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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1920-12-09

at the mercy Of the elements and
from the time he sows his seed until
he harvests the crop his product is in
peril. Agriculture is the basic indus
try of this country. Without agricul-
ture nothing else could be carried on.
The people must be fed.
We hope to see the day, and that day
shortly, when the farmer will be
guaranteed an adequate price for his
product. Not to give it to him will be
but to drive people away from the
farms, and when you have done that
you have taken long step toward
running the nation.
We believe that the farm bureau
will do much for the agricultural in
terests. The farmers must organize,
and then stand by their organization.
Apparently there is no other way out.
Farming must be put on strictly
business footing. It is the biggest
business in the country today, and
there is no reason why it should not
give power to the farmers and their
organization in legitimate cause.
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American Farm Bureau Federation.

American Farm Bureau Federation.
On Monday the American Farm
Bureau federation met at Indianapolis
for three-day session and 1000 dele
gates from all parts of the United
States were in attendance. The pro-
gram presented includes demand
upon the federal reserve board to ex-
tend farm loans until the next har-
vest; extending and centralizing CO.
operative marketing to the fullest
possible extent; passage of tariff
laws to give farm products immediate
protection equal to that afforded in
dustry; laws authorizing state COM
missions to control car distribution;
making the farm family, including
wife and children, the unit of farm
bureau membership rather than the
individual farmer.
The American Farm Bureau fedora
ton now has a membership of over
1 500, 900, and this is the first year of
its existence.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1920-12-09
Elk River Commercial Glib

Our neighbor, Elk River, with 1000
inhabitants, has live commercial
club of 100 members. Last Friday
evening 156 men attended the banquet
given by the club in the Odd Fellows
hall. Much good civic spirit was mani
fest at the banquet and several inn
portant business projects were dis
cussed. Elk River,wants new depot
next spring and she probably will have
one because her business men are
showing the right spirit of co-opera-
ton.
We should have commercial club
IN Princeton. Our business men are
progressive and public spirited and
can accomplish much when they work
together. e
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1920-12-09
Farm Bureau Annual Meeting.

The annual meeting of the Sher-
burne County Farm Bureau association
will be held next Saturday afternoon
December II, at 2 p. M, at Elk River
The Odd Fellows hall has been secured
as meeting place in order to make
sufficient room for those who will at
tend.
Dean Thatcher of the state college
of agriculture will give the principal
address and will be followed by num-
Der of good speakers. Reports of the
officers and committeeman of the asso-
citation will be read and an open dis
cussion of the Farm Bureau associa-
ton and the work to be carried on
during the coming year entered into.
This meeting is open to anyone who
wishes to attend-the townspeople as
well as the farmers are cordially in
vited. 1t is hoped that the business
institutions of the county will be rep.
resented so as to become acquainted
with the purpose and actions of the
association and the farm bureau work.
Much criticism has been manifested
by many people against the farm bu-
reau movement largely because of mis-
understanding. The meeting to be
held next Saturday will offer splen-
did opportunity for those who wish
to become acquainted with it's true
purpose and objective.
Chas. c. Hickman, Co. Agt.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1920-12-09
THE COUNTY BOARD
Order From Commissioner Babcock
Read Setting Aside Federal Aid
for State Road No. 1.
Petition for Formation of New School
District in Mile Laos and
Kanabec is Denied.

The county board met in the base
ment Of the Milaca school house on
Tuesday and disposed of the following
business:
! An order of assessment for the total
cost of the survey of section "a, town
of Milo, as made by the board on
October 5, 1920, was duly confirmed
and ordered charged in the 1920 tax
lists.
An order of like purport was made
in the matter Of the survey of section
%, Milaca township.
The petition of Almon Henschel ct
al. for the formation of new school
district comprising territory in the
counties ofMille Laos and Kanabec came
up for hearing and, after due con-
sideration, was denied. J. C. Pope Of
Mora was attorney for the petitioners
and A. D. Smith of Isle for the OBJ
jectors. Had this petition been grant
ed it would have meant the cutting off
of considerable territory from consoi-
dated school district Is, Isle.
An order (No. 1O6O) relating to
federal road aid was read from High
way Commissioner Babcock. The or
der, which is self explanatory, fol-
lows:
Application having been presented
in proper form by the Mile Laos
county board, it is hereby ordered that
the sum of $128,OO3.65 be set aside
from the federal aid funds apportioned
to Minnesota to be used as aid in the
construction and improvements of
state road No, l, federal cid project
No. 40, in said county.
C. M. Babcock,
Com. of Highways.
There was no reply to the adver-
tisements, printed in many papers,
offering for sale the court house and
grounds in the village Of Princeton.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1920-12-09
A Rank Injustice.

