davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-07-25
Take a Fishing Trip to the Falls.

Most business if combined with
pleasure, leads to success. All bust
ness ground out in desperation fails
in time. Fifty-ive miles of virgin
woodland, rich in soil and rich in
timber, can be traversed by writing
to Edmund G.. Walton, ia South
Fourth street, Minneapolis, for a
permit over the constructing route of
the Northern Pacific from Big Falls,
Minnesota, to Little Fork. At Little
Fork large and commodious steamer
takes you % miles up the Rainy river
to International Falls. Total expense
from Minneapolis $7.85. Now then,
what will you see? A new country
with marvellous possibilities, water
power of 10000 horse power, 5000
million feet of pine and spruce
farming country with soil as rich as
the richest in Iowa, an ideal climate, a
network of lakes and streams filled
with all the usual varieties of fresh
water fish and money to be picked up
for the asking. Read Christopher
Columbus report of America to the
court of Spain or ''Monte Christie"
and you will then partly understand
what the riches of Koochiching county
really are. No one really knows what
wealth there is there, but little fish
ing trip will open your eyes and tell
you more than all the writing in the
world. Write at once for itinerary of
trip, with suggestions, etc. 31-5t
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-07-25
The Inconsistency of Things.

The man or men who by unfair COM
petition in business run their compel
itors, impoverish their families and
blight their lives are more danger
Gus than thieves, for thieves opera
tions are on small scale in compar-
ison. It is easy to detect, convict and
punish the vulg gar criminal, but it is
always difficult, always costly, and
too often impossible to convict So
ciety's worst enemies. What sort of
a square deal is it that sends one man
to jail for an offense that only costs
another man a fine? And what is the
use OF assessing fines against manu-
factufers or other producers since
they will charge them up against the
consuming public?- Washington Post.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-07-25
mile-singing, giggling, happy-un-

a mile singing, giggling, happy I'M
til a cracking sound came up from
meath the wheels and the buggy
turned turtle in a. .,sandpit. IT'S true
that neither one was hurt neither
were they on the road to Princeton.
The harness snapped, but John had
rope and patched it here and there,
and in an hour or Whereabouts they
were moving slowly on the backward
trail. "I've no idea," said John to
-, show I could miss the road, and
here we are in the wilderness at 2
o'clock in the morning." At 4 o'clock
they had reached Elk lake and there
they sought out Mr.. Pratt, who drew
for them a diagram of the Princeton
road and sent them on their way.
But ere they started John pulled out
a V and rendered it to Mr.. Pratt to
keep the story quiet. The offer was
refused, of course, but Mr.. Pratt did
not, as John might think, make public
this true story.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-07-25
Carl Lindeke on Annual Visit.

The Hon. Carl Lindeke of St. Paul,
who lived in Princeton when Indians
roamed the plains and wildcats in
tested the woodland, was here this
week on visit to his old-time friends.
Mr.. Lindeke is an adept in the art OF
story telling. He possesses remark
able memory and lucidly describes
incidents which occurred in the early
days. Interesting articles from the
pen of Mr.. Lindeke have heretofore
appeared in the U MON.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-07-25
A Prosperous School District.

Referring to the annual school meet
ing and the financial condition of in
dependent district No. Ii (Milaca) J,
the Times says: "The district has, a
cash balance on hand of Sc, 500, which
is about the same amount with which
the board started the fiscal year.
This balance still remains after a
years expense of conducting the
school besides the unusual and unex-
pected expense incurred in the build
ing and equipping of the new school
house in the north end, of the district,
and the equipping of an extra room in
the high school building, and main
tanning two extra teachers"
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-07-25
INSUFFICIENT INTEREST SHOWN.
Project to Purchase Grounds for Fail
Falls ThrOugh.

