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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1919-04-03
Bonds, Taxes or Both.


The following, from the St. Paul
Dispatch, is particularly timely and to
the point:
The patriotic orator these days
faces the difficulty Of alighting upon
some new argument, reason or in
ducement for subscribing to Liberty
bonds. No field of effort has been
more thoroughly covered. Secretary
of the Treasury Glass had no new one,
but he had the good old one that it is
better to lend the government money
at fair rate Of interest than to pay
the government money in the form of
taxes. People will agree to this.
Thoughtful people, with a conception
of the tax burden of the present and
the near future, would prefer to see
the government look more to bond pro-
ceeds and less to immediate taxation,
thus distributing the burden more
equitably.
In one sense, it is all the same. 1t
might be reasoned that there is little.
difference between paying the war
bills directly and Immediately by tax
alton and paying the bonds by ulti-
mate taxation. The people must pay,
in either case, but in the latter there
is time extension and the same peo-
pie might not do the paying or might
do it in more favorable circumstances.
The criticism is that the governments
policy calls for heavy taxes and heavy
bond subscriptions at the same time.
Possibly this has escaped Secretary
Glass attention.
However, this bond issue must be
placed and, as the secretary says, the
successful popular subscription calls
for citizenship and patriotism
higher and more devoted than when
the war spirit ran strong and the ma
TONS sword was drawn. That is what
the northwest must display to be true
to it's traditions.-St Paul Dispatch.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1919-04-03
Smoothing It Over.

Young man in khaki (at the con-
cert)-Did you ever hear such hor-s
ribly discordant, ear-splitting
Old gentleman-Sir! That's my eld-
est daughter singing!
Young man in khaki II was about to
say, sir, such an ear-splitting clatter
as those idiots behind us are making.
Why, I can't hear single word of
the song!
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1919-04-03
Little Mary Turned the Trick.

One evening when little Mary had
fractured one of the rules governing
table behavior she was removed from
the family board and made to eat her
dinner at little table in a corner.
Her presence was ignored by the other
members of the family.
After a period of silence the family
heard her giving thanks. 81 thank
Thee, Lord, for preparing for me a
table in the presence Of mine enemies"
And that was the last time Mary ate
away from the family table. Every
body's Magazine.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1919-04-03
Lifelong Chums.

A rather different meaning from
the one conveyed was intended by
the old lady who said to her friends:
"No man was better calculated to.
Judge of pork than my poor husband
was. He knew what good hogs were,
for he had been brought up with 'em
from his Childhood Pittsburgh
Chronicle Telegraph.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1919-04-03

We are living in an age when the
ridiculous is fast superseding the sub
lime. And why not a league Of
asses ?' Chisago Press.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1919-04-03
Roads to Come Into Their Own.

Railroad corporation presidents,
banished when the government took
over the control Of their properties,
are soon to come into their own again
and resume active management Of the
operation Of their lines, according to-
plans being developed By Director Cen
eral Hines and his advisors, it was re-
ported from an authoritative source
this week. ST.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1919-04-03

We do not, like to borrow trouble,
but we are frightfully afraid that
while we are making Europe safe for
democracy, the party will lose every.
postoffice in the United States.
Houston Post. &.sS
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1919-04-03
OPINIONS OF EDITORS.
Why Not?

