The Pierz Journal (Pierz, Morrison County, Minnesota), 1910-03-10

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JOURNAL.
VOL. 1.
PIERZ, MORRISON COUNTY, MINNESOTA, MARCH 10,  1910.
NO. 88
LINDJER6H LETTER  liVEARKET DAY
(CONTINUED)
In another case you reported
to me that the service of the office was unsatisfactory and asked me what I had to susrirest. I
made my suggestion and you
failed to act upon it tho the
term of the man you objected
to has expired.
In two other cases you reported that the postmasters
were not satisfactory, but in
these I have not acted   because
A SUCCESS
1 In spite of the fact that the
roads were almost impassable,
Pierz"s, first market day, which
was held last Saturday, drew a
crowd which was a surprise to
the most sang-uine supporters
of the project. Long- before
noon every road leading- to the
villagre was lined with teams
plodding* thru the slushy snow
loaded with stock,   produce   or
of your failure to act upon my|artides of some description
recommendations now with you.
If I knew of any excuse for
your failure to act in these cases, I would take action in the
Wadena matter; but the First
Assistant :y >-itmaster General
inform. : m. that his authority
to deal with these cases had
been taken from him; which
means, of course, that you are
opposed to me. Your opposition to me must arise out of
misinformation, or out of your
objection to me independent of
the post office service, or because of outside   influence.    As
which the farmers wished to dis
pose of. The day was one of
those which in some manner the
calendar had lost from May or
June and when those months
will have arrived, we will undoubtedly find the March
days which have been displaced.
It was certainly an ideal day
for a street sale except for the
melting" snow.
Considering* that this was the
first market day, and many
were in doubt as to whether it
would amount to anything-, it
was    certainly   a   success   and
I have   been   entrusted  by   the  shows that the   people   of  the
people of the district with the
duties of my office, it is your
duty to frankly inform me what
the trouble is. But since you
didnot do so yesterday inmy talk
with you then, I shall inform
you what the rumors are.
I have freely taken the   people of the district into my confidence; I   am   their   servant;   I
have refused to be  advised   by
professional politicians.    These
latter are  all   opposed    to   me
and are doing-   their   utmost   to
discredit me, but  I  have   g-one
on with the work just the same.
These professional   politicians,
I am informed,  have   endeavored to  make   it  appear  to  you
that I am opposed to the administration*, and that I do not   act
upon various matters that come
into the   House   of Reprseenta-
tives  for consideration in  line
with the wishes of the President.
No one should doubt that I favor progressive   legislation.    I
favor the   President's   progressive ideas,  but   I   cannot   trust
with implicit   confidence   Cannon's and Aldricb's espousal of
the progressive cause.    I   have
evidence that makes me believe
they are  not  favorable   to   the
essential features of the   President's best ideas, and   I   should
scrutinize very closely any  bill
drafted by them or their agents.
I am willing- to vote for a  good
measure drafted by   the   forces
of Cannon and Aldrich; but I reserve the rig-ht deleg-ated to me
by  the   district  I  reprsent,   to
scrutinize closely  the   form  of
such    measures   when it comes
from that source as in fact, from
any source, to see that   the   realization of its substance is  not
defeated by inconsistent   reservations, provisos and   constitutional objections.    Your  objection to me, however,   seems   in
some thing's to date back   to   a
period when I made   an   attack
on Cannonism and   Aldrichisiu,
and now I feel that my being- in
disfavor wiih your Department
is due to my opposition  to  the
leaders of the House and Senate.
I assume, also, that you are   in
good faith in thinking- that,   because they are the apparent leaders of the Republican party, I,
a Republican, should act in concert with these so-called   leaders.    If that is so, there  is   an
irreconcilable conflict on, for   I
do not recog-nize  them   as   the
leaders of the Republican party.
The party must stand   for   the
people   first,   while   these   so-
educated
surrounding- country are friendly
toward the enterprise and are
willing- to co-operate with the
merchants in a matter which
deeply affects the welfare and
prosperity of both merchant
and farmer.
The auction sale which was
the center of interest for a good
share of the day was held in upper town. Tim Perry, of Little
Palls, who was employed as
auctioneer, was kept busy disposing- of horses, cattle, machinery and various articles too
numerous to mention, from a-
bout 10 A. M. to 4 P. M. The
Clerks memoranda showed sales
amounting to nearly $1600. Of
course a f<*w of these were not
bona fide sales. The merchants
all report an unusually large
trade especially in those lines
on which they had reduced
prices for the occasion The
Journal received a large number of new subscriptions for
which we are duly thankful.
DR. SEGUIN GOES
TO NEW klUfoiCH
We neglected in the last issue of the Journal to maJkJe
note of the departure of Dr.
I'.dw. Seguin au 1 family iff or
New Munich/o^ffme timeag<>
the doctor sold his practice to
Dr. Kahala wiih the intention
of selecting a rew loc.i'ion.
