-j INTERNATIONAL FALLS PRESS IS GOOD TO DISTRICT NEWS RURAL COUNTIES Narkowitz & RIVERSIDE ITEMS. Rural counties in Minnesota, and Mesdames LaBarge and Schley especially the newer ones, have all were guests of Mrs. John Kurzeck. the advantages of the older and Mrs. John LaBarge celebrated her larger counties containing the three birthday Saturday March 3. big cities when it comes to getting a A baby girl was born to Mr. and return on their state tax payments. ANNOUNCE THE ARRIVAL OF Mrs. Chester Jackson Monday. The state tax commission has prepared SPRING STYLE CLOTHES John Kurzeck was in town Thursday. for the information of the legislature,, two tables, one showing the Mr. Schmidt, accompanied by his tax levies in townships, cities and son John, and daughter Miss Martha, villages during the year 1916, except were at their old home here. the tax on money and credits, and the bushel tax on grain, and the other Mrs LaBarge was a school visitor showing the assessed values in each Thursday. county during 1916 and the taxes payable Mrs. Margaret Stiller was a Riverside You will see the Very Latest Style Development at in 1917, with their distribution caller Friday. and the amounts paid by the state 'to Mrs. John Kurzeck entertained a each county during 1916. tius store. That's the few of her friends on her birthday For very dollar that Clearwater March 2. county, for instance, paid to the state, Mr. Jackson purchased a team this she received in return $$3.26 Chisago week. county received from the state $2.57 Nick Kurzeck spent Sunday with for every dollar she paid. his folks. Carleton county received $2.36. Cook Miss Sinclaire, accompanied by Hart Schaffner & Marx county received the largest return of Elizabeth Suteh and Barbara Jackson Slits for Boys and Ckildrei all on her dollar investment, $3.83, but attended the spelling contest Koochiching is not far behind with held in the Falls Friday. In the oral $3.36. ("So contest Elizabeth Suteh came in second On the other hand, Ramsey county and in the written there was a received but 43 cents on every dollar tie between Elizabeth Suteh and she paid the state. Hennepin county Barbara Jackson for second place. did better, receiving SO cents on the The Stillar school is getting it's annual !$& dollar, while St. Louis county received wood supply. only 25 cents on the dollar. Miss Barbara Jackson spent Friday In all, seventy-three counties received and Saturday with the Schmidt's. ir up*. more from the state than they John LaBarge took Mr. Carscadden's "./rj.-'-Se'J::/ "(A iy |l -ilfik. paid, and but thirteen paid more than team home a few days ago. thev received. Mr. George Jenkins, enroute from Loman to Akeley spent a few days with his cousins, Mr. and Mrs. Jackson. would not seriously entertain plans for entering the European war. Dr. Geo. 1 Swinncrton of this city During the last year evidence of and Attorney Aad A. Tone of Northorae Germany's hope of alienating Mexico will attend tlie.rcgular business Copyright from the United States has been more meeting of the Tri-County Sanatorium 1915 Mayer Brothers thoroughly substantiated. Commission, of which they are Last July, when Carranza found his the representatives from this county. munition supply rapidly disappearing The meeting will be held in Bemidji and found that it was useless to hope and the commission will make a trip to get guns and cartridges from the of inspection to the sanatorium at United States, at least in large quantities, Boy Suits, like our Men's Clothes—fully up Puposky. a corps of experienced Qermans to the standard—'way above the average. suddenly appeared at Mexico City McCLELLAN ITEMS. Made for service.^ Style and lots of "pep" to and began preparations for the establishment them. of a modern munition Mr. Clarence Crooks left last week plant. Finally a group of German for Minneapolis where he will be employed merchants operating in Mexico City for a few months. raised a fund of $1,000,000 which was Mr. Fred Law has relinquished his presented to Carranza for the purchase claim and expects to leave for Oelwein, of a munition plant. Iowa, soon. 200 Japanese Land With Factory. Mr. Andrew Johnson came in last The equipment could not be bought week with a team and expects to do in the United States, so Carranza sent some logging on his homestead. an agent to Japan, where a deal was Mr. Ola Fodness. who has been made. The plant, accompanied by 200 working! for T. M. Sorlie of Norden, expert machinists, has just reached returned Sunday. Mexico and is being transported Mr. Goodwin Gulickson is very busy overland from the Pacific coast to these days hauling hay from