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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-02-06
j. ]. Skahen Addresses Pupils,

J. J. Skahen gave a 35-minute talk
to the high school pupils in the as
sembly hall yesterday morning on
1.-The Panama Canal.'' In this short
period Of time it was of course i'm
possible to go into all the details,
but Mr.. Skahen gave general his
tory of the great waterway from the
time it's construction was attempted
by the French under DeLesseps. He
described the progress of the great
engineering feat and the achieve
ments of Colonel Goethals, United
States army engineer, and gave d
statistical and geographical resume
of the enterprise, covering all points
of interest. The talk was particu-
larly instructive and the pupils gath
cred much information tjlerefrom.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-02-06
Impervious to Microbes.

+ For the thirteenth time this win
ter, to our knowledge, County Super
intendent Guy Ewing was on Tues
day morning parading the Princeton
boulevards in his sh1rtsleeves. We
cautioned him: against cold-weather
microbes, which are said to attack
persons who go forth improperly pro-
tected in subzero weather and attach
themselves to the thoracic ducts and
other Vulnerable places, but he only
laughed at us, saying, when bac-
terium tuberculosis or even diplo-
coccus or colon bacillus insinuates
it's presence into my system it means
instant death to the germ. No mi
crobe can withstand the toxin con-
tanned in my physical construct ion -
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-02-06

postal expenditures, leaving a surplus
instead of deficit. A heavy loss of
revenue in 1912, due to the extraor-
binary amount of franked matter
mailed in the political campaign,
created a temporary deficit, but since
the close of the fiscal year the in
come of the department. again has
outstriped expenses. )"
: The franking privilege which is
extended to congressman should be
abolished. Thousands of tons of
printed matter are sent out by con-
gressmen at the peoples expense for
the sole benefit of these congressman,
and this is the reason, as Mr.. Hitch
cock states, that the postoffice de-
partment has in previous years shown
heavy deficits.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-02-06
Creamery Organization Meeting.

A public meeting will be held at
Zimmerman on Thursday. February
20, for the purpose Of considering
the reorganization of the farmers
cooperative creamery at that place.
A speaker from either the state
dairy department. or the state dairy
association will be present to address
the assemblage. O. M. Warner,
manager of the Princeton Co-opera-
tive creamery. will be in attendance
to render whatsoever assistance he
can in bringing about reorganiza-
tiOn.
For some reason or other the farm
ers' creamery first established at
Zimmerman did not prove a success
probably because the members did
not stick together and sold part of
their cream to the centralizers. 1t
seems to us that cooperative
creamery at Zimmerman should
prove a paying proposition if the
farmers give it their full support.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-02-06
DIRECTORS MEETING
The Princeton Cooperative Creamery
Board Convenes and Disposes
of Important Business.
Merchants Enter Into Agreement With
Board Regarding the Hand
ling of Dairy Butter.

On Tuesday afternoon the board of
directors of the Princeton Co-opera-
tive creamery assembled in the
village hall to consider such business
propositions as were necessary to the
interests of the association. The
directors were all present, viz, Aug
ust :. Meyer, president; H. G. Mel
son, vice president; Louis Roche
ford, secretary; John Dalchow and
Peter Jensen.
1t was decided to retain 0. NJ.
Warner as manager and buttermaker
OF the creamery. In this the board
made no mistake, for Mr.. Warner
has been largely instrumental in
bringing the creamery up to it's pres
emit standard of productivity and
rating. His whole energy is devoted
to the success of the institution and.
hguratively speaking, his efforts
have gone far toward ''pulling it out
Of the hole" The patrons of the
creamery are we'll pleased with the
treatment accorded them and he is
obviously 1.-THE right man in the
right place.
Peter Jensen, one of the directors
Of the association, rendered his res
ignation, but no action was taken
toward appointing a successor.
The general merchandise dealers of
the village, VIZ, A. E. Allen. 0. B.
Newton, G. 81. Nelson, E.. Nelson
and J. A. Nyberg, were, upon re-
quest of the creamery association,
in attendance at the meeting to dis
cuss the matter Of purchasing dairy
butter from farmers. with the result
that an agreement was entered into
between the merchants and the
board of directors whereby the for
mer agree not to pay prices for
dairy butter which will in any way
conflict with creamery butter quota
lions, and the latter agrees not to
retail its productive merchants to
handle it exclusively in the village.
The merchants will sell creamery
butter at one cent per pound above
the price paid by the creamery for
cream.
This concluded the business Of the
convention.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-02-06
tuberculosis in Fowls.

