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THOSE G0 BEYOND
Christian S. Neumann, Sr., Dies in
Foreston on Thursday, July
26, Aged Sixty Years.
J. F. Boulter, Mrs. Mary Boutin and
Little Alice Persinger Also
Called to Their Maker.
Christian S. Neumann, father of Dr.
C. S. Neumann and Herman Neumann
of this village, died at the home of
his son in Foreston on Thursday
morning, July 26, at 4 o'clock, aged
60 ears.
Mr. Neumann uas born in Langan
horn, Germany, in 1846 and came to
America in 1874. Upon his arrival
he took up his residence in Port Clin
ton. Ohio, where he remained about
two years and then removed to De
troit, Mich. After living for about
three ears at this place he went to
Clinton, Iowa, and left that town four
ears thereafter for Cedar Falls,
Iowa. His staj in Cedar Falls cov
ered a period of five years, and since
that time he had made his home with
his sons and daughters in various
parts oi the country, passing most of
these ears, ho\\e%er, with his son in
Toreston His wife died during his
residence in Clinton, Iowa. Mr. Neu
mann was married at Bratestat, Ger
many, in 1S51, to Miss Anna Nielson
and of the union five sons and three
daughters weie born, viz., Herman
now residing in Princeton: F. T. P.,
roreaton N. B. E., New Ulm: Chris
tian S., Princeton: John, Bemidji
Mrs. Wilson, California Mrs. Han
son, Cedar Falls, Iowa: Mrs. Entrup,
St. Paul.
(Mrs. Wilson is the widow of Rev.
W. H. Wilson, who was pastor of the
Princeton. Blue Hill and Santiago
missions of the Methodist Episcopal
denomination about eighteen years
ago. She is well known to many
Princeton people.)
Mr. Neumann was a eteran of the
German-Danish and the Franco-Ger
man wars and was possessed of med
als presented to him for bravery in
action. He was a generous-hearted,
kindly old gentleman, honorable and
God fearingone of the old school
who believed in doing to others as he
would be done by. His counsels were
at all times worth listening to and
putting into practice. Many are
thoseboth old and youngwho will
miss this whole-souled veteran.
Funeral services were conducted at
the home of deceased's son, F. T. P.
Neumann, in Foreston, on Sunday,
and Rev. Father Le\ings, between
whom and the deceased a great friend
ship existed, delivered an oration
which touched the heartstrings of
those present. The remains were
brought to Princeton and interred in
Oak Knoll cemetery, the pallbearers
being McKay, M. C. Northway, F.
Heuss, O. Kohidt and Messrs. Larson
and Coon.
The relatives who followed the bodj
to the grave were Mr. and Mrs. En
trup, St. Paul Mrs. Hanson and son,
Cedar Falls, Iowa John Neumann,
Bemidji: N. B. E. Neumann, New
Ulm Mr. and Mrs. F. T. P. Neumann
and family, Foreston Mr. and Mrs.
S. Neumann and family, Princeton.
Mrs. Wilson was unable to reach
here from California in time for the
funeral.
Boulter.
A telegram announcing the death
on July 28 of J. F. Boulter at Keef
ers, British Columbia, has been re
ceived by his son, who is visiting Mr.
and Mrs. Geo. A. Coates.
J. F. Boulter was born in the state
of Maine in 1831, and was conse
quently 75 years of age. Upon reach
ing manhood he left home and came
to Minnesota to seek his fortune and
for a short time resided in St.
Anthony. He was afterwards engaged
in business at Anoka, Sauk Rapids
and St. Cloud. He married Miss
Sarah Lufkin of Anoka, and of this
union 11 children were born, six sons
and five daughters, all of whom are
living. His wife died in Sauk Rapids
and in 1881 he married, at St. Cloud,
Miss Emma Bennett, who bore him
one son, J. F. Boulter. Deceased's
second wife, who also survives him,
resides at Keefers, B. C.
