•Is* W INTERNATIONAL FALLS PRESS NO EXCUSE FOR PIGGERS. and the danger from paralysis is past. The utmost care with children and the guarding against anything which may cause sickness is I I N E N A I O A A S E S S The following expression of the sentiment of Northome in especially important at such times as the present intensely hot AND BORDER BUDGET regard to the prosecution of blind piggers is from the pen of Editor weather. Young children are especially liable to infantile paralysis, Corson, of the 4.u„ Northome *1 record: though adults do occasionally get it. Official Paper of Koo^Mlng Gontjp, Minnesota. "District court has been in session at the county seat These cases of infantile paralysis should be isolated and all for some time and will continue wuuuuv for iv. weeks to come. "Blind pig other children kept away from the sufferer.' In fact a practical Sintered as Seeond Class Matter Jtme 2«. 1»0®, at tfce Po* j£ International Falls, Minn., Under Acj Congreae of March 3, 1879. oi cases are being tried before juries and a special venire is required quarantine should be established and anything which has been INTEJtNATIONAL PALLS PRESS PUBLISHING CO. in each case.. Some of the offenders indicted by the grand jury are used by the child should be disinfected, as weil as all discharges, Mttor aaA GEO. P. WATSON. being convicted and some acquitted. It's costing lots of money but ^very such case is also reportable to the health officer, and by it will be money well expended if there can be a general cleaning ^im State Board of Health. to up of the bad holes of International Falls and a few of the offenders It may be mentioned for the benefit of those who may at some SATISFACTORY TERM OF COURT. who defy the law. time in the future have the misfortune to have a child with this disease, that careful and skilled attention, under a physician, to "If the city officials up there had any back bone and wanted to It is with satisfactibn that we, as we are sure that all law observing paralytic, can be of much benefit many times, if taken early. enforce the laws it would not be necessary to place upon the citiens of this county, view the final acts of the June term of This should never be neglected, for the sake of the child's future county the great expense and trouble necessary to punish the lawbreakers. court. We do riot rejoice over the individual and collective punishment ability to get about and care for itself. There might be some excuse for an individual who of those who plead and were found guilty. We rather regret breaks a law occasionally, but there can be none for one who openly the moral obliquity of these men and the associations of their past HE HAS NO ENEMIES. defies the law and glorifies himself in so doing. The people of this lives, that they should thus become victims of the law of this state. county voted for county option and the abolition of the saloon, and On the other hand it is a source of satisfaction to us, and The man who has no enemies is the man who is no good to it is up to the village, city and county officers to see that the will must be to the majority of our readers, that this wilful lawbreaking himself or to his country. He agrees with everybody and everything. of the people is observed." is having meted out to it its just and proper dues. If you ask his opinion on a subject he finds out your view As we have contended, the issue in this county is not now the of it and then agrees with you. SALOONS NOT WANTED. merits or demerits of the liquor question. That has been settled -by He never does anything so it is impossible to find fault with popular vote upon the county option law. But the real issue has his action. The following from the pen of Editor Mayne Stanton, of the been, and will continue to be,whether we, as American citizens, He never says anything, consequently none have a chance to^\ Bemidji Sentinel, expresses the sentiment of Beltrami county's shall observe the law fully and to the letter. take exception to what he says. best citizens: It is not up to us, as citizens, to differentiate as between one He is a do-nothing and a. say-nothing. law or statute and another. We are not legislators. This, under our "The petition for the submission of county option to the voters His idea of life is just simply to breathe, eat and sleep until his constitution, we have delegated to our representatives in the state of Beltrami county is to be filed tomorrow. anatomical machinery wears out—and then die. legislature. If a law is wrong or unsatisfactory, observe it. Then "That the vote will be in the affirmative is generally expected The man who has enemies is the man who does things—who take the proper means to have it stricken from the statute books and there are many reasons to advance. First—The enforced closing makes things happen who brings things to pass a cog in the if need be. But while it is law, observe it. of the saloons in Bemidji by federal authority has served to convince wheel of progress. There can be no other position we can take and at the same at least 80 per cent of our population that it is better not to He has plans and strives to put them into execution. If he time conserve for our posterity the peace and security which we have the saloon, and that the community is better and more prosperous meets opposition and obstacles, so much the better—the greater in this nation have received from our forefathers. To observe certain without them. Second—The attitude of defiance pursued by the obstacles, the greater become his efforts and determination laws, and at the same time ignore and smash others all to the village of Kelliher has aroused public sentiment and created a to succeed.