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tOFFICERSJ S. S. PETTERSO N, $ President jkf T. H.CALEY, Vice President. G. A. EATON, Cashier. BRADY, President. -^K- _&! '2 1 CITIZENS STATE BANK O PRINCETON, MINNESOT A, (Incorporated.) CAPITAL PAID UP, AUTHORIZED CAPITAL, ^E3V5S_SJ Paia Up Capital 50,000.00. Authorized Capital $100,000.00. Transacts a General Banking Business. Interest Paid on Time Deposits. Farn and Village Loans. Insurance. Collections. Princeton, Minnesota. Come in and get our prices on Ground Peed, Corn Meal, Cracked Corn, Middlings Shorts, Bran, Screenings, Etc. We will undersell any dealer in tnis county. Re- member is the best straight flour sold. It received Medal and Diploma at the World's Pair fori PURITY STRENGTH and COLOR. ^^"^^"^^-^J-^^^~^4"^)^-a^.^.^-^^. I Mille Lacs County, south and east of Milaca and be- tween Milaca station and Mille Lacs Lake partly cover ed with oak, ash, elm, poplar and other valuable timbers, interspersed with large natural meadows well watered by creeks, rivers and lakes rich black top soil underlaid with yellow clay, for sale on easy terms and low prices, 7 per cent, interest. This part of Minnesota is the ideal country for tame grasses and clover, and nowhere in the United States can cattle, horses, and hogs be kept better or cheaper. The deferred payments can be made in five or ten years to suit purchaser. For further particulars, address: THEO. KOCH, 176 E. 3rd St., ST. PAUL, MINN., Or S. HEINS, Local Agent, Milaca, Minn. If you see it in our a'd it's to be had. W will just quote you a few articles: Black Clay Worsted Suits, all wool, at Light Colored Suits, latest designs, all wool, at All other Suits are sold in proportion. Our line of Hats consists of all Styles and Colors===in Pearl, Otter, Brown, Black, Etc. Examine our Stock. W are glad to show you what we have and what we can do for you. MOTH 1?^ Remember we carry a full line of XT_w 1 m-^iVJ spring clothing for boys and chil dren. Call and convince yourself of what we say. Drop in to-morrowany day, you wont be importuned to buy.' HUGO ROHRBACH, Manager, Opposit W. Hera's.. Princeton, R. C. DUNN, Publisher. Terms $1.50 per Tear. PRINCETON, MILIE LACS COUNTY, MINNESOTA, THURSDAY, APRIL 29,1897 "T A'W T W T_v a 4 4Tr"""^ _\ A "^k IT"9* w~^ B~^ _~^ ^w*^ ^nrv v T-.___ i $30,000 $100,000 A General Banking Business Transacted. H1 J^'^C ,^'g^ ^y* ^rc ^*.^T ^5!*^ :f? Loans Made on \l Approved Security. .$ Interest Paid on Time Deposits. a _^S^ ^fts* *?is% Foreign and Domestic Exchange. E$2 E$2 J. J. SKAHEN, Cashier. THE TAILOR.., Gentlemen: Now is the time to leave orders for your spring suits and *:'-J pants. You can get a nice Cassimer Pants for and I have some good Suitings for $17.00 made in any style you wish. Call and see for yourself. Can't and believe all you read in the papers now-a-days. If hovjever, you are interested enough in the subject of Spring and Sum- mer *Shirts, well made and guaran- teed to fit if you want an article that comprises durability and style at a reasonable price, I only ask you to visit my place of business and examine the LEAGUE SHIRT. I guarantee every garment I sell to be precisely as represented and the best to be had for the price. The UNION LEAGUE SHIRT is without question the best and cheapest shirt offered for sale in PRINCETON Beware of imitations. If others tell you the shirt they handle is just as good as the UNION LEAGUE SHIRT, why donH they sell them? ANSWER: It is awful hard work after a person gets into a cer- tain habit to break himself of that habit. In this case the profit is so small compared to the old habit/ Wear 1 UNION SHIRT luippy. LEAGUE this sumnner and be erson. -AND- Manafactured and Repaired BY Peterson & Nelson. Satisfaction Guaranteed in Wood working as well as in Blacksmithine. L a* %.ti?M Horse Shoeing a Specialty. Give a Call. KELSON, Shop Opposite Sad ley's Flour Mill, Princeton,^^ X'M?' |E^ N ANDIEASURES Tlje Men Who Guarded the People's Interests in the Legislature During the Session. s| S It is fashionable to speak harshly of th late legislature, and many of. the citjy ana country papers have severely criticized the members individually and collectively, and, I am sori*y to