DR.. W. L. Boyd of the Minnesota
state farm at St. Paul, publishes an
interesting article in the University
Farm Press News on tuberculosis in
fowls. He says in part:
'sThe number of affected fowls
received at the veterinary division
laboratory would lead one to suspect
that this disease is becoming quite
prevalent in various parts of the
state. Numerous cases of liver
troubles which have been diagnosed
by poultrymen as ''going light, -
spotted liver, fatty liver, and rheu-
matism have proved to be tubercu-
lOsis. Tuberculous fowls are usually
found on premises where the disease
is present or has been present in
either cattle or hogs, or both. The
disease is caused by germs or minute
vegetable organism known as the
bacterium tuberculosis. This organ
ism is strictly parasitic, and does
not find conditions favorable for
growth outside of the animal body
but it may live in the soil protected
from sunshine for a number of years.
The disease or infection may be
transmitted directly from a tuber-
cuIous fowl to healthy ones. but it is
undoubtedly more frequently spread
Through the foodstuffs which are OBJ
tanned from the droppings of tuber-
culous cattle OF hogs. In chickens
the liver is the chief organ selected
as the point of attack. The liver
becomes enlarged and covered with
small spots or tubercles, which may
be soft or calcifed gritty depending
upon the stage of the disease. At
times the intestines may be covered
with tubercles and they may also be
found in the sheetlike tissue support
ing the intestines. The lungs or
lights are rarely affected. All
fowls should be subjected to a careful
examination before preparing them
for the table.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-02-06
Editor Hastings Soliloauv.

Our wife is gone. Gone to visit our
mother-in-law. Gone back to the
old home and the real cream. Back
to the old oaken bucket and the mud
pies of memory. We are not saying
this to make other men envious
whose wives are not gone. But it is
a sort whistle to keep up courage.
For long time the opportunity to
hang ou5 all night and make mon
key Of ourselves has looked good.
Now with no restraint on our con-
duct, no fearful wife waiting to
throw her hooks into our hair, no
one to lie to, nobody to pacify with
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-02-06
Sunday School Rally.

In the Methodist church next Sun
day afternoon Sunday school rally
will be held. Mr.. Locker. the noted
Sunday school worker, will address
the meeting and addresses will also
be given by Rev. G. Larson. Miss
Margaret I. King and Rev. Service.
A special musical program in which
a quartet. the Sunday school Or
chestra and the primary class will
take part, will be rendered. Mr..
Locker will also conduct the Epworth
league meeting in the audience room
of the church from $50 to 80 p. m.
Everyone welcome.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-02-06
School Report.

School report for January, primary
department., Freer school, Pupils
perfect in attendance-Blan anc
Oliver Burke, Carl, Inez and Lillian
Larson, George Eye, Agnes Homme,
Ruth Hill, Oscar Olson. Agnes Phil,
George and Amy Peterson and Wal.
ter Wesloh. Theodore Burke at.
tended 10 days. Those perfect in de.
pertinent for the entire month were
Blanche Burke, Agnes Homme, Lii.
liam and Inez Larson Agnes Phil,
Amy and George Peterson and Wal.
ter Wesloh. Oscar Olson, Walter
weston, Lillian Larson and Amy
Peterson were perfect in reading.
Ida May Schmidt, Teacher.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-02-06
Earl Henschel Married.

Earl Henschel, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Henschel of this village, and
Lulu Vernon, daughter of Mrs. A.
G. Vernon, were married in the
rectory of ST. Edwards Catholic
church on Monday morning. The
witnesses to the nuptials were
Gerald McDougall and Annie Yer
non. After the ceremony Mr.. and
Mrs. Henschel drove to Elk River
and from there took the train for
Minneapolis. They will be at home at
the Ideal restaurant, Princeton, with
in a few days.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-02-06
Sheriff Shockley's House Burns.

