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DIGEST OMESSAGE
Roosevelt's Annual Document Conser-
vative in Tone as Compared
With Former flessages.
Opening Statement Declares That in
No Other Nation Are Business
Conditions More Solid.
President Roosevelt's message was
presented to congress at noon on
Tuesday, and as compared with for
mer documents of like nature was very
conservative in tone. Portions of his
previous message relating to crimes
against,business were repeated with
an evident desire to show that his
views are unchanged in those matters.
He seeks to impress upon the business
world that his policy is to build up
and not tear down and that he has no
desire to injure the combinations in
business life that are of benefit to the
public.
The message throughout is a calm
and equable statement of the presi
dent's policies which have been made
familiar in his speeches. The princi
pal points brought out in the docu
ment were as follows:
Expresses belief in soundness of
business conditions.
Favors legislation that will give
railroads power to enter into agree
ments.
Would have Sherman anti-trust law
amended so as to permit combi
nations beneficial to the public.
Railroads should be permitted to
increase their capital stock under
supervision of the government.
Provision should be made for an
emergency currency.
No changes should be made in the
tariff until after the presidential elec
tion and the protective system should
be retained.
Favors income and inheritance tax
laws.
Preferable to punish the prime
offender by imprisonment rather than
fine the corporation.
Congress should devise some way to
limit the abuse of injunctions.
A far-reaching employers' liability
law should be enacted.
Eight-hour law should be extended
and compulsory inquiry into labor
disputes provided.
National system of grain inspection
favored.
Deep waterway from Great Lakes to
mouth of the Mississippi, with
branches, favored.
Changes in public land laws urged.
Tariff on wood pulp should be
repealed.
Eighty-five feet level lock canal at
the isthmus declared the best.
Postal savings banks and parcel
post extension recommended.
Campaign expenses of great politi
cal parties might be paid by congress.
Higher pay for officers and men of
army and navy favored.
Building of four battleships should
be provided for this year.
People of Porto Rico should be
granted rights of citizenship.
Bureau of mines should be created.
Want Railroad Facilities.
The farmers of Bradford and Spen
cer Brook in Isanti county are at
tempting to stir up interest in a rail
road project, and at a mass meeting
held in the former town the other
evening committees were appointed to
confer with the business men and
farmers of St. Francis and neighbor
ing towns. In the course of time a
railroad may intersect the territory
lying between the Princeton and Cam
bridge branches of the Great
Northernthe Soo or some other
road may want a direct connection
between Duluth and Superior and St.
Paul and Minneapolis. But just at
present the prospects for building new
lines of railroad are not very encour
aging. If the Soo completes its
Brooten and Duluth branch next year
it will do well.
Princeton Potato market
The tone of the market is a trifle
stronger this week in consequence of
the awakening of an outside demand,
but this demand has not been heavy.
However, the adjustment of the finan
cial situation is expected to bring
about better conditionsto create a
heavier demand from the large market
centers. Small quantities of potatoes
are being brought in daily, but many
of the farmers are holding for better
prices. Shipments from this point
are slightly on the increase, and at
this time there appears to be a
sufficient number of cars for all pur
poses. Prices have not changed
materially from those prevailing last
week.
A Social Gathering.
Mrs. Alfred Munz on Friday after
noon entertained a number of ladies
who proceeded to her home for the
purpose of surprising her, but some
how or other Mrs. Munz had received
intimation that they were coming and
prepared a delicious lnucheon in
anticipation thereof. It was really
an event where the "surprisers"
were surprised, for they had taken
with them an abundance of dainty re
freshments. Nevertheless the after
noon was delightfully passed in social
enjoyment and the luncheon proved
to be a double onea sort of two
course affair. Mrs. Munz was pre
sented with an artistically arranged
nosegay of carnations.
Those present at the gathering were
Mesdames W. H. Ferrell, P. L. Road
strom, L. G. Prescott, F. L. Small,
E. M. Chapman, J. W. Hartman, H.
C. Cooney, E. E. Whitney, L. S.
Briggs and C. O. Moore.
FIREMAN HENDRICKS KILLED.
Death Caused by Collision Between a Pass
enger Train and Freight Transfer.
The delay in the arrival of Satur
day morning's passenger train at this
place was occasioned by its collision
with the rear end of a freight trans
fer half a mile north of the Northern
Pacific depot in South Superior at
6:30 a. m.
J. C. Hendricks, fireman on the
Great Northern passenger train,
while in the act of jumping from his
engine, was struck by the baggage car
and received injuries from which he
died within a few minutes. Engineer
Watson of the same train, who jumped
simultaneously with Hendricks, es
caped with but a slight injury to one
of his legs.
