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4 v^&*gimmm.T>i 4 J&j LVAMRROOFDEAD Stricken While Feeding Horses and When Discovered by His Wife Was Breathing His Last. He Had Suffered From Heart Disease for Three Years and Death Was Not Unexpected. L. W. Vanderhoof died suddenly at his home in Baldwin township on Friday, August 12, aged 69 years. The old gentleman was feeding his horses in the barn at the time of his taking away and was found breathing his last by his wife about 15 minutes after he had left the house. He was then beyond the aid of medical skill. For nearly three years Mr. Vander hoof had been a sufferer from dropsy and heart disease and his death did not come unexpectedly. Funeral services were conducted at the family residence by Rev. Goodell of the Princeton Methodist church on Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock, and a trio consisting of Mrs. C. A. Caley, Mrs. Guy Ewmg and Mrs. J. N. Berg rendereo" three impressive vocal selec tions. The remains were followed to the grave by many of the old gentle man's neighbors and friends and the ceremony at the interment was per formed by officers of the United Work men of America, of which order de ceased had been a member. L. W. Vanderhoof was born in the state of New York, where he was married in 1862 In 1870 he came west and took up his residence in St Paul. In 1896 he purchased and moved onto the farm in Baldwin township where he passed away. He is sur vived by his wife and a brother who resides Indianapolis. The brother is blind Mr. Vanderhoof was a quiet, un assuming old gentleman, industrious, honest and a good neighbor. He was held in high esteem by those ac quainted with him and his kindly face will be greatly missed. A Parcel Shower. A double parcel shower was given in honor of Miss Clarabelle Moore, a coming bride, at the home ot net parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Moore, on Thursday afternoon and evening. The afternoon shower was given by her older friends and the evening shower by the young people. Fifteen were in attendance in the afternoon and 30 in the evening and Miss Moore was fairly deluged with pretty gifts upon each occasion. Advance congratulations were also showered upon her. The parlor and dining room were beautifully decorated with cut flowers, cupids and cute little hearts and the refreshments were of the daintiest descriptionice cream, various kinds of cake, etc. Miss Moore expects to leave here for her home at Carlyle, Mont., on Saturday. She will go by way of Mora, where she will visit her uncle and aunt for a few days. Don't Like It. At the risk of displeasing the artist who designed the new heading for the Milaca Times we must say we don't like it a little bit. The Indian tepees in the left hand corner would lead people who are not familiar with the local situation to believe that Milaca was located in an Indian country. The center piece is simply a picture of several common brick store build ings. The barn in the right hand corner is out of proportion to the farm house. If Bro. Cravens is bound to have an ornamental heading we would suggest that the center piece should represent what Milaca is famous forits dairying interests. How would a bunch of sleek looking Jersey cows and a pretty dairy maid answer? Down In Massachusetts. Henry Newbert, mention of whose return, with his wife, from a trip to Massachusetts appeared in last week's Union, called a few days ago to give a brief account of his travels. He and his wife made their headquarters at Orange, Mass., Mrs. Newbert's old home, and from there traveled through the surrounding country in an automobile placed at their disposal by a rich relative. Henry says that the principal crops grown in that country are hay and tobacco. In the Connecticut valley there are miles of tobacco fields and the yield will be large this year. There is also plenty of hay, and apples are a drug on the markethundreds of bushels are going to waste. Pears, too, are there in plenty, but the peach yield is poor. Henry never saw such fine roads in his life as those in Massachusetts. The country highways, he says, are smkmtma w5? all macadamized and as smooth as a die, but it has, of course, taken cen turies to bring them to this stage of perfection. Many of these roads have rows of grand olcTelm trees on each side, the branches of which meet in the center and form a natural arch of foliage. And then there are the big chestnut trees on the hillsides, now in full bloom, which yield tons of nuts yearly, most of which are allowed to lie where they fallno one considers them worth gathering. The cities of Masachusetts are centers of much activityeverybody seems to be hustling. There are hundreds of factories of various descriptions which give employment to thousands of men, women and children. The cities are veritable beehives. In his travels about the country Mr. Newbert was upon one occasion taken for Taft. It was on the Fourth of July and it occurred at Warren. In honor of