INTERNATIONAL PALLS PRESS On the farm when things go wrong, when the rain rains too Such is the destiny of every nation whose wealth and ease increases much or the drouth starves the roots of growing things, when the to the point that the sense of the need to fight, or of being THE IMTEINATIOMAL PALLS PRESS bugs threaten the crops or the cholera menaces the pork supply, ready to fight, for the national integrity has become atrophied. AMD KUDU BUDGET the grumbler adds nothing but a deeper indigo to pessimism, and America needs to awake from the luxuriant somnolence of r««rhirfc»t a heavy load for the discouraged. But the cheery chap who buckles OffioU Paper af (Mr, Miwinnta. creature comforts and success. It needs to hear the rumble of advancing down to do what can be done, and when that is done says "Oh, hosts reaching out for its destruction. It needs a virile well, we'll raise enough to live on anyway"—that man is worth his patriotism such as that of its forefathers, willing, if need be, to Hitter ed Second Class Matter June 33, 1109, at the Post Office at International Falls, Minn., Under Act of Concisaa of March «, 1879. weight in gold. fight—ready, if need be, to die in its country's cause. INTERNATIONAL PALLS PRESS PUBLISHING CO. So in the factory, in the office, in the home—the gloom-dispenser GEO. P. WATSON, Mltor am* Mauser. we have always with us, cumbering the earth and reeking DANGERS OF DISEASE IN SUMMER TRAVEL. with woe while the gloom-dispeller with his good cheer and comfort is a treasure and a joy forever.—Duluth Herald. The vacation period is approaching. With it there come more While International Falls is supposed to be "dry," the fact is than ordinary dangers to great numbers of Americans. she is very "wet." MOTHERS' DAY. School teachers, young people from boarding _e schools, summer campers, and "seeing America More socialists are being made in this city by non-enforcement This day is of strictly American origin as a nation wide event. first" sight seers, and numbers of those who have of laws than by any other method. Special privileges to a few for Oldest of all is Christmas day. Then have come from time to time time and leisure to get away from home for a the demoralization of the many is the disgusting condition of such, days as the Fourth of July, Lincoln's and Washington's birthdays, change and vacation, all are exposed to a greater things here. and others. These latter largely associated with the patriotism menace of disease than during the winter months. of the nation. That occasional traveling is often accompanied As a matter of courtesy to our distinguished visitors our city But Mothers' Day could only be the product of the latter days with danger can be established in our own authorities ought at least to suggest to the bootlegging bar tenders of our national civilization. With the rapid progress we have been community. A young business man of this city that they deal their unlawful concoctions semi-secretly from bottles making in the elevation of woman to her position as the equal of visited the iron range early in the winter on a concealed on their persons rather than blatantly and defiantly T. man she has emerged from the obscurity which was her wont in O. Swlnnerton, business errand. On his return he became sick. VL D. -serve them openly over their bars. the past and the things peculiar to her are becoming more highly q! His case developed into such a dangerous case appreciated. typhoid fever that for long weeks he lay between life and death/\ We welcome to our city Attorney General Smith and Public With all her achievements under modern and changed conditions He contracted the disease probably at some public eating place. Examiner Fritz, and trust their few day's visit amongst us will be the highest pinnacle of woman's glory is motherhood. No During the winter a mother from this city was in Minneapolis -enjoyed by them. Also that their careful examination into the longer as the hewer of wood and drawer of water, and the necessary and while shopping left her child at one of the children's play affairs of this county will prove that the best that could be done condition for the propagation of the race, all that is tender rooms of a department store. A few days after her return home lias been done in administrating the affairs of this county along the and refining in its influence, all that is noble, pure and worth while the child was taken down with one of the contagious diseases of lines of their special investigations. in human life, finds its expression in woman. These virtues raised childhood. to their highest degree are the halo of glory around the motherhood So instances might be cited without number from every community County Attorney Jevne has three times made application to of our nation. in the United States, where, as the result of travel and the county commissioners for contingency funds with which to pay As this high and noble station of motherhood has become the visiting other surroundings, some disease wes contracted. the expenses for getting evidence against bootleggers, and each prevailing conviction of our nation it is natural that this idealization This is not meant as a scare against summer traveling or time his application has beben refused. Why are not the various should be carried to a concrete expression in Mothers' Day. summer vacation trips. In the nature of the case we all want and members of the county board willing to grant these reasonable Our memory goes back over the times that have elapsed since need a summer change from the environment of our winter routine. requests especially in view of the fact that fines have been collected we were under Mother's immediate wing. How the years have lent