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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-08-17

From the viewpoint Of the moss
covered democratic Slayton Herald,
Mr.. Hughes and Mr.. Kellogg are
dangerous men, unprogressive, tools
of the monied interests, etc., etc. Mr..
Hughes was considered an able and
impartial judge, but when he was
made the republican candidate for
president, his ability and impartiality
suddenly forsook him. Mr.. Kellogg,
too, was regarded as fairly respect
able citizen until he became the repub-
lican candidate for United States SEN
ator. But now, we learn, from editors
Of the Herald stripe, he is a law
violator, strumpet Of corruption, a
villain Of the deepest dye! Now it is
in order for some half-baked repub-
lican editor to brand President Wilson
as an unhung traitor, and Dan Lawler
as the vice-regent of the devil or the
Pope of Rome. =.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-08-17

Representative Girling takes issue
with Representative Spooner and is
positive that the efficiency and econo-
my commission will report to the next
legislature a comprehensive scheme
that will make for economy and
efficiency in the administration of
state affairs. Mr.. Girling's plan
as outlined in the Minneapolis
Journal is rather vague, and we
do not quite comprehend it. But
there is one thing the commission
should bear in mind, the highway de-
partment must not be punched in with
lot of other inconsequential depart
ments and bureaus. The highway de-
partment is big and important enough
to stand alone, and it is growing and
will continue to grow in Importance
yearly. Hands off the highway COM
mission, gentlemen.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-08-17
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Anarchistic LOafers.

The I. W. W. Il Won't Work. agi-
tators created almost a reign of ter
ror in the Aberdeen, S. D., district.
Gangs Of hoodlums selling their red
cards at $3.50 each assaulted men
willing and anxious to work. Many
of these toughs would not work in
harvest fields even at daily wages they
ask, SIS, which farmers cannot afford
to pay. It is thought they took ad-
vantage of the absence CT the militia.
Companies of home guards were
formed in places and these with the
effective police department of the
Milwaukee Ry. Co., finally had to
deal with the situation, the police ap-
pearing to be powerless.-Jordan In
dependent.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-08-17

The militia boys who went from here
are not putting up any complaints so
far as this paper has been able to
learn. Our fellows expected a bit of
roughing and were ready to meet it.
Independent-Press.
Reliable reports from the border in
dictate that the boys are we'll cared
for. Soldering is no frolic, but there
appears to be no foundation for the
stories Of distress sent north by war
correspondents. In fact, General Fun
ston says that carnival Of lying has
been engaged in by some of the cor
respondents, which for sheer shame
lessness and righteousness is in class
by itself. Relatives have no occasion
to WORRY.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-08-17

Representative L. C. Spooner of
Stevens county is out in an interview
in which he takes occasion to state
that the public will be disappointed in
the report of the efficiency and
economy commission, composed Of
members Of the house and senate,
which is to be submitted to the next
legislature. Mr.. Spooner is member
of that commission. He is a lawyer
of ability and large experience. Why
cannot he formulate report of his
own setting forth his ideas of how
the affairs of the state could be more
efficiently and economically admins
tered? 1t is up to Mr.. Spooner to save
the public from being disappointed.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-08-17
ANCIENT POSTAL SERVICE.
The Old Persian and Roman System Of
Couriers on Horseback.

The Old Persian and Roman System Of
Couriers on Horseback.
While the Roman postal service Of
ancient days was, of course, a crude
system, yet the mails We're forwarded
with considerable speed: The system
Of couriers on horseback was borrow
ed from the Persians, who, according
to Xenophon, had established it under
Cyrus. The Roman adaptation of this
was the Lest system of transmitting
letters among the ancients.
All along the great Roman roads STA
tons were erected at distances Of five
or six miles from one another. At
each of these stations forty horses
were constantly maintained, and by
the help Of relays it was easy to travel
100 miles in day.
These services were intended for the
state only, it being Imperative to Sc
cure the rapid interchange of official
communications. In the time of julius
Caesar the system was so we'll organ
lied that of two letters the great SOL
der wrote from Britain to Cicero at
Rome the one reached it's destination
in twenty-six and the other in twenty
eight days.
Private citizens were obliged to re-
sort to the services Of slaves, and it
was not until the end of the third CEN
fury that there was an establishment
OF postal system for private persons
by the Emperor Diocletian, but how
long this system endured history does
not inform us.
The supply of horses and their main
tenance was compulsory, and only the
emperor could grant exemption from
it.-Washington Star.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-08-17
SmiIinu at Breakfast.

