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CHILD'S FATAL FALL
Four=Year-Old Child of Christ Jensen
of Glendorado Killed by Fall
From Load of Stone.
E A Ross Falls From Load of Hay,
Fractures Hi Le and is Al
so Badly Bruised.
A very sad accident occurred at the
home of Christ Jenson Glendorado
last Friday afternoon in which his lit
tle four-j ear-old daughter Clara lost
her life. Mr. Jenson was hauling a
load of stone and his little daughter
as riding with him on the load. I
some way the child fell from the load,
unnoticed by Mr. Jenson, who did not
discover the absence of his daughter
until a few minutes afterwards when he
looked back and saw the little form
lying by the roadside. When he
reached the girl she was unconscious.
The father carried the little one to the
house where everything was done for
it that as possible but it di ed a short
time afterwards. The funeral was
held last Monday and the burial was
at the Blue Hill cemetery. Mr. and
Airs. Jenson have the sympathy of the
community in their bereavement.
1^. V. Hosts JJreaks His .Leg.
Last Friday afternoon while help
ing his son "Will load hay out at the
Leavitt farm, E A Ross met with an
accident which will lay him up for
some time. Mr. Ross was on the top
of the load taking the hay as his son
pitched it up. They had almost a load
when the team took fright and start
ed to run Mr. Ross was in the mid
dle of the load and could not reach
the lines, and he began to climb back
to the rear of the load and get ready
to drop oft, but while he was doing so
the wagon struck a stump aud threw
Mr. Ross to the ground with much
force. I falling he broke his right
leg abov the ankle, besides dislocat
i ng his ankle, and being badly bruis
ed about the body. Will ran to his
father's assistance and secured some
help at the Schimmmg farm. Mr.
Ross was placed'in the spring wagon
and brought home. Dr. Cooney was
palled and set the fractured bones.
Mr. Ross took his misfortune philo
sophically and with good cheer. For
one of his age he i in very fair health
and his chance^ of a speedv recovery
are good, though he will have to favor
his injured leg for some time to come.
UILLL I. VCS I, YKK Ul^I.T L.XNL.
A Scheme to Built! a IJeli Line Around the
Lake A\ ith Other Connections.
Talk about your railroad rumors.
Heie i* the latest fr om the Aitkin Age:
A belt line to encircle Mille Lacs
lake with connections with lin es to
Aitkin. Brainerd and Minneapolis is
the grand protect that has been evolv
out of the railroad agitation in the
interest the lake country.
"Property owners interested about
Wealthwood are the promoters of the
project but are receiving assistance
from men of means elsewher e. The
settlers and property owners are or
ganizing a company with $100,000
stock to start the belt line. This it is
proposed to make a motor line of stan
ddid i^uage and the present plan is to
run ears with individual steam mo
toi on them capable of hauling trail
ers A wealthj manufacturer of Min
neapolis who is the inventor of such a
motor, will take a large block of stock
the proposed road.
"The route is through ten townships
and the distance is about 100 miles.
The terntorv is well settled and the
residents are being oftered stock, 95
per cent of which mav be paid in ties
and work, and five per cent in cash
in adv ance to help cover cost of or-,
gani/ation.
A franchise for right of way at one
side of the highway will be asked for
and the property owners are said to
fav or it almost to a man. I fact it
is the settlers' own project and they
propose to own the franchise and start
the road themselves. They do not
expect to complete the road and its
connections but they do propose to
carry the project far enough to make
it valuable so that they can either
bond it for means to complete their
plans or sell it to some company that
will complete and operate it.
"The Mille Lao country is rich in
resources, fortunate in location and
although eighteen miles from a rail
road is rapidly settling up in spite of
this disadv antage.
"It will be one of Minnesota's great
est summer resorts, most successful
fruit growing sections and prosper
ous dairy settlements wthin a few
years and transportation facilites are
sure to com". The belt line scheme is
the best .vet and only needs capital to
succeed
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Minnesota Ilisloitcal Society
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'If the plan is successful ly carried
out such proposed lines as the Man
kato and Duluth line via St Cloud
and the Minneapolis & Winnipeg line
will find it convenient to strike the belt
line at the south end of the lake and
leave it at the north end and all cities
connected with the belt line will have
access to the lines thus connected that
would otherwise not reach them. For
instance, there is no probability of
the Mankato line touching either
Brainerd or Aitkin or of the Winni
peg line reaching Brainerd in any
other way, and Little Falls will proba
bly not see either of these lines and
might build to the lake for a connec
tion.
