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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-01-15
Coal Shortage and Dearer Oil.

Coal Shortage and Dearer OIL.
The hard coal famine remains prac
hcally unbroken In many sections OF +
the country, though the mining Of an
thracite has been in progress nearly
three months upon scale which, the !
operators insisted, would furnish an
ample supply at reasonable prices for
the public needs. Instead of this the
prices have continued to advance, and
lis now impossible to get hard coal In
many places at any price.
In this emergency many people have
turned from coal to oil, and now find
the price Of this fuel steadily advanc-
ing. Almost at the same time that the
Standard Oil company announced an
other dividend, bringing the aggregate
OF the year up to 45 per cent on its
$10O, 100000 of capitalization, it adj
vanced the price of oil cent gallon
in barrels and cents a gallon in cases,
and the price is still going up. The
midwinter outlook for the shivering
public is anything but encouraging.
The Standard Oil company, which
controls the petroleum product of the
country, has SO frequently been cited
| as an illustration of the possibility of
lower prices through the monopoliza-
ton of an industry that it is of interest
to compare present prices with those
prevailing when the monopoly was es-
tablished in 1882. An examination Of
the record shows that oil today is ac-
tually dearer than it was twenty years
ago. Prior to that time the price Of re-
fined oil had fallen, as rule, from to
10 per cent each year ever since petro-
leum was first put upon the market at
the beginning of the civil war.
In the decade preceding 1882, before
the Standard got control of the indus
try, the export price of oil by the barrel
in New York fell from 24 cents gallon
to ~ cents. During the two decades
following this event the price of oil by
the barrel has risen from ~ cents a
gallon in 1882 to s1a cents gallon in
1903.
1t is apparent that if improvements
in manufacturing and economies in
production have gone on as in the days
Of competition in the oil industry the
public has not received the benefit.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-01-15
First publication Jan. Is, 1903.
Summons.

STATE OF MINNESOTA, 49,
County of Mile Lacs s.
District Court. Seventh Judicial District.
Swan S. Peterson and Charles
Keith, copartners as Mile Laos
County Bank. Plaintiffs,
VS..
M. H. Burke, Defendant
The State of Minnesota to the above named
defendant:
You are hereby summoned and required to
answer the complaint of the plaintiff in the
above entitled action. which complaint has
been filed in the office of the clerk of said dis
tr1ct court at the court house. county of Mile
Laos and State of Minnesota, and to serve a
copy OF your answer to said complaint on the
subscriber at his office, in the Village of Prince
ton, In the said County of Mile Laos within
twenty days after service Of this summons
upon you. exclusive of the day of such serv-
ice; and If you fail to answer the said COM
plant within the time aforesaid, the plaintiff
In this action will take Judgment against you
Tor 70! the sum Of Two Hundred Dollars, $500
with interest at the rate OF 10 per cent per an
mum, since the 18th day Of February, 1902, TO-
gether with plaintiffs costs and disbursements
herein. ~ - 80 :
Dated December 49, A. D. 1902. Il.
CHAs. KEITH
PLAINTIFFS Attorney Princeton Mimi
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-01-15
New Century Comfort .

Millions are daily b, finding world of
comfort in Bucklen'sS Arnica Salve. It
kills pain from burns, scalds, cuts,
bruises; conquers ulcers and fever sores;
cures eruptions, salt rheum, boils and
felons; removes corns and warts Best
pile cure on earth. Only Csc at G. A.
Jacks drug store.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-01-15

After all, the Monroe doctrine is fair
~ well recognized when three of the
leading European powers are halted at
the beginning of hosfities against an
1mpotent South American republic and
referred by the United States to The
Hague tribunal.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-01-15
Nothing to Divide,

DR.. Charles Fl. Parkhurst got off a
pretty good thing yesterday when he
said: "a socialist is not man who
wants to divide his money with his
neighbors, but a man who wants his
neighbors to divide their money with
him." Nine times out of ten a social
ist is one who has little if anything to
divide. Journal.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-01-15
Hersey-Bean Lands on Market.

