fPISP^ 7*W*W? 1 ry .'V •R*«i 9*qn 'ram /.*£&&% t^f ,"rt4 .«M *5w sisi#9$2®i ," INTERNATIONAL FALLS PRESS MJh MINNESOTA LEADS IN i^3^3(9n»S9(S(%9»(9(9C9(9(3(3(9(9(3($(XS^! It is confidently expected that in UNITED STATES 19I5 operations will begin. This International Falls Abstract Cu Three Leaders plant, with accessory by-products The appended interesting article manufacture, will at the very BURDICK, KREMER & KING, Proprietors. start employ not less than four on the iron ore output and reserves thousand people, not to say anything Abstracts, Real Estate and Insurance of Minnesota was prepared by of industries which will be J. P. Funk, of the mineral department GOLDEN GRAIN BELT BEERS Collections, Conveying and Loans attracted by the great steel plant, of the state auditor's office: affording employment to additional J. E. BURDICK, Manager Many people, were you to ask HARPERS WHISKEY thousands of workers. "t" IW International Falls Minnesota them which state in Union And thus one might mention The prpduced the greatest amount of numerous other advantages that ROCK SPRING WATER accrue to the state owing to the iron ore annually, would answer, probably, hesatitingly, Pennsylvania. location of the tgreat iron mines This no doubt comes from —the greatest in the world— SUBSCRIBE FOR THE PRESS UNDERWOOD & HASSELBARTH, Local Ajcnb wihtin her confines how the the fact that the Pittscburg district for so long a period has held great value of ore deposits yields International Falls, Minnesota. sway as the iron center, not only an immense tax revenus to the state at large, and to the municipalities of the nited States but of the situated in the mining western continent, and at present for outstrips is European rivals belt in particular how, further, *L the gross earnings tax of the orecarrying in importance. Here it was that roads yields over one American iron mines were first Border Wholesale Meat & Grocery Do, THIS YEAR, THE SAME AS LAST YEAR million dollars annually to the extensively developed, and hence coffers of the state treasury. it is easy for the individual who THE Again, how the one hundred an DULUTH HERALD who has taken only an indifferent E. A. Yernberg, Manager fifty producing iron miners of the interest in the staus of the iron three ranges, namely, the Mesaba, industry of our country, to associate Wholesale and Retail Meats, the Vermillion and Cuyuna, Pennsylvania with it. Groceries, Fruits and Feed about one-sixth in number, although But what are the facts- Let only about one-tenth in every loyol Minnesotan take notice. IS THE tonnage, belong to the people of The latest report issued by Home-Made Sausage and Minnesota themselves. BEST NEWSPAPER IN THE NORTHWEST the United States geological survey Hamburger The latter mines are leased only shows that in twenty- 1912, and yield a royalty of twenty-five eight states in the Union produced Give us a and You Will. cents per ton on all ore mined' Trial iron ore that the total production Send for sample copies—after you've read IJs, Stay With which royalty in the main flows of that yeyar was them you'll surely want to join The Herald's 55,150,- into the great permanent school happy family of satisfied readers. tons, of which huge aggregate 147 Our Prices are Always Right and Our Stock Always Fresh. fund of the state which at present putput Pennsylvania's contribution amounts to a school was only tons in $30,299,119, DAILY BY MAIL-THREE MOITHS FOR $1.10 517,081 Second Ave. and Fifth Street International Falls, Mitwjv fund unequaled by that of any other words, was only of one .94 ADDRESS—HERALD, DULUTH, MINN. other state, and which is bound to per cent of thet total. grow much larger, in a large Now, what was Minnesota's measure owing to these mines. position in ibis respect compared SUBSCRIBE FOR THE PRESS The known tonnage of ore on with sister states? The report state mines alone amounts to one sets forth that of tons 55,150,147 hundred and forty million tons, produced, Minnesota's contribution which means a certainty of thirtyfie was that is to say, 34,431,768 million dollars royalty within I E N S E E S she furnished the great iron and $1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE the next thirty years, the average steel furnaces of this country with length and leases still have to run. per cent of the raw material and Heating Engineers 62.43 And State Auditor Samuel G. —ore than all the other twentyseen Iverson predicts that eventually states combined. WATER AND SEWER WORK PROMPTLY DONE our school and other trust funds That certainly is an accomplishment will reach the two hundred million in industrial lines of no ESTIMATES FURNISHED ON SHORT NOTICE dollar mark. mean dimensions, and Minnesitans Surely, persons looking for may well be proud of the performance. EAST & CORR1N profitable land investments can Her nearest competitor Oveson Block International Falls, Minn. Phone not go astray in acquiring title 22i was Michigan, with 11,191,430 Do you want to some of Minnesota's acres. tons and Alabama, New York, A n- With all her natural resources, (Wisconsin and Pennsylvania follow No her rich soil, ample moisture, sure in order. A»'/ Man" crops, no section of our country Money Further, steel masters at Pittsburg jjaw... "n" f' Tie.jKfCdl 0^ 1 offers greiter and more substantial 203-W. S7& Evr«.