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^w^y-'7 4'?:^ 1 s* INTERNATlft^FALLS PRESS PAGE FOUR -.. A THE IHTERNATIOHAL FALLS PRESS bridge construction .. .. 28.50 PROCEEDINGS OF THE possession of fundi covering Baid baN C. F. Krueger, hauling lumber ance in kind and amounts as follows: COUNTY COMMISSIONERS for bridge construction .... 25.00 Cash in safe and drawer 1,918.71 Duluth Builders Supply Co., Deposited in First Nat,, AND BORDER BUDGET ,-r' -,' (Continued from .first page) supplies for biidge construction Int'l. Falls bank ...... 48,865.78 .. 57.77 Deposited in Int'l. State, ments on real and personal property, Gilbert Carlson, labor on Int'l. Faljs bank 38,250.16 H. J. MINER, Editor and Manager were recommended, to-wit: bridges ................ 120.00 Deposited in First State, Henry Vorbroker. .. Mrs, Viola Gerard, piling for Northome, bank 6,612.63 Anna B. Frankson. bridge construction ....... 88.50 Deposited in First State, at the Font Ofllce at Iateraatloaal Falls, Minn., aa Se«OBd-Cl*i» Hatt Dora C. Mertens. William... Howell, labor on Big Falls, bank 6,383.71 D. K. Clink. bridges 68.00 Deposited in First State, J. M. Darst. E. Lindstrom, labor on Littlefork, bank 6,425.50 SUBSCRIPTION RATES: U. S $2.00 FOREIGN, $2.50 PER YEAR Gust. A. Peterson and Carl Stenkvist, ^bridges 190.00 Deposited in American Trustees. John Olson, hauling pile State, Ranier, bank .. 14,328.84 Wm. H. Hallady. driver, bridge construction 20.00 Deposited in State, Mizpah, MacGillis and Gibbs Co. terest payment on the total subscriptions Ole Risem, labor on bridges.. 73.50 bank 9,049.43 Foreign Advertising Representative C. P. Sorenson. :.SSASSOCIATION W. F. Smith, labor on bridges 76.00 THE AMERICAN PRF.S Deposited in Ray State, of $242,046,050 loaned the government Geo. A. Snyder, Sec'y. W. F. Lange, plowing snow,~ Ray, bank 10,719.94 on October 24, 1918, for a Eugene Paradis. S. R. H. No. 20 174.00 Deposited in State, Virginia, YOUR INCOME TAX period of 20 years, these bonds maturing Gust Stavseth. District No. 2— bank 2,680.06 October 15, 1#8. Mrs. Ernest Simpson. Kenneth Coon, cleaning Deposited in Security Stajte LJUCKY STRIKE Were you a little peeved because "The distribution of interest money Frank Tessier. tBurton Ranier bridges 10.45 Baudette, bank 21,056.34 M. Carscadden. -, you had tp pay the income tax? on interest-dates," said E. C. Kibbee, Eilbert Trusthein, cleaning Deposited in State Spooner, Moved by Commissioner Harrigan Did you sort of have a feeling that Raniei* bridges ........^ 10.45 bank 5,16®. 19 director of the ninth district governes cigarette. Flavor is that the ^applications for reduction Deposited in First Nat., District No. 3— your rights'as a free born American the fact that liberty bonds are of assessment on personal Town of White Birch, Vz cost Baudette bank 7,519.46 sealed in by toasting citizen were being trammeled, abridged. ment sayings organization, "emphasizes property, in the village of Northome of building culverts and approaches Deposited *in Merchants abused and everything? tly fact that Liberty Bonds are and village of Mizpah, which were 41.00 State, Red Lake Falls, Didja say to yourself or anybody, recommended by the county board at as good as gold and when held to Lon Powell, part payment bank 9,945.13 their February 8th,v1921, session but "It isn't the few dollars so much, it's on road contract 125.00 Deposited in Farmers Nat., maturity will be worth 100 cents on later rejected by the Minnesota Tax District No. 4— Red Lake Falls, bank .. 