot'forjr ifrom ^there inite^' sajlreme artmept al them as i^wai still relon. tfe hp £-|CEEL our jlin% of white xls onpyeryl ore the Lhosettjer who iuld ev&itu pojver fcotnjntatives axfcon| •w-ggfd lino{^^!toMa/full djnjier arose ing *t,ows do 4 as busy :andlbroceii&edi a c|refully where itlwo m' foufid which had not se| supplied it desired. Ve the gov it and ccHnmissfen up to the Hague tribunal for all he prepared statement^lie^Sguref5 showing er, fotest ^res^fiad lc %bntrol the pattern frir this district the assessed valuation of various urging and Insisting" blf protection for knows. jEventu^lyit will get to the badly burned the area formerly selectTh^^l Appeal of l#wer Compeny Sorry News which majces it entirely 1 paper plants filer the county Hn&ed gtatwllttplibe cofrfcT Mr** thaV£abother lpcationhaud to bfr bond Jiolde rsas amatter of statu||igf|giite foi* Cltlttni iii T^^ Oay—toiif *-1* i'. 3 fT '•'rfc exclusively^^ purpose "Waa-toyshow that thtf Backus &ys,%mteaiflt* wins 9$dner. woke^v^ and done^ jg|| Lefel tsflj' I noeiLCDHiii & co.! ment as^eviedjjagainst the O. The si|n and su^ptttica of lathing: 3 'W& #»g a" h| ^^^"GrediKefesa^ that he was assarthat ^company w^exfcessive as coragafc^ isthis: Unless^^i|us can|win his coql#^y|ort§Snipy^aa assuri •$i pi &,• **,••?_ j--* jy» tbaf interests- of the "town International Fails' appetite for its to other similar plants. If edlyfet ins! mfl]|tas prrogised. contention thalftheplant is taxed too WatctifnAkers and Jewelers As Mr. Backus read, State Tax would be ^proib^ted as a matter of Thanksgiving turkey, *11 whetted to a "Asked as td '^hether he had heard heavily he will keep the city and s. Commissioner Sam Lord fumbled in fine edge through days of contemplation, county out of 80 per cent of their how the hydro-electric commission public rights and that nothing would Fort Frances, Ont. a drawer in his desk and presently was rather dulled Thanksgiving taxes due from the power plant.for was getting along regarding th? fixing be sacrificed. -Mr. George looks well pulled forth a paper which he scanned morning whenCounty Attorney Slocum five yearn by persistent and repeated of the price, of power, Mr.vGeorge after his trip and seemed glad to get Pyrography goods at Marvin's Jewelry as Mr. Backus read his figures. announcedhe had received official appeals to tlie courts. said he saw Hon. Adam Beck and was back to Fort Frances." Store. "The trouble with your figures, Mr. notice that E. W. Backus had To a man up a tree it might seem Backus, is that we have figures covering appealed to the.courts from the assessment reasonable tothink that Backus honestly of the power plant niad* bj the same plants which we obtained as felt that the plant was overassessed, from the commissions of the states the state tax commission. MEN but the trouble is that he in which these plants are located and It was not necessarily the appeal and his associates have been such consistent in each instance our figures are higher but the threat that went with it that employers of the iron heel than those you quoted." took the edge off the turkey appetite. We are proud to say the investigations that they cannot and will not get any The threat was ^that the city would of the commission and its expert, be held out of its taxes for five years sympathy in Koochiching county in How wotild feel today if you your father H. H. Harrison, showed xhat the as punishment for making the fight this^move. To igake BackusHroubles taken out an Endowment Policy on at International Falls mills are, as has your life fifteen gainst theoomp&nybeforer thfe commission. worse up here he has recently broken been advertised, just about the largest and carried it for you until you began earning money and The case will be heard first with some of hfat most powerful local in the United States. The assessment In the district court. Shouldthe decision as an inducement to and create turned it oyer to you save money Was made accordingly. political allies because of the alleged there be against the company an estate? the policy would be maturing with its or paid-up Today cash values FORT FRANCES GETS insurance. It would have been paid for largely during when,*, your early years ryourexpenseswerelow—whenyour and rate low? earning capacity was high the ITS PAPER MILL We warrant that two to five thousand dollars would come now in handy For Ot hers a piece of to invest in or even in taking a buying a home, land, business trip Now! why don't and do this for rown Attorney George Brings it home abroad. you look ahead your son or your It Will Do for \bu and help them to when they are young and daughter create an estate encourage With him on the Train from Toronto to and have an them save their money object to work for? and Sets it Down. Our rates are low on ages from fifteen years and up. A. D. George, district crown attorney, returned to Fort Frances from a Replaced Maturing Policy With New Contract trip to Toronto last week and brought with him a paper mill for the Mason City, la., October 9, 1909.-—(Editor The Life Insurance Educator Canadian village. He hurried around Monthly)—I was twenty-six years of age when I took out a $1,000 policy iin and told Editor Osborne, who the twenty-five-year plan. When the time was up I drew out my money and promptly interviewed him after the invested $800 of it in land and in seven years I sold the land for $2,400. The Canadian fashion and now the Canadians day the first policy maturedl took out another on the same plan for $1,000, are satisfied—nearly. due in fifteen years, and last August that was paid me. I consider life The only thing that troubles them Runs Up is that they cannot as yet see the insurance one of the very best means for a young man to lay up something smoke coming out of the paper mill's Run Down Systems for old age and I wish that I was younger, so that I might chimneys except as they look across take out another policy. Stephen G. Nelson. Rainy river at International Falls. Food TbrilcrYtt jui er The Fort Frances Times reports the matter in all seriousness as follows: "A. D. George, district crown attorney, returned home on Wednesday from a two weeks visit to Toronto Humm and other points in old Ontario. When seen by the Times and asked if there Reference i. R. SEVERTSON, Uenerai Agent. BAUDETTE, MINN. was anything doing in regard to the G. N. MILLARD. First National Bank, International Falls, Minn. pulp and paper mills promised early SKATES Hockey Sticks Hockey Pucks have a Ladies and Gentlemen's Skates in Club and Hockey. The Barney & Berry Barney &. Berry K' at Club at Hockey 85c to $2.00 at $2.25 Js''- "if- ^1* Minnesota interaatiom 11 i^Js&sssSis fife 3