Does it pay to iattend church Come and see. Work will be commenced about the MARK M. ABBOTT, Agriculturalist. C. L. Kingsbury, Leader of Service first of April On construction of a The Agricultural Department of and speaker. pulp mill at Baudette, and it is expected District No. 4 is sending an inquiry to to be ready for operation in every farmer in the district to find WILSON WILL ARM SHIPS. Mike Lemraer of Littlefork was in Judge Stanton will return to his the fall. There will be four large out what seed grain, seed potatoes, the city today. home at Bemidji tonight. buildings consisting of a power house pigs, chickens, dairy cattle, etc., you Washington, Feb. 14.—It became 30 by 60, acid tanks and rooms 125 wish the department to assist you in known today that President Wilsoa Attorneys Jake Hadler of Big Falls Assistant Attorney General C. L. by 65 and a sulphur room 60 by 85. getting directly from producers of virtually has decided to authorize the was an official visitor here Tuesday. Weeks left for St. Paul last night, In addition to these buildings there good seed and stock. Please send arming of American passenger and going by way of Duluth. .will be several smaller ones, besides in a list of amount and kind of seed, merchant ships against German submarines. General Manager Gemmell and store rooms, loading platforms, etc., you wish to purchase this Trainmaster Warner are in the city Henry Logan arrived from the tracks, etc., which will make the plant spring.. This is not necessary if you Although neither the White House today. Twin Cities Sunday morning. a big one in every respect The company have sent in your list for the "Sale" nor cabinet members would admit now has the plans from the architect, and Want" list of the poultry association. -r* that such a determination had been E. L. Heermance, Pastor Mrs. B. J. Livingston and son of Postmaster Chas. Jameson of Littlefork and a big crew of men will reached at yesterday's cabinet meeting, Fairmount are visiting at the home be put to work on construction as Was a business visitor here After waiting a reasonable length BETHLEHEM CHURCH. it transpired today that the navy soon as spring arrives. of Rev. and Mrs. E. L. Heermance. Wednesday. of time to give everybody a chance department has been instructed to to order, we will take steps to combine measure the St. Louis and other ships Pleasant Sunday evening service. W. C. T. U. SPECIAL. WANTED—Two or three furnished The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. orders as much as possible to of the American line for gun comple-' Commences at 7:30. Pictures on rooms for light housekeeping. Inquire Ruelle died at their home on 6th st. obtain a better price and lower ments. 'Japan: New and Old." Special music: The Women's Christian Temperance at this office. Monday morning. freight charges. If a reply is made The action of the navy department, Shelley's anthem, "Thy Kingdom Union will hold a "matrons' promptly, we will be able to get is regarded as indicating that the administration Come," by the Bethlehem medal contest" in the Bethlehem Mrs Wm. Hunter of Gemmel is in LOST—At the Viking, a ladies' prices and samples of seed so that we chorus. A male quartet and an orchestra has decided to arm merchantmen church, Friday, Feb. 16, at 8 p. m. the city today, having brought her black leather purse, Tuesday. Finder can decide definitely regarding the instead of convoying them overture, "Poet and Peasjfit." is known. Return to Agnes Burns, sharp. This is the first matron's small son to a local dentist. placing of orders at the next Farmers' with American warships. What. Plan to stay for the song and social medal contest ever held in this city, Saville's Cafe. No questions asked. Club meeting. All those interested hour following. American ships will be openly armed The members of the M. E. Epworth and promises to be one of especial in getting seeds should make a by the American government remains Mrs. Olivia Birgsing, mother of interest. The following program League enjoyed a social evening last special effort to be present at the to be seen. Morning worship at 11. "A Dya Mrs. P. L. Darst, who died at her will be given at 8 p. m. sharp: Monday. Refreshments were served. next meeting. sr in Christ's Life." The music will be home in Jameson's Addition on Feb. Piano SOIOL. .Miss Trainor 1. The following are some points to in charge of the vested choirs, under 1, aged 54 years, besides her husband 2. Recitation ... Lester Shergian Gilbert Carlson and Katie Oieren of consider in deceiding what to plant W. C. T. U. NOTES. Miss Remington and Miss Serumgaard. 