The Pierz Journal (Pierz, Morrison County, Minnesota), 1909-09-30

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VOL. 1.
PIERZ, MORRISON COUNTY, MINNESOTA, SEPTEMBER 30, 1909.
NO. 15
GARLOCK IMPRISONED].N DISTRICT COURT
Sheriff Illiff of Sherburne
county has returned from
Montana with Lindsay Gar-
lock who is charged with hav-
ii.g been implicated in the
noted assault at St.Cioud last
summer.
Garlock was taken to Elk
River for a preliminary examination but waved this right
and was bound over to the
November term of the grand
jury with out bail and taken
to the St. Paul jail. It is stated that he confessed to part cf
the charges.
On Saturday's freight A.E.
Reynolds will receive 150 baskets of grapes. He will sell
them at 25c a basket.
SILVER WEDDU1G
Mr. and Mrs. John Reding
who live four   miles  south   of
here celebrated 25th   anniversary of their wedoing   Wednesday.  Several   hundred   peo
pie from the surrouding country including Pierz, Buckman
and Litlle Falls were present
and partook of their hospital-
ity.     Services   were   held   at
St. Josephs church in the tore-
noon after which an elaborate
dinner was served tot lie many
guests at   their home.     The
festivities continued thru the
afternoon and evening.   A pa-
vilionhad been erected and the
young  people   amused   themselves by tripping the 'light
fantastic" while theolder ones
found other employment equal
ly as interesting.
Mr. and Mrs. Reding were
married in Hastings, Minn.
25 years ago. About ten years
ago they settled upon the
farm which they now occupy.
Thev have a large circle of
friends in this section of the
co.fi.n6y who hold them in the
highest esteem and wish them
man v more v ears of happy wedded life. They were the recipients un this occasion of
many line pieces of silver.
The unusuallvlarge number
of cases which appeared upon
the calendar at the opening of
the fall term of the distr ct
court are being rapidly disposed of. Eleven cases were
dismissed and shout sixteen
were continued to the spring
term.
Monday.-Disposition of others cases which were called
for ahe.ring was as follows:
Inga Elstad granted a divorce
from Hans Elstad.
Wendelin Noll vs. Jos.Oist-
rich et al, judgment for plaintiff.
Tuesday—Chas. Benson vs.
John Mischke, verdict for defendant.
A stay of forty days was
granted in the case of the
Green Prairie Telephone Co.
vs W. A. McCarthy and W.
T. Siegal.
Adolph Garon vs. E.Chelin.
verdict of $5 for defendant
J. B. Cornell vs. M. B. Mc
Connell, judgment in favor of
defendant.
Joseph Gendron vs. City of
Little Falls, postponed for 20
days.
Stat- vs. R. W. Cambell,
s'ricken from calendar.
John We /.el and NeHie
IvK< den vs. School di-t ictNo.
87, judgment for plaintiff.
Wednesday.— A. M. Bares
vs. Frank Long, judgment for
defendant by stipulation,without costs.
Athilda A. Lind vs. John
Lind. judgment Lr defendant
The petition for Jerome
Snow and Kaie Scow for the
adoption of Ralph Sipala, a
minor, was allowed.
It was ordered bv the court
that  heieaftet   all naturalize
PASSENGER SERVICE I.MEIVIORIAL SERVICES
ON THE SOO
It is now reported that regular passenger service will
be inaugurated on the B'Oot-
en-Duluth Soo line between
Oct.l and 15th. It is thot
the Duluth yards vs ill be in
shape by that time altho it
will be several months before
the depot will be completed. /
THIRTY-EIGHT BU. PER A.
Henry Dengle  whose farm |
is near Buckman   raised   151'
bushels of wheaton four acres
of ground.    This is an indication of what Morrison c unty
soil will pr< duce. vj
Lost—An extra heavy halter between John Reding's
and Pierz. Finder please return to J. J. Boser or Journal office.
STATUE FOR JOHNSON
The project of having a
statue erected to the lateGov.
John on has met with immediate approval all oyer the state.
The contributions are coming
so rapidly already that there
is no doubt but what there
will be sufficient funds to erect a lasting monument to our
lamented,      chief execut
ive. Those in charge have
vviselv decided to limit the
contributions to one dollar,
thus giving the poor a chance
to have an equal chance with
tha rich in the good work
Smaller sums than a dollar
will begladL received. Most
of the citv papers are publishing subscription blanks and
numerous places have b en
designated to receive contributions.
The Johnson memorial services held at the court house
last Thursday were most impressive ;jnd the court rooms
were filled to overflowing by
the people of the citv and surrounding country. The speak-
neighbors and those who knew I Q    U    SPOFFORD   DEAD
it in life can   and  will   sav he]
Geo-ge II. Spofford pa-
away at 1:30 o'clock this morn-
it iheColurnbiahotel after
was a good m m and did his
duty in life. No better epit-
ath can be written.
