=»4 'fa rp flrr^y? «-??_ =r^4« V*' & h'- -*^r-^gH •rv i" .1 INTERNATIONAL FALLS PRESS FACEFOUR Personal Property Tax List for THE PREFIX SUPERFLUOUS AND BORDER BUDGET City of International Falls, 1917 Publishers of the Official County Proceedings* :. ^INTERNATIONAL FALLS PRESS PUBLISHING COMPANY Kv -v .'/"v' -1817 GEO. P. "WATSON, Editor and Manager CITY OF INTERNATIONAL FALLS. Total tax rate by School Districts, including state, county, t&wn, or village E^erei at the Post Office at International Falls* Minn., as Second-clasa Matter* and school districts levies. School District Not 4, 'Mills, 75.2. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: U. S., $1.50 FOREIGN, $2.00 PER YEAR, (Rates of taxation on Money and 'Credits 30 cents per $100.) f. Fred Besette ofiOrr, is the first to start the political ball arolling Assessed .Value of by. filing for senator for his district. Fred made a good representative Assessed Personal Name of Person, Firm or Corporation Amount and it seems as thoug^i his willingjiess to "go up higher Value of Property Assessed. of Tax Moneys on which should be O. K'd by the voters on primary and election day. and Credits Tax is Based Notwithstanding the liberal subscription of the people of this 7.82 Anseth', Julius .. $ 104.00 $ $ $ 14.02 Arstneau, Frank 179.00 185.00 185.00 185.00 state to Liberty Loan. Red Cross -and other patriotic funds the 16.39 Alexander, Valiad- 218.00 deposits in the banks have increased during 1917,' $34,350,000, ol: Bender, Chas. 25.19 335.00 Backus, Mrs. E. W 28Q.00 21.06 which amount $3,150,000 is shown after the Liberty Loan and Rec 1.88 Billmyre, Mrs. F. M. 25.00 Cross drive since the middle of October, which shows the genera 7.67 Bredin, A. 100.00 50.00 1000.00 14.51 153.00 financial condition of the people of this state to be very satisfactory Babcock, H. M. 1 1 0 5 0 0 200.00 83.70 Burton, Mitchel 10264.00 1050.00 775.00 Bacon, B. W 260.00 975.00 975.00 22.48 The Press joins the other papers of this' county in its apprecia Bellile, Fred 6.24 tion of the broad guaged, fair minded manner in which County Burnett Bros 9 1 8 0 0 69.03 €^2.87 Barnard, A. 832.00 ,„v. 41/ ^50:00 Treasurer Fogarty has apportioned the publishing of the persona Baldus, Erbin 3 2 5 0 0 24.44 property taxes to each paper according to the district in which Burmaster, Alvin .. 16,00 1.20 Burnett, Chas. 245.00 500.d6 19.92 this property is located. There is no question but that Treasurer Backus, S. W 330.00 24.82 Fogarty has his personal likes and dislikes as well as the rest of Brown, J. 88.00 835.00 9.13 126.00 3200.00 3200.00 19.07 Barlow, Cone us, but he has shown himself big enough to not allow these 9.02 personalities to center into his duties as a public official, hegce his Border Meat Co 3 7 1 2 0 0 635.00 635.00 281.05 1 Bedell, H. I ability to give general satisfaction and a clear cut efficiency in 153.00 11.50 A Burdick, J. E 139.00. 10.45 the work of his office. Bernard Albin 400.00 800.00 32.48 565.00 42.49 Bancroft, Ed CARTOON FURNISHED THIS NCWSPAPCR IMrMIHKCJOTA COMMttriON or PUBLIC Cruickshank, T. E 1110.00 4068.00 95.67 'i I1-} AN OBJECT LESSON MISSED. 