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i rf VISITORSJEFEATED Princeton High School Team Outplays the Cambridge Boys by a Score of Six to Five. Both Teams Play Good Ball Through- out the Nine Innings and Are Deserving of Credit. The Princeton high school team finallv struck their gait last Satur day and nosed out a 5 to 6 victoiy over the fast Cambridge team. The game was a hummer from start to finish and kept the crowd on edge until the last blue-and white batter was out in the ninth. Cambridge put in a bid for the game in the opening round when, with two out and two on bases, Starkey, the big third-sacker for the visitors, lambasted one to the outer works and relieved the congested traffic somewhat by driving in the two runners ahead of him and land ing safely at third himself. Full wiler became somewhat peeved at this kind of treatment and stiuck the next batter out. Bob Brown, for the locals, started the Princeton at tack with a three-base hit to right field, but the next three batters whiffed in rotation while the orange and black rooters pleaded and begged for a hit of some kind to bring the leading comedian home from third. Cambridge went out in rotation in the second round and received the same kind oi treatment in the third, Fullwiler getting three straight strike-outs in the third. Princeton tied the score in their half of the second when Trunk and Wictor made the complete circuit of the bases, aided and abetted by some bad errors on the part of the visit ing players. At the end of the third inning the score was still in a tie, but in their hair of the fourth Cambridge broke into the score column for an other run on safe wallops by Dahl and Starkev. Piinceton came right back in their half of this inning when Ivaliher started a parade around the bases that eventually net ted a score for the home boys. There was nothing doing for either side in the fifth, but in the sixth the visitors decided to break the game up and salt it down for keeps by adding two more runs to their total, and putting the cold proposi tion up to the town boys of either getting three runs in the closing in nings of the game or else suffering another defeat. But the locals were out to win and started a bom baidment in their half of the sixth that sounded like Company at tar get practice and firing in squads. When the smoke of battle had cleared away and the official score keeper had figured up the casualties it was found that three Princetonians, to vvit, Milbrath, Berg and Kaliher, had passed the registeiing station and brought the count up to 5 to 6 in favor of the local school. And here the scoring ended for both sides, leaving the locals victors in a hard fought game by the close score of to 6. NOTES. Moe and Nelson did the umpiring, and the game was handled by the arbitrators in big league style. Next Saturday the high school team plays a return game with the Monticello high school on the lat ter's grounds. The Princeton infield played good ball and backed their pitcher up with some sharp fielding, pulling off one pretty double playTrunk to Petterson to Milbrath. Starkey was the only visitor who seemed to worry Fullwiler when at bat. His batting alone netted the blue and white four scores but his record was somewhat marred when he was caught trying to steal home in the fourth inning. Fullwiler and Larson were the opposing pitchers and the local boy had the best of the argument throughout, working himself out of several bad situations and sending ten of the opposing batsmen back to the bench by the strike-out route. Potato Men Win Case. The Minnesota Potato Growers and Shippers' association, in a case involving the annual movement of $20,000,000 of perishable freight, on Monday won the greatest victory of its history when Interstate Com merce Commissioner James S. Har lan decided that the railroads must take shipments of potatoes in freez ing weather and provide suitably lined and heated cars. Millions of bushels of potatoes in \iSstSiP TPTTATIP 1\T?T?P A HTPTV the t\\in cities and at country load- R. C. DUNK, Publisher. Terms 01.00 Per Tear. PRINCETON, MILLE LACS COUNT!, MINNESOTA, THURSDAY, the twin cities and at country load ing stations were held up last winter because the roads would not load them when the temperature was below freezing point and refrigerator cais not available, which is declared by Commissioner Harlan to be not justified. The ruling makes a pre cedent, lelative to possible like con ditions elsewhere in the United States, for the roads to piovide sufficient lolling stock properly con structed to handle such business, or take upon themselves the cost of aitificially heating the ordinary -box cars when such cars are used. Commissioner Harlan, according to Washington advices, will issue no mandatory order upon the railroads, but will request a conference be tween the roads and the potato shippres to arrive at a definite un derstanding. J. B. Beggs of St. Paul, president of the Minnesota Potato Growers and Shippers' association, and Secretary E. E. Sevey of Minneapolis filed a protest with the commission last winter, after a tie-up of the move ment of potatoes from Minnesota south and west. George B. Higgins of Minneapolis, who is now secietary, has had correspondence with the commission since then. George T. Simpson, former attorney general of Minnsota, was attorney for the association. 