One should always wear smile at
breakfast. If you are in good humor
at breakfast you will be merry and
bright all day. The breakfast face is
the most important face to cultivate
The other faces take care Of them
Selves for if the face is pleasant and
easy to look upon in the morning it
will improve as the day goes on. But
if the breakfast face is hard, scowl-
ing and forbidding it becomes set in
it's disagreeable form, and it takes
hours for it to smooth out into a smile,
and that smile is of the sickly, half.
hearted nature that only expands the
heart slightly. 1t is worth trying.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-08-17
Weakness of the Great

The two greatest men who appear in
Julius Caesar"-namely, Caesar him.
self and Cicero-are allotted but minor
parts in Shakespeare's play, and to
each with daring originality the drama
fist has attributed a physical defect.
for the existence of which history sup
piled him with no evidence Caesar,
for instance, confesses to deafness.
bidding Antony
Come on my right hand, for this
ear is deaf" while Brutus speaks of
Cicero's ferret and fiery eyes," as if
no one could fail to note them. Respect
for those two immortals was no doubt
thus diminished, but by showing them
as not above human weaknesses Shake
speare made them more easily realized.
London Opinion:
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-08-17

English authorities estimate the
wealth Of Great Britain at $133, OOO,-
100000, and the income Of her people
at $20,00o,000,000. This despite the
ravages of the war. Yet American
officials estimate the income of our
people at only the same amount. And
the income. of the United States from
agriculture is five times as great as
that of Britain, from mining twice as
great, from manufactures three times
as great, from railroads four times as
great. That there is something wrong
with the estimate is very evident.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-08-17
/ FATALITY in a WORD.
Why France Changed the Name Of the
"Life Saving Belt"

: So .sEs-
A vivid Illustration Of the power Of
mere words over human beings was
once brought to the attention of French
people by Francisque Sarcey.
After the wreck of the Bourgogue
many passengers were found floating
drowned with life preservers on. These
life preservers were fastened upon the
bodies, but round the middle instead
Of under the arms, and the greater
weight Of the upper part Of the body
had tipped the head under water and
the person of course was inevitably
drowned.
Now it appears that the greater num-
Der of the persons so drowned were
French. The French term for life pre-
server is ceinture de sauvetage, or "life
saving belt" This word ceinture sug-
gests to the mind in it's moments of
disorder and unreadiness, such as q
great catastrophe brings, the idea of
putting on belt, and as belt is put
round the waist and nowhere else the
frightened person instinctively adjusts
the life preserver close about the hips.
The result is that as soon as the
person so provided falls into the water
his body tips oyer, with the heavier
part downward, and the head is plung-
ed beneath the surface.
The word ''belt," therefore, was the
cause of the loss Of many lives in the
Bourgogne disaster. Sarcey according
~ proposed to counterfeit the fatal eff
feet Of the French word by remaining
the article and calling it a brassiere.
which is kind of waist, and by bring
ing the word bras, or arm, to mind to
teach people to put life preserver on
just underneath the arms.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-08-17

Everywhere comes the word: Martin
county has them all beaten on good roads. >:
Paramount Sentinel.
We know of several automobiles
that were stuck in the mud within the
city limits Of Paramount following the
recent rains.-Albert Lea Standard.
The cities and villages of the state
contain the poorest highways found
within the limits of Minnesota. Some
of the municipalities have recently
adopted policies of improvement, and
it is to be hoped that others will fol-
low suit. Good roads are needed in the
villages as we'll as in the country
districts.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-08-17
A southern Minnesota farmer re

