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Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1919-10-03

Th.5 agreement IL 10 extend over n
period Of nine years
Alfred BlAssE was awarded the
contract for constructing cement
walks along the property where the
owners OF the same have not laid the
walks previously ordered. His bsd
was si.2s per running foot.
The street committee was instrne,-
I'd TO get busy on the matter Of op-
eninE South Tenth street and BE- able
to make some kind Of a definite re-
poT, BY the next meetinr which 4 10
be held on Oct. rs.
The city engineer was instructed
10 prepare specifications for a bridge
across the Montpelier creek on JET
feEson street. 20 that BIDS Tor the
construction of the sane eoald Be
called for.
Altar allowing elAIms against the
efty ths eoaneil aAiournsd.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1919-10-03
Pig Club

Pure bred Duroc Jersey-First,
81; second, 81; third 75c; fourth,
a years subscription to "The Boys
and Girls Farm Leader"
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1919-10-03
MANY PREMIUMS FOR
THE COUNTY CLUB FAIR
Farm Bureau Juniors to Exhibit Work at Paris
on October 11Special Demonstrations for
Old and Young.

The date for the first annual club
( fair to be held by the boys and girls
4 clubs of Bear Lake county under the
Z direction of the county farm bur
eau is rapidly approaching. and the
young folks and their local leaders
are busy preparing for IT, The date
for the exhibit is October IL.
~ All actual club members are invit-
ed and are expected to send some
thing connected with their particular
line Of work to the exhibit.
During the day there will be an
exhibition of cheese making for the
benefit Of the women, a ,demonstra
tion on poultry culling by State Poul-
try Specialist Moore demonstration
in grain work for men: pig judging
contests by the boys; calf judging
contests and demonstration of can
ming by some of the demonstration
teams of the county.
In the. evening a big free enter
tainment is being planned, with each
community responsible for one num-
ber on the program.
The entire exhibit will be open to
the public and it is hoped that a
large crowd will be In attendance.
Following is the. premium list to
date:
Calf Club A-..
Pure bred cIass-1st, 50; second,
$3.50.
Grade class-First, $3.50; second.
$1.0O.
Sweepstakes-Firsl, So; second,
$3.50.
Poultry Club
Purebred birds, singles-First, 81;
second, 75c; third and fOdrth years
subscription to Farm Boys and
Girls Leader"
Purebred birds, pens Il male and
females)-First, $3.50; second,
81; third and fourth, years sub
scription to Farm Boys and Girls
Leader"
Sweepstakes-First, $500; second,
$1.OO; third, one years subscription
to The Montpelier Examiner.
Pig Club
Pure bred Duroc Jersey-First,
81; second, 81; third 75c; fourth,
years subscription to THE Boys
and Girls Farm Leader"
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1919-10-03

attention On his farm he special
lied in the breeding OF fast-blooded
stock. including race horses. He was
a pony express rider in the early six
ties from Salt Lake west into Ne
vaaa. ~-
The Princeton union., 1919-09-04
Captain Johnson Loops the Loop.

Captain Johnson Loops the Loop.
Captain A. H. Johnson, who accom-
panied Lieutenant, Bullock on an air
plane flight last Saturday, returned
to- Princeton on Monday. The plane
first landed at Browns field, Mime
apolis, making the trip from Prince
ton to that point in % minutes. From
there the airboat, with Lieutenant
Bullock and Captain Johnosn on board,
proceeded to the Shakopee fair, where
the customary maneuvers were per-
formed and the return trip was made
to Minneapolis.
In relating his experiences Captain
johnson said the sailing was not as
smooth as it seemed to the observer
standing on terra firma-in fact it was
rough riding. Every now and then
the plane would strike an airhole and
down it would go for a hundred feet
or more. He did not mind looping the
loop, but took no particular fancy to
the nose spinning stunts. This was
the first time Captain Johnson had
ascended into the clouds.
The Princeton union., 1919-09-04
Morris A. Nichols.

Morris A. Nichols died at the home
of his brother -in-law in north Prince
ton on August %. Funeral services:
were conducted by Rev. Milne on Aug
ust 26 and the interment was in Bald.
win cemetery. The cause of his death.
was diabetes and he was SO. years of,
age.
He came here from Remer, where
for II years he lived with his mother
on homestead, about a week before.
his death for medical treatment, but :
at that time the disease had pro-
gressed to a point where a cure was1
impossible. He was born in Baldwin.
and is survived by his mother, who
lives at Remer; five brothers Oscar
w., Logan, Bernie, Miles and Rays:
and three sisters Bessie Winger~.
Myrtle Balfanz and Alva Morris.
The Princeton union., 1919-09-04
Lightning Causes Heavy Loss.

