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PIERZ, MORRISON COUNTY, MINNESOTA, DECEMBER 22, 1910.
NO. 27
PERSON! PROP'Y TAX ailMN.FAR^S PROSPER JEWELERS   ARRcSTEOfFR. BUH STILL ACTIVEIA    1 EW
LETTE
RS
The Amount You   are to Gon-, Census Figures Show Agricultut- Well   Known  Boys  From  Here-'
tribute to the County Before
March  1,1911
The Journal will print the
personal property tax ass
against the taxpayers of I
and adjacent 'owns, as it appears in the Transcript. Taxes
fall clue and must be paid before March 1 1911.
al Prope-ty is Rising
in Value
Are Entangled   in   the
Law
At Eighty His Step is   Nearly   as
Sprightly as When He Entered the Ministry
Written
to
By    Former   Residents
Their    Friends
Pierz
m
Monsignor J.  IT.   Bull of- Ely,
the celebrated Catholic mission-
Bolster, P- O $
Boehm, Prank	
Block, Gerath	
Boehm, P. X	
K.idenscbinl:, John	
Faust, Christ 	
Gendru, Paul    	
Guenther, Oscar	
Gruber, Jos.   	
i [esch, Anton	
Kandel, Prank	
Kippley, John _:	
Kubitschek, Matt.	
Langer, Peter 	
Lenger. John P	
Leidenfrost, W	
Loidoit, John	
Lander, Hubert	
Mever, Mary	
Meyer, Matt	
Neisius, Jolm	
Rathbun, Jos   ___
Rathbun,  Bowen       2.87
Rauch, Anton       6.85
Continued on page 4, column 4.
8.10
4.56.
3. 2 J
1.00
4.75
6.75
10.54
1.98
4.34
8.5.
3.81
7 56
5.51
3 80
4.74
7.46
11.33
2.75
5.08
6.75
-» 59
2.51
Washington, Dec. 20.— The ' Thursdays'Superior Telegram;
farm land of Minnesota, with Everybody connected with tbe
buildings included, increased auction sale now being conduct;*'ary, was at the St. Louis yes-
from $26 to §40 per acre in val- jed in the Waterman block was j terday. He came down on an
ue from 190 I t > 1910, as shown iplaced under arrest this after-1 errand of mercv, which is noth-
by the census returns. |noon by Lieut. D. W. Scoon   of ling new for him, and tho  he   is
There are 155.57S) farms in tbe the. police department. With just this side of 80 years of age
state. Tbe average size is 177 it wo officer.. Mr. ScoOn served et ihis step is rfearly as sprightly
acres, the total farm area being j batch of warrants on the pro* as when he entered upon a long
27,623,000 acres. The aggre- prietors; employes, alleged career in which errants of mer-
gate value of this vast acreage owners and next door neighbor.,, ley were to be one of the feu
was 81,250,510,000, including] The men under arrest are i tures, In a wild and inhospita-
$242-621,000 worth of buildings    charged   with     a     number    of; ble country, more   than   half   a
things.    During the past montl. • century  ago.      The   venerable
In commenting on the state-1 they have been engaged in a J prelate was an object of interment of the census bureau, Al-'war with the authorities and I est in the lobby of the hotel
bert E. Woods, dean of the col- 'the latest move on tbe part of j yesterday afternoon and early
leg'* of agriculture, said: tiie police is calculated to bring j last evening.    He came  to   Du-
"This report emphasizes a- every point raised by.the riWIjluth to see Judge Martin Hugh-
gain and again the wonderful (interests before the.court. es concerning Joseph judnik of
growth of Minnesota as an agri-]    The most important  charges El>, who was convicted   of  as-
!gi a-/.
was
Prtimes-
cultural state  during   tiie   last! against the' jewelry   people   is
ten years, and is a   remarkable ; conspiracy with attempt to  de-
sault in the   second   degree   recently, for   the   alleged   shoot-
Minnesota farmer. | the state of Wisconsin   out   of
'The figures prove that the. the license fees due Irom auc-
farmer is settling down to sys- tioneer*. Prank lilimek, An-
tematic and business-like meth- ton J. Kliaiek, A. L. Hendrick-
odsof agriculture, and a re-json, C. A. Wolfr and H.,E. Glen*
markable increase in intensive dore are alleged to be in the
framing is indicated by the   at-  conspiracy.
