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ARMORY IS_ASSURED
C. A. Caley, Alfred Johnson and Gro-
ver Umbehocker Provide Funds
to Secure the Building.
One Thousand Dollars and Deed to Site
South of Creamery is Sent
to the State Treasurer.
There will be no special election to
ascertain the sentiment of the citizens
regarding the armory proposition
three of the members of Company
have come to the rescue and provided
$1,600 to insure the erection of an
armory in Princeton. They have for
warded a draft to the state treasurer
for $1,000 and a deed to a site im
mediately south of the creamery, such
site having been approved by Lieu
tenant Alfred Johnson, who was em
powered by the armory board to pass
upon the matter. The site was pur
chased for the nominal sum of $600
from the Caley Lumber company and
it is a very desirable location.
Captain C. A. Caley, Lieutenant Al
fred Johnson and Village Recorder
Grover Umbehocker are the young
men who provided the amount re
quired, and they are certainly entitled
to credit for their enterprise and the
progressive spirit manifested by them.
Tired of the vacillations, dilatori
ness and bullheadedness of the village
council, these young men said, "Let
us do something ourselves." And
they did it.
Had the proposition of appropri
ating $1,000 and a site come to a vote
the citizens would, without doubt,
have declared themselves unanimous
ly in favor of it, but the delay oc
casioned would be unnecessary.
Then, again, the result would have no
binding effect upon the councilit
would not necessarily, in this
instance, have to abide by the voice
of the people. Taking this into con
sideration, the militia boys made a
wise move when they decided to ignore
the council and proceed indepen
dently. While the erection of the
armory will not be commenced before
spring, Company decided that the
state's offer to furnish $10,000 was an
opportunity which should be em
braced immediatelybefore it was
withdrawn.
This building, it must be under
stood, will not be used exclusively for
militia purposes. A large hall which
can be used for public meetings will
be one of its features and probably a
public gymnasium. If at any time
the militia company should disband
which is not probablethe village,
which the law presumes shall take an
interest in the institution, will be
afforded an opportunity to purchase
the building.
As to the site, it seems to us that no
better could have been selected. The
building can be heated by the exhaust
steam which now goes to waste from
the power house and there is a sewer
connection on the ground. The
smoke and smell from the creamery
one of the excuses put forth by some
members of the council as an objec
tionable feature to the siteis all
poppycock. The smoke will not in
the least affect the institution and no
smell emanates from the creamery.
The sum of $150 rent is paid for the
rooms now occupied by Company
as an armory, and the village has
to pay it, so that it is plain to be seen
that in a period of a little over 10
years the amount contributed toward
the acquisition of the new building
and its site$1,600will be reim
bursed. And yet the "wise" men of
the council who voted down the prop
osition presented by Company re
fused to appropriate the sum of $1,000
the militia asked for no siteand
endeavored instead to thrust upon the
boys a couple of undesirable lots.
Anent the action of the council the
Duluth News Tribune publishes the
following editorial, which is interest
ing from the fact that it gives an
opinion of the "wiseacres" from an
outside viewpoint:
Princeton Needs "the Hook."
It would be a safer bet than some
others that if Princeton had the re
call, a majority of its council would
"get the hook." Princeton has one
of the most efficient, best organized
and disciplined companies of the
^tate militia. The boys have proved
themselves both in emergencies and in
encampment.
Under the recent law the city can
get $10,000 of state aid to build an
armory, provided it furnishes $2,000
for site and furnishings. Princeton
naturally wants that armory so do
the boys of the company. This sum
would erect a building that would be
an attractive feature in that center of
potatoes and creameries.
It would, also, provide an audi
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torium for public meetings and
musical entertainments. It would
give Princeton an opportunity to
hear symphony concerts, and to have
occasional conventions. It would
make a meeting place for such a
gathering as the Northern Minnesota
Development association.