Early Friday morning lightning
struck the barn of August Appel in
Bogus Brook township and resulted in
the destruction Of much property.
The building and about so tons of
hay, harness, etc., therein were de-
stroyed, as we'll as one horse being
killed and two burned to death. Out
side the barn eight COWS were struck
by the bolt and killed. There was a
large quantity Of grain stacked near
the barn, but neighbors, with the as
sistance of the rain, which was pour
ing down at the time, succeeded in
saving it.
Mr.. Appel was badly burned in en-
deavoring to save his horses, and his
aged mother also sustained injuries.
Two thousand dollars was allowed
Mr.. Appel on the policy he carried
in the Glendorado Mutual and the
farmers club turned over to him the
$25 award received from the county
fair.
The Princeton union., 1919-09-04

johnson Bros.-On black Polled
Angus cattle these awards were made:
1st on 3-year-old bull, 1st and End
on 3-year-old cow, LIST and I'd on g.
year-old bull, 1st and I'd on 6-months
old bull calf, 1st and I'd on 6-months-
old bull calf, 1st and I'd on 6-months-
old heifer calf, 1st on bull and A cows,
1st on bull and three of his gets.
Gust Dahlin-1st on Red Polled BULL
w. A. Webb & Sons-Shorthorns {:
1st on 2-year-old bull, 1st and I'd on
2-year-old grade heifers, 1st on l.
year-old grade heifer, 1st on bull calf
under 6 months, 1st on grade heifer
calf under months, 1st on bull and
three Of his gets.
Thomas Joseph-Shorthorns: LIST
on bull 1 year old, I'd on cow 2 years
old. ..
Sam Droogsma-Herefords: 1st on
bull years old, weight 1900 pounds;
1st and I'd on cow years old, .1st and
I'd on cow 2 years old, 1st and I'd on
heifer year old, 1st and I'd on heife1
calf under 6 months, 1st on herd con.
sisting of bull and four females, 1st
on bull with three of his gets, 1st and
I'd on grade dairy cows.
The Princeton union., 1919-09-04
Women's Department.

In the various sections of this de-
partment there we're displays far
above the average-in the canned
goods division, superintended by Mrs.
A. E. Allen; the bread division under
Mrs. Geo. P. Ross, and the needle
work section, under the superinten-
dence of. Mrs. E. K. Evens and Mrs.
C. H. Nelson. The women of Mile
Lacs county, as demonstrated by the
exhibits, are no slackers. Were the
mean men folks to apply themselves
as industriously to their vocations as
do their wives this would be a far
better country to live in. Then let us
all give the men-well, at any rate,
let us all give the women the praise
of which they are deserving for the
splendid exhibits they made at the
county fair.
The Princeton union., 1919-09-04
Next SUNDAYS Game.

Sunday, September z, at the Prince
ton fair grounds, there will be present
the far-famed Anoka ball team to
again try conclusions with Princeton,
and this should prove to be the real
baseball treat of the season. Anoka
has beaten the locals twice, and while
we do not wish to detract from the
credit due them one iota, we do wish
to. state that when these two teams
met on the former occasions Prince
ton was handicapped by the absence
of their big, heavy-hitting first base
man, Mons. Caley-he of Harvard and
navy fame. Mitchell, Dean and Andy
Anderson were not in the lineup in
either of these two games, and close
follower of the team estimates that
the Princeton club, as they played in
the Mora game at our fair, was a so
percent better outfit than that which
stacked up against Manager Cole
mans Anoka bunch before. Beckett
and Mitchell will do the battery work
in the coming contest, Dean will be at
third, and the two hard-hitting An
derson boys will be in the outfeld.
Anoka has string of fifteen victories
to their credit without skip, having
met and defeated some of the best
semi-pro teams in the state. They
are credited with having beaten Still
water, which is now playing series
of games with Brainerd for the semi
pro championship Of the state. It is
costing the management just a cool
, $500 to put on this game and it is
giving the local fans a chance to see
what should prove to be an exhibition
they can all talk about the rest of the
winter. Billy Hoke will act as UNI
pire-in-chief, and this means that the
game will be played absolutely &C.
The Princeton union., 1919-09-04
PRICES co HIGHER
Princeton Potato Market Active and
Steady With Good Demand
~ From Outside Points:
Hundreds of Wagonloads Daily Com
ing to Market and Shipments
Show Big Increase.

