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

August 15, 1912 · Page 2 of 6

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INT^NATIONAiL FAliLS PRESS. KILLED BY UNKNOWN TRAMP. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. Arthur Peterson, single, to W. W. E. LAWRENCE B. Strom, et al, lot 5, sw^4 Land transfers for the week ending The Rexall Store ro ic Beltrami County Deputy Sheriff Shot se%, nV2 se1^, sec. 7-15525 August 10th, as listed by the Koochiching and Fatally Wounded by Man 1200.00 County Abstract Co., International Whom He Later Killed. Ranier Townsite Co. to Snyder INTERNATIONAL FALLS, MINN. Falls, Minn., office with reg-, Bros., lot 10, blk. 21, Ranier 300.00 ister of deeds. Bemidji, Aug. 8.—Norman Helmer, Snyder Bros, to John G. Stein, C. L. SHEERAN Henry Sonderman and wife to Mro-practic depiity sheriff of Beltrami county, Lot .10, blk. 21, Ranier .... 500.00 Life I nsurance the county board of education, was shot and instantly killed by an John A. Holler and wife to part of lot 1, sec. 5159-25 urikrtown hobo this afternoon about H. W. Forrer, lot 1, blk. 1, ...$10(M)0 Opens office ra building at REAR OF KOOCHICHING 5:50 o'clock. The shooting occurred Holler's addition to Littlefork INTERNATIONAL FALLS, MINN. Eugene Osborn to John Bursack, along the Minnesota & International ... 100.00Henry COMPANY OFFICE. Graduate of Michigan ne1^ ne}4, sec. 22-151 tracks between 100 and 150 feet north B. Beard and wife to DR. JW. E. WITH ROW 0 26 1.00 of thie wagon road crossing near the A. L. Jones, lots 21, 22, 23, College of Chiropractic, Grand Rapids. Mich. Physician and Surgeon Carl Wm. Sandberg, single, to brick yards. Helmer in turn killed 24, blk 2, Alberta Park 1.00 Owing to the wondesrfiil results accomplished by Northern Investment & his man 'before he died. Emil B. Smedzerg, single, to Loan Co., w1/^ ne1^, sec. 27152-25 Office over litis' Drug Store The shooting occurred just before Eugene Carlson, et al, lots A the Chiropractors in the surrounding states there has INTERNATIONAL PALLS. -MINNESOTA 160.00 the northbound M. •& I. reached the I, 2, blk 9, First division of John T. O'Loughlin and wife been a great demand for a Chiropractor in this place and the hobo breathed his last South International Falls .. 400.00 G.F. Swinnerton. M.D..C.M. to Northern nlvestment & as the train came to a stop. The The Koochiching Co. to John locality. Loan Co., se}4 ,neM, e,% crew saw that it could do nothing1 S. Wenberg, lots 11, 12, blk Physician and Surgeon se1^, sec. 32 nw}4 sw}£, E I have located here to supply this demand and and so brought the train irito Bemid-' 79, International Falls 450.00 Eyes Examined and Glasses Fitted sec. 33-152-27 ..1200^00 Horatio N. Kibbey, single, to :ji. Sheriff Hazen was at once notified have opened an office in the building at the rear of Office over Buetitell's Department Store Edward F. Berkner and wife and left for the scene of the Mary E. Lucas, part of the S International Falls. Minn. to Nevin E. Ward, et a I., nw% nw^, sec. 10-68-25 .. 400 OO Koochiching Company office. shooting immediately in an automobile. nw^4, ne1^ sw%, sw eb'z Dr. Jenner Perry Chance All doctors available were sent Albert L. Shipley and wife to Chiropractic is the only science and art which removes ne%, sec. 34-151-28 Co out but both men were dead before Sigvert S. Dahl, lot 5, sec. Wm. Parsons, single, to E. A. 23-66-27 1.00 "the cause «f disease by adjustments skillfully the physicians arrived. PHYSICIAN and SURGEON Engler, s% sw^4, sw^4 ft The story of the shooting is as follows: Albert L. Shipley and wife girt/a wifh the hands for that purpose. se}4, sec. nw% ne%, 7 Office over litis Drug Store, Phone IB This morning the unknown and Sigvert S. Dahl to Big E sec. 18-159-28 1.00 