5,000.00 the principle of the thing that the dollar. It has been suggested to Commission, be re-submitted to the L. E. Gilbeiitson, part payment Deposited in Farmers grinds"? persons clipping the loan coupons that Minnesota Tax Commission with the on road contract, Jud. State, Deer River 5,104.67 Tut, also tush and likewise shame they reinvest in the purchase of gov-(request that they be re-considered Road No. 2 300.00 on you. ernment savings securities—treasury and approved. The motion was seconded F. C. Seymour, part payment Total Funds $199,026.50 by Commissioner Linsten and If you paid such a tax it was because savings stamps and savings certificates. on bridge contract, Jud. Respectfully submitted this 5th day women, boys and girls. Others fortunate earned by a unanimous vote. you had an income—and that is Road No. 2 1,000.00 of March, 1921. Many persons do this regularly." On motion by Commissioner Munroe, enough to have plows hitch F. C. Seymour, part payment R. J. Langaard, something these days. seconded by Commissioner Linsten on bridge contract, Jud. Chairman County Board and Board of on whatever live stock they have, a Also, there are a Jot of other things and carried, the following bills "Road No. 2. 1,500.00 Audit. cow and a horse, a cow and a yearling, for which you can thank kind fate. WANTS FAIR AT and claims were audited and allowed District No. 5— R. C. Fraser, a cow and a mule,—some of the For instance how would you like to and the county auditor instructed to Hans Ettestad, plowing snow County Auditor. INTERNATIONAL FALLS queerest combinations I ever laid eyes draw his warrants for same, to-wit: be paying taxes in Russia Or Germany? S. R. No. 5 16.00 J. H. Drummond, The Indus Farmers' Club, at their Poor Fund. Ole Nelson, plowing snow,* on."' These conditions are not local, Clerk District Court and Clerk of Or Austria? Or most any February meeting, placed themselves R. H. Collar, burial of Sam S. R. No. 5 16.00 Board of Audit. they're general. A man plowing with other country in this great, wide on record as favoring the changing of Tukkola, pauper .$30.00 J. T. O'Laughlin, plowing a cow fiitched to his implement and green world? You would find the income Wm. Gheen, supplies for Mrs. the county fair grounds from Northome snow, S. R. No. 5 16.00 COWS PLOW IN GERMANY his woman leading the cow. Harness small and the taxes great. A. Christianson, pauper ... 25.13 Alfred Sorquist, plowing to International Falls. The John Glava, supplies for Mrs. of rope or anything that will hold You remember the saying, "The snow, S. R. No. 5 ......... 16.00 people living on Rainy River have A. Trombley, pauper, Jan.' 20.00 Engineering Expense, etc.— together. Fortunate Mndeed -is the more I know of men the .' bettfer I P. M. Chappel, just returning to never attended the fair, or taken exhibits, Hasselbarth & Somers, supplies Edward W. Johnson, asst. man with a good yoke of oxen. like my dog." The better, you fcriow this country after spending the last on account of the difficulty of for county pest house 32.00 engineer and expense, J. R. the other countries of the world the four months of 1920 in touch with "In Berlin, 90 per cent of the horses Frank H. Keyes, supplies for getting there. We believe there would No. 2 23.30 better you are going to like the United agricultural leaders in Germany and were small Russian ponies, weighing county pest house 6.00 Edward W. Johnson, expense be a larger attendance and more exhibits Manitou Lodge No. 250, I. O.* States of America. in observing conditions in every part about 750 pounds. Few motors, but on engineers auto 11-.24 if the fair was held at International O. F., hospital care of C. E. Here we liaye exemplified the most David Rose, expense of count- ,.t: of the empire, says: fhe«e. little ponies for everything— Falls. A. Karlson, pauper —.... 52.00 ty road engineer 27.74 perfect forrii of governmnt, ever devised "Agriculture in Germany is in a bad trucking, delivering,- even coupes and MRS. J. DURAND, Mrs. Edwin Nelson, house rent David Rose, lumber for road by the brain of man. The poor way, simply because they have no carriages. Gasoline is very high— it for Mrs. Warner, pauper, Sec'y Indus Farmers' Club. signs 10.00 boy of today is the rich man of tomorrow. horses. Heavy fosses in the war and was something like 80 cents a gallon 12.00 2 months ... Mrs. John Kurzeck, board of There are more happy Norn. Minn. Hospital, care of practical discontinuance of breeding when I was there. Leading agricultural engineers, federal aid project county sick poor, Feb'y. .. 