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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-07-17
Improving the Baldwin Road.

A force of men and teams are at
work hauling fine crushed granite
and granite dust from the railroad
yards to the Baldwin rock road.
This road has needed patching up
for some time, and we are glad that
the Baldwin town board realizes the
Importance of keeping it in decent
condition. Only few years ago the
Baldwin flats road was almost impas-
sable after a heavy rain storm now
it is the finest stretch of road in all
kinds of weather between Princeton
and the state line. This road will
last for the next 100 years if it is
properly attended to and the cost Of
maintenance will be trifiing.
Work will commence shortly on the
Gadboy hill on the Baldwin road.
The hill will be cut down and rock
surfaced with st. Cloud granite, and
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-07-17
Too Much Moisture.

Too much moisture in this vicin-
ity at present. The recent heavy
rains have damaged the rye crop
considerably and played havoc with
tame hay and clover. Scores of tons
OF tame hay and clover have been
practically ruined. Hay will be
worth something before next spring.
The heavy wind that has generally
accompanied the rains has injured
other small grain-some fields on
heavy soil are badly lodged. Corn
and potatoes have not progressed
much in the past ten days owing to
the cool weather. At the present
writing the crop outlook is not as
favorable as it might be.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-07-17
Thirty-two Communicates.

Thirty-two boys and girls-about
equally divided-partook of first holy
communion at St. Edwards church
on Sunday morning. Solemn high
mass was chanted by the pastor.
Father Willenbrink, who was as
sisted by Rev John Herbers of Du-
buque. Iowa, as deacon, and Rev.
Robert Graham of Kankakee, ILL.,.
as subdeacon. The church was dec
grated with flowers and evergreens
for the occasion and St. Edward s
choir, under the direction OF Mrs.
G. A. Galley, rendered, in an ex-
cellent manner, several musical
numbers
Preceding the mass the commune
cants marched in procession from
the rectory to the church, where
solemn profession of faith was made
before the altar, and, during the
communion, the children proceeded,
two by two, to the Eucharistic
banquet, accompanied by the Payette
and Jesmer boys and the Kaliher and
Buck girls as Understandable of
their guardian angels. The girls
were dressed in white and wore the
long white veil customary upon such
occasions.
Rev. Father Herbers delivered the
sermon, which was in two parts, the
first being addressed to the commu-
nicants and the second to their par
ents. 1t was most able sermon
which was greatly appreciated.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-07-17
o. A. Hallin Dies Suddenly.

O. A. Hallin, one of the oldest and
most respected citizens of Cam
bridge, died on Wednesday, July 9,
aged Sc years. Upon the previous
evening Mr., Hallin retired in his
usual good health and at II O'Clock
the next morning was found dead
in bed.
Ole A. HalIin was born in Sweden
and married there. In 1869 he came
to America and settled in Cam
bridge, where for four years he had
charge of flour and sawmi]l. In
1876 he was elected clerk of court and
held the office for II years. At the
time of his death he had been in
the drug business for 40 years and
was one of Cambridge's most pro-
gressive citizens. He is survived by
his wife and seven children.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-07-17
Summer School Brevities.

Prof. L. NJ Bloomfield of Hinck-
ley is doing special work along tie
line of agriculture this week. His
talks during the general period are
as follows: Tuesday, "Social and
Community Work in the Rural
Schools" Wednesday, "Pedagogics
of Agriculture Teaching;" Thurs
day, "The Correlation of School
Subjects with Agriculture;" Friday,
."Gardening and Horticulture in the
Rural School," Saturday, "What
Should be Taught IN the Rural
Schools About Soils" These general
talks are given each day from 1850
to II 80.
County Superintendent Ewing has
been present several times during
the last week and is keeping close
tab on the work that the summer
school is doing.
J. }. Skahen gave a talk to the
summer school on Saturday of last
week along educational lines. Mr..
Skahen emphasized the three RS
during the course of his talk.
The attendance at the summer
school has almost reached the IS
mark.
The total enrolment at the Sand
stone summer school is 43.
J. @. Marshall.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-07-17
Revisits Scene of His Former Labors,