A southern Minnesota farmer re-
Gently found a new use for the auto
mobile. He had a large number of
hogs to market and was in a guam
Diary as to how to get them to town, as
the weather was so hot that there was
danger Of losing some Of them if
taken to town in the usual manner be-
cause of the time consumed on the
road. The matter was settled by load
ing the hogs into two wagons, at
taching the wagons behind automo-
biles, and in a comparatively short
time the porkers were delivered to the
stock yards.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-08-17

H. C. Persons has closed his Motor
cycle Inn on First street, and it is
doubtful if he reopens it. Mr.. Per-
sons will locate in Dakota, where he
recently put in three weeks. He re-
ports the wheat crop in western Min
nesota and eastern Dakota badly
damaged. The grain was coming
along fine, but couple of days Of hot
winds burned it up. Several fields are
being plowed in without cutting.
w. w. agitators, he. says, are numer-
GUS and noisy.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-08-17
Eleanor Smith was hostess to

Eleanor Smith was hostess to a
number of her little friends Tuesday
afternoon at the home of her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Smith, the occa-
sion being her tenth birthday ami
versary. Detachable refreshments were
served, and the birthday cake was
particularly delicious. Various games
and contests were participated in dur
ing the afternoon and special
matinee at the Crystal was thoroughly
enjoyed by the little folks. Those pres
ent were Bertha Schwartz, Emma
Scholey, Marjorie Chapman, Irene
Pierson, Florence Miller, Ethel Shrode,
Mary Ross, Edith and Edna Bates and
Raymond Vanderhoff. =.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-08-17

Fords in this vicinity are on the
rampage. Recently a road louise col
lided with a heavy machine driven by
DR.. Olsen of Milaca, and said heavy
machine was some crippled as a result.
On Sunday Register Of Deeds Oster-
berg's touring car sustained a bent
axe, denied radiator and flat tire
as result of being rammed. by
one Of the pesky but pugnacious little
Fords. Both collisions occurred di-
rectly south of Princeton.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-08-17
Governors Stand Approved.

Governor Burnquist has merited and
won the respect, of the state at
large for his stand for law and or
der on the range. The governor
found that the laws of the state
were being disobeyed on a wholesale
scale and at once issued orders that
stop be put to the practice. There
is no other way to look at the matter
and the efforts of some of the per-
sonal advancement politicians on the
range to distort the facts are ridicu-
lous. Mob rule has no place in Amer
ica.-Aurora News.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-08-17
THE PRINCETON UNION: THURSDAY, AUGUST ~, 1916
District Meeting.

Meetings of the Minneapolis district
Of the Swedish Lutheran church will
be held at Princeton, Zimmerman and
Greenbush on Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday Of next week, and about
20 visiting pastors will be in attend
ance. Strong programs have been ar
ranged for the occasion and they ap-
pear hereunder:
49, Princeton.
Monday, August 21, 7:45 p. M
Sermon, Rev. c. E. Ewing; text; Jos.
24:14-15. English sermon by Rev. S.
M. Miller; text, Ps. 1915.
Tuesday, Aug. 22, 10 a. m.-High
mass with communion. Scripture talk
by O. A. Nelson; text, 1 Kor. 1O:21-22.
Sermon by DR.. E. J. Werner; text,
LUX. 16:10-17. At 2:30 p. m. discus
sion led by Rev. C. E. Ewing will take
place; text, Rom. 12:9-14. The evening
services will include a sermon by Rev.
G. Wahlund, and an English sermon
by Rev. O.. A. Elmquist.
Wednesday, August %, 9 a. M
Business session.
Greenbush.
Monday, August Fl, 7:45 p. M
Sermon by Rev. Edw. Schuch; text,
Jos. 24:14-15. English sermon by Rev.
Aug. Samuelson; text, Ps. 1916.
Tuesday, August %, 10 a. m.-High
mass with communion. Scripture talks
by DR.. c. J. Petri; text 1 Kor. 1O:21-22.
Sermon by DR.. Emil Lund; text, LUX.
16:1O-17. At 2:30 p: M, discussion led
by Rev. August Samuelson; text, Rom.
II: GA. The evening services at 7:45
o'clock will include sermon by Rev.
J. E. Erlander, and an English sermon
by Rev. J. E. Shipp.
Zimmerman.
Monday, August Il, 7:45 p. NJ
Sermon by Rev. H. P. Johnson; text,
Jos. 24:14-15. English sermon by Rev.
c. A. Wendell; text Ps. 1915.
Tuesday, August %, 10 a. m.-High
mass with communion. Scripture talk
by Rev. J. G. Hultkrans; text, l Kor.
10:21-22. Sermon by Rev. E. O. Stone;
text, Luke 16:10-17. Discussion led by
Rev. E. A. Bongfeldt at 2:3O p. M;
text, ~: GA.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-08-17