234 .00 homes, more luxuries, more amusements, in order/ to save food, has destroyed economists in Berlin state their .4....... 6.00 IV W. BORING, a well-to-do S. E. Thompson & Son, supplies Justice Court Expense— better clothes, freer arid better the work stock almost entirely. censtis" surveys indicated need for a Kansas farmer, says he has for Mrs. Mary Papas, Revenue Fund 'schools, more churches, more automobiles, "Even if there were horses, few half million mares—but they have no gained twenty pounds and is in Jan. and Feb 60.00 A. V. McNeil, justices fees, more everything, that. goes would have money to buy them. gold and few American dealers are better general health than he has S. E. Thompson & Son, supplies State vs. Hanson 3.75 to make life worth while than any for Mr-s. L. McClanhan Many are working by hand -^turning willing to sell them breeding stock on been in years, since taking Tanlac. W. R. Deteker, officers fees pauper, Jan. and Feb 60.00 other place on earth. over the sod with spades,—men, State, vs. Hanson 1.45 long time credits." S. E. Thompson & Son, supplies If it is the principle of the thing, A. V. McNeil, justices fees, for Mrs. E. O. Knutson, State vs. Peterson, 10.95 then you were proud to pay-, for. the pauper, FeJ 30.00 W. R. Deteker, officers fees, principle behind the tax is the thing S. E. Thompson & Son, supplies State vs. Peterson 8.80 which will keep Uncle Sam doing for Mrs. F. Goodwin," P. L. Peterson, jurors fees, business at the same old stand for a pauper, Feb 30f00 State vs. Peterson 2.12 S. E. Thompson & Son, supplies thousand years to come. Charles Stephenson, jurors for Mrs. W. W. Lyon, fees, State vs. Peterson ... 2.12 Be glad that you are privileged to pauper, Feb. 30.00 Christ Sorenson, jurors fees, pay such a tax. Look forward to the Mary Whije, board of county State vs. Peterson 2.12 tax payment day. Prepare: for it. hospital inmates, Feb. T... 155.00 Kennie Morris, jurors fees, UNDER AUSPICES OF Anticipate next year's obligation by Unorganized Road & Bridge Fund State vs. Peterson 2.12 Pete Bovold, part payment on putting aside each week a- certain Harry Munroe, jurors fees, road contract, Twp. -63-25$300.00 State vs. Peterson 2.12 amount. Many persons who arerput7: Edward W. Johnson, services Harvie Hawkins, jurors fees, ting their savings into /government 5s as ass't. engineer, Twp. 6325 State vs. Peterson 2.12 securities add enough additional 16.84 John Mone, witness fees State treasury savings stamps each week to A. A. Shelgren, lodging for vs. Peterson .. .......... 1.12 Reuter-sMeat Market meet the income tax bill. If necessary road engineer, Twp. 69-25.. 3 .00 H. E. Day, witnes^'fees, State Printing & Supplies—Revenue Fund vs. Peterson 1.12" they cash their stamps, but frequently O. M. Paulson, witness" fees, E. W. Francis, publishing personal they find this can be avoided and^tliey ON State vs. Peterson .... 1.12j property tax list ... .$ 23.00 are just that much ahead in government W. R. Deteker, witness fees, I Fritz-Cross Co., supplies for savings securities, wh-jch yield SATURDAY, MARCH 26 State vs. Petei-son 1.12 clerk of court 49.31, them 4 per cent compounded quarterly. On motion by Commissioner I Kimball-Storer Co., supplies Slack, seconded by Commissioner! 9.75 for county officers Munroe and camied, the board adjourned Littlefork Times, publishing FROM 1 TO 6 P. M. until ^Tuesday, April 5th, delinquent tax list 613.09 A LEGISLATIVE SATIRE 1921, at 10 o'clock a. m. Littlefork Times, supplies for "Since Tanlac has overcome my R. J. Langaard, register of deeds 22.50 Representative j. McPartlin's Attest: Chairman. Miller-Davis Co., supplies for troubles I have gained twenty pounds CAKE, COOKIES, PIES, BREAD, DOUGHNUTS, BUNS, R. C. Fraser, legislative satire, in the form of county officers ........... 