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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-08-08
Farmers, Take Notice.

Recently concern has come into
existence known as the federal Farm
bureau" with branch Offices through
out the country, one Of which is located
in the city Of St. Paul.
The executive committee of the Mile
Laos County Farm bureau wishes to
announce that this concern has no con-
nection whatsoever with the County
Farm bureau movement in this county
or elsewhere.
The County Farm bureau movement
is organized to cooperate with state
and government in conducting food
production campaigns and in promot-
ing permanent Improvement Of agri-
culture and farm home life.
AS near as can be learned the prin-
cipal business Of the federal Farm
bureau is to sell a<so-called farm ac-
counting system which is quoted at
SIS. It is well to state that certain
testimonials have been secured by this
concern from government officials adj
vocating farm accounting, particularly
in connection with income tax report
ing, by which it appears the concern
may be attempting to represent to
farmers that its system had been es-
pecially Endorsed by the federal gov
eminent.
The Farm Bureau executive commit
tee does not want to be understood to
desire to do any injury to the concern
issuing this account book or to dis
courage anyone from keeping farm ac-
counts. 1t simply desires to make it
clear that it has no relationship with
the concern.
It is we'll to state that simple and
practical farm account book was re-
Gently prepared by the Agricultural
Extension division, University Farm,
st. Paul, and distributed at a cost Of
ten cents each. Many Of the bankers
Of the state have been cooperating in
distributing these books. More in
formation can be obtained from Carl
M. Sholin, Secretary Treasurer Coun-
ty Farm Bureau association, Milaca.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-08-08
Princeton Red Cross Work.

The American Red Cross has pro-
vided that it's workers shall after a
stated time be entitled to wear on
their regulation Red Cross aprons and
caps certain emblems designating the
number of hours spent on Red Cross
~ .sprk *. ;. ,o,,u.. .,,o,,+ a;+har ), VOL,
Il, a Red Cross workroom or in knit
ting, or both, worker is entitled to
wear an emblem on the front of her
apron, after u hours she may wear
an emblem on the front of her cap,
and after 1872 hours service stripe
may be worn on her sleeve or pocket
Each pair of socks turned in credits
the knitter with IA hours work, and
MANY of those whose names appear in
the list have won the honors entirely,
or almost entirely, by knitting, as some
Of the women of Princeton have re-
sponded nobly to the call for knitters.
But as a whole Princeton women
are inclined to be slackers when it
comes to sewing for the soldiers.
Our workroom is scarcely ever filled
to capacity, and unless there is better
response to work Princeton faces the
dishonor of falling far short Of it's
quota of sewing for the summer.
There is more and more work all
the time as the war goes on, just as
the brave boys fighting for US are
enduring more hardships and have
~STe work to do all the time.
Besides our quota of sewing which
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-08-08
Pfthy, Pointed and Pertinent.

Here are two pointed paragraphs
from the Wahkon Enterprise, and
most Of the Mile Laos county readers
Of the Union will have no trouble in
locating the editor referred to: !;
One who has disgraced the Ameri-
can uniform by an attempt to work
graft deal on the government is ut
terly unfit to be honored or entrusted
with a position in any law-making
body. The propensity to graft Is
bound to break out sooner or later
and the peoples interests are never the.
first consideration of such being. If
full justice were done such a one
would be enclosed by the walls Of
Fort Leavenworth and loyal public
would be spared the idle vaporings of
a disgruntled mind, /
There is a very noticeable lack Of
consistency in the attitude of the fsl~
low who boasts of President Wilson'S
craftsmanship and Americanism in one
breath and in the next blatantly con-
dennis Gov. Burnquist for the same
traits. Perhaps we should have used
the word column instead of breath. for
it was in one of our exchanges that we
noticed the inconsistency.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-08-08
Church Democracy.

