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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-12-22
LARGEST KNOWN FOSSIL BONE
Discovery Made in Northern New
Mexico Is Interesting for More
Than One Reason.

The largest shoulder blade of any
animal on record, ancient or modern,
has been discovered in San Juan basin
in northern New Mexico by John B.
Reside, Jr., Of the United States
geological survey. This scapula bone
estimated to be over one hundred feet
long and markedly larger than any
previously known to have existed.
Charles E. Gilmore of the National
museum in Washington has assembled
the collection Of pieces of this fossil
scapula and has found that the total
length of the bone is more than five
feet, nearly as tall as man. This Is
five times the length of the shoulder
blade of a cow Of to-day.
The large fossil was found in the
part of the earth that was deposited
and formed in the Upper Cretaceous
era, and this indicates to the geologist
that the dinosaurs lived at a later
geologic time than they had previously
supposed. This fact has created more
stir in geological circles than the
size Of the fossil.
Dinosaurs were large reptiles with
long necks, little heads and brains,
and long tails. Their bodies look
somewhat like that of an diversified
elephant with hind legs longer than
fore legs. They dominated the earth
In the days when the limestone beds
were laid, but for some reason dis
appeared from the earth to give place
to smaller and livelier animals.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-12-22
First Pub. Dec 8-6t)
Notice of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale.

Notice is hereby given, that default has oc-
Cured in the conditions of that certain mort
gage, dated the 25th day of May, 1912, execut-
ed by Montgomery L. Germany, single man,
as mortsagor. to Security State Bank of
Princeton, Minnesota. Minnesota corporation,
as Mortgage, filed for record in the office of
the Register of Deeds in and for Mile Laos
county, state of Minnesota. the 10Th day
OF April, 1913, at o'clock p. M, and recorded
IN book ~ of mortgages. on page l78: that
notice, upon the debt secured by said Mort
gage. the sum of seven hundred eighty nine
(S789.00) dollars. and that no action or pro-
ceeding at law or otherwise has been insti-
tuted to recover said debt any part there
of that by virtue of power of sale therein
contained. said mortgage will be forecosed and
the land and premises therein described, lying
and being in the county of Mile Laos. state
Of Minnesota, described follows, to-wit
Lot eight (8), in block three (3), Damons
addition to Princeton, Minnesota. according to
the recorded plat thereof on file and of record
in the office of the Register of Deeds in and
for Mile Laos county. will be sold at public
auction to the highest bidder for cash by the
sheriff of said Mile Laos county, at the front
door of the high school building, which is now
Milaca. in the county of Mile Laos. staGe of
Minnesota, on the oath day of January, 1922
at one o'clock in the afternoon, to pay and
satisfy the debt secured, by said mortgage
and $500 attorneys fees therein provided for,
and the costs and disbursements allowed by
law upon such foreclosure and sale.
Dated November 20. 1921.
Security State Bank of Princeton,
Minnesota.
By Mary Rines. it's President,
(Bank Seal) MORTGAGE
w. C. Doane,
Attorney for Mortgage,
Princeton, Minnesota,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-12-22
Che Most Generally
Observed Of All
Festivals

~ HRISTMAS is of all the festivals
VI the most generally observed in
the western world. It is the uni
versal holiday Of Christendom, and
the general phases of its observance
are in their essentials SIMILAR in all
countries. 1t is sort of common
ground on which we all meet for. at
least, one day in the year.
In it's religious aspect the festival
is a remembrance of the Christian
failh-the gift of God to the world Of
a divine Savior. Out Of that central
and dominant idea, no doubt, grew up
the practice of selecting Christmas,
above all other seasons, as the time
for friends to bestow gifts upon one
another, and, for all who can. to ex-
tend charity to those in need.
Although not so old as the religious
feature, the domestic and social fea-
lures of the festival! date back to very
early times, at any rate, to times that
are early in our history.
For centuries Christmas has been
pre-eminently season Of home gath
ering, when absent ones return and
the family circle is once more CON-
pleted, or as nearly completed as the
changes and chances of life make pos
sible. With homecoming was associ-
ated good cheer, and so Christmas
came to be q season of feasting and
merrymaking.
In England during the Middle ages,
and for many generations after the
Middle ages had closed, the Christ
mas season, which included at least
a whole week, and liturgically 40 days,
was given over to merrymaking of
various kinds, some of which have
gone the way of many Of the customs
of our forefathers. For instance, there
was the bringing of the Yule-log to
be lighted on the fireplace on Christ
mas eve with much ceremony and re-
joicing. We have no Yule-log for there
are but few fireplaces now. The name
Of the log recalls another name for
Christmas. which was anciently called
and is still known as Yule-tide or
Yule-time
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-12-22
First Pub. Dec. 8-3t)
Citation for Hearing on Final Account and for
Distribution.

