The Pierz Journal (Pierz, Morrison County, Minnesota), 1911-03-30

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THE PIERZ JOURNAL
VOL. 2.
PIERZ, MORRISOX COUNTY, MINNESOTA, MARCH W. 1911.
NO. 4 J
MUCH PRODUCE
SHIPPED ON "SOO"
Shipments   from   Points    Along
theBrooten Branch are
Increasing Daily
Duluth News Tribune.--That
Superior is becoming a market
for the produce business from
Minnesota and other pointsa-
long the Brooten branch of the
800 line is made evident by the
fact that shipments from Minnesota points on this new line are
coming to this city every day
and art* also becoming larger
each day.
Through the express company
over the Soo line from *_)0 to 50
cases of eggs daily come to Superior in addition to meat, dairy
products and other things. 'It
is surprising the business We are
getting from various Minnesota
points over the Soo line to Su
perior," said J. Donovon of the
Western Express company yes
terday.
School Reports.
Report of school in Dist.   134
jfor the month ending March 24.
No. of pupils enrolled      23
Daily attendance ... 20
No. of days taught 20
The following recieved  certificates    of   award    for   having
been neither absent nor tardy:
Armin Portner,
Elvira Portner,
Aanrew Will,
Mike Will,
Henry Girtz
Veronica Girt*-.,
Lena Schommer.
Esther M.  Bisenius, teacher.
DISTRICT COURT
ADJOURNED SAT.
Special Term Will Be   Held    in
June—Calendar   Pretty
Well Cleared
WILLIAM BASTIEN
RETURNS FROM TEXAS
LEIGH
Jacob Meyer of Bowlus who
lias been the guest of his sister Mrs. Marshall Loop of
Granite, left on the Soo for
his home, the last part of the
week*.
R. H. Rucker and family
left Monday for St. Paul
where they go from thereto
Port  Benton, Montana.
.Vug. Drews and Richard
So mm ers wentto Pier/. Tuesdav on business.
(). C. Leigh returned Monday from St. Paul where he
transicted   business.
R. Bassener. M. Demick,
Richard Sommer and J. C.
Miller wentto Onamia, Monday on   business.
Mrs. O. C.    Leigh and son, !
Ell-ery spent Sunday in   Vawter.
U. A. Morril left Tuesdav
for Little Palls.
Mrs. J. C. Miller and children made a trip 'to Pier/.
Tuesdav.
Report of school district  No.
87 for the month ending   March
24.
No. of days taught  20
Enrollment    35
Average daily  attendance 23
Those neither absent nor tardy during the month are:
Agnes   Smith,   Bertha    Krych,
Annie Dombovy, JohnEbertow-
ski and Adolph Shubert.
Those absent two days or less-
are: Vera Smith, Johanana E-
bertowski,Sarah Malecki, Theo.
Shubert, Walter Swaser, Katie
and Mattie Sigette and Walter
Johns. Rose Waninger.
teacher.
KICK BY HORSE
BREAKS LEG
Transcript.—Court adjourned
Saturday morning and a special
term vill be held in June to
finish the work left from the
present regular term. The calendar has been pretty cleared,
however, and there will be little work at the special.
Mrs. John Wise of Granite
returned last Mondav from
Minneapolis, where she had
been several weeks visiting
her daughter Mrs. Carl Meek.
Mrs. Meek was operated for
appendicitis a few weeks ago.
S24.24 was our church's
share of the Passion play reciepts.
Adam Billig left Wednesday, lor Fair Haven where
he intends   to   remain a   few
weeks.
Enlisted in U. S. Army in 1908
—Ordered to Mexican Border
Short Time Ago
Of Albert Bell Who   Had    Just
Come Home for Few Weeks
Visit
Albert Bell, step son to Mich.
Heigel, two miles south ofBuck-
man. was kicked byr a horse
Friday which broke his leg between hip and knee. The young
man had been working in Russell, Minnesota. for some
months past and had just came
home for a few week's visit.
J Little Falls City Election
The city election in Little
Falls was verv quiet and resulted as follows: George P.
Moeglein, Mayor; Fred Gary,
cl-rk; Lyman Signor, assessor; John Vertin, treasurer;
Aldermen: C. E.Carlson, T.
E. Hall, J. F. Bastien and E.
S Lane, Alderman at large
Geo. M. Kiewel.
William Bastian, son of Joseph Bastian. Little Kails, is
visiting friends in Pierz. Mr.