sa|, the criticisms are not altogether ufiueserved, but on the whole the leg islature of 1897 will compare favorably with previous legislatures. To be sure there were some venal and unscrupu lous men in both branches and they we]re not confined to any one party th6re were probably more venal Re publicans than there were venal Demo crats and Populists, simply because th^re were more Republicans twice ov'jk than all the other parties com bined. But there were many good honest men in both branchesmen whp worked earnestly and devotedly foi|the best interests of the State. Ipion. J. F. Jacobson has been termed a crank and a Populist. One day last wejsk a prominent Scandinavian editor was in the auditor's office and he pro pounded to me this interrogatory: "Who do you consider were the ablest an^l best men in the house?" The first mafh I named was Mr. Jacobson. "Vffhy," he said, "Jacobson is a dd cw|iky, Populist." .'-'Granted,". re- nffil&e^'^ljuir^^ to paint to me one single measure for the best interests of the State that was opposed by Mr. Jacobson? Will you point to a single leg-pulling or rotten bill that he favored? Was not his voice raised and his vote recorded in behalf of every really meritorious bill?" The editor admitted that Mr. Jacobson was honest and conscientious, but he (the editor) had no love for the rugged Norwegian from Lac qui Parle. Then there is Hon. C. F. Staples, of Dakota county. I conceived a violent dislike for him two years ago, but I misjudged the man. He is of a some what domineering disposition, but he is a thoroughly conscientious gentle man and a useful legislator, as able as he is honest. j. Hon. A. N. Dare is another gentle man who has earned for himself a splendid reputation as a legislator. Our home member, Hon. H. C. Head, has nothing to feel ashamed of in his maiden term. He did not take as active part as some of the older mem bers, but he was a hard worker, and no one ever thought of questioning his honesty of purpose. Hon. S. A. Stock well, of Hennepin, was also a useful member he was generally on the right side of every question. Brusque Judge Hicks, of Minneapolis, kicked up sev eral rows, but the State would not have been the loser if there had been more men of his stamp in the house. And Ignatius Donnelly. There is only one Donnelly. Say what you please about him his eloquent voice is always raised in behalf of the people. Donnelly was by all odds the ablest man in either branch. I might mention a dozen other honest and sincere house members like Hartshorn, Sederberg, Hill, McDonald, Dunn, Snyder and Laybourn, but space forbids. S In the^enate, Hon. J. T. Wymanwas the most influential member. I have mentioned Mr. Wyman's name before in these columns. He is all right. Other leaders in the senate were Barr, d{ Blue Earth, Thompson, of Fillmore, Knatvold, of Freeborn, Miller, of Rock, and Ringdal, of Polk. Senator Miller, the Ljuverne editor, labored diligently ia behalf of the people and fathered several important measures he made an especially gallant fight for the bill that provided for an increase of 50 per cent, in the taxes paid by insurance companies. Senator Ringdal is an ex ceedingly able and conscientious gen tleman, and he was highly esteemed and respected by his colleagues. If the Minn. Populists would send such men as Mr. y" Jrief Resume of the Work Done by Our LawmakersSome Mer= itorious Pleasures. ST. PAUL, Tuesday Evening. All is quiet around the capitol since the legislature adjourned. In a few days more the laws enacted will be published in the newspapers, and then the general public will be able to pass ujp the work of the law-makers, it should be remembered that Boiny unnecessary and harmful meas ures, proposed by well-meaning gentle men, fell by the wayside, and the legislature is deserving of praise for the laws it might have but did not en- Rinvgdal to, the legislature no one could find fault with them. Senator Culkin, of Wright county, was the especial champion of Sixth district interests in point of ability he had few equals and no superiors in the senate. Sena tor McHale, the Democratic war-horse from Scott county, was an influential legislator. He always commanded the respect and attention of his