NOTICE w- MINNESOTA STATE BOARD OF HEALTH PUBLIC SERVICE. three floral designs. They were THE INTERNATIONAL FALLS PRESS the state and city emblems and For Transportation Applications one from a friend. The recent visit of Dr. Burns, one of the epidemiologists of is Birchdale,. Minn. A N O E E .Brief funeral services will be the State Board of Health, reminds the people of,this part of the held from the home at 2 -.30 p. m. Publishers of the Official County Proceedings state of the existence of a very valuable public service in this state. Notice is hereby given that on today, and the body will be placed Itvis quite generally either not known, or entirely or before August 7th, 1916, the in a receiving vault at Crown forgotten by our people. Entered at the Post Office at International rails Minn as Second-class scatter County Board of Education, Hill cemetery here. In fact the whole matter of the laws and Koochiching County, Minnesota, Among the honorary and active COMPANY INTERNATIONAL FALLS PRESS PUBLISHING regulations and agents of the State Board of will receive applications for pallbearers will be: Vice GEO. F. WATSON, Editor and Manager transporting school children at Health are largely ignored or forgotten by most President Thomas R. Marshall, Birchdale, as follows: of the people. This is at once to be regretted, and John W. Ketn. and Thomas Taggart, East Route: recognized also as a very dangerous thing from United States senators for $7^.00 per month, payable in the, standpoint of public safety as regards health. Indiana former Vice President district orders. Route, until An automobile party passed through Lindford the other night Charles W. Fairbanks, Governor The sooner all the people learn and live up to the sleighing, to start at Hanson's, on their way from Iowa to Pelland, near the mouth of the Big Fork. Ralston, Henry Watterson of laws and regulations, which have the whole authority go to main road and west to Louisville, Harry S. New, Meredith of the state behind them, the better and school house. After sleighing, Nicholson and George Ade. The election of Henry Rines, of Mora, to the state treasurer's safer living will be. start at Hanson's, go south accross Prafctically all florists here office will be a valuable addition to the "dry" forces in the state Look for a moment at the work of this one agent, Dr, Burns. main road to Young's, then were sold out of flowers today, administration. An epidemiologist is a specially qualified doctor who follows the west to Slauson's, north to main filling local and telegraph orders road and west to school. trail of diseases of a contagious kind, either in epidemics or the for floral tributes to the poet. The health-giving smell of new-mown hay, a refreshing South Route: single or few cases which arise anywhere in the state. draught of "Duluth's best," and a delightful visit from the fairest, $65.00 per month, payable in The doctor was here to find out where a boy of the name of PRISON FOR TILTERS is the order of the day. district orders. Route starts at Gilbertson had contracted typhoid fever from. This boy was living LID ON THE RANGE Borg's, north to main road, west here in the city until about three weeks ago. When the family one mile, south to Johnson's returning The Morgan banking house is offering a new French loan of arrived in Virginia, Minn., he came down with this disease. He That the federal authorities north to main road and one hundred million dollars, the bonds to bear five per cent interest. intend to stamp out the illegal must, then, have gotten it from some source here. What was it? then west to school. How much do you want sale of liquor on the range within That is what Dr. Burns, one of the health detectives of the state West Route: the limits of the Indian territory, was here for. From long experience in that one thing he kno^vs Will not be started until -V. Thanks to the city council for hastening the time when the was indicated today when how to go about it. If it is possible to locate the origin of this sleighing. Federal Judge Page Morris sentenced wooden sidewalks in this city will be but a memory. They are case he will do it. All persons submitting applications three offenders to spend wisely planning for an additional mile and a half of cement walks Now there has been no active typhoid fever here for months. must be able to furnish a year and one day at Fort Leavenworth. to be put in this summer. surety bond to the amount of Where could the doctor find the trail? Well there are what are willed Two other offenders three hundred ($300.00) dollars. "carriers" of many of these diseases. People who have had them were sentenced to sixty days Great Britain will send into this country four hundred million This bond will be paid for by any number of years, few or many, ago. They are well now, but, at the Aitkin county jail and to school district. dollars in gold during the next six months in payment of her debts strange to say, some few of them still carry the germs with them pay a $100 fine. to American concerns. Three million dollars is expected daily, Vehicles, foot-warmers, coal and may give the disease now to someone else. This is quite an occasional Judge Morris has given formal and blankets will be furnished by mostly from Ottawa. This should make some difference with the cause of cases of typhoid where you can't see where they notice that all future offenders school district, but applicant money market. in such cases on the range will got it. must own good team and furnish be sent to the Fort Leavenworth Then this health detective also follows up scarlet fever, diphtheria, satisfactory