The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-07-06

sheriff of Cass county ever since its
organization. Mr.. Hardy was we'll
known throughout northern Mime
sofa.
F. B. Wood was expelled from mem
bership in the chamber of commerce
in Minneapolis by the board of di-
rectors on June 30. AS Wood was
member of the firm of Edwards
Wood, the company is without rep
resentative in the chamber.
The bid of four and one-half per
cent submitted by March Brothers,
bankers and land men, for $4,000
bonds to be issued in payment of ditch
work being done in Meeker county,
was accepted by the county commits
sioners. Four other firms submitted
bids.
The Minneapolis Steel & Machinery
company has secured the contract for
building a big Corliss engine for the
finest sugar factory in the world. This
factory is located at Oaxaquena, Mex
leo. When finished the factory will
have capacity of 5000 tons of cane
a day.
Harold Nelson, an alien suffering
from pulmonary tuberculosis and an
inmate in the city hospital of st.
Paul, will be deported to Sweden by
the immigration authorities. He
landed in this country March and
the causes of disease existed prior to
landing.
The big logging camps of the r. E.
White company at Kelliher were on
June Both destroyed by fire, together
with the clothing, bedding, money
and personal effects of $50 men. The
total loss is 1000 and no insurance
was carried. Shots fired by drunken
woodsman are supposed to have ig-
nited the buildings.
Residents of Aitkin county held a
meeting last week and decided to in
vite Congressman Bede to visit that
locality to look over the flooded dis
trict with a view to bringing the mat
ter to the attention of the federal gov
eminent. Some farmers in that Sec
ton had to swim their stock half
mile to reach safe ground.
The Minneapolis & Rainy River
railway company is about to extend
it's line, which runs some forty miles
north from Deer river to Turtle Lake,
twenty miles to the townsite of Big
fork, on the Big Fork river. Cap
tain James Murchie, a surveyor Of
Grand Rapids has been awarded the
contract for laying out the line and
will commence at once.
The White Lake Iron company has
a drill at work in section 2, 62-12, and
it is said that the Calumet Iron COM
pany is required to have one at work
by July on section 7, 1915. There is
a report that the Longyears are to
work drill at Robinson lake. There
is also talk of drill being installed
in section Is, 62-14, on lands belong
ing to A. Elmer of Duluth
The Great Northern, 500 and
Northern Pacific roads will grant no
reduction in fares to the Minnesota
State fair next fall unless they are
assured that tickets will not fall into
the hands of scalpers. Members of
the Agricultural society held a con-
ference with the officials of these roads
last week, but no agreement could be
reached. Another conference will be
held.
The supreme court in a late decis-
ion, held that the State Agricultural
society was a part of the State gov
eminent and can not be sued. The
decision is the outcome of the suit for
damages brought by Aaron Berman
| against the society for false arrest
while on the grounds. He was ar
rested on the charge of being sus-
picious character, but was released
| when it was found that mistake had
been made. -..
The judgment of Carlton county
court, in giving a verdict for dam
ages against the Northwestern Paper
company in favor of S. P. Erickson
for the death of his son, was affirmed
by the supreme court June 30. The
company Immediately after the acct
dent in which the boy was killed, Sc
cured what it thought was release,
by paying the father a small sum of
money. This, the court says, was
! done in fraudulent manner and is not
entertained on the appeal by the COM
pany.
Prospects are good for considerable
exploratory work on the Vermilion
range this season. While the loca-
tion of ore bodies upon that range is
a different proposition from what it is
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