The Pierz Journal (Pierz, Morrison County, Minnesota), 1909-07-22

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VOL. 1.
PIERZ, MORRISON COUNTY, MINNESOTA, JULY 22 , 1909.
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THE MARKET
Changed every Thursday
Wheat, No. 1 Northern    121
,,2 Northern   1    9
,,3 Northern  1 16
Flax IP'
Barley     &7
Rye        6j
Oats      45
Hav     $4 to So
Butter, (ji eamery      '-!;i
, .     D iry     W
Eggs     16
Flour, Lest 3 50
,,   Straight    3 40
Potatoes       60
Joe O'Conner and family of
Little Falls spent Sunday
here.
A. E. Reynolds made a business trip to Little Falls Sunday last.
Subscribe for the Journal.
A very pleasant social affair
was held at the home of Frank
Wise last Saturday evening-.
A Urge number of invited
guests, both yonng and old,
were present and spent the
evening in a very enjoyable
manner by plaving games,
dancing etc. and every one
went home feeling that he
had b.en well entetained.
Found—At my hotel a plain
gold ring. Own^r mav have
same bv proving property
and paving for this notice.
Mel Wermerskirc  en.
J. W. Berg a prominent
hardwaredralerinLittle Falls
was in Pierz last Friday and
paid the journal a pleasant
call.
J.s. Froehlich of the old C.
B. Buckman farm paid the
journal a call last Fridav
and added his name to the
subscription list. Mr. Froehlich is the owner of nearly a
thousand acres of land situated in the townships of Pierz
and Buckman, which ht- purchased, several years ago from
ex-congressma*\ C. B. Buckman.
Uet your Lumber, bash ind
Doors, uime ana Cement from
Joan oorgeiUiug & yo.
Will Faust has  accepted
position at the creamer^.
Paris Green
T. Nelson's
for sale at O.
Theodore Nagle who has
been working for W. B. Schri-
ener, left for his father's
fu.rm Monday morning where
he will remain during haying
and harvesting.
Carl Eman and Joe Medved
of Little Falls who h iv • enjoyed an outing at Pish Like for
the last wee < or so returned
home yesterday.
Peter Wagner of Lastrup
went to North Dakota last Friday to visithis sonN Wagner.
Chas. Smart, of St. Paul and
John Smart of Onamia were in
Pierz last Thursday. They
accompanied the remains of
the late James Sma**t, their
brother, to LeRov, Minnesota,
where interment was.
Theo. Nolde of Stillwater,
is here, visiting with Martin
Gelhart, his brother-in-law.
He is a carpenter and will
build a fine residence for Mr.
Gelhart.
Anybody having relatives or
friends living elsewhere, who
'.ou think would be interesttd
in news of Pierz or vicinity,
kindl» let us know and we will
mail tnem a copy of the Pierz
Journal.
Dr. E. W. Hawes the Dentist will be at Pierz July 26th
to 27th. Call early as I remain only as advertised.
The Soo Claim Agent, R.
O. Murphy of Minneapolis,
Wes here last Friday and set-
iled with J. P. Virnig fordam-
ages caused by the train colliding with his dray a few
weets ago.
Miss Maud Berg received
a letter f i om Anthon Gerwing
who now lives in Pomona,Cal.
but was born and raised in
the t wn of Buh wh re he
lived until five or six \ears
ago, when his parents moved
to Canada. Anton returned
a few years ago a. d lived in
Pierz until last spring, when
he went to Los Angeles with
P. H. Berg. He bought the
property inPomona, owned by
Mrs John Bolster, widow of
the late John Bolster Mr. A.
Gerwing has made that place
his future ho ne. He informs
Miss Berg that he was married to Miss Angdine Sand
of Meier s Grove. Stearns Co.
Minn, on the 22 da. of June.
Miss Lillian Berg, daughter
of P, H. Berg was bridemaid
Read the ads and note the
bargains that are being offered by our merchants and you
will not go elsewhere to buy
your goods.
School district No. 55 of
Granite e ected Peter Gau
clerk A special tax of three
hundred fiftv d liars was raised tor the en uing year. Miss
Hoener, who has taug-ht jn
in this district for two years
past was reelected for the
coming year.
August Dahler who has
been visiting with his folks
left last Tuesday for his home
at Menominee,   Wis.
Honesty is one of the best
qua'ities man possesses . It is
seldom that an opportunitv is
afforded to test thoroughly
ones honesty. A person ma-
be honest in a general way, in
fact most men are, but still
there are many who if thev
were to find a bunch of nrnnev
in the road would not take the
pains to advertise it. Rudolph
Stepan of Buckman, rec<
f- und a pocket book containing' quite a sum of money and
proved his honesty by finding
the owner, and returning the
money to him.
