The Pierz Journal (Pierz, Morrison County, Minnesota), 1911-10-03

              THE PIERZ JOURNAL
VOL.3.
PIERZ, MORRISON COUNTY, MINNESOTA, OCTOBER  5, 1011.
NO. 16
FINE SYSTEM
IS APPROVED
By Little Falls Business College to
Make Students Attend Sessions Regularly
Little Palls Daily Transcript: From indications, the
young' people enrolled at the
Little Falls business college
will attend very regularly during the present year.
It is the intention of the
school to have all students attend as regularly as if employed by a business firm. A student who is frequently absent
or tardy makes an undesirable
employe and the Little Falls
business college aims to turn
out graduates who will be on
time.
Yesterday morning Mr. Millard explained to the students
what is known as the "fine system" which has been in use for
a number of years at one of the
best and largest
schools in the north
purpose of the "fine system is
to prevent unnescessary cases
of absence and tardiness. If a
student is tardy, he must pay a
fine of (en cents before he will
bs admitted t) classes- if he is
abscent, he is fined at the rate
of-.Ti cents a half day. In the
event that a case of absence
or tardinesis unavoidable the
student must give a good reason. Such instances, however,
must be few and far between.
If a student finds it necessary
to be absent and explains in advance, he may be excused b}'
Mr. Millard.
In many of tbe large business
bouses employes are "docked"
if tardy or absent. Mr. Millard
told the students of one case
where the doors are locked at
three minutes after the opening
hour and tardy employes are
obliged to lose a half day. One
of the large department stores
of the Twin cities fines its employes ten cents for each case
of tardiness.
After Mr. Millard finished
his talk, the matter was put to
a vote of the students and the
result was that the "tine system" was almost unanimously
adopted, same to take effect
Monday morning. Mr. Millard
states that it is not his intention to make it hard for those
working for board and room;
that such people are usually
good students and very prompt
in attendance.
These fines are not changeable to the students' account but
must be cash. The money belongs the students proper and
may be used as they see fit. In
tne case referred to, it is used
to buy flowers for sick students
or loaned to students who may
happen to be short of funds.
Aviator McGoey in Peril
Aviator McGoey of Grand
EAorks, N. D, who gave exhibition flights at Little Falls during the street fair, had a close
call at Rochester, Minn, a few
davs ago.    The report savs:
Aviator McGoey of Grand
Forks experienced a mishap
when his motor stoped at an
altitude of ],500 feet as he
was giveng a demonstration
before 10,000 people at th*.
County fair. He kept his heid
and glided safely to earth,
alighting a mile awav but in
full view of the grandstand.
His machine escaped damage.
Lack of gfasolir.e caused the
motor trouble, McGoey is
among- the youngest aviators,
having only flown  since Julv
A Long Way Around
Henning Landahl left Tuesday for Mille Lace lake to
meet a party from Chicago,
who is looking for land on the
lake. In order to make the best
business j time this party goes through
ri?e St. Paul and via Duluth to
Onamia and with the mail carrier, William Anderson, bv
automobile to Vineland. A
roundxbout way, to be sure,
but the quickest—until Little
Falls gets that Soo line connection. —Transcript.
MARTIN GETS
LIFEJENTENCE
Murder Trial Game to Abrubt Ending
Monday—Prisoner Pleads Guilty
to Murder in 2nd Degree.
Is The-World Growing Better?
Many things go to prove
that it is. The way thousands are trying to he.p others is proof. Among them is
Mrs. W. W. Gould, of Pitts-
field, N. H. Finding good
health by taking Electric Bit-
ters, she now advises other
sufferers, everywhere, to take
them. "For years I suffered
with stomach and kidney trouble," she writes  ' Fvery med
icine I used failed till I
Electric Bitters. But
great remedy helped me
dei fully," They're the
tonic and finest liver and
ney remedy that's made. Try
them. You'll see. 50c at E.
L. Kaliher.
took
this
w on-
best
kid-
School   Report
School report of Dist. 78 for
month ending Sept. 29.
No. enrolled 29
No. days taught    J9
Those who received certificates of perfect attendance
are,
Louis, Mary, Nick and Al-
vena K-olilka, Jacob and Joseph
Langer, Math, Katharine and
Susie Thommes, Ursula and
Herman Virnig.
