The Pierz Journal (Pierz, Morrison County, Minnesota), 1910-03-31

              JOURNAL.
VOL. 1.
PIERZ, MORRISON COUNTY, MINNESOTA, MARCH 81,  1910.
NO. 41
LINDBERGH  LETTER
Last spring, Calendar Wednesday was invented as an excuse "for "cold-foot" Members
to support the old House Rules.
Of course to have made even
that little concession was gal-
lin-- to the reactionaries, but
ihey had to do it to save the
day.
Last week, seemingly regret-
ing" that so much had been con-
ceded, the regulars sought to e-
masculate Calendar Wednesday
by giving certain other matters
preference. On Tuesday the
Progressives and Democrats de-
defeated an appropriation for
the maintenance of the Speaker's automobile. The Regulars
blame their loss to the absence
of some of their colleagues.
The loss of automobile mainten-
ence to.be raid for by the public, was not so important to
them, however, as to keep the
impression from going out to
the country that they were losing control. Every reader will
recall that the Associated Press
reports of the past few weeks
have been colored in their accounts of the weakness in the
Progressive ranks. With the
sound of trumpets on the morning of Calendar Wednesday,
the whip of the reg-ulars demanded a roll call, the idea being to let the world know that
they still controlled. They
sprang, what they termed, a
a privileged resolution to sheer
Calendar Wednesday of its purposes. That immediately
brought on a contest. The
Speaker took sides with, and
ruled in favor of, his Old Guard.
An appeal was taken to the
House, and the Speaker made
an-impassioned speech, imploring nay, almost praying, the
Members to support his ruling,
but that notwithstanding he
was defeated.
On  Thursday,  the  right  was
ACCIDENT ON SOO        MARKET DAY
The west-bound train on
the Soo, due in Pierz at 3:11
p. m. did not arrive here until
evening on Monday in consequence of an accident that occured near Soiana. Mr. A. E.
Macho who was a passenger
on the train states that two
loaded freight cars in the
middle of the train, in some
manner became derailed and
were dragged tor some distance over the ties.
The passengers were not
disturbed and did not know an
accident had occured until the
train stopped. Little damage
was done excepting the loosening and smashing up of a num-
er of ties.
Pierz will hold her second
Market Dav Saturday and it
is expecteu that despite the
fact that the farmers are bu-->y
seeding, the to-vn will be filled
to its capacity. A fine auction sale will be held as before and buvers will be here
from outside points. The
merchants are < tiering great
inducements by sacrificing
their profits on certain lines
of goods.
Runaway Accident
Mrs. John Schmidtbauer
was quite badly injured in a
runaway last week. While
riding home one of the shafts
of the buggy broke near tiie
axle causing the buggy to run
sideways into a wire fence.
Mrs Schmidtbauer was thrown
out, sustaining a bad cut on
the cheek and upper lip and
breaking several teeth.
Dwelling House  Burned
The dwelling house of Henrv Roos three miles southeast
of Be ckman was burned to
the ground last Tuesday.
The cause of the fire is not
known. Only a few of the
household effVcts were saved.
No insurance was carried.
renewed with greater intensity.
No printed account' can even
approximately show the intensity of the 29 hours running con-
y- test     without    recess.      Some
* Members turned pale
from exhaustion. The
Speaker had the power to hold
off tiie decision as long as he
chose, (tie took occasional
rests by calling other Members
to preside.) He brought Members to his support who were a
thousand miles away when the
fight began. So far as I know
he had every Member but one
present that would support
him. Even those who opposed
Cannonism could not refrain
from admiring the grand old
tighter, tho he was not lighting
for the people, and this was a
people's fight. If it had been
purely a personal matter, I
shonld have felt like voting for
the Iron Duke from Daneville to
keep his seat; but the public is
above any personal consideration, and as Cannon is for machine rule, I did not allow my feel-
\ ings of admiration for his great
fight to give approval to Cannonism. I do not think, however, that anyone should be
criticised for having voted a-
gainst vacating his seat. In
the evening after the contest,
the SpeaKer himself stated that
only 0 of those who had voted
against him had the courage of
their convictions. 1 am sorry
that he should have made
that statement, for while I v.
one of the 9, I nevertheless
know that most of the progressives who vot<::l against vacating his seat, have the courage
of their convictions. It was a
sudden motion. No time was
given to meditate. There was
debate. For three days the
Speaker had been whipped a-
gain and again in each successive contest, and much of his
__, power had  been   shorn.    There
he stood just before the last
vote, tired and worn, facing the
full membership but fame as
ever. It was a psychological
moment, and humaa sym;
may well be excused in lhat
trying moment for having erred
in his favor.
