PilPfSj I ^r^a ^f „.' A ,-v/*"1 -v- 1 -*.J( *'v" 4 -J~ ", I 3 3 INTERNATIONAL FALLS PRESS, SEPTEMBER 4, 1919 FACE OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS Holmstrom road 32.00 64.23 6.10 Minn. School for Deaf, care A. Gahagen, grader work on E. M. Perrigo, services as of Orphie Powell 51.3$ (Continued from page two) state road No. 2 5.00 chainman survey crew, Twp. H. H. Palmer, clerk of municipal R. C. Golz, hauling gravel for 64-23 6.10 court fees, July 43.90 Moved by Commissioner Slack, August Johnson, plank for Wm. Kabbage, services as axman T. M. Sorlie, service as assessor, that the bond of the International bridge work, Dist. No. 1.. 75.00 survey crew, Twp. 6423 Unorg. Dist. No. 5 24.00 State Bank in the sum of $7,500.00 Kelley How Thomson Co., 3.40 Zimmerman Electric Co., supplies with the Maryland Casualty Co., of drift spikes for bridge H. J. Kabbage, services as axman for court house 6.50 Baltimore, Maryland, as surety, be work, Dist. No. 1 10.00 survey crew, Twp. 6423 Wm. Harrigan, expenses of approved. The motion was seconded Little Giant Co., repairs for 6.80 acqueune county commissioner 76.96 by Commissioner Green and carried. tractor, Dist. No. 3 6 57.00 Wm. McGinnis, services as axman, R. J. Langaard, expenses of Steve Malone, 1 acre gravel road survey, Twp. 6423 county commissioner 36.:j5 On motion, the board adjourned pit, in NWNE, Sec. 20-16028 10.00 G. A. Munroe, expenses of °f Golden until Tuesday, August 5th, 1919, at 475.00 county commissioner 26.25 Ed. Abelman, services as rodman, 10 o'clock a. m. Motor Inn, supplies for tractor, road survey, Twp. 6524 Revenue Fund, Printing and Supplies William Harrigan, Dist. No. 2 2.00 Free Press Co., supplies for 7.50 Chairman. Wm. Olmstead, labor filling M. V. Curran, services as deputy county offices 97.50 Attest: J*^Sctor Rousseau RiVGT washout, Sturgeon river Fritz-Cross Co., supplies for surveyor, Twp. 65-24.. 98.47 R. C. Fraser, road 12.00 county offices 57.37 Albert Larson, livery hire for Auditor and Clerk of Board. Tom Ohotto, clearing and Miller-Davis Co., supplies for engineers, Twp. 65-24 4 .00 grubbing county road, Twp. •«K county offices 124.10 Andrew Tuft, contract on Copyright W. C. Chapman The board of county commissioners 68-26 100.00 C. B. Montgomery, court calenders, ditching Steffes road, Twp. hungry."" of Koochiching county, Minnesota, Andrew Olson, payment on 63-25 150.00 June term 58.00 I thought that the captain's hunger met in their office at the court ditch work, Liberty Add., SYNOPSIS. Range Office Supply Co., supplies Lambert & Boreson, livery voice must shake the rafters of the house, in the city of International Dist. No. 2 25.00 for Register of Deeds 6.10 hire for engineers, Twp. 6526 old building. Falls, Minnesota, on Tuesday, August CHAPTER I—Paul Hewlett, loitering at Cecil Richards, labor on tractor Security Blk. Book & Ptg. Co. "And" now, monsieur," he continued 12.00 night in Madison square. New York, Is 5th, 1919, at 10 o'clock a. m. shed, Dist. No. 3 63.00 approached by an Eskimo dog, which seriously, when we had left the house, supplies for Register of David Rose, services as county •eems desirous of attracting his attention. Roll call: Present, Commissioners "I am going to tell you as much as P. C. Richardson, gravel for He follows the'animal to Daly's gambling Deeds ... 46.75 surveyor, Twp. 65-26... 41.25 A Place. As he reaches the house a girl I know concerning the plans of that Green, Slack, Munroe, Langaardand Crystal Beach road ...... 