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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1920-04-08
THE COUNTY BOARD
Auditor Instructed to Advertise for
Bids for Completion of the
Scenic Highway.
The Sum of SIS is Appropriated
Toward Expenses of Memo
rial Day Observance.

The board Of county commissioners,
with all members present and F. c..
Cater presiding, met on Tuesday Fol-
lowing is a synopsis Of the proceed
ings:
It was decided to appropriate SIS
toward the expenses Of Memorial day
observances in the village of Prince
ton.
An appropriation of $1,000 was
made for the maintenance Of the Mile
Laos county farm bureau from July
l, 1920, to July /, 1921.
A petition from John K Lind ct al.
for the formation Of new school dis
trict, comprising territory in the towns
Of Bradbury and Daley, was present
ed and May set as the date for hear
ing thereon.
The county auditor was instructed
to advertise for bids for the construc-
ton of federal aid project No. ITO
from the village of Onamia to the
Grow Wing county line, constituting
about II miles of the Scenic highway.
May Is was designated as the date, for
special meeting of the commission
ers to consider bids for the project.
It was decided that the county road
and bridge money be divided proper
tionately according to the valuation of
Il.
Chas. A. Forbes, division engineer,
was in attendance at the session in be-
half of the state highway department.
The board adjourned to May q.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1920-04-08
The Firemen's Ball.

The .firemen's annual Easter ball
proved, as expected, to be most de-
llghtful event. Three hundred and
fifty couple danced to the strains Of a
first-class orchestra from Minneapolis
and the gallery was crowded with
spectators. An excellent supper was
served by the Dorcas society in the
basement Of the armory and there
were plenty Of good things for every
body to appease their appetites. The
society took in over 5000. Firemen's
dances are invariably successful af-
fairs and the ladies are certainly de-
serving Of the patronage accorded.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1920-04-08
Library Now in School Building.

On Monday che library was moved
into its new quarters in the high school
building. The library is now combi-
nation of the public and school libra
rles and, as such, will be able to give
very much better service to the gen
eral public as we'll as to the school.
Miss Clara Baldwin, state director
Of libraries, came from St. Paul on
Tuesday and is busy with Mrs. Owens,
our librarian, cataloguing the books.
In consequence of this aata1oguing the
library will not be open for the circu-
lation of books during this week.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1920-04-08
Winkelman-Gr0W.

John B. Winkelman, son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Bernard Winkelman of Duelm,
and Miss Ellen Grow, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. C. S: Grow of this village,
were married on Tuesday morning in
ST. Edwards church. Rev. Chas. A..
Mayer performed the ceremony. Miss
Dolores L. Grow, a sister of the bride,
and Frank E. Winkelman were the
attendants. The young couple will
live near Santiago, where the groom
is successfully operating a farm.
That they may live a life of uninter-
rupted happiness is the wish of their
many friends.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1920-04-08
Removal Petition Filed

a petition containing 2,066 sigma
lures was filed with County Auditor
Peltier on Saturday praying that the
county seat be removed to Milaca and
that the commissioners meet in special
session on April % to consider such
petition. Petitions, however, amount
to no more than scrap Of paper
there are scores Of people who will
sign any petition Of whatsoever nature
they will attach their autographs to
any proposition presented and sub
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1920-04-08

scribe their names to petitions both
pro and con. Many of them never read
the preamble to petitions and many
more are unable to-they take the
word Of the circulators.
It is the election that counts, and in
this county seat removal contest it is
reasonable to presume that many of
those who signed the petition will fail
to cast their ballots, either for or
against, while others will vote in
direct opposition to the project.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1920-04-08
Another Jump in Potato Prices.

Princeton potato market quotations
this week constitute a reiteration of
the same old story-a Jump skyward.
An advance Of over SO cents per cwt
has been made since our last weeks
market report was published, and
there is an indication that the end is
not yet. From Sc to $6.15 is now be-
ing paid by warehousemen for all
varieties of potatoes except Kings,
which are somewhat .ower. The sea-
son for Triumphs is practically over.
Receipts average from one to two
carloads day, which are being
shipped almost as fast as brought in.
See market report in this issue.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1920-04-08
Cheered by Colonel Roosevelt.

