The Pierz Journal (Pierz, Morrison County, Minnesota), 1911-05-04

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PIERZ JOURNAL
VOL. 2.
PIERZ, MORRISON COUNTY, MINNESOTA, MAY 4, 1911.
NO. 4ti
STJOSEPH SOCIETY
ENTERTAINMENT
Was   Well  Attended — Progressive
Euchre Played at Twenty-
Three Tables
The entertainment given by
St. Joseph society last Monday
evening at Faust's hall attract
ed a large crowd. After a few
selections by the band and orchestra progressive euchre was
played at twenty-three tables.
The prizes were awarded as follows:
Gust Hoffman—Gent'sProg-
ressxve prize, Smoking Set;
Henry Langer—Lone Hand
prize, Shaving Cup;
Prank Hoheisel — Booby
prize, Nursing Bottle;
Mrs. Anna Vonderhaar —
Ladies' Progressive prize,
Sauce Bowl;
Mrs. P. X. Virnig — Lone
Mand prize, Cream pitcher;
Tony Macho—Ladies' Booby prize. Rolling Pin with
safety pins.
A nice lunch was served after
the games. Rev. J. G. Stiegler
introduced Geo. Stelzle of Minneapolis who, for a half hour,
made plain the benefits of fraternal life insurance. Taken
all in all, the entertainment
was a huge success.
$360 for Wolf Bounties
County Auditor McNairy has
paid out the sum of i860 for
wolf bounty so far this year,
l.arly in the season they
brought in the pelts six and
tight at a time, which shows
that they are doing away with
the long dreaded pests. The
sum paid out is for 4H wolves,
each of which netted the owner
$7.50. - - -Transcri p t.
Notice
I will be in the countr*,*
with mv stallion every Fridav and Saturdav, and will
be at home on the other davs.
46-1 Arno Guenther.
Advice for Pierz People
People in Pierz who have
constipation, sour stomach or
gas on the stomach, should use
simple buckthorn bark, glycerine, etc., as compounded in Ad-
leri-ka, the new German ap-
psndicitis remedy. A SINGLE
DOSE brings relief almost INSTANTLY because this simple
mixture antisepticizes the digestive organs and drains off
the impurities. E. L. Kaliher,
Druggist.
Moves to Pierz
P< Aplikowski aud family of
Central Avenue, Superior,Wis.,
arrived iu Pierz Wednesday
morning. They will make their
fUture home in this neighborhood-
ASSESSORS SET
RATES_THURSDAY
Ail Preparations   for   Commencing
Work of Levying Taxes in County
Made Thursday Afternoon
IA LETTER FROM
Germans Pay Much for Meat.
The Social Democrats are making
much of the almost prohibitive price
of meat ift Germany. A picture postcard that iipd a wide circulation before it was withdrawn showed a fat
butcher, meat ax in hand, standing
at his block. There was nothing in
the shop except the man and his implements of trade to show that it waa
a butcher shop. A cadaverous woman asks the price of meat, and the
butcher answers: "You came to tho
wrong place; we do not keep it now.
You must go to the apothecary's
for it."
Mr. and Mrs.. Henrv Galley
of Royalton were in Pierz
Fridav morning*.
Jos. H. Grell offers a SPECIAL
PRICE on Lime, Cement, Wpgons
Corn Cultivators and Planters
during the NEXT TEN DAYS.
-Joe Jaeger transacted business, between trains, in
Greenwaid Wednesday.
Katherine Dollmeyer of
Crete, N. D. is here visiting-
relatives and f i ieuds.
Nelson, the photographer
sold his Mitchell auto to J. J.
Bpsen, last Tuesday.
Weather hap been favorable to the growing of all kinds
of grain. No damage has
has been reported from the
heavy frost Mocday nig'ht.
Mrs. Al Kleist ot" Red Wing-
is here for a few weeks visit
with the family of Andrew
Faust
Aug. Leiter has resigned
his position as buttermaker
in the Bridgeman and Russel
creamery. Jake Pflipsen of
Cold Spring*, has taken his
place.
G A. Nelson, traveling for
the Brooten Hide & Fur Co.,
was in town Friday.
Miss Helen Heller of Minneapolis arrived in Pierz Friday for a short visit with her
sister, Sr. Romana, O. S. B.
She returned to jier home
Monday.
Miss Marv Medek left Wednesday for St. Joseph for an
extended visit with relatives
and friends.
Mrs. Gene Gravel arrived
yesterday fromOnamia,where
she visited some friends and
relatives. She went to her
home in Grav-elville in the af-
teriroon.
Jaco'o Roch, who went to
Redtop, laj-st week, returned
Wednesdav. As nearly all
section men along the line
were la/d off he was without
employment.
B,. W- Blenkhorn, collector
for Sk-vift & Co., wholesale
meatl^Duluth, Minn., w"s   in
Pier_
Q
sterclav ^^^^^^^^
of   Buckman
z caller Friday.
focken
TEST YOUR SEED
CORN AT ONCE
Method  Very Simple—Every Grain!