Jac p J in sky nnd Wm, R e-
le oi St. Cloud «•*.ere here
Monday to art, nd the I'm era]
of Mrs   Jos. Langer.
ValAltri. h'er of Littk-Falls
was here Mood v u, attend
the funeral of Mrs. Jos. Langer.
Geo. Vosen. th« iwo-and-
one-hal '-\\-;k old son of Mrs.
Wm. Vosen died Tuesdav
monvng 'I lie li'tle bov w s
o gra dchild of M-. and Mrs
P-pert K'a .•<-*. lie wis bu*--
i el wi * t. Joseph's church-
r! at 9 o'cl'C -. fhursd t\
ino   ning*.
Th o 0 tmann of Lastrup
was tiere Tuesday.
I h-ve a ful! stock of the latent1
Christmas tree candies trimmings i
Stationery,    pipes,    tobacco,    etc. !
Read my ad.   MINNIE FAUST.     j
I
More   cream    coming   now |
than he    xpeeted this   moil li, j
savs Aug. Leiter.
index to tiie prosperity   of  the j fraud the city of Superior   and j ing of a couple of   special   pol
icemen in the employ of the Oliver Mining Company last fall.
Monsignor Bub simply wished
to have the judge know that
he had investigated the history
of judnik and that the young
man had never before been convicted of a crime, and that
he had borne a good character
up to tbe time of his arrest.
Monsignor Buh has done missionary work among the Indians
of northern Minnesota for a
great many years. He has been
on the Vermillion range for a
quarter of a century, and at E-
ly for the past twelve years.—
Duluth News Tribune.
Father Buh came to Pierz as
missionary in the early seventies. Buh township was named
in his honor-
most doubled value of farm
building•?, farm lands and farm
machinery."'   — Mpls.   Tribune
School Reports.
Report of school district 131
for the month ending Dec. 14.
No. of piipls enrolled 17
No, of davs taught 2o
Average dafly attendance 15
Those who received certificates of attendance are: Math,
Lena and Gertrude Thommes;
Edward and Alois Eidenscbenk:
Bernhard and Louisa Sporlein
and August Schmidt: Those
absent two days or less are:
Casp.r and Katie Thommes;
Walter and Frences Sporlein
and William Meyer,
teacher.
Arthur St-d. >-ki so i o: Mr
S.isUosl.i ot Lastrup retun ed
fro n to.' \V'_*r«t last Mondav.
Mich. >'s new'store building
is   linos'. , om ;>le.t d  in I     M r
• I id n will m >\ uods in
to it -i b .ut    exr. i\ e*. k
Chris" A-nun Json of Morrill
■ndrickson is a Dulnth
jeweler and is claimed to be the
real owner of the Superior establishment'. Klimek Bros, are
the retail proprietors and Glen-
dore is tin.' auctioneer. C. A.
Wo Ik is the proprietor of an art
store next door to thejewelery
establishment and it is alleged
that he has received goods for
the purpose of deceiving the
authorities and escaping the
ice.	
N. Ahles wili .spend tne holiday- at home.
SHOT   TO   KILL
Fight   in    Dance    Hall-—Ycvth
Empties Revolver into
Victims Body
Harrv Albricht, 20, is in the
county jail at St. Cloud charged
with the murder of John O'Brien
30, a barber at glance held in
Wood man hall Tuesday evening
Some dispute arose about O'Brien's employer which was resented by O'Brien by   knockin;
PH1EST FOR 25 YEARS
Father Lawrence Steinkugler \Vas
Ordained  Twenty-Five
Years Ago
WORTH BUH
Frank Konen vi-uted 'Willi
Ed   Konen Thursday.
