The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1912-12-26
OPINIONS OF EDITORS


/: OPINIONS OF EDITORS;
Question.
The women Of the state gained
point when suffrage was endorsed
strongly by the N rthern Minnesota
Development association. -Aurora
News.
The Lesser Evil.
Spencer ]. Searls wants to know
whether it is cheaper to get married
or buy an automobile. Get married.
Mr.. S. The model never changes.
Carlton Vidette.
A Lesson to Gossips.
One of those -tongued gossip
ing women was shot dead by another
woman in Indiana last week for
|slandering her. Every first-class
town has them. Lake Crystal Union.
$40. =r- E Z. 4.
Congratulates Pat.
We cannot conscientiously offer our
sympathy to Mr.. McGarry for his de-
feat for speaker of the house. Rather
DO we congratulate him for his es-
cape from thankless and enemy
making task.-Cass Lake Times.
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No Doubt, Whatever.
| There is no doubt but that nine
hundred and ninety-nine out of
thousand of our people will admit
that thirty cents pound is plenty
for butter. That was the decision
of the buttermakers at their recent
convention. Saltwater Gazette.
OF More Value Than Ads.
This issue of the Vidette is mostly
given UP to advertisements. I
wouldn It do it only for the simple
reason that need the money. Every
inch Of space in the paper could be
filed with good-paying ads, but, by
dad, I have to save a little space for
Imy country correspondents. Carlton
|Vidette.
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| Criminal Nefliasncs.
! Just think of it. Down in Mis-
souri, there has been a SO, 900 a year
job overlooked by the governor for
over thirteen years. The position is
the auditors special counsel in, the
collection of the collateral inheri-
tance tax. Such a gross error would
never have occurred in Minnesota.
Daily Virginian.
SD =; Cure Worse Than Disease.
After paying out over a half mil
lion dollars as wolf bounty, the state
of Minnesota finds it has more wolves
now than when it started its benev-
olent scheme of determination. at, so
much perthead. Evidently that,half
million has created the science. of
wolf culture Instead of wolf exter-
mination. Let; us now abolish the
bounty and get rid of. the wolves.
Belle PLANE Herald.
Murderers Should be Executed. >,
We note that some of the clergy
fare: advocating that Minnesota re-.
turn to capital punishment. They
state that the fear of the hangman'ss
moose has a tendency to curtail
crime, as the criminals know that
no matter what the nature of their !:
tcrime may be they will at the most
get imprisonment for life, and then
they stand good chance of being
paldoned, after serving a few years.
Pine County Pioneer.
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Should Never Have Been Appointed.
The news Of the resignation of G..
A. Smith, the Minneapolis lumber
man, from the board of regents Of
the state university was received
without regrets. He has scarcely
been a resident of the state for
several years and he should have
resigned long ago-in fact he should
never have been appointed Ex-
Senator Frederick B. Snyder was
promptly appointed to fill the yacan-
cy and no better selec tion could have
been made. Preston Times.
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FarmerD Alert to the Situation.
Though The quantity of feed on
our farms is unusually great this
year, farmers are not inclined to. sell
and the price accordingly holds up
fairly well. Farmers have discovered
a more profitable way of disposing of