The Hersey & Bean lands which
they have been appraising are now on
the market. This tract comprises
about 35, 900 acres OF. some of the choic-
est land in Kanabec, Mile Laos and
Aitkin counties. M. E. Rutherford &
Co., of this place, have been given ex-
elusive sale of it.-Mora Enterprise.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-01-15

DIR: REA has no superior in diagnosing and
treating diseases and detormities. He will
give $50 for any case that he cannot tell the dis
ease and where located in five minutes.
acute and chronic catarrh, and special diseases
of the eye. ear, nose and throat, lung disease,
early consumption, bronchitis, bronchial ca
tarrh, constitutional catarrh, dyspepsia, sick
matism, neuralgia, sciatica, Brights disease,
diabetes, kidney, liver, bladder, prostate and
female diseases. dizziness, nervousness. indi-
gestion, obesity, interrupted nutrition. slow
growth in children. and all wasting disease in
adults. Many cases Of deafness, ringing in the
ears, lossof eyesght, cataract, cross eyes. etc.,
that have been improperly treated or neglected
can be easily restored. DefOrmities. club feet
curvature OF the spine, diseases of the brain
paralysis, epilepsy, heart disease dropsy,
swelling of the limbs. structure. open sores
pain in the bones, granular engagements and
all Understanding diseases. properly treated
Young, middle-aged and old, single or married
men and al! who suffer from lost manhood
nervous debility, spermatorrhoea, seminal
losses, sexual decay, failing memory, weak
eyes, stunted development, lack of energy, i'm
povished blood, pimples impediments to mar
riage; also blood and skin diseases, syphilis
eruptions hair falling, bone pains, swellings
sore throat, ulcers, effects of mercury, kidney
and bladder troubles, weak back. burning
urine, passing urine too often, gonorrhea. gleet
structure, receive searching treatment. promp,
relief and cure for life
Cancers, Tumors, Goiter, Fistula, Piles
varicocele and enlarged glands with the sub
cutaneous injection method, absolutely without
pain and without the loss OF a drop of blood, is
one of his own discoveries, and is the most
really scientific and certainly sure cure of the
nineteenth century. No incurable cases taken
Consultation to those interested, S10O.
DR.. REA & CO.,
Minneapolis, MINI. Louisville, Ky.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-01-15

Doubtless there are many youngsters
who would like to be living just now in
Barre, VT. The schools there are closed
for lack of coal, and the coasting is
said to be good s
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-01-15

The addition of 5 cents pound to
the price of coffee will doubtless assist
a great many hesitating persons in
coming to the decision that coffee is an
unwholesome beverage and bad for the
nerves.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-01-15

A New Jersey man who has four
wives has been placed in Jail. j. hight
be inferred that he wo,ilG 5ref e
main there permanently.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-01-15

The Canal as 8 Business Venture.

The Canal as Business Venture.
Some economists are asking, Will the
Panama canal pay? Presumably no
one is in a position to definitely an
swer that question. Colonel George
Earl Church, writing in the Journal Of
the Royal Geographical society, Lon
don, insists that it will not pay.
Ninety-six per cent Of the inhabitants
Of the world, says Colonel Church, live
north Of the projected Panama canal
route. What great trade is there likely
to be, therefore, in north to south or
south to north direction? Next, with
regard to trade from east to west or
west to east, the three continents of
Europe, Asia and Africa must be left
out Of the question. The distance from
Plymouth in England to Yokohama in
Japan is 1925 miles shorter by way of
Suez than by way Of Panama. Now,
Plymouth and Yokohama are as far
apart as any two important ports in
the three continents under considera-
ton. If Plymouth Yokohama trade
does not 60 by way of Panama, what
European African-Asiatic trade will?
We are cut down, therefore, to the
trade to or from or between the Amer
icas. This trade Colonel Church an
alyzes He thinks he finds that in the
case of the ports on the western coast
of South America it has been much ex-
aggerated.
Proceeding along these lines Of argu.
ment, Colonel Church reaches the con
clusion that the toll receipts at Pana
ma will bring in about 100000 a year
This is at the rate of dollar ton, the
highest possible rate. Meanwhile there
will be interest-theoretical perhaps
on the $1SO,OOO,OOO or more which the
canal will cost, and there will be main
tenance expenses reaching 100000 {
year. The deficit, therefore, will b.
over 100000 year.
Colonel Church may or may not b.
right in his conclusions. The chances
are that he is not. There are, however
other reasons besides those of CONNER
cial expediency why the United State
should build an isthmian waterwa,
and will not be deferred from proceed
ing with the enterprise even by tn
possibility of $1,OO0,OO0 deficit.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-01-15
A New York woman lawyer made ,

