THE INTERMTIONAL FALLS PRESS JSL. $ A DI ANE uii BORDER DADnro BUDGET rnrrT H. ij~ MINER, Editor and *Maii4geiv/ -x btercd at the PoM OAc| at lateraattaaal FallaMflaa* a* 8ee»nd-Cla»» Matter SUBSCRIPTION RATES: U. S., $&00 FOREIGN, $2.50 PER YEAR Northwestern Advirtiiing Representatives Minnesota Select List Exchange Sink 215 South 6th Stre«t St. Paul Minneapolis MOVING SEACOAST ment of thif age-long desire to find the way to the sea. The international INLAND, NEXT JOB Joint Commission to which it was referred by. the tjvo governments has Great Lakes Route to Ocean Is Ready declareds, unequivocally that ^the project -for Congressional O^ K. and Funds. is economically^, sound and feasible. One Dam and Two Short Canals! Are It was referred to the International All That Is Needed to Complete Joint Commission because Link* as the ma ot^ part of the, proposed improvements lie along the boundary, to the Liim.it By CHARLES P. CRAIG it is necessarily ani affair for internaon Editor's Note.—The following is by. a Charles P. C^aig, vice-president and Executives Approve ejcecutive director for the Gi*eat Lakes* Presideht Harding and severa^ St. Lawrence Tidew'ater association, members of his "cabinet, notably Secretary. an organization pledged to making of a waterway from the Great Lakes Hoover, are as definitely committed ports to the Atlantic dcean. Mr. Craig to the improvement antl conversation^ on the knows his subject from every angle have already begun, looking 44 and while an enthusiast over the possibilities to an agreement between the he keeps carefully to modera_tisn United States and Canada as to the in'Tiis pyinted word., The benefits from such a waterway are vast, the opposition steps to be takTen by the twd countries Ha Them All not great and there is every in concert for making this improvement. reason to believe work on tlje project Whenever such an agreement will soon_be under way. is perfected, upon its ratification in Congress and by the Dominion "The West seeks the the Way to the Parliament, work may proceed. sea. It is the age-long desire of land It is needed. It is desperately locked people."—Hon. W. B. McKinTey. needed. Two years ago the transportation system of the United States This movement to give the Middle broke down. Two years or four years West a direct outlet to the sea by hence, when business comes to something way of the Great Lakes and the St. like its normal volume, thetransportation Lawrence, has been under way for system of the United more than a generation. Indeed) States is confronted by another catastrophe. there has been no time sincefrhe fur "The volume of railroad business," traders first began going up through WE ARE SELLING YOU men's fine Men's Fine Suits Men's Fine Suits says Elisha Lee, vice-president the lakes and the rivers to the Northwest 98c derby ribbed Union Suits, regular of the Pennsylvania, "practically but tjiat some project was mooted doubles every ten years." The railroads $2.00 grade for, for broadening and smoothing the have made no provision, can channels by which their traffic moved. Men's all wool worsted suits finest Worsteds and Cashmeres fancy and make no provision, for carrying, a The foolish little canal that would I double load. Within the decade every barely float a Canadian flat boat with patterns and latest models $50.00 ulain patterns $48 values possible transportation facility will be its less than two feet of water $24.75 sorely needed. No scheme of railroad' values for Clinton's ditch, connecting the port construction is possible that Vvili of New York with the lakes one $29.75 meet the need without the help of "Hundred years ago the Canadian waterways and there ,is no other channels thrice deepened, and the waterway project than can ease the progressive deepening of the passages railroads of much ^of their burden, between the upper lalces,, have all WE ARE SELLING YOU men's fine and especially the burden of the peak been' steps toward the long sought Dress Hose, either black or brown load, as this improvement which will •purpose of a way from the West to WE ARE SELLING YOU men's blue admit ocean going commerce to. the good weight for, a "i Ap the sea large enough for ships, ... x: 59c chambray work Shirts good grade lakes. —1 Montreal as a Port. pair for only,. By the need of forty millidn people Today boats come up from the each.. this remedy is to be