Under the above caption Fred Had
ley of the Winnebago Enterprise has
the following to say anent the decline
in price of farmers products:
The farmers are the victims of a
rank injustice. The seemingly unwar-
ranted drop in tthe price of their pro-
ducts is more than an injustice-it is
akin to robbery.
Where the fault lies we know not,
but we do know that such things
should not be. The farmer is as just
1y entitled to his profit as is any other
man. He has a big investment; his
labor is both skilled and arduous, and
requires special training.
Added to this is the fact that he is
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1920-12-09
CHILDREN IN NEED.
Hoover to Raise Fund of $4,000, 900
for Children of the War
Stricken PeOD1es.

for Children of the War
Stricken Peoples.
With the exception Of the political
and military leaders probably no man
during the late war achieved so great
an international reputation as did
Herbert Hoover. Concerning his quail
ifications as a presidential candidate
there was much divergence of opinion,
but certainly no man can question his
executive ability.
Mr.. Hoover is asking for the CO.
operation of the American public in
one more big movement, the relief
work among the children of eastern
and central Europe. If provision can
be made for the support of 100000
children for the next twelve months,
Mr.. Hoover states that America will,
in his opinion, have fulfilled her obi
cations to the war-stricken people of
Europe. The relief council of which
Mr.. Hoover is chairman, represents
eight organizations American Re-
lief Administration, American Red
Cross, American Friends Service,
Jewish Joint Distribution Committee,
Federal Council of Churches of Christ
Of America, Knights of Columbus, Y.
M. c. A. and Y. w. C. A.
There are $1,000 canteens, orphan
asylums and children's homes being
contributed to by American charity to-
day. This work should continue;
America can afford to give $50, OOO,-
900 to help care for 100000 children.
Charitable organizations are some
times not conducted in businesslike
manner, but this relief council, head
ed by Mr.. Hoover, is certainly not
open to any such criticism.
The sins Of the fathers should not
be visited on the heads of the children
They were in no way responsible for
the war but on them must necessarily
fall the greater portion of the burden
America will surely respond to this
appeal and contribute of her wealth
to aid in the worthy couse.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1920-12-09
FAR N LEGISLATION
Committee Considers Grain Grading,
Marketing, Cold Storage and
Other Matters.
More Than a Dozen Measures to be
Presented to Next Legisla-
ture for Action.

At the state capitol last Thursday
a joint extraordinary session of the
legislative committee to consider aid
bills for farmers and consumers was
held, and more than a dozen measures
were Endorsed. These will be present
ed to the next legislature for it's con-
sideration. Subcommittees were ap-
pointed to draft the bills agreed upon
and the program adopted will consti-
tute the most comprehensive and ad-
vanced agricultural legislation ever
submitted in the state of Minnesota.
To reach profiteering in all necessi-
ties of life the legislature will be
asked to create an industrial court,
which will have authority over unfair
trade practices. This and some of the
other bills Endorsed are for the bene-
fit of consumers as a whole. One will
assert state regulation over coal docks
and another will provide state inspec-
ton for cold storage products after
p they leave the warehouses to see that
they are sold as such by dealers.
One measure to be drafted will be
an amendment to the constitution
making it possible for the state to
make loans on farm lands, under a
system by which South Dakota has
S29,000,000 in farm loans now out
standing. Hereunder is list of the
measures Endorsed and ordered draft
ed:
To admit farmers cooperative or
CARNATIONS to membership in the
Minneapolis chamber of commerce and
the Duluth Board of trade.
To prevent speculation in the price
of foodstuffs, especially in grain.
To provide Minnesota standard for
the grading of wheat and feed.
To curb profteering.
TO audit the books of cooperative
enterprises at stated intervals.
To provide in some important de-
tails the cold storage laws of Mime
sofa.
To draft a bill regulating packing
establishments.
To amend the 1919 cooperation law
to provide for federation of co-opera-
tive agencies.
To regulate the sale of coal at Min
nesota docks in cooperation with
Wisconsin authorities.
To provide for a crop reports COM
mittee.
To further the colonization of Min
nesota's cut-over lands.
To draft weed law that will enable
the authorities to keep state lands free
from weeds.
10 draft rural credits law for
Minnesota.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1920-12-09
dered him to throw up his hands.
whats all this about?" Nicely de.