We have entered the world war for
democracy. Our boys have gone into
the army and navy, our girls have be-
come Red Cross nurses and our moth
ers and sisters have worked at home
to make. our armies more efficient. All
this is being done so that the polit-
ical world may be knit together by
the bonds of human freedom. No
questions are asked by the boys on the
firing line in regard to church rela-
tionship. They know only one thing
brotherhood. They are willing to
light and die together for that princi-
pie. The chaplain, regardless Of
creed, knows but one thing as he
bends over the broken, bleeding body
of one Of the boys. He is a brother.
The different nations, regardless of
former conceptions, are now bound to-
gether and are fighting side BY side
for the greater idea. They have had
q vision. Yet here we are at home I'M
able or unwilling to learn our lesson.
In Princeton there are two bodies
that should get together Meth
odists and Congregationalists. In
preaching to and mingling with them
the last month, am convinced plan
could be devised. We worship the
same God, sing the same songs and be-
lieve in the same great essentials. We
will all worship with Rev. J. Geer of
the M. E. church this month. Why not
under one pastor all the time?
We are wasting money and energy
the very thing for which we have
been berating our government. We
keep up and pay insurance on two
sets Of buildings; in the winter two
furnaces eat up money in the form OF
coal. Two janitors are paid and two
ministers are supported. ask you
friends of both churches, If you think
it a very shrewd program.
Your business is to build up the
kingdom Of God. To do this it will
iequ lile Ill your spare money, your
energy and united strength. Can we
any longer afford to dilly daily along
Can we play Christian as children
play house? No. It is too serious a
matter. Let US maAe God instead OF
our denomination our leader. We may
pray for political unity, but it will
never come until we who pray first
have Christian unity.
w. B. Milne.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-08-08
Blanchett Hotel Wiped Out.

Last Thursday morning the Blan-
chett hotel at Elk River was destroyed
by fire. The fire started in the roof
Of the building about 6 a. M, and
burned so fiercely that there was little
salvage, in fact some of the guests had
a close call in getting out unscathed.
The original building was erected by.
Samuel Colson in 1867, and additions
had been added to it. 1t was a land
mark in Elk River, and was a rendez-
vous for the old timers in days gone
by.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-08-08
Federal Tax on Autos.

A federal graduated excise tax on
the use Of automobiles running from
$40 a year on cars originally retailed
at not exceeding $500 to $50 tax on
$4,000 cars and $40 additional for each
$500 above $4,000 was agreed on by
the house ways and means committee,
which is framing the new $4,000 ,OOO,-
600 revenue bill.
The tax applies directly to the
owners, while the tax of 10 per cent
on gross sales of automobiles and 5
per cent on gross sale of automobile
trucks, applies to the manufacturers,
producers and importers Of cars. The
tax on use Of cars is based on the
original retail listed price Of the cars
regardless of the year of manufacture.
The committee also agreed to a tax
of cents per gallon on the production
of gasoline and a federal excise tax
of SIS year on the use Of motorcycles.
Members of the committee said that
while the manufacturers tax and the
owners tax are differentiated, it is
generally believed the owners ulti-
mately will have to pay all the tax,
the manufacturers passing on the tax
in increased prices. The automobile
and motorcycle excise tax is expected
to yield approximately $125, OOO, 900
and the gasoline tax sac, OO0, 900.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-08-08
Fiddle D. ..

Young Fiddle was a very learned
man and his friends were all disap-
pointed, not to say surprised, when he
refused to accept the degree Of doc
tor of divinity. One Of his colleagues
tackled him on the subject.
All, well, " replied the learned young
man, sits enough to be named Fiddle,
without being Fiddle d. d."
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-08-08

keep 1000 aviation mechanics con-
stantly on reserve subject to call when
needed. Farmers may enlist now and
receive q furlough Of from 80 to Sc
days to assist in the harvest.
Men are urgently needed by the
navy department in the following
branches: Apprentice seamen, fire.
men, shipfitters, boilermakers, yeo-
men. and aviation mechanics.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-08-08
Special Calls.

