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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-02-19

The department. of commerce bill is
now a law, President Roosevelt sign
ing the bill last Saturday. Geo. B.
Cortelyou, the presidents private Sec
rotary will be appointed to the position
of secretary of the new department,
which will prove to be one of the most
important of all the government de.
partments. It includes the bureau OF
corporations which has a good strong
leverage on the big corporations of
the country and while the bureau is
not clothed with as much power as it
ought to be, still it can turn on the
searchlight of publicity and focus pub
lie opinion on the acts of the giant cor
porations of the country. The depart
ment also contains the bureau Of manu-
features and the labor bureau is also
merged with the department of COM
MERGE. The most important man next
to the secretary himself will be the
chief of the bureau of corporations and
the president has named James r. Gar
field, son of the martyred president, for
the position. .. The appointment is an
excellent one.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-02-19

The frigid condition of the weather
reminds us of the February weather
statement published by Hicks and
which was given publicity in the UNION
last week. This is what he said: ''The
cold wave that would naturally appear
about the 18th may possibly be retarded
until after the moons passage over
the celestial equator on the 18th. But
those who do not prepare for hard,
winter storms, and for a great cold
wave, and blizzard between the 9th
and 10th of February, will, we fear pay
a cost or penalty. The final culmina.
ton of these storms may not come be-
fore the 18th and 10th which are. cen
trail reactionary storm days; but we
caution all, especially those who have
large live stock interests at stake to be
on their guard any time from the 9th
until the elimination comes. Don't
be deceived by delays and pleasant
weather." Who says Hicks is fake:
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-02-19

THERE are some who say that big
corporations, such as railroads go I'M
punished for violations of the law.
But when found guilty of having vio-
lated the laws of states and the nation
railroads get their punishment the
same as private individuals. Judge
Humphrey of the United States cir
cult court at Springfield, ILL.,, has just
fined the big Four" railroad $1,000
for being in contempt of court. The
road agreed with a. consignor to ship
closely compressed baled hay average
ing in weight $4,000 pounds to the car
at ordinary grain rates. Judge Jen-
kens of the circuit court some time ago
ordered the road to live up to it's agree
mept, which it did not do, and hence
the fine for contempt. .
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-02-19

ACCORDING to the abstract of taxes
for the various counties in the State
the average rate of taxation throughout
the State for the present year is 24.3mills
against FL mills a year ago. The
average rate of taxation in Mile Laos
county for the present year is 1871 mills
against 1876 mills a year ago. There
has been an increase in round numbers
of Sl50,000,O00 in the assessed valua-
ton of the State over year ago. The
State, county and local taxes levied
throughout the State for the present
year are divided as follows: State
taxes. s2,25s, 1922: county taxes.
So, CAB, 993.7l; city and village, $685.
S04.49; township, $1,464, 1922; school
districts, S., 494, 9l1.25, making a total
Of SIS, $40, 946.60. The total value Of
actual taxable real and personal prop
erty in the State is. s761, 1922 OF
which S647, 654, 100 is real and s1l4, 1885,
514 personal property.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-02-19

FROM experiments that have re-
Gently been made at Kankakee, Ills,
under the auspices of the national agri-
cultural department it has been demon
strated that high-grade paper can be
made from the corn stalk. One grade
is made from the hard shell of the
stalk, another from the pith and an
other from the husk. It is claimed
that the. paper made from the pith is
the finest grade of oil paper, and al
most equal to linen paper. The Pho
neer Press says: "a machine has been
invented, and is now being manufac-
tured, which will take the cornstalk
with the ear still on it, husk the ears,
separate the: husk from the stalk, and
then remove the shell from the pith.
Sending this machine into the fields,
the paper manufacturers will propose
to farmers to buy their corn crop as it
stands in the field. If the farmers wish
the corn after it has been husked, it
will be passed back to them; otherwise
it will be marketed by the owner of the
machine, who will convert every re-
naming part of the plant into some
form Of manufacture. It is though that
by the time this years crop of sta ks is
ripe the parties organizing the enter
prise will be ready to begin papermak-
ing on large scale" Now watch the
trusts try to buy up the farmers corn
fields
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-02-19

