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THE PIERZ JOURNAL
VOL. 3.
PIERZ, MORRISON COUNTY, MINNESOTA. AUGUST L>4, 1911,
NO-10
A REASSESSMENT
MUSTBE MADE
State Tax  Comnrksion Orders Moneys and Credits Re-Assessed ifl
Morrison County
Transcript: County Auditftr
Mc Nairy lias returned from St.
Paul, where he was called by
the state tax commission in connection with the assessment of
moneys and credits in Morrison
•county.
The commission ordered a reassessment of the 'moneys and
credits in the city of LittleFalls,
Royalton, Swan River, Two Rivers, Agram, Buh and Pierz.
The places to be reassessed
*wiil be divided into groups and
ai special assessor appointed
for the work. Little Palls and
and Royalton will form one
group and be assessed by the
■same person. Swan River and
Two Rivers will form another
group and Agram, Bub and
Pierz will be another. Three
•special assessors will be appointed by the commission for
the work at a salary of $8.50
per day each. The assessment
14 paid for by Hie state at this
time, but it is understood that
the county wi'll later have to
reimburse the state.
The commission was very
much dissatisfied with the assessment made of money* and
credits in the places above mentioned and the $230,000 returned
•from Little Palls did not look
.ike a just assessment to the
•members of the board.
While no appointments of assessors have as yet been made
they will be apnounced within a
few days and the work of re-assessing begun at once.
The auditor of Stearns county, who was especially invited
to the tax commission meeting,
did not appear and sent no
word. St. Cloud, in that county, has a per capita assessment
on . moneys and crebits of §13,
which is next to the lowest,
Brainerd, at $12, holding that
record. The commission will
order a wholesale reassess-
•nent, there being twenty-one
t* e-as s e ss in e n t districts in
Stearns county alone where the
assessors' work will have to be
done over. In other counties
many districts will be re-assessed. The commission will
ask the auditors of several
other counties to a conference
early next week.
Goes To Elizabeth
Ward Springs, Minn.—Rev.
Father John L. Wilkes, who had
been for three years the spirtu-
al advisor of the Ward Springs'
Catholic congregation, left last
week for Elizabeth, Ottertail
county, to accept similar duties
for the Catholic church at that
place. Before his departure
the whole congregation assembled at the parsonage and in
fitting words as well as in substantial presents expressed its
appreciation'for his kind and
faithful services during his stay
amonng us-
Father Wilkes is a nephew of
Mr. Gerhard Wilkes of Pierz.
Thielen Appointed Special Assessor
The state tax commissioner has appointed J. J. Gross
assessor to make the re-as-
seessment on moneys and
credits in this city and Royalton and Theodore Thielen for
Agram, Pierz and Buh.
The third assessor for Swan
River and Two Rivers has not
\ et been appointed.
Valentine Krantz Dead
Word was received here
last Monday by Hubert Bares,
Mrs. Peter Virnig* and A. M.
Rauch that Valentine Krantz
had died at his home in Red
Lake Falls, Sunday evening.
The funeral took place Wednesday. Mr. Krantz had
been suffering* with diabetes
the last four months.
A Foundling at Hospital
Monday evening- about 8 o'clock, a babv girl was left on
the door steps of the hospital
at Little Falls, A note was
pinned to the bundle reading,
''Born on July 31." Suspicion points to two women, who
were seen Monday with a baby, and who left on an east
bound train early Tuesdav
morning without it.
BISHOP TROBEC
WILL NOT RESIGN
St. Cloud Paper Says Report of Res
tpation is Denied —Bishop
in Goed Health
Cotton in Morrison County
Mrs. Virnig in lower town
has a cotton plant about 10
inches high in her hotbed. The
plant was raised from seed
planted some time in the month
of May. Cotton cannot be raised successfully more than 30 degrees north or south of the E-
quator.
The saeds are sown in the
spring in drills of about a yard
in width, the plant appearing
above the ground in about 8
days afterwards.
The climate most favorable
to its growth and development
are six months exemption from
frost, moderate rainfall during
growth, and while maturing,
abundant sunshine with little
moisture. The six*months exemption from frost necessary
for its development precludes
it from successful cultivation in
this latitude. Mrs. Virnig says
she had more cotton plants, but
only one withstood the heat and
drought of this season—and
that only with considerable aid
from the sprinkling can.
