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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-10-20
The Most Solemn Funeral.

The most solemn military fu-
neral in the history of the Unit
ed States will be that held in
Washington and at Arlington ceme-
terry, November II, the third ami
versary of the signing Of the armis-
tice. This funeral ceremony will mark
the burial of an unidentified enlisted
man, one Of the q, 765,O71 who served
in the United States armed forces dur
ing the world war. The military hon
ors accorded this unknown soldier will
be those prescribed for one of the
rank of general.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-10-20
A Businessl;ke Administration

The report of State Treasurer Rines
on the money paid out in the month of
September in the Trunk Highway
fund, which is a correct index for the
other months of the year, shows how
it is being expended in Commissioner
Babcock's department..
Administration, $4,788.45; construc-
ton, $858,874.47; maintenance, $287,
885.57; equipment, $51,963.32.
The total amount is near million
and quarter dollars, and of this
amount less than five thousand goes
to the administrative officers, which
included commissioners, engineers and
clerks. Most of the million dollars
went to labor in building permanent
highways, and building and care Of
other trunk highway roads,
There seems to be an impression
that only small part of the money
goes into actual road work, and the
statement has been made and repeated
that only rs cents of every dollar
is actually used for road building. The
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-10-20
Meets Tragic End.

Victor Swanson, farmer of Burns,
was found Monday in a small lake
badly tangled up in wire fence and
with his head lying beneath the water,
showing that he had drowned, al
though the water was said to be only
two or three feet deep. The man had
been missing since the night before.
Details as to how he came to his death
have not been learned. The Anoka
county coroner was summoned and
took charge Of the body. Mr.. Swan
son was we'll known in Burns and Elk
River, having come here to do his
trading. He is survived by his wife.
-Sherburne County Star News.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-10-20
Changes in Tax Assessments.

Changes in Tax Assessments.
The state board of equalization has
made the following increases over the
assessors returns for Mile Laos coun-
ty:
Horses, mules and asses-Under 1
year, 10 per cent; l year and under
2, 10 per cent; 16 years and over, 10
per cent; stations, fine bred mares and
race horses, 20 per cent.
Cattle-Pure bred, under l year, 20
per cent; grade under 1 year, SO per
cent; pureOred, year and under 2,
40 per cent; grade cattle l year and
under 2, 20 per cent; pure bred 2 years
and under 3, 40 per cent; grade cat
tie 2 years and under 3, 20 per cent;
pure bred cows, rs per cent; pure
bred bulls, 80 per cent; grade bulls,
20 per cent.
Sheep-Under 3 months, so per
cent; three months and over, 40 per
cent.
Hogs-Under months, 20 per cent;
8 months and over, 33 1-3 per cent.
Dogs of all ages, so per cent.
Farm tools and machinery 20 per
cent.
Goods and merchandise of whole
sale merchants and jobbers-10 per
cent
Goods and merchandise of retail
merchants-10 per cent.
First National bank of Milaca,
$2,084; Milaca state bank, $2,204;
Milaca Security State bank, $1,705.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-10-20

BOWLING N EN- ORAL. >s.
Everyone Should Subscribe TO the
Building Fund for Home for
frinn1e.l Children 81 Z L

