WTMUfATIOMAL WAULS PRESS BEAUTY AND HEALTH. of beauty. The old sheds are lost in the soft lines of growing vines. The cold brown earth is green and gorgeous with color. From the THE INTERNATIONAL FALLS PRESS Not Health and Beauty. This is the subject matter of many hot store or office you come each day and look upon this cooling toilet articles to which we cannot subscribe. It is the title of much restful scene. You have felt better all spring and summer. And AND BORDER BUDGET good matter that is written on the care of physical now the crowning benefit of it all, in the beauty which adorns your Official Paper of Koochiching County, Minnesota. health to insure beauty among the fair sex. yard. Your mind is rested and spirits cheered by the sight. The joy This, however, is not the propaganda of the present of the children as they delight, as all children do, in all beautiful Enterod as Second Class Matter June 23. 1909, at the P°st offlce at International Falls, Minn., Under Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. article. things, does you good. You were never better. The children were Beauty and Health. With the advent of INTERNATIONAL PALLS PRESS PUBLISHING CO. never better. You have found the real elixir of life. GEO. P. WATSON, Editor and Manager. spring every community in America begins the Get a flower garden—for your own and your children's health. annual clean-up. Incidentally, it should be more than that—it should be continuous. At any rate, GOVERNOR BURNQUIST TO SUCCEED HIMSELF. every householder and citizen is now actively engaged The action of the city council in appropriating thirty dollars in clearing rubbish, garbage, etc., from By an event entirely unanticipated, former Lieutenant Governor per month toward the salary of the leader of the city band has o. 7. Swinnerton, his lot, making it at least neat and clean in appearance. Burnquist became governor of Minnesota. Now that the elections met with general approbation. It is money well spent. The band X. D. are again approaching he is a candidate, seeking his endorsement has always been generous with its music at its weekly open-air This clean-up, however, is but a negative act. You have cleaned by the people for the office he now holds by succession. concerts, and on public occasions it has not only been the pride of the lot, but what next? Is there nothing further you can do? As a man of irreproachable character, proven efficiency, but the city but has received unstinted praise from the visitors. As you survey the backyard there are unsightly sheds, bare and of limited financial resources, the conduct of his campaign will depend uninviting areas of cold, unattractive soil. Is that all? Have you largely upon the voluntary efforts of his friends. Already The movement on the part of the council to require cement throughout the state voluntary Burnquist organizations are springing gone as far as you can? sidewalks to be built is a good one. While it may be quite a financial You clean up under the impression that you are going to minimize up to keep before the people the claims of Governor Burnquist strain to some property owners to make this improvement at at least the dangers of disease. That is well. But it is more for the office. this time, yet the board walks are in such a dangerous condition especially an esthetic act. Order is better than disorder. Clean It is almost a precedent in this, as in other "states and even that they need to be almost entirely replaced and the cost of replacing the national government, that one succeeding to office on the death dirt better than rotting substances and rubbish. But these are only them would be almost as great as that of laying the much the cold, unattractive outlines of bare cleanliness. of an elected occupant should as a matter of good form be electeiH better cement walks. Then we presume the cement walks would What to do now is easily suggested. Plant flowers and decorate once, at least, to that office by the voice of the people. This, of le laid by the city at smallest cost and payments therefor spread the blank spaces of the yard with potential beauty. course, subject to any serious objection that may have arisen in over three or, if necessary, five years, which would make the proposition Every child in the public school is given a chance to get seed the interim of his temporary tenure of office. so easy that all affected co,uld take care of it. in penny packages. If you have no personal interest, take an interest There has not arisen any ground for the refusal of the people for the sake of your child. See that your boy or girl gets a few to endorse Governor Burnquist's return to this office. On the other Editor Frank A. Day, former secretary to Governor Johnson, pennies to buy enough penny packages of seed to beautify your hand, both in personal as well as public character, the people could pays the following deserved tribute to "Jim" Arneson, who has whole yard. find no better candidate at this time. From the standpoint of devotion been asked to manage the campaign of Governor Burnquist for reelection The health feature begins with the first act of preparing the to the welfare of the people of the state and the execution of soil. You get out of doors and help the children rake and hoe and his functions as governor for the protection and furtherance of all "Mr. Arneson is a past master in the game of politics, dig the garden. New and larger supplies of oxygen get into your the interests of the people, none could be better commended to the and what is more, he stands for the right things, keeps his word and plays the game on the square. No man in the state people. blood. You feel better already. Then you stoop and twist around, has a wider acquaintance and few are more popular personally. often getting down on your knees helping them to plant the seeds. The mere possession of abundant funds to campaign the state Governor Burnquist is fortunate in securing Mr. Arneson's This is all better far than the set rules for physical culture tediously and an intimate experience in political methods on the part of any services in connection with the campaign work." candidate are not nceessarily high commendations for the choice carried out in some stuffy room. Then the joy and invigoration of rising every morning with as of the people. Governor Burnquist boasts of neither. It does not detract OUR CITY'S PROGRESS. much curiousity as the children to see the seed come up. You can from the value of his case. never get too old for that. With every morning you do it, through The governor of this state must be a man of clean and unimpeachable record. The possession of "clean hands and a pure In less than two months International Falls has undergone a the spring and summer, you are benefiting your health and that remarkable change. Not alone has the whole gang of gamblers, heart' are the things of most vital import to Minnesotans in their of your children. booze peddlers and undesirables had the jolt of their lives not only Soon the rusty old brown look of the yard is replaced by the selection of an occupant for this highest office in the gift of the people. have c-bout fifteen illicit sellers