Why Not?
We are living in an age when the
ridiculous is fast superseding the sub
lime. And why not a league Of
asses ?':-C hisago Press.
X X y:
A Pending Calamity.
We do not like to borrow trouble
but we are frightfully afraid that
while we are making Europe safe for
democracy, the party will lose every:
postoffce in the United States.
Houston Post. ...z
* * X
No; Creel is Still Doing Chores.
George Creel, the man who has
made some reputation for maligning
the people of Minnesota, announces
thatihe has retired from serviceswith
the administrators committee on
public information. Can it be pos
sible that President Wilson has. final
ly separated himself from one Eof his,
most faithful and infamous bench:
men detroit Record. {:
X X X si' -, B; ]. :,
And Hank Paid for the Advertising.
Henry Ford, in his new weakly,
says the daily press is controlled"
and Corrupt" No, Henry, just down.
right silly. For instance, they let the
press associations load on them last
week million dollars worth of free
Ford advertising by disseminating a,
romantic story of a new flivver. that
is going to sell at. the five and: ten
cent Unconstitutional Republican,.
Spreading Their Poison.
Having "socialized" North Dakota
Townley and his socialist bunch are
now invading adjoining states,
spreading their poison of class hatred,
not forgetting the sixteen dollars per.
The two months spent in Bismarck,
telling the farmer legislators how to
vote, must have cost a lot of money
aud more suckers are wanted to make
the wheels go 'round.-Preston Times.
* y: X =.
Members Of the state legislatures
who had expected, by virtue of their
exadited position as lawmakers, to ride
free on railroads while all other peo-
pie paid fare, or walked, have had
their expectations knocked into a
cooked hat, classically speaking. The
proposed measure was killed by pre-
ponderance Of opposing votes in the
house. And it deserved it's fate
Red Wing Eagle. VS.;
~
X X * -. n =.
Awaking From Their Slumbers.s Z"
Several members of congress have
just awoke to the fact that a num-
Der of men who formerly held minor
railroad positions before the govefhA
ment took charge Of the railroads
are now receiving the princely salar-
les of $4,000 and $4,000 annually
as members of the managing board of
directors. What seems to get the
goats Of these congressman is that
men never heard of before in rail-
road circles are receiving more pay
than members of congress.-Red Wing
Eagle. ~
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-06-10
LEGLESS MEN FORM CLUB
Will Also Work for Advancement of
State Laws-Organize Baseball


Oakland. Cal.-The Willow Tree
Club has been formed here for the
benefit OF men and women who have
had the misfortune to lose one or more
limbs The object of the organization
Is to improve conditions for wcarers
of artificial limbs, to assist them in
securing employment, and to teach I'M
tortunatos the worth of manmade ap.
pendages.
The club will also work for the en-
forcomcnt of the State laws requiring
safety devices for machinery in fac
measures designed to prevent acct
dents. lis officials viii cooperate with
the Industrial Accident Board Of Cali.
foynia in securing data in regard -
the causes of industrial accidents
1t is estimated that there are about
SIX thousand eligihles on the Pacific
Coast and Charles Devlin, who has
lost a limb. is travelling through this
territory on bicycle assisting in or
ganizing the club.
4 baseball team has been formed
ANA members are now learning to play
the national game. Secretary G. s.
Hastings. who is minus both limbs,
has written to George Gibson, catcher
for the Pittsburg Nationals, with whom
he went 10 school. asking him to come
to the coast at the close OF the season
and train the players.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-06-10
WHALES! SHOUT DATH..YS
Rcsorters Watch Desperate Struggle
Of Mother and Calf With
thR Hide.


New York. There she blows.
Wales in the olIinE!'
young man, bareheaded, with
stentorian lungs and wearing a bath.
in suit. raced down the boardwalk IF
mean nigh tide al Long Beach. While
his oItrepcated cries might not have
aroused the placid inhabitants Of New
Bedford, il did stir up sensation at
Long Beach
lac was terribly in earnest and to
passersby he explained as best he
could that there was the sight Of then
lives awaiting those VINO had conf
dence enough in his word TO go W
the beach a short distance beyond the
boardwalk
Wales coming ashore" was enough
to bring the bathers out Of the way OF
possible danger. and as soon as wraps
could be donned there was a grand
rush to get a sight at the unusual Wis
itors
Those who were earliest to reach
the spot where later the visitors Ian
ded were sure that the strangers were
nothing more than huge porpoises An
extremely long and excited half hour
solved the mystery, for there was
then plainly in sight big specimen
of the bOttle-nOsed vale and her calf
coming toward the shore in the sweep
OF the tide III spite Of ali their efforts
to regain the safer waters Of the
ocean.
There she flukes!" shouted one OF
the elderly chasers of the sensation
who had read many sea stories, and
recalled the expression of old whalers
"Fluke," she certainly did, for with
a swish that threw her great ponder
Gus body up in the air until her white
belly sllstened in the sun, the mother
Owed. She must have found shallow
bottom right there, for in less than a
minute she was back alongside her
calf and being swept to the shore by
the force of the tide,
For perhaps Ave minutes more the
pair struggled against fate flashing
the water iHlo foam and giving to the
oHl0uF.ls such a sensation as general
~ louehsafed to people at summer
resorts only when the sea serpaut
puts in his annual appearance. But
there was no fake" about this show
Hith one unusually high and strong
sweep of the waves mother and babe
were thrown high and dry in the shore
and so far inland that no succeeding
wave was strong enough TO sweep
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-06-10
An Uniaue Ten Dollar Bill.

