J'-b.^Y"' -mm W .V **& IJN i.ERNATIONAL FALLS PRESS COUNTY ELECTION At The Churches FINE $350 PIANO NEXT MONDAY AUG.2 'X FIRST METHODIST THE POOR MAN'S CLUB. EPISCOPAL CHURCH FREE 3, PEOPLE'S STORE 5th Street, Corner ot 10th Are. INSTRUCTIONS TO JUDGES C. H. Blake, Pastor The poor Man's club is a joyous place AND VOTERS—EVERYBODY "The Down-Town Church" If the poor man has the price GET OUT AND VOTE. There's a balmy smile on the barkeep's face, Services next Sunday are as And bottles of things on ice. Next Monday is the day set for follows: Sabbath school, 10 a. m., WHO WILL LEAD IN THIS GREAT PIANO CONTEST? The poor man's club is a place designed the county option election in this services, 11 a. m. and preaching (Nominations are Open to Individuals Only) To brighten our darkened lives, county. 8 p. m. And send us home when we're half way blind, The only question before the In humor to beat our wives. Now is the time to get busy as You will find a cordial welcome voters of this county is, Shall So hey, for the wicker demijohn, at all the services of the are the SALE of intoxicating liquors the names of new candidates And the freelunch brand of grub Down Town Church. be prohibited. coming daily, and if you start We'll wassail hold 'til the break of day, As far as can be judged at this first now you will be in the fieid Ranier service tonight at 7:45. We're friends of the poor man's club. time the county will go dry by a and have a decided advantage It's here we barter our bits of news majority of at least 400, provided BAPTIST CHURCH if, however, your name or the In our sweat-stained hand-me-downs all the voters get out and vote. The Gospel Church. ap*» name of your friends does not It's here we swallow the children's shoes, An expensive and strenuous W. O. R. Cross, Pastor. to campaign is being waged by the pear in this list, it is up to you And the housewife's hats and gowns. liquor interests, who have great with fill out a nomination blank It's here we mortgage the house and lot, Repent and be baptised in the financial and political gains at store. the name and send it to our The horse and the mooly cow name of Jesus Christ.—Acts 2:38. stake. someone Do not wait to see if The poor man's club is a cheerful place, The people's side of the fight Re~ else will do it. Every copy has the blank and vote coupon in it. So open a bottle now: Bible school, 10 a. m., Mr. Gish is being waged as faithfully as any member there are five other valuable prizes besides the piano, From brimming glasses we'll blow the foam Supt. possible for the overthrow of the already one of which will be worth striving to obtain. If your name 'Til the midnight hour arrives, «r saloon and brewery gang who yout appears on the list it shows you have friends who want When we'll gaily journey the long way home, Sermon, a. m., "What is a have controlled this county ever we are to win and are willing to help you. Come to our store, as Christian?" And merrily beat our wives. since its organization. glad to meet all contestants or their friends at any time, and there We earn our dimes like the horse or ox, The polls will be open in this Christian Endeavor, 7 p. m., results are many details in which we can help you to get the best We toil like the fabled steer, city from 6:00 a. m. to 9:00 p. m. Ray Palmer, leader. from your work in obtaining certificates. And then we journey a dozen blocks The following were appointed as judges in their respective And blow the dimes for beer. The Contestants. Sermon, 8 p. m., "Real Estate." wards: While the women work at the washing tub Miss Florence Morrison Mr. Bert Goldstein First ward—Ed Somers, Dave To add to our scanty hoard, Praver meeting every Wednesdayday Mrs. Eva Taylor Miss Morice Pendergast Hurlburt, Walter Zierath. Mrs, Emma Laghly Miss Myrtle Holler We happily meet at the poor man's club night at 8. All are welcome. Miss Alvina Rappata Mrs. George Holler Second ward—Fred Cook, Robert Where never a soul is bored. Mrs. T. George Miss Grace Ottow Doherty, J. H. Brown. Miss Mabel Mcintosh Miss Dagmar Bowman We recklessly squander our minted brawn, Mrs. Lawrence Hanson Miss Effie Oveson Third ward—Geo. P. Watson, Miss Josephine Hendrickson Miss Clara Dahl And the club house owner thrives, Frank Wagner, Ben Bacon. Mrs. Ted Johnson Mrs. Jennie Pricket And we'll homeward go at the break of dawn Miss Annamae Dannaher Miss Violet Brown The clerks, one of whom must Miss Ruth Giroux Miss May Getts And joyously beat our wives. Miss Mabel Olson Miss Pearl Stevens be "wet" and the other "dry," Miss L. A. Barrett Miss Minnie Hanson —Walt Mason. Corner Fifth Ave. and Second St. Mrs. Abe Olson Mr. Joseph Bachynski will be elected by the judges in E. L. Heermance, Pastor Mrs. Frank Carrier Mrs. F. A. Niles their respective wards. Mrs. W. E. Kibbey Mr. George Pappas Social Center for the Community. Mr. Marshall LaFave Mrs. Stanley Talbot According to the county option Mrs. Wm. Doherty Miss Jeanette Ogaard law, one challenger known to be Mrs. F. E. Patterson Mr. Robert Owen Cook Preaching services at 11 a. Miss Mildred Lorette Mrs. Joe Riley in favor of prohibition ond one a 8 and 8 p. m. Mrs. George Elliott Mrs F. W. VanNort against prohibition will be allowed Miss Flora King Mrs. P. C. Richardson Miss May Kenges Mrs. A. Golla in each polling place. Mrs. E. V. Waller Mrs. Norman Scholta Young people's meeting at 7 All voters are required to give $frs. Isaacson Miss Evelyn Graham Mrs. Fred Laidlaw Mrs. James Dawson AN APPEAL TO MOTHERS. their full name, house and street Miss Rena Dawson Mrs. Orville Gowdy Girl Scouts Tuesdays at 3:00 Mrs. Ross Slack number, or in case they live at Mrs. Fred Shaw The Boy Scouts will meet on Mrs. Jaeger Mr. A. A. Finley a hotel or rooming house they Miss Watts Mrs. Margaret Ek Never has this county faced an election that meant Saturday afternoon at 1130. Mrs. W. C. Hasselbarth should give their room number. so Mrs. B. Burnett much to the mothers, wives and sisters of the county In the villages and townships Mrs. L. Sher SOUTH BETHLEHEM. Nomination Coupon as the election of August 2nd. The better element who Mrs. Joe Lloyd the polls are open from 9:00 a. m. Miss Mary Macleary Town Hall, Holler's Addition are reaping no direct personal benefit from the liquor People'* Store, 230 3rd Streets to 9 :oo p. m., and there should be Miss Pansy Wallace Sunday school on Sunday at Miss Mabel Wallace traffic in this county are putting up a tremenduous fight at least one judge and clerk who I wish to nominate as candi* Miss Dorothy Tohms :3°- date in your Piano Contest against the saloon, the arch enemy of the home, but are known to be "wet," and one Miss Helen Sohlman Miss Lucille Houston judge and clerk known to be they cannot win this fight unless you help by persuading Miss Ruth Sabin THE UNITED LUTHERAN "dry,'' on each election board. Miss Josephine Mallory I understand this is merely a your sons, husbands and brothers to vote against the saloon CHURCH. Mrs. Christello nomination, not a vote, and dOM It is the duty of the judges of Miss Polly MsKeesock on that day. The winning of this fight means more O. M. Kleven, Pastor. not obligate me in any way. Miss Athelea Graham election to ask each voter: to you than to anybody else. No matter whether it Miss Ermina Pelland What is your name? Name Miss Louise Gilbertson rains or shines be sure and get your men folks out to Services in Norwegian on Sanday Mrs. Steve Hackel Where were you born? Mrs. Annamae Sturgul Date the election to vote against the saloon, which makes at 11 a. m. and 7145 p. m. (If foreign born) When and Mrs. Mike Negorski high taxes and unhappy homes. Mrs. Olof Torond Address where were you made a full citizen Mrs. Emil Benoit Sunday school at 9130. .Mrs. Godfra Benoit THE PEOPLE S STORE How long have you lived in S Y. this state The Ladies' Aid meets in the How long have you lived in church parlors July 28 at 3 p. m., this precinct? Mrs. Stormo serves refreshments. HAMMOND DIDNT JUMP THE RIGHT WAY L. RIFKIN, Proprietor. What is your house and street number, if you live in a hotel The Confirmation class meets It is stated that the Minnesota brewery combine is grooming what is your room number? Thursdays at 2130 p. m. 1 a candidate to be brought out in opposition to Governor Hammond During the entire counting of Rembrandt the ballots it is the privilege of On Saturday June 31 the Ladies' next year, and it is all because the governor did not follow the any citizen to be present, as long Aid will have a food sale at •dictation of the combine, as he should, and as he was expected to as he does not disturb the peace. Swenson's grocery building, corner Candidate Hammond was not any too strongly in favor of of 3rd st. and 5th ave. county option, but he told the people, during his campaign speeches Photographs NOTICE. a year ago, that if elected governor and that if a county option BIDS WANTED. All people who reside in Unorganized measure was adopted by the state legislature he would sign it Territory of Koochiching because he would accept it as the voice of the people, and his aim Sealed bids will be