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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-10-15
Look to the Roads.

1t is said that the road west from
William Browns farm to Battle
Brook is in very bad shape and is al
most unfit for travel on account of the
wet weather. The road is under water
part of the way and because it has not
been properly kept up and graded and
IN shape to stand a spell of bad
weather farmers find it almost imDOs
sible to travel over it. The proper
authorities should take hold and do
what they can to keep such roads in
fit condition for travel. There does
not seem to be any excuse for such a
condition Of the public highway.
Good roads are an absolute necessity
in thickly settled part of the coun-
try but it seems that there are many
farmers who do not look at it. this
WaV
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-10-15
CHANGES IN PERSONAL PROPERTY
state Board of Equalization Increases Per-
sonal Property Valuations.

sonal Property Valuations.
County Auditor Whitney has re-
ceived from the State auditor the list
OF changes that were made in the per-
sonal property of Mile Laos county
by the State board of equalization last
month. There are no decreases in the
entire list Of property and the increases
range all the way from ten to 125 per
cent, the latter raise being on those
very useful articles. watches and
clocks. Stations and high grade
mares. race horses, etc., are boosted
seventy-fve per cent, and work oxen
sixty-six and two-thirds per cent,
while. diamonds and jewelry get a
raise of fifty per cent. The changes
are as follows:
Stations, high grade mares, race
horses, etc., IS per cent: two-year-old
cattle. 20 per cent: COWS, ten: work.
ing oxen, 65s55; all other cattle over
three years. 20 per cent: sheep. 49,:
hogs, 70: wagons. carriages. sleighs,
etc. 1915: automobiles, 1913: watches
and clocks, l25; melodeonS and Or
gans. 20: pianos, 20: household
goods and wearing apparel, 10: Of
flee furniture, 10: gold and silver
plate, 1915: diamonds and jewelry. So;
steamboats, and sailing vessels. TO-:
goods and merchandise of merchants.
Is: shares Of bank stock. 10: on all
other articles not specified in the list
of personal property a raise of ten
per cent was ordered.
In the village of Princeton an in
crease of 10 per cent was made on the
money of banks the capital stock of
which is not represented by shares of
stock. In Milaca this class of prop
erty was given an increase of 3315
per cent.
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Death of Ex-Sheriff HokanSon.

Ex-Sheritf Chas. Hokanson of Cam
bridge died at his home in that place
last Sunday moring after an operation
for perforation of the bowels. He had
been bothered for a long time with a
rupture and in trying to replace the
bowel himself he caused a perfora-
ton. DR.. Cooney was called over bv
DIR. Hlxson to operate on Mr.. Hokan-
son, and everything was done to save
the mans life, but it was case where
surgery nor no other treatment would
save life. Mr.. Hokanson was sheriff
OF lsanti county several terms and
was very popular official and citi-
zen.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-10-15

business connected with the Uni on
has necessitated a change from the
slow method of setting the type by
what is konwn as hand composition
and the installing of the Simplex, a
machine that is operated by power and
on which the type are set by manipu-
lating key board in much the same
manner as a type writer is operated.
The demand for plenty of fresh news
matter, for late news in full detail
right up to the hour Of publication:
the necessity for keeping in the front
rank with the great development of
the newspaper business during recent
years: and the desire to give our read
ers as much as possible for their
mOney,-these considerations among
others led us to see that something
swifter and better than hand typesett-
ing must be provided. After a long
and careful investigation of the whole
subject of mechanical typesetting, we
have finally installed the machine
which is working such a revolution in
the old methods of producing news
papers.
1t is probable that On no labor say
ing machine has more time and money
been expended than on a device to set
and distribute type. For over CEN
fury inventors have struggled with the
question, and while their efforts were
partially successful, it has only been
in the past ten years that a practical
machine has been put on the market.
1t seems like an impossibility that any
combination of machinery other than
that encompassed in the human body
could separate nearly a hundred char
acters, pick them up again, form them
into words. combine the words into
sentences and place them in readiness
for that older but none the less marvel
Gus result of brains-the modern print
ing press. The Simplex does it THOUGH,
and does it five or six times as fast as
the most rapid compositor.
1t was easy to make mistakes in the
Old way. An would slip into the h
box or d into the n box, but the
Simplex can make no such mistakes.
The operator can and doubtless will
continue to make mistakes but thew
will be fewer than before and the hard
ships OF the proof-reader will be con-
slderably lessened and the sensibilities
OF the critical newspaper reader shock
ed less frequently than before.
1t would be almost an impossibility
TO give an accurate description of this
wonderful machine and the only way
to get even faint idea of it's pssibili-
ties is to come and examine it's work.
lngs. We publish a picture in this is
sue which is accurate as far as general
appearances go, but of course gives no
idea as to how it is operated. 49,.
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FARM HOUSE DESTROYED BY FIRE.
The George King Farm House Burned tn
the Ground Tuesday Afternoon.