But the council refuses to appropri
ate the $2,000, or even $1,000. For
some reason, best known to its mem
bers, public opinion, the wish of the
taxpayers and the good of the city
cannot budge it from its rut of penny
wise, pound foolish economy. It will
not give twenty cents for a dollar. It
will neither hatch the eggs nor get off
the nest.
The best it will do is to put the city
to the expense of a special election to
vote on the appropriation of $1,000.
It would cost no more to vote on a re
call, and this seems to be one instance
where that nostrum of progression
would seem like the proper dose.
Gotch Vanquishes Hackenschmldt
Frank A. Gotch of Humboldt,Iowa,
on Monday, in Chicago, was an easy
winner over Hackenschmidt the so
called "Russian Lion" for the world's
wrestling championship. In the first
fall Gotch pinned Hack with a reverse
body hold in 14:18 1-5. The second
fall he won with a toe hook and the
time occupied was 5:32 1-5.
Hackenschmidt, defeated by Gotch
with such ease as to make the match
appear farcical, is only the trapping
of a master-man. He is all shellall
pretense. He does not possess the
courage of a cornered rat. A rat will
fight when cornered. Hackenschmidt
cries and prostrates his broad back
upon the mat to escape a punishment
totally inadequate for the amount of
American money he receives for show
ing his craven heart to 40,000 on
lookers. Hackenschmidt stands today
stripped of all that a competitive
athlete values in the way of reputa
tion for bravery, courage, strength,
stamina, and even honor. He is going
back to Europe and will probably
travel by the lesser lines and seek
oblivion. He may deserve the shame
heaped upon himbut it is more like
ly that he is one of those freaks of
nature who followed the only course
his mental processes would permit.
Gotch took two falls from the Rus
sian with ludicrous ease. And the
winning in such style must have filled
the Humboldt grappler with a mad
rage when he thought of his long
hard hours of grinding training in
the hot July and August sunshours
spent needlessly. Gotch could have
thrown Hackenschmidt just as quickly
as he did without an hour of training.
The Iowa man had, harking back to
the wicked two hours of work in Dex
ter pavilion, trained as he never
trained before. He was determined to
win and was courageous of heart.
He worked in the Riverside camp like
a galley slave under a master's lash.
He was determined to be in the pink
of condition when he met Hacken
schmidt again and he achieved his
purpose. He was in superlative form.
He won so easily as to make the
hours of work at Riverside seem al
most a total loss of timesheer waste
of youthful vitality and muscular
tissue.
The gate receipts at the match
aggregated $87,053, of which Gotch's
share was $21,000 and 50 per cent of
the moving picture privileges, and
Hackenschmidt's share $13,500.
Mock bad Aili at Opera House
The Mock Sad Alii Stock company
will appear at the opera house for
three nights, starting Thursday, Sep
tember 14, and will present the latest
and the best plays of the season. The
company this year carries the biggest
line of feature vaudeville acts ever
carried, and Mock Sad Alii in his
famous act of thought reading is one
of the features of the show. If you
are in doubt on any subject whatever
ask"Mox." He can tell you. The
opening play will be "My Rosie," a
drama in two acts that is along the
lines of the music master and will
surely please the most critical theater
goers. The characterization on
Herrman Shulz is the best work that
Mock Sad Alii has done, and Miss
Dorothy Wood has a very sweet and
clever emotional part in this play.
The specialties introduced are Mock
Sad Alii, the magician and thought
reader Brydon's great troop of dogs,
Billy Ireland in singing and dancing,
and Dorothy Wood, the little
soubrette. Popular prices will pre
vail.
The Riverside Hotel,
Having entered into possession of
the Riverside hotel I am now pre
pared to cater to the people's wants
and solicit a share of their patronage.
I shall endeavor to give my patrons
satisfaction at all timesthe service
will be of the best. Try the Riverside
hotel under its new management.
33-13tc Alex Simpson, Prop.