'It is a great victory foi the ship- pers," said Mr. Sevey. "It means that a condition like that of last winter, which blocked, tempora rily, a heavy traffic movement, cannot again develop." The decison also covers Wisconsin, It is principally important to Minne sota because of the enormous quan tity of Minnesota seed stock that moves southward to Texas, Okla homa. Kansas, Missouii and other states in winter. Summer School for Princeton. On Wednesday, June 25, a summer training school will open in Prince ton and continue five weeks. Super intendent Marshall of the Princeton public schools has been appointed conductor and Mr. Mandeville of Delano one of the instructors. Mrs. P.ertha K. Lawrence of Litchfield has been assigned to the primary and methods work and Miss Esther E. Challman of the Monroe school, Min neapolis, will also be a member of the corps of instructors. Special in structors in agriculture and home economics will also be here for one week each. Teachers and prospective teachers should not fail to enroll for this summer school term. They will find that they can gain much more prac tical information than is possible in the summer schools of the large cities. New Revision of Statutes. A new revision of the Minnesota laws will be issued within a few months which will be entitled, "Gen eral Statutes, 1913." It will replace the levision of 1905 as an up-to date compendium of the state's laws, but the 1905 revision did not include the session laws of that year, so in reality ten years' legislative work will be added to the former revision. The legislature of 1911 authorized the revision to be made, including the work of the 1913 legislature, but instead of the state doing it through a commission, as in the case of the 1905 revision, the act provided that the governor, chief justice and at torney general should enter into a contract for the work. The Gettysburg Encampment. Eight hundred thousand meals will be supplied by the government to the union and confederate veterans when they are in camp next July on the battlefield of Gettysburg, where the semi-centennial of the great fight will be celebrated by all the states which participated in the struggle. This camp will care for 40,000 veterans and allowance will be made for 20 meals for each man. That will require 800 cooks and as many helpers, and 125 bakers. In the camp will be more than 9,500 tents, which will be pitched in the fields not far from the scene of Pickett's charge. Mission at St. Edward's Church. Arrangements have been made for an eight days' mission in St. Edward's Catholic church, commenc ing Sunday, June 1. The mission is to be conducted by Eev. P. Vigiluis, C. P. P. S., of Collegeville, Ind, who has been engaged in this work for several years and has proven very successful. The last mission at St. Edward's took place six years ago and was given by Fathers Michael and Brockband of the Dominican order. Further details will be made known later. PPATTATIS A ATATTPTPfl SENIORP BANQUETED Sophomores and Juniors of High School Entertain Seniors at the Odd Fellows Hall. Members of School Board and Their Wives Are Present as Quests of the Two Classes. The sophomores and junors enter tained the seniors at an elaborate banquet in Odd Fellows hall on Fri day evening and nothing was left undone to make the evening one of supreme enjoyabilitjO The dining hall was decorated with spring blossoms and the .colors of the classes, and the favcrs were in blue. Miss Hazel Wetsel presided as toast mistress, and toasts were given by Glenn Ferrell and Misses McVicar, Holm and Dickey, all of which re ceived appropriate responses. Members of the school board, with their wives, were present as guests of the classes which gave the ban quet, as was also the school teachers and Prof. P. S. O'Eeilly, who re sponded to a toast and enlivened the proceedings by relating a number of humorous stories. Following the banquet, which was served in royal style, there was an impromptu dance to the strains of Marshall's orchestra. The sophomores and juniors are entitled to more than a modicum of praise for the excellent manner in which the banquet was conducted, as are also the teachers, who materi ally assisted in the preliminary ar rangements. Prof. O'Reilly Addresses Pupils. Prof. P. S. O'Eeilly, who recently returned from the Philippine islands, gave a very interesting talk before the high school and eighth grades on Monday morning of this week. His talk included a history of the islands under Spanish occupation, and he showed that Spain had done a great deal for the people of those islands before they came into the possession of the United States. He gave a full account of the progress of the