mawpm% '^^"SfV,v "*A r^4#-^f"t:.n^"^'^«s,f %'.r-«y *,*" '-tr* 5^"' I--* i* ,J*v y-„ •$-,* *'r \. ,j{" '. S I N E N A I O N A A S E S S FUR FARM INDUSTRY NOTICE FOB BIDS. SALE OF SCHOOL AND KOBTSAOE FORECLOSURE BAXJE. FINDS CONDITIONS IDEAL OTHER STATE LANDS For the Construction of Judicial Ditch Whereas default has occurred in tht conditions of a certain mortgage, executed No. 20 Koochiching County, Minnesota. and delivered by M. D. Stoner and Minnesota has a new industry, State of Minnesota, State Auditor'* Gertrude Stoner,-hie wife, and Peter Mcidugh, Office, St. Paul, January 25, 1915. mortgagors, to" W. L. Brooks, the raising of. fur-bearing animals mortgagee, upon the following described Notice is Hereby given that the undersigned NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that in captivity, State Forester Auditor .of Koochiching County, real property situate. In1' the County 'of March 8, 1915, at 1Q o'clocjc a. m., on Minnesota, will on the '4th day of February,- Koochiching and State of Minnesota, in the office of the County Auditor at William T. Cox declares. A beginning 1915, at 11 o'clock ,a. m., at his described as follows: International Falls, Koochiching county, Solvay Coke is clean. No cinders, office in the Court House in the'City'of in the State of Minnesota, I will offer The southwest quarter (SW%) of the has 'been made in\the International Falls, Minnesota, receive for sale certain, unsold state lands ana northeast-quarter and the Bortnwest sealed bids for the construction of new industry and the results already also those state lands which have reverted quarter. (NW% of the, southeast smoke, soot or gas. Quick to burn Judicial Ditch No. 20, Koochiching to the state by reason of the nonpayment uuarter (SE%) of section ten (10), the obtained show that it will County, according to plans and.specifications of interest. northeast-quarter. (NE%) twintv of the Engineer now on file iri the and lasting, the ideal fuel for this Terms: Fifteen per cent of the purchase east quarter (SE%) of be highly profitable. office of the Clerk of Court. Said ditch (.20), and the west half (W%) of the price and interest-on the unpaid as surveyed by the Engineer is about 1st, "The demand for furs is always balance from date of sale to June nouthwest quarter (SW%) and the time of the year both for range or 17 miles long, and, the estimated number 1916, must be paid at the time of sale. southeast quarter (SE%) of the of yards of dirt to be excavated is on the increase," said Mr. The balance of purchase money is payable west auarter (SW%) of section twenty about 256,181.7 cu. yards total estimated one (21), all in Township one hundred in whole or in part on or before Cox. "The fur trade is nearly, heating. Place your order at once cost of construction of said ditch forty years from the date of sale the Afty-two (152) of Range twenty-seven being about $46,369.29. Bids will be rate of interest on the unpaid balance if not quite, as important now. as ^27)— received for the work as one job or for is four per cent per annum, payable in as a car will soon be in from Milwaukee. Which said mortgage bears d&tethe one or more sections 6f said work. Each it was or ioo years ago, be­ advance on Jurte 1st of each year, provided 50 bid must be accompanied by a certified at® ?ara the principal remains unpaid ior cheque on a National Bank or a Trust cause the higher prices now obtained ten vears but if the principal is paid One car doesn't last long. cheque on a National Bank or a State the •within ten years from date of sale, compensate for the smaller Bank for not less than ten (10) per be at rate of interest will computed to the said County, the successful live catches of animals. In some per cent per annum. bidder fails to enter' into contract and of any, Appraised value timber, if execute a bond as provided by law. The classes, for instance the mink, of must also be paid at time sale. successful bidder will be required to CALL PHONE 30S OR 25. is delinquent, Lands on which the interest furnish a good and sufficient bond in the muskrat, fox and wolf, the number any Ism amount of the contract conditioned upon may be redeemed at time up re-sale to of animals caught has not to the hour of sale or before the faithful performance of said contract.. No bid will be entertained that P. S. PENDERGAST MU?tyMha»nb°^nPS«Ttuted to