PPSP pfppPll jvu-j-ri f-' jJj% INTERNATIONAL FALLS PRESS PAGE FOUR IKE INTERNATIONAL FALLS PRESS DID YOU EVER THINK OF IT. ¥$•„ AND BORDER BUDGET Your banker may seem a cold blooded proposition at times. He may seem to be all interest, discount and exchange. You may By Expensive Suits Publishers of the Official County Proceedings get the notion that he is Shylock and would grind you' to the last INTERNATIONAL FALLS PRESS PUBLISHING COMPANY cent. Such is not the case—but that is all in the manner of surface la-: GEO. P. WATSON, Editor and Manager looks. Your banker, next to your family physician, is the Cases Tried By Arnold Against Bondsmen Entered at the Post Office at International Falls, Minn., an Second-clans Matter man that pulls you out of trouble. He has a heart as big as an ox —and when he finds that you are honest and deserving he will gq to SUBSCRIPTION RATES: U. S., $1.50 FOREIGN, $2.00 PER YEAR. and To Stop Payment of Warrants the limit and take great chances to help you over the rough places. He,gets that bank look fighting off crooks and people who try to Patriotism and booze never go hand in hand. On Road Contracts Dismissed. work him for a sucker. Be good to your banker and you will not regret it.—Ex. This is Chautauqua week. Have you got your season ticket. W LIST OF THE INDICTMENTS RE­ FOURTH OF JULY SUGGESTION. Are you getting ready for the Fourth of July celebration? TURNED BY THE GRAND JURY The Fourth of July celebration in Minnesota this year will What do they care as long as they are getting their $50 per. have an added element of seriousness. The minds of the people, conscious of the grave crisis in the affairs of the country, will After nine days spent in the trial of the case of the county Next Sunday at least one service is to be devoted to the topic turn naturally to the present and future instead of to the past, as against the bondsmen of L. H. Slocum to recover two thousand of food saving as a national nceessity at the request of Herbert C. has been customary on other Fourth of July celebrations. dollars because of alleged illegal payments on road number 24, Hoover the food efficiency man. The Minnesota State Safety Commission, acting through its and after the county had completed its case, the defense, without director in each county, will suggest that there be at least one introducing any evidence moved that the case be dismissed and By appealing to the federal courts from the actions of the large patriotic meeting in every county in the state at which the .the motion. was. granted, Minnesota Public Safety Commission the booze sellers will find people will be given an opportunity to hear discussed the burning It appeared by the evidence as produced by the county that they have jumped "out of the frying pan into the fire." questions of the present, rather than listening to patriotic remminders the county board and not the auditor had entered into the contract of events at this nation's birth. to construct rural highway No. 24. That the county board .. The director in each county will co-operate with the local "American Socialists strictly neutral", says a news item. That's took the whole matter out of the hands of the auditor and compromised committees having in charge the Fourth of July Celebrations. the trouble, every American whether he is a socialist or not should and settled with the contractors December 11th, 1914. While the day's festivities will include some of the usual sports and be decidedly pro-American—this on the fence business doesn't go That a deduction was made by the county from the contract other features of entertainment,- still the questions relating to war price for uncompleted work in the sum of $6,000.00. That a balance these days. will have a permanent place ins the programs presented from one of about $2,700.00 was still due the contractors after such edduction end of the state to the other. was made and the auditor paid this sum pursuant to the If the state had been allowed to prosecute the investigation Among the other things expected to be discussed are the best settlement made by the county through its board with the contractors. as the law provides the four thousand dollars useless expense would ways in which the efforts of the people of Minnesota can be united not have been incurred on the two cases heard and dismissed during to make them effective in bringing the war to an early conclusion. The court held that the settlement made by the county was the past week. .. The quickest and best way to win a war is to fight hard. Minnesota a bar to an action against Slocum or his bondsmen by the county. has always taken a prominent place in everything that looks That to allow the county to recover from the bondsmen of The J'ourth of July has been selected as "Enrollment Day" to the good of this free government of ours where each is guaranteed Slocum after it had cut the ground out from under their feet by throughout the 300 cities and villages of Northern Minnesota for his life and liberty. The present conflict between the autocracy the settlement would be gross injustice. That the auditor and those who are joining the Seiur du L'Hut Battalions for service of the world as against the right of a nation to govern itself, his bondsmen were powerless in the matter and that the county in the war against Germany. will find few or no laggards in any county Of the great North had assumed control over the situation and could not be allowed Star state. When the people realize the serious issues involved to to now claim damages by their own act. them as individuals, it is not doubted, that there will be such an Fearing bad weather might' interfere with the attendance at This settlement was well known to all to have been made before out-pouring of patriotic effort that future generations will be Chautauque if the attractions were held in tents, the management the action was started and that it was a bar to the action has secured the Grand theater. This removes the last cause for proud of what was done in the war of 