R. C. DUNN, Publisher. Terms 81.00 Per Tear. PRINCETON, MILLE LACS COUNTY, MINNESOTA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1911.
SETTLERSMOVE OUT
J. J. Skahen Makes Comparison of
Conditions in States of South
Dakota and flinnesota.
Drouth and Hot Winds in Our Sister
State Devastate Large Areas
of All Growing Crops.
Editor Union: In making good
your promise in the last issue of the
Union regarding a letter from me
touching upon the conditions in that
part of South Dakota recently seen
by me, compared with those in our
own state, I am induced to do so only
for the purpose of comparing and
with the belief that a comparison may
awaken and cultivate a keener appre
ciation and a higher estimate of the
great advantages and resources of
our own old Minnesota.
A business engagement called me
to Aberdeen, S. D., and, naturally, I
went out to our former home at
Ipswich, in the adjoining county of
Edmunds, where we formerly spent 12
long years of prairie life. I found
but few of the old pioneers of '83 left
and they received me most cordially.
In greeting they invariably asked,
"How are things up in your country?"
Answering, I said all was fine, that
the farmers' wives were working over
time making extra pockets in their
husbands' trousers to hold the gold
they were getting for $1.00 a bushel
potatoes, and we expected to have
1,000,000 bushels. The hens, whose
merry cackle lent music to the air,
were too happy and too busy to take
a vacation. Our butter was so deli
cious that the millionaires of New
York city were paying trust prices to
our farmers' creameries for carloads
of it. Everything else is running
about the same way, and Minnesota
is a grand, hunkadorious domain.
I did not need to ask how things
were there. In language more forceful
and pathetic than words can paint,
the continuous line of "prairie
schooners" containing sad-faced
mothers and disappointed fathers and
their little household effects, going
out of the country, leaving behind the
homestead or newly purchased land,
told the unwelcome story of failure
and distress. For a hundred miles
radius from Ipswich the drouth and
hot winds made the work of devasta
tion complete. A better job in that
respect could scarcely have been
wrought. Not a sheaf nor a shock
nor a stack of grain could be seen to
indicate any reward for the toil and
money of the farmer. There was
little difference, but the country west
of the Missouri river got hit the
worst.
Though the failure puts a serious
check on immigration and makes the
old settlers draw upon thier reserves,
yet the new settlers are hit the heavi
est blow. Their means are exhausted
and they can borrow no more. With
empty pocketbooks, coal $12.00 a ton,
no wood to get, and buffalo chips
scarce, many homesteaders and new
comers are up against the real thing.
Cold and hunger stare them in the
face.
To meet the situation in these and
other respects the county commis
sioners in many counties are arrang
ing to issue bonds to raise the neces
sary means to carry them over the
winter and furnish seed next spring in
taking another chance at the game.
It is unnecessary to say that all com
mercial business is under a wave of
stagnation and a pessimistic and
gloomy expression prevails.
Minnesota always looked good to
me, but she never looked so good as
when I returned from this trip. Her
green, refreshing pastures covered
with lowing herds, her fertile fields
laden with shocks and stacks of
golden grain, her sparkling lakes and
running streams, her exhilarating
climate, her woods and groves where
nestle the homes of prosperous
farmers and happy and contented
families, make a striking contrast to
the conditions in her sister state to
the west, and remind us that, though
we may not always have appreciated
the fact, our own dear Minnesota is
the best state in the union.
Very respectfully yours,
J. J. Skahen.
Get Your Young Mares Now.
You will find at my barns a selec
tion of the finest young work and
general purpose mares ever brought
to this town. They are the pick of
hundreds and have been selected be
cause of their good qualities.
These mares have just arrived at
my barn. Don't let this chance
get away from you to buy first-class
horseflesch at low prices.
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Everyone Should Assist in Making the Mille Lacs County Pair the Best Ever
Aulger Rines.
CROWNISTHEVICTOR Defeats Blue Hill, One of the Strongest
Aggregations of Ball Players in
This Part of Country.