M'ss Eleonore Bet'enberg
w.i-i in P erz Saturd iy.
The Misses K unz ca'led o i
the Misses Thielen Sun 'ay
afterno n,
Ott i B i-er w s in to-i n la-t
Sat u rd i* .
Mis . A n na K id r< s called on
Miss Liz/, e Keller Sunday.
Adam    fenib'e
an
W11 e
trio -acted bu  uiebs   in
i ues  ay.
Henrv Cramer oi Rovrttton
wii-i lormerlv lived at Kucker
was in P,e z Vv'ednesdav.
Rev- Lawrence Steinkugler,
O S. B., last Tuesday morning at Lastrup celebrated the twenty - fifth anniversary of his elevation to
the priesthood.    *     Father
i Lawrence read festival high
j mass at which Rev. Stiegler
Albricht down. The latter then! acted as deacon and Rev. Sand
got a revolver from his father's; as sub-deacon. Rev. Stiegler
] -.restaurant, returned to the hall gave a very impressive sermon,
and fired three shots at O'Brien i The whole congregation and
with fatal results. j many outsiders more than filled
the church.
Rev-   Lawrence   Steinkugler,
Ou r b isket
I!
hr.
h ■ Little Pahs bt
players s-av
ncli   is
afraid to nlav them.
vi-ii'd   with   Theo.   Ortmann
Sund iv.
Mrs". J   Tretter and daugh
t-r Chra   vve e   bu   i w'ss  callers at L a!-- Palis Monda- .
Geo. G-_(""■■• i n g aid familv
arrived iu Pie z from Canada
io spend a few weeks with Ins
b o her Joh i Gerwi -v.;.
PaulVirnig an i wife visited
with Mrs. () Brunett at P er/.
Wednesday.
Barnev Bollig called at
Adam Terhbreu 's Tuesday,
J. Boser a id J. End • *-, representatives of fhe St. Joseph's -oci ty hive succeed.d
in enlisting several new members.
Supt. U. E, Birne-*, P J.
Bol ig and Fie iry Kru*cht.c!_
visited th * school in district
129 Thursdav.
Mis- Aggie Loi ! It, who has
b en visiting her sister, Mrs.
Lawrence Boser, has return d
to her home near Pierz
Mi-.s .Vim i Hinlo.i w is a i
over   Sundiy   visitor at   Paul
irnirr's.
M'-- Ann Kioi. is em-
ploved i n  Platte town.
CustivH iff in in was a Pierz
e iller last  week.
Chas V Beckm in was in Pierz
or.e dav last week.
The   foTlow i ng
n c« iv« J bv
be rg-e i.
Ceder Rapids Iowa.
Dec. 16 th 1910.
Dear Hr't her:
I received your 1 ;v>- and \\i:l
let vou k ihm- 1 hat I am in ;
hed h and hope these few
lines will find y >u the same,
W'eJ you a-k< d me what I am
••vol kin»-at now. Jam worWini_r
• n a small dairy farm of 25
acres: we are milkl"g 15 cows
now, but will milk 20 during
the winter. We sell the milk
wholesa e at Jc p«r quart:
retailers get 6c and milk
oeddlers get 8c per quart.
There is more monev in
cows down here than up in
Minn, as there is more feed
and itis not as eld ' ()n the 1st
of Dec. was the first time we
had the cow-- in the barn during night. We hod a little
snow but it** all gone again
and the weather is preftv'air.
The crops were not as u- o■]
as last vear, but still bette*-
t ban i" Min". W'hea f ave< agi d
from 2S to 40 bu. O.i's from
40 to 55 bu Corn is f..ir h\m\
averaged from 40 to 00 bu per
acre Wa have about 1.000 bu
of corn and 100 loan's of corn
fodder.We are building a
slaughter house now; we will
start to kill hogs next week.
