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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-09-07
MAKING A NEW LAWN.
Spring Planting best in New England
September Farther south.

The early part Of September is the best
time for seeding new lawn in the states
south Of New England and north OF the
Potomac and Ohio rivers, according To
plant specialists of tho /. s department
of agriculture. Likewise the repairing II
lawns In this region Is much more likely
to he successful If undertaken IN the early
autumn rather than in the early spring
The reason late GUNNER and fall planting
is preferable where climatic conditions
will permit is that young grass does not
stool we'll in spring and summer and is
not aggressive enough during these sea
sons TO combat weeds. In tho northern
tier Of states and New England, these
conditions do not hold. and spring is the
best time for lawn work. At that time
In the extreme north the soil is NOR" open
than later mi the season and offers bet
ter seed bed.
SOIL PREPARATION
The first consideration in making a new
lawn is suita BILE soil This should he
we'll drained and of good texture and
should be thoroughly prepared. good
loan will need only enrichment. And this
may be brought about best by n DRESSING
of well-rotted barnyard manure thor
oughly worked in. If manure is not
available, 81 pounds of bone meal for each
loco square feet may be substituted If
the lawn site is of stiff clay both sand
and humus or decayed vegetable matter,
must be worked in II n good turf is To he
| secured. There is little danger of using
| too much of either of these materials.
| Light. sandy soils should have clay and
| humus worked in to increase their water
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-09-07
Has ON HOME WEEK.

|Nilliamstown's old home week cele-
fation is just over. a big parade
ks feature OF the celebration, and
it were babies. floats and all the To-
/ orders.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-09-07

NOW THEY LOVE EACH OTHER.
Agnes Nawning)-Oh, dear! | feel
to-day as If | We're thirty years ole
MaNe-Nhy what have you been do
ing to rejuvenate yourself?-Bosteu
Transcript.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-09-07
PACKING FOR VACATION.

Jack"
"Yes?"
Cant you bring some fat friend home
to dinner? | positively must have some
heavyweight to sit on my trunk. Life.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-09-07
CARTONS DEVELOP THE LOCAL
TRADE.

Poultrymen who do not obtain sufficient
eggs to warrant shipping in crates.
should sell fancy eggs In cartons holding
one dozen each These cartons are made
in two styles; one style holds three rows
of four eggs each, the other holds two
rows of six eggs each Select the latter.
hAnAA,s> 20 os these ZIG cartons can be
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-09-07
PACKING AND SHIPPING THE
CRATE.

Place one-half inch of dry excelsior in
the bottom of one side of the crat. and
distribute It evenly; cover it with a HAT
piece of strawhoard, and on that lay n
filler with openings for three dozen eggs.
Pack the eggs large end up. Complete
the five filters on one side cover with a
fiat and one-half inch of excelsior Fiji
the other side similarly, and nail the
cover securely It is imma terial whether
YOU prepay the express charges or send
the crates charges collect In the latter
case the commission merchant will deduct
the charges from the sale of the eggs.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-09-07

policy in the interest Of the country
from which he or his ancestors have
sprung, is no true American. and has no
moral right to citizenship In this coun-
try. Any attempt to organize American
citizens along polticoracial lines is
foul and evil thing. Any organization of
American citizens which acts in the In
terest of a foreign power is guilty of
moral treason to the republic.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-03-16
THE PRINCETON UNION: THURSDAY, MARCH Is, 1916

Did it ever occur to you that the United
States is the only country on earth, at least
the only important one, in which the nation
ality racket is sprung Well; it is. No
body in Germany is put up for office b.
cause he is a German, for they are all Ger
mans. So it is in France, Russia, England,
Scotland, Sweden, Italy, Japan and all other
countries. But here in the "ever-glorious
U. S. A. each set and each faction and each
nationality must be appeased, like so many
hungry dogs, or the fat is in the fire directly.
Even Mexico with all its other troubles, has
it the United States in this particular, and
it is small point in that countrys favor.
The rivalry and jealousy among the different
nationalities in this country is one of the most
pernicious evils among the many others, and it
is one which the United States bears and labors
other countries, because they know not what
it is.-Hokah Chief.
The situation is not as discordant
as depicted above. Rivalries and jeal-
ousies are not decidedly noticeable
among the different nationalities. But
there is no disputing the fact that the
hyphen is present to certain extent,
and in large measure this can be at
tributed to the selfish and un-Ameri-
can appeal to the nationality of for
eign-born voters made by designing
and INSCRIPTIONS politicians.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-03-16