Mr. Boulter was one of Minnesota's
pioneers and is known to many people
in various parts of the state. He left
Minnesota for British Columbia about
two years ago. He will be buried in
St. Cloud and the Masonic lodge of
that place, to which organization he
belonged, will take charge of the
funeral.
Mrs. Mary Boutin.
Mrs. Mary Boutin died at her home
in Greenbush on Sunday, July 29,
aged 51 years. A husband and four
children, three sons and a daughter,
survive her. The remains were in
tered at Greenbush yesterday and
Father Levings conducted the funeral
service.
Alice C. Persinger.
Alice, the three-year-old daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Grant Persinger,
died in the town of Greenbush on
July 24. Little Alice was a bright,
affectionate child and her parents
greatly miss her presence in the home.
THE HIIX PRIZE S.
Professor Shaw Examines Entries ami Re
ports on General Conditions.
Too much wheat is being sowed on
the farms of Minnesota. The soil is
being exhausted by the repeated rais
ing of one crop. Instead of devoting
their fields exclusively to wheat, the
farmers must follow a rotation of
about ten cultivated grasses, such as
timothy, alfalfa, alsike, clover, etc.,
unless they wish to have their farms
deteriorate beyond repair. Stock
raising is being badly neglected.
This is the opinion of Professor
Thomas Shaw of the state agricultural
experiment station, who is one of the
judges in the J. J. Hill prize contest
for farmers. Five hundred farms were
originally entered in this contest, but
owing to the fact that they could not
show the twenty head of cattle and
twenty sheep or swine demanded by
the terms of the contest, all but about
eighty were disqualified. Professor
Shaw and T. A. Haverstad, who is
associated with him, have visited
thirty-two farms so far and expect to
complete their labors in another
month.
'We began our work July 9, "said
Professor Shaw, '"and have covered
Minnesota south of St. Paul and
South Dakota south of Brookings.
We find that we can cover only ten
farms in a week, and do not expect to
finish northern Minnesota, northern
South Dakota and North Dakota in
less than a month.
''Rotation in crops and stock-rais
ing are the points in which nearly
every farm we have visited so far is
weak. The farmers are exhausting
their soil by sowing grain exclusively.
They should plant cultivated
grasses, and unless they do so their
land will be exhausted.
"Stock-raising is the natural se
quence of grass-raising. Sheep offer
the most money to the farmer, but,
with the exception of southwestern
Minnesota, they are sadly neglected.
Sheep keep down the weeds in fallow
fields and prevent their spread to
those under cultivation. They also
enrich the soil.
I hope the day is not far distant
when the farmers of the northwest svill
cease leaving uncut corn in the fields.
Every acre of cornstalks is equal in
fodder value to a ton of timothy. Out
of every one hundred to one hundred
and fifty acres of corn only ten are
cut, the rest is husked in the field.
High wages and the scarcity of farm
help are the chief reasons why this
crop is not being harvested.
'We have seen no damaging rust in
our travels about the northwest. Of
course, there is more or less leaf rust,
but that does no harm. We spend on
an average three hours on each farm.
Part of this time is spent driving over
the land, inspecting the crops, but we
never spend less than an hour talking
with the owner and questioning him
in regard to his methods as to rota
tion, stock-raising and other details."
A Keen Sense of Honor.
'There's nothing like a keen sense
of humor," said Rear Admiral Bueh
ler at Atlantic City. "In a woman,
in a soldier, in a sailor, in a clerk a
sense of humor is a help and a bless
ing through life."
"At the same time even a sense of
humor may exist in excess. I, for my
part, shouldn't care to have so great
a sense of humor as a British soldier
I once heard about.''
"This soldier was ordered to be
flogged. During the flogging he
laughed continually. The lash was
laid on all the harder, but under the
rain of blows the soldier laughed.
'What are you laughing about?"
the sergeant finally asked.
'Why,' the soldier chuckled. "I'm
the wrong man.'
Hereford Was Mistaken.
Oliver Hereford once entered a
doubtful-looking restaurant in a small
New York town and ordered a lamb
chop. After a long delay the waiter
returned bearing a plate upon which
reposed a dab of mashed potatoes
and a much overdone chop of micro
scopic proportions, with a remarkably
long and slender rib attached. This
the waiter set down before him and
then hurried away.
