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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-11-02
County Superintendent
Potatoes at Mora.

The past week has been lively one
for local potato buyers and prices
have advanced from Is cents to so and
60 cents. Prices began soaring last
Saturday and before night one load
sold at 81 cents. Prices dropped to
40 cents on Monday and Tuesday.
They began advancing again on We'd
nesday and yesterday afternoon the
prevailing price for frst-class stock
was 60 cents.
Potatoes are being marketed at a
lively rate, several thousand bushels
coming into town every day. There
are four local buyers who are stor-
ing nearly all potatoes. bought, indi-
eating that they; have faith in per-
manent high price for tubers.
The prices here have, as "a whole
been above surrounding towns which
brings many potatoes from distance.
It is estimated that there are over
100, 900 bushels tributary to Mora.
Present conditions are very gratifying
to farmers, as they raised potatoes at
loss the two previous seasons.
Kama bee County Times.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-11-02
Chad Threatens Action.

Judge Chadbourne-or cold Chad. .
as he is Familiarity known about town
threatens to pull us before the court
(himself) and fine US for appropriate
ing to our own use a story intended
for the book he processes to be writ
ing and which he proposes to en1ttle
"Salmagundi." Salmagundi, as you
all know, is conglomerate of
chopped meat, spices, picked her
rings and things. The title Chad has
chosen seems to be admirably adapted
to the text OF the work, as it's contents
are muttony, peppery and 6shy, the
latter quality being particularly pre-
ponderant: Now, while revising
Chad's plagiarized manuscript and.
clippings from authors of questiona-
bic character in his chambers last
week, story which was afoat long
before the MayAower, and which was
written in pencil upon the back of a
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-11-02

homemade King road drag. The town
agreed to care for one mile of four
roads leading out in different direc-
tiOns and the farmers care for seven
miles on each route. Within a week
fifty farmers were using homemade
King drags, and 200 are expected to
be using them this fall. An almost
impossible street was converted
within a few hours into a road solid
enough for team to haul ton load
with ease.
'The success at Onawa has been
duplicated in dozens of other towns.
Denison,, Iowa, chose the street lead
ing from the residence of Leslie M.
Shaw, secretary of the treasury, to
the railway station as the one to be
improved and within half day it
was made as good a village street
as there is in that state. Worlds
Work.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-11-02
No New Seed Necessary.

Henry Schroeder, prominent
farmer of Sabin, Mimi, differs from
those who sec urgent necessity for
Introducing seed potatoes from other
localities in the famous Red River
valley. "What potatoes we have, -
says Mr.. Schroeder, "are good, sound
seed stock. I grow the Ohios and
Bliss Triumphs, 800 acres of them,
and the quality of the stock harvested
shows the foolishness of saying we
need imported Seed, All we need to
do is spray against blight, and we
will have old times. The soil should
receive more nourishment, for in the
thickly settled communities from 20 to
80 crops have been taken from the
ground, and any soil will play out
without sufficient rest.''
Mr.. Schroeder says the acreage in
his locality was larger, but the yield
is only about one-third of 1904 on
account of blight striking the fields
early an August.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-11-02
Nat Brigham at Opera House

On Tuesday, Nov. 7, Nat M. Brig
ham will deliver at the Jesmer opera
house in Princeton his celebrated lee
ture entitled "The Grand Canyon of
Arizona. Of this lecture Bob Bur-
dette says: 1.-The audience might
have seen the Grand Canyon without
the magic of the photographers art,
that threw pictures of matchless
beauty and indescribable color on the
canvass; Mr.. Brigham's description,
no less brilliant, limned the scenes on
the brain. His enunciation, Phillips
Brooks-like in its easy rapidity, is
clear as bell notes; his manner. is
graceful, as of, man unconsciously
sure, of himself and his subject: his
unstudied gestures are pertinent and
forceful; and in the lighter parts his
humor, rollicking as. schoolboy's,
flashes across the beautiful landscape
of his discourse, brilliant as summer
lightning"
Mr.. Brigham's lectures are interest,"
ing, instructive and elevating. F..
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-11-02
MILE Laos INDIANS

