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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1912-07-11
Village Commission Meets.

The light, power and building
commission met on Friday evening,
audited number of bills and in
creased the price for recharging cleo
trical batteries form Is to so cents.
All members of the commission were
present.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1912-07-11
A Good Roads Advocate

1t is a pleasure. to meet and con-
verse with such an earnest and in
telligent advocate of good roads as
Mr.. G. F. W. Krienke of Dalbo.
Isanti county. Mr.. Krienke was in
town Monday and called at the
Q nj on office. He says he has
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1912-07-11
Neff Advises Thuelv.
present.

When you come to vote for govern
or at the primary vote for only one
man. Have no second choice in the
matter. The second choice business
was trick Of the politicians. Vote
for only one. Lake Crystal Union.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1912-07-11

- $2067 II 215O.11 1861. Al 5s19. As
Total town;hip taxes ........... .S1S321 IL
This tota includes SO IA for building tax in
town OF Bogus Brook, $3.40 for thistle tax in
Isle Harbor. $3.50 for thistle tax in Kathio
and l06.57for bonds and interest in Milaca
rOWnsTlin -
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1912-07-11
Totals R5O7.57 S1348.88 S20l66 .43 S345. "a

& Total s4ool district taxes. S24 AIS. ID
This totaI includes bonds and interest in dis
trict ID Of 81 80, in district IS of S21 .2H and
in district B of $780,
Farm schoa tax 1851 81
Total S ttlement. ................ s69, 65s. ~
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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1912-07-11

STATE TAXES
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1912-07-11
COUNTY TAXES.
VILLAGE TAXES.

PRINCETON.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1912-05-31
In Forestry Service.

A dispatch from Moscow, under
date Of May q, says, that every
student in the school Of forestry of
the University of Idaho who wants
work during the summer has been
engaged and the institution is U nable
to supply the demands for more
"The demands made upon the uni
versity for trained young foresters to
take charge Of technical work along
modern and scientific lines by the
national forestry reserves in Idaho
alone are greater than we
can supply this year." says Dr. G. H.
Shattuck, head OF the de partment.
practically every man 10 the de-
partment has had from one to three
offers, but most all the students wiz
conflne their engagements to Id'ahe
timbermen."
The following students l1a, ,e ac
cepted positions to start wor' abou
June !: Edgar Gllstad, II. L Smith
Frank Keeie, James Ga1 BILE an,
Floyd McNett, with Ma ,or F. A
Fenn on the Selway nati'N ,al reserve
A. D. Decker and He,ny y Hermann
with acting district f'Ires, ser Rockwell
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1912-05-31
Costs Al sc ssed.

After having the matter under al
visement several days, Justice OF the
Pesc. Geo. F. Steele OF Occur d.
Alene, before whom the case against
L. e. Kirkpatrick OF Rathdruin was
tried, approved the motion Of At
torney Potts of the defense, assessing
the costs against the complaining
witness IN the case, on the grounds
that the prosecution was malicious
and the charge without foundation.
1t is reported from Occur d'Alene
that Judge Steele's decision will re-
lieve the county FROM paying the costs
of the action, amounting to about
$77.8O $27 for the twelve Jurors, S44
for witness fees and Sc court costs.
1t is claimed, however. the total
costs of the case amount TO over $3.50,
as the mileage of witnesses. and at
torney fees, ETC., are not included IN
the estimate ported fiom the cOun-
ty seat.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1912-05-31
New Pension Bill.

The president has signed the in
creased pension bill, passed by the
house and senate. The bill, as
finally agreed to carries an in
crease of $35, 900, 900 for pensions
the first year Of its operation.
Every veteran serving 90 days or
more in the naval or military
service in the civil war, who has
been honorably discharged and
who is more than 62 years old, is
cared for by the new law.
For veterans 81 years and over
the rate for 90 days S, rvice is $13
a month and ranges to SIC a
month up to three years OF service;
for 66 years and over the rate is
SIS month for 90 days and
ranges up to SIG fer three years
service, for 70 years old and over
the rate for 90 days is $I8 month
and ranges up to $25 a month for
three years; at IS years old and
over the rate for 90 days service
is Sal and ranges up to $50 for
three years service.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1912-05-31
MRS. ]. C. THOMAS DEAD
Funeral Held Last Saturday, May
25th.


