INTERNATIONAL FALLS PRESS PACE FOUR •M THE miEKNATIONAL FALLS PRESS tion. They are much like Holland in having the choice between A MILLION MEN TO BE ^nearly $17,000,000. JiJ DRAFTED, IS LATEST PLAN Bidders submitted their estimates starvation and suicide. .J AND BORDER BUDGET on the basis of options on vast quanProTost We have these-suggestions, not to the newspapers but to their Marshal Talis Senate Body tities of leather secured some time communities. Why shpuld not each community buy say $100 in Publishers of the Official County ProcMdia|S Number, is Necessary to Raise ago by the defense council's committee space in each of its newspapers, to be used as demanded during the Force of 650,0M. on supplies, of which Julius Rojsenwald INTERNATIONAL FALLS PRESS PUBLISHING COMPANY year for patriotic propaganda, bond loans or what you will? is chairman. GEO. P. WATSON, Editor sil •aisgcr Washington, June 4.—Plans of the If they cannot purchase leather as The state commission will demand much of such space during MIbb., War department to draft from 900,- cheaply directly the committee on Eatercd at tke Peat Oflcc at International Falls, as Second-class Matter the'year to come, and $100 would not overtax any community. 000 to 1,500,000 men of the 10,000,000 supplies will turn over the options Again, why should riot the local advertisers, when occasion SUBSCRIPTION RATES: U. S., $1.50 FOREIGN, $2.00 PER YEAR. who it is estimated will be register- to them. The main purpose in geted demands, either increase their space or donate a portion, say onehalf, tomorrow for the new army, were ting the options was to stabilize the disclosed today by Provost Marshal lather market against heavy purGeneral for a week or more to this sort of propaganda? It would Have you bought a Liberty Bond Croder to the Senate mili chases for government account. make mighty good advertising, an advertisement of patriotic spirit. tary affairs committee. The purchases were made through —Duluth News Tribune. According to the plans of the Senate this generation will be Exemptions, he said, probably the committee on supplies, in co-operation required to pay one half of the war debt. would result in reducing the number with the quartermaster's department-of to 625,000 men for immediate service. PUBLIC SAFETY ORGANIZATION the army and the navy bureau of supplies and accounts. A Liberty Bond is not only an evidence of patriotism but also While the War department had The army purchases include three On another page will be found a call issued by Atty. j. K. one of the best financial investments that can be made. originally planned to first select 500,000 styles of marching and field shoes. Brown fr.r -i meeting in this city June 14, for the purpose of or::i/i'.| men, General Crowder told the The navy buys the regulation black committee the plans have been revised, calfskin high cut design. the Koochiching county branch of the neiot.i Public Although 940 was the quota believed possible by the Federal and it is now "proposed to require Among those to whom army contracts Safety Commission of. wi« Governor J. A. A. Burnquist is exoflicio government for this county in registrations, according to the returns 650,000. To obtain this number, were awarded are: chairman, .. v- coming in it'will probably reach 1500. he said, it probably will be necessary H. L. Nunn, Milwaukee WeyenbroiShoe This is a patriotic movement which should meet the approval to draft at least 900,000/ and possibly company, Milwaukee A. H. iof all loyal citizens in this county,.. .Membership in. the proposed 1,500,000, because of exfH&ted fex-1 jHuiskamp Bros., Keokuk, Iowa, A prohibitive virar tax of !$5 per gallon on whiskey is the recom­ emptions. Most of -the other successful biddete- organization will be open to' every man, woman, and child in the mendation of the senate committee. would have beeti better if General Crowder told the^orrnnft* W^re -New England manufacturefs, county without the payment of dues. they had recommended that-it. be not manufactured at all. tee the additional 125,000 will be wtK^alSo received-the navy contract. purpose to all citizens a voluntary The is enroll in organization needed to fill up vacancies in the patroitic service direction for under the of the Public Safely army of 500,000, and to- keep training If John Kurze^kvf^di^ -been able to purchase intoxicating similar' Organization formed Commission. A is being in #each camps in continuous operation. FOOD CONTROL BILL liquor in this "dry" town fee would riot have allowed his tongue to When the original plans for service county in the state. .-o PASSED) BY SENATE get ahead of his judgment. The court should require him to tell were made, he said, the department Let us not. allow our county to lag in patroitism. had not planned to send" American who the criminal was that furnished him the whiskey. Makes Storing a Felony and Stops forces abroad so soon. Trading in Future. KILL THE ¥LT GF ORE HE IS BORN. Casualties from foreign* service, he The correct measure'riients of the United States flag specify believed, sickness, tit.r make necessary Washingtno, June 2.