Project to Purchase Grounds for Fair
Falls Through.
For the present at least no further
effort will be made to secure perma-
nent fair grounds. At the meeting
last Friday afternoon less than a
dozen were in attendance. The total
amount pledged was $3.50. At least
81 900 was necessary. Some of the
wealthiest residents of the village re.
fused to aid the project, while others
subscribed more than their financial
condition justified.
There may be fair held on the old
grounds this fall. The state aid will
amount to about $500. If fair is not
held this year, no state assistance can
be had next year. It seems too bad to
lose $500. That amount ought to be
distributed among the farmers oil
Mile Laos and adjoining counties in
premiums. A fair of some sort should
be held this fall and perhaps by an.
other year there will be revival oil
the spirit of public enterprise in
Princeton.
If fair is held every dollar of the
state appropriation should be devoted
to the purpose the law intended not
to prizes for races by cheap horses
but to premiums for live stock and
farmers produce. The law reads
"All payments hereunder shall be
made only upon the fling with the
state auditor Of a sworn statement
showing the holding of the fairs anc
the payment in premiums of the
amount claimed from the state.''
Let liberal premiums be offered TO,
grains, grasses, vegetables. fruits
articles of home manufacture, honey
butter, cheese, bread, poultry, sheep
hogs, cattle, horses, etc., and a decent
attendance may be secured. If there
are to be horse races let them be be-
tween farmers horses and no entrance
fee shouldi'be charged.
These are simply offered as sug
gestions. The U n i o n is disguised al
the lack of interest manifested by oul
citizens generally in the fair.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-07-25
WEEK AT ELK LAKE
Dance on Friday Evening, School Pic
mic on Saturday and Pythian
Sisters Outing Sunday.
Campers, Fishermen and Others at
the Lake in Large Number
During the Past Week.

Pratt & Sons pavilion on Friday
night was we'll filled with a select
crowd attracted there by one of those
popular balls given periodically by
the proprietors. Many of the partici-
pants arrived during the afternoon in
order to take launch ride or fish
where the denizens of the deep are so
plentiful and hungry that they will
bite on anything from a piece of chew
ing gum to discarded sock. Then,
again, there are but few mosquitoes at
Elk lake to mar the pleasures of pic
nickers or ishermen-the atmosphere
seems to be too rari6ed to permit of a
mosquito attaining the biting age.
On Saturday the summer school
pupils, escorted by Profs. Richie and
Ewing, Miss Lynch, Miss Tanning,
Mrs. Ewing and others picnicked at
the park and PASSED very pleasant
afternoon in boating. dancing and
wandering about on the shores of the
pretty lake. It was a genuine treat
Tor the young people-an occasion
they will not soon forget.
The Pythian Sisters and Knights of
Pythias picnicked at the park on Sun
day, but the assemblage was not a
large one in consequence of the
threatening condition of the weather.
However those who attended had a
right royal time. They Toasted, fshed
and made excursions upon the water
in the launches and sailboat, and re-
turned in the evening feeling that the
day had been we'll spent.
Campers and visitors are equally as
numerous at the lake this week as
last. Some of the campers departed
for their homes but their places have
been taken by others. Among those
added to the camping colony this week
are Mr.. and Mrs. E. M. Chapman and
family, Mr.. and Mrs. Ira Stanley and
child, Princeton; Mr.. and Mrs. E. C.
Stark and two children, Mary Foltz,
Eleanor Walker, William Walker,
Norman Walker, Ellsworth Foltz,
Charles Foltz, Greenbush; Helen
Harper, Milaca; Martha Foltz, Mime
apolis, and Messrs. O'Keefe and
Reichow, St. Paul. The latter gentle
men took home fine string of fish.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-07-25
Potato Crop Excellent.

Farmers tell us that the potato crop
is in excellent condition. that the
prospects are bright for bumper
harvest. There is also an exception
ally big crop of potato bugs, but the
farmers have managed to keep them
pretty we'll in check. In these days of
improved methods for discriminating
the pest it is not nearly so much of a
menace as it was ten years ago. The
tiller OF the soil knows nowadays how
to effectually destroy the striped
beetle without in the least affecting
the weld of tubers.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-07-25
A Fine Old Lady HOnOred.

A large number of friends of Mrs.
Susan Murphy held surprise party
in her honor last Monday evening.
The day was the 18th anniversary OF
her birth and friends and neighbors
gathered in a body and went to the
house about eight o 'clock in the even
ing. Mrs. Murphy was taken com.
pletely by surprise by the party who
at once proceeded to make merry in
the house. During the evening Father
Dolphin presented the hostess on be-
half OF the company with box OF
silver and an elegant upholstered easy
chair. Later ice cream and cake were
served.-Anoka Herald.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-07-25
TWO Disasters.

