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International Falls press and border budget (International Falls, Minn.) 1909-1926

February 28, 1918 · Page 8 of 9

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:T V, .i i- TimfM^tlQMAl- FALLS PRESS Page Eight ',!*%/ ^....., ,,. -«—w New Association Koochiching County conduct the- experiments. Tractors will be used. The land is peculiarly To Give Program Boys Given Sendoff Well fitted for experimental purposes COUNTRY NEWS ITEMS on account of the varying depths of the soil, which runs from eighteen (Continued on Page One) inches to eight feet. It is expected Koochiching County Teachers' Association TUESDAY, MARCH 5TH GEMMELL that one of the first efforts will be to Hold First Annual John Jonas Alick to raise flax fibre. This .finds a ready Meeting at High School March 1.. Gustave Bloom of Big Falls was Otto Lempinen market at a splendid price and will a visitor at Gemmell last week. Edward Dardis continue to increase on account of The following program has been O. C. McKEEVER Margie— the scarcity of linen. .'-V'-v arranged by the newly formed Koochiching Wm. Rusch of Kansas City returned James R. Garrison Such action as is contemplated' by County Teachers' Patriotic to Gemmell last week, having Henry Marken the company is absolutely essential IN A "SUNSHINE" LECTURE association and will be given at the spent two months injthe automobile Gustave E. Bloom if use is to be made of the drained high school in this city on March, 1st: "SUNNY SIDE OF LIFE" and school. Ranier— lands. Under the present conditions 10:30 Song, "America, My Country." Orie Lessard it is difficult for the settler to improve 10:35 Roll call—Members ansvyer by Alvan Rusch of Gemmell spent Albert DeMars PUSHING BACK THE CLOUDS" any great part of, his holdings one sentence reports on patriotic (41 Friday and Saturday at International Dentaybow— by the methods he has at his command. work done in room or Falls and was a visitor at the Sophus Carrilies Borgen With machinery such as will grade. Press office. *. be purchased the land can be cleared 11:00 Boys' and girls' club work. Mizpah— 6 REELS METRO MOVING PICTURES more efficiently and much faster and Little Citizens' League. Emil Aingal Nilson McCLELLAN the land rapidly placed into crop. Thrift Stamps. Lloyd LaBrie The company .proposes not only to County Supt. D. B. Jewell. Roy C. Kelly Ola Fodness is helping Herman work the 320 acres it now owns but 11:45 Song Service. AUSPICES THREE LINKS ASSOCIATION Happyland— Halverson operate his new saw mill. by a co-operative scheme with the Miss Flora Remington. Lician Albert Niogret BENEFIT KOOCHICHING CQUNTY DRAFTED BOYS settlers in the vicinity to clear other 1:30 Roll call. Clarence Brook's returned Sunday Gemmell— farms in that section. 1:40 Conservation. from the St. Croix cedar.camps Carl Emil Anderson ADMISSION 50c Representative University Extension The nonresident land owners who Birchdale— Division. Edward McClellan was in the. vie-! bave been approached on the plan John Harold Englund 2:10 Music, Girls' Glee Club, International inity of Norden recently to purchasejare enthusiastic but it will take consome Howard Irving Magladry Falls. sheep. siderable support to see the experi9 signation as a member of the Safety! SALE OF SCHOOL AND Ericsburg— 2:15 Red Cross Work, Rev. E. L. ments through the officers hope to commission was never accepted.! Charlie Larson OTHER STATE LANDS Heermance. Samuel Akerwold of Minneapolis interest many of those living outhas Governor J. A. A. Burnquist had not' Arthur Bernard Petterson 2:35 Junior Red Cross. Mrs. E. E. McDonald, filed on what was known as the siclc of the county. learned whether Mr. Lind would! District Supervisor of Ray— S a a Edmund Brecke place. With tangible showings of what withdraw tiie resignation. office. Emil Sjoberg gtate Auditol Junior Red Cross. jean be done on these lands there will St. Paul, Minn., Feb. 25, 1918. 2:55 Music. James J. Gamelgaard Ole Fodness, Xels Anderson and, then be little difficulty in persuadI. ARMY MECHANICS TO BE I Xo.tice is hereby given that on April 3:00 Patriotic Address, J. H. Brown. Most of the men whose names appear O. Stay were at International Falls ling the owners to make the improvelast ..TRAINED IN CHICAGO's- 191S- at 10 clock m- th of- County Chairman State Public below were transferred to thi fice of the county auditor, at Internar week to secure their citizenship ments secure good farmers and build tional Falls, Koochiching county, in Safety CoVninission. county from other places. papers. up a prosperous farming community Chicago, heb. 2o. One thousand! the state of Minnesota, I will offer for EVENING Carl Victor Dahlin in the north end of the county. men gathered from army mobilization sale certain unsold state lands and aicamps George Marion Clark OAK PORTAGE Patriotic Play, benefit Red Cross Further details of the plan will be will come to Chicago March |BO which have those state lands re- Carl Risch "Back to the Farm," by Koochiching verted to the state by reason of the watched for with considerable interest, 15 for an intensive training ot «ix non-payment of interest. County Chapter American Leo C. Langs Mrs. Hulda Hirsch expects to return as to local people the project is weeks as chauffeurs and mechanics Terms of sale: Red Cross, William Henry Reynolds to her' homestead soon. one of much comment.