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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1902-12-18

My oats did very we'll, yielding from
40 to IS bushels per acre. Wheat went
20 bushels of good No. g. My corn
was. very good and my vegetables the
best I ever raised. I also raised some
very good apples, and I believe we can
raise nearly as good apples here as in
northern Iowa where I formerly lived.
Other fruit does equally as we'll. The
soil here is sandy with a clay subsoil,
making it warm, and very productive.
We have the best water and plenty of
it. Tame grasses and clover do we'll
here when put in right, but as yet there
has not been much sown as there is
plenty of wild grass. Stock of all kinds
does we'll. Potatoes is the main crop
from which farmers can realize the
most money. The climate here is about
the same as in Iowa, but I believe a
man can make more money here than
there as the crops yield better and
prices are as good with the best of
markets. consider that my land is
worth today $40 per acre. This year
l have built an addition to my house
12x14 feet, 12-foot posts, making me
very good house, it being 26x3o feet.
Mr.. Winsor after having located here
composed the following poetical puff
on the land of this section. The poem
appeared in the home paper Of the
town in Iowa where he formerly lived:
(Tune Of Beulah Land.)
We've reached the land of oak and pine
Where everything looks very fine,
All kinds of crops I understand
Does well upon this bed of sand.
CHORUS.
Oh, Princeton land of fertile sand,
Upon the highest mounds I stand,
Tho storms may come and winds may
blow
There's one thing good of thee know;
And this is that thy fertile sands
Brings money to the farmers hands,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1902-12-18

not favorably impressed. While at
Aberdeen they took advantage of the
low railroad rates and came to the
Minnesota state fair and while there
concluded to make trip to Prince
ton and look over the farm lands in
this vicinity. They were tavorably i'm
pressed with the land and Mr.. Kohne
concluded to buy the Hensche1l farm
while Mr.. Hortsman bought the Gus
Thoma place near by. Mr.. Kohne said
that on the Henschell farm he saw four
acres Of clover that produced at the
first cutting seventeen tons of clover
and on the second cutting ten TONS He
also saw four-acre patch of potatoes
that yielded 300 bushels of potatoes,
an average of 200 bushels per acre. He
came to the conclusion that land that
would produce such crops and which
was so close to a good market was
very cheap at $40 per acre.
"This section produces better tame
grasses said Mr.. Kohne, than any
section I ever visited, and I consider it
we'll adapted to live stock raising. I
will raise corn, potatoes, oats and
clover besides keeping cattle and hogs.
The clover I have seen raised in this
section can't be beat. One thing farm
'ers should bear in mind who buy land
in this section is that they have an
abundance of good timber as a rule
and have plenty of good fuel for their
own use besides being able to market
wood at very good prices, while out
on the prairie land they have to pay
a big price to keep warm. -
Mr.. Kohne will move onto his farm
next year. He is a progressive farm
er and will be a valuable addition to
the farming community around Prince
ton. 49,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1902-12-18
A "Sandy Loan" Farmer.

George Tornlinson, who eight years
ago came here and bought farm of
100 acres over on section 7, in the
township of Wvanett, 4santi county,
has done well. He paid S. per acre
for his land, and he says it is worth
$50 today and is not anxious to sell
it at that price. His land was wild
when he got it and he set to work and
has cleared up Is acres. He has 81
acres of meadow land. His principal
crops are corn, potatoes, wheat and
oats which all do we'll. Mr.. Tomlin-
son says that he likes the country in
every respect The soil is good, the
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1902-12-18
An "Eighty" in Greenbush Town.