colleagues. I almost forgot to menjion Senator Hodge, of Pinew? He is another Sixth district man of whom we are all proud. He ranked high in the senate, and was classed with such men as Wyman, Barr, Thorpe, Yale and Miller. Princely Senator ale, of Winona, is one of the old school he is the per sonification, of honor and honesty. Another man who made an excellent record for a new senator was Whitney, of Wadena. '"$- There is one sin of omission that the legislature just adjourned is blamable for and will be held responsible by the people of the Statethe failure to pro vide for the erection of a fourth hos pital for the insane. The three insane hospitals at present existing are crowded to overflowing. A fourth hos pital will be absolutely necessary long before it can be.built and put in shape to house the unfortunate wards of the State. Another bill that ought to liave be come a law, but which died in the sen ate, was the measure that proyided for an increase in the taxes paid by insur ance companies. The insurance com panies receive annually from the peo ple of this State several million dollars more for premiums than is paid out in losses, and it would not hurt the rich companies to pay a few thousand dol lars more taxes into the State treasury. Despite the protests of interested parties, the governor signed the Sperry printing bill. Under its provisions it will be impossible to publish a lot of worthless reports/ that no one ever reads, but if there# was not a report published in the next two years a ma jority of the people of Minnesota would manage to pull through. Gertainly that bill will be the means of saving a good many thousand dollars. 5* "Hie bill which provided that wheat ishail be: taxed lf the elevators wher^'it is found on the first of May each vear, was signed by the governor last Satur day. Several of the big eleyator com panies opposed the passage of the bill, and also urged the governor to veto it. Under the old law wheat was supposed to be assessed at the terminal points, but as a matter of fact three-fourths of the wheat escaped taxation altogether. Another good law enacted was one which gives the State board of equali zation the power to raise individual assessments. That law is more far reaching than some people are aware of. It applies with equal' fnrce to the wholesale jobbers of St. Paui and Min neapolis and the mine-owners of St. Louis county. Several of the country papers and at least one of the St. Paul dailies are disposed to criticize the senate for its failure to pass the Reeves tonnage tax bill. My views on this question are well known to the readers of the UNION. Perhaps I am more responsi ble than any other individual for the defeat of the Reeves bill in the senate. The Sleepy Eye Dispatch remarks: "But suppose the assessor of St. Louis county makes the same return on his rolls as heretofore, that is $3,922,791 how is the Slate bettered? and the' fact that the St. Louis county assessor values the mines at $3,922,791 rather proves that a direct valuation tax can be evaded." The Dispatch should re member that this is the first year the mines were ever assessed. Heretofore the one cent per ton tax was in opera ation. Last April, the State auditor by advice of the attorney general, directed the auditor of St. Louis county to have mines and mineral lands listed on the assessment rolls the same as other real estate (see pages 12, 13 and 14 State* auditor's report). Everybody who knows anything about the value of mineral lands in St. Louis county knows that an assessment of $4,000,000 is ridiculously low. But even under a four million assessment the State will realize more than it ever did when it received, or was supposed to receive, 50 per cent, of the one cent ton tax on the output. It should also be remembered that the one .cent ton tax law was still oh the statute books that law was repealed about six weeks agoand no court had. decided it un constitutional. The attorney general had simply given his opinion. Besides the State board of equalization were powerless to act.' There is now a* law on the statute books which gives the State board the,power to raise individ ual assessments. If the St. Louis *AKIH POWDER Absolutely Pure.. Celebrated for its great leavenifcg strength and healtMulness. Assures tbe food against% alum and all forms of adulteration common to the cheap brands. ROYAIi BAKING POWDER CO., NEW YORK* '*&&&$ VOLUME XXI. NO. lO.