hobo came along the M. & I. tracks Falls Mfg. Co., lot 5, sec. Night calls at Hotel Koochiching Amt you sick? NO MATTER WHAT YOUR AIL­ William J. Paulman and wife and stopped at the railroad camp 23-66-27 1.00 INTERNATIONAL FALL&> MINNESOTA to Bulah Paulman, se^4 MENT (acute or chronic) call and see me. south of Bemidji for something to The American Suburbs Co. to DR. O. C. HE1EIE -se&, sec. 11-70-24 L00 eat. Instead of getting into the camp Julius Biederman, lots 14, Investigation COSTS NOTHING and may mean Max P. Shapiro to James E of the men of northern blood, he is 15, blk. 3, east side addition Sampson, se*4, sec. 35-6722 E N I S your health and happiness. said to have gone into a camp of to International Falls 700.00 1.00 Greeks. The men returned at noon Julius Anseth and wife to Office over International State Banft Sim E. Lee and wife to Oliver to find him there, and not knowing Franz Jevne, und. int. E. A. Miller, D. C. INTERNATIONAL FALLS. MINN. J. Hawkenson, sw^4, sec. who he was, drove-him out with clubs. Tie% nw%, sec. 27-70-24 .. 18.32 Dr. H. H. Ihrig 20-66-22 1000.00 The hobo's head was badly cut up Knute Anseth and wife to Albin Ben Larson, single, to S. Alex and he came to Bemidji where Dr. E. Peterson, sw1^, sec. 206&*26 Rosander, sw^4, sec. 8-6823 Sanborn dressed the wound. Leaving DENTIST 1.00 1.00 the doctor's office, he went to a Horace I. Bedell and wife to Office over Holler's Confectionery Mabel M. Lyman, et al, to hardware store and bought a rifle. Frank H. Keyes, se^i ne1^ INTERNATIONAL FALLS Louise Libby, sw^4 nw%, Before he had left the camp, he stated 31-71-23 1.00 see. sec. 28-69-22 1.00 that he would return and "clean DR. H. S. ROSENHOLTZ Elna Bedell and husband, Horace Hattie M. Thompson and husband it out," so that when he was seen I. to Frank H. Keyes, DENTIST to T. Carter Griffith, coming with a gun, word was at once ne^i neM, sec. 32-71-23 .. 1.00 lots 3, 6, sw^4, sec. 3066-23 ex/z sent to Sheriff Hazen. Stanley G. Watt and wife to 1.00 Sheriff Hazen, Sherm Bailey and John Skolund, nw1/! se1/!, Office and residence over litis Drug Store David Knowles, single, to Gilbert Norman Helmer started to look for sec. 1-69-24 1.00 INTERNATIONAL FALLS, MINNESOTA. Johnson, lot 4, sec. 4 the man about 4:30 and traced him John Moran, single, to Robert B. H. PHINNEY lots 1, sec. 5-64-26 150.00 2, down the M. & I. tracks. In the Lowe, WV2 sw1^, sec. 4-7023 Reuben Shy, single, to James meantime, James Cahill, another deputy, 1000.00 Lawyer Sedore, portion of lot 1, section had been sent out to assist Helmer. Roy E. Swanson, single, to 23-66-27 250.00 Bailey turned back about 6 Emil B. Smedberg, lots 1, Over International State Bank Frank Snyder and wife to o'clock and came inta the city. Sheriff 2, blk. 9, First division to INTERNATIONAL FALLS, MINNESOTA Mattew Phibbs, et al, lots Hazen left his men at the Soo South International Falls.. 400.00 6, 9, sec. 5 lot 2, se^4 depot when they started down the 5, A. W. Mertens and wife to A I N ne%, sec. 6-65-26 100.00 tracks. Roy E. Swanson, lots 2, 3, Weir C. Duea and wife to S. B. Lawyer Helmer and Cahill located their 4, blk. 9, First division to Dnea, se1^, sec. 25-64-26 ..2500.00 man but Helmer was the first to South International Falls.. 800.00 Roger Martin and wife to reach him, Cahill being down the Office over litis Drug Store. Walter W. Williams and wife Horation G. Foster, ne*4, track about 100 yards. Helmer took INTERNATIONAL FALLS, MINNESOTA sec. 25-155-25 lots 1, 2, to John C. Koch and John the rifle away from the man and blk. 5, Franson's addition thinking that he had disarmed him, C. Schultz, nwx/4 ne*4, sec. GEO. S. LANGLAND to Koochiching 1500.00 turned to go. As he turned the hobo 18-67-24, lot 5, sw% se1^, Eric Franson and wife to Walter pulled out an old fashioned revolver Lawyer sec. 13 n% ne^4, %ec. 2467-25 Knott, lot 9, blk. 2, 4th and shot Helflier, the bullet passing 1.00 division of International clean through the body and piercing Office over International State Bank RAXJDHNBU5H PIANOS Falls 150.00 the heart. The bullet entered the George T. Robinson and wife MOTHER'S TEACHING. right side and came out through the INTERNATIONAL FALLS. MINNESOTA to Boleslav Woytkowski, left breast, tearing a great wound. 