The Pierz Journal (Pierz, Morrison County, Minnesota), 1911-11-30

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NO. 24
STATE AID FOR
RURAL SCHOOLS
County  Treasurer Renick   Receives
Check For First Class
Rural Schools
Transcript: County Treasurer Renick
has rc:ei.ed a check^or $5,836.00 with
which to pay the state aid to the first
class rural schools of the county   .The
amount to be received by each district
Is as follows:
No. Diat. Amount
5A $  180.00
7     238.00
10     238.00
11     142.00
IS     238.00
16       58.00
18       96.00
19       58.00
22       96.00
25      238.00
36      238.00
29A      142.00
33     238.00
35     238.00
36      238.00
37 ,        96.00
44       96.00
48      238,00
52     238.00
53       38.00
<55      142.00
68      238.00
74     200.00
78        38.00
80      238.00
84       58.00
*86       142.00
87       96,00
90      200.00
31        42.00
*97      142.00
V9      238.00
117      142.00
118         96.00
120      200.QO
127  ...      142.00
Total $5.836.00
$100  REWARD $100
The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least
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surfaces of the system, thereby dis-
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and giving the patient strength by
building up the constitution and assisting nature in doing its work. The
proprietors have so much faith in its
durative powers that they offer One
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fails to cure. Send for list of testimonials.
Address. F. J. CHENEY & Co.,
Toledo, O.
Sold by Druggist, 75c.
Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
The persons who came from Cross
Plains, Wisconsin, to attend the Jos.
Saeman and Mary Berg wedding returned home Tuesday morning. They
were, besides the young couple, Victor
and Angeline Saeman, Eberhart Faust
and Mrs. Wm. Saeman. Sunday afternoon and evening a party was held
at P. J. Bollig's home in honor of the
guests, attended also by many of their
Pierz friends. Later in the evening
they called on Engelbert Boehm. The
last and Farewell party was held at
Christ Faust's home. P. J. Bollig
took the young couple to Little Falls
and J. N. Rauch, the rest of the party.
They left Little Falls on the 3 o'clock A. M. train.
Deputy Sheriff F. X. Huroux was a
Pierz caller Wednesday.
Theo. Thielen of North Buh was a
caller in the village yesterday.
ARRESTED AT CROOKSTON
William Emmerich,   Accused of Forgery—$1500 Involved
Crooskston Times, 25: This morning
Wm. Emmerich was arrested and arraigned before Judge Gossman, charg_
ed by the Singer Sewing Machine Co.,
with uttering a forged instrument, the
instrument referred to being a Singer
Sewing Machine contract purported to
be signed by Isadore Bougie, of Carman, and which the company alleges
was never signed by Mr. Bougie, but
allege that Bougie paid for the machine and some.one else signed Bougie's
name to tho contract, showing that
Bougie was to pay $5 per month, when
as'a matter oQfact, they [,'allege that
the machine was entirely paid for.
Mr. Emmerich was released under
bond and his hearing was set for next
Tuesday.
The Singer officials are reticent, but
admitted that they believe the discrepancy amounts to between $1,500 and
$2,000. Just how the affair will terminate cannot be stated till after the
auditing of the books is completed and
the hearing concluded next Tuesday.
Mr. Emmerich was in the employ of
the^McCormick]j_Harvester Co. about
nine years ago and spent most of his
time in Pierz.
SCHOOL REPORT
School   Report  of   Dist   39   for   the
month ending Nov. 24' 1911
No. of pupils enrolled       38
These who were present every day
are:
Bernard Endres, Christina Tretter
Cathrine Hoppe, Fred Tretter, Frank
Jamma' Herman Hoppe, Mary Hoppe,
Nick Tretter, Rose Virnig, Theresa
Jamma, Theresa H. Tretter.
Elizabeth C. Kklm-'k,    Tkacher.
Woman Pioneer Called.
Cass Lake, Minn., Nov. 22—Mrs.
