UDCET NO. 52 INTERNATIONAL FALLS, MINNESOTA, THURSDAY, JULY 3, 1913 INTERNATIONAL FALLS PRESS BORDER BUDGET afford a man a splendid income, so STATE HIGH SCHOOL LAND CLEARING his creditor to make it good for him, that he can make a living and pay that agreement must be evidenced by AND ILLEGAL for his farm," said Mr. McGuire. a writing signed by you if you are to EFFORTAND PROGRESS CONVENTION BOARD EXAMINATION "The brush should be removed from be bound by it. Suppose John Sims the remaining land and gx-ass seed comes to you", tells you he has no sown. Then .if cows are put on tha money, and must jhave a pair of WO'j'-i It Leid to Slavery, Royalty, Fourth Popular Law Talk by Walter stump land it will yield a return shoes, and you agree to see that he AT Duluth Weir Attended—Many List of Names of Students Who while time is reducing the cost of Then Revolution And Back Ag-ain KiTowers gets them at the store. You go with A. B. J. D. Mich- Plans Suggested aud Adopted Have Completed Eighth Grade clearing by rotting the stumps." him to the storekeeper and say, "Let to a Republic ig'an Bar for Relief of Homesteader Work. Mr. McGuire said there are two Sims have a pair of shoes, I will see reasons for no land clearing companies GOOD ARTICLE BY J. AOAM E£Dc y°u paid." By this statement you INSTRUCTIVE AND INTERESTING. STATE HIGH SCHOOL PERMITS. MONEY LOANED FjOR CLEARING being in operation in' this section. have become directly and personally One is the fact that the farmers The socialistic scheme to take over ffhen, in the ordinary dealings of liable and it is not within the statute, The State High School Board examination "It will pay to clear the land," haven't the money to pay cash. all productive property and all means life^ you arrive to carry out your ^ut y°u say "Let Sims have a pair returns have just been received A. J. McGuire of Grand Rapids told The second reason is that the land of distribution, to be owned and operated parji and expect that the other party shoes, if he doesn't pay you I will for the County at large. The the delegates to thel and clearingconvention, companies prefer to sell the land then this is a contract to answer in common by all the people, willjcarry out his. Almost invariably following have completed their which opened at the Commercial without clearing. and the proceeds shared in common, for the debt of another within the .n the ordinary agreements that are eighth grade wortc this year, Commencements club Tuesday morning. Business of State. is utterly impracticable and would statute and there must be some regularly arrived at, each of yoj having already been With that assurance on which to "The clearing of land should be written memorandum signed by you fall of its own weight, while everything nokises to give something or to held at Mizpah, Big Falls and Loman. base their efforts, public spirited men the business of the state," said Mr. good that is claimed for it can if the agreemnt is to be enforceable. forego in return for what the other of Northern Minesota, acting individually McGuire. "If the state cleared One of the most important of the be attained under our present system. is :to do under the agreement. He is Mizpah. and as representatives of twenty or even ten acres of every Socialism would destroy incentive provisions is that any contract or to-mow your lawn you are to give Oscar Buckmaster, Mizpahf Commercial organizations, are endeavoring forty, there would be a much greater and chain the wheels of progress, sale of lands, or any interest in oi hirtii fifty cents. He is to rent your Oliver Foster, Mizpah. to work out some means development here. The land owners concerning land, must be evidenced creating a lazy and reactionary world. house paying you twenty dollars a Leroy Hansen, Mizpah. by which the land can be cleared. who have lands to sell should follow The next step after socialism would by a signed writing This is the provision month you are to furnish him with Elmer LaBrie, Mizpah. They have no visions of a suddo-n the same course. Give the settler a be followed by empire. Then there that requires that a contract he rise of that house. There is mutuality Claude Seman, Mizpah. transformation of the cut-over wilds little land under the plow, and his with reference to standing timber be would come revolution and a return of obligation, and thus the John St. Lawrence, Mizpah. of Northern Minnesota into rolling initial problems will be solved." in writing for it is with reference to to the republic. Why should wo difficult question of the consideration Ernest Reinarz, Gemmell. fields. The clearing of great acres D. E. Willard, development agent realty. So, too, contracts to buy swing around the circle? so"/neeessary to contracts does not Agnes Danielson, Gemmell. do not enter into their calculations. of the Northern Pacific railroad, and land, or for mineral rights are within Every experiment in socialism, based arise. Margaret Paul, Northome. They are endeavoring to work out a F. D. Vibert of Cloquet gave some this provision and must be in on economic teachings, has failed. You have agreed definitely enough Cyrus O'Loughlin, Northome. plan by which the heavy handicap land clearing experiences, and they writing. 