Though ii might not have been gen.
orally known, a revelation shows that
for the past twenty-three years the
honors of being the emblem OF the
United States have been divided be-
tween an eagle and a donkey.
A ten dollar bill. circulating in this
city and bearing an engraving Of a
huge An arican eagle and another
bird con monty known as mule,
proves that an unaigG fed practical
joke has been PLAYED in the engray.
ing department at Washington.
The bill was issued in the year 1880
during which time an Enalishman wgs
in charge of the engraving depart
ment All of the engraving that left
the department while this gentleman
picture. The currency had been in
circulation about year when the OBJ
jectionable donkey was noticed by the
department and called back.
Within a year after the currency
was called in every bill was accounted
for with the exception Of one. BIZ
No. A353797GG could not be accounted
for until last week, when IT came into
the possession of A, O. Craig, a resi-
dent of this city.
Mr. Craig noticed that the bill was
unlike the money now in circulation,
and upon examination Of the eagle
that Is engraved upon the back found
a large mule with VITO nose ana
Tapping ears,--Los Angeles Herald.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-06-10
QUEER MARINE CREATURES
Caught OF Galveston; Smithsonian
Institution Asked to Classify Il.

Institution Asked to Classify Il.
There is on exhibition in Galveston
one OF the queerest fl IN known 10 stu
dents of that form of life. 1t was
caught by a sailor on one of the Gulf
fisheries schooners off the banks Of
Campeachy and brought 20 Galveston.
The hsh is about three feet long.
foot wide. and weighs twen'y-threc
pounds. 1t is the first of Ia kind ever
seen in that section. and mariners who
have travelled and tishcd all over the
South Gulf of Mexico never saw any
thing like II. The description OF il
seems TO include that of at least four
other species of sea inhabitants.
The tail T. very much like that Of
Jack fish. while the fins on the back
are very similar To those of a tarpOn.
The first three bones Of the back fin
extend a great distance, and finally
grow smaller into mere hairs. The
scales are of the exact representation
of those of the red snapper Astounding
In the waters near Galveston. The in
side of the mouth has much OF the for
nation of the mouth of a drum fish,
but the exterior works on the plan Of
a telescope, and looks exactly Ike the
sEout of pig The mouth contains
a large neshy tongue, for all the world
like the tongue of a human being.
The fish has two separate rows of
teeth. approximately fifty in each of
the Jaws From the upper Jaw there
extend downward three tusEs on the
order Of a boar IN miniature, while
from the lower jaw two or more Of the
teeth doyetail into the openings left
between those in the upper jaw.
The tusks are one inch in length.
over the glls a bony formation grows
which very much resembles the lorna,
tion of part of the tail
Strangest perhaps Of all Is the col
or of the fish The tail and back fins
are black and white streakcd. while
the greatest part of the body is Of The
peculiar color of the red snapper. Just
in front of the gills is spot OF yellow
A number of authorities on fish have
examined the strange creature which
some Of them declare Is not fish but
a strange marine creature. The spoci.
men is being preserved and q full de-
scription and picture Of tho fish have
been forwarded to the Smithsonian
Institution. Whether It Is freak of
nature or n specimen of a new and
unheard Of fish none Of the local Gu-
thorities Is willing TO decide, but the
majority Is inclined 10 accept as new
specimen because ii is perfectly form
ed and because other fish resembling
the one captured were seen in the
neighborhood where this one was
brought in. in very deep water.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-06-10
AMUSING BROWN BRuiN.
A Good Na:ured Coward That win
Fight Ferocious'y When cornsred.

Fight Ferocious!y When cornsred.
The brown or black bear Of Califor.
MIA is the most cowardly animal that
roams the hills He is a worse thief
than the northern wolverine, ana II
the same time better naDured than hai
the farm dogs the hunter chances
upon. a pair at play VIII furnish
more anu ement than three ring cir.
cus-aud run like scared deer if you
but show yourself through the brush;
in short, the brown bear is the most
"amooain' GUS Of all, if approached
properly.
But don't be mislcd into picking
fight with either Of our small bears.
unless Won are well armed, for the
black or the brown bear Cone and the
same animal under variations Of
pelagel Will fight fcrociously when
cornored You win come upon them,
too, in the most unexpected place; not
even the wiIful jacksnipe can beat a
brown bear in variability Of moods or
choice Of feeding ground. Travelling
in the mountains one is apt to come
upon Sir Rruin drinking from a little
wayside stream, and the very next day
having descended into the foothill7,
find pos IDLY a pair playing about some
poorly guarded sheep camp.
Good naturod as IS either Of these
smaller bears which weigh from 400
to 500 pounds apiece, it is best to
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-06-10
Plenty OF Room for Cotton.

