JL™ -f3Hi ^s-", 7Bl"-^'- 1^S|lPP|fggSpS^iP$$ Fwwspr-" "FT- ^'T'- r*» INTERNATIONAL FALLS PRESS Govenor McDonald of New Mexico says: The saloon cannot be controlled by law. Since it cannot be regulated and cannot be I THE INTERNATIONAL FALLS PRESS made to obey the law, take the steps which you know will be effective, *Courtesy and close it." Vote YES August 2nd. AND BORDER BUDGET *•1 »v J- Official Paper of Koochiching County, Minnesota. 5'i The Poor Directors of Dauphin county, I'enn., reports that •T5 S Entered as Second Class Matter June 23, 1909, at the Post Office at "The care of the victims of alcoholic liquors in the almshouse costs Z'l International Falls, Minn., Under Act of Congress of March 3, 1879, the county, including the city of Harrisburg, more than five times WITH EVERY TICKET INTERNATIONAL FALLS PRESS PUBLISHING CO. the public revenue from the saloons." Their report also states, Steel Trains "That 90 per cent of the inmates are in their present plight through George P. Watson, Editor and Manager the use of liquor." puluth'Superior MWmmWWMW#********************»****#»*•«*« a We have heard of the Irishman who complained of the liberty of this county when he tried to get a stone that was frozen St. Paul in the ground, to throw at a dog that had attacked him. He said AN APPEAL TO MOTHERS. "This is a great country of liberty, when they let the dogs loose and tie up the stones." Personal liberty comes through obeying the Minneapolis highest and most perfect law, and gives the greatest liberty. Never has this county faced an election that meant Some people have peculiar ideas of prsonal liberty. so much to the mothers, wives and sisters of the county Milwaukee as the election of August 2nd. The better element who Through THE LIQUOR TRAFFIC FROM THE are reaping no direct personal benefit from the liquor T/eepind Cats Chi VIEWPOINT OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH. traffic in this county are putting up a tremenduous fight Twin Cities To Seattle against the saloon, the arch enemy of the home, but & As long as the official doctrine of the Catholic church is that they cannot win this fight unless you help by persuading ThroughThe10,000 WONDERS the sin of drunkenness excludes the soul from Heaven's light— your sons, husbands and brothers to vote against the saloon of CANADIAN ROCKIES being a gross violation of the fifth Commandment of the Eternal the on that day. The winning of this fight means more Law of Mt. Sinai, which law is unalterable for ewer—argument, as to you than to anybody else. No matter whether it Ticket Offices DULUTHSUPERIOR• to the attitude of the Catholic mind, is settled in regard to the occasions rains or shines be sure and get your men folks out to 823 Tower Ave. of that sin—the persons, the places, the things that induce the election to vote against the saloon, which makes that sub-bestial condition, and which are equallv forbidden and detestable high taxes and unhappy homes. for the obvious reason that he who wishes the means of effecting something wishes for the attainment of that thing itse1 f, A be it good or bad. I need not say that the millions of voices raised against the Vote "Yes"' on August 2nd and oust the saloon gang from drink traffic today, testify, with one loud acclaim, that it is abominable—leading •county politics. WMDTWiffl ROUTE to personal, family, social and national degradation. J/i 1 he whole traffic is bad, absolutely bad, and arguments from We deny that Jesus Christ ever made any intoxicating wine i1 SfM*. Church or State, or even, w'ere it possible, from an Angel of Heaven, -'•sr 1*2^9- "Fresh or ever drank any. can never wash from its criminal head and hands the blood of Water Sea Voyages'' the innocent living and dead. 1 have 110 hesitation or reservation On the Great Let's help the saloon keepers and bar tenders into a respectable in saying" that Catholics who knowingly—and it is hard to be otherwise—have Lakes—Ideal Travel and Recreation Cruises __ business by voting them out of their present business. anything to do with the infernal traffic, directly or indirectly, —with all the material comfort" —luxurious are guilty of their country's as well as their church's appointments and pleasant enjoyments of ocean travel on the Largest Liners. blood because the traffic stands for the violation of every blessed It's a mistake to desecrate that poker room by making it With the added attractions of delightful excursion to Beautiful Falls.