Fili pinos under the United States gov ernment and it is his opinion that it will be a great many years before the natives will be competent to rule themselves without direction from some other government. He corrected many false impressions in regard to conditions there and his talk was very entertaining to pupils and teachers. Prof. O'Eeilly is an eloquent speaker, with a ready command of language and a wealth of stories which he uses to illustrate his points. Characteristic of Mr. McMillan. Supreme Court Clerk Caswell paid our county attorney, Mr. E. L. Mc Millan, a handsome compliment the other day. Among other things Mr. Caswell said: "No member of the bar who practices before the supreme court stands higher in my estimation than Mr. E. L. McMillan. His cases are all well prepared, and when he addresses the court he says what he has to say, states his points clearly and concisely, and then sits down, no matter whether he has consumed only half or one-quarter of the time allotted him. Other lawyers that I know of deem it their bounden duty to use up all the time at their dis posal, and their repetitions and re iterations are decidedly tiresome and bore the judges." Spearing Under Difficulties. Some of the boys were down on the Rum Saturday night endeavor ing to spear suckers by the aid of light from matches, but they found it a difficult proposition and damned the game and fish commission for pushing through a bill which pro hibited the use of torches. To all appearances the law savors of being penny wise and pound foolish, as it protects suckers and other fish which live largely on spawn. Hence the eggs of game fish will now be de stroyed to a greater extent than ever and the almost worthless suckers in crease in number. The game and fish commission is an expensive de partment of state which accom plishes very little, if any, good, and should be wiped out. Mrs. C. H. Rines Returns Home. Mrs. C. H. Eines arrived home on Friday evening from Los Angeles, California, where she passed the winter with Mr. and Mrs. O'Kel liher, her son-in-law and daughter, and her granddaughter, Miss Mary Newbert. Mrs. Eines was delighted with her sojourn, and it is evident that the change did her much good- i *-iS,&%i&vrti^^S*J^^^I. 'J returned with a comrj sn she returned with a complexion like one of those delicate pink roses which abound in the land of flowers she was visiting. She is the picture of health and vivacity. She speaks in high praise of Los Angelesits climate, people and thrift. It is a most beautiful city, says she, com pared with which Minneapolis looks like a dingy country village. Mrs. Eines' many friends are pleased to see her back again and are glad that she enjoyed herself. Kind Words by a Fellow Member. One of the influential members of the house writes the publisher: I heartily approve of your tributes to Messrs. Eines and Davis in the last number of the Union. You cannot say too much in their praise. They are deserving of the thanks of all the members and of the people of the state generally. I want to add, how ever, that Mr. I. F. Walker, for a new member, made an excellent record. Walker, as you say, had a host of friends in the house, and was thoioughly independent. If the voters of his district return him for another term he will prove a valuable member, not only for his district but for the state at large. The better I became acquainted with Mr. Walker the better I liked him." Dan Spaulding Around Again. Dan Spaulding came across the Eum river bridge from his home on the north side, for the first time in many months, on Monday, and his friends were glad to greet him. He is unable to walk without the aid of crutches but says he is slowly im proving. Throughout the winter Dan suffered intensely from his old ailmentan affection of the left knee which originated from a cut with an axe when he was a mere boy, but until recent years he has been able to follow his occupation of painter. With assistance, he expects to raise a quantity of garden truck this spring for the market, and as a gar dener he can scarcely be excelled. A Word of Praise. Fred Polsfuss, one of Princeton township's prosperous farmers who byhard work has made a success of hi& calling, was among the Union's vigors on Saturday. For 18 years Mr. Polsfuss has been a reader of the Union and declares that he intends to remain a subscriber as long as he lives. Fred says he likes the Union because it is chock full of reliable news and special features, and that it is always published on the same day of each week. He knows when he will get it at his home. Killed in a Runaway. Mrs. John Bogan, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Peterson of Cam bridge, was killed in a runaway ac cident at Keewatin, in the northern part of the state, last week. She jumped from the buggy, with her baby in her arms, and was killed instantaneously by striking on her head. The child was uninjured. Her husband, who was riding by her side, was thrown out and received a few bruises, and a small boy who was with them