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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1917-05-03
OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS.


Princeton MIMI, April "a. 1917.
The board of education met in regular ses-
sion at the high school building at p. m.
o'clock, with four members Of the board pres
emit. D. A, McRae and VIM. Bornholdt absent.
E. L. Mcmillan was appointed president
pro tenn.
the following teachers were elected to teach
in the schools Of District No. for the ensuing
term of 1917 and 1918:
catt tcsi Hazel ziebarth Edward X KoutniK.
The The + following bills were audited and al
lowed and orders drawn for same:
Esterbrook Steel Pen Mfg. Co., mdse.....s13.5 SO
Macmillan Co.. mdse. S' 81
w. H. Hollands, expense 1 10 90
f'e on notion duly made and seconded the
meeting adjourned to reconvene at E. L. Nc
Millan's office on April Is s At GRA II r.
Sec. Board of Education.
Princeton, Mnn., April 26, 1917.
The adjourned meeting of April 24th OF
board of education of school district NO:
reconvened at E. L. McMillan's office, at 8
p. M, April 26.
the following resolution and moved its adop-
ton: :,
board of Independent District No. I, county
of Mile Laos, and state OF Minnesota, u +t Is
expedient to issue to the state Of Minnesota, the
bonds of said school dlSLflcC TO Cne dSsIeSaSS
amount of $5O,000.00 for the purpose OF build
ing a new high school building in said district,
to bear interest at the rate of a per centum
per annum, to mature and be of the respective
humber and amounts as hereinafter set forth:
one bond for the sum of 100000, payable
July 1st 1923.
One bond for the sum of $5,OO0O0, payable
! July 1st, 1924.
One bond for the sum OF S5ooo.ou, payaoAe
| July LIST, 1925. =,
One bond for the sum of $5,OOOOO, payaple
One bond for the sum Of 100000, payable
q One bond for the sum of s5,ooo.oo, payable
July 1st 1928.
One bond for the sum of 100000, payable
| July LIST, 1929.
| One bond for the sum of $5,OOO.OO payable
! July LIST, 1880.
| One bond for the sum of 100000, payable
| July 1st 1881.
One bond for the sum of $5,OOO.O0, payable
| July LIST, 1882.
| That the proposition OF issuing sald bonds
| he submitted to the electors Of said schoo
| district Of Independent District No. l., at tn
| special election to be held therein on the l6tt
day of May, 1917, and that due notice thereof
| be given as required by law. The motion wa:
duly seconded by Benjeman Soule, a member
| Of said governing body, and being put to vote
| prevailed Five Yeas, No Nays. One membe1
| of said board being absent from state.
! A. B. GRAMER,
Sec Board of Education.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-05-25
AFrIoa'E Gold Coast.

The Gold Coast Is British colony on the west coast of Africa. Its cli' mate is notoriously unhealthy, the heat and moisture being excessive. The coast is lined with unhealthy swamps and shallow lakes, while the peculiar rock of the country Is said to give on, under the influence of the air and moisture, large quantities of hydrogen gas. The native towns are crowded and dirty, intermittent levers and oth- CT diseases being always present
 These are peculiarly fatal to Euro peans. though the natives do not sui fer so much. The whole region is more or less a gold producing country, but at present the value of the territory IS chiefly due to the profuBion of vegeta' ble products supplied bJ' the rich soil.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-05-25
COUNTING HEADS
Vho Flrst cOnsus Wac Taken by Messa
 In the Wilderness.