The following men have been select
ed by the local board to entrain for
the places named on the dates speci-
fed: i ial5s. Is $50
August IA, to indianapolis for train
ing as chaufeurs-
Edward W. Talen, Milaca, R. 4.
Nimrod E. Hanson, Milaca.
Robert H. Esterson, Milaca.
August Is, to state university for
mechanical training
ssChas. viii, Milaca, R. 8.
Carl Broberg, Milaca, R. 8.
Victor E. Weberg, Milaca.
Albert l. Nelson, Princeton.
August Is, to state agricultural col
lege for mechanical training
Edward Henschel, Princeton, R. 2.
Patrick M. McGraw, Wahkon.
Leonard M Birkeland, Wahkon.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-08-08
New Insignia of Honor.

a gold star on black band worn
on the. left arm is the new insignia
of honor for Americas parents whose
sons have given their lives for liberty
and their country. It has been in
dorsed by President Wilson. One star
may be worn for each son sacrificed.
Gold metal or cloth may be used.
The band should be three inches wide.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-08-08
Why Not Enlist in the Nayv7

The age limit Of men who can en-
list in the navy has been raised to
40 years, and all men who enlist in
aviation mechanics will be released on
inactive duty subject to cal. The reg
ular weekly quota for the district Of
Minnesota Of 40 smen per week has
been changed so that any number may
enlist.
The Bureau of Navigation hopes to
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-08-08
COUNCIL P 2. R ES
Report Of Committee for the Sale
Of the Village Of Princeton
Light and Power Plant.
Special Election for Voters to Pass
Upon the Proposition Ordered
for Tuesday, August 20.

AT the regular monthly meeting of
the village council last night the most
important matter which came up for
consideration was the reading and
passing upon Of the ordinances COW
Eering the proposed sale Of the Prince
ton light and power plant to the Elk
River Light & Power company.
The committee heretofore appointed
by the council to conferzwith -represen-
fatives Of the Elk River Light e.
Power company to report to the coun-
Gil their recommends ions as to the
form and conditions Of a franchise and
other necessary contracts, submitted
written reports in the form Of ordi-
nances, which were recommended for
passage. The report of the committee
was read by Village Attorney Skahen
and, after due consideration by the
council, ordinances 105 to 1O8, in
elusive, were adopted and passed and
a special election ordered to be, held
on August 20 (between the hours Of
9 a. M, and 5 p. n.y. as provided in
ordinance 108, for the purpose Of SUBJ
hitting to the voters for approval the
sale Of the Princeton power and light
plant as provided for in ordinance 1O7
Notice Of special election was or
|dered published and posted. The COM
|mittee presenting the report consisted
Of s: ?. Skahen, village attorney;
Fed Newton, councilman, and G. a.
Jack, member Of the village light and
power commission.
The ordinances as submitted and APP
proved are printed in this number Of
the Union.
x A request from DR.. Cooney to move
The Randall building to the North
western hospital grounds was granted.
The council decided to renew the
insurance. policy for village employees,
and the auditing Of number Of bills
concluded the work of the session.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-08-08
Albert A. Moey.

Albert A. Moey, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
F. f. Moey of Glendorado, died at the
Northwestern hospital on Thursday,
August 1, aged 33 years. The cause Of
death was haemophillia. He is sur
vived by his. wife and four children.
Funeral services we're held ON Sum
day and the interment was in Oak
Knoll cemetery.
Mr.. Moey was an Industrious far
mer who was highly respected in the
community where he resided.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-08-08
s men GO TOMORROW
Entrain at Princeton at 1892 and
Proceed to jefferson Barracks
for Big Gun Practice.
Calls Received by Local Registration
Board for Ten Men to Leave
August Ia and Is.