1^ is to be noticed that if Nothing but religious zeal can weld with your neighbor that he is to have! Big Falls. now placed on the settler during the were followed by Charles T. Swa.n the hearts of men together and hold th6 trees now growing in your acre the contract calls for the delivery of Ross Corell, Big Falls. time necessary for him to clear sufficient of Hinckley. Talking of land-clearing them for any considerable time to a wg&dtyt, and he is to pay you atimber or of coal from the lands of Harold Dixon, Big Falls. land for the raising of products methods. Mr Swain said that community purpose. And if socialise hundred dollars therefor, the tr es the owner by the owner, that is not Anthony Mahitka, Big Falls. for his subsistence and that of the best system he found was to encourage were practicable at all it would not to become his property as they stand, within this provision, since he himEach Edward Richards, Big Falls. his family may be removed. every man in his own method. be in a country so large as ours with of you is to give something, so, self is to cut or mine it, thus sever- George Rowe, Big Falls. The organization of land clearing a hundred millions of people, and there is consideration. You do not.*n£ it from the land so that it loses Herman Johnson, Big Falls. companies, the organization of communities "If you can get a man to clear must lead to a destruction of this want litigation to arise from this'^s character as realty. But if he August Bloom, Margie. to stand behind the deserving one acres, go over to his neighbor agreement you do not want, or ex- se^s coal °ft ft ^es beneath his union of states. or as Frances Hilliard, Littlefork. farmer in the matter of credit, and get him to clear two," said Mr. If the people ever become so universally peCt, to go to court to have it en- farm the contract must be in writing, Mildred Hammersberg, Big Falls. the forming of community co-operative Swain. "Then come back to the devoted of selfishness and so "q^ced. else you would not have en- The applies to all leases, ex- saTne Bella Noss, Littlefork. land clearing 'organizations, first fellow and taunt him, and he'll' god-like is wisdom that socialism tered into it—for the unprofitabilitv cePt short term leases, which are ex- Nora Skhal, Littlefork. the county bond plan of assiting the got Kuay,. ~I-Kmio. nlpjarcvl «-Jot. of- TDy... cf^ijSrying a law suit" is proverbial, cepted in most of the states. Tvooldbe prac-tiablc, +hen they "would Turiner in. cltdi'Iiig ins lands anci tTis Marion Ward, Rauch. own and have also cleared a lot, landr, be so good and wise that we should But you do want to have the agree-! Of if a contract is not to be perment cheap distribution of dynamite for Lcman. of other people's land by getting need no government at all, and anarchy, in such form that, if disagree-1 formed within a year from the makment stump blowing are all before the convention Hilmer Rud, Birchdale. them mad." rather than socialism, would should arise you would be able thereof it must be evidenced by for consideration, and this Bernard Rud, Birchdale. F. R. Duxpury, who presided over be the natural outcome. to enforce your rights. You may not writing to be enforceable. This apI afternoon the meeting is expected to John T. Howard, Birchdale. the meeting, called C. S. Mitchell to I If there can be no rightful individual be able to "lick" Neighbor Jones and Pl^s only to contracts which cannot take definite action along some line Leif G. Schonsby, Birchdale. the chair while he gave his views. ownership of productive property, even if you can, that would only in- be performed within a year. Thus and to appoint a committee to carry Ethel M. Shearer, Birchdale. Mr. Duzbury summed up the problems then there can be no rightful volve you in an action for assault leases for a period of over a year out any plan that may be adopted. Eva Lewis, Indus. of hardwood land, pine land and national ownership, and the Japs,the and battery. You want the contract the date when they are made, Starting without a definite program, Lawrence Dobbs, Indus. tamarack swamps. He suggested Chinese and the Hottentots have as in such form that if you must assert contracts to work for over a year, the convention went in go-asyou-please Marcellus Carew, Indus. that land-clearing associations should much right to America as we have, your rights you will have them in a etc., must be in writing. But if you fashion during the morning Inez Zeman, Loman. be organized in each county, not to agree to support Sam Allison for the and must be admitted freely to the session, extempore speakers giving form which the law—the procedure Annette Robinson, Loman. do the work but too interest others rest of his life, that contract is not socialistic commonwealth. provided for the enforcement of experience and advice. Just before Jessie Todd, Loman informing crews and doing the actual within the statute for, though Sam Socialism would create a new form the close of the morning session, rights—will recognize. Gertrude Hedlund, Loman. work of clearing. He said country is but twenty years old and in good of slavery, for