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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-03-09
Taxes Levied at Town Meetings.

Taxes may be voted at town meet
ing as follows: For township pur-
poses, to defray town charges and ex-
penses, such sum may be voted the
rate of which shall not exceed two
mills in any town with valuation of
100000 or more, and in any town
with a valuation of less than 100000
the amount that may be levied must
not exceed $3.50. The rate for road
and bridge purposes: cannot exceed
10 mills, and the rate for the support
of the poor cannot exceed 5 mills. All
taxes must be levied in specific
amounts. Take town with a valua-
ton of 500, and the following
amounts could be voted: For town
purposes, 5000; for road and bridge
purposes, $1,000; for poor purposes,
$500,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-03-09
Federal Officer N8bs Milton.

Til omas Milton, president of the
Milton Dairy company of St. Paul,
was arrested on Tuesday by United
States Chief Deputy Marshal Stephen
Picha on a charge of manufacturing
adulterated butter without paying the
special United States revenue tax.
He was taken before United States
Commissioner G. L. Spencer, waived
examination, pleaded not guilty to
the charge and was released on 81, 900
bail. Last week government in
spectors seized $4,000 pounds of butter
belonging to the Milton Dairy COM
pany in storage at the A. Booth plant
on Third street on the grounds that it
was adulterated.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-03-09
Ben Hass Wins Another Match.

Ben Hass went to Sank Centre on
Friday and downed a wrestler 30
pounds heavier than himself in three
minutes. "Farmer'' Telschow is the
vanquished ones name, and so sur
prised was he at Ben's skill that he
refused to remain on the mat another
minute. A body scissors and head
hold was used by Hass in putting
Telschow out of commission. This is
remarkable work considering the ad-
vantage Ben s opponent had in weight.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-03-09
Return From the Gulf Coast,

MIR. and Mrs. A. e. Ross returned
on Friday from a three weeks visit
to their son-in-law and daughter, MIR.
and Mrs. F. G. .Stamm at Corpus
Christi, Texas, on the gulf coast, and
we are pleased to learn that they
greatly enjoyed themselves. Mr..
Ross found it quite warm enough
even without coat and vest down
there and Mrs. Ross donned the
lightest clothes she could find. They
found rare treat in the salt water
fish, the first they had tasted since
they came from the good old state of
Maine. The change did both of them
good, but they we're glad to get back
to Princeton again.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-03-09
STATE SCHOOL FUND
Per Capita for March Appointment
is $I.oo and Mile Laos County
Will Receive $5,I3I.oo.
This Year lille Laos Has 2,7oI Pupils
Entitled to State Aid While
in 1910 1t Had 1857.

Under the spring apportionment of
the state school fund the per capita is
sI.90, the same as the apportionment
in March of last year. Mile Laos
county has 2,70l pupils and will re-
ceive S5,131.9O; Sherburne 1874
pupils, S2,876.60; Isanti 1890 pupils,
s5,624; Anoka $3.50 pupils, SIS, 1877;
Benton 2,608 pupils, S4,955. 20;
Kanabec 1,737 pupils, $4,000. In
the March, 1910, apportionment Mile
Laos received S4,877.30 for 1867
pupils, Sherburne S2,884.80 for 1878
pupils, Isanti s5,663.70 for 1888
pupils, Anoka S5,105.30 for 1851
pupils, Benton S4,595.90 for 2,42
pupils, and Kanabec S3,114.l0 for
1859 pupils.
This money is derived from the
one-mi]l general state school tax
and the income from the perma-
nent school fund. When the perma-
nent school fund reaches 100000, 900,
as it will within the next so years, the
income from that fund will not be less
than So, 10000 annually.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-03-09
Abe Lincoln's Potato Cure,

