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STEEVES, Prop. 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 County Commissioners fleet and Take Up a Lot of Business Which is Disposed Of. The New Train Service Went Into Effect Last flonday and it is Proving Satisfactory. The board of county commissioners got around the long table in the com missioners^ room at the court house yes terday morning and proceeded to take up a lot of county business. One of the first things that the board took up was a Milaca village smallpox bill amount ing to $95.25. The bill was subjected to considerable scrutiny and the board had some doubts as to certain charges but it was advised by telephone from Milaca that the bill had been properly dehorned by the village council, and so the county board allowed the bill, and a smallpox bill of $60 from the vil lage of Princeton received the same consideration. Chairman Foltz and A C. Vernon of the town board of Greenbush came be fore the board to talk over the matter of the proposed bridge across the West Branch. This bridge is referred to as the brick vard bridge as the Brickton yards are anxious to have a new bridge built across the river. A present the bridges are in bad shape, one of them having been condemned while another ought to be. A attempt will be made to get an appropriation from the legis lature toward the bridge, which it is estimated will cost about $1,600. The board stated that if an appropriation could be secured Attorney Foster appeared before the board for the Mil le Lacs Lumber Co., which renewed its request for a tax re fundment, but the board turned down the request as of yore. The petition of Bornstedt, A Bos trom and others for a new school dis trict out of the east endfiotdisttict-tL-^^ the- For^toir^-cBstriet, wai-hearo!* anil the petition was granted. The board rescinded the resolution requiring the county attorney to exam inn and certify to all bills presented to the board. The road petition of J. L. Mourning and others for a road running south from Long's Siding to Brickton was taken up for consideration. John C. Hatch was before the board to talk o\er the matter of damages the lay ing out of the road. The board will in all probability grant the petition. When the board adjourns it will be to Juh. Our New Train Service. The new passenger service went into effect last Monday and the train fr om the north which was due to arrive at exactly 11 o'clock according to the new schedule, was twenty minutes late. The train consisted of engine No. 125, the combination express, baggage and mail car, smoker, day coach and chair car, "Allouez.*' I equipment the train is a much better train than the old one. The train was well filled with passen gers, many of them through passengers from the head of the lakes and inter mediate points. The train was made up at Milaca where the through train fr om Duluth to Sioux City leaves for St. Cloud and Willmar. The engine and smoker were in waiting at Milaca when the train from Duluth came in and the day coach and chair car were switched off from the rear of the Sioux City train and hooked onto the Princeton and Elk River train which started on its trip to the twin cities, while the Duluth-Sioux City train proceeded on its journey via St. Cloud. The con nections at Milaca are close and all ow just time enough for transfer of bag gage and express. Passengers in the daj car and chair car are not obliged to transfer at all and the train in all respects is a through train between the twin cities and Duluth. The running time of the train between St. Paul and Duluth is six hours and twenty-five minutes. The train leaves Duluth at 6:45 A. M. and arrives at Minneapolis at 12:40 and St. Paul at 1:05 I ar rives at Princeton at 11 A. M. Return ing the train leaves St. Paul at 2:35 and Minneapolis at 3:05 and ar rives at Princeton a4:46.P. M., getting into Duluth at 9 M. The train is in charge of Conductor Works, with Campbell as brakeman, while Swad dling still holds the fort in the baggage and express car. now has charge of Uncle Sam's mail sacks as there is no mail clerk on the new train. The tram is pulled by Engineer Quinlan. The train is a much better one than PKINCETON, MILLE LACS COUNTY, yjpESOTA, THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 1903. from the legislature it would make an appropriation out of the county road and bridge fund, and the township will also appropriate an amount toward the bridge. Represen tatives of the brick yards have pledged to help in the construction of the bridge. thejthEough train to Sioux City from Duluth which is made up of a baggage and express and mail car, smoker, and two day, coaches, having no chair car. Mark's BilL Hon *^5 I^ JCKUU'. E Tuesday Hon. E Mark introduced a billjn the lowei 