sustained a fractured leg. Happyland Moving Picture Theater. Beginning Monday, May 12, there will be a matinee every afternoon and two shows each evening at the Happyland moving picture theater, formerly Cordiner's garage. Ar rangements have been made for pre senting the finest features obtain ablethe very latest productions of the best film manufacturers. One visit to the theater will mean that you will want to go again. Try it. Geo. Whittemore Heard From. Mrs. MaryMillett has just received a letter from George Whittemore, whose whereabouts were for some time unknown. Mr. Whittemore is at Fairbanks, Alaska, and has been sick for over a year. Besides this he has almost lost the use of his eyesight and it was with difficulty that he managed to write a letter. AT NORTHWESTERN HOSPITAL. April 30Frank Eogers of Blue Hill was operated upon for abdomi nal abscess and is now convalescent. Lee Steeves of Spencer Brook en tered the hospital for medical treat ment. May 1Iona Owen of Isle under went an operation* for acute appen dicitis and is convalescent. Mrs. William Penrod of Glendorado, oper ated upon for gall stones and appen dicitis also convalescent. May 7Born, to Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Boehm of Blue Hill, a daughter. Eddie Folwick of Milaca, operated upon for acute appendicitis. Chas. Hornwald of Isle entered hospital for medical treatment. j^'^m^9f^^^v9t^m^i MAY 8, 1913. PROGRESS! ORIENT Rapid Development in Philippine Is- lands Since Archipelago Was Acquired by America. Interesting Article Written by Prof. O'Reilly, Who Has Lived 13 Years Among Filipinos. The following interesting article was written expressly for the Union by Professor P. S. O'Eeilly, superin tendent of public instruction for the Philippine islands, who is now visit ing relatives in Princeton: Very few Americans seem to realize the great work that has been done in the Philippine islands during the past twelve years, nor do they seem to appreciate the conditions in that country as they are today. We have been in possession of the Philippine islands since 1898, but the real work of educating and lifting up the Fil lipino did not begin until 1900 and 1901, when the insurrection closed and the natives began to settle down and take an active interest in their own affairs. In order to get an idea of what has been done we must first look at conditions as we found them, say in 1900. From the year 1895 the Span ish began to lose control of the Philippines due to insurrections on the part of the Filipino against the government. When the Americans arrived in 1898 the Spanish had lost control of practically all the Philip pine islands 'with the exception of Manila and some of the important centers. The Filipinos, having had practically entire control of their affairs during these two or three years, allowed everything to go down and the Americans, upon arrival in the islands, found the country in a very bad state of affairs. On top of all this came the Philippine insur rection against the American govern ment which lasted until the latter part of the year 1900. During this insurrection of course the Filipinos dropped eviything_tbat tended, to better their own economic conditions and devoted their entire time and energv to war. Upon our arrival in the islands we found the country in a most unsanitary condition. I can well remember the unsightly appear ance of the city of Manila when I ar rived some thirteen years ago, dirtv streets, filthy hotels, impure water and in general everything that was undesirable in a city of 250,000 in habitants. Disease was common everywherebubonic plague, Asiatic cholera, smallpox and other epidemics were common. The country was without roads, very few railroads, and uhe railroads that were there were perhaps among the poorest in the world, and the boat service be tween the different isJands was any thing but desirable. The schools under the Spanish government were few and far between, nearly all of the large cities had what was called the centro school, but in the out lying districts the poor people and, in the larger cities, the poorer peo ple, had very little access to public school instruction. The instruction that was given in these schools was not of a very high order and the ed ucational qualifications of the Philip pine people in 1901 was nothing to be proud of. The rich ruled the coun try. The courts, especially the lower courts of justice in the municipali ties, were very partial to the rich, that are commonly known through out the islands as caciques. The government was in the hands of a few and was a government of a few. The country was overrun with la drones and poverty was in evidence everywhere. These were some of the conditions as we found them in 1900 and 1901. The American teachers arrived in the early dawn of the occupation and have been hard at work ever since. I have had occasion to visit about all of the principal cities and provinces and I speak from actual observation and from contact with persons and things. It is a pleasure