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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-12-02


At the proper time the proposed
amendment to section % article " of
the state constitution will be discussed
by the Union. The idea that the
constitution must be amended to suit
the convenience of state senators who
do not wish to legislate themselves
out of Office by performing a plain
duty imposed upon them by the
present fundamental law of the state
is absurd. The adoption of the pro-
posed amendment would simply give
senator's elected next year an excuse
for refusing to reapportion the state
at the 1911 session. We reiterate that
the proposed amendment to section %
article W. the state constitution is
superfluous and should be voted
down.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-12-02
NEWSPAPERDOM

The Wahkon Enterprise, edited and
published by Geo. E. Sloan, starts
out auspiciously with its third
volume everything looks rosy. Mr..
Sloan has had hard row to hoe in
bringing the Enterprise up to it's
present stage of excellence, but he has
persevered and has been recompensed
for his push. The paper is now in it's
new home commodious quarters
and it has very good plant and a
fair circulation. The Enterprise bids
fair to become one of the leading
country papers of the state. 5,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-12-02

The executive committee of the Min
nesota Bankers association recently
visited the Wisconsin school of agri-
culture at Madison, Wis.,, and the
Minnesota farm school at St. Anthony
Park. It was found by the committee
that the Wisconsin school is in everv
way ahead of the Minnesota institu-
tiOn, but the members were not in the
least surprised at this discovery, for
the dean of the Madison agricultural
college is practical and expert
farmer. On the other hand the Min
nesota farm school is handicapped by
having at it's head dean-one Olsen
who knows no more about argicu]-
ture than COW does about Cowper.
It is really pity that such conditions
should be permitted to continue at our
state farm-in fact it is shame. The
bankers which for
months has been Investigating farm
conditions with the view of lettering
them-is, however, doing it's utmost
to replace the incompetent dean at the
state farm, and has written to Hon.
John Lind, president of the board of
regents of the state university,
clearly setting forth the situation and
submitting the names of two expert
farmers with suggestion that one of
them be chosen at once.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-12-02
WANT THINGS roo EAsY.

Those gentlemen who profess their
willingness to accept the republican
nomination for governor of this state,
provided they are the unanimous
choice OF the convention without the
slightest effort on their part, calls to
mind an interview given to the Duluth
News-Tribune the other day by E. r.
Jefferson, a gallant veteran of the
glorious First Minnesota who lost a
leg in the famous charge at Gettys-
burg, when he was asked what he
would do to remedy bad state of
affairs in the Zenith City. The
brave old soldier promptly answered:
"What would I do to remedy the
situation? Fight! I say, fight!
Nothing that is really worth while
which the other fellow wants ever
came to anyone without a scrap,
unless the goddess of fortune dropped
it in his lap"
The patriotic, self-sacrifcing gentle
man who expects to have the republic
can gubernatorial nomination handed
to him in a neatly done up package
tied with blue ribbon as the unanimous
tribute of the convention is, we are
afraid, doomed to disappointment.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-12-02

NikOla Tesla has been heard from
again. Upon this occasion he claims
to have perfected a wireless system
of telephony in which he uses the in.
herent conductivity of the earth as an
agency of transmission. Tesla is a
dreamer. He has announced many
an invention which he failed to pro-
duce and this is probably one of the
same kind. At any rate it is worthy
of no credence until he puts it in
actual operation.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-12-02

Ed. Smith and Oar Reese are the
whole works in Governor Eberhart's
kitchen cabinet. Ed. and Oar are
bright and they know it. The. former
is monarch of all he surveys in
Hennepin county, while not a single
move can be made on the political
checkerboard of Ramsey county until
Oar is first consulted and approves
of the same.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-12-02

