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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-10-01
IHE State Board of EQUALIZATION v

THE State Board of Equalization will
conclude its labors to-day. On the
whole the .work of the board is to be
commended, especially it's action relat-
i've to the" assessment of public service
corporations. A year ago the then
State auditor demonstrated to the
board beyond peradventure or doubt,
that the Twin City Rapid Transit COM
pany ought to be assessed for at least
S7,OO0,O00. Governor Van SAINT o.
posed the State auditors proposition
and the majority of the board sided
with the governor. This year the as
sessment of the street railway COM
pany was fixed at over S8,O00,O0O with
the governors appreciation. Last year
the stock of the company was quoted at
l2o while to-day it is quoted at 80. Be
it remembered that the personnel of
the board is about the same as it was
last year. There shaveEbeen only two
or three changes. = - i +
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-10-01
WHEN he said that every time the

WHEN he said that every time the
Ramsey county commissioners let a
piece of roadwork that the board went
another step farther to legalize patch
work, Nicholas Pottgeiser, a member
of the board, stated a truth that will
apply in ninety-seven per cent of all
road contracts let by county boards in
the State. The way to build good
roads is to build them to last for
several years, and make what is built
permanent. This of course can not
always be done in new sections, of
country, but it can be done in most Sec
lions.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-10-01

TO man at distance it looks like
something rotten in the management
of the affairs of the Consolidated Lake
Superior company at the Canadian 500,
where the Clergue syndicate has been
spending vast sums of money installing
steel plants, etc., and where thousands
of workmen have been finding employ
ment, only on the verge of winter to
be thrown out of employment because
of what looks like game Of freeze out
between rival and dissatisfied inter-
ests. The steel trust is said to be re-
sponsible for some of the trouble. The
Consolidated company at the 500 could
not take care of the payment of a New
York loan of S., 100000 or more, so it is
claimed, but this looks very fshy on it's
face. In the meantime the poor de-
luded laborers at the 500 and their
families must suffer. Some one should
suffer for making them suffer.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-10-01
WHEN all the farmers of the country

WHEN all the farmers of the country
get so they can. maintain district organ
izations and control the output Of farm
products, and do:their own selling and
buying, then they will only be ap-
preaching the methods of doing bust
ness adopted by some of the trusts.
The thought is a far-away one. but the
principle is just the same. AS time
goes on conditions and developments
will tend that way. but the farmers
will have to be much better versed in
the affairs of the business world before
there are any successful practical dem
onstrations.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-10-01

GIVE the negro a reasonable chance
first before talking about the solution
Of the race problem. He is full oil
british instincts and cussedness, but
so are many people with much winter
skin, while you are talking. He should
have been advanced to free citizenship
by slow degrees, but he is with US and
we will have to put up with him the
best we know how. If he had half as
much attention paid him toward edu-
eating him and making good citizen
out of him as the red wards of Uncle
farther advanced than he is at present.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-10-01
A YEAR ago, Governor Van SAINT

A YEAR ago, Governor Van SAINT
vigorously opposed any substantial in
crease in the assessment of the Twin
City Rapid Transit company. This
year he voted in favor of a material in
crease. Last year the stock of the COM
pany was worth rs per cent more than
it is to-day. Will some of the govern
or's newspaper retainers please ex.
plain his change of front? Had Tom
Lowry's $4,000 contribution to the
Republican campaign fund any bear
ing on Governor Van SAINTS action a
year ago?
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-10-01

KANSAS women have just won vic
tory in that state in a school election.
In 1000 school districts throughout the
state they elected school boards that
would permit women school teachers
to receive attention from their admir-.
ers during school terms. Heretofore
school boards in that state have insist.
ed on contracts that placed an embargo
on the invasions of Cupid, but now the
field is clear for the counting bees in
the shadow of the little red school
house,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-10-01
Injured InnOcentS.

