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

August 22, 1912 · Page 2 of 6

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INTERNATIONAL FALLS PRESS^ PRESERVING WILD LIFE. suffer, as they would be unable to pay and would have to take the It has been estimated that ninety jail term alternative. per cent of-the wild life of the North You Are Going This Year American continent has been destroyed INTERNATIONAl FALLS -REAL :ESTATE TRANSFERS. since the white man came. The wild pigeons, which were once £5 Ltand transfers for the week ending This is Your the sands of the seashore for multitude, .AugMSt .17th, .1912, as listed by the MINNESOTA International Falls, Minn., office with are practically extinct, and the Road register of deeds. passing of the buffalo is one of the commonplaces of regretful reminiscence. A. VV. Mertens and- wife to Fred Kimball, lot.9, .10, 11, 12, A few devoted sportsmen and natu ,-bik. ,14, 1st idiv. of South International HAS ralists have highly resolved that the :Falls .$1,000.00 decimation shall go no further,: but A. W. vMertens and wife, Ida to LOCATION, POWER, RAW MATERIAL that on the other hand, effective steps Eugene Carlsson et al, lot shall be taken for the preservation of 16, blk. 14, 1st div. of South such game as still exists. From New International Falls 200.00 Orleans,comes the announcement that i'ne .Koochiching Company, lot a public-spirited citizen of Louisiana 11, blk. 38, International These combined guarantee a populous center of .activity. has just puchased Marsh island, containing Falls 500.00 74,000 acres, lying off the jonn A. Holier and wife, Mary coast, and that it will be added to 13,000 iii. to Julm B.-Moran, lot 26, acres deeded to the state several blk. 2, Holler's addition to AM LINE months ago as a refuge for the .migratory Koochiching 125.00 'Midway between Minneapolis St.Paul game birds. victor Larson and wife to Behind this purchase lies a story of Philip Bauer, lot blk. 151, 57 earnest and timely endeavor which*is International Falls 800,00 Sept. 2-7 Inclusive worthy of the support its promoters Matilda E. Knappen, single to ask. It is proposed to establish a State Lumber Company,lot chain of game refuges which will 3, nwx/4 sw%, e% sw1^, sec. PRESENT OUTPUT OF MILLS: extend from Canada to Mexico. The 30-152-27 It is needless to say that the Minnesota State Fair 1.00 Canadian government has already Axel 0. Dahl. and wife to Eman. News Print Paper 220 tons per day is one of the greatest if not the greatest exhibition of created forest and game preserves of uel Person, part of sw Vi se%, its kind produced by any state in the Union. The great size, the most important of Ground Wood Pulp 200 tons per day sec. 19-152-27 75.00 which is the Nepigon forest reserva Katie Mcintosh, single, to H. T. management has set the pace where others follow, and Sulphite Pulp__ _110 tons per day tion, covering an area of some 4,000, Mcintosh, ne^4 se^4, sec. 33 things entirely new are to be introduced at this year's 000 acres. For some time private individuals nwV4 sw%, sec. 34-15J27, 5 Saw Mill 100,000,000 ft. annually exposition. Fifty counties will exhibit the buildings have been acquiring and negotiating acres 1.00 for land on the gulf coast Edward Norman and wife to A permanent pay roll of over $75,000 per month have been improved and the grounds beautified of Louisiana, a part of which-area is Charles Moss, eVz ne1^, sec. aviation features, a modern farm kitchen, farm boys' Consider these (acts, and we feel sure you to be. deeded to the state and the rest 26-157-26 1.00 to the national government to be perpetually Frank H. Keyes and wife to encampment, military display, special speed features will agree with us that International Falls maintained as wild fowl refuges. Mary E. Fillman, se1^ se,^4 are but a few of the attractions. The same system will be extended sec.28-71-23 1.00 is destined to become one of the most im­ to the Atlantic and Pacific T. H. Marvin and wife to W. It is not only your privilege, coast, and active efforts are now on F. Marvin, lot 5, blk. 19, International portant manufacturing centers of the North foot to enlist the cooperation of the Falls 1.00 government of Mexico. West. but a duty you owe your state VV. J. Charters and wife to Jos. When these asylums have been secured LaChappelle, lot 7, 8, 9, blk. 50,000,000 of wild fowl, according 10, first addition to Little and yourself to reliable estimates, will find fork 1.00 safe refuge from the hunter on our B. G. Holden, et al, to Jos. La­ own coasts alone, and in course of Chappelle, lot 10, blk. 10, first to aid in its success by attending the fair. You will time something like the primitive addition to Littlefor.k 1.00 abundance of game will be restored enjoy it and profit by it. Low fare round trip tickets K^my B. Beard and wife to That the work has not been commenced Minnie L. Sortor, lots 23, 24 on sale to Minneapolis, St. Paul .daily, August 31 to too soon is shown by the fact blk. 5, Alberta park 1.00 September 6. Convenient train service—sleeping cars that the egret and the heron have already Henry S. Beard and wife to on night trains, parlor cars on day trains, dining cars been practically exterminated L. Sortor, Jr., lots 8 to 15 Full particulars will be cheerfully furnished by —service to satisfy all—none better. Ask for your along the coast of Florida, where they C. B. KINNEY inclusive, blk. 2 lots 7, 8, 9, ticket via the were once found in great numbers. 