INTERNATIONAL FALLS PRESS, OCTOBER 16th, 1919 PAGE FIV BEAVER DAMS IN COUNTY SHERIFF McINTOSH ARRESTS LOMAN FLOOD THOUSANDS OF ACRES EIGHT IN RANIER RAID LOCAL HAPPENINGS E. J. Helmer has a crew repairing Many complaints have come to this Last Tuesday night Sheriff Mc-Intosh the West Fork bridge. office of the damage done in every and deputies raided a red light part of this county by beavers building resort at Ranier and arrested the Have ou all had a ride in the new Three unfurnished rooms for rent MICKIE SAYS dams on the state ditches and following who were brought before Dodge. We 'uns 'ant. Apply 807 8th street. creeks. Judge Palmer with the following result •V Mr. Geo. Lang of Indus tells of hundreds Sheriff Mcintosh and son spent i« WR\T»N STOFF F£R TH' Two good teams for sale. Apply of acres so flooded on Black Lilly Martin, June Peters, Joy Gordon, Sunday in the vicinity of Loman. PAPER MNT SO EMS fc* \-OOWS, S. E. Thompson & Son. Ida West and Carrie Sissman and Rapid rivers so that good meadows \\JLTEU-TH'NOR\-©\ GOT T* have been made useless and settlers each of whom were find ten dollars jri Matt Mattson is fixing up the Elwell KNOW HOV4 T* SPEU-'N COMPOSE FOR SALE—5-room house, 16x34, driven from their places on and costs. Also Alice Ladean and N G\T NER flVCTS T'GETHER *M road at the Degrow swamp. /. JlLiXJ^Sp modern in everyway. Enquire of Nick N* ^OTTfc UOOK *'N NOT VMRtfe account of the high water caused by Rut Alice who were sentenced to 30 M4NTHU4G- MKKC POUC6 Toder, 514, 9th street. beaver dams. Settlers west of Big days in jail and sentence suspended Mac Loman shipped a car load of SOftE Vl N* GOTT* PUT A U*L •V Falls make complaint of similar depredations. providing they leave the county at very fine tame hay to Louis Zimmerman PEP »NT/V COMMON EMER'OAN Rev. W. W. Dale, Pastor County Agent Abbott is back again qnce. this week. TVWNG-S.'ftT A\I4T GrOT PkHN PEP from his attendance at the Northern I 'im, so then'uu NVAKE \N*EUE«T\N* In an interview yesterday with Ed. Pope was arrested for pigging District's Convention at Duluth for REftDiM'-'N THEM *PTER| for Frank Dwyer and bound over to former Representative H. J. Miner The Misses Rosa Lee Kurzek and Morning worship 10:30. NOVj'VE RUN *U-OMERTO\N«4 county agents, and his trip through the grand urv on $200 bonds. in regard to what he had seen of the Ruth Daheberg are now comfortably AFTER NEWS *N NRtTTEN COL- I the eastern part of this county. Sunday School 11:45. work these busy creatures he made domiciled in the Lundsten residence. NUNVft OP STUFF ,FOl.KS'u. THROW) —-a— NONPARTY RUNS 31 CHAIN the following statement. THE PAPER OOWN *N 8*NT THERE, A 6 FOR SALE—Buick light touring STORES IN NORTH DAKOTA AtMT NOTH\N* IN "ftV PAPER*" Evening worship 'As state timber appraiser, I have Mrs. M. Peggar has returned from car, 5 good tires. Car in first-class covered quite an area in Koochiching Iowa where she has been spending condition. W. F. Cleveland, 119 -8th Fargo, N. D., Oct. 9—Thirty -one What do you think of the combined county during the past several several weeks with her mother, who street. Pd stores operating in North Dakota at eservice? The pastor would like to months and my attention has been has been quite ill. know. sharply drawn to the rapid increase present, with expectations that before Capt. Bedell purchased a Ford Sedan and destructivness of beaver. Much Jan. 1, 1920, this number will be Miss Walsh of Minneapolis har. froni ^Manager Ballon last Friday The Boy Scout social evening last land is ,being overflowed, timber destroyed increased to 38, is the record of the assumed the duties of primary lea ,to be delivered to him in Minneapolis Friday evening was greatly enjoyed. Consumers' United Stores company, and in many other ways these cher here mi place of Miss Roche, upon his arrival there Saturday, Next month's Dog social is being destructive little beasts are raising a nonpartisan league business venture. who was transferred to the Harigan where, he went to visit Mrs. looked forward to. The company's assets are estimated hob generally. country. Bedell who is taking a business Practically all of the drainage at more than $1,000,000. ——j.j—— course there. The' Ladies' Aid will be entertained The man responsible in a large ditches in the county and many of Northern Pacific Nielsen will log 94 by Mrs. Wm. W. Dale Wednesday the small streams have been appropriated measure for the growth of the company the Christenson claim this winter and Mr and Mrs. F. G. Nelson returned next, 1004 6th street. and directing genius of the corporation entirely by beaver, with damaging expects to put in about two thousand home last Friday from an extended results. I have noticed in some is H. A. Paddock, general cords of pulpwood besides the visit with relatives at Iron River, Quartet practice Thursday evening manager, who, in little more than instances, particularly north and west logs, posts and ties. Wis., and many other points by auto. 8 oclock at the church. of Littlefork and on the county ditches two years, has built up a system of Fred's health is greatly improved in stores that compares favorably with in the vicinity of Ericsburgg, There will be a meeting of the Loman fact he says he feels as though he