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DR. CLEMMS SPEAKS
Eminent Divine Delivers Forceful Ser-
mon at Methodist Church on
Sunday, September 9.
Large Audience Listens in Rapt Atten-
tion to Words of Wisdom Ut-
tered by Learned Elder.
Notvuthtsanding the oppressive heat
pre\ ailing, a large audience gathered
at the Methodist Episcopal church on
Sunday to listen to a sermon by that
eminent divine. Rev. E. C. Clemans,
D. D., presiding elder of the diocese.
The text was taken from 2 Timothy,
o, 16-17 The sermon was a partic
ularly strong one and the attention of
the audience was concentrated
throughout upon the eloquent dis
course as the doctor proceeded, step
by step, to elaborate upon the vari
ous divisions of his subject. He en
tered, easily at first, upon the great
sermon with brief peroration, and
then proceeded to show the value of
the holy scriptures for their "doc
trine." Then followed, in logical
sequence,
reproof," correction''
and "instruction" in righteousness.
The great climax of the text was, how
ever, found in the 17th verse: "That
the man of God may be perfect,
thoroughly furnished unto all good
works."
As the sermon proceeded under this
head the great interest taken was
made manifest by the weeping of the
congregation. The heart of the
speaker was evidently in his theme,
for while there was great pathos, it
was seemingly so natural and true
that the hearers forgot the speaker in
his theme.
The people of Princeton at all times
welcome that most learned and genial
divine, Dr. E. C. Clemans.
POTATOES IX MINNESOTA.
Reports From Correspondents In V.irlous
Farts of State.
From reports sent the Packer upon
the potato situation in Minnesota we
extract the following:
Braham, Minn.About 25 per cent
less acreage of potatoes here com
pared with last year yield will be
lighter, probably 75 bushels per acre.
Weather has been too dry markets
depend on conditions think quality
of stock will be good this year, but
yield will be small.Braham Merc.
Co
Wabasha, Minn.About 500 acres in
this county, or same as last year ex
pect 25 cars from Wabasha which go
east and south no blight or rot yet
potatoes not sprayed carefully. We
will have potatoes, onions and cab
bage to ship.R. E. Jones & Co.
Osseo, Minn.Potato acreage about
2.000 acres, which is 10 per cent over
last year: average about 150 bushels
will ship 600 cars, mainly Ohios,
which go everywhere no blight or rot
yet and prospects are fine growers
use all modern methods for producing
best results and getting fine stock.
Chas. Hechtman.
Moorhead, Minn.Acreage about
70 per cent of last year expect around
100 bushels per acre varieties mainly
Ohios and a few Triumphs market
west and south blight has done some
damage but not so bad as last year.
E. D. Grant & Co.
Mankato, Minn.There are 5,000
acres of potatoes in this county will
have 125 bushels per acre market
south and east considerable rot has
been reported carefully sprayed and
well cultivated. Shipping begins last
of September.F. J. Hoerr.
Plainview, Minn. Potato crop
about 75 per cent of last year: acre
age is being gradually cut down can
not tell the yield but think 25 or 30
cars will be shipped ship mostly Chi
cago and Kansas City. Some pota
toes badly blighted and crop very
uneven some are spraying for bugs
and blight.Geo. H. Burnham.
Eyota, Minn.Acreage here not as
heavy as in 1905 think this township
will have about 300 acres and yield
will be around 100 bushels per acre
market Chicago and southwest no
rot this season.G W. Plant.
Princeton, Minn.About the same
acreage here as last year: will ship
1,000 cars of Triumphs, Ohios and
Burbanks market south, east and
north blight has been noted but not
so much as last year as spraying has
been done extensively and crop looks
good.Alfred Munz
Little Falls, Minn.Acreage not so
large as last year: expect 400 cars will
be shipped from here, which go main
ly to Duluth and Minneapolis no
blight or spraying.P. A. Vance.