3. Vocal Solo.... Mona Kaneen Ranier were united, in marriage by left seven sons and four daughters next spring. Judge John Berg Tuesday evening. to mourn her loss. 4. .Medal Contest Speakers— Oats will generally produce more The Union met at the home of 1. Mrs. S. J. McHugo. feed per acre than any other grain Mrs. F. Raymond Tuesday, Feb. 6. Sunday school at 10 a. m. 2. Mrs. M. Wallace. Money to loan on northern Minnesota 640-Acre Homesteads in Montana— in Northern Minnesota. Eleven members were present. Mrs. 3. Mrs. S. Ch^mberlin. lands. new law just passed. New towns, Barley, either bearded or berdless, Snodgrass was initiated as a new Christian Endeavor at 6:45. Bosiness Opportunities. Send 25c 4. Mrs. M. Bahrs. Jevne & Norton, Agents, will take the place of corn as. a feed member. After the regular business 5. Mrs. Geo. Shaw. tf International Falls, Minn. for maps and information. Address for stock. Both oats and barley are session a splendid anti-cigarette program Reading room open each week-day U. S. Commissioner, Outlook, Montana. 6.. Mrs. B. W. Bacon. good nurse crops for clover. was conducted by Mrs. W. E. evening when the rink is cleared, and L. Rifkin left Saturday for New 7. Mrs. F. Carrier. Marquis wheat is a little earlier Martin, the anti-narcotic superintendent. on Sunday afternoon from 3 to 5. 5. Vocal Solo Ruth Swinnerton York City where he will purchase a maturing and more rust-resistant Mesdames Hirman, Bigsby stock of dry goods, etc., for his store. Mrs. Houska of Ranier, who received 6. Cornet Solo....Mr. H. C. Randall than other varieties of wheat. and Raymond read papers on "The The new schedule for choir practices Mrs. Rifkin was to join him in Minneapolis. serious injuries in the collision 7. Dry State. Flag Drill..... .24 girls Alsike clover and timothy will abuse of the cigarette laws." Mrs. is Bethlehem Chorus, Wednesday between a switch engine and an Admission, adults 25 cents, children thrive in a wetter and more acid soil Martin read the state cigarette laws. at 8:00 Carol choir, Wednesday autobus recently, died at the hospital 10 cents than other grasses. Red clover, The meeting adjourned to meet again afternoon after school boy choir, Abstracts and titles to all property last Thursday night. The funeral The silver medal is on display at F. though coarser than alsike will usually with Mrs. W. E. Martin, Tuesday, Thursday afternoon after school. The in Koochiching county furnished by was held from the Catholic church, Nelson's jewelry store. yield more per acre. Feb. 20. two latter had a jolly valentine party the Koochiching County Abstract Co., with interment in the local cemetery. You will enjoy every number of this Sowing grass seed among the it* the gymnasium this week. Feb. 17th is Frances E. Willard Abstractors, International program. Come early, as the entertainment Official stamps and pasturing the land with Memorial Fund Day, and a fitting Falls, Minn.—Adv. WANTED—Neat appearing young positively commences at 8 dairy cattle for a few years or cutting program will be given .on Feb. 20th The scout work is being reorganized lady to keep house for three young p. m. the crop for hay will yield profitable in her honor. Frances Willard was The choir boys are asked to An interesting patriotic service was men. State salary wanted. Address returns, will lessen the cost of one of the most beautiful characters meet again next Sunday afternoon lield at the Methodist church last Box 227, Ray, Minn. MAY SECURE DYNAMITE AT removing stumps, increase the fertility at 2:00 for this purpose. the world has known, and the organizer Sunday which was appreciated by a COST. of the soil, and improve the physical of the W. C. T. U.. She was one good sized congregation. condition of the soil when it is EDITOR OSBORNE SELLS TIMES. Old Glory now floats from the of the greatest women of the 19th Opsahl Plans That Explosive Be Purchased plowed up. church tower, and will do so while century. ANYONE wanting a homestead Through Revolving Fund. Editor J. A. Osborne, who for the national crisis lasts. All 1917 dues should be handed in ^all 270 and ask for Scott or Smith, EARLY HATCHING BRINGS WINTER twenty-five years has been identified at the next meeting. February is any evening, and make a date to While in Duluth recently J. J. Opsahl EGGS. with the public life of Fort Frances the month hereafter to pay dues. THE FIRST METHODIST EPISCOPAL -come up and talk it over with them. took up the matter with the Dupont and vicinity, especially as editor of 1 Please be prompt in this matter. 