—Bemidji in airplane work. Fifteen per cent of the purchase Andrew Sutch, jr. Sentinel. SATURDAY price is payable to the County Treasurer High schools, colleges and electrical Andrew Giddings Sink Mrs. P. Kerr accompanied hey*! at the time of sale. The unpaidbalance 10:30 Spelling contest. plants will provide the instruction. is payable at time in any Roy A. Petrie husband on his last scaling trip up: TIME IS EXTENDED whole or in part within forty years Axel Johnson the Big Fork. PAY INCOME TAX When city schools close for the from the date of sale, interest rate of TO LUMBERJACKS FLEE August Fix summer still greater numbers willifour Per cent Per annum, due on June 7 TO AVOID REGISTRY Geo. A. Whitney Mrs. Marie Sandberg who has beenj „d it come, probably aggregating 15,000! lsJ' of each year provided, that the If vour income is taxable a interest can be paid at any time with- keeping house for August Erickson Claude Huftlie nmst be a modest one to egcape Uxa Uct°bei 1st. *n the interest year without penalty. More than 2,00 lumberjacks hav^ Claude VanBuren expects to return to her homestead tion under the dar revenue act of In effect, this means that the interest recently fled northern Minnesota in a few da vs. Jack Oja GOVERNOR SUSPENDS money may be paid any time between Oct. 3, 1917—don't wait to be notitied logging camps to escape registration William Erickson June first and May thirty-first with- that you must pay an income DODGE COUNTY JUDGE as aliens and hide their identities out penalty. Louis Burk C. Hoglund of International I-alls tax. The government is not required The appraised value of timber, when State Auditor J. A. O. Preus says, Orra C. Donnelly is visiting the community this week1 to seek the taxpayer. The taxpayer Charged with being disloyal, Judge so stated, must be paid in full at the and announced that he "will recommend John Steriwall collecting money for the Lutheran seek the government. time of sale. must J. F. Martin, Mantorville, of the to the State Public Safety George Willard Wright AH mineral rights are reserved to church to be used for gospel work! e, Dodge county probate court, was The Bureau of Internal Reve commission the adoption of a new the State by the laws of the state. Frank Jersin among our sailors and soldiers. secretary suspended today by Governor J. A. with the approval of the All lands are sold siibject to1 any and order orequire absent aliens tml Edgar Roy Bratton A. Burnquist, pending an investigation. all ditch taxes thereon. of. the treasury, has extended the those entering the state after the Victor.E. Johnson Lands on which the interest has become Unsaved Friend: Boast not thy-J time for tiling income and excess J. M. F. Cooper, also of Mantorville, present registration to fill out questionnaires. David E. Berry delinquent may. be redeemed at self of tomorrow, and rejoice not profits returns from March 1 to was appointed judge. 1 Arthur Erickson any time up to the hour of sale, or before in worldly success, while the mes- April 1, 1918. You may file your resenger Judge Martin is accused of publicly resale, to the actual purchaser. Also he plans to suggest that the Martin E. Eckberg of death may be standing at turn any time before April 1, but stating that the war is all wrong Such lands are listed under the caption: federal government be advised of the William Anderson "Delinquent Lands." the door with his hand upon theijf you wait until April 2 you are sub- and that the presiden is insincere, exodus of lumberjacks and asked to Ole .Koldahl No Person can purchase more than latch. Death is sure, for the Bool ject to a fine of not less than $20 and of otherwise being disloyal and order federal registration of other Paul Charles Freeberg 320 acres of land, provided, however, tells us that it is appointed unto men discouraging enlistments. nor more than $1,000 and an additional that State lands purchased previous to aliens as well as Germans that their Homer Earl Rudd once to die, and more than that, after assessment of 50 per cent of The complaint upon ^yhich his permanent 1905, are not charged against such identity may be learned and their Emil Johnson death the judgment. When the removal is asked was sign-J Purch«ser. state lands mill be the amount of the tax due. No movements Checked. Guilder Moy 1 j-* sold to an alien.