JUDGE GRossCUP Of the United
States circuit court Of Chicago has
ruled against the demurrer of the "beef
trust and granted a motion for tenn
porary injunction. The judge is Of the
opinion that the ways and means the
"beef trust" has of manipulating the
live, stock market is purely in restraint
of trade. The decision is a severe
blow to the beef Dealers and packers
confidential combination.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-02-19

AT the Lincoln club banquet at St.
Paul last week one of the speakers was
Rev. DR.. Forbes, who put a good one
on the minister's when he told of how
twenty out of the twenty-three minis
tiers in Springfield were opposed to
Lincoln, and DR.. Forbes added It'll
confess if you won't tell on me that in
my opinion that is about the proportion
of preachers that have any common
sense in politics, anyhow
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-02-19

ACCORDING to the report of the
State drainage commission to the leg
islature there are thirty-six and six
tenths miles of drainage bitches now
completed in the State, the cost OF
which has amounted to s44, 956.6O. The
total number of acres benefited is 49,
600 and the benefits to the redeemed
land are estimated at So per acre. The
total benefits to the land amount to
SPAS, 900. This is not a bad invest.
ment. The work is yet in it's infancy.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-02-19

The death at his home in Minneap-
oils last week of Albion K. Trask, one
Of the pioneer lumbermen of Mime
sofa, removes a man who for many
years was a prominent figure in the
numbering and logging industry Of this
State: Mr.. Trask years ago was inter
ested in extensive logging operations
in the Rum river valley and was we'll
known by many of the old settlers OF
Princeton and Mile Laos county. He
removed to Minnesota from Maine in
1875 and located in Minneapolis. Mr..
Trask retired from active business six
wears AGO.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-02-19
A Cold Weather Stunt.

Old Boreas arose the other morning
up at his ice palace on Medicine Hat
boulevard. Things were not going
just to suit the old man. His stomach
was sour, there was a pain in his back
and his tongue resembled piece of
tripe. The hired girl did not get in
until 2 a.. m. and breakfast was just a
bit off color. The old man picked-up
the paper for a brief diversion, and as
he read he noticed a pretty little poem
on spring. He also read about the
homeseekers who were getting ready
to start for the northern domains. He
also noticed the big advertisements of
the spring tonics and blood purifiers,
etc.. Now all such stuff had tendency
to rifle the old man and he got wrathy
and beloved forth cpl show them
whose a running this machine.' He
went to the telephone and rang up his
head engineers who were eating
frosted apples down in the sub-cellar.
=, 'Icebum,' said the old man, ':this
thing is getting too monotonous. I'll
just give them touch of high life. I
want you and Frigid Fritz to go over
to the factory and turn on the air
chutes. Icebum, you release the low
pressure valves on the continental di-
vide, turn on the ammonia watts and
connect up with those Hudson Bay
frost reserves. Wire the house at Attic
Retreat to put on all the pressure pos
sible and press down the frost line as
far as Hells Half Acre down in Texas.
Fritz, you put the fans to working
on the Pacific Coast division and blow
the zephyrs to mid ocean. Wind up
the Ferris Refrigerator to a. thousand
revolutions a minute and send cold
current through to Deaths Valley.
Then turn on the steam for Duluth and
Chicago and give the Mississippi VAL
ley a hot breath, just enough to make
'em whistle when the Robins Nest
Again." and make 'em think of Low
elPs June perfection. Just as the
moth balls get ready to do business
turn the whole plant around and give
the east side of the Rockies the full
benefit of the northwest quarter of the
southeast quarter of section l19 of the
North Pole. Get the fans, the air and
frost chutes ready for 'Lulu". and
start in at Medicine Hat and blow hard
from Butte to Boston and run down to
the cotton district. Hold her steady
until the weather bureau gets in danger
of humiliation and then shoot up the
Atlantic coast with a vicious gale, ter
minating at Machias where there are
still a few blue-belly Mainites who live
on spruce gum and fish. In the mean
time I'll keep open house and watch
'em saw wood and monkey with the
furnace. Just, about the time the Ar
kansaw Traveller gets ready to hike
and the Minnesota land man beginssto
repent I'll ring off and turn North Pole
to the wall.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-02-19