A recent government report states
that this years wheat crop will be
ample for the needs Of home consump-
ton and there will be at least hun
dred and fifty million bushels available
for export. Prices will be good, and
the situation is not as bad as it first
appeared.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-08-17
* * *
Words of Wisdom

The old man knew what he was
talking about when he taught his son,
who was about to visit the city for the
first time, to keep to the right al
ways, when you're meetin' folks on
the street and you will never run into
anybody but fool who doesn't know
which way to turn and you don't need
to stop to apologize to him. Still
water Gazette.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-08-17

1t would be a crime to establish a
highway of state and national impor-
lance and not have it touch such beau
ty spots as Mile Laos lake, Gull lake
Cass lake, Leech lake, the Rainy Lake
region and the chain of beautiful lakes
surrounding Detroit.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-08-17

Publicity may be obtained in var
ious ways. For instance there is the
socialist candidate for lieutenant gov
ernor who recently had his name limo
typed and paraded in the public prints,
for being fined for disorderly conduct.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-08-17

Again we say, remember Amend
ment No. 1 at the election next fall.
Vote yes on this proposition and thus
do your part toward helping make it
easier for a man with small means
to open up home. Besides, the state
at large, and northern Minnesota in
particular, will be benefited.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-08-17

1t was reported in the Sunday dailies
that the Deutschland had been cap
tured by an English warship. The
rumor was sunfounded. Our sympathies
are with the Allies, but we sincerely
hope the plucky little Deutschland will
reach it's home port in as good condi-
ton as it left Baltimore.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-08-17

With proper cooperation and the
requisite amount Of energy on the part
of the communities through which the
Minnesota Scenic highway is routed
the road should be hard surfaced it's
entire length within the next two
wears
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-08-17

The real joy killers are the fashion
Designers On the heels of the an
nouncement that some of the new
Paris dress skirts are so long they
touch the ground, comes the news that
next year the great army of American
dudes will be attired in tight form
fitting coats and extremely narrow
trousers of pinkish hue. Help!
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-08-17

Everybody is invited to an after
noon tea on Ewing's lawn under the
auspices of the w. c.. T. u. tomorrow,
Friday afternoon, from to 5 o'clock
Bring one or more books to start
library, or if you cannot attend leave
the books and magazines at Ewings'
music store.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-08-17

Nearly three-ffths of the members
Of congress are lawyers, and some one
with the necessary time to spare has
figured out that the chance of a law
yer going to congress is 1900 times as
great as that of a farmer.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-08-17

Wages are good and labor is in de-
mand, yet the l. w. w. agitators con-
tinue their campaign of anarchy and
discomfort, and another Dakota farmer
has been murdered by one of these
desperate tramps. They mistake Ii
cense for liberty, and it is time the
noisy, rambling idlers were squelched.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-08-17

eve recognize neither race, color
nor creed," says w. D. Haywood, gen.
eral secretary-t reasurer of the Indus
trial Workers of the World. Anyone
willing to be exploited is eligible to
membership.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-08-17

The Duluth Herald insists that Min
nesota needs a new constitution, but
has thus far failed to arouse any great
enthusiasm in the matter. The old one
appears to suit most of the voters.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-08-17

If the St. Paul democrats are to be
believed Mr.. Hughes made votes for
Wilson in that city last week. But
there are those who confidently pre-
dict that the Sanity City will give
Mr.. Hughes a comfortable majority
next November.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-08-17

No foreigners" are boosting the
Minnesota Scenic Highway. The men
behind the Minnesota Scenic Highway
are all good, plain citizens of the state.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-08-17

No notable scientific discoveries or
inventions are growing out of the
great war, in the opinion Of Marconi,
the wireless inventor. The cruel and
stupendous conflict does not appear to
have one redeeming feature.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-08-17
Not Good For the Gander.