at this time to look back over it all and see the changes that have been made and to know that I have played some part in bringing about these changes. Today the islands are cleaned, the epidemic diseases, such as bubonic plague and Asiatic cholera, have en tirely disappeared and their recru descence under present conditions is practically an impossibility. The bureau of health is established in every part of the islands and has worked in harmony with the public schools to bring about this sanitary condition, and education and organ- f-^^-\ J--g-^ f^^(^ Hrif VOLUME XXXTII. NO. 20 ization have the islands today clean from all epidemic diseases and, from a sanitary standpoint, about on a par with other countries. The government of the islands to day is lepublican in form and is the same as that found in the United States. The laws are made for the Philippines by a central government located at Manila, and consists of two houses known as the Philippine assembly and the Philippine com mission. The Philippine assembly corresponds to our house of repre sentatives and is composed entirely of Filipinos who are elected by the people of the Philippines. The Pnilippine commission corresponds to our senate and consists of Ameri cans and Filipinos appointed by the president of the United States. In all of the provinces and in the munic ipalities the government is entirely in the hands of the Filipinos and, in this respect, they are just as free and just as independent as are the people of any city or state in the United States. Courts of justice have been established in every city in the islands. American judges and Filipino judges have been ap pointed to all of the courts of first instance, which correspond to our circuit courts in this state, and in each' municipality in the islands there is a justice court presided over by a justice of the peace as in the United States. The judges in all of these courts have been taught to deal out justice to all, rich and poor alike, and the day of trie cacique has gone by. The bureau of science, located in Manila, is mak ing research and investigation con stantly and passing upon all food products that come into the islands, and has rendered invaluable service to the bureau of health in cleaning the islands from disease. The bu reau of public works is perhaps the largest bureau in the insular service, and the work done by this bureau is, perhaps, second only to that done by the bureau of education in the islands. Eoads have been constructed all over the Philippines from the north to the south. There is a line of roads connecting every_municipality on the island of Luzon and, in the southern islands, they have built roads between all of the principal cities. These roads are all first class and are, perhaps, better than the roads found throughout the state of Minnesota. We have organized in the Philippines a civil service similar to that of the United States. All employes of the government secure their positions through the civil service, and in this way the Filipino has been taught that merit instead of pull will be the basis upon which appointments and promotions are made. Freedom of speech, of re ligion and of the press have been es tablished, and the Filipino has made great use of them. The American government, in addition to the above, furnishes the Flipino a pro tection from the outside and from within that they never before have known. The public school sjstem estab lished in the Philippines is, perhaps, one of the best under the American flag. We have a university, normal schools, high schools, trade schools, schools of agriculture, intermediate and primary schools. The buildings in which these schools are housed are reinforced concrete in most cases, and are permanent structures that would Joe a credit to the schools of any country. The government, real izing the needs of the country, has introduced and places especial em phasis upon vocational instruction in all of the public schools. While the schools give a classic education, as is given in our American schools, particular time is spent upon practi cal instruction which has for its aim the preparation of the Filipino to meet the battle of life when he leaves school. In the primary schools every boy is expected to do a certain amount of industrial work before he is allowed to pass into the intermediate grades. In the inter mediate schools classes are organized in industrial work of all kinds, each school providing for such instruction as will best meet the needs of the locality in which the school is located. In the high school the manual training and industrial work is continued and, in general, the boys, when they leave school, are fitted to go out and earn a living in the community in which they are educated. In our primary schools the girls are taught to weave, to make laces and embroideries, the boys are taught woodworking and gardening. It is a pleasure to visit some of the primary schools and see hundreds of boys and girls weaving baskets and hats, or to see classes W* 'JW 3 4