Adeline Cota died at the home of her
step -daughter, Mrs. Dan Lilly, after
a lingering illness of nearly a year
from dropsy.
' Her husband Chas. Cota, died 11
month ago since which time Mrs. Cota
has not been well. Deceased was
born 76 years ago near Three Rivers,
Canada, and has been a resident of
Minnesota the dast 35 years, making
her home near Belle Prairie, in Morrison county.
[SAYS HE HAS CURED CANCER
COLOGNE, German, Nov. 21 Dr.
Otto Schmidt, the well known cancer
expect of this city, has applied for the
Italian Maraini preze of $20,000 offered
to the discoverer of a cancer serum
who can prove that he has been successful in healing five cases by means
of his remedy.
Dr. Schmidt asserts that he is able
to proved that he has made forty cures.
AUCTION SALE
December 5th, 1911 at 10 o'clock a.
m. on the farm of Theodore Gross, two
miles east of the village of Pierz.
Two working horses, 8 years old,
One black mare, 3 years old, One
driving mare, 5 years old, One Bay,
stallion, 4 years old, 1 yearling colt,
2 set of working harnesses, 1 set of
double buggy harnesses, 3 single buggy harnesses, 6 milch cows, Two, 2
yearling heifers, Two, 1 yearling heifers, 1 yearling bull, 3 angora sheep,
2 binders, Two seeders, 4 harrows
1 gang plow, 2 walking plows, 1 disc.
1 hay rake, 1 nTower, 1 hay press,
1 wagon, 3 single buggies, 1 double
buggy, 1 sulky, 2 sleds, One 2 seated
cutter, 1 kitchen stove, 1 heating stove,
and other ,house-hold-goods and articles too numerous to mention. Terms:
All sums of $10.00 and under cash:
and all sums over $10.00 time given to
November 1, 1912 on good bankable
paper. Free lunch and refreshments.
, Theodore Gross, owner. Tim Perry,
autiorveer, A. P. Stoll, clerk.
TWO LETTERS
FROMCANADA
H. C. Wilkes and John  H. Gerwing
Each Sent an Interesting Letter
Describing Conditions in Can.
Rich Prairie, Can.
November 16th, 1911.
Editor Pierz Journal:—
In the future kindly
send the Journal to Rich Prarie, Can.
instead to Gull Lake, Canada. Al
though, I live in Rich Prairie, I do not
feel rich. Owing to the early arrival
of winter weather we cannot hope to
have our threshing done before spring.
About one-third of the 1911 crop lies
in the field under one foot of snow.
My crop of flax was fine. Farmers a-
round here do not expect to loose anything by leaving their grain out in the
snow all winter. Live stock, and es -
pecially that, for which no preparation for winter shelder was made will
suffer most. Such is life in the far
north-west and such we must be con-
|-tent with at this stage of Canadian
develepment. I can assure you that
when Rich Prairie, Canada has as
many settlers and as many threshing
machines as Rich Prairie, Morrison
County boasts of, we shall have no difficulty in having our grain threshed in
due season.
Yields of from 29 to 40 bushels of
wheat, and from 60 to 105 bushels of
oats per acre have been reported this
fall. Doctor, tell all my friend solo-
players that I should like very much
to be with them Wednesday evening to
play for a turkey; but since we cannot mould this world's events to suit
our hearts' desire, I must content myself bv wafting them a long-distance
wish for a hearty and generous ap-
petetite at Thanksiving dinner.
Yours truly,
Herman Wilkes.
THE SECOND
R. R. CONNECTION
Ten Prominent Men of The City Will
Have Charge .of Work of Securing Another Road
Transcript: Little Ealls is getting
down to the business. For several
years committees have been appointed
at various times to secnre another railroad connection for the city, but their
work has always came to naught.
After the first day's enthusiasm the
energy of these committees apparently
died out and no real effort has been
make to secure the much needed roads.
