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The Minneapolis journal., 1905-10-01
LEssENING BURDENS
A Second Roll Shows That the
Steed Is in Earnest.
(Prize,)

NNE day as mother sat sewing
" by the farmhouse window,
she looked down the road and
saw a horse walking slowly
along. AS it came nearer and
nearer she saw that there was
something on it's back. As it
came still nearer she saw that
the "something" was her own,
three, little boys. She ran to
the door as they came up the
driveway and said, "Why boys,
whose horse it that and why do
you ride him?' "This is cous-
in's horse, Claire,' said the
Oldest. "Are you sure she is
safee" asked mother. "Oh, she
is quite gentle,'' was the reply,
"and we don't go fast.'' In
this way the fun of the week
began with their taking turns
at riding Claire, by ones, twos
and threes. Claire was good
old horse and was very patient
with this new business until on
bolder and rode Claire over mi
the flies were thick and Claire tt
those boys off as well as the FL
30 tempting, she could resist no
till the bothersome, little boys '
had watched her actions awhile
wall and mounted again, tho rat]
suit. well, must give these
thought Claire; eff this keeps Q
all summer. - After Claire's
ground the courage Of the boys
the afternoon mother saw three
leading home Claire, the wise-loo
ing the story mother gave a sigl
there were no bones broken and
. good lesson.
B Seventh Grade,
Monroe School
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-10-01
A DRAGON OF DREAM1.AND
The Small Sleeper Desperately in Earnest tho Mother
Cannot Understand Why.

(Prize)
0NE night went to party. had very nice tims
~ but must have eaten too much, for it made
terrible thing slept with my sister that night
but she wished I had not because awoke her I
dreamed that there dreadful looking animal in tho
room; thought it clam. always had supposed
clam was like lobster SO you imagine how fright
sned besides il had four long legs like stork
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-10-01

It, has stored for future in the big world
twice as much "keepat-itiveness'' he used tha
problem Juniors may think that school life is quite
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-03-23

The public lands commission which
was appointed by the president some
time ago to investigate the manner of
the, disposition Of the public domain
in the west has made it's report and
the same with a short endorsement
from the president has been ,transmit-
ted to congress. The report shows a
most reckless disregard of the laws in
the disposition of much of the public
lands. There exists a gigantic mo-
nopoly in both agricultural and tim
Der lands. The commission says that
the number of patents is increasing
out of all proportion to the number of
new homes. The timber and stone
act, the lieu land forest reserve act
and the Communication clause of the
homestead act are condemned. It is
time to cry "halt'' and save the re-
mainder ofsthe domain for the settlers
who are to come in the future.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-03-23
Could Hardly be Worse!

The legislature declines to release
the university and normals from the
financial management of the board of
control. It is just as we'll. In the
past 6ve-sixths of the regents have
had about the same general relation
to the university, that the wooden In
dian outside has to a cigar store.
1t has been the close cooperation of
Two or three regents, who were or are,
good, honest men but both narrow and
prejudiced in their conduct of the in
stltution. The board of control could
hardly be worse educationally. and
financially has been vast improve
ment. If President Northrup and
Dean Liggett will now only work with
the board instead Of against it, mat
ters at the big educational factory will
run very Observation-Disclosures
News.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-03-23

Judge Grosscup of Chicago is not
an extremist, and bis views on public
Questions are generally safe and rea-
sonable In recent address on rail
road legislation he said:
''The big Drained railroad man has,
it seems to me, his hour of opportun-
ity now. Let him insist that there shall
be no conGscation of his property, or
no arrangement of control or super
vision that, in the long run, will
amount to coniscation. Behind him
on such an issue, the country will be
found to stand. s - E r..
But let him recognize, also, that
in the nation there resides the reserve
power Of supervision and control, a
power that the nation must exercise
in the interest Of equal citizenship:
and let him join our president in es.
tablishing a tribunal through whom
the nations power can be honestly.
but at all times promptly ano
adequately, exercised. That viii.
bring peace, with justice. No othe,
peace would last. !"
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-03-23

Geo. T. Angel, the venerable editor
of Our Dumb Animals, and the great
est friend of dumb animals in the
world, gets after DR.. Osler. the emin-
ent member of the faculty of Johns
Hopkins university. Angel is eighty
two years old, and he personally con
ducts the publication of his paper
which circulates over the civilized
world. He is still hard worker in
his chosen field. AS he says, he was
forty-four when he fought through
the Massachusetts legislature the act
for the Incorporation of the Massa-
chusetts Society for the Prevention Of
Cruelty to Animals and he was sixty
six when he secured the passage
through the same legislative body OF
the act providing for the organization
of the American Humane Educational
Society, the only one Of its kind in the
world. Geo. z. Angel at his present
age IS worth hundred Oslers with
fads that smack Of lamfoo lishness,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-03-23
The legislature NAV submit a. consti