50.62 The motion for the allowance of M. V. Curran, services as assistant emerges, evidently in a state of great agitation, scoundrel. In brief, it is known that Chairman Harrigan. who displays a large amount of John Slkarba, labor on state the foregoing bills and claims, was engineer, Twp. 15427 money. She is the owner of the dog. a party of his friends has been quartered Absent, none. road No. 24 80.00 She is attacked by two men, who seek seconded by Commissioner Slack and 44.4S for some time at the chateau to force her into an automobile. Paul, On motion, the minutes of the Fred Smith, corduroying and carried by a unanimous vote. with the dog's help, drives them away, A. Lundgren, board of survey they come and go, in fact, and now he and, the girl telling him she has no July !4th and July 21st meetings filling in Laurel swamp, S. is either taking more or the same ones On motion the board adjourned to crew, Twp. 154-27 .... 14.00 friends in the city, he takes her to his were approved as read. rooms. She is bewildered and all he can back again, and God knows why he R. H. No. 24 143.00 .*£' meet on Tuesday, September 2nd, O. A. Sandsmark, work on learn from her is that her name is Jacqueline. On motion, the minutes of the takes them to so desolate a region, Standard Oil Co., oil for tractor, He leaves her in his rooms. 1919, at 10 o'clock a. m. bridges, Twp. 158-27 5.50 unless, as the rumor is, he has discovered July 21st meeting of the county Dist. No. 2 22.69 S. O. Hof dahl, work on CHAPTER II—Puzzling over the situation, William Harrigan, coal fields upon the seigniory and board of equalization was approved Paul walks for a time, but a presentiment George Treat, repairs on Dentaybow bridges, Twp. 158-27 14.00 that she is in danger sends nlm holds M. Duchaine in his power. Well, Attest: Chairman. as read. bridges 76.00 back to his home. There he finds a man Roy W. Hofdahl, work on monsieur, a party sails with Captain dead, stabbed, and believes Jacqueline to R. C. Fraser, On motion, the board adjourned Louis Vdvich, team labor on have killed him. She is in a semi-stupor, Duhamel on tonight's tide, which will bridges, Twp. 158-27 7.00 County Auditor and and is unable to remember anything. until 1:30 p. m. Holmstrom road 76.00 carry me down the gulf als* Captain Revenue Fund—General Expense Clerk of Board. iTl—Hewlett carries the C. E. Parker, repairs for CHAPTER Duhamel's boat Is berthed at the same Jig Fork Compass, publishing dead man down the Are escape and leaves The board reconvened at 1:30 p. pier as mine upon the opposite side. tractor, Dist. No. 2 43.90 him in a little-used back yard. From the school notices $ 3.20 name of the maker, on the dog's collar, "We start together, then, but I shall m. It pays to Advertise in the Press Unorganized Road and Bridge Fund Chicago Cafe, meals for jurors he gathered that they came from Quebec expect to gain several hours during Roll call—All members present. and determines to take her there.- M. V. Curran, services as 113.GO the four days' Journey, for I know Moved by Commissioner Slack, deputy surveyor, Twp. 6322 CHAPTER IV—After banking her J. H. Drummond, fees in the Claire well, and she cannot keep money they visit a store, where Jacqueline that an appropriation of $500.00 be $ 24.66 pace with my Sainte-Vierge. You county tax cases 28.35 makes some purchases necessary for made to the Koochiching County the journey. There Paul meets a man J. H. Ward, posting road notices, must bring your lady aboard the George Holler, attendance at known to him as Simon Leroux. who evi. Agricultural Association, out of any Sainte-Vierge by nine tonight. Twp. 63-22 3.00 dently knows Jacqueltae and believes assessors meeting 3.00 Hewlett does also. Leroux evidently is "I shall telegraph to my friend Danton moneys now on hand and not otherwise Frank Bergant, 50 rods of an enemy of Jacqueline, and Paul evades Int'l Telephone Co., toll calls at St. Boniface to have a sleigh him and with the girl starts for Quebec. appropriated. The motion was corduroying, Twp. 64-22 .. 75.00 for county auditor 90 and dogs at your disposal when you seconded by Commissioner Langaard M. V. Curran, services as deputy CHAPTER V—They travel as brother arrive, and a tent, food and sleeping Int'l Telephone Co., toll calls and carried by a nuanimous vote. and sister and on reaching Quebec Paul surveyor, Twp. 64-22.. 