An Eighty" in Greenbush Town.
A. B. Gramer, who resides at Estes
Brook, on section in the town of
Greenbush, Mile Laos county, located
on eighty acres there four years ago.
His land consisted of u acres of tim
Der and eight acres of meadow. He
paid $3.50 per acre and after clearing
up rs acres and making many i'm
provements on the land he considers
his farm worth today $50 per acre. The
land is black loan with three feet of
clay sub-soil. On this land he raises
wheat the yields being Is bushels per
acre, oats, 60, corn 80, barley IS, po-
tatoes $50 bushels, while timothy and
clover cut three and half tons per
acre. Mr.. Gramer formerly lived in
Blue Earth county and he thinks the
soil much better and the yield is also
better than in the section where he
came from. He has put up house,
barn, granary, corn crib, machine shed
and other small buildings, and is we'll
pleased with the country. He thinks
that Mile Laos county will be one of
the richest counties in the state.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1902-12-18

pleased with his investment. He paid
$40 per acre for the Henschell farm,
but he considers the land cheap at that
figure, for he says that the land is far
superior to the land in his part of the
state which is principally prairie land
where fuel is high and hard to get and
where billiards are frequent.
In company with Mr.. Hortsman, his
neighbor, Mr.. Kohne made a trip to
South Dakota and looked over the
land in that section with which he was
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1902-12-18
From Their Own LipS.......
Flrst=Hand Information of Interest
to Prospective What those
Say who Have Settled Here.

The Union is aware of the fact that
mitch that is said about new country
is exaggeration and far from the truth.
Prospective settlers are 10th to believe
the many things said about a country
by newspapers and land agents, but it
is not the intention of the Union to
eXaggerate a bit in it's statements of
this country. You do not have to take
our word for it, but the word of those
who have come into this section the
past few years and done we'll here. Be-
low are given the statements of several
settlers in Mile Laos county and ad-
joining territory. Their statements will
show the enhanced valuation of the
land and the opportunities they have
had to get footing in this country.
There are many of these opportunities
still left, but they are going fast. Land
is increasing in value right along and
will continue to do so for some time
to come. Now is the time to get on the
land band wagon. The fare will never
be any cheaper.
Hidden Wealth in "Jack Oak" Land.
AS an evidence of what can be done
with some of the uninviting jack oak
country that is looked upon with more
or less suspicion by many land seek
ers, the results obtained during the
past two years by S. w. Williams OF
Princeton ought to be sufficient to
convince the most skeptical that the
land around Princeton is "all wool and
a yard wide,' and has a foundation
substance that is sure and enduring
and will hold up the soil for all time
to come, at least long enough to salts
fly those of the present and few Sue
ceeding generations.
Mr.. Williams two years ago bought
80 acres of land one and a half miles
east of Princeton for the purpose of
raising potatoes. The land at that time
was just as Nature had left it with
growth of jack pine and the soil cover
ed with the virgin sod and under
brush, etc. Many man would have
said there was nothing in it, but Mr..
Williams knew differently, and set to
work to redeem the land and make
it productive. He put man to work
clearing the land and the first year had
rs acres ready for planting. This land
last year yielded 1900 bushels of po-
tatoes. Mr.. Williams paid for this land
the sum of $3.50 per acre; this would
make the rs acres cost $437.5o, and
placing the potato crop that year at IS
cents bushel, which is about what the
potatoes are selling for at the present
time, the first years crop would be
worth $1,000, over 5000 more than the
cost of the land. This year additional
land was cleared so that Mr.. Williams
had an 8o-acre tract for potatoes.
From this eighty acres the yield this
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1902-12-18

Knows Good Land When He Sees It.
Vim. Kohne, who resides on farm
in the southwestern part of the state,
and who purchased the Otto Henschell
farm of eighty acres in the Germany
settlement, last September, is we'll
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1902-12-18
POTATO MARKET SCENE.

Good Country For Stock.
Can we raise live stock in this Sec
ton? Well, we guess yes. And the
finest kind of timothy and clover to
fatten them on. Besides plenty of good
corn to finish them off with. 7. M.
Rudisill, who owns a farm of 24o acres
near Foreston, can, tell few things
about this country that will make some
OF the farmers from the rich farm lands
of southern Minnesota and the state of
Iowa and other sections admit that this
part of Minnesota is all right in every
respect for successful farming. Mr..
Rudlslll came from South Dakota to
this section and has made himself
fine farm which is all improved He
keeps lot of live stock, being breed
er of Shorthorn cattle. He has 81
head, most all full bloods, besides ten
head of horses. He has 100 acres of
clover and timothy and he also raises
some grain, his wheat averaging "a
bushels, oats 81, and barley Is. He is
we'll satisfied with the country and does
not intend to seek other locations be-
cause he believes that none can excel
this section. Mr.. Rudisill is practical
stock1nan and has been down in ILL
nois recently buying some blooded
Shorthorns to add to his present herd.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1902-12-18

