The Pierz Journal (Pierz, Morrison County, Minnesota), 1911-04-06

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VOL. 2.
PIERZ, MORRISON COUNTY, MINNESOTA, APRIL (>, 1911.
NO. 42
MARKET DAY
the
People Are Beginning to Learn
Advantage of Trading at
Home
CAN DO IftUCIi BETTER THAN BY
BUYING FROM CATALOG HOUSES
By Taking Advantage of the Bargains
Offered^ the Merchants on
That Day
Sat-
and
rt a
a e
lie market dav last
urdav was well attended
all our business men rep
g*ood business. People
beginning more and more to
tak. advantage of the ban.am
sals offered on this day.
Thev claim thev can do much
better than bv buyi'g from
mail order houses. Thev have
a chance to look, examine and
select precisely what thev
wan . and need and do hoc
have to wait a month for their
goods. Thev are not buying
a cat in tiie bag.
ATTACKED BY
WOLVES; KILL
Spectacular Battle in Swamp Near
f.brrill by St. Paul *
Boys
SI. JOSEPH SOCIETY
AMENDS BY-LAWS
The   St.   Joseph's    society
held quite a lengti tin"
Sunday after npon.and ma
lew changes in its By Laws.
Hereafter members of other
societies that come here and
join the St. Joseph'- society
are required to undergo a
medical examination before
they can get aid in case ol
sickness.
Play Presented in Honor
of Our Bishop Trobec
The University Drama Lie Olub
of St. John's College,last _
day evening*, presented "Lui
dolf," a sacred drama in five
acts, complimentary to the Rt.
..lames Trobec of St. Cloud,
the guest of the institution on
tiie least of St. Benedict.
Advice for Pierz People
People in Pier;: who have
constipati n, sour stomach or
gat? on the stomach, should
use simple buckthorn bark,
glycerine, etc., as compounded in Adler-.-ka. the new Ger-
m in appendicitis remedy. A
SINGLE DOSh. brings "relief
almost INSTANTLY because this simple mixture an-
ptici-.es the digestive organs and drains off the impurities.    E L. Kali her,Druggist.
R.D.CARRIERS NOW •
LEAVE AT 12:30 P J.
COMMERCIAL CLUB
HAD MEETING
The
[ions
I the north w
St I VILLAGE COUNCIL
is to
MET TWICE
Instead of 8 A. M., which Gives Pa- Which was Best and Most Eg ;u1 *-'I1*! rms an<
■I -i r       r.     * i   • _■   i-      .. ,, •   -.• v    i put tbe soil in a f i
trons Mail Same Day it Arrives—     tic Ever Held in Pierz—Number oi  ;diti the o.rowr
Change is for Summer Only
ROUTE NO. FOUR WILL
START ON MAY FIRST
Postmaster Hennen to Appoint Carrier if Department Docs Not
Name -One
Live Questions Discussed
DECIDE TO. HAVE TUG-OF-WAR
ON THE NEXT MARKET DAY
Phis v
vecepted Record-.:
Bond Lt Regular Monthly
finds of   grain.   The are Meeting
the storm    covers Min
North Dakota and   South Da-  A SPECIAL SESSION
kota.
HELD LAST TUESDAY
Will be Held between  Village   and Barney Ilaselkamp^of^ ^ Friday: John Hoheisel Appointed Marshall-
Country for Purse—Club To banquet After Next Meeting
Standing Committees for Year
Appointed
foreigners to Work on Our Sections
Six   Austrians   arrived   last
week   from   Moose   Lake,   who
! work on the sections. It   is
. reported that  these   foreigners
St. Paul Dispatch. — Attacked ; will be employed on all the sec-
Postmaster Hennen reciev-
ee notice last week from Post-
mas' er-General   Hitc h co
:. from Apt il first, all ru'"-iin
al routes, running out from
Pierz, are to start at 12:30 o.'
clock p. m. instead nf eignt o'
clod: a m. The cause for
ch'tng.ng.is that the bulk- of
ihe mail Irom the Twin Cities is carried by the Northern
Pacific to Moose Lake, thence
bv Soo to Piefz. arriving here
on the 11:27 a m. .train. The
change does not give bett-r
service to the village, but our
farmers are now able to get
their mail the same day it arrives. Mr. Hennen informs
us that this change is to last
during the summer months
onlv He further states the
fourth rural route will Start
Mav the first. If the dep.rt-
nent has appointed no carreer
Harney Haselkauip of St.