AI1ppaeQ IMH0TeR. ~
Children of Pam is the title given
to the crippled, vet smiling, inmates
Of the state hospital for crippled chill
dren, st. Paul There are 200 Of them
there now and more than 225
others in just as bad physical condi-
ton throughout the state waiting for
admission. =, 4, E +:
During the lifetime of Michael
Bowling, Olivia banker, who died re-
Gently from oyerwork in the interests
Of the crippled in body, work for
and among crippled children was his
avocation. r. - =
On his death, his closest friends in
casting about for a memorial obtained
a letter he had written in which he
said 'the plight Of the crippled child
is beyond conception. Dumb with the
agony of being different they are apt
to become crippled in the mind as we'll
as the body and when that happens
society has lost valuable ally and
gained a bitter enemy"
With that as a guiding star they
have decided on an addition to the
state hospital for crippled children in
st. Paul and, in order to permit the
thousands Of friends of Mike Bowling
to add their mite to memorial that
would be just what he would want,
decided to open the subscription books
last Monday, October II.
The proposed addition will care for
the children now in the state who need
this care and will reclaim not only
their. poor manned bodies but also
their neglected minds.
Hundreds Of children have been. re-
ceived at the hospital since it's open
ing in 1911 and have since been dis
charged cured Of their physical all
ments and educated in mind.
Thirty Of the best orthopedic spe-
cialists in the state are on the staff
of the hospital and, when the memo
rial addition is built, will take care of
these patients also. They give their
services gratis to these children.
Everything that can be done is be-
ing done to alleviate their condition
and all the work is under the general
supervision of the superintendent,
Miss Elizabeth McGregor. Miss Nc
Gregor is mother" to these children,
many of whom are orphans or have
lost one Of their parents.
She knows everyone by their first
name and always has a CHEEKY word
and pat on the head for them. She
is never too busy to stop and hear
their childish condolences and her
love, true mother love it is too, per-
meates the entire staff.
The Minnesota Editorial association,
the Minnesota Bankers association
and the Elks Of Minnesota have taken
the fund into their hands and ask the
people of the state to help.
Dollars in themselves mean moth
ing, it is. 4only the manner. in which
they are spent that gives them life''
was favorite plea Of Bowling when
asking for fundY for various enter
prises concerning, the welfare of Grip
Piles. :!
If the people of the state will add
their mite to the $4,000 already
raised by private subscription, the
100000 fund to be raised will care
adequately for the hundreds of chill
dren who need help and need it now.
"Help us to help them" is the slogan.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-10-20
kanabec County Paultrv Show

The Kanabec County Poultry asso-
cation held meeting at the Kanabec
county farm bureau office in this viii
lage Monday evening, the purpose of
which was to decide upon the place of
holding the show and naming the
dates on which the meeting would be
held. The committee decided that it
would be held on the 10Th, 18th and
18th OF January and Grasston was Sc
lected as the place, if suitable build
ing could be secured.-Kanabec Coun-
ty Times.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-10-20

Special Meeting of Princeton Unit.
The members of the Princeton farm
bureau unit are asked to meet at the
village hall on next Saturday after
noon, October %, at 2:3O. This special
meeting has been called to select a
man to represent Princeton township
on the board of directors of the Mile
Laos County Agricultural association.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-10-20
Buttermakers' Convention

At the annual convention of the Ma
tional Creamery Buttermakers' $3.50
citation, held in St. Paul last week,
Professor M. M. Mortenson of Ames,
Iowa, was elected president; Albert
Erickcon of Amery, Wis.,, and J. L.
Jensen of White Lake, S. D., vice pres
idents; Emil Oman of Stockholm,
Mimi, tary-treasurer. @5s.,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-10-20
Phil0sOphy.

We learn wisdom from failure much
more than from success. We often
discover what will do by finding out
what will not do, and probably he who
never made mistake never, made a.
discovery Samuel Smiles. 49, z..s &.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-10-20

". October On the farm of H.. T.
Lowell, / mile east Of Princeton.
i October "a On farm Of C. Bulliegh,
Az miles northwest Of Princeton.
s@l%.t< = = IA, H.. .>:l, - y
October 28-On farm of Herman
Hedtke, " miles southwest of Prince =
ton. y .t@ .~ -, =.
October 31-On> old Jesmer farm
7 miles west of Princeton.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-10-20
Times Have CHANGED

DO the boys in Crimson Gulch shoot
on sight the way they used to-"
NO." replied Cactus Joe. "Us des-
peradoes are all tanned down. We're
afraid to get out in the street and act
reckless for fear we'll be mistook for
film actors. London Opinion.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-10-20

absurdity of this is shown BY the above
figures Less than five thousand dol
lars il an expenditure Of . million and
q quarter for: overhead" is . better
showing than is made by any business
or manufacturing concern in the coun-
try. The highway commission is one
branch Of public service that is con-
Quoted on strictly business principles.
- ~ st. Cloud Journal-Press. - .:s-~~-. !,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-10-20
Auction Calendar.