Attention is called to chapter: $50
laws of 1909 by the St. Paul Dispatch.
The law in question provides that ten
per cent of the money received for
liquor licenses in villages and cities
of less than 10000 inhabitants shall
be paid into the county treasury and
credited to the general revenue fund.
In calling attention to the law the St.
Paul Dispatch assumes that the ten
per cent can be expended by county
boards for road and bridge purposes.
But the Dispatch is in error. Money
paid into the county revenue fund
cannot be expended for roads and
bridges. What the Dispatch had in
mind was the proviso which provides
that the ten per cent may be appro-
priated by the council for school pur-
poses or ''to the construction or re-
pair of roads or streets within or
adjacent to, or leading from such
municipality" There is hardly
village in the state but what expends
a great deal more than ten per cent of
the money derived from liquor
licenses on it's streets. It is not at all
likely that any city or village will
pay ten per cent of it's liquor licenses
into the county treasury in preference
to expanding the same on it's streets
Or schools. Chapter $50 of the laws
of 1909 is a superhuous piece of legis-
lation.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-12-02

There are commercial clubs-clubs
active and clubs alternating For a
commercial club which is wide awake
and working along lines which are
bound to accomplish great benefits
the one at Duluth takes our fancy.
Every man in that club has the well
fare of Duluth and the surrounding
country at heart and every con-
ceivable means of enhancing pros
perity is being considered. Duluth
cannot fail to forge ahead with such
an enterprising body of men pushing
1t along. <us.. -s.,.-.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-12-02
DODGING TIT1T ISSUES,

That exceedingly ably-edited
journal, the Minneota Mascot, wants
to know why Governor Eberhart does
not discuss live issues. The governor
has protested willingness to let
the republican party. through it's
delegates to the state convention,
make the party platform, but at the
same time he never misses an oppor-
tunity to enunciate his views on
every conceivable subject Of minor
Importance. We quote a paragraph
from the Mascot's well-written and
sarcastic editorials:
"The governor has also delivered
himself on the subject of the education
of children, he has talked about the
conservation Of water power, the
resources of the state, capitol ap-
proaches, the adjustment of oil and
boiler inspection as the same now
exists, and numerous other things.
In fact he has adopted the Roosevelt
style of talking about everything.
There is just one difference between
the governor and the late president.
The president talked about the vital
questions that were up for solution
first and then everything else after
wards; our governor seems to talk
about everything else first and then
have no time for the vital questions.
OF course it may be that he will come
around to them after awhile, but in
the meantime he is giving people the
idea that he is lodging everything OF
vital concern.'' ...
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-12-02
The Switchmen's Strike,

In accordance with orders issued
from the headquarters of the Switch
mems union, $500 men went on strike
at O'Clock Tuesday evening. The
strike extends from the twin cities to
the Pacific coast and, as a conse-
quence, the freight business is at a
standstill and thousands of men have
been temporarily thrown out of en-
ployment. On the Great Northern
and Northern Pacific roads orders
have been received by the station
agents to receive no freight and this
is working great hardship, especially
in the cattle, grain and potato belts.
In Princeton the potato men are the
greatest sufferers, for they are I'M
able to fill their orders, and in the
event of a continuance of the strike
would lose large sums of money in
consequence of the perishability of
their stock.
Last evening orders we're received
at the depot to engage men to patrol
the tracks during the strike to obviate
any possibility of the switches being
tempered with.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-12-02
Federation of Commercial Clubs.

The annual convention of the Min
nes0ta Federation of Commercial
clubs will be held at Minneapolis in
January next, at which time matters
OF much Importance to the state at
large will be discussed. At a recent
conference between officers of the
federation and a number of leading
business men of Minnesota at St.
Paul, sum aggregating So, 500 was
offered by various commercial clubs
to aid in defraying the expenses of
the annual convention.
The county of Mile Laos is entitled
to five delegates at the federation con-
vention, and M. S. Rutherford, secre-
tary of the Princeton Commercial club,
suggests that these delegates be ap-
portioned as follows: Princeton, 2;
Milaca, 1; Onamia, 1; Wahkon, l.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-12-02