A Forthcoming Wedding.
Matters matrimonial are looking up
in Princeton. The poet has said, "In
the spring a young man's fancy lightly
turns to thoughts of love,'' and then
the same young man turns around and
very seriously begins thinking of mat
rimony. This is what a certain popu
lar young man of Princeton has real
ized, and it has been known for some
ti me that he was making every prep
aration to become a benedict but we
knew John was not courting publicity
but it seems that he has issued Cu-
pidjS billets. W find the following in
the St Cloud Journal-Press: '-Friends
of the prospective groom will be
pleased to learn of the forthcoming
marriage of John A Grahek of Prince
ton to Miss Ida A Pearson. The wed
ding will take place at Princeton, Nov.
9. Mr. Grahek is an old Richmond
boy and is the capable office man
with the Evens Hardware company.
His bride-to-be is a charming young
lady, also of Princeton. The young
people will have the congratulations
and best wishes of hosts of friends.
They will make their home at Prince
ton.
Foreston's Syrup Factory.
The syrup factory which is being
built at Foreston by the Minnesota
Syrup, Oils and Vinegar Co. will be
finished by the middle of the present
month. The management have suc
ceeded in selling about $7,000 worth of
stock. Ames of Minneapolis
has the contract for building the fac
tory, and Mr. -Stanchfield, the
manager of the company, is giving
the construction of the building his
personal supervision. The Milaca
Times says that the large extractor of
sixty -ton pressure and the balance of
the machinery needed in the manufac
ture of the products of the factory are
already on the ground. The Times
says: "The plant is not expected to
do a large business this year, but will
be operated enough to demonstrate
the practicability of the process, and
be prepared to handle next season's
crop of sugar pumpkins.
Real Esta te Transfers.
The following are the real estate
transfers in Mille Lacs county as filed
with Register of Deeds Chapman dur
ing the past week:
Samuel Thae to Charlev Peter
son sw
l4 of sw \j of sec 18, reen
bush $v$t oo
Harold
Mudgettfet
al
to,Carl
s'4 of sw1^
Johnson,
se 9 Pnneeton S03 03
Carl Johnson aDd wife to Alfred
Johnson sX of swi of sec 9,
Princeton i 00
Johanna Loed to Frank Lmdstrom
that part of the sw'4 of sec.
Milo lving north of lailroad o*
fai)-100 acres 5
00w
Home Land Companv to Richard
Brockelsby the e1
of sections 1 8
and 19 Page G40 acres 3 810 00
Home Land Company to Kichaid
Brockelsby the nv, 4 and n'/i of
sw 4 of sec 18, Page 105179
The Mille Lacs Lumber Oo to bi\an
Bengtson, seh of seH of sec 8
Borgholm 320 00
Don McCuaig 01 and wife to Samuel
Bobo, lot a in block 8 First add to
Milaca 60 CO
1 he Mille Lacs Lumber Co1^tofCharles
Carlson, se
of nw
sec 1
Milaca 280 03
Hans Engberg and -wife to Hirry
Datum, lot 6 in block 8, First add.
to Aliiaca 400 QO
Harry Dahlin and -\vite to Bruno Du
pont lot 3 in block 8, First add to
Milaca 37J 00
Nellie A Erstad and husband to
Henry A Moore, lots 1, 2, ,i and 4,
the nw^ and e'S of sw# in sec 35
Greenbush 440 acres 8,800 00
Andrew Moline and wife to August
Molien, mv4 of nw y4 of sec 5 Milo 1,000 00
Albert Beer
(single)otosec
Lester Kemp
ton, e'A of nw1**
25 Milo 2 00
Alfieo. Johnson (single) to Owen
Newton, &> of swM of sec 9,
Pr
lne
to
500 00
ohn Bolland and wife to Ole Olson
Groven, part of lot 3 in block J8 of
Third add to Milaca 25 00
The Mille Lacs Lumber Co to Tarald
A Ulebeig, w1^
of nw of sec 3 6
Milaca, less 5 0 acres thereof 746 00
George Sylvester and wife to Thea
Peterson, lot 9 in block 3 of Milaca 400 00
Jonas Mattocks and wife to Wil
liam Gerber, of ne
1 of se 21
Isle Harbor 1,200 00
Beautiful Aurora Borealis.