39.66 bags," continued Captain Dubois, "for for county attorney 1.40 seeks the maker of the dog's collar, hoping Moved by Commissioner Green, through him to learn something of it must be a hundred and fifty miles BETTER DENTISTRY a Frank Carlson, board of road Jacqueline's identity. There he meets Int'l Telephone Co., toll calls that the salaries of the several deputy from St. Boniface to the Chateau Duchaine. priest, Pere Antoine. The priest tells him survey crew, Twp. 64-22... 14.40 **t for county sheriff 6.00 Jacqueline Is the daughter of Charles Duchaine, And so, with half a day's sheriffs be increased, from $125 a recluse, ana is married. Emil Beyer, clearing and grubbing nt'l Telephone Co., July exchange start, you will have nothing to fear to $150 per month, commencing FOR LESS MONEY from Leroux—only remember that he mile of road, Twp. service, county departments CHAPTER VI—Next day Paul arranges with the 1st day of August, 1919. with a Captain Dubois to sail for St. has no scruples. Still I do not think 25.50 65-23 75.00 The motion was seconded by Commissioner Boniface, from which point they can he will catch you And Mile. Jacqueline travel by sleigh to the Duchalne chateau. Phil Castonia, boat hire for Hannah Johnson, services as Slack and carried by a Leaving Dubois Paul is attacked and left before you reach Chateau Duchaine." Bade* Work $5.00 commissioner, road work, clerk to Judge of Probate 25.20 unconscious In the street. unanimous vote. he ended, chuckling at his sagacity. Gold Crowns Twp. 65-22 4.00 Jos. Jones, expenses in case Moved by Commissioner Munroe "Ah, well, monsieur, who else could WkiU Cro CHAPTER VI. Tom Fisher, labor on county of State vs Reser 16.00 Plate. your lady be?" he asked, smiling at my that the bid of East & Corrin of R. Liljeblad, coroner's fees.. 11.60 road, Twp. 65-23 8.00 surprise. "I knew well that some day $1,4500.00 heating plant repairs and GUARANTEED WORK At the Foot of the Cliff. she must leave those wilds. Besides, B. Loughran, part payment Fred R. Lindvall, livery hire alterations in the court house and 10 YEARS The next afternoon I went to Paul did I not convey her here from St. on clearing and grubbing, for sheriff 14.00 jail buildings, be accepted and that street and found M. Dubois at home. Boniface on my return, less than a Twp. 66-22 50.00 H. A. McCormack, attendance When I explained that I wanted to the contract for same be awarded. week ago, when she pleaded for secrecy? GET OUR ESTIMATE FIRST secure two passages to St Boniface Carl Jacobson, board and lodging at assessors meeting 3.GO The motion was seconded by Commissioner I suspected something agitated his brows contracted. of survey crew, Twp. Mrs. H. T. Mcintosh, matron Special attention given ft* Slack and carried by a her then. So it was to find a husband So you, too, are going to "DIPU 64-23 4.20 fees, State vs Hamilton... 1.00 eut-ef-towa patients. Write as that she departed thus?" unanimous vote. die Chateau Duchaine!" he exclaimed. B. W. Perrigo, services as H. T. Mcintosh, sheriff's expenses So Jacqueline had left her home not about your teeth troubles. We Moved by Commissioner Green more than a week before! And the axman on road survey, in criminal cases... 63.04 are glad to answer any and all that the bid of Gustafson & John "h there not room for two more on captain had no suspicion that she was Twp. 64-23 90.00 H. T. Mcintosh, board of prisoners, questions. Write us. son of $468.00 covering brick, concrete the boat of Captain Duhamel?" married then! Yet Pere Antoine R. Ronseth, services as axman month of July 158.00 "Why do you suppose that I am going and general repair work in the claimed to have performed the ceremony. on road survey, Twp. C. E. Nightengale, P. M., DRS. NORCROSS CLARKE to the Chateau Duchaine?" I inquired court house and jail buildings, be angrily. 