Vko Flrst cOnsus Wac Taken by Messa
 In the Wilderness.
 There is a record of a census in China as far back as the year 2O42 B, O. and of one in Japan ln tue last century be- fore Christ. Under the constitution of Solon the citizens of Athens were d. yided and registered in four classes, according to the amount of their tax able property or income. The Roman census was burdened with more statis- ties than any of these, however. It had It's origin under Servius Tullius, sixth king of Rome, ana was an affair of much BOlemnity. Every citizen had to appear upon the Campus MartiuS and declare upon oath Eis Hams and dwell Ing and the value of his property under the penalty of having his goods eonhs- cated.
 The most ancient statistical record Of 8 census is found in the Bible. Tho census was taken by Moses in the will derness, and, as shown by the first chapter of Numbers, the enumeration must have been very simple '"Take ye," said this account, "ths sum of all the congregations of the children of Israel, after their families, by the house of their fathers, with the nun Der of their names, every male by their polls; from twenty years old and upward, all that are able to go forth to war in Israel; thou and Aaron shall number them by their armies" This census was an affair that must have been soon over, lasting no longer than a day, being merely a counting of the heads of the fighting men. The women and children and cripples and the old men were not included; neither were the Levites numbered among them" Those who did stand up to be num- bered totaled 6OS,550.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-05-25
FlFTH AVENUE THE JOYOUS.
Sparkle and VIvaeity of New Yorl'o
 Famous ThoroughfRrS.

Sparkle and VIvaeity of New YerlSS Famous ThoroughfRrO. Perhaps the chief impression which the metropolis makes is of the vivacity of its life. It is the completest eZpres- sion of our national jOie de yivre. And 1t is pleasant to record that for the most characteristic moment of this quality you would not cite Broadway at night, but Fifth avenue by day. The sparkle of this famous street is per haps largely due to the New York ell mate.
 Climates are never perfect, but among the worlds great cities the American metropolis is singularly for tunate. It Is flooded with sunlight, and on its best days the air has a crisp and tonlc quality. By tacit understanding III dressed and sad people keep oh Fifth avenue. On a bright morning there Is no resisting the streets gay | lntoxicaton. The most expensive shops in the world are close at hand, the best EeSIAuEAulS uehE Dg. oAh'S LAASA ANNAAbS at the windows of exclusive clubs, and fair women cut coupons at fashionable banks. Life seems indeed worth nY- ing. The whole town is gay. Even children and nursemaids in the park seem more "lgagingly clean and inno- cent and spirited than elsewhere, as If they, too felt the call of happiness.
 It is worth while noting the clear ness of much of New York's air, doing Justice to the clean and simple liveli- ness of much of Its enjoyment be- cause its prominence as one of the worlds chief centers of dissipation and pleasure seeking has done Its reputR- ton bad service with many people of virtue and good taste.-Harper's Mag | aZinR
The daily Alaskan., 1917-05-25
NOTICE OF SETTLEMENT OF FINAL ACCOUNT

In the United States Commissioners .
 Court for the Territory of Alas
 ka, skagway Precinct at sRag-
 way, Alaska, Before the Hoh- B.
 4. Rasmuson, Commissioner, and
 EI-officIo Probate Judge. In The Matter of the Estate of Am
 na Cassidy, deceased.
 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that Frank suffecOol, the Rdminis- trator of the estate of Anna Cas- gidy, deceased, has rendered, pre- scented, and filed in the above entit- led court, his final account of his administration of said estate; and the hearing of the same has been fixed by said court for the 17th, da of July, 1917 at 10 o'clock. tn the forenoon of said day, at the United States Court House, in skagway. AL aska, and all persons interested in said estate are notified to appear at said time end file any objections they may have to said account and to show cause if any they have, why said final account should not be allowed.
 Edward A. Rasmuson.
 Commissioner and ex-officio Pro- bate Judge.
 First publication May, 18th, 1917. Last publication July, 10th, 1917.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-05-25
Shrub Perfume.

The perfume of commerce known as cassie" manufactured for the most part in France, Is found in abundance In the Philippine islands in the Acacia farnesiana, a shrub which grows on hundreds of acres of land near Manila and throughout the dry parts of the en' tire islands. This shrub has small spiny leaves and produces a short black pod. The flower from which the essence Is obtained is golden yellow.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-05-25
NOTICE OF AIARsHAL's SALE United States of America, First Division, District of ss:
 Alaska.

