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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The board rescinded the resolution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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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