The organs Of the State administra-
ton are very indignant at the criti-
cisms which have been made of the
attitude of those whom they regard it
as their duty to support. They object
very strongly to associating the gov
ernor with Mr.. Mum and his clients
the Soo-Pacifc and the Twin City Rapid
Transit company, and they profess to
regard Mr. Lowry's presidential aspi-
rations as;;the veriest moonshine. We
heard none of these indignant protests
when the St. Paul Dispatch discovered
it's political mares nest and sought to
blight the prospects of men whom it
supposed had ambition to occupy seats
now held by it's friends by falsely &C
cusing them of being associated with
certain obnoxious corporations. But
such accusations are entirely in line
with the policy which for the past two
years has been Systematically pursued
by the friends of the governor. Those
who have declined to dance to the tune
set by his organs have had all kinds of
motives attributed to them by the 90
litical writer's in the Minneapolis Jour-
nal, who have become the most rabid
of partizans, and the papers which
have followed their leading. So long
as they we're permitted to pursue this
course without criticism or retaliation
everything went along without a hitch,
but when it was sought to defend those
whom they had slandered and espec-
tally when the war was carried into
Africa most dismal howl was raised.
The wrong OK altogether was being
gored and a piteous appeal is made for
sympathy. Few, however, are likely
to be Influenced by it. ''The jolly old
| Cove'' who threw a stick or stone at
every passer by had but little attention
/ paid him when he assured the public
that All I ask is let me alone: Fari.
bault Journal. =. ~ -. -. !.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-10-01

The street fair and carnival humber
Of the Alexandria sPost-News Of last
week was: a banner edition in all re-
spects and reflects great credit on the
publisher of the paper. The cover was
printed in green and red, and the beau
ties and resources of Alexandria and
the surrounding country we're well set
forth. Advertising, patronage was lib
eral, and on the whole the number was
q dandy
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-10-01

WALL street has another selling
fever. So has the West but this part
of the country is selling grain, live
stock, farm produce, etc., that make
very tangible assets. AS Secretary
Shaw says: 'The prosperity of the
American people is not measured by
the price of stocks and bonds, but by
the output Of our farms and our fac
tories and the profitable employment
of lahOr'
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-10-01

BECAUSE of bad storms in ENGLAND
and Europe the past season the foreign
fruit crop was destroyed in many places
and now there is a big demand for
American fruits which are meeting
with a ready sale in the markets of
England. Pacific coast pears, peaches
and plums are selling very readils at
high prices. - al
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-10-01

LOsT-Saturday, between Princeton
and the farm of O. G. Northrup at Elk
Lake, a money pouch containing gold
and bills. Finder will please leave
same at UNION office and receive re-
ward. JOHN NORTHR11P.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-10-01
Broke Into His House.

S. LIE Quinn of Cavendish, w., was
robbed Of his customary health by in
vasion of chronic constipation. When
DR.. Kings New Life Pills broke into
his house, his trouble was arrested and
now he's entirely cured. They're
guaranteed to cure, 25c at G. A. Jacks
drug store.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-10-01

THE record of Dan Patch was low
cred two seconds last week when Prince
Alert went a mile in Isl at Yonkers.
N. Y, but the owner of the. Minnesota
horse says that the record at Yonkers
was made with the aid of wind shield.
a contrivance not used by Dan Patch
when he made his record at Brighton
Beach,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-10-01

AT the interstate rife competition at
Lake City last week the Washburn
trophy was won again by Illinois, Min
nesota standing second. The Mime
sofa boys fell down when it came to
skirmish firing, but they acquitted
themselves very we'll.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-10-01

STATE AUDITOR IVERSON could not
see why the s3,00o,o00 preferred stock
of the Twin City Rapid Transit COM
pany, worth $3.50 per share, should
escape taxation. Mr.. Iverson's posi-
ton was undoubtedly correct.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-10-01
E. B. ANDERSON, PRINCETON.