Thanksgiving day at Cherry, ILL.,,
was indeed sad one-widows weep
ing for their husbands who had been
virtually murdered, with poor little
fatherless children clinging to them
wondering what had happened. It
was heart-touching scene-a scene
to make the angels weep. There seems
no excuse for such sacrifice of human
life negligence of the most criminal
nature appears to be responsible for
the lives of these poor delivers in the
mines.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-12-02

Some fellows touched off twenty i've
pounds of dynamite in Mr.. Cannon IS
town the other night-close to Mr..
Cannon's house. It, made a ire
mendous report, all right, but it
didn't scare half as many people as
the report which Uncle Joe periodi-
cally makes of his committee appoint
ments in the house.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-12-02

Governor Eberhart suggests that
the oil inspection department be
abolished. What the people need is a
more thorough inspection of gasoline
and kerosene. The kerosene which
the Standard company is furnishing
at the present time contains a large
percentage of water, and we're the oil
inspection department dispensed with
it would soon be all water.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-12-02
If every one in the lake countr

If every one in the lake country
would push the good roads movement
as do Editors Mackenzie of the
Onamia Lake Breeze and Sloan of the
Wahkon Enterprise better highways
in that territory would be bound to
result. Good roads cannot be OBJ
tanned without agitation, but it is
necessary that such agitation be
unanimous.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-12-02

Walter Wellman, the swell-headed
unreliable newspaper correspondent,
has made a bitter attack on the Arctic
explorer, DR.. Frederick A. Cook.
DR.. Cooks claims may be fraudulent,
but mere assertions by fakir Ike
.Wellman, who never was within 1900
miles of the north pole, do not prove
f.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-12-02

State officers, from the governor
down, are prolific in their suggestions
for the establishment of new bureaus
and departments. There are too MANY
state bureaus and departments al
ready. Instead of creating new ones
it would be good policy to consolidate
or abolish some of those already in
existence.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-12-02
Professor MetchnikOff of the Lon

Professor MetchnikOff of the Lon
don Pasteur institute has discovered
a new microbe-the CASTRO -enteritis
germ. It was found, among other
places on the surface of limburger
cheese, says the scientist. ANY
microbe which can live on the ex-
terror of limburger is certainly a
tough and dangerous bug and should
be carefully avoided.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-12-02

Just to impress them with the fact
that they adopted the wrong method
OF campaigning when they threw acid
at election clerks, Judge at the Old
Bailey, in London, sentenced two
suffragettes to three and seven months
Imprisonment respectively. This
should have the effect of determine
other women suffragists from resort
ing to violence. But it will not.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-12-02

If Joe Cannon is such a scOundrel
as many newspapers would have US
believe how comes it that the people
of his district elect him to congress
at every opportunity and the house
selects him as it's speaker?
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-12-02

Speaking of Governor Eberhart the
Madison Independent Press says:
"He is like the boy with the new
trousers-he talks too much. You
see, the people like to say what they
want far better than to have some
body tell them what they need"
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-12-02

You fellows who have not passed
the danger line should heed the words
of DR.. Foster, editor of the New York
Medical Record. He says: "No
man who is less than thirty years of
age should touch a drink that con-
tains alcohol-it interferees with his
growth -
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-12-02

Joe Cannon is already defeated,
says an exchange. But was he not
declared defeated at this time of the
year in 1907?
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-12-02

An eastern paper says we have too
many deaths from football. Has the
editor of this eastern paper ever given
a thought to the fact that we're it not
for football, baseball and other OUT
door sports hundreds more would die
from tuberculosis?
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-12-02