A veteran Philadelphia soldier,
apropos of Lincoln's birthday, said
at the Union League:
"Lincoln used to joke me about my
superstitions. I carried, you know, a
rabbits foot for luck.
Look at this, he said one day,
and he took from his pocket a potato.
l" What's that for?' I asked.
" For rheumatism, he replied. Il
haven't had a twinge of rheumatism
since I began carrying it,
Wonderfully said l.
Yes, said Lincoln, with his
whimsical smile, and still more
wonderful is the fact that it's retro
active, too; for I never had a twiuge
before began carrying it, either. -
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-03-09

the whole Of itproduces. and Of better
quality. In the old countries, where
land is cultivated to the maximum Of
it's possibilities, thousand bushels
of potatoes an acre is not uncommon.
The New Jersey flats produce as high.
as 1000 bushels of onions to the acre,
and here 1000 bushels is thought to
be remarkable. One of the wealthiest
farmers in Pennsylvania, whom I
know personally, made all his wealth
from twenty acres. Ten acres of Min
nesota land, in my judgment, can give
an income sufficient to support large
family" =
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-03-09
Charles C. Eastman Dead.

Charles c.. Eastman, publisher OF
the Wadena Pioneer-Journal, and for
IL years postmaster of his home viii
lage, died on Thursday, March 2,
aged 46 years. His death was the re-
suit of nervous malady from which
be had suffered for number of
years. he was born in Anoka, the
Oldest son of Mr.. and Mrs. j. East
man, and is survived by his wife, bis
mother, two sisters, Mrs. Alvah
Eastman of st. Cloud and Mrs. H.
W. Gehr of Wadena, and three
brothers, P. K. Eastman of Wilton,
Robert M. and Calvert G. Eastman of
Chicago.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-03-09

alarm Of a kind seldom used, as it
brings out every piece of apparatus in
the city. A rope Gordon was placed
by the police to hold back the crowds
that soon congregated, and good
order was maintained from the be-
ginning. The fremen fought the
flames like demons, streams were
turned on from every point of van
tage, but the great structure was
doomed-there was no possibility of
saving it.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-03-09
Good Seed Supply Almost Exhausted.

OOOO Seeu supply ALMOST exhausted.
The efforts of organizations in Min
nesota active in the campaign for
better seed have been so we'll directed,
and the farmers of the state have
allied themselves with the movement
with such good will, that the supply
of pure bred seed for sale by growers
cooperating with the agricultural
college experiment station is almost
exhausted. Indications are that there
will be no seed left long before the
opening of the planting season.
Professor G. P. Bull, in charge of
the pure seed campaign of the college,
says that never before have the
farmers evinced so much interest in
good seed. The supply of fax seed
has been exhausted, and every effort
|iszbaing made to locate any Mime
sofa grower of pure seed. There are
about twenty-five bushels of barley
left and the supply of corn, oats,
wheat, rye and millet is falling low.
To every applicant for. good seed OF
any one of the standard varieties
handled by the station is mailed the
addresses of growers known to be
growing seed from parent seed sent
out by the station, and the addresses
of the members of the Field Crop
Breeders association, whose seed is
known to be up to the standard re-
quired. In each letter is stated the
amount of seed each has for sale, the
varieties, and the price asked. It is
the seed for sale by these growers that
is reported to be almost gone.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-03-09
Big Fire In MinneaDol1s.

Early on Sunday morning the Syn
dictate block on Nicollet avenue. Min
neapolis, was almost totally destroyed
by fire. The origin of the fire, by
which an estimated loss of 81, 178, 900
is entailed, is a mystery. Two fire.
men were injured but, fortunately
there were no fatalities. The fire was
first seen from the Elgin lunch rooms
on Nicollet avenue, across from the
building, by Douglas Bedding, head
night man. He telephoned an alarm
to fire headquarters. Chief G. W.
Ringer was early on the scene, turned
in Bill alarm and followed it a few
minutes later with 22-22, a general
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-03-09
STATE NEWS,