On Sunday afternoon Rev. James
Geer of Browns Valley held services
in the little Methodist church at
Spencer Brook, which through his
instrumentality was built more than
Is years ago. 1t is needless to say
that the sacred edi6ce was crowded,
for Rev. Geer was and is a prime
favorite at Spencer Brook, and
rightly so, for he certainly is kind
hearted, loyal christian man in every
sense. To know Mr.. Geer is to love
and respect him. Rev. Geer gave
his old .parishioners good advice,
urged them to be of good cheer and,
above all things, to maintain their
little church.
Rev. Geer came over from Browns
Valley in his own automobile and was
accompanied by Mrs. Geer and their
two children. After pleasant visit
with friends in Princeton and vicin-
ity Mr.. Geer and family left for
home, via St. Cloud, yesterday after
noon.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-07-17
WHITNEY WINS CASE
Jury in Federal Court at Duluth Re-
turns Verdict for Defendant in
$4,000 Damage Suit.
Attorney e. L. Mcmillan Represents
Defendant While Plaintiff Has
Trio OF Lawyers.

An action was brought in the
United States district court at Du-
luth by Frank Drescher, formerly
of Princeton. through his guardian
ad Item, Maurice P. Moriarity, to
recover $4,000 damages in conse-
quence of an injury to plaintiff s
hand on December II, 1911, caused
by a planning machine in defendants
mill. The case came up for trial be-
fore Judge Page Morris and jury on
Wednesday morning, July 9, and was
not concluded until the following
Friday, July II, when the jury re-
turned verdict for the defendant.
Plaintiff was represented at the
trial by Attorneys Thompson and
Foster of St. Paul and E. G. Pors of
Marshfeld, Wis, and defendant by
Attorney E. L. Mcmillan of Prince
ton.
The verdict gives general satisfac-
ton in Princeton, where the parties
to the action are known, and the
winning of the case is another
feather in the cap of our able at
torney, E. L. Mcmillan, who was
opposed BY a trio of lawyers who
make damage suits a speciality and
are consequently familiar with all
the tricks of that branch of the pro-
fession. But MIR. Mcmillan pre-
sented his case in an honest,
straightforward manner,-in man.
ner commended in open court by
Judge Morris,-an the facts pre-
sented to the jury in his plea were
SO convincing that no Intelligent
body Of men could scarcely do other
than render verdict for defendant.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-07-17
Notions Denied.

Motions for new trials have been
denied in the cases of Foster VS..
500 Railway company and Rattei &
Hermann VS.. Great Northern Rail-
road company, and an order denying
a new trial filed in the case of Mary
Potts VS.. 500 Railway company upon
the condition that plaintiff accept
reduced verdict of 5000, which
she forthwith did by filing her ac-
ceptance with the clerk of the dis
trict court through her attorney.
The railroad company will in all
probability appeal.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-07-17
President kerfoot Visits Princeton.

Rev. DR.. Kerfoot, president of
Hamline University, preached morn
ing and evening at the NJ. e. church
in this place last Sunday. At the
morning services Rev. James Geer
Of Browns Valley, formerly pastor at
Spencer Brook, took part, and at the
evening services Rev. J. O. Fisher
OF the Congregational church as
sisted.
DR.. KerfoOt's sermon in the morn
ing was one of the most forcible and
eloquent ever delivered from a
Princeton pulpit. He held the
wrapt attention of every member of
the large congregation for more than
an hour while, seemingly, he had not
taken half that length of time. His
discourse in the evening was equally
good and soul-inspiring. His talk
was mainly along educational lines
ana be dwelt upon the advantages of
co lege education. He gave con-
yincing reasons why a small college
witil well-selected faculty was, in
many respects, to be preferred to the
large institutions where the
teachers hardly knew their pupils.
and of course he emphasized the fact
that Hamline University was one of
the best of the denominational insti-
buttons of learning.
No one conversant with educa-
tional matters in this state will dis
pute the fact that Hamline Univer-
sity ranks high as an Institution of
learning. Its graduates are ad-
mitted to the best eastern graduate
colleges without question.
DR.. George H. Bridgman gave the
best years of his life to the upbllild-
ing Of Hamline University. and he
built we'll and wisely, and DR.. Ker-
foot is his worthy successor. Last
year Hamline had the largest fresh
man class In its history, and a
further increase in the attendance
is confidently expected this year.
Writing from a personal knowledge
of Hamline University we can cheer
fully recommend it to any young
man or woman who is seeking a
higher education. There every men,
Der OF every class is personally known
to his or her instructor and per-
sonal interest is taken in each and
every student mentally, morally and
physically. The student who fails to
make good at Hamline would not
succeed anywhere.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-07-17
MAXIMUM ROAD TAX
Road and Bridge Tax of Three Mills
Provided by New Law, Levied
by the County Board.
Hence, According to Increased Valua.
ton, $4,000 Will Be Avail
able for Purpose Named.

