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NEW RURAL ROUTES.
Two New Rural Routes Running Out
of Princeton Will be Ready for
Service Dec. i.
One Will Run North into Milo and
Bogus Brook and the Other
Arcund Spectacle Lake.
A report has been received from
Washington that the application for
the rural routes north and east of
Princeton have been allowed and they
will be opened for service the first of
December. Plats of the new routes
have been received at the Princeton
office, and also the change that will
be made in route No. 2 made neces
sary bv the opening of route No. 4,
which goes out east of town, south of
Silver lake and thence east on the
Green lake and Cambridge road to
the Spring Vale town line. From this
point it goes south two miles and west
to Martm farm, thence south to school
No. 11, and then west on the main
traveled road and connects with the
route at the Siher lake road. The
route will only be one and a half miles
from the Spencer Brook postoffice at
school No. 11 and arrangements will
be made to hav mail exchanged with
that office daily, which will be a great
improv ement over the present round
about service.
Route No. 5 will be the Bogus Brook
and Milo route, going north on the
road leading directly north from
Princeton to section 28 of Bogus
Brook, thence east a half mile, north
a quarter mile, east a half mile and
north to river, thence west to school
house No.
l) in the town of Milo, from
which point the route continues south
through the center of section 23 on
down to Long's Siding and thence di
rectly south to the east and west
Brickton road right south of Brick
ton, and into Princeton on the regular
Brickton road.
Route No. 2 will be changed to run
as follows: North to I. S. Mudgett
corner, east half mile, north to Gust
Thoma corner, east to German M. E.
church, north one mile, east ore and
a half miles, south to lake, east to
Stanchfield lake and to school 33, sec
tion 12, Wvanett: south two miles, and
west to Pimceton town line south to
Rust coiner, west to Harrington cor
ner, south hall a mile, and west to
Harold Mudgett corner, where the
route connects with the outwai bound
road of the route.
The opening of the new routes will
give to mam farmers east and north
of Princeton a mail service that *jhe\
ha\ been expecting for some Jme and
the welcome mail wagon will be hailed
\\ith delight mam who have here
tofore been more or less isolated from
the world.
Jeremiah F^lkm an will cam the
mail on route No. 5, while as vet
there has been no selection of a car
rier for No. 4. GeorgeOrton received
the appointment but has resigned.
There are some qualified candidates
from whom one will be selected to take
the route.
Route No. 2 as re-arranged is
twentv-five miles long and takes in a
territory of twenty-four square miles.
There are 117 house-, on the route and
there is a population of 600 served.
Route 5 is twenty-four and a quarter
miles Ion? and takes in a territory of
twenty-three square miles. There are
120 houses on the route and there is a
population of 540 served. Route 4 is
twenty -four and se\ en-eighths miles
long and has an area of territory con
sisting of twenty-four square miles.
There are 114 houses on the route and
a population of 500 is served.
HOD\ WENT FOR DISSECTION.
Clris. Lien's Body Kef used Burial and
Went to State 3Iedical Department.
The bodv of Christ Lien who was
murdered in Minneapolis last week
was turned over to the medical depart
ment of the State university, the rela
tives of the dead man refusing to take
charge of the body, notwithstanding
the fact that Lien had enough personal
pioperty in Hannaford, N. D., to pav
the expenses of a decent burial, and
he also, as was stated in the Union
last week, was said to own forty acres
of land in the town of Glendorado,
but had contracted to sell the land
and had received a payment of $20
down to bind the bargain. It was
said that he was on his wav to Glen
dorado when he met his mysterious
death and was to close up his prop
erty deal at that place. He has two
distant relatives living in Glendorado
and according to the Minneapolis
Journal one ol them wired to the chief
of police of Minneapolis the following:
Chief of Police Conrov Bury Chris
Lien there, as no one hero is under
any obligations to him."
The Minneapolis Journal savs:
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R. C. DUNN, Publisher. Terms $1.00 per Year.
"Halvor Anderson went to Princeton,
Minn., a few days ago and gave or
ders to hold the body until he trans
acted some business there, when he
would return and have it taken to Han
naford, N. D., for burial. He told
Morguekeeper Morton ,that he and
Lien intended to go into partnership
in the ranch business and that Lien
had preceded him to Minneapolis to
attend to some important business.
He offered no explanation with regard
to the refusal to take the body to Han
naford.
German Lutheran Church. Dedicated.
The German Lutheran church of
Germany was dedicated last Sunday
with appropriate ceremonies. At 10:30
a. m. the members and conrgegation
of the church assembled at the old
church where short farewell ceremo
nies were held after which the congre
gation marched to the new edifice
which is located on the site of the old
church. The dedicatory services were
conducted by Rev. Otto Strauch, pas
tor of the church assisted by the form
er pastor of the church, Rev. Theo.
