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THE PRINCETON UNION
BY R. O. PUNN.
Pttllisl&< Evrsr Thursday^
TERMSSI.oo PER YEAR IN ADVANCE.
S1.25 I NOT PAID I N ADVANCE.
OFFICE: FIRST ST.. EAST OP COURT HOUSE.
0. I. STAPLES,
Business Manager.
THOS. H. PROWSE,
Editor.
A Washington dispatch says that
the shipping trust will be probed.
Why not scuttle it?
Amusing and interesting if not al
ways reliablethe political columns
of the Twin City dailies.
While Minneapolis may have an in
efficient police force her fire depart
ment is second to that of no city in
the United States. Minnie has reason
to feel proud of her fire-fighters.
A press dispatch from Greeley,
Col., says that a man of that town
uses a phonograph to put his dog tofriends.
sleep. It fails to state, however, how
many neighbors the machine keeps
awake.
The son of a millionaire has been
discovered working In a mine. This
is unusual from the fact that the sons
of most millionaires are working
their parents for money with which to
go the pace that kills.
Hon. E. E. Smith, chairman of the
republican state commitee, committted
an unpardonable sin in 1910he led
the republican party to victory. The
mercenary near democrats will never
forgive him. By the way, Ed is not
seeking forgiveness.
At the Owatonna corn show the
danger of importing seed corn was
discussed, and it was demonstrated by
means of germination boxes and other
tests that Minnesota corn is best for
Minnesota soil. The same thing can
truthfully be said of potatoes.
A word to Frank Eddy: Don't
start out with the Minnesota advertis
ing car until the weather moderates.
This is riot the right season of the
year to talk Minnesota to eastern and
middle states people. Wait until the
mercury crawls within hailing dis
tance of the zero mark.
Baltimore is the place and June 25
the time of holding the democratic
national convention to nominate can
didates for president and vice presi
dent. The convention will be com
posed of 1,074 delegates. The repub
lican national convention will be held
at Chicago a week earlier.
A Minneapolis clairvoyant offers to
name the next president of the United
States. Woodrow Wilson says he has
no need of the lady's services.
Bemidji Pioneer.
But Woodrow will never accomplish
the feat of hoeing a row that will
place him in the white house. Place
your bets on Taft and you will win.
Those who know him say that Mr.
F. S. Bell of Winona, the newly ap
pointed member of the state highway
commission to succeed Mr. L. W. Hill,
is a good roads enthusiast. Anyhow
he is from the right section of the
state as southern Minnesota has not
been represented on the commission
for several years.
At the meeting of the democratic
national committee in Washington on
Monday, Mr. William Jennings
Bryan enlivened the proceedings by
going after the scalp of Col. James
M. Guffey, the Pennsylvania member
of the committee. But Boss Guffey
retained his scalp and his-seat in the
committee by a vote of 30 to 18.
In a scheme to defraud his creditors
C. C. Swift of Edmonton, Canada,
deeded a valuable tract of land to
Miss Redding, his stenographer, and
he is now suing for its return. Miss
Bedding has retained counsel and
will fight the case. Any man who re
sorts to such a proceeding is a
despicable scoundrel and should, lose
his property.
At the instigation of a discharged
city employe a petition is being circu
lated at Mankato by which it is
sought to recall the mayor and com
missioners. It requires the signatures
of 20 per cent of the voters to bring
about a new election and, considering
the reason why this recall is sought,
we should think that right-thinking
citizens would be slow to attach their
i&ames to the petition.
Enterprising curio dealers in the
south, it is said, are selling "sou
venirs from the battleship Maine."
As the government has permitted no
portion of the resurrected ship to be
disposed of, this selling of souvenirs
is a transparent fraud but it goes to
show how easy it is to humbug the
public. Any sort of old junk, rotten
wood, etc., would sell like wildfire as
Maine souvenirs.
F. L. Seeley, editor of the Georgian,
charges in his paper that Chas. W.
Morse, the defaulting banker, who is
serving a term of imprisonment in the
federal penitentiary at Atlanta, has
been subjected by the warden to repre
hensible disciplinary treatment, and
calls for an investigation. To a man
up a tree this allegation looks like a
scheme to create sympathy for Morse,
who is one of Seeley's personal
A congressional committee may
visit the White Earth reservation
what is left of itnext summer. An
honest report by an honest investi
gating committee would make inter
esting reading. But, thanks to the
Clapp amendment, Minneapolis
lumber barons are already possessed
of all the valuable pine timber on the
reservation, and land sharks have
acquired title to some of the best agri
cultural lands.
Members of the democratic national
committee freely and frankly admit
that the action of the democratic na
tional convention will be determined
largely by the choice of the repub
licans for president. If Taft is nomi
nated the democrats will probably
pick a progressive of the Woodrow
Wilson type, if Roosevelt is the choice
of the republicans the democrats may
choose Harmon or Underwood as
their standard-bearer.