Bastian and John Plettle enlisted in the Sixth Field horse
artillery. U. S. A., March 17,
1908, and were stationed atFort
Riley, Kansas. A short time a*
go his regiment was ordered to
San Antonia. Texas, where there
are about twenty thousand U.
S. soldiers in camp. In Galveston. Texas, are fifteen thousand
U. S. soldiers besides a large
U. S. fleet in the Galveston bar-
bor. Mr. Bastian says the U.
S. ooys do not fear much trouble with Mexico and the opinion among them is that Japan
is at the bottom of the present
disturbance. Both Mr. Bastian
and John Plettl recieved honorable discharges March 17,  191b
Fought Fire Five Hours
Last Fridav a tierce prairie
and brush tire in the town of
Platte nearly destroyed the
house, the barn and ten large
stacks of hav. owned by Geo.
Seckerti. Christ Reese .and
other neigh bo rs worked
five hours before they got
the fire under control.
FARMERS MAV GET
FREE GRASS SEED
Law Also  Applies to   JVlorrison
County—Applicant Must
Be Destitute
Claim Spelling
Championship of Buh
The pupils of district 129
claim the spelling championship of Buh.
Peter   Theiss   of   H llman
was in town Tuesday.
Doing a Lively Business
LudwigEller returned from
Green wald last week. He
had been assisting his broth
er, Paul, for about a week and
savs Paul is doirg a lively
business in his new harness
shop.
WANTED—G30D GIRL
for general house work.
Mrs. M. V. Wetzel.
40-2 Little Falls. Minn.
Mrs. John H. Grest, a
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.Jos.
Bednar, will live in Frank
Becker's house at present until her husband returns from
the northern part of the state
where he is employed.
Miss Ellen Bettenberg returned Tuesday from a visit
i n St. Cloud.
$97,523.73 FOR
FIRE FIGHTERS
Mr. King, 1ml agent of   O-'. Saturday.
CENTER   VALLEY.
Fdwin Mohler was a business caller in Center \ alley
Silu day.
Hubert Brust, the nurseryman,   was   in   Center   Valley
namia, was in  Hiliman   Tuesdav.
Bert Leigh    was    in    Pier/.
Tuesd*v between   trains.
NOTICE
Clara Nohner, the local milliner, turns out thousands of
dollar-* worth of wom.n's
headgear ri nnualIy.
I. is ju>t 11 years ago that
Mrs. Clan Nohner started a
small millinery store in this
village, selling the first vear
not to exceed S300 worth; but.
thru her becoming way in
handling her customers, combined with her tasty trimming and keeping in touch
with the latest styles in the
millinery line, -she has estab-
lishe i a business of'which anv
milliner from the metropolis
of the state co old be proud of.
No wonder that her store is
always filled with customers.
No longer is the Paris stamp
necessary 10 insure absolute
up-to-dateness in style or the
"chic" effect supposed to be
an indispensable attribute to
a modish hat. The millinery
cartoon bearing the imprint
of Mrs. Clara Nohner, milliner, is now as much a guarantee of all that is desirable in
hats as -any foreign trade
mark.
Not onlv does she sell hats
in the surrounding country
and this state but she receives
mail orders from Canada,California, Washington and other states. Look over her ad.
J.  N.
Henry Stumpf was in Little Falls raturday.
Saturday will be April fool
dav.
Tuesdav morning- Jos. and
Mike Kainz left for Hope, N.
D , Jos. Gross for Barry,
Minn., and Miss Annie Gross
for Graceville, Minn., where
they will work during the
summer months.
The town board met at Mat
Meyer's place Monday.
Pau! Bunion was seen in
Center Valley Friday.
The passenger train stopped
at Center Valley one dav last
week to let off Edwin Mohler
and G. Goble.
Our -postmaster has discov-
ere i a new remedy that will
cure sick dogs and it works
all right. He t'lkes a pint of
mineral water and adds a lit-
tte turpentine to it, which
makes a fine medicine for
dogs. It will make their hair
stand up straight.
Lust Bros will finish sawing lumber this week.
I, VV. Driver passed thru
Center Valley with a wolf he
had shot. He took the carcass
to the town clerk's office.
John Waytasek is building
a new outhouse in school district 97.
P. J. Juetten was a Center
Valley visitor Saturday.
Joe, Mike and Peter Resch
of Park Rapids, Minn., who
had been here for some time
visiting their sick mother,
Mrs. Margaret Resch of Buh,
returned to their home on
Tuesday of last week.
