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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-12-03

States-known then as the United
Colonies-was Michael Hillegas He
was a Philadelphia merchant He was
appointed by the Continental congress
and held the office until after the in
auguration OF Washington. When the
colonies ran short of money he and
several other rich merchants advanced
the necessary funds to sustain the
colonies from their private funds His
successor was Samuel Meredith. also
Philadelphia merchant. an influential
friend Of Washington and brother
in-law of George Clymer. a signer of
the Declaration One Of the stories OF
Meredith is that he advanced the gov
eminent 1920, geo and was never reim-
bursed. Thomas Tudor Tucker was
appointed to the Office in 1901 by JET
ferson and held It until his death in
1928. He was succeeded by William
Clark in the administration Of John
Quincy Adams He held the place only
a wear, for Andrew Jackson came to
the presidency then and made a clean
sweep. Jacksons treasurer was John
Campbell of Virginia. who held the
place for ten years. All successors
following were men little known in
politics. The treasurer at the breaking
out of the civil war was William >
Price of Missouri. an appointee Of
Buchanan.
The most widely known treasurer
was Francis e. Spinner. whose sigma
ture was puzzle to the country until
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-12-03

While Porto Rico has been under the
control OF the United States ever since
the treaty of Paris was signed in 1888.
the relations existing between the Is
land and this government may have
been forgotten by the new generation
at least Following the establishment
Of a civil government there In 1900
elections were held for the choice OF q
commissioner to Washington and
members of the house of delegates OF
the Porto Rico legislature. While 1t Is
not up to the status OF territory. the
inhabitants are declared to be citizens
Of the United States and as such en-
titled to the protection of the United
States. The governor is appointed for
four years by the president of the
United States. by and with the advice
and consent of the senate. The gov
ernors salary is $4,000 a year. There
is an executive council of eleven mem
bers. five of whom must be natives of
Porto Rico The council is appointed
in the same manner as the governor
The legislature consists of the council
as an upper chamber and a house Of
delegates popularity elected for two
years.
The judges of the supreme and dis
trfct courts are appointed by the presi-
dent of the United States, and the at
torney general is similarly appointed
REUBEN KAY.
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Uncle Sans Treasurer
Lee McClung. Keeper of Yale Funds. Named
by President Taft to Succeed
Charles H. Treat.

- F Lee McClung. who has been ap-
pointed by President Taft to sue
coed c. H Treat as treasurer of
the United States. is not a poll
tician he will have the satisfaction of
knowing that few who have held the
job were selected because of their po-
litical influence. The exceptions posi-
bly, were Jame= n. Huston in the first
administration of Cleveland and John
c. New, who was appointed in 1878.
The position IL a business ONCE and
does not offer the opportunities for dis
tinction that other government Offices
do. The requirements of the Office are
integrity and solidity and executive
ability.
McClupg is a business man. After
his graduation from Yale. in 1882. he
travelled in Europe, and when he re-
turned .ho made a journey through
California He was paymaster Of the
st. Paul and Duluth Railroad company
and later assistant traffic manager OF
the Southern railroad. His connection
with the Southern covered the period
between 1902 and 1904, during which
time he was stationed at Louisville.
He was appointed treasurer of Yale in
1904
W ms u VI AAC AC 0CA0AtO .
director in a New Haven bank and
also : director in n leading life in
surance company of Hartford. AS a
student at Yale he took a leading part
in athletics. playing on both the base
ball and football teams for several
years, captaining the football team of
1892. He was chairman OF the junior
promenade committee, and in his SEN
Tor year he received the largest vote
as the most popular member of the
class He was considered the best
halfback Yale ever had. Associated
with him on the football team were
such noted players as the Bliss broth
ers, Vance Mccormick and the
mighty HeHelfnger He is a mem
Der OF Yale corporation and OF the
leading Yale secret societies, including
Skull and Bones. But his selection as
treasurer of the United States is based
upon his sterling business qualifica-
tions.
He is a rich bachelor and is thirty
three years old He received the de-
gree of NJ. A. in 1905. His brother
nent lawyer In Boston The new
treasurer was born in Knoxville. Tenn.
where his father, Frank II. McClung, Is
a retired merchant The family is re-
lated to Chief Justice Marshall of the
United States supreme court and tc
General Albert Sidney Johnston Of the
Confederate cause and whose death
occurred early in the civil war. Lee
McClung received his education al
/ Phillips Exeter academy and Yale
i With all his qualifications as a bust
ness man the new appointee is wha
is termed a good mixer. and that
means that he Is popular. When ht
was a boy he was noted among nj:
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-12-03
Porto Rico'S New Governor
Colonel George R. Cotton. Business Man. Soldier
and Former Official In the Philippines,
Takes Charge Nov. 1.