When the tariff from hides was re-given.
moved the great American public re
marked, viva voce, "Now we shall
get cheaper shoes." But the great
American public is doomed to dis
appointmentthe shoe manufacturers
have announced that footwear will in
crease from 5 to 7 per cent in March.
If there is one trust more than another
which should be administered a dose
of the proposed Taft regulatory medi
cine it is the hoggish shoe combine.
On the democratic side of the house
in this state there will be a scrim
mage between the adherents of Gov.in
Wilson of New Jersey and Gov.
Harmon of Ohio for delegates to the
national democratic convention, and
Frank Day, who is to lead the Wilson
forces, has gone east to get the lay of
the land and, incidentally of course,
to acquire a supply of lubricating oil.
Frank's Minnesota machine has
grown somewhat rusty and, to make
it run smoothly, a generous applica
tion of grease will be necessary.
Another wreck of the Great Northern
fast mail train, Oregonian, was nar
rowly averted last week by a section
man, who discovered a broken rail and
flagged the train. Railroad men atrough
tribute the snapping in two of so
many rails this winter to two causes,
namely the intense cold which has
prevailed and the extra hard steel
which is being used by manufacturers.
This steel, they say, is much more
brittle than the softer metal formerly
used. The discovery of a metal, or
rather combination of metals, which
possesses the qualities of hardaess
and insusceptibility to the influence of
frost would prove a great boon both
to railroad builders and the traveling
public.
In a letter to his attorneys, Rev.
Clarenoe V. T. Richeson, who forignorant,
several weeks has lingered in a
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Boston jail charged with the murder countrymen. Last week he talked to
of Miss Avis Linnell, his fiancee, has i the farmers at the Owatonna corn
made a full confession of his guilt, showtold them how to better their
It was one of the most cold-blooded social conditions and how to keep
murders in the annals of the criminal
history of Massachusetts, or, for that
matter, of any other state. Richeson
perpetrato3 ofethis devilish deed was He can handle with equal ease and
properl
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by Judge Sanderson to expiate his eluding dry farming, the destruction
crime in the electric chair. Under no of insect pests in cauliflower patches,
consideration should a commutation hydrodynamics, dairying, forest
to life imprisonment be granted this preservation, and the raising of the
black-hearted villain.
great American h^og.
THE PHIHCETON TJSTiO^: THURSDAY, JAKtf ARY 11, 1912.
We hear a great deal about*
the ideal way they manage things
in Canada. Bute if the same
conditions, with reference to railway
freight transportation, prevailed in
this state as in the Canadian north
west at the present time, our farmers
would be in open rebellion. Millions
of bushels of wheat in the province of
Saskatchewan is still untbreshed and
the elevators and warehouses are
full to overflowing on account of
lack of shipping facilities, and
theopposition
Canadian railroads seem to be mak
ing no effort to relieve the situation.
Referring to Bryan's fight against
Boss Guffey of Pennsylvania in the
democratic national committee, the
Duluth News-Tribune administers this
left-handed swipe to our own Fred
Lynch, Minnesota's member of the
committee:
"But he (Bryan) was supported in
his fight in committee by less than a
third of the states, and Minnesota
was not of this third. Minnesota
democracy, which is so valiantly
voicing radicalism, its devotion to
the people, its eternal enmity to thedews
railroads and the special interests,
proved that all this is rot and rank
hypocrisy by its official vote against
Bryan and for Guffey."
While presiding temporarily at the
meeting of the State Agricultural
society meeting in St. Paul on Tues
day, Hon. W. W. Sivright of Hutch
inson, sneeringly asserted that the
last legislature was composed mostly
of jackasses"one would almost
think so from the way they treated
our appropriation bill," he said.
Perhaps some of the "jackasses"
may be back in the next legislature
and they may remember Mr. Siv
right's asinine witticisms. We plead
guilty to being one of the "jackasses"
who favored liberal appropriations
for the state fairwe hope to be for-
No one should be surprised if
William J. Bryan decides to become a
candidate for the democratic presi
dential nomination. Mr. Bryan still
holds the whip hand and in his home
state his name has already been ad
vanced for a position on the demo
cratic primary ballot as a preferential
candidate by a petition placed on
file with the secretary of state at
Lincoln. Should Mr. Bryan, how
ever, absolutely refuse to consider the
nomination, he will be instrumental
selecting the man whom the party
Will place in the race. Anti-Bryanites
can put this in their pipes and
smoke it.
Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans,
commonly known by the sobriquet
of "Fighting Bob," who died sud
denly at his home in Washington last
week, was one of the most successful
squadron commanders the United
States has ever had. He was a rigid
disciplinarian and a master of every
branch of seamanship, from the
splicing of a sope to the manipulation
of the complex machinery of the
modern battleship. He was a man of
exterior and a fighter of
desubject
termination when duty called, but
withal a man of the kindliest im
pulses. Admiral Evans was a
Virginian by birth and was 65 years
old at the time of his death.