The Journal ventures to express the opinion that the
PierE Co-operative association
was fortunate in securing for
its President, a man of ability
and energy'. Without a good
forceful man, who is able to
take the initiative in the manv
perplexing questions which
are likely to arise during the
formative stage,an organ iga
lion like the above might die
during birth.
LOST—Three head of cattle
—two heifers and one steer
—each \yi vears old. Color
red. tinder please let the
undersigned know. Joseph
Janson one mile west of
Buckman.
10-1
Mary BeJnar, daughter of
Anton Bednar, left this morning for St. Joseph, Minn.,
where she will enter the convent,
Carl Jacobi of St. Paul,
representing Geo. Ben/, and
Sons, was a business caller in
Pie>«. yesterday.
Rhinehard Stoll of the German State Bank js taking a
vacation. He went to Brainerd Tuesday, with the Little
Falls ball te.ni, an on Wednesday went to Dent to visit
his brother, Edward.
The shire certificates and
the constitution and by-laws
booklets of the Pierz Co-operative association were printed
by the Journal.
At the meeting of the officers of the Pierz Co-operative
association held last Tuesday
32 shares were settled for.
Jos. Kappes and JohnHam-
meral of Buckman drove to
Pierz Tuesday evening.
John F. Kugel, Ben Bill-
stein and John Smith of Little
Falls attended the dance in
New Pierz Monday evening.
Nick Staub returned home
after a tripthru North Dakota
and the eastern part of Montana as expert for the International Harvester Co. He
says crops are good near the
Canadian line but poor in
many other places. During
the trip he met John Eisel, a
Pierz boy, who is now fireman
on the N. P. railway.
T.W. Grlebler, of St. Cloud
representing Julius Adams
cigar manufacturer, transacted business in Pierz Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Val.Hartmann
who visited relatives here
since last spring, left last
Thursday for theirhome inSt.
Benedict, near Jordan,   Minn.
St. Cloud Journal-Press:
An article appearing in the
NorthwesternChronicle of today to the effect that Rt. Rev.
James Tre bee, bishop of tlie
diocese of of St. Cloud for the
past 14 years,has resigned, is
withoutfoundation and denied
bv the ^reverend gentleman.
The aftjjyki^tcd that the
Caus'e_ of^-wiai^^gn it^on was
on account xu^Jailing* health,
which prevented him from
caring for the many and important duties of his large
diocese. In an interview with
Rt. Rev. Leo P. Gan-\ pistor
of the Cathedral church, it
was stated that the bishop is
in good health,attending to all
duties and even looking after
his own correspondence. The
people of this city, as well as
those in the entire northwest
will be pleased to learn that
the report is erroneous and
that the bishop will remain
here, where he is loved and
honored by the entire community.
Henry Nathe and family of
Little Palis visited at John
Stein kugel last Mondav and
Tuesday-
There was a light frost yesterday morning, but, fortunat-
lv, no damage was done to
corn and garden truck.
Rev. Wolfgang O. S. B. of
Licv, Wash, and Rev. Lorenz
O. S. B. of Torah, Minn, are
here visiting: the parents Mr.
and Mrs. John Steinkogler in
Granite.
Leigh
The wedding- of Miss Elizabeth  Quia
livan of Park Rapids, to John ti  Leigh
of Akeley, took  place  Tuesday August
loth at St. Peter's church, Park Rapids.
The service was read at 9 o.clock A.
M.. witness bv Miss Alice Leigh, sister
of the groom, and John Qiiinhvan of St.
cloud, brother of the bride.
The bridal party arrived August 16,
at Hillman, where a wedding supper was
given by the grooms parents to a few
friends and relatives.
The decorations were of red and green,
wth red carnations and green ferns,
many useful and beautiful presents were
received.
5-Mr. and Mrs. Leigh   will be  at  home
ti their friends after October 1st.
How's This?
Yve offer One Hundred Dollars
.Reward for any case of catarrh
that cannot be cured by   Hall's
Catarrh Cure,
P. .7. CHENEY & CO.,Toledo,0.
We, the undersigned, have
known P. J. Cheney for the last
15 years, and believe him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially a-
ble to carry out any obligations
made by his firm.
Walding, KinneN & Marvin.
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo,O.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken
internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Testimonials sent free. Price 75 cents
per bottle. Sold by all Druggists.
Take Hall's Family Pills for
constipation.
Right in your busiest season when yoH
hav«3 the least time to spare you are most
likely to take diarrhoea and lose several
days' time, unless you have Chamberlain's
Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy at
hand and take a dose on the first appearance
of the disease.    For sale by all dealers.