Which Falls to Grow Cuts Down
Crop 25 Per Cent
A meeting of the assessors of
the towns and villages of Morrison county was held at the
court house Thursday afternoon
for the purpose of fixing valuations on personal property.
The assessors met in the commissioners' room and chose B.
Y. McNairy chairman and Lyman Signor secretary.
The list of rates is as follows:
One-year-old horses $10.00
Two-year-old horses 18.0D
Three-year-old horses i.O.OO
Stallions, 20 times cost of
service.
One-year-old   cattle __   5.00
IVo-yearold cattle    8.00
Cows    12.00
Working oxen -J*_.()0
All other cattle 3 j^ears or
over ir..("i
Sheep of all ages J.0(1
Hogs of  all ages !!.00
Pianos 80.00
Dogs 5.06
Per Cent
Wagons, carriages, sleighs,
bicycles    40
Automobil-es and other power vehicles 50
Items IH and 26, inclusive..   40
Items 28 and 30 40
Sewing machines   40
Watches and clocks 40
Melodians and organs	
Household goods    40
Office furniture _. 40
Farm tools and machinery.. 40
Threshing   machines 40
Gold and silver plate 40
Diamonds and jewelry 40
Items 11 to 28 inclusive 40
All other items .,        40
Base Ball Sunday
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^H W<- are informed that a game
BO Vi EN  RA I HBUlN 'Pierz between , foamia  aud  the
  I local team Sunday.
Plenty of Government Land to bz Had
—Winter Mild  and Soil Rich—
60,000 Sheep on One Ranch
I write you these Hues to let
all our friends know that we
reached Montana in good
health I sent you some samples what thej' raised here last
-eason, which was a very dry
one.
Potatoes are worth $1.20 per
hundred weight. Oats are
worth 11.20 and wheat §1 50 a
hundred pounds. Machinery is
very high. I bought a team of
horses the other day that
weighed 1150 pounds each,three
and four years old, well broke
which cost me $315.00. There
is no place like Montana for
stock raising. It is a great
sight to see the sheep ranches
during lambing time in spring,
where one man owns 80,000
head and has 150 men caring for
them. , These men earn $3.00
per day.    Weather is fine.    We '
Died
Word was received iu Pier*?
Wednesday that Conrad Harsch
died iu Fulda, Minn., Tuesday.
No particular*.were given. He
was a relative of RobertH-lr^ch
of Lastrup.     	
Christ
(.akin
_■
died at Buck-]
man las' Tuesday. Further
pa.rticu.ars are not available at
the time of going to press- Interment took place today in
Dixville cemetery.
Notice
I will have a two year old
percheron stallion at auction
sale on Market day,Saturday,
Mav sixth. The color of the
stallion is black with white
J forehead and white hind legs.
4b-l John Banach.
School Reports
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ School report of Dist. 127 for
just   had    two   days   of   rain, j the month ending April 2(3.1913.
There is plenty of   government | No- of days taught  20
land here   yet   for   everybody.   No. oi pupils enrolled.  _.._.85
It takes but little feed for stock  No. of "Perfect   Attendance"
here.    Sheep and   horses   that j     certificates issued ..13
are not working get nothing all
winter-    Alfred has a half   sec-
AFTER MORRISON
COUNTY'S SCALP
tion of land. I have three lots
in Columbus, but I shall take a
claim soon.
Ice froze   four   inches   thick
here last winter.    We have not
been fishing, but trout are plentiful.      With     regards   to   all
I remain
Yours truly
Bowen Rathbun.
These were present every day-
Katie Brust, August and Theo
dore Jaeger, John and OHva
Leidenfrost, Barbara. Prank,
Herman and Hubert Meyer,
Gertrude Schraut, Aloy.Miis,
Martin and Rosa Stai pes
Margaret L. Hoerner,
teacher.
Read all the ads this week.
WILL ORGANIZE
. AS A VILLAGE
We are informed that the seed
corn is extremely poor this season.
Every grain which fails to
gtow cuts your crop down at
least 25 per cent in each hill.
Every grain dealer, banker
and business man should get
busy and use every means possible to induce the farmers to
test every ear of their seed
corn.
There ore many good -*om-
mercial seed testers and the
method of testing seed at home
is very simple.
If you do not know how to do
it, ask your state experiment
station to send you a bulletin,
but do it now.
—Council of North America
Grain Exchanges.
Citizens of Benton Will Compete
Honors at State Fair This
Year
for I Residents of Ficnsbur.? Petition County Dor- lo be A:b-'£_ to Vote
F. J. Gilbride of Divis, S.
Dak. arrived yesterday to visit with Mr. and Mrs. Wermerskirchen. He sold his
jewelry business at Davisand
is looking for a new location.