Those who were absent
only o le day are: Katie and
Ragena Faust, Maggie V.rn g
and Alfred Stumpf.
Elizabeth   M. Hoerner
teacher.
For Sale!
For Sale four lots for a reasonable price.
Mrs. Frank Kusrel.
16-4
Pierz, Minn.
Lumber!
35,000 feet of lumber, which
I offer for sale or trade for
stock.
Wm. Go'gert,
16 2 pd. Platte, Minn.
June roses are in bloom a-
gain on John Donek's p'ace in
Bah. Something unusual in
Minnesota.
Read the Ads And Learn  to Save
Call at Frank Urells' when you
want an up-to-date .suit at a medium price.
Father Von Dinter who
had charge of St. Joseph's
parishargeof the St. Joseph's
church duringfatherStiegler's
absence in Europe, left Tuesday morning for a visit at
Burlier, Minn.
Wm. Golgert of North
Platte was here Friday.
Our farmers are beginning
.tohaulgrain toGravelsmill and
to the elevator in New Pierz.
E. L. Kaliher was a
Little Falls visitor last Monday.
Barney Gross returned from
N. Dak., where he has been
working during the threshing
season.
Mrs. JohnCapsner of Pierz
was in the city today on her
return, from a visit at St. Joseph.—St. Cloud Times.
Marriage license has been
issued to Gerhard Block and
Mary Nagel.
Call at Frar.k Qrell's when you
want an up-to-date suit at a me*
dium price.
FOR SALE-rTwo bay horses weight 2,800 pounds age
between four and five and
five and six years.
Jake Neisius.
Miss Louisa C. Streitzof St.
Cloud started an eight months
term of school in district 55,
known as the P.J.Gau district
last Monday. An eight foot
addition has been built to the
front end of the school house
and a bell was been put into
the tower.
Dr E. Seguin and wife went
to Duluth Tuesday.
Transcript: The trial of
Theodore Martin, charged with
murder in the first degree,
came to an abrupt ending Monday afternoon at 4 o'clock, when
the defendent's attorney stated
to the court that the prisoner,
if allowed, would plead guilty
to murder tn the second degree.
The case was begun Wednesday of last week and a jury
was not secured until Friday
afternoon, after 100 men had
been examined The taking of
testimony was begun Friday afternoon and continued until
late Monday afternoon, when,
after a short recess, it ended as
stated above.
Martin was on trial for the
murder of his wife. On June
18 Martin's stepson, who was
working for a neighbor, came
to the .Martin home to visit his
mother. As the boy was preparing to leave for the farm at
which he was emploped the
mother asked him to first have
supper with them. Martin who
entertained a dislike for the
boy, told his wife that the boy
could not eat in the house. This
started a quarrel and Martin-
grabbing his rifle, chased the
boy off the place, returned to
the house, renewed the quarrel
with his wife and finally shot
her three times. He came to
the city and gave himself up.
His hearing was held June 28
and he was bound over to the
grand jury and that body indicted him for murder in the first degree, to which he pleaded not
guilty. As the trial progessed
it was very evident that nothing could be brought out which
might save him from a life imprisonment and he decided to
plead guilty to murder in the
second degree.
Judge Taylor accepted the
piea and stated that sentence
would be passed Tuesday fore
noon and when the murderer
brought before the court he
was given a life sentence in
the state prison.
Martin will not be taken to
Stillwater until the result of
the arson cases and the Gourd
murder case is known-
TRIAL WILL
m $2,000
County Put to Much Expense in Murder Case—Jury Alone Coes
Over $1,000
LETTER FROM J. H. SAND
Like attracts like. Jos. H.
Sand, who formerly worked
for P. A. Hartmann and who
went to Canada, early last
spring, sent us a letter, the
contents of which are published below. One remarkable thing about it is, that
Joseph left Rich Prairie to go
to Rich Prairie.
Rich Prairie, Sask. Can.
Sept. 29111, 1911.
Editor Pierz Journal.
Dear sir: Would ask you
to send my paper toRichPrairie instead of Gull Lake, as
this is a new postoffice, within
one half mile. We are busy
harvesting now.