THRESHING ENGINE
BREAKS BRIDGE
Both Henry Lust and Ed. Schuli, Wtt
Were Riding on Platform,
Escaped Injur}'
To stand oi the platform of
a threshing engine and dro;"
with a bridge twelve feet to
tT.e stream-bed, wi limit even
receiving so much of an injury as. a scratch, mav seem
miraculous; \ et such was the
good fortune of which Henry
Lust and Kddie Shuh can
boast, when they attempted
to cross the bridge, which
spanned Hillman Creek east
of John Woytaseck's place in
Granite. Thev were on the
way to Will Drivers' place to
do his job of threshing. The
bridge gave wav near the middle and left both the east and
fewest end inclining against the
abutments, thus forming a V-
shape wreckage, with the engine wedged in at the junction
of the two segments. Luckily
the separator remained on the
west approach. The engine
v> as taken out Mondav by
means of a block and tackle,
and, hauling the separator a-
cross the creek, through a
nearbv fording-place, re
-•umed its wav, rone the worse
for its sudden drop into Hillman creek.
The broken bridge, which
was bu'dt about seven years
ago, will be replaced bv a
steel structure; and Otto
Hoffman states that the town
board of Granite had already
se.it in an order for such, to
an I/idiana firm of bridge-
builders.
It seems that the town of
Granite has had more than its
share of bridge troubles during the last ■*. ear.
One Deer is The Limit
There has been some confusion in the minds of those interested in hunting dee", as to
the number they may kill and
have in their possession. The
laws seem to conflict on this
point. The state game and fish
commission, however, rules that
under the present law a person
is allowed to kill or have in pop-
session but one deer.
South  Agram
Aug. 21—Mr. and Mrs. John Neisius,
Herman Terhaar, Misses Wary Kastanak
and Mrs. John Vorath visited at the
home of J. J. Brumn er Sunday.
Some farmers are plowing and uiakin
their fields ready to put in ne.
Corn is getting ripe and some farmers
in this vicinity have to cut it soon.
Rather to much water on, and in the
ground for drainage work this summer,
just enough to make a careful note of
the places that most need tiling.
Misses Eva and Catherine Brummer
visit at Vorath's Monday.
Card of Thanks
We take this means of expressing our sincere thanks
for the sympathy shown us
during our recent bereavement.
Wenzel Medek and Family
Notice
There will be a meeting of
officers and shareholders of
the Pierz Co operative association in Faust's hall next Saturday evening at six o'chck.
All shareholders are requested to be present.
Carl Kapsner,
Secretarv.
MARKET DAY
IN   UPPER TOWN
SAT., SEPTEMBER 2, 1911
A prize of $7 50 will be given to the owner of the
best pulling team
Frank Hesch Visits florae
Frank    Hesch,    son   0
Paul Hesch. was in   the   vii
for  a  few   hours   IjlsI    Friday
morning.     Frank has   been   tiring for the Soo Line,   the   past
three years.     Me now   tires
Of Si ilking about
his work Frank said: "The boys
are mistaken when ihey think a
firemen takes his job to get the
It is hard work. T have
shoveled r.s many as Pout tons
of coal in running eighteen
miles: but that was an exception. It generally tafoes from
seven to ten tons of coal over a
hundred mile freight division."
Frank   called   on his unc
Frank ui-.d   Math   in   Agram   in
the afternoon.
Soup Versus Soap
A somewhat ludricous misunderstanding took place last
week, between two Pierz women, one a Sjt. ndinavian. the
other a German, neither of
whom understands very much
of the King's English.
The Scandinavian lady had
found an old and mouldy hunk
of pork on her premises, and
holding it up on the end of a
pitchfork to the view of her
German neighbor, the follow
irg conversation occurred:
(We leave the characteristic
dialects and inflections of the
voice to the fancy of the readers )
S—"What shall I do with
this?"
G. —Oh, I'd make soap of
that. That will make good
soap.
"Soup! make soup out of this?
You don't mean it, do you?"
"Certainly* don't you know
how to make soap."
"Yes, I can make all kinds
of soup."
"Well, how do you make it."
"I take a piece of meat and
put in things from the garden,
add. salt, rice e'c. and boil it."
"Don't vou put anv lve in
ii? You can't makegood soap
without lye."
"Lye, well I should sav
net.    Lve is too strong."
About at this stage, the
conversation was interrupted,
when each went into her house
with a look askance; audit is
safe to say, that each very
much doubted the other's a-
bility to make good soup or
soap until a few davs later
when the misunderstanding
was cleared up.
