who think they have a system to beat the game have a second MINNESOTA GROCERS president's summons. guess co'ming, as well as a good jail sentence with, fine and costs LAUD ADVERTISING 140,000 men responded, Approximately THE IHTERNATIOHAL FALLS PRESS added. that and it is estimated As Big Asset to Their Business. since AND BORDER BUDGET volunteer organizations Most. Prosperous Firm* are 20,000 Of this BILLY NOONAN AND THE BOOZE QUESTION formed total men. OffieU Paper of Koochiching Gontr, Minnesota. Strongest Believers In It. 100,000 sent to number have been 40,000 are being the border and Billy Noonan, editor and publisher of the Border Region, of £}ntar«d as Second Class Matter June St, 1MM, at tfc« Post, Office at The subject of "Advertising" camps. sent to state mobilization liiliiniiMmwii Falls, Minn., Uater Act Ccntraw pf March 3, 1879. Baudette, is ordinarily a very fine fellow. But since the campaign came in for its share of the question states The reports from various INTERNATIONAL PALLS PRESS PUBLISHING CO. under the county option law has been under way something has box discussions during the contributed show that the north has GEO. P. WATSON, Bdttor ^nd M« happened to Billy. afternoon session of the Minnesota the the greater share of For some time back we have watched the issues of his paper, Retail Grbceis' association troops actually in service along his line of fire in opposition to county option and his increasingly yesterday at the Spalding hotel the border. Both the Bemidji papers are on the side of bptter government headquarters. vicious attacks upon our fair town of International Falls, in the and are vigorously urging their readers to Vote in favor of abolishing Contrary to the almost unanimous booze matter. Now there's something wrong with Billy, that's sure. the saloons in the county by means of the county option law District Court Civil Cases agreement on a one-price Our diagnosis is that he is not a liar, but badly hypnotized by 14th. on August system, the grocers and merchants the liquor element, so that he sees "men as trees walking." Nothing did not all come to a definite which In the spoiled egg case else can explain the statement in his last issue regarding International house conclusion regarding the a Duluth commission Baudette and Spooner will roll up a majority vote in favor of Falls that "for every drunk you see in Baudette you can see extent of advertising advisable. J. jury against S. Axdahl, the county option in spite of the fact that the saloon gang in those fifty in International Falls." Again, "this condition goes to show Axdahl Some declared that a man should returned a verdict against cities think they have all the voters under their thumb and will that county option along the border has little to, do with the, question $418.50. go the limit in advertising, while for compel them to do their bidding. of booze or no booze. It is a question of license or no license." others argued for more conservative The Iltis-Nelson case, whereby We will challenge Billy to "prove" the truth of either statement. expenditures. One merchant litis is endeavoring to recover A considerable amount of money has been "saved to this county There has never been, in all the years of our experience in International rent for the balance of the suggested that the extent rental term from Nelson, has at the present term of court by the fact that, for the first time in Falls, a time when there was as nearly a total absence of of advertising depended largely been taken under advisement by upon circumstances and local its history, there has not been three or four expensive trials due to signs of drink and its effects here as now. We are dry- in reality as conditions. Judge McClenahan. cases of assault and battery, and of "rolling" lumber jacks, in the well as in theory. The case of Fred Sirois against H. S. Mclntyre, a merchant in licensed saloons that formerly existed. His quotation also, in another column, of the court sentences the M. & I. Railway company a small town, testified that an of men who have broken the county option law sustains us and not of increase in the amount of advertising for alleged damages because him, in his contention. We mean to convict every illicit seller in this Over in Koochiching county they have been trying was an overflowed meadow, from 1 per cent to 3^ per city and county, and they are mighty few, and awfully scary too. liquor violation cases, and Geo. P. Watson, editor of the 33 attorneys cent brought a per cent increase heard by the court and the And in all we can show now better conditions than prevail in Baudette. Press of the border city, has been landing some body blows to* of trade. He found advertising have twenty days The whole thing is a matter of law enforcement, and we're to the blind-piggers and boot-leggers. Much credit is due submit briefs. profitable in his locality doing it. to Bro. Watson for creating and bolstering up sentiment to where it reached not only the We can show as orderly and sober a town as exists in Northern encourage the officials in doing their duty.