The local potato market has taken
on renewed activity during the past
few days in consequence of an al
vance in prices. While last weeks
prices ranged from $1.75 to $1.90,, the
quotations today are $2.45 to $2.4S
and the market is steady with a good
demand from outside points.
Growers are busy digging and haul
ing to the warehouses and buyers have
been kept busy taking in the hun
dreds of loads which are coming in
For a time the warehouses were prac-
tically filled with sacked potatoes and
buyers we're unable to cope with the
situation for the reason that short
age Of cars prevailed and the green
condition of the early varieties Of
stock would not permit of prolonged
storage. Under such conditions prices
were bound to decline they did,
But now relief has been obtained irIe
the shape of larger supply of cars
ClAuo cAldOAl1lS Cllc WdIc1OuScul01I w.
ship out the stock on hand and conse--
quently make room for that coming in
Then, again, the potatoes now being
received are ripper and can therefore
be placed in bins and held for longert
period Of time. !
Only early potatoes-Ohios and
Cobblers so far being marketed:
and the quality is fairly good. Far:
mers tell us that in some parts of the,
surrounding country the late varieties,
of potatoes will be small in conse-.
quence of lack of moisture in time and
of the prevalence Of various kinds of
diseases. However this may be-, it is
safe to say that the crop in this ter
ritory will be much lighter than that
of last year. .....
The Princeton union., 1919-09-04
County Commissioners.

An adjourned meeting of the Mile
Lacs county board of county commits
sioners was held at the court house
on Tuesday with all members in at
tendance. The board adjourned upon
the same day to Tuesday, October 2.
Upon motion it was decided to ap-
propriate the sum of $500 to the Mile
Lacs county agricultural society, Eek
dali and Axell voting no.
Three bids for the construction of
bridge No. $3.50, across Little Won
dell brook, in section 27, town of
Borgholm, were submitted, and that
of the Milaca Bridge company, being
the lowest, was accepted at price of
$1,690.
The auditing Of a number of bills
concluded the work of the session.
The Princeton union., 1919-09-04
Plum Pits Wanted.

There is a marked shortage this
year in the supply of native plum pits
used by nurserymen. Persons having
native plums should save all the pits,
says r. S. Macintosh, horticulturist
OF the agricultural extension division,
university of Minnesota. Pits must
not be injured by boiling or otherwise,
but should be taken from the fresh
fruit and dried. Information relative
to markets will be furnished by Mr..
Macintosh on request. They are not
to be used for making carbon for gas
masks, thank the Lord, but for rails
ing plum trees.
The Princeton union., 1919-09-04
Hotel and Other Licenses.

The state hotel inspection depart
ment requests that the following be
given publicity: .-.
All hotels and restaurants are re-
quired to have license.
All lodging or boarding houses hav-
ing accommodations for ten or more
guests are required to have license.
All places where confectionery, ice
cream, sandwiches, or drinks of vari-
Gus kinds are made, sold or served at
retail must have license, the fee for
which is $3.50.
The law provides a penalty of from
$25 to 500 or Imprisonment in the
county Jail for not more than 80 days
for failure to procure this license.
The Princeton union., 1919-09-04
A Big Homecoming Festival.

r. rsr
Returned service men from the
townships Of Glendorado, Greenbush,
Santiago and Blue Hill will receive
free dinner, cigars and other refresh
ments and be guests of the Glendorado
community next Sunday.
A few days ago, at mass meeting,
the citizens of the above named four
townships expressed a desire to in
some way show their appropriations
publicly of the sacrifices made by the,
young men that entered the service Of
the United States during the late war
The result of this meeting was that
committee was appointed to make
arrangements and conduct public.
reception.
Anderson's grove, near Glendorado~
store, was chosen as the place where.
this meeting should be held, and the
speaker who will deliver the Grafton
of the day will be one of statewide
reputation. Music will be furnished
by the Glendorado band and choir.
There will be ball game and other
sports.
The committee in charge has as=
surance that large number of people
will attend from different parts of the
counties of Mile Lacs, Sherburne and
Benton, besides big delegation from /,
the city Of St. Cloud.
The general public is most cordially
invited and ladies are requested to-
bring lunch. It is the intention of the
committee in charge, as well as the
community in general, to make this
red letter day and an occasion that :
will be long remembered.
Soldiers and sailors will please APP
pear in their uniforms.
Arrangement Committee,
The Princeton union., 1919-09-04
Grains and Grasses.