James Lepsett, James O. Beyel and
John McKinnon we're burned to death
last Friday at Kelliher, when little
shack in which they we're sleeping
caught fire. It is thought the fire was
caused from an overheated stove.
DR.. William W. Mayo, father of W.
J. and G. H. Mayo, surgeons, died at
his home in Rochester at 4 a. 10. on
Monday. His strength had been fail
ing for a year and his death is
ascribed to the in6rmities of old age.
he would have been 90 years of age
on May 81. 80.
August Roudhal, the man who was
captured at Onamia short time ago
charged with killing John A. Kibby
near Minneapolis, was on Saturday
sentenced by Judge Steele to seven
years in the penitentiary. The YER
dict of the jury was manslaughter in
the second degree:
immigration to Minnesota is to be
large this year, according to DR.. R..
81. Harrison, federal inspector for
the bureau of animal husbandry,
who is stationed at the Midway
Transfer. He says people will flock
to this state as a result of having
seen the Minnesota advertising car
which has been showing them the
diversity of crops that can be raised
here. He predicts that many will
come from Indiana, Illinois, Iowa
and nearby states because of in
terest aroused by the car. 4
Walking all the way from Winni-
peg, while on his way to Mime
apolis, where he planned to revenge
himself for q fancied injury, a
stranger giving the name of Reuben
Waddell was arrested at Elk River
on Saturday, and on examination in
probate court was pronounced in
sane and committed to the hospital
at Fergus Falls. He is about IS, and
says he is an iron worker by trade.
He is regarded as dangerously insane.
An investigation will be made as to
his legal residence. and he may be
taken to some other state for incar-
ceration,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-03-09
Question of Legal Holidays.

Attorney r. D. O'Brien of St. Paul
proposes to ask the Legislature to pass
q bill making July %, the late Gov.
.Johnson's birthday, legal holiday.
It is very kind of Mr.. O'Brien to pro-
pose to do this, but it must occur to
some that this legal holiday-making
business has already been carried
quite far enough.
1t is no reflection on the revered
and honored memory of the late gov
srnor to say that there is no crying
need among the people of this state
for any more arbitrarily created legal
holidays than we already have. Car
ried to it's logical conclusion such a
course could ultimately make legal
holiday Of every day in the year,
which would be quite farcical of
course.
Besides, we don't believe legisla-
lures have the right to dispose of
other peoples days to suit their own
Or anybody else's fancies. Days are
not legal property except in cases
where those of an individual have
been disposed of by contract. The
creator has given each individual a
day in every twentyfour hours as his
inherent birthright, and whether the
state can come along and label half
of them, or any other proportion, as
state property, or legal holidays, in
honor of this or that person or event,
is at least a debatable question.-Red
Wing Free Press.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-03-09
She Got Them,

At a lodge in Philadelphia a group
of very old men, some with empty
sleeves and some with empty trouser
legs, were telling stories about Lin
coin.
my wife collected autographs, "
said one. "She once wrote to Lincoln
for a sentiment and his autograph,
and she got in reply a note that ran:
: " Dear Madam-When you ask
from a stranger that which is of in
terest only to yourself, always enclose
a stamp. There's your sentiment,
and here's your autographed. Lin
cOln.' -
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-03-09
The Legislative Manual,

The 1911 Legislative Manual, com.
piled by Secretary of State julius A.
Schmahl, surpasses in excellence any
work of its kind ever issued in this
state. There is a large amount of in.
formation in the book and the con-
tents are arranged in such manner as
to make the work valuable for ready
reference. Mr.. Schmahl is entitled to
a word of praise for producing so fine
an edition.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-03-09
School Renorf

School report for school No. 2,
district 5, Greenbush, for month
ending March 3: Number enrolled,
%; average attendance, 10. Those
present 20 days we're Henry, Carl and
Abraham Abrahamson; Joseph,
Helmer and Otto johnson; Emma and
Nettie Solberg, Ida Gilbertson,
George Nelson. Those present le
days were Thomas, Peter, Olof and
Walter Abrahamson, Oscar Solberg
and Ole johnson.
Mae Davis, Teacher.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-03-09
Seed Contest In District 9 L,