Sabin, Minn.Potato acreage about
same as last year about 3,500 acres
planted market central west and
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southwestern points spraying and
cultivating carefully done. We ship
lots of Triumph seed stock.Louis
Altenbernd.
Zimmerman, MinnAcreage slight
ly increased and outlook for better
crop expect yield of 300 to 400 cars
which are shipped into Illinois,Mis
souri and Kansas: no sign of blight
or rot jet but we have a lot of late
varieties that may get it.Harry Eng
lish cS: Co.
rower\ ille, Minn. The potato
crop here will be fair but not very
large. The quality of early potatoes
is good. We will probably have 100
bushels to the acre. A few shipments
are moving now and the season will
continue through October and Novem
ber. The crop is mostly marketed at
St Paul, Minneapolis and Chicago.
Total shipments from this station will
probably amount to 100 cars this ear
against 75 last year.James Hart &
Sons.
VAIiLE OF GOOD ROADS.
Tliey Help Farmers and Assist in Devel
opment of a Great Nation.
National aid to highway construc
tion as a plain, practical business
proposition is, in my opinion, para
mount to any question that now pre
sents or that can possibly be suggest
ed, because good roads would do
more for the country than any other
one thing that can be named or any
dozen or more things combined, says
W. P. Brownlow, congressman from
Tennessee, in Collier's Weekly.
There is a feature of this question
which persons accustomed to thor
oughness in every other line of
thought seem to entirely overlook,
especially dwellers in towns and cities.
If the common roads of the country
were brought to a condition that
would enable farmers to market their
products at all seasons of the year the
cost of living in town and city would
be greatly lessened and discontent
among laboring people and the oper
atives of industrial concerns would
largely decrease, if it did not entirely
disappear. Why and now?
Present road conditions compel
farmers to rush their products to
market as soon as harvested, when
the roads are at their best, since by
waiting a convenient time they may
not get there at all because of bad
roads. This naturally congests the
market, forcing low prices, to the
great detriment of the producer and
without appreciable benefit to the con
sumer, because the average family in
town or city buys only in small quan
tities at one time, say a day's or a
week's supply. What is the result?
The speculator, finding prices low
and knowing that in a little while the
bad roads season will be on, when
competing products will be kept from
the trade centers, buys up the surplus
and stores it away for the day of ne
cessity when he can demand and re
ceive his own price for his holdings
the stuff for which men toil, which
they are compelled to have at what
ever cost.
And when the citizen in a townthe
mechanic and operative of the shops
and factoriesis forced in winter and
spring to pay exorbitant prices for
those articles of household necessity
which went begging for buyers at low
prices the preceding fall he figures the
increased cost of living in comparison
and grows restless and discontented
and is easily led into strikes and
other labor disturbances that are so
disastrous to the business of the coun
try and so prolific of other hurtful
consequences. This of course is not
all that enters into strike causes, but
it contributes a full share.
The prices of foodstuffs from the
farm would be always at a decent liv
ing level to all concerned if the coun
try had systematically improved
highways over which farmers could
travel to market any day in the year.
These farmers would then realize
better prices for their products than
they now do, at less cost for market
ing and still be able to sell to all
classes of consumers at lower prices
than are forced by speculators in the
bad roads season.
While it is undeniable that the in
fluence of public schools, the press, the
pulpit and other institutions mark
the progress of civilization, yet all
these are more or less dependent upon
the facilities of intercourse between
the people. Good roads through the
country would do much to relieve the
congestion of population in great
cities, and thus the social fabric
would be strengthened, because rural
life is conducive to the highest moral
standards, whereas in crowded city
tenements vice runs riot with its
malign influence.
Bad roads in the United States
cost the producing people $1,500,000
every twenty-four hours. This
drain is fearful. It is deadening the
national life and is a national dis
grace. Good roads develop good
people. The wagon roads are the
highways along which civilization
and development move.