Renter of Leaf Valley, Rev. John
Fackler of Maple Grove and Rev.
Theo. Laetsch of Deer Park, Wis. Af
ter the dedicatory exercises a bounte
ous dinner was served by the ladies
the old church and all who did not
go to their homes for dinner were
served with a sumptuous spread. In
the afternoon Rev. Laetsch preached
a sermon in English and in the even
ing there was a lecture by a converted
Persian.
There was a very large attendance
at all the services during the day and
the event was one that marks an epoch
in the history of the German Lutheran
church of that section. The edifice is
one of the prettiest and most substan
tial of- church edifices in the county
or any where in the surrounding coun
try. The interior is prettily decorated,
has large, easy pews and there is a
gallery which will seat about fifty peo
ple. The seating capacity of the
church is about 400. The church has
a very handsome window for a countrv
church, being a large art-glass win
dow, the centre piece being of dull
finish glass while it is surrounded by
handsome colored glass.
Brought Home Poor Report.
County Surveyor A. N. Holm of
Isanti county returned from a trip to
the Red Lake Indian reservation Fri
day morning where he went to look
over the lands that the government
has thrown open to settlement. Mr.
Holm made the trip not for himself
personally but in the interests of a lot
of farmers in Wyanett and other parts
of Isonti county who intended to take
up claims if the land was reported
good enough Mr. Holm made a trip
all over the section and he said that
he could not see anything in the land
that would induce any man with a
family to go there at the present time.
Verv much of the land is at present
under water. A good many filings
were made, but not enough to cover
one-third of the ceded lands. A few
of those who made filings, have got
very good land but there are a good
many who have land that is not worth
the filing fees and expense of getting
it Many of the claims that were
taken were done so fraudulently and
there will be man} who will institute
contests and get some very good pieces
of land.
Sneriff Tanner Gets Horse Tluef Bountj.
E. S. Tanner, the sheriff of Morri
son county who arrested Robert Lev
erlv, the bov who stole the pony at
the Prouty ranch some time ago and
drove it to Little Falls and sold it,
has been allowed the bounty of $200
for his capture which was an easy one,
but which however entitled him to the
bountj under the terms ojf the law.
The boy after he stole the horse traded
it at Little Falls for a bicycle and was
trj ing to sell the wheel when he was
caught, his emplov er, Mr. Prouty hav
ing followed him up and caused his
arrest. The sheriff of Morrison
county made application to the court
for the bounty and after hearing the
petition Judge Baxter decided that
Sheriff Tanner was entitled to the re
ward. The legislature of 1903 in
creased the reward to $200.
Potatoes From Washington and Montana.
The Duluth Herald says: "Wash
ington and Montana potatoes are be
ing imported by local commission
houses. One local commission house
has seven cars of Washington pota
toes en route to Duluth. They were
grown on irrigated ground and are
said to be of a very high grade. The
Minnesota potatdes have risen consid
erably in price during the past week
on account of the rapidity with which
they are rotting, and are now selling
at 65 cents per bushel. The Western
potatoes are much higher in price on
account of the heavy freight rates, and
are selling for 90 cents per bushel.
The chief difference between the two
varieties is that the Western potatoes
are much dryer.
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MISS NORTON WINS.
Hiss Bessie Norton Wins Her Suit
Against the School Board
of District 17.
Judge Baxter Says Board Must Pay
Her for Amount of Contract
Which Wa Annulled.
School district No. 17 will have to
pay to Miss Bessie Norton the sum of
$360 with interest for an annullment of
her contract which she made with the
school board of that district to teach
an eight-months' term of school.
Judge Baxter this week decided the
case in her favor and allowed her
judgment for the full amount. The
case was on the calendar at the Sep
tember term of court and a jury trial
was waived and arguments submitted
to the court, Judge Baxter finding in
his order that '"plaintiff acted in good
faith in her dealings with the defend
ant, and she should not suffer on ac
count of a quarrel bewreen
other par-
ties and be deprived of her just dues
The case was the outcome of a long
and bitter fight that has been waged by
County Commissioner Norton and the
members of the school board of that
district. Mr. Norton had been treas
urer of the school board for some
time and his niece, Miss Norton, had
taught the school for a term or two.
In the meantime Mr. Norton became
involved in a quarrel with members of
the board and his office was declared
vacant and O. A. Ladin was chosen
by the board to fill his place. The
board had entered into a contract
with Miss Norton to teach the school
for another term before Mr. Ladin was
chosen a member of the board, and
after he became treasurer, the contract
was repudiated by the board. Mr.