Ina Destitute COndition-Efforts to Induce
Them to Remove to Reservation.
q press dispatch says that the 400
Indians now living around Mile Laos
lake, and whose transfer to the White
Earth reservation is desired by the
United States government, are in a
destitute condition.. =
q They are seeking to have their an
nuity, which is due Minnesota Indians
Within a short time, paid to them at
Mile Laos instead of: at White Earth,
where the agent lives and where the
.1ndian should really be.
Theodore H. Beaulieu, an educated
hAdian from the White Earth agency.
llssendeavoring to persuade the red
men at Mile Laos to 60 to the reser-
Walton! They have been holding off
fpr long time despite the fact that
the government will give them free
transportation to White Earth and 100
acres of land for every adult male;
build them house and give them
such necessities as farming imple-
ments, a team of horses, wagon, sled,
cook stove, etc.
INSTEAD of accepting for some rea-
son they prefer to remain at Mile
L la and starve. They have no land,
: NO rights of any kind at Mile Laos
lake and remain only through the
Tolerance of settlers. Their children
are growing up in ignorance, where
asat White Earth schools are pro-
vided. There are at present 4,7OO
indians ixing4on- essresenEat ion an,d
ytRnS the Mile Laos Indians have
been persuaded to swell, the number
the confines of the reserve will then
hold practically all Indians in Min
nesotay now, under government SUPER
vision.
The Minnesota Indians have in the
treasury at Washington sum of
about So, 900, 600 from the sale of pine
on their lands. The government will
not distribute this principal for many
years but the Indians get the interest
on it annually. The apportionment
amounts to 1926 per capita. The
Mile Laos Indians now demand that
this annuity be paid to them at Mile
Laos instead of at White Earth.
. The agent contends that this sum
would not be large enough to tide
them through the winter and that with
the rice crop a failure they will starve
as they will be almost. solely depend
ent upon fish.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-11-02
THE POTATO MARKET
Prices Have Ruled Steady Throughout,
the Week and Potatoes are
Coming i'm Faster.
1t is Estimated That at Least One
Tenth of the Crop Still Re-
mains in Ground.

Prices have ruled steady in the
Princeton market during the week with
the exception of a slight downward
tendency on Monday and Tuesday.
The variation from last weeks prices
amounted, however, to but a cent or
two.
For several days farmers have been
hauling the tubers to market in larger
quantities and at some of the ware
houses yesterday wagons were lined
up throughout the day awaiting an
opportunity to unload. Especially
was this SO at the warehouse of W.
81. Terrell & Co. '.>
In an interview with Mr.. Terrell he
stated that the crop of potatoes in this
vicinity-from a careful estimate
made by him-was larger than it had
been for the past five years, and that,
despite the. thousands of bushels which
it is expected at this time will have
to remain in the ground in conse-
quence of it's having frozen, more cars
will be shipped than for many sea-
son. He estimates that at least one
tenth of the crop still remains undug.
The shippers are being greatly in
convenienced by the shortage of cars.
Many of the warehouses are filled to
almost their storage capacity and,
Mr.. Terrell says that unless string
of empties arrives within day or two
some of the buyers will be compelled
to suspend operations.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-11-02
Monthly Auction Sale.

The Mark Horse company will hold
its monthly auction sale at Princeton
on Saturday next, Nov. 4, when two
hundred head of native and western
horses will be offered for sale. Per-
sons having horses weighing from
1,5OO pounds up should bring them in.
There will be buyers in large number.
Highest Isarket prices will be paid for
all stock Brought in. Emmett Mark
has decided to permanently locate in
Princeton and to hold monthly mark
cts as heretofore. Farmers should
pay particular attention to this an
nouncement and read posters now out.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-11-02
Ex-Gov. hIcGill Dead,