At the annnal school mooting held Saturday evening at
the school house Magnus
Rauch and Chas. Kapsner
were elected trustees.
Ph'llip   Goerger   principal
of school, and Lucas   Backus
jandfarail, returned Tuesday
from Richmond, Minn, where
they have  ben visiting.
Jos. Brummer came down
from Onamia yesterday on
busine -s.
Proceedings of the
County   Boa-d of
Equalization.
The board of county commissioners otMorrison county
together with the county auditor met in the court house in
Little Falls as a board of
equalization. The following
changes were made:
The assessment of J.H.Borgerding & Co. in the vibage ot
Pierz was reduced to $2000 on
item B-logs, lumber, lath, etc.
Two year old horses.
Agram raised 5 per cent.
Buh raised 5 per cent.
Lvigh raised 100 per  cent,
Mt.Morris raised 80 percnt.
One year old cattle.
Granite raised 25 per cent.
Hilman raised 25 per cent.
Pierz raised 25 per cent.
Two year old cattle.
Mt.Morris raised 10 per ct.
Pierz raised 10 per cent.
Cows.
Buckman raised 20 per ct.
Pierz raised 10 per cent.
All other cattle.
Pierz raised 10 per cent.
Sheep.
Granite raised 25 per ct.
Hog-s.
Granite raised 50 per ct.
Leigh raised 50 per cent,
Wagons, Ca-riages etc.
Agram raised 40 per ct.
Buh raised 40 per cent.
BucVman raised 200 per ct.
Granite raised 75 per ct.
Pierz raised 50 per cent.
Platte raised 100 per ct.
Sewing Machines.
Buckman raised 150 per ct.
Granite raised 25 per ct.
Hilman raised 40 per ct.
Morrill raised 40 per ct.
Pierz reductd 20 per ct.
Platte raised 50 per ct.
Watches and Clocks. .
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Agram rai-ed LOO per ct.  •
B  ckman raised 100 per ct.
Granite raised 100 per ct.
Hi'man raised  100 per ct.
Leigh raised 100 per cent.
Pierz raised 100 per ct.
Richardson raised 100 p. ct
SEVERE STORM
The most severe electric
and wind storm of the season
visited this section Tuesday
night. It is beli. ved that considerable damage was done to
th ■ ripening grain crops, especially rye, barley and wheat
in dry places, which is about
r^adv to be cut. T e new
addition to the St. Joseph's
church, which is under construction, was badlv wrecked,
the damageamountingto three
or four hundred dollars.   The
SOO TRAINS BY
SEPTEM8ER FIRST
EXCURSION ON
Passenger Service Due on
New Brooten Line and
W. C. Extension
FISH LAKE
According to an authentic
report the Soo road will be
running trains into Super or
by the first of September. On
the Wisconsin Central line
there are only local  accommo-
raVge"new "Jhi'mney, which was|,ation trailla run as )'et> but
not quitecom.letedwas blown :'n &ept. 1 the local terminals
down and the roof bad.y torn |are expected to be ready for
to pieces. However as a larg | handling business and it is
amount of rain fell it is be-i Probable that regular passen-
lieved that, upon the whole, \Z*T service mil hen be estab-
raore benefit was received than ^htd o    this  division and on
harm.
IMPROVEMENTS
EN VILLAGE
We undertook in last weeks
issue to give the names of
those who have put in their
cement sidewalk, but lack of
space prevented us from doing
so. These walks have added
greatly to the appearance of
the town and the progressive
citizens, who have made these
improvements are deserving
of much credit. The following property owners have put
in new walk recently or have
it under construction:
Upper Town.
the new Brooten line as  well.
A LETTER FROM
P. H. BERG.
The Jouri-al is rIhiI to publish the
following entertaining und interesting
letter froiii our former townsman and
merchant, P II. !!eri;. now of Los An
g-les,Cal. written lo M.Wern erskirchen.
incidentally, we might mention that
Mr. I .'erg Las already subecribed for ti.e
Journal.
Mel Weroierakirchen,
Pierz, Minn,
My dear Mel!   Your favor came to hand
ury ago-    I   would  have BOS'
er, had you uot orfered n rewind
for Ihe return of the cap and pipe. Tell
Sleuth Bolligth«t he whs riiiht, that those
dueks headed for a ni.rt genial climate
than Minnasota furnishes in April, but
he will not reap the reward. 1 saw in
the .lungle Kr.-ord of southern California
where two socialist mallards anded Dear
A large number of people
of Pierz and vicinity left old
'dull care at home lasi Sunday
and enjoyed an outing at
Kish Lake. Many took lurches and refreshments a
and spent the whole da, and
evening" at the popular resort.
