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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-09-08

Dyspepsia is Americas curse.
Burdock Blood Bitters conquers dys-
pepsia every time. 1t drives out i'm
purities, tones the stomach, restores
perfect digestion, normal weight and
good health.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-09-08

A man thinks he has a fine liter
airy taste when he can tell you what
the author of book likes to eat.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-09-08

You don't have to explain a COM
pliment to a woman the way you do
to the constitution.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1910-01-06
K. ?. INSTALLATION
Officers for Year 1910 Take Obligation
at the Castle Hall on Tuesday
Evening, January 18th.
Ceremony Followed by a Bounteous
Spread and an Old FASH
toned Smoke Social.

On Tuesday evening Princeton LODGE,
No. SO, Knights of Pythias, installed
it's officers for the ensuing year and
the following took the oath of office:
Frank Goulding, chancellor COM
mander; Fred Newton, vice chancel-
lor; 0. M. Radeke, prelate; A. J..
Anderson, keeper of records and seal;
T. F. Scheen master of finance; j. W.,
Hartman, master of exchequer; E. E.
Whitney, master of work; L. S.
Briggs, master at arms; Chas. E..
Sausser, inner guard; Otto Henschel,
outer guard. Louis Rust, trustee. L..
IS. Briggs and r. E. Jones hold over
as trustees.
At the conclusion Of the installation
refreshments were served, with Fred
Newton as head waiter, and this was
followed by an old-fashioned smoke
social. The smoke social was enliv-
ened by stories of doubtful veracity
and the boys passed time of mirth-
full enjoyment. To Sid Cravens is
accredited the honor of telling the
best story appropriate to the occasion.
Tt was story of thrilling adventure
wherein Sid gave the sign of distress
and was Immediately rescued from his
perilous situation.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1910-01-06
illegal Transfer of County Funds.

@ltle$al transfer OF County Funds.
If the county commissioners of
Mile Laos county were to heed the
advice of an alleged lawyer with
reference to the transferring of county
funds they would find themselves in
the same predicament as two Red
Lake county officials are at present
threatened with removal from Office
and criminal prosecution.
1t seems that the chairman of the
board of county commissioners and
the auditor of that county issued
warrants against fund that had been
illegally transferred S35. 900 had been
transferred from the county ditch fund
to the revenue fund by a majority of
the board of commissioners. The
transfer was illegal in the first place;
anyhow, it required the unanimous
action of the board. The public
examiner has preferred charges and
the governor has appointed a com
mission to take testimony. If the
charges are sustained it will be a
serious matter for the two county
officials implicated.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1910-01-06
CREAMERY PROSPERS
The Princeton Cooperative Creamery
Pays Farmers $32, 900 for But
terfat During Year 1909.
proposition Being Considered for In
stalIing an Ice Cream Machine
in the Establishment.

To show that the Princeton Co.
operative creamery is in a prosperous
condition, and that the farmers
appreciate the institution, it is only
necessary to say that $4,000 in cash
was paid out by the treasurer during
1909. Thirtytwo Thousand dollars is
a big sum but in 1910, it is safe to
predict, this amount will be largely
increased, for every farmer in the
country tributary to Princeton is in
creasing his dairy herd-that is, every
farmer who is up to date and realizes
that the dairy COW is a friend in need.
He realizes that the dairy COW
furnishes him cash and thus enables
him to hold his potatoes and grain
for better market, which he could
not do if he had no COWS.
Then, again, he realizes that the
cooperative creamery is the only
creamery from which, in the long run,
he can expect a fair price for his
butterfat. He knows full we'll that,
were the cooperative creamery to
shut down, the centralizers would re-
duce the price to the lowest notch.
And the time is coming, mark you,
when a centralizer's agency in a
country town will be a curiosity. The
farming communities will all establish
,creameries of their own and, what is
more, every farmer will patronize
them.
It is we'll to state in connection with
the prosperity of the Princeton Co.
operative creamery during the past
year that Mr.. Warner, the butter
maker, is entitled to more than pass.
ing praise. He and his son have put
forth every effort to make the cream.
cry pay and they have succeeded be.
You'd the expectations of the stock
holders. Every patron receives a
square deal at their hands and this
means a satisfied feeling among such
patrons as we'll as steady increase
III CISd" icCo1DuS. .a..--..s. - a.g a.,
There is some talk among the
members of the board Of directors OF
installing an ice cream machine in the
creamery, and this matter will in all
probability be brought up for con.
si6eration at the annual meeting on
January 10. It is estimated that the
operation of such machine would be
a paying investment.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1910-01-06
oeen ordered to report exhaustively
:. AZ. - oe nno1,ot;or ond tho No