Pine Mexico City. Island. Following the announcement that Carranza had received funds with MARGIE ITEMS. which to establish a plant came the report that Germans were streaming Louise Backe and Inga Morken into Mexico from South America. Reports came from Caldwell Brook Tuesday received here indicate that all where they have been working the of the. German reservists in Brazil, past month. Argentina and Chile were rounded up Mr. Wilson moved his household and sent to Mexico. They assembled goods to the vacant house of August at the capital, at Tampico and at Quarum Where they will live until Copyright Hait Schaffner & Mar* Monterey.' spring or until they build. A large number of Germans have VARSITY FIFTY-FIVE IDEA Mrs. Moon entertained the Ladies' left the United States and gone to Aid Thursday. Rev. Belsaas was Cuba, it is believed here, with the present from Littlefork. purpose of going to Mexico eventually. —first with the best and liveliest touches easier The two Misses Taugen from Caldwell Brook spent Thursday night as coats, natural lines new lapel effects, Carranza Reports to Lansing. guests cf Bessie Marsden. They went Belted Back Suits, suits for young men and In November the administration received to Big Falls to attend the spelling 7 A Stylepius dM'T the first tangible evidence of men who like young styles. contest the next morning. ciotne# H/ i&sMs&i an official nature that Carranza was Friday evening two sleigh loads doing business with the Germans. At went from here to Big Falls to attend that time Secretary of State Robert tlie spelling contest. It is reported Lansing sent the first chief a polite that Margie carried off two prizes on. Spring Style Hats note informing him that German submarines the contest. were operating in the Atlantic Word was feceived here Saturday and that they might appear in the evening that Mr. McMillen had passed A Gulf of Mexico. away at the University in St. Paul. To this Carranza replied brusquely A number of birthday parties have .been held lately. that the Mexican government did not need suggestions of that sort from Rev. Finlav from Blackduck preached the United States and if Great Britain Sundav at 2:30. feared that the submarines might interfere wtih the oil supply, the part BERLIN PLOT AGAINST U. S. of wisdom should prompt the British admiralty to take steps to keep the (Continued from Page 1.) submarines from getting into the Atlantic. tending Ho prove that the kaiser's agents in this country and in Mexico A series of circumstances have satisfied have spent money freely in the hope Copyright, 1916. bf Heniy Sofineborn & G&, |a& the administration that this of rousing the antagonism of the first note was not written by the Mexican chief to the United States with the government, but that it was written eventual purpose of making Mexico by the German minister in Mexico a military base for German activities City. ii? the event of war between America Same Price Same Quality Soon after this note was received, and Germany. w\ 07HCfK@ the German embassy in Washington The Huerta plot to start a counterrevolution guaranteed all wool or all wool and silk. Colors sent Baron Schoen. one of the attaches in Mexico was financed and here, to Mexico City. While and designs for spring are rich and beautiful. with German money, if reports made the move appeared to be inconsequential, by the secret agents of the department, Many new models to select from in the FLORSHEIM the administration assumed of justice are true. A dozen new Belted Backhand Pinchback and the more that Schoen was needed to reinforce other abortive plots frustrated by are now in conservative styles for the young and middle the overworked staff of German quick action on the part of agents of aged man.- agents at the Mexican capital. the department also were financed by Several weeks ago, when Carranza German-money in the hope of forcing issued a proclamation announcing the United States to give all of its that the, only way to stop the war attention to Mexico, if the same reports Narkowitz & would be.by declaring an embargo on can be accepted. supplies to the belligerents, this government Germany Seen Behind Villa. believed that the first chief There have been repeated reports had been prompted by Germany to that Villa got his gold and silver from persons connected with th& German make t!ie move as a forerunner to the establishment of a ban on shipment government who believed that as long J-. rr. ,as the Chihuahua bandit was kept aci'^t.?tive of oil from the Tampico fields. the United States would have its SUBSCRIBE FOR THE PRESS attention riveted on the border and Wfe" 0?