—Grand Rapids people of the town but also the Minnesota. We can show the full stream of wages of working peo7 farmers from the rural districts. Independent. S N A S One grocer pointed out the pie now going through the channels of legitimate trade—no longer Thanks, Bro. LaFraniere, but the honors belong to the courageous value of a good window display and patriotic citizens from the villages and county settlements swallowed up by the greedy maw of a licensed saloon gang. We declaring that this was one of S N A S who fearlessly did their full duty as jurors, and to County can show a better moral atmosphere for the young people of the the best methods of attracting schools and our homes than Baudette with its licensed saloons. Attorney Jevne, for the masterly manner in which he prepared and the customers into the store. presenteu his cases, in the interest of the better government the Above all, we can see a bunch who always had the people by the Several delegates showed the excellent throat, though they existed by the will of the people, cleaned up. majority of the people of this county are determined to enjoy. results gained from newspaper SPOT CASH ONLY This same gang have got Baudette in a strangle hold, as shown by advertising in various localities. the attitude of Billy Noonan. EDUCATING OUR FOREIGN-BORN No, Billy, you're all wrong, particularly in two things if you'd One pint Mason Jars While some of the smaller get married to some good, brave American girl, and bye-and-bye per dozen 35c dealers were uncertain regarding In his address to Beltrami county school district officers Wednesday (The tops are worth could look into the sweet blue eyes, and upon the fairy flaxen head the extent one should advertise afternoon, Judge C. W. Stanton strongly urged the holding 25c per dozen) many of the larger grocers and of the dearest little daughter, you would be ashamed to talk such of night schools for the educating of our aliens and foreign-born merchants agreed that advertising White Crown Jar Caps, rot about this matter. citizens, and said, in part: should be carried to the extreme. Rubbers included, doz 10c Again you're all wrong Billy, because you think you have to "The point which I want to make and impress upon you is (Fit any Mason jar) kiss the foot of the life-destroying Moloch into whose fiery jaws this: That the public has a right to appeal to you as school district These cost 20c per you're helping to throw some of the best manhood of the country. officers and representative men and women of your locality, to 100,000 MILITIAMEN dozen wholesale by This is very bad business policy. You've nothirig to fear by hitting the gross. take the lead in this effort to raise the standard of the citizenship ON MEXICAN BORDER this booze business on the nose at every turn, but all to gain. The Soap, all kinds, by the of this country and, further, that it is your plain and manifest people love a fighter when he is in the right. They will stick by him box, at what it costs duty to encourage and assist in the carrying on of this great work. Northern and Western States though they don't agree with him all the time. at wholesale today. "We hear much of preparedness. How, let me ask you, could Send Majority of Troops. Few Now's your chance, Billy, to get right. It's not too late. But for Apples, 1 gallon, 28c more effective work along this line be promulgated than by bringing From "Solid South/' heaven's sake cut out the fairy tales about International Falls, and Corn, 1 gallon, 75c our millions of foreign-born citizens into closer touch with American the poppycock about the booze business. Blueberries, 1 gallon, .60c One month ago today Minneapolis institutions and affairs? It would do more to bring about 'undiluted' Red Raspberries, I gal., 60c national guardsmen assembled Americanism than any other plan that could be devised. CANCER IS CURABLE. Sauer Kraut, 3 cans for 25c at the armory in response It Would make every home in the land a shrine of patriotism and to President Wilson's every foreign-born resident a staunch defender of the stars and Every day one reads in the papers of some more or less prominent call to support the government's S. E. Thompson & Son stripes. Mexican policy. Militia of the person dying of cancer. These cases we hear of, and the thouspatent "We talk of American effort for humanity the world over. Why other states also answered the quack cures, etc., which are merely adverands not begin at home and help to develop the stalwart manhood and of unheard of cases, make this one of the womanhood of those who have sought freedom and homes under most prominent causes of death in America. the beneficent folds of the American flag?"