-^ICS "M .0 county authorities fail to make a fair assessment in 1898 the State^bbard will "&& see to it that the mistake is remedied, and that mines and minih^broperty 'i^ are assessed in the same proportion' as other property. If a fair assessment ../$ cannot be had, then adopt the tonnage .%j tax system. But first the direct valua- 'M tion method should be given a fair '^-U trial. As the valuation increases the local rate of taxation will decrease. For instance: In one of the assess ment districts St. Louis county the rate of taxation last year was 44 mills the State levy was three mills and the l'\ county levy less than five millsin '''-I^S other words the local taxes were 36 \\/S mills. In that assessment district this .'"'j! year the valuation has quadrupled, for ,,$j the reason that a valuable mine has been placed on the assessment rolls, and the local taxes will be correspond ingly reduced. A6 the valuation in- if! creases the local rate of taxation will 4I decrease, and the State will be the _,$ gainer. On a valuation of $10,000,000 the State would receive $30,000 on the present valuation.the State will re- t. ceive about $12,000. If the valuation should go to $20,000,000 the local taxes would be a mere bagatelle, while the State levy would, be about what it is now, and the State would realize $60,000, at the same time the aggre gate taxes paid by .the mine owners would not be 20 ,v- "^X If tneanine-owners act squarelygive in a fair assessment and pay their taxes "$ promptlypublic sentiment will pre- ,\l vent any future legislature from inter ering with the present method of tax ation, but on the other hand, if the iron barons attempt to ^evade taxation, look out for some drastic legislature in the near future. I believe that a man who is fortunate enough to own an iron mine is no better or ho worse than any other man, and he should bear his just proportion of the burdens of taxation, and no more than his just proportion. The trouble is that rich corporations are eternally devising ways and means to escape taxation. *$- *2* *$- To-day I went to Anoka and rented the site for the fourth hospital for the insane for two years. About 165 acres of the site is under cultivation, the bal ance of the 650 acres is pasture land, yet the site was rented for two years for $980. How is that for land that' honorable members of the legislature said was too poor to raise white beans? "i The lease provides that trees shall not be injured and not an acre of land can be broken. I had no special authority to rent the land, but I concluded that the State might as well makej. a few hundred dollars, and besides it is bet ter to rent the land to responsible par ties who will protect the trees and pre- $ serve the natural beauty of the site.. After looking over the land I am more firmly convinced than ever that the,' commission acted wisely in selecting'1^ the Anoka site, and that the legisla ture acted unwisely in not providing means to go ahead with the buildings. R. C. D. It has been talked by some of our citizens that the Princeton flour mill has not heretofore been a paying in vestment. We would respectfully ask the Princeton UNION in their next is sue to state whether or not the mill at that place has or has not been a bene fit to their town.Mora Times. No town possessing a mill as good as the Princeton Roller Mill company's can fail to be benefitted by it. Its products have taken high rank in the market, one brand capturing a medal and diploma at the World's fair. Be sides the widespread advertising which the village gets from this industry an $ excellent home market is furnished the farmers. Yes, Bro. Pope, it is a bene-1^^ fit to Princeton and the surrounding j$? country for miles each way and brings J^lfe business to the town which our mer- |s|7 chats would not get otherwise. #*v'fev,W' fl & y-- z^^n ai.'^USWSHjft\ Hon. H. C. Head has been confined to the house ever since he returned from the legislature, but. his ailment is not considered serious, ^yf.-.r