The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-11-19
Final Proof Notices.

For two or three weeks past r. W.
Stafford, publisher of the Kanabec
County Times, little obscure sheet
published at Mora, has been making
frantic appeals to the settlers Of the
northern portion of Mile Laos county
to avoid a contest and have their no
tices published in his paper. We do
not care to waste time or space in re
plying to Mr.. Safford's arguments
arguments they may be called. It is a
matter that does not concern only a
small fraction of the readers of the
UNION. Suffice it to say, that Com
missioner Carter has disposed of Mr..
SaHord's pretensions in short order.
Mr.. Carter writes Register Gottry, of
Taylors Falls: I'm this matter, which
is committed to the discretion of the
register, he should bear in mind that
the true intent and purpose of the legal
requirement is, to have such notices SO
published that they will best serve the
purpose contemplated" =
The Mora Times has probably not to
exceed 200 subscribers all told, and it
has not five bona tide subscribers in
Mile Laos county. In the so-called
Mile Laos reservation nine-tenths of
the settlers never heard of such pa
per, and as nearly as we can ascertain
it had not to exceed two subscribers
in the entire reservation on the first
of November. Would notice of con-
test published in the Times be, any no.
tice at all? Certainly not. lar.
On the other hand, the UNION is the
official paper of Mile Laos county; it
circulates in every nook and corner of
the county; all parties interested in
official notices look to its columns for
the necessary information; all land
Office notices originating in this county
heretofore have been published in its
columns the miscarriage Of one issue
OF the paper at the Vineland post Office
cost one settler an unnecessary expense
of over fifty dollars. At no time within
the past two years has the UNION had
less than forty subscribers in the So
called reservation, and to-day it has a
bona jide list there of almost 100 sub
scribers-and every paper is paid for in
advance. The UNION has also regular
correspondents in every town in the
vicinity OF the lake, and it is the only
paper that settlers look to for informa-
ton that concerns them. The depart
ment could not help ruling in favor of
the UNION, even under the letter to
say nothing Of the spirit of the law, for
the Mora Times is not a paper of gen
eral circulation as contemplated by
the statutes.
The settlers can rest assured that
their rights will be protected and that
the notices published in the UNION are
perfectly legal, Mr.. Stafford to the con-
trary Notwithstanding. Three new
notices appear in this weeks issue.
NIL OStllOIu Ctdu HOW si0SOiG W Ills
harsh measures. = In this connection
we will state that Register Gottry
made a mistake in giving the Mora
Times a single notice. In conclusion,
Mr.. Stafford your little obscure mug
wump sheet lis not in it'' as far as
Mile Laos county land Office notices
are concerned.
Judge p. B. searle, Of ST. Cloud, has
many warm political friends in Duluth
who are DESTROYS Of having him enter
the lists for the Republican nomination
for congress in the Sixth district. Du.
i l,tth Short Line.