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R. C. DUNN, Publislier. Terms $1.00 Per Tear. PRINCETON, MILLE LACS COUNTY, MINNESOTA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1906.
CHURCH CONFERENCE
Methodists of Princeton Hold Fourth
Quarterly Conference and Elect
Officers of the Church.
Rev. E. C. Clemans, D. D., Presides
Over fleeting, Which Was Har-
monious Throughout.
THE PRINCETON UNION.
The fourth quarterly conference of
the Methodist Episcopal church of
Princeton was held on Saturday even
ing, Sept 8, Rev. E. C. Clemans, D.
presiding. The meeting was
harmonious and the following officers
and committees were elected to serve
for the ensuing year:
Trustees: W. H. Townsend, A. W.
Woodcock. E. M. Farnham, J. D.
Tann, W. P. Chase, F. A. Lowell, G.
A. Townsend, G. W. McFarland,
August Henschell.
Stewards: E. M. Farnham, W. H.
Townsend, H. H. Farnham, F. A.
Lowell, W. M. Orton, Henry Schim
ming, R. M. Neely, A. Z. Norton, S.
M. Orton.
Rceording steward: A. Z. Norton.
District steward: W. H. Townsend.
CommitteesMissions: Women's
Foreign Missionary society.
Church extension: Mrs. A. W.
Woodcock,- Mrs. W. H. Townsend.
Sunday schools: W. H. Townsend,
Mrs. M. C. Libby, Mrs. W. P. Chase,
Miss Ida King.
Tracts: Epworth league.
Temperance: Epworth league.
Education: Otto Radeke, Miss Ida
King.
Freedmen's aid: Mrs. A. Z. Nor
ton, Mrs. S. M. Orton, Mrs. C. O.
Moore.
Church records: F. A. Lowell.
Parsonage and furniture: Ladies'
Aid society.
Estimating pastor's salary: W. H.
Townsend, E. M. Farnham, A. W.
Woodcock, A. Lowell, Ladies' Aid
society, W. M. Orton, W. P. Chase, H.
H. Farnham.
Conference claimants: Mrs. W. P.
Chase, Mrs. M. C. Libby, Mrs. G. W.
McFarland. Music: Orpha Town
send, Bertha Woodcock, Mrs. H. H.
Farnham.
Trier of appeals: E. M. Farnham.
Rules for Road Overseers.
An authority gives the following
rules for observance of overseers in
the construction of roads:
Keep all lines of drainage open.
Keep ruts and hollows' out of the
road by continuous filling and drag
ging-
Keep stones, sod and all vegetable
matter off the road surface.
Fill all low places and holes with
the same material of which the road is
built.
See that the culverts are in condition
to take care of the flowing water,
especially before freezing up time,
and open them up as early in the
spring as possible.
Don't change your men and teams
around too much. They will give
more satisfaction if kept at the same
class of work.
Keep weeds and brush away from
the sides of the road as much as pos
sible, and wherever the road is too
much shaded, especially if it is clay,
trim the trees up to a height of eight
feet above the ground.
Never disturb a government corner
or boundary monument without see
ing that it is re-established by some
competent surveyor and with the
knowledge of the adjacent proprietors.
It is their property even though it is
in a public highway, and you will be
liable for damages if you disturb it
without giving due notice.
All the material within the limits of
the right of way may be used for road
purposes only. You have no right to
the grass or timber nor to the earth or
stone not required for the road. All
such belong to the abutting owner to
the center of the road, but in his use
or taking of them he is limited by the
right of the authorities to make what
ever use of them that is necessary for
the improvement and protection of the
public travel.
Original Lead Pencils.
Original pencils were really made
of lead. These, when used on the
rough paper of the time, made a
clearly discernible mark. Germany
led in their manufacture and the'
early importations to this country
were much sought after. No pencils
could be bought with other than gold
coin, and a man who got a consign
ment of them had to be well recom
mended. It takes time to develop
any industry, and it has taken years
to bring golden grain belt beer to its
present-day standard. Its purity and
excellence of quality recommend it to
all. Order of your nearest dealer or
be supplied by Henry Veidt, Prince
ton.
