The Pierz Journal (Pierz, Morrison County, Minnesota), 1910-05-05

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VOL. 1.
PIERZ, MORRISON COUNTY, MINNESOTA, MAY 5, 1910.
NO. 46
NAME YOUR FARM
The practice of naming- farms
in this country as well as in
Europe is becoming* more popular every year. The farmer
Thursday afternoon i should think enough of his farm
rates   for   assessing ] which may be his   home   for   a
ASSESSORS'
MEETING THURSDAY
The assessors of   the   county
met   at the court house,  Little
Palls last
to tix the
personal property and  real   es- j Hfe time and probably his child-
tat-*, iy every assessor in I ren*s after   him   to   give   it   a
the county was present
The following* rates were a-
greed upon:
One year old horses, $10.
Two year old horses, $18.
Three year old horses, $30
Stallions—20 times cost of
service.
One year old cattle. $5
Two year old cattle, $8.
Cows, SI 2.
Working oxen. $22.
All other cattle,   3   years   or Ashland
Over, $15. Blue Grass
Sheep of all ages, $2.00 Beaver Creek
Hogs of all ages, ! Cloverdale
Wagons,    carriages,   sleighs,  Clovernook
bicycles, 40 per cent. Center Grove
Automobiles and other power Dell Grove
vehicles, 50 per cent. Eden Valley
Items 16 to  20,   inclusive,   40 Evergreen
per cent. Pairlawn
Items 28 and 30, 40 per cent.    Grand View
Sewing machines, 40 per cent Green Field
Watches and  clocks,   40  per Hillcrest
cent. Highland
Melodiens and organs, 40   per Lakeview
cent. Little Bluff
Pianos, $80. I Meadow Lawn
Household goods, 40 per cent.! Near Town
Office furniture, 40 per cent.     Oakcrest
Farm tools and machinery, 40 Old Orchard
per cent. Prairie View
Threshing machines40 percent Pleasant View
Gold and silver plate 40percent Plum Grove
Diamonds and jewelry, 40 per Riverview    *
cent. River Bluff
Items 11 to'23, inclusive,40per Silver Creek
cent. Silver Leaf
Dogs, $5. Summit
All other items, 40 per cent.     Spring Valley
Real estate will be   assessed The Pines
in three classes, as follows:        [Twin Bluffs
1st class    Agram. Huh, Pierz (Upland
Bellevue,   Two   Rivers,    Swan Vineland
River, Pi!:e Creek,    Elm   Dale,
Buckman.    Improved lands, $5.
Unim prove •
2nd Class—Little Falls, Belle
Prairie, Ripley, Green Prairie,
Randall, Culdrum, Swanville,
Granite, Rail Prairie. Parker,
Morrill, Clough, Scandia Valley. Improved, i?i.">0. Unimproved- S2.50.
3rd class—Platte, Pulaski,
Mt. Morris, Richardson, Hill-
man, Lakin, Rosing, Motley,
Gushing. Improved, $4.00. Un
improved, $2.00
The assessors commenced the
wTork of assessing Monday.
name. Select an appropriate
name and have it recorded with
the register of deeds as provided by law. The location or
characteristics of the place will
probably suggest a good name
or the following may be of assistance. After you have selected a name, get some stationery printed with the name
ol your farm upon it.
Buena Vista
Bluffland
Black Fields
Clover Lawn
Cotton Crest
Cold Spring
Edge Water
Eaglecrest
Elm Grove
Fairview_
Greenwood
Hillside
Hilldale
Kenwood
Lakeside
Maple Grove
Meadow Brook
North Side
Orchard Lake
PleasantValley
PleasantGrove
Point Look
Riverside
Ridgewood
River Bend
Spring Brook
Spring Creek
Sunnyside
The Meadows
The Oaks
The Willows
Valley View
Villa View
Walnut Grove     Woodland
Wildwood Willow Creek
ARRET DAY
TO HAVE SIDETRACK   iVALUABL. HORSE
Saturday* May 7th
Will Be Greatest Auction Sale and Bargain Day in History of Pierz
PETER WOHLFELD
DEAD
Pierz is preparing for a
grand market day next Saturday. This will be the tune
for the farmers lo bring in
everything they wish to sell
and take advantage of the
free auction sale. Many have
signified their intention of
bein_r pres'.nt and competing
for the prizes and the indications are that the attendance wili be very large and
the auctiont er will be k'-pt busy all dav. Buyers will be
here from outside points.
Don't fail to come and   bring
your family as there will be
so Teething doing in Pierz on
that day.
The following cash p i/.es
will be offered on Market Da\ :
For beef steer or cow sold
in Pierz for highest price,Si.50
For dairy cow sold in Pierz
for highest price, SI.50
For largest load of wheat
hauled to the mill bv
oue team $1.50
For | air of pigs under six
weeks, sold for highest
price, $1.50
Theo. Billmeyer,   the   newly
appointed postmaster at Center Valley, was in   the   village
. ad informs us that the
in to fly in the  big
jgr,: r   the   side   track   at '
that      place.    The   citizens   of
I Center Valley and vicinity will
| get together, next   Monday and
j rush the grading as fast as possible, so that in a short time the
side track will be completed.