Public notice is hereby given, that by virtue of a writ of Fieri Facias Ger execution), dated May 1st, A. D. 1917, issued out of the District Court, of the United States for the First Division, District of Alaska, on @ judgment rendered in said Court, on the 29th day of Jan uary, A. D. 1916, in favor Of Frye Bruhn Co.,, @ Corporation, of which Harriet s. Pullen, is the owner as assignee and against L. Agnes Burke and c. c. Runner doing busi- ness as the Fifth Aye. Hotel, I have, on this 1st day of May, A. D. 1917, levied upon the following de- scribed real estate, situated in skagway, Alaska, to wit:
 Lots Eight (8) Nine t9) Ten (1O) Eleven GID and the South Half (sh) plus the South Half of the North Half (5h Of N7a) of Lot Twelve (12) in Block Ten (1O) of the townsite oF the Town of skagway, Alaska, as the game is shown and designated by a survey and by a Plat thereof made by Hill I& Wet trick, and approved by the Trustee for gal1 townsite on April 2a, 19O9' and duly tiled in the office of tho district Recorder of skagWay Re cording District.
 And that l will, accordingly, of- fer said real estate for sale, at public vendue to the highest and best bidder, for cash, on the 1st day of June, A D. 1917, at 10 o'clock a. m., at the front door of the Uaited States Court House, SkagWay, AlaEra.
 Dated, at Skagway, Alaska, May 1, 1917.
 J. M. TANNER,
 U. 8. Marshal. First Division, District of Alaska. JOHN B. MARSHALL,
 Plaintiffa Attorney.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-05-25
Quick Chance,

Here, you! What do you mean by telling that red nosed old bachelor friend of yours that marriage Is all a lotteryT
 q was just about to assure him, m'dear, that I won a prlze."-Louis- vile Courier-JournAl.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-05-25
No HeIp Needed.

Johnny Ia small brother)-Mother. quick. Send for the dOctorl Mother .(anxiously) - Why-why-what's the matter? Who Is m7 Johnny-Mr. Algernon is going to die-he said he would if sister would not marry him, and sister says she wOn't.-LOndOn Tel egraph.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-05-25
SYBTElL AND PRINTING

Don't put if OEt, but prAa Fsur printing aSw 'whUh You WG Rsea when you put iR yDuR new EyUEem,
 The Daily 'Alaakaz SoD GEDaEEmSHE Is better ISQuiDDa8 @aB GTsr 0 au your york. PESonB 'rigA8 and work promptly GzecgEsd. #.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-05-25
Eewarn In Tibet.

The highest point at which Towering plants have been found Is In Tibet al 192Oo feet above the level of the sea.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-24
CONGRESS AT QUERET ARC

From 'Mexico's Constituent Congress,
 by Bernard Gallant, in the American
 Review of Reviews.
 N TIER six years of constant strife
 A\ and bitter social upheaval, Mexico S = made a tremendous step toward the re-establishment of law and order on December 2. That date was marked by the opening of the constituent Congress at Queretaro, when delegates gathered from every nook and corner of that un- fortunate land to decide its future ten- dencies and revise the constitution. Elec- tions for delegates to the Congress had been held in October, and revolutionary Mexico had been given an opportunity to exercise newly acquired freedom. For the first time in Mexico's history, real po- litical parties were formed-each one fighting the other. but all guided by the same revolutionary principles which domi- mated the historic outbreak. Tho cleo ton of delegates was by direct vote of the people, who were given the choice of several delegates of different parties which had sprung up in Mexico's rising sun of political liberty. It was an af- fair over which the military authorities had no power or supervision.
 The delegates came from the rebellious state of Chihuahua, from far-off Lower California, from aristocratic Yucatan, and from the recently conquered Zapata
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-24
OLD JEB MULLINS, MOONsHINER

From 'The Compact of Christopher"-A
 Happy Valley Story. by John Fox, Jr.,
 in the February Scribner.
 1T1HE banks were steep and thickly
 meshed with rhododendron, from
 e which hemlock shot like black ar rows upward, but the boy threaded through them like snake. His breast was hardly heaving when he reached a small plateau hundreds of feet above the road, where two branches of the stream met from narrower ravines right and left. To the right he climbed, not up the bed of the stream. but to the top of a little spur, along which he went slowly and noiselessly, stopping low. A little farther on he dropped on his knees and crawled to the edge of a cliff, where he lay flat on his belly and peeked over. Below him one Jeb Mullins, stopping, gray old man, was stirring something in g. great brass kettle. A tin cup was go- ing the rounds of three men squatting near. On a log two men were playing with greasy cards, and near them an- other lay in drunken sleep. The boy
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-24