the day he had donned his plug hat and frock coat, and as he alighted from the automobile, wherein sat a liveried chauffeur, a small boy vociferated, "There goes Taft'" Other boys took up the cry and in a very short time Henry was surrounded by an admiring crowd shouting "Hurrah for Taft"' He took refuge in the postoffice until the police had convinced the multitude that he was not Taft, when he rushed for the machine and was driven swift ly away. Mr. Newbert told us several good stories of the trip in a confidential way which we dare not disclose. An Old Timer Revisits Princeton Rollicking Tom Gillesby dropped in on his Princeton friends last even ing looking almost as young as he did 30 years ago. Tom formerly resided on the Vanderhoof place, south of the village in Baldwin, and was a general favorite with everybody here in the good old days of yore. About 30 years ago he moved to Grant county and took a homestead near Herman: 21 years later he pulled up stakes and settled down near Boise City, Idaho, where he has a ranch and is also interested in mining and lumbering and is piospering. He and Mrs. Gillesby are on their way east to revisit the scenes of their child hood. He left for Minneapolis this morning to rejoin his wife but he has promised to stop off on his way back west later in the fall and with Mrs. Gillesby visit their old friends here. How Jim Would Run Things, A Princeton man writes the Prince ton Union that in the case John Land won't have the job of governor that the democratic committee select James J. Hill for the place. Mr. Hill is just the man for the job now. The reform legislation has been enacted and what is needed is a man who will cut down the operating expenses and save taxes. Mr. Hill is the greatest rail road operator in the world and it is believed that he would and could run the state economically. He can tell when there are too many men on the job, whether they are earning their salaries, burning too much coal or are wasting the oil. Minnesota needs just this kind of a man for the next four years. Running the state of Minnesota ought to be a business proposition instead of a talkfest. Fergus Falls Journal. Herb Gates on Crop Conditions. Herb Gates was in town Tuesday and, in talking of crop conditions, said that early potatoes are a com plete fizzle, at least on his farmthey are all dried up. If the frost holds off for six weeks, however, said he, there will probably be a light crop of late potatoes, but the rain came too late for an average yield. Corn is looking fine and there promises to be pretty good pasture this fall. Herb. is an experienced apiarist and, despite the scarcity of blossoms this summer, succeeded in getting 2,700 pounds of honey from his bees. Had the year been favorable the honey produced by his colony of bees would have aggregated at least 5,000 pounds. Sells Farm and Buys Another Chas. M. Murray has sold his 350- acre farm in Milo township and pur chased one of 100 acres in Wyanett, on the south shore of Green lake, known as the Fink place. Mr. Mur ray will make such improvements as" are necessary to render the buildings fit for occupancy for the winter, and expects to move his family onto the place in October. In the spring he contemplates making further improve ments. Takes Well Earned Vacation. Miss E. T. Bode, a trained nurse of Minneapolis, arrived at the North western hospital yesterday to take the place of Miss Anna R. Johnson dur ing her absence on a vacation at her home in Lawrence. R. C. DUNN, Publisher. Terms $1.00 Per Year. PEINCETON, MILIE XACS COUNTY, MINNESOTA, THURSDAY, AUGUStf 18, 1910. MISSION GATHERINGS Swedish Lutheran Churches Hold Con- ventions In Princeton, Green- bush and Zimmerman. German Lutherans of Princeton Village and Princeton Township Also Hold Mission Festivals. The annual Swedish Lutheran mission convention of the Minneapolis district commenced at the Emanuel church in this village on Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock and there were sessions throughout the day. The proceedings were very interesting and the speakers were able orators. A sermon in the English language was delivered to the young people in the evening and the attendance was large. The ministers who took part in these sessions in addition to the pastor. Rev. August Lundquist, were Rev. C. J. Petri, D. D., and Rev. August Samuelson of Minneapolis and Rev J. T. Erlander of Anoka. Mission meetings of a like nature were also held in Saron church, Greenbush, and Livonia church, Zim merman. The ministers present at the Greenbush gathering were Rev. Rast, D. D., Rev. C. O. Lundquist and Rev. A. P. Nelson, all of Minne apolis, and those at the Zimmerman meetings Rev. A. O. ^Nelson, Anoka Rev. P. H. Johnson, Minneapolis and Rev. J. Almquist, Monticello. German Lutheran Festivals The annual mission festival of the German Lutheran church in this vil lage was held on Sunday and was attended by many people. Able ser mons were delivered by Rev. Wm. Beisswanger of Hanover and