"See here," called Hereford, I or
dered a chop."
"Yessir," replied the man, "there
it is."
'Ah, so it is," replied Hereford,
peering at it closely. I thought it
was a crack in the plate."
R. C. DUNN, Publisher. Terms 01.00 Per Year. PRINCETON, MILLE LACS COUNTY, MINNESOTA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 2, 1906.
THE PRINCETON UNI O
ROUTE 3_P0STP0SED
Postoffice Department Orders Indefi-
nite Postponement of Proposed
Route to Spencer Brook.
Controversy Over Right of Way and
Poor Condition of Roads De=
cides Officials to Act.
Postmaster Cordiner has been ad
vised by the department at Washing
ton that the proposed amended rural
mail route 3, from Princeton to Spen
cer Brook, a description of which ap
peared in the i on of June 21, has
been indefinitely postponed. Yester
day (August 1) was the day desig
nated for the starting of this route.
The postoffice department's reason
for the postponement of this route are
twofold: First, the controversy ex
isting as to whether a certain piece of
road in Baldwin township is public
or private property and. secondly,
the bad condition of the highway in
several places over which the route
was laid out.
This mail route would have been a
most important one and it is to be re
gretted that the existing conditions
made necessary its discontinuance.
If the roads are repaired and the Da
mon dispute settled, however, it might
yet be possible to secure the establish
ment of the route. But the depart
ment will stand no evasion of its reg
ulations. When it says that the roads
must be kept in good condition it
means it. It would be well for road
overseers to make the highway over
the postponed route passable, other
wise its establishment will not be re
considered.
MILLE LACS COIKT1" FA IR
Will be Held on Tlmrsda j, Friday and
fsaturdas, September 13, 14 and 15.
A meeting of the Mille Lacs County
Agricultural association was held last
Thursday evening and the following
officers were chosen for the ensuing
year: President, W. H. Ferrell: vice
president, R. D. Byers secretary,
Henry Newbert treasurer, Fred New
ton board of directors, E. K. Evens,
C. A. Jack, E. B. Anderson.
It was decided to hold the county
fair on September 13, 14 and 15, and
farmers are respectfully requested to
reserve their choicest products for ex
hibition. They should remember that
the county fair is of vastly more im
portance to them than the state fair.
Died at Northwestern Hospital.
Mrs. Augusta Bjurstrom of May
wood, Benton county, was taken to
the Northwestern hospital on Wednes
day evening in a critical condition
from continued hemorrhages, which
condition had existed for over three
weeks. On the advice of Dr. Hol
dridge of Foley, who saw the patient
for the first time on Wednesday, she
was taken to the hospital for opera
tion, as that offered the only possible
small chance for saving the sufferer's
life. Dr. Cooney performed the oper
ation, but the patient had too little
strength left to rally and died shortly
afterward from exhaustion.
Mrs. Bjurstrom was 42 years of age.
The remains will be interred in the
Swedish Mission cemetery at May
wood tomorrow. She leaves a hus
band, one son and six daughters.
Rabbit Pests.
In Australia no man can go hunt
ing without getting a few rabbits at
least. They have become so numer
ous that people fear that the western
country cannot be settled on account
of them. Apparently all efforts to
stop their increase are fruitless. Re
cently a large land-owning company
put great nets around two and one
half million acres of pastoral land,
and treated half of it for ten months
with every known means for destroy
ing rabbits. After the operation had
ceased it was found that the rabbits
were more numerous than before. If
you drink golden grain belt beer with
your meals you will be strong, healthy
and happy. It is a pure tonic and a
healthful food. Order of your nearest
dealer or be supplied by Henry Veidt,
Princeton.
Dictionaries Were All Wrong.
"Can I sell you one of our latest
dictionaries?" asked the affable
agent.
"No answered Mr. Cumrox. I
have been subscribing to all the dic
tionaries that came out, and they dis
agree with me so much about spelling
and pronunciation that I'm tired of
the argument. "Washington Star.