The south can increase and will in
By more intelligent selection Of seed
not only by improving the fertility
of her soil by every scientific and
available method not only by the i'm.
provoment of tire intelligence and
skill of her labore.s. not only by the
use of more ana more improved agri-
cultural machinery, out by the open
ing up of new lands to give employ
ment to thousands who are coming
from other sections, as well as to our
fast increa7ing population.
To realize the vas, possibilities for
expansion along This lie one has
only TO examine the census report
that shows that less CI2n 30 per cent.
of tne farm lands or the South are
improved. The report shows that in
Mississippi only 41.6 per cent. of the
larm land is improved; in North Car
olina. only 3G.G per cent; in South
Carolina, only Alb per cent; in
Georgia, only 400 per cent; in Ala
bama, only 41S per cent; in Florida
only 34.6 per cent; in Louisiana, only
42.2 per cent in Texas, only 1876 per
cent. In Arkansas, oniy Al 8 per cent,
and in Tennessee. only 50.4 per cent
BY opening up this undeveloped ter
ritory, almos1 every acre of which is
good cotton land. the South's ability
TO indefinitely expand her cotton pro-
duction cannot be questioned, and
therefore the alarm about a sufficient
cotton supply in the future should be
permanently dismissed. - Southern
Farm Ma1a limo
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-06-10
Classified Advertising F:

Advertisements VII be inserted il
this column not exceeding five lines,
three times, 3pc. one week, 6oc. Each
line over five, 10c per week add
tional. All advertisements in this col
umn must be paid in advance. No
VIII be inserted in this
column for less than 3oc.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-06-10
LARGEST University.

Cairo fEgypt) has the biggest uni
versity in the world There are about
5000 students and 200 professors. The
chief subjects taught are Mohammedan
law and matters connected with the
Koran.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-06-10
Makes Children Sit Up.

To oblige a child to maintain an
erect position while writing at q school
desk German scientist has inventod
a rod to be attached to a desk, ter
minating in cup against the chiid''
chin.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-06-10
But He Offered No Security.

Little Donald came in one day just
as l was taking pie from the oven.
THAT'S a fine pie" he said. Can /
borrow n piecer'-Exchange.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-06-10
A. ! Make X Personal.

II rich ran tells you that the
greatest happiness is found in poverty
rc3uind him of what David said In his
haste.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-06-10

FOR SALE-We have several lots for
sale that will average about one
acre Of land; can be had now for
StHaH9 Fay payments; would be
desirable for poultry or
market garden. Tel. 951-W.
J. 0. HARRIS g. SON,
l29 west Main st.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-06-10
LOST

L9~T-A strinr of black amber
beads in loop district Friday night
Return to Ryburn Hospital Reward
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-06-10
SOUTHBOUND.

SouthbOund cars leave Ottawa sta
ton for Grand Ridge, Mckinley Park
and SreatOr in Il m, $50. 100, $50,
11.50; in p. m, 1850, $50, $50, 500.
HOO.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-06-10

Gre Use jor t5e Foot Of CriI
Lyndon. 1ioaer may not BE ale
to buy hgprinees hut it can buy off
a great deal at unnapp,ness.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-06-10

BE ALWAYS RIGHT Spring over
hauling Of furniture done right by
Geo Bauchle. Telephone 1872 1928
West Main.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-06-10
EASTBOUND.
Effective May rs, 1919.