When the passenger train collided
with the freight transfer the latter was
on its way with a string of cars
loaded with wheat bound to the east
end elevators and mills. The engine
of the passenger train was reduced to
a scrap heap while a couple of cars in
the transfer train were demolished
and wheat was spread about the rail
road yards. The baggage car was but
slightly damaged.
The wreck is said to have been due
to the negligence of some one in not
putting out a flagman. The transfer
had left the south side a few minutes
ahead of the time the passenger train
was due. It had gone but a short dis
tance when it broke in two, leaving
several cars standing on the main
line.
It was still dark when the passenger
train came thundering along at a
speed of 30 miles an hour. It is said
that there was no flagman out or
lights on the rear car of the transfer
to give warning and before the crew
of the passenger train realized what
was up they were about to crash into
the freight cars.
Throwing on the emergency brake,
Engineer Watson shouted to his fire
man to jump. The enginemen
emerged from their respective sides of
the locomotive. Hendricks had
struck the ground when the impact
from the collision swung the baggage
car to one side, striking him. The
passengers were given a severe shak
ing up and for a time it appeared
that several of the women passengers
would go into hysterics. None, how
ever, was injured and save for a
couple of the ladies declining to con
tinue their journey and a couple more
suffering to some extent _from the
fright of the shock, the passengers
were soon calmed.
Road Master Mungavin of the
Northern Pacific was on the scene and
with a crew of men cleared up the
wreck so as to enable the passenger
train to proceed to St. Paul with but
an hour's delay. The regular Great
Northern wrecking outfit arrived
about 9 o'cock and soon cleared away
the debris of the wrecked engine and
cars. Engineer Watson, with another
engine, took the passenger train to
St. Paul.
Watson and Hendricks had been
on the St. Paul run for some time,
both being residents of that city.
Henricks was only 24 years of age.
His remains were taken to St. Paul
on Saturday night for burial.
New Paper at Wahknn.
Number one volume one of the
Wahkon Enterprise has reached the
Union office. It is a six-column
quarto and four of its pages are home
print. The paper presents a neat ap
pearance and makes a fair showing of
advertisements. Its publisher, Mr.
George E. Sloan, is an old newspaper
man and appears to take an optimis
tic view of things. The Enterprise
makes the third newspaper in the Mille
Lacs lake region. There may be
room for three newspapers in that ter
ritory, but, for a time at least, it will
be hard sledding for some of the boys.
From what we know of Mr. Sloan
through his friends in Big Stone
county he will publish a clean news
paper and will not needlessly antag
onize any one.
B.C. DUNN, Publisher. Terms $1.00 Per Year. PRINCETON, MILLE LACS COUNTY, MINNESOTA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1907.
THE COUNTY BOARD
Commissioners ileet on Tuesday in
Adjourned Session and Com-
plete Work Same Day.
Attorney McHilian Engaged to Assist
County Attorney Joseph A.
Ross in Tax Case.
Mille Lacs board of county commis
sioners met in adjourned session on
Tuesday with L. S. Libby, C. E.
Erickson, O. H. Uglem and T. E.
Potts present. Chairman Dalchow
was absent in consequence of having
made a mistake in date of meeting.
The business which came up for con
sideration was very light and con
sumed only a portion of the day.
There was, however, one matter of
considerable importance to the county
which was taken up at this session,
viz., the tax case of Alberta E.
Plondke and Elizabeth M. Bartosch
vs. The County of Mille Lacs and E.
E. Whitney, county auditor. This
case was heard at the last term of the
district court and recently decided by
Judge Myron D. Taylor in favor of
the plaintiffs. Not being satisfied
with the decision so rendered the com
missioners on Tuesday decided to
have the evidence in the case thor
oughly reviewed, and to this end en
gaged Attorney E. L. McMillan to
assist County Attorney Ross. A
transcript of the testimony in the case
will be secured and carefully exam
ined. A new trial may be asked for
or an appeal to the higher court taken.
The sum of about $2,000 is involved
in this tax suit, and the county cer
tainly does not want to lose that
amount if it can possibly be avoided.
The liquor license bond of Olts &
Logering, New Onamia, was received
and approved.
An auctioneer's license was granted
to S. R. Perkins of Milaca.
The board authorized the county
treasurer to accept $11.68 in full satis
faction of the delinquent personal
property tax, penalty and costs due
from Robert Hanson of Milaca for
the year 1906. This amounts to about
one half of such tax and penalty.