After long illness, followed with
paralysis, Mrs. ]. G. Thomas died
at her home in Rathdrum, Thursday
night, May e, GAS o'clock, aged
81 years. Her husband, all her
children and fourteen grand children,
besides Alex Thomas and Mrs.
MarthaWannawich Of Colville. Wash.
brother and sister, respectively, Of
Mr.. Thomas, were at the bed
side when death came.
The funeral was held Saturday
afternoon from the Presbyterian
church, Rev. P. Groschupf, Lutheran,
OF Spokane, officiating. The floral
offerings and the attendance in the
procession attested to the degree Of
esteem in which the deceased was
held in the community.
Helen Elizabeth (Zieman) Thomas
y 4f
was the daughter Of John and Helen
Elizabeth Zieman, and was born near
Gutenberg, Clayton county, Iowa,
January Is, 1855. She was married
to ]. G. Thomas at McCregor, Iowa,
November II, 1875. To this union
were born five sons: Geo. Edward
Thomas Of Post Falls; Richard
Oscar Thomas OF Rathdrum; Chas.
Benjamin Thomas Of Macarthur;
Chester Arthur Thomas and Henry
Walter Thomas OF Rathdrum; and
FIVE daughters: Annie Mary, wife of
F. L. Northway, Rathdrum; Louisa
Matilda, wife of General Malanya,
Rathdrum; Helen Elizabeth, wife Of
Daniel Webster, Rathdrum; Grace
Marguerite, wife Of Chester c.
Bridgman, Verdi, Nevada; and
Frances Alice Thomas, Rathdrum.
Mrs. Thomas came to Rathdrum
with her husband and family thirteen
years ago and had resided here ever
since. Besides her family she leaves
numerous friends and neighbors
to mourn her departure, and the
sorrowing relatives have the sincere
sympathy Of the community in their
bereavement.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1912-05-31
STATE and COUNTY news
Items Of Interest Gathered
From Exchanges.
OF INTEREST TO IDAHOANs.
Events and Industrial Progress
OF the Week.

A million feet of Idaho white pine
Is to be shipped from Wallace to
England by way of Quebec where it
will be resawed.
Deputy Sheriffs Knowlton and
Nogle raided alleged gambling places
Al St. Maries and st. Joe last Satur-
day night, making Is arrests.
Twin Falls county voted dry again,
May %, by q majority OF 1900. The
county was already 10 the dry column
the flrst local option election having
been held two years ago.
State Auditor s. d. Taylor has
Withdrawn from the republican
gubernatorial race, leaving Clagstone
OF Bonner and Tweedy of Nez Perce
now the only candidates 10 the north
for that place on the ticket.
WIN. Buckley of Coeur d'Alene,
manager Of the Kootenal County Fair
association, is reported to have taken
steps toward having the fair bigger
than ever before. Merchants Of
Occur d'Alene are to be called on for
financial assistance and it is reported
the county commissioners have made
an appropriation for the purpose.
The district court adjourned by
Judge Dunn at Occur d'Alene SO as
to permit the court room to be used
by the federal court in session there
this week, Judge Frank S. Dietrich
In charge. A federal grand jury is
10 session. Several important
cases are on the docket, including a
tax controversy between the Washing
ton Water Power company and The
assessors of Kootenai and Shoshone
counties.
The stOckmen and farmers of the
Clearwater region are said to be solid
for the nomination of Clagstone for
governor. w. n. Ralph OF Nez
Perce says the southern part of the
state has been getting away with the
lions share Of the more important
Offices for years. Boise, he says, now
has two candidates for governor, two
for state treasurer, two for congress
men, one for attorney general and
ia horde of lesser fry" while the
entire north has but five asplrants
for places in the state administration.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1912-05-31
BRoWNING's "sORDELLo."
Mystery Of That Colossal pers'iet o.
the Ocean Of Poetry"

The impenetrable nature OF Robert
Browning's "Sordello." published In
1870. "a colossal derelict on the ocean
II poetry," as William Sharp terms 1t.
has been the theme of many anecdotes.
Tennyson declared, writes Lillian Whit
ing In "The Brownings-Their Life and
Art" that there we're only two lines IN
it-the opening and the closing ones
which he understood, and "they are
both lies," be feelingly added.
Douglas Jerrold tackled 1t when he
was Just recovering from an illness
and despairingly set down his inabili-
ty to comprehend it to the probability
that his mind was impaired by dis
ease. and, thrusting the book into the
hands of his wife, he entreated her to
read It at once. He watched her
breathlessly, and when she exclaimed,
"I don't know what this means; 1t Is
o,bberish," Jerrold exclaimed, "Thank
God. am not an idiot"
A French critic, Odysse Barot, quotes
. massage where the poet says, God
cave man two faculties" and adds, i
w,sh while he was about It God had
aunnlied another-namely, the power
~ understanding Mr.. Browning" Mrs
Carlyle declared that she read "sordel'
10" attentively twice, but was unable
70 discover whether the title referred
to "a man, a city or tree"
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1912-05-31
O'NElL BACK TO IDAHO
Brought From Canada to Stand
Trial in Bank Case.