references. A returned officer of the Canadian army in Flanders is authority prison. Those sentenced to Leavenworth infantile paralysis, and all the contagious diseases. This he D. B. Jewell, Clerk. for the statement that there are forty-three successive lines of were Mike Borovich, does all the year around. Is not this a valuable service International Falls, Minn., trenches of Germans directly in front of them, so that the capture George Rukovina and Nick Stupor. But to make the health laws of the state, together with such July, 22nd, 1916. of the third line trench is only a small but a good beginning on Tom Popovich and Mike special service as this doctor is doing, of value, everyone should J27-A3 Povavich were given jail sentences. the way to Berlin. seek to know these laws and live up to them. Not only all the people need to do this, but more especially FOR SALE.—Cheap if taken The three men sentenced to There is no better tribute to the rapid development of this all officers of villages, townships and cities need to do the same. at once, an 18 foot cedar row Fort Leavenworth will be taken county and the good roads in it than the fact that almost any These public officials have a very specific duty under these health so a 254 H. P. stationary engine, to prison tomorrow by Deputy time you can see a dozen autos standing in front of' the stores in boat with detachable engine, alall laws, especially in their townships. Do your officials fulfil these U. S. Marshal Scott Cash and our three business blocks, and evenings and Sundays there are as good as new. Can be seen several assistants who will be requirements? Look into this and before winter comes, when your machines from Ray, Ericsburg, Littlefork and Big Falls on our at the Motor Inn. selected this afternoon. children will be going to school and more or less exposed everywhere streets. to dengerous diseases, see that these officials are doing their FOR SALE—A Ford runabout, part in the machinery of public health of the state. If they are not WANTED The passage of the federal good roads bill, which authorizes in good condition, for and will not, stir them up till they will. the government to spend more than two million dollars on roads only $125. Can be seen at Holler's People in the country have never, perhaps, known these things, Young Man to in this state providing the state spends at least as much more Garage. Learn but now they know, it behooves them to see that not only roads ^and guarantees that it will keep in good condition all roads so built, Watchmaking and ditches are kept up, but that the health laws and regulations should be a tremenduous impetus to the good roads movements in Special Sunday dinner from W.F.A.W00DC00K lived 4up to by these town officials. 12:30 to 2 p. m. at the International our state, and every part of the state should greatly benefit thereby. MANKATO, MINN. There are great fields for further development of public health Club. 322 STATE ST. The State Highway commission should see to it that the money is tf. matters in this state. But what is the good of new rules and broader economically and honestly spent on connected highways and not plans if those we have now on the statute books are not lived GIRLS TRY FOR CHAMPIONSHIP. frittered away on obscure and unconnected local roads. up to? So that it is the duty of every citizen, first, to know the law The county commissioners did this county a good service when and live up to it second, to see that officials do their part. they authorized an appropriation of even the small sum of $250 MM toward the usual county exhibit at the state fair. There has never SENATE VOTES FOR time of national emergency to -been a season when such an exhibit was as necessary or fad as increase the enlisted strength of good chances of being as remunerative in attracting settlers to the the navy to 87,000 and the marine BI6J. S. NAVY tens of thousands of vacant acres in this county as at this season. corps to 17400 men. Hundreds thousands of dollars have been spent in the construction of Enlargement of navy yards, hundreds of miles of good roads and ditches. The natural and with equipment for construction of (Continued from page 1.) 1 of capital ships and extension of tame grasses, well the cereals, vegetables and fruits, were as as fighting ships, within three years government dry docks for accommodation ja this Then, nothing will do more to offset never better than year. too, k"'r at an estimated cost of $588,180,576, of, largest battleships. untruthful and unfounded reports that this county is the foolish, is contemplated in the senate our usual marvelous exhibit at the state fair "'on the bum," than program, the largest ever Re-organized Naval Militia thousands of people. which will be viewed by tens of proposed by congress. Of the total Re-organization of the naval appropriations in the bill, militia on a basis similar to the $110,726,160 is for the first years FOR BETTER NAVY re-organized .national guard. building expenditures. Organization of naval reserve As it passed the house the The unexpected and remarkable awakening of congress to force and marine corps reserve. measure made no provision for a Co-operation of the coast Ithei^ duty with regard to a better provision for the protection of continuing building program and guard service with the navy in this country, both with regard to army as well as naval equipment, authorized only 72 ships, including time of war. is be approved by every soundrminded American. Whatever to five battle cruisers and no Two new cutters for coast the of this present administration in so radically may be motives