Nothing could be more erroneous than the
making trust that person in favor of warn
ing our citizens not to travel on belligerent
armed ship is at the same time putting HIM
self in opposition to his own government - st.
P eter Free Press.
That merchantmen have a right to
arm for purely defensive purposes is a
principle as old as international law it.
self, and it has been asserted again
and again by the United States since
the present war began. If the United
States should modify this doctrine or
assent to it's modification that of itself
would be an unneutral act, and in
crease instead of diminish the danger
Of war. The only guide this govern
ment has is international law, and
those who advocate that we abandon
certain of it's principles, with the inevi-
table result Of plunging US into bitter
quarrels with those countries adverse
ly affected certainly are not taking a
position favorable to their own gov
eminent. It is generally recognized as
principle of fair play that the rules
of the game should not be changed
during the progress Of the game I'M
less by unanimous consent.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-03-16
A Scathing Indictment.

Senator Clapp, Of this state, played
politics. He voted to turn down Pres
ident Wilson at very important time.
So did one W. j., Bryan by his resig-
nation some months ago. We then
paid our respects to Mr.. Bryan. We
unhesitatingly say now that we think
less of Senator Clapp than we do even
of Bryan. Solid old Knute Nelson,
senator from Minnesota, is not trait
or to the country, in it's hour of need.
He is not asking whether Wilson is
democrat or republican. He is for
the United States, in it's hour of need,
and Woodrow Wilson right or wrong,
is president. Mr.. Clapp, you are in
the class Of the few You have found
the level of the congressman from this
district. We would be delighted to
see the right man oppose you for re-
election, but will support anyone
against you. The News is for the
United States, first and last. It has
not time for officials who are with the
enemies of this country It believes
that they should resign, if they are
honest, but Mr.. Clapp, like Mr.. Davis,
loves the meal ticket.-LeSeuer News.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-03-16
Delegates Probably Elected.

At noon today the returns for del
egates to the republican national con-
ventions indicate that the four dele
gates-at-large will be J. F. Jacob
son, A. O. Eberhart, S. R. Van SAINT
and James Manahan.
A special effort was made in behalf
Of Eberhart and Van SAINT, and as
their names were familiar to the vot-
ers it was expected that they would
be among the winners.
The delegates to the republican ma
tional convention from the Tenth dis
trict are Henry Rines and L. E. Jep-
son. Owing to his candidacy for con-
gress two years ago, Jepson was pretty
we'll known to the voters of the district,
besides he carried on an active cam
paign through the newspapers and
other sources.
The democratic delegates-at-large
are probably the convention candi-
dates known as the Lynch bunch
Daniel w. Lawler, A.. C. Weiss, B. F.
Nelson and w. A. Just. While S. J.
Mealey and J. F. Williamson seem to
have the call for district delegates
from the Tenth.
In the Sixth district, in which Sher-
burne and Benton counties are in
cluded, it is claimed that C. A. ALL
bright of Brainerd and George E.
Hanscom Of St. Cloud are in the lead,
on the republican side. The demo-
cratic delegates will probably be Fred
Schilplin of St. Cloud and J. B. Gal
arneault of Aitkin.
There was little interest manifested
in the selection Of delegates to the
national conventions, but the result
will be heralded throughout the coun-
try as a big victory for Cummins,
while, as matter of fact, he had
practically no opposition.
All the democrats were for Will
son, and the contest was between the
Lynch and anti-Lynch wings of the
party, and it looks as if the Lynch
adherents were the victors.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-03-16
Hon. VIM. E. Lee in St. Paul the

Hon. VIM. E. Lee in St. Paul the
other day paid this tribute to Frank B.
Kellogg: "Mr. Kellogg is by far the
most desirable candidate that could be
named. He has the ability, the hon
esty and the fearless independence to
make him a great senator. He has
been an active citizen of Minnesota all
his life and a close student Of every
problem affecting her interests. pre-
dict for him a leading position in the
senate of the United States"
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-03-16
Sherburne County.

BALDWIN-The question of wheth-
er the town should be "wet" or "dry''
territory was submitted to the voters,
and the ''drys" won by ID notes.-the
vote being sc to g. This means that
the wholesale beer houses in that
township will have to move. C. C.
Peterson was elected supervisor, re-
ceiving 38 votes. The other candi-
dates and their votes follow: J. E.
Judkins, "a; Jas. Brown, 80; Thomas
Smithers, 20. For treasurer Martin
Rossing had no opposition and Warren
Angstman was elected clerk without
opposition.
BLUE HILL-Supervisor, Otto Bor-
neke; clerk, Glen Leonard; treasurer
John Olson, justice Of the peace, Hart
man Camp. At the town meeting
$3.50 was voted for town purposes and
$500 for road and bridge.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-03-16
THEY DON'T HATE EACH OTHER.

That the soldiers who are doing the
fighting in Europe do not hate each
other has been evidenced on several oc-
casions. What pity then that the
"war lords' were not obliged to fight
it out among themselves. Then the
war would be speedily ended, in, fact it
never would have been commenced.
T. P. O'Connor is one Of the leading
Irish home rule members of the British
parliament, and he writes exceedingly
readable letters every week to several
American newspapers, including the
Minneapolis Journal. In his letter
which appeared in the journal Of the
18th inst, he tells Of meeting a young
British soldier Of good family in one
Of the English hospitals:
II noticed in this lads conversation,
as in that Of most of the lads from the
trenches, the complete absence Of per-
sonal feeling. They almost seem to
love the Germans who are trying to
XIII them and whom they are trying to
kill. So much is this the case that
there have been the strictest orders
against any fraternizing between the
troops.
"Once only did I see the face of the
boy become overcast, and that was
when he described seeing two spies
caught.
"'It was dreadful said the lad, to
see two men, young and robust, and
know that in a couple of hours they
would be corpses.' And then he wound
up by the characteristic jibe of the
soldier to the politicians. we don't
hate each other; we don't want to
fight each other we could shake hands
tomorrow if it weren't for you poll
ticians in London and Berlin
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-03-16

Mistakes and wastes have been made in river
appropriations as in everything before con-
gress, but not more than in the Army and
Navy bills, not third as much as in public
buildings bills, and it is infinitesmal by COM
parison with pension bills, which are full of
real pork and genuinely wasteful.-Joseph E,
Randall, president of the National Rivers and
Harbors congress and United States senator
from Louisiana.
God Of Israel what a gall! Here is a
brazen attempt to justify reckless
squandering of the peoples money on
the grounds that it is being done in
other departments Oh government &C.
tivity to which congress votes appro-
priations. Can you beat it?
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-03-16

The lower branch of congress has
gone on record as being opposed to in
increasing the existing limit of SO
pounds on parcel post packages. In
fact it passed bill prohibiting an in
crease. The parcel post is the peoples
express company, and 700,000,000 par
GELS are now moving annually, count
ing the service of the express COM
pany's and the post office combined, as
against 50O,OOO,OOO moving by the ex-
press companies in 1912. While some
of this increase is natural, there is no
doubt but what better. service and re-
duced rates brought about by the par
eel post were responsible for a goodly
portion of it. Why not extend the
usefulness of this branch of the postal
department?
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-03-16

ments Of the secessionists of those
days, we see but little difference be-
tween the disunionists' technical argu-
ments. of 1861-655' and the technical
reasoning of the enemies Of the gov
eminent today.
"|He who is not with us is against
us!' All honor to Senator Nelson, G.
A. R. Veteran, who stood firmly by
America. Senator Clapp and the men,
bers of the Minnesota delegation in
the House voted Against America, ,
and deserve to be retired! They have
proved untrue"
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-03-16

An honest system of rural credits
which will enable the farmer to finance
his enterprise at low rate of interest
and on terms that he can readily meet
out of his earnings would make farm
ing pay. 1t will enable the farmer to
increase the productive capacity of
his farm; to cooperate with other
producers, and establish a voice in de-
termining the market price of his pro-
ducts. That which benefits our great
farming population must Of necessity
be productive of general good, and it
is to be hoped that congress enacts a
good rural credits bill into law at this
session. 5
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-03-16

Staid old Yankee Vermont, whose
population is largely rural, disap-
pointed the advocates of prohibition
last week, which leads the Duluth Her
aid to remark: "In 1908 after nearly
fifty years of prohibition which was a
failure and breeder of hypocrisy and
lawlessness, Vermont rejected it and
substituted local option, the ideal
method of handling this problem, by
a vote of 729. After thirteen years of
experiment with local option, the at
tempt to reinstate prohibition now has
failed by a majority Of 13,163."
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-03-16

President Vincent of the state uni
versity advocates the adoption gener-
ally by Minnesota high schools of a
six-year course, which means the in
clusion Of two years of work classed as
collegiate. This, he believes, would
relieve the congestion in the university
arts college. No doubt of it. But it
would add to the congestion noticeable
in several high schools of the state,
and it is question whether educa-
tional conditions would be bettered if
six-year program were adopted.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-03-16

Another nation became involved in
the European war last week when Ger
many declared war on Portugal, and
the declaration was not unexpected.
Portugal has openly displayed her en-
nifty for the central powers on vari-
GUS occasions, and recently made an
illegal Seizure of German ships in her
ports. Under the circumstances Ger
many could not do less than declare
war. Fourteen nations are now in
volved in the struggle, and the end is
not yet.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-03-16
The workmen's compensation law i

The workmen's compensation law is
a huge succession the insurance
companies. During the first year and
three months that the law had been in
operation Minnesota employers had
paid $2,850,814.85 for liability insur-
ance and workmen of the state had re-
ceived $1,018,212.15 in compensation
for injuries. This means that out of
every dollar paid out by employers the
insurance companies got 60 cents and
the employees 81 cents. A nice little
rake-of, indeed.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-03-16

From the columns of an exchange
we learn that the Detroit Record is of
the opinion that Bob Dunn did not add
to the harmony Of the Minnesota Edi-
torial association by circulating the
Frank B. Kellogg request. There was
nothing very inharmonious about it.
Only eight who were approached re-
fused to sign, and four of them ex-
pressed a preference for Clapp, two
for Eberhart, and two had no choice.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-03-16
CONGRESSIONAL COPPERHEADS

This castigation from the pen of
that gallant old Union veteran, Hon.
C. F. Macdonald Of the St. Cloud
Times, is richly merited by our con-
gressional copperheads-the patriotic
"Little Norwegian" Senator Knute
Nelson, the brave old soldier, is the
only genuine American in the bunch:
1S61-1916.
"Fifty-fve years ago, the moment
Gus question before the people Of this
country was: For the Union or
Against the Union Today it is For
America or Against America Fifty
five years ago, many citizens of the
North raised the technical point that
the southern states, having come into
the Union voluntarily, had a right to
secede from it voluntarily. The loyal
men of the North replied: The Union
must and shall be preseved!' Today
another great question has arisen in
this country: For America or Against
American AS was the case fifty-five
years ago, technicalities are resorted
to by opponents of the government,
who would take from the President his
constitutional rights and humble this
nation before the world. This was the
question fought out in congress recent
ly. --, ..
GAS a War Democrat of IS years
ago, who fought to preserve the I'm
ion, and who we'll remembers the argu-
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-03-16