He Preferred the Lesser Expense.
Mrs. KnickerHow did you per
suade your husband to send vou to
the country?
Mrs. BockerI suggested staying
in town on account of the lovely bar
gains in the shops.New York Sun.
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THE SUMMER SCHOOL
Closed Yesterday in Joint Session
With School Board flembers
of Hille Lacs County.
People Gather From Many Parts of
Northwest to Witness and
Take Part in Exercises.
The summer school is closed and
certainly the closing day makes an
epoch the educational history of
this county. The joint meeting of
board members and teachers was a
splendid success. There were present
not less than sixty five board mem
bers, and all through the program
they manifested a marked interest by
helping in the discussions and ask
ing questions. The program was re
plete with good things touching vital
questions. Those who heard the dis
cussions and addresses cannot do
otherwise than go home realizing the
responsibility involved in administer
ing and maintaining a school system.
Every speaker had a message and
brought vital truths to the attention
of the audience, and the rapt atten
tion spoke strongly of the interest
of all present.
Supt. Austin of our own school
spoke of "The Successful Teacher,"
pointing the essential qualities nec
essary, the most common errors made
by them, and the need of attending to
certain fundamentals upon which suc
cess depends. He covered a large
field and showed himself thoroughly
acquainted with school matters, be
speaking not only considerable ex
perience, but keen powers of observa
tion and ability to make logical de
ductions.
Mr. E. L. McMillan gave a compre
hensive talk on duties and powers of
school boards. A discussion of a
subject depending upon mere laws as
found in our statutes might be thought
dry and uninteresting, but so skill
fully was the subject handled by the
speaker that the audience was most
responsive and interested. Mr. Mc
Millan deserves the greatest credit for
making a dry subject most interest
ing^ The information given will be
most helpful in pi-operly administer
ing the business end of our schools.
The program of the morning session
was interspersed with a vocal selec
tion by Miss Orpha Tovvnsend and
choruses by the summer school pupils.
The afternoon session opened with
model work conducted by Miss Sand,
instructor in the summer school. The
class consisted of children who had
had but little experience in school.
The model work was a revelation of
skill, tact and real power with chil
dren. Although the children were in
the presence of several hundred peo
ple, yet Miss Sand held their atten
tion perfectly. The purpose of the
work exhibited was to show modern
methods of teaching reading and lan
guage. To those who know only of
the methods employed in teaching
these subjects ten or twenty years ago
the work was a surprise. We some
times hear it said that modern school
methods are not as effective as those
employed in olden times, but these
criticisms come only from those who
never go near the modern school
who know nothing of the aims and
ideals of the efficient teacher of the
present day. Their judgments are
based on observations made at long
range. To have seen the model work
as given by Miss Sand is to realize
that teaching is a fine art, a work
fraught with wonderful possibilities
for good in the development of the
little ones in charge. The greatest
compliment given Miss Sand was a
chance remark expressed by one pres
ent: "She is a perfect madonna with
children." The teachers of the sum
mer school have been most fortunate
in becoming associated with a teacher
of such power. Surely the children
coming under their charge the next
year will be better taughthigher and
purer ideals of life will be given them
than if they had not come within the
sphere of her influence.
This was followed by a reading en
titled "Biddy's Troubles with the
Yankees" by Miss Lynch. It was
a very humorous selection and was
splendidly rendered. Miss Lynch
proved herself a reader of ability,
particularly of the dialect order.
J. W. Olsen. state superintendent of
public instruction, delivered an ad
dress upon the subject, "Essentials
Necessary to a Successful Country
School."
The meeting closed with a short ad
dress upon "The Country Schools as
a Business Proposition" by A. N.
Farmer, conductor of the summer
school. The address was a most able
one and demonstriated that Mr. Far
mer had made a close study of the
subject selected by him and that he
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spoke from years of practical experi
ence.
