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

February 12, 1920 · Page 7 of 8

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3* ywsfesvj? .'AVW" '-y. rv ^INTERNATIONAL..FALLS PRESS TAGE eight BIRD'S SONG IDENTIFIES IT 19,000. ARE STILL OVERSEAS Once Heard, One Is Not Apt to ForgOt United States Troops Divided Between the Trill of the Beautiful Siberia and Europe. Dickcissel. Washington. Nineteen thousand United Slates troops are still overseas, As far as we are informed, there is 6,000 in Siberia and 13,000 in but one American bird whose song can Europe, Secretary Baker told the be heard above the roar and rattle ofa House Foreign Affairs committee. swiftly moving train, when the receiving He denied that American troops are end is on the said train. being besieged by Kolchak's forces in Vladivostok and vicinity and are being You may be "jazzing" along at sixty THE SAME BELOVED interfered with in their patrol of the or seventy miles an hour in your comfortable MARY PICKFORD Trains-Siberian railway. Pullman seat,1 and over the tremendous hum and racket of the MATINEE DAILY IN AN ENTIRELY M!Xo Tax Income Tax Frauds. steel caravan will come to yotj from Special Childrens' Matinee on Saturday, 5 Cents the little feathered fellow on ?3the: tele­ NEW ROLE, Chicago.—Ten special agents of the graph wire outside the incessant song COME ON KIDS. I THAT OF A MOUNTAIN iJepg.ftment of Justice have begun an of hot-vveather joy. investigation of fraudulent income tax "Dick! Dick! Dickcissel!":. GIRL FIGHT' Returns dating back as far as 1909. A Or. if you prefer another "itmftysis:: number of Chicago corporations and ING HER FEUDIST "Chip! Chip! Chee-chee-chee-P*' prominent individuals are said to be So the Dickcissel has a distinct A E S A N involved. The investigators include stunt of his own—something that no picked men who trapped a number of other bird can imitate or rival. Sometimes AFRAID OF "NOBODY tax law violators in the East last year. we think Dick is a bit proud of The penalty for conviction is a fine of NOR NOTHING." it, too, fo'r he lines the railway right $10,000, two years imprisonment and of way clear across the middle western a 50 per cent penalty on the tax which and plains States in such numbers should have been paid. his song is ever in our ears while you are traveling. What They Said. The Dickcissel was formerly called The following conversation ensue the black-throated bunting and is a between two colored troops in an outpost very beautiful creature as well as very while Jerry was putting over a useful. He is mostly of a rich yellow barrage. hue. with a black throat—but nobody "Sam, Ah don't like the hum them need identify him by his dress, for his shells has they talks to me." song is inimitable. In our experience "You neveli see me turning white, we never heard any of the mocking, niggah. What they say?" birds attempt to imitate the "Chip! "They say, Y—o—u ain't going tack Chip! Cliee-chee-chee!" of the hotweatlier to A—la—BAM !"—The American Legion friend. Weekly. He is really a salamander of tfie, air, too, for he is late in, arriving and early in departing, and does his best The Bonehead. vocal stunts when you and I are gasping "Some men can't pay you a compliment beneath an electric fan. He eats without putting their foot in it, Ifets of bugs and weed seeds "and is and, as it wete, giving you a kick," a mighty good citizen.—Omaha WorldHerald. said the brilliant Elsie de Wolfe at a Colony club tea. "I know a pretty girl—she's not ag POETS BRAVE FIGHTING MEN £oung as she used to be—to whom one of these boneheaded men said at a Writers of Deathless Lines Also Won dinner: ^Immortality on the Bloody Fields 'How thick and glossy your hair of Battle. is! My wife's hair is quite gray, though she's much younger than you.' What pow^r have the sacred Nine "The girl laughed. over their loved ones to make poets ""Oh, well,' she said, 'if I were your take to war? wife I guess my hair would be quite Sidney, writer of deathless lines, gray, too.'" died a gallant soldier. Dante defended his tenets in arms. Minor Tragedy. Byron contracted a mortal fever helping "I dropped in unexpectedly to see to free Greece from her tyranny, Gadspur and found him weeping over and Burns was a member of Scotch his wife's household account book." dragoons, with no opportunity arising "Is his wife dead, or did she run for heroics that marked him a soldier. away with another man? Something He was, however, valiant, antf left serious must have happened if the what is probably the greatest war. sight of her account book moved hi poem in all poetry, "Scots Wha Hae to tears." Wr Wallace Bled!" "Oh, Mrs. Gadspur had merely gone And now out of the great defenders out of town a day or two to visit relatives. of humanity in the war just being What pierced Gadspur to his straightened out comes D'Annunzio, heart's core was friend wife's' style ol Italy's bard, fighting the light of a captain bookkeeping."