But it is an alarm sounded for those who intend traveling, to for more than twice the cost of getting evidence in the cases? a glory and sacredness to all that she was to us. However far we exercise watchfulness for possible means of contagion. may have wandered from the old home where she reigned, and Is the water you drink on the train, or at your hotel or summer The Duluth, Missaba and Northern has recently issued a circular however hardened to the rough and tumble of life's bottle, we boarding house known to be free from contamination? to its employees which says: never think of her without a softening of our heart, a quickening of A few intelligent enquiries will soon satisfy you on this matter, "Booze and work wont mix. Sooner or later one must our conscience, and a strengthening of our better purposes in life. or a survey on your own account in case of wells or creeks from be sacrificed for the other. which the water is drawn, as to whether there is a source of contamination. What infinite sacrifice she suffered for us when as helpless We want only clear thinking men in our employ. children we hung about her skirts. What infinite tenderness and An outside toilet, or a recent case of disease near the, You cannot think quickly and act safely if you are a boozer. love she showed when we ran to her with our little troubles and water supply will make it suspicious. Has there been any epidemic) Booze poisons the brain. It stimulate for a short time tears. What infinite patience she displayed with our petulence and of disease in the neighborhood where you are staying which you only—then deadens the senses. or the children might contract? waywardness. What goodness emanated from her soul to ours When men's minds are dull, accidents are bound to occur. every moment we were sheltered under her wing. The too intimate association of children in play, where you It takes alertness—quick thinking and acting—to are not sure of the recent health of those children, is a danger to adoid danger. No wonder that in this highly Christian age, so much more If you must booze, then don't report for work. We yours. sensitive than ever to the teachings of the divine Master, we have don't want boozers on our premises. They are dangerous, In the matter of eating at hotels, such foods as are recently at last raised up motherhood to the eminence of a day of religious not only to themselves but to all others who come in contact cooked and served hot are less liable to carry typhoid germs than and public observance. All the good that most of us received into our wiht them. lives we received at the home altar where mother taught us to cold foods, which may have had to be handled by some waiter or Booze will never get you a job or help you keep one. Booze will not help you pay your debts nor increase pray, and filled our child minds with the high ideals of noble life and kitchen helper. For this helper may be a carrier of disease of this your earning power. character. The strong pilot of many of our lives has been the sublime type, and the handling of food the means of its transmission Side-track booze before booze side-tracks you. others. memory of Mother enshrined within our hears. To some of us Mother is now but a rich and sacred memory. All this may sound like taking the joy out of a vacation. But OUR SENIOR SENATOR. To others, a happy and delightful haven of retreat, for she still is it is better to have one corner of one's mind alert on these matters during the whole term of your trip or vacation and avoid disease with us. How her kiss and words inspire us. How her council and Minnesota has abundant cause for pride in at least one of her than to give no attention to it and contract a dangerous menace advice save us from day to day. senators. Shortly after the President had retired from the senate to vour life. None can afford to miss the benediction of Mothers' day. •chamber, concluding his momentous visit to inform the combined Milk may be of especial danger to your child or yourself. houses of his ultimatum to Germany, a Southern senator attempted Many people like the idea of drinking milk fresh from the cow iYa DOES THE GERMAN REPLY TO WILSON'S ULTIMATUM to slide quietly through a piece of million dollar "pork." Some the country, if staying at some rural resort. But if you are not\ bridge was the excuse. This Minnesota senator delayed his lunch AFFECT PREPAREDNESS? sure of the perfect freedom of this beverage from possible infection long enough to point out the irregularity of the bill as not having have it brought first just to a boil before drinking, and if you been brought up in the committee to which it should be first referred, Viewed from the broadest standpoint, no. No one has felt that want it cold then, have it put on ice till cold. and of which he was a member. Just a cold million of the that or any other specific nation could be selected as the most While it has been shown that there is little danger from ice people's money saved. threatening to our peace and safety as a nation. water since the germs are apparently largely thrown out of it in, During the half hearted discussion of preparedness for the Preparedness has refernece to no particular nation of the freezing, yet the indiscriminate putting of ice into summer drinks proper protection of this country, this same senator has taken a world. We want no fight with any nation, and therefore it is better is worth watching. definite and positive stand for ample protection. for our soul to have no nation selected as a possible or prospective Judge Hale, in granting citizen papers to some Scandinavians A little care and watchfulness may save you a serious aftermath foe. recently, cited this senator as an example of true citizenship and of your summer vacation. Yet all this does not minimize in the least our need for preparedness. patriotism. The judge stated that this senator had ever shown his For the reason that preparedness is something more patriotism, both in the Civil War and now at this critical juncture $ & $ & than the possession of ships, guns, munitions, and all the paraphenalia itor's office under the present of the nation's history. WHAT OTHER PAPERS auditor.