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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-01-26
M1LACA AND MILE Laos X. X.
ALI Aboard for Milaca, Page and Mile
Laos Lake Points on the Land Assess.
irn

ALI Aboard for Milaca, Page and Mile
Laos Lake Points on the Land Assess
ment Line.
The question of a railroad to be
built to Mile Laos lake is again be-
coming live topic with most of the
people here. Many of the old settlers
are quite discouraged and disguised
over the matter, however, claiming
that there was as much talk about a
railroad to be built to the lake twenty
years ago, as at the present time and
that the prospects of getting one ap-
peared to be as good at that early
day as they are now. If these reports
are true, as we are inclined to think
they are, and if we are to judge the
future by the past in the matter of
railroad building to Mile Laos, then
it is about time for the people who are
most vitality interested and who would
receive the most benefit from a rail-
road, to get together and if necessary
organize company themselves to
build an electric line from the lake to
Milaca. This naturally suggests the
query: How much would it cost. and
where would the money come from?
AS to how much it would take to
build line, we would not venture to
say further than an off-hand guess
that s175,00O would be sufficient. This
amount, we believe could be raised
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-01-26
co. c IN THIRD PLACE
Princeton Company is Advanced to
Third Place in the Regiment Fl
by inspection Standing.
An Inspection Record That Both the
Company and People of Prince.
ton Are Proud OF,

The officers and members of Com
pany G are feeling very much elated
over the excellent standing the COM
pany is given in the report of the in
spection officer, Lieut.. Col. VIM. Ger
ZACH, U. S. A. (retired,) to Adj. Cen
eral Libbey of the Minnesota National
G uard. The inspection officer visited
every company in the State last
spring, and made a very rigid in
spection of each company, the inspec-
ton covering, company arms and
equipment, records, uniform, cloth
ing, care of property, drill, formation,
general efficiency, etc. Inspection of
State troops was also made during
the encampment at Lake City last
summer. .
According to the report of the in
spection officer, Company G stands
third place in the Third Infantry for
per centage of entire inspection, the
standing being 95.4 per cent. Com
pany G. of Duluth stands first with
96.7S per cent and Company B of
Anoka second with 96.32 per cent.
The record is certainly one that the
Princeton company can justly feel
proud over. The company will not
be four years in the service until next
April. The first year it stood in ninth
place, at the bottom. The second
year it took eighth place, while the
third year it secured sixth place, and
the present report advances it to third
place.
In points of competitive drill Com
pany G. stands 80, or fourth in the
regiment, and in target practice it
stands 60.4 or fourth place.
Company G standing in the brigade
is sixteenth place.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-01-26
HIGH SCHOOL EUl)i1ET.

Rev. Henderson made a short call
at the school Monday afternoon.
A program will be rendered by the
Eighth grade Friday afternoon.
Miss Woodruff chose last Monday
as her twisting day" and spent it
visiting in Minneapolis.
Otto and George Behuke have left
the Fourth grade to go to German
school. Mile Pringie has also left
school.
The organization known as 1.-The
Third Grade Workers. in Miss
Quinn's room are making great prog
ress. The leader, Bernard Anderson,
does remarkably we'll.
The new pupils who have entered the
school this week are Stella and Della
Plumondore, Fifth grade; Nellie Cam
eron OF Wyanett and Adner Orion,
Princeton, Eighth grade, making en-
rollment in Eighth grade fifty-one.
Ethel Seaman, Seventh grade.
The program given by the high
school was very we'll rendered. The
visitors who came we're Mesdames G..
Neumann, W. Nicely, S. S. Peterson,
j. F. Peterson, Mrs. Walters of Elk
River and the Misses Florence Tib-
bets and Cater. The Eighth grade
was invited in and Miss King was
chosen critic. The Eighth grade was
represented by Ellsworth Foltz who
rendered "The Livery Horse.'' He was
encored and spoke. Glove in Ken
tucky.:,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-01-26
WEEK OF ACCIDENTS
A Horse Belonging to Elmer BigeIoW
Meets Death After Running
onto Railroad Bridge.
Dewey rlcFarland and Oscar UgIem
Receive Injuries While
Coasting.