The George King Farm House Burned to
the Ground Tuesday Afternoon.
Tuesday afternoon the George King
residence east of Princeton in the town
OF Wyanett caught fire while the fami-
ly was absent at work about the farm
and the building burned to the ground,
most Of the furniture and clothing in
the house being burned. Charles
King and the hired man and GIRL we're
in the potato field a short ways from
the house and Mrs. King and children
were over across the road at work
topping onions. Mr.. King discovered
that the house was atire and when he
reached the premises the house-Was
one mass of flames. He tried to 90
upstairs but the smoke smothered him.
An organ and a few pieces of furniture
were all that we're saved. No other
buildings about the farm were de-
stroyed. The house was insured for
$500 and the household goods for 5000.
The King house was an old landmark
in that section as it was built over a
quarter of century ago. The first
house that Mr.. King built was DESTROY
ed by lire many years ago.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-10-15

ST: PAUL, Mimi, Oct. 6, 1908.
Let's see, wasn't it the governor who
boosted some time ago of having a
non-political board Of control?
- :.
1t is just as we'll for some cheap pol
ltlclans who are attempting to juggle
with public sentiment in this State to
realize that when the people get good
and ready to do a thing they do it
whether it pleases the politicians or
not. You cannot fool all of the peo-
pie very long, gentlemen and when YOU
have fooled them once you will have
harder work next time. And the pub
lie is apt to be suspicious of the men
who talk the l0udest> of friendship for
the people and at the same time dis
play every evidence of being afraid to
trust the people to manage their own
political affairs.
Knute Nelson says Judge Collins
will not be a candidate for governor.
Will the Dispatch be good now?
!. =
Hitler Horton is the Van SAINT leader
in Ramsey county. But Hitler will have
his own hands full when he goes out
to beat Fred Stevens for congress.
:. ! !;
The Presbyterian Synod in session
here got good grip on a very sensi-
bic idea that the church should seek
to be Of some help to the working peo-
plea real help and not just a spasm
OF fear for the working mans soul.
The church can be in no better bust
ness than that of making life right here
and now better and happier and more
useful.
MINNIE
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Land Sale at Princeton.