The Wood committee received this
morning a telegram from Colonel
Roosevelt Of New York, in which he
again asserts his conviction that Gen.
eral Wood is the best man for the re-
publicans to nominate next June.
General Wood,' wired Colonel
Roosevelt, els not man whom we
have to take on trust. He is a man
with record which is his recommen-
dalton. He is not afraid that the
work of any subordinate will ever
overshadow his own achievement. We
want wood at this time Washing-
ton Post.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1920-04-08
School Officers Association.

School officers Of Sherburne county
have organized an association under
the name Of the "Sherburne County
School Officers association" and elect
ed the following officers and executive
committee: Chester Bailey, president;
Mrs. Martha Scherfenberg, vice presi-
dent; Mrs. Mary E. Guptil, secretary
treasurer; Matt Johnson, w. r. Haney,
Jens P. Larson, and Mrs. Ada P. Con-
ger, ex-officio member.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1920-04-08
FIRST GUN OF SEASON
Princeton Baseball Club to- Usher in
1920 Diamond Events With a
Smoker, Banquet, Etc.
Grand Finale to Consist of 8-Round
Boxing Bout Between Nichols
and BOrus of St. Paul.

The stage is all set for the annual
get-together meeting, smoker and
banquet of the Princeton Baseball as
ISOLATION, and the program this year
will be decidedly different from those
that heretofore have entertained the
fans. Different does not mean that it
will be less entertaining, though, as
the program is guaranteed to pull
members of the sporting clan for miles
and miles around. Indications are
that previous attendance records will
be smashed to smithereens. Let's go!
The spacious Princeton armory will
house the gathering, and next Thurs
day evening, April Is, is the date set.
Doors will be open at 1880 p NJ, and
the annual smoker will start the pro-
ceedings. Cigars and cigarets in
abundance have been provided for,
and baseball talk, smokes and cards
will be in order. Champion long-dis-
tance smokers will establish new rec
ords, while devotees of auction sc,
pitch, whist, etc., will determine the
question of pasteboard supremacy.
At9 o'clock the annual supper wilf
be served, and at the conclusion there
will not be hungry fan in the build
ing. This will be talkless affair, as
it is planned to adjourn at II p. M.
sharp. r.
The annual baseball meeting is next
on the program. Reports Of the Of
fcers of 1919 will be heard and officers
for 1920 elected. Plans for ne COM
ing season will be discussed and views
of fans sought. The question Of
whether or not Princeton shall enter
a semi-professional league or put an
independent team in the field will be-
brought up. .a
The main entertainment card has,
been reserved for the last. This will
be an eight-round boxing contest be-
tween Fighting Johnny Nichols and
Thunderbolt Borus of St. Paul. Both
are clever boys with the padded mitts
and each has a long string of victories
to his credit. They are evenly matched
and the bout promises to be fast and
lively. S.. W..
For years Princeton has been rep
resented on the diamond by winning
team and the fans have been more
than loyal. Getting the right start is
big factor in determining the failure
or success Of baseball season, and
this affair has been arranged with a
double end in incorporating an even
ing of real entertainment for the fans
and laying the foundation for the
biggest and most successful baseball
year Princeton has ever known. This
covers the purpose thoroughly, as it
is positively not camoufaged scheme
to get the fans together with the idea
Of soliciting funds. No subscription
lists Of any kind will be circulated. 1t
will simply be get-together meeting
with just enough business mixed in
to get proper seasons start.
The admission fee has been placed
at figure that will no more than
cover expenses. One round simo1eon,
plus dime war tax, takes you all the
way through-pays for smokes, sup
per, and entertainment If you can
invest dollar in proposition that
will pay bigger dividends of genuine
enjoyment it's cinch that you are not
FAM
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1920-04-08