4I1al IN BANK case.
Barney O'Neil, brought by ex-
tradition from Vancouver, B. c.,
in custody of Warden John w.
Shook of the Idaho penitentiary,
was placed in the county Jail at
Wallace, May 26, to await trial on
charges connected with the failure
of the Wallace State Bank of
Commerce of which he was presi-
dent
Mr.. O'Neil still protests his
innocence, saying others caused
the failure of the bank. He has
been indicted on IS counts. His
bonds have been placed at $I26,- :
900, Prosecutor Wayne claiming
they must be placed high to
guarantee the appearance of the
prisoner at the time of trial. The
fact that O'Neil resisted extradi-
ton to the limit of his abilities,
Wayne believes, is indication
sufficient to justify the opinion
that he will go to long extremes tc
avoid trial. Mr.. O'Neil says if he
had been permitted to remain a.,
Vancouver he would shortly have
made enough money to have made
good every dollar lost in the bank
failure.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1912-05-31

delegates by committees, county, dis
trlct and state conventions is ob.
1ected to for the reason that in the
beginning Of the system the local
conventions soon fell into the hands
OF the professional politicians and
office-holders, who dictate the party's
presidential candidate, self seekers,
who ''do not choose the man most
6t to be President, hut the man most
apt to win aud most certain To be
clay Ia the political potters' hands,"
The remedy suggested is the presi-
Dental preference primary as advo-
Gated by Calhoun seventy years ago,
whereby the delegates are chosen
directly by the people, With the con-
gressional district or the state as the
unit. Several states already have
the presidential primary law. Ore.
gon led of in 1911, followed by
California, Nebraska, New Jersey,
North Dakota and Wisconsin In 1911,
and quite recently by Illinois, Maine,
Maryland, Massachusetts, and Mlchi.
gan.
"South Dakota now has a per-
missive primary law" says Professor
Potts. THAT is regarded as a fair
substitute for compulsory law.
Voluntary Presidential primaries are
being held by one or both parties 10
several states, including Kansas,
Georgia, Florida aud Rhode Island.
In other states there is very strong
popular demand for voluntary pri-
maries, especially on the part of the
friends OF Colonel Roosevelt and Gov
ernor Wilson. These militant forces
assert that the friends of the other
candidates oppose preference primar-
les because they dare not give the
people a chance to express their
choice"
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1912-05-31
The Cost Of Liquor.

New York American: The amounts
OF money we spend every year 10 the
United States, directly I'D indirectly
for liquor would give a two weeks
vacation to every man, woman and
child in the land, with their board
and expenses paid. We spe nd ST ,500,-
100000 a year for alcohc lie drinks,
and we spend as much more for
Judges, police, jails, poorht,uses and
insane asylums to take car e Of the
people who get into trouble through
hard drink. That makes So. 900, 000,.
700. or $50 apiece for every body. For
family Of father, mother and four
children 1t amounts to $3.50 year, a
nice sum for an outing 10 rlhe coun.
try.
1t is estimated that ], 500, 1000 men
and women In the United States are
every day either mentally or physical
~ disabled for work as result Of
drink.
II 1t could be shown that the drink
log man had better brains, or better
muscles, or better earning power, OF
lived longer than the man who did
uot drink, there might be some
argument in favor of drink, even 10
spite OF all that has just been said.
but thousands of experiments have
sno~u that the brain worker aud the
'aoorlng man are both at disad
vantage II they drink.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1912-05-31
Memorial Day