been ordered to report exhaustively
on the cost of production and the re-
turns on sales of all sorts of food
products. AS fast as we receive these
figures we will compare them with the
prices the same products bring in
cities where they are consumed. We
will then give the facts to the public.
''We intend to bring out the truth,
irrespective of whom it hurts or whom
it benefits. I am convinced that the
public is compelled to pay a great
deal more for nearly everything it
eats than it should, and believe the
figures will bear me out.
"There is ample excuse for some Of
the increase in the cost of living over
what it was two years ago. The farm
area is not keeping pace with the de-
mands for foodstuffs. The cities seem
to have more attractions for the
laboring man than do the rural COM
munities. The horde of immigration,
as we'll as the ever-increasing native
population must be fed, and the farm
is expected to furnish the food"
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1910-01-06
Athletics in Schools.

Discussing athletics and sports in
this country, Prof. A. Werner-Span-
hoofd of this city said that nowhere in
the world had he found less active
athletics among men and more talking
and boasting about athletics than in
this country; nowhere in the world
such careless and criminal neglect of
one Of the most important factors in
education.
"It is astonishing how little atten-
ton is paid in our schools to a sound
and systematic physical training of
the growing youth,'' continued Prof.
.Spanhoofd, land yet it is of no less
Importance than spelling and arith-
metic.
"In Germany the entire physical
development Of the child is in the
hands of experienced, competent
teachers. Do not confuse these men
with our so-called coaches, trainers
and crack ball players. 1t would be
doing them an injustice. These
CSoOhOAo GIL 90 piOuCc1uL III uu0lr
department as the French language
professor is in his, and they know
many things of which our American
athletes do not appear to have the
faintest idea; For example, that
athletics are only a means to higher
end; that they involve the harmonious
development of all parts of the body
alike, and that the development of one
set of muscles at the expense of all the
Others is more injurious to health
than no athletic exercise whatever.
''We in this country either neglect
this important branch of our educa-
ton entirely, Or leave it to the judg-
ment of our children, and stimulate
their interest by prizes and false
glory. Washington Herald.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1910-01-06
*The total tax in district 10 includes 4 mills
for bon S and interest and the total tax in dis
TT lct 3S 3.3 mills for a similar purpose
Last Idols of American Aborieines.

Idolatry, that curse of the Jews
according to biblical tradition. is fast
passing away among all tribes OF the
earth. In Africa, the Philippines
and some remote parts of Asia the
worship of man-made gods of wood
and stone still persist, but few would
believe that any tribe of Indians in
North America still carves out it's own
deltles and worships them. In cave,
on the Southwestern desert, tribe of
Pueblo Indians still make offerings
to wooden images. There are very
few people in the Northwest who are
not familiar with golden grain belt
beer and most of them have case in
their cellar. Order case of YOUR
nearest dealer or be supplied by
Sjoblom Bros, Princeton.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1910-01-06
The Father of St. Cloud Dead.

John L. Wilson, one of the oldest
pioneers of northern Minnesota and
known as the "Father of St. Cloud, =
died in that city on Monday evening.
Mr.. Wilson was a native of Maine and
came to this state over 60 years ago..
He built the first frame house in Sank
Rapids He was representative in
T the territorial legislatures of ls55-6-7
and in the state legislature Of 1870
John z. Wilson was fine old gem
heman, lived to ripe old. age and
died poor.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1910-01-06
The Busiest Governor at Large.

