.-tsvj- -r r-r -"$r1- *T T*". **&%> ywwn- -'^t I v... INTERNATIONAL FALLS PRESS LETTER FROM I E S A N S Had bombs and blank cartridges, S JOHNNIE GIBSON and it sounded just like the real p°sitiveiy n- We DISTRICT -NEWS give more valuable 1 a. 1 irt lustrated information relative to Hides 1 thing tor aDOUt nail an hour. and Furs than any other house in the INTERNATIONAL FALLS Well Known Here, Now With During the day the staff de- c"h Pri?®" f?r (Continued from page five.) 1 I E S S E I S E a a E S S Overseas rorces at Concentra- partment had laid two mines and we prompt returns for each shipment, by drowning. They left Sunday tion Camp at Valcartier. bomb after some firing and evening to attend the funeral. throwing these mines were set lustrated Trap-Book, Catalogue, Etc.,— co. The following extracts from a off. The explosion was teri^c NORTHWESTERN & FUR HIDE letter which has been received and a huge crater was the result Mrs. Anna Grubbs came out EstaWi»h®d 1990. Minneapolis, Minn, by one of his local friends from into which the -enemy rushed, Tuesday and took Freda home enemy Johnny Gibson, formerly em SALE OF SCHOOL AND leaving their trenches. Then our with her until she recovers from ployed in the office of Purchas- officers and the staff started puting the measles. OTHER STATE LAND Agent H. D. Bean at the ting up daylight rockets which Power company offices, will be illuminated the sky all around, Mr. Shoop is surely meeting State Auditor's Office. of interest to his many friends After quite a hard fight we "THE PAPER WITH THE PUNCH with a heavy loss this fall. He St. Paul. Minnesota, in this city. managed to bomb the enemy out has lost over 80 hogs and there No. 1989^ of the craters and those' who Sept. 25th, 1916. are more sick. "C" Company were not casualties were captured. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN. That jon Nov. 13th, 1916, at 10 o'clock A. M. 148th Battalion SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 PER YEAR (The staff officers called cas- in the office of the County Auditor at Among the people who went Valcartier Camp ualties on both sides.) International Falls, Koochiching County, to the' county fair at Northome in the State of Minnesota, I will offer Sept. 15, 1916. Altogether we had quite an in- for sale certain unsold state landB, and Wednesday were Mrs. O. L. Larson also those state lands which have re' I am with the Crack Battalion teresting time. Besides bombs Book, Job, Commercial and daughter, Mrs. Marsden verted to the state by reason of the nonpayment (148th) of Eastern Canada and we had French mortars and catato of interest. and Bessie, Miss Croasdale, Mr. Terms ot Sal*. leave for pults for shooting bombs just as Printing Our Specialties Magladry, and a number of the.we expecting are Fifteen per cent of the purchase price England early this incoming they have in France. school children. is payable to the County Treasurer at the time of sale. The unpaid balance week, some say Monday and The daylight rocket is quite a is payable at any time in whole or in others Wednesday it is almost wonderful thing. It shoots up part on or before forty years from the date of sale at an interest rate of four certain, however, that we leave into the air and remains susduring per cent per annum, due on June first of RAY the week. pended for quite five minutes by each year provided that the interest Wedding Invitations, Announcements "V* can be paid at any time within the interest We have been going through of parachute attach- means year without penalty, in effect, Calling Cards, Catalogues, Booklets, Sale Richter is on the Mrs. John this means that the interest money may quite a lot of hard training since ment- The star rockets burst in be paid any time between Jjine first and Bills, Window Cards, Shipping Tags, Note sick list. I came back to Valcartier. What a|r anc^ send forth a number May thirty-first without penalty. Heads, Letter Heads, Bill Heads, Statements, Appraised value of timber. When so with special physical training, bright star shaped lights that stated, must be paid for in full at the Mrs. Julie Chute sold a stack bayonet fighting, night marching up the ground all around Envelopes, Dodgers, Programs, etc. time of sale. of hay for $80. All mineral rights are reserved to the and sham fighting in the trenches, so that one can see everything State by the laws of the State. About a mile from camp there is quite clearly between the trencha' 1 All lands are sold subject to any and Mr. Stahl just decorated his all ditch taxes thereon. system of trenches designed as es* has become Lands on which the interest house with siding last