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W' fe^. 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 iSf M&,^^h. bSs$JJSL**&'4i(i> 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. mdaammmmmatmam BAstOrWA\ttwW alu\tteaota 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 mm SSSUtBk r" '"V i'WS ry tp?wnt*.F! 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. ^^^if-^^A^ti&s^j-^M^&M-biC'^ A -WHWESBT HISTORICAL SOCIETY. sse^^P^ 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. A* ''-,%-3%-sA if 5.a