The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-07-26
THE SUMMER SCHOOL.
The Attendance Increasing-Over Ninety
Teachers Enrolled.

THE SUMMER SCHOOL.
The Attendance Increasing-OverN Ninety !
Teachers Enrolled.
The summer tanning school is SPLEEN
did success; there is double the atten-
dance there was last year an3 the year
before; last evening 80 teachers were
enrolled and several more names will
be added before the close of the week.
Prof. Shoemaker and his able assistants
are giving good satisfaction, and the
teachers are all interested and working
like beavers. The list of teachers
present was published in last weeks
issue Of the UNION. These are ad-
ditional: Mile Laos county-Maud
Trip, Geneva Sleeves, Lille Hudson
and Margaret Ross; Sherburne county
Pratt, Kate Dryer, Nellie Hol-
land and Minnie Gaumnity; Isanti
county Anna Whiting, Ida King,
Mary Tompkins, Lottie Caine and
Mable Swanbro; Grow Wing county
Irene Dinwiddie.
The change in. the opening hour
from to 1880 seems to be acceptable
''all round"
We hear it whispered that our
Princeton orchestra is to favor the
teachers with some of their choice
music in the near future. May we all
be there to hear. ~,
The pleasant face of Miss Amy
Atkins, Of Elk River, has been seen
several times in our school room this
week. We hear she begins work in
the summer school at Anoka next
week. Success to her!
Prof. Shoemaker entertained the
class in literature very pleasantly with
''a reading during spare hour on
Tuesday afternoon. If he had not
kept it a secret with the class, he
would have had larger audience. il
Miss Ella Patterson, who has been
with us during our former summer
schools is this year conductor of the
summer school at Saltwater which
numbers one-hundred and sixty teach
ers. She sends most cordial greetings
through a letter to Supt. Barker and
to. our Princeton school saying, Good
bless them, every one" We one and
all return the same kindly wish to her.
Russian Thistle or Russian Tumble Weed.
The Minnesota Exp eriment Station,
ST. Anthony Park, has just issued Bull
letin No. 33 dealing with the Russian
thistle or Russian tumble weed. This
bulletin coming at this time when this
weed is beginning to blossom when it
should be looked after, is a very i'm
portant publication. The Station Of
fers to send free a copy of the bulletin
enclosing dried mounted specimen Of
the weed to all school districts, road
overseers, railway section foremen and
to other officials connected with the
destruction Of noxious weeds. The
bulletin is illustrated with several
plates and nearly $4,000 Of them are
being sent throughout the State. The
fact that this weed usually gets hold
in sections of country before people
realize that they have makes it i'm
portant that this bulletin receive a
wide circulation. The bulletin is es-
pecially valuable for the discussion of
methods to be used in eradicating it in
cultivated lands, along highways and
railways, in grass lands and on COM
mons. The subject is treated under
the following heads: Green manure
fallow, early fall blowing, bare fallow,
annual hay crops, cultivated crops,
moving and burning, moving or hoe
ing patches in the grain fields, blowing
under poor grain, infested highways,
rough highways, pastures and meadows,
cities and towns, prevention of spread
ing, use of fences, burning of ripe
seeds. Some general precautions are
also given regarding distribution Of
this seed by means of flax, millet and
other seed grains. The need of laws
to control the rapid spreading of this
weed is especially emphasized. The
great trouble that is arising from this
weed is that with one slouchy farmer
in the neighborhood there is no pos
sibility of the rest getting rid of the
weed but must adopt their methods Of
cultivation to its presence. The writer
recently spent some time in looking up
this subject in the infested districts in
the Dakotas and found the farmers
very much troubled by its presence.
This weed is now found in the Twin
Cities and at many other points along
and near the railroads throughout the
State. Besides the great body Of this
weed is advancing on the western bor-
ders and during the coming year will
have infested number Of border
Z E