The happy Indian summer days are days of
grace tor the farmer and we all hope they will
continue for several weeks yet You must not
overlook the fact that next week is Fair Week
and the Mile Laos County F air will be held on
Monday Tuesday and Wednesday; October 5,
and We expect good weather and a good
crowd, and wish to remind you that your visit
to the fair will not be complete without visit
to our store, for we intend to be right at home
to all ta1r visitors next week. and wish you to
call and enjoy our hospitality. Not only this,
but take advantage Of our bargains in every
department of our store:
We have fine selected line Of Dry Goods,
the best we ever placed in stock and if you
want something real nice at very reasonable
prices call and inspect stock.
Just received some pretty new patterns in inn
ported Chinaware: They are good honest
goods and right up to date
We simply mention these goods because we
know you will appreciate them. ,v
Our stock of Staple and Fancy Groceries,
was never more complete We aim to keep
fresh stock Of good things to eat always on hand
E: B. ANDERSON,
Princeton MIMI
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-10-01

A VERMONT lumberman who died
the other day left provision in his
will for Christmas tree each year and
gifts for the children Of Dandy, Mount
Tabor and vicinity. What a glorious
benefactOr!
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-10-01

IN a few days the old $11.50 passen-
ger rate between the Twin Cities and
Chicago will be restored. No more
eight dollar trips. Again it has been
demonstrated that railroads do not
compete. Eight dollars is enough for
single fare between St. Paul and
l,hica 90
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-10-01

THE express messenger who shot one
Of the bandits who were holding up a
train on the O. r. & N. road on the
Pacific coast last week should be hand
somely rewarded for his good marks
manship. He shot the bandit right
through the heart. That's the way to
serve them.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-10-01

CONSOLIDATION is the order of the
day, but not so in churches, many of
which still make faces at one another
and leave the golden rule under the
Bible.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-10-01

MILE Laos county fair next Mon
day, Tuesday and Wednesday. Be sure
and attend. There will be many at
fractions to interest you. Farmers, do
your best under the circumstances and
make what displays you can.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-10-01

WE are still not far removed from
barbarians in many things and one of
those is funerals and our methods of
conducting the same There are too
many old musty rituals and a surfeit Of
fra GRANGE in so many cases.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-10-01

BISMARCK, N. D., is going to hold an
irrigation convention next month.
The capital city Of our sister state has
been in the irrigating business quite a
number of years, but now intends to
adopt new and entirely different
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-10-01

a COMMERCIAL treaty between the
United States and China will be signed
on the eighth day Of October which
will give to Uncle Sam some very
liberal trade privileges in the Orient.
We propose to have some of the top in
that part of the worlds great develop
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-10-01

SOME of the boarding houses in Min
neapolis are closing up because provis-
ions are getting so high. This ought
not to affect the average boarding
house to any great extent. 49,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-10-01

SENATOR HANNA in declining an in
vitation to 60 into a joint debate in the
Ohio campaign says the Democrats
have no fixed principles.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-10-01

A NAN down in Sioux City had an
attack of appendicitis by biting off the
ends of his mustache and swallowing
them. Next.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-10-01

IN New York City they are establish
ing portable churches. This is to run
down the awful old sinners of that great
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-10-01

THIS is liable to be an off year in the
states Of Ohio and Iowa for some of the
''alsO rams"
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-10-01

The Alaskan boundary commission
is trying to line up Canada and the
United States out in the land of gold
and cold
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-10-01

CHICAGO is celebrating it's one hun
dredth anniversary this week. On it's
triumphant banner should be inscribed
a hog and windmill.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-10-01

OYSTER BAY is a place of beauty and
a recollection now that President
Roosevelt and family have gone back
to Washington. Buzzards Bay is still
b,,11inOrC
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-10-01

DAWES it look like there was some
thing rotten in the Cherokee nation?
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-10-01

A MAN in West Virginia read chap
ter in the Bible and then blew out his
brains. He should have revised the
order,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-10-01