- ORTo RICO WIN soon have
another American governor.
Colonel George r. Cotton He
will succeed Governor Regis
H Post recently resigned on account
Of the Ill health of Mrs. Post. Nov. L
Colonel Colton's appointment was
made by the president while the latter
was at Beverly, Mass. and is the presi-
dents first Porto Rican selection.
The appointee is OF New England
parentage, but he is credited to the
District OF Columbia. He was a bust
ness man at the national capital when
he was selected by President Roose-
Welt for the Office of chief collector of
santo Domingo customs In that ca
pacity he familiarized himself with
conditions, and this incidentally led
him to know something Of conditions
In Porto Rico. He understands and
speaks Spanish and knows the char
acter Of the people whose affairs he is
shortly to administer One of the
things which specially commended
Colonel Cotton to the president was
his revision of the cumbersome Span
fsh regulations in regard to port af-
fairs at the time when Mr.. Taft was
governor of the Philippines.
When matters in Santo Domingo were
properly adjusted and running smooth
Iy Colonel Cotton was sent to the Phil
ippines on the recommendation Of Sec
rotary Taft as insular collector. He
gave general supervision to the fiscal
affairs of the islands and drafted the
Philippine tariff bill which was passed
by the senate and approved on the
same day as the Payne bill. He is also
responsible for the government in
Epectfon and guaranteeing Of Filipino
cigars.
Colonel Cotton has had an interesting
as well as a busy life. After leaving
college ne went to Texas and remained
there for awhile. looking over the
state and taking a vacation at the
same time. He acquired a fondness
for western life. and a part OF his va
cation money went for the purchase of
a cowboys outfit, and he joined a
"drivef' of cattle bound for New Meu-
co and remained in the southwest for
four years. He returned to his home
in the east. but his stay was brief He
went out to Nebraska and engaged in
banking He was manager of the CON
Germ that he organized and remained
with it for a dozen years. While thus
engaged he joined the First Nebraska
regiment, composed of the most ener-
getic young men in the state. While
Dewey was waiting for troops to take
possession of Manila the First Ne
braska responded and was the first &c
arrive on the scene. In one of the at
tackg on the troops Colonel Cotton lee
his regiment In person. and. although
the enemy outnumbered the Nebras-
kans three to one. the Spaniards were
driven back with loss of 400.
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u was final deciphered He was =
Ne" Yorker and was appointed at ths
suggestion OF Chase. secretary Of tha
treasury in the frs administration OF
Lincoln 1t was Spinner who first in
troduced women clerks into the treas
ury department He served through
the administrations OF Lincoln, John
son and Grant He resigned in 1875
ana was succeeded by John C. New.
CHARLES II. Treat. who steps aside
for Lee McClung. was appointed treas
urer In 1905 1t was Treat who sec
onded the nomination of Levi p Nor
ton for vice president in 1885 Mr.
Treat was born in Maine and became
interested in politics after he removed
to Delaware Later he removed To
New York and took part in organiz-
ing the Republican club OF New York
city. He Vas collector Of internal rev.
enue for the second district of New
York from 1897 to 1905.
FRANK Worries
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comrades for being square" and al
ways at hand to help the fellow who
was down"
The department to which he is APP
pointed is a branch of the United
States treasury. controlling the ma
tional finances. 1t is the most ex-
tensive and compile of all the depart
ments and in ram stands next to the
department of state. 1t employs more
than 5000 people in Washington and
has branches and offices throughout the
United States.
AS treasurer Mr. McClung viii be
charged with the duty OF signing the
paper currency and of receiving and
keeping the money Of the United
States and with disbursing the same
on warrants properly signed and
countersigned- He enters upon these
duties Nov. 1.
The first treasurer of the United
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-12-03

Colonel Cotton Is the grandson OF
Chauncey S. Cotton. builder of the
Chicago. Burlington and Quincy rail-
road The railroad builder was noted
for his frmness and strong character
istics. and the grandson resembles him
in these traits
Colonel Cotton was home from the
Philippines on leave Of absence when
he was rendered the appointment OF
governor Of Porto Rico by President
Taft The president has great con-
fdence In Colonel Cotton and ex-
pressed the opinion that he had the
necessary qualifications for governing
the people and convincing them of an
earnest desire for their welfare When
Colonel Cotton was in Santo Domingo
he gained the confidence Of President
Morales and his cabinet
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-12-03
SNAPSHOTS OF INFORMATION.
Paris, Negro LAWYER.