State Auditor Iverson will sell IT,
LOO acres of State land in Mile Laos
county next month, at Princeton. He
will also sell 1890 in Grow Wing.
1920 in Becker, 1850 in Otter Tail,
100 in Wadena, 3,4OO in Morrison,
and 1000 in Stearns.
A list of the lands to be sold in the
county of Mile Laos appears in this
issue. The sale WILL. take place on
the tWenty-fOurth of November.
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ment Of the distributor cylinder the
bottom type of each line of dead mat.
ter is tested by the wards or channels
OF the lower cylinder, until it finds one
exactly corresponding and drops down
into the lower magazine. The lower CYL
Under is stationary and at the bottom
OF each channel it contains lever
which is connected with a keyboard
similar to that Of a typewriter. When
character on the keyboard is press
ed down the lever releases the CORE
spending character from the channel
and deposits it on a rapidly moving
disc which carries it around the ma
chine and to a ''packer" which packs
the letters into line in their proper
order, in an upright position, or, to
use printers phrase. standing on
their feet A long line of type rapid
ly forms in front of the operator, and
when he has enough for his purpose
he whirls his chair around, and with
small instrument called ''grab''
separates enough from the long line to
make line the measure he is setting.
This ne justities or ''spaces. and then
takes another line and so on. When
two persons are working at the same
time: one operates the keyboard and
the other does the spacing. AS soon
as one line is spaced it is automat-
ically pushed back to make room for
another and at the same time the mat
ter is loaded if so desired.
After the machine is once in opera
ton all that is necessary in the way of
distributing is to place a galley of
dead type on the side of the upper CYL
inder in a place prepared for it. It
does the work perfectly, and while it is
apparently simple, it would be impos-
sible to explain the matter intelligent
ly, so we won't try, but again invite
you to come and see for yourself.
The Simplex is small and compact,
weighing about LOO pounds and oc-
cupylng no more floor space than an
ordinary coal stove, and while it
took brains and lots of them to invent
it, it is of remarkably simple con-
struction and not at all liable to get
out of repair.
We have had it in operation only
few days, but that is long enough to
discover its true worth, and every time
we see it work, with almost human in
telligence, we feel like taking off our
hat in it's presence.
tits certainly the best and most Won
derful machine that ever graced a
country print shop.
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ing the past two weeks:
J. L. Larson and wife to Emma J. Wi
keen, lot and ny of lot in block
2, Caters Second Add. to Prince
Thee. F. Koch Land Go. to- W. 6. Hol- S'''0o U
lister, VIZ of ne4 mex of nw4 sls
OF nWa; eE OF sWM and nwl4 OF
Wsoa P agd 81 re- i
SIS Grant Mcclure, eh of nw14 Of
Aulger Rines and wife to L. b: Book ="
oven ct al, lot in blk IS of Oak
Frank L. Rean and wife to John F. >'0O>
Bockoven lotC in blk 50 of Prince
John F. Bockoven ana wife to Andrew ''>
Roman lot & in blk 53 Of Princeton
townste. -. ,GO O(
Ernest p. Reddipg and wife to H. L.
Knight SEX OF ne4 and ne4 OF
sci OF sec 20, and VIZ of SW1 of
~, Sec q. Isle Harbor ........... 1910 .O(
THOMAS c. Daggett. ct al. to H. L.
Knight, VIE OF SWlI, seq of Sw4
ana sWA OF se14 OF sec. -. South.
HarDOr .........:... ............ 1850 .N
JudSon NJ Goss and wife to Fred
Goulding neA of swA of sec. "a.
Fred Goulding (unmarriedj to Mile ''''
Laos Lake Land Co., ne4 of SwA4
OF sec. a. Hayland -. 300 &C
Mary e. McKoy and husband to AL '''@
bert Beer. e!a Of nw4 of sec. %.
AIUcfG beeF (SlnSl6} TO Andrew j. Nc
Coy. eH OF nWl4 OF sec. 25, Milo. LOG
A. j. Mccoy (single) to Lester Kemp
ton. e13 OF nw4 of sec. rs, Milo " 1O,OC
Title NJ. Erickson and husband to
Robert SWenSOn, lot in block Ii
of End add to Milaca. ...... l2OO.0
Charles r. Carpenter (wdower) to
William Neumann, nw4 of Se4 Of
sec. 90 Princeton. :. ...... 1000. 60
l.. G. Sperry (single) to Fred r. Bur-
rell, nw4 OF sw14 of sec. q, Page.
SEX Of sw4 and So Of seq of sec
"a. Hayland ........ ....... 1OfNO 90
Orlando R. Manners and wife to East
ern Minnesota Land Co.. So of
swl4 OF sec. 80, Page. ....... 1922
r. T. Mcclellan and wife to H. L.
Knight. VIZ of sW14 of sec. 81 Isle
HdrOOf.... ............... 10000
John A. Noble (single) to Josephine
Norton. part OF lot 1 in sec p.
South Harbor Observation-Disclosures. o5lOO
II. E. Cowles (Widow) to Willis More
house lot II in block + of Oak
Knoll cemetery ...... ..... $500
Joseph L Cater (widower) to Forest
q. Cater, sea of ne4 and ne4 of
seq of sec. 3D. swl4 of nw4 and
nw4 OF sw14 less right OF way and
small tract in sec 80. Princeton 2.5OJO0
j Ohm A. Quick and wife to Charles H.
Schwortz, sw4 OF Sw4 of sec. %,
Howard Nj. Atkins and wife to Henry
Apologize. lot IA in block of Oak
Knoll cemetery %. ........... 1900
John 9. Evans and wife to Christine
Claggett S% of ne4 and 2 acres in
n1a of ne14 of sec. T. 1927. Robbins 10000
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A SIMPLEX MACHINE.
The Union lnstalls Simplex Type
Setting. Machine and Discards
Stick and Case.
A Wonderful Machine That Revo=
iutionszes System OF Getting
Out a Newspaper.

The Union appears this week in a
new dress, having been set with bright,
shining types from a Simplex type set
ting machine which has been added to
the equipment of the composing room.
The rapid growth of the paper and
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MINNESOTA
HISTORICAL
SOCIETY.

Office to sell books Or supplies to any
OF the schools, and that he never heard
OF McGeachy. There is no such body
as the State board of education and
as far as can be learned, the Elk River
board has paid its $3.50 simply to
learn these facts.
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MINNIE'S THINKS,

l"Minnie's Thinks" do not necessarily ex-
press the views of either the editor or publisher
OF the UNION Brother editors, please bear
this in mind.-PUB. UNioN.1
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Going to Louisiana Oil Fields.