Rev. P. Rick of Arlington. Rev. George Stamm, the pastor of the church, assisted in the services. The choral portion of the service was excellent. At Germany, Princeton township, a festival was also held in the church presided over by Rev. Otto A. Strauch. The morning sermon was preached by Rev. F. Schmiege of Fairmont and the afternoon sermon by Rev. Albert Miller of Fairmont. Dinner ana refreshments were served to a goodly number at the school house. Advantage of the Silo. A writer in Kimball's Dairy Farmer says that with his herd of cows he received $224.97 for the butterfat dur ing the feeding months of the winter. Last winter, covering the same period of five mouths, with the same herd of cows and a silo, the returns from butterfat were $415.37. This shows what can be done with careful feeding with silage. The writer also says that while the returns were greater, the cost of keeping the herd was less, thus increasing the profits in that direc tion. He expresses the belief that with 20 cows one can pay for the in vestment in a silo in one year. A farmer who is running much of a dairy without a silo is certainly los ing a wide margin of profit on his in vestment. Another farmer writes the same paper that before putting in his silo, he used to buy grain and hay every year to feed his stock, and then they would come out poor in the spring. That since getting his silo he has hay and grain to sell and his stock comes through the winter in better shape. He regards it as near the prefect feed. The Files, of Course. The band stand at Princeton has been screened in. Whether as a pro tection to the players from the flies or the people is not stated.Stillwater Gazette. Thq flies, of course. There is no fear that the band will be mobbed or that dead cats, decayed vegetables or antiquated eggs will be hurled at the boys. Princeton is proud of its band organizationthe young fellows com prising it are due to much credit for the progress they have made. They have paid for their own instruments and for the services of an instructor from the twin cities, and they can be depended upon to stick together. Yes, Princeton is proud of its band. Automobile Good Roads Club. An organization of the automobile owners of Cambridge has been formed for the purpose of improving the roads radiating from that village. The roads leading into Cambridge, especially from the west, will stand considerable improving. The object of the association is a laudable one and we wish it success in its under taking. It might be a good idea for the automobilists of Princeton to imi tate the good example set by their brethren of Cambridge, St. Cloud, Little Falls and other neighboring towns and organize a good roads club. ^%All3frUto&& A etiICKWORKSAVESIT Lightning Sets Fire to Residence but Flames Are Subdued Before Much Damage Results. Children Asleep in Bed Narrowly Es- cape Injury From Plastering Which pell From Wall. puring Friday night's storm, at about 9:30 o'clock, lightning struck the R. S. Chapman residence and, hid it not been for the efforts of C. O. M^ore the fire resulting would prob ably have got beyond control and destroyed the building. Mr. Chapman was not at home at the time and while the storm was in progress Mrs. Chapman entered the children's room to see that all was well. She there discovered that lightning had struck the top of the window casing and set fire to the woodwork. It had also loosened some big pieces of plaster, which fell upon the pillows in the children's bed. The little ones had fortunately crawled toward the foot of the bed and were uninjuredthe falling of the plaster did not even awake them from their slumbers. Taking the children and funning downstairs, Mrs. Chapman went out side the house and called for help. Mr. Moore heard her and, picking up a bucket of water which was near, ran to the house and threw it upon the blaze. This had the effect of almost extinguishing the fire as it had not gained much headway. During this time Mrs. Moore was not idle. She stood in the downpour of rain pump ing water, attired only in her night robes, while her husband carried it upstairs and threw it on the window casing and down between the wall and the plastering. Arthur Heath also assisted and it took but a short time to put the fire out. It was indeed lucky that Mr. Moore heard Mrs. Chapman call, for the phones had been put out of commission by the storm. The damage to the building is small. The F. L. Ludden store on First street has been purchased by S. P. and A. I. Dow of Seattle, Washing ton^ for a consideration of $3,500. There is a report current that the pur chasers will open the store with a stock of groceries. W. H. Townsend's new building on Main street is nearing completion and it has the effect of greatly im proving the appearance of the block, filling, as it does, a gap that previous ly existed between Moeger's tailor shop and Foltz' feed store. Mr. and Mrs. B. D. Grant write the Union from Beach, N. D., that a daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Shepard on August 14. They sign themselves "Grandpa and Grandma Grant" and in their letter pay a high compliment to the i n. F. Gulliford of Big Lake, whose wife underwent a surgical operation at the Northwestern hospital last week, was a pleasant caller at this office on Monday. Mrs. Gulliford's many friends will be pleased to learn that she is making a satisfactory re covery. Despite the drouth Robert Clark can be depended upon to, have some good vegetables and flower exhibits at the coming county fair. When the Lord doesn't furnish sufficient water for his garden truck Mr. Clark car-' ries it in pails. It merely means more work for him, that's all. The recent rains have had a re markable effect upon vegetation, and the earth has put on a springlike appearance. Grass is shooting up everywhere and some crops, such as corn and late potatoes, will be bene fited to a large extent. An early frost is the only thing which the farmers now have to fear. Oswald King tells us that Lennie Bockoven, while backing up a team and water tank on the bank of the Rum river on Tuesday, miscalculated the distance to the brink and the tank, team and driver went over into the river. Os was passing at the time and assisted in getting the team out. Not much damage resulted from the tip-over and Lennie escaped unin jured. The men and women, boys and girls, are working hard to earn money for the Methodist experience social to ne held on Wednesday, August 31. Some of them have al ready earned more than the amount requiredone dollarbut are still working for the good cause. Re member the date, August 31, and don't let the grass grow under your feet. Hustle for the dollar and be on hand at the social prepared to do your share. On Sunday, August 21, the Wyanett M. B. A. lodge will hold its annual basket picnic in the pavilion at Green lake. Two ball games will be playedone between the Spencer Brook and Walbo teams and the other between the Fats and Leans. There will also be foot races, a tug of war and other field sports. Everyone is tendered an invitation to take their baskets and join the merry throng. The Free church of Orrock gave their Sunday school superintendent, Gust Sund, another of their pleasant surprise parties a few evenings ago. About 60 of the congregation were present and they enjoyed a very pleasant time. Before leaving for their homes they left a visible token of their appreciation of the work Mr. Sund is doing in the school.Star News. The big swamp and forest fires which were raging west of Onamia and in the vicinity of Isle were ex tinguished by the heavy rain of Fri day night. The people of Onamia were fighting fire for several days last week previous to the rain and suc ceeded in keeping the flames from reaching any buildings although they came dangerously near to some of them. E. A. Ross yesterday received a letter from the brother of Carl H. Daffer, who died here last week and was taken to Washington, D. for interment. Mr. Daffer speaks in highest terms of the work of George P. Ross, who embalmed the body, saying that it was in perfect condi tion when it arrived in Washington and that the undertakers there highly praised the embalmer. Cucumbers have been arriving at the pickle station very slowly, says M. M. Stroeter, the manager. The largest receipts for any one day were on Saturday, when 900 pounds were brought in. The season was so dry that a large percentage of the seed did not germinate. However, Mr. Stroeter thinks that if the frost holds off for four weeks a third of an average crop will be gathered. W. H. Townsend contemplates putting up a building on the site of the Neumann blacksmith shop and Bullis wagon shop recently destroyed by fire. If he decides to build, Mr. Townsend will erect either a cement block or concrete structure of 133 feet front and 80 feet deepsuch a build ing, he says, as would be suitable for an armory. Whether he would put up a one or two story building he does not know at this time. W. H. Ferrell and son, Glen, Andrew Bullis and George Staples were trout fishing at Duelm on Fri day morning. They arrived at their destination at 7 o'clock and dangled angleworms in the brook for a 'couple of hours without much success. Four trout were however caught. The boys would probably have fished longer had it not been for the high temperature of the water in the brook, the only thing they had to drink. The first wrestling match of the season will be held at the armory hall next Saturday night between Ben Hass of this village and Young Lundeen of Chicago. The match will be to a finish, best two out of three falls, for 60 and 40 per cent of the gate receipts and a forfeit of $25 in side bet. Time will be called at 8:30 and the admission will be 50 cents. Hass is in good wrestling trim and it is said that Lundeen is in first-class trim, so a good match may be ex pected. The band boys will give a concert and social at T. H. Caley's residence tomorrow, Friday, evening for the benefit of the