Yours truly,
J. H. Sand.
The present term of court
will be an expensive one to the
taxpayers of Morrison county,
the Theo- Martin murder trial
alone totals about $2,000. Some
court house officials believe
the cost will go far over $2,000.
The selection of the jury in
the Martin trial will cost the
county over $1,000.
Twenty-three of   the  regular
petit jurors, who were   excused
until the case was   finished   by
the court at the time   the   trial
began, received pay at the rate
of   $3  per   day   each   for   five
days.    This would make a total
of$37f*.    The  men   subpoenaed
for jury   service   and   excused
after examination  averages $6
to $7 each.    This item would in
itself be $450 or over.    The   jury which was chosen   cost   the
county $36   per   day   for   four
days,   aside   from   the    wages
drawn by tlie bailiffs   in   whose
charge   the   jurors   were    put.
This would be another   item of
$1(30.    The   three   triers   doing
service   in   selecting   the   jury
were paid $24 each or a total of
$72.    These items  total   $1,057.
The expense of the   sheriff and
two   deputies   in   subpoenaing
jurors is not counted in   the a-
bove amount.
Dr. Arthur Sweeney, the St.
Paul expert, called by the prosecution, was paid $275 for his
stay in the city. Local doctors
were also paid for services and
when the items of Court expense are added the total will
certainly come near the $2,000
mark.—Transcript.
BIDS WANTED.
Notice ia hereby given that
the supervisors of the town ot
Pierz will meet at the village
hall, Saturday Oct. 14th 19.1,
at 2 o'clock P. M. to receive
hids and let the contract lo
take do.vn the old bridge and
build a new one across Hillman brook-on the line between
sections (l and 10, known as
the Schratit bridge. All material will be furnished bv ihe
town. For further information, apply to the chairman.
The town board reserves the
right to reject any or all bids.
By order of the town board.
Dited this 4th day of October A. D. 1911.
C. A. Virnig,
16-2 Town Clerk.
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A LETTER [ROM
TH0MAS_ ROBINSON
Formerly of Granite—Now i i G
ville, Montana—!
New Home
.  HOW IS THIS?
A farmer reported this
morning that he had to run
his wheat twice through a fanning mill before he could use
it as chicken feed.
NO MORE INSANITY DODGES
According to a decision
handed down bv districtJudge
C. A. Nve, the insanity dodge
for murderers is a thing of the
past. He rules that an insane
murderer should be confined
for life This is a simple and
efficient remedy for the disgraceful insanity expert testimony farce.
Miss Frances Tidd of Austin Minn, who has been, visiting with her sister-Mrs.E. L.
Kaliher. returned to Austin
Monday.
Henry Wannirger of Platte
transacted business in Pierz
last Monday.
Read the Market Day ads.
A pair shears worth 75 cents
FREE with every pair of shoes
bought at Frank Qrell.
Ed. Tanner, Fred Greisch,
A. Ashcraft, Ed. Weber and
J. Cabill came out from Lit-,
tie Falls Thursday evening,
for a few days hunting at
Sullivan lake.
Market Day
IN  LOWER TOWN
SAT.,  OCTOBER 7
PRIZES:
$4  For Best Pulling Team
$2 For Next Best Pulling Team
$1 For TOO  Yard Dash
The Schwartz's Plead Not Guilty
H. J. Schwartz, cashier of
fine State bank of Royalton
and Henry A. Schwartz vice
president of the same institution were arraignedibeforeJudge
Taylor late Thursday afternoon
and both pleaded not guilty to
to the six indictments, which
the grand jury returned against
them.
They were represented by attorney's W. F. Donahue ol" Melrose and M. Daly of Perham.
Bonds were set at $2000 fbT
each.
The cases will probably be
tried at a special term of court
In January.
C. A. Gilman Was Here
C. A. Gilman and a few of
his f rends of St. Cloud were in
Pierz last Sunday.Thev spent
most of the day in the Lastrup
Country where Mr. Gilman
has land interests.
Mr. Gilman was Lieutenant
Governor from 1880 to 1887,
and speaker of the house of
Representatives in 1878 and
1879. He was speaker the two
vears John Stumpf served as
a member of that bodv.
Graceville, M
Sept. 25, 1911.