The Rules Committee is ordinarily one for ei_.erjre-r.cj".
When the regular rules do not
tit, that Committee brings in a
special rule to be adopted by
the House, to govern a special
case and ends with that case
disposed of. It was that Committee that brought in a special
rule that effectually prevented
individual Members irom offering amendments to  the  Payne -
New Bakery
Pierz can now boast of a fine
new bakery with a capacity
large enough to supply a town
twice the size of PL rz. John
Schaefer deserves credit for
his enterprise for putting up
such a fine and up-to-date
plant and should he well patronized.
Aldrich Tariff Bill. That Committee has not dared to bring in
special rules this session.
They feared a contest on the
rules, and it was only by an inadvertence of the machine leaders that the question was
brought up at this time. It
would have come, however, before the close of the session,
for the In mrgents had been prepared for this all the time.
The    $53,000,000   Rockefeller
Foundation as a starter  for  an
Educational    Endowment   fund
is knocking at the doors of Congress  for   a   Federal   Charter.
Should that be  supported?    As
yet there is little opposition on
the part of the    Members,   but
as it has not yet   come   up   for
discussion it is difficult to forecast the sentiment of the House.
I do not now raise   the   question of good faith   on  the part
of Mr.  Rockefeller   in  his purpose.    He    has   already   given
according     to    reports,   about
$120,000,000 to different institu
tions   of  his  own  selection.*   I
shall not vote a  Federal   Charter to him or any party, to  dispose    of   funds   gathered  from
the earnings of the  people,   unless ample provision is made for
its bearing a just   proportion of
the common taxes.    During the
year 1909 wealthy   people   contributed about   $141,000,000   to
(copy illegible)  such   purposes.
Two men, yet   living,   have   already given   away   about  $300-
000,000 and so far as can be  ascertained, these sums in  general, both,   before   their  donation
and since, seem to have escaped
taxation.    But  aside   from  the
question of   taxation,    I   doubt
very much   the  advisability  of
creating institutions for   educational purposes,   supported  by
individual contributors   who, to
direct    the    education    of   the
youth,   secure   instructors   who
are prejudiced by the   influence
from which the great   contribtr
tions come.    I would rather see
our educational institutions  under the  direction  of  the  state
with the liberality of the general public directing them.   Space
does not permit  my  discussing
it in   detail.    I   mention   it   so
that if th' re is any general sen-
!it in the District   in   favor
of centralizing the education  of
this country in a very few institutions, under the   guidance   of
those who tax us for this by adding to the price   of  commodities that we  require  from   day
to day, it is a good time for the
press   to   discuss   it.    The   farther we  remove  the  education
Will Build New Bridge.
Mr. Hewett nf the Hewitt
Bridge Co. of Minneapolis was
here Tuesday to assist in
planning a new. bridge across
Skunk river, near Joe Eisel's
place. He, with Commissioner Virnig, Henry Gassert,
chairman of Buh, and Christ
S.hlegel, chairman of Granite
drove out and looked over the
ground. It was decided to
put in a steel bridge 36 feet
long and 16 feet wide. The
bridge being on a state road,
th * expense of building same
will have to be borne by the
eountv and the two towns of
Buh ; nl Granite. Notice for
bids will be given later.
Leg Will Be Amputated
William Eller will have his
leg amputated above the knee
to-day at Little Falls. He
has been in the hospital lor
some time undergoing treatment. His knee was opened
twice and portions of the bone
removed,but withont avail,
and it was decided by the
doctors that the only way to
obiviate    the  trouble   was  to
amputate the   limb.    It
severe ordeal and   Mr.
has the symp:vthv of all.
is   a
Eller
Peter Virnig Improving
The friends of Peter Virnig,
who has been serioaslv ill for
some time and was obliged to
resign his office as county
commissioner on that account
last fall, is fast regaining his
health. He attributs the improvement to the use of the
X-ray. He purchased a machine some time ago nnd has
used it constantly with the
result that he has gained 16
lbs. in weight and is able to
;et about and do light work.