10, 11, 21, 22, blk. 5, Alberta Bringing the matter closer home, it Park 1.00 Northern Pacific Ry is all too well known that the can C. M. Johnson and wife to Axel vasback and the mallard are by no 5ales Manager Thorn, se1^ sw^/i, sw% se*4 means so abundant in the waters of sec. 2-66-25 1.00 the inland lakes as they once were. H. A. McCORMACK, Agent International Falls, flinnesota The pot hunter and the milliner have INTERNATIONAL FALLS, MINN. between them exterminated many other specimens of our wild life. Men who are willing to contribute $143,000—the cost of the Marsh is land purchase—toward the preservation of the wild life of America give STATE FAIR International Falls Abstract Co. convincing evidence of their zeal and public spirit, and they are entitled to Eric Franson cordial, cooperation. BURDICK, KREMER & KING Proprietors A N E O S I O N crDT.9--7TJi ABSTRACTS. REAL ESTATE & INSURANCE RAINY MAY LOSE MILL. Baudette Region: The big mill at JLr 1 LTOI Rainy River closed down for the season Collections, Conveancing and Loans Dealer in Saturday, and there have been 19 12 Lumber and J. E. BURDICK, Manager persistent rumors that it will be torn 300 ACRES down and moved to Banning, Ont. INTERNATIONAL fALLS, MINNESOTA Another rumor has it that the Rat Real Estate O W E W I Portage Co. is negotiating for its E N E A I N N E A I O N purchase. There is no doubt that developments E A I N I E S O are brewing in connection A I O FOR YOUR JOB WORK with changes in the big plant. It has A I N I E E A E been a big help in building up the International Falls and SEWINGS COOKING EXHIBITS town of Rainy River-and the residents Ericshurg 7Q ACRES DEVOTED naturally are hoping that the sale to and OFFICE SUPPLIES the Rat Portage Lumber Co. will be All Kinds of Lumber delivered at reasonable made. The town could ill afford to O E S A O prices. Satisfaction guaranteed. lose the mill. MACHINERY, INVENTIONS Ltc. The Shevlin-Mathieu mill of Spooner Choice Business and f^esideQce Lots. FARM BOYS ENCAMPMENT discontinued running at night GO TO THE Saturday because it was impossible to secure sufficient men to operate the O O A O N mill. The Engler mill of Baudette has I S A I International Falls Press t.N TAi NLI) 6 INSTR1J T' also closed its night operations for the same reason. ,IINr, aerobe 'HRiLL!™-' FLIGHTS HEADLIGHTER IS CONVICTED. .11 LOON AS'" N O .S Enger-Nord Realty Virginia Virginian: In the municipal .5 A I O S court at Virginia this morning A I O N S I A O O I E John Silverdahl, postmaster at Silverdale A S A A 5- postoffice, near International O E I O Falls, who was arrested by Game Warden Wood for headlighting deer, I I Oh O entered a plea of guilty and a fine is A E E N I of $50 and costs was entered against Offers INTERNATIONAL FALLS and FORT him. The warrant was issued on M.W. SAVAGE'S A full line of Letter Heads, PacKet complaint of the neighbors of the FRANCES lots at reasonale prices. A O S O S E S accused He signed a statement saying Heads, Bill Heads, Envelopes, Statements, I E N E W that he had been doing headlighting for three years and that recently Calling Cards and in fact everything in the Terms $10 Down and $5 Per Month W O S E O S he had caught the glare from line of printing neatly done at reasonable a window in a settler's cabin MONDAY LABOR DAY and shot through it, breaking I I O S I prices. Give a call. "t ms We own and control 26,000 acres a lamp on a table, around which sat PACING EVERY DAY the settler's family in the house. of choice well located unimproved He asserts that since that time he N has not used a headlight. farm fends {or ,saleat ij om S E S Also in the municipal court, being $5.00 to $10.00 per acre. arrested by Game Warden Wood, John Metovitsch, a, (former saloonkeeper at Chisholm and now a homesteader I a in the country north of the range, was found guilty of killing a International Falls Press bull moose and a fine of $50 and •wrr-T-i:^ costs was entered against him. In -FofSale— both instances the convicted parties E O S 3rd Street paid the. costs and the fines were Phone 32 'V:* :. N E W S O suspended on the recommendation of CAN mE BOUGHT ON EASY TERMS S I the game warden, because they were W I O 7 I N O I *\i t( S 7 O I 1 I poor men and their families would