Norton instituted quo warranto pro
ceedings against Ladin to show cause
by what authority Ladin was acting
as treasurer of the board. The writ
was returnable before Judge Searle at
the April term of the Mille Lack county
court and a motion was made by the
attorney for the board to quash the
writ as there were other remedies at
law for the plaintiff. The motion to
quash was granted, and an -appeal was
taken to the supreme court which will
be heard at the April term.
After this disposition of the quo
wairanto proceedings Miss Norton
began a civil action against the school
board for her salary for the term she
was engaged to teach. She held her
self in readiness to teach the school
during the time for which she was en
gaged. It was argued by the defend
ants that she could have found other
work while she was awaiting the op
portunity to teach the school in dis
trict No. 17, and what she could have
earned during that time should be an
offset to her claim, but the court says
"plaintiff was a professional teacher
and was not bound to seek employ
ment that she wras
not fit to perform.''
A staj- of thirty days has been
granted in the case.
High Land, Poor Koads.
Road sense is needed. With land
selling from $50 to $75 an acre in this
country, and substantial improve
ments made in every locality the mat
ter of good roads should be seriously
and earnestly considered. Best re
sults have never been attained from
the money expended, systematic road
building has never been attempted.
The importance of drainage has never
been fully appreciated. Skilled work
manship seldom enters into road
building and the finished product is
seldom seen. The important question
is not one of funds for road work,
bat the proper application of availa
ble funds. The system now in vogue
of expending road funds is a perni
cious one. It will never make roads
what they should bewhat they ought
to be for the amount expended. Land
owners have never taken the matter of
good roads seriously, nor made any
attempt to honestly or judiciously ex
pend the road fund. Working out
taxes without system or supervision
as always been a vicious waste of
public funds.Waterville Advance.
STATE LAND SALE.
Over 17,000 Acres in Mille Lacs. County
Will Sold Next Tuesday.
The sale of school and other State
lands located in Mille Lacs county
will be held at the office of the county
auditor at the court house in Prince
ton next Tuesday, the twenty-fourth
day of November and will be con
ducted by State Auditor Iverson.
The total number of acres to be sold
portion of the county, the nearest land
to be offered being located in the town
amounts to 17,502.40, and is all lo
cated in the northern and unsettled
of Hayland, 39-26. The last State
land sale held in Princeton was on the
fourth day of June, 1900. The ap-
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PfllNCETON, MILLE LACS COUNTY, MINNESOTA, THURSDAY, NOYEMBER 19, 1903. VOLUME XXVII.
praisement of the lands made for that
sale will be used as a basis for the
forthcoming sale, appraisements cony
tinuing in force for four years. Near
ly one-half of the land' to be sold is
located in the town 40-27, adjoining
the town of Page on the north. The
balance of the lands are situated in
the other unorganized towns in the
lake region.
Fifteen per cent of the purchase
price and interest on the unpaid bal
ance from the date of sale to June 1,
1904, must be paid at the time of the
sale. The balance of the purchase
money can be paid at any time in
whole or in part, within forty years
of the time of the sale the rate of in
terest on the unpaid balance of the
purchase money will be four per cent
per annum, payable in advance on
June 1 of each vear, provided the
principal remains unpaid for ten years,
but if the principal is paid before, the
expiration of ten ears from the date
of the sale, the rate of interest on the
unpaid balance of the purchase money
will be five per cent per annum inter
est is payable in advance on June 1st
of each year.
Monday Fires
Last Monday'forenoon the residence
of George Newton caught fire in one of
the Upper rooms occupied by Rev.
Gronberg and wife, the fire having
caught from a stove which was very
close to the wall, and the lath became
ignited. The presence of the fire was
discovered before it had gained much
headway and the fire alarm was blown
with its soul-stirring and mournful
sound. The hook and ladder and
hose cart were pulled to the fire but by
the time they arrived all the goods
had been removed from the house and
the incipient but threatening blaze
was put out.
'About supper time the same day the
fire laddies were summoned to the home
of Leon Wheeler where a chimney was
burning out with considerable pyro
technical displav and it looked like it
might set the house afire. The fire de
partment stood readv at the hv drant
to connect onto the water supply, but
their services were not needed.
Plenty of Deer.
Nearly 1,000 deer were killed in the
woods about the head of the lakes dur
ing the first two dav & of the open sea
sou v&is ear, and fullv 600 of them
went dowm before the guns of the hunt
ers during the first dav.