r.cov.r an actual purchaser. fallen off greatly. The value of exceeds by thirty (30) per cent the the All mineral rights are reserved by estimate of the Engineer. the catch of fur in Minnesota laws of the state. riSo? on°"th. The right to reject any and all bids is be Bold Not more than 320 acres can runs from to $1,000,000 contained in said mortgage, and pursuant reserved. The date of receiving bids $500,000 sold to one or contracted to be any may be adjourned from time to time to the statute in such «w purchaser. annually." until the work shall have been all taken. Agents acting f?r purchasers must elMed^and^the10 reaS'^operty L. H. SLOCTJM, furnish affidavit of authority. Appraisers' Mr. Cox says that Minnesota described will be sold by the_ sheriff of County Auditor. reports showing quality and kind ie particularly well suited to the of soil are on file in this office. SSt"S'dler1 E. W. XIBBEY, ^n ^f fttenSftlSSl 5 Lists of lands to be offered may be Engineer. 21-28 4 raising of fur-bearing animals, Border Wholesale Meat & Grocery Go. I obtained of the State Auditor or the House the City Falls. State Commissioner of Immigration at such as muskrats, beaver, otter, Koochiching County. Minnesota, o* St Paul, and of the County Auditor at 6th 1915 the day of February. Saturday martin, th.e Canadian lynx, fisher, above address. at two o'clock in the afternoon of that CITATION FOR PETITION ON skunk ani If ox. The most PETITION FOR ADMINISTRATION. dav, to pay the amount Ytorn?y's State Auditor. E. A. Yernberg, Manager oe due on said mortgage, and attorneys suitable part of the state is in fee of fifty dollars, as stipulated to be nald 'in said mortgage in case of 'oreclosure, Estate of George Munro the northern stretches near the together with the costs of foreclosure. ORDER LIMITING TIME TO FILE STATE-OF MINNESOTA 1 Wholesale and Retail Meats, CLAIMS, AND FOR HEARING shores of Lake 'Superior. The this 19th day of December, l»i*W. Dated THEREON. County of Koocliiching Groceries, Fruits and Feed climate and character of the L. BROOKS, IN PROBATE COURT Mortgagee* country from Lake Superior IN T!HE MATTER OF THE ESTATE ISSTATE OF GEORGE TCUNRO GRAHAM M. TORRANCE. OF GEORGE MUNRO, DECEDENT. w^est and north to the Lake of STATE OF MINNESOTA 1 Attorney for Mortgagee. Home-Made Sausage and The State of Minnesota to the unknown SS 24-F. '4. Bemidji, Minnesota. heirs in the above estate and all the Woods, the state forester County of Koochiching |iamburger persons interested in the granting of IN PROBATE COURT says, is admirably adapted to fur administration of the estate of said NOTICE FOR BIDS. IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE decedent?: The petition of Frank B. farming. Some of the choicest OF GEORGE MUNRO, DECEDENT. Green having been filed in this court, For the construction of Judicial Ditch representing that George Munro, then a Letters of Administration this day fur in the world comes from that Give us a Trial and You Will No. 18, Koochiching County, Minnesota. resident of the County of Koochiching, having been granted to Thomas P. State of Minnesota, died interstate on region. Stay With Us White. the 19th day of December, 1914. and It is Ordered, that the time within praying that letters of administration "The start made in Minnesota •which all creditors of the above named Notice is given undersigned of his estate be granted to Thomas P. hereby that the decedent may present claims against Our Prices are Always Right and Our Stock Always Fresh jg in the raising of such ani.mals," White and the court haying fixed the Auditor of Koochiching County, his estate in this court, be, and the time and place for hearing said petition Minnesota, will on the 4th day of F®^" I said Mr. Cox, "is admirably illustrated same hereby is limited to six months Therefore, you. and each of you, are ruarv 1915, at 11 o'clock his a. m..iat from and after the date hereof and hereby cited and required to show cause, Second Ave. and Fifth Street International Falls, Minn. office 'in the Court House in the City of in the fox farm owned by that Tuesday, the 27th day of July, if any you have before this court at International Falls receive Minnesota 1915, at 10 o'clock a. m., in the Probate the Probate Court Rooms in the Court Benjamin and George Robertson 9 a sealed bids for construction of the Court Rooms at the Court House