A Blue Hill pilgrim had chance to
go to work the other day cutting hay,
but he said so long as the railroads
we're cutting rates he guessed he would
stay with the railroads.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-10-01

Binke-Bill Bradley has quit wagon
making, which he had just taken an
interest in as an apprentice.
Belaire-Well, that's queer; he said
he liked it.
Binke-He did, but he refused to
have anything to do with the vice.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-10-01
BY r. c.. DUNN
Published Every Thursday

oFF,cE: FIRST ST., EAST OF COURT HOUSE.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-10-01

Chicago butchers threaten to strike
unless their wages are raised. Let us
hope packers and butchers will meat
and calmly consider the matter.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-10-01
Shavings.

Minneapolis has got a miller case of
it's own. J.!
Duluth is not only it this week,
but ME.
A lazy man is of no more use than
dead one and takes up more room.
Success is not always the test of the
righteousness and eternal fitness of
things.
A report comes from down east that
an Englishman lost his eyesight in try
ing to see through joke.
The simplest thing in the world
sometimes is the most difficult to I'M
derstand-an idiot for instance.
They say the way to a mans heart is
through his stomach, but the road to
some mems hearts must be very bum
indeed.
Some people are satisfied to peep
through the key hole of life and think
they know everything from the narrow
view they get of things.
Jones-I thought the doctor said you
couldn't eat pork.
Mackanydif- did, but that pork
will never squeal on me.
Chicago butchers threaten to strike
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-10-01

a dandy.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-02-15

only to be shortly after broken, like ali
the other promises made the Indian.
Upon the removal of the Gull lake
Indians to White Earth En-me- gah-
bowh accompanied them thither where
he built the Church of ST. Columbia at
a cost of $4,000.
A pretty story is told of his trip
through the East, where he raised the
major portion of the money with which
he built the edif1ce. When in Wash
ington Jennie Lind, the Swedish Night
ingale, sent for him and displayed
her intense interest in him and his
people by the numberless questions
she asked him about his life.
In telling about 1t afterward En-ne-
gah boWh said:
How much do you require, IT.
Johnson she asked me when 1 had
told her the object of my mission in
the East.
81 was so taken aback that I sat
there just like a dumb beast. My COM
panions were the same. No one dared
to name a sum for fear if we said too
much she would give nothing; and that
if we did not say enough she would
not give as much as was in her mind.
we might lose all, and said $500
"'Oh, she exclaimed, that is not
enough and when 1 looked at the
cheque it was for $1,000.
Nine times the veteran visited Wash
ington in the interests of his adopted
people. His was a wonderful tact for
bringing home to the simple minds Of
the red man the wants and desires
of their lots. He was wildly eloquent,
yet with a great degree Of stability.
He knew how to work his hearers into
perfect turmoil of unrest, and with
a few well chosen words he would
show them the true way by which to
In ~ hi oh hn11. -
He understood their natures, he was
master among them, he was states
man, leader.
A chief of the Pembina Indians said
to Bishop Whipple: 81 am a wild
man. I knew the Indians in the East
had persisted. l was sad for my chill
dren My fathers told me there was a
great Spirit. I have gone into the
woods and tried to find ilim to talk to
him. l could not take hold of his hand.
went to your Spirit man, En-me- gah-
bowh, I sat at his feet, and all is well
now. have the story written in my
heart"
In a letter written a short time be-
fore his death to member of Bishop
Whipple's family, En-me- gah- bowh
said:
MY heart tells me-the forest whis-
pers it shall soon be with my bish-
op. My heart cries out for him. The
older Indians above are lonely, they
will soon go in search of him. If 1t
be the will of the Great Spirit that
see you in our land before 1 die, my
people will rejoice greatly Good bye"
On Tuesday, Feb. 10, a petition was
presented in the legislature to erect a
monument at his grave.
The signers of the petition are:
Alex Ramsey, John B. Sanborn Henry
P. Upham, ]. S. Brewer, E. w. Durant.
a, J.. Larpenteur. John Espy, D. T. Hall,
William w. Folwell. ]. D. Ludden
Charles e. Flandrau. w. P. Murray HI
ram F. Stevens, T. J. Knox, Daniel Fish,
M. R. Tyler, l. w. Collins, William II.
Yale. Charles H. Graves.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-02-15
A PREDIcAMENT

