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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-08-24

Another prominent railroad man
Col. William P, Clough, died last week
in New York. For several years Col
Clough has been chairman Of the board
of directors of the Northern Pacific
road. He was formerly identified with
the Great Northern and was the
trusted friend and adviser of the late
James j. Hill. For many years COL
Clough was resident of St. Paul and
his remains were inferred alongside
those Of his wife, who had preceded
him to the other shore, in that city
last Monday.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-08-24
MARTINSON is LEVEL-HEADED.

MIA IL 1A<po4N 10 AG FEA-I1GADED.
To Magnus Martinson more than
any other man is due the credit for
the passage Of the county option law
in this state. He had charge of the
prediction campaign two years ago
which resulted in the return Of a
majority of members to both branches
of the legislature favorable to county
option. Then he gave valuable assist
ance and advice in the fight in the
Legislature. He made no false moves.
The bill easily passed the senate but
it required skillful manoeuvring to get
it through the house. Mr.. Martinson
now wants to give the county option
law fair trial and he is not in favor
Of inaugurating a fight for statewide
prohibition at the next session of the
Legislature. He is quoted as saying:
II am interested in the preservation Of
what we have gained, and in demon
strating it's complete success. Success
of the county option law will gain US
converts for statewide prohibition.
| Further, our present senate was not
elected on that issue, and I think the
senators ought to have chance to put
the matter up to their constituents"
There are some fellows anxious to
be reelected to the legislature and
they profess to believe that desperate
effort will be made at the next session
of the legislature to repeal the county
option law. There is not the slightest
probability of the repal Of the law,
even if a majority Of the house men,
probability of the repeal Of the law,
could not pass the senate. Further
more, we do not for moment believe
that there will be any serious effort
made to secure the passage Of a repeal
law.
| We believe with Mr.. Martinson that
there is no crying demand for any
further radical temperance legislation
at this time. The demand exists
largely in the minds of one-idea pro-
fessional moral reformers. The real
friends of practical temperance legis-
lation are satisfied with the results
already obtained. There are other
questions of vital Importance to the
people of the state that deserve atten-
ton by the next legislature, and it is
high time that one-idea legislators
were relegated to the rear.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-08-24
A Dollar Smile.

1t does not pay to play jokes on the
commercial travellers, as a grocer dis
covered in a neighboring town a few
days ago. A poor woman seeking
aims came in while the grocer and the
traveller were engaged in conversa-
ton. The grocer, wishing to play a
joke on the salesman, told the wo-
man to ask the boss, at the same time
pointing to the salesman. The latter
was thunderstruck for the moment,
but gained his self-possession. He
turned to the grocer, who is a very
small man, and said: "Boy, give this
poor woman a dollar out of the till
Buffalo Journal.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-08-24

President Samuel Gompers of the
American Federation of Labor was
recently characterized as "public
nuisance" by Senator Sherman of I'LL
nois, who also took occasion to remark
that there is no more tyrannical, out
rageous injustice than that of leaders
who live on the sweat of other peoples
brows." The fact remains, however,
that an organization must have
executive officers whether that organi-
cation be government or a labor
union.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-08-24
The Jeffersonians All Right.

We hope the Minnesota Scenic High
way will succeed. 1t will mean more
good roads. We trust also that it's
promoters will keep their heads cool,
following the good example of Alvah
Eastman and Bob Dunn, and admit
that after all the line Of the jefferson
Highway north of St. Cloud is not in
habited by barbarians living along a
corduroy laid across a swamp, that
we have schools, and churches, that
we have hotels where really eatable
meals may be procured, lakes and
rivers with fish in plenty, that all the
comforts the traveller needs and appre-
ciates may be found here, that there
are many folks who like to visit US,
and many Of they stay-and that it is
always healthier, wiser and better,
physically, morally, ethically and 9TH
erwise, to not run down the other fell
low and his home. With these few
remarks; once more we wish the new
road a great success.-Little Falls
Herald.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-08-24