The county commissioners of Mile
Laos county, who met in semi-an-
nual session on Monday to-among
other things-levy taxes for the en-
suing year, saw clearly the benefit
which would accrue to the county by
levying the maximum road and
bridge tax permitted by the new
law, and acted accordingly. Here
tofore two mills was the maximum
tax which could be levied, but the
new law raised it to three mills, and
this was the rate levied by the COM
missioners. Hence, according to the
Increased valuation of the county, as
returned by the assessors, $4,000 will
be available for road and bridge pur-
poses for the ensuing fiscal year.
Every cent of this money will be
necessary to meet the state allotment
for road and bridge purposes. The
commissioners should be given credit
for their action in making this maxi.
mum levy, as every resident of the
county will be more or less benefited
thereby. Other taxes levied by the
board were: County revenue, SIG,
500; poor fund, $500.
r. G. Dunn suggested to the com.
missioners that the state highway
system in the county be revised SC
that, instead Of having short pieces
of road here and there at great dis.
tances apart, continuous stretches
may be built so as to connect with
roads in adjoining counties, and thus
reduce mileage and conform with a
system which would eventually be
adopted by other counties and be.
come uniform throughout the state.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-07-17

The district is in a healthy financial
condition at this time: if new
school building is necessary we hope
it can be built and equipped without
bond issue.
In conclusion the writer has no AK
to grind. He cares little who may
be chosen school officers provided
competent men or women are chosen.
We are writing from the viewpoint
of a taxpayer and one who has the
best interests of the village and its
schools at heart.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-07-17

Helena, Wash. where he and his
wife, formerly Miss Iris Newkirk OF
Minneapolis, were lost during a bliz.
card on July 6. The searching party
had not found the body of Mrs.
Smith, but it is believed to be near
that of her husband. 1t is supposed
that they became lost in a heavy
blizzard which prevailed.
Mrs. Smith (nee Iris Newkirk) was
for some time a teacher of history
and English in the Princeton high
She was a young lady who had many
friends in this community who will
be greatly shocked to hear of her
tragic death.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-07-17
Colonel T. ]. Sheehan Dead

Colonel Timothy J. Sheehan. COM
mander of Fort Ridgely in it's
heroic defense against the. Sioux
Indians in 1862, died last Friday
morning at his home in St. Paul.
aged Is. He had been in poor health
for several years and the weakening
effects of seven wounds received dur
ing the civil war had undermined
his constitution. He served from
1885 to 1889 as agent at the White
Earth reservation, and from that
time until 1907 as deputy United
States marshal.
Entering the army as a private in
the Fourth Minnesota in 1861. he
was promoted in February, 1862, to
first lieutenant and assigned to Com
pany c. Fifth Minnesota, just being
organized. In June, 1862, when the
Sioux went on the warpath, hum
dreds of settlers took refuge at Fort
Ridgely, a short distance above New
Ulm on the Minnesota river. The
Indians under Little Grow headed
for Fort Ridgely to capture it before
proceeding to Minneapolis and St.
Paul. ''
Lieutenant Sheehan started with
SO men to the relief of Fort Ridgely,
which was commanded by Captain
Marsh. When the Sheehan detach-
ment arrived they found Captain
Marsh had been killed in an expedi-
ton to Redwood agency, when "a
men ran into an ambuscade by 300
Indians, only Is returning to the
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-07-17
A Friahtful Accident.