A New York woman lawyer made a
change in an original document pre-
case. Commenting on her action, the
Judge said, 1T may be lay woman's
prerogative to change her mind, but as
a lawyer she may not change line or
a letter of moment in a paper purport-
ing to be copy of verified COM
plaint.'' So it would appear that in
taking up the pursuits of mere men
women must surrender one of their
most precious privileges.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-01-15

Louis w. Palm. of Tolin was in
Princeton Tuesday.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-01-15

| Altogether the durbar seems to have
been Delightful success.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1903-04-15

particular care must be taken not to
work it when it is too wet, nor should
it be titled so much as to become
dusty, else it will puddle when irrl-
cation begins. However, soil of this
character contains too much clay to
be first class beet land Careful level
ing is necessary to secure an even
depth of covering for the seed as well
as for the convenience in irrigation.
Enough time will be saved in single
seasons irrigation to pay the extra
expense of properly leveling the
ground.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1903-04-15
THE FAILURE TO TERMINATE.

There are many reasons why seeds
fail to terminate, says G. L. Allen. A
frequent cause of failure is that they
are not sown at the proper time. Some
kinds are put in too early and others
too late. Seeds with hard outer
covering like the asparagus should be
sown as early as possible in spring.
Frost, or moisture, does not inJure
seeds of this character and frequently
they will not terminate ii put in late
so that they cannot have the benefit of
these influences which would be fatal
to other seeds On the other hand,
many seeds must not be planted too
early To make success sure the re-
uuirements of each species should be
studied Many seeds terminate quick
ly when sown but the plants make
feeble growth and the planter does
not understand why they are weak
when others of the same kind are
strong in soil not so rich in plant food.
This comes from the manner in which
the seeds are sown.
sowing to make the drills without first
preparing the soil finely. The seed is
then sown among the small Jumps and
covered as lightly as possible, when 1t
should first be made fine, then covered
with fine soil which should be pressed
firmly around the seed. There is
stored up in every seed latent germ,
the embryo of new life, the develop
ment of which is conditional upon
other natural causes. The influences
that act upon the seed to cause growth
are heat, air and moisture and without
a proportionate quantity of each there
can be no plant life. 1t follows that
when seed is put into the ground
and loosely covered with light, dry
soil. it does not come in contact with
sufficient moisture to soften it's outer
coating. neither is there sufficient
heat. because of the too great circu-
lation of air around the seed to pro-
duce the chemical changes upon which
vegetable growth depends
Deep planting is another frequent
cause of failure to terminate or to
make rapid growth. The Importance
of more care in this direction cannot
be overestimated. Take, for instance,
sweet corn and in planting cover one
half of five inches in depth. The for
mer will terminate without a loss OF
five per cent. and the latter will not
grow five per cent. The cause for the
difference is that the conditions OF
growth are not furnished, the dehclt
being heat, which at the season OF
corn planting does not exist at so
great a depth from the surface. This
same rule will apply to the planting
of most other seeds. Proper care In
planting and the too common practice
of buying seeds is just the difference
between success and failure in germi-
nation and growth.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1903-04-15
GREAT CROPS OF
STRAW BERRIES
AND HOW TO GROW Them

The best book on strawberry growing ever
written. 1t tells how to grow the biggest
crops of big berries ever produced. The
book is treaties on PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
and explains how to make plants bear BIG
BERRIES AND LOTS OF THEM. The
only thoroughbred scientifically grown
STRAWBERRY PLANTS to be had for
spring planting. One of them is worth
dozen common scrub plants. They grow
BIG RED BERRIES. The book is sent
free to all readers of The Ranch. Send
your address to
R. NJ. KELLOGG, Three Rivers, Mich.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1903-04-15
peEpARINe LAND FOR BETS.