week. be at delinquent may redeemed nearly as possible to those in I We arrived back at camp after or before any time up to the hour of sale, which the British and Canadian everything was finished, about resale, to the actual purchaser. Mrs Robert Chute is visiting Such lands are listed under the oaption: soldiers are fighting in France a- an(l I can tell yeu we 1 "Delinquent Lands. with a cousin at Nary, Minn. today, and I tell you it is more a pretty tired party, but were No person can purchase more than S20 THE PRESS acres of land as provided by the General like a rabbit warren than any- quite happy even though we Laws 1905 provided, however, that State Mr. Charles Campbell moved Is thing I ever saw. There are sup- worried quito a load ot sand back lands purchased previous to 1905 not charged against such purchaser. his family to Ericsburg Monday. ervision trenches, travel trenches*w^b us (down our backs). Agents acting for purchasers must furnish affidavit of authority. communicating trenches, and know you have read in the Appraisers reports showing quality Sunday school October 1 at 11 what they call feather trenches: papers about the work of the and STATIONERY kind of soil are on file to^hia'offlci 1 Lists giving giving legal legal descriptions descriptions of no a. m. Come and bring your children. the last named are used in case bombers at the front, and lands to be offered may be obtained of the State Auditor or the Immigration of bomb attacks whereby, should have wondered what the doubt Commissioner at St. Paul, and of the a time bomb land in a firing bay bombs are like. STORE County Auditor at above address. j. A. o. niui. whole section can go into it The bomb which is most genwhere Mrs. Asphlin and Mrs. Sund.in State Auditor. they will be safe from the erally used at the front today is attended church here Sunday evening. shrapnel when the bomb bursts, what they call the" Mills No. 5 HEARING ON MNAI C1TAT10N POB I am going to try and give you ^and bomh. This is the safest ACCOUNT AND FOB DISTRIBUTION. bomb and it is also used as a Mr. Epperson left Sunday an outline of one of our sham fights which we had a few nights r:*'f ^omb- It explodes in iO't morning for Duluth, returning BARTER'S Estate of Christian J. Gammelgaard. ago at the Wilson trenches. ,°"e seconds af- Tuesday morning. and half to five STATE OF MINNESOTA, CONVENIENCES fTo commence I must explain teI* *-he thrower hand, j- ss. County of Koochiching that there was a call sometime J4 shaped object the ,s an Glue John Skoglund of Ericsburg IN PROBATE COURT. ago for volunteer bombers to slde,s. are serrated the of wh, ch was in town last week looking Paste In the matter of the estate of Christian make up a Battalion Bombing finking pin made of steel held after business affairs. IS J. Gammelgaard, Decedent? Mucilage Section, the first that has ever P^ace by a safety pin, and the ln THE STATE OF MINNESOTA TO Writing Fluids all persons interested in the final account left {or will leave, I should say, Perfectly safe sp long- bomb is and distribution of the estate of Mr. Conrad Rueter, who has Fountain Pen Inks as' we haven't gone yet)'Canad--as thrower keeps his hand the said decedent: THe representative of been in Morth Dakota, just re- the above named decedent, having filed ian shores over the handle, even after lie in this Court his final account of the turned home the 20th. After being out in the bomb- ta!en the safety pin out and dministration of the estate of said decedent, together with his petition ing area all day our officer told !s rea?y throw the bomb, but praying for the adjustment and allowrni^e Amos Baronne has the con: us that we had been asked to immediately he releases the hango of said final account and for distribution of the residue of said estate tract for cutting 25 cords of that same night and give a die the striker falls on the cap, to the persons thereunto entitled wood for the Ray school. THEREFORE, YOU, AND EACH OF demonstration of trench fightingTh,ch thl which sets fuse S°mg YOU. are hereby cited and required to for General Wilson, the G. O. C. detonator and in turn sets off the nhow cause, if any you have, before Mrs. McDevitt of Duluth is this Court at the Probate Court Rooms Valcartier Camp, and his staff fxplodes the ammonial which in the Court House., in the City of Liternational visiting at the hqijie of her parents, bursts the bomb. The bomb -Falls in the County of Koochiching and some visitors. State of Minnesota, oh the Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Duffy. radius We left camp about 7:30 p. m. dangerous within a 21st day of Oct., 1916i at 10 o'clock A. and after a