IT is about time that all this dilly
dallying and fussing with the Mile
Laos lake Indians ceased. The red
man up in that neck of the woods has
no worse grievances than many of the
poor whites about the country, and now
that the Indians have received their
money in final settlement and have
signified their willingness to move to
other places, the proper thing to do is
for the government to see that the
Indians are moved and with as little
delay as possible. The government has
plenty of land for them and it would
not take but a short time to build
enough houses for the Indians and fit
them out to take up the white mans
burden on White Earth and other
reservations. ''Jerry J.'' wired the
Minneapolis Journal that Agent Mitch
elet would be able to build only houses
enough for twenty families every six
months and that at this rate it would
take more than twenty years to move
the Indians. A delegation of the Mile
Laos Indians went to Washington last
week to talk with the Indian bureau
about an extension of time in which to
leave Mile Laos lake, and now let a
delegation of white men go down and
see the Indian bureau or the members
OF congress about the matter, and see
that every Indian is moved the coming
summer. There is no reason for an
endless amount of governmental red
tape in this very simple matter. The
Indians have decided to go and now
let us see that they do go.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-02-19
tW-4SHINGTON AND Il THIRD TERN.

None Of our great men were free
from the curse of factional fights and
the conniving of compromising poll
ticians and statesmen. Even Wash
ington in the latter days of his public
life was harrassed by men of this class
and there were a few newspapers that
poured out their abuse upon the
Father of His Country" Washing
ton was man that if he was living in
the present age many people would
call cold, reserved and officious.. After
he became president he dignifed his
office by considerable reserve in his
acts and public domeanor. He refused
to shake hands with anyone and was
reserved in very marked degree, but
he believed that his office was one that
called for such official conduct and he
loved his country none the less because
of such belief. After the thirteen coll
onies had linked themselves together
as nation new questions of foreign
and domestic import came up for solu
ton and the old patriots were divided
in their views on many of these issues.
Washington had his bitter political
enemies, and while history tells us
that he refused third term as presi-
dent as matter of principle, now
comes DR.. Edward Everett Hale in his
"Memory of a Hundred Years. and
says:
1T is with some hesitation that T
add here, what I am afraid is true.
though [ never heard it said aloud I'M
til the year 1901. 1t belongs with the
discussion as to the third term for the
presidency. The statement now is
that Washington did not permit his
name to be used for a third election
because he had become sure that he
would not carry the state of Virginia
Ill o1Ao oAoSC1o1. he WOulu unQOuDt-
eddy have been chosen by the votes of
the other states, but would have felt
the want of confidence implied in the
failure of his own country as he used
to call it in his earlier letters. to vote
for him. 1t is quite certain, from the
correspondence of the time, that. as
late as September of the year 1896, the
year in which John Adams was achosen
president, neither Adams nor Wash
ington knew whether Washington
meant to serve a third term.''
DR.. Hale's secondhand statement is
too late in history to ever change. the
worlds opinion of Washington and his
views as to third presidential term.
Historians generally focus the camera
on those acts that make men famous
and leave the common, everyday
events unnoticed,- and it is. justvthese,
little events in mems lives that some
times are an index to their character.
1t is well for many great men that
these little events are never mentioned,
and tits even fortunate for many men
in the more common walks of life.
The founders of our country were
truly great, but nevertheless ambitious
the same as men are to-day, and. there
was political jealousy among many of
the old fathers. But there is nothing
OF this character that ever married the
life of Washington. He was above the
little intrigues and chickering's so often
INDUCED in by public men.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-02-19

CARNEGIE says war with Germany
is a sure thing, sooner or later, and
Henry Watterson says that fifty years
from now Germany will bear the same
relative position to the United States
that Holland does now.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-02-19

Cut this out and take it to Princeton
Drug Co.'s drug store and get a free
sample of Chamberlain Stomach and
Liver Tablets, the best physic. They
cleanse and invigorate the stomach,
improve the appetite and regulate the
bowels. Regular size, 25c. per box.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-02-19