Editor Pier/. Journal,
Pi 'iv, Minn.
Fast Work With a Potato
Planter and  Digger
Carl Kapsner last week dug,
picked and put into his cellar
70 bushels of potatoes in less
than two hours. The digging
was done with Henry Ter-
har's potato digger. Henry
also has a potato planter,
with which he planted forty
sacks of potatoes in eight
hours last spring.
Schmolke-Beka
John M. Schmolke, son of
JohnScmolke of Buckman and
Miss Pauline Beka of Buck-
man were married at St.Michael's church, last Wednesday
morning. The couple left on
an afternoon train for the
Twin cities. They will re
turn Saturday afternoon and
give a reception to their many
friends Sunday evenirg.
$100 Reward
There is more Catarrh in this
section of the country than all
other diseases put together,
and until the last few years was
supposed to be incurable. For a
great many years doctors pronounced it a local disease and
prescribedlocal remedies,and by
constantly failing to cure with
local treatment, pronounced it
incurable. Science has proven
catarrh to be a constitutional
disease and therefore requires
Constitutional treatment.Hall's
Catarrh Cure, manufactured by
F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O
hio, is the only constitutional
cure on the market. It is taken internally in doses from 10
drops to a teaspoonful. It acts
directly on the blood and mucus surfaces of the system.They
offer one hundred dollars for
any case it fails to cure. Send
for circulars and testimonials.
Address: F. J. Cheney & Co ,
Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by druggist, "ac.
Take Hall's Family Pills   for
constipation.
Dear Sir:
Am add r ess ing
vou these few   lines    In    havt
the address of Geo. Robinson's,
:-  changed to (.riceville;
Montana.   It    is   now    be
sent  to Fort   Benton,   Mont ;
also find enclosed SL00   for  a
vear subset iption f r< m     t he
time of expiration.   We could
hardlv get along  without the
news from our old home,   The
old folks   are thoroly   accustomed to life inMont. and  like
it     first-rate,    circumslnr cea
considered.   As time  goes   ou
everything1      becomes     more
and      more      convenient     to
the new settlers in   this    part
of t-he  country.     Ft.    Benton
is our nearest    rail-road   station.    It is 35 miles away, but
we now have a post  office  established, and also a   .-tore  a-
bout 3 miles from    our    farm.
There is also  a   railroad    under construction neir    Lewis-
town, Mont ,   which   is   going
thru to   Great   Falls,    Mont.
and will traverse this Vicinity.
There     are      two      surveys
thru      these       parts;     one
about two miles from   us   and
the other about twelve   miles.
I am uninformed, as to  which
survev the line will    be    built
on or just how soon it will    be
completed.
We had a short drought in
the month of July, and after
that we had abundant rain.
Cereals of all kinds are
good. Winter wheat averages
about thirty bushels p_r acre
and other grains adapted to
this section are yielding in
proportion. Have bet. n having some disagreable weather here for the prist two
weeks. Had a frost a few
nights ago which killed ail the
tender vegetables.
Some of the lt'e II ix hasn't
been harvested, but it istoc
far advanced for .he** irost
to do any amount of damage.
We had a snowstorm tbe
24 of September. Just had
finished sowing 100 acres
of winter wheat on the Robinson Bros, farm, which will be
the size of our winter wheat
crop for this vear. Personally I am well plea-ed with the
country and think I here is a
great future in store for Mont.
Can't quite forget Pier/,
though. As it is getting late I
will close for this time,
I remain,
Yours truly,
Thomas  Robinson,
Special pric, s on flarket D y
for all goods in the millinery line
at A. Vanderhaar's.
The Reception and
Entertainment Well Attended
The reception and entertainment held in honor of
Rev. J. G Stiegler in Faust's
opera house last Sundav evening was so well attended that
even the standiny room
was all occupied. The program arranged by th^* sisters
was well played and greatlv
appreciated by the large
audience.
The Village School board had
a meeting Wednesday evening.
Miss   Mary     Hoffmann    (f
Sacramento,   Cal. is here   fui
a months visit will  her mother, Mrs. John Hoffmann ol'the-
village.
NO
Notice is hereby iiven to all my
credit rs to  cal) and make settlement for their accounts at once,
P. A   Hartmann.