forced march we ar- thirty yards. why said petition should not be some granted. Our pastor will preach at Holler's rived at the" trenches, but be- h,°Pe my attempt at illustrat- 1 Witness, the Judge of said Court, and Addition Oct. 1 in the morning fore going in we rested for a lrl^ this- bomb is clear enough to the Seal of said Court, this 25th day of Sept., 1916. and in the evening at Ericsburg. matter of five minutes or so. We £jve y°u some idea of what it is JOHN 'BERG}, (Court Seal) SPECIALTIES like. Judge of Probate. were then numbered off into S28 012 separate bombing sections comprising Doilies FIRE PREVENTION Mr. Wm. Lochrin, who has an N. C. O. and five or a mistake. There isn't a newspaper DAY OCTOBER 9th been spending the summed in six men to each fighting bay of Table Sets that couldn't spring a sensation sEctwieon Wisconsin, has just returned to which there were probably 8 or in the community at any Tally Cards Ray and will operate a logging 10. (Continued from Page 1) time by telling what it knows. camp this winter. Our officer then took us to the ,. Place Cards There is not a newspaper but magazine or ammunition depot ?re 5.°°° llvef and 15 keeps under the lock of secrecy Table Covers where we received i7 puff balls $50oloss a rmnute although twoeach, scores of derogatory things (made with. gunpowder,' a t^,,rds£of fire! »re/"vent- STEEL TRAINS the Crepe Papers which meet the public eye or little sand, with a canvas cover ab,e' fir,e, Invention day this reach the public ear. Deciding Sheet Tissue Papers held with string-harmless) and -vear be„a b!gT,. suc"ss wlU what not to print is the most a few ammonial bombs, ^ery ^wn said Fire Marshal which troublesome part of newspaper were dangerous if .one happened Hargad'."\ Every person the work. How many good stories to explode near by. The ammon-\state wl". J,om the movement ln are suppressed for the innocent ial is a high explosive which is s«*ness and fire are because relatives and for public good nobody used at the front for exploding "eare,st 'hem-ltable to strike to outside of a newspaper office The Minneapolis Dollar-Hotel bo'mbs and shells. It explodes by! an^ has any idea of. In some instances 200 MODERN ROOMS shock. They certainly make some Records in the fire marshal's 1 Lo—frd In Heert el Bwhm PMrtel he who flies into a passion noise. office show gradual reduction in $ 1 2 N I A I because a newspaper prints BU no plan rati res two mi sons |i,io com-jthe fire We then went to the losses in Minnesota, and MMVATC BATM AMD TOILET UTM something about him which he municating trench down which P"t of the credit for the show- COMPLETE SAFETY considers uncomplimentar has We are exclusive agents for the AVTOMATIO SPRINKLERS" we proceeded qmetly to the mg is given to the general ?Very reason to feel profoundly AND RIRVROPP CONSTRUCTION (IMURANOK RECORDS SHOW NO UVKf fighting bays and the bombing jservance of fire prevention day REMINGTON TYPEWRITER CVKR tOST IN A IMIRKUB SUIUMN*.) fu tQ news tvwrr MOM HAS MOT AND COLD NWNNINO and supplies trenches. After a given signal the yar in all citis. publishing so little of what it each WATCH. STEAM HKAT, A AS AND ILEOTRIO enemy LMMTS, AND TELEPHONE SERVICE. fight commenced. The enemy knows 0f hjm And oft times the SEVEN STORY ANNEX IN SONNECTION. THE GRIEFS OF was the 150th battalion, and they Ribbons loudest bluffer is the most vul- EDITING A PAPER nerable to attack. Carbon Papers A big noise is often a device Typewriter Papers Editing a nwspaper in some (employed to cover trepidation. respects is a good deal like Newspapers put up with more preaching. The gospel truth bluffing than any other agency must be presented in the form would endure. It is not because of generalities or some fellow they lack courage it is because BLANK BOOKS, SCHOOL AND OFFICE SUPPLIES will be hit and howl. Few persons they are unwilling to use their ». like tcuthj even in homeo- power to destroy or ruin unless pathic doses, if it hits them. But the interests of society demand while preachers and editors are jit. It might be well for some peocriticized THE PRESS Cock o'the Walk for what they do say, pie .to reflect upon these truths no one thinks of giving them ere- jand in silent gratitude accept "v.. '. dit for what they do not say. mild admonition lest worse beYet V:' what they keep to them- fall them.^—Ex. STATIONERY selves constitutes the majoj- porknow $3J! tion of what they ^Special Sunday dinner from about people. 12:30 to 2 p. m. at the Internatf JAKt CltEEIGAIte Very many people harbor the tiorial Gub. international Fa'ls Minn 't1- belief that newspapers are eager SUBSCRIBE FOR THE PRESS Ii's t-. Lit A