A ni- \ town road running
north and south thru section .
and directly thru Center Valley
station has been proposed and
undoubtedly will b. ruct-
ed in a short time.
KILLED
A RUNAWAY
tV!EET.?.G OF
CCUMTY BOARD
DlED 1ft SAN
FRANCISCO
The county commissioners j Prank Boehm received a
met Tuesday in regular' 1 tier from an attendant in a
monthly session.All membe rs a San Francisco, C 1 .   hospi
piesent A large amount cf
i outine work was attended to
such as the hearing of petitions and the allowing of bills.
An abatement of taxes was
allotted to Jacob Neisius.
The county road and
bridge fund was divided a-
mong the five districts, each
receiving S1000.
Commissioner Virnig ap-
propri.ited in his district, $100
to the town of Little Falls and
$75 to the town of Agram.
Grimy Structure Mad-.;
Beautiful
Peter   Wohlfcld,   a  farmer
resident ot the town   of   Buh
and a brother-ii -law of Job,.
D.mek, died at Le. ora Lake,
Saskatchewan, Canada last
week. In a leiter received by
Tbe >. Gross advising him of
the death, no particulars
were giv.-n as to cause, Out as
Mr. Wohlfcld was nearly
eh<-hte- years old his death
was probablv due to old age.
I The cec-ased was well known
ele-'ard had many friends in    this
har- vicinitv.
In order that Lie steel
vat d    structure    might
monize with the surrounding
a    Kortst Hills, a   suburb   of
ol Bos'.on, a portion of it   v.as
covered   wi h    Concrete   and GEORGIA      Klf-STCELS
converted fro n a sordid  look-:
ing affair to a thing of beauty. I "J" (~~) [\j | (^ J—| "~f
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Just before, retirit.g tak.* a
glass of golden grain belt
beer. Owing-.to its nourishing food values there is noth-
bettvr for a tonic. Order of
your nearest dealer or besup-l
plied bv E. S. Tanner, Little
Falls, Minn.
Faust's Opera House
The   famous    Colored    Comedians are giving the best show
the road.
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CONFECTIONERY
Lunches Seid al All Hours
Us® ©ream i Sod
FiESHi CAND1
tobaccos & on
Everything -New, Neat and "Nitty"
INE LARGEST AND MOsT COMPLETE SODA
LOUIS TAIN OUTSIDE OF THE LARGE CITIES-
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Nearly every corn grower
knows very well what constitutes the nupiber of plants in
his ideal hill of corn. Yet many fail to secure such a stand
and do no realize the importance
of having a good stand. The
missing stalks and. hills in every cornfield represent practically a deduction from the net
profit on the held.
The corn planter cannot, be
held responsible for seed that
will not germinate. This must
be attended to before the seed
is put into the ground and the
only reliable method of knowing the vitality of seed corn is
to test it alitor germination by
th   individual ear test.
3 care the farmer may practically regulate the number of
kernels per hill and the depth
at which it is planted. That
the planting may be as near perfect as possible, there are certain things to be attended to.
It is necessary that the seed
bed be well worked previous to
the planting and that it be
comparatively smooth on the
surface. It is, of course, essential that the planter operate
freely and be in first class
working order.
The corn itself is the most
common cause of an uneven
planting, and one .that easily
remedied. Sorting the seed
ears into two or more groups,
according* to size and similarity
of keernl and then discarding
the butt and tip of each earwill
help very much in getting a uniform seed. A much better
way, however, is to discard the
butt and tip oi" each ear before
shelling and then thoroughly
grade the shelled corn with a
good corn grader.
When seed has been reduced
to a uniform size, it becomes
quite an easv matter to select
the desired seed plates for the
planters. Seed plates ought
never to be used in planting until the drop has been thorough-
7y tried with some of the seed.
The aim should be to secure
a definite drop for each hill
and not a general average.—U-
niversity Farm PressNews.
tal notifying him of the death
of his broth* r-in-luw, Martin
Leeb. Mr. Leeb was a single
man and had no relatives in
that city. He came to the
hospital a sick man and died
there April 11th. A letter
from Frank Boehm was
found       in       his pocket
and Mr. Boehm was
informed of the death. Th.
deceased was well known in
I i rz and vicinitv and made
bis home at Mr. L_oehm's
when here. He went west a
few vears ago and finally
landed in San Francisco
where he died. He leaves five
brothers, Michael :T.d Joseph
in Alberta, Canada, Gngor
in Oregon and John and
George in Pierz; also three
sisters: Mrs. Frank Boehm,
Pierz, Mrs. George Deuschof
Saskatchewan, Canadi and
[another sister in Austria-Hun*-
igarvj He was buried in the
|Holy Cross cemetery at tan
i Francisco.
