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AW ,U k^Sf«-vV-l"i& v^'j ,MJ1, Wi !P^PJTO5 -Ml ??W"W HI SfiNTERNATIdNAL*FALLS PRESS ?Ci&S: 1 INTERNATIONAL FALLS PRESS PAGE SEVEN ELOQUENT AND INSTRUCTIVE ORATIONS not find our mode of dress, our manners, our learning, our very ORDER .LIMITING TIME .TO FILE ternational Falls in the County of Koochiching State of Minnesota, on opinions and ideals affected by the prevailing fashion. We adopt CLAIMS AND FOR HEARING the 16th day of June, 1917, at 10 o'clock THEREON. Continued from Page Three a style of dressing, not because it is tKe most comfortable or the A. M., why said petition should not be granted.. en took from her dress some beautiful pink and white flowers, and most attractive style, but simply because it is the fashion of the Estate of Nathan Gordon. WITNESS, the Judge of said Court placed them under the green leaves. As she did so, she said. "I STATE OF MINNESOTA, time established arbitrarily by a set of people of whom we know and the Seal of said Court, this 16th ss%. day of May, 1917. give you my most precious flowers and my sweetest breath, but littlQ and for whom we care less, but whose every whim we nevertheless County of KoochichingIN JOHN BERG, whosoever wishes to see you, Arbutus, must kneel as I do," and the PROBATE COURT. follow slavishly. We change our customs and manners and (Court Seal) Probate Ju4se. In the Matter of the Estate of Nathan maiden floated away over the hills and'fields and everywhere she JEVNE & NORTON, do: athing in one way because everybody else is doing it that way. Gordon, Decedent. 5.25 6-7 Attorneys. went bright flowers sprang up for spring had come. Letters of administration this day At one period of our lives we are taught such and such a thing— having been granted to Thyra E. Gordon, The dandelion of which Lowell wrote: at another period we learn quite different things merely because PATRIOTIC CITIZENS "Dear common flower, IT IS ORDERED, that the time the fad of education so directs. We do these things without thinking FLY THE FLAG within which all creditors of the above That growth beside the way, or stopping to reason why we do them but, following the line named decedent may present claims Fringing the dusty road, against his estate in this court, be, of least resistance, let the other fellow do the thinking. Freedom We will ship by parcel post to your and the same hereby is, limited to address Prepaid one of our Fast Color With harmless gold." from such slavery is to be secured by the exercise of our wills and three months from and after the date "All Weather Brand" 4x6 foot sewed hereof and that Saturday the 1st of Has also been the subject of many stays among the early people, the use of such intelligence as has been given us. tT. ii. Flags («r |1JA. These flags have September, 1917, at 10 o'clock A. M„ strong canvas headings and brass gromrnets who had the imagination of children and of poets. One legend There are also slaves of habit. If we can reverse this situation in the Probate Court Rooms, at the and will stand all kinds of weather represents the flowers as arrows instead of lions teeth, from which' Court House at International Falls in and are of our own manufacture. and making habits our slaves, to do the mechanical work of our said County, be, and the same hereby •The scarcity and advance in price of their name comes. These were the weapons of the little soldier lives thus freeing our conscious intelligence for the finer tasks, we is, fixed and appointed as the time and materials at this time makes this of whollived alone in his little camp by the road side. He had travelled place for hearing upon the examination, fer limited. Send in-your order at ones. have gained a great victory and increased our power many times. adjustment and allowance of Send check, money order or draft with a loiig way from a dark underground country. Seeing how dusty In overcoming the more clearly dangerous hoibts like those of such claims is shall be presented order. Prices on other sies upon application. and |tired he was, the raindrops does refresh him with a shower within the time aforesaid. drug-using, of profane language, and of extravagance, we are assisted Let notice hereof be given by the Northwestern Flag 4k Decorating Co. bath. The sunshine fairies came down and gave him a handsome by constant warnings from nature herself and the teachings publication of this order in International Wholesale Manufacturers Falls Press as provided by law. suit of green and gold, with a quiver of golden arrows. The little of others, but it is the little, subtle habits of action, speech, Fla*s, Banners and Decorations Dated May 12, 1917. for all occaslosis soldier was very happy and smiled up at the passer by. and thought, against which we must guard if we would be free. JOHN BERG, ST. PANL, MINNESOTA Jntge of Probate. By and by as the spring went away over the hilltops, the little From a consideration of the different forms of slavery still JEVNE NORTON, soldier began to grow tired. His golden arrows had turned to silver, found in this the twentieth century, we conclude that Ave can hope Attorneys. 