To Mr. Farmer and Misses Lynch
and Sands are due the thanks of the
people of Mille Lacs county for the
efforts they have put forth to make
the training school a successand the
splendid results which they have
achieved. And we must not forget
the untiring work of our county super
intendent, Guy Ewing. He has la
bored hard from the time the idea of
a summer school was first conceived
until its closing session to make it a
successand a success it has proven
beyond all expectations.
The members of the various school
boards who attended the convention
are as follows: District 1E. L. Mc
Millan, J. J. Shaken, W. H. Ferrell.
District 2W. G. McVicar, G. H.
Lamb. District 3Geo. Schmidt, Aug.
Gerth. Ditsrct 4R. S. Shaw. Dis
trict 5John H. Grow, Mrs. A. E.
Grow. District 6E. H. Cone, I. F.
Callender. District 7A. B. Gramer,
Frank Bemis. District 8Fred Swan
son, H. J. Wickland. District 9
Lester Kempton. District 10James
Kenely, Jos. Sherman. District 11
E. N. Bacon, P. p. Golden. Dis
trict 12Frank G. Magnuson, Peter
Jensen. District 14Carl Anderson,
Peter M. Schelin, J. A. Edin. Dis
trict 15John Kalberg. District-16
W. J. Sullivan. District 17Gilbert
Wilkes, Chas. Brandt, O. A. Ladeen.
District 18Chas. Wicklander, O. A.
Haggberg. District 19Ed. Bauer,
W. A. Wallace. District 20Fred
Ahlquist, C. A. Ness. District 21
Swan Viedlund, John Nilson, Daniel
Swanson. District 22G. H. Carr.
District 23Peter Larson, Sanford
Thorson. District 24E. J. Satter
strom, L. A. Hatch, C. H. Berry.
District 25Ole Harstad, Alfred F.
Johnson, Andrew Anderson. District
26W. E. Jones. District 28Gust
Carlson, C. B. Lane. District 29P.
P. Sjoglien, Fred Johnson, Daniel
Nelson. District 30John Jacobson,
Swan Leeden. District 31John Ny
berg. District 33T. E. Potts. Dis
trict 50, Sherburne countyC. L.
Catnbpell.
Notes.
Miss Susan Barber of Mille Lacs
visited the summer school Tuesday.
Rjev. J, R. Henderson sp.oka_ta-i.he
teachers on the "Responsibility of the
Teacher" last Saturday.
Miss Eva Neumann of Foreston was
called to her home last Saturday on
account of the death of her grand
father, Mr. C. Neumann.
The "Duties of the Teacher" was
fully discussed on Saturday at the
general assembly. Miss Christenson
spoke on the duties of the teacher to
herself.
Mrs. Jones, Miss Radeke and Mrs.
Radeke visited the summer school the
latter part of last week.
The Greatest Sale of All.
Mark's next horse auction will be
held on Saturday, August 4, and upon
that occasion he will have 20 cars of
native and western horses for dis
posal, with a predominance of west
erns. They are broken and unbroken
and may be purchased single, double
or in carload lots. This consignment
will consist of yearlings, two-year
olds, and mares with colts by their
sides, ranging in weight from 800 to
1,500 pounds. They are big boned and
of high grade.
Buyers of heavy logging horses
weighing from 1,500 to 1,700 pounds
will be present at this auction. Per
sons having such animals for sale
should bring them in.
The highest market prices will be
paid for all stock, and harness, wag
ons, buggies, etc., will be sold for
those who so desire.
You cannot afford to be absent
from this sale, at which Emmet Mark
will be assisted by Holland, the
world's greatest auctioneer.
Rev. Hingeley at E. Church.
Rev. Joseph B. Hingeley of Minne
apolis preached morning and evening
in the M. E. church last Sunday and
made eloquent special pleas for sub
scriptions to the permanent fund for
superannuated preachers and widows
and their dependent children. About
$400 was pledged. The cause is a
worthy one. The aged preachers
should be cared for when they are no
longer able to care for themselves.
It is proposed to raise a permanent
fund of $100,000 in the northern Min
nesota conference. The income de
rived from that amount, together with
annual subscriptions, will provide
means to assist many a needy veteran
preacher in his declining years.