A. r. McGill, postmaster of St
Paul. member of the State senate anG
former governor of Minnesota, dice
suddenly of heart failure on Monda,
in St. Anthony Park. .....
Former Gov. McGill was stricken
while in bed and got up evidently fol
the purpose of getting a drink O.
water. He collapsed before he eouli
reach the door and died in his wifees
arms. -:
The members of the family were al
once aroused and DR.. Cannon, who
resides few doors away, was hastily
summoned: Mr.. McGill was dead
however, before the physician arrived
The family, consisting Of widow
and five children, survive the man.
A. R. McGill had been prominent
in Minnesota for many years. He
had occupied public positions almost
continually since early in the 7Os.
From 1878 to 1887 he served as insur.
ance commissioner of the state. In
1857 he was elected governor by the
Republican party and occupied the
highest position within the gift of the
state for one term.
In 1898 he was elected to the state
senate, and served continuously from
that time, being a member of the sen.
ate at the time of his death. In 1000
President Mckinley appointed Mr..
McGill postmaster of St. Paul, which
position he held until his death.
The deceased was born in Pennsyl.
vania Feb. 10, 1910, and came to Min.
nesota June 10, 1861. .*,-...-." d"
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-11-02

writ of certiorari, dropped from his
Table into our coat pocket-or, at
least, that's where we found it. We
read it, condemned it, threw it upon
the floor of our den and trampled it
INTO the dust. The newspaper forms
went to press, page proofs were O.
=. d and the edition whirled off. We
gods! There was Chad's story on the
front page. We entertained strong
suspicion that Brother Staples who
likes joke-had substituted this
chunk of Chad matter for a masterful
treatise by ourselves upon the
weather, but he denied the allegation
and offered to fight us. So, after ex-
hlfansting every means of gaining a
clue to the perpetrator of the diabol-
ical deed without result, we accused
the devil and let it go at that.
And now Chad threatens US with
action and fine!
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-11-02
CRAWFORD MUST HANG.

Supreme Court Refuses to Grant Box Car
Murderer New Trial.
The supreme court refuses to relieve
G. D. Crawford, the Elk River boxcar
murderer, of the sentence of death.
Crawford must hang. The supreme
court has ruled that the errors which
are alleged in the lower court are not
sufficient to secure a new trial of the
case.
Crawford is now in the Hennepin
county jail under sentence of death.
The hanging was previously fixed for
day in August, but E. S. Cary, at
torney for Crawford, made hard
fight before the supreme court and
secured a stay of execution so that
the case could be taken to the supreme
court for review.
The case was carried up on the
ground that one of the jurors had been
permitted to ask witness an i'm
proper question. No objection was
! taken at the time it was asked by
either the counsel for the defendant
or the judge and the supreme court
rules that where no objection is made
nor exception taken there is no error
on which the case can be carried to
higher court for review. 80
The crime of which he was convicted
was one of the most cold-blooded muir
ders in the history of the northwest.
Crawford, with George r. Palmer,
held up five men in a boxcar while
riding towards Minneapolis. One of
theme -Heinos..I .und in,.was-as leep..
and Crawford deliberately turned
searchlight on his face and fired a
bullet through his brain.
Palmer turned states evidence and
was sentenced for thirty years, while
Crawford will pay the penalty with
his life.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-11-02
=. Order Will be Changed.

2 The interior department has granted
substantially all that Senator Clapp
contends; for in relation to the White
Earth timber sale. In other words
the Indian office admits that the ad-
vertisement of sale says one thing
and. that the department means an
other.
: The rules and regulations will be
changed, but it is a mighty safe
wager that there will be no sale as
originally contemplated, and that
there will be no logging operations on
reservations this coming winter.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-11-02
What the Split-Log Drag is Doing.

"Thanks to D. Ward King, the dis
cOverer of new method of making
good roads out of poor ones by the
use OF a simple home made drag, the
farmers of Missouri, Iowa and the
neighboring states are being taught
how to make and keep good roads at
a minimum cost. Mr.. King, who for
twenty years, has been a good roads
enthusiast, visited Sac City, Iowa, at
the request of the good roads associa-
ton, recently. The work. done by the
farmers. as a result of his talk has
transformed the highways leading
into town. Twenty-eight miles were
cared for last year at an expense of
S2.4O per mile, and the roads were
made so smooth that owners of trot-
ting horses invariably choose them
for speedways in preference to the
race track.
"This convinced many doubters of
the value of Mr.. Kings device. He
interested members of the Missouri
board Of agricultureg in it, and they in
turn secured special trains to run,
free of charge, on. trunk lines in Mis-
souri, and Iowa, with Mr. King, at
frequent stops, and from the rear of
the platform, preaching his system.
He spoke first at the little town of
Onawa.5f Iowa. r The occasion was
made a festival. Three hundred Wis
iting farmers were given two good
meals by the enterprising business
men. One hundred and fifty dollars
was subscribed and offered as prizes
for the best kept mile and half mile Of
road during 1905 by the use of the
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-11-02
Five Hundred Dollars Reward,

