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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-12-14
Hearing on Grain Rates.

Louisville, KY, Dec. 14.-The inter.
state commerce commission met here
today to take up the charges of un-
just discrimination and undue prefer
ence in grain freight rates in favor of
Louisville on shipments to and from
points east, north and west of this
city. The defendant roads are the
Norfolk & Western, Chesapeake &
Ohio, Chicago and Alton, Big Four,
Mobile & Ohio, Louisville & Nashville,
Southern, Illinois Central, Baltimore
& Ohio Southwestern and the Pennsyl-
vania.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-12-14
LET us BUILD NOT TALK.

The above applies to tn State Coco
Roads Convention. That convention
viii talk and pass resolutions.
But it seems about so much talk and
resolutions are indispensable before
there is any possibility of action.
While all these gentlemen are talk.
ing and theOrizing it might be well to
ask them, what have you doneS
Judge Scott has had some actual good
road work to his credit He has done
something, and got others to do some
thing.
Governor Chamberlain has done
something, and has about Eve miles of
scientifically constructed highway to
his credit.
What this city needs is street de-
partment that will quit the old ruts and
get in and do something.
What the state needs is not more
laws and commissions and taxation, but
more enterprising citizens like those of
Liberty, and officials who act, instead
of resolving and writing essays.
Governor Chamberlain, Judge Scott
and Mayor Waters seem to be entitled
to the palm as men of action. The lat |
ter is working like beaver to get |
street paving started
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-12-14
CONVICT ROAD WORK.

No matter what others may say, six
teen convicts, in few months last
summer, built FIVE miles of road, from
Salem TO the reform school.
1t is a good piece of work, built
through as hard piece of country as
there is in Oregon to build road
through.
Az least one-third to one-half the
convicts could be worked on the public
roads. Then why not use theml
Let theorists parade their wisdom.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-12-14
X-RAYS

A publishing house wants to trade
ms lot of pictures of famous eastern
oleomargarine beauties to offer as a
premium to out subscribers. One has
violet hair, another is a supposed
snowdrop in appearance, at least, and
a third has eorn.tassels to beat the
band. But this office wants the real
thing or nothing. Fading beauties that
roll up the whites of their eyes at ms
OIL the paper are at a discount. When
we were younger that sort of thing
went long ways, you bet. But now a
more substantial order is required, one
that can get up at least two square
meals a day, with boiled cabbage or
sauerkraut at least once a week, and
sometimes twice. To kiss your love
behind the kitchen door or rave over
a eolored lithograph was good enough
in the heyday of youth, but many Of
our subscribers, like the X-Ray man.
have passed that point and win never
return to the days Of eowslips and
greens in the matter Of feminine at.
fractions We have got so that we can
see all the Roman hosiery traffic Of the
Citizens Light 4 Traction Company
climb on and of in front Of our ofiee
window and never even jar our type-
writer.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-12-14
HARMONY AND IT'S RESULTS.

: New York city has made a practice
demonstration of the value Of an ami
cable understanding and definite ar
rangement between capital and labor
in the completion without a single la
Dor disturbance Of the colossal work
of building the great subway. The
first spadeful Of earth was turned on
this $35,000,000 contract on March "a,
1900 It was opened for traffic on
time-an achievement without paral-
lei in the history of great municipal
undertakings, if indeed any parallel
can be found in private enterprises.
The completion of the work on time
may be chiefly attributed to the com
plete understanding effected at the
outset between the Rapid Transit
Contractors association and the Cen
trail Federated Union, representing all
the crafts engaged in the work of
construction. This agreement was
signed on June a, 1900. 1t provided
for the employment of union skilled
labor, with the exception of fOremen
and master mechanics; for the eight
hour day, in accordance with the New
York statute relating to public work,
and for the adjustment and arbitration
of grievances The total number of
organized skilled wage-earners affect
ed by the contracted varied from 1000
to 5000. The variety of skilled labor
involved is indicated by the list at
tached to the agreement, which in
cudes: Architectural iron workers, |
plumbers and gasftters, sheet metal
workers, PAYERS, rammers, blue stone
cutters, faggers, bridge and curb set
ters, marble cutters, polishers and
helpers, coppersmiths, electrical work
ers, eccentric and standard engineers
and fremen, safety engineers, steam fit
ters and helpers, granite cutters, paint
ers, tile layers and helpers, house NOV
ers and shorers, double drum holsters,
pipe caulkers and tappers,
rock drillers and tool sharpeners, tar,
felt and waterproof workers, forgers
and blacksmiths,
The agreement provided that no
strike was to be declared during the I
progress of the work; that if there
we're any differences that could not be
adjusted by joint committees repre-
senting the Contractors association
md the Central Federated union, they
we're to be arbitrated But there was
lever resort to arbitration, the joint q
committee succeeding in settling all 1
differences that arose. q
This is the more remarkable in view a
4 the prevalence of labor troubles in I
lew York during the last three years. a
Building was at complete standstill n
or three months in 1908. There was
nee a strike of unskilled laborers on v
he subway, when these laborers re- t
used to arbitrate difference that L
rose. But the unions stood by their &
greement and the strike collapsed. n
he action of the contractors and the d
Mons saved at least one year of time Ii
D the work of building the subway. Il
his admirable result should prove IA
plendid object lesson for future use. "
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-12-14
Lee Memorial Hail.

At a meeting held in Portland il was
decided to erect memorial building
in honor of Jason Lee, the pioneer
Methodist missionary of Oregon, at
Willamette University, to be kown as
the Jason Lee Building of Liberal Arts.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-12-14

The fact remains that convicts did
build some good road.
They could build one hundred miles
each year, under a proper law. That
would be better than enriching a pri-
vate corporation.
But there are men enough to make
stoves and build roads, too.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-12-14
California Earthquake.

San Francisco, Dec. l4.-An unusual
y heavy earthquake was felt here at
7;l0 O'Clock this morning and lasted
several seconds. No damage is report
AL
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1904-06-02
HISTORICAL
SOCIETY.
VOLUME XVIII. NO. 25.

mean much to the lake country and
especially the village of Milaca, and
for that matter Princeton to a certain
extent. Heretofore most of the travel
to the lake country has been by Brain
erd and Aitkin, especially the com
mrecial travellers most of whom make
the lake country via Aitkin, because
the roads are better in to the lake
country from the north than from the
south. There is no reason why much
OF this travel could be diverted to the
south if the roads were put in good
condition. The new road will not
only prove of great value to the lake
country but will also be of incaIcu-
liable value to the intermediate terri
tory which is being rapidly settled up
by an industrious class of people. AS
soon as the new road is finished there
will be many smaller roads built tap
ping the adjacent territory and good
roads movement will be started that
will not stop until the country is pro-
vlded with plenty of highways-th
great developers of any community.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1904-06-02
CUTS INTO COLLINS.
Collins People Will Be Surprised al His
Strength III First and Second Districts.

Collins People Will BE Surprised at His
Strength III First and Second Districts.
A candidate for the Republican
nomination for one of the principal
State offices, who lives in Collins
county and is taking no part in the
gubefnatorial contest, said concern
ing r. G. Dunn's campaign in Che
southern part of the State:
. I must confess that I am surprised
at the number of counties that Dunn
is going to get in the First and Second
congressional districts. I live in a
county in which Collins sentiment is
supposed to predominant and I always
had the idea that the St. Cloud candi-
date would be way in the lead in my
section Of the State.
"The Collins men will be surprised
at the number of counties Dunn will
get. Houston, they say, is solid for
Dunn and Winona is almost in the
same class. Wabasha and Olmstead
are likely to go TO the Princeton can
didate, although the friends of Judge
Collins are making a hard fight.
Dunn seems likely also to get at least
half of the delegations from Fillmore,
Freeborn and Dodge. "-Pioneer
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1904-06-02
Collins Towering Ambitiou

Mr.. Collins has already been the
beneficiary of twenty times more at the
hands of the people and the State than
ne has given in return, and yet he is
not satisfied. He deliberately throws
away the exalted position of supreme
court judge-occupied by him as the
gift of his fellow citizens for some
twenty years past-and by the act says
to the people, "That gift isn't near
big enough. Give me the highest
within your power, or I will not
thank you in the least.'' AS illus
trated by this act, Jugde Collins, to
say the least of it, has stamped him
self an migrate of unenviable proper
tions: and, if we miss not our guess,
the body of our people will cause him
to realize the ''slap in the face" he
has given them, before the incident
is closed" His unseeming ambition
has paralyzed his good manners, and
this same ambition to become COVER
nor, blinded his vision to the fact that
ne is not, IN any sense conceivable,
logical candidate for the position he
so brazenly seeks-when all the attend
ant circumstances are considered. He
is not entitled to the nomination he
seeks, and if the people assert their
authority in the matter of electing
delegates to the county conventions,
and to the State convention-instead
of permitting the local politicians and
"Ins'' to dictate the selection Of dele
gates-they will see to it that delegates
shall be sent to the State gathering
who will rebuke Mr.. Collins effront-
cry in a way that will make a wiser
man of him thereafter which will
prove, after all, a blessing in dis
guise if he will but profit by its lesson.
Lake City Republican.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1904-06-02
WEST BRANCH CREAMERY.
IL was Started up This Week with G. E.
Lindall as Buttermaker.

~ was StarCed up This Week with G. E.
Lindan as Buttermaker.
G. d. Lindall, the new butter maker
who will take charge of the West
Branch Cooperative Creamery CON-
pany's plant, has arrived and is get
ting ready to start the creamery up
this week. Mr.. Lindall is an expert
enced butter maker. and had charge
OF the creamery at Litchfield for four
years. This is one of the best cream
cries in the State, and Mr.. Lindall
ranks as one of the best butter max
ers in the State. He says that he is
we'll pleased with the outlook for the
West Branch creamery, and sees no
reason why it should not be a great
success. The country is an ideal one
for an industry of this kind, as it can
produce such wealth of grasses and
clovers. There are estimated to be 800
COWS in the section tributary to the
new creamery and at least 500 COWS
will furnish milk for the creamery the
first year. With this number of COWS
to start with the output of the cream
cry will be about thirty tubs of butter
week, each tub containing sixty-three
pounds of butter.
The conditions in this section are
far superior to those about Litchfield
for creameries and yet the farmers in
That section are deriving profits from
their COWS, a fair average being SIS per
month, besides the skim milk which,
with the present price of feed, is worth
all OF twenty-five cents hundred
pounds.
Creameries have revolutionized agri-
culture in the southern and western
part of the State, and there is no rea-
son why they should not be made to
be source of great profit to the farm
ers OF this part of the State.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1904-06-02
GOOD ROADS ASSOCIATION.
The Mile Laos County Good Roads Asso
citation is Organized at Iilaca.

AAAO WILLY AsacS SOunCy Coca Roads ASSO-
citation is Organized at NIilaca.
The initial steps toward the con-
structlon of good roads in the north
ern part of Mile Laos county were
taken last week at Milaca when meet
ing OF the citizens of that place and
many of the property owners between
Milaca and the lake was held at
Milaca for the purpose Of organizing
a good roads association. There was
a good attendance and much interest
was manifested in the project which
in time will prove of real value to the
northern part of the county, and for
that matter to the whole county. It
was voted to call the association the
Mile Laos County Good Roads Asso-
citation. The following officers were
elected: President, H. F. Winter;
vice president, G. G. Eberhardt: secre-
tary and treasurer, M. S. Rutherford.
The board of directors consists of II.
b. Barnum, G. 81. Foss and W. S.
Foster.
The association proposes to 60 right
to work to map out working plan
for the construction of better roads in
the northern part of the county. The
new road north from Milaca to the
lake. with Cove the terminus which
was ordered opened last year by the
board of county commissioners and on
which work will proceed this season,
cannot be completed through to the
lake unless there is some private as
sistance. The county will appropriate
the sum $1,000 provided that the sum
of 81, 500 is raised by private individ-
uals toward the completion of the
road and the association will proceed
to raise this amount by personal So
licitation. It is thought that it will
be very easy matter to get property
owners interested. The, new road will
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1904-06-02
Not on the Plat,