Hector Apollinaire is the name OF a
negro who was admitted TO the bar n
Paris a few weeks ago He is a ma
tive of Guadeloupe, about thirty years
old, tall and muscular and very black.
He enjoys the distinction of being the
only one of his race among the recog-
nized lawyers Of Paris
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-12-03
London,s School 20 Moth.r..

There is in London a school for
mothers One poor woman was dis
solved In tears when her baby was I'M
dressed at the hospital and its wasted
limbs revealed She ingeniously ex-
planned her grief by saying that at
was beautiful child last time 1t was
undressed."
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will succeed Governor Regis
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-12-03
Where ozone Comes From.

According to Messrs- Henriet ana
Bonyssy, ozone is produced by the ul-
ira violet rays of the sun in the upper
atmosphere, and tho amount contained
in the air near the ground increases
when the air currents descend from the
upper regions.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-12-03
VitaIitv of the sink-

The vitality of sick people is always
lower between the hours of midnight
and o'clock in the morning: conse-
Quently the greatest amount of stimu-
liant is needed during that time.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-12-03
Test For Neurasthenla.

According to an English court, q test
for neurasthenia is to make a man
stand up, with head erect and eyes
closed. and whistle A neurasthenic
subject. it is said. cannot do this.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-12-03
Woods Heavier Than Water.

Oak. ebony and mahogany are the
three best known woods which are
heavier than water.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-12-03
Savings Banks In Australia.

Australias government savings banks
have $204, on deposit, equal to
s4s.55 per capita OF the total population
of the commonwealth The accounts
average $162.75 each
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-12-03

Old Silver In Bank of England
The Bank OF England contains silver
ingots which have lain in its vaults
since 1886.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-07-29

Luckily there was nobody on the site
OF the explosion, and, therefore, no
Injuries. The crash was heard for
blocks. Houses were shaken and
every window in the Frederic hotel
as we'll as the windows in the stores
within two blocks of the explosion or
Superior and Michigan streets, were
broken.
It is stated that the Western pas.
senger association has granted the
Minnesota lines the right to make
special rates for the fair. That per.
mission will result in fare and a
half for the round trip, to points
within Minnesota and Wisconsin,
within radius of $50 miles from the
fair grounds. Last year there was
only one road that made a special
rate to the fair. The Western Pas.
senger association refused to grant
the necessary permission. It is stated
that both the Great Northern and
Northern Pacific will make specia.
rates for fair week.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-07-29
ZiMM ERMAN /.

Miss Rose Benson of Minneapolis
is visiting the Stendahl girls this
week.
Miss Hilda Miller of Minneapolis
is visiting the Swanson family this
week.
Little Hannah and Frances Blocker
of Princeton are visiting their aunt,
Mrs. Kruger.
Mrs. Ed. Healy of F'ridley came up
Tuesday to visit relatives and re-
turned Thursday
The Birch Lake baseball team came
over Sunday and defeated our BOYS
by a score of Is to l6.
Henry Swanson, Hilda Miller and
Mr.. and Mrs. E. 81. Foley went to
Mile Laos lake in the auto Sunday.
The Misses Edith and Minnie An
derson of Minneapolis visited Mr..
and Mrs. Henry Peterson last Thurs
day.
The Ladies Aid society of the Nor
wegian Lutheran church will hold a
sale at O. Bergen s residence on Sat-
urday evening, August 7. Ice cream
and ca e will be served. Everybody
come.
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oxROW.