. i ~ 2 : u
Tomorrow (Friday) morning eight
Mile Laos county boys will leave for
Jefferson barracks, near st. Louis, Mo-,
where they will go into training for
the coast or heavy artillery. The
names and addresses of those assigned
to this training camp are hereunder
given:
Warren Henderson, Milaca.
Ira Starkenburg, Pease.
George Aldrink, Pease.
Glen Oliver, Onamia.
Adolph Ahlgren, Milaca, R. 1.
Bert Youngstrom, Milaca, r. l.
Oscar Halgren, Milaca.
Ernest Pape, Princeton.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-08-08
Drowned in Rum River

While taking dip in Rum river,
near the mouth Of Green Lake brook,
on Sunday, William Nyquist, who lived
near, West Point, was drowned. It is
supposed that he became entangled in
q snag in one Of the holes in the river
and was unable to extricate himself
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-08-08
His Annual Addition.

Hotel Clerk-W Would you like room
with bath?
Farmer Cornshucks Certainly not!
Me birthday anniversary was on July
20 and a man is fool to wash more
than once year. When ma scrubs
me back every time I get year older
! kalkerlate kin keep in puffickly
healthy condition.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-08-08
Daley Town Bonds.

In another column appears an adj
vertisement asking for bids for S., 1000
bonds Of the town Of Daley. Part Of
the bonds are to be used in canceling
floating Indebtedness and part for
the construction Of roads and bridges.
The bonds are good safe investment.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-08-08
Two Go to Syracuse.

Jacob Franseth of Book and Walter
Hoffman of Princeton left here on
Monday morning for Syracuse, N. Y,
to train under the limited service reg
ulations. Something like 200 men
from Minnesota entrained for the same
place upon that day.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-08-08
sHunhusker' Division Moves.

.Hmhusker' Division Moves.
The ssHunhusker, !" or 88th division
Of the national army, approximately
10000 strong, has left Camp Dodge
for destination not divulged. The
training Of a new unit has begun at
the camp.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-08-08
Call for 1000 Men From State.

A9OOO OAN~
A new draft call for 1000 Mime
sofa registrants was received on Mon
day by Adjutant General w. F. Rhi-
now from Provost Marshal Crowder.
These men must entrain in the five
day period beginning August 26 for
Camp Grant, Rockford, Ill.
Allotments to local board will be
made in manner to interfere the
least with industrial and agricultural
conditions.
The virtual exhaustion Of Class 1
by earlier calls, say draft officials, will
make the filling Of this new call par
ticularly difficult and in consequence
Saagistrants of the 1918 list will likely
be indicted.
The new call today makes total
Of 5,427 now ordered entrained on the
proposed total Of more than 10000 to
be called this month from Minnesota.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-08-08
NOTES.

Sixty-seven men of the 1918 regis
tration class were examined by DR..
Galley last week and about 10 per cent
failed to pass the test.
Loren C. Babcock Of Borgholm left
on Monday for Fort Howard, Md, to
ioin the Baltimore coast artillery.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-14
The Men Who Came Back
copyrighted by the British Canadian
Recruiting Mission)


After ten days in the old country
Scotland--I returned and got right into
the thick of it in the Sanctuary Woods
fight in the third battle of Ypres. When
that was over there was only one OF.
ficer Of the company left That night
June 2, 1915, we reorganized the com.
pany and got the trench in good shape
in case of counter-attaCk. Then | sent
a corporal and three men out to "No
Mans Land" to try to bring in some of
our wounded men. The next night 7
wanted to go myself. / was acting
sergeant major and helping out a friend
of mine. l took six men and reported
to my friend, who was also my supe.
rior officer, what I was going to do
He didn't want me to risk it and turned
me down cold. l put ii up to him this
way that some of our boys were lying
out there without food and without
water for two days and two nights.
But my friend could not see it. "If
you go out there you 20 without my
orders" | thanked him and said: This
is quite good enough for me" and went,
While we were carrying on" out there
a bullet hit me in the knee joint. We
carried on for half an hour or so more,
and the knee stiffened and would not
bend I had to go back to the trench.
one Of the men we were hunting for
turned up a prisoner OF war in Ger.
many Two more men came back into
the front line trench after being five
days and five nights without water ex.
cept what they could get out Of shell
holes and what food they could find in
the haversacks of dead soldiers. These
two were later discharged and are now
living in Edmonton.
might have been court.martialed un.
der some conditions for disobcyng my
superior officer, but instead of that 7
got the military medal for that nights
work
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-14