of intoxicants been arrested and fresh beauty of the young green growing plants. You are watching fined, contributing about eleven hundred dollars to the county more interestedly than ever for the appearance of the buds. All We believe that Governor Burnquist possesses these attributes. We believe that he is competent to care for the welfare of the people treasury, and about a dozen remanded to the grand jury not only, along you and the children have been vigilantly watching for weeds have the city and county jails been depleted of their usual and former and exterminating them. You have loosened up the soil about the of this state. We believe that his tenure of office will add to the quota of drunks and criminals. These results are tangible and growing plants to give them air. They need it too. While all along lustre and dignity of the roll of good men who have preceded him. very patent. They are good and may they continue. But greater you have been getting more than in any spring and summer before. So let the voluntary movement for Governor Burnquist go forward still has been te quickening of the civic moral consciousness. The At last one by ont the flowers come out. Sweet with fragrance, and spread throughout the state. May it bring his continuance hypnotic influence which the "gang" of this city seemed to hold variegated in color as the rainbow. Your yard is now a profusion as the worthy occupant of the governorship of Minnesota. over our citizens in both public and private life is broken. Officials ire becoming more sensitive than ever before to the call of their official duty. The body of private voters and citizens are stronger than ever for a clean and honest administration and civic life. There is prevalent a stronger spirit than ever before for the observance of law, and the thorough cleansing of our city of the remaining vestiges of lawlessness and moral and civic corruption. The augury for the future is good. The stream of civic life can rise no higher than its source. An intense desire and stern determination on the part "of our citizens to have a clean, law-abiding city, accompanied by a willingness to utilize the law already on the statute books to bring about this condition, can have but one ultimate outcome, viz: -a clean and healthy public life. While we feel elated at the progress that has been made along the lines of the enforcment of law and order in our city, we are A Week Devoted to -not blind to the need for continued activity along these lines. It :is to be hoped that those in responsible authority will not grow lax in their enforcement of law. We are not living in the fastnesses of Mexico where the law breaker and bandit are hard to catch. Special Displays of Wash Goods With the right intention and proper determination our officers of the law should be able to clean out the still remaining and quite bold blind-piggers on our business streets in about thirty minutes. Every Wanted Kind It can be done. We look for it to be done. I. F. W. C. CONVENTION. Time for summer sewing—time to select the materials During this week we will feature Wash Goods of all that will be used in hte garments that the women of kinds—materials for dresses, for waists, for skirts, for this vicinity will create soon. That you might have before boys' blouses, for children's dresses and many other garments By presence in our city during the early days of the week the that women's nimble fingers, with the aid of you a large and varied showing of wash fabrics of Federation of Women's Clubs of Northern Minnesota in the needle and thread, can fashion from beautiful and practical at this important time, we have selected the week of materials. The average woman secures much convention we are reminded of the great work among and by May 6 to May 13 for special displays of Wash Goods pleasure from her needle work but how much greater which is going on all over this United States. Women in our store. You are cordially invited to come and see is her delight when the materials she works with are Their interests cover not only matters of importance to the the interesting displays. of the splendid qualities that she can obtain here. local clubs in their local communities, which in itself is of no mean order, but many matters of vital import to the womanhood of this Sheer Materials for Dainty Dresses republic, and ultimately, the women of the entire world. It goes wihtout saying that these organizations are united Crepes, Voiles, Swiss, Lawns, Organdies, Batistes, India Linen, for woman suffrage. This, even among men, is no longer a matter Beach Cloth, Oxfords, Dimities, and Embroidered Novelties. for argument. It remains but to make effective this immense vote by acts of legislature in the various states. This display will delight you. Pretty white materials in stripes, checks, and plain weaves, the new flowered patterns, The eternal vigilance of the mother over her offspring finds the very narrow and wide stripes, all vie with each other in making their appeal. The woman looking for something distinctive concrete expression in the efforts of these organizations for legislation will find it among these pretty fabrics. The materials we selected are particularly adaptable to the new styles. looking to the protection of children, as laborers. Tub Silks in Pleasing Variety Ginghams and Percales From the literature displayed at the convention we can see the hand of peace propagandists, seeking to utilize the tenderness and sympathy of women as a force in favor of peace. If this is for They are surely popular this spring and summer. Standard materials that you know well. New assortments a peace which is secure by efficient and ample national preparedness We've provided liberal assortments in a number of have come in for spring and will be shown during so that our hearths and homes and children will be free from qualities and in the best stripes and colorings. For this event. Ginghams and percales are shown in ladies and misses dresses and waists, children's dresses the assault of foreign foes, well. If it is a peace which considers the and the striped ones for the men's shirts, these tub staple and new patterns. Sturdy fabrics for boys' safeguarding of humanity and the preservation of the principles silks are used very freely. The ones we are showing for which the women sent their sons, husbands and brothers to waists, wash suits and girls' school dresses, all will be are fast color and will live up to their name—they'll fight in the early days of our country's history, well. But if it is stand washing. found in this asortment. peace of spineless, maudlin non-resistance, which is being extensively a and cunningly foisted upon the unwary by partisans within our nation, we believe that the shrewdness of a large part of these women will see through, it. Burtons Department Store This convention is the opening one in our city for this summer. With the natural scenery and wild environs of our location, this should become a regular convention city. It is to be hoped that other representative branches of great organizations will seek to bring more of these gatherings here, for their good and for ours. Ait- "t-h 4-i!"itf •/.AL "V if A