4.00 150.00 .76 ELIMINATING THE PREFIX. Corneby, M. iiii'fi a*®* 350.00 42.11 Clark, F. 546.00 »-v 1 9 8927,, 4100.00 683.61 Carr, O. M. & Co Henry Miller was a poor Gerriian immigrant who took, advant 15.04 Chong, C. 20.0.0Q n. 28.00' 370.00 3.21 age of the opportunity the United States opens to the oppressed Colburn, A. Assessed •. Cobey & Hall 700.00 ... 20.67 247.00, Value of of all lands. He came to Martin county, Minnesota, 26 years ago, 75.00 34.75 Assessed Chance, J. P. ... 459.00 Personal Name of Person, Firm or Corpbratibii Chicago Cafe 451.00 200.00 34.52 Value of secured a farm for which he paid out of its productiveness and now Amount Property Assessed. Moneys Carrol, Thos. C... 294.00 100.00 22.41 of Tax on which has retired with a competence. Could such a thing be possible in 18.65 a,nd Credits Davidson, R. H. 248.00 Tax is 100.00 5.94 Germany? Is it possible in any land under the sun except this Devine, John A .... 75.00 Based Deverell, A. 3.00 .23 McLaren, Thos favored country of freedom and opportunity? .97 53.00 400.00 5.19 Ztoran, R. 13.00 Mclntyre, E. E 190.00 14.29 .75 How did Henry Miller undertake to repay the country which Doty, T. J. ....... s.. 10.00 Markowi» & Summerfield 5000.00 300.00 376.90 Drummond, J. 212.00 266.00 16.74 McPhee/»' f. A did so much for him? 1453.00 109,27 ,. Duffy, P. J* l:oo .08 a 25.00 25.00 1 9j6. He refused to lend ^ny part of his fortune at good interest rates Duluth Brewing & Malting Co. 2034.00 152.96 Mccleary, ftobt. 8.00 23.00 -.60 Dragoman, Freda 1.73 to the government, by buying Liberty bonds. He refused to donate Mcfftlbage, Jos 27.00 2.03 Engstrom, W. A 44.00 3.30 McLean, John OiAr 32.00 any part of his accumulated money to help on the gre^t work Engbloom, Chas. A 45.00 1067.00 6.5j .,-• 7 McCormack, H. A 376.00 100.00 28.58 East & Corrin 394.00 500.00 31.13 McCormack, H. of the Red Cross or the Red Triangle of the Y. M. C. A. He 3.00 120^00 .59 Eckstam,' Carl 126.00 9.47 McPartlin, F. 262.00 725.00 Ekberg, Alex 21.88 damned the United States as "a poor country/all wind and blow" .57.00 4.29 Masters, O. 582.00 300.00 44.67 Elsemdre, M. 485.00 A 200.00 37.07 and proclaimed his belief that "the kaiser is all right." Minnesota & Ontario Power Co...,, 88945.00 338966.00 7705i5S Elliott, Geo. 43.00 100.00 3.53 fontgomery, C. 2998.00 .225.45 •, :~'V. He was arrested for his treasonable speech and pleaded guilty, Erickson, Charlie 1800.00 135.36 Monahon, Robt. 462.00 34.74.) 199.44 Falls Lumber & Coal Co.. 2060 00 14833.00 Miner, H. getting a sentence of sixty days in the county\ jail. He begged 25.00 i.s^ Falls Decorating Co.. 212.00 30.00 16.03 Nightingale & Polenski 224.00 500.00 18:34 for a fine instead and was refused- He was willing to pay out his Fitger Brewing .Co 159-00 33.84 Nightingale, Chas. E •••.' 175.00 1J.16 Folsom,, F. L. 104.0i) 100.00 8.12 Nord, Xi. H. I'. money for the privilege of indulging in treason. 175.00 40.00 13.28 Fosse, K. Q., 1.88 25.00 1 Norden, Chris ::lg00 ,.1.13 But he got only sixty days' imprisonment. Days, remember, Fogarty, P." ^. ... 246.00 118.00 .18.85 c. Nichols, 83.00 100.00 6.54, Franson, Anna ... ., .520.00 •42.00 39.23 Norton, John not years. Ill-advised clemency! His was a rank case of treacherous 27.00 300,00 2.93 Frank," H. L....... 3921.00, 18.3.00 295.41 Nurick, N. 26.00 r.96" Fredefickson, «Alfred '£oo196.00 ]60 ingratitude. He stung the hand that raised him to affluence Nagurski, Mike wr. 848.00 400.00 ,. 