- eyes of the great Judge light upon ed by eight Dodge county citizens. Returns are required of every unmarried German propaganda and the I. W. Agents acting -for purchasers must Peter O. Maurstad thee, and thy sins are brought to person—man or woman— LK' furnish affidavit of authority. W. activities are blamed by Mr Alva Anderson view like the stars of the heaven BIG OPPORTUNITY Appraisers' reports showing quality 1 whose net income for the calendar Preus for the lumber camps' condition. what wilt thou do in that dav, O and kind of soil are on file in this office. jvear 1917 was $1,000 or more and of FOR THE RED CROSS BACK YARD POULTRY Friend? I every married person whose net inI "The great mapority of those leaving Lists giving legal descriptions of It is not often that two birds can come was $2,000 or more. the state to avoid registration lands to.be offered may be obtained of Uncle Sam expects you to RAISE SWAMP LAND EXPERIMENTS be so skillfully killed with one stone the State Auditor or the Immigration are of German and Slavonic birth," The rate of tax is at least two per CHICKENS and KEEP HENS even as in the Red Cross cordwood benefit Commissioner at St. Paul, and of the ixent on net incomes of unmarried said the auditor. "It is believed many though you do reside in a town or County Auditor at the county seat. An organization to pertect experi-i ti nnn a at Park Rapids on Feb. 5. This are of an undesirable class. There persons in excess of $1,000 and on city. J. A. O. PREUS, ments on the drained land in this „Ql. remarkable performance netted the a of are signs that an attempt was being Two hens in the back yard for county to determine what crops can 5.^ Red Cross between $800 and $900 and j31-f7-14-21 State Auditor. Pavmellt mus be made on or made to form the nucleus of an rganization each person in the house will keep most profitably be raised and to as-j ,5. at the same time brought forward kefore June 19u8 to spread German propa a family in fresh eggs. certain the best methods to follow almost 200 cords of wood to eke out NOTICE OF MORTGAGE ganda and incite internal dissention The estimated revenue to be collected The smallest back yard has room has been formed and is already taking our present fuel shortage. FORECLOSURE SALE against the prosecution of the war:'* this year under the war revenue for a flock large enough to supply steps to secure the co-operation The giving of our time and money The lumberpacks leaving the camps act is $2,500,000,000, of which the home with eggs The cost of Notice is hereby given that default of the land owners, according to A. to the Red Cross has become so went to Wisconsin and Canadi, $666,000,000 is in individual income has been made in the conditions of maintaining such a flock is small A. Andrews, who recently returnedi clearly recognized as a part of our some announcing that they planned the mortgage executed by Florence from Minneapolis wfrere he has been!:axes" S.00'000 Persons paid Table and kitchen waste provides Last year patriotic duty that marvelous sums to return later. M. Pottle, widow, as mortgagor, to ncome taxes. This vear is is esti- much of the feed for the hens and for t' past three weeks. have been collected for it in one way the undersigned, Edith May Valentine, rated the number will be more than they require but little attention as mortgagee, and dated October Since the drained lands were placed or another. But the needs are so •5.000,COO. If you are one of them remember MAGAZINS FOR SOLDIERS 10, 1911, and recorded October An interested child, old enough to on the market in 1909 there have great that ev.ery new method of raising 11, 1911, in Book "J" of Mortgages that your dollars are for the take a little responsibility, can care bee:: several thousand non-residents funds should be hailed with joy. at page 17 of the records of the office support of the war. By promptly filing It has come to the attention of the for a few fowls as well as a grown purchasers. Under the Volstead act The Park Rapids plan offers great of register of deeds of Koochiching your return and promptly pay- post office department that many of person. county, Minnesota, and that there no improvements are are compulsory!. possibilities. It will mean thousands the unwrapped, unaddressed magazines Every back yard should contribute of "badlv needed dollars for the" Red|is claimed to be due on said mortgage and :ra.,y of the owners are holding: your Ux you are helping «h? mailed by the public at the and the note secured thereby, its share to the "bumper crop" of the prorertv merely (or speculative| S°Vernmel" viclory' t0 early Pay Cross if it is properly followed up. at the date of this notice, six hundred one cent postage rate for soldiers poultry and eggs in 1918. Perhaps not purposes. It is the idea of the new ",comc sPirit tax the same The plan was just this. Simple and and twenty-five dollars ($625.00), and sailors are useless for the purpose cor,,,ration to interest these men in' "Inch yon bought your Liberty all will find it profitable to raise and notice is hereby given that by entirely applicable where there is I bonds. 