- pieces, is nothing less than anarchy. Such actions are destructive demand that the state and county authorities shall take a hand in He thinks things and has the nerve and manhood to express his of the whole fabric of civilization. the matter. Third—The opinion is general that if county option thoughts, not stopping to enquire whom it does or does not suit. So we regret that men should be so foolish and determined prevails we will be relieved from the odium of the "Indian lid" order. —Stirling Press. in their brazened defiance of our laws as to finally come within the Fourth—The anti-saloori sentiment is strong throughout the county clutches of those laws and suffer the penalty. But it is best for our as a matter of individual principle, without reference to local conditions. SUPT. J. O. FERRIS OF children and our children's children yet to come that the guilty be tions such schools as can well AMERICAN S. S. UNION convicted and receive just punishment, that the dignity of the law be be cared for by them, leaving the "The Sentinel is in favor of county option. The saloon should be Union missionary free to go on vindicated and upheld. banished from every part of the county. Berpidji will never vote Spending the Week Visiting the to other points where for various to reinstate them. Why then are they an advantage in Kelliher, Various Communities in This reasons the churches have not JUDGE W. C. McCLENAHAN Spooner or, Baudette?" County. Speaks of His Work. yet been able to reach." In Koochiching county Mr. With the conclusion of the trial of the dozen or so liquor cases THE MERCHANT SUBMARINE. Rev. John O. Ferris, Minneapolis Gregg has been doing most efficient which have dragged along the whole of June and a part of this district superintendent of work for the past four month, Judge McClenahan has almost concluded a very strenuous the American Sunday School Our German friends have sprung another surprise in the shape years. He now has about 25 term of court. Union, spent a few hours here of a socalled merchant submarine, which has crossed the ocean and schools under his immediate care In the trial of all these cases the judge has displayed such a last Monday enroute down river and some have become preaching arrived here safely from Germany with a cargo of.dyes and drugs. to Laurel and other points, and constant aud consistent attention to every detail and technicality stations and some have become It is quite an achievement, and yet if a submarine could not do it will spend two days with the local as reflects great credit upon him. In spite of the very trying weather affiliated with the various churr then what could? S. S. Union missionary, Rev. ches. conditions, when no doubt the court would have preferred to The matter has no other interest to us as Americans but as S. E. Gregg, in institute and picnic In coming to northern Minne-,^-* have been enjoying a well earned vacation, all officers of the court, a surprise and an original achievement. Don't forget that an work with a number of the sota, as Mr. Ferris does frequently, jurors, attorneys, and defendants at the bar, have received the utmost schools in that locality. American devised and patented the first submarine. Germany has he goes over the work courtesy at his hands. In speaking of the Sunday done in this, as it has done in many other things, commercialized with the local missionaries to The position of judge of a district court is no enviable one. And school work throughout the advise concerning better methods the original ideas of some other nations. only the innate qualities well fitting him for such a position could state Mr. Ferris spoke in the and more improved plans to Some fearful ones in this country are already seeing things. enable any member of the legal profession to occupy it with the most encouraging manner, both promote interest in the cause. Their nightmare unfolds the picture of an immense shoal of these success and general satisfaction to all as does Judge McClenahan. of the number of schools and of The American Sunday School submersiblesTaden with Germans armed to the teeth coming ashore their efficiency. Few people not So long as the constitution of this state makes this, as all other Union is now in its 100th year some morning and taking the country. To such we would say wake personally interested in some county and state offices are, electoral, we hope that we may be of operation, being the oldest particular school realizes the importance up, and don't eat so much cheese and don't drink so much beer for and strongest Sunday school or-V always fortunate enough to be able to vote for men of the calibre of the many little rural supper the next time. ganization in America, employing of Judge McClenahan. We know that the thought as to what the organizations effected and kept nearly 250 missionaries. Mr. effect of any decision he may make on the bench, or sentence he As far as affecting the present commerce which may pass the running by the organization represented Ferris has charge of three states, British blockade, all the submarines that are likely to be put into may pronounce, may have on his political prospects in the future, by Mr. Ferris and Mr. Minnesota, North Dakota, and this work can carry only a negligible amount of the commerce never occurs to him. Gregg. Mr. Ferris reports that Montana, in which he has thirtysix carryable by the regular large merchant vessels. So that the effect It would be well if the official acts of all officers elected by