at House, in the City of International Falls, Judicial Ditch No. 18, Koochiching International Falls in said County, be, on Devil Track lake, Cook county. in the County of Koochiching, State of County, according to plans specificaon and and the same hereby is, fixed and appointed Minnesota, on the 26th day of January, E in in as the time and place for hearing There are now on this farm 1915, at 10 o'clock a. m.. why said petition office of the Clerk of Court. Said ditch upon and the examination, adjustment should not be granted. as surveyed by the Engineer is about fourteen pairs of silver foxes, and allowance of such claims Witness, the Judge of said Court, and 101 miles long, and the estimated number as shall be presented within the time Three Leaders the Seal of said Court, this 24th day of twenty-four pairs of cross foxes of yards of dirt to is be excavated aforesaid. December, 1914. about 1,527,062.3 cu. yards total estimated Let notice thereof be given by the (COURT SEAL) JOHN BER0, and some red foxes. The Robertson cost of construction of1 said aitcn publication of this order in the International Probate Judge. being about $280,484.92. Bids will be brothers also have five pairs Falls Press, as provided by received for the work as one job or for law. one or more sections of said work. Each of fishers, forty-two skunks and Dated January 26th, 1915. ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE bid must be. accompanied by a certified JOHN BERG, a few mink, lynx and black bear( cheque on a National Bank or a State Judicial Ditch Number 12. 28 11 Judge of Probate. Bank for not less than ten (10) Per The Robertson brothers came cent of the bid which shall be forfeited to the said-County if the successful GOLDEN GRAIN BELT BEERS STATE OF MINNESOTA i: to Minnesota in and took bidder fails to enter into contract and 1910 CITATION FOR HEARING execute a bond as provided by law. The ON PETITION FOR ADMINISTRATION County of Koochiching homesteads near Devil Track successful bidder will be required to DISTRICT COURT HARPERS WHISKEY furnish a good and sufficient bond in the lake. In 1911 they devoted them­ FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT ESTATE OF ERIC FRANSON amount of the contract conditioned upon selves to hunting and trapping the faithful performance of said contract.. IN THE MATTER OF JUDICIAL STATE OF MINNESOTA No bid yrill..be entertained that DITCH NUMBER TWELVE (12), ROCK SPRING WATER and several dens of young foxes exceeds by thirty (30) per cent the KOOCHICHING COUNTY, MINNESOTA. County of Koochiching estimate of the Engineer. were secured. Then the idea occurred The right to reject all bids is It appearing from an affidavit made IN PROBATE COURT any and reserved. The date of receiving bids and filed in the above entitled to them to raise the animals matter IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF may be adjourned from time to time by the Viewers in said matter that a ERIC FRANSON, DECEDENT. on their homesteads. The until the work shall have been all taken. mistake was made. in preparing the The State of Minnesota to all persons Viewers' Report made and filed in said L. K. SLOCT7M, foxes were taken to Ben's homestead matter in that the assessments in the interested in the granting of administration County Auditor. Viewers' Report should have been increased UNDERWOOD & HASSELBARTH, Local Agents of the estate of said decedent: The and fox farming commenced fifty per cent. petition of Anna B. Franson having 21-28 4 been filed in this court, representing that on Now, Therefore, Upon motion of A. a small scale. A. International Fals, of the Eric Franson, then a resident Andrews, Attorney for petitioners, and County of Koochiching. State of Minnesota, "Mrs. Robertson, the mother of upon all the files in said proceedings, it day of NOTICE FOR BIDS. died intestate on .the 31st is hereby ordered that all persons interested the two fur farmers, baked bread December, 1914 and praying that letters in said procedings show cause of administration of his estate be granted if any there be, before the undersigned and prepared other suitable food For the Construction of Judicial Ditch the court to Anna B. Franson and at the court house in the,city of Bemidji, No 17, Koochiching County, .Minnesota. hearing having, fixed the time and place for Minnesota, on the 2nd day of March, for the foxes. Then the Robert you, and said petition therefore, 1915, why the assessments in said required •each of you, are hereby cited and Viewers' Report should not be increased sons purchased ninety-eight acres you have: to show cause, if any fifty per cent. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned the Probate Court on the shores of Devil Track lake, before this court at Auditor of Koochiching County, Let this order be served upon all in the City I E N S E E S Rooms in the Court House, Minnesota, will on the 4th day of February, parties interested by publishing: a copy an ideal spot for the purpose, the County of •of International Falls, in 1915, at 11 o'clock a. m.. at his thereof for three successive weeks in Minnesota,.on the Koochiching. State of office in the Court House in the City of the International Falls Press, a paper where they could work out their o'clock «th day of February, 1915, at 10 and Heating be a,, m.. why' said petition should not ideas with regard to the kind of granted. xmwviimjiiiub Tiirip-p of anid Court and Judicial Ditcn NO. 1, inree puouc places in wren wwromp attention required by the different a tVll Witnes^theJudgeofsa .according to plans and speciflca- through which the ditch is ordered County the Seal of said Court, this ttn aay oi »*_ «st»hHah«d. nasses. and a cOnv at the established, passes, and a cdpy at the tions of the Engineer now on Me in the WATER AND SEWER WORK PROMPTLY DONE animals without molestation. January, 1915. front door of the: court house in the eity office of the Clerk of Court. Said ditcn JOHN BBRO, of International Falls, Minnesota, and as surveyed by the Engineer is about "Fencing is one of the problems Probate Judge. by mailing a copy of this order to all ESTIMATES FURNISHED ON SHORT NOTICE 37.5 miles long, and the estimated number (COURT SEAL) persons assessed, the same as that pro- of yards of dirt "to be excavated is in connection with fox farming. about 554,144.1 cu. yards total estimat- vided for at the final hearing in said J. H. BROWN, ed cost of construction of said ditch proceedings, The Robertsons use a fence nine EAST & CORRIN Attorney ior Petitioner. Dated January 25, 1915. being about $86,980.17. Bids will Jte to twelve feet high above ground C. W. STANTON, received for the work as one job or for 28-F 11 Oveson Block District Judge. one or,mor© sections of said work. Each International Falls, Minn. Phone 221 NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION and extending three feet underground. bid must be accompanied by a certified Department of the Interior. cheaue on a National Bank or a State The fence turns inward S. LAND OFFICE AT DULUTH, Bank for not less than ten (10) per MINNESOTA, JANUARY 22, 1915. cent of the bid which shall, be forfeited three feet at the top and the bottom. Notice is hereby given that Mattie T. to the said County if the successful Chase, whose post-otfice address is 226 bidder fails to enter into contract and East 1st Street, Duiuth Minnesota did. exeCute a bond as provided by law. The "In 1912 they had eight dark on the 30th day of March, 1914, file in ssful bidder will be required to succe The Godin Dray Line & Transfer this office Sworn Statement and Applica- furnjsh a good and sufficient bond in the foxes and a lot of ordinary stock. tion, to purchase the Lot 2, Section 20, of the contract conditioned upon amovm Township 69, Range 2 0, W. 4th P. faithful performance of said con- They sold twenty-one live foxes, the Meridian, and the timber thereon, under tract.. No bid will be entertained that the provisions of the act of June 3, 187S, ceeds by thirty (30) per cent the two dark silver ones for Thos. Godin, Proprietor. $5,000, ex and acts amendatory, known as the timate of the Engineer. es and,'nineteen cross foxes for $2,- ^Tb^r^ntySS "date ^ing^bids 1 Their receipts for the first 50O. DRAYAGE AND WOOD SAWING year^ exclusive of pelts, amounted mated by applicant the timber estimated L. H. SLOCTJM, 20 cords pulpwood, at $20.00 and the to Eighteen dark foxes DONE AT ANY TIME—AT. PRICES $7,500. County Auditor. land $5.00 that said applicant will offer were left over for breeding^ from final proof in support of her application E. W. XIBBEY, THAT WILL PLEASE* and sworn .statement on the 17th day of 4 Engineer. 