year amounted to between 10000 and
1900 bushels. At IS cents per BUSH
ell 10000 bushels of potatoes would be
worth $4,000. The crop from the IS
acres last year and the crop this year
will amount to over $500, while the
cost of the land and the clearing of the
same will amount to less than $4,000,
leaving profit on the two seasons
crop Of over $500, figuring potatoes
at rs cents bushe1, which is a very
conservative average. Besides the po-
tatoes the owner derived some revenue
from the timber from the land. 1t
costs on an average about S. per acre
to clear land of this character. It is
not every farmer who wants to go
into potatoes on such big scale, but
he does not have to as this same kind
of land is we'll adapted to all kinds Of
general farming. It is good land for
truck farming and gardening, is good
for corn, and small grain can also be
raised on the land. The land on the
surface appears sandy and it is sandy,
but it is not the light sand that many
think it is. It is mixed with Natures
own fertile compound that makes it a
loan of the best kind imaginable, being
of kind that is not heavy nor light,
and possesses a warmth and fertility
that makes it very productive and early
maturing for crops. On Mr. Williams
land the past year much of the crop of
potatoes we're planted on the 10th day
of July, and on the 18th day of Sep
TENDER a killing frost was experienced
in this section and all over the north
west and also way down into Iowa
and South Dakota and elsewhere, so
that Minnesota was no exception. This
gave a maturing period for the pota-
toes of just 60 days, and from two hills
of Triu1nphs II pounds of potatoes were
dug. Mention is made of this as the
yield was something more than the Or
binary and to show the early matur-
ing capacity of the land
These are plain facts, and are given
just to show what the sandy jack oak
country is good for Mr.. Williams
considers his land worth $50 per acre
to day.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1902-12-18
HARVEST SCENE ON A CLEARING NORTH OF PRINCETON

1 don't suppose you'll ever know
How we can such potatoes grow.
Their eyes stick out their skin expands.
Upon this warm and fertile sand.
All cereal crops up here does well;
And prices good for what we sell.
With fish and game on every hand,
I tell you this is a goodly land.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1902-12-18
An Iowa Farmer Invests.

J. D. Tam, who a year or so ago
came up from Iowa and bought land in
sections 80 and 81 in the town of
Princeton, and sections 3, 9 and 10 in
the town of Baldwin, Sherburne coun-
ty, Immediately south of Princeton
town, has good word to say for the
country. Mr.. Tam has farmed in
Iowa, and in making his comparisons
he gives the banner to Princeton and
vicinity. In all he has Go acres, much
of which is located on the bottom
lands of Rum river, Immediately south
of Princeton. The soil is composed of
black loan, clay and black sandy loan.
The land on the river bottoms he says
is much better than the Iowa lands and
yields heavier. On the sandy soil root
crops do we'll. He says that corn raised
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1902-12-18
More "Land" Talk.

John AK, who lives on section 36, in
the town of Princeton, came here in
1894, and bought a farm of 80 acres
for which he paid So per acre. He has
the sandy loan land and has been
raising good crops right along every
year. Since coming here he has clear
ed up 50 acres of land and has good
living house and barn and granary.
Mr.. AK says he would not sell his land
today for SIS per acre and is we'll sat-
isfied with the country and the land.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1902-12-18
An Iowa Mans Opinion.