15 tf Powder company of furnishing CHURCH. A Simple Way for Poultry Owners to the Times, has disposed of his publishing Pay up your dues, pay up your dues,. the state with dynamite to be sold Profit from High Prices in and printing plant to a local Pay up, pay up your dues. Chas. Sheeran, formerly deputy to settlers for land-clearing purposes. Fall and Winter. Cor. 8th Ave. and 6th St. company and will leave this week for No matter what you leave undone, •countjf auditor of this county, but The plan is that the dynamite will be Edward Kaneen, Minister. Virginia, to remain for the rest of Be sure and pay your dues. :now of Benson, Minn., has been in purchased through the newly created Washington, D. C., Feb. 15.—Early the winter. Mr. Osborne retains other We cannot run our temperance work ..the city several days to act as a witness revolving fund by the state in carload hatching is the secret of winter egg Preaching service in the morning business interests in Fort Frances On promises to pay—we have to before the grand jury. lots at a price fully as low as production, say specialists in the U. S. at 11:00. and probably will continue to make have our ready cash to speed us the state could manufacture it, and Department of Agriculture. The pullet it his permanent home. on our way The^ county board held adjourned the dynamite would again be sold to that is hatched early matures The evening service will consist of Mr. W. J. Rouleau ,an experienced So if you' want to help us work and services this week, all members being settlers who would apply for it. Mr. early and is ready to lay eggs in the music by the chorus choir and sermon newspaper man, will have chargc of always be of use, present except Mr. Monroe. Several Opsahl believes that through this fall when the supply is scarcest and by! the pastor. Come help sing the Times, which has been consolidated Be ever ready with your cash, rmatters of more or less importance and enjoy the music. plan and working in conjunction with prices highest. Chickens that are expected with the Standard, under the And kindly pay your dues. were disposed of by the board. the rural credit acts farmers in the to be revenue producers for name of the former. northern part of the state would be The Sunday school will meet at their owners later in the year should BOYS' AND GIRLS' WEEK. 11:00. A place and work for everybody. greatly aided in clearing and developing MOTHERS' MEETING. be out of their? shells by April 30 at There will be a meeting of the library their farms. He has suggested the latest. If they are properly cared board tonight to consider plans The Seventh Annual Boys' and that the state purchase 50 carloads «. for thereafter they will begin to lay for a suitable library building for The Mothers' meeting at the school Girls' Week at University Farm, St. for 1917 and if the plan proves successful The Young People's service at 6:45 eggs at the very time that eggs are •our city. There has long been a need building on Friday afternoon was Paul, will be held April 2 to 6, 1917. p. m. Subject, "Marks of a Christian."- that 100 carloads be purchased most wanted. for larger and better quarters, with pleasant and instructive. The talks This week has become very popular, Led by Vernie Yernberg. during 19J8. To a great extent the poultrymen reading rooms in connection, and our on teeth by two busy dentists these and we believe, very profitfiable for Junior service Wednesday, 4 p. m. of the country have overlooked this citizens generally hope theremay be last two months have been much appreciated. all who attended. Starting with a AT THE STATE CAPITOL. simple fact. For one thing, birds some action taken in the matter., One emphasized care and registration of 108 in 1911, the attendance The Ladies* Aid Society will be entertained hatched later in the spring or summer cleanliness for the "baby teeth'* because has increased steadily each year, by Mrs. Wallace and Msr. are not inclined to become Have your auta or marine engine As far as the house is concerned, they are.