5-25 6-7 NOTICE so he crept down among the green grasses and his little camp for complete emancipation only when we have learned to control was left empty. The wind fairies shot away the silver arrows and our own minds and wills. CITATION FOR HEARING ON PETITION If the public will get the habit everywhere they fell bright golden flowers sprang up and the children FOR ADMINISTRATION of using their street address on all called them dandelions. mails it will give them better service Estate of Fred C. Corell These stories, which find the soul of a banished mortal in PERSONAL EFFICIENCY STATE OF MINNESOTA, 1 when the carriers are put in ss. plant life, are merely fairy stories to us now, but in view of the service and also be appreciated by By Clarence Shaw County of Koochiching. the postal department. investigations of scientists, we are almost compelled to believe in Mever in the history of our nation has the need of personal efficiency IN PROBATE COURT. Postmaster. In the Matter of the Estate of Fred C. a consciousness in plants. been so apparent, for upon this depends our success in the Corell, Decedent. We have never heard of the nervous system or brain of a plant war. Our limited efficiency has been brought into startling contrast THE STATE OF MINNESOTA To Margaret B. Corell, Winnifred Corell, but Mr. Bastin, a very intelligent research worker, has proven by with the efficiency of other countries. In Germany every Ross Corell and Josephine Corell and various experiments that the processes by which plants avail themselves able-bodied man is an efficient unit of the military system. In time all persons interested in the granting of administration of the estate of said of food and provide for their own reproduction are very of war these units are quickly available, and know just exactly decedent: Cor. Seventh Stmt and Hannapin Avonuo similar to the conscious processes of animal life. The petition of Margaret B. Corell what is expected of them. The government in turn knows just MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA having been filed in this court, representing Many plants of the tropical regions are shaped like pitchers. what each man can do by looking up his military service record. that. Fred C. Corell, then a THE ONLY MODERN These, as well as all other plants, need nitrogen for the manufacture POPULAR PRICED HOTEL resident of the County of Koochiching, In the United States these efficient methods would be impossible. State of Minnesota, died intestate on of plant tissue. In the soils in which they grow there are not Within one block of ten theatres and principal Every man who enlists now will have to take a long period of training the 6th day of April, 1917, and praying department stores. many salts of nitrogen that are available to these plants, so they that letters of administration of 45 ROOMS 49 ROOMS with before he is fit oractive service. his estate be granted to Margaret B. At Bath must find other means of obtaining it directly. The part of the Even if milifary competency were secured, it would still be impossible 75c $1.00 $1.25—$1.50 Corell, and the Court having fixed the plant resembling the pitcher is really the leaf. It is usually brightly time and place for hearing said petition, for the United States to carry on the war on as large a Hot and Cold Running Water, Local and colored so that many insects are deceived into thinking it a flower, Long Phtancs Phon— In Erory Room. scale as Germany, because of the inefficient methods of labor. THEREFORE, YOU, AND EACH OF and enter in hopes of obtaining pollen and nectar along the sprout YOU, Are hereby cited and required In view of these facts especially, efficiency is one of the most Managed by RAY BOYD to show cause, if any you have, before Formerly Chief Clerk Vendome Hate! of the pitcher, there are glands which secure a sticky fluid used to widely discussed problems of the day, receiving the serious attention this? court at the Probate Court Rooms Our Ratss are Always AS ADVERTISED catch insects. After being caught they are held until dead then in the Court House, in the City of In- of all ducators, of big businesses, and of the federal state and they drop to the bottom of the pitcher and decay. The nitrogenous municipal governments. Investigation of the subject is hindered juices formed are then absorbed by the plant. by the fact that those who have the clearest ideas of efficiency Another device used for catching insects is the venus fly trap. and its importance, have no time to explain it to others. CbHoA© of Saint Thomas The leaf of this plant is composed of three leaflets, in the center Thus the growth of the science of efficiency has been slow. UNDER THE CONTROLS DIRECTION OF ARCHBISHOP IRELAND Paul Minnesota of which is a single spine, acting as a spring. When a fly alights P!Fl£ DASGE It began with the Egyptians when they used geometry in mathe on a leaf, the three leaflets come together and the fly is imprisoned. matical calculations and in astronomy. It was growing slowly but CUSS B'Ji-D.'NG CHAPEL After he has ceased to struggle, he is dropped to the ground at the ft aR-l-fl surely up to the time of Watt. In Watt's invention of the steam DOP.MUOEJY base of the stem, where they decay and the juices are absorbed by engine it took a great step. Here is seen an illustration of Emer the roots of the plant. son's definition of efficiency, the one which is generally accepted. Many plants mimic certain insects and other, objects inorder "Elimination of all needless waste in material, in labor, in employment. A CATHOLIC MILITARY COLLEGE to carry on the work of pallination. An illustration of this is the and in equipment, so as to reduce cOsts, increase, profits, an Ranked as Honor School by the War Department dragonarum of southern Europe. This plant has flowers of a dark and raise wages." How many large corporationscan say that their Collegiate Commercial Academic Preparatory Careful Mental. Moral and Religious Training crimson color. When in full bloom, the flowers have an odor of "'*V business is transacted in accordance with this definition? Not Eight Hundrea and Thirty Students From Twenty-Five States Last Year. decaying meat. Insects are attracted by the odor and are captured many! It is impossible to secure a high. degree of effectiveness FOR ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE ADDRESS and held until well dusted with pollen. Very Rev. H. Moynihan, D. D. Pres. on short notice, for the personal efficiency of the employees will Much more might be added in support of the theory that plants not permit it. This same factor even now retards the carrying have a conscious existence. But all the discoveries of science out of an effective military program. Brandie'sdefinition, "Universal