Rauch r ros.' launch, Qmefl
winnie, wes kept in continuous service and although she
caries from 50 to 60 passengers, she could not accommodate the crowd.
Fish Lake is a beautiful
sheet of water and the enterprise of the Raich Bros in
placing a yood launch thereon
makes it a very desirable and
convenient place for an outing
A pleasant feature of the
picnic was the music rendered
bv the Pierz Cornet Band.
Peter Poster, building occu  aawampand were spied by twoalligaton
•   j     u        -nt   i »       i        j and it is needless to say, that shortly aft?r
pied    by    Nelsoc s   hardware
store, Jos. H. Grell, implement store and res. Frank
Grell, store, Fran Schwankl,
meat market, Herm. Koering,
shoe store, John Pri mesber
ger, res. Ign. P; iemesberger,
res. Dr. Sequin, res. and drug
store, Lorenz Boser, res. Ch
Berg, res. and store, Mrs.
Vanderhaar, res & millnery
store.
Lower Town.
Jos Brummer Sr. residence
Wm. Nimsch, re^. Miss tousan
Wagner,    res.    Mar>hik   and
Phillipi,   black^mithshop, Jac
Neisius, store and bank, A.E
Macho,res. Frank Faust, res.
saloon and  opera house,  Mrs
Bentleid,  rej.  Math. Neisius,
vacant propc ty, P. W.Blake,
store, Pierz Creamery.
John Borgerdi g & Co always
keeps a complete supply of Lumber, Sash a. d Doors, Lime and
Cement.
Everything in the line of lumbe-
can be had at reasonable pricas
at John borgerding & Co's Lumber Yard.
The Journal is indebted to
P. H. Berg of Los A rgeles
Cal. for a numbe* of souvenir
copies of the Los Angeles Examiner for which we hereby
extend our thanks.
Richard Sommers of Duluth
arrived in Pierz Tue«day and
is making arrangements to
move on his larm of 80
in Hillman t w
rece .tly purcha  ed
, .-f*?81 house soon
ip which he
NOTICE.
Meeting to organize
a Commerc'al Club at
Village Hall
To-night
at 8 o'clock.
In the last issue of the
jourmal we called the attention of the business men of
Pierz to the fact that a com
mercial club is needed to look
after the interests of the
village. There are now some
pressing questions before the
tillage, which reqtrre immediate attention and which can
only be acted upon properly
and satisfactorily through an
I organization of this kind.
Therefore, it has been thought
best to call a meeting at once
for the purpose of organizing.
Every business man of Pierz
is requested to be present.
H. E. Renner of Long Prairie w ts transacting business
in Pierz Tuesdav and Wed-|
nesday. While hf re he sold,
his house and lot No. 6 Block!
1 to J. J. Brummer of Onamia1
who intends   to   occupy   the; NoVtheTTtrain load "of hogs
MIGHT HAVE
BEEN ACCIDENT
Last Monday while Frank
Rauch and his companions
weretrving to cut the figure
eight with horse and buggy
the horse suddenly shied at
the street cars and tipped the
bugev over breaking it in two
in the middle. Frank had a
death grip en the lines and al-
tho the buggv was on top of
him, he managed to hold the
horse and rode home in
umph < n the front axle.
the alligators had duck lor breakfast ana
the G 0 l'wi-1 soun demand the rewara
unit-SB the cap and ui| e are worth mine
than the reward ottered,
At the time I received your letter, you
stated that you had all kmdb of weather,
bit! hope that the fiiow is all melted by
this time aud furnistied moisture for a
good crop. The t-now here last winter,
if we can call it winter—was not v'-iy
deep, ami it is hard to say where one season ends and the other begins Only for
the small boy making such noise . ith his
lire crackers and torpedoes one would not
know thut lie was living in the glorious
fourth 'f July eeason. Although it is
considerably w< ruier than it is in January and February, yet we h»v a cool
breeze from tin-ocean pretty much all
the time, so that even ii we have a riot
day now , nd ttien. we do not I
as much an in the east. It is certainly a
fine countr) to live Id, if one has the
dough, ."'till there are thousands of pen t
i eople making a living here same as elsewhere at d fome»re even making money.
especially those, who bought real estate
'our or five years ago. Oood farm land
ihat could have been   bought for $2o to
Br acre live yi
for 175 to 63W per acre tnd vou may
er what kind of a crop will ray >n-
teres. and tax on such high priced 'and,
and, like in the east, it does not all pay
interest or tax. but you know one has
twelve n.omhs hore to raise crops in instead of five months. We also get more
per acre and get more for whe't. It la
not an unususl thing here to cut Ii t>> H
crops of alfalfa hay in a year, ind cut
from one to three tonB per acre each cutting. Good alfalfa hay sells at $'?. m?:!.'i
per ton in the city, so that even this high
priced lands will pay. Not all lands
yield that much. It is the same in oranges. vot ah orange gioves pay far
from it, but some pa' big An B% acre
orange grove paid 183,870 in i hree years,
but there are many other gioves tha' do
not pav expeneas. It requires the right
kind of soil, the right climate, plenty of
water' plenty of work, Sao e as corn, and
kbove all a good n arket and a good price
then of course one can inakn money on
orarges. I have not seen any thing vat
that looked good tome for making money.