-the ,forerunners and until last year the total number attending Kaneen at the parsonage on Thursday, •overhauled now before the spring broody until late the following season protectors of the permanent teeth. the people of Minnesota two years 22d, was 489. County superintendents Feb. 1917, Washington's and thus an unprofitable circle tush. Work guaranteed garage on The other called especial attention hence will have an opportunity to birthday.' report that the pupils in their Second avenue. pass upon the question pf a dry or is formed. Each year pullets mature to the "martyr tooth" which is so counties who are taking the deepest too late to produce in the fall and tf Geo. Holler, Prop. often sacrificed by lack of care. It wet Minnesota and there is every indication interest in better farming corn-growing Preaching service at Ranier at 3 that the senate will add its winter, and they sit too late for their is the molar which appears after the p. m. contest, and other industrial work approval. The overwhelming victory offspring to do any better. The child has its full number of baby Manager Frank V. Peterson of the are those who have attended one of poultry man who wishes to get really teeth {20). for the drys in the house seems to "Viking and Grand left last night for The boys of the Sunday school will these weeks. They go home with a good returns from his flock must Lunch was served. The election of presage such and there is nothing to Minneapolis for a week's stay, to line have a valentine party at the church vision of better things and with an •jreak this circle. officers was postponed till next offer in the shape of a possible mixup. the booking of films for spring. Tip on Saturday afternoon from 3:00 to inspiration to attempt some of these The growing use of incubators has month. The drys of the house, aided by the Paramount pictures will be added to 4:30. things. Anti-Saloon league, were involved in made this comparatively easier. -the attractions at the Grand, and Mr. The cost of the course is about *,* There is no reason why incubators a controversy as to what kind of a Peterson will probably secure some BRAINERD THREATENED BY The Epworth League held their $2.50 besides $1.00 for street car fare. should not be filled in March and dry constitutional amendment to of the popular late feature films. FLOOD. monthly social and business meeting The week is spent in regular recitations, offer, which finally ended in the early in April and the hatching over Monday. A very pleasant and profitable (lays and games, attending before- May 1. If no incubator is presentation of an act designed to A crate of delicious ..oranges and Brainerd, Minn., Feb. 12.—The Mississippi evening was spent. evening programs, and going on available it may be possible to secure prevent the manufacture and sale of :grape fruit was received this week River Paper Mill dam broke sight-seeing trips to jlaces of interest if broody hens in, the neighborhood. intoxicants in the state, but permitted from Editor .Geo, p, Watson: who, here this morning, releasing 16 feet The Willing.Workers spent a pleasant about the cities. For further information, shipment into Minnesota. It was That* they will rep|yr the trouble and Mrs. spending its with Watson, is a vacation of water which rushed upon the city. afternoon with Mrs. Vernie "V see Mark M. Abbott, District expense necessary to obtain them, is manifestly unfair and as the days in -Florida. They recently The ice in the river was dynamited Yernberg on Saturday and did a good Agriculturalist. indicated by results at the government grew its defeat seemed certain, but spent a day with Mr. and Mrs. S. N. deal of sewing as welL diverting the course of the river and poultry farm in Maryland. the drys, unable to face the criticism -Rubin at Tampa. the city was saved'from further danger-of JOINT MEETING OF FARMERS' There it is not unusual to get a. daily indulged in, relented at the last moment flooding. The Star sewing class met with CLUB AND NORTH COUNTY and permitted a bone dry measure, average of "one egg .for every five Manager C. A. Ekstam of O. M. Miss Effie Emerson and report an EXHIBIT ASSOCIATION. which prevailed by a vote of 86 hens throughout the fall and winter, enjoyable afternoon. Carr & Co.,. who has been seriously "ASH HEAP-DRY" BILL 44: and. in some pens the average has to All attempts to incorporate ill for some time is showing some SPECIAL SENATE ORDER The Federal Farm Loan Act, the near dry amendments were rejected. been as high as one egg for three The church was filled with an appreciative signs of improvement. He is under co-operative purchase, of seeds, and birds. If anything like this percentage While never positive-of victory, the audience on Sunday evening the care of Miss Chapman, a trained the North County Exhibit will be! St. Paul, Minn., Feb. 15.