organization. A liberal patronage should be accorded the boys for they have made good and are deserving of it. The Union believes that in a year from now, after the boys have had more practice, the village of Princeton will have one of the best bands in its history, for the members will continue to reside here and can be depended upon to stick together. Gerald Petterson gave a reception to about 30 of his young friends at his parents' summer home, Spectacle lake, on Tuesday afternoon. There they enjoyed a time as only young people can. They engaged in boat ing, swimming and other sports to their hearts' content. Ice cream and other delicacies were served at the cottage and the boys and girls had the most enjoyable afternoon's entertainment they have had this summer. Gerald is assured ly a royal entertainer. VOLUME XXXIT. NO. 34 WILL OBSERVE DAY Congregation of the Christian Church, Wyanett, Will Celebrate An- niversary of Dedication. Religious Services, Special Music and a Basket Dinner in the drove Features of Program. Next Sunday, August 21, the anni versary of the dedication of the Christian church at Wyanett, presided over by Rev. Frank H. Marshall, will be celebrated in the grove near the edifice. There will be two services one in the morning and the other in the afternoonand a very attractive program has been prepared for the day. Sunday school will be held at 10 a. m. and a sermon, "Voices for Immor tality," will be delivered at 11 a. m. At 12:30 a basket dinner will be par taken of in the grove, and a musical program in which Mrs. Mary King, Miss Lila Severance, Mrs. C. A. Caley and the Princeton male quartet will participate, is scheduled for 2:30 p. m. Holy communion will be ad ministered at 3 p.m., and this will be followed by a sermon and reception of new members. This celebration promises to be the most interesting event which has taken place since the Christian church was established in Wyanett and Rev. Mar shall cordially invites every one, of whatsoever creed, to participate in the festival and enjoy the day in worship and good cheer. Dennis, Mike and a Goat. Dennis Kaliher and Mike Mahoney are liable to become bitter enemies and all on account of a pesky nanny goat. The story runs as follows: Dennis was visiting in the country last week and when he arrived home found that he was followed by a nanny goat. Not having any con venient place to put the goat he be thought him of Mike Mahoney. "Shure," said he to himself, "Mike will willingly pasture this gentle little goat for me and without asking a cint for its keep." So he started for Mike's farm, followed by the goat. Arriving there he made his mission known and Mike was delighted to take the "]intle little critter" into his fold. "I'll come after it in a week or two," said Dennis. "All right," re plied Mike, "the dear little fellow will be company for me, Dinnis." And Dennis returned to his home. On Monday he went to Mike's farm to claim the goat and found the ani mal tethered to a fence by means of a log chain. "'Tis me goat I want, Mike," said Dennis. "The divil you do!" ejaculated Mike. "Your blasted goat has eaten up my Sunday suit, two shirts and a pair of socks, which I had on the line a-airin' and drying. 'Tis the likes of yez that will not get that goat until I am paid for the damages and a dollar a day for board besides. A 'jintle' goat, eh? Look at that log chain, me dear Dinnis. You can't put up no such practical jokes on Mike as this, me boy. "Jintle,' what next?" At this point Dennis replied that he wouldn't pay a cent. "You know, Mike," said he, "that you have been well paid for the keep of the critter. You have milked her and not only drank the milk in your coffee but sold it to in valids. And, gosh ding it, those old. clothes of yours were not worth 30 cints. Give me me goat instantly or I'll go to law to recover it." Wait a minute, Dinnis, until I return," and as Mike rushed into the house for a shillelah Dennis made good his escape and Mike, at last report, was still in possession of the goat. At Elk Lake Fark Mr. and Mrs. M. S. Rutherford on Sunday entertained Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Scherer and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Flatau of Minneapolis and R. J. Gunning of Chicago. They drove up from Minneapolis in automobiles. Mrs. Scherer is still a guest of the Rutherfords at the lake. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. A. Coates and family are at the lake this week and the Soule family is still sojourning there. Mr. and Mrs. Victor Osell and Mr. and Mrs. Swan Olson, with their children, broke camp on Tuesday and returned home. During the down pour of Friday night Vic and Swan, who were sleeping in a tent near the cottage, had a damp experience. They had omitted to dig a trench around their tent and they slept so soundly that they did not awake until they were afloat. At least, so goes the story. Mrs. G. A. Eaton and daughter, Avis, still continue to occupy a cot tage at the lake. :SJ 2tf 3