1 he proceeds are for the intended, some being so old chicks in t,own, but nearly everyone virtue of the power of sale in such i'Jce experimental work and to perthem any forest within twenty miles of same purpose—to make the world as to no longer be of any interest. mortgage contained and pursuant to can well keep a few hens. The objection as soon as the results the town. The farmers of the community the statute in such case made and safe for democracy. Some are soiled and .torn and unfit to the "crowing of the cock'* can ,.are shown to improve their property. were notified that a certain provided, the property in such mortgage for further use, while others are ot be overcome by keeping no cock. The company is to be known as the described will be sold'at public day had been selected when presents such a character as to be wholly unsuited auction to the highest bidder for This will not affect' egg production Drainage Land Development company. TAMARAC WOOD., of cordwood would be accepted by for reading matter for soldiers cash by the sheriff of said Koochiching in the least. According to the plans machinerv the Red Cross in Park Rapids. Every county, at the office of said and sailors. Postmasters have The house for the back yard flock will be purchased and a tract Dry or green tamarac' wood for man was asked to bring in some sheriff, in the court house in the city been requested to give this matter should be inexpensive. A piano box of 320 acres northeast of upper Red sale. Apply Leo iZebart, Phone 343,Lake wood, and prizes were offered for of International Falls, in said county publicity and impress on their patrons on the fifteenth day of April, 1918,' or other large boxes may be readily has been secured on which to 719-8th street.. j24-fl4 the longest haul and the most valuable that publications mailed should at ten o'clock a. m. of said dajr, to converted into a suitable rsidence loads. Moreover the day was satisfy the amount then due, on said consist of clean copies of current for the hens, and the runs may be set aside as general community celebration. note and mortgage together with or comparatively recent issues of very small. The farmers responded with the costs of the foreclosure of said magazines containing matter of general Good hens, well car^d for, will produce mortgage,including attorney's fees a will. The wood poured in from all interest. It should be borne in as therein specified, and that the pro'perty from 10 to 15 dozen eggs annually. directions. One load came twentynine described in said mortgage s.o mind that the magazines are distributed and one-half miles one sold to be sold is the following real estate merely in a .very general way In time of peace the back- 3'ard for $12.40. situate in the count- of Koochiching, and that it is not practicable to flock majr be regarded as a profitable state of Minnesota, and de- 4 The wood, cut into stove lengths, place those devoted to general subjects scribed as follows: recreation. was mostly bought in the* town. The The Southeast quarter of the Northeast or which are merely of local In time of war, a patriotic duty. four and eight foot lengths.,, were quarter of Section Thirty-four restricted interest in the hands df Buy a few hens and sfart in at loaded on cars and sent to towns and' the South half of the Northwest particular soldiers or sailors. "7 once. All hens are laying now, or will quarter and the Southwest quarter less fortunately locate,^!. j. Magazines that qualify under the of the Northeast quarter of Section be soon. At this particular time" when coal above'with a one cent stamp affixed Thirty-five in Township one hundred For information aboyt methods of is shorthand the labor to cut cordwood sixty north of range twentyeight [and placed in the hands of any postal back yard poultry keeping,, write is even shorter, „this iorm of west, of the fifth principal employee will be mailed to the University farm, St. Paul, Poultry meridian. contribution to the Red fO*bs& is a soldiers and sailors at the front. No Notice is also given that no action Div., Room 24, or U. S. Dept. of Agriculture", very God-send. It is not only the wrapping. No address. or proceeding at law has ever been Washington, D. C. best method yet discovered for1 raising instituted to recover any part of the money for the Red Cross in the amount secured by said mortgage' LIND MAY CONTINUE ON country, but it will also keep many and that the said mortgage has ne-'ver been assigned. THE SAFETY BOARD jP N E a family warm next winter when Dated February 20, 1918. .. coal is likely to be scarcer than it EDITH MAY VALENTINE, *t -, Reorganization of the United States is at present. prolong\ Mortgagee. department of labor to handle W. M. LUNETTE'S |t is a doubly good thing push it H. W. PHILLIPS, Attorney for said- -li war problems will enable former Edith May Valentine, a|4ng. BARBER SHOP 630 Globe Building,r Governor John Lind to ^remain a r.r- St. PauJj Minn. member of the Minnesota Safety :'Little Falls Business College^— Frederick Hotel "jWhere you get a little more and a ^Commission, according to the Washington SALESMEN WANTED to solicit^ dispatches today. The labor little better than elsewhere." School orders for lubricating oils, greases advisory -boarc|, headed by Mr. Lind in session until August 1st. You can FURS BOUGHT AND SOLD and paints Salary or camrnission.-h* will pass out of existence when the enter at any time. It's The School Address The Harvey Oil Co., CleveJf^ reorganization is completed. His ire For You. F21A25 land O. to I'M It' 1 ftiA# -t 'W' V4fl kmmgrnm •J?