Those who arose early last Friday
morning were fortunate enough to wit
ness a very grand and beautiful dis
play of the aurora borealis which was
noticeable from four o'clock to day
light. The display was the most bril
liant seen for many years. All over
the northern sky from the zenith to the
horizon there were beautiful tints. The
display was general all over the coun
try according to reports and it is said
that the electrical disturbance was so
great that it interfered very much with
the transmission of messages on the
telegraph wires and even affected the
Atlantic cable and all messages were
received subject to heavy delay. There
were_ fainter displays on Saturday
evening.
PRINCETON-
TO DEDICATECHURCH
The German Lutheran Church in
Germany to be Dedicated
November 15th
Failure of the Minnesota Cold Stor-
age Co. Causes Loss to Business
Men and Farmers.
The new church of the German Luth
erans at Germany will be dedicated
Sunday, Nov. 15th, with appropriate
ceremony and the pastor, Rev. Otto
Strauch, will have charge of the dedi
catory services, assisted by the former
pastor of the church, Rev. Theo. Reu
ter, of Leaf Valley: Rev. John Fack
ler of Maple Grove, and Rev. Theo.
Laetsch of Deer Park, Wis. The lat
ter will speak in English in the after
noon at three o'clock. The congrega
tion will assemble at the old church
at 10:30 a. where a short service
will be held and the congregation will
say goodbye to the old building in
which they have worshipped so long,
and then march to the new edifice
where the regular services will be held.
The congregation will make the ded
icatory event one long "to be remem
bered and the exercises will be inter
esting throughout. A dinner will be
served on the giounds fiee of ehaige.
The new church of solid brick and
is 30x60 feet with a seating capacity of
about 500 people. The church is situ
ated five miles north of Princeton.
Cold storage Echoes.
The failure of the Minneapolis Cold
Storage Co. of Minneapolis caught
manj farmers all over the country for
amounts ranging from a few dollars
up to very good sums. A Pease the
farmers were caught for over $300,
Mi. A Jetsinga who was down from
that place last Friday, stating that
this amount would probably represent
the claims of the farmers who patron
ized the Cold Storage concern. Mr.
Jetsinga will be a loser as most of the
farmers dealt through him and were
his customers.
A dispatch from Aberdeen. S D.,
says: "It is now estimated that not
less than $25,000 loss will fall upon
the patrons of the Aberdeen branch of
the concern, and the amount may be
more. Every country store has a
bunch of dishonored checks. One
farmer near Ipswich has let his ac
counts stand and is now a loser to the
extent of ov $-100.
The manager of the Eureka branch
put in his own money and is reported
to be a loser to the extent of nearly
$2,000. The manager at Leola loses
about $700, while hundreds of others
will lose from a few dollars up to a
hundred or more.''
POTATOES AiiE TRUMPS.
A. t. Cloud (journal-Press Representative
at the Hu ol the Pota to Belt.
Last week James Jerrard, the popu
lar representative of the St. Cloud
Journal-Press, was in Princeton and
he couldn't help becoming impressed
with the importance of Princeton as a
potato center. made a tour of the
starch factory and went home and
rote the following for the Journal
Press:
"Few people who have not visited a
potato market on a busy day have a
very intelligent idea of its importance
and in a favorable season there is not
a more active tuber centre than Prince
ton, the charming little capital city of
Mille Lacs county. But rain and
shine well distributed throughout the
summer arc necessary adjuncts to
good results, and this has by no
means been a favorable season. The
rain descended and the floods came"
and beat upon the roof that covered
the poor little murphies so unmerci
fully that many of them were drowned
out, and despite the efforts to make a
good showing they were not given an
opportunity to mature and the crop in
Minnesota's famous potato belt is in
consequence greatly reduced this year,
while hundreds upon hundreds of bush
els have rotted in the ground. Others
were so thoroughly soaked that de
cay followed after digging, but the
Almighty always finds a way for His
people and "Tom" Caley, Princeton's
starch magnate, is the man of the hour
this year, and will distribute among
the farmers within a period of fifty to
sixty days $20,000 for good, bad and
decidedly indiffere nt potatoes, many
of which would not net the producer
a single farthing were it not for the
starch factory. The newspaper man
hunted out the genial Mr. Caley and
expressed a desire to go through the
'"works," a plant of immense propor
tions and located in the very heart of
the business section of the cit y. The
trip was commenced at the boiler and
engine house, where twin boilers (re-
quiring ten cords of wood daily) of
200-horse capacity, supply steam to
I a massive 100-horse power Corliss en-
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PKINCETON, MILLE LACS COUNTY, MINNESOTA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1903.