Last Saturday while Elmer Bigelow
was at the farm house of Frank
Henschel north of town his team be-
came frightened by the discharge of a
gun and ran away. They had not
gone far when they collided with tree
and the team separated. One of the
horses started down the Mark pasture
on the north side of the West Branch
and as it approached the river was
diverted in it's mad race by a barb
wire fence, and climbed the railway
embankment and started down the
track onto the tressle leading to the
bridge. It went but a few feet when
it fell, and was in some manner pinned
between the ties, with part of it's
body hanging over the bridge. The
freight train was close at hand, and
some of the bridge crew seeing the
disabled horse on the bridge went and
released it by loosening some of the
ties. The horse when it was released
fell to the hard ground below, and
was so badly injured that it had to be
shot. Mr.. Blgelow says that the
horse got onto the right-of-way of the
railroad by a fence being down, and
he will put in claim for the value of
the animal -: ~
Dewey Mcfarland, the seven-year-
old son of Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Nc
Farland was quite badly injured
while coasting on the hill near the ice
house last Friday evening. While
sliding down the hill he was run into
by another boy and the sharp end of
the runner to the sled struck the Nc
Farland boy in the abdomen. The
injury caused the, boy much suffering
and he was taken to DR.. Cooney who
attended to his injury, which he found
affected one of the kidneys, and for a
time the injury was thought to be a
very serious one, but the boy is very
much better at the present time and
will be able to get out soon.
! Oscar tIgl lem ygh lies ding. LAST sri-
day fell from his sled and broke his
leg. Drs. Galley and Armitage set the
fractured bone for the boy who will
not be laid up a very long time with
the injured leg.
Last Saturday while hauling wood
near Brickton Roy Farnham fell from
the load and landed on stump which
bruised his body quite badly, so that
he was laid up for a few days.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-01-26
PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESSION.
A Bill Introduced to More Clearly Define
t}le S9vno

Bill Introduced to More Clearly Define
the Same.
A Washington dispatch says: "The
house committee on election of presi.
dent and vice president and REPRESENT
atives in congress has favorably re-
ported the bill introduced by Repre-
sentative Clarke of Missouri, adding
the secretary of agriculture and secre-
tary OF commerce and labor to the
line of presidential succession. In
reporting this measure the committee
asks some questions to point out what
it regards as inadequacies in the ex-
listing law demanding the early atten-
ton of congress.
1.-THE query is made as to who would
determine the question of inability,
of the president, and who would sue
coed, in the event of the death of the
president-elect, and if, in the event of
the death of the president-elect and
the vice president-elect, would the
members of the cabinet appointed by
the outgoing president succeed in the
order named by law?
'sIt is also asked whether, in the
event the Democratic candidates for
president and vice president had been
elected at the last election and had
died before new cabinet officers had
been confirmed, the Republican cab
met members would be in line of sue
cession. The present law, it is stated,
was adopted as an emergency meas
ure.''
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-01-26
The Value OF Shore Acres.

The State of Minnesota includes no
less than ten thousand lakes great and
small. This endowment is so abund-
ant that comparatively little thought
has been given by land owners or
spectators to the special value of
lakeside property. Lakes near large
cities or towns have been appreciated
as things of value, and their shores
have been active property in the real
estate market. But country lakes and
lakes in wild territory have not till
recent years been looked upon as
having much, if any more, value than
that of acreage farm lands.
This condition is passing. Attrac-
tive lake shores are now being
counted good property to buy for fu-
ture profit. Southern and southwest
ern people, summering about the lakes
OF Minnesota, have seen a future for
these lands and have set ION foot a.
buying movement that has already
taken many attractive shore acres in
the State. For example, on Lake
Mile Laos, one of the States larg-
est lakes, but one with attractive
shores, there is now little if any good
shore property on the market. In the
"Park Region,' from Alexandria
north to Detroit, spectators are
looking up specially attractive lake
shore areas. Many such tracts are
being bought, plated and sold at
good profit.
The State of Minnesota has for
neighbors on the west and south lake.
less states, that can never in the ages
to come create anything within their
borders so attractive as one of the
thousands of lakes with which nature
has endowed this State. The value of
the shores of these lakes can never be
less than it is. to-day. It is likely to
grow rapidly greater from this time
On.-COmmercial West.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-01-26
England's Postal Savings Banks.