At the club meeting Wednesday night
it was brought out that this is the
physchological moment to get busy.
Little Falls must be on the route of
the proposed extension of the M. &. St.
L., or must have a connection with
the Soo. If both of these fail then the
city must build its own road the tap
the rich granite territory*,to the northeast of us.
Ten men will be made committee to
take care of the matterjand Pwill^be
admonished to get ANOTHER RAILROAD CONNECTION for the city of
Little Falls. The Transcript has
knowledge of several men'who are
ready and willing at this time to enter
a corporation composed of fifteen persons and to build a road from this city
to Pierz with a feeder from the granite
quarries.
The gentlemen in charge of a second
railroad connection   will   be instructed
HOT SOUPS AT NOON TIME
Lunch Menu in a Country School
Makes a Genuine Hit.
Alexandria, Minn., Nov. 24- Miss
Klvira Flint, wno teaches the Forada
school a few miles south of Alexandria,
has taken a step forward in the "progressive" education movement. Miss
Flint has adopted the plan of serving
hot soups to the childern with their
ordinary noontime lunch, brought from
home. The plan has proven so popular that the people of the district are
enthusiastic over it.
The "menu" includes the various
cereals made into a thin porridge or
soup, potato soup, chicken soup, etc.
Partial preparation is made in the
home, the families of the district alternately furnishing. The preparation
is completed at the close of the forenoon session and served hot with the
cold lunch carried by the children.
The c ildern have divided into bands
for serving and washing dishes. The
work is done quietly ahd with dispatch and the schoolroom left in as
neat condition as after the ordinary
noontime lunch.
NINETEEN
WILL GRADUATE
Two Pierz Boys Frank Marshik And
Richard Boehm are Members
of This  Class
to work with the St. Cloud Commercial
club in efforts to secure the laying of
the M. &. "St. L. extension through
this territory.
Little"tFalls—Little Falls.is.to have
a new building, solid brick, 40 by 100
feet in size, for the exclusive purpose
of manufacturing ice.cream[and candy
and the jobbing of candies and tobaccos. The building will be ready for
occupancy^by,May 1 and Jits erection
at this time is the direct result of the
get-together dinner given at Hotel
Buckman last month.
The St. Cloud Normal school for
young ladies is crowded and no more
girls will be taken nntil March. The
three young ladies of Pierz who were
to leave last Monday, to take a winter
term, will be compelled to wait until
spring.
Last Sunday was a very pleasant
day. At noon the thermometer registered 37 above zero.
Highest price, 9 to 10 cents,
paid for hides at Prank Grell's
meat market.
Lenore Lake, Sask. Can.
November 24, 1911.
Editor Journal:
About eight months have
gone by now since we came to Canada
and I will let my friends and relatives
know how we are getting along here.
About the crops I must say that we
have harvested a very big one here this
year. But the average yield per acre
is a little less than what we raised
some years ago. But we did very well
here this year. Henry Gerwing raised
1200 bushels of wheat, 900 bushels
oats and some flax and barley. Geo.
Gerwing raised 990 bushels of wheat
1000 bushels of oats, 183 bush, of barley
and 38 bushels of flax. My brothers at
home raised 3200 bushels of wheat,
3900 bushels ot oats, 136 bushels of
barley, and I raised 2400 bushels of
wheat, 1000 bushes oats, 75 bushels
flax, 300 bushels of potatoes and 20
tons of tame hay. So you see that the
Gerwings here together raised some
-over 5,000 bushels of grain this year.
We have shipped 4 carloads of wheat
to Port Arthur now, which will net
us from 75 to 80 cents per bushel.
Oats brings about 30 cents per bushel;
potatoes 60 cents per bushel. Horses
are very high here. A good team is
worth from $600 to $700. Farm hands
are scarce and I paid over $60 per
month for help. Together we now own
2400 acres of land in Canada, and as
the years roll by we are getting more
land under cultivation. Together we
have around 300 acres of land broken
this year. Most of this was done by a
steam plow, which draws 12 — 14 inch
plows and cuts a furrow 14 feet wide.