Game Scientifically Played From Start
to Finish and Results in Close
Score of Four to Five.
The Crown baseball team again
demonstrated the fact that they have
no equal in this neck of the woods
when it comes to playing baseball.
Last Sunday, at the fair grounds,
they defeated the Blue Hill team, con
sisting almost exclusively of Mille
Lacs county stars, in a hotly con
tested game, the score being 4 to 5 in
Crown's favor. Neither side suc
ceeded in scoring until the third
inning, when Blue Hill managed to
cross the pan for two runs. Crown
proceeded to even things up in their
half when with one base occupied,
McKinney, Crown's twirler, connected
with one of the famous "Cy" Robi
deau's offerings for a clean homer.
There was no more scoring until the
sixth, when Blue Hill again forged
ahead, and at the beginning of the
ninth the score was 4 and 4. Blue
Hill failed to score in their half of the
ninth, and in Crown's half F. Angst
man, the first man up, whiffed B.
Hass walked and J. Angstman, the
next man up, knocked a corking
single over second base and B. Hass
scored from second, winning the
game. Cy Robideau was on the
mound for Blue Hill and pitched
good ball, with Walters at the re
ceiving end, and McKinney and Jess
Angstman were at the points for
Crown. Mac also twirled a good
game. McKinney starred at the bat,
getting a homer and a three-bagger
out of four times up and Sam Shaw,
in right field for Blue Hill, accepted
seven chances without an error.
Julius Yngve handled the indicator
and got away in good style under the
circumstances.
The line up was as follows: Crown
J. Angstman, Walker, 3b Mc
Kinney, p: A. Angstman, 2b: L.
Angstman, ss: Umbehocker, rf: W.
Hass, lb: F. Angstman, cf: B.
Hass, If.
Blue HillSmith, 2b Doane, lb
Mallette, ss Shaw, rf: Hull, cf
Walters, c: Robideau, p: Jesmer,
3b Schmidt, If.
Crown would like to play a good
Mille Lacs county team and is ready
and willing to back their team with
money. Long Siding will clash with
Crown at the Mille Lacs county fair
on Thursday, September 14.
Game License Explained
Pursuant to the 1911 game laws and
opinions of the attorney general
rendered thereon a hunter can hunt
small game in the county in which he
resides without a license. A hunter
hunting small game in a county of
which he is not a resident must pro
cure a license therefor from the
county auditor of the county in which
tLe hunter lives. Every hunter of big
game must have a license whether he
is hunting in the county in which he
resides or somewhere else within the
state. According to the opinion of
the attorney general a county auditor
cannot issue a license to anyone
under 21 years of age, either for small
or large game, but minors are not
prevented from hunting. The gist of
the opinion is that any minor between
the ages of 14 and 21 can hunt small
or large game anywhere in the state
without a license therefor.
A Marrow Escape.
Some one shot through a window
of the Starff residence, on the north
side, one day last week and a bullet
from a 22-caliber rifle passed directly
over Mrs. Ralph Jones, who was
sitting on a couch. Mrs. Jones, who
is suffering from tuberculosis, had
leaned forward a moment previous,
otherwise the bullet, which embedded
itself in the wall, would have pene
trated her head. No clue to the per
son who fired the shot has been ob
tained, but it was probably some boy
whose parents had permitted to
handle firearms. It is scarcely
probable that any one intentionally
committed the act.
Brldeson Defeated by Hass.
The first wrestling match of the
season was staged at the armory last
Friday night. The principals were
Ben Hass, the local wrestler, and Ole
Brideson of Milwaukee, and they put
up a good, clean exhibition, which
was watched with interest by a fair
sized crowd of spectators. Hass out
classed his opponent in all stages of
the contest and won the match without
a great deal of effort. He took the
first fall in about nine minutes with a
double bar and further Nelson hold.