One thousand million pounds or
SIS, 900, 900, 900 is the estimated amount
Of money to the credit of the thrifty
poor and the working classes in
Europe which invested fund is backed
up by the security of the government
OF each country. Of this sum no less
than two hundred million pounds
sterling, or $1,000, 100000 represent
the amount invested in the Postofice
Savings Bank of Great Britain and
Ireland, and savings banks with al
most equally good security.
The history of the savings banks OF
England is one of the most beautiful
chapters of English progress, and
like the story of the Penny-Post is a
triumph for the English people in set
ting an example to the rest of the
civilized world which has been eagerly
followed.
Taking the population of Great
Britain and Ireland at slightly over
40, 1000, 900, we find that one person in
every four and one-half has deposits
in the postoffice savings banks, and
that the average amount deposited by
each poor person is exactly SIS los
lOd. Statistics are generally dull,
but these must be most interesting and
gratifying to all who have the welfare
of mankind at heart.-J. Hermiker
Heaton, M. P, in Arena Magazine.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-01-26

by assessing the lands within nine
miles of the line on each side, say at
twenty-five, fifty, seventy five cents
and 81 per acre, according to it's To-
cation, etc. There would be at least
300, 900 acres, the owners of which
should be perfectly willing to have
their lands SO assessed and if neces-
sary pledge the land for the payment
of the assessment as most of it would
double in value as soon as the line
was constructed. There would of
course be some DIRECTORS as there
always are to every undertaking, but
large percentage has been allowed
for cases Of this kind in estimating
$4,000 as the amount that might be
raised.
1t might be that a standard guage
railroad could be built to better ad-
vantage than an electric line, or it
might be better to raise a bonus in
this way and donate it to some com
pany that would construct and operate
a line at once. This plan is merely
suggestive of what we believe might
be accomplished by joint action of
land owners and others interested in
the development of this section. Many
details would of course have to be
worked out to make the plan practical
BILE. We would be glad to receive
communications from any of our read
ers with criticisms or suggestions for
some better plan to bring all this
railroad talk to an action point, if
they have anything to offer Mile
Laos Pioneer.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-01-26
Company G Target Practice

Much interest is being taken in in
door traget practice by many of the
members of Company G. Two weeks
ago the best scores we're as follows:
Capt. Galley, SO: Lieut.. Galley, So;
Sergt. Sellhorn, 49,. Score by pri-
Yates was as follows: King, So; Du-
gan, 56: Leech, 81; Orion, 50: Artif-
Ger Marshall, so. .zs.. .:....... 49,:
Last week the following scores were
made: Capt. Galley, Sc; Lieut.. Galley,
So; Sergt. Tritch, So; Corp. Marshall,
SO; Artificer Marshall, so; Private
Boyn, Sc: Private Swain, Sc: Private
King, SO.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-01-26
Postmaster Martin,

James A. Martin has been ap-
pointed postmaster at st. Cloud, vice
Harvey G.. Wire, removed. It is un-
derstood that there were several can
didates for the Office, but the contest
becoming strenuous, Congressman
Buchanan ended the fight by recon-
mending the appointment of Mr.. Mar
tin, who was strongly indorsed.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-01-26
February Horse Auction.

The Mark Horse Co. is making
preparations for big sale on the
fourth of February. Mr.. Mark went
to Waterloo last week to attend the
sale of William Holland and he
bought two cars of draft horses and
farm mares for his sale barns. At
the coming sale he will have an ex-
ceptionally fine lot of horses and
mules. r. j. Elliot of Duluth accom-
panied Mr.. Mark to the Waterloo sale.
They report a good sale at that place
and say that Princeton secured some
of the best in the offerings.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-01-26
Bills by Local Members.

Hon. Emmett Mark introduced a bill
in the house last Thursday providing
for an appropriation of $1,000 for
building bridge across the Rum
river on the section line between Sec
ton Is and % in the town of Page.
On Tuesday he introduced a bill for
$500 for the. Improvement of high
way in township A in Aitkin county.
Hon. II. E. Craig introduced bill
on the same day amending the general
laws of 1903 relating to issuing bonds
by organized towns to build roads.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-01-26
SCHEEN IS ASSESSOR.
Village Council Appoints T. F. Scheen
Assessor--Newton and Taylor
Hold Old Jobs.
Night Watch kaliher Made Police Of
ficer--Other Business is Dis
posed OF.