After looking i-ver some of
the near-by towns he dv cided
on New Munich. He has
practiced medicine in ibis vicinity f »r the past seven years
and had a lucrative practice.
The doctor a: d his estimable
wifeleft many friends who
regretted to see them sever
their connection with our village but wish i hem success
and prosperitv in their new
field.
VILLAGE ELECTION
As predicted, the annual village election proved to be a
rather hot contest and two
councilmen and the recorder
were elected by a bare majority of one vote. Jacob Neisius,
as president of the village council, had no opposition and there
was no contest over the offices
of justice and constable. The
spur proposition cut some figure with the election altho it
was not a clearly defined issue
judging from the result of the
balloting.
The following shows the number of votes received by each
candidate:
No of votes cast 103
President—
Jacob Neisius 98
Trustees— ■
Joe Ries 51
C. E. Gravel 65
Jake   Meyer 65
Treasurer—
Andrew Paust 67
Recorder—
FrankGrell 52
Justice—
P. Zuleger [
P. Wise
Constable—
A. Bentfeld | ...
no opposition
MR. AHLES ELECTED      TELEPHONE    MEETING
PRINCIPAL
At a recent  meeting of the
..no opposition
O. Brunnett \
Town of Pierz.
Supervisor—Louis Feucht.
Clerk—C. A. Virnig.
Treasurer—Nick- Lochner.
Justice—Frank Zuleger.
Constable—Frank Ranch.
The following parties were
elected as road masters:
1. District:    M. Rauch.
2. ,, V. Schraut.
3. ,. Conrad S_.angl
4. ,, P. L. Girtz.
5. ,. Gerh.' Terhaar.
6 ,, Mike Nagel.
7. ,, Joe Grittner.
Money was raised as follows
For town revenue and roads,
SHOO,'for Poor fund S300, and
for contagious disease fund,
$100.
DIED
Wm. Vosen died at Cathay,
Willis Co. N. D., last Monday
at the age of 29 years. The de
ceased was a son of Geo. Vosen
who was a resident of Pierz and
vicinity for many years, and a
grandson of Mrs. Vosen and a
son-in law of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kluge. He leaves a wife
and three children to mourn his
death.    Mrs. Robert Kluge left
Town of MiHman.
Supervisor—Math. Juetten.
Clerk—H. C. Zempel.
Treasurer—John Wytasek.
Jus'.ice—Peter Thies.
Constable—Chas. Lust.
Town of Agram.
The town   election was  not
verv   largelv  attended,  there
being only 2-3 vot-. s cast.  John
Langer   who has  held  the  of
fice of'chairman   for  23  years
was beaten  by only   one vote,
although he  was   not a candidate     The officers elected for
the ensuing year are:
Sup rvisor—John Leidolt.
Treasurer—Herm. Terhaar.
Clerk—Herman Vierk Jr.  in
place of Henry  Wuellner
who was  not a candidate
this year.
Justice—Henry Wuellner.
Constable—Jos. Rathbun.
principal of the village schuo s
for the coming year, Mr.
A. hie a is somewhat acquainted
in this vicinity having spent
ihe Christmas holidays this
year with Fiank Marshik. He
is a man of high intellectual
attainments and pleasing personality and the selection of
the board will undoubtedly
give universal satisfaction to
the patrons of the school. Mr.
Ahles is well qualified for the
position being i graduatefrom
the advanced course of the St.
Cloud normal school.
Mr. Philip Gi erger who r_-
tiresas principal of theschools
at the close of the vear has
given the best of satisfaction
during his incum ency, the
cause of his resignation being
-imply a matter of salary. He
has accepted a position as
principal of the village school
at St. Joseph, Minn.
Sold Four Farms
John Schmolke informs us
that he sold three farms last
week and one this week all in
the town of Buckman. This indicates that the tide of immigration is moving this way.
Outsiders are getting wise to
the fact that the eastern part
of Morrison Co. offers the best
kind of inducements for farming
stockraising. etc. The land
which cannot be excelled in
productiveness is still comparatively cheap.
The farm of H. Wieland
of Buh will hereafter be
known as the Platte River
Valley Farm. The above
name willadorn Mr. Wieland's
letter heads and envelopes
which he h is ordered printed
at the Journal office.
gatlhe^beHe". Ki ISS.- «"»*-» *****   man.
few should have all  they   wantj111^-	
first and the people  take   what ■---.,.—	
is left. You must realize that I reg-arci for the office nor for the
both these men, and a few of I presjdent himself than I have
their most ardent followers, are and j nave no dispute with the
a great burden to the party and j president officially or other-
a greater burden to the people;; wjse     j am here as a represen
Town of Buh.
Supervisor—L. Spanfellner.
Clerk—Frank Konen.
Treasurer—John Boser.