S. Winsor, who came to this section
last year, has this to say of the coun-
try:
II am located on section IS in the
township of Wyanett, in the county
of 1santi, five miles east of Princeton.
My farm consists of 100 acres of which
farm about IS acres. The balance
is timber and pasture. I paid $22 per
acre one year ago. I have cleared up
a few acres this year which I shall put
into potatoes next year. I raised about
twelve acres of potatoes this year which
averaged about 100 bushels per acre.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1902-12-18
In the Hardwood Country,

Alfred J. Franzen, who lives on Sec
ton 9, in the township of Bogus Brook,
Mile Laos county, tells story of pros
perity. He bought forty which was
principally hardwood timber land. He
paid $3.50 an acre for the land in 1907
and would not sell it today for less than
$40 per acre. 1t was wild land when
he took it and he has cleared up Is
acres from which he has sold lot of
good hard wood. The soil is black
with clay subsoil From this soil he
raises wheat that yields 80 bushels per
acre, oats 90, corn 50 to IS and pota-
toes $50 bushels per acre. Mr.. Franzen
formerly lived in Hennepin county and
the climate and soil in many respects
is the same, though the land yields
some better than the land in Henne-
pin county. Besides clearing up IS
acres of land and making it productive
land, Mr.. Franzen has also built him
a comfortable house, worth $500, log
and frame barn, machine shed and a
granary worth 5000. The land raises
good clover and timothy, and redtop
on low land. Mr. Franzen's farm cost
him less than 5000, and today after five
years from the time of purchase it is
worth to him over five times the first
cost. Bogus Brook joins Princeton
township on the north.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1902-12-18

water is good, there is plenty of timber,
good rainfall, no real hard winters nor
Billiards, and good markets. Clover
does we'll and the country is good for
dairying as we'll as field crops. He
keeps number of Holstein COWS which
are far from being money losers.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1902-07-31
Cable Will Be Laid.

New YORK, July % Since the
death of John w. M,ckay, bust
ness interests all over the Unite d
States have cent inquiries to the
Commercial Cable Company about
what was going to happen to the
Pacific cable now that tie pro
jector is dead All OF the Inquiries
we're answered today by an official
who has served Mackay in pro
tessional aud confidential capacity
for years. To reporter he said: :
"The contract fer laying the
cable to Honolulu has BET n let
and construction work viii begin
in a short time. Ii we can get
the soundiDgs made by the g v
srnment a cable from San Francis
co to Honolulu, from there to
Midway aud Guam and frcm The re
TO Manila will be completei and
ready for business ih July, 1903.
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End of a Romance.
characters.

NEW York, July 21-Searoh was
made late this afternoon Of the
safety deposit bcx 10 which sll of
the jswels aud valuables belonging
to May Yohe we're placed last
April by Putnam Brsdlee Strong.
The b was found TO be empty,
except for two fans and few
trinkete Of insignificant value.
The articles stolen are believed
to be worth fully 100000 much
more than that amount having
been paid for them.
When she realized her lose Miss
Yohe reeled and tainted, but re-
covering herself, quickly, refused
assistance that was proffsred her
by those who stood near by. A
little later she went To police head
quarters, where she made COM
plant charging Captain Strong
with grand larceny.
New YORK, July PA special
dispatch from London to an after
noon paper says that Putnam
Bradlee Strong arrived at South
empton today on the St. Paul,
sailing under an assumed name
In an interview he Acknowledged
his identity and denied positively
the charge that he pawned May
Yohe's jewels,
May Yohe who formerly was The
wife of Lord Hope, sailed fer
Europe today on tbs Fuerst Bis
marck sfter having withdrawn he
complaint against ber soldier lover
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1902-07-31
Japs Want Marcus.

WAsHlNaToN, July 24--The Jap.
snese government has served notice
on the State Department that it
claims possession Of Marcus Isl-
and, toward which is now heading
an American expedition under
Captain Rosehill, with a purpoee
Of exploiting it's guano deposits.
Regarding it as txtremely desira
BILE that no collision occur. The
State Department has taken msae.
ures TO advise Captain Rosehill
that he must clf9r 20 resistance il
he should fall in with japanese
warship which also is speeding for
the island.
1t is officially announced that
the Japanese cruiser Kasagle will
convey the diplomatic agent Of
Japan to Marcus Island.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1902-07-31

ed "bllna lead r. OF the blIpd."
They are the leaders in eli Evange!-
ical and Sunday Sch col matters.
Why are thay thus long permitted
to pose as leaders in ell good works
and as we'll so long tolerated. They
stalk about as il they were OF the
best with badges and such fol de.
rolls on their breasts and coat lapels
as il they are of irreproachable
characters.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1902-07-31
Welcome arasQs and eroo,ing,