With the exception of passing upon
a number of bills the above virtually
comprised the business performed by
the board.
BIG MASS MEETING.
Special Services With Special Music on
Sunday Next, December 8.
Something on a really big scale is
planned for Princeton. We have man
aged to secure Mr. Edwin W. Peck,
state secretary of the Y. M. C. A.,
apd Mr. E. W. Cross, superintendent
of the college work, for Sunday, De
cember 8.
A meeting for men only will be held
in the Congregational church at 3 p.
m. In the evening there will be a
union of all the churches in the Meth
odist church. Mr. Peck and Mr. Cross
will speak at both meetings and the
male quartet will sing. There will be
a grand chorus of all the singers in
the evening.
These meetings are free. No special
money raisingjust the orainary col
lection to pay expenses.
Now, we want the people! Men in
the afternoon, old and young and
boys. Everybody in the eveningthe
sinners who do not go to church and
those who do. We will pack the
churches at both services.
Geo. Swertfager,
J. W. Heard,
Chas. E. Kopp,
Committee.
Star Entertainment Conign.
But fifty persons were in the audi
ence which gathered at the Methodist
church on Tuesday evening to listen
to that famous lecturer, James Hoff
man Batten. Mr. Batten certainly
deserved a full house for his lecture
was truly magnificent. He is an ora
tor of the finest order and his address
bristled with humor, pathos, inspira
tion and instruction. The small audi
ence was enrapt from beginning to
end. It was the best entertainment so
far in the Star course and it is to be
deplored that it was not more liber
ally patronized.
Methodists' Annual Sale.
Wednesday, December 11, the
Ladies' Aid of the Methodist church
will hold their annual sale or fair
in the church parlors, ^rad they will
serve one of their usual good suppers
in the basement of the church. Bring
your friends and have a good supper.
Every one is cordially invited to
come. Supper will be served from 5:30
to eight or till every one is served. A
fish pond will be provided for the
children. This will be a good time to
buy some pretty as well as useful
Christmas presents. Do not forget
the date, December 11.
DOMINICANJATHERS Are Holding Week's Mission Services
at St. Edwards Catholic Church
in Village of Princeton.
Learned Divines Elucidate Truths of
the Gospel and Exhort People
to Lead Better Lives.
But seldom are the residents of
Princeton and vicinity afforded an
opportunity of listening to so learned
and eloquent gentlemen as the Domin
ican fathers, Revs. S. R. Brockbank
and J. M. Eckert, both of Minneapo
lis, who are this week conducting a
mission at St. Edwards Catholic
church. People of mixed religious
denominations have filled St. Ed
wards to overflowing at every service
held and well have they been repaid
for the time expended. From every
quarter comes words of eulogy for
Rev. Fathers Brockbank and Eckert,
and they are fully entitled to this
praise for their logical elucidation of
the various subjects upon which they
discourse.
Forceful and impressive are the
words of these learned divines, and
to such an extent are their exhorta
tions taken to heart that at times the
audience, from the strongest man to
the weakest woman, are convulsed in
tears. The advice of the Dominican
fathers is of the soundest, and were
we to live up to their teachings we
could do nothing that is wrong.
If you have not attended one of
these mission services you should do
soyou will be better therefor. The
mission will be in progress until Sun
day next, December 8.
Among the visiting priests who were
here this week and took part in the
services were the Very Rev. Father
Kitowski of Foley and Rev. Father
Gans of Alexandria. Rev. Father
Levings is in charge of the mission.
Of Interest to Teachers.
The books for the Reading circle
work are in use in every county in
Minnesota and the law provides that
the county superintendent shall use
every effort to have the teachers in
his county purchase those books.
Therefore I repeat my request of last
week that you get one, two or all
three of these books and read them, if
possible, before the next examination.
They are all helpful. You may send
to this office for them or direct to the
publishers. Suit your convenience as
to that.
All the schools of the county are
now in session. They are in general
supplied with a fine class of teachers
and the attendance is above that of
last year. Boards are fully alive to
what is needed for the comfort and
welfare of their children and they are
putting in good heating and ventilat
ing plants in all parts of the county.
The board convention will probably
be held in January, 1908, and at the
same time a session of the Teachers'
association will be called. I shall
have some leading men and women
here as speakers and singers.
The notices for the next teachers'
examination have not been received,
but the dates are fixed for January 30,
31, and February 1, 1908. I shall
hold examinations in Princeton, Mil
aca and Onamia.
I have in this office the new school
laws, 1907, for distribution. Clerks
will please call for them when in
town. They are free this year to all
district clerks.