October 26-On farm of G.. Postma
6 miles north and three-quarters of a
mile west Of Princeton,
The following auction sales are ad-
vertised in this weeks Union:
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-10-20
Good Suggestion.

The phone company might issue a
directory showing what wrong num-
Der to call to get the right one.-Har-
risburg Patriot.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-10-20
Of Course Not.

Wigg-1 am thoroughly convinced
that we never hear the best things
that are said about US.
Wagg-Of course not. We are dead
then.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-10-20
Am erica
~ Corner

Good news for Minnesota legionaires
and members Of the legion auxiliary.
Their teamwork and cooperation with
department headquarters has won Tor
them from all the railroads in Min
nesota a rate of one cent per mile to
Kansas City and return for all legion
members and the dependent members
of their families. Reduced fare certif-
icates necessary to obtain this low
rate to Kansas City should be secured
through the local legion 'adjutant or
direct from legion state adjutant, St.
Paul. This certificate, when presented
to the local ticket agent, secures pur-
chase of a ticket to Kansas City and
return at one cent per mile. You may
ride in day coaches, chair cars or pull
mans, but of course there will be the
usual extra charge for chair or Sleep
ing car service. Ask local ticket agent
to be sure to have the low rate instruc-
tons, so he will have no hesitancy
about granting this new low rate when
the time for your trip arrives. The
new low rate to the legion national
convention is available from midnight,
October 81, to midnight, November 5,
by which time the trip must be COM
pleted. No extensions or stopovers
are allowed. Trip must be made by
most direct route.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-10-20
Inducement to Secure Members

At a meeting of the directors of the
Itasca county farm bureau, held last
Friday afternoon, a resolution was
passed which will make it easier for
the local units in the county to secure
members, by giving an incentive to do
so. The sum of $3.50 from the initia-
ton fee of each new member will be
left in the treasury Of the local society
for use there, while the unit will also
keep so cents from the annual dues
of each member. This will provide a
small but sufficient working capital
for each local unit in the county to paw
running expenses.-Grand Rapids
Herald Review.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-10-20
NEWS OF THE STATE +
To Observe Armistice Day.

: The American legion post Of this
city is making arrangements for q
big time on Armistice day, November
IL: Negotiations are under way with
Manager Behrndt of the United thea
ter for the use of the house for the
showing of a special production, the
proceeds, after expenses have been
met to 60 to the local organization.
Cambridge North Star. -.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-10-20
HIGHWAY TRAFFIC !.
SHOWS A BIG GAIN
Travel is One Fourth Greater Than in
E. 1920 and Three Times the 1916
.~G Average, Census DisclOses.
INCREASE OF 26 PER CENT
Commissioner BabcOck Announces Re-
suits and Points Out Importance
of Road Development.

Following are figures giving trunk
highway comparisons:
Vehicles Daily averages 1920: Au-
tomobiles, 377; motor trucks, "a;
wagons, 20; buggies, Ia; total 435.
Vehicles Daily averages 1921: Au-
tomobiles, 500; motor trucks, 81;
wagons, Is; buggies, 9; total, SOS.
Minnesota trunk highways are car
rying an average of SOS vehicles a
day-more than 26 per cent increase
over the daily average Of 435 last
year and more than three times as
many as five years ago, Charles M.
Babcock, state highway commissioner,
announced this week. The statement
was based upon the returns in the an
nual traffic census made the week of
August % by highway department OBJ
servers at 1877 stations or observation
points in various localities.
Following are figures showing the
average daily traffic on state trunk
roads serving Princeton:
Trunk highway No. 3-Automobiles
1877; passenger buses, ~; trucks,
heavy and light, SO; wagons 10; bug
gies, 7; total, 1865; as against 1852
in 1920.
Trunk highway No. 18-Automo-
biles, 592; passenger buses, 8; trucks,
16; wagons, 20; buggies, So; total,
698, as against SCI in 1920.
Highway No. is the jefferson and
No. Is the Scenic.
Commissioner Babcock, commenting
briefly on the general result, says:
Tremendous increases in the volume
Of traffic on Minnesota highways SIM
ply show the Importance Of pushing
the building Of better roads with all
possible speed. Our roads, like those
in other states, are ten years behind
the demands Of traffic, as is proved
by the census figures. The returns
make a forceful argument for speed
ing highway development and backing
it's claim for popular public support"
Traffic engineers made comparisons
with traffic census figures for previous
years and found that the daily average
Of 435 vehicles for 1920 was 70 per
cent; that of 547 for 1919 was 81 per
cent; that of 276 for 1918 was 40 per
cent; that of 231 for 1917 was al per
cent and that of TIA for 1916 was 81
per cent, or less than one-third as
large as that for the present season.
The engineers noted further that
motor vehicles, which outnunbered
horse-drawn rigs about II to l in the
1920 figures, predominant now on a
% to 1 ratio. Increases of 81 per cent
in the number of passenger cars and
30 per cent in trucks are shown, to-
gether with decreases of 21 per cent
in the number Of wagons and 43 per
cont IN h11o an tr,1,,ly ro,,+oc
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-10-20