ESTATE OF RACHEL A. GRANT.
State of Minnesota. County of Mile Laos.
In Probate Court.
In the matter of the estate of Rachel A..
Grant, decedent.
The state of Minnesota to the next of kin
and all persons interested in the final account
and distribution of the estate of said decedent:
The representative of the above named de-
cedent, having filed in this court his final ac-
count of the administration of the estate of
said decedent, together with his petition pray
ing for the adjustment and allowance Of said
final account and for distribution of the resi-
due of said estate to the persons thereunto en-
titled;
Therefore, you, and each of you, are hereby
cited and required to show cause. if any you
have, before this court at the probate court
rooms in the village of Milaca, in the county
of Mile Laos. state of Minnesota, on the End
day of January, 1922, at 10 o'clock a. M, why
said petition should not be granted.
Witness, the judge of said court, and the
seal of said court. this 7th day Of December.
1921. D. S. PHILLIPS,
(Court SeaD Probate Judge
E. L. Mcmillan,
Attorney for Petitioner,
Princeton MINI.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-12-22
Che JOY Of
the True Spirit
Of Christmas

~ RE you willing to forget what
II you have done for other people
and remember what other people
have done for you; to ignore what the
world owes you, and to think what
you owe the world; to put your
rights in the background, and your
duties in the middle distance, and
your chances to do little more than
your duty in the foreground; to see
that your fellow men are just as real
as you are, and try to look behind
their faces to their hearts, hungry for
joy; to own that probably the only
good reason for your existence is not
what you are going to get out of life,
but what you are going to give life;
to close your book Of complaints
against the universe, and look around
for place where you can sow a few
seeds Of happiness-are you willing
to do these things even for a day?
Then you can keep Christmas.
Are you willing to stoop down and
consider the needs and the desires Of
4AlLlC ClhlulSA, ~ IC1uC1uUCl lHc Ncdh-
ness and loneliness Of people who are
growing old; to stop asking whether
your friends love you, and ask your
self whether you love them enough to
bear in mind the things that other
people have to bear on their hearts !;
to try to understand what those who
live in the same house with you really
want, without waiting for them to tell
you; to trim your lamp so that it will
give more light and less smoke, and to
carry it in front so that your shadow
will fall behind you; to make a grave
for your ugly thoughts and a garden
for your kindly feelings, with the gate
open-are you willing to do these
things even for day? Then you can
keep Christmas
Are you willing to believe that love
Is the strongest thing in the world
stronger than hate, stronger than evil,
stronger than death-and that the
blessed life which began in Bethlehem
nineteen hundred years ago is the
image and brightness of the eternal
love? Then you can keep Christmas.
And if you can keep it for a day, why
not always? But you can never keep
it alone.-Dr. Henry Van Dyke.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-12-22
GIRLS STATEMENT WILL
HELP PRINCETON

Many women will profit by the fol-
lowing statement Of one of their sex;
81 was afraid to eat on account of
stomach trouble. Even rice did not
agree. After taking Adlcr-i-ka I can
eat anything" Adler-i-ka acts on
both upper and lower bowel, remov-
ing foul matter which poisoned stom-
ach. Excellent for gas on stomach or
sour stomach. Guards against appen-
dicitis. It brings out poisonous mat.
ter you never thought was in your sys-
tenn. Princeton Drug Co. Adv.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-12-22
First Pub. Dec. 1-6t)
Mortgage Foreclosure Sale.