1 think ibaek through the years, lot 3, blok. sixteen, Bobinson Helmer whipped out his automatic Fer AcCttteTct, Sretraress a-twl LMe IwwraWce man who owns one the lean and fat, the good and the and Swedback, addition See and shot eight tiiftes before he died. bad ones, to «wy earliest recollection. to the village of Big Falls, The first bullet went through the, E I E I see a woman with aw eye that flashes Minn 100.00 heart of the hobo and he fell. The swift -as an archangel's wing and A-gem for Bitwfccrs Mutual ansnrauce Jester Shy and wife to James others went wild. When Cahill ar Company. ^Weactquarters dfex B«tel. a mouth that breaks with laughter Bert Sedore, part of lot 4, rived on the scene, Helmer was lying rSRRY & GIL1U tNTKliNATTON A I, FALLS, MINNESOTA and hardens at sight of wrong, singing sec. 14-66-27 250.00 on one side of the track and the lullabies a woman who, with Farmer's State bank of Dryded, hobo on the other. One was breathing H. STUBEE hand .grasping the unseen Hand, Superior and International Falls Mich., to Martin J. Heenan, slightly but the other was dead walks -the brier-bordered paths of life Arch tec ne%, sec. 9 sw1^, The .passenger train came along at unashamed, unafraid, unharmed. She sec. 3-69-24 2331.43 that time and both were dead before In The Marvin Music Store is clad in garments of beauty for me, James E. Brown and wife to Superintendent -of OonstructM*n. the engine came to a stop. and -age does not soil them nor years Benjamin G. Wattles, se1^ »mee over litis Drug store It was rumored that the man who make them cheap and tawdry. Her se1^, sec. 2-154-25 1.00 shot Helmer was an Italian, but he NTWRNATIONAI. FAIjLS. MIMNESOTA tongue is without guilt, having never Hans Gergerson to Fred B. had light features and is generally been the messenger of a lie. It is stew- mt the Hotel Nicollet Peterson, sw% ne1^, sec. In Minneapolin conceded to foe a north countryman. MRS. JANET W. DADE seventeen years since her soul went 9-151-27 250.00 He was a large man and it showed "fieooinlxed the Really Good** home to God and her fingers became Music Teacher James E. Brown and wife to Convenieat Central Comfortable Helmer's nerve when he went after for me the fingers of an angel, but Vuhialton AT®. between Nicollet and Hennepin Ave*. Benjamin G. Wattles, se}4 iiim practically single-handed. I have not forgotten all she said. She EUROl'BAN Moderate Priced *C«te nex/4, sec. 1-154-25 1.00 Norman Helmer had been a resident Ml gtOMS—tl.OO UPWARD BEST IN THE TWIN ClUES INTERNATIONAL FALLS, MINNESOTA told me there was a Santa Claus, and James E. Brown and wife to of Beltrami county for manjf I believe her. He brings me no longer Benjamin G. Wattles, sw% years and 'his parents are now living NEXT drums and fifes, but he still brings sw1/!, sec. 1-154-25 1.00 with his sister near Deer Lake. Before to me the vision of my mother and Horace I. Bedell and wife to at the newly equipped Rex Hotel identifying himeself with the the music of -that angelic chorus E Frank H. Keyes, lot 10, sheriff's office, Helmer served many Barber Shop. Tub and Shower Baths. which sang at the creation's dawn blk. 2, lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, years on the police force of Bemidji Open Sundays for baths from 8 to 12. and at