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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-03-31
County Assessors Meet.

AS is customary the assessors of
the county gathered in Auditor Wal
ter Peltier's office at Milaca yester-
day to receive instructions from a
representative of the Minnesota tax
commission covering their work,
which begins on May i. There were
20 in attendance and two absentees,
the absentees being Harold Mudgett
Of Mudgett township and Leo Baleum
of Isle Harbor. H. H. Kattmann
from the tax commission explained the
law governing their duties and gave
them detailed information as to the
manner in which they should proceed
in making their assessments.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-03-31
SENATE VOTES RIGHT
The Senate by Vote Of 40 to Is Re.
jects McGarry's Amendment for
Highway cosaEission.
Both the House and Senate Have Now
Voted for Highway Commits
sioner, Want One Man.

About six weeks ago the house by a
vote of "a to 81 passed the highway
bill which included provision that one
commissioner should continue to ad-
minister the affairs of the highway de-
partment. Yesterday afternoon this
bill was brought before the senate on
special order and Senator McGarry in
troduced an amendment providing that
the one highway commissioner should
be replaced by commission Of three
men. Senator McGarry fought hard
for his amendment but late in the af-
ternoon, after much hot discussion, the
amendment was rejected by vote of
Is to 40. Senator McGarry has been
! the leader of the commission forces
and, as chairman of the senate high
way committee, has put up a stiff
fight but he has been beaten at every
turn.
The vote on McGarry's amendment
was as follows:
For the amendment Boy
Ian, Brooks, Callahan, Cliff, Conroy,
Cosgrove, Devoid, Dryer, Erickson,
Fowler, Guilford, Handlan, Naplin,
Nolan, Putnam, Rockne, Romberg,
Stepan, George H. Sullivan, VanHoven
Keynes, Jackson, Lee, McGarry-25.
Against the amendment Adams
Anderson, Baldwin, Benson, Blomgren
Bonniwell, Carley, Cashcl, Coleman
Cumming, Denegre, Gandrud; Gillian
Gjerset, Gooding, Hall, Hamcr, Hopp
Johnson, Kingsbury, Kuntz, Larson
Lindsey, Loonam, Millett, Orr, Pal
mer, Peterson, Rask, Reed, Ribenack
Sageng, Schmechel, J. D. Sullivan
Swanson, Turnham, Vibcrt, Ward
Widell, Wold-4O.
The action of the legislature is q
high tribute to our present highway
commissioner, Charles M. Babcock. Il
Mr.. Babcock had not rendered such
splendid service the people Of the state
would not have so strongly favored
the one man plan.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-03-31
National CAPITAL JOttings,

Free military and physical training
in nine camps during 30-day period
next summer, under plans announced
by the secretary of war, will be af-
forded 10000 young men if congress
approves the $1,000,000 appropriation
therefor in the army bill.
President Harding has rejected the
Russian proposals for resumption of
commercial relations on the ground
that there can be no appreciate trade
with Russia until the soviet govern
ment effects the fundamental changes
in it's system essential to the estab.
lishment Of conditions upon which pro-
duction depends.
A scientific plan for reapportion-
ment of representation in the house
is being prepared by an advisory com
mittce of the census bureau, and will
be submitted to congressional commit
tee chairmen when the extra session
of congress convenes next month. Dr.
Huntington of Harvard university
heads the advisory body, and has ad-
vised Senator Sutherland that the
new plan will be completed soon. II
contemplates scientific plan fol
equalizing house membership between
the states. The basis of representa-
ton, however, would be left finally
for congress to determine.
A bill to fix new wage standard.
for all government employees is to b,
one of the first measures to obtail
consideration at the approaching SEES
sion of congress. Salary scales il
general, according to plans outlined
will be raised, but wages for severa
classes Of employees may be reduced.
Twelve thousand government bed.
have been found available for disabled
former service men and will soon b,
utilized for their relief.
Thorough organization of the paten
office is being urged upon Presidcn
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-03-31
A Noted Surgeon Dies.