nronerly preparing the seed bed. If
tbe ground has been fall plowed the
Gret crop of weeds must be destroyed
nv stirring the ground just as the
wood seeds terminate. Just before
Tho season arrives when the beets are
20 he planted the ground must be
thoroughly pulverized, narrowed and
,oclxed for these conditions are all
essential in securing a good stand. Ii
The blowing has been done as suggest
ad the labor required in. the prepara-
non of the seed-bed will be reduced to
i, minimum, because of the fine state
# pulverization which has been
wrought by the action of frost during
the winter. The actual preparation OF
The ground should be begun by moving
The soil to a depth of at least i've
inches by means of disc harrow.
Afterwards the ground should be har-
lowed over at least twice with the or
binary, iron smoothing harrow.
If the surface seems exceptionally
dry at this time with no immediate
prospects of a rain either just before
or after seeding a heavy iron roller can
he used to advantage. Rolling the
soil increases the capillary power and
large quantities of water may be
drawn from considerable depths to the
surface where it can be utilized In the
termination of the sugar beet seed and
afterwards in helping to support the
p1ontC light hAr
rowing, however, must Immediately
follow the rolling in order to establish
soil mulch and thus prevent the eVap-
grafton of much moisture which mas
thus been brought to the surface. The
smooth, compact surface OF the SOIL
left by the roller allows easy move
ment of the wind which favors the
rapid loss of water and this can only
be prevented by the establishment OF
a fine mulch This early cultivation
of the soil serves two very important
purposes: it destroys young weeds and
conserves moisture which would Otner-
wise be evaporated.
Faulty preparation of the seed bed is
the cause of more failures in sugar
beet growing than any other factor.
In growing wheat or other cereals this
preparation cannot be SO thorough or
IDEAL as it must be in growing crop
so excellently adapted to intensive
farming as is the sugar beet Of
course the preparation of the land for
seeding must be- governed largely by
two factors-the character of the land
and the climatic conditions during the
season. If the land is sandy loan
much less work will be required in re-
ducing it to proper state OF filth than
if heavy clay. The land may be pre-
pared early in the spring for the re-
ception of seed, but climatic changes
may delay seeding for some time. In
this latter case the land should be gone
over with light harrow at least once
week or even more frequently In
order to prevent loss of moisture and
to keep the soil open and warm.
The sugar beet thrives best when
furnished with a full and continuous
supply of moisture. Fine loose EARTH
especially when rich in humus, is capa-
bic of holding a great amount OF moist
ure and this can be utilized by the
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1903-04-15

Construction work on the Grays Har-
Dor Light & Power CO.'S plant VIII
commence at once.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-06-16

nor his weight by ounces. He
is of all power, since he has the
all-power idea.
Just one word of caution-a
man should no be swayed by
every breeze of ideas. His judg-
ment and his power of analysis
are his to look at ideas as they
come approaching him for a
home. He is to see, if contrast
ed with the knowledge of the
world, in all it history, those
ideas are good and of advantage
to the human family; for if it is
true there are bad ideas and
wrong ideas, and their fruits are
sown in the retrogressive side of
life. Such ideas strive to pos
ess a man against his will. If
they are afforded cheerful shell
ter within the shadow of his
brain before they are weighed
and found wanting, they are
difficult to dislodge. All ideas
of selfishness can be driven forth
by conflict on the battlefield of
the heart with unselfish ideas.
If the soil within makes easy the
growth of wrong ideas-and this
is too true of many of us-we
have grand battles before us to
fight, in which we shall win if
we determine to cleave to the
right. AS we said before, ideas
that meet no opposition are un-
nerving. You and we in our
knowledge of strife within are
just like other folks, no matter
how placid or serene the surface
of their faces may be. Within
has been a battle, the serenity
only from a well-fought
of right ideas against less
right or wrong or woeful ideas.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-06-16
CUSTER JoTTINGs.