Crookston legionaires will combine
their Armistice day celebration with a
three-day legion winter carnival, No.
vember 10, II and IL. Saltwater plans
a Washington county legion reunion
on Armistice day, including a chow
line leading to some of the best rations
army men ever attacked, At Mora the
service men and their relatives will
enjoy a banquet and dance. Wadena,
Mapleton, and Wabasha have similar
plans, so has Pine City. Practically
every Minnesota legion post is busy
with Armistice day plans for rejoicing.
More than 10000 Americans will
rest forever in the soil of France
They will lie near the battlefelds
where they fell fighting for Old Glory,
and about them the Stars and Stripes
will forever wave. On Armistice day
legionaires of Minnesota will take part
in the solemn two-minute period of
silent remembrance in connection with
the burial of an unknown American
soldier in Arlington cemetery, as d.
rected by President Harding.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-10-20

Theodore Roosevelt was the friend
of every buddy who wore the uniform
during the great war. If he had had
his wish he would have fought and
died at our side. Sixty three years
ago on October 81, Theodore Roosevelt
was born. So on that date every le-
gion post in America will organize
celebration of it's own, or take part in
any local celebration that may be
staged by other lodges. National
Commander Emory urges every legion
aire to honor the memory of Theo-
dore Roosevelt.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-10-20

Reports from Minnesota legion posts
show that they are on the job to see
that their ex-service buddies get JUS
tice, Of course, the big task falls to
the 'big three" legion bureaus in. St.
Paul, Minneapolis and Duluth, but
some of the smaller towns have legion
aires who are far from asleep. This
circular letter sent out by A. C. Han
son post of Tyler is sample: Eek
service men, attention! Our post Of
icers are wire cutters and high ex-
pfosive shells when it comes to burst
ing red tape. If you need smoke
eater to blast your way to back pay,
compensation, insurance claims, travel
allowance, or need help in any way,
see our post adjutant or commander
without delay.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-10-20

Cali aboard for the Minnesota le-
gion special!'' the Rock Island conduc-
tor will sing out Sunday morning, Oc-
tober 80. The legion band will burst
forth, "Hail, Hail, the Gangs All
Here" and off we go to the biggest
convention in history to march in the
big parade of $4,000 legionaires be-
hind Marshal Foch and General PERISH
ing. The special leaves Minneapolis
at $3.50 a. M, St. Paul at 10 a. m.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-10-20