public his men, now numbering 20 in n}en and eight hundred Sunday upon the blockade of Germany is not going to be material. ballot to office were as little affected in determining what was Minnesota, have under their care schools. So that, all told, the event is interesting, as we admit, nothing their duty and in doing it, as in the case of our district judges. There about 500 rural schools where is no real reason why all should not be equally high-minded and more, either alarming to us or material in relation to the Allies' there are 15,000 pupils enrolled. Abstracts and titles to all property In the most remote places the blockade of Germany. The war goes on just the same. conscientious. We are sure, however, that the valuable services in Koochiching county furnished Union missionary may be found, on short notice by the Judge McClenahan has rendered, and will continue to render this as their slogan is, "To the otherwise THE EPIDEMIC OF INFANTILE PARALYSIS. Koochiching County Abstract county and judicial district, will assure him a permanent position unreached.- During the Co., official abstractors, International on the bench of this district as long as he should desire it. past year nearly 150 schools Falls, Minn.—Adv. tf With the intense heat which now prevails all over the country were opened. "Constantly," said Infantile Paralysis has become quite prevalent, especially in the OUR DEBT TO THE COUNTY JURORS. Mr. Ferris, "our organization is Ask for butter made at the east. So far but few cases have been reported in turning over to the denomina­ Northome creamery. Minnesota, but in former years it has visited us. Rather unexpectedly the June term of court has arrjourned. It is impossible to tell whether it will do so this due to the number of indicted individuals who' decided to plead THE year or not. It is well, therefore, to be on the guilty, thus doing away with the more prolonged jury trials. 00 PROPER alert for it. In- reviewing this memorable sesion of court one thing stands Nothing is known of the actual cause, and out clearly. That is the yeoman service done by the petit jurors many agents are suspected of carrying that INE from the country. At the summons of the court they left everything cause, whatever it is. Doctor Hill, formerly associated at home and on their farms at a time when they most needed to be WAY with the State Board of Health of this busy. During long, hot days that sat in court and jury room, giving state found that in towns where cases existed it the best that was in them to weighing each case. was prevented from spreading by sprinkling the V. Swlnnerton, TO THE Iheir task has been no easy one, in view of(the unsympathetic ar. x. streets, no cases developing afterwards in those W I N O IT I E S attitude of mind of certain classes of the people of this city. But parts of town. unflinchingly they have done their duty, and their record in establishing Various animals have been claimed to be carriers of the germ, for the first time in this county that it was possible to convict ALL STEEL (St. Paul and Minneapolis) whatever it is. But the whole matter of the cause and means of lawbreakers will make some of the brightest details of the conveyance to its yictims is yet undecided. ELECTRIC history of Koochiching county. AFTERNOON TRAIN The disease is evidently taken upon the membranes of the And theif judgment has not been astray in the verdicts they LIGHTED nose and throat, and the first symptoms are shown by a cold as Lv. Duluth' 1:45 have returned. The very action of the balance of the untried finally Lv. Superior P. M. MODERN 2:15 a running nose, and sometimes sore throat. Often slight fever and coming into court and pleading guilty, shows it. A very few terms Ar. St. Paul P. M. 6 :30 stomach symptoms are found. In fact a child may appear to be TRAINS of Court, with jurors of this type only, will fully establish the pro Ar. Minneapolis 7:1b P. M. WO OX Vila XX just sick, in the way they many times are when nothing more then per recognition of the law, and the dignity "and majesty of the nf r11f 1 1 j- A comes the EVENING TRAIN courts in this county, where hitherto they have been flouted and a dlsease the only clear distinction is first to mey nave oeen noutea and shown ln a few dayg by the development of paralysist This may DELIGHTFUL ignored. Lv. Duluth 11 :io P. M. affect arms and legs and sides. Not always on both sides, rather the ST. CROIX Lv. Superior 11140 P. M. 'hT"SideatS th! °r le? side- of the body. Oi arm 0r both o£ one and the RIVER villages and country districts, for the evidences of a sane and Ar. St. Paul 6:20 A. M. In a few days more these parts begin to waste, and if not cared COUNTRY healthy moral fiber which they possess. Ar. Minneapolis 7:00 A. M. for early the chances of recovery of the use of the parts is poor, —TICKET OFFICES— 1 .. ,.n Death also results in a certain number of cases, but the pitifulness C• several times each way. Then of the permanent paralysis of the child who lives and has this dis- a fold 11 Duluth: ^Superior: v- unfold it and you will find it in creases. Keep the increases, but- ability makes it a very serious disease. Superior Street ft 6th AT. W. Winter St. & Offden Av. CAM A 4»t-* A 1 tv!11 .1^ 1 t* send the original bill along with fifty cents to the editor who put Spalding Hotel Block Av. 823 Tower In any suspicious sickness now a physician should be called you onto the scheme. You will get the Press for a year if you do. SAFETY and COURTESY with your TICKETS and allowed. to watch the case carefully until complete recovery, y'j LV .«h L&'45rkt ii F&