Cloud died last Friday morning*
after three years   of   suffering
with Bright's disease.     Hattie, I    The council held   i Mar
one of   his   daughters,   taught monthly meel
school in Agram last year. ,|   was tn   on
President   C.   E.   I All
mem ut.
The proceedin
meeti:: and
Prank K from  accepted.
The Commercial club of
Pier/, had a verv successful
meeting last Monday evening
the village hall. There
was manifest among all members a spirit of good fellowship and enthusiasm which
heretofore had beenlacking on that they had j NeisiusVas again
TOO DRY FOR SEEDING
by wolves in a swamp near
Morrill, Minn., Saturday night,
and escaping only after three
of tin* pack had been killed and
one wounded by the heavy revolvers which they carried, was
the thrilling, experience
als,    1098   Stryker  a verm
tions
line.
on    the   Brooton-Duluth
anUPraaJ
Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Taylor
of Rucker were Pierz visitors
vest---dav. Mr*. Taylor has
b en appoinled post mister at
by that time, Mr. Hennen will
appoint one t > serve until the
department has named one.
5.
v
related when they returned •yes- .{er who has resigned
terday from a trip   to  northern
Minnesota.
As a partial    proof   of   .
statement, young Aiikals.  who
is 18 years old, a year younger!
than Seidl, is exhibiting sever- ;
al s< s on his hand,  plain- ]
ly the marks of claws. ln«lo .%..<■
IC ll alls
■ ■   Mr. Ruck-
OPERATION
Broke Arm While Sawing.Lath !_
id -  w Erne son   Of   Morrill broke his left forearm last
at urdav, while   working in a
saw mill sawing lath.
Read all tl..- ads this week.'
H.
m
Opened Seas.! Last
Thursday and will Run Day and
Night With Full Force
The slain were   taken
to the farm of  Frank   Joswiak,
Mikalsuncle, whither the young
men were bound   at    the    time
. es attacked them.
The boys   left   St.  Paul   Pri-      The big,sawmill of the   Pine
day night,   arriving in   Morrill \ Tree Lumber Co. of LittleFalls
urday. About 7 o'clock they \ ,\s sawing last
started t for the  farm   of Thursday.    The    mill   will    be
younger boy's**uncle,   about operated da. v and night   with  a
tive miles away. full crew.    There are   now   on
Their first warning of danger band over 25,000,000 feet of logs
Was the distant howling of   the  and about two   train  loads
:k, which attracted   their at-   shipped in every day   from the
tentioa   about-dark, aud just as northern part       of      the
they entered the border of   the   state.
marsh. The animals' cries The lumber is   mostly   white
nearer and the boys took stock   anci_ Norway pine,
of their   weapons.    Each had a'
heavy   pocket   knife   and
chambers     of   their   revol
were rilled.
Without warning a half dozen
silent forms slunk from the
brush and elo ed in from the
front. Before Mikals, who was
ahead, could loosen the 38-cali-
bre gun from his hip they
close upon hit]
TO MONTANA
Lived in Northeastern Granite for Ten
Years—Wiil jSpend Winters
in Mankato
R. H. Rucker, who had lived
in the town of Granite for the
last ten vears,left last   w
for St. Paid, from    where    he
will go to Port Benton,  Mo.nt.
He will make his home with
his son Jay and his son-irt-law
Harrv Christianson', who, to
gether. own a section of land.
Mr. Rucker has residence
property in Mankato, where
he intends to spend the winter seasons.
Notice!
is   her  by   given  that  the old
ole   busint ss  house of P.
I Hake h Ls b     n sold t" his
son Jakob Blakt , who will take
po-session     Saturdav,    April
. 1011. his , the oldest
business  house- in   Pierz, was
Seidl had i 1 ba.    ,   and   started 3- v. ars ago by Blake
as   Mikals ed   with   his & Bentfeld,   but for   the   la-t
weapon ta i aed tire. He was 18 years P. W. Blade has been
just in ti it one of the pack  sole  owner.      All   notes  and
had  ab prung at Mikals,   book accounts are turni
tearing his 1 ind in an effort to to P. W.jjBlake and parties
reach hi- throat. At the first owing me are kindly asked to
reP°'"t ' -yolyer the pace   |lx        noteaand bookaccotints.
turned ta,   and fled,    kneeling  j       ',   B h    . (
in (heir     racks,    the two   boys r .,      . ...       , .
ers, and er of the business, widput in
when th :v finished three vie- a complete new stock ot goods
tims marked the path. A splash second to no other store in
of blood on the ground showed this part of the county. I
that a fourth shot had gohetrue herebv tender mv thanks to
and the boys followed it until all who have patronized me
they lost the trail in the gathering darkii
The boys say that wolves
have been plentiful in that part
of the country this winter. Several farmers living in the vicinity have reported similar escapes,  they sav.