Fl. J. Cater and family will soon
start for the sunny south again, max
ing thier home at Jennings, Louisiana,
where Mr.. Cater is interested in prom
Using oil felds.-Big Lake Herald.
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a RACING EVENT.

An interesting Race at the Fair Grounds
Last Friday Afternoon.
There was a fair aftermath race at
the fair grounds on Friday afternoon
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Real Estate Transfers.

The following are the real estate
transfers in Mile Laos county as filed
with Register of Deeds Chapman dur
ing the past two weeks:
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ST: PAUL, Mimi, Oct. 6, 1908.
Let's see, WASH It it the governor who
boosted some time ago of having a
non-political board Of control?
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grane1srs eymids.
New York. New Haven
and Hartford II. X.
-. October is, 1903.

SE1v yo, October Is. 1903.
xs:oo. xd SEM .s: 9699kkns425, 40 800
4. m, .l2:65, 12:i0, sI:25 Iparlo. car lin i'm.
ted el:35, 200. $3.50, 800, Zoo. s4.25 fpar.
e:5o szio is $50 ar En- t ISG 80 .SiS.
hloaationl, 1910; 9:l5 D. "a. Snndays-s4:55
80. 300. $50. 1855 a. M, 500. $3.50
to-, +5:lo, 16:15, s7:1O. as:I6. $3.50, -9:id
FOR WASHINGTON Via Harlem River
FOR ;SS 2. R M 1899 q. m; daily.
F s1o5REcI RdST9SSs. NJ. 1906 .. n.
,y,idence-s2:20 $50, .I1:SS, (parior cal
Rnited) a. m. s12.05. s2:SS (parior car
ssml65sd), .2:5O, *4:O5, .4:55, $3.50 p. M
sa:5S. ss $50, $500 a. M, s12:O5. $3.50
.i F9 eoB BOSTON via Springfield = .1:15
.I Ii9S q. m, .1:45. $3.50 p. m. Sundays
HAR q i Il, 'I 6igiRs R; 81
FnPh MAlE4IRIDEN. NEW BRITAIN, HART
FT1S6D AND SPRINGFIELD-s1: rs anne "a
m $3.50, 1908 ito HARTFORD, al :03 a.
I0 sos $50 .s S SiS &c &c HHsrssfforS
sS:UU 800, 1905, 11:31. Ito Merfdenl y. NJ
500 3 Ssnsal:l5 a. M, 1910, $500, 900.
SHORE LINE DIVISION
Gas ~ ew London. etc.-s220, 2:55, TAI,
snsr,n 10 = saybtook Junction. HOS 11:3;
} pr cor ear limteda q sl2o5, 1888 (par
! tSul, F0.UU, E4.U1. AID ltf
b by 1IooK Junc) s4:55, 5:15, 6:15 to saw
= nho "a 9unc.) 600, II 80 Ito Saybrook june
Po.l ~ sundays-+2:20, $3.50 a. M. sl2:OS
.z;9o. 4:55. 6:55 D. m.
r. H. LINE .,NoRTHAMPTON DIVISION.
imalddletown, Wiillmantic, etc.-7:35
e. r ~, IL iiS:55, 500 2. m. Sundays-72O D. M
,,a, ur oneiburne Falls Turner's Falls. WIZ
ttiiaansDgrg, Hoyoke. and intermediate sta
s sG19dsm7;5o q. m. and 400 p. m. For west
M War a nc intermediate stations, 5:57 D. M.
tbis VI i rsarmington, New Hartford and points
sn E siue-d:6 100 a. M, 1904, 400. 5:57 D. m
1o.1x nn.aad6erDury, via Cheshire, SAB q. IN.
n AS, z:aU, b:l0, $3.50 p. IN. sundays-g a.
BERKSHIRE DIVISION.
1Sr DerDy and Ansonia-6:O5 ITO 800,
eS.9S, s:42a M, 1916 noon, lilo, 2:30, 4:4G
o;SS2, 6:15, TAO, 1000. III 80 D. m. Sundayi
-3 9ss I; m, 1905, $3.50, 6:35, $40 D. m,
For Waterbury-6:05, lid. 500. 9:95 a.
H. H., zig ol $3.50, 5:22, TAO 11:30 D. M Sun
For Winsted-7;10, 9:45 a. m, $50, TAG
p N. Sundays-8.36 a. M. 6:35 u. m
TOT Dsnbnry, Pittsfeld and intermediate
~ poinass .Ez a. M, via Bridgeport, 9:3s a
For LitehfeId and point. On Litchneld
Junction. - ~ vac DeAos
Express Trains. xLocal Express
ADDE'S not connect for New Britain
e. I. HEMPSTEAD,
| General Passenger Agent
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NEW HAVEN SYMPHONY oReHEs-
7:5#t g5s3sa. I IRA.

The New Haven Symphony orchestra
has already begun its rehearsals for the
first concert of the season, to be held
Thursday, November 70, in Woolsey
Hall, and even at this early stage the
work done promises great things. Inn
portant additions have been made to the
orchestra, which will raise its possibili-
ties far beyond that of former years,
and will permit the production of COM
positions heretofore impossible. The
men have taken up the years work un-
der Professor Parker with an enthusi-
asm most conmendable. Such a spirit
will overcome all obstacles.
New Haven people will, this year have
the privilege of listening to their or
chestra in Woolsey Hall of Yale uni
versity, one of the most beautiful halls
in this country, whose acoustic proper
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ties are admirably suited to music of
the orchestral form. With the orches-
ira the magnificent Newberry organ
will frequently be heard, and it is par
tfcularly appropriate that at the first
concert an orchestra and organ compo-
sition, one of the greatest of the great
Rheinberger, will be played. The OPEN
ing programme has been arranged with
much care and with a view to interest,"
ing the casual music lover as well as
the musician. This is the general
scheme of the year-to always have on
the programme one or two numbers at
least which viii appeal directly to the
heart and to this end the beautiful and
brilliant F major suite of Moszkowslki's
has been included in the proposed win
ter's work, and the universally known
'Mfdsummer's Nights Dream" music
of Mendelssohn. The standard of the
orchestra will not be lowered, but the
people will find in the services more Of
human interest than ever before.
The orchestra programme for the first
concert at 4:10 p. m. Thursday, Novem-
Der II, is as follows: Beethoven's SYM
phony in c minor, No. 5; Rheinberger's
Concerto for Organ and Orchestra, Pro-
fessor H. 3. Jepson, soloist, and Wag-
ner's Tannhauser overture. Miss Anita
Rio, the soprano. will sing an aria from
Charpentier's Louise with orchestra
and group of songs with piano accom-
paniment.
For the second concert, which will be
given in the evening of Thursday, De-
cember 10, Mr.. Harold Bauer, a pianist
of wide and excellent reputation in El-
rope and America, has been engaged.
He will play the concerto in G minor
by Saint Saens with the orchestra.
The dates for the whole season are as
follows: Thursday, November -, 40
p. m; Thursday, December 10, S:15 p.
M; Thursday, January q, 4:1o p. M;
Thursday, March 8, 4:10 p. M; Thurs
day, April IA, 4:10 p. m.
Subscribers to the series have been
coming in very fast during the week.
All former subscribers to these con-
certs will have choice Of reserved seats,
and may retain their seats hereafter
from year to year, although the hall is
so large that excellent reserved seats
will be available for new as well as for
former patrons. Tickets for the course
of five concerts are four dollars. After
all subscribers have been supplied with
seats a limited number of students
tickets, at a reduced price, will be sold.
A section Of the hall will be set apart
for the public school teachers, who may
not be able to reach the hall until after
the time set for the concerts to begin,
although to prevent their loss Of any
part Of the performance the time has
been set at 4:10, instead of o'clock, es
formerly.
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Coming Next week

Coming Next week.
Hal Stephens and his representation
of Joe Jefferson in an act of RIP Van
Wrinkle"
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PoIi,s Theaser.

Manager Poll this week is presenting
a refined comedy sketch by Mr.. and
Mrs. Gardner Crane that has the house
in roars. yet the principals do not break
any crockery nor tear each other to
pieces. The patrons have one contin-
ual laugh, and the comedy supplied is
the variety they like. Mr.. Crane in a
dual role of Tom and Jack Monroe,
twin brothers, is the cause Of some of
the merriment, and Mrs. Crane as jan
ice Monroe furnishes considerable
more. The sketch was written by Ed
mund Day and has clever lines for both
people.
Miss Nellie Florede has some new
songs. Liberty has been making a
hit with its catchy tune, and several
others she has are also coming in for
their share of applause.
The Yankee Comedy Four supply the
uproarious this week with their. hotel
sketch.
Some of the others this week are the
Fetching brothers and their musical Of
fering, which is novelty; Laura Com
stock and her picks in "a Day in the
South" Mosher and his bag-punching
bull terriers open the show; Bloeksom
and Burns have their eccentric knock
about act, which is winner, and the
electrograph has "a Trip to Fairyland"
and some other views.
Prices: Evenings, 10, 20 and 80 cents;
afternoons, 10 and 20 CENTS; ladies at
matinees, 10 cents; box seats, SO cents.