The youthful president of the state
university appears to be greatly
hampered in the pursuit of his
scholastic duties by the number of
calls he receives to address gatherings
in various parts of the country and,
may be, he will find it necessary to
put on a "sub." Knowing himself to
be well posted on a multiplicity of
subjects of which the common herd is,
he proudly accepts these in-'
vitationshis aim is to enlighten bis
their sons on the farm. Some time
ago he delivered an address on "Uni
versal Peace" and has discoursed on
deliberately poisoned the young girl varied subjects in many of the prin-
who expected to be his wife that he cipal cities in the country. Mr. Vin-
might marry a wealthy woman. The cent is a remarkablyany versatile man.
tence familiarity almost subject in happens undethan our present system
ANNOUNCES BIS CANDIDACY.,
Alvah- Eastman of St. Cloud an
nounces that he will be a candidate
for congresman-at-large. In a letter
to the Brainerd Dispatch he says:
I should consider it a high honor
to be a nominee of the republican
party of Minnesota, and have decided
to be a candidate for congressman-at
large, actuated by the hope of being
of service to the people of the state."
Mr. Eastman's nomination is a fore
gone conclusionhe will have no
in the republican state
conventionand he will be triumph
antly elected in November.
A NOBLE SPIRIT FLOWN.
After a protracted illness, Dr. E. S.
Wood, one of the best eye and ear
specialis in the northwest, died at
his apartments in the Moore building,
St. Paul, on Tuesday evening. Ned
Wood, as he was familiarly known to
his intimate acquaintances, was a big
hearted, companionable man, one
who loved his friends and whose
friends loved him and will long cher
ish his memory. May the gentle
of heaven brighten with verdure
the place where he sleeps.
CONSTITUTIONAL AND JUST.
An article in last evening's Dis
patch is to the effect that the attorney
general has held as unconstitutional
the concurrent resolution passed by
the unanimous vote of both branches
of the legislature, requesting the state
highway commission, in distributing
the road and bridge fund for 1912, to
apportion a certain amount to each
of the counties that failed to receive
their share of the "pork barrel" ap
propriation of 1907. We do not be
lieve the attorney general ever ren
dered any such opinion, and if he did
he is clearly in error. There is no
constitutional question involved in
the concurrent resolution in question,
so long as the amount appropriated
to any county does not exceed the
constitutional limitation of three per
cent. There is no ambiguity in the
wording of the resolutionand it was
not drafted by a lawyer either.
Furthermore, there are no insur
mountable difficulties to be overcome
by the commission or its officers in
the distribution of the road and
bridge fund for 1912. Because a
county applies for the maximum
amount allowed by law is no reason
why the request should be granted.
In any event we hardly think that
the commission can afford to disre
gard the unanimous request of the
legislature.
BON. LEWIS C. SPOONER.
Repeatedly the Union has called
attention to the worth and ability of
Hon. L. C. Spooner of Morris. Others
are beginning to discover that the big,
brusque man from Stevens is pos
sessed of qualities that a public
servant, in either a legislative or an
executive capacity, ought to possess.
The Albert Lea Times-Enterprise, one
of the strong state newspapers,
earnestly advocates the nomination of
Mr. Spooner for governor, and con
cludes a well written editorial on thestuff
with this paragraph:
"If the republicans of Minnesota
want a candidate for the governorship
who will win at the polls next Novem1
ber, and as governor who will add
lustre to the state in the discharge of
the duties of that office in the interest
of the people as a whole, rather than
flashing in the limelight for the pass
ing applause of gaping crowds, they
can turn to no better man than Lewis
C. Spooner of Morris."
Commenting on the above the
St.at
Cloud Journal-Press remarks:
"The Albert Lea Times comes
out with a strong endorsement
for Hon. L. C. Spooner of Morris for
governor. Mr. Spooner is one of the
able men of the state, is an aggressive
fighter, and if he gets into the race
there will be some interest injected
into the state campaign."
A STATE INCOME TAX.
A tax levied on incomes is, to
taxation that the individuals with
large income pay little or no taxes.
The other day the supreme court of
Wisconsin upheld the constitutionali
ty of the income tax law of that state.
our"You
way of thinking, the most equitable of
all forms of taxation. What is more
fair* than an income taxthat each
should be taxed according to his
means? An individual who has
anwith
income of $10,000 should certainly pay
more taxes one whose incomfe
does not exceed $1,000. Yet it often
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Are Still Upon Us
VI7HY suffer from
the cold when
you can get a good warm
overcoat with converti
ble collar, serge lining,
heavy shell, latest style
and at prices that cannot
be equaled anywhere
else? We are also well
supplied with men's and
boys' suits, underwear,
sweaters, caps, hose,
mittens, sheepskin lined
coats, etc.
