THE INTERNATIONAL FALLS iRE$S to sustain safely.a greater traffic butdeft' pie--have-notkept up' with the procession. than Is carifed by the. railroads The press has been insufficient of any other c6untry.% In short, here AND BORDER tfUDGET as an educational force, not tifr-r^r in' the United States we have, transfanned, for lack of desire, but because the,' railroad construction afrbtjitt H. J. MINE^, Editor M|uf«r press must exist and the people demand formed railroad transpqrtation from a as the price of support the small-scale, localized servjpe into a itwti at the Post Oflee at litcmdouL ^alb, »«jW»i.' Matter mi publication of trivialities. The great service of -national and continental city newspapers have come to be a scope, playing an indispensable p^rt SUBSCRIPTION RATES U. S^^OO FOREIGN, $2.50 PER YEAR w* mixture of Diamond Dick, Sherlock in practically every activity of our Rev. MA MATTHEWS Holmes and Laura Jean Libbey, stripped NortliwfMtaca Adr«mmf: Rapra—ntativ— people. 1 of personality, often devoid of H' Miauiasota Salad List In the manufacturing industries its D.t.,LL. D. W Eicbuif* Bank 215 South Cth Straat principle, pandering to the intellect counterpart is found in what we call 4/ St. Paul ^MiMwapolfa rill of the flapper and assuming a "misleadership" "mass production."^ Mass production THE CHILDISHLESSNESS OF based on bluff and bluster is the distinguishing feature of America^ DO ROADS DESERVE 5 working for selfish ends is equally THE CHILD. "which rests on the inability of industry, and may justly be regarded clear. They consist chiefs in the PUBLIC SUPPORT? the* people to tear away the mask of as the most important source one hand, of those elements of our When a thoughtful person looks mock heroics and disclose a halfbaked of our national wealth, because other population which misunderstand the President Rea of Penmylvania System into the face of a little child he sees understanding of our national .nations have rivaled us or are capable privileges andd uties of organized labor, written thgre, and also in the palms vitamines. It seems as if we nihist Thinks They Do and Tells Whyy o£ rivaling us, in agricultural output. and* on the other, of ^spirants of his hands and the soles of his turn 1ack the clock and take more But, in the efficient production for political'power who are willing to feet, the word, POSSIBILITY. Meditate careful measure of integrity and ability Railroads Made This Country What of manufactured articles: in great sacrifice our free institutions for their on that word, POSSIBILITY. in those we must trust to do for mestic blessings that belong to him. It Is Today Is Assertion of Rail quantities we stand alone. own ends. Both close their eyes to Continue to read it and think about us the things we unable ourselves We The curse of this hour is the childishness Chief.x Now it is worth noting that before the fact "that the history of government its meaning and you will discover to understand. If not this, then we of children. We haven't we Vould have mass production in indust^y- ownership elsewhere is a record that the word leads you into one need sonie new system of education children any more. Babies are plunged By SAMUEL REA, we had to have the equivalent Jgtof hopes unrealized and proriiises unfulfilled: of two directions: It is possible for into the anaejtetrom of "social .Iniquity.! Editor*8 Note--^ittj|pof .tihe r1?^ if' vr! in of mass production in transportation r- :i that^child tge become a great man, They a^^^^naturel^*^dvanced greatestsystems railifta: fasit-of large scale^fldustfy, is the as* The first "outstlrfding j&ct is that to be of incalculable ^benefit to his VqjTE" SWAPPING BECOMES A to gij-lhood ani^.b*qyhood, and are Pennsylvania linfjij. e»ide s^inbling. at?-pnc. poinfc of/ immense our railroads, built, "owned and operated and 'to leave upon pos,terity Samuel Rea is a national figure. His gerieFatiott, ushered on tire stag# where young SCANDAL^— qtiantities'of taw,-materials from "widely activites go outside his own road and by our citizens, have^beefi ftie -the imprint of 'a noble life. men and young women jlay the fool his interest in the general development scattered sources, followed fey pioneers in the country's development The other direction shows that it is for the pleasure of a world of vultures. The accepted practice of swapping of railroad perfection is wide. equally continuous and prompt distribution possible for that child through neglect They and they alone made possible Parents are ambitious for their daughters He in close touch to, every new in-« votes*in state legislatures has reached of the products. the creation, within less than three to become! a criminal—an educated to become social factors, and vention, method or law that touches a pass where it is akin to national It therefore follows that_we had to criminal—who will blight the has the growth of population. railroading and in addition is a student retarded for their sons to become social leaders scandal. The {tyiblic interest is sacrificed of economics as they are affected have the railroad capacity ready before lives of thousands of people, and increase 1 consequently, they are prematurely on the altar of county cupidity, by railroads second to none in this bur great mills and factories the tax burden of the community If railroad building in this country advanced. In advancing them, or) any country. though as a fact the home folks could operate, and in pk$t~ years this in which he lives. It is possible* had merely followed the advance of forcing them and introducing them toa in the long run pay dearly for their was invariably the rule. It al^6 necessarily for him to become a curse to settlement, our national progress world of social maturity they are The future of our railroads is in the supposed favored legislation. "You follows tha^ if for any reason his .family, a menace to society, and a would have been very slow. But the robbing them of their childish nature* hands of the people. .Public opinionwill vote for my bill and I'll vote for railroad progress in this country blot on the page oij history Which spirit of the pioneer and adventurer inclinations, innocency, pleasure determine whether under the yours," isl the battle cry* "The provisions should be permanently checked, the direction do you want the POSSIBILITY prevailed, and most of-our great systems and sweetness. Transportation Act 1920, they are of my bill will not affect your of progress ofo ur industry will be to take in your child's case? were, pushed far ahead of ^One can in of socalled the 'Stand the midst to have a new era of life and progress territory, and nobody cares anyhow." checked also, because the rate of proprogress The child is the indispensible unit, country's actual needs. This made young young women men and with the spur of private initiative and The custom, of course, is the outgrowth of our industry will be the essential factor, and the master and cry in anguish sorrow,, possible a rapidity and permanence of out and healthy rivalry, or whether they shall of the Washington pork barrel limited1 to the capacity of the railroads in all spheres of human activity. "Where are the children! O, where the United States which has no parallel be allowed to lapse into government scramble where favored noses are which serve them. Moreover Around the child the world must revolve. in history. are the children!" The girls of today .ownership, with support in part by so brazenly thrust in to the national our railroads have become pnle of the From the child society must know more than their grand» Dependent on Road*. money, trough. There it is bad enough taxation. Experience in other countries evolve. Heaven bends to bless and greatest employers of labor and tine' mothers knew at seventy-five years I'he United States is more dependent leaves no doubt that the second but when the practice is brought home of the chief purchasers of the products breathe a benediction of infiinite love of age. Boys can teach their old, upon railroad transportation for -alternative would mean bureaucratic the effect is demoralizing. Unprincipled upon the child—the infant king—of of industry. aged grandfathers. its existence than is any other country direction, management for political legislators are enabled to drftrench\themselves facial destinies. Ine child cannot become Where are the children? The juvenile in the world. This is a truth whose, ends instead of service, and oppressive in office so firmly GOVERNMENT A DANGEROUS great, useful and powerful if society of today is a curse, an importance is not as generally grasped increases in our tax burdens. that it soon becomes ttxt to' impossible BUZZ SAV.N the childishness o$ the child is taken infamous blot on the page of American as it should be, but a moment's There is no question that the vast to dislodge them. They always from it if he is robbed of the spirit history. It is so because parents O consideration will make the situation majority of our people want to avoid make good for the home folks, of youth taken out ofvthe sphere of have robbed their children of childhood. Perhaps the strongest bulwark of clear. that outcome. They desire private and that is as far as the vision goes. innocency, and deprived of the do- the political boss Js the almost universal The United States was fashioned— ownership and management to be retained. The rest, to quote the melancholy in what, from historians', viewpoint, is belief that"principles are greater They do not wish public Dane,'is silence. The practice lowers a very brief period of time—out of regulation to be sacrificed, and there than men. Scarcely a village, town, the moral fibre of the people and absolutely., raw material. We have" is no reason why it should be* They county of state that has not slipped legislatures become simply distributing created- a civilization in the interior of do desire, however, that regulation centers of graft and special favors, over undesirable candidates as against shall be brought into harmony with this continent which in some ways is decent men because of this convicti6n, state budgets are swollen beyond all even more complex than that of Europe, business principles in order that personal necessity, genuine expenditures do so frequently in fact that it is enterprise in the management of and we have done it almost entirely time we turned the miscrocope on not county nothing counts, indeed, but onthe basis of railroad transportation our railroads may survive, as the energizing moves that will keep the tawdry .politician this vital assumption. Morals are* spirit of transportation progress. as the means of holding it largely geographical and always subject in his legislative job. together. to the times. The theory of The problem is to make these Today with only 6% of the. world's NOT SO BAD. right today may be wrong tomorrow population and 5% of its larid^area, wishes and desires effectively felt. It In the early- days principles in g.ov-ernment is tr\ie that public opinion rul^.s in the United States has 250,000 miles of} may have been more vital It is reported from the War Department this country, but no inert public railroad line, or between 35% and' that sales of $1,000,000,000 than men. Indeed this may be true 40% of the world's working! mileage. opinion. The only public opinion worth of surplus war materials has today, -but it is certain that today which counts, is shaping our political That abundantly illustrates the re-, brought a loss of 47 per cent to the the character of the men we choose to affairs, is that which demands recognition latively great importance to us of rail serve us is more vital than ever before government! The record is considered and vigilantly insists upon respect. transportation and our dependency very good. Most of the articles in' history, for in matters of A majority slo^y to assert itself upon it as the mechanical agency by government we are compelled to put were bought at the peek of the war is a constant invitation to minority which the unity of our national/life prices, when every industry in the blind faith in the men we chobse to rule. is preserved, and swift and easy communication serve us. Government has become country was strained to meet the demand There are forces at work in .this provided over our vast upQ^ it. The fact that no highly technical, so amazingly complex, countryst riving to bring about a areas of ^mountain, valley, prairie and that it is quije beyond the understanding greater proportion of the cost had to breakdown of our1 present system of. desert. of the average individual. be charged off as war Expense is testimony ownership and regulation oft he railroads. .. American railroads have led, the The subtleties of civic finance, the of the efficient management Their purpose .is to create a. world in the n^echanical and technical intricacies of export trade, the complexities of the War Department by Secretary situation from which there shall be no advancement of transportation. The Weeks during the period of liquidation. of transportation problems by way out but for the government to aii» brake, modern automatic signal land and sea, the technique of tariff v. take over the railroads as a means of systems, ^automatic couplings), steel the bewildering, contradictory ele-». preventing a complete collapse of cars, vestibule trains, dining cars and NOTICE ments entering into scientific taxation, service." sleeping cars may be mentioned not to speak of the dazing problems Sinister Forces. among the notable improvements Marie and Eunice Anderson having of foreign relations, h^ve removed That these forces are vastly Jn the brought to perfection by American government so far from the ken of left my board and cafe on the ,19th Simply delicious! minority, I believe must be known to inventive genius. of June, I will no longer be responsible^ the average citizen that Jiet has lost any fair minded man. That they are Together with the present day powerful all touch with it he feels it is something for. any bills contracted after generations, of the great and populous engine, we have developed the with which he has grave concern, that date. inland empire of culture and advancement heavy capacity freight car, carrying E. F. ANDERSON. but in whih he dares not to express Kelhggs Com Flakes with West of the Alleghanies. Itp. 50 to lob tons or more. The combination an opinion. His happiness, his Before^the advent of railroads, American of the two has made possible the welfare, depend on 'the skill with strawodrrus civilization and settlement were long, heavily loaded American freight Miss Martha Tanem of FortFrances which these technical problems are chiefly confined to seacoast fringes, train, travelling great distances and is spending a few days visiting with confronted, yet they can be manhandled Such a feast for a warm morning's breakfast—Kellogg'a Corn as is largely the case today in Australia producing the rijost/"efficient largescale to his complete undoing friends in Bemidji. Flakes and strawberries and a big pitcher of cold 6r cream milk where politics and labor troubles transportation service ever without his even sensing thd^ folly —why, it's a revelation as an appetizer and so satisfying! Just have prevented the construction known. CITATION FOR HEADING ON PETITION aa wonderful for lnnch or for between-times nibbles! of .his representative. Summed up, FOR PROBATE OF WILL of adequate continental lines, a situation Tracks and Bridges. And, best of an-—Kellogg'* Corn Flakes and fruit,are exactly government has gone completely from which, in combination with unfavorable the food you should eat for warm weather! You'll feel so much To accomodate such trains, we the hands of the people it seems to ESTATE OF HIRAM M. BABCOCK X- cheerier, so free from drowsiness and headaches if you'll keep features of soil and climate, have re-built our tracks and-1bridges have outgrown the people... The peo uaway from the heavy foods this summer! STATE OF MINNESOTA, Let the children eat all they want! For, ^COUNTY OF KOOCHICHING Kellogg's digest easily and rest the stomach and supply nourishment! Is IN PROBATE COURT Kids Kids In the matter of the estate of Hiram M. Babcock, decedent. The State) of Minnesota to Deborah Babcock, Fager M. Babcock and Lana HOLD STILL M. Babcock and all persons interested AJOW, HAROLD. inV the allowance and probate of the CORNFLAKES will of said decedent: The petition of UA1T1L I. PUT Fager M. Babcock being duly filed in THIS CRE/^W ON this court, representing that Hiram M. YOUR. BACK-DOfl'T malun Babcock, Ihen a resident of the ounty of IEU0CG*S K1UHBLE5 ud UULOGG'S c*ok«d krmalltd A!m BEAM, of Koochiching, State of Minnesota, died on the 23rd day of June, 1922, leaving a last will and testament which is presented to this court with said petition, and praying that said instrument ADVERTISING IN THE PRESS PAYS Be allowed as the^ last will and testament of said decedent* .and that letters testamentary be isstfed thereon to Fager M. Babcock and Lana M. Babcock, now therefore, you, and each of you, are hereby cited and required to show cause, if any you have, before •:Ot this court, at the Probate Court Rooms in the Court Ho,use, in International Falls, County of Koochiching, State of CITY PROPERTY FARM LANDS AUTOMOBILES Minnesota, on the 2nd day of August, NOTES-JUDGMENTS, Etc.— 1922, at 10 o'clock a. m., why the prayer of said petition shoulc^ not be granted. Bought, Sold or Exchanged Witness vthe honorable John Berg, Judge of said court, and the seal of LIST YOUR PROPERTY WITH US. said court, this 5th day of July, 1922. Office K^yes Hardware Bldg. JOHN BERG, Judge. (COURT SEAL.) Phone No. H. W. KEYE$,Mgr. SOAIBURN S Chas. R. Pye, Northfleld, Minn. SCRV. Attorney for Petitioner.^: July 6-jL3-20. 7 inf