those not willing to the convention was put on a Probably the principal reason why Iris Parmeter, Bannock. merchants, bankers city business health, he may die within a year and systematic basis, a program for the do a fair share of work must be the average man finds his contracts Clarence Perle, Laurel. men and railroads should unite 1o thus the contract be performed. True compelled to do it. The crack of afternoon and the committee on the unenforceable is because of the lack Clarence Shaw, International Falls put dynamite the reach of the settler. if you hired Sam Allison to work for cost of dynamite will obtain information the slave-driver's whip would be of the written evidence which the law John Schmidt, International Falls. you for a year and a half he might on the purchase and distribution again in the land of the free. requires in certain classes of cases. Nicholas Kurzeck, International "Any business man who is not die and that would end the matter of dynamite for the consideration of It would create a deal level I In the case of the sale of the standing Falls. interested in farming is not interested but it would not be a performance of of the convention. mediocrity by removing all incentive timber the law of most states requires Stella Pelland, Pelland. in his own business," he said. "I the contract as would the other. The committee on resolutions consists and striking the word "excelsior" that it be evidenced by a writing George Coughlan, Badus. don't believe any banker in North The seventeenth -section provides of A. J. McGuire of Grand Rapids, from the lexicon of youth, while the signed by the party against whom it The following is a list of the children ern Minnesota would refuse a farmer that contracts for the sales of goods, George P. Watson of Internatinal glory of the world is in individual is to be enforced, otherwise the courts who obtained State High Minne­|credit for the purchase of dynamite -vares and merchandise for the price Falls, W. H. Killeen of inequality and leadership. We need would not enforce it. A statement school board certificates, and their or stock, if the farmer is worthy of $50, or over, shall not be good apolis, George W. Empey of Hinckley now and then a Moses, a Mozart, an of the principles which determine in standings in the various subjects: and those who are not worthy unless there is written evidence and N. J. Upham of Duluth. Angelo, a Napolean and a Shakes­{what form a contract must be evidenced Allen, Cecil—English Grammar, should not be given credit." signed by the party to be charged, The members of the committee on peare with their divine inequalities. to be valid may not possess Passed Elem. Algebra, Passed. W. B. Kellog of Superior explainI cr part delivery and acceptance, or the cost of dynamite ar Charles What a loss to the world if they the interest attaching to other Baldus, Kathryn—Spelling, Passed ed the method of organizing of a v/hich the statute does not apply is Swain of Hinckley, C. L. Goodell of had all been exactly alike and thereby branches of the law, but they are 8h Grade Comp., Passed Plus. land clearing company there. varied by the statutes in the various Barnum, H. E. Reynolds of Bemidji, equal. of the utmost practical importance to Baldus, Marie Ai—Spelling, P. 1 C. S. Mitchell of Duluth urged the American states which have reenacted G. T. Robinson of Big Falls and Socialism is based on materialism, the average individual in the guidance Plus 8th Grade Comp., P. Plus convention to get down to a program. lis provision in varying forms. Fred Ward of Duluth. instead of lifting morals up. Its of the business affairs of everyday Arithmetic, Passed. He outlined five subjects for It is to be noticed that the contract Representative Gathering. greatest philosphical writes and life. Bahrs, Claude A.—Geography, doscussion during the afternoon session, is the agreement, not the writing. While not as large as was expected, leaders believe in atheism, free-love There are probably no two sections Fassed Arithmetic, P. Plus 8th land clearing, community cooperation the The writing is merely evidence of the Comp.',* Passed. the gathering is thoroughly representative, and class consciousness, the tendency of written law which possess county bonds for land contract. It may to made at any not only of Northern of the whole movement being against Bey, Bessie A—Arithmetic, Passed. practical importance or have had the clearing, and cheap dynamite. On time after the contract has been Minnesota, but of Northern Wisconsin God, and home, and native land. far-reaching influence of the 4th and Plus Arithmetic, P. Plus 8th Grade motion of L. B. Arnold, F. R. Duxbury, agreed upon, up to the time of suit. appeared this morning and took part Comp., Passed, Spelling P. Plus American I Socialists talk mostly of municipal the 17th sections of the Statute of W. R. Mackenzie and C. S. The writing need not be a formal in the conference, the land-clearing ownership of public utilities, but History, P. Plus. Frauds, enacted by the English Parliament Mitchell were appointed a committee document to comply with this statute. problems in the northern part of the that is not a