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gine. Here too, is an artesian well
with a flow of 500 gallons per minute
and every drop is used, for water is
very essential in transforming the
dirty potato into snowy white starch.
W now find ourselves in the receiv
ing 'shed, where the potatoes are
dumped by means of an elevator at
one ehd of the scale which raises the
front end of the wagon to an incline
that permits the potatoes to descend
into the pit the bottom of which is
screen ed so that the dirt falls through
and can be weighed back to the farm
er. The potatoes now start on their
journey of transformation and are
carried by cups to the storage room
and i& turn to the washing machine
where*the automatic scrubber washes
their faces at the rate of 100 bushels
per hour and passes them on to the
grater. Here they are grated and
crushed into a consistency finer than
meal 0 that every starch cell is broken
and the product falls upon a perfor
ated screen, upon which several small
streams of water continuously pour,
the starch being washed into a recepti
cle below, while the pumice is carried
forward on the revolving screen and
onward to the sewer. The starch and
water, much like thick milk, is pumped
constantly from the receiving vat be
neath the screen into immense stor
vats twenty-four feet wide and ten
feet deep, fifteen in number the vat
room. Here the starch is stirred,
washed, cleansed and skimmed, and is
again pumped out of these vats into
tanks above, where the ptarch body
settles to the bottom to a thickness
of twelv or fourteen inches. I is now
washed and scraped, the water is
drawn off and in three hours the pro
duct is taken out with shovels, cutting
much like cheese and goes to the dry
kiln, where a turkish bath can be had
while one waits. Each kiln has a ca
pacity of twelve tons. I twenty -four
hours the starch has dried and fallen
through graduated gratings until it is
of the proper size and awaiting sack
ing in the bins below, nearly one hun
dred feet long and twenty feet high.
The starch is now ready for market
and is sacked in packages of 250
pounds each, loaded into car lots for
Duluth and from there by boat to the
eastern markets. The process is in
tense!^ interesting from start to finish
and, M^r. Caley is one of the few men
in the west who has made a success
of the business. has invested
$21,000 in the plant, ve the regrettable
fact remains that it can be operated
barely sixty day each year. Potato
starch is the best made and Boston is
the foremost market in America.
Maine is a great strach state and is
said that Aroostook county is capa
ble of supplying the world with starch
if the potatoes could be had. The
Caley factory has a capacity of 4,000
bushels daily, there being two com
plete sets of machinery, but with the
short, poor crop, is not handling any
thing like this, tnis year. Rotten,
'refuse" potatoes make good starch
and go through the mill with the res t,
as the starch they contain does not
decay. The per centage of starch this
season runs about two pounds to the
bushel less than usual, owing to the
small, immature raw material. Or
dinarily the Princeton factory handles
a quarter of a million bushels of tub
ers annually and is a very important
institution. I an average season the
starch yield runs about nine pounds
to the bushel and approximately twen
ty-seven cents per hundred pounds is
being paid at the factory at present
for field run, which of course includes
much stock that would be of no value
except for starch. Hundreds upon
hundreds of car loads of high grade
potatoes are bought and shipped by
the numerous dealers every season
and the houses are now all open.''
Auto and Train Collide.