Though industry has revived until
it's activity is at least normal in all
branches of business, nowhere in this
state is there such a stir and hustle
and fevered activity as there is in the
governors Office, now occupied by A..
O. Eberhart. Those who would like
to be laying plans to capture his job
for themselves or their friends are
unable to take the time to lay their
wires, so spellbound and fascinated
are they by the bewildering activity of
the governor. They stand, open
mouthed and with eyes staring widely,
amazement and confusion illustrated
upon their speaking countenances,
while the governor fits from scheme
to scheme and from place to place,
touching all the high spots and dart
ing down between times into the
valleys below. They would like very
much to be able to get about their
arrangements for capturing the State
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1910-01-06

republican convention, but they can t.
They are too busy Watching the multi
tudinous and aleidoscopic operations
of the man who has the job and who,
manifestly, proposes to keep it if it is
to be kept by discharging every other
minute blunderbuss load of ideas.
No feet-footed flea, no kernel OF
popcorn in q pepper, no pea on hot
sgriddle, has anything on Governor
Eberhart for celebrity and dispatch.
It is utterly impossible for his OPP
ponents to keep track of him. He is
now here, now there; one moment at
Washington, the next in Kandiyohi
county; this minute in St. Paul trying
to settle a strike, the next at Bloom
ing Prairie giving advice to sewing
circle. he makes two speeches a day,
and evidently his aim is to leave
nothing unlicensed, no great throb-
bing question unillumined by ideas
from his teeming thought-factory.
The old-fashioned physician, if he
was bit puzzled about case, used
to write out a prescription containing
pretty nearly every active drug he
could call to mind. eff one of 'em
don't hit the spot,'' he thought,
maybe some other will. Anyhow, it
will give the patients system good
shaking up, and maybe when it settles
down again conditions will be i'm
proved That old-fashiond physician
sometimes made lucky strickland
sometimes he killed his patient.
Those who did not hold with his
system of healing called his doses
"blunderbuss prescriptions
That seems to be the kind of pre-.
scription Governor Eberhart is offer.
ing the very sick republican party OF
Minnesota. If conservation won't
cure it, and insure him a renomina.
ton, maybe abolishing the state oil
inspection will. If a futile attempt to
settle railroad strike won't hit the
mark, maybe an attack upon the
objectionable federal corporation tax
law will score.
At any rate, there is nothing like
trying; and Governor Eberhart is
fast gaining the reputation of being
the greatest trier the state ever saw.
Duluth Herald, Dec. %.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1910-01-06
Advice by An Alleged Lawye

z
An Individual who poses as a
lawyer, SO we are informed, seems
to labor under the, hallucination that
the county commissioners can legally
direct the transfer of state, town, viii
lage or school district funds to the
county revenue fund. The county
auditor or county treasurer who would
obey such "directions''- provided
any board of county commissioners
we're foolish enough to issue them
would in all probability land in
the state's prison at Saltwater. The
only authority in law for the transfer
of funds is found in subdivision 7
section 434 revised laws of Minnesota
which provides that, "The county
board of each county shall have
power to transfer by unanimous vote
any surplus beyond the needs of the
current year in any county fund to
any other such fund to supply a de-
fciency therein
For instance, if there was a surplus
in the county poor fund, over and
above what was necessary for the
current year, the county commission
ers might by unanimous vote trans
fer said surplus or any part thereof
to the county revenue fund or the
county road and bridge fund; but
the county commissioners have. no
authority to transfer funds belonging
to the state, towns, villages or school
districts.
There are deficits in the county
revenue, county poor and county road
and bridge funds in this county,
hence there are no county funds to
transfer. There is, undoubtedly,
some money in the county treasury
or in the banks designated as county
repositories, but not a. dollar of it.
belongs to a county fund-it belongs
to the state, the towns, villages and
school districts, and perhaps small
amount of redemption fund.
The commissioners are considering
the advisability of taking up the
floating Indebtedness of the county by
a bond issue, under the provision of
chapter 245 of 1909 laws, provided it
is not already TOO late to act under
the provisions of that law. It is the
proper thing to do if it can be done.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1910-01-06
Food Prices Too High. Says Wilson.