A little bird from Minneapolis has
whispered in our left ear that Capt.
S. P. Snyder has about concluded to
make another try for the republican
nomination for governor. Has the
captain secured Ed. Smiths per-
mission?
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-12-02

year ago when Senator Allison
died, after feeding at the public crib.
for fourty-four consecutive years, a
movement was started to collect
$4,000 from the school children of
Iowa to build him a monument. Now
the undisputed facts are that he died
wifeless and childless leaving
fortune in excess of S75, 900 which went
to collateral heirs. We prefer to see
the children buy candy to rot their
teeth out rather than that their child
mood should be invaded by this silly
twaddle and hero worship which is
wholly spectacular and insincere.-
Redwood Reville.
Tangle Seems Probable.
"A tangle seems probable between
the claim of Minnesota for swami
lands and the claim of the national
government for overflow lands which
result from the construction of reser-
Voir dams on the upper waters OF the
Mississippi river. If the dams are
maintained, the overflow lands will
always be swampy, if the swamps are
drained and kept dry, there will be no
overflow land for the storage of
water.-Mississippi Valley Lumber
man.
!. ;. >.
Bryan's Temperance Ideas Undemocratic.
The democratic party is not a one
idea party, neither on the subject of
money, tariff or drinks, and Mr..
Bryan's attempt to make it such
conceding his strength-could only
have the effect Of either breaking up
the party or having himself eliminated
therefrom. and in view of the party
being far greater than Mr.. Bryan we
may look for his own elimination
IN case he attempts to carry out his
program of making the democratic
party stand for his personal views on
the temperance question.-Red Wing
Free Press.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-12-02
Dollars Almost omnipotent.

The divine right of the dollar is en-
forced too often in this land of free
dom. We do not mean to belittle the.
dollar by saying this, nor is it
always the rich man who makes the
enforcement. LIE Sueur News.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-12-02

From New York comes the story
that a new political party is being
organized-a party that will neither
have in it's platform republican,
democratic, socialistic or prohibition
planks. Probably terrorist party.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-12-02

We entertain fears that Theodore
Roosevelt will not bag that bongo.
If not it will be the first thing he ever
pursued that he did not succeed in
landing.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-12-02
Blaming the Irish as Usual

Perhaps it was Norwegian or a
Maineite who stole a bushel of Don
corn from Mr.. Almon L. tombstone
of Mora, but as usual the poor
lrishman gets the blame as the fol-
lowing from the Mora Times would
indicate:
If the Irishman who removed the
bushel of pop corn from my wood
shed without my permission) on
Saturday night, November -, and
then the next morning removed all or
a part of it out in the country, will
bring back an ear or two for seed I
will feel very grateful to him as he is
known by your humble servant.
Respectfully,
AlmOn L. tombstone.
If the thief does not return "an ear
or two for seed," in response to Mr..
Johnstone's modest request, he ought
to be banished to Minneapolis, where
there is no honor even among thieves.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-12-02

DR.. Cooks records are ready for
examination by the experts at the uni
versity of Copenhagen. It would now
be in order for the imperious Peary to
remark that "there's something rotten
in Denmark
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-12-02

We have been asked why so many
"bum" papers are published. The
reason, so far as we can determine, is
that many impractical men-tailors,
thinkers and shysters of various kinds
engage in the profession.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-12-02

This from the Minneapolis Tribune's
editorial columns is refreshing:
1.-THE agricultural college is not only
the most important department Of the
state university. It is, considered
separately, the most important educa-
tional institution in the state.''
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-12-02

Say, you Twin City newspaper
fellows, give Hon. VIM. E. Lee fair
start if he enters for the guberna-
torial sweepstakes. &
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-12-02

S. Y. Gordon of Browns Valley is
not on the slate of the senatorial
combine" for lieutenant governor.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-12-02
Several of the three-spots of the
senatorial combine" take themselves
too seriously.

"Bubbles on the Political Pot' of
what was once the reliable old Pioneer
Press still continue to babble,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-12-02
AT.NORTHwEsTERN HOSPITAL

Mrs. j. B. Gorham of Mora UNDER
went surgical operation on Friday.
Werner Ness of Milaca was on Sun
day operated upon by DR.. Cooney
1or appendicitis. He is fast recover
ing.
Mrs. G. E. Swanson of Elk River
is at the hospital for medical
treatment as is also Esther johnson
of Orrock.
For sale. about 40 cords of mixed
four-foot cordwood, cut last winter,
good, sound wood, $3.50 per cord.
Apply to A. f. Wresch, one mile
northwest of Freer postofice. .45-tfc
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-12-02
OPINIONS OF EDITORS