received by County, over two miles was to be the people's governor. the undersigned until 2 o'clock from school, and have children P. M., Friday, August 6th, 1915, The brewery interests of the state thought he was merely between the ages of eight and for clearing, grubbing and ditching talking' for political effect and threw their votes to him, in the sixteen years whom they wish on State Road No. 26, Tp. Latest ideas in llOpe that he wtould disregard the pledge given and would veto a to have boarded in order to attend 153 N. 25 and 26 W. Artistic Portraiture, Tinting, Enlarging, county option bill if such a measure were presented to him for school, will please make application For further information call the signature necessary to make it a law. for the board of said on or address the Engineer. Kodak Finishing, Guaranteed Work, hildren before August 28th. The right is reserved to reject When the bill came to Governor Hammond he did just as he Kindly attend to this matter at any and all bids. said he would. He signed it and it became a law of the state, and once. L. A. OGAARD, it was an awful blow to the liquor interests that formerly had such (Signed) Engineer. •a firm grip on political affairs. Annie E. Shelland, L. H. SLOCUM, The brewery outfit is thoroughly disgusted with Governor Mrs. Geneva Kuschner, Artist. County Auditor. 22-A 5 Clerk of Unorganized District. Hammond, is open and above board with it, and it proposes to put a mail i« his place who will dance a booze jig when the string is Studio over Press Office. ROUNDING UP THE BLIND PIGS. pulled- It is barely possible, you know, that the people of the state Sheriff Langum has demonstrated by his carefully planned Will have something to say when the time comes, and the fa.t and well executed raid of Saturday that blind pigs are not necessarily that about halt the state has become dry territory under the upon them the just resentment of the public. Blind pigs could not immune from official disturbance. First, the necessary evidence county option law would seem to indicate that when the people exist if the breweries did not stand back of them. Which leads was secured by the sheriff's agents. Then his deputies were take action it will be to further sink the brewery combine into one to speculate on what the makers of beer could have donct to sent out in a simultaneous raid against all the suspected places, the hole of oblivion.—Mesaba Ore. retard the dry movement, if they had been content with legitimate with instructions to make arrests and seisures at an agreed upon business.—Minneapolis Journal. time. Thus, none of those decended upon had a chance to telephone We shall one day all recognize capital, labor and business warnings to others in the illegal liquor trade. The anti-road house law has been upheld by the state supreme ability as a three legged stool, each necessary for the other The cases of those who refused to plead guilty are to be tried court, and thus another source of hell's revenue has been cut off neither first, second nor third in rank, all equal. All my earnings and it will then appear just how convincing is the evidence gathered. from the brewery combine. The average road house was just a were from manufacturing. If it were necessary for me to return However, the seizure of large hidden stores of bottled goods little worse than the blind pig, because it was granted a license to that calling I should not consider the problem of labor as at al is fairly indicative of the trade that has been carried on without to sell intoxicating liquors at places where there was no pohce difficult. On he contrary, I enjoyed* conferences with our men. We the formality of securing a license. It establishes a presumption protection, and Minnesota was reeking with tlie festering spots. ihave one rule: come what may, we would never think of running of guilt hard to overcome. —Mesaba Ore. our works with new men. Able, sober, well-behaved workmen Meanwhile, what about the breweries and brewers' agents such as ours were, are not to be picked up on the streets, and we that supply these blind pigs with beer? Isn't it perfectly obvious wished no others. We were very particular in regard to drinking that these breweries must know the illegal character of the trade first offense, men were excluded thirty days second offense, sixty they supply? It is this inveterate disposition of the breweries to SUBSCRIBE FOR THE PRESS 'days third offense, we parted company.—Andrew Carnegie. encourage and make possible the violation of the law that brings