1t IS natural that day set apart
from work should. in the course ol
time, become day chiefly for recrea-
ton. The very words "holy day"
have been transformed into holiday"
which has quite different mean
ing. Nearly all our holidays do, as
matter Of fact, commemorate some
joyful or happy event, and may,
therefore, with certain propriety,
be celebrated in the usual care-free
fashion. But one has been dedicated
In spirit Of solemnity and sorrow,
and should each year reawaken a
national spirit of reverence.
In nearly every town and city Of
the North some local orator recalls
the sacrifices made by his communi-
ty in the war; the relatives and des-
cendants Of dead soldiers pass for a
moment from their nearer interests
to ally themselves again with those
brave and unforgotten souls; and the
veteran survivors unfurl the flag for
which they fought, and march under
1t to decorate their comrades graves.
Whatever else takes place on Decor
alton day, these things 60 on-and
will 60 on as long as Grand Army
posts exist and kinsmen of the slain
still live.
The celebration of Memorial day
is not glorifcation Of war. Yet
the younger generations feel
martial thrill when the bugles sound
and the drums beat and the veterans
pass; and at the sight Of faded and
tattered flag that flew upon the field
Of Shiloh or was stained with blood
at Gettysburg the peaceful citizen
feels stir in his blood that no proud
and bright new banner can ever
excite. 1t is no rough exultation, for
the soldier who comes before his
vision comes not as one who went
forth when duty and his country
called, to die.
Although the sound of war time
music and the sight of battle-fags
make vivid to the crowd the sacrifice
that is precious part of the nation
al inheritance, the crowd can grasp
deeper meanings only when, after
the excitement and the thrill, it has
separated into its units. Memory
and meditation then may swell the
heart and make each individual a
truer patriot. If on May 3Oth you
choose to remember that exactly
forty-eight years ago Grants gallant
troops and Lees heroic remnant
were gasping for breath in an inter-
mission of the bloody fighting that
began with the Wilderness and
reached its climax at Cold Harbor,-
an intermission hardly less terrible
than the battles, s,-your thoughts will
perhaps lead you out on solitary
walk under blue sky and among
green fields. Then the buried soldier,
if he could see you and be aware o1
your thoughts, would smile and
close his eyes again, content. The
Youths Companion.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1912-05-31

on the Kaniksu national reserve; s.
X. Denning. Ralph Dlpple, Ralph
Parsons and Leonard Williamson,
with Supervisor Spaulding, on the St.
Joe reserve; Mark Anderson, with
District Forester Sherman, on the
Targhee reserve.
A number OF the other students
will accept positions with lumber
companies.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1912-05-31
0URFEW REGULATION
Village Trustees 10 Inaugurate
Plan.
OTHER MATTERS DISCUSSED
Carload Of Pipe Expected to Arrive
Here Soon.

The board of village trustees
have taken steps to inaugurate
curfew regulation, requiring chill
dren to be Off the streets after o
O'Clock each evening unless accom-.
panied by parents or other adult
persons. The matter was dis
cussed at the meeting last Monday
night with view to putting a stop
to reckless and boisterous conduct
of certain ill-behaved youngsters
at band concerts and on other
occasions. The bell is to be rung
at 9 and each member of the board
finding children on the streets
after that hour is to notify the
parents, and chat failing to have
effect. the child delinquents to be
arrested.
Another matter brought up was
the large number of dogs running
the streets, and Street Commits
sioner Engilking was instructed to
proceed to collect the license on
all CANNES, as provided by ordin-
ance.
W.
Wasting of water by turning on
hydrants, garden hoses or sprink-
lers and allowing the water to run
needlessly, was discussed, but no
action taken, the matter of putting
strict regulations into effect being
deferred until later date.
The clerk was instructed to pub
lish a warning to people turning
their cows out on the street too
early in the morning before the
herder arrives to take the animals
to pasture, as complaints have
been made of damage done.
The matter of quieting title to
lot 8, block c, Woods addition,
was taken up again and the clerk
was instructed to correspond
further with an attorney in Seattle
regarding quit claim deed.
Business transacted at the meet
ing Monday night. included ad
ministering the oath to Trustee
G. R. Klopf, and appointment Of
| E. P. Dyer as police judge to sue
ceed A. w. Post, deceased. A
warrant was ordered drawn in
favor Of Trustee L. E. kirkpatrick
for S25 to reimburse him for at
torney fee paid in defending the
recent case brought against him
by reason of the sale of city pipe.
The receipt by Trustee Klopf Of z
draft for $3.50 from the bank a
/ Neillsville, Wis, was reported
said draft representing the none!
secured by sale of warrants to pa.
for the pipe recently ordered Il
improve the water system. 1
letter also received by Mr.. Klop
stated the pipe, a carload, woul'
arrive here in few days.
Bills allowed were:
w. ]. Tucker, speed limit
signs S17.6
Rathdrum CIR. & Sup. Co.
pipe IL
BY general concent Of the boar
!. it was decided to defer putin
into effect Ordinance No. AZ, n
lating to pool licenses.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1912-05-31