21-28 which in the following spring they April, 1915, before Otto A. Poirier, U. S. Commissioner, at Virginia, Minn. obtained thirty-four pups, of Any person is at liberty to protest PHONE 115—CALL 7/ NOTICE FOB BIDS. which eight were choice dark this purchase before entry, or initiate a contest at any time before patent issues, ones. They captured and bought For the Construction of Judicial Ditch by filing a corroborated affidavit in this No. 14, Koochiching County, Minnesota. office, alleging facts which would defeat from trappers twenty additional the entry. silver and cross foxes, and found John L. Owens ahd Leslie Owens, of Virginia, Minn., HarVey Hale and James Notice is hereby given that the undersigned themselves* well launched in the Bragle. of International. Falls. Minn. International Falls Abstract Co. Auditor of Koochiching .County, JOSEPH WINC3BEW8KI, Minnesota, will on~ the 4th day of February, business." 28 25 Register. ^915, at 11 o'clock a. m., at .his office in the Court House in the City of As to the prices obtained for the The marvelous, durability of. International Falls, Minnesota, receive BURDICK, KREMER & KING, Proprietor*. SUMMONS & "Nobby Tread" Tires the best breeding stock of foxes, Mr sealed bids for the construction of fact that they are really two tires Judicial Ditch No. 14, Koochiching Cox says they are surprisingly Abstracts, Real Estate and Insurance County, according to plans and Specifications in one make them the tires that STATE OF MINNESOTA 1 of- the Engineer now on file in the you should unhestiatingly buy. high, reaching $15,000 a pair in office of the ClerK of Court. Said ditch County of Koochiching Collections, Conveying and Loans & many cases, and he knows of one as surveyed by the Engineer is about IN DISTRICT COURT 54 miles long, and the estimated number FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT j|| pair which sold for $30,000. of yards of dirt to be excavated is Lulu Shaver, Plaintiff, J. E. BURDICK, Manager about 818,S38.2 cu. yards total estimated \-ik "NobbyTread'Tires vs. "The skunk," said Mr. Cox, cost of construction of said ditch Otis Shaver. Defendant. being about, $135,292.34. Bids will be International Falls 1 Minnesota "though not generally a popular THE STATE OF MINNESOTA TO THE received for the woric as one job or for are now sold under their regular ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANT: One or more sections of said work. Each ^animal, is a great favorite on fur warranty—perfect workmanship bid must be accompanied by a certified You are hereby summoned and required cheaue on a National Bank or a State farms in Minnesota. It is an easy and material-BUT any adjustbmbI to answer the oomplaint of the Bank for not less- than ten (10) pet Plaintiff in the iabove entitled action, is on a basis of animal to procure, and not difficult cent of .the bid which shall be forfeited which complaint is filed In the office of 5,000 Miles to the said County if the successful the Clerk of said Court and to serve to keep ,in „an enclosure, They bidder falls to fenter into contract and a copy of your answer upon the subscriber execute a bond as provided by law. -The at his office in the 'of mulliply rapidly. The animals are City successful' bidder will be required io s^-f Bemidji, in County of Beltrami and Su*/ furnish a good and sufficient bond in the not particular about their food. State of Minnesota, within thirty days amount of the contract conditioned upon after the service of this Summons upon Scraps of meat from butcher the faithful' performance of said contract.. you, exclusive of the day Qf such service Noi^weat Pfatrlbutora No bid will be entertained that and if you fail to answer said complaint shops, and even kitchen waste, are exceeds by' thirty (30) per ceht the within the. time aforesaid, the estimate of the Engineer. welcome items on their bill of .. plaintiff in this section Apply to trill said The right to reject any and all bids is court for the relief demanded in said reserved. The date of receiving., bids fare. Pure black skunks, or complaint and for her and costs disbursements may be adjourned from time to time $1.50 ER YEAR IN ADVANCE herein. skunks with only short, narrow until the work shall have been' all taken. Dated November 4th, 1914. H. SLOCTTM, Children get your school supplies stripes of white, are the, most 1 County Auditor.' 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