PROSPECTSARE ROSY
Splendid Weather Prevails at Open-
ing of the Fair and Exhibits
Come In Very Fast.
Fourteenth Annual Exposition Prom-
ises to Outclass All Previous
Efforts in the County.
The fourteenth annual fair of the
Mille Lacs County Agricultural asso
ciation opened this (Thursday) morn
ing with bright prospects. At the
time of going to press the exhibits
were arriving and being placed in
position. The season has been an ex
ceptionally good one for vegetables
and grain and the displays in these
departments bid fair to be of more
than ordinary excellence. At this
time it looks as if the live stock ex
hibit will also surpass that of any
previous year.
The amusement features of this
year's exposition will, if signs do
not fail, be particularly attractive,
and especially so the horse races.
There are already more than half a
dozen fine animals in the paddocks
which will participate in this part of
the program. Then there are the ball
games, band concerts and many other
attractions.
Today will be devoted mostly to
the preliminary arrangements. To
morrow and Saturday, if the weather
be propitious, and there is now every
prospect of its being so, a vast throng
of people will be upon the grounds.
Persons contemplating the placing
of exhibits should lose no time in
making their entries, for tomorrow
will be too late.
'TOUCHED" FOR $500.
One of Gov. Johnson's Friends in Tronble
at Duluth.
Search is being made by the police
for Carrie Snively, alias Hattie or
Carrie Alton, 29 years old, who is
suspected of having robbed a St. Paul
traveling man of $500 in Ollie Porter's
resort on St. Croix avenue early yes
terday morning. The victim's name
is withheld by the police.
JThe story told by the alleged victim
is that he had known the woman in St.
Paul, and spent the early part of the
evening with her in a hack. They
visited a disorderly house, and the
man declares he missed his money in
the morning.
The police took charge of the
woman's trunk and effects, and held
for investigation a man who is said
to be her paramour.Duluth News
Tubune.
A Case for Cleverness.
Herbert Knox Smith, the brilliant
deputy of the bureau of corporations,
said in Washington apropos of cer
tain illegal acts:
"Those acts are illegal. But the
question is, can the law get at the per
petrators?
I am afraid it can't. For these
men are poor, and monetary punish
ment is the only one the law can take.
The law, I am afraid, is in the
position of a certain housewife I heard
about the other day.
"This housewife, a strict woman,
said to a new maid:
'I forgot to tell you, Maude, that
if you break anything I'll have to take
it out of your wages.'
"But Maude, whom two days had
heartily sickened of her berth, replied,
with a merry laugh:
'Do it, ma'am: do it. I've just
broke the $100 vase in the parlor, and
if you can take that out of $4for I'
leavin' at the end of the weekwhy,
you'll be mighty clever.'
Men Wore Bustles in Front.
"Bustles were ridiculous," said an
antiquary. "Do you remember the
bustle of 1885? It shot straight out
from the waist, a broad seat on which,
honestly, an adult could have sat.
"Yes, bustles were ridiculous, but
no more ridiculous than the tournures
of Francis II. The tournures were
worn by men. They were bustles
front instead of rear ones. Yes, in
the time of Francis II portliness was
considered stately, and men tied on
tournures, or false stomachs, in order
to achieve an air of dignity."
1 He Loved the Good Old Scotch.
"It seems to me," said Mr. Niblick,
"that I smell wood smoke."
"I'm sorry, John," replied Mr.
Putterson, "that I haven't a thing in
my locker. "Chicago Record Herald.
He Noticed One Improvement.
FlipperHave you noticed any im
provements due to the automobile?
FlapperWell, down our way they
have built a new hospital.Smart Set.