Default having been made in the payment of
the of four hundred dollars, which is claimed
to be due and is due at the date of this notice
upon certain mortgage, duly excited and de-
livered by Fred A. Pierce and Aida NJ Pierce,
his wife, mortgagor, to John f. Lofgren,
Mortgagee, bearing date the 18th day of April,
$780, 1870. and , with power of sale therein con
register of deeds in and for the county of
Mile Laos and state of Minnesota, on the 10th
day of June, 1920, at 1 o'clock p. M, in book
IL OF mortgages, on page 1877.
Which said mortgage, together with the
debt secured thereby, was duly assigned by
said John E.. Lofgren, Mortgagee to Henry
G: Enron, by written assignment dated the
office of said register of deeds, on the 9Th
day of July, 1920, at o'clock p. M, in book
OF mortgages on page 165, and no action or
proceeding having been instituted, at law or
mortgage or any part thereof.
Now, therefore, notice is hereby given, that
by. virtue of the power of sale contained in
said mortgage, and pursuant to the statute in
such case made and provided, the said mort
gage will be forecosed by a sale of the
premises! premises described in and conveyed by said
The southwest quarter of the southwest
quarter (swA of swA) of section thirty-six
1861 in township thirty-six (36) range twenty
seven (27), in Mile Laos county and state of
Minnesota, with the hereditaments and ap-
purtananees; which sale will be made by the
sheriff OF said Mile Laos county at the front
door of the high school building now used as a
court house. in the village of Milaca, in said
county and state, on the 10th day of January,
1922: at 10 o'clock a. M, of that day. at
public vendue, to the highest bidder for cash
to pay said debt of four hundred dollars, and
ices, and twenty-five dollars, attorneys fee
as stipulated in and by said mortgage in case
OF foreclosure and the disbursements allowed
by law; subject to redemption at any time
within one year from the day of sale. as pro-
vided by law.
Dated November 22nd, A. D. 1921.
HENRY G.. ENRON,
Assignee of Mortsagee
n. N. Jensen, ESQ.,,
Attorney for AssiRnee
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( TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO y;
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For the next two weeks there will
be a close and :ririted contest over
the organization Of the house and
possibly some of the places in the
senate.
Farmers from other sections will
find no better county to settle in than
Mile Lacs-the land of prosperity.
While December Is is now almost
universally observed as the day of the
Savior's nativity, it is contended that
the observance in the early churches
April or May-was more nearly cor
rect, for as the rainy season in Judea
is at it's height in December, the shep-
herds could not be watching their
f1ocks by night on the plains.
Grain and wood are coming to mar
ket in large quantities now that the
roads are in good shape.
L. S. Libby has sold the stock and
fixtures of his grocery store to w. H.
Townsend, who will replenish the stock
and continue business at it's present
location.
A lack of frost in the swamps is
giving lumbermen a deal of trouble.
The snow came before the swamps
were frozen over.
Thirty-fivc Of the friends of Miss
Lola Jesmer surprised her last Friday
evening and made merry at her par
ent's residence.
The Foley-Bean Lumber company
has purchased the yard and stock of
the Princeton Lumber company and
took possession on Monday.
The dog poisoner has been getting in
his deadly work in Princeton again.
Strychnine placed in bologna seems to
be the murderer's method. People who
have had valuable dogs poisoned would
not hesitate to pump a few bullets into
this sneaking, despicable viper were
they to locate him. Beware, you
emissary Of the devil.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-12-22
MOVE ALWAYS IS WESTWARD
How Center Of Population shifts-Lo-
Gated in Indiana for the Last
Thirty Years.

For 80 years the center Of popula-
ton in the United States has re-
NAMED within the borders of the state
Of Indiana:
The census of 1920 gives Spencer az
the town nearest the center Of popula-
ton. The exact point is 8.3 miles
southeast of Spencer, in the extreme
southeast corner Of Owen county.
According to the 1910 census the
center of population was In the city
Of Bloomington.
Following are the locations of popu-
lation centers for the various census
es, with the distance of westward
movement In each decade:
1790-Twenty-three miles east Of
Baltimore.
1900 Eighteen miles west Of Balti-
more; 400 miles.
1S10-Forty miles northwest of
Washington: $3.50 miles.
1S20HSixteen miles north Of Wood
stock, Va; sos miles.
183O-Nineteen miles southwest of
Moorefeld, w. Va. (then a part Of
Virginia) 40.4 miles.
184eSixteen miles west of Clarks-
burg, w. Va. (then Virginia); $50
miles.
O-Twenty-three miles southeast
Of Parkersburg, w. Va. (then Virgin
ia); 54.8 miles.
196O-Twenty miles south Of Chilli
cothe, O.; 80.6 miles.
Electromagnetic miles east Of Gin
cinnati; AL miles.
18SO-Eight miles west of Cincin-
natl; $751; miles.
1S90-Twenty miles west of C0lum
bus, Ind; 1876 miles.
19O0-Six miles southeast of Colum-
bus, Ind; 14.6 miles.
1910-In the city of Bloomington,
Ind; 80 miles.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-12-22
Stories of B,n1~o
Great Scouts ~st.en
g. Western Newspaper Union.
CAPTAIN SAM BRADY AND HIS
FAMOUS LEAP