64:97-. Fra'ser, It. Cj 14.74 Nyberg John ..... ..... and a stern example should have been made of him—an object, 25.00 -50.0fT' 2:03 Gabel,"" Geo. s\ 3ioH! .23 Noll, John ... 9 28^00 2.10 lesson to others of his kind. We need just such object lessons at Gt&li,- John M/. ."4 »4*«0(P 25.87 g! Nelson,' |i\' 1155.00 176.00 87.39 Gillespie1,' 3f." 4000.00 12.53 X-j Olson, Mrs. I. I........' this time. If he had committed this offense in the land from which 100.00 7.52 Gjesdahl, E."'J1 .v\. .T. 68.W 467.00 6.51 Ogren, Sam ....': 34.00 2.56 Godin,. Thos.. ... .'1 he fled, the kaiser he believes to be right would have had him in 9.00 .68 Ogaard, L. A 110.00 1400.00 12.47 Greengard, Jake.. ... 3721.00*' 252.00 280.58 Oveson, G. A front of a blank wall at sunrise.—St. Paul Dispatch. 263.00 19.7S Grimoldby, R. 4.00 .30 Olson, N. 94.00 7.07 'tV Green Hardware ,Co. .. 3277.00 .1400.00 250.63 O'Gorman, Wm. 110.00 319.00 9.-2 3 Grignon, E. 16.00 1.20 HIGH SCHOOL NOTES. Phinney & Campbell RED CROSS VILIFIER IS 160.00 314.00 12.97 Gunther, Robt 30.00 2.25 Pearling, John 18.00 Reported by Frank O'Malley. 50.00 1.50 THRESHED AND ARRESTED Gustafson, C. O...'. 176.00 176.00 300.00 14.14 Peterson, J. 147.00 11.05 Gustafson & Johnson. 477.00 3000.00 44.87 Pease, J. 31.00 2.33 Hasselbarth, W. C... Every dog has hi_ day. Why not 259.00 50.00 19.63 Peterson & Baumchen St. Peter, Minn., Jan. 21.—Fred 366.00 27.52 Hasselbarth & Somers 1 2919.00 1200.00 '223.10 Phinney, B. the Falls basket ball tealn? It was 85.00 6.39 Henzel, a farmer living near Le Sueur Hans, Geo 305.00 1150.00 26.39 Peterson, F. defeated by Blackduck high school 513.00 1740.00 43.80 Hass, J. .Center, is recovering from a 13.00 2125.00 7.35 Patterson, F. E 35.00 324.00 3.60 by a score of 19 to 6. In making baskets Haddock Henry ..... 57.00 threshing administered by R. Pomeje 4.29 tMtblado, H" C. 11.00 2000.00 6.82 Hamm Brewing Co... the teams were about even. 495.00 37.22 Peterson, J. a garage keeper at LeSueur Center, 487.00 145.00 37.06 Ilalbokken, E. M. .. 25.00 They beat us on free throws. Too 1.88 Palmer, Frank 42.00 100.00 following the statement that Red 3.45 Heermance, E. L..... 863.00 41252.00 188.69 Polenski, Otto many fowls was our downfall. International 40.00 3.00 Cross sweaters are being sold to thje Henderson, Morris ... 436.00 32.79 Rifkin, Louis. 4985.00 250.00 Falls has never Ttutned 375.62 Howard, F. soldiers in France. 25.001 1.88 Russell, R. 17.00 100.00 1.58 out winning teams, but, "never say Howard, Andy ....... 25.00 S00.00 Riley, Joseph .' Hensel declared he had positive 4.28 325.00 900.00 27.14 Houle, C. 105.00 die'," and "don't give up the ship" 7.90 Ross, J. J... J---. 317.00 evidence that the sweaters are being 17143.00 75.27 Hoglund, -Carl ..:.... 10.00 50.00 .90 Reiser, Geo. ?.%. are rules to follo^v courageously. 100.00 7.52 sold. Harrison, John 500.00 232.00 38.30 Rainy River Improvement Co 80.00 11316.00 40.01 Our day of reckoning will,come this Holler, M. E The government agent placed Hensel 2924.00 219.88 Rose, David 62.00 4.66 year! Holler, D. 10.00 .75 under arrest. Rauscher, Joseph 1431.00 300.00 10S.51 Holler, Eugene 67.00 5.04 Who says the basket ball team Roberson, Peter 139.00 10.45 International Lumber Co 155600.00 155600.00 119587.00 12059.88 Refsaas, E. 56.00 800.00 isn't fast? It was awakened while 6.61 RAILROAD TRAINMEN International Insulation Co 200.00 8233.00 39.74 Rex Billard Hall '25fltf00 135.00 19:66 the train was whistling for the station HAVE 5,000 IN WAR International Falls Press 13010 200.00 226.95 Rider, A. ^267.00 20.08 and then caught it. International Isteam Laundry. ...., 700.00 52.64 Stormer, Chris .. 