—The first of G. FV Swinnerton, M. D,, County Health Officer a reserve of 125,000 men, in addition the length as one and ni^Sg&ths times its width, arid two arid onehalf the administration food bills, already to the duty at trailing camps. times the length/^f union—the union crossing seven 4lhe passed by the House, passed the Senate A Wisconsin health authority says of a Certain town in that General Crowder told the committee late today without a record vote. stripes and resting Mj|jfti%he eighth, which is white. The union state that a survey "of the town showed that there are twenty he favored immediate drafting Numerous amendments were attached (blue field) contains fori^-eight stars, six rows of eight stars of men registering rather than postponement manure piles in C—-—, sonic of them large ones. There are one to the measure, which provides each. The thirteen stripes are a memorial of the thirteen original of the draft for several hundred and twenty-three families whose garbage is thrown on for a food survey and crop states, weeks after registration. He regards stimulation, and it was sent..to conference the ground, and one hundred and seVenty-twcf outside toilets which it desirable that mien drafted where the differences will be are not flytight. Thus there is-a'total of upwards of three hundred may know and can have a few weeks threshed out while the two Houses The village of fibbing has just passed Ordinance No. 134 and twelve breeding places for fries in the comnjunity." to make their personal arrangements are considering the second administration which requires that ill screens and bar fixtures used in licensed before called to the colors. Now what would a similar survey of ajiy village or city»3it measure, providing for food drinking places whicfe obstruct free view from the street of the Details of making exemptions also control and price vxing. Koochiching county reveal of these particular sources of fly-brewing? room wl|sre soft drinks are sold be removed. When the city administration were explained to the committee by The" bill, as finally accepted by the It would be an interesting enquiry. the provost marshal general. He Senate provides for a comprehensive of International Falls is really in earnest about enforcement The fact remains however that these. very things are the said the government does not contemplate survey of food resources, and for the of the liquor laws it will pass and enforce a similar sources of the fly pests during the season of warmth favorable to any class exemptions but stimulation of agricultur, and restricts ordinance. the multiplication of the .fly.- that all will be personal. Farmers, drastically the storing of foodstuffs, factory operatives and other special fuel and other necessities and Swatting the fly is a slow laborious, and in the long run resultless classes would not be exempted as speculation in futures. The city of Minn.e§po%$j:oppe& the democratic and republican effort There would (hot be a. call for a fly swatter if such, not territorially, but all exemptions The restrictive provisions were parties and placed the {.socialists in control and what di^ the people every sourcej_of- fly breeding were removed from the community. will be made individually... added by the Senate. The bill carries of that city get? They got a bunch of dough faces. Look at the The men drafted probably will be a total appropriation of approximately It is now a well known fsict that disease is. carried by flies. conduct of that gang of. socialist reformers in the matter of the in training camps by September 1, $11,000,000 compared with Perhaps the most frequently'affected by their activities along this General Crowder said, adding that he $14,770,000 as it passed the House. enforcement of the registration law. The conduct of that bunch of line .are -the helpless and inriticent babies. Their milk becomes favored beginning selections within Hoarding or storage of food, fuel cowards is a shame and disgrace not only to the city4 of Minneapolis affected, their bottles and the liipples of those bottles become infected, twd weeks after registration so that or other necessaries of life to limit but to the entire state and the nation.—-"Madison News. Cause and directly a great part of the summer disorders exemption work may be expedited the supply or affect prices Would be of children. ... and notifications of final, selections made a felony under the Senate may be made as soon thereafter as hoarding amendment, but "farmers On other pages will be fobnd the orations delivered last week There is nojreasonable excuse itor the existence of flies. /Their possible."-"' who tdld their own products "aire expected. by the six high school graduates of our city. They are-deserving breeding places can all be renjpvefci, If so, why not? of a careful reading and cannot fair but be helpful arid suggestive An amendment by Senator Knute U. S. LETS CONTRACT FOR THE NAVY IS CALLING YOU This city is certainly proud of its school systeiil, its well Nelson of Minnesota empowers the 3,450,060 PAIRS OF SHOES President to suspend speculation in built and fully equipped apparatus for the many courses taught. wheat and other food cereals in Great credit is due Supt E. E. Mclntire and his splendid crops of Listen, Son:—Don't Average Price of $4.50 Per Pair, If you want to take apart in the things of the which food prices are unreasonable. teachers and also to the schoolboard for making such a thorough Necessary Made From leather Defense It was passed by the Senate, 37 to biggest period of the World's history? A war-wrought world education of our pupils possible. Committee Have Purchased. 17. fighting against tyranny is calling for help. America, your America Press office. J14 In supporting his amendment Senator has answered. Are you going to back your Country up or, Nelson called attention to "what The high cost of living is due largely to the cost of distribution. holding back, are you going to stand in its way? Your Country Washington, June 2.