iw?ss$,ss 7*0 AL AND BORDERBUDCET No, 22 PEACE ON EARTH, GOOD WILL TO MEN" VOL. 10 INTERNATIONAL FALLS, MINNESOTA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1916 a PROHIBITION IN "Peace on Earth, Good Will to Men, is U. PRESERVES ROADS 142 MILLION TONS OF ORE IN STATE MINES the universal desire. But as far as this city and SIGHT IN U. S. PORTS TO SELF Some people—their numbers are county are concerned it must be an honorable Hibbing, Dec.20.—Expert mining dwindling—are so constituted that all peace, a peace which means respect for and observance they can see in road appropriation is men have estimated that a tonnage of law, not a cessation of effort which Congress Deluged with Petitions to Aliens Excluded From Kiska, Guantanamo, an exaggerated vision of the money of 143,000,000 tons of marketable ore Adopt National Prohibition Amendment Subic, Apra, Torugas, Culebra, means surrender to the lawless element and spent. Dollars so close to the eyes is known to! exist in state mines, Liquor Measures. compels every decent person to be a slave to hide the results—a costly defect of which means that Minnesota, by virtue the whims and wishes of the gang that has heretofore vision. Though this phenomenon of of its royalty of 25 cents a ton, LIQUOR TRAFFIC IS SEVEN UNITED STATES will eventually obtain $35,750,000 human nature is nto confined to roads controlled this city and county, against UNDER BAN CLOSED PORTS of course. from ore simply because of its ownership. its best interests and development. There is no such things as extravagance As we have said before, we do not harbor Washington, Dec. 15.—Legislative Washington, Dec. 16.—When the in road-expenditures so long "Enormous tonnage of low grade measures aimed at destruction of the a spark of grievance against any individual, steam yacht Warrior, with its owner, as the roads are needed and the ores ahe known to exist on land on liquor ti'affic continue to acucmulate Alexander Smith Cochran on board, nor a particle or malice or spite against any person. spending brings somewhere near a the western Mesaba and Cuyuna in congress as both houses are deluged sought to enter Pearl harbor, Honolulu Every word we have spoken against the dollar's worth of roads for a dollar ranges that are not included in the with petitions from all parts of a few weeks ago, and was barred spent. blind pigging, gambling prostitution has above estimate," one authority said. arid the country, urging adoption of the on the ground that Pearl harbor When the roads are needed and the "Some of this must be 'treated' before been against the lawless traffic and not against national prohibition constitutional was one of America's "closed ports," l'oad money is wisely spent, road expenditures it will become marketable. the individual, with a desire to stop the evil, but amendment and pasage of other antiliquor it first became known that Uncle are not expenditures at "The general policy of the state to aid and assist those engaged in it to a reputable measures including tshe Slieppard Sain had followed other nations in all but investments. toward these trust fund lands, and bill to prohibit the manufacture means of livlihood, believing that most reserving some harbors for his exclusive And they pay dividends, not only in pecially the iron ore properties, has and sale of liquor in the District use. of them have been driven into these occupations cheaper cost of hauling products, but been to handle and dispose of them of Columbia. Prior to 1904 there was no closed through force of circumstances over in actual increases in the value of the in such a manner as to bring in the I The house postoffice committee ports in this country. Even at that land they benefit—as good as actual greatest possible reenue, taking into which, perhaps, they have had little control, opened the door to another phase of time, however, practically every other money in the bank. consideration the elements of time, "In men whom^men condemn as ill, the problem today in reporting favorably country had ports, entrance to To see how this works out. the department markets and liability to loss. For I find so much of goodness still. a bill by Representative Ranall which was denied vessels of other many years after the passage of the ora agriculture has made In men, whom men pronounce divine, of California, designed to close powers unless permission to enter economic surveys that show this impressive mineral lease laws, placing the the mails absolutely to advertising was granted. It was largely due to I find so much of sin and blot royalty of 25 cents per ton, the contract result: of any intoxicating liquors and to Hhis fact that the United States instituted I hesitate to blame where God has not." The improvement of main market was a fairly good one for the a similar policy. It was in state, though the minimum output These men and women are all our friends, oads his increased the selling value C^en? ^°^ses wetv or "dry" terri­t~'" April. 1904, that an order signed by per year was always small as compared of tillable farm lands served by the I ,nto erther and as their friend we want to save them from tory to solicit sales through the. medium Secretary of the Navy Moody roads from one to thi*ee times the with private fee leases. The inflicting upon themselves the just retribution "closed" seven American harbors to of the mails. .. total cost of the improvementc. :apid increase in the demand for iron that is sure to come to them in their physical foreign vessels, except when permission No move was made during the day and steel has greatly increasedl the Good roads built in Sposstylvania was obtained through their respective and social beings as well as at the hands of the by prohibition leaders in the house demand for ore, and hence the increase county, Virginia, promptly increased diplomatic agents from the regarding the constitutional amendment