The village council met at the office
OF the recorder last Monday night,
the meeting being the first regular
session of the new council. All mem
bers were present with the exception
of Trustee Galley. The regular budget
OF bills was taken up and allowed.
Tom Scheen was appointed village
assessor. There were no other appli-
cations for the position and Mr..
Scheen had the field to himself. Mar
shall Newton was engaged as marshal
for the ensuing year at his present
salary. Ben Soule was present and
put in an application as street com
missioner but the council decided not
to make any appointment until later
as there will be no street work for
some time. Electrician Taylor was
appointed for ahother. year at his
present salary.
It was decided to re-establish two
thirty-two candle power street lights
on the street just east of the court
house, one of the lights to be placed
at the McCool corner.
Night Watch Kaiher- had police
powers conferred upon him by the
council as he is now permanently en-
gagged by the business men of the viii
lage to act as night watchman.
The Princeton Union was made
the official paper of the village for
the ensuing year for the publication
OF all resolutions, ordinances, etc.,
passed by the council.
There was some talk by the council
OF establishing an all-night light SER
vice, but no definite action was taken
in the matter. -.
g. A. Dickey was present and talked
over the matter of extending water
mains where private parties desired
water service. The council seemed
disposed to grant extensions where
circumstances would warrant. Mr..
Dickey has been trying for some time
to get the water ranain extended from
Depot street south to his corner and
says that if the extension is made that
the service will amply repay the vii
lage for the extra expense of laying
the mains, etc.
Elmer Chapman, the new member of
the council, was authorized to look
into the matter of street frontage on
his street and ascertain what changes
would be necessary to have uniform
frontage Of all property on the street.
Some of the lots extend into the street
farther than others and it is the desire
of those living on the street to have a
uniform width to the same before any
improvements are made.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-01-26
\ Big Mining Suit.

On Tuesday of this week Judge Bax-
ter began the trial of one of the larg-
est lawsuits in the history of the
country. The suit is brought by
George C. Howe, prominent inves.
tor of Duluth, against the ''Hayward
heirs," who are Mrs. E. G. Holden
of St. Paul, Mrs. John Coates, Mrs.
Daniel Fl. Freeman and Mrs. G..
Park Mcclure Of St. Cloud. The
litigation involves the famous Arctu-
rus mining properties which were re-
Gently leased to the United States
Steel corporation for an annual rental
of 100000. 49,.
Howe's attorneys are Bailey, Wash
burn & Mitchell of Duluth. and
George W. Stewart and Senator
Brewer of St. Cloud, while the defend
ants are represented by Reynolds &
Reeser, Calhoun & Bennett and Tay-
lor & jerks, all of St. Cloud.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-01-26
A NEW LEADER IN CONTEST.
MRS. CahiH Looms Up as a Dark Horse In
the Wesley Contest.

Mrs. Cahill Looms Up as a Dark Horse In
the Wesley Contest.
The Wesley piano contest will close
at noon On next Monday and lust as
soon as j. G. Borden can count the
ballots the winner will be announced.
There is a new leader in the contest
this week in the person of Mrs. Cahill,
a poor widow lady who lives on the
north side, and who is supported by
the county. It was suggested by sew
eral parties holding some high counts
that pool be formed and an effort
made to secure the piano for Mrs.
Cahill and the count made yesterday
shows she has over 10000 votes.
Mrs. Marks vote was increased over
80, 900 the past week. The other con-
testants remain in the same order as
last week.
011 II
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-01-26
Arrested for Obstructing Highway.

HAAAOCSO<A 4oA ODSCTuCCAHSS d highway
Philip Boehm of the town of Blue
Hill was arrested on complaint of the
town board of supervisors of Blue
Hill last Saturday, charged with OBJ
structing public road. Boehm was
taken before Justice Mergel where he
gave. bonds for his appearance at
one O'Clock p. m. on February 9TH.
It is charged that. Mr.. Boehm built
barb-wire fence out in the road in
front of his farm last spring, and was
ordered by the town board to remove
the same, but he refused to do so, and
the board has taken the matter into
court to determine his right to build
the objectional fence. The hearing
will be held at the town hall.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-01-26
Sermon and Song

The Congregational church choir
will givesa fine musical program on
next Sunday evening. The following
will be the order of the service:
Praise service by the congregation.
Scripture reading by the pastor
Selection, Heaven is My Home''.. Choir
Responsive Reading.
anthem, Wake the Song .......... McPhai1
Prayer. ,s'' $500,
Anthem. Lost Choir Sullivan
Sermon, "Our Horizon, Pastor
SOLO. Miss Anna Dielman
Mrs. f. L. Ludden. Organist
Miss Helen Wright, Accompanies
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-01-26
MONEY tor Indians.