Amendment No. 1 provides that out
of the sale of school lands S250,OOO
shall be set aside for land clearing
purposes and that whenever a man
buys land which has been in part
cleared by the state he shall pay back
to the state the cost of the clearing
in addition to the price paid for the
land,> and his money then goes on
helping to clear up additional acres.
It is a proposition that should appeal
to every voter. The amendment makes
it easier for a man with small means
to open up a home, and yet it does
not take one cent out of the taxpayers
pocket. He who car, oppose a, PROPOSE
ton of that kind il assuredly small
souled.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-08-24
Increasing Newspaper Rates.

Ever since the first number was
issued, more than forty years ago, the
subscription price of the Elk River
Star-News has been $1.OO per year
But now it's publisher announces that
owing to the immense increase in the
cost Of paper, ink, type, etc., on and
after October LIST the subscription
price of the Star-News will be in
creased to $1.50 per year.
Country newspaper publishers must
either curtail expenses or increase
rates. They cannot make both ends
meet under existing conditions at the
old rates. ...s.-
The Union may be obliged to in
crease both it's subscription and adj
vertising rates. There is small margin
for profit at present rates.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-08-24
Messrs. L. F. Wilkes and Ralph and

Messrs. L. F. Wilkes and Ralph and
Eldon Jones returned to Princeton last
Friday evening from Llano Grande,
Texas, having been honorably dis
charged under recent ruling of the
war department exempting married
men with dependent relatives from
duty. Physically all of them appeared
to be in the best Of condition, and the
Texas sun has given them a healthy
coat Of tan. The boys say that the
members Of Company G are enjoying
good health and spirits. Of course
they are glad to get back to the best
state in the Union, and to Princeton
in particular.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-08-24

No state in this country insists upon
the ability to read and write the Eng
fish language as a qualification for
citizenship. A Washington cor
respondent truly observes in this con-
nection that the citizen who does not
read and write the language of the
country of his adoption can scarcely
have that intimate acquaintance with
the country in which he. lives that
every citizen ought to have.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-08-24

Admiral Dewey insists that our
navy is not a junk heap; that there is
no decentralization and that both in
material and general equipment we
are more efficient than ever before
Considering that we expend a nice
sum every year upon this branch of
our means Of defense the above condi-
ton is not surprising.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-08-24
CHARLEY MITCHELL ON ROADS
He Believes in First Laying Good
Foundations by Proper; Drainage.
Turnpiking and Crawling
Concreting May Come Later.

Robert c.. Dunn, the good roads
nestor Of Minnesota, is opposed to a
concrete highway from the Twin Cities
to Duluth. Robert need not worry;
no such highway will be built for some
years to come, nor will the federal
aid now provided be all used on any
one road, desirable as that might be.
The first duty of every state is to
make good roads. After this is fairly
we'll accomplished, it's next obligation
is to make these good roads permanent
just as rapidly as is possible. It is
true, as Mr.. Dunn says, that five miles
of we'll surfaced roads-which is what
we mean by "good' roads be
built for the cost of one mile of con-
crete road.
Moreover, the permanently graded
and we'll surfaced road should come
before concrete wearing surface. In
fact, no road plan is economical, wise
or sensible that is not based on a con-
struction system which looks to initial
road building as the preparing Of
bases for concrete wearing surface.
By this we mean that all road
grades should be so fixed that no
graveled or crushed rock surface
would ever need to be removed or
seriously disturbed by concreting. It
should never be necessary to do more
than scrape, round and level any al
ready surfaced road before laying a
concrete surface. This would save
several thousand dollars of the cost of
every mile of concreting.
Our own very decided opinion is that
no country road should be concerted
until it has been surfaced and drained;
until the draining is thoroughly estab-
lished as sufficient, and until the sur
face is packed by travel into a hard
and model base for concrete surface
to be placed without disturbing this
ready made base.
It is rank waste and worse when
hard, well-surfaced road is ruthlessly
plowed up and destroyed to get down
to newly established sub-base for a
permanent roadway, and then has to
be replaced and artifcially packed tc
bear the concrete surfacing. Such road
building is pure robbery and criminal
ineficiency.
Under this system not much of the
Twin City-Duluth highway would be
ready for concreting, but we do believe
that wherever it is ready concrete
should be laid as rapidly as possible.
This is equally true in every other part
of the state. Such stretches Of per-
manent road would be examples. They
would end the high maintenance cost
Of graveled and dirt roads. They would
prove the greater value and economy
of the permanent surface. i
We also believe Minnesota is now
ready to begin concreting program
and that federal aid offers the oppor-
tuniy. The state, counties and towns
should do the grading, draining and
surfacing. The Dunn law and the state
tax amply provide for this. But sum
equal to the total federal aid, which
would absorb in this way half that
total, should be used each year in
laying concrete surfaces on already
established bases, and for nothing else.
-D11l1,th Nou7c Tribune
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-08-24