J. M. Blake has begun making repairs on his storebuid-
ing. Wm. Nimsch is extending   shelving   to back end   of
similar occasions
Onlv.i'ew members v.
absent wlun President F. X.
Vir iig called the meeting to
r. A motion was.carr.ed
that a committee beappointed
to communicate with Mr.Stroman regarding the repair of
our telephones. A. P. Sto]],
E. ... Kaliher and Frank
Paust were appointed as members of this committee. A
motion was carried that all
. ihers be assesed filtv
cents to defrav expenses of
the last Market Dav. As an
attraction for the next Market Dav a Tug--f-War was decided upon. E. H. Kerkhoff,
Nick Mever and Ei. L. Kaliher were appoiu ed as a com-
mitt le to i ratv e for the contest. C. E. Grayrl was appointed to communicate with
the roadmaster of the Soo, to
ask him to give our men who
have been waiting all winter
for a job on the section the
preference over the Austrians now at Xew- Pierz.
E. H. KerkhoiT was appointed
j . " **■ r ■ i_ ■        _
to'i'et lfliormation about  can
ning : ih:  pickling factories
F. X. Virnig was appointed
lo make arrangements for a
b . liquet i • be given after the
next meeting of the c'ub,
which will be held the second
Mondav in Mav.
C. E. Gravel, Secretary.
T. CLOUD GET
P.O. SAVING BANK
Granite City is to Have a Postal Savings Bank in Near Future—Second Office for Minn.
Postmaster General Hitchcock has designated forty-five
additional postoffices as savings
depositories,one for each state.
These are usually located where
there are many wage-earners
and St. Cloud has been selected for the second office of this
kind for the state of Minnesota.
etofore and hope thev will
continue their patronage with
mv son Jakob Biake.
P. W. Blake
Jo-.
tlu   lum
all winter.,
■ 1    returned   fn m
■
ked
II* rman Bentfeld will begin
the work on    his    New   Pieiz
restaurant in few davs.
WANTED—Neat girl for
housework, small family, Call
at New Pierz Store.
store and making  all   repairs jThe government paysonfy two
in the carpenter line. Charley j per cent on deposits and it is
Buetgen will give the whole not likely that those who have
building a few   coats of   paint; done     busint h     private
banks will open an account
with the new institution. On
account of the government
backing it may bring out some
Tolman of St Cloud, j of the money from the stock
who represents the    Interna
inside and outside. Jake savs
he wants she building to look
like a new one.
a snow storm  tl The following                        al*
'Some of the farmers had  begun lov
ing, but find soil too  P- Grell, Mdse.	
dry for grain to   germinate    ;:i. Christ      B
they put their machines    i pump and lamp.                   3.50
the sheds again not tt) be taky Leo   Wermerskirch
out until the ground will b. team work    _        17
P- Fuhrman, work- on   hy-
drant   	
Tattle Falls  Iron   \
mbing	
.1. B. Hartmann, gasolim
Pierz Journal, publishii
financial st 26.25
Pier/. Journa 1, printing li-
t§e and   proceedin:;
The   bond   of   Andrew    '■'
was    accepted.
The bond   of   Prank-   Grell   for
more favorable condition.
Chicken Stealing Will be
a Gross Misdemeanor
Prank M. '.ddy letter in Journ-
nal-Press: Dr. 1 bulge's bill
making the stealing of chickens
a gross misdemeanor has passed
the house. This wi 11 make glad fot
the hearts of the chicken   rais
ers.  especially   thos**   who   are j-Recorder    was   also   ao
engaged in,tin*   business   in   a Meeting was adjourn
i way in the   villages   and  (|;iv_ April  I.
cities. For one to raise a bunch
of thoro-bred fowls, watching
over them and caring lor them
almost like children, and   then,
Al I members v it at
the special   meeting    held    last
■ day.    ri\ wing   stan-
committees   for   the  year
when they   have    readied    tin
"fryer" stage,to see them dis-; m. Wermerskirchen on build-
appear one by one, tills the , mgs, J. p. Virnig on streets, J.
soul with rage.    If these chick : on claims.    A.   Sitzmann
en raisers were in   the    legisla- ,and Oliver   Brunette   were   ap-
ture they would  make  chicken (pointed justices of   the
stealing a capital offense, A motion was car
  the pound-yard and one
MT.C     ¥r.nr»EIITf» lthe   barn   for   one    V( ;u"
RS. ROCiIUS aHuber      iaadBa
Vj r o s s
M.  WermersKirchen   was   instructed to repair   the
to mah'e   it   meet   the   requ
ments of the law.