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The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1912-11-13
The EnuIish Kinu,

The king of England has no legisla-
tive Veto He must sign his own
death warrant if the two houses unan-
imously send it to him. 1t is fiction
of the past to ascribe to him legisla-
tive power. He has long ceased to
have any. The prime minister is the
chief executive of the British constitu-
ton. The king has the right to be
consulted. the right to encourage. the
right to warn. provided he can find
anybody that wants to consult him or
anybody that cares to be encouraged
by him or anybody that will stop to
be warned. In other words, the king
is a "fgurehead," or, as it has been
more respectfully expressed, he Is the
ornamental" rather than the ''use-
full" part of the British constitution
New York American.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1912-11-13
CURIOUS INSURANCE.
Some of the Queer Risks Taken by the
Brokers at lIoyd's.

They will take any risk at Lloyd's In
London. 1t should be understood that
this great corporation has nothing to
do with it. but that the brokers' issue
policies as individuals. Here are Il
few specimens of risks actually in
sured:
The uncle of rich heiress took out
a policy for 10000 guineas against her
eloping with certain man before Il
specified date. He paid 1000 guineas
premium. and the girl did not elope. so
the broker was in 1000 guineas.
A young man sued by girl for dam
ages for breach of promise to marry
paid 800 guineas for a policy covering
any amount Of money the jury might
award to the plaintiff. 1t gave her
f7OO, so the broker made more than
f100 profit.
A cablegram arrived at the office of
shipowner stating that one Of his
steamers was on the rocks in dan
gerous place. The owner took out a
policy for $500. to be paid to him If
the ship were lost. He paid for this n
premium of $4,000. The ship was
saved so he lost the money.-New
York World.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1912-11-13

(which is the time, usually ne
said. with the old ring in his voice,
that the apple gets bitten!"
-
At daybreak Bedight sighted boat
bearing in from Squirrel Inn. He
hailed it and soon the two disheveled
adventures were enroute to the hotel.
Jackie made much ado over Miss
Mcconnell. who drew her aside, the
roses in her face redder than the color
of the Magma Charta.
Late In the afternoon Bedight stole
away to the cabin and made his prom
Use of the Friday previous, but the
prisoners were in a sullen mood and
demanded to be liberated.
Monday morning found him assidu-
GUS in his attentions to Cleo Sum-
mers. who brought out a copy of "Lu-
ellie" and beckoned him to shady
spot in the wood not far from the Inn.
Seating herself on the grass, she
handed him the book.
CAS- l understand it you are doing
penance This being true, I am COM
PEELED to ask you to read this book to
me. 1t has been read to me several
times prior to this occasion" the red
mounting to her cheeks, ''but not re-
Gently, which is sure sign that am
growing less attractive. Possibly ]
am approaching spinsterhood-and
before / reach that goal, l desire to
hear once more this thriller of loves
young dream"
Bedight took the book.
81 read this to girl once. +"
"Of course" interrupted Miss Sum-
mers. there isn't a man living who
can read who has not at some time or
other had his dream as he read this
tale to a woman with eyes like the
skies and lips like the red, red cher
ry!"
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1912-11-13
STORIES OF BRET HARTE.
His Dislike OF Social Duties and Mere
Literary FRIENDSHIPS.

Literary Friendships.
Mr. Moncure Conway In his autobi-
ography gives an amusing reminIs-
cence Of Bret Harte's proneness to
escape from what are known as so
cal duties" Mrs. Conway received"
on Monday afternoons, and Bret Harte
had told her that he would be present
on a aprtIcular Monday, but he failed
to appear, much to the regret of some
persons who had been invited for the
occasion. when. CHANGING to meet
him." writes Mrs. Conway. II alluded
to the disappointment. He asked for
giveness and said. 1 will come next
Monday. even though l promise
He had a constant dread that his
friendship or acquaintance would be
sought on account of his writings
rather than for himself. A lady who
sat next him at dinner without learn.
ing his name afterward remarked, II
have always longed to meet him. and
would haYe been so different had |
only known who my neighbor was"
This. unfortunately. being repeated to
Bret Harte. he exclaimed: Now. why
can't woman realize that this sort
of thing Is Insulting? If Mrs.
h. talked with me and found me un-
interesting as man. how could she
expect to find me interesting because
was an author?" Henry Childs Mer-
wins life of Bret Harte."