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Brideson took the second fall after
eight minutes of hard work. Hass,
however, came back strong and
downed his man in four minutes,
again using the double bar and
further Nelson.
Brideson appeared to be a trifle
heavier than Hass and was stronger
in the forearm, but lacked the
knowledge of the fine points of the
game that Ben possessed, and that
was the principal reason that he lost.
It is possible that these two may meet
again, as the loser stated that he was
not in condition. Hass is better than
ever this season, and is ready to take
on all comers in his division.
In the preliminary events young
Post covered himself with glory by
throwing two other lads in succession.
Harry Pratt of Zimmerman refereed
the match to the satisfaction of all.
School Term Begins.
The Princeton public schools opened
on Monday with a total enrollment of
462. Princeton's public schools are
among the very best in the northwest,
and this is largely due to the board
of education and the superintendent,
who take especial interest and pride
in keeping the institution in the front
rank. The teachers are selected with
great care from among many appli
cants and they are all experienced
and efficient. The faculty:
SuperintendentJ. C. Marshall.
High schoolSophie Stroeter,
principal, Princeton: Elsie Hull,
White Bear Delia Yancey, Grand
Rapids Cecille Owens, Tracey.
Eighth gradeMargaret I. King,
Princeton Ruth Lundsten, Delano.
Seventh gradeSara M. Andrew,
Bertha.
Sixth gradeElla Stevens, New
Medford.
Fifth gradeOpha Waters, Fergus
Falls.
Fourth gradeA, Jennie Whiting,
Princeton B, Frances Pollard, Rob
binsdale.
Third gradeRuth Hayden, Elk
River.
Second gradeFlossie Davis,
Delano.
First gradeMary Huse, Prince
ton.
Primer gradeEvelyn Tompkins,
Robbinsdale.
Brickton: Upper gradesMiss
McLaughlin, Princeton.
Lower gradesStella Robinson,
Milaca.
That Congressman-at-Large
Minnesota is next year to have the
novel experience of selecting a citizen
to represent it as congressman-at
large in the next house. Few states,
save those so small as to be entitled
to only one congressman, are ever re
presented in the house as entire states.
The anomaly occurs when, as now, a
reapportionment bill is passed after
the state legislature has adjourned,
and thus made impossible the rear
rangement of the districts before the
next election.
He who is selected as congressman
at-large from Minnesota, therefore,
will probably represent the state but
two years. Before the election of
1913 comes the legislature will, no
doubt, have cut the state up into ten
instead of nine congressional dis
tricts. The man selected may, it is
true, be nominated and elected from
the district in which he will then re
side, but this is a mere contingency,
and the probabilities are in favor of
his retiring after two years of ser
vice. It is well known that a con
gressman's first term is pretty well
spent in learning the ropes, in getting
acquainted, in finding himself and his
place in the congressional machine.
He does not begin to be really useful
until he has served several terms.
The longer he serves the greater his
opportunities for service, especially
because of the better positions he gets
through seniority on the committees.
Thus it is not likely Minnesota'
congressman-at-large will cut much
figure at Washington, unless the
citizen selected be one of con
gressional reputation and experience.
Minneapolis Journal.
Knnkel-Seefeldt.
Henry Kunkel and Adeline Seefeldt
were married at 4 o'clock Sunday
afternoon at the home of the groom's
father, Fritz Kunkel, in the town of
Princeton. The witnesses were
Thomas Anderson and Mamie M.
Brandt, and Rev. O. A. Strauch of the
German- Lutheran church was the
officiating clergyman. The young
people have taken up their residence
in the village of Princeton, where the
groom is employed by L. C. Hummel.
The Union extends congratulations.
Stores Will Close.
On Friday afternoon, September 15,
the business houses of Princeton will
close in order to afford the clerks an
opportunity to attend the county fair.
Stores will close at 1 o'clock and
open at 5.