1917, as they now are of should have been known to any lawyer of ordinary ability. Minnesota's reputation, in the war Of the. Rebellion. hesitation, so get your season tickets at once. Aside from this legal objection, the evidence did not disclose any graft or wholesale corruption such as had been promised The services of many of the ablest orators in the state have by the prosecution. On the other hand their special engineer, been secured for the various big1 patriotic rallies. Local speakers of If the prophecy of Banker "VV- E. Lee, of Todd county, that Hughes, testified that the cost of completing the contract based fame and ability will supplement and deal with such topics as his county will be able to supply St. Paul with potatoes this fall on the report of the engineer, Mullin, who examined the road the enlistment, Liberty Loan bonds. Red Cross work, Food Production •at twenty-five cents a bushel, comes true there should be a corresponding October 3, 1914, -over a month before the contractors quit work and conservation, thrift and. economy. It is possible that decrease in the'H. C. L. all along the line. on the road would be, in his judgment about $24,000.00. $15,000.00 in many localities there will be a woman speaker, something new, of this sum was figured for surfacing the swamp sections at a price who may most effectually emphasize- how the housewife who practises Both the states and federal governments have evidently three times what the contract provided. economy puts herself in. the:1rank^ of those who sferve the made up their minds to safe guard the morals as well as the health It was admitted that some sturiips we're left in the roadway nation. of all who volunteer or are drafted into the various departments of aiid that minor defects were left unremedied at the time of the Some county directors expect t3' organize a pageant of children the U. S. Army or navy. This is a comparatively new departure settlement^ The surfacing was left undone at the request of the dressed as the states of the Union, headed by Columbia. It is but a verv good one. county board as they did not want the kind of surfacing provided the general intention to bring together everyone living in the by the contract. community and to help develop a feeling of universal kindliness •J N. B. Arnold, special attorney for the county board, seems to This suit to recover two thousand dollars for the county and friendship. Everyone loves the country where he has friends have gotten the cart before the horse. Wouldn't it have been better has now cost the county about $3,000.00, and according to the and it is hoped to show those born under other flags that their real to first prove that the officer for whom bonds had been given decision of Judge McClenahan there was never any grounds and true friends are the neighbors among whom they live. had done wrong before putting the county to the expense of trying for such an action. It is confidently expected that the celebrations held throughout to collect from the bondsmen? The suit brought by Arnold at the request of the county board the state next week will, stand prominent ^mong the glorious celebrations to have declared void all warrants issued in excess of the contract of the anniversary of our nation's birth.—W. C. Handy, and without engineers estimate on roads nine and five involving Publicity Bureau, Minn. Commission of Public Safety. The merchants and everybody else are requested to honor not about $175,000.00 of county warrants, was thrown out of only the Stars and Stripes but also the Flags of Allied nations by cpurt by a decision of Judge Wright, in sustaining a demurrer to to everyone to co-operate. Every LUXURIES MUST WAITNECESSITIES making them apart of the general street decoration for the Fourth car, engine, track, freight house, and FIRST the complaint of the county several weeks ago. and the succeeding days in which many of the visitors for throughout every other appliance must, do more i:The, suit on Slocum's bond given by a surety company for his the county will be in our city. work. Howard Elliott, of Railroads' .War last term of office' claiming loss to the county by illegal acts of "One of the first and most important. Board, Outlines Program of Roads Slpcum in making payments on Rural Highway Number 9, was measures under way is to move in Shipments of Necessities. This is a very good time for all who have been or are still engaged more fuel to the northwest and at dismissed at this term of court by Judge McClenahan at the close in the booze business to square themselves with, Uncle Sam the same time bring east the greatest. of the plaintiffs case for the reason that no loss could be shown Washington, June 23.—Howard Elliott, by sending him a check for all the damage and injury their business amount of iron ore possible former president of the New as the county had actually paid less than the admitted value of from the upper lake ports. This will has done through the unlawful hours or methods not legally allowed Haven railroad, and now a member the road. Outstanding warrants remaining unpaid did not constitute provide for industrial activity both of the railroads' war board, in a under the license system and since their licenses expired. W a loss to the county as, if they are illegal the county need not east and west next winter, and also statement just issued outlines the insure a supply of domestic coal. pay them and may successfully defend a suit on such warrants if war board's efforts to arrange for "With the co-operation of the lake When one stops to realize that the British alone have thousands they are in fact illegal, which could only be determined when actions movement of essentials of life and carriers we have arranged for a pool war. on those warrants are properly brought and the proper parties of destroyers, submarine chasers, mine sweepers, aircrafts of shipments of lake coal, thus releasing "The war board feels," said Mr. and every other device known for combatting submarine warfare are given a hearing