bring us no further than oagree with Tennyson in what he says Preparedness" upholds this dependence of military success of the flower in the croneced wall. "If I could understand what upon fitness along other lines. F. C. ROGERS you are, root and all, and all in all I should know what God and Several things are needed to take what is shown as the efficient man is." man. First and foremost of these is the strength to do work assigned. If after a days work a man feels uncommonly tired it is a good sign that his strength is insufficient, and he should imme PRACTICAL FURRIER SLAVES OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY diately build up his body by regular exercise, adapted to his needs. By Roy Palmer Fort Francos, Ontario In connection with this a man should take pride in his health. Good Living as we are in the twentieth century which is generally health is an essential of the efficient man. In order to secure this considered an age of great advancement and civilization, we are he must have correct methods of living, learn how to eat and sleep THE OLDEST EXCLUSIVE FUR HOUSE stafitled at the idea that slavery exists today. However, if we will correctly, and to take care of his body, not injure it. It stands to consider carefully, we shall discover that the institution still survives to reason that a man who is careful of his physical condition will IN THE WORLD as truly as it did before the negroes were freed. The fact have better health than the man who does not, and as good health that it does not receive the express sanction of the law makes it leads to efficiency, it is an object worth attaining. no less real. Our surprise in the discovery comes from our indifference Knowledge is another requirement of the efficient man. A to the things that do not immediately affect us, and high degree of intelligence is required in order to have the trainee from false impressions as to what freedom and. slavery actually mind apply itself. A man must npJtjjQ assigned work mechanically mean. To many of us freedom denotes buflTgf&te of being exempt hemtw#-4o it thinkingly. 'He must reason out methods which will from impri^npieafe«or tbe*s£#»ranical control oLanother^^W^think ''eMtfKlhim to dj&iiis wor^ with ttfeleast expetl^T of but one form of slavery, and that is the condition of the poor with the best results. He must make a study of his work. "wretch who is clained and driven to his daily toil. Many think they A man must also be adaptable. He must be able to find his are free because they are not held by iron chains and driven by a place with fellow workmen. He must study them, and adapt him rawhide lash. Freedom in its bigger sense includes more than liberty self to them so that he can help them and they him. of the body it embraces unrestricted opportunities for the He must also have tact. This goes with adaptability. One development of the best that is in us. With this definition in mind must be able to get along with fellow, workmen, approach them in we perceive that we have1 a great variety of slaves—those of labor the right manner, say and do things at the psycological moment. of fashion, of society, and of habit. Patience is another requirement of an efficient man. He will In spite of the advance made through labor unions the position be patient with the whims and pecularities of other men. He will of the unskilled workman is little better than slavery. Dependent not let them interrupt him in his work, or worry him in any way. upon the economic conditions of the' country for the privilege of EXPORTER AND IMPORTER OF This patience will also apply to himself and to his work. earning -his daily bread, what chance has he for growth in any RAW FURS Observation is another essential requirement. This means not line? Extreme cases are found in which the so-called free man is only seeing, but nothing. See a thing and be able to remember it oppressed as heavily as was the negro slave before the passage of and its peculiarties. the thirteenth amendment. Some of the big corporations such as the Florida East Coast Last an efficient man must have imagination. If he takes no IU1 joy in seeing his work grow, or in the effect of it, he will not care company, the Standard Oil clique, the turpentine and lumber trusts to put forth his best efforts in an attempt to do it well, and in the have put into force a system of peonage which is practically slavery. Highest Cash Price* Paid on least possible way. The men are got there first by glowing accounts and fradulent Raw Fort misrepresentations and are held there by threats. When some of Personal efficiency requires that a man be physically and mentally attempted to escape they were tracked by blood hounds alert to his environments and capacities, so that he may secure He will pay the duty and war tax on all furs from the United spirit brought'back at the point of the gun and when the local justice the most from them for himself and for humanity. and States and pay as high a price for them as any interferred and endeavored. to set them, they were shown to be indebted to their employer and their detaining justified on the aCcient Rif)cin's millinery department is claim, which gives the^ debtor's body to the creditor until the the best in town, me prettiest hats debt is paid and the worst of it was that the employer saw to it for ladies and misses at the lowestr BE SURE AND SEE ME BEFORE YOU SELL OR BUY prices. It will pay you t©- see out that they were kept in debt by some means or other. •naxmnon raccessfully treated hats before buying. An expert trimmer, While these instances of complete labor slavery are rare, the (removed) without knife arptfau All work guaranteed. Miss Anna Lindholm, will wait Cmmm, er self-imposed slavery of fashion, and of habit finds many adherents. writ* fmrfree Smmafrtmm k—k on you. Dr.WQJJAMS SAHATOR1UM Few of us are so completely-masters of ourselves1 that we do I Mi sesSrIB—pafc. lR—. Mrs. L._ Rifkin. 1 'M