their value, but if we are going to
compete with our sister counties we
must have as good roads as they have
in order to hold our own in land val
ues and other rich returns that ma
turally follow the line Of best roads.
Mile Laos county has always been a
pioneer in the road building game, and
her aptitude for better roads has been
repeatedly recognized by the state and
federal authorities with generous por-
tions of Minnesota and United States
road money. The Scenic, as it is, was
a step in the right direction and will
answer the purpose for awhile, but
only for short while after all. Any
competent road builder or engineer
will tell you that dirt road will not
and cannot stand up under your
modern traffic conditions. The only
thing that will stand up indefinitely
is your concrete base with a proper
top dressing of tried and proved ma
terial. By putting through the Scenic
as originally planned we have, after
all, simply laid the foundation for
paved road through the whole length
of the county.
While the Babcock amendment Of
fers unlimited opportunities along the
line Of paved roads, it is not ours to
to7 no. of mt
amendment to the state constitution,
it must be voted favorably upon by
majority of the votes cast at the next
general election in November, 1920.
Experience teaches us that it is
hard matter to get the constitution
amended and there is a grave posi-
bility Of it's being defeated at the polls.
If this happens we must work along
under our present system the best we
can, and this means that good sound
business policy directs that we con-
serve our finances to put through our
present road plans and also keep our
weather eye open on the needs of the
immediate future.
Right at this critical time, when we
are straining every nerve to put
through our extensive road program,
we are called upon to take up and
thresh out a bitter county seat scrap,
and later may be called upon to build
and equip a new court house at Milaca.
This would further complicate our
present difficulties, and would also be
another big drain on our finances
which are already weakened by over
drafts for good road purposes. Good
roads and better roads will eventually
help build Mile Laos county an APP
propriate court house when the proper
time comes, but a magnificent and
palatial court house built at Milaca at
this time will not help US build any
roads Of any kind. 1t would actually
hinder and hamper the present road
program, as it would divert
a goodly portion of our funds into
a side channel, and this, more for
looks than any practical purpose or
useful needs
Did you ever notice the wise farmer
and see how he works out his building
program on the farm? First a good,
substantial and modern barn where
he can properly take care of his divi-
dend-paying stock, in the meantime
getting along the best he can with the
old house. In other words, good barns
will build good houses, but good houses
won't build good barns. Good roads
will eventually build a new court
house, but a new court house won't
help us build good roads.
R. U. A. Taxpayer.
ITO ho
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-11-06
100000 women ARE
EMPLOYED N INDUSTRY

Approximately 100000 women
and girls are employed in industry
IN this country, according to a report
by the federal board for vocational
education.
Since 1916 women in the iron and
steel Industry have increased 40 per
cent; In the automobile industry, 300
per cent; instrument making, 200 per
cent; wood working, 100 per cent.
The number of girls between II and
Is years is between one-third and one
half of the total number of employed
youth.
The federal board says: The public
needs to understand and face the facts
of the presence of large numbers Of
women in industry"
The report shows that women and
girls are going into these industries
without sufficient training. Under the
federal vocational education law of
1917 every state has an appropriation
designed to be used for the trade and
industrial classes for women and girls
and men and boys. It is stated that
the trade and labor organizations of
southern California are responsible for
trade and industrial classes in fac
tories under the direction Of public
school authorities.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-11-06
COOPERATION URGED
BY CANADIAN UNION!

The cooperative union of Cana
has issued this appeal to Canadi:
citizens:
Having relied upon others in va
including governments and pub
authorities generally, to reduce {
cost of living, why not rely up
yourselves by self-help in ASSOCIATE
with your neighbors in the orsani;i
ton of cooperative societies?
There can be no profiteerins VIII,
the people control and direct by de
ocratic vote their own institutions
the purchase and distribution of :,
necessities of life and divide the ST
plus or profit made in proportion 1,
purchases.
Self help in mutual association
the basic and central principle Of +
whole movement. 1t was the {
which distinguished the successful ::
tivities of the world-fan1ous Rochd
pioneers from their unsuccessful
paternalistic predecessors. It provi
opportunities for the cultivation Of
latent talents and the employment
the associated energies of the mas
for mutual service in the product
as we'll as the wholesale and re,
distribution, of the necessaries Of lii
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-11-06