theredn. the' cars. Elliott, "that if the "war goes on the in the Irish pea alone a keen sense of the responsibility of our Vice So far nothing has been accomplished by the investigation in "We are suggesting changes in total amount of transportation will the passenger schedules, simply to Admiral SLns as commander in chief of all the Allied fleets in those its attempt to recover alleged loss, and( thousands of dollars of the not be enough. save man power, fuel and motive -.vaters berin _to draw upon him. people's money has been recklessly squandered by the members "It will be absolutely necessary to power, all of which must be applied of the present board of county commissioners who have continued use such transportation as there is to transporting necessities. for essential things. The public willingly to listen to Arnold and his political backers and authorized him "The board has supplied to the If a crime has been committed, no matter how much the cost should give up the nonessentials. to continue as he Saw fit in bringing actions in the name of the government five trained railroad officers, to prove the guilt and punish the offender it should be done, but It is going to be a great deal who were commissioned to go county that no lawyer of ordinary ability would advise. more important to move food, fuel when it is self evident that those who are entrusted with the duty to Russia to help the Trans-Siberian In the suit first mentioned above the defense was represented and iron than luxuries. of investigation are simply "marking time"" or at the best making railroad to move toward the Russian L$1* by Attorneys Kane, McPartlin and Brown, all "of this city. N. B. "The railroads have done their front the freight piled up at Vladivostok. a bungling job at it at extravagant expense the sooner they are cut 4?-" Arnold, of Duluth represented' the county. Ir best the last eighteen months to off the pay roll and the case put into the hands of efficient and add to their cars and engines. There "We are^arranging to obtain nine The grand jury completed. its work last Saturday noon after able parties the better. W has been placed in service since November regiments of trained railway officers returned twenty-six indictments as follows: 1, 1916, just "989 new engines ys. and employees to help the English John Kurzeck, for finding fault with recruiting and the way and 44,063 new cars. Orders have and) French to carry on railroad activities, The most tolerant citizen, the most liberal-minded on the subject been given for 2,209 engines and the United States was conducting the war. He was arraigned and principally in France. of the liquor traffic, must view that violation of law known as 104,917 cars. We hope they will be "The war board's organization has released on bonds. the blind pig with an abhorrence equal to that of the most pronounced received before January 1, 1918. Then 16 experienced railway officers, including Fred Moss, Mrs. Jos. Moss and Mrs. Delia Bracken on charge of there will have been introduced between prohibitionist. The blind pig is not a question of temperance the five executives composing having stolen food from Tom Tuff lot's wanagan on Black River. November 1, 1916, and January the head committee, and 11 othrs policy, but of open and impudent contempt of the law. There M. J. Rowen, charged With running a blind pig at Ray, released 1, 1918, about 148,980 cars with ,an average here permanently. There are also is no possible angle from which it can be considered as other than capacity of more than 50 tons, 69 other general employees and 18 on bonds. a menace to law and morals.—St. Paul Dispatch. and 3,188 engines with an average inspectors who travel about the Geo. A. Elder of Duluth on five charges connected with bond tractive power of 54,000 pounds, very country. and road matters. Mr. Elder appeared before Judge McClenahan $?,- much above the average of engines "Our estimate is that, not counting Many people have wondered why the railroad "company burned Tuesday morning and was released on $3,000.00 bonds to appear of the United States. the services of the board and the up- the old, discarded railway ties along the right of way instead and enter plea Monday. railroad officers, the American railways "May 1 there was a shortage of of giving them to farmers and others who resided in the vicinity 150,000 cars. In round numbers there .will' contribute the equivalent L. H. Slocum on thirteen counts. He appeared before the court are 2,500,000 cars in the United States. of about $500,000 a year to this special and who could use them to good advantage for fuel. It now develops and was released on $3,000.00 bonds pending hearing. If through better loading and work. f^that years ago the custom was in vogue but the company discovered R. S. McDonald, former commissioner, on tlyee counts. He unloading, better movement and "I think we will win this war sooner 'that many of the people who were given the privelege were unable will in all probability, appear of his own accord as the others more alert wprk by every man in if first we wake up to the magnitude to discriminate between new and old ties and thousands of these have done who were indicted on the county charges. the railroads, from the president of the task, and not only mobilize ties were taken. The Northern Pacific, however, believes the eyesight The civil case of Miller vs. Fred Smith which is a mix up over down to the water, boy, it will ngt our marvelous man power, but take long to get an added service also co-ordinate with that our money of the people has improved and in future these old ties will driving logs, followed the bondsmen cases. Arnold appeared for of 150,000 cars from the cars on hand. power, our business organization, track.—Brainerd be given to farmers and othe^ along the railroad Miller and Kane for the defendant. This case also was dismissed our press, and all the other General Co-operation Asked. Dispatch. after Arnold had put in his evidenced "The railroad war board appeals manifold industries." it &