I _• rV*Vf'~r 'v* "is |Mltf INTERNATIONAL FALLS PRESS **tf* zisi- &&£* '". ..'•. _:• *f PAGE SEVBM W THE RAINY RIVER VALLEY, of his efforts. The extent of his success depends solely upon his own efforts. LAND OF CERTAINTIES. What are-the causes that contribute to make the Rainy River Valley a_Land of Certainties? Soil of questionable (Continued from Page Two). fertility, bountiful crops, incomparable climate, limitless price usually ranging from $14 to $25 per ton, though it does markers, all the blessings that a generous nature has showered on any land. not reach the latter figure generally. From $.14 to $20 per A MAGNIFICENT SCHOOL SYSTEM ton for bailed hay is a good average price. Taken as a whole nowhere in the United States are better ALFALFA I schools found than in Koochiching county. Minnesota Alfalfa has been successfully grown but owing to the has the richest school fund of any state in the union. There certainty of clover, farmers seldom trouble to experiment. is a $150,000 high school building in International Falls, and consolidated schools throughout the county. The finest, CLOVER SEED PAYS BIG most up-tordate school buildings that architects could devise While alfalfa seed production has not been tried on a have been provided, and have been furnished with equipment Enduring. commercial scale, the clover sfced business is well established Certain-teed is a name which has and teachers unexcelled anywhere. There is not a Rainy River Valley. Clovers in that section are proie come thru the storm of business competition strong* school in Minnesota that does not give first thought to the of seed, the yields commonly secured running from four than ever. It stands for quality, dependability, care and comfort of children, and provide every possible facility to six bushels per acre. satisfaction and fair dealing. On the reputation of for the acquirement of a first-class education. this name there bas been built the world's largest FRUITS AND OTHER CROPS A GOOD CLIMATE manufacturer of roofing and building papers. Among other miscellaneous crops produced in the Rainy If there is one thing that the Rainy River Valley can take R|yer Valley may be mentioned rape, vetches, soy beans, millei, Cgrtam-teed Certain-teed just pride in, it is its unequaled climate. No more healthy brome grass Canadian field peas, spurry, sunflowers, climate is found anywhere. For sufferers from pulmonary hqtnp fiber and to a limited extent, tobacco which has been troubles, physicians everywhere prescribe a sojourn in the Roofing Paints and Varnishea successfully grown on a small scale but has not been tried north woods. Elevations in the Rainy River Valley generally, is the most efficient type of roof are good, reliable products made oiV: a commercial bases. Apples, crab apples, cherries and range from 1000 to 1500 feet above the sea level. The for factories, office buildings, by experienced paint men who pl|ims are being grown successfully in the Rainy River main le^el of Lake Superior at Duluth is 603 feet. From this farm buildings, garages, etc. know how to make good paints Valley. it will be seen that conditions are ideal for natural drainage. and varnishes. It costs less to buy, less to lay The region teems with overburdened fruit bushes, raspberries, and less per year of life than DROUGHT HAS NEVER CAUSED A CROP FAILURE These men have at their command blackberries, gooseberries, blueberries, high bush other types of roofing. It does all the machinery, equipment, Crops continue to flourish amazingly throughout the not rust, is proof against gases, cranberries, plums pin cherries, choke cherries and June berries. materials and resources seasn, there being an utter lack of the drought and burned coal smoke, acids, fumes, etc. necessary to manufacture good Rainy River Valley is the natural home of the strawberry, It is a up condition of fields found elsewhere when summer is at its non-conductor of heat paints and varnishes economically. and the crop requires but little attention here to be and cold, is fire retardant and height. Grazing continues long after more southerly meadow They also have at their profitable. Small patches everywhere have demonstrated weather-proof. disposal the extensive selling have dried up-in fact up to the very coming of snow. Grass that strawberries, intelligently cared for, harvested and marketed, organization and warehouse The cost of laying prepared enters the winter green, and emerges ready to sustain stock system of the Certain-teed Products can be depended upon to bring in returns from $600 to roofings is the same whether the moment the snow departs, too much emphasis cannot be Corporation, which materially you