Contributed by Francis ]. Oppen.
heimer to the National Security
Leagues campaign of Patriotism
Through Education)
The victory of Germany would mean
the cruciflxion of the highest dreams or
man. for with the broadening of her
political border would come narrow
ng-automatiCally-o all human hope,
and the ultimate extinction of every
ideal treasured in and created by the
spirit of man. Such an eclipse would
be the great tragedy, Matter, as mat
ter, would be enthroned canonized, del
fled and the lie given to that band OF
holy men, the prophets, who syid they
saw God face to face" and the benefit
of the doubt withdrawn from those
other holy men, the gods Of the intel
lect, Plato down to Kant, who through
out ages, spite OF everything. have kept
an altar.light before the Unknown.
And the sweet dream of Jesus would
become lost!
Freedom Of thought-more precious
than freedom of action--would forever
fade from the fair earth. Loyalty
would be in us, but no faith religion.
but our spirit dead Worse than all
this, we would become like the machine
made Germans themselves. efficient but
with no perception. Witless manikins
ALL goose.stepping against a leaden sky.
And our masters would be as cowardly
aggressive to US as to the other sub.
iect races, until in our enforced docility
we, too, would cry out for our brothers
blood
The domination OF Roman law mar.
rowed all Roman consciousness, so that
these conquerors had to ape Greek cul-
ture and initiate or steal the Greek de-
signs. So has German military law
crippled all German consciousness, man
ufacturing, at the same time, race Of
mental peryerts with minds so over.
trained that the tail Of the fatherland
wags at the professional logic Of its
Wilhelmstrasse bureaucrats. German
reasoning is not European or American
reasoning, making for confusion all
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-14
THE LONDON BUS.

Christian Science Monitor: The time
hOnored traditions of the London bus
refuse to keep pace with the swift
change in mundane affairs. Compare
lively speaking. it seems but yestrday
when one could Chamber perilously to
the boXseat of the two-horse bus and
pass the time a day" with cheery
rubicund driver. Tourists, Americans
especially. We're confidently assured. by
knowing guidebOOks and wiseacrcs at
home who had tried the trick, that the
from which to view London. It required
only a little judicious palm oil' 10
turn the chip" into a wonderful
"cicerone and friend" who, in the
choicest Cockncyese, would point out all
the landmarks and regale one with the
latest gossip of town. But the era of
the high front rail and tie cross seats
between the driver and the inquisitiVe
passenger. The boxseat grew narrower
and narrower, and dropped lower and
lower, until one day Jehu and his horses
vanished, and there sat, behind the low
dashboard Of the motor bus, a grim
grimy-handed chauffeur solitary and
monosyllabic. On the step of the bus
however, there still fingered the time.
honored conductor whose caustic VIII
and saucy banter both Punch and Barry
Pain have made famous. The omnibus
company presently deCked him out to
uniform. At once he grew superclious
His CHEEKY call "Benk! Benk! All the
wye for a penny" ceased to tempt the
pedestrian to sport copper for a ride,
and when the war broke out he donned
the khaki and gallantly gave way TO
London's latest creation, the girl con
iuctor
1t took some time for the SURPRISED
public TO accept this startling innOva-
ton. She was a neat, trim young per-
son, in short-skirted uniform, peaked
cap, and leggins The ticket puncher
was swung over her shoutuer like q
handoleer, and sfI punched the tickets
for her fares" in a manner altogether
businesslike and methodical. She was
proof against all the badinage Of the
sidewalk, and soon proved herself equal
to every occasion. She could haul in
passengers running alongside the NOV
ing bus with easy dexterlty; she could
push ladies up the narrow steps to the
top without turning a hair, and her
minatory reminder, Full up on topr'
recalcitrant fares" learned to obey i'm