have become thoroughly "class con HOT hands of speculators who do not intend International falls Press CAPT. O'BRIEN'S DEED to clear and develop it, but even scious," whatever that is.r 1' and Border Budget parsing out of the state's possession The other homesteader Remained on jA in using ^Milling tlj« APOUS his land, insisting that in iime the re* is a distinct step in the development •I Capture of' tji« British Sloop Official City Paper of International of the territory. The speculator gion would develop and that the land 7 Mairgarcjtta In 1775. as well as the farmer pays taxes on" would be valuable. Strong in that Falls, Minnesota In the town of Machlas. ln eastern DE LUXE the land, while the state does not. belief he managed to buy some more Maine, Where on Maiy jLl, 1775, took land, and as times picked up he added The speculator is interested in the INTERNATIONAL FALLS PRESS place the "Lexington of the seas," A I good of the county as well, as the to his possession and now he has PUBLISHING COMPANY the capture of the British sloop MargAretta A I N S a farm of several: thousand' fibres, former and nearly as keen for good by the townspeople under roads, ditches and other improvements. valued at $125 per acre. He is rich: command of Capt. Jeremiah O'Brien, a GEORGE P. WATSON. Editor and Manager. 11:10 P.V, 1:45 P.M. |Lv DliLUlli ki 7:20 P.M. £0 A. M. ^iow, but is not ashamed of the old] little newspaper called the Eastern Also the speculator will find 11:4U f.Mr' 2:15 P.M. U?££iO* Ai 650 P. M, 6.-C0A M., Star wasj printed for a year or two/ beginning r- days when he and his! then iyejurig! wiffej an actual settler much sooner than #1.50 A YEAR SUBSCRIPTION 6:20 A.M. 6^0 P.M. Ar ST. PAUL 2:30 2:30 P.M. P.M. 11:40F" 11:40F" in 1814. From a1single copy had to use a di'y goods box foi la din-] would the state. Wise buyers are investing 7 KM) A.M. 7:10 P.M. 5 5 P. P. M. M. ilKWP.M. ilKWP.M. preserved through ,all these year* In L-r in this northern country land ing table because, they couldn't afford] Entered as Second Class Mat.ter June 23 a jMaihci family Is here reprinted fox 1900, at the post office at International Falls ALL-STEEL ELECTRIC LIGHTED, VACUUM £LEA*VED now and the reason for this is very a real table. He had ihe courage, the] the tost time a• reminiscence' of th« Minnesota, under the Act of Congress of Coacbes—Parlor Cars—SitepcM Cafe 'obaerVation Cars. March 3.1879. obvious. Land is scarce, and when industry, the determination, and hisf editor concerning the redoubtable wife had the same. They didn't] good land, such as is found in this O'Brien, who, after the: Margarptta'i TICKET OFFICES: DULUTH—City Office, Sp*lJinj HileTBhck capture, became the terror of .the seat move back to where they came from THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5 district can be bought for $5 an acre, DEPOT—Superior St. & 6th Avenue W. to the British in the provinces:' SUPERIOR—Cor. Winter' Street & Cgden Ave. in the early stages of their effort, arid it mear^s passing up an opportunity J.P.GEHBEY, Dili.Puacnt«r Aj't,Dolnlii.Miii "To give some Idea of the estimation for gain that will be regretted in a they didn't become class conscious. Beecher: A world without a Sabbath In which O'Brien was held by th« The young wife was not afraid of few years if you don't buy. It doesn't would be like a man without a inhabitants of the British province take business ability or even keen what the other girls wotild think of during the Revolutionary war, we will smile, like a summer without flowers the humble, start and now her husband foresight -to see that this land of ours relate an anecdote which was told to and like a homestead without a garden. as by a respectable gentleman In th could buy our and pay for all he is going to advance in price in the HEX BEER MOOSE BEER province of New Brunswick: A loyal near future and there is not the taxable property of the husbands of Scotch pair, somewhat advanced In all the girls she used to know. There slightest chance of loss in making an The Huid Dairy farm near Litchfield life, were called on by one of their investment in St. Louis county land, is a good lesson in1 the' story .-^-Superior neighbors, who related to the 'gud« has a herd of 54 cows all of Telegram. at state land prices.