The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-09-04


the fight, realized such after the first
battle and ever since has been going
it alone. Here's hoping, however,
that the brilliant foe of the saloon
makes a better success of the law
than he did of county option.
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One of the prominent figures at the
national gathering Of life insurance
agents held in St. Paul last week was
our own state insurance commission
er, j. A. O. Preus. Jake, as the boys
about the state capitol and the politi-
clans best know him, made an ad-
dress and advocated some policies in
federal control way that may yet
be heard from. In Mr.. Smiths alb
sence Mr.. Preus was easily the chief
organization man and few things in a
state way over which the organization
had control were done without his
sanction. Some day you are going
to hear from this same boy in q
gubernatorial way.
In the payment of salaries and cur.
rent expenses State Treasurer Smith
last year affixed his name to more
than 125, 900 checks and some of them
were not for small amounts either.
This year another $4,000 has been
added to the number and in order to
reduce the chances of writer's cramp
Mr.. Smith has had installed a ma
chine that signs his name to four
checks at one stroke of the pen.
This year the state fair finishes
with little in the way of state aid,
but if the attendance and the shekels
are not up to the mark it will not
be the fault of the management. The
fair is perhaps the best in the history
OF the state. The last legislature, in
t1uenced by criticisms from a number
of sources, turned the fair manage
ment down cold on it's requests for
help in the way of new buildings A
number of new buildings are needed,
especially those for the housing of
products of the agricultural kind.
They are poorly sheltered at present.
There is plenty of gubernatorial ma
terial at the state fair this week. Rep
resentative Spooner was a visitor at
the legislative headquarters; w. E.
Lee of Long Prairie looked in and
shook hands, and James Peterson of
Minneapolis held more than one cor
ner talk with an upstate friend In
| advance of all, though, was State AL
ditor Iverson, and Sam, if you don't
know it, is some hand shaker. l be-
lieve he knows more people in Mime.
sofa than any man in the state,
Frank Eddy excepted. Sam was joshed
quite bit regarding his gubernatoria1
ambitions, but he said nothing that
would indicate his intention. Govern,
or Eberhart was also on the job and
was we'll received.
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K. G. Dunn of Princeton rightful!y
wakes hot in his official organ, the
Princeton Union, when he takes ex-
ceptions to articles going the rounds
OF the press advocating good roads
! day for Minnesota. These articles
were actuated by monster good
roads celebration in Missouri, where
100000 gave their labors in behalf of
| improved highways. It was Mr.. Dunn
who put Good Roads day on the map
and if any one doubts this he should
read the Dunn good roads law passed
by the last legislature. When the
celebration was on Bob led the good
roads enthusiasts in his own town and
not only did the entire populace turn
out but they went down in their peck
for material. Wake up, you fellows.
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In two years the population at the
girls training school at Sank Center
has increased nearly one hundred. At
the boys training school at Red Wing
there has been decrease of the same
number. The state board of control
is unable to offer an explanation.
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The law is the law and Attorney
General Smith in taking that position
has knocked sky high rule made by
OuG IdllIOdu LudC III making r6IuQQS
for overcharges paid for the carrying
of wheat the excess should go to the
farmer who owned the wheat This
is despite the fact that the freight
was paid by the elevator company or
by those who received it at the ter
minal. The road held that the farmer
really paid the freight, though he did
not have the receipt. Mr.. Smith rules
that refunds go only to those who
actually paid the freight and while the
railroads point is morally correct it
is not the law.
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Speaking of the refund proposition
in Minnesota, which is the result of
the recent rate decision handed down
at Washington, few applications are
being made by individuals for refunds
on freight. The scramble seems to be
to get back overcharges paid in the
shape of passenger fares. During the
tendency of the rate suits it is esti-
mofod that noorlv e. SOO OOO 1,,oo ~o;l