The Princeton union., 1896-05-21
! Highest Of all IN Leavening Power
a ABSOLUTELY PURE

under way in Princeton to make this
years celebration even more successful
than that of preceding years.
In years gone by the &. A. r. Post
and Sons Of Veterans with their aux
iliaries have had the supervision Of
the day in this village. This year
they deemed it proper that all patri-z
otto people Of Princeton and vicinity
should have a voice in the observation
Of Memorial day, and few weeks ago
representatives Of the several organ
izations OF the village were requested
to meet the members of w. T. Rines
Post G. A. r. and Custer Camp Sons of
Veterans. All organizations promptly
responded to the invitation with one
exception, and a, Memorial day COM
mittee consisting Of representative of
the different orders was the result of
the informal meeting.
The marshalship for the day is as
signed to H. Luerssen, who has APP
pointed Chas. Fogg, of W. T. Rines
Post G. A. R., and G. A. Young, of
Custer Camp S. of ", aides to assist
him. Judge, Ell Torrance. past de-
partment commander, of the Mime
sofa G. A. R., will be the orator of the
day and the exercises will be held on
the fair grounds. A choir of 80 voices
is in training for the occasion. All
business houses have voluntarily Of
fered to close from l to 5 P. M. It is
earnestly hoped that no one will so far
forget himself as to make this day of
sport. Base ball, horse races or like
amusements are entirely out of place
on this occasion. School children are
all invited to participate in the parade
and decoration of the graves. Full.
particulars as to line march and pro-
gram at fair gounds next week. Rev.
r.. H. Roberts will hold memorial SER
vices in the opera house Memorial
Sunday, May "a. All are cordially in.
vited to attend. Vocal music will be
furnished by the Memorial day choir.
PRINCEToN.ANDlTH Potato s..
The One Has Been Material Aid to the
Other.
Under the above heading the St.
Paul Globe published an excellent.
article from the pen of Cashier Eaton
last Monday. 1t was part of an article
entitled minnesota Municipalities.
which was contributed by bankers
located in different sections. This is
the way Mr.. Eaton sizes up Princeton's
prosperity:
PRINCETON, Mimi, May l6.That
Princeton has made material progress
the last few years and has entered
upon an era Of prosperity is evident to
all who have resided here for any
length of time. Three years ago
disastrous fire destroyed the greater
part of the business portion, but the
wooden buildings have been replaced
by large structures of brick and stone.
The cause Of her advancement may, in
a large measure, be attributed to
cheap lands, immigration and the
potato. For many years Princeton
was headquarters for the lumbermen.
Here they bought their provisions and
supplies, and here the chopper and
river driver spent the fruits of their
labor; but as the forests became de-
pleted, and the operations of the lum-
bermen became more remote, Prince
ton also lost a large portion of that
trade and traffic, To replace a busi-
ness that was fast passing out of their
hands, the merchants and other pub
lic-spirited men built and equipped a
starch factory. The farmer, not slow
to see the value of raising potatoes in
a soil specially adopted for them, with
a ready market at his door, soon began
growing large quantities of them.
Then came a few years of high prices;
in which the starch factory made no
starch, but the farmer and merchant
rejoiced together as the Princeton
potato was making its reputation in
many states. Buyers came from south
and west, and Princeton soon became
noted for the quantity and quality Of
its potatoes. For three years in success.
sion the. prices ranged from thirty to
fifty cents, which became a great in
centive for land hunters and home
seekers to secure some Of the cheap
land in the territory tributary to-
E Princeton, which they could procure
on such reasonable terms, that few
whocame in quest went away without
urchasing, and hence we have had a
continuous volume of immig grafton taxi
ing u vacant lands, developing them
and making comfortable homes.
While the soil is especially adapted
Eor potatoes, vegetables, and roots Of
III kinds, wheat, rye, oats, corn and all s