- -
He Won't Starve In Any Event
II Rockefeller is scared the price of
coal oil will 60 up, but if he knows he
has the supreme court he will let
things drift along. -Ortonville Herald
Star.
Cannot Forget His Committees.
those parlor talks of Governor
Eberhart are very nice but there are a
lot OF people who cannot forget those
senate committees which he appointed.
Fergus Falls journal.
!. !. !.
A Safe Prediction.
We venture the prediction that when
congress meets Uncle Joe Cannon will
take time to show the fellows in the
seats that he is still the ruler of the
roost.-Madison Independent Press.
i. -.
FARMERS Advice Would Be Sound.
Governor Eberhart has been telling
the farmers how to run their farms.
1t will now be in order for the farmers
to tell Governor Eberhart how to
govern the state-Todd County
Argus.
!. !.
Carrying Coal Is Tiresome.
Doesn't it seem queer that a fellow
can tramp around a billiard table for
two hours and enjoy the exercise when
it's really too much for his lame back
to bring in the coal at night?- Anoka
Herald.
They Know 1t AL
With added assurance of our dis
tinguished consideration and altitude
nous esteem we respectfully insist
that it is simply marvellous how
much some editors know.-Ortonville
Herald.Star.
No One Man Has Cinch
1t seems highly improbable at this
time that any one individual will have
a clear field for the republican guber-
Material nomination. The history
enacted within the past six years al
most precludes the possibility of any
thing like that happening. Foley
Independent.
i. - .r
Alas, Poor Tom is Dead!
Carefully we scanned the proceed
ings of the recent Mile Laos county
term of court, and only in one
instance did we discover the name of
T. F. Norton, former editor of the
Mile Laos County Pioneer, men,
toned. How unlike former years.
Swanville News.
!. s.:
Jim Ruane Always Straight.
1t was the Slayton Gazette that
brought out Clarence Dinehart for the
congressional nomination and if
honest newspaper support will avail,
the present state treasurer will be
elected, for we know the editor of the
Gazette to be one of the best men in
that district. -Granite Falls Tribune.
Kellogg in the Iimel1ght
The splendid victory over the oil
trust by F. B. Kellogg of st. Paul is
likely to make him United States
senator. If he now proceeds against
the sugar trust and dissolves it, Min
nesota will present him to the nation
for president some day.-Roseau
Region.
No Need of Convention.
If Eberhart keeps on there will be
no necessity for the party to hold
convention to formulate platform,
as he has outlined one that will keep
the bosses guessing to adopt, and
more that the ingenuity of Grimshaw
will be required to draw up the
resolutions to support the PLATFORM
Granite Falls Tribune.
Rather Hard on the Crltlcizers.
Many of the newspaper men who are
critising President Taft for his tariff
stand, and for the remarks" made
during his swing around the circle,
couldn't tell tie day of the month if it
wasn't for the calendar, or the points
OF the compass if the sun quit shin
ing, yet, when it comes to national
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-12-02
The Monument Craze.

Speaking of monuments reminds us
that some idiots down at Washington
propose to raise the modest sum of
50, 100000 by subscription from the
masses to erect another monument to
George Washington at the nation S
capital. George already has one
monument 555 feet high which is
wholly sufficient for his needs, con-
sidering that he has been more than a
hundred years dead. But there is no
limit to this monument business in the
minds of some people, who come
mighty near being in the category of
public nuisances. A, little more than
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-12-02
Rather Hard on the Critlcizers.

Rather Hard on the CrltlCiZers.
Many of the newspaper men who are
critising President Taft for his tariff
stand, and for the remarks" made
during his swing around the circle,
couldn't tell tie day of the month if it
wasn't for the calendar, or the points
of the compass if the sun quit Shin
ing, yet, when it comes to national
and state affairs they shine like
polished copper in the midday sun
Lake City Republican.