Simon Michelet, United States In
dian agent, has made arrangements
to pay the Mile Laos Indians their
annuity per capita at Lawrence,
Mimi, on Feb. 4.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-01-26

:" have called, doctor, to settle that
dental bill, but I think it's a good
deal higher than it ought to be-. >,
But you will remember, madame,
that the tooth required a good deal of
treatment, and took the greatest care
to make every operation painless
remember it didn't hurt me a
particle. That's why the bill seems
SO outrageous. - Chicago Tribune.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-01-26
Storey and Clark Piano Contest.
The following is the result of the
count made Jan. %

The next counting will occur on
Monday evening, Feb. 5th, 1905. All
contestants and all interested are re-
Quested to be present.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-01-26
Wanted the Worth of Her Money.

Mrs. f. L. Ludden. Organist.
Miss Helen Wright, Accompanies.
The Red Cloud chief., 1905-12-22
Implement Men Meet.

Lincoln, Dec. 20.-Implement men
Of the South Platte region held their
annual convention at the Lincoln no.
tel. Judge England made an address
of welcome and G. NJ. Maurer of Be
atrice answered on behalf of the as
ISOLATION. Jerome Shamp OF Lincoln
was elected president for the fifth
chosen first vice president and G. NJ.
Maurer Of Beatrice second vice presi-
dent.
The Red Cloud chief., 1905-12-22
ONE DEAD, FORTY INJURED.
Collision on Elevated Tracks Of New
York Central In Harlem.

New York, Dec. 20.-In one OF the
most extraordinary accidents known
TO American ~railroading, two heavily
loaded passenger trains came togeth.
err on the elevated tracks of the New
York Central and Hudson River rail-
road near One Hundred and Tenth
streets, in Harlem. One man, j. w.
Knapp of New Rochelle, was killed
and forty persons were more or less
seriously injured.
Both of the colliding trains were
eastbound and had left the Grand Cen
trail station, at Forty.second street,
within a few minutes OF each other.
One was the Stamford local on the
New York, New Haven and Hartford
railroad, which company uses the
New York Central tracks. The other
train was the Poughkeepsie express
OF the Central. Rushing along on
parallel tracks. the two trains sud-
denly came together. The local was
switched from the third track onto
the fourth and in an instant the Ell
CINE of the express had crashed into
the day coach, following the smoking
car Of the local. The tracks at the
point of the collision are about thirty
feet in the air. This made the work
of rescue difficult, and lent materially
to the terror Of the passengers.
The Red Cloud chief., 1905-12-22
Saunders County Takes First.

Lincoln, Dec. 20.-Deputy State
superintendent Il. c. Bishop, manager
of the corn growing contest among
the boys in the public schools, n
nounced that Robert Engel of Sauni-
ers county secured first prize; d. O..
Stelk of Hall county, second; Tai.
mage Miller of Cass county, third,
and Winifred Bixby of Lancaster
county, fourth. Engel gets a 500
prize. Out of the 500 contestants
from sixty.fve counties 200 will re-
ceive awards.
The Red Cloud chief., 1905-12-22
Forced 70 Lake Poison.

Kingman. Kan, Dec. 20.-Clarence
Albright. a farmer living near here.
died under circumstances indicating
that he had been compelled to take
a fatal dose of poison. His wife was
away from home last night and Al.
bright spent the night with his pa.
rents. who live near his home. An
hour after he left his fathers house
he telephoned to his parents that he
was dying. having been waylaid and
forced to take poison. He died in
great agony a few minutes after his
parents arrival.
The Red Cloud chief., 1905-12-22
William G. Crawford Convicted.

Washington, Dec. 20.-The jury In
the case of William G.. Crawford, the
former deputy auditor for the postof-
fee department, who was indicted on
a charge of conspiracy with August
w. Machen and George Il. IOrenz to
defraud the United States in connec-
ton with a contract for supplying the
department with letter carriers satch-
els and straps, returned a verdict OF
guilty.