125.00 125.00 9.78 International Telephone Co 500T60 Passengers were deeply shocked 37.60 Schultz, B. P. 281.00 2i.l3 Cleveland, Jan. 21.—With a membership International Ice Co: 495.00 37.22 Swinnerton, G. F., -I,.101.00 at the novel custom of boarding .a 7.60 of 160,000 men in train and litis, R. F. 2472.00 1066.00 189.09 Saville, Glen 72.00 5.41 train with shoes unlaced atnd no colars Ihrig, H. S7.00 yard service, the Brotherhood of 155.00 7.01 Sher Bros .j 1682.00 547.00 .128.13 "on. International Falls Construction Co. 2676.00 60.00 201.42 Skog & Reuter .-v^: 415.00 Railroad Trainmen today has more 5 350.00 3^.21 .Tohnke, O. A 2157.00 5604.00 179.02 Speelman, C. W 25.00 The second semestre has* begun 1.88 •/.].,-v.' than 5,000 men in thtf military forces Jevne, Franz '. 495.00 500.00 38.72 Setterlund, Henry 46.00* 60.00 3.64 with the: new half year subjects. The of the nation, according to W. G. Johnson, Chas 150.00 11.28 Smith, John .. 44.00 3.31 new subjects taught are: Civics, Jewell, D. 203.00 Lee, president of the brotherhood. 45.27 Saville Music Store 198.00 14.89 Miss Hohmann English History, Johnson, Einar 228.00 17.15 The National Union, Mr. Lee said, Setterlund, A. 177.00 200.00 13.91 Jevne & Norton 215.00 500.00 Mr. Barnes Physiology and Solid 17.67 Standard Oil Co 977.00 73.47 has paid more than 100 deaths and Kelly, Albert .-... 120.00 9.02 Shepro, Mrs. M. A..".. 175.00 Geometry, Mr. Eveslage Farm Management, 1116 disability claims as a result of the Kane, W. V. 225.00 1000.00 19.92 Santin, E. ... .• 239.00 1 17:97 Air. Abbott. '..T'/'v'- :-.- experiences of members overseas. Of Kahle, Mrs. Carl...,...........' 125.00 1000.00 12.40 Shaw, Fred ......... 96.00 7,22 H.......................... Kaneen, Rev. E 121.00 the 5,000 men at the front, more than From haying a speech every Monday 9.10 Slocum, L. 154.00 11.58 Kerry, John 1114.00 1625.00 -88.60 Slater, Geo. 89.00 26.00 morning on- the same general 6.77 500 were residents of Canada. The Keyes, Joseph ...... 62.00 4.66 S 3 5 4 0 0 26.62 topic since school has started, one organization is paying the dues and c- Keyes, F. H........ 5728.00 1775.od 436.0ft Shapria, M. ., !........... 1645.00' 2067.00 129.90 assessments of all members in ac^ would think that the subject* would Killeen, Rev. P. 54.D0 4.^ 4.0« Shaw, Geo. :i- i... 408.00 30.68 become .exhausted, but Dr. Ghostley Kinntey, C. B......./..f 90.00 tive service. 677 Syreen, Oscar x. 1075.00 81.89 Kinshella,' Thos. 3.00 spoke on the new and* "interesting 23 Seyttold, Lloyd* "100.00 7.52 King, T. 256.00 19.25 Talbot, S. E... 91.00 6.84 phras? of "Our Flags and Ensigns." DANIELS ASKS 160,000 Koochiching County Abstract Co.... 77.00 5.79 The Smoke Shop .... 419.00 31.81/ She brought to our attention the SAILORS AND 19,000 FLIERS 1226.00' Koochiching Realty Co 23027.00 86.B3 Thompson, S. E. & Son 3647.00 1400.00^ 278.457.29. fact of how little the- averag? Kook, R. B.. 1........... 