 Everything is so much different
here that ic will take a year or so to get
pi sten.   This country is full of 6h»rpers
and they Buy there is a sucker born every
' minute who will work sll his life for some
j crook.    We 1   how  is  new   Pier;.?    Has
tri-  old Pierz moved all down there yet?. .. .
With best wishes to yourself and family,
I am as ever sincerely yours.
P. H. Bum..
A NARROW ESCAPE
If you  wish   to    know    how
things look to a man up a tree
ask  Pete  Miller. He has 1
tlr-re lately and can probably
lelt you all   about it.    Up to
the  present   time, electricity
has  held  the  record lor shinning trees and peeling off the
bark,  but Pete has  lightning
skinned to a  finish    by    his
stunt of last Sunday, when he
beat the  record  ascending   a
tree at ihe same time knocking the bark off both the tree
and his shins  Perhaps a large
share of thecedii sin uhl  go
to the pacemaker   which, contrary to    the   usual   custom,
traveled behind instead  of   in
Irontofhim.      To   make   the
matte-  a    little   plainer,    we
might explain that  the   p
maker was a large   sized  bull
which,  objecting-   to   Mr.Miller's presence in   Mick   Hen-
nen's   pasture,   proceeded   to
perforate him   full  of   holes.
However, Mr. Miller   e caped
isenous   injury    by   climbing
a tree where   the    bull    held
him  for an  hour   and a   half.
We are    informed   that    the
bull has since been converted
into beef in    which condition
he will be less dangerous.
BASE BALL
Two ball games were pulled
off on the local diamond Sunday last. The first frame between Granite and Piatt resulted in a score of 11 to 3 in
favor of the former. In the
second game between Buck-
man and Granite, Granite
won oat by a score of 10 to 13.
If you ar« figuring on building
come in and let us figure on your
lumber.
John Borgerding & Co.
•'Well, what do vou know-
about that!" Some of theMille
Lacs papers ;*re trying to resurrect old Bob Dunn from his
political grave and make h m
a candid tte for governor again
The following editorial from
the Mille Lacs Pioneer expresses our sentiments exactly with respect to this matter:
BobO'Hone is a bench player in Minnesota's political
ball game. The lack of a
pledged barrel appears to be
all that is keeping him out of
the game at present. A  Great
Mr. Renner also
SAMPLE COPIES
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take notice that they are free.
Nobody will be charged for
the paper, unless he subscribes. We would be glad if
those who contemplate taking
the JOURNAL, would let us
know as soon as possible. Remember it is vour home paper
and will at all times be devoted to the interests of the ccm-
munitv yo'j live in. Therefore
hope  that   the   p€
FARM FOR RE?VT
The Schenk farm for    'ent
in Sec.   14,township41, range
I n mire of J. H.
■ heads, each  one packed   with;    e  hoVe.  "«"  tne   f T^  .
sold half an acre in block 1 to $1 m bm    a, d on u    (i£ lhat|this part of the county will do
Ja' oh Neisius. the Hches1 mine of lhe Amer.;the.rpart by swelling the sub-
scribtion   list   to a   si/.e that
H. C. Bailey, who was principal of the Erskine school
last year, and was one of the
well known educators of this
section recentlv went to Fiefz
Morrison Countv, a thriving
little village of about 1
people and started the Pierz
Journal. The paper is a
bright, newsy sheet and the
business men are giving him
liberal patronage in the advertising line. It shows that
they are live business men
and the people who read the
paper from out ide places
would certainly think by the
advertising that Pierz was a
citv of about 8,000 people.
Nothing advertises a citv better than the advertie-
ments seen in the local p •
It shows that the merch
are alive and alter the  business rather than letting i
to the neighboring citv or village, where the merchants are
awake. Crookston Tin
John Hanson lost a valuable
horse last Monday. .
ican Steel company couldn't
make him governor of Minnesota.
• makes   the   paper
j proposition.
size
a   pay in<
Buy your  Paris  Greer,   at
O. T. Nelson's.