An interesting group made a great
deal of noise at noon at the
political" headquarters tie
sidewalk at the corner OF Fort
aud Merchant streets. The
circulation was interrupted for a
moment while Fire Commissioners
F, j. Testa and A. g. LoFekin well
coined Commissioners Pfat. back
home. They did not kiss him but
judging by the way Tests shook his
arm. Mr.. Pratt would make 3 poof
pitcher 10 baseball game this after.
noon,
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fact that the cost OF living has ins
creased materially in the last two
years, Hs places the advance in
the price OF foodstuf at from 30 to
10 per cent, while tn strike OF two
years ago caused the operators to
increa,e the wages only 10 per cent.
Hence it appe ars that the purchas-
ing power OF miners wages ia even
less than before the 10 per cent
advance in wages two years ego.
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OF whom are more or less GsbiDg,
that it, they have their lines out
with bats on their hooks that are
not of the best. Our advice is-Se-
ware OF such trash Better do away
with them altogether is the best,
saf' st and surest remedy to rid all
OF such barnacles.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1902-07-31
THURSDAY, JULY 81, 1902.
THE COAL STRIKE.

The statement. to the public by
John Mitchell, President OF the
United Mine Workers of America,
is a calm, able and moderate recital
of facts and conditions existing in
the ant b racite ccal r-gions OF
Pennsylvania. 1t states the grev-
ances of the miners in manner
that cannot but excite and win the
sym pathy Of American workmen in
all branches OF industry.
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1t will not be necessary to dis
cuss Judge Little further than we
know him here. He is a Repub-
lican, belonging to wing OF the
party which has been by no means
10 harmony with the main portion
OF the party.-Star.
Such is the hind OF harmony
some OF our Republican friends are
working for. A candidate must
belong to "the main portion of the
party" or else he can go way back
aud sit down. Judge Little is not
the ideal candidate dreamed Of by
The INDEPENDENT. But we protest
against the objection offered by
our evening contemporary. We
are for harmony too, but it may
be said right now and said it in
the plainest language that candi-
date which belongs TO "the main
portion of the party" that is, the
missionary wing shsll neUer be elect
ed Delegate for this Territory.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1902-07-31

Mr.. Mitchell leaves no doubt on
the minds OF his readers that the
miners are victims of intolerable
conditions imposed on them by the
operators of coal aud railroad COM
binations. He gives Satisfactory
proof that he does not exaggerate
the miserable condition OF the
miners, and shows that they were
fully justified in resorting to strike
to better their condition. His pre-
ssntation of the case is free from
rant and from utterances that
would tend to incite to lawlessnass
or violence on the part OF his fol-
lowers; his self control in describ-
ing the most aggravatiDg conditions
is admirable, and shows that the
mine workers have chosen for their
leader wise. prudent, safe, practi-
cal man who can enlist in their be-
half public interest and sympathy.
According to Mr.. Mitchell's
statement the miners work not
more than two hundred days in the
year at an average compensation of
SLAP per day, or less than $500 a
year in the aggregate. Mr.. Mitchell
protests, and justly, that this is not
living wage for the workmen, not
enough to enable them to live de-
Gently and educate and support
their families Parents are not
only not able to send their chill.
dren to school, but they are COM
PEELED to put them, at tender age,
to work 10 the mines, that their
little wages may go to help the
family to live.
Mr.. Mitchell calls attention to the
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Mr., Mitchell shows from statis-
tics that while the operators were
mining coal at au increased cost OF
13 cents per toa iu 1901 over tn g
cost in 1900, thsy we're selling at au
increased profit Of 80 cents per ton.
This increased cost to the consumer
has brought No increase 10 the
wages of the miner, The rise in
the price OF coal without any inss
crease in the cost of production is a
clear gain to the operators
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