We will buv live hogs and
dress and sell 1 hem again.The
market prices, are: hogs alive
S7 35 per hundred lbs . cattle
S4.00 to S\50 Hav S12.00 to
14.00 wheat '/5c lo 85c oats 28c
corn 45c potatoes 45c. Farm
bind close to the citv sells at
S400. to S800. an acre, there
are no such big farms around
here as in Pierz. Now before I
close I want to ask vou for a
little favor vou should do for
me that is chase a few Minn,
rabbits down here so the hunters have something to shoot.
There are ibout 200 men nf ter
each rabbit and sometim-s
thev shoot 300 times and then
tney do' not get him. That's
the wav the Iowa hunters do.
As it is -getting1 iate I will
close with best   regards   and
OLD   SETTLER  DEAD
Mrs. Joseph   Langer Passes
way in St. Cloud at the Age
of Ninety-seven Years
Friday at thi
y
vanced age i
Langer and her   hu
ut six years
for thirty li\
known  as   the   ' r   farm"
miles south
About twelve
moved 'o the village and    li
here until the death of Mr. L.in-
g'r.     Mrs.    Langer    has
then mad ■ hi with
or the other of her children
leave:, three children: Mrs.   '
gfel,    Mrs.  Conrad  Stan-I,   and
ert Langer, besi
grandchildren and   nine   g,
grandchildren.
Mrs.   Langer   was  a ;
of theCbristianMothers' society
of Pierz under the   auspice:
which she    was    buried    in    St
Joseph's cemetery last Monday
morning at 9 o'clock'.
Cable Across English
Channel
The   Eng*lis_h    government
has just laid a new   u lephoue
cab'.- across the English
Channel, which will make
clear comunication possible
for twi e ihe distance that as
hitherto been possible with
the ordiua-v cable. A glass of
golden grain belt bier will rid
v ou ol t hat tired feeling
caused bv.a hatd day's work.
Order a case lor home use.
Order of your nearest dealer or
be supplied by* E. S. Tanner,
Little Falls.
Winners at  Golden  Rule
Doll Contest.
At ;h^ raffle held Thursdav
o,cIock at my   pi ice-  the
numbers    won    the
nn
foil iv\ ing
d.ils.
209 Won Big Doll.
337 Second Del .
17 'I hird
103 Fourth    ,,
170 r'itth
If these dolls are not called
io    ii Mde.i  two   weeks they
will be re-raffled.
P. X. Virnig & Co.
Notice
Mv    children    and    myself
hereDv thank our friends and
Our village school will close
Fridav and open again   Tues-
wishing vou and all my friends  u-lv after New year.
0, S. B.. was born in Ebersee,
Austria, June, 1, 1858. He came
to    America   in   1871   and   live
Tiie case of A. K. Flail a-
guinst (he county in whichthe
plaintiff sought to recover drill th.--* treasu rers o I ice
has heen dismissed upon motion of Mr. Hall's attorney.
Lrnes- Nisen and    wife   i f
St. '..'|oud were  here   Monday
to attend the fune al  of   Mrs
Jos  ph Langer.     Mrs    Nisen
is a grandchild of   Mrs.   Lan-
l.'!\
Toe c i-e of Henry   Ben *on
agintsth'   Melr lie   Granite
Company, being an ac ion   for
damages,   is   oil   in    district
couit 'ixl.i• . Eenson wis   employed bv  iii-   Granite   compan.'at their quarry   west  of
the c ty and   was   injured   a1. [
that place oi Sep ,   21,    19)0,
He was fa-.te  ing a laige r c^
to the chains From the derrick
and before the ston-* wis ready to be hoisted   out   of   the
quarry the engine    was    sud-
denly set   to   work   and   the
stone was raised several    feet
an-i then suddenly    let   d 'wn
ig-ain. Benson's left   leg    was
caught and broken below   the
knee, and ever since   he    has
been unable ro work He  asks
damages in the amount of$20,-
000.    He    is represented    bv
Attorney Ludvig   Arctand< r,
of   Minneapolis,   while Attorney's Stewart & Brower    and
Donohue &Stephen  represented the   defendant compan v.