Owing to delay in getting reports
the seed contest held on February ~
IN school district 2 was not available
until yesterday. The display of farm
products was very creditable one,
fne exhibits of potatoes, wheat and
corn being brought in by the pupils.
The judges we're F. S. Walker, G.. 81.
Lamb and N. G.. Orion. Cash prizes
were awarded to the following pupils:
Wheat-Mabel Talberg, first, 50
cents; Isabelle Esler, second, rs cents.
Corn-Mabel Talberg, first, so cents
Isabelle Esler, second, Is cents.
Potatoes-Burbanks: Myrtle Tai
berg, first, so cents; Sydney Lofgren,
second, rs cents. Triumphs: Mabel
Talberg, first, so cents; Arthur Bisso,
second, rs cents. Late Rose: Mabel
Talberg, first, SO cents; Mildred Ham,
ilton, second, Is cents.
This was the first contest of the kind
ever held in the Mile Laos comfy
schools. Many patrons of the school
we're In attendance and great interest
was evinced. Other schools are inter-
ested in the seed contests and good
roads movement, and programs along
these lines will be given in many of
the schools throughout the county.
Miss Beth Martin, teacher in the
above district, is wide awake and al
ways looking for means to advance
progress in her school.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-03-09
looking up from a plate of lentils,
may be divided into two classes-the
radicals, who kill you, and the con-
servatives, who let you die.','
Big Bargain Sale.

"A. S. Mark has returned from New
York, where he was the successful
bidder on the $4,000 stock OF Will
merding, Morris and Mitchell, which
was in the hands of a receiver. It
was bought at 80 cents on the dollar
and to dispose of it a clearance sale
will be held at Marks Great Bargain
Store commencing next Saturday,
March II, and closing on April l. A
page ad in this issue enumerates some
OF the bargains. The figures speak
for themselves. -. ., ~
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-03-09
Special Notice.

From now until the first of May I
will make the best four dollar photo
graphs for only $3.50 per dozen; also
q great reduction in the price of other
styles and sizes. If you are wise you
will take advantage of this special
offer. Remember studio in Princeton
is open the first and third Saturdays
only of every month.
1T r. J. Nelson, Photographer
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-03-09
Free Seed Tests.

Have your seed tested both for pu.
rity and termination. It will cost
you nothing. The seed laboratory al
the Minnesota agricultural experiment
station will make these tests. Send
in good-sized handful of any seed
you wish to have tested. Address
samples to the Seed Laboratory,
University Farm, st. Paul, MINI. i.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-03-09
A Big Difference.

The candidate (having quoted the
words of an eminent statesman in
support of an argument) -And, mind
you, these are not my words. This
is not merely my opinion. These are
words of man who knows what he's
talking about. Sketch.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-03-09
Get Your Seed Grain Now.

We have a quantity of thoroughly
cleaned, fine quality blue stem wheat,
spring rye, fax and barley, suitable
for seeding purposes. Call and Sc
cure your seed grain early.
St. Anthony & Dakota Elevator Co.
P. J. Wikeen, Manager. ll-tfc
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-03-09
Fine Young Horses,

1 have some fine horses at my barn
sound, young animals suitable for
farm or general purpose work. You
will probably never again be able to
obtain horses of this sort at so low a
price as these are being offered for.
Call at the barn and size them up.
o-tfc Aulger Rines.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-03-09
Anent Intensive Cultivation.

Thos b. Parsons of Pillager, Cass
county, says: :.s. .. :. Il.
''Here in Minnesota we think 800
bushels of potatoes is a good crop,
but with intensified cultivation one
half Of the ground we usually plant
could be made to produce four times
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-03-09
School Report.

Those who attended 20 days in dis.
trict 4 for the month ending March 3
are Mckinley Gennow, Annie, Alfred,
Ella and Freda Heruth; Elsie and
Eddie Kranz, Edna, Anna and Hazel
Leander; Olga Reimann, Glen and
Joe Seifert. Those who attended le
days are Lester Rehaume, Alice and
Anna Reimann and Esther Lind
strOm. Eva M. Hatch, Teacher.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-03-09
New Map of Mile Laos.

I. D. Barton of Sank Centre is al
the court house working on map OF
Mile Laos county which he expects to
have ready for distribution in about
three months. The map will give the
names of the owners of farms, the
highways, buildings, railroads, etc.,
in complete form. No map of Mile
Laos county has ever been published
with the exception of that gotten out
by the U n i o n several years ago.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-03-09
Please Take Notice.

From now on I will make the reg
ular 81 style pictures for So per dozen.
Take advantage OF this rare oppor-
tunity. All work guaranteed. Studio
open every day. Joseph L. Payette.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-03-09
Personal Property Tax an Absurdity.