Eastbound cars leave Ottawa sta
ton for Mrseilles, Seneca Morris,
Minooka, Rockdale and Joliet, H., in
a. m.-5:45, aG:1O, 7:50.b9:50, ll:5o;
in p. m, bl:2O, $50, 3:45, c4;5O,
b5.50, 500, HOO.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-06-10

FOR RENT--Flat, third story Gedney
Bldg, bath, etc; $40 a month.
T. r. GODFREY.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-01
Lamps electric or gas

For electricity.
 Metal base in brown finish green silk shade with old lining, edged with heavy fringe. regular price $36O0, Sale price $27OO Mahogany base with hand painted silk shade, regular price $32.50, Sale price S25OO Metal base in verd green finish, white art glass; shade, regular price $25OO, Sale price S2OOO Metal base in gold finish hand painted glass shade regular price $500, Sale price $15.00 Wood base in Japanese lacquer, pink silk shade, regular price $12OO Sale price $9.5O Wicker Lamp with cretome lined shade regular price $1600 Sale price $9.00 Two Lamps with silver finished bases, hand painted parchment shades regular price $500,
 Sale price $9.O0 Two Lamps with metal bases, one verd green, other Erscan bronze art glass shades set in metal frames octagon in shape, regular price $1500
 Sale price $12.00 For gas.
 Lamp in verd green finish, shade of art glass set in metal frame regular price $25O0 Sale price S12OO Metal base in bronze finish, hand painted shade in scenic effect, regular price $25.00,
 Sale price $200O Metal base, bronze finish, hand painted shade, regular price $22.00, Sale price $17OO Antique brass base with green art glass shade regular price $19.50, Sale price $150O Odd Pieces of China
 Stock patterns to close out at about one half the prcepad for china before the war This lot includes real bargains.
 Vegetable Dishes (open) regular s5 cts to s175
 Sale price 45 and 70 cts e Cake Plates, regular 75 98 cts and S125 Sale price 35 45 and 5 cts e( Butter Dishes, (covered regular S 30 and S2OO Sale price 60, 70 cts and $1.OO Covered Dishes (round) regular $325 and S4O0
 Sale price $1.50 and S225 Cream Pitchers, regular 5O 85 cts and S1. IS
 Sale price 35, 50 and 55 cts Covered Dishes (ovaD regular $3-25, $4OO aand S55O
 Sale price $15O, S2.O0 and $2.25 Meat Platers, regular $1 20 to S40O
 Sale price 50, 75 cts, $1OO Sugar Bowls regular 85 cts to S200 Plates, reo1]ar 25 fo 4 cs
 Sale price 15 cts each Cereal Dishes regular Y and 2S cts
 Sale price 15 cts each Fruit Saucers regular 20 and e5 cts
 Sale price 10 cts each Bowls, regular 30 and 50 cts
 Sale price 25 and 30 cts
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-01
Diningroom Sets

The latest productions from the best factol1 the country The sets are in period designs and sist of ten pieces buffet, china cabinet, dining serving table, five chairs and one armchair.
 . The following is partial list of our offering S''Ilt nut t,ittls Were eG s295.oo, S22l "rlt, nut, was was $33060, S26: Sheraton, antique Mahogany, with cupboard Sale
 serving table, was $3O80O S2bl William and Mary Set in Mahogany, odd Sale
 but dainty pattern, was S357UV Szo; Louis XVI Set of fine Mahogany, Sale S3530o S29| Sheraton Set, fine Mahogany nlaid with burl Sale
 walnSS was st45oo, 5o5siS' Sp''''D' ''''7-'' s37| William and Mary Set of fine Mahogany was Sale
 $2loOO, S19| Chippendale Set fine Mahogany with claw and Sale
 ball feet fine rope mouldngs was S391.00, S333: Elizabethan Set of massive design in beautiful Sale
 shade of brown oak, was S295OO, SZ5. Fumed Oak Set in Mission style, was Sale
 sl79Oo, S13 Golden Oak, Colonial design, was Sale
 si865O S15! Sheraton Set, solid Mahogany, plain but hand Sale
 some design, was S2ooOO 9tA Queen Anne Set, finely finished Walnut, was Sale
 sl9o.oo, S17. Similar set was slea.oo, S164 Adam desiGn in Afahoqany with wreath carv- Sale
 ngs and latticed panels, was S265O0, S23 Queen Anne Set of Mahogany in pattern. Sale
 was S314O0, S26 Colonial design in massive Mahogany with Sale
 scroll piasters, was $254.OO, S2l William and Mary Set in fine American Walnut Sale
 with figured walnut fronts a lattced panel
 in china cabinet was S302.OO, S25 Breakfast Set in a robin's egg blue with hand
 painted decorations Nine pieces, break Sale fast and serving tables, china cabinet, tea
 wagon, four chairs and fern stand, was
 $i50.00, S9e Breakfast Set in Ivory enamel, hand painted Sale
 decorations, nine pieces, was $i85.50, 9os