The following sign is displayed in a
certain bathhouse:
'This Place Is Closed at 1 p. m. Sun
day So We Can Go Home and Take Our
Baths -.
Which is very similar to the note a
travelling man found on the door of a
lunchroom in a small town:
"Gone Home to er."-Indianapo
lis News.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-08-17
Difference in Locality.

"Pa, what's the difference between a.
patriot and a jingo?"
"A patriot, my son, is one whose
bosom swells with pride of his coun-
try, while in a lingo the swelling APP
pears in his head.' 80
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-08-17

Republicans and democrats are both
camping on the trail of the progressive
voters. Three progressives are on the
democratic national committee to man.
age the presidents campaign for re-
election.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-08-17
Republican managers in Minnesot:

Republican managers in Minnesota
have decided on short fall campaign.
This year the campaign is a formality
that could we'll be dispensed with, as
regards state candidates. The demo-
Gratis appear to be about as enthusiast
tic as baseball fan witnessing the
defeat of his favorites.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-08-17

T. F. Scheen has been on the market
for potatoes since Monday, but receipts
have been extremely light Tubers of
this vicinity are scarcely ripe yet, and
the few bushel marketed were green.
Mr.. Scheen is offering from 60 to 70
cents.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-08-17
A PICTURESQUE Section.

The new Minnesota Scenic Highway,
which is to pass through Norman
county; will attract a great many
sight-seers to this part of the state,
not only from Minnesota, but from
neighboring states as we'll. This route
passes through the most picturesque
parts of northern Minnesota.-Ada
Index.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-08-17

An exchange editor wakes somewhat
wrathy because the government has
not clamped the lid down on election
betters. It can't be done.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-08-17
The Largest PAINTING.

PARADISE by Tintoretto, is the
largest painting in the world. 1t is
eighty -four feet wide and thirty-three
and a half feet high. It is now in the
Doge's palace, Venice. - -.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-08-17
Why Not?

Montevedio gets $4,000 for new
public building and Madison gets fifty
cents per day for the services of the
boys who went down to the border
in answer to President Wilson's hurry
up call. Verify the government should
quit the public building business and
pay it's soldiers better-Madison In
dependent Press.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-08-17
Don't All Sneak at OOnce.
* X *

The chairman of the late lamented
progressive convention says, "We
Progressives stand at the crossroads"
Will someone kindly show them the
road leading to the political orchard
and the pie counter.-Springfield Free
Press. :
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-08-17

The paper situation grows more and
more serious, and various publications
are reducing in size.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-08-17

The defunct State Republican club
raised up long enough in it's political
tomb Wednesday to take last shot at
the live primary law.-Redwood Falls
Sun.
Aside from the fact that the State
Republican club is far from defunct (it
was never more alive), and that, while
the primary is constantly losing favor,
it will live to receive several more
shots, the above is correct.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-08-17

A ten per cent net profit tax on
manufactures of munitions of war
may be levied by congress. Why not !?
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-08-17

1t seems as if every department in
the state capitol had a press agent
on the job all the time.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-08-17
OPINIONS OF EDITORS.
No Pessimism Here.

2" What if the grain is poor? We
have the corn the grassland the
COWS in abundance. We should worry.
: Hutchinson Leader. .es} s..g,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-08-17
Sure to Grow.

what you said about Jack isn't
worth repeating"
tits young yet, give it time."-Ex-
change:
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-08-17

The future is purchased by the pres.
enf-JOhnson.