Telephone Meeting
A meeting of the farmer's
of Agram town was held in
the village hall Tuesdav, the
object being to organize a
telephone company. E. R.
Grier. representing the Chicago Telephone G>., was present and gave information regarding "telephone matters.
N- thing definite was decid-
and the meeting adjourned.
It is understood that another
meeting will be called soon.
Fire Loss Adjusted
The Pierz Farmers' Mutual
Fire Ins. Co. met in the village
hall last Tuesdav for the purpose of adjusting the claim of
Mr. and Mrs. Anton Jamma
whose dwe'ling house was recently destroved by fire. The
building was insured for $850
and the furniture, bedding,
clothing et". fo*- $150. The
loss on household goods was
adjusted at S100, making a
total  of  $050,   which  amount
HALLEY'S COMET
On May 18 many of us earth
beings will witness a sight the
like of which has never before
been seen of men, at least since
men have kept a written history
of events. On that day for
over three hours we shall be
viewing the sun through the
great blazing head of a comet.
Of a sudden our earth, swinging thru space at the rate of 65-
000 miles per hour, will plunge
into the tail of Halley's comet,
close to the neck of it. The
tail will have been whipped a-
gainst us at its own speed of
105,000 miles per hour. Thus
this globe will dive thru the luminous haze at a total speed of
170,000 miles per hour, 47 miles
per second, the earth entirely
immersing herself in the celestial mist in less than three minutes, yet so thick is the tail at
the point of perforation—600,-
000 miles—that we shall be
nearly three hours and a half
passing thru.
What will happen? No two
scientists agree in detail. They
are, however, practically certain there will no harm be done
to any creature of the earth,
save the harm which fear does.
But the superstitious are almost certain to be stricken
with mortal terror during that
three hours.
For those three hours will
show to men the most sublime,
awe-inspiring display of heavenly fireworks this earth has witnessed since space roared with
the primordial iiames of creation, the astronomers say.
But the chances are it wall be
nothing but light—terrific, but
harmless. E'or our sunlight
during those 205 minutes will be
filtered thru the comet's head
or nucleus (the head will be e-
ciipsing the sun) and that head
will have just come from a bath
in the very flames of the sun.
This gaseous head, 51 times as
big as our earth and onlv 14,000
000 miles away (a mere step
compared even with the distance
to the sun) will be boiling, fuming, exploding, blasting, in titanic convulsions of heat after
its recent experience.
And it is thru such a lens that
our sunlight must come  liltered
for three hours  and a  half  on
May Id.
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We'll be in Halley's comet's
tail over three hours. Will the
effect be proportionately awful?
Scientists all over the earth
are warning people to be prepared for strange sights, but
not to be frightened. For, as
the saying goes, the whole 62,-
000,000 miles of its tail, condensed, "might be packed in a
trunk."
Says Andre,   director of  the
Lyons observatory: ''You  must
not be astonished if it shows an
aspect as strange and stranger
than anything ever seen before."
What effect the adventure will
have upon the earth is disputed.
Comets  are   little  understood.
There    are   instruments  which
can detect their weight and   instruments which partially show
their  composition,  but  beyond
those known facts   each   scientist has a different explanation.
A recent theory   is   that   the
comet nucleus or head is simply
an   enourmous   gas   lens,   and
what appears to be a tail is,   in
reality, only the pencil of   concentrated sunlight such as  proceeds from an ordinary searchlight.    Outside   of   this   pencil
we   can    see   its   lergth.    But
once in it, we would observe only an increase in   the   heat   and
brilliancy of the sunlight.
Under this theory the only effect that will be noticed Many
18 will be that the sunshine will
fairly burn one. But in the
shade it should be fairly comfortable.
If the comeT's tail is of gas,
at least Ihe gas is much diluted.
Some observers fear The deadly
cynagon gas. Dilu.ed, such a
gas might Turn The whole very
sick lo its slomach for Two or
rhree hours.-Superior Telegram
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Re'atives here have received
word of the death of FredYal-
entine a former resident of
Little Falls. Mr. Valentine
who came to this city when a
voung man, left for the west
about two years and a half ago.
While in this city he was for
a time eng-aged in business
a_id before going  to Spokane
member  of  the  polic
was a
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