this argument against low wages,
against child labor and against unre:
stricted immigration, only to be re-
sisted by those who refuse to see beyond
today.
The yellow race is now a menace on
the Pacific coast. The Japs are large
land owners and are threatening the
white farmers with extinction. The
small business man is also affected and
the forces that laughed at labor in the
late 70s and early Sos when it demanded
Oriental exclusion, are now thoroughly
alarmed.
Those who ignored labor now &C.
|cept labor IS views-as in the case Of the
Japs. They agree that the white worker
cannot compete with Jap standards.
Labor suggests that these latter day
opponents of Oriental immigration give
heed to other warnings by labor on the
ultimate result Of child labor, low
wages, long hours and other social ills
that will degrade free people.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-11-06
RETURNING SANITY.

Recently, as we noted, Mr.. Gompers
sent sharp reply to European labor
leaders who sought the support Of the
American Federation of Labor in move
ments that savored Of sympathy for
sovietism. It was a clear declaration
Of American labor's loyalty to demo-
cratic institutions and its refusal to
be made the tool Of Lenine and Trotzky.
While there never has been any seri-
Gus doubt on our part as to the posi-
ton organized labor in the United
States would take when it understood
the real significance Of bolshevism, it
was gratifying to have faith confirmed
so vigorously for the hearing Of the
world.
More surprising is the recent utter
ance Of Eugene V. Debs from the Fed
eral prison at Atlanta.
eff you were to commit the Social
ist party in America to the interna-
tional program laid down by Lenine,"
he said, "you would absolutely. kill
the party. The Moscow program wants
to commit us to program Of armed
instruction; the Moscow comrades
have abrogated to themselves the right
to dictate tactics, the program, the
very conditions Of propaganda in all
countries: It is ridiculous, autocratic;
as ridiculous as if we were to dictate
to them how: they should carry out
their propaganda"
The opportunity afforded MI. Debs
by the government for quiet medita-
ton has not been improbable. In quiet
deliberation, he has seen the folly of
associating any movement which hopes
to influence American thought and life
with the methods Of Moscow. Lenine,
says Mr.. Debs, is autocratic;" his
international program is "ridiculous.
This evidence Of an approach to sanity
on the part Of our radical extremists
is reassuring.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-11-06
VICTOR HUCO'S VISION
ON LEAGUE OF NATIONS

A day will come when you France:
you, Russia; you. Italy; you, England:
you, Germany-all you nations of the
continent-shall without losing your
distinctive qualities and your glorious
individuality, blend to a higher unity.
and form a European fraternity, even
Lorraine, Alsace. blended into France.
A day will come when war shall
seem as impossible between Paris and
London, Between Petersburg and Ber-
lin, as between Rouen and Amiens.
between Boston and Philadelphia.
A day will come when bullets and
bombs shall be replaced by ballots. by
the universal suffrage of the people,
by the sacred arbitrament of a great
sovereign senate. which shall be to
Europe what the parliament is to
England, what the diet is to Ger
many, what the legislative assembly
is to France.
A day will come when a cannon ball
shall be exhibited in our museums. as
an instrument Of torture is now, and
men shall marvel that such things
could be.
A day will come when we shall see
those two immense groups, the United
States of America, in face CT each
other, extending hand to hand over
the ocean, exchanging their products,
their commerce. their industry, their
art, their genius, clearing the earth,
colonizing deserts and ameliorating
creation under the eye Of the Creator.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-11-06

