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Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-11-25

friend in the town, for some guy sng-
gested to him that, as it didn't cost
him anything. his position was wholly
untenable. We are thankful to this
friend.
Gee. but we wish we were minister.
Either this, or that the city fathers
would quarantine this newspaper office.
1t must be great sport to have nothing
to do-and do 1t. %
Earl Mason has new pair of shoes.
Nothing particularly strange about
that, but they have such healthy
squeak You can hear him coming
down town the minute he leaves home.
Says he got 'em made that way SO
when he walks the floor with the baby
nights he doesn't need to sing!
We see by the papers where Fred
Kayser of this city is going into the
newspaper business. Henry Ford is
going to establish a national weekly
and it's cinch it will never be a go
unless Friend Fred Is in on the staff
somewhere. What's the matter with
establishing 1t right here in the Ford
garage, Fred, |isT
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-05-02
Mrs. Usher Fatally Injured.

Mrs. OSnef FatallX injured.
A most deplorable accident which
resulted fatally occurred last Thursday
afternoon at about 8 o'clock, when Mrs.
Grant Usher Of Baldwin was struck by
the sweep Of a stump puller. s.
Mrs. Usher, it appears, was driving
the team which operated the stump
puller and, while her husband was
digging around a stump and cutting
the anchor roots, the doubletree
snapped and the sweep of the machine
flew back and hit her in the stomach.
DR.. Cooney was summoned and the I'M
fortunate woman was conveyed to the
Northwestern hospital, where an ex-
ploratory operation showed that the
stomach and intestinal channels had
been ruptured and that there was no
possibility Of saving the patients life.
She passed away at 8 O'Clock the same
evening.
Mrs. Usher was 80 years of age and
leaves husband and three children,
the latter being Roy, aged II; Floyd,
10; and Lawrence, II.
Funeral services were conducted at
the home-o on Monday morning by Rev,
Geer and the remains were shipped to
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, for interment,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-05-02
Red Cross Day at Milaca.

Yesterday was Red Cross day at
Milaca and there wassa record throng
Of people in town. In the morning a
long parade Of floats, school children,
ETC., was the principal attraction, and
q number Of side show amusements at
tracted large numbers Of people
throughout the day.
Live stock, grain, potatoes, furni-
ture, etc, were auctioned off, q Red
Cross rooster bringing over $50 and
an automobile $3.50. One lot in High
land park addition drawn BY ticket
brought $40O: There was q play in
the school house, two dances and q
picture show in progress, and meals
and lunches were served to hundreds
Of people. The total receipts were to-
day estimated at over 81, 900.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-05-02
Splendid Showing in Isanti.

Isanti county people have reason to
feel proud Of the splendid showing that
county has made in subscriptions for
the third Liberty loan. Every town
ship and village went over the allot-
.ment save Wyanett-that town fell
under the mark by $4,000 but may yet
catch up.
The village of Braham was the BAN
ner precinct with Athens close sec
ond and North Branch third.
The Ladies' Liberty Loan organiza-
ton took an active part and raised the
following amounts: Spring Vale, 3d.
$50; Cambridge town, $1,000; Maple
Ridge, $4,150; Isanti village, $1,000;
Braham, $4,000; Cambridge village,
>$30,8o0.
The allotment Of the county was
$215, 900. The amount subscribed was
$345,250 Here is the list of villages
orI +oxu,, c1,;v,c, -..--.4
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-05-02
Brave Little Isle.

Isle, Mimi, was a village Of about
seventy-fve population, situated on
the 500 line near the southeasterly
shore Of Mile Laos lake, in Mile Laos
county.
Not a small part Of the population
was of young men, so it had base
ball team and brass band, just as any
really ambitious village should.
The past tense is used advisedly.
Isle, Mimi, still is village, situated
just where it always has been, but in
no other way can the past and present
be compared.
It is without its baseball team, its
brass band, certain of it's enterprises
and it's young men.
The baseball team has been dwind-
ling all through the training season,
for the players have been going to
war
Today the brass band enlisted in
the marine corps, and in spite of the
fact that acceptances now average
|-about one out of five, every one Of the
eight was taken into the service.
Three young men from the village
previously had Joined the navy, two
had gone into the regular army, and
one Joined the colors under the selec-
tive CONSUMPTION act.
And, as one Of the boys picturesque
" expressed it:
.The towns simply shot t. hell!'
st. Paul Dispatch.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-05-02
County Commissioners

y i
Mile Laos board Of county com
missioners met on Tuesday in adj
journed session and disposed Of the
following business:
The gravel contract between the
county of Mile Laos and S. Hjellum,
as arranged with the chairman Of the
board, was approved by the commits
sioners.
w. c. Doane presented his resigna-
ton as county auditor, to take effect
on May %, and the same was accepted.
Walter Peltier, upon motion duly
made and unanimously carried, was
appointed county auditor to fill the
unexpired term Of w. C. Doane.
Board adjourned to May 20.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-05-02
Window Dedicated to Miss King.