The fall of snow at the opening put
things good shape for the hunters,
making it much easier to get the game
after it was wounded. The kill this
season will probabl.v exceed that of
last vear, when about 4,600 deer were
brought in bv the hunters, although it
was a poor ear because of the wet
weather during t^e season.
Fewer deer will be seen this season
because of the new and stringent laws
preventing the selling of the game and
demanding the presence of the hunters
on the train which carries his kill.
The express companies are. therefore,
handling verv little game, and practi
callv none of it has been seen in the
cities.Duluth Herald.
What Was Needed.
The topic had been carefullv ex
plained, and as an aid to understand
ing, the teacher had given each pupil
a card, bearing the picture of a bov
fishing.
"Even pleasure," said she, ''requires
the exercise of patience. See the boj
fishing. He must sit and wait and
wait. He must be patient.''
Having treated the subject very
fullv, she began with the simplest,
most practical question: ''An now,
can anv little boy tell me what we
need most when we go fishing?"
The answer was shouted with one
voice: "Bait'."New York Daily
News.
House Burns at Milaca.
Last Tuesday night the residence of
James Peters at Milaca burned to the
ground. The fire is supposed to have
caught from a defective chimney.
The house and goods were a total loss,
as there was no insurance. The build
ing was close to the Foley Bean store
and for a time it looked as if that
building would burn but the fire de
partment and citizens worked hard
and saved the building.- Mr. Peters
works for the Foley Bean company.
Takes Logging Contract.
Ben Hatcher of Princeton passed
through town Monday on his way to
Page where he will d.o some logging
this winter. He expects to bank about
500,000 feet of white pine logs on Ru
river near Page, to complete A.
Barrett's last logging contract in this
section. Mr. Barrett having located
on the Pacific coast. These logs will
be sawed at Milaca next season.
Milaca Times.
The Moral.
'I saw one of those plays with a
moral last night."
"And what was the moral?"
Do your best to keep your wife and
children from seeing it. "Indianapo
lis Journal.
MERRY ATCAMP FIRE
Wallace T. Rines Post Makes flerry
at an 01dTim Campfire Last
Tuesday Night.
County Commissioners in Session--
A Fight Over the Location
of Onamia Saloon.
The campfire given the Wallace
T. Rines post and the L. A. S. at the
G. A. R. hall last Tuesday night was
a very successful affair. It has been
several years since the post has had
an old-time campfire and the old sol
diers made merry in a way that made
them feel voung again. It was ex
pected that Department Commander
Mahan would be able to be present,
but he is serving as a member of the
IT. S. board of appeals and was una
ble to be present. However Adjutant
Clark was present and made a short
address on matters in which the old
soldiers are interested. Rev. Gratz
made a short address and there was a
program of patriotic songs that re
vived old memories.
There were about fifty present, in
eluding the members of the L. A. S.
and families. A substantial supper
was served by the ladies at the close
of the campfire, and all went home
feeling that it was good to have been
present at the G. A. R. event.
Adjutant Clark says that the post
here is in very good condition. He
savs that the posts throughout the
State are holding more campfires than
ever before and there seems to be a
revival of the old-time spirit that has
made the G. A. R. such a great order.
From here he went to St. Cloud to
attend a campfire last evening.
County Commissioners.
The board of county commissioners
met at the court house yesterday to
dispose of a lot of business that has
accumulated. It will be in session to
day and perhaps may not adjourn un
til Friday. All members of the board
were present. Little business was
transacted yesterday. The matter of
granting the petition for a saloon at
Onamia was laid over until the next
meeting of the board. John ^McClure
who with many others is opposing the
granting of a license was before the
board and he says that the palce where
it is proposed to open the saloon is
less than 1,500 feet from the school
house, the law providing that no sa
loon shall be located within that dis
tance of anv public school. Mr. Mc
Clure said that the distance was a lit
tle less than the law allowed, and as
the applicants for the saloon could
not dispute Mr. McClure's statements
to the satisfaction of the board, the
matter was laid over.
Thee Greenbush ditch petition came
up for further hearing and several
parties were granted a hearing. The
board will go ahead with the ditch
and order surv ev made preparatory
for to its construction.
Assaulted the Marshal.
Last Saturday "night while Marshal
Newton was attempting to arrest Geo.
Bockoven, for disorderly conduct in
Smith & Holm's saloon the marshal
was struck over the head by a cracker
bowl, bj a party who was in the sa
loon at the time, and who was so far
under the influence of liquor that he
little realized who he was striking or
what verv serious results might have
resulted from such an attack. The
party who made this assault on the
marshal is not given to this kind of
conduct and he keenly feels the result
of his drunken act, for which he was
arrested and brought before Justice
Chadbourne. He waived examination
and was bound over in the sum of $500
to the grand jury.