dered him to throw up his hands.
whats all this about?" Nicely de-
manded.
"Never mind throw up your
hands," the bandit replied.
Instead of obeying, the driver en-
deavored to arise from his seat. and
grapple with the man. The bandit
fired point blank and the bullet en-
tered Neely's abdomen. He sank
back in his seat fatally wounded.
While the brief conversation which
preceded the gun play took place at
the front, a second bandit, short and
dark haired, opened the taxicab door
and confronted Dahlberg and Grippe
with drawn pistol.
"Give me that bag" he ordered. He
seized the grip which Dahlberg held
on his knees.
The two bandits ran across the
street where their automobile, with
three other men seated in it, had been
waiting. AS they ran, the tall, light
haired man turned and fired several
times at the taxicab. One of the bull
lets shattered the glass panel of a
door and passed near the heads Of the
two passengers.
The bandit car drove along First
street toward Hennepin avenue.
The single pursuer was Dalrymple,
who followed them in his baggage
truck. He shouted as he drove, but
little attention was paid to- his out
cries. The bandits outdistanced him
and disappeared after getting into the
thick traffic near the Great Northern
station. Their car was described as a
large Winton with black body and
yellow wheels, It bore no license
plate on the rear.
Nicely was taken to the General hos
pital, where he was examined by Dr..
Verne Crowl. The bullet was found to
have entered the left side of the alb
domen and to have torn the intes-
tines. He died at 6:1o p. m. the same
day.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1920-12-09
Grain From Canada.

Fort William, Ont, Dec. 8.-Fifteen
ships, carrying 14,465,O 900 bushels Of
Canadian wheat, have left here in the
last "a hours for United States ports,
principally Buffalo, N. Y.
Exports from the elevators here and
at Port Arthur, which together have
received 713,74s,o0o bushels, totaled
45, 100000 bushels up to December 8,
more than twenty times the total of
last year.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1920-12-09
Legionaires, Attention.

A regular meeting Of Fremont
Woodcock post will be held on Wednes-
day evening, December Is, at the
armory. An election Of officers for
the coming year will be held. Lunch
will be served.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1920-12-09
BOOSTER MEETING
For Purpose of Reorganizing Mile
Laos County Farm Bureau to
be Held December IA.

A big booster meeting for the pur-
pose of recognizing the Mile Laos
County Farm Bureau will be held at
the Casino theater at Milaca next
Tuesday afternoon, December IA,
at 1880. Prominent farm bureau of
ficails from other counties, including
Senator Schmeckel of Redwood, John
Merit Of Aitkin, E. w. Smith of
Parkers Prairie, l. S. Jones, secretary
State Hereford Breeders association,
and several local men have been asked
to speak, and every effort is being
made to see that they get here. All
of these men are farmers depending
upon farming for living and are real
farm bureau boosters. Most farmers
are familiar with the work of the
local county organization but few have
a definite knowledge of the state or
national bureaus.
After securing a membership in this
county the county will be organized
in township or community units. An
election will be held and the farm bu-
reau members in each unit will elect
one of their members to represent
them on the county executive commit
tee. Also each unit will vote and de-
eide upon the nature and extent of the
work to be done in that community
This gives each member chance to
have a direct voice in running the
farm bureau. The county executive
committee will send one of it's men,
bers to represent it in the state feder-
alton and the state federation will be
represented in the national bureau.
This plan is already in force and it
has resulted in strong farm bureaus
and good work. All Of our neighbor-
ing counties have from 800 to 1900
farm bureau members and we ought
to secure at least thousand.
The farm bureau is like horse
harnessed and ready for work. All
that is needed is for the local farmer
to hitch the farm bureau to his job
whether it be a marketing problem
soil, crop, livestock or household prob
lem. It will be of no service to him
unless he puts it to work.
Farmers should put forth an effort
to attend the meeting.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1920-12-09
Asks Higher Tax on Small Incomes.