—Cambridge Independent of war. This, to be frank, is the least part of preparedness. Senator Knute Nelson is no hyphenate. He is now and always ARE SAYING Press. We need these things of course. We need them in ample abundance. has been an influential, whole-hearted American patriot and statesman. Ss There is no effort to minimize that. But, to repeat, these State Auditor J. A. O. Preus Governor Burnquist is measuring things are the less important phase of preparedness. is bringing down the wrath of up to the expectations of his THE LORD OF THE LAND. The essence of proper preparedness is a strong national some of his political enemies because friends. He is keeping out of the spirit burning within the breast of every American. An every he has informed the timber limelight and allowing his work A Minnesota farmer who got mixed up with the police as a witness naturalized citizen of this country must, at the very least, be an companies that they must obey to take care of his campaign. Mr. had nearly seven thousand dollars on his person. This is stated American through and through. the state laws in regard to cutting Burnquist is a young man of iis a fact and not as something extraordinary and anomalous. If There has been brought out during the fearful months of this state timber. The unjust great promise, modest and unassuming, up--/ you want to know who have the money and are the real independent dragging destructive war in Europe as perhaps never before in criticism will have little effect and can be relied people of the state, direct your attntion to the farmers. This on "Jake'' Preus as he is a man this country, a marked lack in many quarters of a single minded, on to give Minnesota a fine administration who sees his duty as a public official following his now typical agriculturist, who was enjoying himself in St. Paul, is but intense American patriotism. So strong in fact have the sympathies clearly, makes up his mind unquestioned re-election to the a modest specimen, and had no idea of cutting a wide swath, but of many among us been with one or the other of the warring nations what is the proper thing to do, exalted office. Not one of these if his case were investigated, it probably would be developed that of Europe that it seemed as though this country were but a! and then goes ahead, regardless useless meddlers, yet he believes he has plenty of broad acres, all sorts of modern machinery, a swell temporary location for a number of residents of this country whose of consequences, and does what in and enforces the fundamental mtoor car, money in the bank where he owns stock, and that his real flame of patriotism burned alone at the altar of some old land he sets out to do. There will be ideas of modern reform.—Biwabik hired man drives his own red automobile. The time was when the across the seas. no dillydallying in the state aud­ Times. farmer, as a down-trodden delver of the soil, was the object of universal Such a spirit is fatal to real American patriotism. Such a political solicitude but that has changed. Now he is the spirit creates an attitude of mind which can stand placidly by while autocrat of acres, the baron of barns, and the grandee of granaries, Americans are destroyed contrary to international law the spirit and asks odds of nobody. A little reflection ought to stimulate the which can see the dignity and honor of this nation flaunted and insulted DURING WASH GOODS WEEK back-to-the-soil movement.—Pioneer Press. without the least feeling of resentment being aroused. This spirit creates that spiritual myopia which can see no possible danger THE "CHEERY CHAP." upon the horizon of the nation, now or at any future date, which Special 65c Challie, Per Yard 45c may threaten its integrity. This spirit luxuriates in the fat things A Canadian officer, writing from the war front ''somewhere of prosperity and affluence which this country affords it, but it has An opportune saving that should appeal to the an France," to a friend in Canada, says: economical shopper. not the stamina nor national loyalty to be prepared to shed its The value of any single soldier at the front depends, blood if need be for the defense of the nation. Flowered and dotted patterns much as it may surprise you, on his cheerfulness. Our share All this is wrong. It is worse—it is the dry rot which has been predominate. The is to be dirty, and wet, and cold, and to face danger all the the secret of the fall of every great nation of the past. The populace time and under these circumstances the grumbler hinders, quality is easily worth 65c. but the cheery chap helps. feasted and glutted itself-, it screamed •with delight at the gladiatorial What circumstances can anybody imagine under .which this contests of the arena in ancient Rome at the very time the JUST RECEIVED--AUTO HATS, $1.00 AND $1.50 •wouldn't be true? Huns and Vandals were pouring into the city to destroy it. That it is true in the trenches anybody will see. But it is also Affluence, ease and luxury, a full stomach and a tickled fancy, true on the farm, in the factory, in the counting house or in the had robbed the population of the Roman Empire of its virility and O N S home. The grumbler hinders, and the cheery chap helps. its sense of national patriotism. So it fell. wm