Capt. Sam Brady was a member Of
a fighting family which made history
on the Pennsylvania border during the
Indian wars after the Revolution.
Captain Brady's greatest exploit took
place in Ohio. He had been captured
by the Indians apd carried to the San
dusky Towns, headquarters for all the
Ohio tribes, where the savages pre-
pared to burn him at the stake.
He was stripped, bound to post
and slow fires kindled around him, for
the Indians hated him so much that
they wished to torture him as long as
possible. Brady was powerful man
and he strained at his letters until
they we're loosened slightly. Then
with final effort he snapped the last
bond, leaped across the barrier Of
flame and, Selling a squaw, pitched
her into the fire.
Before the Indians could recover
from their surprise, the scout escaped
from the village and plunged into the
woods, holly pursued by hundreds Of
savages. Finally he came to the
Cuyahoga river, near the present site
of Kent in Portage county.
At this place the river flowed be-
tween steep, rocky banks, % feet
across from side to side. The scout
was trapped. There was no other place
for miles up and down the river where
he could ford it. The Indians were
closing in on him and his only chance
Of escape was to try to leap across the
chasm.
Brady could hear the savages yell
ing in the woods only short distance
away as he ran back toward them to
get good start. Then turning, he
sped for the brink and putting all his
failing strength into a final squirt, he
sprang for the opposite cliff. His
jump was little short and he struck
the bank few feet below the edge.
The Indians stopped in amazement,
then as the scout scrambled up over
the edge, they opened fire.
They wounded him in the leg, delay
ing his flight, and in short time were
on his heels again. He came to lake
and plunged in. STOPPING beneath the
broad pads Of water lily, he breathed
through hollow reed while the saw
ages hunted in vain on the shores of
the lake. They found his bloody trail
to the waters edge and, believing that
he had drowned rather than be cap
tured again, gave up the chase.
Soon afterward Brady reached Fort
Pitt in safety. He had many more
thrilling adventures before his death
on Christmas day, 1905, but his 22-foot
leap across the Cuyahoga was the
greatest feat of all.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-12-22
Machine Gun Back in 1775?

A controversy as to who first in
vented machine guns is one Of the
wars aftermaths in France.
Lyon puts forth the claim of a
NJ. du Perron, who, in ITS, is said
to have submitted to the young King
Louis XVI, military "orgue'' which
worked on a crank system and could
fire twenty-four bullets ''almost sinful
taneously, and consequently could an.
initiate a whole regiment in a few
minutes" according to contemporary
record.
The new weapon appeared to be SO
murderous that the king and his minis
tiers rejected it, and it's inventor was
held up as an enemy Of humanity.
The powers hostile to France tried to
secure the invention, but NJ. du Per
ron refused their offers from patriotic
motives and died in poverty.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-12-22
First Pub. Dec. 22-1t)
In Rankruntcv

United State District Court, Dis
trict of Minnesota, Fifth Division.
In the matter Of William E. Bigbee,
Bankrupt.
To the creditors of William E. Big
bee Of Milaca, in the county of Mile
Laos, and district aforesaid, bankrupt:
Notice is hereby given that on the
goth day of December, A. D. 1921, the
said William E. Bigbee was duly adj
judged bankrupt and the first meet
ing of creditors will be held at the
office of the undersigned, COG Palladio
Building, Duluth, Minnesota, on Mon
day the 9th day Of January, A. D.
1922, at II o'clock a. M, at which time
the creditors may attend, prove their
claims and elect trustee, examine
the bankrupt and transact such other
business as may properly come before
the meeting.
Dated Duluth, Minnesota, December
20, 1921. William o. Pealer,
Referee in Bankruptcy.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-12-22
PAGE, THRE,l &
First Pub. Dec. 15-8e) .'@E,y%
Order Limiting Time to File Claims, AMI 70,
Hearing Thereon. "*h#
ESTATE OF ROBERT AYI

ESTATE OF ROBERT AYERS. ~e9
State of Minnesota. County of Mile Laos.
In Probate Court. -. - I
In the matter of the estate of Robert Ayers.
decedent. =
Letters testamentary this day having been
granted to Mary-J. Ayers;
It is ordered. that the time within which al,
creditors of the above named decedent may
present claims against his estate in this court,
be. and the same hereby is. limited TO six
months from and after the date hereof: and
that Monday. the 18th day of June, 1922. at
10 o'clock a. M. in the probate court rooms,
at Milaca in said county. be. and the same
hereby is, fixed and appointed the time and
place for hearing upon and the examination.
adjustment and allowance of such claims As
shall be presented within the time aforesaid.
Let notice hereof be given by the publica-
ton of this order in the Princeton Unien a.
provided by law.
Dated December 9th, 1921.
D. S. PHILLIPS,
court Seal) Judge Of Probate.
E. l.. Mcmillan,
Attorney for Executrix,
Princeton, MINI.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-12-22
Soft Sugar Vanilla Waters.