Have you an appointment with thj that within the short space of one that of other chain store companies Farmers' Club at the school has gotten a new lease on life. Lord at church nxt Sunday? in the country. The first store of mile they have constructed two or house Friday night, October 24. MarkAbbott, Get your prescriptions filled at Rubin's three dams causing the water to overflow, the company was established at Ken county agent and G. A. Olson, Drug Store. tf Deputy Game Warden Powers and mare, N. D., in November, 1917. Please reserve October 28th as the spreading over the land adjacent county superintendent have Woods made a raid near Aurora at date for the American Fighting Quartette. rendering these ditches absolutely The company operates on a cash promised to attend this meeting and Ledgers, blank books and liquid ink the head of Wine lake last week, on worthless for the purpose for basis and each contract holder pays take part in the program. eradicator at the Press office. the Bird Bros, camp where they $100 for the privilege of buying mer which they were constructed and in ——38 found a quantity of deer meat and chandise from the stores at a price many cases killing valuable timber. Gratton DeGrow, who has been RED CROSS NOTICE Rey. C. E. Ireland, the new pastor partridge, they confiscated nine rifles, "not exceeding 10 per cent of the spending several months visiting In I was told by one settler near Littlefork of the Methodist church will arrive four shot guns and revolvers, the seven wholesale market price, plus trans near whose farm the beaver Pennsylvania arrived home last week today and preach next Sunday morning The International Falls Red Cross men arrested were fined $50 and have been unusually active in darning" portation charges. The company has and came back all alone much to the and evening. Branc:h_will hold their annual meeting costs each in Judge Sampson's court nearly 11,000 contract holders and a small creek, that time and surprise of his many friends. Gratton at the Alexander Baker school, at Biwabik. again he and his neighbors have opened the greater part of.its capital—$200,000 tells a very pathetic story of Deputy Game Warden Powers has Sunday afternoon, October 19tth, at •V up the dam only to see the pestiferous in cash and the balance in notes how it happened. "Never mind," says moved his family here from Grand 3 o'clock. All the Red Cross Branches George Lang one of the earliest little 'animals, right under —comes from this source. Gratton, "I am only 53." Rapids and will make his head quarters of Koo.chiching county have been .'.ettlers arid best famers in the I nor. The privilege Of making a contract their very eyes actively engaged in urged to attend. Election of officers. in our city this winter. section of our county was a busines repairing and rebuilding their work. with the company is not restricted to Mr. Babcock, author of the amendment Officers are asked to bring reports. visitor here' Monday. Mr. Lang had On one occasion fast summer after farmers, but any one permanently of the same name, and associates Mrs. Wm. W. Dale, Miss Ermine Pelland spent Sunday about sixty acres in wheat, oats and located can buy from the store in his a pond averaging twelve feet in depth passed thru Loman Tuesday on Secretary. with her folks on the farm and barley this year,, but on account of had been made by this same dam, two locality upon signing a contract and their way from Baudette to International returned to the studio Monday by his serving on the federal jury at paying $100, with a special rate of $10 by car. We certainly are of the settlers decided that strenuous WHY NOT PAY THE boat. Duluth during the month of July per year for wage earners. measures should be adopted. pleased to see the members of th^ NEWSPAPERS TOO? was unable- to take care of it before With an ax a larg opening was cut in The men who originally started the state highway commission personally Many of our citizens enjoyed renewing it,%dged" so badly that he had scores were Norbert O'Leary, Charles the dam causing a stiff current of viewing the roads for we feel that acquaintances with Mr. M. to cut it with a sickle and half of water to flow from the pond. Within H. Heck and H. L. Elliott, each sub if they know the deplorable roa W. E. McEwan, census supervisor F. Smooty of Indus* who, was here was lost, even then he threshed 775 scribing $1,000 for the initial work conditions they will arrange for of this district, very politely asks a vew minutes four beaver were the rjast of .the rwe^k Tjfter ^several bjashelsjThe, ts now going to thresh seen swiming toward the. dam each! ffre stock of the company at pres immediate relief. the newspapers to give free of charge acres of flax which months absence.,. with quite large pieces of timber in ent is held by Fred Miller, president publicity to the census propaganda he thinks, .,spuld run from 15 to 20 Sfmrgeori Odell, vice president, WT their mouths ready to begin repairs. John Palm and family arrived this so as to faciliate and help along the bushelf tier acre. Mr. Lang also has In a great many places along small Gr-Johnson, secretary-treasurer, and Good pine slabs for sale, delivered week from Litchfield with two car work of the