Fire, supposed to have been caused
by the heating apparatus, practically
consumed the home of Sheriff Shock
ley, with nearly the whole of it's con-
tents, early yesterday morning. The
sheriff was out Of town at the time
of the fire and Mrs. Shockley and her
son and daughter had very narrow
escape. Harry Shockley, jr., proved
himself a hero under the circum-
stances. He assisted his mother
from the second-story balcony and
then, taking his sister in his arms, lift
ed her over the porch railing and drop
ped her, gently into the snowbank
below. He then followed, but when
he descended the lower portion Of
the house was seething mass of
| flames. The three of them, who
were attired only in their night
clothes: we're cared for by neighbors.
1t was about 2:30 when the fire
was discovered and the alarm turned
in and the fire department was
promptly on the spot, but there was
no possibility of extinguishing the
flames. The laddies, however,
checked it's progress and thus saved
the houses in close proximity from
destruction. The night was a cold
and bitter one-2O-below zero-with
a nasty: cutting wind blowing, but
the tiremen stuck to their task al
though when their work was finished
| they were completely ensheathed in
ice. During the progress of the fire
there was an explosion, caused by
the concentration of gas, which blew
out all the windows on the ground
floor.
Sheriff Shockley carried an insur-
ance Of $1,000 on the house
and $500 on the furniture in an
agency represented by the First Ma
tional hank, and $1,000 on the furni-
ture in an agency represented by the
Princeton State bank. Even at that
Mr.. Shockley will sustain considera-
BILE loss.
| After the fire G. II. Nelson invited
the laddies into his house. where
| Mrs. Nelson had hot coffee, dough-
nuts, etc.. awaiting them. and for
which they were truly thankful.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-02-06
Refused to be DISCHARGED.

The jury, after long deliberation,
seemed unable to agree in a perfectly
clear case. The judge, thoroughly
exasperated at the delay, said
II discharge this jury.
One sensitive juror, indignant at
what he considered rebuke, faced
the judge.
"You can't discharge me: y he
said with a tone of conviction.
s'And why not?'' inquired the
Judge in surprise.
because, " announced the juror,
pointing to the lawyer for the de-
Tense, II was hired by that man
there !''-Ladies Home Journal.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-02-06
Owen Bracken Celebrates

Our old friend, Owen Bracken, cele-
DRAFTED his ninety-third birthday an.
nlversary last Sunday and treated
those who honored the old civil wal
veteran with their presence to an
Irish jig. Owen issaa remarkably
well-preserved old gentleman and one
of the most genial men extant. He
has worked hard during his day and
even now, at his advanced age, oc-
casional]y insists upon going out into
the yard and splitting wood for sex
ercise.' The Union takes a kindly
interest in Mr.. Bracken and hopes
that he may live to pass the century
milestone.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-02-06
Reduced Parcel Post Rates Urged.

Postmaster General Hitchcock's an
nual report, made public on Monday,
tentatively suggests a reduction of
some parcel post rates and increasing
the limit Of weight beyond II
pounds. He also recommends an
increase in the rates Of second-class
mail and the consolidation of the
third and fourth classes so that
books and papers may be forwarded
by parcel post. In the course of a
statement on the condition of postal
finances Mr.. Hitchcock says in his
report: In 1911, for the first time
since 1883, postal receipts exceeded
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-02-06
Colliton-kronstrom.

John Colliton OF Minneapolis and
Miss Mabel Kronstrom, formerly of
Princeton, were married in the Ca
tholic cathedral, ST. Paul, on Sunday
by Rev. Father Finley. A wedding
dinner was served at the Radisson
hotel, Minneapolis, to party of the
relatives and friends of the couple.
Mr.. Colliton is the Minnesota rep
resentative Of the Federal Electric
company. with headquarters in Min
neapolis.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-02-06
Rev. Wahlund Again Honored.