Requests for hotel accommodations
at Kansas City should be sent to le-
gion state adjutant through local le-
gion adjutant or direct. Minnesota
headquarters has made reservations
for 1000, but more than this number
may attend, so get request in without
delay.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-07-13

j. Fred Moves of Carthage,
charged with kidnapping Aida, fiji
teen-year-old daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles P Bennock of Green
Lake, was arraigned before Judge
Crabtree in the Ellsworth municipal
court last Saturday, and held for the
October grand jury under $1,000
bond.
Moves, who was employed as fore
man at the Springer mill at Green
Lake, on the afternoon of July
took the girl in his auto to Bangor,
where he left he~ at the home of an
aunt of the girl and returned to
Green Lake. Threatened with at
rest the following day, he returned
to Bangor and took the girl to the
home of relatives of his own in Berry
Mills, Franklin county. He returned
again to Green Lake Wednesday
night to get his belongings, and was
arrested near midnight that night on
the Bangor road in Holden. The
girl was brought home by brother
of the respondent on Friday.
Respondent said that he took the
girl away at her own request. Be-
cause. of trouble with their father,
she and a sister two years older, had
decided to run away The older
sister, and another married sister,
came to him after Aida had left the
house, told him where she was hid
ing, and asked him to get her, which
he did, and took her to the home of
her aunt, as stated above. The girl
was not harmed in any way.
While the circumstances seemed
to suggest lack of wrong intent, the
respondent was acting contrary to
the known wishes of the girl S
father, and was technically guilty of
the charge alleged.
L. F. Giles appeared for the State
and F. L. Mason for the respondent.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-07-13
FIRE AT CASTINE,

Fire early Thursday morning in
the business center of Oastine,
destroyed two large frame business
buildings and damaged several
others, with a loss estimated at $780,
900, about half of which is covered
by insurance. Only the most desper-
ate and efficient work of fire depart
ment and citizens generally pre-
vented the destruction of the entire
business district.
The fire started about 4 a. m. in
the grocery store of Charles Chester
& Co., successors to w. J. Patterson,
and quickly spread through the
three-story wooden building. The
Chester building was burned fiat,
also the large building adjoining,
known as the Davis block, and owned
by w, H. Hooper, and the two and
one-half story wooden building
owned by the R. B. Brown heirs was
practically destroyed
So quickly did the fire spread
through the Chester building,
stocked with groceries and a meat
market, that little or nothing was
saved. The hardware stock of
George Coombs on the second floor
was a total loss. The Hooper build
ing was occupied in part as a garage,
also as the undertaking rooms and Of
flee of Mr.. Hooper and the Office and
supply rooms of the Central Maine
Power Co. Most of the contents of
this building were saved. The
Brown building was vacant
The fire was so hot that the paint
was blistered and numerous plate
glass windows broken in the stores
on the opposite side of the street.
Damage was done to the fronts of w.
A. Walkers drug store, C. E. Nc
Cluskeys clothing store, w. A. Rick
er's music store and H. N. Grindle's
dry goods store. Telephone cables
were burned off and the service in
terrupted for time.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-07-13
NOT A JOY RIDE.
Little Accident at Kilkenny Took
Joy All Out of 1t,

A Bangor motoring party met with
disaster at Kilkenny bridge in Han
cock in the early hours of Saturday
morning. The party-two men and
three women-left Bangor Friday
evening for drive to Bar Harbor.
In Ellsworth they took the wrong
road, and wound up at Hancock
Point
They were returning when they
reached the Kilkenny bridge about
2.30 o'clock Saturday morning.
The road here descends a sharp hill
and makes a turn at the foot, as it
reaches the bridge. The driver
failed to make the turn. He at
tributes the accident to strange
through the railing tearing down
nearly 100 feet of it, turned over
and landed on the rocky bed of the
stream, wheels in air
One man, sitting in the rear seat
with two women, succeeded in get
ting out into the roadway and drag
ging one, of the women with him be-
fore the car toppled into the stream.
The driver and the other two
women were caught beneath the
overturned car, from which position
the man who had escaped from the
car succeeded in rescuing them.
One woman was badly cut on the
forehead, and the other received a
bad cut from glass across the abdo-
men. The driver was cut about the
hands.
The injured women were taken to
the home of Henry Butler. A car
was summoned from Bangor, and
the two men and the uninjured
woman proceeded home, stopping
in Ellsworth to send DR.. Woodruff
to attend the injured women.
Another car was sent down for
them Saturday evening.
The members of the party de-
clined to give their names, and in a
further effort to prevent identified
ton, removed the license plate from
the car. The car is now at the
Ellsworth Foundry & Machine
Works for repairs.