CUSTER, Ida, June 1.-THE
Custer Miners Union No. SO OBJ
served Union Day on June Bird,
with the following program
At II o'clock a. m. parade
from Custer to the baseball
grounds at Bonanza to witness a
game of baseball between the
Lucky Boy ball team and the
Custer nine for purse of $50.
After playing nine innings the
score stood % to 8 in favor of
the Lucky Boy team.
At $3.50 p. m. exercises were
held in the Union Hall, opening
address by r. L. Johnston.
Recitation-"Shopping for his
Wife, Josephine Westerholm.
Recitation" Sposin the Case"
Josie Malm.
Recitation, Kate Lomberdina.
Song-Elnora Barrett.
Recitation-"A Slaves Dream"
John Malm.
Recitation MY Sisters Beau"
Doris Allen.
Song-Mae Dellen.
Recitation - Little Orphan
Annie"-Ethel Westerholm.
Dialogue-Henry Thomas and
Ida Pfeiffer.
Recitation-Mrs. Heidi.
Foot races commenced at 4:30
p. m. 100 yard race-purse $40,
Chas. Broulliette LIST, LATE Weigh
all, End.
40 yard race-for boys under
Is, purse $500, Ludwig Wester-
holm LIST, Ed Cearley End.
40 yard race-for boys under
10, purse s.. 90. Frank Caste 1st,
Peter Lomberdina End.
Sack race, purse $500. Joe
McGown LIST, Frank Caste End.
The trail to Loon creek is open
and travel has commenced. Robt
Campbell, Corney Sullivan and
VIM. Leigh, of Clayton, were the
first to go over with pack
animals.
School closed on the 18th, af-
ter a very successful term taught
by Mrs. Margaret MCGOWAN. An
excellent literary program was
rendered at the school house. All
the scholars did well, and unlike
most of the schools of Custer
county, the boys took an active
part. Space will not permit us
to publish a full list of the pro-
gram. In a dialogue-"The Cen
sus Taker"-Miss Josephine
Westerholm showed exception
ability both as an actress and
speaker. Sliding Down Our
Cellar Door. sung by Mae Dellen
and Ethel Westerholm was we'll
received. Mae has full sweet
voice rarely found in one so
young. Among those showing
more than ordinary ability in re-
citations were Frank Oster, Ida
Pfeiffer, Lloyd Thompson, Doris
Allen, Henry Thomas and Doris
Mckenzie.
Chas. Frost and Ernest Cramp-
ton of Challis ard in the city.
M. Newton of Challis has
opened blacksmith shop in G.
r. Decker's building.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-06-16
RANDOM THOUGHTS.
POWER OF IDEAS.


transformed it, is made up OF
ideas. The house you live in,
the things you eat, the form
in which you eat them, the
clothes you wear, everything
that touches you in the civilized
life, represents an idea of some
one worked into a form. Com
pared with the power of AN idea,
the power Of an individual man
is almost less than nothing. Ideas
seize hold upon men and women
and compel them to live them
out in some tangible form. Thus
has the human family been fore
ed to force its way up triumph
antly from darkness and ignor-
ance towards sunlight and intel
ligence. When crushed beneath
oppression, till patience under
oppression ceased to be virtue,
better ideas have overthrown
worse, and brought the good to
pass. No matter how dull a man
may have been or how animal
may have been his glance out
upon the world, when an idea
siezes hold upon him, he is trans
formed, he swings into the great
sweep of ideas held by the many,
as they force the world forward
and upward, conflicting all the
time with inactivity that has no
ideas and with the ideas that are
less progressive and less good.
To have an idea, to possess one,
and then to find no opposition to
it, is almost as unnerving as
walking up stairs and taking one
step too many. Ideas get their
adjustment by opposition. The
unreasonable is worked out of
them by the discovery of oppos-
ing ideas that will triumph if
they are more reasonable in their
demands upon human life.
II we get the right view of the
power of convictions to over
throw less definite conviction
then we begin to see how small
are we even when possessed of
power of the worlds ideas and
less than nothing are we if we
simply sway h;ther and thither
without making any contribution
to the forwording of ideas. Pos
sessed of power through the
worlds ideas of progress, a man
becomes an integral part of all
progressive effort He is there
fore great to the extent to which
he is possessed of ideas, but he
is great only If he gives as we'll
as gets, and he is great only in
comparison with what he would
be without ideas. Ideas always
remain greater than he and more
important than he. He may drop
out. as is always the case; for
men are but mortal and their
work is soon done; but ideas for
which he and others have con
tended and which he is sure were
for betterment go through his
brain ceases from the effort and
is at rest.
The men whose ideas most
prevail are always enthusiasts,
men of deep convictions and of
force-not muscle force-but
moral force and that can dwell
in a weakling frame. Look over
the triumph of a great idea in
any country and in any age, and
back of it, hidden from sight
may be. for true enthusiast
does not ask to work where he
can be seen of men and praised
will be found those who count as
naught, all ease. all comfort, all
rest. They surrender themselv-
es. their strength. their honor,
their all, enduring the cross and
despising shame. if by any effort
the idea of progress possessing
them may be made to progress.
The greatest dignity that can
come to a man. is to be possessed
with a right idea. His stature is
no longer measured by inches