.......
SULLIVA V LAKE.
The newly elected officers
of the town met Friday to
qualifiy
The men of the neighborhood fought fire all pf two
nigdits last week. The snow-
came ju-t in time to put it out.
J. Beird of Windom, is in
the neighborhood on business.
Henry Britton is visiting
with his brother John for a
few dav s.
Miss Lizzie Wallerof Rucker came up Saturdav, for a
visit, returning home Tuesdav.
Robert Hoskins and family
moved onto the old C. E.
Look farm Mondav.
John Britton 'U'asa Vineland
caller Tuesdav.
Win. Lynn and wife were
Onamia visitors   Monday.
Mazie and Merle Look, Lizzie Waller called at P. Ad-
kin's Tuesday.
P. A. Johnson came home
Saturday.
There will be a dance at C.
E. Look's Saturday night, A-
pril 1, and its no April fool
either.
- Will be held in the	
SOUTH END
SATURDAY
APRIL I
Joseph Preighal who bought
John L.Dehler'sfarm in Granite came up from Lorettalast
week, and returned after a
few days stay. He has rented
his farm for this year and does
not intend to move here until
next spring.
There was five inches of
snow . at Redtop, Monday,
when Henry Schheppenheim
left there.
H. D. Koefod of Minneapolis, representing Jones, Cohen
& MpQpegor, wholesale dry
goods firm called on his Pierz
customers Wednesday.
John H:~Grell is havii.ga
well drilled on his 80 acre
farm two miles north of the
village. Be will build a house
on the premises during summer.
CONUNDRUM.
A reward of Five Dollars will
be paid by the undersigned, to
any person that will solve the
question and inform me why so
many people are trying to beat
the jtroceryman out of their gro
eery bill. Jacob Neisiu5.
4° 3
WEST BUH.
Mrs. H. Wieland and son,
Arthur and daughter Ella, attended the Ladies aid at Little Falls, Thursday, which
was held atMrs. GustKusel's.
Mrs. Theodore Martin and
son Edward were Pierzeallers
Wednesday.
Henry Olsen of Rail Prairie is -staying with his brother Gilbert this spring and
wil] stay till next fall.
Gilbert Olson was at Freedhem with cream Monday.
School in district 104 commenced Monday, with J. B.
Svientv of Platte as teacher.
Henry Virnig and Axel
Carlson called atH. Wieland's
Thursday.
Joe Eaten was a county seat
visitor Thursday.
Dr. Seguin of Pierz called
at Theo. Martin's toattend to
James Johnson, who again has
anatt.ctof pneumonia.
H. Wieland was a caller at
Carl Beimert's  Tuesday.
A. M. Carlson, Christ Johnson and Aug. Bloom called at
the school house Mondav, to
atfend to business matters.
Christ Johnson wasaPreed-
hem caller Monday.
Born—To Mr. and Mrs.
Gilbert Olson, a daughter.
Theodore Martin and wife
were in Little Falls Tuesday.
People in this vicinity commenced seeding last week,but
1 guess they got scared out
when thev saw Sundav, that
it was getting winter again.
Christ Johnson visited at
Theodore Martin's Thursday.
Adolph Gagnon called at
Medox Derosier Thursdav.
Florence Derosier visited
Mrs. Chas. Gravel Thursday.
Mat. Beimertand John Tretter sawed wood for H. Wei-
land Wednesday.
Mrs. Mathilda Ridlon called
at Mrs. Cilbert Olson Friday.
Arthur and Walter Wieland called on Henry Olson
Sunday.
State is Asked to Pay   Big  Sum
—Morrison   County Wants
$2,460.50
Vitus Gottwald and son,
Joseph, of Lintonville. Minn.,
arrived Wednesday of last
week to look over some land
thev own near Lastrup. They
returned to their home on
Saturday.
The safest man is the man
who has a bank account.
When vou establish yourself
with a good ban1, you feel secure and your mind is at peace.
—GermanStateBank of Pier/.
Bills aggregating nearly $100,
000 are awaiting payment in the
office of the state auditor, as a
result of the tires in the northern woods last year A deficiency bill has been drawn and introduced by the forestry. .com
mittee, and referred to Seuatpr
Marden aM Representative
Kunze for the compilation of
statistics necessary to its completion.