4 branch of the legis- lature which caused no little merri ment ^among the members, and has given ris e, to considerable comment. The, bill is all right. I costs the State in the neighborhood of $30,000 annually for railroad transportation for its well paid servants, the majority of whom are furnished with free pass es by the railroad companies. The bill makes it a felony for any State officer or employe iiol^ing a pass to charge mileage against the State. The bill inflicts no hardships upon the railroad companies, asifoarly all of the State officers are no^given free transportation. For in stance, Public Examiner Johnson is pa^ in salary and fees upwards of $5,000 annually, and he is given free trans portation over all or most of the rail roads in the State, his expense lists show that he has charged the State over $500 last year for railroad fare. is,- not the only one. There are others. The bill should pass and be come a law. The railroad companies wiljknever contest its provisions in the cou||tevenif it is not strictly constitu tional. Annexed hereto is the text of th Jill: A bpl for an act relating to the free transportation of all members of the *le|islaturef judges, officers, employes, W appointees of this State, provided 1ic# by law, except legislative em Pfyes and apointees, over lin es of %?JB <uat ep wa within this State, aid providing for the repeal of all pfpvisions of law requiring payment b|nhe State of mileage or transpor- taJSon expense s, to, for, or on account ofi'such officers, appointees, employes, judges and members. it enacted by the legislature of the State of Minnesota: Section 1. That every railway com pany owning or operating any line of railway situated within or partly with in this State, shall provide each mem ber pf the legislature, judge, officer, employe and appointee of this State, provided for by law, except legislative employes or appointees, with free transportation over its lines within the State. Section 2. O or before the 28th day of December in each year, such railway shall send to the State ,-u&l psgses for thejfee irana- pOl^tt'i'Of the executive and judicial officers of the State and members of the legislature, and within ten (10) days after a list of all such other offi cers, emploj es and appointees provided for by law shall be furnished by the State auditor to such railway company, like annual passes for such officers, em ployes and appointees. Whenever a successor to any judge, officer, employ e, appointee or "member of the legislature shall be appointed or elected, like transportation shall %be furnished for s-ueh successor, and a pass for su ch appointee shall be sent by such railway company to the auditor for such successor within ten days after notice from said auditor of such ap pointment or election. Section 3. I January, each year, the State auditor shall prepare a list of all su ch officers, emploj es and appoint ees of the State, provided for by law, other than executive and judicial offi cers and members of the legislature. shall send to each railway company ow ning or operating any line of rail way situated within or partly within the State, a duplicate thereof and shall file the original list in his Office. shall also notify such railway companies of any and all changes in all officers, employes and appointees herein pro-v id ed for, whenever and as often as they occur. shall transmit each pass received by him to the person entitled thereto, and shall keep a record in his office of its receipt and transmittal. Seetion 4. Each pass shall state the name of the person entitled thereto and that it was issued on account of the State. Section 5. Each pass shall become void when the position of the holder becomes vacant or his successor is ap pointed. Section 6. Anj person other than the ne to whom such pass is issued, who uses the same, and any person who uses any such pass after his position has been vacated or his successor ap pointed shall be guilty of a misde meanor and upon conviction therefor shall be punished by fine or imprison ment. Section 7. Any person holding a pass under the provisions of this act who shall charge the State, directly or indirectly, with any expenditure for or on account of railroad transportation, or shall draw or receive from the State treasury* any sum for or on account thereof, shall be guilty of a felony and upon conviction therefor shall be pun ished by imprisonment in the State prison for not less than three (3) nor more than five (5) years. Section 8. If any railroad company shall fail to furnish and deliver to the State auditor any pass herein provided for, the auditor shall notify the attor ney general of the fact, and thereupon the attorney general shall enforce the delivery of such pass by action to be brought in the name of the State. Section 9. All acts providing ex clusively for the payment of mileage or charges for transportation to, for or on account of any member of the legisla ture, judge, officer, employe or ap pointee of the State, and those parts of other acts which make provision there for, and all acts and parts of acts in- DEFECTIVF PAfcF consistent with the terms of this act, are hereby repealed. Section 10. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after the first day of July, 1903, PATRIOTS AND HEROES, A Lecture on How They Are Made and What Slakes Them. Rev. Harry W Knowles' lecture on "How Heroes are Made" which was delivered at the opera house last Fri day night was listened to by a small audience. The storm kept many away and non-interest also was responsible for many vacant seats. Mr. Knowles' lecture was ne fascinating medley of wit and wisdom, .satire and sarcasm, and humor and pathos. interspersed his lecture with many stories told in a manner to point a moral and adorn a tal e, and with his sunshine and shadow of eloquence he kept his audience with him in close attention for over two hours. I his delivery and his gestures he showed clearly his dramatic genius which gave him the power to make his audience laugh at some mirth-provok ing story and then awe them with .some tragic bit of oratorj. showed that the present age was ne in which there were the grandest opportunities and possibilities. The pessimistic ideas and forebodings of the chronic kickers looked like thir teen cents when the speaker got through laying out his field for twen tieth century action. denied that the opportunities were growing less and that the land was all being taken up and that in a few ears there would be no room for the race. Texas alone could house and feed the world, and still have enough room left for a play ground as large as Connecticut and a burial ground as large as New Jersey. Canada alone, as yet undiscovered in man} respects, was larger than the United States proper with Alaska not included. I China and South America and Africa there were hundreds of miles of territory that has not as yet seen the traces of the march of empire. I the development of the race for the higher duties of life the speaker said that we lacked play ground as communities and nations. All our sports are getting to be betting and money making propositions^ Heroes and patriots are made from free romp ing children whose^-parentage was on oiu- ^^4 affectione. #^?Pf^i The innocent and ambitious barefoot boy was the proper kind of material fr om which to make heroes and*patriots. A patriot was ne who lived for his country, while a parasite was ne who lived off of his country. The thing to be regretted in the education of chil dren was that eighty-five per cent of the school children never get beyond the eighth grade. There was never more need of intelligence and the best education that our schools and colleges could give the children of the country. W are on the threshold of great dis co\eries and developments in which wireless telegraphy, liquid air, and gravitation are to play an important part. The times called for and de manded the best that was in man who should be equipped in every way pos sible for the great battles of life. Knowledge T* as power and could make the desert to blossom as the rose. I the matter of farming the man with a colle ge education who understands chemistry, etc, was armed and equipped as his forefathers never were and was able to make the soil much more productive. The speaker referred to the many changes that were taking place in trade conditions, and said that combi nations would lead to co-operation in the long run, and that legislation nor courts could not stop the inevitable tenency of trade and commerce. Heroes and patriots were not always to be found in the high and public places. Mo st of them were in the humbler walks of life. If only the cur tain could be lifted tbjeT world would see some awful battles of the soul, with heroes just as great as the world has ever known. The ideal hero was the man or woman who would do that which was right, whatever the cost and sacrifice. W as a nation needed to preserve our Puritan conscience for without itf we could not expect to last long as a great nation. The speaker's heroes and patriots were like Garibaldi, who at the age of seven told his mother that he wanted to be a George Washington, and the life and deeds of the great Italian patriot were graphically portrayed by the speaker. President Roosevelt in his bitter hatred of corruption in high and low places and his unblemished public and private life and his high resolves to adhere to that which was just and right was eulogized as ne of our modern heroes. As Decimals. If a man's wife is his'better half, what's the fractional description of those Mormons who have a dozen or so wives each?St. Paul Globe. 