i. G. Cater has sold a strip of land
at the west end Of Oak street, and the
Great Northern railway to Abe
Sleeves. The land is fraction of a
lot. and is in Caters Second addition.
but was never included in the regular
plat. Oak street ends at the roller
mill and the new spur track which the
railroad company has built runs
through the land, though Mr.. Cater
says that the company never received
a permit to build the spur through the
land nor did it ever buy or lease the
land for that purpose. Mr.. Sleeves
who now owns the land has placed the
matter in the hands of an attorney
and will bring suit against the COM
pany. The strip of land is the width
of Oak street and runs east on the
street about sixty feet, or from the
right of way to the mill proper.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1904-06-02
A Blue Hill Ditch.

Reed GLADDEN. and Robert Roberts
OF the town of Blue Hill have started
in to drain Buck lake, and they will
dig ditch from the lake to st. Fran
els river, distance of nearly mile.
The ditch will drain nearly 800 acres
OF land and will be of gerat benefit to
many farmers who have land tribu-
tary to the ditch. With the draining
OF the lake the land will make the finest
kind OF hay land. This is enterprise.
Would that there were more men like
them
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1904-06-02
them Il en- by applying them to the great
truths of life. From the poem to the
mouse mouse, came two immortal lines
'The best laid schemes o mice an men

~ OSoo 1dlO SCucultS " ullce lu men
Gang aft a-gley.'
from the lines to a louise Burns
gave the world the great truth
o wad some Power the giftie gle us
10 see oursels as others see us!''
Ehere were three enemies to the in.
tellect-fear, Indifference and hate,
and l1' Prof. Cooper painted them in
their proper colors. They were men.
aceSto the development of the mind
and things spiritual and material.
indifference and hate were deadly in
their effects.
He He closed with fine peroration,
IN which he presented the sublimity
and beauty of a perfect life-a life
where living is to see, to see is to be
happy, and to be happy is to rejoice
IN the unfolding of those plans that
conduce to a perfect life.
The address was the best of it's kind
ever delivered in Princeton, and those
who heard it were fortunate indeed.
Prof Cooper is forceful, yet easy
speaker, and possesses a manner that
is vigorous and yet graceful. He has
way Of emphasizing and making i'm
pressive his climaxes and strong
points by holding his right arm in a
perpendicular manner high above his
head with his index finger pointing
up, and in this attitude he becomes
earnest and eloquent.
At the conclusion of the address the
chorus sang, "Oh, Italia. Italia" the
stirring song by Donizetti, after which
President Eaton of the school board
presented Earl Kaliher his diploma.
Mr.5 Eaton made some extended re-
marks pertinent to the occasion.
The benediction was pronounced by
Rev. Knauff, after which the graduate
received the congratulations of friends
andsmany of the audience He was
also the recipient of some very fine
floral tokens of regards and APP
probation. A lot of the high school
pupils gave the ''yell" in vociferous
manner, as d parting salute to Mr..
LoI;bon ~
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1904-06-02
DUNN THE FAVORITE,
He is Expected to Carry Dakota County
at the Convention

lie Is Expected to Garry Dakota County
at the Convention.
Hastings. Mimi, May 27.-The Re-
publican county convention will be
held at Pennington June %, and the
primaries June q. The Dunn senti-
ment seems strong in Dakota county,
although Judge Collins has many per-
sonal friends.
The Collins men seem to be in the
minority, and the general belief is that
there will be no serious attempt to de-
feat Dunn in the county convention.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1904-06-02
Injured While Flowing

A boy by the name of Stumm living
near town was brought in Decoration
Day badly stunned and bruised ,by
having been thrown against a stump
in the field while blowing. DR.. Cooney
found that there were not serious in
juries and fixed the lad out so he could
90 home.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1904-06-02
Death of a Milo Settler.