The last of the strawberry crop was
marketed last week.
Miss Minnie Chalstrom visited Miss
Doris Mott on Sunday evening.
Rye has been cut and farmers are
nowlvery busy in their hay fields.
On Sunday Roy and Rena Winsor
were entertained at dinner by Mr.. and
Mrs. John Hagar.
Ray Bockoven stayed over night
at the home of his uncle, Lennie
Bockoven, Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Francis drove
over to Blue Hill last Saturday to
visit friends for few days.
Misses Emily and Tillie Peterson
were visiting Mrs. John Gates and
Miss Annie Balfanz last Sunday.
Roy and Rena Winsor, Henry
Bulleigh, Charles Sleeves and Adolph
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TOLIN

Erick Erickson called at Hedman' IS
Sunday.
Lily Olson is home for visit with
her folks.
Every one in this eighborhood is
very busy making hay.
May and Esther Eastlund visited at
A. Hedberg's on Sunday.
Mrs. Edstrom is visiting her
daughter, Mrs. Axel Anderson, this
week.
Ruth Perman returned to the city
after few days. visit with her aunt,
Mrs. M. Olson.
Mrs. Kidd (nee Emma Hedman) and
her friend, Miss Ida Barrett of Min.
neapolis, are visiting at L. Hedman's.
Mary Sohlin is home from the city,
where she has been working for the
past few months, for visit with her
parents.
Victor Hedlund, Algot Olson, Wal
fred Anderson and Arthur Wallin
expect to go to the harvest fields in
South Dakota this week.
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State News.

Thomas D. O'Brien will be APP
pointed to the state supreme gbench to
succeed Chas. B. Elliott, who has
gone to the Philippines.
DR.. George E. Parsons of Anoka
was married on Monday to Miss
Jessie Horn of St. Paul at the church
of the Messiah in the capital city.
Editor J. A. Leary of the Gilbert
Booster, is being treated at Eveleth
for broken rib and bruises he sus-
tanned Monday, from falling into
a hole on Grant avenue.
James J. Hill, the railroad magnate,
has donated $4,000 to the fund which
the Duluth Catholics are raising for
the erection of a new building for the
cathedral high school.
Capt. P. J. Woodward of Anoka is
a candidate for department. COM
mander of the G.. A. r., and his can
didacy is we'll received by the posts of
the state. It seems to be unanimous.
Duluth will be the gathering place
of the Foresters of all of northern
| Minnesota during the middle of
August, when the high court session
of the northern jurisdiction of Mime
sofa will be held there.
F. J. Sperry, who for the past nine
years has been superintendent of the
Anoka schools, has accepted similar
position at higher salary in Man
kato. Mr.. Sperry stands high in
educational circles, and Mankato is
fortunate in securing his services.
City Engineer McGilvray has been
making a careful study of Duluth
streets since Wednesday nights down
pour, with view to finding which
class of pavement stood up best under
the food. he says he was surprised
to find that tar macadem, one of the
cheapest paving materials ever laid in
Duluth, stood the strain better than
any of the other pavements along the
avenues.
In an opinion given on Monday
Attorney General Simpson holds that
the appropriation of So, 700 for the
state highway commission; another
of So, 500 for a bridge within the inter-
state park; that of $4,000 for state
capitol approaches, and an appropri-
alton of s54, 900 for the payment of de-
ceased animals killed by the state live
stock sanitary board are valid ex-
penditures.
AS the result of a terrific explosion
due to leakage in a.gas main at
First avenue W. and Michigan street,
Duluth, on Saturday, the street in the
immediate vicinity was torn up and
the windows in the stores and resi-
dencess all the way up First avenue
NV. to Cascade park were broken.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-07-29
BOGUS BROOK.

Mrs. August Kuhrke spent Sunday
afternoon at the Hamann's.
Henry Kunkel spent Sunday after
noon at the home of G. Hoeft.
Charley Sleeves was caller at
John Dalchow's Saturday evening.
A crowd of young folks called on
Emily and Title Peterson on Wednes-
day evening.
Mr.. and. Mrs. Mike Bonkowske and
Mr.. and Mrs. G.. Hoeft spent Sunday
at VIM. Hoeft's.
VIM. Peterson is on the road to
recovery. He will soon be able to
play ball again.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. Khurke visited
with Mr.. and Mrs. August Newman
Sunday afternoon.
Miss Tillie Emme and Bertha
Swanthus spent Sunday with Rosy
and Ella Dalchow.
Emil and Louis Dalchow, VIM.
Kuhrke and Albert Hoeft called on
VIM. Peterson Friday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fl. Dalchow, Mrs.
Smith and J. Dalchow were callers at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew
Schmatz Sunday afternoon.
Ella, Rosy and Louis Dalchow,
Herman and VIM. Kuhrke, Arthur
Klingbeil, August Keesling and
Anton Gerth visited at the home of
G. Hoeft Sunday evening.
Miss Lena and Charley Lundgren
were callers at the bedside of their
father, who is very sick. Charley re-
turned to his work in Minneapolis but
Lena will remain for few days.
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BLUE HILL .