AS matter of morals we have
found the personally tax an outrage;
as matter of administration, an i'm
possibility; as matter of revenue
getting, complete failure; and now,
finally, as matter of business sense
and tact, it is an absurdity.-J. A.
Mock IN American Magazine.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-03-09
Shoes, Shoes, Shoes.

By all means the largest stock OF
shoes for men, ladies and children.
Consider quality and you will buy
shoes at A. E. Allen g. Co.'S store.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-03-09
Jury List.

Following is list of names of per-
sons drawn to serve as grand and
petit jurors at the April, 1911, general
term of the district court to be held in
Princeton on April 3:
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-03-09
Farm Loans.

We have unlimited money with
which to place farm loans, on best
terms, without delay. No trouble to
borrower. Apply to US and we attend
to all the details.
Mcmillan & Stanley,
- Successors to M. S. Rutherford &
90. Princeton, MINI. 7-tf
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A Business Getter.

Every newspaper, no matter how in
significant it may seem, is business
getter for the town in which it is is
sued, and is entitled to the encourage
ment and financial support of every
business man, as we'll as of all who
are interested in the welfare of their
home tOwn.-Warren Sheaf.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-03-09
An Egg Of Predictions size.

An egg of prodigious size, laid by
one of William Schilling's hens, was
brought to the U n i o n Office on Mon.
day. It weighed 4 ounces and
measured 8. inches one way around
and 81 inches the other. Mr..
Schilling's chickens are noted for the
large eggs which they supply, but the
one mentioned above is trifie larger
than the average. ....,...- fri
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-03-09
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: G, A. r. Meetinp.

Wallace T. Rines. post, No. 142, G..
A. r., will hold it's next regular meet
ing on Saturday, March IL, az 2
O'Clock in the afternoon.
F. A. Lowell, Commander.
A. q. Norton, Adiutant.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-03-09
Our Doctors.

"The late Count Tolstoi loathed
ply sjcians," said Russian diplomat
at q dinner in Washington.
"You remember how Tolstoi ridi-
culed physicians in War and Peace?'
Well, I heard him ridicule three of
them to their faces over vegetarian
dinner at Yasnaya Polyana.
!" Ply sicians,' he said bitterly,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-03-09
Deserving of the Compliment.

Deserving of the Compliment.
This is the way the Baltimore Sun
compliments Irish-Americans for their
steadfastness in the cause of Ireland:
The Irish-Americans form ore of the
most vigorous and valuable elements
OF CUR citizenship, and they are all
the better Americans because they
look back with loyal remembrance to
the Emerald Isle and long for the time
when it shall have home rule and
shall bloom from Donegal to Cork"
Irish Standard. ~
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-03-09
Moving Picture

Moving Pictures.
{ A moving picture show will be given
at Brands opera house tomorrow and
Saturday evenings. New subjects
will be presented.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-03-09
The Dlscordant Twins.

st. Paul is out for the next national
republican convention and the COM
mercial club is already discussing the
ways and means. In order to get the
convention it will be necessary for the
twin cities to work in harmony, and
this will be the hardest proposition
that will be encountered Brainerd
Dispatch.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-03-09

Providing the Bank Didn't "Bust"
A forty miner who came from Cali
fornia with two quarts of gold and
buried it under his house, recently
dug it up. and it hadn't grown a bit.
If he had put it in a savings bank it
would have swelled to several gallons
by this time.-Mississippi Valley
Lumberman.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-03-09
Sound Advice.

A member of the Minnesota legisla.
ture made a statement right out in
meeting recently that, if followed out
to the letter, would prove beneficial.
He declared that it would be a wise
idea for the Minnesota legislature to
discontinue giving advice and max
ing suggestions how to conduct the
affairs of the nation and attend strict
~ to matters pertaining to Mime
sofa. Gazette.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-03-09

They'd Starve to Death, Olson.
One OF our exchanges says there is
talk of dividing the state. All right
60 ahead! Set the twin cities off by
themselves, and give 'em the uni
versity, the capitol and the Estate"
fair on condition that they support
them themselves. Also let them
furnish their own appropriations for
whatever else they may want-Red
Wing Free Press.