The Legislature may submit consti-
tutional amendment to the people in
creasing the road and bridge tax from
one-twentieth of a mill to one-quarter
of mill. This would seem to be
more in keeping with the eternal fit
ness of things. A one-twentieth mill
tax yields but s43, 900 on the assessed
valuation of the State at the present
time, a mere bagatelle in the good
roads movement in this State. For
some time this good roads PROPOSE
ton has been grand stand political
stunt and tits pretty nearly time that
there was something more tangible
than hot air. If we really mean to
build good roads let's 60 about it in
the right manner. Every dollar prop
erly expended in good roads either by
the State or by the minor civil divis-
ions Of the State will prove the biggest
kind of an investment.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-03-23
Hill Preferable to Standard Oil.

Mr.. James J. Hill has won in the
Northern Securities suit brought by
Mr.. Hartman. This simply means
that Mr.. Hill will continue in control
of the Great Northern, Northern Pa
cifc and Burlington systems and that
the Standard Oil trust has been beaten
in it's effort to add the last two to it's
huge railroad monopoly. So far as
the northwest is concerned it has sim
ply been a choice between Mr.. Hill
and the Standard Oil company. Mr..
Hill still has as his competitors on
the north the Canadian Pacific to
which will soon be added the Great
Trunk and on the south the Union
Pacific and the Milwaukee which is
also pushing to the coast. The public
has the advantage of this competition.
The fact is that Mr.. Hill is the strong
est factor, that now stands between
Standard Oil and railroad monopoly
Of the entire country Fairmont News.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-03-23
1t Is "Ciyil War;

The senate has officially gone on
record as preferring the words "Civi]
war; to designate the prolonged
struggle at arms between the states.
Those vigorous patriots who still in
slst on talking about ':the Rebellion,
may we'll take notice.
While the senate was CONSIDERING
the postoffice appropriation bill, Mr.,
McComas proposed an amendment
that will allow "soldiers of the war OF
the Rebellion" preference in the
transfer of railway mail clerks to
clerlcal service in the departments.
MAKE it soldiers of the Civil war
1t is more courteous" Senator Bacon
OF Georgia, suggested:
: mat is entirely agreeable, - replied
MIR. McComas. II should have drawn
1t that way at first" and the amend
ment, as amended, was forthwith
adopted. Washington Post.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-03-23

The enterprising village of Detroit
in the northern part of the State
adopted a new charter some time ago
and started in with a new municipal
life as a city, and it is getting along
with charter ample for all the CON
tingencies of these busy times in siren
uous commercial and municipal life.
A recent issue Of the Record of
that city shows the yearly financial
statement of that little city and the
statement is made in a way that any
tax payer can read and understand.
Every item is properly classed and re-
ceipts and disbursements by funds are
made Reference is. made to this an
:nual municipal report as showing a
striking contrast with many other vii
lagos and young cities in this State
that never think of making any an
nual statements. Some are authorized
to do SO by their charters while many
have charters that=do not make any
provisions. for the publication of such
very essential information. In days
Of old when knights were bold the old
= = - ~ -s5 -
tstyle of publicity was by posting on
trees, barns, and cheese boxes, but it
is a mighty Insignificant village that
does not have a newspaper in these
days and this is just where these an
nual statements should always appear.
The new code has fastened to it some
of the relics of the dark ages. In the
chapter on village interpretations
there is nothing said about any an
nual statements being published in
newspapers, but the old law is re-
hashed and says that the statement
shall be posted and fled. Years ago
many young villages which thought
that the general laws we're not good
enough rushed to the legislature with
special acts framed many times to
meet local conditions and the wishes
I.of certain interests. AS a result spec
Iial acts under the guise Of general
laws have to be passed today to help
lsome q these villages out Of their
isWad dling cloth
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-03-23
Wholly False and Malicious,

The work Of the committee appointed
oy the legislature to investigate the
charges made against ex-Auditor r.
z. Dunn has progressed far enough
TO warrant the committee in asserting
that MIR. Dunn will be wholly vindi-
Gated. The charges of Public Exam.
liner johnson are found to be wholly
false and malicious and without even
a color of truth. johnson has Ger.
talnly earned the contempt of every
falr minded man in the State.-Orton.
Vile Herald-Star.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-03-23
An IMPORTANT BILL.