On the lower panel of one of the
stained glass windows in the Methodist
church may be seen this memorial,
In memory of Margaret /. King, went
home April 6, 1915" inscribed by Jay
Winsor and dedicated last Sunday
night by Rev. James A. Geer, and a
large audience stood with bowed heads
as the choir sang softly and sweetly
the last number which Miss King
helped them to render, "The Lords
Prayer" The window was then dedi-
Gated in the name Of the Father, Son
and Holy Spirit. Miss Inez Winsor
and Miss Margaret Pitman unveiled
the window and lighted tapers to il
Illuminate it. The service closed with
O, that, with yonder sacred song,
We at His feet may fall,
Well join the everlasting throng,
And crown Him Lord of All.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-05-02
Light Proposition Bobs I'm.


At the council meeting last night F,
D. Waterman, Attorney Wheaton and
others appeared for the Elk River
Power Go. to ask hearing on the
light and power proposition and ascer-
tain what action, if any, had been taxi
en- in the premises. s..s.:sss
President Humphrey said that the
citizens committee had recommended
the Pine City proposition, but that the.
matter was still an open question.
The citizens, committee was called
and the matter discussed at length.
It was finally decided Ito arrange .
meeting for some future date between
this committee and the Elk River. st.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-05-02
Tons Of Potato Flour Being Made.

Now that the potato flour mill at the
starch factory is operating smoothly
a large quantity Of the product is be-
ing turned out. This mill is producing
a ton an hour Of the finished flour,
and on Tuesday afternoon there was
sc tons in the warehouse besides a
vast amount of starch.
The potato receipts atthe factoryfor
the week ending Saturday aggregated
TAG, 200 pounds, or about 375 tons, and
Manager Sampson will this week be-
gin to ship in the large quantities
which have been offered him from out
side points.
B Prices at the factory this week were
to Is cents per cwt. for Bur-
banks and Russets, while red stock re-
mains at 60 cents. VS. ..s
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-05-02
Raymond Humfnel,

The many friends Of Mrs. l.. C.
Hummel were shocked to hear on
Tuesday of the death Of her son, Ray
mond. The little fellow died in a
Spokane hospital on Monday, April 20,
from appendicitis.
Raymond was IL years old and will
be remembered as bright-faced, low
able little boy. His fathers death oc-.
cured just three years ago under
much the, same circumstances.
He leaves, besides his mother, two
sisters, Rose and Mary Louise. The:
heartfelt sympathy Of this whole COM
munity goes out to them.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-05-02

Cloud and Pine City companies
three concerns which have submitted
propositions.
An appropriation Of $50 was made
osthe fire department for delegates to
the state tournement at Montevideo,
and the auditing Of bills concluded the
business Of the session.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-05-02

Sixteen Enroll as Mechanics. Etc
The registration list for mechanics
under special call by the war de-
partment closed at the Office Of the.
local board on Saturday last with the
following entries: a. .5s
Ernest Wicklander, auto chauffeur.
:. Chas. De Rose, auto mechanic.
{ Fredrick NJ. Berggren, painter.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-05-02

Mr. Cumming is Foreign Born but is Grateful and Loyal
to the Country that Afforded Him the Oppor-
tunity of Bettering His Condition.
". Barnes, Townley's campaign
manager, cOnclusiyely proves:

". Barnes, Townley's campaign
manager, conclusively proves:
In all my past, as a citizen
and as member Of the legisla-
ture, I have opposed any favorit-
ism to any class Of people, and I
am opposed to any plan which
seeks to, or may, array one class
Of our people against another.
Il believe the farmers can or
ganize and promote their inter
ests without antagonizing any
other class Of people.
Much has been said and writ
ten about the Nonpartisan
league. Much is claimed by the
league. I have heard the presi-
dent Of the league deliver an adj
dress. He talked for nearly an
hour. He criticised much, but l
do not recall that he said one
good word for the government
efsthe United States.
| q have read Of the conviction
Of officers Of the league on
charges Of disloyalty in the
courts of our state. have not
] as yet observed that any of the
persons so convicted have lost
their positions as officers.
am an American citizen,
naturalized as such. [ came to
this country to better my condi-
ton. I acquired 16O acres of
government land under the be-
neficent act of congress in that
respect. I have prospered with
in reason, have enjoyed, I be-
lieve, the. confidence and respect
of my neighbors.
II have found the courts of
this land ready to redress any
grievance. / have never been in
terfered with in the right Of suf-
frage; my ballot. so far as I
know, has always been counted
as cast.
Il am first and foremost for
the United States of Amer
lea.
II believe there is no question
superior to the question Of 10y
atty. I wish my loyalty to be
above suspicion.
Il have every respect for the
loyalty of the farmers who be-
long to the league in this county.
/ know hundreds of them, and
know they are loyal, and nothing
that / say in this letter is in
tended to question that loyalty,
but in view Of the atmosphere
that surrounds the management
Of the Nonpartisan league, a
management in which / though.
q member, have never had a
voice or vote. I must at this
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-05-02