8^&* V&s, **&s&^ Council Meeting. The regular meeting of the village council which was held last Monday, night was a short one and was without FJ8 any special incident. All members ~|j were present with the exception of rjjj Councilman Rutherford who was ab- %& sent in Milaca. The bond of Fred Holm and Albert Smith who have been granted a saloon license was ap proved. The council authorized the recorder to return to Frank Morneau $10 which he deposited when he made application for a liquor license. O motion of Mr. Caley the council or dered the transfer of the sum of $2,000 from the village fund to the electric light and water works fund which amount will be used to take up old orders outstanding in that fund. The saloon license money has made this. possible. There are no village fund orders outstanding at the present time and the council desires to pay up the electric light orders as fast as possible. The council voted to pay Mrs. Ecklund the sum of $60 for nursing two weeks at the home of O. W Leathers while the place was quarantined for small pox. Messr s. Geckler and Mark were granted permission to use the streets for storing brick and building material while making additions to their build ing s. Kutertaiument for Famine Sufierers. Gibbons was in Princeton this Death of Mrs. Mary HaU. "*& week making arrangements for an ex hibition of moving pictures at the opera house on Thursday, Friday and Saturday of next week. The exhibi tion will be made by Mr. Gibbons for the benefit of the famine sufferers. Mr. Briggs, the county chairman of the re lief committee, has given the matter his endorsement, and Mr. Jesmer of the opera house has agreed to the use of the opera house at half price. The ex hibition will consist of Boer and Span ish-American war views and many other pictures. A large concert phono graph will also furnish good music. A admission fee of ten cents wHi be charged and after paying all expenses the balance will be forwarded by Mr. Briggs to the State relief committee. There is a smail advertising feature in, connection with the show which, how ever, will not interfere with the ex-^i*- ~j5^ hibition of the^noving pictures. I has been suggested that a dance might be'^V'? heldrafter-eaxsh. exhibitionJXAhe^eiiyle^^^^ wish and a small sum charged for the dance. The concert phonograph is a whole orchestra in itself and does the calling as well as furnishing the music. -*4 Mr s. Mary Hall di ed last Monday morning at 2 o'clock at the home of her grandson, Edward Hall in the town of Wyanett. The funeral services were conducted la st Tuesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Marshall Hall, Rev. Gratz officiating. The interment was at Oak Knoll cemetery. "J^ Mr s. Hall was born June 29th, 1818, in Piero, Oxford count\, Maine. Dur ing the la st thirty-five ears she had lived in Minnesota, the greater part of the time in or near Princeton. She leaves two sons, George W and Frank J\, There are three grandchildren, Everett M. and Edward Hall and Mr s. Henry Steeves, and also five great grandchildren. Spelling: School and Debate. The New Mail Schedule. Under the new mail schedule Prince ton gets all its mail by through pouch only, as there is no mail clerk on -the new train and all letters must now be mailed at the postoffice. as there is no mail agent on the train to receive them. Postmaster Cordiner says that sout 1 oound mail will close at 10:15 A and northbound mail at 4 Letters mailed at the office later than this may not get in the outgoing mail. The morning mail is now distributed by noon hour and the evening mail by supper time, so that in the future Princeton people can get their mail be fore supper. The new mail schedule will be greatly appreciated by all ex cept those who have for a long time used the postoflBce lobby for a play ground, date clearing house, rubber necking observatory, etc. -JT 14 x' The old fashion spelling school and debate at the opera house next Monday night promises to be an interesting zj event. There will be a free-for-all spelling match for the old folks while there will be a special spelling match for the school children who are being drilled on a list of especially hard words for the occasion. M. C. Barry is managing the spelling school and de bate. A purse of ten dollars will be hung up for the school children, and will be divided into several prizes for the best spellers. The debate on the question of whether the pen is mightier than the sword will be between Rev. Gratz and Skahen on the affirma tive and C. A Dickey and C. Barry on the negative. There Avill be a pro gram of music and recitations. The admission will be fifteen cents for adults and ten cents for children. KV J S2*2%: