The Pierz Journal (Pierz, Morrison County, Minnesota), 1911-03-28

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JOURNAL
VOL. 2.
PIERZ,
MORRISON COUNTY, MINNESOTA, MARCH 28, 1911.
NO. 40
DUSCHER GETS
SIXTY DAYS
Principal in Stabbing Affray  in
Pierz Last Fall Not Given
Option of Paying a Fine
Jac. Duscher of Pierz, who was
convicted of assault in the third
degree last week in district
court, was brought up for sentence before Judge Nye Tuesday morning- and given a 60-day
sentence in the county jail and
directed to pay all costs of the
prosecution. He was not given
the option of a fine.
Duscher and tv/o Lepinski
brothers got into trouble last
August over the payment of
fare to Duscher for hauling the
two from Little Palls to Pierz.
In the mix-up which followed
one of the brothers was cut and
Duscher was arrested and indicted by the grand jury. His
trial did not take place until
the present term of court.
Transcript.
Has One-Eighth Interest
Another deed was filed for
record at the register of deeds
office Tuesday, which is of much
local interest- On March 1, Or-
rin Kipp of St. Paul sold and
transferred 1,700 acres of land
in this county to four other St.
Paul gentlemen, among whom
was one Prank H. Murray. The
deed filed for record Tuesday
was a quitclaim and covers the
same land, transferring an undivided one-eighth interest in
the property to Joseph J. Hennen, who is quite well known to
Little Palls people. The land
all lies in the towns of Clough,
Darling, Rail Prairie and Scandia. Valley.—Transcript.
OSEPH H. SAND
GOES TO CANADA
Took   a  Homestead    Last   Fall
—Will   Find There   a   Few
Families from Pierz.
ST. JOSEPH'S
DAY OBSERVED
Formaldeyde frees your wheat
from smut your potatoes from
Scabs.    At Ihe Drug store.     39-2
Born—To Mr. and Mrs.
John Boser of Buh, March
13th,a seventh sou.
Born—To Mr. and Mrs. M.
TschidaS .turday, a daughter.
Born—To Mr. and Mrs. A-
da:n Tembruel Saturday a
daughter,
Born—To Mr. and Mrs.
Joseph Widmer last Monday
night, a daughter.
In the town  of   Platte   the
fo lowing officers   were  elected last wet k:
Supervisor: Christ Reese
Clerk: C. J. Smith
Treasurer    H. Waninger
Asse-sor:     E. 15. James
Justices:       J. B-Svienty;Jos.
Matlock
Annie and Joseph Nimsch
went to Casselton, N. Dak.,
Tuesday morning. Thev intend to work therea 1 summer.
Dr.  E. L.   _-.awc.-i, fie Dentist,
will be   in   Pierz  on   Wedr*
aticl Thursday, March 29 and 30th.
Ca51 early if you wL*h work done.
The Pierz Dramatic Club
which was organized this winter had a meeting Saturday
evening and decided to stage
the play, "The Iron Hand"
some time after Easter.
Mrs. H. P. Spencer came
from Alb in v. Tuesday, and
returned Wed nesday.
H. A. Hohensee of Albany
came up Tuesday, to tike
charge of Soo Station. Geo.
A. King whom Mr. Hohensee
relieved, left Wednesday for
the twin cities.
GeneGravel weat to Onamia
Wednesday,
Thomas Lunday and family left for Holdiugsord, Wednesday morning. A gentleman from Michigan takes Mr.
Lunday's place as section
foreman,
Christ Virnig went to Albany, Wednesday morning
and returned intheaftern
Photographer Nelson came
out in his auto Tuesday, and
was kept busy all afternoon.
School Reports.
Report of school district No.
1'23 for the month ending March
17:
No. of days taught 20
Enrollment 20
Average daily sttendance 14
Those present every day during the entire month are: Wins-
ka Proncak, Julia Christianson
Edward and Mary Ginther.
Those absent two days or less
are: Stella and Nellie Proncek
and Johnnie Ginther.
Ann M. St. Antoine,
teacher.
WEST BUH.
Mrs. H. Wieland and daughter Eleanor called at Albert
Bore her's Mondav.
S. rlolmstrom was hauling
manure Monday.
Burquist is hauling hay.
Ii. Wieland was a Little
Falls caller Saturdav.
Peter Van Herke hauled hay
Saturday.
Charlie Young was in this
vicinity Monday, trapping.
Christ Virnig tried his motorcycle for thefirst time this
season and he went flying by
just bice a bird.
Prank Beckman and son,
Genius, hauled straw last
week.
i he school in district 104
wi 1 be closed    for   sometime.
H. ii'.Timm ami wife and
H, J1!mm and wife of Belie
Prarie, visited with H. Wieland and familv  Sunday.
Carl ileimert who has been
at the Little Palls hospital
for treatment has returned
home.
Louis Jamma, Axel Carlson
and Gilbert Olsen w ho bought
pigs of H. Wieland got them
last week.
Joseph H. Sand who had been
employed by P. A. Hartman the
past year or more, left Wednesday afternoon with   his   family
and household goods   for.Gull
Lake, Canada,    where   he   will
make his future home.    Joseph
. a trip thru the Gull   Lake
country last fail.    He   liked  it
so well that he decided to take
a borne stead. His brother Charles went   with   him,    who   too,
may take a   goverment     claim.
The country there is quite thickly     settled,   and,    though   the
neighborhood  in which Joseph
will live is about twenty miles
from the nearest    railroad   station,    there   will be   a   branch
built  this  spring,    which  will
come within seven miles of   his
claim.    There   were   forty  two
catholic families there last fall
who had then decided to build a
church within a   year.    Joseph
will   not be lonesome   for   the
want of   Pierz   neighbors.    He
will find there Herman Wilkes, I
Leonard Jager   Michael   Eckel
and perhaps a few more.
Read the new German State
Bank ad this week.
Jos. Otremba, Jos. Hortsch,
Theodore Hesch of Buckman
and Frank Zesch of Bowlus
returned a few days ago from
Long* Lake where thev had
been fishing for two weeks.
They made a ;.;ood catch and
brought home many fish.
Thev said Theodore Hesch
was the luckiest, lie caught a
mermaid.
With Due Solemnity And  Over
Two Hundred Persons Re-
cieve Holy Communion
Will be held in the
SOUTH END
SATURDAY
APRIL S
Ludwig Eller left for
Greenwald last Monday, to
assist his brother Paul, who
started a harness shop at that
pi ice a few months ago. Ludwig will stay until the rush is
over.
Alois Keller of Lastrup reports that Peter Springer
will soon leave Arkansas, and
go to Germany. The climate
of Arkansas, savs Keller, is
too warm for Mr. Springer.
Albert Bayerl who recently
sold his farm in Pierz town
to Michael Harold, left Fridav with his car of stock and
implements for Argvle where
he has rented a farm.
Drink Rex Beer, Duluth Brew
ing and Malting Co., Duiuth
Minn. Qeo. Sargent, Distributor
Brainerd, Minn.
John Roch returned Tuesday from Golden Valley, N.
D., where "he had visited his
his father.
Peter L. Neuman of Little
Falls was   here   Tuesday   to
buy horses.
Nick L. Mueller, Peter T.
Mueller, Peter Brausen, Henrv Brausen, Hubert Kelzenberg, Albert Dehler, Theo.
Hesch and Math. Loschieder
left Monday for Jesse, N.
Dak., where they will work
this summer.
Fred Ziegler   went to   '
sellon and his brother   Frank
went to Hope, N. D.,Wednesday.
Henry Schulte, whnwent to
Nebraska, about one \'i ;ir ago
returned with his familv \ es-
terdav and will again mal.H
Buh his home on ids old farm.
His son-in-law, JphnGerwing,
who has been living on the
place the last year, will go
back to Lenore Lake, Sas-
catchawan, Canada, next week
where he has a farm and where
his mother and brothers live.
Fred Kehr of Dixville was
here Wednesday.
Horse For Sale.
I have a full blooded, five
vear old Percheron stallion
for sale at the Holdingford
Livery Barn at a reasonable
prize.   Call or write
Rav Cleveland.
St. Joseph's day last Sunday
was observed as it is every
year, by the St. Joseph's Congregation, in honor of its Patron Saint. The St. Joseph's
society and the Catholic Order
of Foresters attended High
.Mass in Corpere and received
Holy Communion. Three outside priests assisted Father
Stiegler in hearing Confession
.of over two hundred and forty
persons. Th'* St. Joseph society held a special meeting after
Vespers for the purpose of revising its constitution and by
laws.
Bids Wanted
Bids will be received hy the
undersigned, to erect  an   addition to the   present   school-
house, Dist. No. 36,   Lastrup,
Mien., until ten oclock March
25, 1911.     The board reserves
the right to reject any and all
bids.     Plans and Specification
can be seen at Wessel  Wolke.
Theo Ortman,   Dir.
Ed  Stuckmeyer Treas
Jos. F. Brinkmann, Clerk
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Former Lastrup Citizen
Doing Well in St. Mathias
A. P. Stoll and C.   E.   Gr
■ in the St. Mathias country
a few days this week to inspect
a piece of   land.      While   there
they were   welcome   guests   of
Prank Koering. a   former    Las*
I trup citizen.    They report that
J Prank has a two   hundred   and
forty acre farm and is  prospering which his many friends here
are all glad to hear.
FIRES EVERYWHERE
AROUND US
Smoky   Atmosphere   Explained
By Reports of Fires Everywhere Around Here
Meadows everywhere in this
neighborhood are on tire. Saturday great clouds of Bmoke ruse
to our west, which are reported
to have come from the meadows to the west and south of
Math, and Mike Thommes' places in Agram. At this writing
■smoke rises a little further
south and is probably in the
meadows to the west of Hubert
Bares' place. The north wind
Tuesday and Wed nesday brought
down  dense   clouds  of smoke,
J. B. Krautkra mer of Jordan, who sells Empire Cream
separators and gasoline engines was here Monday.
Mrs. Herman Henfehl who
had been down with rheumatism for six weeks, came up
town Tuesdav.
Henrv Langer and Joseph
Froehlich went to Montana,
Tuesday.
Arauto load of prospectors
passed thru Pierz, Wednesday afternoon, for the northeastern part of the count}*.
The officers of the town
of Pierz elected last week,
Tuesday, met in the village
hall last Tuesday afternoon
and qualified.
The Misses Francis and
Marv Froehlich oi Buh lef*
for Hope, N. D., Monday,
where they will work during
the summer.
John Roch will leave next
week for Pine Island, Minn.,
to take charge of the cheese
factory he has conducted the
last two years.
Michael Harold of   Calmer,
Iowa, is here visiting with his
uncle, Michael Hei old,   for   a
OOiXJUrsiDi-^UiVL    few weeks.      From   here   he
A reward of   Five "Dollars'will j will go to Stirham,   N.    Dak.,
be paid  by the undersigned,   to I where he will stay  until   next
any   person   that   wHI  solve the! fall.
question and ir form me  why  so!
many people are  trying  to   beat!      WANTED—GOOD  GIRL
the grocery-man out of their gro-! for general house work,
eery bill. Jacob Neisius ' .   Mrs. M. V. Wetzel,
40-3 '40-2 Little Brails, Minn.
NORTH BUH
Born—To Mr. and Mrs- John
Boser a son.
Alma  Hanlon  visited Emelia
Rajkowski over Sunday.
Mrs- Resch is seriously ill at'
the home of her daughter Mrs.
J. Tretter.
Eleonor    Bettenberg   visilt<*((|-vhicli for a lung  time obscured
Esther Besinius Saturday.
Chas.Beckman and wife, Mrs.
P. Virnig, Efiz. Keller, Susie
Kainz, .Anna Tretter and Alma
Hanlon visited the Lastrup
school Friday afternoon.
Born—To Mr. and Mrs. Adam
Tembreull a daughter.
A class of 15 children of Dist.
39 met a class of IT) at the Lastrup school Friday afternoon
for a spelling contest- Dist. 39
winning—1.) to 0.
John Hoppe and his two sons
John and Hobert left for North
Dak. Monday-
Frances Froehlich left for N.
Dak. last week.
LASTRUP
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Said
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"The fellow who tries to attract business without advertising, is like the fellow who throws his
sweetheart a silent kiss in the dark. He knows
what he is doing—but nobody else does."
That is the reason we are advertising. We
want your business and take this wav of letting vou
know we want it. We want it for our mutual benefit.
Come in and let us talk it over.
German State Bank
We pay 4 per cent interest on Time Deposits*
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March 21.—Arthur and Adolf
Saskoske have left for North
Dakota.
Miss Lizzie Jaeger is here visiting relatives.
Paid Hoheisel was in Pierz
Saturday.
J. P. Virnig and family of
Pierz were visiting relatives
Friday.
John Gohl and family, that
have been living with Mrs. W.
Hansmann, moved to Pierz this
week.
Rev. Piachta of Royalton was
here visiting Rev. Sand.
Steve Gross made a business
trip to the Twin Cities returning Mondav night.
Quite'a number of people from
here attended the passion play
at Pierz Sunday evening.
The new officers of Granite
met at F. X. Steger's place and
qualified.
Simon Kassella has been a-
round buying cattle.
the sun.
It has been reported that
tires are raging in the meadows
around jjjullivan and Platte
lakes ral dwelling houses
and many stacks of hay are reported to have been destroyed.
HAD A CLOSE
CALL IN WRECK
Drink Rex '"er, Duluth Brewing and Mailing Co., Duluth,
Minn. Qeo. Sargent, Distributer
Brainerd, Minn.
Last Friday, John Nagel
bought Joseph Rathbun's two
hundred a1 d forty- acre farm
in Southwestern /gram for
twenty two hundred dollars.
About thirty of the eighty a-
cres under plow are in rye.
GIRL WANTED for general house work. Good wages.
Apply at Barney Burton's,
Little Falls, Minn.
Dressmaking
Grell's Store.
above      Frank
S. E. Hart of Austin, Minn.,
visited with his daughter Mrs.
E. L. Kahliher on his way to
Louiston, Washington. He
intends to buy a fruit farm.
Nick Thommes and Casper
Thommes returned last Friday from the Bay River country where they had worked
all winter for the Northland
Pine Company. Thej* rerort
that there is still plenty of
snow in that country.
Qet our prices on flour and feed.
We can save you money.
Rich Prairie Milling Co.
A large crowd gathered at
the Opera house Sunday evening to witness the Passion
Plav. The pictures were not
as plain as thev might have
been and Mr. Faust regrets
to admit that the firm from
which he bought the films
misrepresented the goods.
The films showed that they
were pretty well worn.
Escaped With Broken Shoulder
—Engineer and Men in   Baggage Car Seriously Injured
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Jal-
mer of Casseltor, N. Dak.,
are here visiting with Mrs.
-aimer's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Jos. Eisel of Granite.
Mr. Jalmer, a fireman on the
Great Northeren was in a
wreck a few weeks ago in
which he sustained a broken
shoulder frwm the effects of
which he is still unable to
work. His engineer had a
leg broken and two men in
the baggage car were seriously iujnred.
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Peter Blake   went   to
trup Tuesday.
Las-
LEIGH
March 21.—Arby Waller
was a passenger for Bowlus,
Saturdav.
The Soo Road master was
in Hiliman, Tuesday, and informed us that we will soon
have a platform and freight
shed.
Harrv Leigh went to Duluth, Wednesday, and returned Saturdav.
Miss Anna Stang came up
from Swan River Saturdav,
to spend Sunday with Rev.
Bassner and wife. Miss Stang
taught the last spring- term
of school here.
Mr. M. Larson spent a few-
days in Onamia first of the
week.
Mr. Eichmiller came down
from Onamia, Friday, to buy
horses.
Miss Hazel Schafer has been
suffering- with a severe cold,
but was able to attend her
school duties again Tuesdav.
Mrs. H. Becker came up
from Mankato,  Friday.
Rose James and Anna Carson went to Holdingford, Friday for a visit.
Dan Carsoncame down from
the camps ntar Onamia Fridav.
M. Larson of Mt. Morris
spent a few days in Onamia
last week
Mrs. Kate Rucker drove
thru here Monday, from Foley, on her wav to Granite.
"Albert Fleck was in Hill-
man on business Monday.
S. H. Loveand family drove
down to. Vawter Monday.
Albert Palmer returned
Monday, from a visit in Vawter.
Ulysses Morrill came up from
Vawter,  Saturday.
Owing to the forest fires
there was no Sabath school
Sunday.
True Osgood game and fish
warden of St. Cloud, was here
Monday on official business.
He reports that he would
come again as soon as our
streets were cleared of ice.