Dr. Arthur J. Gillette, noted ortho-
pedic surgeon of international fame
and founder of the Phalen Park Hos
pital for Crippled Children, the first
institution of it's kind in the United
States, died at the home of his daugh-
ter in st. Paul on March ID, death be-
ing caused by cerebral hemorrhage.
He received his collegiate training at
Hamline University and studied medi-
cine in the old St. Paul Medical col
lege and the Polytechnic Of New York.
He received his medical degree from
the University of Minnesota. He was
dearly loved by all of the 200 little
inmates Of the hospital which he
founded and, as testimonial of their
affection for him, arrangements were
being made for a portrait of the doc
tor to be painted by Churchill of Bos-
ton and paid for with money earned
by the little cripples. Of DR.. Gillette
the st. Paul Dispatch says under the
caption of "A Life Worth Living":
"The expansion of the Phalen Park
Hospital for Crippled Children, pro-
viding for the enlargement of it's op-
portunity to carry on that part of his
great work, will be the best memorial
to DR.. Arthur J. Gillette, St. Paul,
and humanity will mourn the loss of
this skillful and benevolent minded
pioneer in orthopedic surgery who
vainly tried to mask behind coun-
terfeited brusqueness heart over
flowing with human kindness, and
whose special devotion to the unfortu-
nate children who came into the world
imperfectly formed has made his name
household word. His profession ex-
emplifed humanitarianism carried to
sublimsticn. He "did it unto the
least of these" with a wealth of zeal,
love and devotion as lavish in extent
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-03-31
COUNTY PIG CLUB MEETS.
Members of Pig Club Meet in High
School Auditorium With Coun-

Members of Pig Club Meet in High
School Auditorium With Coun-
ty Agent Hammergren.
Last Saturday the members of the
county pig club met with Mr.. Ham,
mergrcn in the Princeton high school
auditorium. Eight members of the
club were present, including William
Jones, Lloyd Bisso, Theodore Nocske,
Robert Stark, Leslie Gust:fson, Har-
vey Erickson and Sam Droogsma, jr.
There were also couple of other boys
present who are not members of the
club.
Any boy or girl between the ages
OF 10 and 18 years, inclusive, may be-
come a member of the club. Each
club member is supposed to raise at
least one pig and for four months to
keep feed record of that pig. Some
time in the fall, probably at the coun-
ty fair, the winning pig is selected.
The prize county pigs are entered at
the exhibit at the state fair and each
contestant gets a free trip to the fair.
In 1919 Theodore Noeske entered
his pig at the county fair and won the
first prize, which carried premium
of $13. At the state fair his pig
drew the seventeenth prize with a
premium of 81. This was a seven
eighths full-blooded Duroc Jersey
The feed for this pig did not cost
more than $40, so that Theodore
gained $40 in the prizes besides his
trip to the state fair.
In 1920 William Jones won first
prize with his pig at the county fair
and twenty fourth prize at the state
fair.
Arthur Jensen also won trip to
the state fair last year with his story
GLOW Grew My Pig"
All the members of the club this
year, with the exception of Sam
Droogsma, jr., are planning to raise a
Duroc Jersey. Sam intends to try his
luck with a Chester White. Mr.. Ham.
mergren warned the boys against
crowding the feeding of the pig unit
it reaches a weight of 100 pounds
He said in pushing this early feeding
too fast there is danger of getting toe
much flesh for the bones.
Sometime within the next few
weeks the members of the pig club
are planning to meet with the Other
boys and girls clubs and present {
program here in Princeton. Arrange
ments are being made to have T. A
Erickson, state leader of the boys an(
girls club, present at that meeting.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-03-31
Heisler-Wark.

Godfrey Heisler and Essie Wark
were married at st. Edwards parson-
age by Rev. Chas. A. Mayer yester-
day morning. The witnesses were
Marshall Wark and Mrs. Edith Wark
The bride was engaged in Red Cross
work for over a year.
Mr.. and Mrs. Heisler left on the
morning train for short bridal trip
and upon their return will be at home
on a farm eight miles northeast OF
Princeton.
The Union wishes them life OF
happiness.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-03-31
Townley Case Under Amusement.

The state, supreme court on Monday
took under advisement the cases of
Arthur c. Townley and Joseph Gilbert
on their conviction in Jackson county
nearly two years ago for conspiring
to violate the state law against dis
couraging cnlistments.
Townley and Gilbert are under SEN
fences of three months Imprisonment.
The supreme court of the United
States hes already held valid the Min
nesota law under which they were con-
victcd.
Gilbert is now serving Jail SEN
tence in Goodhue county.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-03-31
the education committee