The greatest sum is due residents of Beltrami county—$21,*;
935."20. The smallest sum is
due Wabasha — 86. The a*
mounts included in the deficiency bill follow:
Number of
Pire fighters. Amount
Aitkin    .J_0       $.10,574.-4
Beltrami   855
Carlton 752
Cass 219
Clearwater ...294
Cook       380
Itasca    72
Kanabec    357
Hubbard 266
Koochiching ..223
Marshall 404
Mille Lace 178
Morrison. 417
Ottertail 169
Pine 1,259
Red Lake 199
St. Louis    _..«24
Roseau 314
Wadena 446
Anoka    30
Becker 90
Benton 52
Clay     __    6
Chisago 30
Crow Wing 65
Kittson 39
Lake. 77
Norman 22
Polk 23
Todd 17 68.50
Wabasha    1 6 00
The following letter
received by the countv auditor
from the department _4 the
agriculture, in reply to one
sent asking whether the
state's offer of free grass-
to a<,-ttlers in the lire region
applied to Morrison countv,
explains itself:
St. Paul. March 22. '11.
Mr. B. Y. McNairv.
Little Palls. Minn.
Dear sir:—
I have vour note of the 20th,
asking- whether fanners in
sections of Morrison countv
burned over this year would
come under the terms of the
act. If the fires occurred in
1910 to a -sufficient extent to
make the settlers destitute,
as provided in the bill, thev
would come under the terms
of the act. All applications
must be made under oath in
accordance with the provisions
of the bill. lam enclosing an
additional copy with a number
of abstracts. Ouick actios
will have to be secured if the
requests are to be acted upon.
I think it would be time enough
if yourBoard got the requests
in shortly after the fourth,
although not strictly in accordance with the bill. Thev
must be in before we pack and
ship the m iterial.
Very truly voitrs,
A.F.Woods, dean and director
Applications havel>een made
bv ten or fifteen Morrison
countv settlers for free grass
seed, but thee will be required
to comply wth the provisions
cited in the above letter l>e-
fore their request will be
granted.—Herald.
21,935.26
6,74*^.95
1,231.50
2,032.95
10,454.41
1,148.25
2,816.89
1,875.f5
3,122.0s
3,374.25
1,184.25
2,460.50
792.01
8,542.ss
4,61911
6,169.48
2,871.87
3,252.40
106.65
881.20
379.40
21.90
246.20
523.05
16320
754.85
94.20
72.20
Notice
have a full line of ]ramps,
plows, buggies and wagons at
Joseph B. Ha.'mann's store.
41-1 I'.-exnk Mischke.
Totals 8,890       $97,523.73
-Duluth News Tribune.
Robert Bayerl of Le Roy,
Wisconsin, is here visiting
with Loais Feucht, Mrs. Jamma and other relatives. He
met an old friend in John
Stuckmeyer, whom he had not
seen for 30 years.
Get your visiting cards printed
at the Journal office.
John Gassert returned from
Black Duck last Mondav.
where he has been working
in a lumber camp all winter.
John Kernan of Buckman
was a bu-inesscaller in Pierz
yesterday.
Mrs. R. Kurtz   is   reported
to be seriously ill    with pneu-
j monia.
Notice.
We want to explain the Lan-
ding-Ronning Co. system of
keeping accounts in our store.
When customers buy on credit
they get a duplicate slip ofLan-
ding-Ronning Co. system of the
amount purchased. The original slip stays in our possession
until the amount is paid. There
can be no mistake and nobody
can claim that they did not re-
cieve the goods, or that the
goods had been paid for. This
notice is given to avoid further trouble. When you get the
original slip you have-paid and
not before. P. W. Blakk.
41-2
Notice!
is herebv given that the old
reliable business house of P.
W. Blake has been sold to his
son Jakob Blake, who will take
possession Saturday, April
first, 1911. This , the oldest
business house in Pierz, was
started 35 vears ago bv Blake
& Bentfeld, but for the last
18 years P. W.Blake has been
sole owner. All notes and
book accounts are turned over
to P. W. Blake and parties
owing me are kindlv asked to
fix up notes and book accounts.
Jokob Blake, who is now owner of the business, will put in
a complete new stock of goods
second to no other store in
this part of the county. I
hereby tender mv thanks to
all who have patronized me
heretofore and hope thev will
continue their patronage with
my son Jakob Blake.
P. W. Blake.
Read nil the ads thi-
Gerhart Terhaar spent St.
Joseph's dav visiting with his
sons. Ferdinand in St. John's
College   and Nicholaus   in A-
\ Oil.