64-23 2.00 stamped envelops for Supt. To whom? And where was the man accepted and that contract for same Union Dentists He flared up too. "Diable!" he burst J. R. Norien, services as axman of Schools 73.67 who should have stood in my place be awarded. The motion was seconded out, "Do you suppose all Quebec does and shielded her against Leroux? on road survey, Twp. Oren Noble, livery hire for by Commissioner Slack and not know what is in the wind? But I made Dubois understand, not without 64-23 6.1.0 sheriff, criminal cases 16.00 carried by a unanimous vote. Bemidji since you are so Ignorant, monsieur, 1 difficulty, that we were still unmarried. G. W. Thomas, services as Northome Record, publishing Moved by Commissioner Slack, will enlighten you. Let us suppose His face fell when he realized axman on road survey, Twp. school notices 6.10 that the affairs of M. Charles Duchaine that the county auditor be instruct that I was in earnest but after have Interested a gentleman of ed to advertise for bids on the construction a little he made the best of the situation, business and politics whom we will though it was evident that some of a steel bridge on the call M. Leroux—just for the sake of of the glamour was scratched from Littlefork river between the towns giving him a name, you understand," the romance, in his opinion. of Dentaybow and Nett River, as he resumed, looking at me maliciously. By now we had arrived at the wharf. per plans and specifications on file "And this M. Leroux Imagines that Wedged In among the floes lay the with the county engineer. The motion there is more than spruce timber to be Claire and the Sainte?Yierge respectively. found on the seigniory. Bien, but consider was seconded by Commissioner The latter vessel lay upon our further that this M. Leroux Is a Langaard and carried by a unaniimous right as we approached the end of the mole, as we call our politicians here. wharf. vote. It would not suit him to appear openly There was a small cabin for Jacqueline Moved by Commissioner Slack, 1n such an enterprise? jr!) and another for myself adjoining. that the county auditor be instructed 'if! Awf •'.•9j "Let us say, then, that he arranges I was very well satisfied and inquired to advertise for bids on graveling with a Captain Duhamel to convey his the terms. party to St Boniface, to which point of 31 and 5-6 miles of state rural "Diable! If It were not for the children tie will go secretly by another route, highways Numbers 9, 20 and 24, as there should be no terms!" exclaimed and that he will Join them there and— per plans and specifications on file the captain. "But it is hard, in short, monsieur, take yourself and with District Highway Engineer L. monsieur, with prices rising and the your friend to the devil, for I won't A. Ogaard, said bids to be opened at hungry mouths always open, like little give you passage. Go back to him— birds." the office of the county board, on for I know he sent you to me—and tell He was overjoyed at the sight of Tuesday, September 2nd, 1919. The •him he cannot hire Alfred Dubois for the fifty dollars which I tendered him. all the money in Canada." motion was seconded by Commissioner "By the way," I said, "do you know "I am glad to hear you say that," I Green and carried by a unanimos priest named Pere Antoine?" a answered, "because Leroux is no vote. "An old man? A strong old man? friend of mine. Now listen to me, Captain Moved by Commissioner Green, Why, assuredly, monsieur," answered mpr"""""* Dubois. It Is true that I am going that the following bills be audited the captain. "Everybody knows him. to the chateau. If I can get there, and allowed and that the auditor be He has the parish of the Riviere d'Or but I did not know that Leroux had district and the largest In Quebec. A instructed to draw his warrants for made his arrangements already. In saint, monsieur! You will do well to brief, he Is In pursuit of me and I same: make his acquaintance."' have urgent