I E£ gj3&« ,W3*J!» i? .^t_,l-^^y^SW'vWmAT\- -O- •.*"* 4i y,* *Vf v* •'?', *V "?, .' _' A -, PAGEFOUR INTERNA^ONAL^EALLSPRESS THE INTERNATIONAL FALLS PRESS whitewashed or did they ev/ec^je?cist?' As a gang of non-union white washers Arnold's bunch has it all over any scab outfit I ever AND BORDER BUDGET saw. So John Bursaclc will receive the solid vote of his district except those influenced by men who are guilty of criminal acts: Publishers of the Official County Proceedings Elder is .in a hospital, Slocum in California and McDonald in the INTERNATIONAL FALLS PRESS PUBLISHING COMPANY Peace River country. What other criminals are there If others and Manager GEO. P. WATSON, Editor what system of whitewash has been used that they have not been Eatcred at the Post Oflce at International Falls. Minn., as Second-class Matter indicted? The people of this county, even your own deluded gang, SUBSCRIPTION RATES: U. S., $1.50 FOREIGN, $2.00 PER YEAR. are commencing tt) mistrust you, Monty, and especially since you INTERNATIONAL FALLS IS GOING TO HAVE A copped off the county printing so easily. You have a debt to pay, ANNOUNCEMENT and as it is easy to pay it without having to dig up any coin, you FIRST CLASS SHOE REPAIR SHOP jump to the job like a frog to a fly. Honest, Monty, your sheet On and after the 10th day of April the subscription price of is getting to be a bigger joke every day and is likely to put "Puck" Our shop is now ready for business. While all of our equipment this paper will be raised to $2.00 per year. This change should out of business. If it were in colors the Sunday papers would bid is not in still we are ready for business and will turn have been made over a year ago when the cost of news print paper on it as a funny supplement. Even wi^Ji Arnold waiting for it, as it out with the right material, at the right time, and at the was raised to three times its former price and the price ofr inks increased well as a few other unnamed contributors, it is a poor rag to hand right price. several times what they formerly sold for. out to your patrons at the price of a good paper. Why don't you We are sure none of our subscribers will object to paying this We want to do business with the whole of Koochiching county. imitate Billy Noonan? Even an imitation would be an improvement. advance in price of less than a cent a week, in order that they may I suppose, like Arnold, you are doing the best you know how. Parcel Post System. We are going to install a In a few days continue to receive this all home-print,- eight-page paper, which With every charge I have made heretofore publicly proclaimed we will send our circulars and tags with price lists throughout has always championed the best interests of this county and will the county. Note the price, look your old shoes and tie the at the meeting and hurled into the face of the "fearless-attorney" tag to them. Drop them in the post office, and we will repair continue to do so. and his statelites, together with many more, and with no answer them and send them back C. O. D. with the privilege of examination. Anyone renewnig their subscription, or any new subscriber forthcoming at that meeting, though invited, what kind of a bunch whose money is in our office before April 10th, will be given the of dubs do you believe the people of this county are, to stand for any advantage of the former price of $1.50, but after that date it will We pay the parcel post charges one way. more of your misrepresentations and false charges? While Mr. & be $2.00 in advance in the United States and $2.50 in Canada or Green stated that the county has recovered $17,000 and paid out If they for any reason do not give service we will repair them other foreign countries. free of charge. $28,000, I am convinced that he misspoke himself, as the amount recovered was $15,000. $10,000 of that amount was recovered by We buy only the best of leather and other kinds of material. Hail glad Easter day, with its promise of the world's resurection Mr. Palmer, not by Arnold. That was the Duffy contribution. to a better life. When our shop is completed it will be one of the most modern The cost I have figured at nearly $38,000. There are several ways and thoroughly equipped outside of Minneapolis and St. Paul. of figuring it, but only one right way. That was the way I used. In the ten-mile German drive on the west front the British Nearly anyone can take the financial statement of this year and Our new electric machinery will be here in not later than ten were outnumbered ten to one yet kept their line from breaking figure out what it cost during that year. Now, they say, the days. We want you to come in and see it. We want you to and put 150,000 Huns out of commission. get acquainted with us and we can assure you that we can be moral effect is taking place. Where? Did you, Monty, say anything courteous and obliging to you. Remember, we are now doing of the "moral effect" of the suspension of officials who neglected work and can take care of all you bring us. Don't forget to Jturn your watch and\clock one hour ahead to enforce the, liquor laws? Is there any great moral before retiring next Saturday night or you will find yourself behind wave rushing over this county or city that you are aware of? If NOTE PRICES time with the rest of the country and late for church in the morning. so what and where? Does the looting of the treasury to keep Arnold on the job with his bunch of spite-venders give a moral tone Men's Neolin full sol£s.......$1.75 Women's turn'd sew'd soles -1.25 Be a man. Don't make a sneak out of yourself by sneakingly to this county? You make Ring Lardner look like a funeral orator Men's half soles, sew«d^.. 1.25 Women's new leath. heels .75-1.00 patronizing the sneak who wants to sell you a drink out of his pocket Men's half soles, nailed' :. 1.00 Women's rubber heels 50 with your jokes, Monty. You ought to get your little Socialist or from some hidden closet in his supposedly reputable business Men's full soles, sewed ...... 2.00 Women's leather heels 25 gang together and put on a cp,niedy stunt at the Grand. Peterson? Men's full soles, nailed ...... 1.75 Boys' half soles, sewed 1.00 or dwelling house. would give the theater to you free, I'm sure, and it would be a Men's rubber heels .*. .50 Boys' half soles, nailed .85 W scream, and you could give 2 per cent of the returns to the Nonpartisan O'SulliVan rubber h.eels 60 Youths' half soles, sewed 85 If you want any coal for next winter's use you must file your Men's newlleather heels league, or some otner adjunct to which your followers belong. .60 Youths' half soles, nailed 75 order with your dealer on or before next Monday, April 1, or you Men's heels straightened .'. .50 Misses' half soles, sewed Now, cut loose with a few more poison names. I like them .... .85 Women's half soles, sewed will run a good chance of not getting any.. This is a government gg Misses' half soles, nailed as, when/they come from you,^decent men and women know I must .... .75 Women's half soles, nailed. order and should be heeded.-1 1 7 Child's half soles .60 be all right. Women's full .soles, sewed 1.75 1.50 Boys' leather heels 35c to 40c Women's Neolin sloes The federal land banks have loaned $6,500.00 in North Dakota Women's full soles, nailed. 1.50 New toe caps, men, women,.. .60 on lands, which is more than in all the three adjoining states/ RED CROSS BENEFIT of all he .saw of the Red Cross work. But if the seed loaning bill is declared 'Constitutional, with its first Asked if he had ever heard of Red -AT -LAUREL Square Deal" Shoe Repairing Shop Cross supplies sold to the soldiers lien proposition, the federal loans will be withdrawn. 44 l\e .said "No! absolutely nothing do- The Red Cross benefit and dance If those who are howliiig "a rich man's war" would begin held at the home of Mn and Mrs.1 fsjjVffs. S.—I know every boy over J. P. ENGLISH, Prop. Fred Smith kt Laurel oii'Mardh 15th to make sacrifices according to their means and opportunity proportionate btrce the^^e would bq willing to swear that was a decided, success. The affaic to that being made by the successful business men in this supplies are jn the hands of the MS Third St. International Falls, Minn. was arranged jointly by the Junior, Red Cross they will go directly to country, the results of war preparation would become much more Red Cross of Laurel and Riverdale the boys in need with no charge satisfying and helpful. arid the senior branch, the juniors whatever. If any paper, prints anything furnishing a very snappy little program, for shipment by parcels post, providing good ventilation and there must be else it lies! The dance which while the eats and white elephants the package is which they are An old Confederate, who can remember coffee at $3 a cup, -closed the evenings fun was heartily no exposure to heat or coTd. were in charge of the seniors., contained is properly prepared and quinine at $100 an ounce, meal at $40 a bushel and flour at $1500 enjoyed by all, and thanks are due The Fesidents of this conin unity The crowd was not very large numerically, can be delivered within 72 hours Messrs.. Leach and McDonald for a barrel (in Confederate money) in Richmond fifty-three years desiring to raise chickens this simmer but was so full of "flep" their music, also to Mr. Striyker for from the time of mailing. ago, might pointedly suggest that we cheer up in view of the probability that at the close of the white ele-r chicks can secure the day old his spirited auctioning of the white The postal department has drawn phant sale, and after the "kieser" that the worst is yet to come.—Preston Times. from the agricultural .department of elephants as well as to Mr. and Mrs. up certain regulations to be observed had been "swatted" until he fairly .Smith for their hospitality. the high, school. The general attitude howled for mercy it was found that by its employees and some of The good law passed recently permitting homesteaders to leave -Buy W. S. S. is to encourage hte raising of the. evening had netted the societies them are applicable to those .vho their claims for the purpose of farming other lands owned by them chickens for- food purposes. the goodly sum of $42.00. A most MAILS WILL CARRY will ship small chickens. Ail i-.u Wages interesting talk was given .by JPrivate without deducting this absence from the homestead time, is a good DAY OLD CHICKS Buy W. S. S. must be handled with special Patrick O'Connell of the Bpll one and will probably be taken advantage of by a good number FOR SALE—Eggs for hatching. Pure cire. No food or water is to be civ,|n Moose battalion, just invalided home. The day old chick industry has received of claim holders in this county. Bred S. C. W. Leghorns and R. C. and packages containing them Private O'Connell was in a Red Cross ah impetus by order of the Anconas. hospital for two months and. a half njqst be' handled as quietly a. possible. postmaster general which enables, A. L. Knapp, Every loyal taxpayer in this county should pay in fifty cents and has only highest praise to give th£ acceptance of live day old chicks Care must be taken to «coure P. O. 694. and join the taxpayers' league and work for the best interests of this county.. There is constructive work of many kinds to be done here, and the county board will be pleased to receive suggestions from a patriotic body like this, as to the best methods of doing it. Swift & Company's 1918 Year Book Berger, the pro-German socialist candidate who is under indictment for disloyalty, received about 60,000 votes in Wisconsin last week, while the total loyalty vote of all three loyalty candidates (Lenroot, Davis and McCarthy) was only 135, 967 the total unloyal shows that Swift & Company sells the meat from a steer vote (for Berger and Thompson] was 123,397, and in for less money than the live steer cost! spite of the important issue-^stake about 200,000'voters failed to register their choice. It is sure time for the so-called loyal element to wake up or their cause will suffer by their default. Proceeds from the sale of the hide, fat, and other by-products covered all expense of dressing, refrigeration, freight, selling COMMUNICATION ON COUNTY AFFAIRS. expense and the profit of $1.29 per steer as shown by Swift & Company's 1917 figures as follows: Dear Monty: I read your report of the taxpayers' and voters' meeting and found it about as accurate as most of your one-sided reports usually Average price paid for live cattle per $8445 su«r are. You did not attend the afternoon session so I do not believe Average price received for meat 68.97 that you wrote it, otherwise I would believe that you were very untruthful. The guy that did write it didn't even, sign his name "Tax Average price received for by-products^ 24.09 payer, because, perhaps, he isn't. Arnold always was good at Total received ." V": ••,••••• 9106 blowing his own horn. That's how he has held on to the public This leaves for expeiues and profit 8.61 purse so long, without any adequate returns. When he started in he promised to get back two dollars for every dollar he spent, but Of which the profit per steer was 1.29 he has spent two for every one he got back. You see, he got tho. thing twisted, but that makes no difference to the little gang of admirers There are many other interesting and instructive who participate in the taxpayers' money with his consent facts and figures in the Year Book. Withrow said it was the moral effect they were after and not money. Not with Withrow. He may give others the moral effect but its money that makes him move. The whole gang wouldn't know «. We want to send our 1918 Year Book, to anyone, anywhere —free state,how "moral" if they met one. Count thefii up and many ever »X '•. for the asking. Address Swift & Company, Union Stock Yards, Chicago. stood by a moral issue long enough to get real well acquainted Swift & Company, U. S. A. with it. Mr. Howard said there would be no whitewashes- Great Guns Was it whitewash that let Duffy off? Are they.whitewashing,the gang that took that $500 from the clerk hire fund in tire fall of 1916? What happened to the great gang of "highwaymen and -"yway ^lat 'ou talked-so much about? Are thev j- ir