Geo. Bockoven was given a double
punishment. He was taken before
Justice Norton who fined him $15 for
disorderly conduct and he was then
arrested for resisting arrest and was
fined $10 by Justice Chadbourne. The
costs in the two cases amounted to
$6.25.
Big: Lake Indictments.
The grand jury in session at Elk
River last week indicted two business
men of Bi Lake for blind-pigging.
R. C. Trudgeon, a druggist, was in
dicted on three counts and Charles M.
Umbehocker, a confectioner, was in
dicted on one count. The town is no
license and it is claimed that the men
have sold liquor contrary to statutes
made and provided
Creamery for Midland.
The creamery at Long Lake, Crow
Wing county has been sold under
mortgage, and the building and ma
chinery will be moved to Midland on
the west shore of Mille Lacs lake. J.
H. McLaughlin bought the plant and
it seems has-decided to locate at Mid
land instead of Garrison.Milaca
Times.
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HISTORICAL
SOCIETY. NO. 49.
I MINNIE'S THINKS, ij
["Minnie Thinks" do not necessarily ex
press the views of either the editor or publisher
of the UNTON. Brother editors, please bear
this in mind PUB. UNION
S T. PAUL, Minn., Nov. 17, 1903.
State Librarian Nelson bets that
Judge Collins will carry Ramsey
county. It's throwing money away.
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Mr. S. T. Johnson has reached
the explaining stage in the Mapleton
bank affair.
$ 4.
Wm. Henry Eustis is said to be an
active candidate for governor. The
State administration is encouraging
him, along with some others.
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Gus Widdell's friends say he will
not take the secretary of State bait
thrown to him by Judge Jamison.
''Every friend of Va Sant's must
stand b} Collins for the present" is
the State capitol slogan just now.
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The Standard Oil company has just
distributed $12,000,000 in dividends.
These kind of facts breed anarchy even
among patient people.
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There is talk of R. J. Wells of
Breckenridge for a place on the rail
road and warehouse commission.
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A State official said the other day:.
"If Va Sant should run I would be
for him but he cannot bind me to
Judge Collins or anybody else. When
he is out I consider myself free to do
as I please."
The cold snap may get to some of
these blooming political ambitions.
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Ex-Senator McCarthv is the latest
man to be mentioned for attorney-gen
eral.
The administration is said to be af
ter Treasurer Block because he
wouldn't "holler" for them.
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The Dispatch has nominated Da
Reese for mayor of St. Paul. But
Dar is suspicious of the source.
The State supreme court has held
the plumbers' license law unconstitu
tional.
There is talk of Marcus B. Fa of
Virginia for the Democratic guberna
torial nomination.
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Minnesota for the third time has won
the national butter championship of
the IT. S. The national contest just
closed shows M. T. Sondergaard of
Hutchinson first among bOO American
butter-makers, anc! John Sollie of
New Sweden second. Minnesota also
holds the world's championship in but
ter-making. Sa Haugdahl of Fill
more county having won it at Pari s.
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During the past summer thirty-three
new creameries and ten new cheese
factories have been started in Minne
sota. Todd county leads with fifteen
new creameries. There are now 714
creameries and eighty-five cheese fac
tories in the State.
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And now Judge Collins' friends are
making it so pleasant for himsome
of them yelling "ge off the bench"'
others crying "stay on
The Dispatch tips oil the adminis
tration game by saving that the gov
ernor is still in the field.
MINNIK.
Conree-Folej.
The marriage of Mr. Joseph C.
Conree of Anoka to Miss Minnie E.
Foley, dauhgter of Mr. and Mrs.
James Foley of Zimmerman, was sol
emized by nuptial mass at the Catho
lic church in Princeton yesterday fore
noon at 10:30 o'clock, Rev. J.
Kicken of Clear Lake officiating. The
ceremony was performed in the pres
ence of relatives of the contracting
parties and a few friends. Dennis
Foley acted as bridesman while a
niece of the groom from Minneapolis
was bridesmaid.
After the ceremony the bride and
groom and wedding party went to the
Commercial hotel for dinner after
which they left for Zimmerman where
a wedding dance was given at the
Woodman hall in the evening.
Throat Cut By Barb Wire.
The six-year-old son of George Jew
ell of Bradford met with a peculiar
and painful accident last Saturday
evening. While playing around the
yard after dark he ran into a tempor
ary barbed wire fence, the wire strik
ing him across the throat. The sharp
pointed barbs tore a long gash in the
flesh making an ugly wound. Dr.
Hixson was called to attend the boy
Cambridge Independent.