sought. This ocean a thousand miles as far as improvement is to be authorized and Montreal, which has become in tonnage completed at the earliest possible the second port on the North WE ARE SELLING YOU men's dress moment. Atlantic seaboard:- During this last Shoes black and brown high and WE ARE SELLING YOU men's dress season Mqntreal handled ^wice as low $7.50 and $8.00 0 ENGLISH LUTHERAN CHURCH much grain as ever before in its history Shirts, collars attached and without H. A. Mayer. and approximately as much as values for worth up to $3.00 Morning service at 10:30. all other American ports. Even with for Topic: The Great Supper. An invitation WHEN YOU LET SUCH GREAT the handicap of thei present obsolete has been sent to you to partake canals between Lake Erie and the OPPORTUNITIES AS THIS GET of the Great Supper. Are you head of navigation, the St. Lawrence A W A O A E A I N WE ARE SELLING YOU men's Palm heeding the invitation? roujfce is the most economical from the ONE GRAND MISTAKE BUY Sunday school at 11:30. Beach Suits, the newest! patterns and WE ARE SELLING YOU men's athletic Middle West and Northwest to the WHAT YOU NEED NOW FROM 69c ocean. Ladies aid meets on Thursday, July models they are worth $25.00 and and' balbriggan union suits, "JAKE ON THE CORNER." IF LOW 6t'n, at the home of Mrs. J. Perling, From the head of the lakes to the S" $16.75 which sold for $1 and $1.25 PRICES MEAN ANYTHING TO 913 Sixth "street at 2:30. All the ladies foot of Lake Erie vessels go a thousand YOU, COME RIGHT HERE. for. are invited. miles, the cheapest water carriage in. the world. When Canada has finished building the Welland BETHLEHEM CHURCH. Canal connecting Lake Erie with Lake A. Wallace MacNeill, Minister. Ontario, they will add two hundred We are underselling everyone—There may be sales all around you and fifty miles between the western Sunday morning, 10 Preaching lake ports and the deep sea channel. service. Subject: "Religion and Patriotism." A sermon for the Sunday but no sale like this—The low prices and superior quality with all Only Dam Needed. To pass the rapids in this one before Independence Day. hundred miles it needs only one dam Sunday school, 11—Supt. E. Bergs-i new and up-to-date goods are the great features of this Sale. to make the upper reaches of the man. Lesso ntopic, "Ezekiel the river into a level pool and two short Watchman of Israel." canals, thirty-three^ miles of canal in Come to Bethlehem church Sunday. all, to connect the nautral pools of A cordial welcome awaits you. Lake St. Frances and Lake St. Louis above Montreal. The cost has been FIRST M. E. CHURCH estimated by the 'engineers for the WE ARE SELLING YOU men's scout WE ARE SELLING YOU men's fine WE ARE SELLING YOU men's dress C. E. Ireland. Pastor two governments as $250,000,000 or Sunday school, 10. Suits, blue worsted and others are Shoes the best work shoe in the Hats, the famous McKibbin make $2.45 $14.75 $2.35 $270,00010(]0 !and .the ^proposed dam Morning worship, 11. Subject, "Taking worth $30-00 world for $5.0d and $6.00 values will develop 1,464,000 horsepower, of Chances for God." for only electric energy, which will yield revenue Bible Class, Thursday, 8. great enough to pay for the The ladies aid Will be- entertained whole cost of the undertaking. Friday afternoon, June 30, by Mrs. Eighteen states and any number of M. :C. Freeman, 904 Sixth Street. We cannot possibly list everything—These are only organizations within these states have You are invited to take part in all associated themselves to gain fulfill- the activities of the home-like church. a few of the sensational bargains—Everything goes! V- That New Suit WE ARE SELLING YOU men's heavy WE ARE SEbLING YOU ladies' dress 1 WE ARE SELLING YOU heavy canShoes 53951 25c fine kid stocky black and 1 vas Gloves, with the knit wrists for 220 denim Overalls full size for As the Fourth of July approaches youi are perhaps unduly the low price~ $1 Id worried by the seeming necessity for a new suit. DRY. CLEANING rhat Saves "You Money The Store will eliminate that worry. We can take your old one and make it lopk like new. Our modern dry cleaning plant is equipped to give the best kind of service and we take pride in our ability to turn out the highest grade of work. Opp. E. B. GRIGNON oh the the Banks Corner Rex Dry Cleaner "V .- Minnesota International Falls Phone 282 International Falls .O