Mandy's readin' novels now; don't know
what to do
She minds the advertisements an buys
everything that's new;
An, every now an then she gives me a
reprovin' look :
Because amt more like the hero in the
story book.
took a glance the other day an read a
chapter DER,
You must excuse yer Uncle Josh from
readin' any more
An them there Illustrations Well, NV
blood, it nearly froze
To think what / should look like if r
wore than kind O. clothes!
I'm feelin' right discouraged; life does
not possess the charm
l thought it would when once I eot tho
mortgage off the farm
haven't any taste at all fur rovins and
fur strife;
I'm sure I never called a man . ssvar1a 49,
in my life.
I couldn't say Sheath or BOUNDS - INV
feelin's to relieve;
l know that | would spoil it by laughin,
In my sleeve,
An yet I'm sometimes tempted To la1,
down the hoe an rake
An try to be novel hero Jest fur Man
dy's sake.
Washington Star.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-02-15
Swell Cast Off Gowns and
the Uses They Are Put to

On Washington Avenue south, in
what is perhaps the tSlummiest part Of
Minneapolis, stands a grimy little
shop. 1t faces other shops even grim
mier, shops so evidently down-a the
heel that the wonder,of it is that they
should ever find tenants. But ten
ants they have, store-keepers in a
very small way, Whoadisplay two thirds
of their goods on the pavement for
the simple reason that the interior of
their shop is only large enough to hold
one-third.
Over the door of this particular
grimy little shop is the name "a.
London" and inside the shop, either
stored away on the shelves or fiaunt-
ing their full length boldly from the
hooks, are to be found party gowns in
every state of preservation, from the
long, pale blue one that has only a
tiny grease spot near the bottom of
the skirt to mar it's loneliness, to the
low-cut white satin bodice from which
the pearl seed trimming has been all
worn away.
There is not a gown in that shop
that could not tell an interesting his
tory were it gifted with speech and in
clined to be communicative. But
were that gown so endowed, you may
be sure that before beginning its his
tory it would indulge in a fierce and
bitter complaint against destiny for,
like all the other gowns in the grirny
shop, it has seen better days.
81 buys all kinds of cast-off ladies'
clothing, such as fancy silk waists.
evening dresses and the likes Of that
the plump and smiling proprietress of
the little shop assures all who are inn
pertinent enough to inquire into her
business. Once a month she makes
a round of the houses of the rich in
St Paul and MINNEAPOLIS.
Any kind of old party dress or even
ing waist SO long as it's low cut" she
tells her prospective patrons. II they
were not low cut the ladies of the
Star" or the "ladieslof the Dewey
for these are Mrs. Lpndon's best Gus
tomers-will have none of them.
Where She Gets the Gowns.
Mrs. London's stock never runs low
but it receives its largest replenish-
ment during the present month, when
ST. Paul and Minneapolis bellies have
tired of dancing and this years dancG
ing gowns and are quite willing to dis
pose of the latter at the fair price that
Mrs. London offers for them. These
bellies never see the interior of the
grimy little shop. Indeed, it is doubt
full if they have any idea what be-
comes of the gowns in which they have
danced through the winter. Even old
friends are not so quickly forgotten as
are my lady's old dancing gowns and
dancing slippers. Often women who
sell their gowns do not see even the
proprietress of the grimy little shop.
Negotiations are carried on through
the servants.
But the people who buy these east
off garments have very direct in
tercourse with Mrs. London and the
interior of the grinys little shop is
quite familiar to them All sorts and
conditions of girls and women pass