Speaking of the high prices of food
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson on
Monday expressed himself as follows:
"We have already discovered that
the farmer is not getting the exorbi-
tant profits out of the beef he raises
which is attributed to him. I have no
doubt in the world chat the same con-
.ditions will be found to- prevail in
most of the other lines of farm prod
ucts. Is
''The department. of agriculture has
agents in every state and every
county in the country, and they have
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1910-01-06
To the Public,

I have purchased from Joseph
Payette the fruit, vegetable, confec-
tionery and tobacco business which
he conducted on First street and
respectfully ask that the patronage ex-
tended to him be ) continued. I shall
keep on hand at all times fresh fruits,
vegetables, ETC., as did Mr.. Payette,
and shall appreciate your patronage.
Every effort will be put forth to
accommodate my customers
Joseph r. Townsend.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1910-01-06
ITS ANNUAL MEETING
County Board Elects DR.. o. S. Swennes
Chairman and Foss G. Cater
Vice Chairman for 1910.
BY Unanimous Vote the Union is
Designated the Official Paper
of Mile Laos County.

The annual meeting of the Mile
Laos board of county commissioners
was held on Tuesday with full COM
plement present. o. S. Swennes was
elected chairman for the ensuing year
and F. G. Cater vice chairman.
Treasurer Henschel's salary was
computed and it was found that 500
was due him for the year 1909. The
county auditor was instructed to draw
warrant to cover this amount.
It was ordered that the treasurer be
paid 500 per month for the first
eleven months of 1910, as part pay
ment of salary, and that the balance
found due to him shall be paid by the
board at the annual session in Janu-
airy, 1911.
The treasurer was allowed 5000 for
clerk hire for the year 1910.
Two hundred and fifty dollars was
appropriated by the board for INCL
dental expenses such as postage,
freight, etc, for the year 1910.
It was voted to pay the county
perintendent of schools Sl0O addi-
tional salary for 1910, making it $3.50,
the same to cover all expenses for
team hire, postage, summer school
expenditure and his outlay for
deputies and the holding of state
examinations.
The hearing of the petition for an
nexing the east half of township Al
range Is to school district Is and the
west half of said township to school
district 80 was continued to the next
session of the board.
A list of names from which to select
the grand and petit jurors to serve
during the year 1910 was drawn.
The Princeton o Mon, by a unani-
nous vote of the board, was chosen
the official county paper for the year
1910.
The board adjourned at $50 p. N.
yesterday.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1910-01-06
Her .steady,, q Printer. Dev1

There is a preacher at Minneapolis,
says the Better Way, whose daughter
has for company" a young fellow
who is just beginning to learn the
printers trade. A few evenings ago
at church the good man had for his
evening lesson the fourteenth chapter
OF Matthew, and when he read, in his
most stentorian tones. "My daughter
is grievously vexed with devil,''
the audience Uttered.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1910-01-06
Valuations and Taxes.

county which has been compiled from
the tax rolls as equalized by the state
board, and from, taxes levied to meet
the state, county, town and school
taxes is hereunder given. The total as
sessed valuation of Mile Laos county
as equalized by the state board, is
So, 293, 258.
In order to ascertain the tax rate of
any locality take the state and county
tax rate, add to it the rate for town or
village taxes, and then add to that
the taxes of the school district.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1910-01-06

Party in Honor of MIR. and Mrs A. ii. Smith
Mr.. and Mrs. A. 81. Smith were
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. E. e. Whitney
from Saturday to Monday, when they
left for Aberdeen, S. D., where Mr..
Smith is manager of a branch Office of
the Minneapolis Brewing Co. Mr..
Smith has held the position for about
three months and his, wife and family
remained in Austin, where he was
formerly employed, during that time.
On Sunday evening about thirty OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Smiths friends called
upon them and a time of much social
enjoyment was passed. Mrs. Whitney
served refreshments to the happy
gathering.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1910-01-06
A New Highway Commissioner.