census. the unique combination of a good sulphfei8 William Lemke, who is vice president right from the mill, only four do1 streams the work of beavers is noticed loads of machinery and stock. Mr. The Independent thanks Mr. McEwan mi'niifg proposition as well as by the trees which they have of the National Nonpartisan league. lars per cord. Apply S. E. Thompson Palm and sons have purchased the most kindly. But we pause to a good producing farm as his croj) & Son. t' felled by cutting with their teeth. I.oman farm of about 400 acres and ask if Mr. McEwan is going to get s. place is Underlain with that valuable CIVIL SERVICE Poplar timber is generally selected will take possession this week. The the same courtesy from the census mineral. EXAMINATIONS and will average from one inch to family are real farmers with plenty Dr. B. F. Osborn has been confined enumerators, or if he is going to pay sixteen inches in diameter. After An open competitive examination industry, ambition, thrift and capital to his b„ed at the hospital more them for their services. FOOTBALL GAME under the rules of the U. S. Civil and will make these entire farms cutting into short lengths it is then :or less the last few days with stomach Is Mr. McEwan going to get ths skidded to the ditch or stream and Service Commission for the position blossoming with luxuriant clover. trouble, but he will be around services of office help free of charge, of Clerk (male and female) and car They intend going quite for dairying either floats or is towed by the animals again before the week is over. Blackduck and International Falls as he wants the newspapers to work, to the point at which the dam rier, in the post office, International having purchased the Loman herd »v or will they get paid? high schools will play football Sat of Holsteins. is to be constructed. Falls, Minnesota, will be held Get your shoes repaired at the new urday afternoon, October 18, at 3 And are the job printers furnishing Sptu^day, October 25, 1919, commen A few years ago the state legislature shop in the rear of C. B. Howle'o. o'clock in itlie baseball park. This blanks going to donate their job work ing at 9 o'clock a. m. AMERICAN RED CROSS passed a law making a closevl barber shop on 2nd Ave. WorK promises |Osle a good game the free of charge-or will the government Applications for this examination season on beaver to head off exter ANNUAL MEETING guaranteed and prices reasonable, ti only home game of the season. pay them?1 must be made on the prescribed forn mination by trappers, with the result AR4 SO on. down the line—except with necessary instructions, may be that the whole northern part of the REV. ED. KANEEN The annual meeting of the Koochiching Robert ltis has purchased the old l: the newspapers? obtained from the Commission's lo state is now filled and overstocked PASSES AWAY County Chapter, American Red nternational hotel building for $20,000 And if these others are going to cal representative, Miss Gertrude E with this busy and destructive' animal Cross, will be held at the Alexander and will entirely remodel it and get paid, why should not the newspapers Sullivan, Secretary Civil Service and it is high time that the state put a drug store on the ground floor, Baker school, in the auditorium be paid the same way for their The Rev."-Ed. Kaneen, pastor of the Board at the International Fa' departments set up and take notice. on the third floor, on Sunday afternoon, offices on the second storie and a furnace «tock: in—trade local M. Er church passed Sway last I would suggest that the closed season nesota Post office or from the under Octbber 19,' at 3 o'clock. in the basement. Mr. McEwan is a newspaper man Sunday night at Asbury hospital legislation be repealed for a year signed. W. V. Kane, Chairman, and we're betting $2 gold pieces from cancer of the stomach. The All persons wishing to take ti or two or that the state game and Mrs. Anna B. Franson, Sec FOR SALE—A model 90 Overland against the hole in a doughnut that funeral was held at Anoka where fish commissioner be empowered to examination should secure blanks he isn't furnishing his personal services auto, 1917 car, in good condition, for Mrs. Kaneen's father lives, yesterday. order beaver trapped under the supervision arid file their applications with the The Ladies' Aid society of the M. free. Why should he ask other sale cheap if taken at once. Apply Rev. C. C. Craig District Sunt, of deputy game wardens undersigned at once in order to allow E. church will meet with Mrs. Geo. newspapermen to do so? carl Miller, care Joe Tate, 32 Mill preached the sermon and the funeral and all dams on state ditches blown time for any necessary corrections P. Watson 914, 7th street tomorrow addition. Oct. 9-16 was conducted by the Odd Fellows Everybody wants the new census, out and destroyed." and to arrange for the examination. afternoon. All members urged to be and wants to see the work expedited, there at the request of the local present for election of officers. but no one wants to see anybody do lodge of which he was chaplin. An account of inability to get Each applicant will be required to FAIL TO FIND PAPER •V Mrs. Kaneen and their .three children any of the work without getting paid crushed rock the street makers are submit to the examiner on the day oi It pays to Advertise the Press In MILL POWER SITE for it.