Cream together two cupfuls of soft
sugar and one cupful Of butter. Add
the yolks of five eggs we'll beaten and
a generous favoring of vanilla. Sift
two teaspoonfuls of baking powder
and one-half a teaspoonful Of soda
with two cupfuls Of -four. Add alter
nately the wellbeaten whites Of the
five eggs and the prepared flour with
enough more to make a soft dough-
Roll thin and cut in small rounds,
diamonds or squares.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-12-22
First Pub. Dec. 8-3t)
SUMMONS.

State of Minnesota, County of Mile Laos
District Court, Seventh Judicial District
Sidney S. Foote, also known as S. S.
Foote, Plaintiff,
Edward M. Brown, E. and D. c.
Payne, D. C. Payne and John B. Spen-
Ger, also all other persons unknown
claiming any right title, estate, inter-
est or lien in the real estate described
in the complaint herein, Defendants.
The State of Minnesota to the above named
defendants:
You and each of you are hereby summoned
and required to answer the complaint in this
action, which has been filed with the clerk Of
said court at his office, and to serve a copy
of your answer to the said complaint on the
subscriber at his office, in the village of
Princeton, in the county of Mile Laos and
state of Minnesota, within twenty days after
the service of this summons upon you, ex-
elusive of the day of such service; and, if
you fail to answer to said complaint within
the time aforesaid, the plaintiff in this action
will apply to the court for the relief demanded
in said complaint.
Dated November 30th, 1921.
E. L. MCMILLAN,
Plaintiffs Attorney,
Princeton, Minnesota
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First Pub. Dec. 8-3t)
Citation for Hearing on Petition for Admin.
istratiOn,

ESTATE OF ANDREW BRYSoN.
State of Minnesota, County of Mile Laos.
In Probate Court.
In the matter of the estate of Andrew Bry-
son, decedent.
The state of Minnesota to the next of kin
and all persons interested in the granting of
administration of the estate of said decedent:
The petition of Ida J. B-yson having been
filed in this court, representing that Andrew
Bryson. then resident of the county of Mile
Laos, state Of Minnesota, died intestate on the
25th day of November. 1921, and praying that
letters of administration of his estate be grant
ed to Ida J. Bryson and the court having fixed
the time and place for hearing said petition;
Therefore, you, and each of you, hereby
cited and required to show cause, if any you
have, before this court at the probate court
rooms in the village of Milaca, in the county
of Mile Laos, state of Minnesota, on the
why said petition should not be granted
Witness, the Judge of said court, and the
seal of said court this 9Th day of December,
1921. D. S. PHILLIPS,
court Seal) Probate Judge
E. L. Mcmillan, Esq.,,
Attorney for Petitioner,
Princeton, MINI.
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ESTATE OF ROBERT AYERS
State of Minnesota, County Of Mile Laos.
In Probate Court.
In the matter of the estate of Robert Ayers,
decedent.
The state of Minnesota to all persons IN
terested in the mortgage of certain lands be-
longing to said decedent:
The petition of Mary J. Ayers, as repre-
sentative of the above named decedent, be-
ing duly filed in this court, representing that
it is necessary and for the best interests of
said estate and for all interested therein that
certain lands of said decedent described there
in be mortgaged and praying that q license
be to her granted to mortgage the same:
Now, therefore. you. and each of you, are
hereby cited and required to show cause. if any
you have. before this court, at the probate
court rooms in Milaca, county of Mile Lacs
state of Minnesota, on the 9th day of January,
1922, at 10 o'clock a. m, why the prayer of
said petition should not be granted.
Witness the judge of said court. and the
seal of said court, this 9th day of December,
1921. D. S. PHILLIPS
court SeaD Judge of Probate Court.
E. l.. Mcmillan,
Attorney for Petitioner,
Princeton, MINI.