Rev. G. Wahlund of Warren, MINI.
was reelected president of the Red
River Valley Swedish Lutheran
association at the annual meeting
held at Grand Forks last week.
The association comprises the church
territory in the northwestern part of
Minnesota and northeastern North
Dakota. Cambridge North Star.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-02-06
VOLUME XXXVH. NO. Z

artful inventions, no person to care
a whoop whether we go to the bug
house or not, now that the very hour
and moment is pregnant with WITCH
cry and our horoscope is psychologist
cally correct for a riotous period of
debauchery, we get to sleep at $50
and NOPE off to bed like a mollusk.-
Carlton Vidette.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-02-06


duced bill to restore the death
penalty. His proposition differs
from the old law in that he would
leave it to the jury to say whether
convicted man should hang or go to
prison for life.
Wholesale merchants are interested
in a bill by G. n. Orr of St. Paul,
which passed the house on Saturday.
1t is expected to have the effect of
stopping the practice of merchants
about to go into bankruptcy of SELL
ing out their stock and defrauding
the creditors. The old law said such
d sale should be ''presumed to be
fradulent' unless proper notice was
given, but the Orr bill says that
such action ''shall be fraudulent, -
and under it such sales would be set
aside.
A bill has been recommended for
passage by the house committee on
dairy products which provides that
oleomargarine offered for sale shall
not be less than $50 per cent white'
according to the government stand
ard of color measurements. Accord
ing to the technical men in the
dairy business this will permit yell
low tinge in oleomargarine, but the
yellow will not be the golden yellow
produced in the creameries, and no
one will be deceived into purchasing
$50 per cent white' oleomargarine
for butter. It is believed that this
provision will Overcome the weak
spot in the present law found by the
state supreme court when the yellow
cleo clause was declared invalid.
After debating for more than two
hours on the county assessor bill,
the house on Tuesday adjourned
without acting on the measure. The
bill developed one OF the hottest
controversies of the session, many
country members arguing in favor of
keeping the control of the assess
ments in the hands of township
officers. In a characteristic,
straight -the-shoulder speech
Representative r. G. Dunn drove
home this little bit of pleasantly ::
Il voted for county option two years
ago, but from some Of the arguments
[ have heard here today I think l
must have made mistake. I hope
those who are arguing SO strong for
township control today will be con.
sistent when it comes to voting on
county option. The men opposed to
this bill are the tax dodgers. and
there is a little gang of them in
every town and village that get out
|of paying their fair share of taxes
by standing in with the local asses
sOrs. I know the sentiment of this
house is against the bill and you are
going to kill it, but some future
legislature is going to take different
tactics.''
The election contest between G..
A. Gilman, former lieutenant gov
ernor, and Representative Joseph
Coates will be fought out on the
floor of the house some time next
week. The majority report of the
committee recommending the seating
OF Mr.. Coates and the minority re-
port, in opposition, are being pre-
pared.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-02-06
Initiative and Referendum Doomed.

The voting-and lack Of voting
on the constitutional amendments is
an Indication that the people of Min
nesota are not quite ready for the
Initiative and referendum. Of the
amendments submitted last fall only
two were approved, the one-mlll tax
for good roads and the increase of
the gross earnings tax of railroads.
St. Cloud Journal-Press.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-02-06
A Thousand and Thirty Cars.

So far this season the number of
cars of potatoes shipped from
Princeton aggregates l,03O, which is
considerably less than the total last
year at this time. During the month
of January 80 cars were shipped
from this point.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-02-06
High Prices and Hiehwavs.

Poor highways contribute to the
high price of farm produce to the
consumer, for transportatio charges
enter into the ultimate cost of every
article of food produced on the
American farm. The influence of
roads on prices reflects not only upon
the man who raises the product, and
transports it to market, but on the
consumer as we'll. This is one rea-
son why highway improvement has
become a state and national issue.
1t is one reason why country roads
should be constructed and maintained
out of the general funds of the pub
lie instead of by assessments against
adjoining property or from strictly
local sources.
The average cost per ton per mile
for transporting goods on American
highways is % cents; in France and
other European countries it costs
to IL cents. The greatest obstacle to
highway improvement in many
states is the manner in which public
money has frequently been expended,
and the fear that large sums will be
spent without securing adequate
permanent results. Whenever the
American taxpayer has reasonable
assurance that public funds will be
efficiently expended he shows an in
creasing willingness to be taxed
n Orthfield News.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-02-06

1t will be noted from the above
statement that $40, O25 was received
from butter sold for the year 1912,
that 1874, S99.42 was paid to sharehold-
ers for butterfat and IS, 898.O4 to
patrons other than shareholders
The Pease creamery is an establish
ment that has shown rapid growth
and shareholders are being added to
its list almost daily. This shows
that the farmers of the territory are
alive to the fact that a cooperative
creamery is a paying investment,
and they are consequently increasing
their dairy herds and improving the
breed by the introduction of blooded
sires. The Pease creamery is fortu-
nate in having officers and directors
who are good business men, and the
future success of the corporation is
therefore assured.
Mile Laos county has a large num-
Der of cooperative creameries, all of
which are being successfully conduct
ed, but there is room for many more.
The greater the number of co-opera-
tive creameries the greater the pros
perity of the farmers, and hence the
greater the business of the mer-
chants 3d..
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-02-06
Unclaimed Letters.