BLUE HILL.
Olof Olson lost horse last week.
Mrs. Quint of Princeton visited Mrs.
Elmer Thompson last week.
The Ladies Aid soiety will meet on
Wednesday, August 4, with Mrs. Fred
Barneke.
Jim Johnson and Miss Mary
Howard of Princeton spent Sunday
visiting relatives here and picking
blueberries.
Mrs. Malm and Mrs. Perman OF
Zimmerman attended the Ladies' Aid
society meeting at Mrs. G. j. John.
sons last week.
Mrs. Matt johnson and family
spent Monday picking red raspberries
in Greenbush, but report short
crop of the fruit.
The many friends of Miss Hildar
Lofgren will be sorry to learn that
she is still in very poor health, and
all hope she may soon recover.
Blue. Hill was represented at the
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LONG SIDING.

Mrs. Louis Peterson departed for
the twin cities on Tuesday morning.
Miss Clara Evanson of Foreston
was a visitor at Uglem's on Sunday
evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Abel Peterson and
daughter visited at M. A. Carlson IS
on Sunday.
Clyde Swain returned to Wrenshall
on Monday after fortnight's visit
with his parents.
Miss Sibley of Milaca arrived here
on Tuesday for a weeks visit with
Mrs. Jennie Liskey
Robert Wishart came up from Min
neapolis on Friday and remained at
home until Monday
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6bo Farm Preside.
Gleanings by Our Country
Correspondents.
GREEN BUSH.

R. A. Ross is helping A. E. Grow
make hay.
Herman Raymond is building new
brick house.
Mrs. E. P. Grow spent Sunday with
Mrs. Nels Robideau.1
Charley Shaw expects to leave for
North Dakota in short time.
Miss Dagmar Christensen of Fores-
ton spent Sunday at the picnic.
Many from this community spent
Sunday at the picnic. A good time
was had by all.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. A. Ross and Mr..
and Mrs. George Taylor attended
church last Sunday.
Where are we all going next Satur-
day? To the monthly market day at
Princeton of course.
A. E. Grow has returned from Min
neapolis, where he has been receiving
treatment for his eye.
The ball game last Sunday between
Estes Brook and Long Siding resulted
in a victory for the latter.
The Misses Louisa Zimple and
Cecilia Blair visited one day last
week with Miss Anna Peterson.
One of Mr.. and Mrs. r. S. Shaw's
daughters of Mohall, N. D., has been
visiting them the last few weeks.
Greenbush will cross bats with
Blue Hill next Sunday on the grounds
of the latter. A good game is ex-
pected.
The Ladies' Aid society met at the
home of Mrs. r. A. Ross last Thurs
day. The ladies spent pleasant
afternoon and we're served a fine
dinner by Mrs. Ross.
The new school house in district
is very near completion. Messrs. Sam
Shaw and Louis Lund are doing the
carpenter work and they can be de-
pended upon as good carpenters.
When this school house is completed
it will be one of the best furnished
institutions in the county. The
situation of the school house is also
exceedingly good.
A game of ball was played between
Greenbush and Milaca last Sunday
at the picnic. Milaca came over with
the intention of wiping the earth with
the Greenbush boys, but the victory
was reversed by score of 5 to l.
Archie Hull, the famous twirler, ofici-
ated on the mound for Greenbush and
also should not fail to mention the
good playing of Sam Shaw and
Clifford Cotton.
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Sees Mother Grow Young.

"It would be hard to overstate the
wonderful change in my mother since
she began to use Electric Bitters, 81
writes Mrs W. L. Fitzpatrick of Dan
forth, Me. "Although past 70 she
seems really to be growing young
again. She suffered untold misery
from dyspepsia for 20 years. At last
she could neither eat, drink nor sleep.
Doctors gave her up and all remedies
failed till Electric Bitters worked such
wonders for her health" They in.
vigorate all vital organs, cure liver
and kidney troubles, induce sleep,
impart strength and appetite. Only
SOC at G.. A. Jacks.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-07-29
The CoIcring Of the Clouds.

The gorgeous coloring Of the clouds,
circumstance that the yellow and red
rays Of light have a much greater pen
etrative momentum than the blue.
They make their way through stretches
of the atmosphere which entirely ar
rest and turn back the blue, and they
do this the more markedly if the air
is at the time laden with extraneous
particles that augment the aerial opac-
ity.-New York American.