Mr.. Townley, his grating
gang Of political bucc cancers and
their small fry hireings and
echoes are vociferously pro-
claiming that they, and they
alone, represent the farmers Of
Minnesota, and that all those:
who refuse to support their pup
pets for office are opposed to the
farmers. AS a matter Of fact
only a small fraction Of the far
mers Of the state have identified
themselves with Townley and
his parasites. No one has ques-
toned the loyalty or patriotism
OF the rank and file Of the far
rpers who have been misled by
Townley's sophistries, but many,
do question his loyalty and the
loyalty of his principal lieuten-
ants, and with good reason, too,
as Townley himself is under in
dictment, so are others of his
gang, and several have already
been tried and convicted of dis
loyalty and sentenced to terms
of Imprisonment.
At the outbreak Of our trouble.
with Germany Townley's utter
ances were anything but patri-1
otto. But he speedily discovered
that the patriotic farmers Of the
state would not stand for any
thing that smacked Of disloyalty
and he changed his tune. The
leopard cannot change his spots,
and Townley's loyalty is still
doubted.
One of the few farmer men,
bers of the last legislature in
dorsed by Mr.. Townley and his
imported satellites was Hon.
James Cumming of Polk county,
whose farm is located near the
North Dakota line. Mr.. Cum
ming is of Scotch parentage and
a Canadian by birth, and. as is
typical Of men of his race, is en-
dowed with large stock of COM
mon sense, and no one who
knows him would dream of ques-
tioning his integrity. He was a
member Of The house at the last.
session Of the legislature, and he
also served in the house in
the 1899 and 1901 sessions. He
is a quiet and unassuming gen
tleman and not given to much
talking. But he is well informed
and a close observer and was
never known to vote for any
doubtful measure. Being a gem
uine farmer and, unlike Mr..
Townley, successful one, he has
ever been alert to promote the
best interests Of those who cul-
tivate the soil.
s
Although Townley has sue
ceeded in hoodwinking a con-
siderable number Of farmers in
Polk county he..could not hood
wink honest: James Cumming, as
the following letter to Charles
n......... - q sss4sss i
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-05-02
Good Old sherburne Does Well.

Good Old Shefburne Does Well.
Good old Sherburne county also
came to, the front in fine shape on the
Liberty loan. Every town and village
in the county over-subscribed tssquota
Clear Lake village had not made it's
final report. Annexed hereto is the
list by villages and towns:
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-05-02

E Sincere thanks are offered by The
family to those who rendered assis-
lance and sympathy to them in their
hour of sorrow.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-05-02

Eight Men to Entrain fer Columbus.
The following men will entrain at
Princeton for Columbus Barracks, Col
umbus, Ohio, on May g.:
Harry Leonard johnson, Milaca.
John Shingobe, Onamia.
Joel D. Olson, Milaca.
George Lunn, Princeton.
Edward Reps, Long Siding.
Elmer Anderson, Princeton.
q Carl August Johnson, Forestom
William D. Ferguson, Wahkon.
The Washington times., 1918-01-29
THREE CRACK CENTRAL ATHLETES TO
JOIN AVIATION AFTER GRADUATION

Three Of centrars championship foot
ball players are graduating this week
and expect to take examinations for the
aviation corps. The youngsters arc Jake
Macdonald, hdifback on the football
team Last fall; Charles Molstsr. left
tackle. and Jimmy stansneld. another
baekheld player.
The Central stars were expecting to
graduate In June. but have enough
counts to get their diplomas In the Feb
ruary class. An viii take examinations
for the aviation service and expect to
make q 20 Of IL
The best known Of the three IL Jake
Macdonald. who comea Of q long line Of
hAcdonAldb who have made athletic
history At Central for the past hftsen
yeara. Five brothers have been at Cen
trAl and ave have been baseball cap
tains and football players and captains
Macdonald = the fast or the clan Mac
donald to attend Central. and he sur
fered the athletic standard OF the Mac
dona1ds to drop not one bit during bis
four years At the institution. ',Jake"
MacdonaJS captained the baseball team
which N >the championship last spring
The Washington times., 1918-01-29
WASH|NGTONDOYS
MAKING GOOD FOR
NAW'SATHLEI|CS