It costs $3 per acre to get the land
broke.    Land is worth abour$20 to $30
an acre. And every acre which is j November, but now It Is nice and
properly put in crop will just about J warm again. We have f rom 8 to 10
pay for itself in one year. There is inches oi snow now> but have had no
a great deal of frozen wheat in the j blizzard yet, and the snow lies just as
country this year, which will only it fell. The geese and ducks are gone
bring from 50 to 60 cents per bushel in on a visit t0 the south> and so ares0me
the market. We had a cool summer of the settlers here making a visit to
and it froze up very early this fall. It j he south for the winter. Now I will
froze up the 25 of October, which is have.to ciose for this time wishing
about 2 to 3 weeks earli.r than usual, j vou all a good turkey dinner for
Very Httle plowing was done this fall, j Thanksgiving. We had ours about a
There is lot of threshing to be done in month ag0- with kind regards t0 all
spring yet also some shock   threshing. ' j rema;n Respectfully
We had a cold spell the  first   part   of i John H. Gerwinc'
A   Father's Vengeance
would have fallen on any one who attacked the son of Peter Bondy, of South
Rockwood, Mich., but he was powerless before attacks of Kidney trouble.
"Doctors could not help him,"he wrote
"so at last we gave him Electric Bitters and he improved wonderfully from
taking six bottles. Its the best Kidney
medicine I ever saw." Backache, Tired
feeling, Nervousness, Loss of Appetite,
warn of Kidney trouble that may end
in dropsy diabetes or Bright's disease.
Beware: Take Electric Bitter's and be
safe. Every bottle guaranteed. 50c at
E. L. Kaliher.
EST* Voigt Corn Flake and 6 silveroid
Tea   spoons   for   18c   at   the-sqoake-
DEAL-STOKE.
J. M. BLAKE.
A SURPRISE PARTY
Miss Clara Tretter was very pleasantly surprised Wednesday evening
November 22nd, by a number of her
friends and relatives. The occasion
being her 18th birthday anniversary.
Those present were: George and Helen Boser, Otto Fuhrman, Nick, and
Math Beimert, Anna, Susia, Barbara
and Joseph Kainz, Anna Endres,
Alois and Steve Preimesberger, Elizabeth Keller, Alma Hanlon, Merton
Smith, Thersa, Julia and Andrew
Schmitbauer, Fred Smith, Pete Tretter,
Nick. Resell, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew
Kainz and Mr. and Mrs. Carl Beimert.
The evening was spent in playing
cards and other games. Refreshments
were served.    All report a good time.
North Buh
D. Veith came back from Grand
Forks last Wednesday.
Gust Stuckmeyer left for the pineries last Friday.
A large moose bull traveled through
this section of the country last Thursday, chased by several hunters of
CrowWingCo. but led them estray and
went toward-Mille Lacs Lake. We not
very often get to see an animal of this
kind in this   part of   the   Country.
Misses Julia and Theresa Schmidt-
bauer of Casselton, N. D. came her
last week for a short visit.
Win. Sparrow passed through here
on his way to Platte, where he
transacted land business.
Mike Schmitt is hauling hay from
Mt. Morris, for John Fischer.
Hubert Schmitt wounded a wolf last
He followed him for quiet a distarce
but did not get him
Mr. and Mrs. Jac. Girtz made a business trip to Little Falls Saturday.
Mrs. Peter Tretter and her brother
Fred Schmitt were in Little Falls Saturday.
George Hoffman was a Pierz caller
last Sunday.
John L. . Boser was a business
transactor in Little Falls Saturday.
Math Zierer and John Fischer were
out in Granite hunting rabbits a few
days ago.    They got 45.