law if they persist in continuing in their lawlessness. in the amount of royalty paid the value of farm lands affected from reported yesterday from the judiciary state department. for mining leases. This led the legislature 63 to 80 per cent. Taft Closes Same Harbors committee, but Representative 1907 to withdraw all state We do not want to cast them out of this In Dinwiddie county, Virginia, the That order held until Sept. 27th, Webb, chairman of the committee, lands fvoni the mineral market. gain was to per cent. ,, 68 194 city, but we do want to them following a see 1912, when by an executive order, "The pol'cy of the state in dealing In Lee county, Virginia, 70 to SO!p,ims ™tes t0 ask the legitimate and honorable profession or occupation. a special to get the resolution signed by President Taft, the same rule the ore lands under mineral per certi. Yvith Every one of them has knowledge, business before the house soon after the holi- "fr&rbors were closed.. coi'tract, ko jar as circumstances will In Wise county, Virginia, 25 to 100 Our elo?ed harbors include Pearl ability, energy and a sense of what strong nliuw, is lit. same that id-TVrf ner cent. ^ays harborfi Tortugas habor, Great harbor is right and proper, all we ask and implore at the most progressive of fee owners." In Franklin county, New York, 9 to Kow t!rat oy at Culebra, Port Apra at Guam, the unexpected action of the judiciary Figures given out today at the this Christmas time is tha ,they will get away 114 per cent. Guantanamo, Port Subic, near Manila. committee in recommending the reso- state mine office showed that state In Dalals county. Alabama, 50 t.o from their present means of making a livlihood and Kiska, in the Aleutian islands. lution has subsides, house members mine shipments for the year 1916 100 per cent. and get into one which will enable them not In addition to the general order were the largest in the history of tho In Manatee comity, Florida, 50 to I reflMtin* Precis for its are on the only to respect themselves but will also enable barring foreign vessels from these 100 per cent. Passa£e and the consensus of opimon state. From the Mesaba range, 3,850,000 waters, is the restriction placed uppn everyone else to respect and admire them. seem to be that it cannot get the tons of ore were shipped an In Lauderdale county, Mississippi, American owned private boats in This city and county has a good future, but 25 to 5a per cent I necerssai'y two-thirds majority in the increase for the year of 1,726,284 connection with the Pearl harbor. needs all the assistance that can be rendered by tons. These figures do not include In Sposstylvania county, Virginia, Ships desiring to enter, if of American sentative Webb is not sanguine of the shipments from the Shiras mine the present lawless element in ligitimate occupations farms that sold for $17.31 per acre before register, must first signal the success now, but he is confident that in Buhl, which will continue to work the roads were made good sold to help in its rapid development as well eommandmant of the naval station the amendemtn will receive more all winter. fo $28.26 per acre after the road work as the continued energy of those who are already there for permission. votes than it did in the last congress, was doen, and other farms that sold The largest individual shipper was engaged in those pursuits. Harbors are Naval Bases when it had 13 votes more than a majority. at $13.89 before sold for $30.11 after. the I.eonidas mine, operated by the In every instance the ports "closed" The great attraction in lawlessness is the By the time the next confiress In Dinwiddie county, Virginia, Oliver Iron Mining company, which are naval bases and in addition are has considered the issue he "easy money" there is in it, but, ladies and farms that sold for $8.38 to $43.74 sent out 1,147,000 tons. Other shipments points of strategic importance in our believes the victory can be won. gentlemen, there are other things worth a good were: Missabe Mountain at per acre before the roads were improved line of defense. hTe District of Columbia prohibition Virginia, 514,100 tons Helmer and deal more to you than "easy money." You may sold for $24.70 to $73:60 afterward. Pearl harbor, in Honolulu, so-called bill was under consideration Kinney mines, 384,100 tons Woodbridge think at the time that it comes "easy" but there because that is the only place in those for several hours in the senate today, Eight tracts along the roads concerned mine at Buhl, 294,500 tons are other times you very much doubt it. It islands where the pearl is found, is on but was temporarily laid aside after in Lee county, Virginia, sold Pool mine at Hibbing, 294,500 tons. the south side of Oahu island, and is not what we make but what we save and how Senator Sheppard had sought an. The state's share from the proceeds after the road work was done for an is the best harbor in the North Pacific. agreement to vote next Monday. we spend it, and the influence of the method by in royalties was nearly $1,000,000. average of 23 per cent more than It is here that one of the largest When opponents of the measures which we make it has on our lives, character before. United States naval stations is signified that they would be ready for and physical being that counts. Farms that had sold for an averave lies Port Olongapo, at which is established situated, which includes three drydocks. a final vote at that time, Senator ofr $49.06 in Wise county, Virginia, Those engaged in these lawless pursuits are oJnes of Washington, as a friend »f the naval station. sold for an average of $79.44 after not the only ones to blame. Those at greatest Great harbor, at Culebra, was chosen Kiska is an uninhabited island except the bill, objected to fixing the date. the road work was done and in for the naval station in the Aleutian fault are the officials who permit this lawlessness Senator