Street il beginning to SEQ the hand
writing on the wall and realizes that
unless the privateers put on more steam
the public wave Of condemnation will
soon overtake and wipe the exploiters
off the map.
"The future status of the railroads
will be determined by their perform
ance under restored private manage
ment, and it is to that performance that
railroad executives should give their
undivided attention. says the Wall
Street Journal. cit is not their fault,
in the main, that there is still much
to be desired, but they must expect to
be condemned in the public mind if
the shortcomings Of the present SER
vice remain as great as they are today.
The fact that the country has decided
on competitive private operation should
not blind railroad managers to certain
evil tendencies Of that system which
can be avoided or eliminated if they
are willing to move forward in the
right cooperative effort. It is bit
disquieting that the railroads are add
ing competitive through passenger
trains, while in many essentials the
local and communication services are still
lacking. Passenger trains and stations
on many roads are dirty and ill kept.
The freight service is such that more
than one urban community is actually
moving in the direction of invoking the
new plenary powers Of the Interstate
Commerce Commission for their relief.'
This is practically a confession of
the private owners themselves that they
have failed to measure up to the prom.
ises made the public when legislation
was under consideration for return of
the roads. It is now seven months
since the government turned the rail-
roads back to private ownership and
management under the most favorable
circumstances. Yet the condemn alton
has grown so strong that even the fore
most newspaper spokesman for Wall
Street interests is compelled to admit
that the service, both passenger and
freight, is so bad that the people have
a real grievance.
Eventually The Plumb Plan. Come,
it must.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-11-06
STATE INSURANCE BEST.

Nine years. experience under the
Washington state plan Of industrial in
surance discloses it to be the best in
surance in the world, says tie state in.
surance department in ita monthly bull.
letin.
'<Every dollar paid in by the en-.
ployers Of this state goes direct to com.
pensate their injured workmen, and not
one dollar is diverted to any other pur-
pose.
"The cost Of administering the act,
which is provided for by general appro-
priation, has been less than per cent.
It has been generally admitted that the
casualty companies have been unable to
carry the overhead expense Of private
insurance for less than 81 cents out 81
each dollar worth Of insurance writ.
ton. In ether words, it has cost them 81
cents in order to get 4e cents to the in
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-11-06
4 FORD FOR SALE

zone Ford car with q piston ring,
Two front wheels, one front spring;
Has no tenders. seats made Of plank,
Burns lot Of gas. hard to crank:
Carburator burst half way through,
Engine missing, hits on two: i,
Only three years old. four In the
spring.
Shock absorters n everything.
Ten spokes missing. ankle bent
Three tires punctured ,ain't werth a
cent.
Got lots Of speed. runs like the deuce,
Burns either oil or tobacco Juice.
If you want this Ford. inquire within,
Helluvagood Ford, for the shape it's
in
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-11-06
LAW WITHOUT LAWYERS.

The state of Washington recently
enacted a law that provides for court
trial without lawyers. This is GER
tainly step toward lowering the cost
Of living unless one has the misfor-
tune to be lawyer.
The new court is to be opened at
Spokane and both parties to any action
must appear in person and may sum-
mon witnesses.
No assigned claims may be tried in
the "smau claims'' court and no at
torney nor any person other than the
parties directly concerned with the suit
may "concera himself or in any other
manner interfere with the prosecution
or defense Of the litigation without
the consent of the justice.'
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-11-06
YOUR UNION FIRST.

The election is over We got some
wallops and won few victories, but
the great machinery of government
for the next four years at least, will
be in the hands Of those none too
friendly to union labor. All the politi-
cal power that the enemies Of labor
can bring into play will be used against
the unions on the slightest pretense.
There will be no reason to talk poll
tics for some little time, but there
will be every reason to build up labor 8
economic strength. ':Stick to your
unions,' should be the slogan of all
workers. The big fight for the next
year and one half will be on the indus
trial field.
The enemies of labor, who will soon
come into power, will make their first
fight to reduce wages. Only organized
labor can resist wage reductions,
Wages must not be reduced. The bet
ter labor is organized the less chance
there will be for decreases in wage
scales. Let every worker who is alive
to his interests as such be on the alert.
The fellows who want wages to come
down do not want to surrender any of
their enormous profits.
So fight for organized labor. Stick
to your union. Attend your union meet
ings. Use sense; be fair, but be mill
tant. There are trying days ahead for
American labor.