Asks Higher Tax on Small Incomes.
Washington, Dec. 8.-Immediate re-
vision of the nations tax laws on the
basis Of an annual levy Of $4,000, OOO,-
600 for period Of four years, and in
Guiding an increase Of two per cent in
the taxes on incomes up to $1,000, is
urged by Secretary D. F. Houston in
his annual report.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1920-12-09
AS Ordered.

Capitalist: II want you to draw
this will so it can't be broken. Under
stand me -
Attorney: "All right, sir, I'll make
it heir-tight."
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Perhaps you, as a solicitor, will
tell me that / have a legal claim:
but am not that sort of man. Be
sides, suppose it were so. what Is
to prevent a childless old man
from making a present? No, Mr..
Baxenter, have quite enough for
my few remaining years without
taking what belongs to others"
They had shut the door upon the
treasures and were on their way to
the dining room when they came
upon old Henri looking for them.
The man in the chapel had re.
gained consciousness, but the doc
tor did not give him very long to
live. Perhaps Monsieur de Barron
would come and see him?
The old caretaker led the way
out through the French windows
and across the level carpet of the
lawn.
Henri drew back at the little
Gothic doorway to allow his master
to precede him. The latter looked
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thing Of importance to say to him
with reference to the man in the
tomb"
Left to themselves, Berwick ran
over the story again In English for
the benefit of Haverton, who, how
ever, seemed to have made up his
mind to show no further interest in
a matter which, to his thinking,
was none of his business.
An hour later the three men
were sitting in the panelled dining
room of the Chateau Chauville
With them, and listening with eager
ears to the romantic tale Baxenter
was telling, was Monsieur de Bar
ron.
Robert told, as well as he could
remember 1t, the story of the fight
Of the old aristocrat from the ter
rors Of '93, and Of the claims Of
Stella Benham to the chest he had
delivered up to the impostor, to
the man who now was lying uncon
scious in the little chapel.
For, on rescuing Dartin from the
tomb, they had made up bed OF
sorts for him In one Of the old
fashioned square pews while they
sent In for a doctor from Blois, and
the medical man had forbidden that
the strangers last hours should be
rendered more painful by his re-
moval.
Monsieur de Barron had told
them OF how they had found the
sufferer. He had evidently climbed
upon the coffin of old Armand
Raoul de Dartigny, and the time.
worn wood, being unequal to the
weight had given way.
In his pockets they had found q
quantity of jewelry. and beside
him . little heap Of jeweled ves-
sells, and q few choice pictures
which had been cut from their
frames and rolled together to make
carrying easier.
The banker, who was by way of
being a. connoisseur, took the men
to his study and showed them his
spoils. Among them there was no
article that could be less than a
hundred and fifty years old, and
the vases and some of the jewelry
were marked with the Dartigny
crest.
Monsieur de Barron locked the
treasures away and turned to Bax.
enter. II suppose they are as well
here as anywhere for the present.
Mr.. Baxenter, although ! may say.
here and now, that ! lay no claim
to what I consider does not belong
to me. II, and, indeed. It seems
probable, this poor fellow in the
chapel has stumbled upon the Oar.
tigny treasure. then II belongs to
q Dartigny and not to me-"
But. monsieur. I feel sure that
Miss Benham would not wish
To-
The financier held up restrain.
Ing hand.
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haste to my master. and. by means
Of ladder and ropes. We were able
TO raise the poor fellow and bring
him"
"And he was . stranger to your"
Berwick's interruption was abrupt.
For . moment . curious look
came into the old mans eyes. and
he remembered q certain charming
artist to whom he had been rather
obliging in the matter Of entrance
to the chateau.
"A stranger. monsieur, yes"
Berwick laid q OBTAINING hand on
his arm.
"One minute-who Is the present
owner of the chateau?"
Monsieur de Barron-the bank