use good materials or poor. $1600 per acre. Rainy River Valley came on market when placed upon this feature of Northern Minnesota, for it is one reduces the cost of distributing Therefore, it pays to get the supply from more southerly localities is depleted, and because and marketing. of its most valued assets. CERTAIN-TEED, which is of this fact and their exceptional size and delicate the best. It is guaranteed for It is common exoerience to here settlers new in the The result is that CERTAINTEED flavor, command good prices. Mr. Herman Koeneke of International 5,10 or 15 years according to Paints and Varnishes country remark: "I have never in all my farming experence Falls has sold an even $200 worth of strawberries thickness (1, 2 or 3 ply), and are high grade products, sold at see stuff grow as fast as it does here." it wjll remain efficient long after from an eighth of an acre. Mr. Koeneke says that if he lower prices than you would PLENTY OF RAIN the time when a poor quality roof expect to pay for good paints gives his entire attention to it he can average $1500 worth of The annual rainfall is exactly suited in amount to the would have had to be relaid. and varnishes. strawberries a year on each acre. character of the climate and the quality of the soils. Threefourths For residences, CERTAIN-TEED We guarantee CERTAIN-TEED Slate Surfaced Asphalt Shingles have of the annual precipitation occurs during the growing Paints and Varnishes to give satisfaction. THE PREMIER LIVE STOCK COUNTRY all the advantages of CERTAINTEED Whether you do your own season. The average annual precipitation in the Rainy Roofing, plus artistic beauty. The prosperity of -the Rainy River Valley, however much painting or hire a professional painter Theyneedno paint,are pliable,elim* you will find it to your interest to sea River Valley according to government record is 28 inches, 'intensive farming and diversified field cropping may contribute inate waste and misfits, cannot that you get CERTAIN- May 3.48 inches, June 4.67 inches, July 3.95 inches, August curl,buckle,rotor crack. TEED. toward it, has its foundation on the live stock industry. Guaranteed for ten years. 3, 65 inches. Any good dealer can sell yoa As a live stock country and dairying region, Rainy River Inve«tig&teCERTAIN-TEED CERTAIN-TEED Paints and RAIN COMES WHEN NEEDED before deciding on any type Varnishes. It he does not Valley excells. of roof. For sale by dealers carry them in stock be eta From this it will be seen that not only is the rainfall everywhere. get them for yon. CERTAIN-TEED PRODUCTS CORPORATION ample, but that the greater part of the total falls at the time UNEXCELLED AT DAIRYING ANYWHERE when it is most required. In other words, the rainfall during General Roofing Mfg. Co., Gregg Varnish Co. The Rainy River Valley is a natural dairying region. Mound City Paint & Color Co. the growing season alone, in the Rainy River Valley is Consider a country in which there is an inexhaustible supply New York Chicago Philadelphia St. Louie Boston larger in amount that the total that falls during the entire of pure water on every hand, in which clover, redtop, timothy, Cleveland Pittsburgh Detroit Buffalo San Francisco Milwaukee Cincinnati •:4* New Orleans Loa Angeles Minneapolis average year in the prairie provinces of Canada and the semiarid Kentucky bluegrass and other grasses grow with positively Kanui City Seattle Indianapolis Atlanta Richmond Rapid* Grand Nashville Salt Lake City Des Moines Houston regions of the United States. Dulutb unequalled abundance, where the native grasses, succulent London Sydney Havana and high in proteine value grow so rankly that in one season they often attain a height of four to six feet, where the ORDER .LIMITING TIME .TO .FILE CLAIMS AND FOR HEARING woods are a tangle of cow peas, in which practically every Markowitz & Summerfield THEREON. known small grain crop can be matured, and where succulent roots are produced in enormous tonnage. Add to this a grazing Estnte Qf Natlinn Gordon. STATE OF MINNESOTA, 1 season as long as that of Iowa and Illinois, this is accunted ss. for by the fact that pastures do not dry up in the midsummer. County of Koochiching. The Store for Style, Quality and Service IN PROBATE COURT. In the Matter of the Estate of Nathan CREAMERIES Gordon, Decedent. Letters of administration this day There is one creamery built and two buildings which be having been granted to Thyra E. Gordon, in operation this summer. The Styles Young Men are Looking forHART IT IS ORDERED, that the time within which all creditors of the above BEEF CATTLEt ARE PROFITABLE named decedent may present claims The production of beef is a growing