The Alaskan Engineering commits
sion hopes to have in operation nearly
third Of the proposed government
railroad by November 1, and the de-
velopment Of the north country will
be great when the road is finally COM
pleted. Alaska is a rich domain, but
the major portion Of it's wealth will be
valueless until adequate transporta-
ton facilities are provided
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-03-16
Not a Picture Show

Bigger and better than ever. The
Perrys in Panama." one night only
at the Opera House, March 22. The
Musical Melodrama, dancing, songs
and music. The Perry attractions are
we'll known through the Northwest.
And you are sure of a good show for
your money or your money refunded,
Phone for your seats. Not a picture
snow. - 13-1tc
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-03-16

A couple Of those milk-and-water
statesmen making futile attempts to
fill senatorial togas designed for pat
riots recently hurled their stinkpots of
wrath at the editors who believe that
this nation has few rights that for
eign powers should respect. The pres
ence of shallow patriots in congress is
to be deplored, but they are not numer-
Gus enough to constitute a serious
menace.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-03-16

Shocking conditions of immortality
and debauchery continue to be expos
ed insthe Minneapolis vice inquiry. If
conditions are materially bettered as a
result Of the investigation the citizens
will undoubtedly be as surprised as
they are pleased. The average Gin
quiry" is followed by a liberal appli-
cation of white wash.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-03-16

Theodore Roosevelt in terms that
cannot be mistaken states that he is
not a candidate for the republican
presidential nomination, but intimates
that he will accept the nomination if
rendered him, under certain conditions.
The former president is American all
the way through, and his candidacy
would appeal to large percentage of
citizeOS
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-03-16

A Washington newspaper states that
President Wilson's hand travels two
and one-third miles every year while
afixing his signature to official docu-
ments and personal letters, and thus
adds another important item to the
sum total of human knowledge. What
would we do without metropolitan pa
pers?
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-03-16

At practically every session Of con-
gress an attempt is made to reduce the
amount of mileage allowed represen-
tatives, and recently the lower branch
of the national legislature overwhelm-
ingly voted down a bill in which it was
proposed to lower it from 20 cents to
five. Those who voted for the reduc-
ton are deeply grieved that it failed
tO carrvl
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-03-16
% carry!

George R. Kibbe, for many years
manager Of the Merchants hotel, ST..
Paul, died at his home in that city last
Saturday. Mr.. Kibbe was connected
with the hotel until about, six months
ago, when, owing to poor health, he re-
signed the management. He was a
kind and genial host and numbered his
friends by the hundreds all over the
Northwest.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-03-16

Now that nitrogen is being with
drawn from the air for use in manu-
featuring artificial fertilizers and high
explosives, street corner scientists will
soon begin to figure out just how long
the air supply will last this world.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-03-16

At present over one-half the popu-
lation Of the United State is conferred
in our cities, while century ago but
two per cent of the people in this
country lived in the cities. This in
spite of the fact that rural life is
more attractive now than ever before.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-03-16

An exchange is Of the opinion that
Minnesota's delegation in congress,
with the exception Of Senator Nelson,
will have some tall explaining to do
relative to their recent votes on the
Gore and McLemore resolutions. The
fact is that the votes stand as black
spots on their records, that no amount
of explaining will efface,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-03-16

Our brethren of the Democratic press
are putting forth every effort to belittle
Frank B. Kellogg. They want Clapp
nominated for the very good reason,
from their viewpoint, that they be-
lieve he can be defeated.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-03-16

The high price Of gasoline won't
help Kellogg's campaign for the U. S.
senate.-Springfeld Free Press.
Mr.. Kellogg has no more to do with
the high price of gasoline than the
editor of the Free Press.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-03-16

"A wet city without single drunk"
is the slogan recently adopted by Off
Gals and wholesale liquor dealers of
Los Angeles. A mighty good slogan,
but one not easily lived up to.