Motion was carried   that   Recorder give notice   to   the    persons owing water   rent   to
same within ten  days   or   have
the water shut o
A motion was made to   allow
a 20c rebate   per  yard  for
ment walK, same as   last   year.
The motion carried.
Motion,to pay village offi<
same salary as   last   year,   was
carried.
John Hoheisel was appointed
village marshal and engineer.
The light   offered   by   PranK
i was accepted.   This light
is guaranteed for 5 years.
The following bills   were   al-
KURTZ DEAD
Died After One Week's Illness With
Pneumonia—Mother of Fourteen
ChiLlrei -Twelve Living
Mrs. Roctius Kurtz died Friday morningaf ter a short illness. Cause of dead) was pneumonia. Deceased was born in
Kuklinow t'osen, Germany in
1870. She came to America
with her husband in 1892. They
at tirst settled in Stearns Co.
near Holdingford, where they
lived ten years and then came
here and settled in the town of
Granite, six miles east of Pierz.
Deceased was mother of fourteen children, twelve of whom j lowed:
are living.      The   burial   cere-  H.   Bares   and   B.   Gross
monies were held in the St.Jos-       pound-yard	
eph church Saturday   at   9   o'-FrauK Greil,light      I
clock a. m., and the body   laid j     Meeting was   adjourned   i
to rest in the St. Joseph   ceme- | ject to cal,l.
tery.    May she rest in peace.
tional Harvester Co , transacted business in P'ier/. a few
davs the first part of the week.
W. T. Wilson of Alexandria, Minn., was a Pierz busi-
n.ss caller
week.
a f
ew   uavs
this
A.G.Martin of Windom,
Minn, arrived here with his
family March 10th nnd settled
on fhe old Cadwell farm in
the town of Richardson.
ings and other hiding places.
The St. Cloud office will probably be opened about June or
July.
Returns From Canada
Nick   Sehr
Nick Sehr of Spring' Lake,
Alberta, Canada, came hack
to his old camping grounds,
Pierz, last Monday af -er-noon.
He has rented his farm in
Canada for the season and
will remain here for- some
time. He reports that farm-
Mr . VictoriaButterfield of;ers in his neighborhood   were
Hibbing,  Minn.,    a daughter ; ap busy in the fields when   he
of the   iat_    Mrs.   R   Kurt/A ieft.
was here attending the funer-j ' ,	
al of her mother last Monday, j     Mrs_ John R Bedliar,    who
S. D. Wood of Granite waslhas been in St.   Paul   receiv-
here Market Dav.
Fire in C. W. Koering's Kitchen
Brainerd Tribune: There was
a small tire at the home of C.
W. Koering, in Northeast Brainerd, on Friday afternoon,which
was confined to the kitchen.The
damage is estimated at $200
and is covered by insurance.
Frank Grell, recorder.
NOTICE
Is hereby given to all parties getting" water from the
village anda're owingfor same
r-■ £_»
that water rent must be |
inside of ten days after publication of this notice, otherwise water wiil be shut off.
By order of village council.
Frank Grell,
42-1 Recorder.
Get your visiting cards printed
Brueggemann,   held   today at at the Journal office.
Jos. Matlock of Platte was
in Pierz Thursdav.
Michael Thul and Nick
Stolpes went toShakopee yesterday to attend the burial of
their    brother-in-law     Henrv
that place.
Dr. J. H. Neuman of Little
Palls was called out by Loais
Spanfellner Tuesday to treat
a sick horse.
Frank Otremba has let the
contract for a new barn to
John Angermier, who will be-i summer
W. E. Best, agent for the
Minnesota State Prison binders, left for Melrose Mondav. He informs us that a line
will be carried   in    Pierz this
gin work in a few days.
The household goods of Joe
Parrow, section foreman, arrived   Tuesday.    His   family
ing   medical treatment,    will j will be here in about a month.
soon return home. i
Frank Geiger of    Buckman
was in Pierz Tuesdav.
Oats
Depot.
42-1
3/C   per   bushel   at   Soo
Rich Prarie Milling Co.