Following closely upon the dis
astrous railroad wreck at Ionia,
Mich, in which an excursion train
plunged into a freight, killing between
thirty and forty persons and injuring
over hundred, came the news that
one hundred people had lost their
lives in collision between a passen-
ger steamer and a lumber schooner
off the coast of California. To care
lessness of the freight crew is attrib-
uted the first tragedy while the second
is said to be purely accidental-an
accident such as might be expected to
result at any time upon the high seas.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-07-25
All Records Broken,

All immigration records in the his
tory of the country were broken by
the aggregate returns for the fiscal
year OF 1907, which ended on June 30
last. The total number of alien i'm
migrants landed in America during
the year was 1,285,349, as against
LOO, 1876 landed during the fiscal year
OF 1906. The increase during the year
was about per cent over the greatest
number OF immigrants that ever before
arrived in America in single year.
A total OF 1892 arriving immigrants
were debarred from admission during
the last six months.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-07-25
Summer School Notes.


School management was one of the
subjects which received particular at.
tention and which was practically
demonstrated.
Rapid progress has been made il
freehand drawing under the tuition Of
Miss Lynch, the students in this class
having shown remarkable adaptable.
ity.
Today Thursday President Bo.
harmon of the Duluth normal school
will lecture on educational subjects,
upon which he is a recognized author
ity.
Yesterday morning Rev. j. W.
Heard of the Princeton Methodist
church delivered discourse on IRE
ligion in Schools" and advocated i'm
partially in creeds as applied to edu-
catiOnal institutions. The talk was
able and logical.
f. G. Dunn addressed the students
on Tuesday upon the tax system OF
the state. the board of review and the
constitutional amendments. These
are matters with which Mr.. Dunn is
thoroughly conversant and he was
therefore enabled to treat them in
telligibly.
On Saturday DR.. Fl. G. Cooney de.
livered very interesting address tc
the summer school on the circulation
of the blood and on Monday gave the
pupils some valuable information
upon how to proceed as a first aid ir
cases of accidents, poisoning, etc.
The doctor handled both subjects in a
most able manner.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-07-25
Rosy Receivers Her Teddy Rear.

Little Rosy Hummel lost her Teddy
bear last week. That bear was more
highly priced by Rosy than any other
toy in her possession and she felt sad
and disconsolate at it's loss. The
little girl appeared at the Union
Office and asked that we "please tell
the people she had lost her Teddy
BEAR" A local was inserted and the
next day Rosy again appeared at the
Office with beaming countenance and
in a pretty manner thanked US for
being the means of recovering her
Teddy. Rosy is certainly a polite
little lady and we are pleased that her
bear was restored to her.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-07-25
Princeton Versus Mora.

There was nothing to excite much
interest in the ball game between the
Princeton and Mora teams at the fair
grounds on Friday afternoon. The
Princetons won and the score was 10
to 8. The Batteries were: Princeton
Skahen and Szymanski; Mora Stone
burg and Cohen. A goodly number
OF persons were in attendance, many
OF whom seemed dissatisfied with the
tameness OF the game, as both teams
are considered to be we'll qualified.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-07-25
Our Democratic Lincoln.