Benton countv news in St
Cloud Times—That their *-i>-
ter county on the north, Morrison, has been able to carry
off high honors at the state
fair for three consecutve
years has brought the residents of Benton county to
the realization that a similar
exhibit by their own countv
would result both in a good
showing and the gaining of
new settlers. A movement
has been placed afoot in Benton county to have that county represented in the agricultural building at the state
fair this year. The county is
the home of rich farm produce, grasses, grains, fruits,
vegetables, poultry and livestock. The county commissioners wi 1 be asked for support and private parties have
signified their willingmess to
assist fianciallv.
oil ...connrabo:: Propasftion
At the meet
commissi,
petition was ;.:
citizens   of    r'
ng of the county
held Tuesday a
'fsi'!i>ii by tii'-;
fc.n-'.Kirg asking
that thev be allowed to vote on
the proposition oi organizing
as a village. The petition was
signed by over thirty voters and was granted by the
board after much argument,pro
and con, caused by the opposition of some residents of that
territory. The opposition to
the organization, however, is
said to be confined to but three
people, and the commissioners
did not believe this enough to
reject the prayer of the petitioners. Under the law a day'
of election must be set not less
than twenty nor more than
thirty days from the time of
granting the petition for holding the election
In order to incorporate, a village must have 200 inhabitants.
The territory to be embraced
by the village of Flensburg will
be about two miles one way by
three miles the other.—Transcript.
The Commercial Club will
have its monthlv meeting in
the village hall, Mondav evening. Banquet after the meeting.
commFssiners'
proceedings
County Board Met Tuesday—Appropriated $140 to the G. A. R. Posts
of The County
The regular monthlv me-d-
ing of the Co. commissioners
was held Mav 2nd.
Com missionersGassert and
Roche ean were oppomted a
committee to meet with fhe
town hotrds of Little Falls,
Agram and Belle Prairie to
look over road job in west
line of section 9.
Petition ofC. Christianson to
be set off from district 12*4* to
district 123 granied.
Folio ving applications for
abatement were granted:
Roman Catholic fi id association; D. T. B. Johnson Land
Co., Hiliman; Northland Shoe
Co.
The following sums were appropriated to the different
G. A. R. posts in the countv:
Little Falls $50
Royalton .. 30
S wanyifle 30
Motlev 30
FARMHOUSE GOES
UMN SMOKE
House of Arthur C. Cooper on St.
Joe Jtoad Burned lo tiie Grouad
Wednesday
From T_ii.n»<_» j-_i Juuru.i-Pmm.
The farm house of Arthur G.
Cooper on tbe St. Joe road, just
outside of the city limits, was
totally destroyed by tire last
night which started from an incubator kept in the basement.
The loss is estimated at between
n,<X.T. and $5,000 with $1,500 insurance on the house and $2,SO0
ou the household furniture.
The Arc was discovered shortly before midnight by Mrs.
Cooper just betorn retiring.
Smelling smokf, she went to
basement where she saw the
incubator blazing. Calling her
children and the hir*ed man,
they had barely time to make
their escape before the house
was enveloped in flames. Mr-
Cooper returned from St.Cioud
as the house was burning*, but
nothing could be done to save
the building. Practically nothing except a few personal effects was saved from the flames.
The house went up in quick
lime, making a blaze that was
seen tor several miles around-
After Ihe lire had died down,
Mr.Cooper and his family were
forced to spend the night in the
barn- None of the barns near
the house were injured by the
fire.     ^ _
Peter Girtz Jr. and Barney
iCller began the carpenter
work oo the hardware store
and machine shed in New
Fi-rrz last Monday.
Frank Otremba has built a
ntw barn back of ins building*
i"n New Pier/..
John   Anger-
the   work   last
MA
SATURDAY, MAY 6, 1911
COME   AND   SEE   THE
■OF-WAR
BETWEEN PIERZ   AND  BUH  AT  1  O'CLOCK
AFTER THIS  CONTEST,   SEE THE  tARGEST   10  MONTH'S CALF IN THIS COUNTY
i imer finished    ^^^^^^^^^^^
j Monday.
Yesterday 270 children oi
the St. Joseph's congregation
went to confession and received communion. After
church the children were
treated -feo a line lunch in the
parochial school.
•
S. Jankoski, the New Pierz
merchant, made a business
trip to Minneapolis last week.
Nick Jaeger, son of J<*-e
Jaeger, left Wednesday morning for Lake Henry, where he
will work during the summer
for his cousin, Paul Perlinger.
Chas. Lake left for Little
Falls this morning, where he
will take the teachers examinations. He will not return
until Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. John Rassier of
Little Falls visited friends in
Pierz Sunday. They returned home Monday.
Mrs J. Will of Lastrup visited in Pierz yesterday.
Henry    Langer,    Jr.,   and
Valentine P. Meyer   left last
Friday for   Havre, Montana,
! where they   intend   to   work
this summer.
Jos. Widmer left Friday
for Rharoe, N. Dak. He intends to do some breaking on
his farm and prepare same
for flax.
Wessel Wolke sold his stallion last Friday to Theo.
Gross for $350.
Geo. Stelzle went to Melrose
Tuesday,
J. A. McHugh of the Go-
wen-Peyton-Towhy Co., of
Duluth was in town Wednesday.
Nick Mueller was busy several days this week installing*
new faucets and piping* into
his saloon.
Jos. M. Orel! offers a SPECIAL
PRICE on Lime, Cement, Wagons,
Corn Cultivators and Planters
during: the NEXT TEN DAYS.
John Kugel Jr. of Little
Falls is in town visiting his
father and other relatives.