A ST. LOUIS doctor has demonstrated
that a hypodermic injection of carbolic
acid will prevent lock jaw spasms. A
four per cent solution was given, the
dose being two drops every three hours.
The discovery will be valuable one to
medical science.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-02-19

The supreme court has decided that
a fraternal insurance organization
cannot adopt effective bylaws forfeit
ing the membership: of any one engag-
ing in a specified occupation.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-02-19

THE Elk River Star-News was printed
on its new Potter press last week and
Editor Dare is now on his native heath
once more, and here's hoping he will
escape the fire fiend in the future. The
Star-News is looking better than ever
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-02-19

MINISTER BOWEN has succeeded in
effecting satisfactory terms between
Venezuela and the European powers
that have been bowling for "mon. -
The blockades have been raised and
the dogs of war have returned to their
kennels.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-02-19

The man who invented the shoe hooks
for shoe laces is in the aims house in
San Francisco. He sold his patent for
$3.50. That was genius. The man who
bought the patent made over million
dollars from the sale of the hooks.
That was push.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-02-19

SUNDAY is Washington's birthday
We cannot all be fathers of our coun
try, but we can all be good and loya.
sons and daughters of this country.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-02-19

LIVE stock on the ranges is suffering
in consequence of the terrible storms
and cold weather, and the loss to
ranchers will be heavy in many places.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-02-19

A ST. PAUL commission man has
been caught with 900 cartridges and
seventeen saddles of venizon in his
possession, and if he should receive the
maximum limit of fines they would
amount to nearly $4,000. Who's stand
inU inc
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-02-19

The State editorial association will
meet in St. Paul to-day and tomorrow.
The boys will all have a good time.
Turn an editor loose and he can always
do few good social stunts.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-02-19

General Miles is home again. He
made the tour of the world in five
months. He ought to be an all-round
good fellow now.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-02-19

A new disease of the eye has made
it's appearance. 1t is called ''headeye"
caused from reading modern news head
lines. Still there is no trouble to see
the ''point'' to the letters.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-02-19

IT would not be any great surprise to
find vast beds of a very good grade OF
coal in northern Minnesota.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-02-19

A representative of China is in this
country to let a contract for the manu-
facture of lot of idols for the heather
temples. One condition of the con-
tract is that the images must be fire
proof and able to float.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-02-19

THERE'S one consolation, anyway
August is coming and will last just
thirty-one days.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-02-19

REMEMBER THE NAME; even if it
was five years ago.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-02-19

The statehood bill has deadlocked
the senate. What's the matter with
giving Quay and his whole tribe the
island of Guam? r..
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-02-19
Shavings.

A man without a peer is liable to get
in deep water. .~@
Some peoples constitutions need
many amendments.
It is easier to ask for an appropri-
alton than it is to get it. ~
Down in South Carolina the coons
don't seem to be able to. even Get a.
Crum.
In damage suit if the lawyer wins
he usually gives the plaintiff the collar
button.
What an elegant opportunity for
having an ice palace St. Paul has
missed this winter.
Has Sheriff Dreger of Hennepin
county gone into the undertaking bust
ness down at Hancock, N. H.?
Hops in Washington have not been
as high in the past twelve years as they
are at present. Prices have jumped
right up.
Everybody is through telling what
they know and what they think about
Lincoln, and now for the ''Father of his
Country"
Some early-bird dealers are exhibit
ing seeders and disc harrows, but thew
are reminded that spring is quaran-
tined for six weeks.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-08-28
AUCTION SALES.
BY r. f. Knox, Auctioneer.
TpTr0TEESB CATE