—Grand Rapids Independent. have the heartfelt sympathy, not sorry to be compelled to cease work examination a photograph of himself only of.'the. local church people and for the present. However if the taken within two years. A committee of Minnesota Editorial lodge members, but of all who know weather continues nice and their Mr. J. M. Shoemaker, them and have been benefited by the association members, composed supply comes they may get another Secretary Civil Service Board, of Frank A. Day of the Fairmont kindly ministations of the deceased. crack ai it yet this falL O. 9-16 St. Paul, Minnesota. Floral wreaths were sent to the Sentinel and C. M. Atkinson of the funeral by members of the local Hibbing Ore, accompanied by E. V. Postmaster Adams, of Ericsburg MORAL—DON'T BORROW W'iHard of St. Paul, state drainageengineer, church by the school teachers, the was a business visitor here yesterday. I. O. O. F. lodge and the Ministerial completed a tour of the A man who was to stingy to subscribe He says their little city is more than Association. northern part-of the state in search for his home paper sent his booming, these days,., and that Ericsburg of a suitable water power site for a little boy to borrow the copy taken claims more real boosters and WHOLESALE FLOURS AND FEED paper mill, but was unable to find a by a neighbor. In his haste the boy successful business men, proportionate COMPANY LOCATE HERE location fulfilling all the requisites, ran over a $4 stand of bees and in to its population than any other according to Mr. Willard. ten minutes looked like a warty summer place in the county. ... This city is fortunate in having the The committee visited sites at Pike squash. His father ran to his ••!, tt Beltrami Elevator and Milling Company Rapids, near St. Cloud, and Saulk assistance, and failing to notice the John who left the employment J. Moon locate one of its branch warehouses Rapids, both on the Mississippi river, barb wire fence, ran into that, cutting of Lawrence's Drug store under the superintendency of and a site near Winton on the Kawishiwi a hole in his anatomy and ruining, twenty-six months ago to go into the Mr. Tom Irvine of Bemidji who is river and another on the a $5 pair 'of trousers. The old medical department of the army already well known here and is highly north shore of Lake Superior, near cow took advantage of the' gap in the service returned Monday from France regarded as an up-to-the-minute the international boundary. fence and got into the corn field and after being twelve months overseas, business man. Mr. Willard said that each site killed herself eating green corn. he went across with the 1st /division The company has purchased the possessed some good points, but Hearing a racket, the wife ran ^out, and was later transferred to the Central valuable property of the International that none fulfilled all the requirements. upset a fourgallon churn full of Record office in France where FIGHTING AMERICAN QUARTET Machinery Company from Messrs cream into a basket of little chickens, he remained until mustered out a few Nord and Snyder, on the Industrial Locations for the proposed state drowning the entire batch. In F"1! Yankee singers, bringing to us the songs of the boys as they were days ago. tracks, which they will use as headquarters. colonies for feeble minded remains her haste she dropped a $35 set of 7 given in the trenches, not alone of the Am^jjj|can boys, but also the Cana­ This company will purchase, to be decided on, according to the false teeth. Thf baby, having been 1 s-, .' flour, feed and hay in car load $tate officials, who returned to St. left alone, crawled through the milk dians, British, and French soldiers. All four of the boys were singers in lots then resell to the merchants Paul from a tour in conjunction with into the parlor, ruining a brand-new FOR SALE—Ford Runabout /before entering the service, all four sang while in training here, and r.ne and others who want to deal in large the paper mill site committee. $25 carpet. During the excitment the A-l condition. Four new tires of the boys, Mr. Paul Klingstedt, achieved wide recognition for irs origir. I C. quantities. Such a business will be a E. Vasaly, chairman C. J. oldest daughter ran away with the including new inner tubes, a poems dealing with his service overseas. The quartet filled a long chautauqua great asset to this city in the convenience Swendsen and Ralph W. Wheelock hired man, the dog broke up 11 setting snap for the right party. Reason tV settlers and others of of the State Board of Control, State hens and the calves got out and season last summer and was rated as one of the finest male quartets for selling is we need the buy such being able to necessities ai Auditor J. A. O. Preus, and O. H. chewed the tails of four fine shirts cash. Call at tfftl office for before the public. Auspices .Bethlehem Ladies' Aid, Tuesday, October Diercks, superintendent of state timber, on the clothes line.—Sebree (Ky) any time and at more reasonable further particulars. 28th. Benefit church repairs.. made the trip Banner. %. rates. '-Mk :3l 1 -V-.sc._f, i.-'T