Twelve persons were killed and
25O injured in a wreck. near Los
Angeles on Sunday night, when
youths blew the whistle on the
engine of an excursion train in jest.
AS consequence two electric trains
carrying excursionists collided, tele-
scoping and wrecking many cars.
Most of those Killed were cut to
pieces and the boys responsible for
the catastrophe were crushed in. the
Wreckage.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-07-17
The Job Completed.

The finishing touches were admin
istered to the rock-surfaced road in
the eastern end of the village Mon
day. Farmers only regret that there
are not more miles of the same kind
OF road.
The village council met in special
session last evening and paid the
overdraft made on the Princeton
State bank by r. G. Dunn. The
sum of 1854 was subscribed in cash by
the philosophical citizens of Prince
ton, the same was deposited in the
Princeton State bank and all bills
for labor and team hire were paid by
check on the bank. The village
council authorized Mr.. Dunn to COM
plete the work. The total cost to
the village is $685. 90-freight, 1858. O5;
unloading, $3.50; labor and teams.
S32S.85. The above figures include
all cost of getting the road in readi-
ness and all expenses incurred, over
and above what was contributed in
cash, labor and teams A detailed
statement of the contributions and
expenditures will appear in the next
issue of the Union.
On motion of Councilman McRae
a unanimous vote of thanks was ten
dered R. G.. Dunn for his services in
getting the rock and experimenting
the work for which he made no
charge whatever.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-07-17

the rock-surfacing will extend to
connect with that part of the road
already surfaced with St. Cloud
granite. Then Baldwin will have
the longest stretch of rock-surfaced
road of any township in this section
of the state.
The Union congratulates the Bald
win town authorities on their enter
prise and hopes the good work will
be continued.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-07-17
Perish in Blizzard.

The Minneapolis Tribune of last
evening says that after search of
nine days the body of Clinton B.
Smith, a graduate of the University
of Minnesota and a resident of Port
land: Ore, was found on Tuesday at
the foot of precipice on Mount ST.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-07-17
Annual School Meeting.

Annual school meeting Saturday
evening at o'clock. The Union
wishes to call the especial attention
of it's readers to the great impor-
lance of attending the annual meet
ing, learn the financial condition of
their respective districts and take
an intelligent part in the levying of
taxes for the support of the schools
and, above all, in the selection of
Well-qualitied school officers
People complain of the burden of
taxation, and especially of state and
county taxes, but they forget that
the purely local school, village
and township-are more than SO per
cent of the whole. (In the village
Of Princeton district the school
taxes alone are half of the whole. }
Hence it behooves every Taxpayer
to take an active interest in the
annual school meeting and see to
it that level-headed men or women
are chosen to administer school at.
fairs. Vote for no man or woman
for school Office whom you would
not trust to manage your own pri-
vate affairs. That is the true test
to apply.
Independent district No. l, Mile
Laos county, is the largest and richest
in the county. We have good schools
here and they are economically man
aged. The state educational author
tiles regard the Princeton schools as
among the best of the village schools
of the state. This is the result Of
selecting competent school officers.
One at least Of the Princeton
school board (Mr. J. J. Skahen) is
an ex-school uperintendent and, be.
sides, he is an excellent business man
"a good combination in a school
officer. We do not know as Mr..
Skahen can be induced to serve an
other term, as the position is thank
less and onerous, but he should be
drafted and he is too public-spirited
and patriotic to decline to serve.
We mention Mr.. Skahen simply be-
cause we believe he makes an ideal
school officer. The resignation of
MIR. E. L. Mcmillan from the board.
which was necessary owing to his
election as county attorney, was and
is regretted, for he made a splendid
school officer, but in DR.. D. A. Me-
Rae he has a worthy successor. But
it is not our purpose to indiyidu-
alize. So far as we know each and
every member of the Princeton
school board for years past has per-
formed his thankless duties in a
highly satisfactory manner. hence
we have schools of which we are all
proud. -. -
In the near future, if the popula-
tion of the Princeton district con-
tinues to increase, additional school
facilities will have to be provided,
but we hope the board will pursue a
conservative policy for year or two
more at least. At present, in our
judgment: it is not wise to contract
any further bonded indebtedness.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-07-17
Moses Cone Dead.