L 1l6 w dSI11lS tOu Z OSU Is dlrdlU, even
if DR.. johnson is 1.-THE Abraham Lin
coin of the democratic party" and
Mr.. Bryan his Seward, as his ad-
mirers claim, that cit is a good bet
he will stand no higher in the ballot
ings of democratic national conven-
tion than an also ran.'" The Post
seems inclined to make itself unpop-
ular in Minnesota. Here, what timber
is left is on fire for the Doctor, and
the prairies are galloping blaze to
illumine his way to the White House.
The Post says that the Doctor, then
governor, ''is engaged in octopus
chasing in a modest and moderate
way, and report says that Mr.. James
j. Hill has found him a betty man. ;,
True, yet not half the truth. Without
making any fuss about it, the Doctor
has chased out of the state every &C.
topus that plagued it, and the rail-
roads are hauling freight for nothing,
because he had them reduced to. a
point that it was cheaper to do it free.
If there is one little, tiny bit of a
trust left: it certainly is not the Doc
tors fault. Yet he has not been
searching for greatness: it is being
thrust upon him by that Kentucky
breeder of fast stock and his Worship
ing friends. AS for himself, he is in
fact modest. He has not yet fully re-
covered from the shock of surprise at
his first election as governor.
He has no love for burdensome re-
sponsibilities, and was never cursed
by the craving to be a distinguished
citizen, nor has he an exaggerated
opinion OF his own abilities. He is
just a charming, social companion,
who wishes every one well, and if he
ever really hurt even an octopus or
startled Mr.. Hill with his ''heft," no
one could be sorrier than he.
Every voter in Minnesota loves to
see him nominated by the democrats.
It would be the completion of the
pride of the republicans of the state,
who have twice made him governor.
That he would carry the state as
handily for president as for governor,
who can doubt? No republican who
voted twice for him for the one Office
could have any reason to vote against
him for the other.
Minnesota also needs a president in
it's business. It wants to scare Mr..
Hill some more, and the lumber trust
and all the rest, who shiver when the
Doctors name is mentioned. It wants
to see Col. Day in Loeb's place, unless
he prefers the cabinet, and it wants to
see Cardinal O'Connor secretary of
state Duluth News-Tribune.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-07-25
Correct Method of Taxing Corporations.
After four years, the public had al

After four years, the public had al
most lost sight of the per cent gross
earnings tax upon railroads in the
excitement of the campaign for rate
reduction, but the decision of the su-
preme court will be agreeable, al
though not unexpected. The sustain
ing of the law of 1908 should increase
the popularity of that method of tax
ing railway property. By that means
those corporations pay into the state
treasury in proportion to their ability
and with the smallest amount of fric-
ton. The same method of taxation
might properly be applied to other
great corporations, if due provision
were made for distributing to the
counties and cities their fair share of
the proceeds.-S Paul Dispatch.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-07-25
The Trouble.

The trouble with giving money: to
charity is You haven't any chance to
get even with anybody the way you
have after a horse trade. New York
Press.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-07-25
Never Knows.

When a man gives a reporter an
item about kin coming to visit his
wife he never knows their initials
Atchison Globe.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-07-25
DIRECTORS ELECTED E
At Annual School Meeting Messrs
Skahen and Byers Are Chosen
to Succeed Themselves.
Annual Report, Read by Secretary
Shaken, Shows an Increase of
Funds i'm Treasury.

But small number of people at
tened the annual meeting of indepen-
dent school district No. l on Satur-
day evening and but three members of
the board. of directors were present,
viz: G. A. Eaton, j.. J. Skahen and
A. W. Woodcock.
The retiring members of the board,
Messrs. J. j.. Skahen and r. D.
Byers, were nominated by Mr.. Eaton
and nine votes were cast for each OF
them. There was no opposition.
These two gentlemen were therefore
elected for three years each.
Mr.. Skahen will still continue to
hold the position of clerk, and there
is no man in the district better fitted
for the work, while Mr.. Byers has
made first-class director and can be
depended upon to work for the en-
hancement of education.
The financial statement of the dis
trict, read by Clerk J. J. Skahen,
shows that the schools are in a pros
porous condition, the balance in the
treasury being $1,000 more than that
at the last annual meeting. Following
is the financial statement as read:
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-07-25
A SUCCESSFUL TERM
Students of Summer School. Which
Closes on Saturday., Highly\
Pleased With Results.
Prof. Richie, Misses Maria Lynch and
II. q. Tanning Among Best
Educators in the State.