7.89 in weight and am in better general Clerk of Board. H. A. Rogers Co., supplies for proposed tax on all occupations except FRUIT, AND EGGS ON SALE health than for years past," was the Gourity Auditor and county road engineer 16.84 farming and working for wages, straight-forward statement made a (Seal) Sec. B'lk. Book & Ptg. Co., supplies and the income tax amendment which few days ago by JH. W. Boring, a We find the said Treasurer in the for register of deeds. 123.30 passed the House, are alike in principle prominent and well-to-do farmer living General Expense—County and are in logical sequence to Revenue Fund. at Overland Park, Kans. U. S. FARMERS9 GIFT CORN NOW MOVING TO STARVING EUROPE A. J. Anderson, procuring the iron mining occupation tax bill. "During the two years I suffered I election ballots, Pet. of Dinner The general occupation tax bill is tried everything I knew of to get Creek 2.70 intended to show the inconsistency relief, but nothing seemed to reach Associated Mfgs. Co., supplies of the Minnesota legislature in singling my case until I tried Tanlac. My appetite for court house 17.73 out iron mining for an occupation Burroughs Adding Marchine .was poor and my digestion was Co., care of county machines 17.75 tax. It holds up the legislature so bad I could hardly retain my Geo. Mauer, services,' Coroner's to ridicule for trying to tax the mining food. Nothing seemed to agree with case of S. Tukkola 3.00 by that means, when it industr3r me in fact, I was almost a confirmed A. J. Hanson, services, Coroner's found it probably could riot do so by dyspeptic. My whole system seemed 3.40 case of S. Tukkola .... passing a reasonable tonnage tax, as to be out of shape. I would have J. H. Drummond, fees in real promised in the republican state platform estate tax proceedings, year pains across the small of my back so 1919 600.90 of 1920. bad at times I could hardly move J. H. Drummond, attendance The occupation tax is an afterthought, around. on board of audit 72.00 whether applied to iron ore "My nerves were all unstrung and S. E. Gregg, per diem in child extraction or any other business, and I would become upset at the least welfare matters 25.00 1 has never been approved or even discussed Wm. Harrigan, attendance on little thing. I seldom slept well at aboard of audit 30.00 by the people in any form. night and finally, became so weak and Int'l. Telephone Co., March It is practiced in some of the southern'states I run-down that I lost weight rapidly. I phone exchange, February which are the slowest was also troubled a great deal with tolls ...... 36.80 development and progress and that catarrh and of mornin'gs had to spend Hannah Johnson, February tax is one of the reasons for such clerk hire, probate judge .. 25.00 a half hour or more clearing up my backwardness. Frank H. Keyes, supplies fof head. Fifty million bushels of corn, long train loads from every state in the middle west «»d die gift from American court iiouse .35 The income tax proposal was rejected "This is just the condition I was in farmers, are moving to. seaports for shipment to the relief of starving children of central Europe and Asia. Carl S., R. J. Langaard, attendance on by the*voters last fall. It probably Vrooman of Bloomington III., former assistant secretary of Agriculture heads the committee naned bj the American~ when*I began taking Tanlac and it board of audit -42.00 SFarm Bureau Federation. The corn is shipped first to great milling centers where it is ground into meal and thgi will not be any more popular in certainly has been a blessing to vme. H. S. Matthews, auto hire, on to idle wooden ships commandercd by the farmers from the Emergency Fleet Corporation. -The railroad* ratfrond 1922, after theexperie nee which the Northome fire cases ...... A 20.00 It just seemed to be made especially workers anfthe mills have contributed use ol machinery and work,to the canse.' people are having with the federal D. C. Mertens, making copies for my case.. I improved fr6m the 81.90 of tax lists for banks .... income tax. It is a .supertax, imposed HEART OF AMERICA SHOW IN VAST GRAIN GIFT AND SHIPMENT first. My digestion now is perfect G. A. Olson, Jan. & Feb. expense, without any regardSto the' levies on and regardless of what I eat I never county supt, of' property in general. It will hit hardest suffer any bad after-effects. schools ... 