—St. Cloud Times,
relatives for the aid given and ! years later entered St. John's
maiie.-ctsof kindness shown j University. He was ordained
to   ligh en     the    bereovment: P"est  Dec 19,   1835  and  cele-
..,.«. A i,,.   fi.»  HomU. nf  m„ bra ted his first  mass  at Pierz
cuastu uv   tne  uemi&e or  mv  ...        ,,       ,,-,-.       -m __.       i
,        iii Since then the Rev- Father has
■■ear hu»i).mu. _ j been doing pastoral   work in   a
Mrs. 1 eter v irtng.     |.number of congregations in this
  : state and is at present assistant
P. W.   Griebler,   traveling 'to Rev. Father Conrad, O. S.B.
representative for   Julius   A-• at Richmond,
dams Cigar Co. of St.  Cloud,!
waa here Tuesday.
:i merry Christmas and a hap
py New Year. I remain.
Your Brother.
Wm. Preimesberger.
Adolph Niss ofGranite was
in the village Saturday.
Jake Nohner and Nick Mey-
: er went to Little Fails Friday-
Geo. Waller of Rucker was
in tbe village Fridav,
J. Borgerding & Co. always
keeps a complete supply of Lumber, Sasti and Doors,
-ement.
Lime   and
Re_*d all the ads this week
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erry
Christina
9%
The following letter from
Mrs. John Kramer, Vancouver, Wash., was recieved by
Mrs. Nohner:
Dear Friend:
I have recieved   vour   let-
tdr and note that vou  are  all
in goou hea.ltn.      I   was   sick
with   whit   physicians   called
pleu'isy; am well again.    We
are   having1  fine   weather out
here.    First   frost   came   on  (Thursday   on business
the eighth     Farmers are still  cloud Times.
digging  potatoes  and  apples
are still hanging en the trees.
co       oi,   „i„      Jl u .i      was m town J. riday.
(Jur Chirles    came   here   the" J
fou th of Dec-rrfiber and re-; Juhn Berg of Akeley is here
m lined a week. I mish vou vistiing his parents Mr, and
C'-uld come out here in the; Mrs Christ Berg. He will re-
summer and visit with us and j turn to Akeley in a week or
see all the line fruit which; ten days
grows    here.       It   is   not   so
Mr A. H. Vanderhaar cashier of the Green'vvald State
Bank was in    ihe    citv   today
.—St.
Mr>. John Brown of Rucker
I buy all kinds of white oak and
t.marac lies.
C. E. Gravel.
Frank Long of Little   Kails
was a Pierz visitor yesterday.
P. J. Bollig went to Onami-
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-,i  -;- -I- -j
-"l^•'■J'•, -^-J^'.^ -JV./sa-J*
warm here in the summer as
in Minnesota and I do not
care to again go to Pie-/, to
'ive. We have about a car
1 ad of apples and I go to
town every «eek with a load
of them. Charlev's wi'e and
[ were to town today with 8 'a Tuesday.
boxes and*got S3.90 a box. We      _, .
hive 1-ur 'dfferent   kinds   of       -.uike Heig   who    bad    been
pea-s,  three  different   kinds working in  the  eh
cherries, two kinds of  plums,
and ten kinds of apple-.There
i> plenty of lettuce in my garden.     Have   i-ixtv    hens.     It
seems here now like  June   in
Minnesota.       With   love   and
greetings to all I remain
Your  friend,
Mrs. John Kramer.
pant at Casselton, N. D,, for
the last two vears is here visit.ng with his brothe-- Frank
and other relatives. He will
return to Casselton after ihe
holidays.
F. X.  Heroux   was in town
Wednesday.
Herm.   J, Vierk   o:  Agram
I was here Wednesday.