stronghold the state of Moreles. Every part of Mexico responded to the consti- tutionalists call. It was a novelty, an unheard of thing. Besides, the idea of discussing law and order appealed to them, for, in truth, Mexico and the Mex jeans are utterly weary of international strife
 Perhaps the most hopeful thing about the constituent Congress Is the fact that 1t is not controlled by the military ele- ment. Of the PAP delegates, not more than dozen are members of the army or in any way connected with it. Those few who do belong to the army are men of low rank and small following. That is an important fact which should not be overlooked-for upon it depends, in large measure, the successful outcome of the entire gathering. The delegates be- longing to the army do not appear at the assembly hall in military garb.
 The constituent Congress is entirely an affair of civiliants. It is not political gathering, but a scientific Congress. whose object Is to revise the constitu- tion of 1857, and introduce many neces- sary reforms for which the present strug- gle has been waged. It is an attempt to bring Mexicos laws up to date and to place the nation in line with the rest of the world. However, the Congress means more than that, for upon its att tainments depends the main question: Whether Mexico is to continue in chaos. or Is to become once more land of peace and prosperity
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-24
LUXE M,LukE SAYS

As a rule the fellow who is always giving you his word of honor isn't half as reliable as the fellow who never of- fers to back up his statements.
 What has become of the old-fashioned girl who blushed when a man spoke to her?
 Before marriage she always looks up to him. After marriage the only time she ever looks up to him is when he and she is at the bottom of the stairs.
 Too much of the charity work is done in the hope that we will get our names into the newspapers.
 What makes man want to kiss girl most is the fact that he knows he can not.
 The eternal flashing of woman's tongue drives many man to drink.
 Keep your mouth shut. Remember that a wise man doesn't devote all of his time to telling about it.
 My but things have changed in this old world. Every now and then you will see a mother who is better dressed than her daughter.
 Many woman who marries for . home lands husband who never wants her to stick her nose out of it.
 The girls are wearing such thin stock ings this winter that we fear they will be able to go without anything on their calves when the hot weather arrives. Other styles for women may change But it is always good form to display plump wishbone when you have one even though the thin girls are wearing waists that fasten around the throat Don't criticize a man because he is a chronic grouch. How do you know what he has to put up with? Maybe the poor devil is married.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-24

grinned, slid down through the bushes. and, deepening his voice all he could, shouted:
 Throw up yo' hands!'
 The old man nattened behind the big kettle with his pistol out. One of the four men leaped for a tree-the others shot up their hands. The card players rolled over the bank near them, with no thought of where they would land, and the drunken man slept on. The boy laughed loudly.
 Don't shootw he cried, and he came through the bushes jeering. The men at the still dropped their hands and looked sheepish and then angry. as did the card players, whose faces reappeared over the edge of the bank. But the old man and the young one behind the tree, who alone had got ready to fight, joined in with the boy, and the others had to look sheepish again.
 Come on, Chris!'' said the old moon sinner, dipping the cup into the white liquor and handing it forth full. Hits on me-"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-24

From the Kansas City Times.
 NAsTERN newspapers and magazines IJ are printing a great deal about ~ Buffalo Bill; and much of 1t. of course, is imaginary. A paper in New York had vivid story last Sunday about how Buffalo Bill quarreled with faro bank dealer in Deadwood and said to him: T will kill you the next time meet you on the street." to which the gambler replied: "I shall cross the town square at noon tomorrow" and sure enough, tho gambler, true to his promise. started across, and Bill, true also to his promise shot him through the heart at distance of 400 feet
 The story is true, with the exception that 1t was not Buffalo Bill. but Wild Biil'' Hickok. who did the killing and 1t did not happen in Deadwood, but in Springfield, Mo-
 Wild Bill had valuable gold watch While playing faro in Springfield he lost all his money, and gave his watch as se- curity for stack of chips. Next day he went back for his watch and the faro dealer told him it had been sale, not a loan. Wild Bill promised him that for this treachery he would kill him. and the
 