If the bill introduced by Senator
Barker in the senate and by Repre-
sentative Thayer in the house on Tues
day becomes law there will be no
more contesting delegates to political
conventions for the nomination of
State officers, and the conventions will
be representative of the respective
parties. Here are the salient features
of the bill: Change the date for hold
ing primary elections from seventh
Tuesday before election to the third
Tuesday in June, and that is the only
change made in the primary election
law; fixes the date for holding county
conventions to elect delegates to State
conventions for nominating candidates
for State Offices on the fourth Tuesday
OF June; delegates to the county con-
ventions from each election precinct
are elected at the primary election
and the delegates receiving the high
est number of votes are entitled to
credentials duly signed by the judges
and clerks of election; it is made the
duty Of the presiding officer at the
county convention to recognize only
delegates bearing certificates from the
regular election officers of the precinct.
This precludes all possibility of con-
test. The time and place of electing
delegates to county conventions is def
initely fixed: Time-regular primary
election day; place-regular poll
ing place in the election precinct. The
bill entails no additional expense on
the State, county, or election precinct.
The polls are open all day, and every
voter is afforded an opportunity of
participating. The bill further pro-
vides that the State conventions must
be held not less than three nor more
than ten days from the date of hold
ing the county conventions. The bill,
if it becomes q law. will make State
conventions thoroughly representative
of the voters of the respective parties
and do away with contests.
There would be no particular OBJ
lection urged against holding the
primary election on the same date as
at present. A short, sharp and de-
cisive campaign would suit most peo-
pie. Primary election seven weeks
before regular November election;
hold county conventions on Friday
following primary elections, and State
conventions within one week of county
conventions. That would give five
weeks active campaigning plenty of
time for the liars and mud singers to
do their work.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-03-23
No Thank You.

The Office of bee inspector is the lat
est move by our legislature at St.
Paul, a bill having been introduced
by M. j.. O'Laughlin creating the
position with emoluments of $500 per
day and $1,000 annually for the sup
port Of the department. Whoever
lands this plum is welcome to. it.
Some of us can recall occasions back
in our boyhood days when we did a
little along the bee inspection line
ourselves and wouldn't go through
it again for four dollars day, no
nor $4.OO a minute. The man who
ever sat on one of those open work
mower seats with pair of linen
trousers on and rode over a good
healthy wild bees nest at a slow pace
where the bees were doing business
along active lines will not begrudge
the fellow his job who lands this new
creation in the line of a pull at the
public pap. Success to him and-the
bees.-Crookston Times.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-03-23

The private car monopoly has got
to go and it is only q question of
time. They are after them. It was
only a few years ago that the Armour
combination went into potatoes and
invaded the potato belt of Minnesota
for spuds. They had an agent in
Princeton who made overtures to
some of the dealers who had lot of
potatoes but could not get cars to ship
them. They were tied up tight and
when the Armour man came along he
made the dealers an offer, several
cents bushel lower than they could
have realized for the potatoes had
they been able to ship them them
selves. But the Armour represent
ative could place his hand on the cars,
the real Armour cars, and move the
product at once, and this is just what
he did with a lot of the Princeton
potatoes. The railroad can't always
furnish the cars as fast as trade con-
ditions demand, but there are lots of
times when the rolling stock is shifted
to meet such conditions in traffic as
will prove most remunerative to- the
and very natural thing,
too. What business man wouldn't re-
sort to such tactics. But the small
shipper must have few wedges to
use and the legislature should give
them to him. They have a wonderful
effect sometimes.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-03-23

Garteld's report has been roasted
SO much that it is good and brown by
this time. He says he has something
up his sleeve, and let us hope that he
has. In the meantime the federal
grand juuries are at work and are
grinding slowly but surely. Some of
the big packers have taken passage
across the pond for their health in
the meantime. But there are. enough
witnesses without them.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-03-23

As far as R. G: Dunn? is concerned
in the investigation of the State audi.
tors Office he asks no favors of any
member of the investigating commit
tee or of any member of the .legisla-
ture. All he asks is that the commit
tee make thorough investigation and
report facts as they exist. The howl
ings Of venal journalistic coyotes
should not influence any member OF
the committee or of the legislature.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-03-23
Graft in the little hamlet of Br0ote

Graft in the little hamlet of Brooten
in Stearns county received severe
jolt from the State supreme court the
other day. A citizen of that place
while mayor had used the village hall
for flour and feed warehouse and
also used the fire bell in his trade.
When any customers wanted -four or
feed and there was no one around
they simply had to ring the bell and
summon either the mayor or the vii
lage marshal who worked under the
orders of the mayor There happened
to be a competitor in the business who
showed fight and that started good
hot fight which did not end until the
supreme court informed the grating
crowd where they were At.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-03-23

In Owatonna they have elected a
colored constable to Office and he de-
feated one of the oldest constables in
the State, It is claimed that the
colored man was nominated as joke,
but the negro saw through the joke
and began saving wood right away.
Now Owatonna has the white mans
burden on it's hands.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-03-23

Bread from macaroni wheat eaten
at the State agricultural school is
pronounced good staff of life. The
flour has q yellowish tinge which by
vigorous working can be made very
faint. Fifty barrels of macaroni -four
cost $50 less than the standard brand
of flour. It looks like lnacaroni
wheat -four was to become standard
article of commerce.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-03-23
Small Satisfaction for Dunn.