Justice—Theo. Ortman.
Constable--Barney Faust.
The meeting held in the village hall last Friday   for   the
purpose     of     o-ganizing     a
board of eduoaii >■-, Nicholaus | Farmers' Telephone     Co.   in
Ah'es of St.Cioud was elected  th. vicinity of Pierz was   well
attended by enthusiastic supporters of the project. The
meeting was called to order
by Henry Wuellner who explained the purpose of the
meeting in a short sp.ech. A.
F>. Renyolds also spoke in favor of a Farmers' Telephone
Co. Herman Terhaar was e-
lected chairman pro tem.
The meeting then passed a
resolution to organize by e-
lecting officers for the proposed Telephone Co. with the
lollowing result: F. O. Bolster
president and Henry Wuellner, secretary. Another
meeting will be called in the
near future to make permanent organization and to e;ect
a board of directors.    .
THE AGILE  ESKIMO.
Habit  Enables  Him to  Scale  Ice  Clad
Heights With  Ease.
"Iu all mv experience I lind never
encountered a rougher, more difficult
country ia which to hunt than in
Ellesmere Land," writes Horry Whitney in Outing. "Ordinarily I should
have believed these mountain sides.
with walls of smooth rock sheathed
with a crust of hard ice and snow,
quite unscalable.
"In places they were almost perpendicular. Rarely did they offer a crevice to serve as foot or hand hold, and
jutting points and firm set bowlders
were too widely scattered to be of
mu'-h  help.
"In this his native land the Eskimo
has a decided advantage over the
white hunter, His lifetime of experience has taught him to senile these
ice clad heights with a niir,!^it)^B and
ease that are astounding. Ha* ii*quite
fearless, and even the mountain sheop
is not his superior as a climber.
"As if by magic and with little apparent effort the two Eskimos Cow up
the slippery walls, far outstripping
me. How they did It I shall never
know. Now and again I was for. ed
to cut steps in tho ice or I should inevitably have lost my footing and
been hurled downward several hundred feet to the rocks beneath.
"I was astonished even at my own
progress, nnd when I paused to glance
behind me I felt a momentary panic.
But there was uo turning back, and
ono look robbed me of any desire to
try  it.
'•The Eskimo has no conception i f
distance. lie is endowed with certain
artistic Instincts which enable him to
draw a fairly good map of a coast
line with which he is thoroughly fair, but lie cannot tell you how far
It is from one point to anotlW- Often
when Eskimos told me a pliuw \\ •
bound for was very close at hand it
developed that we were far from it.
This they are never sure of and cannot indicate.
"The Eskimos have a white man
'stung to death' from every point of
view. Theyi.uot only can go to sleep
promptly; biit sleep soundly pitd well
a»j they travel when circumstances
petunit. They get sustenance, too, by
eating hard frozen walrus: and seal
meat) or blubber. This I could never
do, for It Is so strong in flavor that it
invariably nauseated1 me, though I did
succeed' wry well with raw hare or
door's moat when I had it."
Mail Service on Soo
The towns along the Brooten-
Duluth branch of the Soo are to
have railway mail service beginning March 21. Postmaster
Hennen has been instructed to
receive proposals until March
13 for carrying the mail from
the Soo station to the village.
It is understood that only a
,'closed-pouch" service is to be
established at this time. Regular service will probably be
inaugurated about July 1.
Town of Leigh.
Supervisor -John Baasner.
Clerk -O. C. L- igh.
Treasurer—Au<_-. Drews.
Constable—Henry  Ferguson.
Relics Of a Former Age
Joseph Gaida of Two Rivers
was in Pierz last Monday and
exhibited a number of specimens cf carved stone which he
claims to have dug out of the
ground near TwoRiver creek.
The specimens are in the form
of a cross and range in size
from one-half i ch to an inch
in length.
T hey have the appearance
of having been wrought out of
a hard stone in some remote
ag« ; but when and by whom,
it is impossible to even surmise. The specimens would
certainly be interesting to a
studentofarchaeology. They
are now in the possesion of
Dr. Kerkhoff, he having purchased them from Mr. Gaida.
BLU^DERI'.G   REPORTERS.
Card of Thanks
We wish to extend our heartfelt thanks to all our friends
who aided and sympathized
with us during the illness and
after the death of our beloved
son, Reinhold.
Adam Bentfeld,
Julia Bentfeld.
USING A RING UFE
PRESERVER.
On all steamships and many docks are life preservers
of the ring type, to be thrown
to persons struggling in the
water. The proper way to
grasp such a preserver in the
water is to take hold of the
side nearest and press down
with all \our might. The
best thing to put new life into
a person after struggling in
the water is golden grain belt
beer, as all who have tritd it
can agree. Order of )our
nearest dealer or be supplied
by E. S. Tanner, Little Palls
MORRISON COUNTY
TELEPHONE
COHPANY
A. E. Reynolds, Local Manager
OPEN HOURS
From 7:30 A.M. to 12 M.