Gov Johnson's life is a shining light and inspiration to
the yourg men. It teaches
that   opp rtunites    are    still
ers were: Judge E. F.Shaw, open, and that with proper ami
who spoke of " idie Boyhood persistent endeavor the young
and Earlv Hardships of John- men of the present can hope
son";    Rev.    W.   H.   North, [and aspire to a full measure of
success.
tion papers must be presented
on the first, dav ot the court
session inst ad o! the second
as has been the case hereto-
iore.
The  case of  Geo   H. Niles
vs. Joseph Schmidtbauer wa
postponed to allow ttie parties
to amend answer and reply.
No court was he'donTliurs
Joe Ries has installed a new i     — -
gas lighting plant in his store Id^v on account of the funeral
"Will receive by Saturday's
freight 150 baskets of grapes
which I will sell at 25c a basket.—A   E   Reynolds
Mr. and Mrs. J. J.Boser re
turned home last week after
visiting in several plicvs over
two weeks. Thev first went
to the slate fair, from there
they went to Eureka, S. Dak.
where thev visited Dr. John
Hennecke and family who formerly lived in Pierz. -^
of Gov. Johnson
On Friday the case of the
s*ate vs. Ricka Wittwer was
tried. The. compl iint in this
case all -god that the defendant struck one M. Schlak in
an altercation over a rural
line. The jury brought in a
verdict in favor of the sta e.
Frank Schmolke and sister
of Buckinan visited in Pierz
Wednesday.
Dr.  Fortier,   dentist,
Sunday, Oct. 10,
Pierz
German
Bank   of
State
Pierz
We Have Money7 to
Loan On Improved
Farms.    Cheapest
Rates.   Gall In and See
Us Before Placing
Your Loan Elsewhere.
German State Bank
PIERZ.       MINN.
NOTICE
SPECIAL     VILLAGE
ELECTION
The citizens   of the village
^,of Pierz in the county of Mor-
l rison and state  of   Minnesota
who are qualified   to  vote  at
General Elections, are hereby
notified thata Special Election
will  be  held  at   the   Village
Hall in said village on Thurs-
d i.y the seventh   dav    of    Oc-
r, a.d. 1909,   between the
hours of ten   o'clock   in   the
forenoon and f'Hir   o'clock    in
the afternoon of the same dav
for   the   following   purposes
viz:    To vote upon    the   proposition made to the village of
Pierz by the   Pierz   Railway
Co. that the village of   Pierz
issue to   said     railway   company $5500.00 of its bmcjs, to
aid in   the  construction   of  a
railway  (or   the  handling-  ot
freight in carload lots from   a
point on   the   Soo   WailwaV   in
Section    Nineton   (19)   Township Forty  40) North, Range
Thirtv (30) West in the countv of Morrison and thence running in a  northerly   direction
to and thru the Village of Pierz
up 10  the   boundary  of Buh,
such    bonds   to    be   payable
Twenty  (20) vears from   the
date thereof and to bear interest at the rate of Five (5) per
cent   per  annum.     The   said
railway company   t>   issu^to
the village,      in consideration
of said bonds,    such    number
of shares of its  capital   stock
as will, at par value   of  such
stock,    correspond with    the
principal sum of  said   bonds,
namely    1100   shares:       such
bonds and the stock to be  deposited    in   escro    with   the
First   Nat.   Bank   of    Little
Falls, the bonds to be delivered to the village of Pierz when
sue i railway shall   have   been
completed for the passage   of
cars over the Soo R R. to the
village of Pierz as   above   set
forth.    This election   is   helh
pursuant to Chap. 106 General Laws of 1877 and     Amend-1
ments thereof.
Given   under    my    hand    this
123rd. dav of Sept.. 1909
Frank Grell,   Recorder
Dr.   Fortier,   dentist,   in   Pierz
| the second Sunday every month.
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"Johnson, the Man"; and Attorney A. H. Vernon whose
subject was "Johnson, the
Governor." Following is
Judge Shaw's address as reported by the Transcript:
We meet on this solemn occasion not only to honor the
memory of our dead governor
but to pav tribute to the character of that governor.
There are two livt s in American history between which
there is a striking similarity,
that of Abraham Lincoln and
John A. Johnson.
Both were born in log houses, of poor bui. honest parents
Both grew to  manhood under
trying  and   adverse   circumstances,   having to work hard,
not   only    to   support   themselves,   but  to  assist in   sop-
porting their families. Neither
had the school  advantage the
boys of the present dav enjoy,
n >r  even  those that  boys of
their dav could enjov.    Thev
boih had   great   faith in, and
love  for   the   Common   people
and the common  people loved
them.      Both  died   occupying
high places in their countries
yovernm  nt a  d a nation wept
at their death.
John A. Johnson's parents,
see'-ing   broader  and   better
field in which to make a living
left their fatherland inSweden
emigrated    to    America,   and
lad in the then small  village of St.. Peter in  this state
where the dead governor was
born  and   rear> d   and   spent
his earlv manh id, and where
he lived until he was called to
be the governor of this state.
