The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1915-08-05
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO

Local politics are quiet. Farm
ers ar too busy to talk politics.
Ed. Claggett is home from Wiscon-
sin and will remain for few days.
G. Bridgman of St. Cloud was over
yesterday on business with the court
house officials.
You cannot shoot prairie chickens
before the Goth Of this month, nor
after September 1st.
Owners of threshing machines are
bestirring themselves. They expect
to have something to do this fall.
Good new potatoes are worth Is
cents per bushel in Minneapolis and
Duluth markets. 1t pays to raise
early potatoes.
Winter wheat is not panning out
we'll in this county. Spring wheat,
as far as heard from, is good-above
an average crop.
Mr.. VIM. Cordiner has been ap-
pointed school clerk for district No.
I, vice R. NJ. Nicely, resigned. Mr..
Cordiner will make a good clerk.
Mr.. Guy Ewing is Gle rking in N.
3 Jesmer's store. Guy has a host
of friends and he will prove valu-
able acquisition to Jesmer's clerical
force.
There should be a grade estab-
lished for sidewalks in this village.
By and by pedestrians will require
step ladders to climb on and off the
sidewalks.
Mart Costello, the genial depot
agent at Elk River, and Mr.. j. P.
Taylor, the popular landlord of the
Sherburne House of that place, were
in town a few hours Sunday.
A. R. Tobey, Loomus Berry and
wife, aud several others from Prince
ton and vicinity leave for Boston
this week to attend the national en-
campment of the G. A. R. at that
city.
Capt. A. K. Trask of Minneapolis
was in town Tuesday evening. No.
thing seems to ruff1le the genial cap
tain's temper. He always appears
to be in good humor and glad to
meet his friends.
Dan Spau]ding is home from Min
neapolis to remain short time.
Dams health has been poor and
respite from his labors will do him
good. He says the census pow-wow
sickened him and he came up here
to recuperate and be ''far from the
madding crowd"
The approaches to the bridges
have been repaired in good shape.
Now, if the holes in the streets were
patched up there would be less cause
for FAULT finding. Expend few dol
lars on the village streets, Messrs.
Councilmen, and render them as
passable as the average country, road.l
Henry Thomas, the fellow who at
tempted to get away with L. S. Lib
by's livery team, had his prelimin-
airy examination before Justice Dicey
last Friday afternoon. Chas. Keith,
ESQ.,, appeared for Thomas, and
County Attorney Bloomingdale pro-
secuted. The justice decided to
hold Thomas to await the action of
the grand jury. The bail, which
was Forthcoming: was fixed at 5000.
Superintendent Dean is rushing
work on the starch factory, and ex-
poets to have everything in readi-
ness to commence grinding potatoes
about the first of next month";: The
costliest thing about the factory will
be the water, but they intend to
keep on drilling until an unfailing
supply is obtained. Strangers who
have looked over the factory say that
when it is completed it will be the
largest and best-arranged in the
state. -..
The upper log drives on Rum river
have been abandoned for good this
time. The boys all came down Mon
day. All the logs in the lake with
| the exception of $4,000 feet belong
ing to Douglas & leighton have been
sluiced out, but the water is so low
that it is impossible to move the. logs
below the dam. There are about TO-
600, 900 feet of logs chung up'' in the
lake drive, and they cannot be
moved with the present stage of
water.