I have now on hand all the neces
sary blanks except teachers' term re
ports.
Clerks and teachers should see that
the report in the register is completed
at the holiday vacation. If teachers
receive no term report blank before
that vacation the register report will
answer the purpose, so that teachers
may draw their last month's pay.
Let me close by asking you again
to get into the Reading circle work
without delay, and though no meeting
will be called for some weeks in
this work, you can get the sense of
the Reading circle books in the mean
time.
Guy Ewing, County Supt.
A Former Resident of Princeton Dead.
Mrs. Ira Hults, a former resident of
Princeton, died at Foster, Wash., on
the 14th ult. Deceased's maiden name
was Elizabeth Jacobs. She was born
at Norwalk, Ohio, August 23, 1850,
and was married to Ira Hults at
Morristown, this state, October 17,
1866. Her husband and six children
survive her.
The Northern Produce Company.
The branch warehouse of the North
ern Produce company at this place is
under the management of F. W. Good
win of Spencer Brook and that gentle
man commenced purchasing potatoes
on November 26. The warehouse is
on the site of the old Dalbo building
and has been rented from Louis Lar
son. Its capacity is about 15,000
bushels and it was built and equipped
especially for the storage of potatoes.
The headquarters of the Northern
Produce company is at Cambridge
and Peter Dahlman is its general
manager. This company, in which
there are several hundred sharehold
ers, was organized last year, and so
encouraging has its business been
that it now has branches at Stanch
field, Granby, Isanti and Prinecton.
Mr. Goodwin, manager of the
Princeton branch, says it is not the
intention of his company to bull the
market, but it will pay prevailing
prices for potatoes. So far Mr.
Goodwin has taken in at this point
about 3,000 bushels and shipped four
GAME FORFEITED.
Monticellos Fall to Appear and Princetons
Chalk Up Six Points
To many the failure of the Thanks
giving day football game to material
ize was a disappointment. The
Princeton boys were prepared for and
awaited the fray, but the Monticellos
weakened and failed to show up.
Hence, by the rules of football, the
game was forfeited and the Prince
tons chalked up a score of 6 to 0that
is, six for themselves and a goose egg
for Monticello.
As this game was to decide the
supremacy of the two teams there
would doubtless have been a record
breaking attendance with its conse
quential heavy gate receipts, and the
Princeton eleven are justified in cher
ishing a certain amount of animosity
toward the team that failed to live up
to its promise. It appears to be a
pure case of "We are afraid of you"
with the Monticellos, however, but
such breach of football etiquette as
that of which they are guilty is not
soon forgotten and will probably
result in their being unable to secure
a contest with the Princetons for years
to come.
Had the Monticellos apprised
Coach Whitney that they were not
coming he could readily have secured
a Minneapolis team to push the pig
skin against his aggregation, but they
were as mum as a bivalve and he
naturally expected them to appear.
Under the management of Jesse
Angstman the Princeton high school
football team has played more games
than at any previous season and has
prospered financially. Coach Whit
ney and Captain Roos are also en
titled to a share of the laurels for the
active interest which they have mani
fested and the good work performed
in this, the banner of all football
seasons for Princeton's high school
football eleven.
This Year's Crop.
Bradstreet's have issued their
annual Thanksgiving estimate of the
nation's crop yield, and it affords,
when prices are considered with it,
plenty of occasion for thankfulness,
even though nearly all of the yields
are lower than those of last year.
This was expected, because the spring
season was backward and unfavor
able. Yet the decreases are relative
ly small, and they are more than off
set by increased prices. In six lead
ing cereals the crop is 15 per cent
smaller than last year, but the prices
have run from 11 to 40 per cent
higher. While wheat production is
14.9 per cent lower than last year's,
the price of wheat was 22 per cent
higher last week than it was last year
at the same time. Corn production
decreased 12.7 per cent, but the price
is 18 per cent higher. "Taken as a
whole," says Bradstreet's, '-this
year's cereal crops will yield fully as
much if not more than they aid a
year ago."
And some crops yielded more large
ly than last year. Hay, a crop whose
value was exceeded only by corn and
cotton in 1906, gained 6 per cent over
last year: rice gained 20.2 per cent
and sugar 9 per cent.
Furthermore, while the yields are
generally smaller than last year, they
are not greatly lower than those of
the record years, hence they are
above the average. Corn decreased
12.7 per cent from last year, yet last
year?s crop was the record, and the
same is true of winter wheat, which
lost 17 per cent from last year.