the education committee.
Two resolutions to congress were re-
ported favorably by the senate COM
mittee ON agriculture. One asks the
national body to curb specializing in
farm products and the other requests
a tariff on farm products coming into
the United States.
An appropriation of $500 for repair
ing the national guard armory at
Princeton is asked in bill by Senator
Richard Hamer.
After a debate, which devoted con-
siderable attention to the nonpartisan
league, the senate passed Senator
Oluf Gjcrset's bill t'to define political
parties" which would class the
league as party and compel it to
disclose it's receipts and expenditures
under the corrupt practices law.
F. E. Nimocks' proposed constitu-
tional amendment, permitting the peo-
pie to vote on the question of restoring
the death penalty for. Minnesota, was
recommended to pass in the house on
Tuesday. A statutory bill restoring
the death penalty was killed in com
mittce.
Tuesday was the last day for the
introduction of bills in both branches
of the legislature without the consent
Of the governor.
Cities, towns and villages, which
have expended monies on state trunk
highways, would be entitled to re.
funds under bill fathered by Senator
Mike Boylan. The money would be
paid by the state to the county treas
urer, who in turn would pay it to the
city or town. .
The senate by vote Of Al to %
has passed the Wickcr-Nolan bill
creating state public safety commits.
sioner. The bill partially carries out
the recommendations made by Cover.
nor Preus in a special message to the
legislature seeking to coordinate pc.
lice activities in the state for suppress.
sion Of the. crime situation. 1t in.
cludes a bureau of identification 70,
use Of all police officers in the state.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-03-31
John Burroughs is Dead.

John Burroughs, famous naturalist,
died on a New York Central train
near Kingsville, Ohio, on his way home
from California, at 2 a. m. on Tuesday.
He had been very ill for six weeks
with an abscess on the chest and
heart and with kidney complications.
He was the venerable dean of nature
lovers and writer's in the United
States and a man of world wide re-
putc. Mr.. Burroughs was "a years of
age and was born in the Catskills
He was a friend of Walt Whitman
and boon companion of Theodore
Roosevelt.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-03-31
BREEN HOTEL OPENS
Breen Hotel in St. Cloud Opened For.
mally Monday Evening With
Big Banquet and Dance.
The Hotel Represents Investment OF
100000, Has $50 Rooms, Oper-
ated on European Plan.

Monday evening the Breen hotel in
st. Cloud was formally opened with
big banquet and dance at which 500
guests were present. An excellent
menu was prepared and every dish
served was all that the most eXactlng
Epicurean could demand. The BAN
quet was followed by an oratorical and
musical program. James j. Quiglcy
was POSTMASTER and three of the
speakers were William B. Mitchell, r..
B. Brewer and Mayor Lawrence c..
Hodgson of St. Paul. Lawrence c..
Hodgson is speaker who can charm
any audience irrespective of the sub
ject on which he is speaking, and at
such gathering as that in the Breen
hotel Monday evening he is at his
best. The evenings program was con-
Guided with dancing and a buffet
luncheon.
The hotel represents an investment
of 100000. It is built in the form of
an H and every one of the 100 rooms is
an outside room. Every room is
equipped with hot and cold water and
so of the rooms have connecting
bath. The hotel is provided with a
dining room which seats 225 persons,
a grill and restaurant. On the
ground floor there is drug store, a
barber shop, and the rooms occupied
by the st. Cloud Commercial club.
. Princeton rejoices with St. Cloud in
the opening of the new Breen hotel.
The greater part of the year the road
between St. Cloud and Princeton is in
fairly good condition and the motor
lists who are so fond of driving to the
Granite City will certainly avail them
selves of the opportunity afforded To
patronize this fine, new hotel.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-03-31
WOman's Auxiliary to Meet,

The Woman's Auxiliary of the
Fremont Woodcock post will meet in
the armory next Thursday evening,
April Z. Every woman who had a
husband, brother or son in the late
war who received an honorable dis
charge, is eligible for membership in
the Auxiliary, and should plan to- be
present at the meeting. Now that the
Auxiliary has been. organized the
women of Princeton want to make it
q success. Come to the meeting next
Thursday evening at eight o'clock.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-03-31
DEL. SMITH IN TOLLS
Bandit Who Killed Railway Mail Clerk
z. E. Strong Near Elk River
Nabbed in Utah.
st. Paul Inspectors Surprise Him in
Salt Lake City Postofice and
He Confesses Crime.