—Contracts happened recently when the Chicago Advertising not only reduces this cost but it "creates demands, for 3,450,000 pairs of shoes for the Exchange shut down on dealing has lined up its Navy to gain the Freedom of the Seas. It is army and navy were awarded Friday finds markets, lightens the brirdens of personal salesmanship it in futures. The price fell from 50 ready with the best of ships and the best guns. Its history has a through the National Defense to 60 cents a bushel, he said. is a means of teaching great numbers of people at once the uses of lane of glory from John' Paul Jones to George Dewey. Council. Delivery is to be completed This convinced him the remedy for new things, enabling them in the shortest time to see the benefit NOW, THE NAVY ASKS YOU TO BE ONE OF ITS MEN ^within eight months, and the averr undue high prices is to stop speculation. of many of the blessings /which the world affords." A few of the age price will be $4.85. THERE IS ONLY ONE ANSWER FOR THE REAL MAN^ merchants and a great man^ of the people in this city have recently THE REAL YOUNG AMERICAN. The contracts, awarded on com•petitive enjoyed the benefits and reduced the cost of living by the generous bids, were distributed among PLANTS FOR SALE. You are a fair minded, clear thinking fellow, with a mind al( twenty-seven firms. advertising that has appeared in this paper during the part few your own. You've got that electric spark of young Americanism The army will get 2,600,000 pairs Fine large tomato plants ready to weeks. J?n in you that makes quick action follow firm decision. Nobody has of the shoes and the navy 850,000. bloom peppers, egg plants and cucumber to clamor around your ears when you've made up your mind. The contracts represent "the largest plants ready to set out, frr THE GREAT PEACE MOVEMENT shoe purchase ever made by the gov That's the way you played real,boys' games before you turned the sale at Dr. Swinnerton's greenhous*:. ernment, their total value" reaching 812 6th street, city. lane to grow-up time, that's the way you played base-ball, that's The world cannot be-half democratic and half autocratic. It the way you kicked a ball to goal and success. And you've carried must be all democracies of the world are gathered about the last! it into your business. You know now it's" the only way you ever Quality, Value and Service stronghold of autocracy-alrad engaged in the conflict thrust upon made an opportunity prove that it was golden and would produce them by dynastic policy pursuing the ambition of rulers tinder. dollars. It's been all action with. you. You make up your mind claim of divine right for, their own aggrandizement, their own at a Surprisingly Low Price when you normally want to, as quick as a closed switch throws glory, without regard to law or justice or faith. The issue today the current into things and starts something. Naturally the question and tomorrow may seem uncertain, but the end is not uncertain. arises RIGHT NOWWHY HESITATE IN THE FACE OF No one knows how. soon the end will come, or what dreadful suffering '.: A CRISIS? You want and expect all these and sacrifice may stand between but the progress of the You wouldn't think much of afire engine company whose men, attributes in a corset and you great world movement that has doomed autocracy cannot be turned after spending all their time shining up the brass of the machine, will find them generously in back if defeated £. That is the great peace movement. 'sat around thinking what to do when an alarm came in. What these stylish garments. We Elihu Root. kH :v v. would you think of an able bodied policeman, who, night stick inhand, frequently sell customer hesitated and balked, thinking it over while a burglar was DIVIDE THE BURDEN route on.the second story to your home? You want to be fair about this thing. This country of yours The newspapers of Minnesota are "up against" a rather trying has done a whole lot for you and in your own precious veins is the Worch'ester proposition. None of them has a too great income. Very many blood-bought blood, that has made it the land of the brave and the of them are barely on the right side of the ledger. Print paper, free and the home of the kind of manhood that belongs with real Corsets labor and all-materials have kept pace in price with bread, potatoes democracy. Are you going to be the man to hesitate' when your and onions. Country calls? Are you, with your hesitation and indecision, going Speaking only of those newspapers known, as "the country tp bloclr the way made glorious since the Concord men took up evep when she favors another press,' they are being deluged w.ith demands for publicity,. which their guns for Liberty? It doesn't sound like you—you are not brand, because she realizes means printed space, by scores of organizations all having to do living up 1o form when you come lolling around the barracks after with phases of the war situation. that there is full VALUE for the boys have gone and the last notes of the bugle echo across Many of these come directly from the government. From now every dollar spent. Comfort the sands, as the last ship sailjs out to protect ou^r shores. I on a lot more will come from our own state commission of public You'll feel sorry then, .boy* and wish you had been your own and style, too. Come in right safety. Much of this matter is of interest to all Americans a quick, rightacting sejf. Ask that Father of yours what you ought now and see these smart new good deal has actual news value. to do. He remembers when the boys marched away, when your styles at $1, $1.25, $2, $2.50 That from the state commission should have immediate and ^Grandmother went down to the gate and waved them a "God and $3. full attention. On the other hand, every newspaper in America Bless You." Maybe Dad was one of the boys himself. Ask that has had to cull and cut news matter to the quick to save white paper dear Mother of yours. She has told you what was right from the "YOU CAN ALWAYS DO BETTER" 0. and labor to make the old and not increased income fit the higher, day you first stumped your toe. and fell, until you did real things cost of production. .v./ and real things began happening to you.. You know what Dad M. CARR & CO., How can the country press meet these demands? Their Editors will tell you to do, know what Mother will say., feel more keenly than the average man the thrill that is lifting AND YOUR OWN CONSCIENCE SAYS -'. "the STORE OF QUALITY" our country to the heights. They deeply realize their obliga­ THE NAVY—ENLIST."