industry in the against his estate in this court, be, and the same hereby is, limited to SCHAFFNER & MARX CLOTHES Rainy River Valley. The quality and quanity of crops produced three months from and after the date hereof and that Saturday the 1st of there make it especially adapted to this industry. The September, 1917, at 10 o'clock A. M., section is more favorably situated for dairy production than in the Probate Court Rooms, at the 'T'he name is an Emblem of Originality, Court House at International Falls in Holland, for growing beef than, Aberdeenshire, Scottland, and said County, be, and the same hereby for growing high class pork than Denmark. As a stock country is, fixed and appointed as the time and honest workmanship aiid place for hearing upon the examination, it is unequaled. It is commonly observed that beef cattle adjustment and allowance of carry more natural flesh when feeding on the succulent such claims as shall be presented big values. For smart styles, good fit, within the time aforesaid. grasses of the Rainy River Valley than do cattle grown in Let notice hereof be given by the more southern sections. publication of this o^der in International big values and elegant in details, you Falls Press as provided by law. Dated May 12, 1917. HOCS THE MONEY MAKERS JOHN BERG, can't equal Naturally with the development of the dairy busmi&s the Jadnre Probate. JEflE St NORTON, SWll vV.»T»I.5-25 6-7 Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes year. The Rainy River Valley afford the cheapest possible CITATION FOR HEARING ON PETITION feeds for the production of pork, the by products of the dairy FOR ADMINISTRATION together with clover pasturage and a minimum of grain for You get more real intrinsic vaule per finishing. The bacon type of hog is the best money in this Estate of Fred C.'Corell STATE OF MINNESOTA, 1 section. dollar into their clothes than is found ss. County of Koochiching. BIG PROFITS IN POULTRY IN PROBATE COURT. in any other clothing made, anywhere, Poultry is a source of big profit to the Rainy River Valley In the Matter of the Estate of Fred C. Corell, Decedent. farmer. The close proximity of big markets and the unusual THE STATE OF MINNESOTA To by anybody. We have styles to suit adaption of the country to this branch of agriculture Margaret B. Corell, Winnifred Corell, Ross Corell and Josephine Corell and makes it an important item in the development of this fertile all persons interested in the granting every taste and a fit for almost any district. Prices received for eggs and drssed poultry in the of administration of the estate of said' decedent: local markets of International Falls, have caused many settlers The petition of Margaret B. Corell figure. to go into this line exclusively. A few acres on the having been filed in this court, representing that. Fred C. Corell, then a outskirts o£ the towns, devoted to poultry, will give a man an resident of the County of Koochiching, independent living. State of Minnesota, died intestate on ,the 6th day of April, 1917, and praying that letters of administration of SMALL CHANCE FOR FAILURE HERE A wonderful collection of Skirts1at]$1.25 to $6.00 his estate be granted to Margaret B. Corell, and the Court having fixed the In view of these facts it is not to be wondered at that the time and place for hearing said petition, Rainy River Valley is adjudged the most fertile, undeveloped A beautiful line of Neckwear.lfHats. Everything THEREFORE, YOU, AND EACH OF empire on the American continent. No second-rate country YOU, Are hereby cited and required a well dressed man needs. Florsheim-Shoes and this, but one that, once developed, will' rank at the 'top with to show cause, if any you have, before this court at the. Probate Court Rooms the most productive regions of the world. But like all things in the Court House, in the City of International Oxfords in all lasts and styles. worthy of striving for, this result will not be accomplished Falls in the County otKoochiching State of Minnesota, on without labor, nor in a day. the 16th day of June, 1917, at 10 o'clock The Rainy River Valley is the Land of Certainties. It is A. M., why said petition should not be granted. the one region in which the newcomer can settle, absolutely Markowitz & Summerfield WITNESS, the Judge of said Court that he can wrest a living from the soil for himself assured and the Seal of said -Court, this 16th Ms day of May, 1917. 1 and his family.^Providing only' he possesses the average! JOHN BERG, judgment of a sane man, speculation and uncertainty need Jkdge.'r. (Court Seal) Probate as® JEVNE NORTON. never enter into his calculations as to the final culmination Attorneys. 5-25 -7 A