Handwriting: Experts as Fakes.
The handwriting "experts" are get
ting in their work some more. This
time they are illuminating divers and
i sundry questions growing out of the
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notorious Hartje divorce case. Some
are testifying in support of Hartje's
contentions and others in behalf of
the wife's. It seems largely a matter
of who is doing the hiring.
What is a handwriting "expert,"'
anyhow9
How does he become ex-
pert? By what other power does he
read writing than that of his eyes,
and by what other method does he
judge of the authenticity of a letter
than that of comparison? Lacking
supernatural gifts, why should his
eyes be more trustworthy than the
eyes of anybody else of good vision
and intelligence. Being unpossessed
of omniscience, prescience and gift of
mental infallibility, why should his
mere opinion be more valuable than
the opinion of anybody else of sound
mind and discretion?
The more one hears of the much
exploited handwriting "expert," the
more of a fake he seems.Louisville
Courier-Journal.
HANS FREDRICKSON DEAD
Had Resided In Santiago for a Period of
Twenty-two Tears.
Hans Fredrickson, an old and re
spected citizen of Santiago, died this
(Thursday) morning, aged 81 years.
The cause of death was senile decay.
Mr. Fredrickson was a native of
Denmark and came to America 24
years ago, first settling in Pennsyl
vania, where he remained but two
years. He then moved to Santiago,
took up his residence upon a farm,
and remained there to the time of his
death.
He is survived by a widowwho is
85 years of age and an invalidand
three daughters. The oldest daughter
resides in Denmark and the other two
are Mrs. Hans Nelson of Idaho and
Mrs. Frank Peterson of Princeton.
Arrangements for the funeral had
not been made at the time of going to
press.
The Tragedy of Race Mixture.
A seventeen-year-old octoroon girl
died by her own hand at Osakis,
Minn., the other day because she had
been taunted past endurance by her
stepfather and her white mother on
account of the colored blood in her
veins, the heritage from a mulatto
father.
It is not difficult to understand the
despair and suffering of this innocent
girl. She was sent by her mother,
when very young, to a convent at
Little Falls and was there given an ed
ucation, coming out of the institution,
lovable, accomplished, her natural
ability enhanced by her training.
Her mother had married again and
the girl went to Osakis to live with
her and her stepfather. There she
was reminded of her father's color
and shunned by the young white
girls, who made her feel her false po
sition in the world at every turn. Her
misery became unbearable. The fact
was borne into her understanding
that there was no place in the world
for a human of such unfortunate
physical mixture, and she went out
of it.
Such a tragedy shocks the com
mentator to silence. What is there to
say? The sins of her parents were
visited upon her. She was taken
away from the convent, where it is
likely nothing but charity and kind
ness were shown her. She knew her
self to be as bright and good as the
other girls, and she had not been
made to feel the bar sinister. When
she entered the world, however, her
status became at once apparent.
Added to the social ostracism she en
countered was abuse at home. She
was too young to avail herself of the
knowledge that a social bar sinister
may be disregarded and a life useful
to other unfortunates may be led in
spite of it. Her eyes did not see the
beauty and significance of service
because they were blinded with tears.
There is no tragedy celebrated in
song or story to equal in intensity of
dramatic quality the story of a high
minded woman educated and trained
for association with white people, her
own people by part of her blood,
when she realizes the terrible signifi
cance that attaches itself to the race
mixture represented in her being.
There seemed to be nothing else for
her to do, the kindness she may have
received was a reminder of her mis
fortune. She was not a negress. She
could not admit to herself that she be
longed to a race alien from that which
embraced her mother and all of her
acquaintances.
There seemed to be nothing else for
her to do, and her blood cries out
against the authors of her being.
Duluth News -Tribune.
What Constitutes Reform.
"What is reform?" asked the argu
mentative man.
"Reform," answered the world
weary one, "usually consists in mere
ly compelling a man to stop doing
things his way and making him do
them yours."Washington Star.