the hour of man's redemption. blk 3, lot 3, wy2, blk 4, Bedell when Sherm Bailey was chief. He —Governor Thomas R. Marshall. GEO. S. McCRAITIT, Proprietor addition to International had been living at 701 Beltrami ave Falls 1.00 nue. He was a popular man, beloved Meats and Groceries Horace I. Bedell and wife to by everyone with whom he came in Frank H. Keyes, lot 1, blk. contact and his reputation as a fearless 74, International Falls 1.00 officer was certified by the manner Horace I. Bedell and wife to of his death. Frank H. Keyes, lot 29, blk. According to -doctors who were on the scene shortly after the men died, 4, Holler's addition to Koochiching 1.00 neither could .possibly have lived fif R. F. Chute and wife to Jno. teen seconds after he was shot. It is considered remarkable that Helmer's Foran, lot 3, blk. 1, Jameson's WfiAmonia 'have just installed the moat modern addition to Intematinal vitality was such that he could get Falls 1500.00 Refrigerator Plant and Cold eight shots out of his gun before life Chas. S. Jameson and wife to was extinct. Storage Warehouse with capacity enough Neither .man was disturbed until Besse G. Holden and Jesse E. Dade, lot 10, blk. 10, First reached by Coroner Ibertson about to take care of Meats and Groceries in addition to Littlefork 25.00 6:45. Coroner Ibertson has just arrived car lots, because we are in a position to George W. Loman and wife to down town and has taken the Shoot to Hit The Remington Cnba body of the tramp to his undertaking First Presbyterian church banc up anew shooting record bny cfeeftfv We can sell cheap and will of Loman 200.00 establishment. Helmer's body was More—Their Use Guarantees the Life— Andrew W. Anderson, single, the Continued Accuracy of your Arm. give our customers the benefit .-of our advantages. taken to .Murphy's. 96 years of gun-making—50 years of cartridge-making The hobo was found to be a man to Burley Phillips, lots 20, have taught us— 1, 9, and that part of lot ahout forty years old, smooth face, To make cartridges noted for straight* 16, lying east of the county weight about 150 .pounds and 5 foot 6hooting—hard-hitting—sure-fire. To attain 9 inches tall. On his person was found road, plat of Goldville ..... 800.00 ammunition accuracy without impairing gun accuracy. John J. Mercer and wife to a razor strapped around his neck and To make for each kind of arm the cartridge it requires to shoot its best—and to John A. Holler, lot 12, blk. a bag containing eleven gold band keep shooting its best. rings. The bullet that killed him entered 2, Holler's addition to Littlefprk There is a Remington-UMC cartridge specially made his right sfde and came out on ... 1.00 for your rifle—your pistol. Every Remington- UMC A. E. Peterson, single, to A. the left. But one bullet hit him. The cartridge is tested in the arm for which it is made. Everybody is invited to* inspect ourt plant. M. Erickson, sw^4, sec. 2066-26 hobo shot Helmer with a .44 calibre Our Guarantee is behind these cartridges—and behind any standard arm, to the full extent of the maker's Two boys who- witnessed the shoot •i 1600.00 own guarantee, when these cartridges are used. J. C. INFELT Alexander J. Rowan, single, to ing say that Helmer fell on the track Shoot the cartridges that shoot straight. Shoot the and had to be turned over before the Margaret Royan, w*4 nw%, cartridges that keep your gun shooting straight. Shoot 2 train could get by. n% se}4, sec. 17-159-26.... 1.00 Remington-UMC cartridges. & Jewell Nye and wife to Elva Beminritoo Arms-Union Metallic Cartridge Co. The man with whom the hobo is Telep tone-No. 11 tatferriultioAal Falls* Mian. Hew TatkCMy said to have had trouble is Charley M. Nye, ne%, 288 BiaWny REMINGTON U.M.i neY* aeY* neVL, sec. 11-159-26 ....... 1.00