VOLUME XXXV. NO. 37
A FOUR MYS' FAIR
Prospects Look Bright for Good Agri-
cultural Exhibit and Showing
of Horses and Cattle.
Premiums Are Liberal and Program
of Races and Sports is First
Class ia Every Detail.
Next Wednesday, September 13, the
Mille Lacs county fair will be formal
ly opened by the president of the so
ciety and all entries for premiums on
competition must be made and the ex
hibits on the grounds by noon of that
day. The 1911 fair will continue for
a period of four days instead of three
as in previous years.
The new buildings at the grounds
are practically completed and Presi
dent Bryson will have everything in
readiness for exhibitors and the gen
eral public by Wednesday nextthe
opening day. There will be ample
accommodation for live stock of all
kinds and plenty of space for agricul
tural, horticultural, fancy and other
displays. This, together with the
liberal premiums which are offered
this year, should prove an induce
ment to farmers and others to enter
more exhibits than have ever been
brought to the Mille Lacs county fair.
Farmers should not overlook the fact
that a silver loving cup valued at $50
has been offered by the State Dairy
men's association in order to en
courage the breeding of better dairy
stock. The herds in competition for
this cup must consist of one pure
bred sire, any dairy breed, and three
or more females, either grades or
purebreds, and any age will be ad
missable. The cup will be awarded
only when there is competition of two
or more exhibitors.
The program of races and sports
for the afternoons of Thursday, Fri
day and Saturday, September 14, 15
and 16, is the best which has ever
been arranged for the county fair.
Ball games between Crown and Long
Siding, Princeton and Wyanett and
Foley and Moraall strong teams
will be among the attractions on these
days, and there will be a large num
ber of interesting turf events for big
purses. Two brass bandsPrinceton
and Milacawill discourse music on
Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
There will be no dearth of attractions
at this year's fair and gambling de
vices of every description will be
strictly prohibited from the grounds.
No reason is apparent why the
county fair should not be the best
ever held, and everyone should con
tribute a share toward making it a
success.
Brown-Balfanz
Guy E. Brown and Miss Ida Bal
fanz were married at Omaha, Neb.,
on Saturday, August 26. Miss
Gladys Brown was the maid of honor
and Clyde Brown the groomsman.
Following the ceremony an informal
reception was given to about twenty
guests. The groom is a son of Mrs.
F. B. Whitney, formerly of Princeton
but now of Omaha, and he was born
and raised in Princeton. The bride,
who was born in Glencoe, also lived
in Princeton for a number of years,
and the wedding was a culmination
of a school romance. The Union
wishes the young people happiness.
A Few of Them.
Among those who attended the
state fair this week were Miss Pearl
Buck, Mrs. L. Preston, Isaac Martin
and son, Aldred, Mr. and Mrs. L. S.
Libby, Mrs. William Cordiner, Mr.
and Mrs. Anton Falk, Mrs. William
Falk, Capt. Caley, C. H. Nelson,
Mrs. Geo. Tomlinson, Mrs. Arthur
Steeves and daughter, Rugus P.
Morton, O. M. Warner, Bob King,
Willis Foote, Bob O'Brien, O. H.
Uglem, Mr. and Mrs. Gust Hofflander,
Axel Wicks, Mrs. Win Davis and
daughter.
Lightning Strikes Dwelling.
During the storm on Monday
lightning struck the house of Mrs.
Samuel Hamilton, west of the village,
and did considerable damage. The
lightning came down through the ceil
ing, tore off the lath and plaster,
splintered the door jamb, broke a
window, tore the flooring and went
out through the cellar. It also struck
an oak tree in the yard.
Have You Tried Osteopathy?
Many ailments which allopathy and
homeopathy have no effect upon may
be cured or relieved by osteopathy.
Osteopathy is the natural sciencethe
drugless cure. If suffering from any
of the diseases to which flesh is heir
come in and consult me and I will tell
you whether I can cure you or not.
Dr. F. J. Darragh,
Odd Fellows' Block.