rs. 7. Johnson's charges against
former State Auditor Dunn were re-
ported on by the house committee on
public accounts, and resulted in the
exoneration of Mr.. Dunn from all the
charges preferred And you, who
grabbed and peddled the lie, who
helped them all traduce Robert G.
Dunn, what do you think of it all,
and yourselves, now? Mr.. Dunn will
be exonerated and indicated, all
right, and shown to be the good Off
eial he was, the good citizen he is, but
the chance that the truth will overtake
the-lie on all Of its journey wings, is re-
mote indeed. Stil lWater Gazette.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-03-23
Church Topics * *
METHODIST.
4. Sunday and Weekday
Announcements.


METHODIST.
Morning, "a Sermon to the Aged:,'
evening, The Prodigal Daughter
The usual good singing and music.
CONGREGATIONAL.
Topics for next Sunday: Morning,
1.-The Gospel of Faith;'' evening,
are You Going, to Whom?"
The following anthem will be rend-
cred by the choir at the morning SER
vice: II Will Arise and Come Unto
Thee. - The music for the evening
service will consist of a vocal solo by
Miss Dielman, an offertory selection,
piano solo by George Ross, and the
anthems, ''Bless the Lord,n and
Jesus, Refuge of My Soul.' All
are invited to the services.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-03-23
The United States treasury received

The United States treasury received
last week Sl2, 900 from conscience
stricken person who had swindled the
government out of what he thought
was equivalent to that amount by this
time. Well,S now whatsif all the gov
rnmentswindlersv should take sitezinto
their heads to get good right away.
The United States treasury could not
hold the money!.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-03-23

Last year Minnesota received :l6, 425
immigrants from foreign countries,
but two per cent of the total immigra-
ton to this country for the year. Of
those coming to this State 1853 we're
skilled workmen while almost 10000
were classed as common laborers.
There you have it in a nutshell.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-03-23

The farmers in the Stanchfeld lake
country have organized a co-opera-
tive creamery association and will
start a creamery. A. good thing, and
the wonder is that it was not started
long ago. There is a good field for
creamery there. tAll success to it.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-03-23

The Missouri legislature finally
pulled itself together and elected Will
liam Warner of Kansas City United
States senator
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-03-23

The Minnesota school of agriculture
graduated a class last week of 1O1
young farmers, the largest in the his
tory of the school.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-03-23

!. The new Canadian provinces Of
Saskatchewan and Alberta to be
organized as regular states or prov
inces of Canada are domain in
themselves, reaching from the prov
ince of Manitoba west to British
Columbia. They contain 100000
square miles of rich territory. The
eastern part of this new territory is
the future hard wheat belt of the
world. The greater part of this terri
tory is being settled by Americans.
Who can predict the ultimate destiny
of that great region when, it is thickly
populated. There will be glad hand
over the line at some future date and
there are those living who will see it.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-03-23

Increase the salaries of each and
every one of Governor Johnson's APP
pointees. Day and Rosing will need
a large campaign fund in 1906, and G.
A. Smith cannot be expected to con-
tribute more than 100000!
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-03-23

The Colorado legislature ousted
Adams and then placed Peabody in
the chair, who in turn resigned and
the lieutenant governor was placed at
the head of the government of that
state which is in turmoil and trouble,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-03-23

There are more Black wolves in and
around the twin city newspaper offices
than there are gray wolves in the leg
islature. And the Unsuitable appetites
of those Black wolves!
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-03-23

Boiling" is we'll known process
in every newspaper Office, but even
then some of the stuff isn't fit to read.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-03-23

One Van SAINT who formerly held
some position in the State government
was not much in evidence at the recent
encampment of the G.. A. r. held in
st. Paul.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-03-23

Old Ii Hung Chang who made the
Russian Manchurian graft possible
must have turned over in his tomb
when Mukden was abandoned.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-03-23
Died In Rocking Chair.

Christian Bonn of Estes Brook,
mention of whose death was made last
week, was not found dead in bed but
died in rocking chair, John o.
Beden was with him when he died.
The services of a coroner hardly
seemed necessary.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-03-23

The great Equitable Life Assurance
company Of New York has finally
passed into the hands Of a majority
of the policy holders, just where it
should be. Young Mr.. Hyde, son Of
the old man who made the great com
pany. was bowling a little too swiftly
to hold the balance Of power which
was wrested from him, and the change
will place the company on a sound
footing. You can't mix heavy bust
ness responsibilities with high rolling,
fast, swift and rich friends who take
more interest in poodles than the poor.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-03-23

O. S. PETERSON, T. n. Galley, j. r. PETERSON
| PRESIDENT VICE PRES c.su,e,