Dclbert Smith, who held up:a mail
car on the Northern Pacific coast lin
tied near Elk River on the night Of
February % and fatally shot z. E.
Strong, was apprehended in Salt Lake
City, Utah, on the evening Of March
% by St. Paul postoffice inspectors.
He was surprised in the Salt Lake
City postoffice by Inspectors Jackson
and Drake, who whipped out revolvcrs
and pressed them against the bandits
side. Smith was apparently waiting
for a letter from a woman in St.
Paul, to whom it is said he had writ
ten for money.
When arrested he made full con-
fession of the crime, saying that af-
ter shooting the mail clerk he got
away with $4,000. The arrest of
Smith, who is only 20 years Of age
was the elimination Of a search which
led through a dozen cities and was
carried on by Is postoffice inspectors
AS the holdup occurred in Shcrburne
county Smith will perhaps be tried at
Elk RiverAand the charge will proba.
bly, be murder in the first degree. His
capture apparently marks clean
sweep in clearing up the case. Prac-
tically all the stolen money has beer
recovered and four women, Smiths
accomplices, have been placed undo,
arrest.
| Smith will be brought to st. Pau
under double guard to prevent any
attempt to commit suicide, according
to United States Marshel Aquila Ne
beker of Salt Lake City, as quoted il
dispatches from that city,.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-03-31
First Tornado of Season.

Last Saturday night a tornado
swept path 400 yards wide and 80
miles long through Mobiles county in
southwestern Minnesota. Several farm
houses were completely demolished
and one residence at Rushmore was
destroyed. One house was picked up
and carried 100 feet and set down un-
damaged. Two women were killed,
Mrs. Lou Dahlberg and Mrs. Abe An
derson, and many persons were in
jured.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-03-31
Attend Masonic Ceremonies.

Several Princeton men were in at
tendance at the Masonic ceremonies
in the Scottish Rite temple in Mime
apolis last week. DR.. H. C. Cooncy,
who took the thirty second degree,
spent the entire week in the city. DR..
T. L. Armitage, Evan H. Peterson,
Grover Umbchocker and Claud Nor
ton went to Minneapolis on Thursday
morning and returned on Saturday or
Sunday.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-03-31
Spring TERN CLOSES
District Court, Held in Basement of
Milaca High School, Finishes
Work and Adjourns.
Mclaughlin Personal Injury Suit Won
by Plaintiff-Verdict Awarded
in Sum of $4,000.

The March term of the district court
for Mile Laos county has adjourned.
Cases not disposed of when last weeks
Union was printed are hereunder
enumerated:
The case of Elmer J. Mclaughlin
VS.. Great Northern Railway company,
which was on trial in the district court
at Milaca when we went to press last
week, was brought to a conclusion
late Friday afternoon with verdict of
$4,000 in favor of the plaintiff. This
is the largest verdict returned in this
county for many years, but received
the decided approval of the very large
number of people who were present
at the trial, as the plaintiff was very
seriously and permanently injured.
The tricl of cases of such importance
frequently runs through a week or
two or more, and the fact that this
trial was brought to conclusion in
such record breaking time shows the
most careful and thorough advance
preparation, thereby eliminating i'm
material matter and combining the
trial to the vital and essential points
in the case, and avoiding the all too
frequent waste of time of the court
and all concerned. The plaintiffs at
torney, George c. Stiles Of Minneap-
oils, is no stranger in this county as
he has frequently appeared here in
important litigation in which he has
been uniformly successful. F. M.
Miner of Minneapolis and also E. L.
Mcmillan of Princeton were associat-
ed with Mr.. Stiles in the prosecution
of the case. M. L. Countryman and
A. L. James were counsel for the de-
PENDANT.
S. P. Woodman vs.. H. A. Smith.
Suit on disputed accounting. Geo.
H. Tyler for plaintiff, w. c. Doane
for defendant. Settled by stipulation.
Ole Hoime VS.. .Robt. H. King. Suit
on an alleged claim for rent Of farm.
Arctander E. Norby for plaintiff, E.
l.. Mcmillan for defendant. Continued
at request of plaintiff.
Ralph Shaw VS.. Gust Anderson.
Libel suit for $4,000 damages. Geo.
H: Tyler for plaintiff, E. L. Mcmillan
for defendant. Defendant failed to
appear and plaintiffs attorney dis
missed the case with the privilege of
renewing the action.
J. Hilman and Sidney Stone, doing
business under firm name of Hilman
& Stone, VS.. A. E. Shaw. Suit to set
tie dispute over threshing account.
Rivkin & Klekner for plaintiff, w. c..
Doane for defendant. Plaintiff failed
to appear and, on motion of defen-
dant's attorney, case was dismissed.
Susie NJ. Peterson VS.. Charles G
Peterson. Divorce. w. C. Doane for
plaintiff, Bessesen & Bessesen for de-
PENDANT. Case tried and taken under
Amusement.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-03-31
TO PROBE SOLDIERS AID.
Harding Orders Investigation of Way
in Which Government Helps
disabled Co1diars

