The Princeton union., 1900-01-11
VOLUME XIV. NO. s.

bridge Sunday and in talk with
representative of the UNION said that
in his opinion not over one-third OF the
potato crop had yet been marketed
He cited several instances where he
had already purchased more potatoes
from farmers than they had reported
to have owned at the opening of the
season and these same men were now
asking him to take a load or two to
ena able them to get room in their Gel
lars to begin the work Of sacking the
remainder of their spuds. In his opin-a
ion the larger potato growers have as
yet marketed only that part of their
crop which had been stored in the
field cellars and pits and were now
preparing to sell those held in indoor
cellars. The foreign market is still
slack, owing to the large yield in
northern Missouri and southern Illi-
nois. Z. -
The local fire department.. is being
severely criticised, and justly too, for
the acts of some of its members when
making practice runs. It there is
human being or pile of wood or lum-
ber within reach of the stream they
are sure of drenching. If the per-
petrators of these icy jokes cannot be
disciplined by the officers the depart
ment should rid itself of such mem
bers, and not risk the possibility of
incurring the i'll will of the community
at the very beginning of what promises
to be successful existence as an Or
ganization.
Judge Keith is no. longer member
of the State reformatory board, his
term having expired. G. H. Cunning
ham, of Sturgeon Lake, Pine county,
has been named by the governor as his
successor. The judge has served the
State faithfully, but as he favored the
retention of Capt. Houlton as superin-
tendent of the St. Cloud reformatory
contrary to the wishes of the governor
he walked the plank. The proceed
ings of the board will be watched with
considerable interest until it declares
itself on the superintendency.
One thing which was done by the
board of county commissioners at their
meeting last week will be- heartily en-
dorsed by all who are interested in the
welfare of the public schools of the
county and that was the increase of
salary voted to the county superintend
ent. Heretofore the superintendent
has received but S $50 foiza hard years
work that entailed large amount of
travel in all sorts. of weather. Here
after the incumbent will draw $3.50 as
his compensation and this is none too
much, all things considered.
A FOreston couple had disagree
ment and the wife returned to her
parental roof. Last week the husband
| went after her and an altercation en-
sued in which the husband. wife and
father-in-law were mixed. A A:Benton
county warrant was issued and served
on the husband: but when the time for
trial came the wife relented and the
warrant was destroyed. This would
never have been known in this COM
munity had the wife not tried to secure
a denial of the facts from a newspaper
man.
A writer put the matter very aptly
when he said: Corn loaned to hogs
is cash and good investment, safe and
at large interest. A hog is con-
denser; he will put ten bushels of corn
in less space than bushel measure.
He has been styled a manufacturer of
hams, lard, hair brushes, head cheese,
tooth brushes, glue, buttons, fertiliz-
ers, fats, bacon, knife handles, soap,
whistles and satisfaction. He con-
Iverts corn into coin, and can buy what
he will
Mrs. Marget, an Isanti county lady,
was injured in a runaway accident in
this village last Saturday. The horse
she was driving became frightened and
started to run. In a twinkling of an
eye the buggy had collided with a tree
and Mrs. Marget was thrown out on
the frozen ground. Her head just
missed striking a tree, which would
probably have caused instant death.
AS it was she escaped with a severe
shaking up, and was able to proceed to
her home.
! Maj. F. H. Bidwell. of Duluth, who
has recently been appointed to COM
mand the Spanish War Veterans of
this State, has written to Capt Pat
terson to know if the late members Of
company NJ do not desire to affiliate
themselves with the order. Many of
the boys have expressed a willingness
and as soon as the major is fully in