On Saturday next the Princeton sum-
mer training school will close it's
four weeks term. It has proven de-
cided success from start to finish and
the pupils, one and all, speak in high
praise Of the instruction received.
wherein teachers and those who aspire
to be teachers are given practical
training training that they can in no
other manner obtain. And Princeton
has been most fortunate in securing
for it's summer schools three of the
most able instructors to be found in
the northwest.
Conductor A. P. Richie, superinten-
dent of the Bemidji schools, has
proven himself an adept in the art of
preparing pupils for teaching in the
rural schools. Mr.. Richie possesses
the faculty of lucidly demonstrating
the intricacies of the profession and
of impressing them indelibly upon the
pupils minds. The students gather
inspiration from his novel methods
and achieve highly beneficial results
within a remarkably short space Of
time. The professor has made a good
impression, not alone upon the pu-
pills, but upon their parents and the
public generally. Mr.. Riches
classes were in general lessons,
arithmetic, grammar, spelling and
algebra.
Misses Maria Lynch and Mary G..
flaming of Minneapolis are also
worthy of well-merited encomiums.
Miss Lynch's work has comprised
civics, history, spelling and drawing
and she has handled each subject with
high degree of skill. Miss Tanning
taught geography, history, physi-
ology, spelling, reading and music
with an efficiency equal to that of her
constructor, Miss Lynch. Both
ladies have made many friends in
Princeton and will always be cordially
welcomed to the VILLAGE. -
Teachers who have taken the four
weeks training course and go forth to
work next fall will do so prepared to
improve the schools over which they
preside.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-07-25
William Frazer Around Again.

William Frazer has sufficiently re-
covered from an attack of inflam-
matory rhumatism to be around
again. He was unable to leave the
house for a period of six weeks.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-07-25
A New Kind of Bread.

The Germans are said to be making
a new kind of bread of wheat or rye
for which the grain goes through a
process similar to mailing. It is said
to have a delicate flavor and by
reason of the process is more easily
digested. The same is true of beer
which is sometimes called liquid
bread. The brewing of golden grain
belt beer converts the barley into de-
licious food-drink that besides con-
tanning high percentage of nourish-
ment is an aid to digestion. Recon-
mended for home use. Order of your
nearest dealer or be supplied by
Sjoblom Bros, wholesale dealers,
Princeton.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-07-25

Postoffice Department Warns Public.
The postal laws prohibiting placing
written messages in merchandise
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-03-19
STATES RIGHTS 0B[ITERATED

WASHINGTON, March 19.-One of the most radical
and far reaching movements in American politics has
been opened in the presidents latest addition his rail
road policy.
State governments, far railroads concerned,
will be wiped out. State courts and legislatures it is
claimed by the administration, have jurisdiction to
regulate railroads.
This means that every act by every state legislature
passed since June is unconstitutional and void.
It means that the cent fare laws demurrage laws,
safety coupler and similar laws passed by state legis
atures worth than the paper they writ
ten These matters will all be hurried to the United
States supreme court and before Christmas it expected
control of railroads by states will be thing of the past
The policy refers to state carriers well in
erstate The passage of the rate bill has done than
anybody suspected It has wiped control
common carriers.
The Constitution gives congress power over interstate
Up to the passage of the rate law the federal
government had not assumed power in full In passing
that act the national government took full control of rail
roads. Nothing remains for the states.
Hhe presidents opinion that the states have no
control railroads is backed by Chief Justice Marshall
in the case of Ogden Gibbons in which the urst
held that steamship plying between New York and AL
bany was engaged in interstate commerce although it
didn't leave state waters
It is expected states rights senators will raise great
protest the presidents policy and determined oppo
sition is expected from various quarters.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-03-19
METER H0LO-UP

Here is little lesson on the need
of a municipal light plant.
George Eggleston, proprietor OF
the Dean block lodging house on
Front av., wanted to install 10 adj
ditional lights. He was informed
that he would have I. deposit an
additional s. for another meter. AS
he already had S. up he demurred,
but offered to pay for the lights ir.
advance in order toinsu re the w.
w. P. Co. against loss. The com
pany's inspector turned off the
lights.
For business houses the com
pany fixes a meter deposit Of IS,
and So on residences. Estimating
the company's patrons at the low
figure of $4,000 this arrangement
gives it $4,000 or Whereabouts o.
the consumers money to use with
out payment of interest 1t is a
sort of enforced loan perpetrated
through the w. w. p. monopoly
hold on the town. II you don't like
it, d without the lights.