The Princeton union., 1905-06-22

The insurance company maintains
that the storm was tornado and that
a clause in the policy exempts them
from the damage incurred. The court
has ruled for the plaintiff.
The Structural Building and Trades
alliance of st. Cloud has fled com
plaint with the State board of control
against the employment of students
and other young men not members of
the federal union by contractors build
ing the new Lawrence hall. The fed
eral union is an organization of day
laborers working on streets and at
similar labor. The matter has been
amicably settled by those working
on the job joining the union.
The State drainage commission let
contracts for three new bitches on
June Is, which will take about all the
funds available this year for such
work. The Wing river ditch in Otter
Tail county was given to John Kohler
of Frazee for 1l.4 cents a cubic yard.
The Standard Ditch company of Win
dom at 1875 cents was the successful
bidder on the Roseau river ditch.
John Kohler also secured the Kim
berly ditch in Aitkin county at 14.4
cents.
The Catholic Order of Foresters of
Minnesota closed it's session at New
Ulm on June IA, after electing officers
and making important recommends
tions to the International convention
to be held at Boston. Faribault was
chosen as the place for the next meet
ing in 1907. T. H. Martin of Duluth
was elected chief ranger and A. J..
Eckstein of New Ulm vice chief ranger.
The organization decided to continue
it's affliation with the American Fed
Grafton of Catholic societies.
Specimens of the huge skeleton re-
Gently unearthed near Fosston by a
farmer while digging a we'll, have
been sent to the State university for
Identification. DR.. F. w. Sordeson
in a letter says that the peculiar posi-
tion of the bones beneath a black
stratum of earth indicates that the
preglacial times this mammoth quad
ruped met it's death while trying to
cross a peatbog. He declines to say
just what the skeleton is, but has
asked for a careful description of the
locality with a view to further inves-
LEGATIONS.
Mr.. De Vault made a novel catch
while driving along the banks of Lake
Pokegama, near Grand Rapids last
week. In company with another man
he was taking a drive from Grand
Rapids to another town which he
makes regularly, when he heard the
scream of an animal in the woods
close by the roadside. He leaped
from the carriage to Investigate and
came upon small wildcat huddled
close to the bottom of a tree. He
quickly grasped the little animal and
returned to the carriage and landed
the catch safely at Grand Rapids on
his return to that city.
Several grocerymen in Minneapolis
were arrested last week charged with
selling adulterated food. The articles
alleged to have been adulterated
would tend to show that the offense is
general, and that canned goods espec-
tally are dangerous. w. W. Schumer
was charged with selling cherries
colored with coaltar dyes; G. o. Hart,
with selling Strawberries treated the
same way, and G. w. Hinch was ac-
cused of selling catsup that was sew
eral points off color. r. E. Planker-
ton was charged with selling pepper
in packages that were not properly
labeled, and P. Cooperman with SELL
ing adulterated apple butter.
The International Harvester COM
pany is planning to construct large
plant tor the manufacture of fax tWine
in some city in southern Minnesota.
The choice lies between Austin, Albert
Lea and Owatonna. This kind of
twine, it is said, is a great improve
ment over the sisal and MANILA vari-
eties now in use. 1t is smoother and
more pliable in texture and much
lighter. These and other points of
superiority lead experts to believe
that it will eventually eliminate other
brands from the market. The ma
chinery used in it's manufacture is
fully covered by patents, which are
controlled by the International COM
pany.
New Forms of Plant Life.
Mr.. Luther Burbank has devoted