In discussing highway routes the
Fergus Falls Journal holds that an
important element in determining
routes the public will take will be
the accommodations. "People who
travel want accommodations as we'll as
roads. They will not follow a route
just because it has been designated
if other roads are as good and hotel
accommodations better.'
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-08-24
AWARDS MONEY TO SAILORS
British Prize Court Allows Naval
-..r Squadron E12,1OO,

London, Aug. pa prize court
awarded E12,1O0 prize money to the
officers and crews of the squadron of
Vice Admiral Sir Frederick Sturdee,
which destroyed the German Pacific
squadron in the battle off the Falk-
land Islands in December of 1914.
The bounty was determined by the
number of men aboard the destroyed
ships, e5 being awarded for each
man.
This is the largest amount of prize
money awarded since the outbreak of
the war.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-08-24

Perhaps the Anoka Herald is help
ing Lowell E. Jepson in his candidacy
for congress by it's coarse and uncalled
for abuse of Mr.. Schall, and maybe
it isn't. Time will tell. If it is going
to be mud-slinging campaign on the
part of Mr.. Jepson's underlings, that
gentleman's sanity robes may get
SLIGHTLY bespattered.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-08-24
For Company G Bows.

On Monday draft was mailed to-
Lieut.. Claud P. Morton for $77.82, the
amount voluntarily contributed to the
Union for the boys of Company G.
Undoubtedly much larger sum could
have been raised had subscriptions
been solicited. But no one was solicited
to contribute. The contributions were
all voluntary, and the only appeal was
made through the columns of the
Union.
The boys receive the miserable pit
lance Of SO cents per. day from the
government, and there has been no pay
day since they went to Texas; all they
have received is the trifing amount
paid them by the state for the days
they were in camp before being mus
tered into the services of the United
States-by a forced construction of
the law on the part of state officials
they did not get what was rightfully
due them at that.
There are many little necessities
that the boys stand in need of that
few dollars would obtain for them.
That is the reason the Union requested
subscriptions. The amount contributed
when the boys first left for Fort Smell
ing could no be expected to last in
definitely. We are sorry that the
donation is not larger. Maybe
some other friend Of the boys who does
not intend to have an asbestos pocket
in his shroud when he crosses the
"great divide" will take hold later on
and meet with a more generous re-
Spouse. At least we hope so.
! In behalf Of the boys of Company G
we wish to especially thank Miss Clara
Larson and Miss Gertrude Orme. God
bless both of these true-hearted coun-
try girls.
| Annexed hereto is list of the
donors and the amount contributed by
each:
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-08-24

Over and over the Hearst newspapers
have emphasized the fact that the
countrypaper should be recognized and
utilized as the nations most efficient
salesman.-Grand Rapids Herald
Review.
The above would indicate that the
Hearst papers occasionally print that
which can be relied upon. Who would
have thOuUht it?
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-08-24
Thirty.five ZeppeIins DESTROYED,