—Tribune-Herald mon' an account of a great destruction If you want the best insist on being which are easily milked by two men Chisholm. of1 shipping in the Island of Jamaica in 75 minutes with the aid of four served with products made by the FOR SALE OR RENT. by a hurricane. The 'gude auld wifey,' milking Machines, which helps solve whose hearing was somewhat impaired, Wishing to return from farming, I AN "UNFORTUNATE AFFAIR. the labor question on the farm besides DULUTH BREWING & MALTING CO. caught the sound of 'destruo offer my farm situatdd on Kairfy'River making it more sanitary. On Friday night last this city was tipn of shipping,' in the course of th« in Kooichiching county. This placaj conversation between her husband and startled by the news that a man had is well improved and has good' ship-j the neighbor. 'Destruction of shipping DULUTH. MINN. been killed in a down town saloon by The automobile and good roads in ping facilities, being the M. D. &j at that day was closely associated witl Otis Springer, who is reported to this county are going to do for our FRED SHAW, CITY ASENT W. railway and having daily boats] the name Jeremiah O'Brien, and th» have interferred with an alteration remote farm lands that which the elevator old lady, in broad Scotch, which w« to International Falls. If rented taking place between Duncan Campbell, PHONE 75 did for the offices on the upper will not "attempt to imitate, innocentlj woud expect renter to purchase myi and an old man, during which interrupted the conversation and ask stories of the skyscrapers—make the stock and farming implements. For ed: Springer struck Campbell knocking VITOSIA TONIC farm that is 20-miles away almost as PORTER further information 'address 1 'Was it Jere O'Brien that, did him to the floor fracturing the base desirable as the one next to the railroad. Geo. W. Lo'man, that?' his skull in so serious a manner of Dec.5 Loriian, Min-h. "'The husband indignantly replied: that death resulted within a few minutes. -*'No,! .- J. it was-a far mor« Dr. Chance was called but could powerful hand it was God JM Money is a good servant but a bad HOT TEMPER AND PRiit: of no service. mighty,'": be master money is a good thing to A coroner's .inquest was held by deputy possess, but a bad thing to be possessed stop at the Hotel Nicollet' coroner Dr. Geo. F. Swinnerton EFFEMINATE STYLE FOR MEN by a wise man should have Oupid's Messengers Weld Broken .11. ii which brought in the veridct that "Reco^aized as thp Really Good" in his head, but not in his motley Linkfc of Lov& Cowvenieni: Central Comfortable death of Campbell resulted from a London Society Men Wear Almost at •heart if you make money your god Much Jewelry as Women Vashintton.Afe. between Nicollet and Hennepin Aves. fall which was caused by his being it will plague you like the devil money By ARTHUR WA'LLACEPEACH. of Fashion. EUROPEAN Moderate Priced Cafe struck by Otis Springer. ane society men or Lonaon' arb rap usually spoils two generations, one 200 BOOMSHS1.QO UP^AEB BEST IN THE TWIN CITIES On Saturday afternoon Springer Idly reaching an astonishing-degree oi in the getting of it and the other in Buemer was sbrry for thetin, and he was bound over to the grand jury on effeminate foppishness, says the New the spending of it.—N. W. Chronicle. hastened to .shut-the door of: his flat York American. bond of $2,000 by Judge Langland lest he hear too much.. As:,he went a They now wear almost .as much the municipal council. Bail was back to his favorite chair,and pipe he of The first of a series of descriptions JeWelry sts' any fashionably dressed looked across to where l^is was furnished by Dick Welsh and Chas. Wife of the smaller industries appears on woman. Their money is' carried ib busy peeling potatoes. '"I'oo bad| too Burnett. small'chain purse3 of fine gold1 mesh. the front page of this issue, and will bad they have to' Auai+c!!,1 aid they Their necks are encircled .witii the NOW bfc followed week by week with simiJ&r haven't been married 'fdr three 1 ,softest silki collars, held together 'by FARM LABOR. ones until all have appeared, after months yet. But it's the" way- they brooches ornamented with a single have to learn that one imust, give up The difficulty of getting competent which we shall run short biographical pearl or twisted into a lo.ve knot. One a little to the other.. We, learned, help is one of the conditions which are sketches of many of the splendid men arm is fettered with a wrist wdtch. didn't me. eh?". .lii.vh,g many people from the farm who have done so much to make our fh'e 6ther with a ^elfcately engraved "Ah, yes, but you. was pig-headed .. no wouid, under ordinary conditions, gold' bahgle.1 Gold locket pendants, $1.50 a year, city "the pride of the north country" enough," his wife aiisweired, smiling worn round the neck,i are also boctiming prefer farm life. This condition is, No city can boast of