—Birmingham Age-Herald. who will hold out "if it lasts all summer!" Joyce Kilmer sleeps in France. Seeing the Bright Side. Allan Seeger is^roud "a few brave Bacon—He's an optimist, you know. drops were ours." Egbert—Really? And Robert Service was at the front "Oh, yes one of the greatest ever. bringing In the mangled, and has given Why, the other night on his way home us a poem in his '^Rhymes of a Red he was held up in a dark street and Cross Man," entitled "Grand Pere," had a dark lantern flashed on him." that will make the bravest shudder. "Gee! I'll bet he was no optimist G, ye, Who called the land to arms, just them!" ye hypocrites that gave an outburst of He was "Oh, yes, he was. looking Cross that line if you dare" fine fire with ydur pens, redden with even on the bright side of the lantern shame and bow an humble head to then." these who, as Edwin Markham says,, "fought the poetry they sang."—Milwaukee ik Sentinel. GRAIN AND LIVE STOCK. Challenges the little mountaineer, when the I land grabbers attempt to steal her heritage Land Question In Chile. Minneapolis Grain. The land question, particularly as It Minneapolis, Feb. 9.—Oats, May, A O 72%c. Rye, May, $1.43%.. Barley, relates to the Indians, has of late been Feb., $1.23% May, $1.24%. receiving attention from those interested Closing Cash Prices. in the future of Chile. The Minneapolis, Feb. 9.—Corn No. 3 yellow, tendency has been to take every advantage fl.86Gl.86 No. 3 white, fl.36 of these natives, who, despite No. 3 mixed, $1.31@1.32. Oats, No. 2 the many handicaps that official and white, 76%@77%c. Barley, choice to unofficial greed have placed in their fancy, $1.27 @1.32. No. No. 2, $1.42% way, are admitted to be making substantial @1.43%. Flaxseeds, $4.90@5.00. South St. Paul Live Stock. progress. They have, as might The Third Picture from Her Own Studio South St. Paul, Feb. 9.—Estimated have been expected, shown themselves receipts at the Union Stock Yards: particularly proflcleht In agriculture Cattle, 2,000 calves, 200 hogs, 6,600 and cattle breeding. Crying evils In Following the Tremendous Successes of sheep, 1,7000 horses, 50 cars, 178. the administration of the lands have Steers, $5.00@10.00 cows, $6.50@ been pointed out tn the public press, 9.00 calves, $7.00 @16.50 hogs, $13.90 "Daddy Long Legs" and "The Hoodlum1' but as yet the authorities do not seem @14.00 sheep and lambs, $5.00 18.50. to be sufficiently Interested In remedying a state of affairs that does much Chicago, Feb. 9.—Hog receipts, 38,000 Heart 0' the Hills" to alienate the sympathies of an Important, bulk, $14.40@15 top, $15.25 if subordinate, part of the heavy, $14.25 @14.85 medium, $14.40@ population. 15 light, $14.50@15.10. Cattle receipts, 24,000 beef steers, medium and heav yweight choice and Preserving American "Scenery. prime, $15@17 medium and good, $11 While the members of the Associated @K common, $9 @11 lightweight, Mountaineering Clubs of North good and choice, $12 @16 common and America are'not all devoted to mountaineering, medium, $8.50@12, they have a common bond Minneapolis Butter, Eggs and Poultry. Adapted fren the famous story by John Fox, Jr. Minneapolis, -Feb. 9.—Butter, creameries, of interest in the preservation of extras, 59c extra fresh firsts, American scenery and in the protection 57c firsts, 56c seconds, 55c. Dairies, of plant and bird life in their & extras, 47c packing stock, fresh sweet, Directed by SIDNEY A. FRANKLIN. Photographed by CHARLES ROSHER natural environment The association 39c stale goods, 8c grease, 3c. is co-operating with the national park Eggs—Fresh prime firsts, new cases, service for the creation and development free from rots, small dirties and checks THIS PICTURE SHEWED AT MINNEAPOLIS AT 39c. YOU CAN NOW 3EE IT AT OUR STANDARD PftlCE, «0c. of national parks and "monuments." out, per doz. 55c current receipts, rots A fine collection of literature out, $15.60 checks and seconds, doz. 35c dirties candled, doz. 35c. Quotations on mountaineering has been formed on eggs include cases. by the association, at- the New Live Poultry—Spring chickens, all ment of "national parks and *monuments." Or, 1? 