A runaway ocurred last Friday a few miles south of the
village which might have ended seriously. A hide buyer
drove into Jos. Oestreich's
place to water his team. The
horses became frightened and
started to run. The driver, in
trying to catch them, was
caught by the tongue of the
wagon, knocked down and dragged a few rods where he was
picked up senseless. He, however, recovered in a few minutes
and found that his injuries were
not serious. The team dashed
thru a half dozen fences and
was finally caught at Ludwig
Otasek's place.
Frank Rauch lost a mare valued at $250 last Saturday c
While driving home from
Pierz and going down a hill
near his home the team, which
was rather spirited, started up
at a swifter gait and when Mr.
Rauch attempted to hold them
back he discovered that
the bits had gotten out of one of
the horses' mouths and he could
not check them without turning
them into a wire fence at the
side of the road. He therefore
let them go straight ahead, remaining on *the wag-on until
they were going at a furious
speed when he jumped to save
his life and turned twenty seven summer saults, scattering his
money all over the field.
The horses continued
in their mad flight until they
were brought to an abrupt halt
by running into a fence. A projecting rail struck the nigh
horse in the abdomen and penetrated about a foot and probably would have gone thru both
horses if there had not been a
crosspiece nailed upon it. Al-
a doctor was soon brought from
Little Falls the horse lived only a short time.
NEW r/lU.^ICH
BREWERY BURNED
John H. Grell received a   letter from Math Pitzl of New Munich     Monday   informing   himj
that the brcv ery at that   place
was   burned   Sunday.    As   the!
letter states, the machinery and j
beer cellar :'d' ,Purtbi had been feedi
er- lntorma as   to   loss   or!
insurance was not given. The
letter states that beer will be
delivered to patrons as   before.
John Schaefer oi th< Pierz bakery hereby announces that from
now on he will have white and
rye bread.bisc.fits, etc , on sale at
li. Zirngibl's meat market in upper town,
Geo Kiewel was in the   vil-
with
He
ns new
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A Chesnut
The interesting account given
by our Sullivan Lake correspondent and published in the
last two issues of the Journal
regarding the remarkable experience of a Sullivan Lake lady who tried the experiment of
setting a hen on china eggs suggests to our mind the old, and
perhaps to many, threadbare
story of the man who sought to
economize by substituting sawdust for chicken feed. After he
his chickens
the sawdust for some time he
set one of the hens on twelve
eggs. The result was that e-
leven of the eggs hatched out
chickens with wooden legs and
the twelfth a woodpecker.
MORRISON COUNTY
TELEPHONE
COf-PANY
A Good Report
The annual report of the condition of the John Hancock Mu-
j tual Life of Boston, as made by
: a committee of policy holders
; appointed for the purpose,
j shows this company to have to-
': tal assets of $64,945,910, and a
! surplus above its policy re
i serves and all other liabi/ities
j of $6,ia9,153.
The committe referred
to the company's
extraordinary growth during
the past 20 years, in which time
its assets have grown from $3,-
548,080, and its surpVus to the
figures above mentioned
The income has grown from
81,799,548 to $22,302,391. The
insurance in force has made extraordinary gains in the two decades, from $45,879,1357 to $526,-
945,925 Since organization the
company has paid in benefits to
policyholders, inc/ubing exist-
reserve, over $138,000,000.
The company has just completed an immense new office
bui/ding iocated in the heart of
the business district. This
gives ampVe opportunity to care
for its growing business, besides renting a considerable
portion to other enterprises.
lage Monda
h. p. Buick. He took a few
of us for a spin around the
section and it has been impossible to o-et our hair to He
down since. Tony Stoll and
Frank Faust were seized
with nervous convulsions
and gripped the
"gunwales" of the auto so
tightly that their finger nails
cut thru the leather.
Mr. and Mrs. Anton Salorj-
dek of Little Falls were Pierz
callers Sunday.
H. Pinter representing
Stronge & Warner, milliners,
St. Paul, was in town Monday.
Born—To Mr. and Mrs.
John J. Boser, last Saturdav,
a daughter.
A. E. Reynolds, Local Manager
OPEN HOURS
From 7:30 A.M. to 12 M.
,,       1 p.m to G P.M.
,,     7    ,,    to 9    ,,
Every day except Sunday.
The service Sunday will be
from 9 to 10 in   the morning
and 7 to 8 in the evening.
WANTS
Advertisements in this column
are charged for at the rate of
five cects per line©.	
LOST—Sheepskin duck
coat between Pierz and Lastrup. Finder please leave at
N. H. Mueller's place.
John Zenner.
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Proprietress £
The Pierz Dramatic club
decided not to present their
wlav, "A Modern Ananias,,"
at Onamia as announced.
Joseph Melhart has begun
the erection of a building on
the lot adjoining the cream-
erv. The building will be
24x32 ft. and will be used for
a store and dwelling house
combined.
Chas. Gravel Sr. was in the
village Monday stopping over
on his way from Little Falls
to Ouamia.
CJ   We   loan   money   on   improved
FARMS at the cheapest rates.
€J We ofter you the Convenience and
Safety of a checking account.
Open   an  Account    now
with the
GERMAN
STATE BANK
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