Charles Babcock of Elk River has
been appointed member of the State
Highway commission vice Timothy
O'Connor of Renville whose term had
expired. 1t is a good appointment.
In this connection it is not generally
known that r. G. Dunn was rendered
a place on the commission by Gov.
Johnson last July and, for personal
reasons, refused to accept the same
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1910-01-06
Two Shows In One.

have succeeded in securing the
celebrated play, "ParsifaI," and will
produce the same tomorrow at s o.
m. and Sunday afternoon at 1915. Hav-
ing made arrangements to retain the
passion Play" until Monday, I will
also put this on with ''Parsifal, max
ing a double show-6,OOO feet of NOV
ing pictures-fOr the small admission
fee of 10 and 20 cents. Brands
opera house, Princeton.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1910-01-06
AT NoRTHwEsTERN HOSPITAL.

Robert Brown was operated upon
for appendicitis on Friday morning at
2 O'Clock, he having been taken i'll
about ten hours previously. His
convalescence has been perfect owing
to the fact that the operation was per-
formed in due time.
Ethel Swanson Of Elk River, who
underwent an operation for appendi-
citis on Tuesday morning. is making
9 very satisfactory recovery.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1910-01-06
In New Offices.

VIII. Terrell has moved into his
new Offices in the building formerly
owned by j. L. Larson & Co. Under
the def hand of Mr.. Fredricks the
interior of the building has been
transformed into up-to-date Offices.
There is a stenographer's department.,
a bookkeeper's department. and a pri-
vate Office, all finished in golden oak,
with hardwood floor, hot-air heat, etc.
Plate glass windows have been placed
in the front of the Office, which affords
an abundant supply of light. The
furnishings correspond with the wood
work and the Offices throughout are
con veniently arranged-in fact they
are the best equipped business Offices
in this part of the country.
Reynard Died Hard.
E. F. Harrington of Mapleton and
V. G. Winsor of Red Wing, who spent
the holidays at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. S. Winsor in Wyanett, returned
home on Monday. While here they
went on wolf hunt with Mr.. Winsor
and succeeded in capturing a reynard
Of the brush species. It took them
on merry chase OF over fifteen miles
and they secured it in sections, first
getting one foot, then another, then
the tail, and at last Mr.. Winsor per-
forated it's brain with buckshot. Mr..
Winsor says it was the most exciting
wolf hunt he ever participated in even
though he fell into ditch and skinned
his shins.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1910-01-06
Branch Factory at St. Cloud.

St. Cloud is in luck. Gordon g.
Ferguson of St. Paul will establish a
branch glove and hat and cap factory
in that city that will give employment
to several hundred people. The fac
tory is to be completed by next June.
Richard Gordon, the senior member
of the firm, is one of, the finest gen
t!emen that tile capital city can boast
of, and the st. Cloud people will find
that his word is his bond.
st. Cloud is quite railroad center
and has an excellent water power and
there is no reason why it should not
develop into a manufacturing point of
considerable Importance.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1910-01-06
Mr.. Mann q Hustler.

Manager Mann of the Minnesota
Telephone company, is busy these
days installing new telephones. The
telephone line was installed in this
region at an early stage of the de-
velopment of the flake country, and
has been a material factor in it's prog
ress.-Lake Breeze.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1910-01-06
UNITED / / IN N!EDL0CK
Thomas w. Branley aad Hiss Sadie e.
Doty rlarried at st. Edwards
Yesterday Morning.
Young People Will Reside With the
Brides Parents Upon Their
Return From Trip.

Thomas W. Branley, clerk at the
Great Northern depot in this village,
was married yesterday morning to
Miss Sadie 3. Doty, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. G. 81. Doty, at st. Edward IS
Catholic church. The ceremony was
performed by Rev. Father Levings at
8 o'clock and many of the young peo-
+ pie 'sfriends we're in attendance. Miss
Speckerman Of Becker was the brides
maitland the groom was attended by
JAS. Murphy of Minneapolis.
The BRIDES gown was of white silk
and the bridesmaids of a brown
material and both carried bouquets
of carnations.
Atthe home of the BRIDES parents
a wedding breakfast was partaken Of
and many presents were bestowed
upon the young people by the guests.
Mr.. and Mrs. Branley departed on
the morning train for Melrose, where
they will visit the groom's parents
for a few days and upon their return
will make their temporary home with
Mr.. and Mrs. Doty.
The bride was at one time operator
at the .Tri-State telephone exchange
and until recently was employed in
the Becker Record Office.