London, Aug. 23.-Major Baird, rep
resentative of the aerial board in the
house of commons, replying in the
house to criticism of the air defenses
against recent Zeppelin raids, an
nounced that since the war began the
allies have accounted for thirty-fve
Zeppelins. '
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-08-24

That exchange which recently
asserted with considerable gravity
that Governor Burnquist would be
chosen to succeed himself this fall,
should also predict that the sun will
rise on the morning of election day.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-08-24

A state constabulary is being advo-
Gated in some quarters, but the propo-
sition is not being greeted with enthu-
siasm. That portion of Minnesota
where there is even the slightest ex-
cuse for resorting to the services of
consta bulary at times is compare
lively small.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-08-24

Senator MARITIME of New Jersey is
of the opinion that print paper trust
exists, and he charactertizes it as "the
most constituencies combination in our
country" The newspaper man who is
paying for three sheets of paper and
gets one will not dispute the senator.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-08-24

President Wilson has decided not to
make stumping tour in quest of
votes, although he will accept invita-
tons to address audiences during the
campaign. A distinction without a
difference.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-08-24

Beltrami county recently voted
"wet' under the provision of the Min
nesota county option law, by meager
majority Of seven votes. The "dry''
leaders threaten to contest although
almost all Of the county is now ''dry"
under Indian treaty provisions.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-08-24

North Dakota farmers threaten to
hold their wheat for a price Of at least
SLIGO a bushel. That they will get it
if they stick is very evident.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-08-24

While there is no great amount of
enthusiasm in evidence for Mr.. Hughes
in this state, he will undoubtedly carry
it by a fair-sized majority.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-08-24

"The rural credits law will prove a
joke" says an exchange. Maybe. But
the indications are that the joke will
not be on the farmers.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-08-24
Dr.. Lawrence Isqriqq

SCIENTIFICALLY PRACTICING
SUGGESTIVE THERAPEUTICS
A System of Drugless Healing.
Presenting remarkable opportunity
for the afflicted to obtain a cure of
Chronic Stomach, Liver or Kidney
trouble; rheumatism, Constipation,
Paralysis, Consumption, or Female
Trouble; Diseases of the Eye, Epilepsy
Asthma, Cancer Eczema, Nervousness
or any organic weakness, in fact
great many diseases not reached by
medicine or surgery.
OFFICES OVER HERDLISKA'S
JEWELRY STORE.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-08-24

And now the European war has re-
suited in furniture prices advancing
What effect will this have on the mar.
riage rate?
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-08-24

Congressman Schall is stumping
Maine this week for the republican
state ticket. Mr.. Schall has national
reputation as an orator and his serv-
ices are in great demand.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-08-24

After the first Monday in next Janu-
airy we will have a state treasurer who
will, without fuss or feathers, quietly
and efficiently perform the duties of
the office,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-08-24

When newspaper writer degener-
ates into common scold and a chronic
crouch he had better quit the business.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-08-24
OPINIONS OF EDITORS.
A SUGGESTION.

a Suggestion.
We don't need many new laws in
this country, but one to prohibit fool
legislation would not be so bad.-Nor-
them News.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-08-24
"There's a Reason"

''There's Reason
The "cry of peace at any price" does
not make any appreciate impression
on the crowned heads Of the warning
European nations. But, you know, the
crowned heads are not doing the fight
ing.-Chaska Herald.
* X *
Worth Trying.
If you feel down in the mouth and
have about decided that you are use
less in the world, try to tighten the
burden of someone tomorrow and note
how different the world will lock to
you.-Wabasha Herald.
x x, X
Or When Bryan is Elected President,
Professor Muensterberg predicts
"a future alliance Of Germany, England
and the United States. This will
probably happen short time after the
republican and democratic parties
unite.-Bemidji Sentinel.
* X *
An Able Man.
If the voters are looking for quality
and judicial wisdom they will elect
Judge Quinn for justice of the su-
preme court in November. He is an
able man and will be credit to the
bench.-Austin Transcript. -
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-08-24
An Able Man,
A Time-HOnOred Custom.