In this department, superintended
by r. D. Byers, there was an excellent
display of corn, small grains and
grasses, the corn ranking in size and
quality higher than this section of the
country has seen for quarter of a
century. Oats, wheat and rye were
good but corn is this year the real
king of cereals.
The Princeton union., 1919-09-04
Agriculture.

-.-,1S-s=- ...- agriculture.
The display in this department was
the largest for many year and the
exhibits were generally of an excellent
quality. Some potato exhibits did
not, however, come up to the usual
standard in consequence of unripeness
only early potatoes were on exhibi-
tion. Although the vegetable depart
ment is large there was none too much
room. Robert Clark, the Greenbush
gardener, carried off 21 first prizes
and II second, while John Schurrer was
awarded 1st for farm garden collec-
tion, R. c. Weldon I'd, and c. H. Ber-
ry 3rd, and Andy Bavier special 1st
for city garden exhibit. It is matter
of impossibility to give full list Of
the prize takers so numerous were
they. J. C. Thompson represented
this department, in which there were
800 exhibits.
The Princeton union., 1919-09-04
WAHK0N GOES DOWN
AS Predicted, Lake Country Team,
Playing Out of Its Class, is
Crushed by Roller.
Anska Will Play Here Sunday and
Find Itself Up Against Stag
gering Proposition.

As announced at the fair the Prince
ton team took on the winners of the
Saturday game between Wahkon and
Onamia on the following Sunday.
Wahkon happened to be the unfortu-
nate who had to go up against Mana
ger Hoff's bunch of fence busters, and
the things they did to the lake coun-
try team is a matter that should be
investigated by the next grand jury.
It wasn't ball game, it was crime.
Princeton started their devilish career
right in the opening round and jumped
onto Herr Larson for a pair Of hits,
which, coupled with several boots by
the Wahkon infeld, netted the locals
two runs. The aforesaid Larson
weathered the second spasm without
further damage, although Mushel
nicked him for a double. The storm
broke out again in the next round
when Galley led off with a double,
Moose Anderson kicked in with a
triple, Mitchell doubled, Andy Ander-
son was hit with a pitched ball and
Mushel came through with another
triple. The upshot of this carousal
was total of four more runs. The
Wahkon manager still thought that
Larson was their best bet, and he was
allowed to go another round before he
was derricked and replaced by one of
their own local boys. Five runs
trickled across the plate in this frame
and the slugfest sounded like the
'bombardment of the Dardanelles. For
three innings the new pitcher held the
locals scoreless but in the eighth they
broke out again and touched up the
youngster for five hits, two of which
were triples and one double. These
punched hits, together with a base on
balls and several fielding errors, net
ted the Princetonians six more runs
and brought the grand total up to II.
Beckett was in the fighting top of
Captain Bob's crew and refused to
give the visitors look-in at home
plate. Two hits was the best they
could do with his offerings, and he
struck out nine of the opposing bat
ters and only walked one man. The
big fellow was invincible and was 60
ing stronger in the closing rounds
than he was at the start of the game.
Mitchell and Moose Anderson did the
going at top speed every minute. Lar
son, who has pitched good ball for
Onamia this season and lately jumped
his contract for a more attractive Of
fer from Wahkon, was duck soup fo1
the Princetonians, and they fattened
their batting averages to the gorging
point on what the wild Scandinavian
had to offer. 1t was manslaughter in
the first degree, and the Wahkon man.
. ager finally took pity on the tow.
headed one and pulled him out o1
the box. Final score, II to 0.
The Princeton union., 1919-09-04
Farmers Clubs

Two of the very best exhibits at the
fair were displayed by the farmers
clubs of Bogus Brook and Cove
first named being in charge of Mr..
and Mrs. A. Bragge and Mr.. and Mrs.
M. B. Anderson and the second of Mrs.
Bachman and Mrs. Griffiths. Philip
Woodward and Mr.. Freer came down
The Princeton union., 1919-09-04
Some Fall.

She-What do you think of the new
nursemaid, dear?
He-She looks capable, my dear,
but she is so terribly tall. Think
whata distance poor baby will have to
fall when she drops him.
The Princeton union., 1919-09-04