Sheriff Shockley has received let
ter from the chief Of police of Rock
ford, ILL.,, Offering $500 reward for the
arrest and conviction of one John
Hoover, with several aliases, who has
been working the farmers on land
buying scheme in various parts of the
country. The swindler is described
as about 80 years old, 5 feet 10 or II
inches tall: weight about $50 or 100
pounds, dark complexion, dark hair
(gray mixed), smooth shaven, full
round face, rather good looking,
squint eyed, rather stopped should
ers, generally wears black soft hat
and dark clothes.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-11-02
ALLEGED HOLD UPS|
D. j. Lewis, Whisky Drummer,
Says that He was Relieved of
Sixty-Three Dollars.
q. w. Harter Tells Tale OF a Gum
Shoed r1an Who Pursued Him
with Shooting Iron.

On Monday night at about ten min
utes after II O'Clock D. j. Lewis,
travelling, salesman for wholesale
liquor house in Cincinnati, was held
up on one of the principal thorough
fares of Princeton by two unknown
men and robbed of S63 in cash. The
story as told by Mr.. Lewis to re-
porter for the U n o n is in substance
as follows:
At minute or two after II he left
the Southland saloon, where he had
been soliciting orders for his firm,
and proceeded toward his hotel, the
Park house, being accompanied. a
portion of the way by Tom Kaliher,
the iveryman. Shortly after he and
Mr.. Kaliher had parted company, and
while walking leisurely along between
the Home Drug Store and the Jones
residence, two men stole up behind
him, one Of whom secured a strangle
hold upon his neck and the other,
jumping in front of him, delivered
blow in the victims stomach which
knocked out his wind and. doubled
him up. Then, while one held him
securely by the throat the other
searched his pockets and relieved
him of 1853. Strange as it may seem,
they left untouched his watch and a
gold scarf pin. So sudden and I'M
expected was the attack of his assail-
ants that Mr.. Lewis, who is man
over six feet in height, muscular and
we'll proportional, was unable to offer
the slightest resistance. Upon releas-
ing their victim the highwaymen ran
off as fast as they could scamper and
Mr.. Lewis, upon recovering from his
dazed condition, proceeded to his
hotel. The hold-up occurred directly
in the glare of an electric street light,
but there seems to have been no one
abroad at that time who witnessed it.
The men are described as short
and a taller one, wearing respectively
a duck coat and s1ouch lat and a sack
coat and cap. .,s.. D.. =, = -. 80
Mr.. Lewis believes the work to be
that of professionals. as they used no
guns, clubs or sandbags. which he
says amateurs would have surely re-
sorted to.
The police are making diligent
search for the highwaymen, but it is
hardly considered probable that their
capture will be effected.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-11-02
6. w. Harter's Story,

G. W. Harter, one of the prominent
farmers of this place, says that on
Tuesday night a little after 7 o'clock
while he was proceeding along the
roadway north Of the Princeton hotel
a man approached him and COM
manded him to ';Halt!" He complied
with the request thinking it was some
one living Whereabouts who desired to
interrogate him on some point. When
the man came within a short distance
OF him he (Mr. Harter) noticed sus-
plclous movements on the part of the
fellow and slowly moved away. The
man followed and again commanded
him to halt, at the same time drawing
from his hip pocket long shiny gun.
Mr.. Harter waited for no further per-
suasion to decamp and used those
long muscular legs of his to advant-
age. He ran like jackrabbit pur-
sued by d greyhound and thus evaded
an interview which would probably
have caused him to bite the dust.
The hlghwayman fired no Shots It
is likely that he had no desire to at
tract attention to the fact that he was
abroad that night.
Mr.. Harter, upon reaching town,
informed the marshal, and the two of
them made thorough search for the
bandit, but up to date he has not been
overhauled. His footprints in the
snow were examined and they showed
that ne wore a pair of gum shoes
those noiseless rubbers which foot
pads SO often resort to.
The villain is described as a clean
shaver chap Of medium height with
broad shoulders, wearing coat of
sheep skin or duck and dark cap.
We hardly think they'll catch him.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-11-02
SjOblOm'S Till TOuched.