Hughes does not do we'll when he
criticises Wilson's administration for
giving the fat jobs to democrats. An
drew Jackson said: "To the victors be-
long the spoils," and Old Hickory was
right. Hughes should press down the
soft pedal on that proposition.-Mad-
ison Independent-Press >-
X * * .&-
Some Papers Dear at That.
The state authorities should pad up
number of cells at Anoka. St. Peter.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-08-24
THE PRINCETON UNION: THURSDAY, AUGUST "a, 1916

Hastings and Fergus Falls state in
situations, and get ready to take care
of the country publisher who not only
sells his paper for a dollar a year,
but is giving premiums to increase his
subscription ist-Walker Pilot.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-08-24
Our Sentiments.

Let us baseball enthusiasts, or
"fans," or whatever we may choose to
call ourselves, have a heart to heart
talk with each other and look at things
for moment as they are. Baseball
has for many years been the great
national game, enjoyed by all, and it
will continue to be such only as long
as players and patrons conduct them
selves as gentlemen should. The base
ball diamond is no place for "rag-
chewing" contests and hot-headed, i'm
pulsive arguments. The team that in
dulges in or allows such actions on
it's grounds gains nothing and loses
the respect and support of many peo-
pie to whom such things are disgust
Leader.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-08-24
A Peculiar Proposition.

Beltrami county option election was
a peculiar proposition with only one
result no matter how the election
went. The Indian lid makes it as dry
as a powder horn in any event., and
no matter if the vote was wet the
county would still be dry and a dry
vote would leave conditions just as
they are. The wet element worked
just as hard as though their efforts
would lift the lid.-Brainerd Dispatch.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-08-18

plete staging Of a single piece. One,
Of the large wholesalers stated that
his firm would have failed in the bus
mess slump oCCasioned by the war if
it had not been for the film compa-
MES. Hence Los Angeles has been
driven not to oppose the. business, but
to core with the social dangers which
have been found to be not necessary
to it's existence but merely incidental
thereto.
The agency most active in combat
ing these dangers is the Y. w. c. A.
The work was forced upon it and was
not of its seeking. The girls needed
social support, training in dramatics,
gymnastic work. for many film plays
demand strenuous physical eXertion,
advice, mothering, and not infre-
quently loans to save them from eX-
ploitatiCn. 1t is a singular comment
airy on religion in America that one
great branch of the Christian church
should denounce dancing and the the
alter, while an organization so loyal
to Christ as the Y. w. c. A. and so
intensely practical in meeting tempta-
tions for girls Is busy organizing
classes for movie actresses in vari-
Gus styles of dancing and in dramatic
expression. These women have to
have this instruction. How much bet
ter to give the training under Chris
tan influences. II lost my place be-
cause l could not look sad" COM
planned enc young woman to the Y.
w. C. A. secretary. Facial expression
is a sine qua non in this business
and for the n~~~o'ation to teach it
mearT So"ing girls from exposure to
temrtatjcn
= Henc'u!us course then Is clearly
indicated. Here also an ideal climate
will lure film producers in steadily
growing number. Our mountains, our
matchless foliage, our unrivaled sea-
shore, gives a. background far ahead
of anything that Southern California
can boast Our Oriental population
lends a charm not to be duplicated
elsewhere on earth. A new means of
livelihood will beckon the Hawaiian
girl irresistibly But this industry is
full of the pitfalls into which these
children of nature will be very prone
to fall. If at the outset our Y. w. C.
A. can cooperate with the film max
ers there is no reason why most of
the unfortunate conditions cannot be
obviated and the business be made of
real value to the city" ...