An Automobile Fire
Mark Buck man's automobile took fire Sunday evening
in Little Palls, while Mr.
Buckman was filling the tank
with gasoline, and damaged
the mach'ne to the extent of
$125. The gasoline ran over
and was ignittd by the headlights.
Every Hunter Must Have License
According to the new game
laws of 1911, every hunter of
big game must take out license,
says County Auditor McNairy.
Under the old law, a license
was not needed to hunt big
game in the county in which the
hunter resided.
ELECTluC LIGHT LINE
TO BELLE_PRAIRIE
Right of fay fa> Been Secured and
Line Will he Built al Once—
Why Not to Pierz?
The right of wav   has   been
seen • r building  an <
trie line to the new school at
Belle Prairie and work on its
n will begin at
oroce. Tli-e Water Powef
company has-a crew of men at
work- now wiving ihe new
school building and another
crew will begin operations oit
the building* of the line. This-
line will mean an extension of
three miles to the Little Palis
system.—Transcript.
Six Applicants for R. F. D. No. 3
Joseph W. Fattst, John
Ilvheisel, Jos. B. Hartmann,
John J. Neisius, Antufi iVL
Macho and Oliver Brunette
are the applicants who last
Saturday look the examina*
tion at Little Falls, for the
position of carrier on Pier?.
R. P. D. No. 3, recently made
nt bv the resignation of
C. P. Virnig".
Since the resignation of Mr.
Virnig, Mrs. P. C. Scoles
and Jos. B. Hartmann have
been acting as carriers on
this route.
New Bank at Royalton
J. K. Martin of Little Pall*
last week received a charter
granting him antl associates a
right to open a bank at Royal*
ton. His intention is to have
the bank ready for business
Sept. 1.
The incorporators will be
r. K. Martin, W. H. Ryan, A,
R. Davidson, Wm. Davidson,
R. K Carnes and J.N.Carnes.
The bank will be capitalized
for $15,000 and will be known
as Farmers' and Merchants*
State Bank of Royalton.
Drowned Man identified
The body of the man found
in the river near the old Trask
p'ace which for a while was
thought to be that of Paul
Gendron of Bowlus, has been
identified; A pair of 'shoes,
trinkets and a cravenette hat
wefe found about half a mile
from the place where the body
of the drowned man was taken
from the river bv Wm. Brock-
way. In the hat a piece of
board was fourd on which
was written the following*:
"July 14, 1911. This will
clear J. Henderson, signed,R.
K. Brown." Other writing
was there but had been washed ' Bgg-
almost off by rain. —Tran
script.
H. Rudowsky called on our
merchants Monday. He represents a clothing house of
St. Paul.
John Krautkraemer of Jor*
dan was in town a few davs
the former part of the week.
He is selling the Empire
cream separator.
Mrs.     S.     Jankowski    and
TheresiaSpanfelIner returned
from the Twin Cities Monday
evening.
PLATTE
(!. Reese and wife were Tierz callers'
Thursday.
firs. G. Sigette called at Pierz Thursday.
Wilson Hayes and family arrived from
Swmi River today. They will make
their future home here.
Walter Hayes has rented the farm
from G. Sigr-tte. He moves onto it this
week.
Walter Hayes helped chas. Rychncr
stack grain several davs last week.
Miss Sara'Rvchner, is Platte's noted
potogl-apher.
Hiss Emma Reese and Mrs. X. Hayed
called at Ben Richnrr's Thursday afternoon.
Christ Reese helped N. Hayes move
from Swan River Monday.
Edwin .\iarkwood of sullivan visited at
chas. Richner's Sunday.
Mrs. Geo, Sieette and daughter, Francis, Emilia Reese and Sara Uychnef
were callers at the Hans' home Sun'
day cveuing.
THE MARKET
Changed every Thursday
Be   sure   and
market dav ads.
read all the
Wheit, No. 1, old 93
Wheat, No. 2,old 9.1
Wheat, No. 1 Northern, new 85
,, ,, 2 Northern, new s3
Flax 2.20
Barley     70
Rye      70
Oats, new  35
Ear Corn, old      55
Hav          S7$8
Butter, Creamery     .'io
Dairy    15
 10
Flour, Best 3 00
, ,    Straight     2 90
Potatoes     l.CO
Beans 	
Hogs  60
Cows 2.75
Calves         50
Steers      3y^