BY r. +. Knox, Auctioneer.
TRUSTEES SALE
OF VALUABLE BRICK DWEhklNU'
BEING NO. 517 SOUTH WASHING
TON STREET. ALEXANDRIA,
VIRGINIA.
By virtue Of and in pursuance TO the pro
visions of a certain deed Of trust dated on the
lst day of September, 1900, executed .oy
Robert w. French and May French, his wiie,
and recorded in the Corporation Court oil Al Al
exandria city, Virginia, in ID. b. 40, page %,
conveying to the. undersigned as trustees tue
real estate in said deed described, 10 secure
the Washington National Building ana Loan
Association, of Washington, ID. C., the iaith-
full performance Of the stiPulatlons anu con.
ditions of a certain bond of the said Robert
w. French to the said Association in the
penal sum of Eight Thousand Dollars (o,0OO.-
COZ, securing the payment Of the sum OF our
Thousand Dollars (s4000.00l, together with
all interest. premium, dues. fines, taxes, other
moneys and charges in said boud and deed OF
trust provided, and in the manner and form
and upon the terms in said bond and deed
contained. default having been made for more
than three months in Che performance OF the
stipulations and conditions in said bond and
deed of trust contained, the said Trustees,
having been requested so to do IN writing Dy
the said Association, will proceed on
SATURDAY,
September 5, 1908, at o'clock p. m.
to sell at public auction for cash, on the prem
| ises the property. in tie city Of Alexandria,
| Virginia. described az follows, TO wit be
ginning for the same on the west side OF WASH
| ington street one hundred and twenty-iour
| (124) feet south of Wilkes street, aud running
thence south on Washington street to the
south line of the property now belonging to
the deyisees Of Prudence NJ. White, which
north line is supposed to be about ITO feet
north Of Gibbon street thence westerly ana
| parallel to GibbOn street one hundred and
| twenty-three (123) feet five % inches TO the
middle of the square; thence northwardly
parallel TO Washington street to point one
J hundred and twenty-four (l2i) feet south OF
Wilkes street thence eastwarlly and parallel
10 Wilkes street one hundred and twenty
three (l23) feet five (5) inches to the begin
ming, it being the lot Of ground which was
| conveyed to the said Robert w. Trench b.
| deed of partition between the said Robert W:
French and Clearance y. French, dated
| October II, 1894, and recorded in deed book
No. 80, p. 200.
IMPROVED by press brick and brown
stone, three-story dwelling, containing
thirteen rooms, heated by hot voter, and al
necessary outbuildings.
JOSIAH G. STODDARD, Trustee,
n. L. corner 18th and G streets, n. W,
Washington, ID. c.
ADDISON c. DUBOIS, Trustee,
n. Z. corner 18th and G street, N. w,
au22 I'd Washington, ID. c.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-08-28
nrFNNG AND CLOsING on MAILS

Northern mails, week days, close at 81
90 and 10 20 a. M, and 10, 24O, Az, rs
and 10 As d. IN. Open at s 90 a. M, 12OO m
and 4s0 nm. On Sundays Northern mails
close at 9 30 q. M, 80 ?. m. and ~ p; m
Southern mails via Charlottesville close al
7 30 and 10 40 a. M, and 2 90 and III 40 p. H.
Open at s 90 a. III. and 2 30 and 30 P. m.
Southern mails. via Richmond, close at
10 30 a. m, and 800 20 and 10 45 p. M.
Omen at s a. IN. and / and p. m.
Manassas Division mails close at ~ o. m.
and 3 As D.. m. Open at IL 90 m.
Alexandria and Round Fill mails close at
20 a. m. and p. m. Open at 900 a. m. and
800 p. m. .on
Chesapeake and Ohio mails close at 40 p;
M. and 10 40 p. IN. open at eOO g. H. ana
430p.m 700 n On a,d
II 10 a. m, and 10, 40, s 40, % and ~ 40
D. IN. Open at 800 a. m, II 90 m. and 1OO p
M and 40 p. m.
Office Hours-Open at 800 a. m. Close at
90 p. m. C,.ao
Carriers Schedule-Collection made on in;
side routes--6 80 and 10 90 a. m. and w ana
| < 30 u. m. Full route-630 a. IN. and b 80 p:
m. Sunday collection 500 p. m. Carriers
window open Sunday 900 a. m. and close
| 1000 a. IN.
Deliveries made 90 q. m, p. m. and 4 10
! p. IN. .....
All mail should be in the Office ten minutes
before our indicated time for closing.