His boyhood days were not
unlike  the   boyhood   days of
most   bovs living in  a newly
settled country, they all had
to   work,   only   some   had   to
;.   1 ar '.er  thai: others and
John's  work was of the harder kind.   It  is said of him that
a^ a bov,   his   work  was well,
faithfully and conscientiously
performed,     that     when   he
washed   bottles for the druggist   he   washed th<. m clean,
that when he worked for the
grocer, he did all that was demanded of him and a little bit
more,    that as   the publisher
of a newspaper the same honest     endeavor    marked     his
course, and we all know that
as g'overnor of the great state
of Minnesota,   we all can say,
"Well  done,   thou   good and
faithful servant.
He also in earlv youth manifested a great desire for
knowledge and advancement.
One of his early employers
says that after his dav's work
was done, instead of grabbing
a baseball aud 1 at or a fishing
pole like most boys. John betook himself to his little room
behind the grocery store, and
there by the flickering lamplight spent tbe even ing absorbing useful information from
some good book. His life
teaches us tint honest nnd
faithful w. rk will reap its just
reward.
All of us cannot hope to be
a John A.Johnson or an Abraham Lincoln. God in his in-
finate w isdomandgoodnesshas
seen fit to specially endow
some men with higher mental
and moral qualities than others.
These men are  shiniug examples to the rest of us. They
are beacon lights   along    the
pathway of life, to guide and
lead us along the stony  road.
We should all endeavor to read!
their lives and   walk in their
steps   and   if   we do, although we mav not reach their
high position,  yet when 1
>ur friends and
GRAND JURYTHROUGH
The grand finished its work
last Siturdav. Indictments
against the following men
were brought in during the
week: William Menzel for the
Lemanczik saloon robbery,
Fred. Peterson tor frau lu-
lentlv securing money. A.
Pilon for mortgaging- property which he did not posses-
and Frank Rassier for perjury in connection with the
Kintop murder case.
ArnoldNagel, who was operated upon at St. Raphaels
hospital in St.Cioud returned
home Saturdav. ^^^
Read the career of John A. |
Johnson in the   Journal   this
week. This issue also contains
an account of our new gover-
nor.
W.   B.    Schreiner    left for
Minneapolis Wed lies day.
FALL
/WS.n.nery   ^p c jI n9
 ■•♦•■	
I wish to announce to my
many patrons that mv fill and
winter stock has arrived and
is larger than ever before. It
includes all the latest styles
up-to-date, and bears all your
inspection. You are cordial-
invited to inspect it.
Clara Nohner>      Pierz, Minn.
(Store opposite Faust's opera house)
Everything in trie line of lumber
can be  had  at reasonable prices
at John Borgerding & Co's I.urn
Iber Yard.
an illness of about two weeks.
The   immediate   cause   of his
death was bronchitis, but i
believed   that  he 1 n   a
sufferer from a chronic nervous trouble for some ye;
He received the best medical
care and nursing- but could
not be induce! to talc-; the
medicine prescribed. He \
reticent and despondent during his illness and seemed to
be little concerned as to his
recovery.
Litt'e is known here of the
pas^s life   of the deceased, or
of hi    family connections.   He
came to Pier/, about six months
ago and started a  jewelry repair shop and made a specialty of fitting eve gla He
advertised     as     a    graduate
optometrist-   It is known that
he  has   a   brother   and  other
relatives atLongPrairie.Minn.
and an   attempt   was mad
communicate   with    them  but
as yet thev  have not responded.    The remains were tikeii
I to  Little   Falls   todav   where
thev  will   be interred   unless
otherwise ordered bv the relatives of tne ed.
The deceased was of a retired disposition and affiliated
but little with the peopl<
the village. However he conducted himself as an ho-
upright man and had the respect of all.
WILL BUILD""
SCHOOL HOUSE
A meeting was held in the
newly organized school district, No. 127 east of the village on Sept, 20 and the fid-
lowing officers were elected:
William Mever, clerk, Emil
Kroehner, treasurer, aud T.
Gross, director. A site was
selected for the school house.
A speci.il meeting will be
held Oct.7 for the pur]
of voting bonds to erect a
school house.
THE STORE THAT HANDLES   EVERY
THING THAT YOU WANT.
H
ARTMANN
P. A. HARTMANN,  I
S
As my fall goof's are arriving
daily. I wish to announce
that all are requested -to call and
look aver my entire line of goods
before buying elsewhere. I can
sell cheaper where I handle every
thing than a business man who
handles   only   one line of goods.
Ladies' Suits   from   $12.00   to   $25.00
S5      to $40.00
Children's"        " $2.25 to $8.00
Ladies'Skirts    " $2.25 to $15.00
I am making a specialty of mens'
and boys* dress suits and overcoats
Mens' Overcoats from $5 to $25.00
Suits from $4.50 to 3
I
1 also carry acomplete line of hardware. As the season is coming
when you need stove pipes, 1 wish
to announce that 1 make my own
pipe and sell it at ioc and guarantee it to be as good and betterthan
you can get elsewhere at 13 to 20c.
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