«: tell us that about eightyjfive $1.00 PER ACRE OR oil CROP PAYMENT Needed New York Ci.7 investments. per cent of all thet ore smeltered Dcnr "Bicycle Man," in their furnaces comes ricnce-. te'.l sp.e hew tp-t- i. iiis 13 not a Contest. Every-bey 35.000Acres CHEAPER T"AN RENTING. NO CROP. NO PAYMENT. EFFICIENCY COMMISSION one of your- hich-gau^j Improved from the Minnesota ranges- and __ {?5ms*nd *''d lanf1- Heavy soil, clay subsoil. Near R.R., School* \»ho fiiiS out ar.d mails the corner cou-? t--/c'cs, vi-'iout m.uncy^ and North Dakota acre-10annual payment* and when one considers that their pen can earn tins hirh-grade Bicycle irc !leap fuel- Prices 115 to *25 per f?r very WFAMOUSMISSOURI ™1""" a—~-y71—» F-.lta.u.pJ.L™. Name finished product go to the ends of for very h":e effort during spare *4 Write or see He A. H. MAAS CO., 215 Andrus Bldg., Minneapolis, Minn. John S. Pardee, Sec'y SLOPE country time. AGiC "The Bic^'cle Man." the world, it is uattering to a Address, Fourth in the list of departments Mail this coupon TO-DAY. yr Miimesotan's pride to know that proposed by the efficiency a product from his state, although commission is education. transformed, is made so generally This is different from the other to do service to mankind. activities of the state and is differently To the intending settler or land nainir I CERTAINLY AM— treated. Instead of putting purchaser Minnesota's iron industry O S MY: BUT YOU'RE A HUSTLER. I the Real tobacco chew the director immediately under has much significance. If to YOU MUST BE HANDLING QOODS the governor' a board of directors A QREAT PIECE OF the number actually employed in is provided who will not the mines those connected with only pass upon the policies of the the ore-carrying railroads, ore 1 department but also appoint the docks, general offices, exploration superintendent and control him. work, etc., be added it will be IN THE BARN Largely for constitutional reasons, found that probably not less than the educational department twenty-five thousand persons are is divided into two sections. One directly or indirectly independent is the state control of the schools upon them for their livlihood. The the other the university. There toilers in this mammoth industry to Use is a distinction between these two are not direct food producers, ami, BABBITT branches. The state supervises living in a state nearly half of public schools receiving state aid whose population is engaged in —it operates the university. agricultural pursuits, the mutual benefits from this diversitv of effort, Practical unity is to be accom IN THE NEW SIFTER CAI plished, however, by telling the to miner and to agriculturalist, and, for that matter to all state that they must get together, especially on the budget. When citizens what ever their vocations, as ipu.cn as, are obvious. they agree on the budget, they will have come pretty near agreeing THE GOOD JUDGE AND THE DRUMMER But the end is not yet. Nature want—more-comes you. was exceedingly generous to Minnesota on everything. And if the regents out of the: A small ciiew the big wad vs. of the state school board when distributing her favors. new sifting top. Ycu She gave the .state one of can't convince the other branch CHICKEN HOUSES -rXj—a little chew of "RightCut" the finest harbors in her gift, in that it ought to have what it asks, add a fotolwater, and. be able to tell a very con which is tonnage second only to it won't gives you more good the strong^ cleanserknown that of New York. Situated upon vincing story to the legislature. is se^dy for se.. this harbor is the lively and industriously Except that the far minstitute tobacco satisfaction than a cheekful o£ It is liquid' muscle^ board is taken over by the extension throbbing mart of Duluth. the old kind. And it lasts longer. It's Duluth, with the iron ore division, there is little change Wherever there is. the Real Tobacco Chew. in the government of the university right at its back door, so as to say, dirt, wherever germs-, has become the natural point for under this plan. The normal ready chem Different from your old kind. A breed, wherever there^ schools are taken right in with the establishment of an iron and —short-shred, cut fine. The flavor comes easy is an offensive odpr—. steel industry. In times gone by the state school system. The normal I and steady. Pure, rich, sappy, full-bodied board is absorbed by the state it seemed better ecomomv to ship for house, barn,, any-^. tobacco—seasoned and sweetened just enough* the raw product to the furnaces board of education. Various minor I: where—-there is ijoth^ which were established in the boards, like the library commission SPRAYING ing that can equal it: FRUIT TREES^^%rjr^ east, but views in this particular and the high school board, RmI Tobacco Chew have changed for the past decade are likewise absorbed. RIGHTCUTl 10 Cents & Pouch has seen the tremendous development The board is proposed large Highest in Strength ASK your dealer today. of a market for finished steel enough to represent all parts of CHEWING BuA Wot in Price If he doesn't sell "RightCut," products in the great and pulsating the state and to keep in touch send us 10 cents in west, to say nothing of the objection with public .sentiment. It will be TOBACCO 6tamps. We'll send you a to paying freight on the a board off directors and not the pOUCh. V«m WCYMAN-BRUTON CO. [useless elements in the ore from executive board. On an executive Use, Less—It Lasts LonMf» CHICAOO. IU. Wt guarantei the mines to the furnaces and return/charges board more than three people Write for boohletpbowing many ft to Valuably itr*8Mta. for the. iabtl ib* purm chewing on finished product. are a detriment. In a representative Wf^te^for^tqlpgs WEYMAN-BRUT0N COMPANY tobacco and bitter A great twenty million dollar body nine is not too than thm old hind* B.T.BABBITT IN THE 50 IU« Spn, Mmr Y«k plant has been erected at Duluth many ffmany for comfort and for Vnr^ I^.O. Box177$3 New City* •"**1 ror^W?on •°rultc 'WWWyH'IM I »l —H J** •*ygr t~ 'i' -V$ *1 iy Atj if 'Jfkdt &3&> I Ifef •.V X.X'\ ,v %, W ,t