more loyal energetic at him. popular. •. it seems to us, an indication that better business men than can our •'This young Lawton," be went on, Gold knobbed, sticks, chasedj and embossed, "has. a hot temper, I should say( while things are in store for the farmers own good city. And a few words of are considered a necessity his hasn't, but she's got pri4e wife of the country. honest appreciation will hurt no one. and, carried .with a. certain mincing I know. him bu* flQn'J knowjhi^ While cheap labor may be employed air, always attract attention. The You know her?" ui some industries where most labor first finger of one hand Carries a gold A man who was inclined to imbibe "Yes, she's nothing 'more' .than a ring, in Which is set a single brilliant, is under supervision and where each too much was brought before a Minneapolis of prideful, tad. There'll be girl, kind and the third finger of the :other hand laborer has only limited and definite trouble before they understand." judge to administer the apropriate also, displays a ,diamond set ring. things to do, only the ablest type of There was the soijind' ?of a door punishment. The judge fined It:-is the essence of style to ya^) banged sharply and loudly across the iabor can be used to advantage on the the prisoner $5.00 and in addition ordered one's combination* of jewelry iwitb What are You Going hall, and the po,u,n.d: .of heavy .shpes ordinary farm, as it is practically out him to look at himself in a mirror one's dress.1 For instance, the' topa' going downstairs. of the question on the farm to give collar pin should1 only be worn with a each day, believing that thereby The two looked at each other sober­ very close supervision to labor sUch special kind1 of silk Open work bock to Eat Today? the drunk habit would be broken. An 1 A pearl and diamond tlepin muat be labor must be trusted alone with valuable "Gone awiiy mia,d,'" Bu6iher said awful sentence was the latter requirement. balancied by a, short leather watcl: animals and machines, it" must "an' all the morndn* he'll 'be wishin' A whiskey-bloated face, a chaijn, t^ang^ng from the l«esft hand We will help you to answer this question he,hadn't." posses considerable skill in ,their blood-shot eye and a red, red nose are waistcoat pocket, and set off with a it you will call at .our store, or call us by ','An' she's cry.in' beoause she (didn't manipulation and care. Such labor not pleasant features to contemplate gold fob. phone. kiss him an' s(ay it wpijld. must further possess an earnest desire The male' 'evening dress will per on one's own physiognomy. But the right," his wife said, pmiling tenderly to do efficient and careful work hapte soon' include the tiara, whll6 "th effect may be remedial if the victim at him. .] Meats and roceries diathond' shoe buckle is already being iihout constantly being under the falls not dead at the first glance. "There's trouble' there. I wotide^ asked for at the stylish boiot I shops supervision of some overseer or foreman. "j *. how it will end." Jjlventualiy the real dudev if hp isi to Axe our spepia\ties and we carry the ljest?products in th^se. lines that His wif'e shook'hei-, head.'' "For 1:he continue in. jhis, present course, will "Farm life now offers greater rewards best, let's hope. D'ye s'pose I Could We believe that comparatively high •j mpnej-can bjLiy. «. *•. not consider himself fully drespe^ to those who are fitted for it do anything?"! I .'• wages must be paid before farm labor 'le^s ope .oi 'his ears is'flfi teld with th'e PEOPLE S MEAT MARK ET and who prepare themselves to meet "Go in an* see she likes you.'an' a of suitable quality can be secured. The single earring, the style: which is a its conditions than ever before. Prices present the fashioni with the W-omett. present scale of wages for this labor ii "j 4—. rr.,.r J.1C. INFELT, Proprietor of all farm products have risen is entirely inadequate in view of the greatly in the last decade, and the Embarrassing. demands made upon it in comparison We sell Traps. Etc.'. Cheap and pay'' :An amusing incident, happened, not experts say they have come to stay. HtoaEsT-JJS& .«•! .' with requirements in other industries. long since,, in one of th^ principal HIDES, FURS, ratTS ETC. The cities offer fewer chances of quick For example: A fireman on a railroad squares' before the "station at Zurich, acquisition of wealth. The country engine receives from $80 to $130 Switzerland.