—The "ash wets nevertheless were somewhat could be obtained on farms, the to listen to the concert by the nurse from Minneapolis. Mrs. Ekstarn's heap-dry" topics for discussion at the meeting prohibition bill which ordinary poultry farmer would derive disappointed in the vote for their children and young people of the parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. H. of the Koochiching Township Farmers' passed the house Jan. 31 will come up cause. The reason for the large dry real benefit from the high prices church in "commemoration of Lincoln's Beckman of Cambridge, Minn., arrived Club Monday^ February 19, at 2 in the senate as a special order majority can be explained by the fact which eggs' invariably bring for a birthday. Sunday to help care for the P. M., in the agricultural department Thursday afternoon. That the legislation period of several months. that several, seeing the. passage of patient. of the Alexander Baker school. Election will pass the upper house there the amendment a certainty, decided FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH. of officers will also take place at is practically no question. Roy E. Curtis, St. Paul, deputy to get on the band wagon. The bill Get your stationery printed at the this time. The wise heads among the "wets" state fire marshal, was in the city as passed calls for the discontinuation Press office, with a good map of Bible School o'clock sharp. 10 Every member will find it to his advantage make no claim whatevr of being able today on official business. of the liquor traffic in Minnesota Koochiching on the back, showing to be present. Bring fifty to stop the legislation. They do, on Jan. 1, 1920, but the wets in the all the townships, roads, ditches, Preaching, o'clock theme, 11 cents with you for your annual dues. however, expect to obtain the adoption senate will endeavor to have the etc.* on it. It is a good advertiser WANTED—To lease and purchase "Truth." of an amendment making the Invite your friends and neighbors to time extended to Dec. 31 of the same mineral bearing lands or lands indicated and you can indicate to your friends come with you. Now is the time for date of its taking effect Dec. 1, 1920, year. just where you live by marking the to be mineral bearing. All Junior Endeavor at o'clock p. m. 3 instead of Jan. 1 of that year, if this those to join the club who-are not already kinds of metals. By reliable party. map. Orders for this kind of stationery wish' be realized, the measure must members. Apply G. Box 249 F, are coming in nicety. CROP IMPROVEMENT SHOW M., Christian Endeavor at in the come back to the house for concurrence 6:30 The committee and temporary officers POSTPONED. S Bisbee, Ariz. evening. in the amendment. promoting the North County Exhibit The Koochiching County Poultry Whether the reappearance o( the will be present to make reports •. Association publishes a "Sale and There is one form of sport that is On account of the blockade of railroads, Gandrud-Larson measure in the Song service from to 7:30 7:45. and suggestions for effecting a permanent /Want'" list three times a year in not well enough known here to be the Crop Improvement Show house in this way will jeopardize it organization and making arrangements fully appreciated. Basket ball is being which you may list articles wanted or on a second roll call is of course and convention to be held at Fairmont, Preaching, 7:45 theme, "Does for the fair next year. It for sale by paying the membership played by school teams all over causing some speculation. In the Minn., has been postponed until Christianity Ever Fail?" is hoped that all the women as well the country, with many enthusiastic fee of twenty-five cents pes, year, March 6th, 7th and 8th. Samples meantime, the legislation which as the men interested in the continuation which fee also entitles you to purchase rooters watching the games. Attend -would make Minnesota dryer than sent between new and the 6th will At the above services we cordially of the fair will be prsent. feed and supplies through the the game tomorrow night at the city the Sahara "by law" remains in* the be taken care of and exhibited as invite all who are not affiliated with hall. You'll eitjoy it. association, exhibit at the annual temperance committee until the prohibition was intended had the show been held any other organization, regardless of 80 acres of pul{Mvood in northern «how, and receive all literature sent leaders think it desirable to on scheduled time. The program: will church name. You will hear good Minnesota at a bargain. Write H. by association. out the bringit Jo the floor of .the house. SUBSCRIBE FOR THE PRESS procedas nearly intact ai is possibfo singing, etc, An hour well spent. 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