,,       1 p.m to 6 P.M.
7    ,,    to 9    ,,
Every day except Sunday.
The service Sunday will  be
from 9 to 10 in   the morning
and 7 lo 8 in the evening.
We buy for ca*h and
sell f r cash, in fact we
do business only on a
strictly cash basis and
therefore can p y the
highest mar net prices
for everything In our line
and sell for a small profit. We s licit your pa -
ronage and will treat
you right but our motto
Is:
Positive I v No Credit.
Town of Granite.
Supervisor—Christ. Schlegel.
and the sooner their  leadership . tative 0f the district that elect-  ril0t    H ff
ceases, the safer the   future  ot| ed m^ and as long as I hold of-  treasurer—Petei
:mann.
;r Billstein.
Schaefer & Zirngibl
DISTRICT COURT
The regular    March    term
A
the Republican party. j fice, I shall represent that   dis
I like to be one of a majority j ^rict according to my best
of Republicans to vote for and (judgement and as nearly as I
pass a good measure; but I will imow how to meet with the con-
not refrain from being one of a sistent demands of the people
majority of the House, com. there i know that a man of of district court was ope-.ed
posed of Republicans and Dem i „ experience realizes that Monday with Judge M. U.
ocrats, to vote for a good meas the president of the United Taylor on the bench. The
ure. I am for the progressive- j States is too busy to be able to session will probably not last
measures, so do not fear any o-he the amount of time and long as several of the old crim-
opposition from me to progres- studv to each of the questions ina] cases have been dismissed
sive measures that eminate from that arise in Congress that is ard a large number continued.
the    Administration,     lhat    is neceSsary to determine   in   all      The o-rand iurv was in ses-
7heVe Vrone' has"0,  v n\^ ,^* "^ *^ hm *hoM h*'  sion   Monday' afternoon   and
from.    No one Has  an.    nignerj ao be continued) i q>       ,
Child of Mr. and Mrs.
Reinhold the 7-yerr-old boy
of Mr. and Mrs. Adam Bentfeld, died Tuesday forenoon
at 11 o'clock of complications
following an attack of scarlet
fever and was interred at St.
Joseph's cemetery Wednesday at 2 o'clock p. m. Their
friends and neighbors deeply
sympathize with the bereaved
parents in their affliction.
Mistakes That   MangledtKe  Speakers'
Words  and   FesJings.
"D***unke__aes_ Ls folly!" earnestly exclaimed Bishop MagteFki the bouse of
lords on a celebrated occasion. How
horrified was the prelate to read in
the papers next morning that he had
given utterance to the very bacchanalian sentiment, "Drunkenness is
Jolly!"
Lord Salisbury was a master phrase-
maker,* but one of his best points was
spoiled when a careless reporter turned   his   reference   to   "manacles   and
.   Manitoba" into the meaningless "man-
Adaill Btntield  Dead   ac.*es and men at the bar."
Sir William Hareourt was badly misquoted once. "Great Is Diana of the
Ephesians!" he exclaimed upon the
platform, but a country paper had it:
"Great Dinah!   What a farce ls this!"
Lack of knowledge of familiar quotations is a prolific source of inisre-
porting. For instance, a speaker once
made use of the well known lines
from  Milton's  "L'Allegro:"
But come, thou goddess, fair and free,
In  heaven yclept Euphrosyne.
The country reporter deputed to
"take him down" was In despair. He
could not make head or tail of this
mysterious utterance. But, following
the sound as far as possible, he seized
his pen and produced the following
gem:
But come, thou goddess, lair and free.
In heaven she crept and froze her knee.
The   speaker   was   taken   down   In
more  senses   than   one.—London   An-
Fence Posts
For Sale
Good Cedar Posts,
Regulation Size, 1 Oc
a Piece. Leave Your
Order at the Mill.
G. E. Gravel.
WANTS
Advertisements in this column |
are  charged for at  the  rate of j
| five cei ts per line. |_
For Sale. The stum pace
onS}_ of N. W.% of Sec. 27,
town of Hillman. Vv i 1 mike
about 1000 loads of wood
Jos. H. Gre 1.
FOR    RENT— Improv d
farm nt-ar Pierz.
F. J. Gilbride, Pierz, Minn.
Henry Wuellner has the distinction of having made both
the largest and smallest sale
at the auction on Market day.
He sold a horse for $175 an I
a pair ot swea t pad-^ for 5
cents.
FO    RENT—After Ap'i   1
my seven room dw. lii ■_ houst
next door to drug store.    Ii _
quire of John  Prit-mesb rge
Peter T. Mueller of Buck-
man went to Jessie. N. Dak.
Wednesday.
Dr. Seg-uin came up from New
Munich today.
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