The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1902-03-13
VOICE OF THE PEOPLE
The Annual Town and Village Elect
Ions lon In Mile Laos County and
Neighbolring Towns.
AzFeW Contests Here and There to
impart a Little Excitement
To the Local Fights.

This has been town meeting week.
Inc ne town meetings are the political
clearing houses, and afford a most
excellent t'1@ll' opportunity for the rural citi-
zeEss to meet and exchange the seasons
greetings. AS rule the greetings are
friendly, but now and then there will
be that II don't like-you-any-more"
expression on the face of some, but this
is human nature. AS rule the sound
ing of grinding is not low on town
meeEfing day, for there is quite apt to
be considerable grinding of political
knives hives and axes, and many man is
made Z to turn the grindstone that puts
keen Keen edge on the ak that may, in
times result in his own decapitation. 81
The town meetings in Mile Laos
county and adjoining towns were, as a
rule,quiet and marked only by COM
mon routine and incident.
PRINCETON.
+ The election in the town of Prince
ton was quiet and passed off without
the excitement that usually marks an
election day. The blanket ticket was
the only ticket in the field. There was
a little contest for the supervisors with
VIM. Hoeft, Floyd Hatcher and VIM.
Schmidt, sparring for honors. There
was also little contest for clerk be-
tween E. A. Briggs and Ernest H. Sell
horn, and also between Louis Rust and
Chas. Berry for assessor, but there was
no bitterness in any of the quiet con-
tests.
The election resulted as follows: SUI
peryisors: August Meyer, chairman,
Vim. Hoeft and Floyd Hatcher; clerk,
Ernest b.. Sellhorn; treasurer, VIM.
Klingbeil; assessor, Louis Rust.
At the business meeting Immediately
after dinner there was very fair at
tendance of farmers and there was no
little interest taken in the election OF
some Of the road overseers. In district
No.sl Fritz .Kunkle and Jas. Chisholm
we're dominated, the latter being the
choice of the farmers Of that district,
In No. VIM. Gerth and Albert Har-
mon were nominated, Gerth being
elected. VIM. Thoma was chosen for
No. 8, Caleb Pinkham for No. 4, Fred
Reem for No. 5, VIM. Schmidt for No.
6, Gottleib Krumseig for No. 7, Jas.
Wolf for No. 8, John Foot for No. 9
and Geo. Schmidt for No. 10. The
matter of electing poundmascers came
up and there seemed to be a difference
OF opinion as to the best way of choos-
ing these very important officials and
it was the bright idea of one of the
farmers present to let the supervisors
act as poundmasters, and the meeting
agreed to this solution of the matter.
The places for posting notices in the
town were agreed on as follows: On
the Germany road, the Boyn road near
the Varney farm, the Sadley road OPP
posite the Cater farm. In addition to
the present guide posts and those rec
commended by the board, the meeting
decided to place guide posts on the
southeast corner of section II, also one
at the center quarter post of section %
and one at southeast corner of section
26.
Town Clerk Sellhorn read his an
nual report which was adopted. The
report of the condition of the town and
road and bridge fund was as follows:
In the road and bridge fund on March
5, 1901, there was a balance of S5.77,
and the money received from the
county treasurer during the year
amounted to s1,ss7.19. The orders
cancelled in this fund amounted to
81, 691.7S, and there was loaned to town
fund the sum of s200.4S, leaving bal
ance on hand of 70 cents. In the town
fund there was the sum of $7O4.23 ex-
pended, including the amount of $500. 48
received from the road and bridge
fund, the balance on hand in this fund
amounting to cents. The total in
deotedness of the town at the present
time amounts in orders outstanding to
S3,O75.59, of which S655.S7 belong to
the town fund and S2,419.72 to the road
and bridge fund. There was a reduc-
ton in the debt of the town during the
past year of ST ,026. The labor assessed
for the year amounted to 1872 days, of
which $40 days of actual work were
performed. The meeting decided to
raise tax of 500 for current expenses
and 81, 800 for road and bridge fund.
The report of the stewardship of the
old board was the subject of favorable
comment and those present pronounced