err"
Then tell your master. II yoi
please, that friends OF Monsieu,
Lemercier, his neighbor In the Rue
Lafayette. will do themselves the
honor of calling upon him within
the hour. They will have some
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over his shoulder and spoke to
Robert.
Come with me, Mr.. Baxenter;
the others, perhaps, will wait here.
1t will be kinder not to excite the
man over much.
AS they entered the cool quietude
of the sacred building Robert felt
intuitively that he stood in the
presence OF death, and in his heart
was nothing but pity for the debon.
nair rogue who Law there. conquered
at last.
His head. swathed In stained
bandages, lay back on a pillow In
the angle of the pew. and he rolled
the eyes which looked so large In
the white face, restlessly from side
to side. There was. something
ghostly in all the whiteness against
the black oak panelling.
The eyes came to a standstill at
last, resting on the figure OF the
man whom fate had made his
enemy. and a tired smile curved
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down at the pallid face. The eyes
renamed closed and he turned to
leave the chapel. Then he heard
his name again whispered and he
bent again over the pillow.
"You - believe - the accidentT
Renton fumbled for the solicitors
hand. "Forgive-" Robert
pressed the fingers that had found
and frightened round his. 1t was
better than words.
At the door of the chapel he
turned again. He never forgot the
scene. Two candles had been lit,
and in their tall candlesticks burnt
steadily and made a little oasis of
light around the pew in which the
dying man lay and touched into
points of radiance the communion
service on the altar. The fading
light Of day filled the chapel with
an elusive sheen through which
the statues and carvings loomed In
strange shapes.
Vivian Renton had turned his
face on the pillow so that 1t faced
the altar. His eyes we're still
closed, but his lips moved ever so
slightly. The tall, frock-coated
doctor watched him anxiously.
Baxenter tip-toed from the place
and rejoined Berwick and Haver-
ton in the little wood, the three
men following the master Of Char
Vile as he led the way back to the
house.
The scene in the chapel filed the
solicitors mind and gave him pity
for all rogues. He slackened his
steps and touched Haverton on the
arm.
There doesn't seem much hope.
Mr.. Haverton: perhaps you would
like to see him."
But Eddie shook of his touch
with an oath. and said that he was
not a man OF sentiment-especially
where Vivian Renton was con.
cerned. II would be more to the
point II they would tell him what
they intended doing with him.
Baxenter's eyes blazed and his
knuckles stood out, patches OF
tight skin on his clenched hands.
"I think, Haverton, that you are
the most despicable creature that
God ever let i've. The man back
there and he pointed to where the
windows of the chapel shone wanly
between the boles Of the pines, "is
king to you. You want TO know
what we are going to do with your
Mr. Berwick and have not yet de-
cided. In the meantime you will
go back and walt for us at the
Three Lilies. You're quite safe
there with no money and no
French. March,"
They stood and watched until the
figure Of Eddie Havertop had
slouched away in the direction OF
the inn, then hurried after Mon
sieur de Barron.
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RA
lvIDMHIrELAw

There must De sOn '0nr e"' on
some passage between TIE M
and this"
Monsieur de Barron
candle well above hi
surveyed the chamber,
over a century had hS
save only viva Ror-
ITO think" the {
went on. that Ter Q
years have - 1"c
ner and ertertG,uef q
ten feet from '' r
The key, e.. o.
to the apple tn
panel had veen
chamois bag. Wh last
breath Dartin had m2 rep
aration he could, and . ret of
the Dartignys was -et no
longer.
That the man who had 80 sue
cessfully impersonated the last OF
noble race had made good use of
his visits was apparent from the
opened and emptied chests and cas-
kets. In fact, there was compare
lively little OF value left that was
portable. The larger plate and
pictures were still in the chamber,
and had Vivian got away with the
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