•/ A Well-dress4d you Wile for free Catalog, Price List and Shipping Tags needs more farmers it will need more per month, while no greater skill is wiman, wfeating high»heel6d boots, N.W.HIDE & FUR CO. for many years to come. Life in the Wasl crofesing the: street Whenher heel required to fire one of these engines country has greater possibilities of Established 1890 Minpeapo^is. Minii.' became caughit in a tramway line than to feed and manage a good herd where, several branch lines across, A comfort and of pleasure than ever before, of stock. A street car conductor re crowd collected around the struggling '.f and these are increasing."—Chicago •, 1 ceives from $75 to $90 per month, and girl, and tramcars stopped, while a Record-Herald. certainly no greater skill or ability is gendarme vainly tried to' fre4 tlie boot, required for such work than to handle while the girl indignantly refused to take it off. As more tramcars were delayed three or four horses and a self-binder. Koochiching county which is Itasca and the crowd increased, a gendarme At present from $30 to $35 per month county's fifth rib has lead all the cut the bootlace and pulled out and board, or a total of from $45 to counties in the sale of state lands the [little foot, and then the ,crowd became $50 per month, is considered very during the past year, 26,616 acres .hilarious-—the silk stocking wai good wages for farm hands. full of holes. passing out of the hands of the state 1 If the business of agriculture is to into the hands of the individual, for and Truth Progress. compete with other industries, then which $126,322 were paid. But old Whoever hesitates to utter, tbai agriculture must pay as good wages Itasca county lead them all when it which he^ ^hinks the highest .truth, for the same class of work as is paid I -comes to the amount of money that 1 lest it ishoi^ld be too much in advincn by the other industries and the people of the time, may reassure himself bj passed over the counter 19,567 acrcs who use farm products must pay looking' at his aotS ffom an impersonaJ were sold for which the state received, \Ms a &6me such a price for them as will enable pidinfc bf vieV. i'. Not ^s adventitious $136,047. Beltrami sold 10,550 acres will the wise man regard thi a farm owner to compete in the open for which $64,032 was yeceived. Carlton .• faith which is in him. The (highest labor market.—A. D. Wilson Univer county where only 1,491 acres truth he sees he, iwill fearlessly. utte*I. sitjr Farm. were sold, received highest aver­ x,he Knowing t^at, let ?vh^t may come pi age price per acre. 111,637 acres of rit, he if thus playing, his right part iij THE METHODS OF TWO MEN. MALT ANO HOP T6NI61 land was sold by the state this year the "world—knowing that, If lie. can effect -. the bhiimge he' aims at—w^ll, If on Nov. 1st, and it is expected that An agricultural paper tells about riot—well alBo though not so will.-^ the revenues from this source this two men who settled in Nebraska when I tv.'-j rv.7 Sp4nber.' :•'••.•• il year will be close to a million dollars plenty of government homestead land v: 2 —Itasca News. was to be had, and each got a good ,i Th^ Lost Isj Found. ft if A l\U claim where development was one of When you lose, a thin^ it is ntaa^ gone for good—especially If it is worth the certainties of the future. They Koochiching county, our northwestern MAot.oMi,v-#r. •^i .•.r: PacKard, Sti'dub e, .H^bart Cabled Ham'1 .«•( 1 much., A -man who Jives/in a to^rn both remained until they proved up THEQ HAMM BREWING- CQ A '.. •4 5 ..! iMjui. MINU./ .!• neighbor, led all other counties In Pennsylvania lo^t a plain goTd ring on* their land and received full title. or mond, Bond and Lyo/i. A iPi'anos. 90UT AIL ODUGG)OR» V-R' '.. 15 years agoi* His name was «ngrav«d in this state in the sale of state '..•!(•.'{ j/t#' \!. Then one of them decided that he was Inside ijt, h(at no/oue ever jbrought it land this year and that is a fact that fi -u uffA TERRY & QILIUSON tired of Nebraska, and he sold his lanid bac^ to ^im., 89 |ie it an9 HR is worthy of mental note. The land for whatever it would bring aaid moved forfot it, But last. xnon'tlt it WM tically every way similiar to the soil -i»i? LtyeM back to Michigan, where he went turned to him. A heighbor founl it north of this village and all over St. Duluth, yi p^\oY'/f d'j I n^rjn at io)i a I Falls Iii his pliMfcdlbft^ It 14 til^ppipid'thai to work as he had done there before. 'yfaigr. Louis county and if that soil is worth npilfeon found thashiiiinc' bit He has since accumulated some children, buying, then so is ours. True a big ried lt to the loft, whM« tt UnAvKfl.! a«tk ia& percent of the land passed into the but no wealth, and is said to -,A u•« 4 "1 f. 'i 1 r". -i -M I S- If