—Interesting Forts and Ship law of the decalogue. There is no room for even an excuse. You political headquarters for the saloon and brewery gang. Locks— Fishing Trips—Basket Picnics to Nature's Wildest Nooks—Finest Meals—and Comfortable Berths all included. might as well try to justify the moral conduct of Belzebub as to Duluth, Fort William, Port Arthur, Soo, Mackinac, whitewash the hide of the liquor trafficer. It makes no difference Georgian Bay to Detroit and return If the big city brewers and saloon gang are right, why don't who or how many Catholics may be engaged or interested in it, on this Modern Fleet of Lake Liners they come out in the open and take the platform in support of the more the worse for themselves, as murder will never become their contentions Covering all the best routes through the enchant- inr Personally Conducted waters of Lake Superior—Georgian Bay. the less sinful by time and number neither will drunkenness and the -o- Weekly Cruises Soo. Mackinac and the wonderful 10.000 Islands. means of drunkenness—the trade of making drunkards. From the light draft "Waubic" which wends her Cfttit# No. •--Duluth to Detroit and Let us help the bar tender's wife and family by making it impossible return via Port Arthur, Fort William way among the myraids of islets to the big steel and the Soo. 6 days, $43.40. Floating Hotel "Noronic"—all boats are admirably Then the question about supporting it even by vote, directly No. Cruls« 9-*Duluth to Georgian for the bread winner to disgrace his family by tending suited to the routes they serve. Bav anc return via Little Current. or indirectly, is clear to all intelligent men. Should one deliberately Killarney,CoIlingwood,Owen Sound, Choose Your Cruise Now bar and helping ruin other families. 10 days, $47.00. No. Crulso T-Duluth to Sauit Ste. murder a man 50 miles distant by means of electricity it is just as Let us assist you in planning your outing. Marie ant! return, and Maclcinac via We have booklets full of valuable information Port Arthur and Fort William. 5 great a crime as if he were a yards length away. The man who days, $24.00. regarding these different cruises. Ihe opposition would like to see a great city that is dry. Let Cruise No. X0--Duluth to Port Arthur Booklet on any Cruise sent FREE 118.00. and Fort William and return. 3 da/9, votes for drunkenness, adultery, robbery, fraud, insanity and miscellaneous us give them a chance to see how a city can and will become greater E. W. Hoi ton. Gen. Pass. Act. criminality, even though he does not put his hand directly by being dry. Vote dry August 2nd. NORTHERN NAVIGATION CO. to the gun, the glass, or the pocket, is none the less guilty of all the crimes committed by the villians he votes into power. Yes, the breweries are willing to pay the freight on the empty Sarnia Ontario No judge or jury could acquit him. He stands convicted by his own bottles, but they dump the empty men and women they have made signature. It is well to remember that, because there will be other on the county to be washed up and repaired at county expense for SUBSCRIBE FOR THE PRESS trials at other tribunals than those at International Falls. refilling and graft. P. J. KILLEEN. 1 he blind tiger is an outlaw to be dealt with as such. The saloon is protected by law. To protect that which is evil is to make GOVERNOR DEFENDS STATE AGAINST SLANDER. $1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE that evil worse. The saloon is worse than the blind tiger because the saloon is protected. Following is a copy of a resolution that was passed UNANIMOUSLY GOOD. JUDGE WAS PUZZLED AT FIRST by the legislature of Kansas and signed by the governor. Mr. Marry Bowman, a member of the State Board of Control it is a complete exposition of the slanderous saloon lies NO, JUDGE,THAT IS NOT THE WELL.WELL1THVT CERTAINLV BREAD LINE .THAT STORE PROVES THAT M05T MEN DON'T Kansas, says, "Insanity from alcohol in Kansas is verv rare. We concerning the effects of prohibition in Kansas: HAS JUST RECEIVED A STICK TO THE OLD KIND WHEN FRESH SUPPLY OF THE •are at a loss to know how the government got the report 70. The IS SOF\ETHIN* BETTER- THERE REAL TOBACCO CHtW. correct tigures are 24. Some people are good at juggling figures." WHEREAS, The liquor interests throughout the country, and those allied with them in their nefarious business, are publishing 1 he Seattle hleetric Company has posted in its car barns the abroad in the form of paid advertisements in the newspapers, certain following rule, made May 17, 1915: "We will certainlv not tolerate false and defamatory statements to the effect that prohibition the ue ot liquor by trainmen either on or off dutv. A train:n\':n in Kansas has caused increase in crime, death rate, homicide, suicides, needs every taeulty he possesses to be able to do his work divorces and juvenile delinquents, and •efficiently. Signed. I). Henderson. Supt. WHEREAS, The saloon trust is making use of juggled statistics, falsehoods manufactured by criminal interests, allied to the 1 he State ivil Service of Kansas has passed a law barring alcohol venders and derogatory statements made by a few unreliable an_\' person who uses intoxicating liquors from the service. The and 111 esponsible citizens of Kansas, all with the intention rule is: "Xo application