1» norther analysis: York public library and bibliographies you "prefer weather friend. BIRD'S SONG IDENTIFIES IT .weights, lb., 28c, 1919 stags, 18c hens, A fine collection of literature "Chip! Chip! Chee-chee-chee!" are being compiled and published. He Is really a salamander of tfie over 4 lbs., 30c under 4 lbs., 24c on mountaineering has been formed When this organization was founded So the Dickcissel has a distinct air, too, for he is late in arriving and cocks, 18c ducks, fat, 25c geese, fat Once Heard, One Is Not Apt to Forget by the association, at the New stunt of his own—something that no in 1916, It embraced nine -clubs and early in departing, and does his best 25c turkeys, fat, over 9 lbs., 30c thin the Trill of the Beautiful York public library and bibliographies societies?* Now there were 29 and the other bird can Imitate or rival. Sometimes vocal stunts when you and I are gasping and small, 12@20c cripples and culls, are being compiled and published. Dickcissel.- unsalable guineas, doz., $9. we think Dick is a Wt proud of aggregate membership Is over 45,000. beneath an electric fan. He eats When this organization was founded It, too, for he lines the railway\right lots of bugs and weed seeds and is r. in 1916, it embraced nine dubs and 8hipping Board Reduces Expenses. As far as we are informed, there is of way clear across the middle western a mighty good citizen.—Omahct WbrldHerald. Bombarding 8ky With Names. societies. Now there were 29 and the but one American bird whose song can and plains states In such numbers By means of!new wireless Invention aggregate membership is over 45,000. Washington.—Savings of n^ore han be heard above the roar *nd rattle of his song is ever in our ears while you it will be possible to project sounds $1,000,000 annually have been effected a swiftly moving train, when the receiving are traveling. Preserving American 8cenery. into the air which will enable an aviator by the reorganization of the division end is on the said train. The Dickcissel was formerly called Bombarding Sky With While the members of the Associated to know exactly where he is. For of operations of the Shipping board, You may be "jazzing" along at sixty 1 the black-throated bunting and is a By means pf new wireless Invention Mountaineering Clubs of North example, suppose he were passing Chairman Uayne announced in a report or miles an hour In your comfortable seventy very beautiful creature as well as very it will be possible to project sounds America are not all deivoted mountaineering, over Calgary, from the moment he just made public. Reductions Pullman seat, and over the useful. He is mostly of a rich yellow Into. the air which will enable an a viator they have a commonbond approached the region he would receive were made in the annual salary outlay tremendous hum and racket of the hue, with a black' throat—but nobody to know exactly-where he is. For of interest tn the preservation of the message "This Is Calgary" totalling $739,875 by dropping 455 steel caravan will come to you from need Identify him by his dress, for his American scenery and in the protection example suppose he were passing until he had left it behind him. And employees from' the rolls, which cut the little feathered fellow onthe telp* song is inimitable. our experietibe In over Calgary, from the moment he of plant and bird life In their so on with all places over which he down the personnel of the division by graph wire outside the incessant song we never heard any of the mocking approached the region he woqld re-J may p»«w. natural, environment The assjoclatipn In this way his chances 3 per cent, causing an annual reduction of hot-weather Joy. birds attempt to imitate the "Chip 'delve the inessage "This Is Oalgary" Is co-operating with the national park of losing his way will be considerably of 60 per cent in payroll, the re* jqPlpki Dick I Dlckdssel I" Chip] Chee-chee-chee I" of the hot- service ior the creation and develop. qnt" he had left It behind him. A— dlminiphed^ port states.