Moses S. Cone died at his home in
Montrose, S. D., on July 6. He had
suffered from tuberculosis for about
two years and at the time of his
death was about Ga years of age. For
number of years he lived at Fores-
ton, where he conducted hotel and
held the office of justice of the
peace. He is survived by his wife
and one son, besides two sisters and
three brothers NJ. E. North
way and Helen +. Cone of Milo, E..
H. Cone of Foreston, S. A. Gone of
Hot Springs, S. D., and E. G. Cone,
Montana. Moses Gone was well
known to many Princeton people.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-07-17

fort. Lieutenant Sheehan took
command at the fort and prepared
Tor the attack which came August
~. For eight days the little gar
rlson defended itself and the women
anq children in it's care. After
three days of hard fighting the In
dlans drew off, but kept the garri-
son penned in until August %, when
other troops advancing caused the
Indians to retire, and the fort was
relieved. Lieutenant Sheehan was
made captain at once and went to
the front with his regiment, seeing
much active service and retiring a
lieutenant colonel.
colonel Sheehan was born in
County Cork, Ireland, December 81
1888, and came to Minnesota in
1891, settling on a homestead near
Albert Lea. He had lived for a
short time at Glen Falls, n. Y, and
at Dixon, Ill. He enlisted from
Albert Lea and returned there after
the war, serving as sheriff of Free
born county from 1871 to 1883. While
Indian agent at White Earth he
helped in making the Bishop Whip.
pie treaty in 1886 and the Henry NJ.
Rice treaty in 1885, He retired from
public service in 1907 on account OF
i'll health. He leaves three sons,
Jeremiah Sheehan of St. Paul,
George W. Sheehan of Chicago, and
Edward Sheehan of Seattle.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-07-17
John p. Coleman Married.

Mr.. John P. Coleman Of Anoka
and Miss Margaret M. Egan of Min
neapolis were united in marriage at
Ascension church in the latter city
on the 9th inst. Mr.. Coleman is a
rising young lawyer of marked abil-
ity. The Union extends it's congrat-
=uIations.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-07-17
Improving in Ma rksmanship.

The Gun Club boys are fast i'm
proving in their craftsmanship and
last Thursday, at their regular
weekly shoot, demonstrated that
they could perforate bird OCCASION
ally. Joe Craig: jr., made the high
est score,-24 out of possible 25,-
while J. G. Herdliska, Ira Stanley
and Oscar Erickson tied for the low
score. which proved to be the I'M
lucky number 49, Joe Mossman,
who has four inches of fat on his
gun shoulder and therefore never
feels the impact of a kick, did fairly
we'll with a score of Il. The score
as furnished the Union by W. G.
Fredericks, is as follows:
Jos. Craig, jr., "a; J. W. Mossman,
81; W. G. Fredericks, 10: DR.. Nc
Rae, 10: II. L. Zimmerman, II;
Al Hayes, II: Swan Olson, IA: J. c.
Herdliska, -: Ira G. Stanley, 10;
Oscar Erickson, 13.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-06-07
Eidora News in Brief.

Special to lmeS-Repuoicah-
Eldora. June Mr.. and Mrs.
Frederick and Sanford White and MI.
and Mrs. w H. Min,on and children
are in Oskaloosa, where they art at
tending a Holiness campmeetsng.
Miss Hazel Barber. Of Lanark. H.
K the guest Of relatives and FRIENDS.
She Is a sister Of NJ. D. Barber. OF
Iowa Falls.
Mr.. and Mrs f. ]. North, Of Los
Angeles, Cal. are visiting at the nome
Of Mrs. North's sister, Mrs. john W.
Peisen.
Miss Leora Allison, who has been
teaching school at Alden, leaves next
week for West Plains, Colo, wne.s
she will visit relatives.
Mrs. Edwards will again make hef
home in Eldora. after a year at Par's,
Ill She has two sons here, Edward
and George, and the family VII! I'VE
in the Perkins residence IN the west
part Of town
Clark Bros have rendered their
designations as mail carriers for the
NJ. & St L. and Northwestern rail-
WAYS and the carrying Of these mans
will be let to the lowest bidder today
The compensation is $500 per year
Clark Bros. are again bidders.