Under the Wisconsin law the exemp
tions include individual incomes up
to $800. A husband and wife are
alprevailing
lowed $1,200 and for each child under
18 years of age and for each legal de
pendent an additional $200 is allowed.
The rates of income taxation undejr
the law after mating exemptions are
graduated. For instance, the first
$1,000 or part thereof, 1 per cent the
second $1,000 or part, 1% per cent
the twelfth $1,000 or part, hyz per
cent, and over $12,000 6 per cent.
If the income tax law works satis
factorily in Wisconsin there is no
reason why a somewhat similar law
should not be placed upon the statute
books of Minnesota.
There is at least one "dynamite
plot" which the daily papers cannot
charge to union labor. It is the find
ing of 24 sticks of the explosive be
neath a railroad bridge at Thebes,
111., which was cached there by a
number of young men who intended
celebrating Christmas by touching the
off on the prairie. Ever since
the McNamara episode it has been
the practice of many daily papers to
charge union labor with plotting to
destroy property whensoever ex
plosives were discovered by so-called
"private detectives," no matter where
they found them. Anarchists, nihi
lists and others have been relieved of
all suspicion of plotting to destroy
since the McNamara confessionthe
finger of accusation has been pointed
union labor. But these dailies
have their reasonstbey are the tools
of the employers' associations and as
such do their masters' bidding.
Colonel Neff, in his Lake Crystal
Union, very properly calls down a
North Dakota minister who denounced
the holding of Christmas exercises in
churches. Here is the way the colonel
goes after the gentleman of the cloth:
are a grouch. Nothing would
please our blessed Savior more than
to gather the children and the older
people into the churches on Christ
mas daythere to observe the day
befitting exercises and to dis
tribute presents. It does the children
good and it does the church no harm."
As usual, Colonel Neff is in the right.
Woodrow Wilson did not love Mr
Beyan in 1907 and said so in a letter.
Governor Harmon once upon a time
wrote a friend to bolt the democratic
candidate for governor of Ohio, and
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MARKET REPORT
The quotations hereunder are those
on Thursday morning at the
time of going to press:
POTATOES.
Triumphs 55
Burbanks 70
Ohios 80
Rose 70
GRAIN, HAY, ETC.
Wheat, No. 1 Northern 98
Wheat, No. 2 Northern 96
Wheat, No. 3 Northern 92
Wheat, No. 4 Northern 88
Wheat, Rejected 79
Oats 36@39
Barley 73@.99
Flax 1.66(a2.0
Rye 76C80
Beans, hand picked 1.75@2.00-
Beans, machine run. .1.50@1.75
Wild hay 7.50
Tame hay 12 00
LIVE STOCK
Pat beeves, per ft 3c 4c
Calves, per ft 4c@5c
Hogs, per cwt .$7.00 $7.50
Sheep, per ft 3c@4c
Hens, old, per ft 8c
Springers, per ft 10c
MINNEAPOLIS.
Minneapolis, Wednesdav evening.
Wheat, No 1 hard, $1.08 No. 1 Nor
thern, $1.07: No. 2 Northern, $1.06
White Oats, 46c No 3, 44c
R\e, 91c
Flax, No 1, $2 14
Corn, No Yellow, 60e.
Barley, 85c(5$ 30.
in the same letter he asserted that the
democratic party had outlived its
usefulness. Frank Day and John
Lind wrote and said real mean things
of the democrats, not so long ago
either. And at the present time Dan
Lawler has but little affection for Mr.
Day. What a happy family.
GLENDOR ADO AND SANTIAGO.
Mr. and Mrs. George Uran spent
Monday in Foley.
Mr. and Mrs. P. Bergsted visited
in Foley on Monday.
Martin Elefson of Snake River is
working for T. Jensen.
T. Jensen transacted business at
Snake River on Monday.
A large quantity of potatoes in
pits and cellars have frozen in this
vicinity.
Miss MathildeOdegard has returned
to Baldwin to resume her duties as
teacher in the Judkins school.
Schools reopened on Monday after
two weeks' vacation, but owing to
the extreme cold the attendance was*
small.
The Missionary Aid society will
meet at the Uran home on Thursday
afternoon. January 18. A cordial
invitation is extended to all inter
ested in missionary work.
Santiago has lost her blacksmith,
Mr. Lavigne having purchased Mr.
Katchmazenski's shop in Foley, for
which he paid $2,500. We are sorry
to lose our genial blacksmith but
hope we soon will have another as
the location is a good one.
FOR SALE11 head of pigs, 5 mos.**
o'd. G. S. Sparkenberg, Route 5y
Princeton. 3-2c
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