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YOLUME XXX. NO. 40
ROBBERS EOW SAFE
Bank of Akeley Looted by Burglars
Who Escape With Ten Thou-
sand Dollars in Booty.
Nitroglycerine the Agent Used to Ef-
fect Entrance to the Big Safe
of the Banking House.
A News-Tribune dispatch says that
the Bank of Akeley was broken into
at 2 o'clock on Wednesday morning
and about $10,000 in currency carried
away after the most daring robbery
ever consummated in the northwest.
The safe was blown to pieces with ni
troglycerine, three distinct explosions
being required to do the wrok.
The side of the building was filled
with holes, glass shattered and the
furniture badly damaged. Silver
coins were scattered all over the build
ing while the books and papers were
mutilated.
It is thought that the party consist
ed of three persons, one guarding the
entrance while the others completed
the job.
G. F. Warren, who lives adjacent to
the bank, rushed out to the front of
the building to learn what was the
matter when he was ordered back into
his house and kept there. It was
fully 30 minutes before a general
alarm was given and the robbers
made good their escape without leav
ing a single clue. Large tracts of
timber are near by and it is reasona
ble to suppose that they made their
way as quickly as possible to hiding
places in this timber or in the adja
cent swamps.
The bank resumed business at 1
o'clock Wednesday afternoon, the offi
cials stating that the robbers failed to
get the entire amount of cash on hand,
several thousand dollars being stored
in the vault. The loss is fully cov
ered by insurance.
Big rewards have already been
offered by bonding companies for the
arrest of the robbers.
School Organizations.
The annual organiaztions have been
perfected. The class of '07 on Sept.
7 elected the following officers: Pres
ident, Grover Umbehocker vice pres
ident, Beth Martin secretary and
treasurer, Herbert Zimmerman. The
foot ball boys have also organized
and elected officers to serve for the
ensuing season. Grover Umbehocker
was elected manager and Vernon
Dickey captain. Both are from the
senior class and are working hard to
get up a good team. Prof. Murta will
act as coach. In the near future an
athletic association will be organized.
The literary society and the senate
will also be reorganized.
Riverside Changes Hands
J. F. Sullivan of Duluth has rented
the Riverside hotel and took posses
sion of the same yesterday morning.
Mr. Sullivan, who is a very accom
modating and affable gentleman, tells
us that it will be his utmost endeavor
to conduct a first-class hotel in every
respect. That he fully understands
his business is verified by the fact that
he ran a very successful hotel busi
ness in Duluth for two years previous
to his coming to Princeton. Mr.
Sullivan respectfully asks the public
to give his hostelry a trial.
A Narrow Escape.
On Friday Herr Gottwerth had a
narrow escape from being flattened like
unto a pancake under about eight tons
of ice. He had just left the refriger
ator with a joint of beef when down
came the ice through the flooring, com
pletely filling the cold-storage room.
At the time Bill Pratt was standing
upon the top of the ice engaged in fill
ing the box, but, aside from a jolt to
his nerves, he escaped injury. The
accident was caused by the huge pins
which held the flooring slipping from
their positions.
'Twas a Mean Trick.
That was a particularly mean trick
played upon Jim Hartman. After
feeding for several weeks a bunch of
spring chickens which had been de
serted by their owner, and upon the
very evening when Jim intended
slaughtering them, malicious persons
to him unknown stole the fowls,
cooked them and devoured the same
in the back room of a saloon.
How it Seemed.
New concrete walks had been laid
in front of Former Governor William
L. Douglas' home, and one of the
little boys in the neighborhood was
determined to walk upon it while it
was soft. His mother explained to
him why he should not do so. The
temptation however, was too great.
He walked, and was brought into
the house.
"Mamma," sobbed he, "you don't
know how nice it is to walk out there
it is just like chewing gum with your
heels. "Boston Herald.
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