 the next day he would cross the square.
 At the appointed time Wild Bill stood in front of the courthouse. The gambler appeared from doorway on the opposite side of the square and shot at Wild Bill. The bullet struck a stone pillar above Bill's head. and the hole it gouged out was there until the courthouse was torn down a few years ago. Wild Bill aimed deliberately and shot the gambler through the heart This is yet talked about in southwestern Missouri as the most re- markable revolver shot ever known here. although it was fired nearly 50 years ago. Another misstatement in an eastern story is that Wild Bill married a fa- nous actress in Boston while he was travelling in Buffalo Bills show. The truth is that Wild Bill and Buffalo Bill were close friends, and for awhile Wild Bill was an actor with Buffalo Bill. but that life was too tame for him. and he broke camp in Chicago and returned to his beloved wild west. It was Texas Jack
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-24
South Welcomes Armor Board

The high officers of the navy who constitute the board charged with the duty of selecting site for the $1 100000 plate factory familiar with the south
 from their study of geography They have visited coast cities the of their crsng but they for the first
 time the heart of the industrial secon whose exploitation dates back only few year comparatively speaking When Rear Admiral Fletcher chairman of the board ensign Birmingham talked of coming manufacturing center but producing then only coal and iron At that time steel made in the south But within the past fifteen years this district has taken strides Alabama steel has become celebrated.
 The navy board will get at the facts which they seeking
 through briefs prepared by steel experts Their hearings will be- therefore for the most part of routine nature far the economy of plate manufacture is concerned
 But personal survey is we'll worth while when it viewpoint of climatic labor and living conditions At any the representative people of the south eager to show the board good time Birmingham will doubtless prove revelation to its distinguished guests They will find
 southern greeting and Tuscaloosa and Gadsden
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-24
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
THE MUNITIONS MILLIONAIRE.

THE MUNITIONS MILLIONAIRE. Head walters bow before him, His slightest wish fulfill; The chorus girls adore him, Because he foots the bill. A most amazing spender Newspapers all declare; Though once his purse was slender, He's now a millionaire. Let moralists berate him And say he smells of blood, And all pro-Germans hate him That much is understood. He flirted with the "war brides"- On him they seemed to smile In costly motor car rides And lives in lavish style
 BAD SHOWING. This advertiser says there is thought in every chew of his tobacco" That's not good advertisement" Why not?"
 Any person who can't get but one thought out of a chew of tobacco that lasts half an hour on an average, is a poor sort of ruminator."
 PUT OUT OF BUSINESS. "I'm victim of de high cost of Twin, num-"
 How is that?"
 T wuz demonstratin' patent potato peeler, mum, an maxim money, too." Potatoes got so high, de potato dem onstrated wid cost me morn de peeler."
 PROBABLY. '"rhis Washington dispatch says the President is keeping his mind open.' What does that mean?" T don't know. unless 1t means that he hasn't heard from Colonel House lately"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-24
Mobile Sheriff BIannes
Public Sentiment

Public Sentiment
 @ HERTZ HoLCoMBE of Mobile G county is having his troubles with "bootleggers" and "blind tigers. :" Replying to letter received from Governor Henderson, in regard to vio- lations of the prohibition law, the sheriff wrote:
 'sI think it only fair to myself and my deputies to say that the sentiment for prohibition in Mobile county is not strong enough to constitute in itself very effective aid in the enforcement of the law. We have found liquor un- der houses, in walls, between mat tresses, under beds, on roofs, in the woods and have even drawn it up from the bed of the river"
 Sheriff Holcombe states that In spite of overwhelming evidence pre- sented in court, juries have acquitted defendants in appealed cases where conviction had already been obtained.
 It has been found that seaport towns take less kindly to prohibition than inland cities, fact which may be due to the character of the popula- tion, in which there is always a large foreign element. The ingenious ssbootleggers" and ''blind tiger" pro- prietors in the Gulf City have had comparatively smooth sailing, but there are evidences that Mobile will soon be as "dry" as Birmingham.
 No one ever thought the day would come when 'blind tiger" barrooms and "speak-easies" would disappear en- tirely from Birmingham, but that has come to pass. The upstairs saloons that used to flourish here during pro- hibition times are no more. The liquor sold now is disposed of in a surrepti- tious manner and is uspally consumed that way.