List of letters remaining un-
claimed at the Princeton postoffice
on February 3, 1913: Miss Emma
Urine, Miss Eta Wilson, Mrs. Anna.
Anderson, Mr.. Rudolph Erickson.
Please call for advertised letters.
e. S. Briggs, 2. NJ.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-02-06
ITS GROWTH RAPID
Annual Report of Pease Co. operative
Creamery Shows 1912 Bust.
meas Record Breaker.
Farmers Increasing Dairy Herds and
Improving Breed by Acquisi.
tion of BloOded Sires.

The annual meeting of the Farm
ers' Cooperative Creamery of Pease
was held on January 2 and the off.
GERS elected were as follows: II. Var
de Reit, president; Henry Minks.
vice president; 6. H. Strating, sec.
Rotary; Frank Salee, treasurer. Di.
rectors: G. H. Modin, H. A. HUI
bers and August Anderson. F. 81
Bartlett. buttermaker, was retained
A summary of the annual report, az
submitted blythe secretary anc
adopted by the convention, follows:
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-02-06

Pounds of butterfat received from
shareholders. .......:.. ... 1927
Pounds of butterfat received from
nonsharenolders ..... 20,1717
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-05-22

STAR-BULLETIN GIVES You
TODAY,S NEWS TODAV
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-05-22
CREDITORS SEEK
BLUE-BOOk man
FIoprietorS of Family Hotels
Mourn Departure of Young
Man for the Orient

There are several irate creditors
who profess 10 mourn the sudden and
unannounced departure OF ]. b. Mel
ten. the erstwhile blue boob" pub
Usher, who in issuing his work in
this city, quietly folded his few eff
fects in a suit case. and subsidized
aboard the trim little Japanese liner
Nippon Maru, last Friday. Melton
flrst came TO the islands, as joint
proprietor in a publication which had
10 do with book of cartoon. depict
ing local business and professional
men.
The blue book is believed to have
Melted the young man a neat sum.
Several proprietors of family hotels
and boarding houses have come for
ward and declared that Melton left
tewn owing them sums ranging from
thirty to fifty dollars
Melton, on slipping away here.
stated to steamship men that he pro
posed to- work an advertising propo-
sition at Shanghai and then drift
down into Manila where he believed
an inviting field awaited his abilities
and efforts. So far no organized eff
fort has been made to bring the
young man back to face his angry
creditors.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-05-22

The new Paia bank has obtained a
piece of land in lower Paia for the new
bank site 1t is just below the LOT
owned by the Paia Maui Dry Goods
branch. Shares of stock will be Of
fered for sale at an early date. 1t is
expected that the bank will be open
for business July l.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-05-22
SWIMMING MEET
HITCH REMOVED

AS the result of the activity OF w.
T. Rawlins this morning, It is prob
able that the big A.. A. u. swimming
meet on June IL will be held in Ala
kea slip as originally planned, and
that the harbor board will agree to
allow the use of the slip. The boards
objections, on account of fire danger,
will probably be. overcome by an ar
rangement with the fire department to
have an engine stationed on Alakea
wharf during the progress of the meet,
and Rawlins and others plan to have
the wharf well patroled. This morn
ing Rawlins conferred with members
of the harbor board, and ] ;er with
Chief Thurston of the fire department,
and 1t is now believed that the OBJ
jections of the board can be met by
ample precautions against fire. isf
Mr. Rawlins was gratified this
morning when he received telephone
call from Fred c. Smith, of the Oahu
railroad, offering the use of the rail-
road slip If the A. A. u. officials could
not secure the Alakea slip.
This shows the interest that is be-
ing taken in the meet and what a fine
promotion attraction it will be" said
Rawlins this morning. However, it
is safe to say that we will have good
meet"