dreadnoughts. guards. after the months of wasted time last winter, the 'changing front Armor Plant Provided Twenty per cent bonus to contractors important thing is that they have at last woke up. Administration leaders regard for construction of war liie arrival of a German undersea merchant boat no doubt it as practically certain that in craft with contract time limits. the conferences between the two had a good deal to do with shaking these democratic Rip Van More Aviation Stations. houses at least four battle cruisers Winkles out of their sleep and stirring them to the needs of the Increase of aviation stations and two dreadnoughts to be nation. It only remains for the city of New York to wake up some and addition to facilities for the contracted for at once will be morning and find the sky darkened by the immense form of a German work of this service. agreed upon. High Honors in Breadmaking Their Goal. commercial Zeppelin, when the whole administration will be The bill passed the house on Miscellaneous appropriations June 2nd. thrown into hysterics. Whatever the effect, if the further and carried in the bill include: $11,000,000 Sixty Girls to Compete at Minnesota prize pigs are expected to be shown. ample protection of this, country results, it is well. for government armor State Pair, Sept. 4 to 9— Schools Interested. THOUSANDS FILE PAST plate plant $19,485,500 to provide A large number of agricultural high State Spelling Contest, Boys' HOOS1ER POETS BIER ammunition for ships to be DANISH WEST INDIES school, rural school, consolidated Corn and Pigclub Contest,. built in the next two years $3,300,000 school, and county school exhibits are Boys' and Girls' Camps, Canning Body of James Whitcomb Riley being received at the Fair Grounds. for batteries for merchant There is an unusual interest in this Contest, and Other Features The consumation of the long drawn out negotiations for the Lies in State in Indiana Capitol. auxiliaries ($1,650,000 to part of the Fair, according to George Arranged. 'purchase of the Danish West Indies by- the United States is of be available at once) $3,-500,000 F. Howard, superintendent These e» for aviation $1,500,000 for naval hibits will all be housed in the new more than passing interest. For some years this country has been School Exhibits Building. Specialists experimental and research laboratory So much interest has been aroused seeking to effect this purchase. These islands are in the Carribean Indianapolis, July 25.—Fifty in charge of will explain the work of In children's contest work in Minnesota $1,411,000 for a government gea and adjacent to the ,Panama canal. Also they will afford thousand men, women and children f: the schools represented. that a large, new School Exhibits projectile plant $1,270,000 The big roller coaster, which is over valuable relaying station for telegraph and. telephone lines, as well admirers of the works of Building has been erected to accpmnjodate for arming and equiping the half a mile long Ye Olde Mille, a the many new features for boys James Whitcomb Riley, the as a suitable base for coaling a,nd fitting out portions of the navy magic water course the big fireworks naval militia $10,335,915 for and girls at the Minnesota State Fair, Hoosier poet, passed before the which may have occasion to pass or be in that vicinity. spectacle in the evening, representing Sept. 4 to 9. It adjoins the Agricultural maintenance and enlargement casket in which his body, lay in the destruction of Pompeii the three Building. In view of the new naval program which'is going to greatly of public stations, navy yards big circus rings before the grandstand state in the capitol late yesterday. Prom 85 to 90 children are expected reinforce the strength of this protective arm of our country, these and docks $50, 226, 912 for pay the auto races the music of 17 bands to participate in the state spelling contest, islands will be of great value and importance. of the navy. and orchestras .and the many other in which two children from each The crowds had gathered long features of interest to-boys and girlsall county are eligible. A state bread Enlisted Strength Increased Their commercial value will be no mean consideration. As before the. doors of the state are expected 4o please very much. making contest mjich larger than the Other important features of -with all the islands of the West Indies and Carribean sea, their house opened at 3 p. m., and although one of 1915 is being arranged, as well Children Free Monday. the measure provide for:,, as a home canning contest.~ A Girls' natural productiveness in certain lines will be of no small importance about seventy-five persons Children under fourteen years are Camp will be a new feature. The Boys' Increasing the enlisted personnel to be admitted free Monday, Sept. a minute were admitted to 4 to us. In all, we consider the purchase, which, by the way, Camp has been alrrcst doi Ij"ed, to provide which is Labor Day. It is hoped that of the navy from 54,000 the building at first and more /fj|t is Uncle Sam's method of acquiring by peaceful methods rathen accommodations for the 175 ctorn, a qew attendance record can be established to 74°oo and of the marine corps!later, the waiting throng became potato, and pig club champions of a that day, breaking the former rM' than by resort to arms, to be a good one, and, an investment which from 9,000 to 14,590 I greater as evening approached. year ago to attend the Fair. There will record of v100,400 made several yeai* will make full and ample returns. be pic club show in which over 60 Authorizing the president in The casket was, covered with J!Mi