It is hard to be pessimistic in the
face of such figures impossible, in
deed, without being at the same time
foohslh and illogical.Duluth
Herald.
Wreck on the Cambridge Line.
A wreck on the Cambridge line this
morning somewhere between Coon
Creek junction and Cambridge neces
sitated the sending of the night train
from Duluth and the morning train
from St. Paul over the Princeton
branch. The night train went south
at 10 a. m., and the northward bound
train passed our regular train at
Brickton at 11:15 a. m.
VOLUME XXXI. NO. 50
FRATERNAL ORDERS
Secret Societies Elect Officers to Serve
for Term of One Year Prom
First of January Next.
Knights of Pythias, United Workmen,
Degree of Honor and Lady flac-
cabees Hold Elections.
Knights of Pythias.
Knights of Pythias lodge No. 93 at
its regular meeting on Tuesday even
ing elected the following officers for
the ensuing year: Chancellor com
mander, E. E. Whitney vice chancel
lor, W. P. Chase prelate, E. K.
Evens keeper of records and seal,
Albert Anderson master of finance
S. A. Cravens master of exchequer,
Jas. W. Hartman master at arms,
Fred Newton inner guard, Dan
Mirick, outer guard, Thos. F. Scheen.
United Workmen.
On Monday evening Espey lodge
No. 193, A. O. U. W., elected the fol
lowing officers: Past master work
man, J. H. Angstman master work
man, John E. Judkins foreman, Wm.
T. Hannay overseer, Authur Camp
bell recorder, L. S. Briggs
financier, O. M. Radeke receiver,
Waler Angstman guide, Richard E.
Rosing inside watchman, Ed. Jud
kins outside watchman, John Olson.
Trustees, T. F. McCracken, G. A.
Eaton, Alfred Munz medical examin
ers, Drs. Cooney and Armitage.
Two candidates were initiated at the
same meeting.
L.ady Maccabees.
At the regular meeting of the L. O.
T. M. on Tuesday evening the follow
ing officers were elected: Commander,
Hilda Nelson lieutenant commander,
Justina Anderson record keeper,
Bessie Grant finance auditor, Jose
phine Zimmerman chaplain, Fanny
Herdliska sergeant, May Chapman
mistress at arms, Abbie Howard
sentinel, Nellie Wylie picket, Martha
Douglas.
Decree of Honor.
The following officers were elected
on Monday evening at the regular
meeting of the Degree of Honor:
Chief of .honor, Margaret Briggs
lady of honor, Delia Heilandi chief
of ceremonies, Cora Young usher,
Maude Brace recorder, Mary
Howard financier, Allie Radeke
receiver, Ross Jones inner watch,
Ethel Palmer outside watch, Flossie
Erickson representative, Georgia
Smith alternate, Mina Jones
trustees, Mary McCracken and An
jenette Judkins.
Four candidates were initiated,
Mrs. Anna L. Duffy of Shokopee con
ducting the ceremony.
First National of Milaca.
Within a few days, as soon as the
necessary requirements can be com
plied with, the Farmers State Bank
of Milaca will be converted into a
national bank and will be known as
the First National Bank of Milaca.
The new institution will have a paid
up capital of $25,000, and its stock
holders will include such well known
and highly respected citizens as
George H. Deans of Foreston, M. K.
Rudd of Milaca, T. H. Caley and
Aulger Rines of Princeton, in addition
to those already identified with the
Farmers bank. The officers of the
First National will be Chas. Keith,
president M. K. Rudd, vice presi
dent J. A. Allen, cashier C. H.
Dahlstrom, assistant cashier. The
stockholders and officers are all
good substantial residents of the
county, and the Times is right when it
says in the First National "Milaca
can boast of the largest and strongest
banking institution in this section."
Northwestern Hospital.
Brent Strom beck of Estes Brook
was operated upon by Di. Cooney on
Thursday of last week for appendi
citis. The patient is doing well.
H. C. Harris of Evergreen, Wis.,
came to the hospital yesterday for the
purpose of having a plaster cast
renewed. Mr. Harris is suffering
from a disease of the knee joint and
has been treated by Dr. Cooney for
the past three months. He has been
an invalid for more than a year, but
he is slowly improving and Dr.
Cooney has hopes of eventually
effecting a cure.
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Necessary Fire Protection.
It was a wise move on the part of
the village council to lay a water
main from First street to the flour
mill. There is a great deal of prop
erty in that vicinitythe flour mill,
elevators and warehousesthat have
had no fire protection whatever here
tofore. Besides there are quite a
number of private residences that can
also be served with city water and
have the benefit of fire protection as
well.
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