Last Thursday afternoon Mr. and
Mrs. Zimmerman had a narrow
escape from what might have proved
to be a very serious accident. They
were in their auto which was standing
headed up close to the passenger train,
and as they started to back the ma
chi ne up an error was made in oper
ating one of the levers and the machine
started ahead toward the train which
was just starting out and was running
slowly at the time. The machine ran
aaginst one of the trucks of the bag
gage coach and one of the trainmen
noticed the perilous position of the
machine and its occupants and stopped
the train in a few seconds. The auto
was wrenched around sidewise and
one of the headlights was torn off, but
otherwise the machine was not dam
aged.
Bartlett Goes Out of Business.
O. W Bartlett has closed up his res
taurant and sold his fixtures and
goods to Jaax. Mrs. Jaax will
move her five and ten-cent store into
the building vacated by Mr. Bartlett.
I is understood that Mr. Bartlett will
go to work for Mr. Geckler on the lat
ter 's farm in Greenbush.
MIME'S THINKS.
["Minnie Thinks" do not necessarily ex
press the views of either the editor or publisher
of the UNI ON Brother editors, please bear
this in mind PUB TJNIOI,
ST. PAUL, Minn., Nov. 4,1903.
Minnesota has the best weather, the
best cows^ and the best football team
on earth. Hurrah!
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Charley Staples wouldn't refuse to
run for governor if it was put up to
him.
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Senator Sam Lord is being men
tioned prominently as a possible can
didate for attorney general. But Mr.
Lord is ineligible.
Come to think of it it is best not to
ref er to the Mapleton bank failure in
the presence of Samuel Johnson.
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There are over half a million vol
umes in the school libraries of Minne
sota.
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I is rather unkind for the papers to
ask Mr. Eddy where his present plat
form was when he was in congress.
These people who are blindly attack
ing the State board of control are
making a mistake. However much they
may dislike the board of control idea
they should give it a fair chance to
prove its worth. I is going to prove
a great success for this State and it is
here to stay. These unreasoning at
tacks will only serve to make the
board stronger with the people when
the facts are known.
The great football game is over and
Minnesota covered itself with glory by
outplaying Michigan. Thirty thou
sand people saw the game.
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Minnesota greatness is recognized
abroad. Congressmen Bede and Mc
Cleary and Senator Clapp were called
to Ohio to help the Republicans on
the stump.
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Even the street railway company
realizes that it is sometimes a mistake
to have a governor who is too friendly.
The supreme court has allowed a
man $800 for having his whiskers
pulled out by a saloon-keeper. The
rights of the heirs must be respected.
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It's mighty little gospel the church
goers in the city hear. The preachers
talk about football, graf t, domestic
science and novels mostly
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The appraiser^ have allowed the
owners of property to be condemned
for the new State capitol grounds
$78,444 for their land.
Minnesota teachers are averaging
$4.50 a month more in salaries this
year than last. Theyr
%.^V.w-&. &$.
deserve twice
what they are getting now.
Governor Van Sant was at the foot
ball game, and for once he wasn't the
most prominent man present. Sig
Harris looked ten times as big.
The State is to be congratulated on
having so efficient an engineer on its
drainage work as George Ralph.
saves his salary to the State many
times over each year.
The dairy and food department has
renewed the monthly butter contest.
The first one will be held November
12.
5* $- $*
One day the game and fish commis
sion dubbed the Glenwood hatchery
site '"very bum" and the next they de
clared it second to none in the coun
try.
MINNIE.
Sells Farm for $9,000 Cash.
County Surveyor A N Holm, of
Wyanett, sold his farm on the shore
of Green lake for $9,000, spot cash.
I is one of the best farms in Isanti
county and the price is none too high.
The Holm family will move into the
Wikeen house for the winter. W
understand Mr. Holm does not con
template leaving Isanti county and it
is to be hoped that he won't.Cam-
bridge Independent.
Death of Mrs. Bert earner's Sister.
Oscar Nyquist received a telegram
Tuesday announcing the i of his
sister, Miss Ida Nyquist, at the home
of her siste r, Mrs. Bert Jesmer at
Spokane, Wash. Miss Nyquist had
been a constant sufferer for years from
dropsy, which was the ultimate cause
of her death. She has many close
friends in this village who will re
ceive the news of her death with sad
ness. Her remains will be brought to
Minnesota and buried at Harris,
funeral services to be held next Sun
day.Mora Times "(Oct. 29.)
