"•^', WjilfrC- INTERNATIONAL FALLS PRESS, MARCH 2fc l9i9 tiUSB WWR .. 1 THE IHTERHATIONAL FALLS PRESS have been introduced in this session, as in previous sessions, calling THE BETTER WAY for appropriations aggregating hundreds of thousands# of dollars, to reimburse land owners whose property has been flooded by waters It is better to lose with a conscience clean AND BORDER BUDGET thrown upon it, or backed up upon it, by improper drainage ditches. GHO. VATSOI, Ultw Than win with a trick unfair r. Counties in northern Minnesota are bankrupt, their drainage bonds It is better to fail and to know you've been, Mm at tke Faat at htw—tlwl Fall*. Miam* »nwt Mattel mm are delinquent, because projects were undertaken which, costing Whatever the prize was, square millions of dollars have done not I cent's worth benefit to the lands Than to claim the joy of a far-off goal SUBSCRIPTION RATES: U. S., $2.00 FOREIGN, $2.50 PER YEAR sought to be drained. There are assessments aggregating $1,000,000 And the cheers of the standers by, against lands belonging to the state of Minnesota, in the coun And to know down deep in your inmost soul "Those whom the gofe would destroy they first make mad" ties of Koochiching and Beltrami alone. -A cheat you must live and die. How's your temperature? Is it not time to stop this foolishness? I» it not worth while to pause, to see. where we are at, before Who wins by trick may take the prize, Why is it considered alright for a man to pay ten dollars a quart we spend more money or others to spend more money, on unfeasible And at first he may think it sweet, for whiskey, but all wrong when his wife pays fifteen cents a quart allow drainage projects? But many a day in the future lies for milk When he'll wish he had met defeat. No permanent betterment can^come so long as there is no re .-l By the way some practically salaryless officials get mad when For the man who lost shall be glad at heart, state authority indrainage. Such authority cannot be had responsibility anyone files for election to their office. one would think that after cannot be fixed, until one man supplants the present unsalaried And walk with his head up high .. While his conqueror knows he must play the part all there is a good fat meal ticket and then some, in the position. commission of state officers, as drainage commissioner. The commissioner should have full executive powers and a board, Of a cheat and a living lie. Why doesn't the city council play fair by seeing to it that its serving with him in an advisory capacity only, should consist, not proceedings are published before the expiration of the five days of state officers, but of practical farmers and businessmen. prize seems fair when the fight is on, allowed by law to appeal from the bills, or any other of its transactions? The substitution of one man control of state highways for the tit save it is truly won Are not the taxpayers entitled to any consideration at socalled highway commission, has worked great benefits. Efficiency You will hate the thing when the crowds are gone, For it stands for a false deed done/ all? and responsibility have taken the. pla.ee of friction, irresponsibility and extravagance. The fixing of responsibility for drainage matters And it's better you never should reacl* your goal It's the boys of our state and nation we are trying to save by in one man would undoubtedly result in a similar improvement 'than ever success to buy Ik prohibition. Habitual drunkards may be able to "get away" with At the price of knowing down in you* 'S6ulp Such a commissioner should be a practical man, not a theorist two per cent beer without getting foolishly annoyingly drunk, That your glory is all a lie. he should t^e an executive, not a technical engineer. Engineers but the boys can't do it, and we cannot afford to experiment with —Detroit Free Press are valuable as advisers as a rule they are not good businessmen. them along these lines. Experts are generally superb servants, iiidifererit masters. Best THE POLITICAL POT ALREADY SIMMERING results are obtained when the responsible head of an enterprise It takes a man of more than ordinary courage to do what Sheriff avails himself of all the help science can give, but tempers the enthusiasm, Mcintosh is doing these days in a city allowed to run in the lawless the spirit of adventurous experimentation of the scientist, Although the city election is over three weeks ahead candidates manner in which this town is being run. It is up to every with the hard sense of the businessman. for most of the offices have already filed and judging from the talk citizen who believes in good government to support him in his determination Such a commissioner should be charged with the duty of gathering and actions.around the street corners the contest is going to be a to clean it up. Keep her going Hughie, we'll stay by good one as usual. and utilizing all of the best and most mature thought in the you whether anybody else does or not. state and nation, on the subject of drainage. Many topographic The ball was started rolling a week ago by M. A. Shepro filing surveys of parts of the state have been made at different times, for city clerk. Mr. Shepro returned a few weeks ago from one It is becoming quite apparent that the League of Nations as originally which are now forgotten, gathering dust in the basement valuts of of the southern cantonments where he went in the first draft planned was not the best arrangement for this country, in St. Paul and Washington. These should be assembled, and thd arid was assigned to a clerkship in the medical commissary department, as tnuch as it would have taken from us the right and privilege^of surveys should be completed, so as to secure for the state commissioner and later attended the