The Emperor's Tea Garden.
The Emperor of China's tea is
grown in a garden surrounded by
high walls, so that none but the cul
tivators can approach it. The pick
ers must bathe three times daily,
wear special gloves, and abstain from
eating fish lest their breath should
spoil the leaves' aroma.
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HISTORlOAk
VOLUME XXX. NO. 34
LANGMO THE FORGER
Letter From Minnesota Bankers' As-
sociation Throws ilore Light
on Work of Swindler.
Has Been Passing Forged Checks
Throughout State for Period
Covering flany flonths.
That Langmo, the forger now be
hind the bars of the Hennepin county
jail, has been systematically swind
ling the people of the northwest is
evidenced by the following letter to
J. J. Skahen, cashier of the Bank of
Princeton, from the secretary of the
protective committee of the Minnesota
Bankers' association in Minneapolis:
Dear Sir: I am in receipt of yours
of the 28th inst. in refeience to G. H.
Langmo, who is in jail here, and
trust that you will do everything you
can to get a conviction of this party.
He has been passing checks around
the state for the past eight or ten
months, and I trust that your county
attorney will not permit him to go
free by simply settling up with the
parties on whom he passed the checks.
Through the local detective depart
ment, we have been looking for this
party for some two months, but were
unable to get any trace of him, and
were not aware that he had passed
checks at Princeton.
Kindly use every possible influence
to get a conviction, and, if the asso
ciation can be of any service, do not
hesitate to call on them. There are
warrants from two other points here,
so that in case he is released on bail,
as he is trying to be, he will be im
mediately arrested.
Culkin Will Not Enter Race.
In the course of a letter to the Re
publican, Hon. W. E. Culkin of Du
luth, who has been frequently men
tioned as a candidate for congress
against J. Adam Bede, states that he
will not enter the field. He says:
"Pressure has been brought to bear
on me from many parts of this con
gressional district to become a candi
date for the republican congressional
nomination. There is certainly a
deepseated opposition in many quar
ters against the present incumbent.
I have not offered myself as a
candidate nor have I said to anyone
that I would take the field. I have
determined not to let my name go be
fore the people. I had hoped no pub
lic declaration on my part would be
necessary and that my name might be
omitted from the discussion. This
has not occurred and I make this
statement in order that I may not be
open to the imputation of allowing
my name to be discussed and creating
an impression that I intended to run
for the mere purpose of keeping out
other candidates.
"It is needless to say that I thank
my friends who have honored me by
using my name in this connection, but
the condition of my personal affairs
and private business forbid me taking
advantage of their partiality.
"There are now remaining about
sixty days during which a campaign
can be made by any republican as
pirants for the congressional nomina
tion. This is ample time and the field
is open. "Aitkin Republican.
Pythlans Picnic.
The .Knights of Pythias, Rathbone
Sisters and friends of both organiza
tions picnicked at Elk lake park on
Sunday. The day was an ideal one
and the outing was greatly enjoyed by
all who participated. Good things to
eat and drink were provided free to
everyone regardless of nationality,
creed or fraternal affiliations. It was
truly a great and glorious time
passed in sailorizing, fishing, feasting
and general sociability. Mr. Pratt
heartily welcomed the visitors to his
park and did everything within his
power to entertain and accommodate
them. So pleased were the K. P's
with Elk Lake park and the service
afforded that they voted unanimously
to make that place their annual picnic
grounds.
Always Koom for One More
A visiting bishop in Washington was
arguing with a gentleman friend of
his on the desirability of attending
church. At last he put the question
squarely:
"What is your personal reason for
not attending?"
The gentleman smiled in a non
offensive intended way, as he replied:
"The fact is one finds so many
hypocrites there."
Returning the smile, the bishop said:
"Don't let that keep you away
there is always room for one more."
Their Rain Beau.
"That young Jenks is a useful fel
low to meet in a sudden shower, for
he always carries an umbrella."
"Yes the girls all call him their
rain beau."Baltimore American.
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