reasons for avoiding him. Poor Fund WfiK The captain parted from me on the My companion is a lady—" Cobey & Hall, repairs and Toppy red bags, tidy red Una, wharf on his way to the telegraph "Eh!" he exclaimed, looking stupidly handaom* and halfpound pound supplies for county hospital Copyright 1919 office, repeating his instructions to the tin humidor»—and— at me. by R. J. Reynolds that clany, practical pound $ 86.07 Tobacco Co. effect that we were to be aboard the "And I am anxious to take her to crystal glats humidor with boat by nine. C. L. Hillstead, supplies for sponge moietener top that the chateau, where we shall be safe keep* the tobacco in It had grown dark long before and from the man—" Mrs. Leslie Warner, pauper 98. C4 perfect condition. looking at my watch, I fras surprised "A lady I" exclaimed the captain. F. R. Lapham, supplies for to see that it was already past six **A young one? Diable! Why didn't Mrs. E. H. Morvel 34.12 o'clock. I had no time to lose in returning you tell me so at first, monsieur? I'll Littlfork Merc. Co., supplies to the Chateau. take you. I will do anything for an for Johanna Olson, July.. 15.67 But though I could see it outlined enemy of Leroux. Peter Robertson, supplies for upon the cliff I soon found myself lost "But a lady! I do not know your Phappiness among the maze of narrow streets in E. O. Knutson, July 13 .22 business, monsieur, but I can guess, UT it flush up to Prince Albert to produce more smoke which I was wandering. A man was perhaps—M Thos. Watson, supplies for than you ever before collected! P. A.'s built to coming up the street behind me, and "But you must not misunderstand Mrs. A. Trombley, June... 20.00 *W:cv. fit your smokeappetite like kids fit your hands! It has the I turned to question him, but as I decreased me," I interposed,. "She Is not—" J. S. Wenberg, supplies for my pace he diminished his jimdandiest flavor and coolness and fragrance you ever ran "Diable! It's all right!" said the Eny Orlack, July 15.02 also, and when I quickened mine he •captain, slapping me upon the back. against! Thos. P. White, beard of county went faster as well. I began to hare "No explanations! Not a word, I assure Just what a whale of joy Prince Albert really is you want hospital inmates, July.. 185.25 an uneasy sense that he might be following you.* I am the most discreet of me, and accordingly hastened to find out the double-quickest thing you do next. And, put Road and Bridge Fund men. Madeleine!" onward until I came to a road which This last word was a deep-chested John Berg, services blasting it down how you could smoke P. A. for hours without seemed to lead up the hill toward the bellow, and in response a little girl beaver dam $ 5.90 tongue bite or parching. Our exclusive patented process ramparts. running in, staggering under the came* A Frank Carlson, graveling state cuts out bite and parch. The road, howevei^led me into a weight of the captain's overcoat of road No. 25 254.00 blind alley, the fartl® extremity being Realize what it would mean to get set with a joy'us jimmy raccoon fur. Cobey & Hall, repairs for tractor, the base of the cliff but another "That is my overcoat voice," he explained, pipe or the papers every once and a while. And, puff to street emerged from it at a right Dist. No. 2 ..V, 2.15 stroking the child's head. "My beat the cards! Without a comeback! Why, P. A. is so angle, and I plunged into this, believing Arthur Dupler, services as ftiiece, monsieur. I\v the tone to which that any of the byways would good you feel like you'd just have to eat that fragrant smoke! I call Madeleine kuow^Kvhether it is tractor engineer, Dist. No. eventually take me to the top of the overcoat or my pipe or slippers 2 ............ .... ...... 17lX8 R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Winston-Salem. N. acclivity. t??."*. Lrant, pr whether am growing Harry Fagan, team labor on £& sLr» ',, ''1$ -r-? tl.