45.00 96.00 3.67 Thorson, Ole 97.00 415.00 Kook, Mrs. R. B........ .'........ 69 00 182.00 American knbws of our" different 31.42 Thompson, E. A......... 35.00 3.18 Washington, Jan. 21.—Legislation Koeneke, Herman i.,. 151.00 60.00 11.53 Toomey, J. 209.00 100.00 flags and their care. 'We ...were 16.02 to more than double the authorized 38.00 Knopke, Walter ....... 2.86 Thompson, John 27.00 100.00 2.33 astounded by the fact that'the large 78.00 enlisted strength of the navy and to Kroll, John ......} 5.87 Tippel," Louis .. I .y 1613.00 750.00 123.55 flag in the front of our assembly is Krohn, Adolph .... ,990.00 1950.00 increase the number ofv navy fliers 80.30 Three Links Bldg. Assn.... .... 252.00 18.95 pjtt up entirely- wrong. 148.00 Knutson, Sigrud'C. 4 lO'.OO 11.16 Ulrich, Oliver 55.00 70.00 from 530 to 10,000, was asked of congress 4.35 Kibbey, J. D. 27.00 2.03 Van Nest, B, A 68.00 34.00 5.21 Because of the^ pupils' wasting late today by Secretary Josephus 920.00 Kelly, Mrs. Anna... 69.18 Van, Linn, Wm. 46.00 200.00 -4.06 time in going to class rqoms, music -Daniels. In addition Daniels L&ng, Frank S...... 34S.00 26.02 Wigren, Mrs. .~ .^... 114.00 Si 5 7 82.00 hai bee^n resorted to hurry them LaValley, J. A 250.00 demanded the necessary authorization 6.92 Witiirow, M. E 330.00 24582 16.00 LaBar, James ...... 1.20 from the assembly. .Marches are Wiener, J. A.. T.... 27.00 for a navy strength, excluding 300.0rtf" 2.93 LaPage, Edw .!.... 120.00 9.02 Watson, Geo. P. 25.00 played as we pass to each class. 1.S8 apprentice seamen and fliers, of 180,000 Lange, W. F. 548.00 41.21 Wenberg, J. P. '. 27.00 2.03 instead of the 80,000 authorized On Monday Mr. M'clntire- made Levin, H. A. .. 138.00 250,00 11.13 Wenberg, Sigrud -330.00 24.82v fe 10.00 last May. The secretary also would further announcements in regard to Laury, Geo. ........ .75 Wirt, Chas. N 1213.00 389.00 92.39 rtf Luhdgren, B. W.... 1847.00 §5^00 139.06 Wedlund, J. -198.00 have the apprentice seamen increased our Cadet organization to the. effect 14.89 18.00 Lawless, J. 1.35 White, Thos. 295.00 800.00 fe from 6,000 to 24,009- 24.58 that it is to be a democratic battalion 2352.00 ',W'r. Lawrence Pharmacy 177.56 .Watson, Jas. 252.00 130.00 19,*4 SI 39.00 Lloyd, Jos. 2.93 Watrous Island Boom Co 600.00 and officers will be elected by the 45.12 Lynch, Patrick ..... 250.00 340.00 19.82 For Sale—New 6-room house in Whitney, C. 259.00 100.00 •19.78 Cadets. He advised that no one try 25.00 LindvalJ, A. W:. ./.\ 25.00 1.96 Zimmerman, E. 31?00 French addition, 20x37, root house in 2.C2 Lang, C. VsLangland, 1.20 Zimmerman, L. A. 2462.00 to get an office by electioneering, 16.00 1975.00 1 connection. Good chicken house. Geo' ... 156.00 11.73 Zimmerman Electric Co .. 205.00 a 239.00- 16.14 Cadets may have to drill with $40Q cash and take over $100 indebtedness Lee, Sing 100.00 15.34 International. State Bank.. .. 12198.00s '200.00. 917.28 Liljeblad, Richard 171.00 will buy it. A. Bijunell, Box wooden guns because of scarsity of /rt12.86 First National Bank 39802.00 i2993.ll12.oa Motor Inn .......... 1033.00V '77.83 Cfirlson. Arthur 160.00 Ranier, Minn. 1-3-24 government rifles. Millard, G. N. 222.00 18.34 (Continued, on Page 5.)