John and Robert Hoppe were here
on a rabbit hunt. They got several
when they went home.
Frank Flicker passed through here
with a load of hay.
John Wytasek and Mr. Stucky were
busines callers in Little Falls Saturday.
Joe Kainz returned from N. Dakota
last week.
Chas Rychner went to Little Falls
with a load of hay and sold the sa me
for twelve doliers.
The dance at John Tretter's was a
good one and quite a crowd was there.
Joe and Andrew Schmidbaner took
in the dance of North Buh and report
a good time.
Transcript Wednesday morning
the normal school at St. Cloud will
dismiss for the Thanksgiving vacation
which will extend to Monday morning
Dec. 4. During the forenoon, a class of
19 will receive diplomas, thej
gin th* first class of the 1911-12 year to
be graduated.
Due to the over taxed capacity of the
Institution, President Shoemaker has
has already instructed the superintend
dets of the counties of the state that
only former students or these who have
already made arrangements for entry
will be admitted after Thanksgiving.
The 500 limit place for the school has
been considerably   exceeded this year.
Among those in the graduating class
are Frank Marshik, who has been taking the advanced English course, and
Richerd Boehm, from the Latin churse
Both are from Pierz.
BANK FOR NEW PIERZ
A bank has been organized, which
will do business in New Pierz under
the name of First State Bank of New
Pierz. The stockholders are: Henry
Wuellner, H. J. Vierk, J. B. Brender,
John N. Rauch, |John Schmolke,
Frank Hortsch, S. Jankow»ki, Win.
Leidenfrost, Charles VanHarcko,
Charles A. Sprandel, N. P. Fichtlng-
er, Geo. F. Kirscher and John Zimmerman.
The bank will probably be open for
business the first weeks in December
with N. P. Fichtingcr of New Munich
as cashier.
CARD OF THANKS
We hereby express our thanks to tho
Sisters, Mr. Ahles and school children
for the sympathy shown us in sorrowing over the death of our beloved
daughter Cornelia.
Mk. and Mrs. Wm. Bkkg.
Starts Much   Trouble.
If all people knew that neglect of
constipation would result in severe indigestion, yellow jaundice or virulent
liver trouble they would soon take Dr.
King's New Life Pills, and end it. Its
the only safe way. Best for biliousness,
headache, dyspepsia, chills and debility. 25c at E. L. Kaliher.
John Gurttes^of Chicago cousin to
Johu H. Schafer returned to the Windy
City last M onday.
When you have a bad cold you want the
best medicine obtainable so as to cure it with
as little delay as possible. Here is a druggist's opinion: :'I have sold Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy for fifteen years," says Enoe
Lollar of Saratoga, Ind., "and consider it the
fceet en the market."   gold by a!! dealer..
Little Falls—Herman Utsch, bookkeeper at the Pine Tree office, has
been granted a patent on a copy holder
to be attached to a typewriter. Mr.
Utsch has been working on the device
for some time and filed an an application for a patent Feb. 18, 1911 the
patent was granted Nov. 21. Mr. Utsch
has already bad numerous offers by
manufacturers to manufacture the
article.
Aug. Leiter and family moved to
Holdingford yesterday.
Herman Faust and Frank Waninger
returned last Tuesday from their hunting camp above "Headquarters."
They had been gone two weeks.
Carl Meyer of South Pier* wae a
in the town yesrerday.
THE MARKET
Changed every Thursday
Wheat, No. 1, old      92
Wheat, No. 2, old 90
Wheat, No. 3 Northern 87
,,  4 Northern,         82
Flax 2.25
Barley     95
Rye       76
Oats, new         40
Ear Corn,old      55
Hav         $7 $8
Butter, Creamery     30
, ,      Dairy    20
Eggs      30
Flour, Best 3 00
, ,   Straight    2 90
Potatoes	
Beans         2.G5
Hogs  5 50
Cows 2.75
Calves         5c
Steers       3*-j
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