107.55 the man who works for somebody Roy G. Palmer, Feb/ clerk of "The pains across my back have entirely Fifty Million Bushels of Cora Co^ttmted by Mid-Western Farmere tte Starring Europe Being else. All others, who make their municipal court fees 58.90 !disappeared. The catarrh has Rainy River Improvement Co. pioney by selling goods or collecting left me, too, and my head is perfectly Handled Free by Railroads aid Workers and Gromi Free at Mills. Feb. electricity, county rents, will pass the tax on. clear.. I am no longer nervous and depts ............ 56.76 This is not the time to increase taxes, rest well at night. I have regained Emil Ruberg, postage on elections or for one class to seek! a method returns, pet. of Sault my lost weight and.am feeling.better 1.63 1,000,000 bushels of white corn, to be Chicago, March I6-^Fr0m every can not cope with improper Or lowgrade of passing the burden to another, but John Schmidt, cordwood for and stronger' than I have in years. used in the manufacture of grits, hominy state of the Middle-west trainloads of food, says Mr. Hoover. for all to co-operate in lowering taxes, court house .: 129.50 I am going to keep Tanlac in my and corn flour for the^use of the corn," donated by^American farmers ^Not only have the great trunk line H. Van Etten, sheriff's expenses by cutting out all expense that can house so it." will, be handy at all forthe cause of relief in Central Europe under nourished children of central railroads offered to haul the corn free in civil criminal be spared.—St. Paul Dispatch.? times." cases ..,. .t and. Asia, !are. speeding to the Europe. Only, corn of .theJine&t quality of charge, but the train crews have, 41.78 Tanla^ is sold in International Falls H. Van Etten, board of prisI will be accepted for this purpose. also volunteered their services free. large milling centers. •. DO YOU GET IN ON filers,^February lio.OO at Rubin's drug store, at littlefork by There the corn is to.be.grbund iijto 'The mills will ^rind-the corn witlTou"£ Corn of Highest Grade Underw Typewriter Co., THIS $5,Q00T000 MELON? M. E. Dimon, at.Ranier by Schiller & cost. Carl S. Vrooman, of Bloomington, meal for shiprtifettt across the seas repairs on maclune & supplies Shelrud, at Northome by C. W. Field, Sucb corn as is not up to standard III, and former Assistant Secretary Illinois at present is in the lead With ..'. .•?». ....... 25.25 Uncle Sam is sharpening -up the big at Mizpa^h by Fred Siats, at Bescemar will be sold on. the open market, and of Agriculture, is' director of fifty-four organized communities contributing County Road & Bridge Fund. .: knife to carve a $5,000,00^!melon for by R. L./Norcross, at. Margie by G. M. District Nd. 1— i." with the sale price corn of t|ie right the Farmers' Gift Corn movement. farmers' corn to starving the ninth district residents-on April Central Aiito Co., supplies for Wilson, at Gemmell by E-.- W. Goslinc, quality will be ^substituted for 'milling. Communities shipping corn for Eurpp'ean people.! 15,. on that date,. holders of .Fourth tractor .......... .•.. vui.. 13.20 at Big Falls, by A. B. Paul^t Ray by It is of the highest importance" "that relief are labeling freight csfrs The total of 50,000,000 bushels has C. O. Gustafson, foreman and Liberty Loan Bond bond's .7.will receive TlrtfsV Watson, and all other leading the starving children ,have only the With' distinctive banners showing the been contributed.,., -At expense, bridge construction 426.80 $5,446,03 as the semiannual in.- druggists. best as thejiLweakened -constitutions origin of the gift corn/ Herbert Hooker has asked for Frank H. Keyes, supplier for .. MfJ j.- .•maasammm-