Disabled Soldiers.
President Harding has decided to
have an exhaustive investigation
made of the manner in which the gov
eminent is caring for disabled war
veterans. Within a few days, it has
been announced, the president will
elect special committee to conduct
the inquiry.
Harding is determined to lay the
whole situation frankly before con-
gress and the country for the purpose
Of correcting any abuses that may
have developed. The Investigators
will be instructed to recommend
legislation that may be necessary to
remedy the situation.
The president has been giving the
war veterans much attention and is
anxious to have the service improved.
Numerous suggestions have been Of
fered him, chief among them the
American legion plan of placing all
service men in one bureau.
Thorough investigation of the en-.
tire system Of training allowances ia
disabled war veterans is to be made
by the. vocational training board
Pending the exhaustive inquiry and
study proposed Secretary Wallace OF
the department Of agriculture, mem.
Der of the board, in a statement pre-.
Idicted that the boards ruling fixing 8
maximum Of $4,000 annually on pay,
ments to men receiving >vocationa:
tr2ining would stand. This ruling is
under fire from the American lcgior
and other veterans organizations.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-03-31

Harding by the American Engineer
ing council, headed by Herbert Hoover,
secretary of commerce. Secretary of
the Interior A. B. Fall is studying the
situation in connection with the ap-
pointment Of a new commissioner of
patents.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-03-31
Taxation of Motor Vehicles.

The house by unanimous vote Of
10 has passed second highway bill
providing for the taxation of motor
vehicles. A motor vehicle is defined
as any self-propellcd vehicle not OPP
Grated exclusively on railroad tracks
and any vehicle propelled or drawn by
sclf-propelled vehicle.
The taxation is based on the weight
and tic cost of the vehicles. Motor
vehicles for carrying passengers and
hcarses are taxed 1.8 per cent of their
value providing that the minimum tax
on all passenger motor vehicles under
1000 pounds weight shall be $12 and
on those motor vehicles weighing over
1000 pounds shall be SIS. Trucks,
tractors and trailers arc taxed per
cent of their value with a minimum
tax of SIS on all trucks and tractors
under two tons, $50 on those weighing
more than two and less than four
tons and $50 on those Of more than
four tons weight. The minimum tax
on trailers of one ton or less capacity
is $40.
The value of the vehicle is considered
to mean the manufacturers retail
price at the factory. The value Of the
vehicle for purposes of taxation is not
considered to change during its first
three years of life. A depreciation of
Is per cent is allowed for the fourth
and fifth years and so per cent for
subsequent years Of vehicle life.
The senate has not yet acted on this
bill and several provisions, such as
those concerning the use of dealers
plates, are under discussion.
The Dorcas society will meet in the
/ ~ 0Yv
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-03-31

as it was transformations in form. The
man has not lived in vain whose men,
DRY will be -enshrined in the love and
gratitude Of thousands Of little chill
dren."
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-03-31

The Dorcas society will meet in the
Congregational church next Wednes-
day for a social afternoon.
Evening star., 1921-08-03
Porto Rico.

The new governor of Porto Rico. in
his inaugural address just delivered,
discourages the movement in the is.
land for independence. and suggests
statehood instead. His deliverance has
caused a stir.
There is no complaint Of American
rule, which, as in the Philippines, has
wrought great good. The interests of
the island have all been advanced
under the Stars and Stripes.
For this reason the independence
movement, as in the Philippines, is
ascribed to the ambition Of politicians
figuring on personal advancement
men who would put themselves for.
ward and endeavor to control an in.
dependent government.
They may be thinking of Cuba, and
persuading themselves that what was
accorded Cuba should now be accord.
ed Porto Rico.
Cuba's case was decided when we
had just appeared in the West Indian
equation. Sentiment in America even
then was, not unanimous. A strong
feeling for annexation existed. But
independence under an American pro-
tectorate finally won.
Cuba under a flag of her own has
not achieved so much that opinion in
America as to her independence is
now all one way. There are men who
still hold out for annexation, on the
ground that both Cuba and the United
States would benefit; that Cuban af-
fairs under the Stars and Stripes
would be stabler than they have been,
or will be. under the Cuban flag.
Independence for Porto Rico would
appear to be wholly out of the ques-
tion. while even fight for statehood
if undertaken will be long and
arduous.