officer's school where he received a settling by and for ourselves some of our most important available information from which he might determine the commission as Second Lieutenant. He is well qualified for the questions, such as that of immigration and the guarding of this feasibility of any proposed project. No private, county or judicial clerical work of the office and is well known here through his many continent from European and Asiatic agression. ditch should be established until after the consent of the commissioner years residence. had been secured. He should be charged with the duty of Garnet Peterson also filed for city clerk's office. For many In another column will be found a good editorial from Representative recommending to the legislature changes in drainage laws, which years Mr. Peterson was assistant cashier of the First National bank Christiansen, chairman of the Legislative Finance Committee, would make them less cumbersome, more -easily understood and and resigned in order to volunteer for military service, soon after which is well worth reading. It outlines the same broad more workable. Attempts by legislature, committees to work he was assigned to the officer's school the armistic was signed and gauge method of drainage that Judge Stanto tried to bring into out a, drainage code always h^'Ve failed. In fact, as a result of he was given honorable discharge. Since his return from service ^ffect in this and Beltrami counties a few years ago at a joint each such attempt the laws have been made worse than before. Mr. Peterson has been successfully engaged in the insurance business. meeting of the two county boards, and this is the way it should Conflicting opinions have been compromised, unpractical ideas have He is a good accountant and if elected will make a first-class be carried on in the future, but this fact should not be allowed to been embodied, sections of the law have been amended without officer. prevent the state legislature from appropriating money at this session regard to other sections, patch has been placed upon patch, until Last M&nday Mayor Frank H. Keyes filed for re-election for a to pay the state's indebtedness to this county, as they did last. we have attained as the net.j result of years of abortive labor, a third term and jyill be a hard man to defeat on account of his long drainage code, which, for incongruities, inconsistencies, bulk and experience in politics and his control of the city g6Verftmen£uf If every attorney in this city, will get as patriotic as the lawye :s general insufficiency, stands as- an uiirivaled model for the world. K. O. Foss, also filed on that day as candidate for Mayor and in some Minnesota towns arid refuse to defend those who are selling Does Minnesota want a real drainage system? will make a good run. He is without question the strongest man liquor illegally and Judge Palmer will add to the fines a thirty If she does, there must be unified control, new and virile leadership, who could be induced to become a candidate for that office by those or sixty day jail sentence for every such lawbreaker, it won't take a substitution of efficiency for politics, of statewide vision who believe it is time for a change in the policy and administration long, with the good work the sheriff is doing to rid the city ot for provincialism, of justice for partiality. of our public affiairs. Mr. Foss is a first-class business man, and the lawless bunch who pay practically no taxes and are. a continual In other words, Minnesota must make a new start. his long residence here as a citizen and taxpayer has given him a menace to the peace and safety of the city and county. It is not large and helpful acquaintance. unreasonable for this community to expect this much from the 'TEN THOUSAND LAKES ARE CALLING" H. I. Bedell has filed for reelection as city treasurer which office Municipal Judge and the attorneys of this city, for the public good. By C. J. Byrne BTi ri -Tint he has held for the past two terms and is confident that he will be returned to that office. THE LOAN OF THANKFULNESS Lay aside your cares and worries, Thos. Kinshella has also filed for the office of treasurer and his Close your desk and pack your grip, many friends prophecy his election. He is one of the earliest Just suppose you are driving along peaceably in your automobile, For you owe yourself an outing, residents of this city and served acceptably as Mayor a few yearsHgo. not speeding nor driving carelessly, yet making progress for A vacation, and a trip He is a popular member of the carpenter's union and well all that suppose that, rounding a turn in the road, you suddenly Come and rest your weary body, liked by all who have had business or social dealings with him. see a chasm ahead, made by a washed-out bridge. Where the laughing waters steal, Attorney John H. Brown was induced to file for the important In this crisis you accept the one chance of escaping annihilation. Through the shady nooks that lure you, office of Municipal Judge. He is unusually well fitted both by temprement You automatically shut off the power and jam on the brak:s Come with trusty rod and reel. and legal education as well as by his thorough knowledge •while the machine skids up to the edge of the abyss and stops. oi men and the needs of this city in judicial matters, and his election After an intense moment of waiting, you all step out unhurt. You Come and learn real joys of fishing will not be a surprise. find, however, that the effort of stopping has ruined two expensive Sporty bass or gamey pike Fred Nelson, the jeweller shied his crystal into the ring for tires, burned out your brake linings and damaged som& minor Take a train that leaves your home town, Municipal Judge believing that one not of the legal profession was braces. You can motor if you like most needed in that office. Several years ago Mr. Nelson served If this really happened to you, what would you do? Would Come and hear the wild irirds singing, on the city counc||i 1 bemoan the damages to your car and regret the prospective YOU Joining in the welcome, too John McDonald is the only one who has filed as councilman of repair bill? Or would you thank God that you had been able to For ten thousand lakes are calling, the third ward in which two are to be elected. He is one of the save precious lives, no matter at what expense? If you are a They are calling,—calling you. oldest residents here and for the past two years has been janitor regular ,man, you would be devoutly thankful and when the time at the school house. He is a good fairminded man. came would pay the expense bill thankfully. Come and bring the family with you, Joseph Keyes has filed to succeed himself asr alderman in the So each and all of us ought to feel toward the coming Victory Where the cooling breezes creepy first ward which, position he has held for several terflas, to the Liberty Loan. Through the pine trees of the forests, satisfaction ®»stof his constituents. Let us thank God, "from whom all blessings flow." Let us Gently singing you to sleep Undoubtedly there will be a few more filings before Monday, put our thankfulness into deeds by buying more Victory Liberty Where the sky-blue waters crimson, the 24th which' the last day for filing, alderman to Loan Bonds next, month than anyone expects, us to buy. as there is one As the sun sets in the west be elected i4 t^e wi*rd—one alderman in the second ward— •. VictoiyLoanCommittee. Come partake of Natiire's tonic and two ward in addition to Mayor, Cferk In the land peic^nd rest. andTreaswwefk -M START ANEW IN DRAINAGE There* is a' rapidly growing feeling expressed that this city Come and breathe the fragrant ozone should be conducted in a more economical and law abiding manner. Representative Theodore Christiansoain his newspaper, the Daw... Of the piney-wooded land, If those who desire a bettering of conditions here in these respects, son Sentinel In a playground made to order wake up. soon, Enough. and put some real pep into this campaign By good Mother:Nature's hand there will no doubt-be a change clear down the line. It now It has been stated on excellent authority that only one-half of Come on up to Minnesota remains t® be $&en how much the would be considered better element the agricultural land in Minnesota is being cultivated, and that the With your pack-sack and canoe, really desire a3better governed city. chief reason for this condition is lack of drainage and improper Oi For ten thousand lakes are calling,— drainage. They are calling*—calling you. branch of our jreljef work.. It means Boycott Author's Father. Millions of dollars have been &pent for attempted drainage, and The Irish Times records disturbances large institutions., for employment much of it has been wasted. Some of it, far from working good, In Westmeath provoked solely TO HELP MAN WHO IS ers in Frarice. bureaus, for Hospitals where the has worked incalculable damage. Waters have been emptied from by a novel written by Brinsley Maenamara, "DOWN BUT NEVER OUT* wives and daughters of ex-service a native of Dublin. The book Col. Barker, who headed the party lands above only to flood even more valuable lands below. Ten men can find good care and free if is full of local color and the Inhabitants of Salvation Army workers sent foot ditches have been made to empty into six foot outlets. In they are without funds. It means visited their Indignation on the father abroad ahead of the first contingent Salvatioa Amy Plaaniag for New some cases, engineers even have attempted to set aside the law of of_the author, a local schoolmaster, larger orphanages, bigger fresh air of the American expeditionary force, and Increased Activities. and attempted to evict him from gravity by proposing drainage schemes that could be defended only farms, more free coal and ice for the has just returned to report on changed the school. Th£y were not successful, New York, March 17.—The Salvation poor, and more milk to feed little on the theory that water might be made to run up hill. At the conditions overseas. but they prevented their children from Army has been sending many sickly babies. present time, a bill-is pending in the legislature which seeks to attending the school, which was practically Asserting that the hundreds^ of trained workers overseas since the "It means permanent meeting JB&' closed. The population is, however, apply the socalled flood control principle to the entire state. The thousands of new friends of the Salvation of signing the armstice is now preparing places for the ex-service men in not united in approval of these Army, made during the war author is trying to effect drainage and secure waterpower through to meet "new and increased methods of literary censorship and the America, bigger lodging houses for with "expect to remain in contact the responsibilities at home during and far* and better event led to the breaking up of the the same project, cheerfully ignoring the patent fact that the two the poor bigger ts^i.<p></p>Hfe V-~ V. Army after they get back Salvation local 81nn Fein and volunteer organisations, a peace" according to statement issued facilities for givng sensible and -are inconsistent—that the only way to have waterpower is to hold of to America," CoL barker said. the leader* which discouraged by CoL William Barkery in quick help for the man "whouia dowt water back and thse only way to secure drainage is to let it go. Bills 4 the protest*. charge of all Salvation Army work­ "That meant aa expansion of every bat who never oat.' r.r jk II-4. ii