The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-08-31


a desperate struggle then to save her.
self, encountered as she was with
clothing, but managed to reach shall
low water.
The two-and-half year old son of
Albert Hiemark, a farmer living six
miles north of GAINESVILLE, was burned
to death. The mother left the kitchen
where the little one was playing for a
few minutes and returned to find him
enveloped in flames. The fire was
quickly extinguished, but not until the
child had received fatal burns.
The work of building the interior of
the St. Peter State hospital is rapidly
nearing completion. The work has
been going on for year, and on
completion will represent an invest
ment of $4,000. In the remodleing the
construction has been made absolutely
freproof and the old two-story audi
torium is built over into apartments.
Every congressional district gained
in population except the First and the
Second. The First lost 1850, and the
Second 3l8. The Third shows an in
crease of 1873, the Fourth 37.945, the
Fifth 81, 1855, the Sixth 1866, the Sew
enth II. 1863, the Eighth 60,6l1, and the
Ninth Sc, lob. The Indian population,
49, 25, is included in the total returns.
Officers of the Norwegian Lutheran
Ministerial association of United
Church pastors of the Red River
Valley have been elected as follows:
President, Rev. T. II. Larson, Ada,
MIMI; vice president, Rev. J. M. O.
Ness, Perley, Mimi; secretary, Rev.
Louis S. Marvick, Ashland, Wis. ;
treasurer, Rev. John Peterson, Moor
head. MINI.
O. A. TIL. Solem, the Halstad
preacher who is serving a term in
Saltwater for indecent assault, was
recently interviewed by a Halstad
man. He declared it a good thing
that he had been sent to prison, for
many reforms, he said, were needed
there which he hoped to accomplish
during his term. He is employed in
the culinary department..
E. M. Freeman of the State univer-
sity has been appointed by the gov
eminent to position in the bureau of
plant industry of the department of
agriculture. His entire time will be
devoted to the study of rusts of the
cereal crops and grasses. Mr.. Free
man was selected because of his close
study of wheat and other plants in
Minnesota. He will have permanent
headquarters in Washington.
That there will be rush for the
lands which will be subject to entry
at the land Office at Cass Lake on
Sept. is amply proven by the fact
that there has already been formed
before the building in which is located
the United States land Office line of
applicants who are all ready to make
their filings. The first person to get
in the line was r. G.. Guthrie of
Walker, who took his stand on
Aug. l6.
W. F. Everly, healer, who has
been in Wadena several years, was
rotten-egged as he was speaking on
the street corner in defense of his
methods. He claims to be moved by
the spirit and to be able to bring
curses down upon his enemies, to heal
| by absent treatment at distance of
1000 miles, to divert tornadoes and
perform many other great feats. The
chief objections to Everly was his lax
ideas on morality.
Congressman Halvor STEVENSON
has been importuned by homestead
ers, who purchased claims at the sale
of Red Lake lands last year, to pre-
pare bill extending the length of
time for payment of the installments.
Several valuable claims have been
forfeited the past few days because of
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appear with their second. installment
on the purchase ;'within sixty days
after the expiration of the first year."
as required by law.
A dispatch from Walker says that
A. w. Stowell, postmaster at Lake
Alice, was arrested by Deputy United
States Marshal Mallory charged with
padding accounts and trading UNI
cancelled stamps. He admitted his
guilt and was given hearing before
United States Commissioner Delury
and on failure to give a bond of
81, 500 he was taken to st. Louis
county jail. Inspectors Noile and
Drake, who are in town, claim
shortage of about 5000. Stowell was
married year ago.
] Ole G. Moen, the Fosston farmer