D. Engman of the town of Milo died
at his home May 9th at the age of
seventy-six years. He had been i'll of
dropsy for some time and for the past
four years had been totally blind.
The funeral was held last Sunday at
the home at 3 p. m. Mr.. Engman
leaves wife, one son and two sdaugh-
tiers, one of whom is Mrs. Chas. Nord-
strOm.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1904-06-02
SEVERAL ACCIDENTS.
Mrs. VIM. Arnett Has Wrist Broken
in a Runaway in Princeton
on Decoration Day.
Norman Walker Gets a Bullet Wound
in Leg by Accidental Discharge
of a Gun.

while the parade was passing down
Depot street on Decoration Day a
team belonging to VIM. Arnett oil
Greenbush and which was standing
west OF the Congregational church,
took fright at the band and started to
run away. It ran into vehicle stand
ing near by and threw Mrs. Arnett to
the ground with considerable force.
In some way she struck against the
sidewalk and had her wrist broken.
The fall gave her a very severe shock
and she tainted. It was thought at
first that she was very badly hurt and
she was taken into the residence OF
Mrs. T. 81. Galley where her injuries
were examined. The doctor found that
the broken wrist was the only bad in
jury she sustained. The fractured
bones were set and she was able to 90
home late in the afternoon. Mr.. and
Mrs. Arnett and the family were occu-
plying two-seated spring wagon and
1t was fortunate thing that the rig
struck another vehicle as the team
gave sharp turn and started to run.
Shot in the Leg.
Tuesday afternoon while starting
to bring the COWS home Norman
Walker, son of Mr.. and Mrs. F. S.
Walker of Greenbush, met with a
severe accident by the discharge of a
gun which he was carrying, and which
he always took with him when he went
for the COWS. He had just started and
had not gone far from the house when
the accident happened. While resting
the gun on the ground by the handle,
ne attempted to let down the hammer
and in doing so the gun was dis
charged, and 22-calibre bullet passed
into the feshy part of the leg above
the knee, imbedding itself in the mus
cles and just missing the bone. AS
soon as he was shot the boy went to
the house and told his mother he had
shot himself. A hasty examination
was was made and the boy was taken at
once to the NORTHWESTERN hospital to
have his injuries attended to. An
A-ray was used to locate the bullet
and it took some time to remove the
same after which the boy was taken
home. The accident might have
proved a very dangerous one, if not
fatal, had the bullet entered the abdo-
men, and while the injury is quite a
painful one and will lay the boy up
for two weeks Or more, he was fortu-
nate in escaping as we'll as he did.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-07-21
the SPIRIT OF HOSPITALITY.
.s..f..&d.4&.&.a..s..tf..&t.f'sff'

In the hill country Of northern Fir-
ginia a tourist who was making long
trip on horseback halted one noon De
fore a log house which he at first took
to he stable. An old man was seat
ed on log near the door. An ema-
ciated mule stood with Its head half
way inside the window No sign OF
smoke issued from the tumble -dOwn
chimney.
The tourist made inquiry concern
ing the mountain roads. and was on
the point Of asking II he could get a
meal for himself and his horse, when
the owner Of the shanty said. "Strang-
er. ia like mighty well to invite We to
dinner but l reckon We wouldn't rel
ish cold hoe-cake and greens"
The rider was about to say any
thing would be acceptable when the
old man continued:
I'D like to feed that horse o yourn.
but INV old mule there's got to browse
mighty fine to keep on her legs this
fall"
The stranger explained that he
would be glad to pay for anything that
could be obtained.
faint that" returned the other,
reproachfully. "Ye don't think I'd
take anything from guest? But
we'll, fact ia we amt been gettin' on
as we'll as we might, lately. The old
woman's down with rheumatic and
Sal. she's over the Ridge for spell,
and things amt just ready for com
pany, as We might say"
1t was easy to see that his pride
was putting the best possible face upon
pInching poverty. The rider gath
cred up his reins and, making light of
J his needs, rendered cigar.
That touched the old man. He
turned the gift over and over, looked
up and down the road, from the rider
to the house, and then back TO the
rider again. Then he seized the mans
bootleg and exclaimed:
stranger, I'm poor and way down
I'll own up. l can't feed ye nor warm
ye nor gin We 80 much as Whit o
smoke but II ye don't git down often
that horse and come over to the spring
and have some water with me. III
never forgive We on the airth!"