will be considered except from persons of of creating prejudice in the minds of the legislators of other states J^ood moral character, of good habits and who are not addicted and thus influencing proposed anti-saloon legislation and to the use of intoxicating beverages." A'-"- RESOLV ED, By the senate, the house of representatives concurring I here is not a saloon keeper in this city who does not wish therein, that all of such charges are libelous and false, (CROWDS of men in every com­ he was established in some business that would enable him and do but represent the sentiments of men who, when this state munity using the Real Tobacco Chew munitv nsincf the to respect himself. It is up to us to help him get into such a business exiled the saloon, were compelled to leave Kansas for her good. by voting him out of his present business. —because it satisfies them better than RESOLVED, That the reverse of these statements is true: any of the old kind. that the state of Kansas is cleaner, better, more advanced in mental What's the matter with the city council that it cannot even appoint culture, and stronger in moral fibre and conviction that her When men who for years have tried election boards from a list of well known respectable citizens homes are happier and more comfortable, her children more educated brand after brand get started on the which is submitted by fair minded taxpayers, without conferring than ever before in her history that crime is less prevalent Real Tobacco Chew, you can bet that with the out of town brewery representatives and putting and poverty less general and that all this is due largely to the the city to the cost of an exra session? they're glad they've got it. fact that the saloon is such an outlaw that none of her school children have ever seen a saloon, and are unacquainted with the A little chew of pure, rich, mellow tobacco—-seasoned If a drunk is arrested in International Falls and has mone^ and sweetened just enough—cuts out so much of the appearance of a saloon keeper and be it further grinding and spitting. enough to pay his fine, that fine goes into the city treasury if he RESOLVED, That we, as representatives of the people of has no money, as is usually the case, he is sent to the county jail TMB REAL TOBACCO CHEW IS NOW CUT TWO WAYSt! Kansas, hereby declare our allegiance to the cause of temperance, P! and the homesteader and county taxpayer foots the bill. And yet W»p CUT IS LONG SHKID. RKHKUT IS SHOUT SHMD. sobriety and right living, as exemplified by the ultimate result of Mayor Keyes and Lew Wilson and the rest of the gang want you constitutional prohibition, and its enforcement in our midst, and Take leu It than one-quarter the old size chew. to vote in favor of this kind of additional taxation. will be more satisfying than a mouthful of ordinary that we are opposed to any return to the domination of intoxicating tobacco. Just take a nibble of it until you find tha 1 strength chew that suits you, than see how easily and liquors,and that proposition looking to a resubmission of the Complaints have come to this office that the saloon majority evenly the real tobacco taste comes, how it satisfies, prohibitary amendment, and that no law which has for its object how much less you have to spit, how few chews you of the city council persist in whispering so that the taxpayers can take to be tobacco satisfied. That's whv it ia the re-establishment of places for the sale of liquor anywhere in Th» not hear what is going on whenever anything comes up that they That's why it costs less in the end. Real Tobacco Chew. Kansas will be given serious considration, either by the legislature ine taste ot pure, rich tobacco does not need to be covered UD An have not had a chance to frame up" on before hand. If we understand excess of licorice and sweetening makes you spit too much. or by any of its committees. it rightly the council is a body of men elected to transact One small chew takes the place of two biff RESOLVED, That a copy of these resolutions be spread upon chews of the old kind. the public business of this city, and when they are in session the the Journals of the house and senate, and that the chief clerk of Notice how the salt brings public has a perfect right to hear anything that any of them say the house and sesecretary of the senate are directed to send certified out the rich tobacco taste. 9 £ind to say the least, it is very bad manners for them to speak in copies of this resolution to all states of the Union which now WEYMAN-BRUT0N COMPANY, 50 Union Square, New York City whispers. There is no wonder that the people are suspicious of have legislatures convened and in session for the enactment of laws. their intentions when they do these things. (BUY FROMPEALER ORSEND IO*STAMPSTOUS3 fe-'! ________ ,?yARTHUR CAPPER, Governor of Kansas. fcti. kJT! i" j='-F sA*"o tfi 1 DEFECTIVE PAGE