GAME SAVINGS THE INTERHATIONAL FALLS PRESS the proposed program of highway legislation has received unqualified approval when fully understood. Questions WOULD PAVE ROADS AreYo^Ash^ed_ about any featurs, they all, will AND BORDER BUDGET be answered promptly if addressed to the highway department, 1246 University r. H. J. MINER. Editor ud kbuf« HIGHWAY FIGURES SHOW THE To Smile? avenue, St. Paul. GAINS POSSIBLE FROM BUYING itere4 at the Post OMee ftt Iatenurttmal Falls* Mti«» am 8te«»t*Cta« Mattes GOOD ROADS COLERAINE BANK SOLD Coleraine.—The Merchants' & Miners' SUBSCRIPTION RATES: U. S.. $2.00 tOREIGN. $2.50 PER YEAR Possible savings on gasoline alone, bank of this city has been pur=~ in tht next ten years at present prices, chased yy the Firit National bank of Northwestern Advertising Repreaentathree Arc you ashamed to smile because your would pay the whole cost of paving Coleraine. The deal was concluded on Minnesota Select List '"-'x B»iJ* unsightly? Deeayed and broken the entire 7,000 mile Minnesota system Nov. 10, jbut was not announced until 215 South Mi Street do'wh teeth spoil an otherwise attractive 7f9 Exchange Bank per Tooth of trunk highways according to practical Minneapolis this week. "V St. Paul face. tests made by the Iowa State college. Expert engineers report that Dr. Burrill Dentists NOTICE OF EXPIRATION OP equal savings can be made on tires THANKSGIVING REDEMPTION with paved, against unpaved, roads, OFFICE OF COUNTY AUDITOR, and this added, the possible savings 8:30 a. m. to 8:00 p. m.—Sunday, 10 to 1 County of Koochiching Thanksgiving, which we observe tomorrow, has a peculiar significance would equal the paving costs in five State of Minnesota 311 Third St. Phone 474 in that it marks the tercentenary of the institution on y^ars. Even greater savings possible To Carl Anderson: American soil of public expression of thanksfulness to God for the on the life of every car and the comfort INTERNATIONAL FALLS (1) You are hereby notified that the blessings we enjoy. The little company of Pilgrims who celebrated and convenience afforded by the following piece or parcel of land situated in the county of Koochiching, the first Thanksgiving did it in recognition of Providence as the giver hard surfaced highways would represent state of Minnesota, and known and described of the harvest they had gathered and, in grateful appreciation of jiet gains, they assert. St. Cloud—Brainerd—Bemidji—International Falls as follows, to wit: Lot 5 in its fulness, they lifted their voices in praise. In this material age it Chas. M. Babcock, state highway Block 4, Holler's Addition to Koochiching, may seem that the settled in the Plymouth forest had little commissioner, made it clear that there is now assessed in your name. Pilgrims is no immediate plan to pave 7,000 warranting setting apart such a day, yet they had much. They had (2) That on the 12th aay of May, 1918, at a sale of land pursuant to the come here for "freedorii to worship God" and that they had found, miles ,or even 700 miles on the trunk real estate tax judgment /luly given system, and that the figures are applied their harvest insured them against want in the long New England and made in and by the District Court winter. What more could such a people desire They had all things to the Minnesota highway program in and for said county of Koochiching to emphasize that the proposed essential. on the 26th day of March, 1919, in proceedings bond issues to speed up betterments Perhaps as a people we have gone far from the practices, and to enforce the payment of taxes delinquent upon the real estate for are "just good business." the precepts of the Pilgrim Fathers, yet as a nation grown ^rom that the year 1917, for said county Koochiching little settlement we give proof that we have not forgotten entirely Figure Big Savings the above described piece or the example thus set in that each year we appoint a day in which Iowa test averages showed that a parcel of land was duly md In for the to express our thanks to God for life, liberty and happiness. It is gallon of gasoline is the motor fuel state for the sum of Two Dollars and well that we pause and take stock of our blessings "lest we forget." necessary to transport one ton 14 fourteen cents. (3) That the said piece or parcel of /\.s a nation we are favored aboveS many others, yet it should miles on earth road, 21 miles on a land and all rights of the state of Minnesota, make us humble rather than thankful in a pharisaical way. With gravel road and 31 miles on a concrete upon and against said land by BANK wealth comes greater responsibilities and if our material prosperity is pavement. With gasoline at 24 cents -JK BOOK virtue of said sale were duly assigned, a gallon, ton mile fuel costs are 1.71 not matched by growth in spiritual power we have missed the better conveyed and sold by the county auditor part. We have manifold causes for thanksgiving, but as a