Smoot of Utah, declared in 1902 by a naval authority as other sections of the county there the rendezvous of the fleet, and maTine group, which owes its importance to be indulged in, and yet, we have nothing that the Sheppard bill is a makeshift, were gains of sixty to ninety and ncampments wre rected on shore, to the fact that it lies directly submitted a substitute today against the officials as individuals, but as even a hundred dollars per acre. since which time a naal station has in the line of travel between this which would not only prohibit the officials they are committing a grevious wrong Franklin county, New York, been erected. The harbor was originally country and aJpan. manufacture and sale of liquor in the changed its roads from earth and against this city and county in allowing this lawlessness known as Playa Sardinas harbor, capital, but also prevent its importation sand to bituminous macadam. Land to continue, and in allowing it they are and was chosen principally for for personal use. EASTERN STAR ELECTS affected increased immediately more doing themselves, as individuals, untold injury. the hoaltthfulness ofth island. Culebra OFFICERS than thirty per cent. They cannot expect to continue to wink at island is the smaller of two EASTERLY—DAW In Dallas county, Alabama, land islands lying in the Virgin Passages these things and at the same time hold the respect that sold at eight to ten dollars an The following were the officers ast of Porto Rico. On Monday afternoon last, at two of even the lawbreakers themselves, saying acre before the good roads came sold elected last Thursday evening at the Guantanamo Is Port in Cuba o'clock a quiet yet beautiful home nothing of the majority of the truly legal sold at twenty to twenty-five dollars regular meeting of the local Eastern Port Apra is on the middle western wedding service was conducted by an acre after. Star Chapter: voters and taxpayers of this city and county. Rev. E. L. Heermancc, at the home of coast of }uam. The harbor is Mrs. Geo. N. Millard, worthy matron. After extensive road improvements The best friend the lawbreaker has is the one the groom's parents, by which Miss the port of transit between the United in Lauderdale county, Mississippi, who will do his best to prevent him from breaking States and the Philippines. The Lulu Daw and Mr. Floyd Easterly K. O. Fosse, worthy patron. the assessed valuation of farm property eommandmant of the naval station were united in the bonds of matrimony. the law, and, if necessary, compel him to Mrs. P. S. Pendergast, associate rose from $2,757,546 to $3,183,809. there is also the "naval governor" of be a self-respecting, law-abiding citizen. matron. The bride is the daughter of Mr. Guam. Let us all enter heartily into this Christmas Miss Florence Green, conducti'ess. Manatee county, Florida, reports and Mrs. J. H. Daw, a prosperous The harbor at Guantanamo, Cuba, spirit. Let us allow ourselves to be imbued Mrs. Franz Jevne, associate conductress. that good roads have added at least the easternmost important town in farmer, of Devlin, Ont., was arrayed fifteen dollars an acre to the selling with his spirit, Who came not to be ministered in a beautiful dress of silver gray the provinnce of Santiago, is land Mrs. B. H. Phinney, secretary. value of its lands. unto, but to minister and to give his life a ransom ,, taffeta with Georgette crepe, trimmed locked and has a very narrow entrannce. Mrs. C. A. Yemberg, treasurer. Similar surveys would inevitably ,v bouquet and carried a for "all." Let us forgive as well as be willing This is an important shipping th snver ]ace Arrangements are being made for show similar results elsewhere, of American beauty roses. point for the surrounding "country, to be forgiven, remembering that a joint installation of the officers on Good roads money, wisely spent on wher coffee, sugar, lemons, and The services were witnessed by the "There's a wideness in God's mercy, like Thursday evening January 4th. needed highways, is not an expenditure limes are grown in large quantities. immediate families of the bride and the wideness of the sea, but an investment. It is never Port Tortugas is on Garden Key, groom, the out of town guests were There is mercy in his justice which is more an extravagance and can be made an the most important key of those comprising Sunday night the government thermometer Mr. and Mrs. Daw of Devlin, Ont., extravagance only by spending the than lberty." Mr. and Mrs. E. Dolliver of Big Falls. the group known as the Florida at the high school recorded money foolishly. Let us bury the past with the old year and determine the lowest temperature of the season The groom is night agent at Fort Keys, which extend 11 miles —*32 below. Tuesday of last week that the new year shall be one of law Frances and the son of Mr. and Mrs. westward from Key West. It is here that old Fort Jefferson is situated. A when the "lowv reached us was the Mrs. Fred Shaw left Saturday evening W. J. Easterly of this city. The happy respecting conduct on the part of us all so that next coldest time of our young winter, for St. Paul and took with her couple have a host of friends in coal depot is established here in addition our city and county may be synonym of model 31 being registered at that time. some splendid raw furs for disposal, this city and Fort Frances all of to the naval station. government, instead of having the finger of Port Subic, near Manila, lies within The government weather man promises Mr. Shaw having succeeded in picking whom extend heartiest congratulations. shame pointed at it as one of the worst governed Grange island, which divides it into us warmer weather with snow in up some of the finest ever seen in this They will be at home in Fort cities and counties in the state. __ two channels. On the eastern shore the course of a day or two. section. Frances after January 9th, 1917. -i/