annual fair of the Mile Laos
County Agricultural society. Last
year there were adverse circumstances,
such as rains, which placed the coun-
try roads in bad condition and ham
pered the bringing in Of exhibits;
early frosts which damaged some of
the vegetables, and the drawbacks
caused by the war which deprived
the farmer of help. Then there was
the lateness of the season of holding
our county fairs heretofore, which
usually resulted in the prevalence of
inclement weather when they were
held. This year, however, the board
of directors designated an earlier date
for the exposition-before instead Of
after the state fair-and in this they
are deserving Of credit. AS a result
of the change the fair was held during
the good weather period instead of
the bad. Had the weather conditions
throughout the four days been manu-
factured to order they could not have
been better. so"
On Thursday, until late at night, the
various departmental superintendents
were kept busy registering and plac-
ing the exhibits in the various classes.
There were exceptionally fine displays
in all departments-bett than any
exhibited in Princeton for many years.
This was due largely to the perse-
verance of the management in it's ef-
forts to make the fair the best ever.
No stone was left unturned to effect
this end and the anticipated and pre-
dicted end was reached.
Friday was, as usual, the biggest
day in point Of attendance, while
Thursday and Saturday were lighter
in this respect.
The admission ticket sales were as
follows: Thursday, $347; Friday, ST.
84o.13; Saturday, 478.75; total $685.
88. Sale of privileges, $3O7.25. Grand
total, $2,973.13. -<-
One of the most attractive displays
was collection Of war accoutrements
brought from Europe by our soldier
boys, which the Red Cross was instru-
mental in getting together. The ex-
hibit consisted of German, French and
English steel helmets, rifles, swords,
gas masks for men and horses, and
various other souvenirs brought from
overseas. This department was SUI
perintended by Mrs. J. C. Herdliska
and Mrs. j. F. Peterson attired as
Red Cross nurses.
The amusement features of the fair
excelled in variety any ever intro
duced, and this, of course, constituted
a source of attraction. They included
bicycle riders who performed various
fancy stunts on freak wheels, trained
bear and dog performers and, last but
not least, the ascension of Lieut. Bull
lock in an army airboat. This air.
plane flew down from the Mora fair
and later another arrived from Minne-
apolis, but this returned to that point
and, in consequence of repair work
needed on the blimp, did not again
makes it's appearance in Princeton.
However the other machine made some
fine flights over the village, ascending
to height of couple of miles and
performed all sorts of capers in the
air, such as looping the loop, nose
spins, etc. 1t did not take passengers
on it's aerial flights, however. Before
it departed for Minneapolis on Satur-
day afternoon Captain Johnson en-
tered the machine as a guest of Lieu
tenant Bullock and, following an ex-
The Princeton union., 1919-09-04
DEPARTMENTAL EXHIBITS.

DEPARTMENTAL EXHIBITS.
= Displays in every department were
of high quality with the exception of
potatoes, which in some instances were
green. However, there were some fine
specimens of these tubers placed on
exhibition. Taking the premium list
as printed we will begin with
Horses. ..
Robert Noeske was awarded first
prize on 2-year-old and three-year-old
geldings. ...
Johnson Bros. received first award
on draft chunk. ~
VIM. Hannay pulled first on Shet-
land pony. 4
Sam Droogsma was awarded first
on draft yearling colt, second on a
yearling colt, and first on a Morgan
mare and colt.
W. H. Gebert won second prize on
a draft team and second on 4-year-old
draft mare.
Gust Kuhlman drew first prize on
Percheron stallion.
Mrs. Verne Stewart was awarded
first on light driving horse and second
on saddle horse.
c. F. McGonagle drew second on
general driving team.
F. c.. FOltz cantl1red first for
French draft stallion.
Henry Droogsma received second
for road horse
P. w. Jensen was awarded first for
general purpose team.
Tom Yotten was superintendent of
this department.
The Princeton union., 1919-09-04

cording to Hoyle-or Hoke. We want
to see the best team win in a good,
clean exhibition and, moreover, we
want you all to turn out and see this
battle that you have all longed for and
clamored for since Princeton struck
their real baseball stride. Game
called at 3 p. m. sharp.
The Princeton union., 1919-09-04
Solid Satisfaction.

There are people you know who,
take more. solid satisfaction out Of
the troubles of others than they dos
out Of their own joys.
The Princeton union., 1919-09-04
Fruits and Flowers.

There were remarkably fine dis
plays of fruits and flowers in Mrs. H.
C. Cooney's and Mrs. N. A. Stacey's
departments. Apples of all varieties
were especially in evidence this year
and they were Of excellent quality.
There were also plums, cherries,
strawberries, grapes, etc., and the
flowers were the most magnificent we
have ever observed at the county ex-
position. -
The Princeton union., 1919-09-04
Sheep and Swine.

In these departments every pen was
filled with high-class animals, the
hogs predominating, and every ex-
hibitor carried away either a blue or
a red ribbon. The display was the
finest ever seen at the Mile Lacs coun-
ty fair. L. G. Byers was superin-
tendent. ..