The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-07-27
] TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO.

| OF Mayor OWlLn, IL peiSlSCeu Ill, Will
make him governor or United States
senator. There is neither sense nor
reason in the torrents of invectives |
that are being showered upon Mayor
Smith by the self-righteous dominies |
Of St. Paul.
The base ball boys lost the game at
Anoka last Friday by a score of 4
to 5, but they do not feel sore over
their defeat, as it was expected. The
Princeton boys played good game,
however, and the Anoka people treated
them very nicely. The return game
will be played in Princeton in the
course of week or two.
Mr.. Theodore Franklin of Lyme, N.
H., is out here on a visit to friends
in Minneapolis and Spencer Brook,
and will remain until the latter part
of August. Mr.. Franklin is the father
of the late Foster Franklin of Wya-
nett, and although he was 80 years of
age the 30th day Of last month he is
as spry as most men at fifty, and he
can discuss politics and the current
topics of the day in an intelligent
manner.
Gov. Merriam is deserving of the
thanks of the settlers at Mile Laos
lake and Of the people of Mile Laos
county generally for his prompt action
on the petition presented by Benjamin
Carter in behalf of the settlers. The
igovernor received Mr.. Carter cour-
jteously and listened attentively to all
he had to say. He also assured Mr..
Carter that if the United States au-
thorities did not protect the settlers in
their rights the state authorities could
and would. (In response to represent
tations made by Gov. Merriam, Hon.
D. S. Hall was ordered to go to Mile
Laos and investigate.-Ed.)
There is considerable excitement in
the southern end of Wyanett township
over bold robbery perpetrated on
Tuesday night. About midnight VIM.
Thomas, ST., was awakened by some
one pounding at the door Of his resi-
dence The old man rushed out and
discovered that cattle howell on the
south side of the road, about 80 rods
from the house, was on fire. Mr..
Thomas awoke his son-in-law, John
Cameron, whose residence adjoins Mr..
Thomas. While Messers. Thomas and
Cameron and their families were ex-
tinguishing the flames, trunk con-
tanning over 5000 was distracted from
Mr.. Thomas residence. The trunk was
> found in corn field in the rear of the
q house, broken open and the money
3 gone. 1t was well-planned and clev-
erly executed robbery and the perpe-
= traitors were no strangers.
q Excerpt from a three-column ar
8 ticle on Duluth: A few weeks since
q the writer spent several days in Min
q nesota's only seaport town, Duluth.
9 say seaport town because wheat car
8 be loaded on a steamship at DulutE
Il and unloaded from the same vessel al
q Liverpool. A more hospitable, whole.
8 souled, go-ahead people than the resi-
a dents of Duluth do not exist in this
q or any other state. The courtesy, hos.
= pitality and enterprise of Duluthians
is proverbial. One thing that i'm
presses a stranger very forcibly is the
\ intense loyalty of Duluthians to Du
! luth, and the great and abiding faith
2 they have in their city. Every mar
, and boy one meets, from the bootblacl
to the millionaire capitalist, swear by
Duluth. They have reason to fee
= proud of their city, SO has every either
- Of the state. A few years ago Duluth
was an unimportant hamlet; today i
- is the third city of Minnesota; is tn
IN terminus Of half dozen trunk rail
cn road lines and the objective point O
t. four or five projected roads; is tn
s. largest wheat shipping port in tn
10 United States; has the finest system
- Of electric street cars and electri
lights in the Northwest; the hotel
cannot be excelled; it's dozen or NOR
" banking institutions are as solid a
H. the rock Of Gibraltar; it's school build
o1 ings would be credit to a city o
half million population; it has i'm
~ mense wholesale houses, and it's rock
III hillsides are dotted with beautifu
II private residences, besides it is
~ manufacturing city Of no mean impol
lance. I expect to live to see the da
Oh Duluth will have population 9
H. 100000 inhabitants, and will not hav
to live beyond the allotted age Of ma