MINNESOTA
ISTORICAL
SOCIETY.
VOLUME XXYII. NO. 47.
CUT OVER 33,000,000 FEET.
The Foley Bean Lumber Co's Mill Closes a
Successful Season.
The Foley Bean Lumber Co. mill
at Milaca closed down October 22d
after a successful season's run. The
Milaca Times says: "The season was
cut shorter than usual by several
weeks owing to the log supply giving
out. The cut in lumber, shingles and
lath for the season is as follows:
Lumber, feet 32,477,952
Shingles...* 17,720,000
Lath 8,617,350
"Manager Rudd states that
the prospects for a full season's run
next year are good, although a few
logs may be shipped in this winter to
aid in getting an earlier start than
would be possible if they waited for
the drives next spring. The mill will
as usual be thoroughly overhauled
during -the winter and necessary
changes and repairs made.
"It is said that two seasons more
will clean up all the available timber
in the Mille Lacs lake region and con
siderable speculation is being indulged
in as to the future of the plant when
that suppy is exhausted. I is gener
ally supposed that the mill will be re
moved to some other point, but vague
rumors are in circulation to the effect
that the company may conclude ar
rangements for operating it here for
a still longer period. The industry is
the backbone of Milaca's prosperity
at present and it is needless to say
that the people here are earnestly hop
ing that the inevitable removal may
be postponed for a longer period than
is at present anticipated.
'The planing mill will continue in
operation during the winter as usual.
World's Record at Memphis.
Dan Patch, one mile in 1:56L{:
world's pacing record.
Lou Dillon, one mile in 1:58^
world's trotting record.
Major Delmar, one mile in 1:59%
world's record for geldings.
Dan Patch, one mile in 1:593a
world's pacing record to wagon.
Lou Dillon, one mile in 2:00: world's
trotting record to wagon.
Dariel, one mile in 2:00
1 4 world's
pacing record for mares.
Dan Patch, half mile in :56: world's
record for pacers.
The Monk and Equity, one mile in
2:08: world's record for trotters hitch
ed to pole.
Evangelistic Ser\ices.
Rev. W E Gratz began a series
of evangelistic services at the E
church commencing on Tuesday eve
ning of this week, with special services
for children at the close of school each
day, the children's services beginning
yesterday afternoon. Mr. S
Thompson is the ev angelist in charge
of the meetings. The evening ser
vices begin at at 7:30 ^each evening.
The meetings will be continued for two
weeks. I is the intention of Mr.
Gratz to devote considerable atten
tion the coming winter to evangelistic
services in the E church.
Deer Hurters W ill Go Xorth.
The season for big game opens on
the tenth of the month and Mille Lacs
county will furnish its quota of hunt
ers for the northern woods. A large
party of Princeton hunters will leave
this week for St Louis county and
will go above Duluth into the heart
of the deer country where they will re
main for some time. I the party will
be Ben Soule, Andy Bullis. Louis
Sausser, S Tibbetts, C. A Jack,
Magnus Sjoblom and Wm. Cordiner,
while Dick Chapman and Sheriff
Claggett are thinking of joining them.
Some of the party will leave Friday
while the balance will go on Saturday.
Company G's Ball.
The old-fashioned dance given by
Company at the opera house last
Friday night was attended by seventy
two couple, just a comfortable crowd.
Rossiter's First regiment orchestra of
five pieces furnished the music and
they never fail to enthuse even the old
has-beens of dancers who think they
are too old to enjoy the giddy mazes
of the dance. The party was marked
by true, old-fashioned sociability and
a good time generally. The A S
served refreshments. While Company
did not make much from the dance
they gave a very enjoyable party.
Wood Market at Anoka.
The outlook for the wood, market in
Anoka is not nearly as good this sea
son as it was a year ago. The reason
of it is that last year's high and arbi
trary prices for wood, which was often
of an inferior quality, disgusted con
sumers to such an extent that the ma
jority of them have this season made
arrangements to burn coal both in
their heaters and cooking stoves.
Anoka Free Press.
Route No. 4 for Cambridge.
Rural free delivery route No. 4 will
be established at Cambridge Decem
ber 1st.
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