people cents on earth, 1.15 cents on gravel to an actual purchaser under Section 2126, G. S. 1913, on the 28th day of we might havev had more, had we not often gone astray. By official and .77 cents on paved roads. Further, March, 1922, for the sum of ..Thirteen proclamation we follow the example set by the Pilgrims. May it be the tests show possible savings of .56 Dollars and forty-four cents. cents a ton mile on gravel over earth in spirit as well as in form. (4) And that the amount required roads, .94 cents on pavement over Our forefathers had a personal dependence on Providence that to redeem said piece or parcel of land earth roads and .38 cents on pavement from said tax sale exclusive of the jslood them well in many a trial. A like trust and reliance is needed costs to accrue upon this notice is the TWO PILGRIMS over gravel roads. The weight of the ,now and as we recount our mercies in the true spirit of thanksgiving sum o£ Thirteen Dollars and forty-four average vehicle is placed at 1.36 tons. a reconsecration to principles exemplified! in the lives of those who cents, and interest at the rate of 12 These basics figures make it easy to were thankful for life and freedom in the wilderness* will hasten the per cent per annum on |13.44 thereof 1621—1922 figure with fair accuracy the gasoline day of justice between man and man. from the 28th day of March, 1922, to savings possible frpm improvement of the day such redemption isc made. (5) That the tax certificate of sale any road on which is known the number issued to said purchaser has been presented of vehicles using it daily. THE CURSE OF GAMBLING to me by the holder thereof and The firsf fall harvest of the Pilgrim fathers, Applied to the Minnesota trunk highway this notice requested. over three centuries ago, typified THRIFT. system, the test figures indicate (6) That the time for the redemption Golden grain and fat turkeys meant more to Have you sometimes wondered at the spirit of extravagance a fuel cost of motor vehicle operation, of said piece or parcel of land from them then, than bags of gold, as they faced the said tax sale will expire sixty (60) days which, seems to have tken possession of the people It is one of the per ton mile with 24-cent gasoline, of long New England winters. after the service of this notice, and the results of the gambling wave that has Swept over this country. 66 hundredths of a cent less on a concrete filing of proof of such service in my office. The desire to gmble seems to have entered every breast. Today it is often the growing BANK ACCOUNT road than on the average unpaved The evil of gambling is seen everywhere. road in the state. With traffic that we are thankful for. Many Witness my hand and official seal this Its dirty fingers are on nearly every garment. averages of 710 vehicles and 966 tons a 15th day'of November, 1922. folks have had occasion to thank the intelligence 1 R. C. FRASER, It has entered the church socials and has stained the very robes which prompted a saving account. day on the Minnesota trunk highways, Auditor! Koochiching County, and liveries of heaven. the saving alone would be gasoline Minnesota. The fiends who gambled on the Saviour's garments are still polluting $2,325 a year, plus $675 saving on maintenance By E. J. Gjesdahl, Deputy. The First National Bank the aisles of the church with their dirty feet nd nimble fingers. on paving, or a total of $3,000 (Official Seal) Raffles, lotteries, games of chance have polluted certain religious circles, a mile saved annually. Approved June 9, 1921, CLIFFORD L. ^HILTON, have become the social features of clubs, societies, and organi- Interest charges included, concrete International Falls Attorney General. This gambling spirt has ruined the youth's ambitions, and has pavement in Minnesota costs. $30,000 a Press Nov. 30-Dec. 7-14 mile. So the possible savings on gasoline caused thousands of girls to sell their all. I Homes have been sacrificed and beautiful parlors have been with hard surfaced roads, with SUMMONS turned into dens of vice at the suggestion of the avaricious beast— maintenance costs reduced, would in ten years at the present price of gasoline, the gamlbler. STATE OF MINNESOTA, cover the gross cost of extending There never was a greater curse sweeping^a land than the gambling Koochiching County, paving over all of the 7,000 mile state spirit. It has turned cigar stand, restaurant, club table arid District Court, 15th Judicial District. highway system. We Have the Most Complete places of amusement into a gambling center. Men disregard city, state and national statutes to ply their Babcock Makes Statement O. M. Carr, Florence Hansen game, to throw their dice and to gratify their desire to get something Commenting on the proposals to be Battery Repair Shop in and Lou Graham, copartners, foj nothing. made to the legislature, Commissioner doing business as O. M. Carr Thousands of young men are in the pentitentiary today at the Babcock said: & Company .... Plaintiffs Northern Minnesota dictation of this awful curse. "The highway department will recommend John T. Scarlett, Defendant. Is there no way to stop it first issues of state highway Can't the business men call their girls into their offices and talk bonds because it believes the proposal The state of Minnesota to the above LET US DO YOUR BATTERY REPAIR WORK to them about honesty and frugality? ust good business and what a good named defendant: Is it not possible for the ministers of the country to"preach manager would urge upon stockholders You are hereby summoned and required Warm Storage Started November First. Secife Your to answer the complaint of the against this evil the Sunday school to teach the dnger of such in a private enterprise under like plaintiffs in the above entitled action, a practice the courts to enforce rigid penalties, and thereby briirg conditions. The public as good roads Space Now, Before It Is Too Late. which complaint has been filed in the America to see thi^ awful menace stockholders acting through the senators office of the clerk of the above named Central Auto Company The gambling curse is costig this nation hundreds of thousands and representatives corresponding court in International Falls in said of dollars every year.—Rev. M. A. Mtthews, D. D., LL. D. to the board of directors in a private county and state, and to serve a copy of your answer to said complaint upo.n business must decide whether the proposition subscriber at his office in the city of International is timely- It will stand solely MINN. INTERNATIONAL FALLS Falls, Minnesota, within on its merits. twenty (20) days after the service of 'The successful business man borrows tfiis summons upon you, exclusive of funds when he finds he can use the day of such service, and if you fail Holy Trinity Episcopal Church to answer the said complaint within them to build economically and advan the time aforesaid, the plaintiff in this tageously. Minnesota with a credit of action will take judgment against you $20 per capita and only $8.14 of debt Advent Sunday for the sum of $643.34 with interest or a net credit of nearly $12 per capita, thereon at the rate of six per centum is in better position to borrow money per annum from the 28th day of December, for needed highway improvements 1914, besides the costs and disbursements DECEMBER 3rd, 1922 of this action. than many other states going on with HA BROWN, J. much larger highway funds and programs. Attorney for Plaintiffs, 8:00 A. M.—Holy Communion. ^flighway bond and other recommendations Internatinal Falls, to be made by this department Minnesota. FUR TRAPPERS 10:00 A. M.—Church School. will not add one cent to Press Nov. 30 Dec.. 7-14 taxes. Better roads already are returning Hides & Furs to average car and truek owners 7:30 P. M.—Special Evening Services. Subject: more than they pay in motor vehicle "Death and After." taxes and since the state assumed GET! HIGHEST PRICE the expense of building and maintaining and the more expensive main roads, FUR DEALERS irks, moL,niT$,n& HI TIMw county, 'towship and city-village levies rats, for road and bridge purposes are LAMEST rapidly going down. Direct taxes for Iks HI THE NOKTNWttY. roads in Minnesota are being lowered for the first time .in the history of the Market your Furs right here at home—no need to state. ffidefthrCt' ship to distant points and take a chance on the market Special Until Christmas "Current trunk highway funds to changing, to say nothing of delay and unsatisfactory date have totaled $5,000,000 less than settlements. Sell here and get SPOT CASH for your was agreed to under amendment No. goods. 1 and reasonably expected. Highway The Fur season promises to he good the coming demands are increasing as more and y^ar. Skunks are in good demand right now and wolf more people become convinced that Diamonds Set in Very Attractive Mountings •. are wanted at the highest figure erer offered for good roads more than pay for themselves fine silky pelts #uch as are taken in this section. by "stopping gasoline, tire and $45 $50 $75 $85 $150 Sheep pelts and cow hides are selling at present on fair other waste. Reasonable funds provided, SYSTEM iVimsnrt the state will be able to speed up highway improvements and to the advantage Phone or write what you have to offer. Pumps-Water Systems !M' A Small Payment Holds Any Merchandise pntil Christmas FRED SHAW of every property owner^and of All Kinds citizen. It will be possible in all parts of the" state to'histen results demanded Ask yo^ir dealer now, whereas, otherwise more limited THE GISH JEWELRY STORE funds must be used to best serve Phone 320 or call at Office CRANE CO. the greatest number of highway users 307 Third Street, International Falls, Minn. INTERNATIONAL FALLS MINN. and projects in many localities will be unavoidably delayed" Highway officials assert that ^o far