—Bemidji Sentinel. Yet cancer is curable. This fact should be heralded far and wide, and with it should go all BOOTLEGGERS PAY COURT EXPENSE. the information as to the conditions under which it is curable. As the dust settles after the sharp but vigorous skirmish of Of course long standing cases which have the June term of court with the blindpiggers, certain facts of importance advanced far, and thoroughly taken hold of the to the taxpayers of this county stand out in bold relief. body, are incurable. So is many a disease at that e» v. Swinaerton, Not alone the few sympathizers with these lawbreakers, but stage, which in their earlier stages are curable. as. s. some of the more timid of our supposedly reputable citizens have No, there is no cure by the advertised piasters^ howled about the cost of these 'prosecutions, and their effect upon tised to make money out of the sufferings and misfortunes of people. taxation. The sooner the mass of people learn that the better. For the enlightenment of all, and to silence the booze sympathizers, We hear a good deal of nonsense against the use of the knife, we present a few facts bearing on this matter. and against surgery in general. This is a hobby with many, and First, the permanent officers of the court, such as the judge, especially with some grafter who has a dope to foist on unsuspecting sheriff, clerk 01 court, and grand and petit jurors, are a standing humanity. Now the knife is the only remedy for cancer, and expense to the county whether there are prosecutions or not. That then only when used early. Its skillful use where cancer is beginning expense for permanent machinery of law no one can kick on, as and has not spread from this one, focus to other tissues or long as courts are needed. organs in the neighborhood, is a sure cure. This is the fact which Second, what of the actual expense of the successful prosecution all should know and act upon who are in any way suspicious of of the cases in this term of court? Such additional expenses a cancer beginning in their body. The early use of the skilled surgeon's as the trials necessitated are witness fees and the fees of extra knife will eradicate it and cure it. jurors. These are the debit account. Where there is a mole or wart or other abnormal feature of the ont of fines Now notice carefully credit accounts arising the skin which shows signs of enlargement or irritation, a doctor the ten cases convicted. For and costs assessed in every one of should be consulted at once. Where in women who are nursing or clearness we fill give them in detail: have nursed infants, there appears a small, hard lump in the breast, Bancroft case, $100, costs, $57.04 fine, no time should be lost in consulting a good medical authority. Anseth' case, 100, costs, 42.54 fine, Where there has been a continuous history of stomach trouble LaPage case, 100, costs, 41.12 fine, getting more chronic, with a tendency to ulceration perhaps, the Grimoldby case, 100, costs, 31.49 fine, utmost skill should be sought to make sure that no cancerous LaLonde case, 100, costs, 58.24 fine, growth is starting in the stomach. The Dress and Waist you Saville case, 100, costs, 48.20 fine, Every mother should undergo proper examination at the hands 2nd Saville, case, 100, costs, 73.07 fine, of a competent medical authority to determine whether any disposition Beaton case, are Seeking is Here 100, costs, 54.37 fine, to cancer exists. The earlier any or all of these conditions are Mrs. Grimoldby, 50, fine, made out by your physician, and the quicker you see an expert 100. Elliott case, fine, surgeon and have the early beginnings removed, the better your the style—the fabric—the color chance of cure is. Totals fines, $950, costs, $406.05 The whole matter, then, is one of taking things in time. Many and pattern, value and price— This total of $,1356*05, together with the $1,200 previously paid cases exict, as above described, as some simple thing, and is passed all combined make this showing in fines and costs by convictions on pleas of guilty before the municipal over until it is too late. The simple things of this character can be and justice courts, which fines were paid into the county treasury, eradicated. Don't waste any time about getting skilled advise and of new models extraordinary at making a grand total of approximately $2,500, will more than help. Your life is at stake as sure as you are alive. $1.50 to $8.00 cover all the costs of the entire bunch of cases and leave something This information should be so widespread that by the attention to the credit of the county to use in handling others that may want it will arouse in early suspicious coijditions, the number of deaths to buck the authority of the laws of Minnesota. from cancer in the future can be very materially reduceid. Every It is to be hoped that the sympathizers with this bootlegging reader of this article should tell those who do not read it. Any one UR TON'S business will leasn a lesson from the example given in these cases, who has the idea of the curability if taken early of this terribly both from the jail sentences handed out and the freedom from all £V: fatal condition, when neglected, should be forever alert to tell'the burden to the county of trying every such law breaker. truth* and give new hope with' regard ,to this hitherto very v. For the law is going to be'enforced, and some few foxy ones hopeless condition, mk* r£Ifsc 1