destinctive feature of in 1676. These provisions Brown, Arthur—Spelling, P. Plus to draw up a program for the Any note or memorandum is neighboring state being very similar socialism, and is believed in and praticed have been reenacted by the legislatures Geography, Passed. afternoon meeting. sufficient so long as it contains a'l to the problems in Northern Minnesota. by many opponets of the socialist of the various states in but Bursack, Vera—Geography, P. The meeting here is an outgrowth the material terms as the names of Plus 8th Grade Comp., Passed. hersey. Even the ownership slightly varying form, and the prin of the recent convention of the After the opening of the convention ciples are firmly embodied in our ^6 aities, the subject mattei, the, Buckmaster, Oscar—Ar: Arithmetic, P. of the telegraph lines and railways law Northern Minnesota Development this morning an inspiring talk and are set down to guide all of us consideiation grven, e.c. There may pjug. Spelling, Passed has been urged by prominent 8th Grade association at Hinckley. At that be several papers, as a series of letters was given by A. J. McGuire, superintendent democrats and republicans. The real Comp., Passed. in the formation of our contractual meeting a committee consisting of or telegrams, so long as they of the Northeast experiment economic test of a socialist is that agreements. E\fery student of the Coughlan, Geo. P.—Spelling, P. R. Duxbury, D. E. Willard, George are consistent and connected. The station at Grand Rapids. Mr. McGuire Plus Arithmetic, Plus Physiology, he believes in the ownership of all law memorizes these provisions. W. Empey, C. S.Mitchell and W. R. necessary signature of the party to advocated the pasturage of productive property in common, its P. Plus 8th Grade Comp., P. Plus What is known as the 4th section Mackenxie was appointed too call be charged may appear at any point, stump land as opposed to the pulling American History, Passed. operation in common, and the sharing specfies certain classes of contracts the meeting here. and may be affixed either by the party of green stumps. Land that may Coughlan, Agnes—Spelling, P. Plus of the proceeds in common. Such a which must be evidenced by a signed The state is represented at the himself or his authorized agent. Thus be cleared for $10 an acre after a writing if they are to be enforceable. 8th Grade Comp., P. Plus. system would cripple industry, benumb meeting by Fred S. Sherman, commissioner at an auction the auctioneer is the few years of pasturage may cost Carew, Marcellus—Geography, The first of these is an agreement by genius and crucify civilization, agent of both parties and if his of immigration. $50 if an effort is made to clear it Passed Arithmetic, P. Plus Spelling without in any sense securing the an executor or administrator to answer A. D. Wilson, in charge of the extension jjiemo contains the essential terms •while the stumps are green. P. Plus 8th Grade Comp., P. Plus. normal regeneration it promises in damages out of his own estate. work of the state school of his entry of the names of the parties Mr. McGuire said the yield at the Clark, Louise—Zoology, Passed. its manifesto. Of course one holding such a position will amount to the necessary agricultural, is present and other experiment farm last year was an Coby, Mary A.—Spelling, P. Plus. Nothing but the grace of God and is not personally bound to pay agricultural experts are A. J. McGuire, signature and complete the required average of sixty-five bushels of oats Dahlgren, Anna—Geography, P. the debts of the deceased out of his the divine phili sophy of the lowly superintendent of the Northeast writing. to the acre, thirteen tons of fodder own pocket but he does so agree, 8th Grade Comp., P. Plus. Nazarene can remove all evils from experiment station at Grand The law of some states requires corn'to the acre, 396 bushels of potatoes Danielson, Agnes—Amer. History, it must be in writing, if he is to be the world. No economic theory can Rapids A. B. Hostetter, superintendent that some contracts be under seal to the acre, five tons of hay to Plus Eng. Grammar, P. Plus Physiology, bound by his promise. save us fi-om sin.—Bede's Budget. the care. "Where a farm has been P. Plus Arithmetic, Passed. of agricultural of the Duluth The next class of agreements covered as well as in writing. In many states intelligently farmed it has shown are those "to answer for the Dibble, Alice—Zoology, Passed Commercial club Fred Ward, St. seals have been abolished. In all For Sale: A gasoline boat 22 feet that land in this section is as well debt, default or miscarriage of another." states the tendency is to lessen their Physilogy, P. Plus. Louis county agricultural agent M. long, 4 H. P. "White" engine, seats adapted to agriculture as land anywhere," If some third party suffers Dobbs, John A.—Arithmetic, Pas- J. Thompson, superintendent of the effect. The principal reason that he said. for 12 persons, Apply at the Press under an existing, on contemplates a "Twenty acres under the plow will (Continued to Page 2.) (Continued to Page 6.) (Continued to page 2.) office. future, liability and you agree with t, 11 ""li 4iV«fe I