Two Washington boys are making
good with q will at the Naval Aead-
emy this fall and winter on three OF
the athletic teams put out by Uncle
Sam for the midshipmen.
John Whelchel played quarterback
two years ago and fitted IN last fan
In the backfeld on Gilmour Dobie's
great scoring machine a. halfbaek-
whelchel has been out for basket
ball lately, where he seems to have
gotten q chance. On Saturday he went
in at forward for Olsen against Gal
Iaudet and scored . basket
The other lad IL Own Thompson.
who won ths--22o-yArd swimming
event against Prineeton's tank team
In the dual swimming meet In the big
Navy tank. Thompson IL rated as one
Of the fastest furlong swimmers In the
country.
He Is being Eroomed to take Dash
iers place in the sprints and appears
to be making good with 4 vengeance.
The last Washington lad to make good
at the Navy was Linton Herndon, a
former Central High School boy.
Herndon was q member OF the un-
beaten Navy relay team. He also cap
tured several events abroad, where
he swan in races while on the sum
mar cruise
The Washington times., 1918-01-29
That Little Two Cents
Means Much to MOguls
Throughout a Campaign

II the baseball magnGtes insist
on getting away with their fl
nancial troubles at the expense OF
the fans, and the fans stand for
It, q tidy sum of money will flow
into the Golfers OF the big league
clubs. What does that 2-cent raise
mean? Quite q bit.
II 5000 fans each day are will
ing to part with 80 cents for q
seat in the sun or IS cents for
q Erandstand seat, Uncle Sam will
obtain In war taxes 10 per cent
of the total taken in at the gate.
Well and good, no fan is going to
kick about giving his share to-
ward trimming the Kaiser.
But the ball clubs will collect
$7,70o at the end OF q season out
of those 2-cent raksoffs. allowing
for an average OF 5000 fans oc-
cupying the bleachers and grand
stand every day.
The Washington times., 1918-01-29
NAWLOOKEDFINE
AGAINST QU|NTETS
FROM WASHINGTON

Washington college basketball
teams certainly made the Navy quin-
tet look good this season II Billy
Lush's team could meet the local
quints In every game he would look
like = million dollars.
On points scored the Navy looked
to be just about four times - good
as any of the local teams which went
down to Annapolis to try the Navy
players out.
II anyone said that the Navy could
total 200 points against the four
Washington teams on the Navy sched-
ule this season he would be asked to
show the color OF his coin. Yet the
Navy has gotten no less than 2o6
points in four games against a measly
IS for the four combined teams.
Catholic University was beaten 81
to II; George washington was
trouncsd IS to Is; Georgetown lost q
40 to II contest, and Gallaudet was
bewildered by a 65 to II score.
The records show that the waph-
lnEton teams scored just fourteen
baskets against the Navy for a total
OF IS points, and that 30 points were
gained on free tosses. Gallaudet got
four baskets In the second half
against . third Navy team, George
town got 4, George Washington 3,
and Catholic University 3.
The Navy players fattened their
scoring record with 80 baskets
against GAllaudet; 70 against George
town: ~ against George Washington.
and II against Catholic University.
Boy, bury the records deep In the
archives.
The Washington times., 1918-01-29
FRANK MORAN TO TRAIN
AT SPARTANBURG CAMP

+ NEW YORK, Jan 2e.-FrAnk Mo.
ran, who meets Fred Fulton In 6
twenty-round bout at New Orleans
February ~, has gone back to CamT
Wadsworth, SpartanburE, s. c., where
he will do all his training. He be.
lieves that working out with his sol
diers, he will get into better physical
condition than he would by remain
ing in q gymnasium here.
Moran is certain In his own mind
that he will win from Fulton He
points to his own ruEEedness and to
Fulton's alleged lack OF gameness
over the twenty-round route he thinks
result.
The Washington times., 1918-01-29