Sometime Monday while the bar
tender in Sjoblom's branch saloon
went into the backyard for pitcher
of water five dollars in small change
was lifted from cigar box in one OF
the drawers. A suspicious looking
character had been hanging around the
saloon for several days and had likely
been taking note of the layout of the
saloon. This same fellow was in the
room when the bartender went to the
pump, but when he returned he had
gone. The supposition is that he
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-11-02
State Butter Awards.

81. J. Roseneau of Meriden won
first place in the October butter
scoring contest in the awards just an
nounced by the State dairy and food
department. His score was 9711s.
III. A. Goetsch, of Money Creek got
second place with score of 81 and
N. b. Anderson of Norseland third
with 9615.
There were 129 entries, few less
than in previous months; none of
them scored less than 99..
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-11-02
How it Happened.

I Some men are born rich, some
achieve riches, and some get jobs I'M
der their fathers in the life insurance
Offices. Washington Post. IS
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-11-02

listened to the sound caused by the
movement of the pump handle and thus
gagged the time wherein he was safe
to touch the till. At any rate he
touched it and was seen no more.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-11-02
EDUCATORS MEET,
Elect Officers and Discuss Topics Benef-
cial to the Association.

Elect Officers and Discuss Topics Benefi-
cial to the Association.
The third meeting of the Mile Laos
County Teachers association was
held in Milaca on Saturday and
about 60 teachers we're in attendance.
The election of officers for the next
year resulted in selecting Supt. G. M.
Palmer, Milaca, president; Supt. S. M.
Pinney, Princeton, vice president;
Miss Sarah E. Drake, Princeton,
recording secretary; Miss Blazing,
Milaca, treasurer; County Supt.
Ewing, corresponding secretary. Ex-
ecutive committee: Supt. Ewing,
Nellie M. Clendenning, Simina Mad
sen. z e
At the afternoon session Miss Min
ME Sellhorn read a useful paper on
the conditions as found in the rural
schools, advancing many good ideas
to help teachers in their work.
Prof. S. M. Pinney gave a good
quarter of an hours talk on the OBJ
ject of the association. He set forth
very clearly why the association is a
necessity and why we as teachers
should attend the meetings. His talk
was we'll worth hearing and the only
regret is that teachers who seem diff
dent about attending these meetings
could not have heard his timelysre-
marks. It would surely have helped
them to see that it is each Teachers
absolute duty to be ever on the alert
for helpful ideas in their most impor-
tant field Of labor. - e.-
Prof. G.. w.. E. Hill of Saltwater
gave an address on "Travels in Eu-
rope.' Mr.. Hill is an excellent
speaker and his one hour talk on life
as he sawit in foreign countries was
worth, along educational lines, many
times the travel and trouble it cost
the teachers to get to Milaca. -
The Ladies Choral club of Milaca
is an excellent musical organization
and rendered two very highly appre-
ciated selections:
The piano duet by Misses Stoker
and Eaton of the Milaca school was
we'll rendered and called forth rounds
of applause.
j. S. Anderson and Mr.. Thompson
with the violin and flute furnished one
of the leading features of the meeting.
Their: duet was very fine. q.
The association>is now on, firm
footing and it's meetings are partici-
pated in by every live teacher in this
county and many from the surround
ing counties. It is an inspiration to
all, both rural and graded educators,
to renew and exchange social courte-
sizes and educational ideas and listen
to some frst-class man or woman on
subjects near to the teachers work.
Such has been, and such will be, the
course pursued in the work of the as
soclation, and it is earnestly hoped
that the negligent teachers of this
county will take the hint and attend
all future meetings. Do not fabricate
frivolous excuses, but be on hand
and keep in touch with modern ideas
as you will hear them at the next meet
ing to be held in Princeton on Dec.
9, 1905. .. Guv EWING.
County Superintendent.