on q prize package In McInnis, and
that little fellow will burn up the
Boston fans enthusiasm when they
see him here with his quiet, but
wonderful stun every day.
"'strunk, Bush, and Schang are all
stars OF the purest ray, and even
though q dozen men have been lost to
the team by picking out the Stars
and Stripes to work for rather than
the Red Sox, the Chicago White Sox
won't have any leGdpipe cInch ahead
OF them
"'But, speaking of trades and deals,
the one that brought Johnny Lavan
to the Senators isn't q bad one Dy any
means. There is a boy who surely
can play that short field, and well
miss Q mighty fine asset IL he goes
into the service. II he does enlist,
we'll have old GEORGE Mcbride to
fall back on, and George is q pretty
good man himself, even IL his lengthy
service makes many believe he iS the
right age for an entrance into the
Old Mems Home. George doesn't
knock the cover of the ball, but he
can go and get them with the best
ones around the short neld."
Tries AaSther Cobb.
The Tigers haven't tired Of the i'm
mortal Tyrus Raymond. but for all
that they are going to try out an
other Cobb this coming spring. He
Is Joe Cobb, q catcher with the Cum
berIand team. in the Blue Ridge
League last season.
Joe Cobb, who IL twenty-one years
old stands ave feet nine inches and
tips sthe beam at 175 poun -, cracked
tho apple in the Blue Ridge circuit
for an average OF .3SS. II was this
sturdy clouting that attracted the at
tention OF the Detpoit ivory .4unter,
not the name of Cobb. The Tigers
were already fairly well supplied with
Cobbs In Tyrus Raymond. It was
that .3s3 stun with the willow.
The Tigers backstoppipg brigade.
Oscar StAnaKe and Hack" Spencer,
IL aging rapidly. Stanage Is becoming
q candidate for the fat mems club.
while Spencer's comeback, remarkable
as It has been. will hardly continue
long. Hughey Jennings, in addition
to seeking pitchers. must find some
likely catchers, II his team would re-
main in the first division. Cobb Is
expected TO stick around for a while,
anyway. before sliding back for more
experience.
Tener Opposes Ban AEaIi-
John Kinley Tener, president Of
the National League. Is out once
again on the opposite side of an argu-
ment with Byron Bancroft johnson,
former boss of baseball and red
Cross rookie. Tener doesn't like Ban
Johnson's scheme of lifting the player
limit
allowing any club that 90 desires
10 carry thirty-nYe or forty players"
says Tener, isn't fair to the other
clubs that cannot AFFORD this excrh ex-
penss. So the National League will
try to help out the less fortunate
clubs by not permitting the weaIthier
clubs to carry . lot OF extra men.
"a rich club can hold on 70 half q |
The Washington times., 1918-01-29
TWO ROYAL TEAMS
MAKE FINE MARKS
INP|N SP|LLING

Heatless Monday has no terrors
for the Royals. Teams Of that name
rolling the little and big pins got
right into the going and set records
for the alleys in the engagements in
the Washington Tenpin and District
Duckpin League.
The Royals, In the tenpln circuit.
toppled over 2,e07 pins against the
Pioneers, getting 1,001, $50, and 956
in three games. The most consistent
work was done by Garrett and Harry
Krauss. whose sets totaled 622. Gar
rett got 246, 172, and 204: Rrauss
got 22s. 49s, and 100.
made 655. SIS, and 671, consistently
good bowling as has been recorded
on the alleys for three games this
season. The total Was 1884. High
honors were taken by Rider. who got
Ill. 125. and 100.
The Royals, in the duckpin circuit.
were UP against the Goodfellows.
who lost all three, but rolled games
Of better than 500 all the way. webb.
Of the GoodfelIows, got 146.
Harmony and Columbia made
III lno 1ah3OnlG
League outtof their engagements
with the Naval and New Jerusalem
teams.
The InElesides. evidently suffering
from a scare given the other night
In the league engagements, just man
aged to nose out the National Capt.
tails. The Inglesldes earned two out
of three by single pins only.
The Shavers took two oft OF three
from the Seventeenth Streets in the
Anacostia League. Palm Cafe bowl
ers did well enough in the Mt. Pleas
ant League to take two games from
the NeRtonS. Salvador bowlers
were ahead in two of the three
games with the Balboas in the X. OF
c. circuit, while Claims took three
from Concurrence in the Interstate
League.
The Washington times., 1918-01-29
GIANTS MAY LOSE KAUFF
IN NEXT CALL FOR ARMY

NEW YORK. Jan. 29.-The Giants
may lose Benny HAuff in the second
draft cali. The slugging outfielder
and nifty dresser has been placed In
class la by the officials.
Wilhoit Thorpe. and Young are
available for outneld duty. but not
one OF the trio even approaches Rauff
in ability. and q trade may be ensi-
neersd for q veteran outneldsr to re-
place Kauff