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PIERZ, MORRISON COUNTY, MINNESOTA, MARCH 14, 1912.
XO.
THAT POTATO MEETING
The   potato   meeting  held  at
ELECTIONS ELD IN
l/{| j  AfJCC AU' TA WW C! Hubert Bares Friday,
V ILLf/iULJ nil    i U TT n J for tlie purpo3e 0f discussing potato   culture   in   Pierz,   was at-
EltCiio.1 Quiet -  The Vote Per Village  tended by a large number of far-
SCIIOOL REPORT
ICE OVER FOUR FEET THICK
RecorJc irer
Was Pretty Close
PIERZ VILLAGE
For President,
C. E. GRA^ EL.
For Truste :s,
.!. Ai. BLA
M. Wi BCHBN,
E. L. I BR.
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ANDREW IT.
[i or Recordi r,
JOS. il. HARTM -NN.
For Justice of the Peace,
A. SITZMAN.
For Constable,
ED. BEN FIELD.
PIERZ
Supervisor, 3 yea i s,
CARL HOHEISEL.
Town Clerk,
C. A. VIRNIG.
Treasurer.
PRANK FAUST
Justice of tbe Peace.  *
A. SITZMAN.
Constable, 1 year,
ED. BENPIELD.
Constable, 2 years,
PRANK RAUCH.
Road Overseers,
Dist I,  AUG.   OTREMBA
,, 2,   VAT,.  SCHRAUT.
,, 3   CONRAD STANGL.
,, 4   P  S. GIRTZ.
,, f>   GER. if. TERHAAR.
.. 6   MATH   PAUSER.
[mers.     Tiie   majority  of   those
i were   in favor   of  intro-.
' ducing only one variety into this j ™er Jo3ePu' Duscher   Christine
com They explained, as
- the   Institute spea
■ that there   would then   be  little
lor  no  danger  of  getting them
! mixed with other varieties.   Still
of District No. 14, in the village      Louis Feucht   was   last   v.
of Pierz,   for   the   last    school order nn to  n
month. ure the depth of the   ice at  the
Pupils Qeithi r a' sent nor tar-  site of the   proposed   new   steel
iryare:   Room No. 1. bridge  across    skunk   river   in
'section   3.    Louis   reports   that
rmeyer Philomine, Brum-
er Joseph. Duscher   Christine,
1 Duscher Anna,    Faust   Theresa,
Hartman Alphons,  Kobilka   Alvina,    Meyer     Robert,     Xeisius j
Philomine,        Poster      Walter, !
Rauch   Leo.   Schmitt   Magnus,]
Schmitt  Anton,    Staub    Frank
itage   of  the one
iety plan is, that the quanti-iTembre,fll Eugenia, Virnig Ber-
-.vill  be large enough '. nadlne-
:th:.t buyers can  come   hi re and \ Room Xo. 2.
ral carloads in a short j    ]ivrg   Simoil)       ^rg    Lora,
timc- Brunette Henry,    Brust  Cather-
mr.id Stangl seems to be in ^ Boehmer PranC8Sj Duscht,r
favor of getting an early-late JameS) 1/aust Jogeph) GreU
variety. He hasreceived several Ma«*dalena, Gross Louis, Gohl
ts from potato growers, !Aioysius> Hartman Leo, Hennen
winch will be read at the meet- Cecelia> Karsl peter> |j;.
ing   next   Friday   afternoon   at  Edward) Xeisiu, Plorence,   ,
ert Bares'place, at half past ter    Pele|.      Rauch    Cresentia)
one  o'clock.    It   is  hoped   that  Stumpf  Jolm    8luni.,f  Hub
the attendance next Friday will Scok.s  Bud    Schraut   Barbara,
be larger than  that at the meet-1 Tembl-eul] A),na, Weisa Clara.
ing last  week.    Cream   and po-1
from repeated overflows, the
ice is now over four feet thick,
while the water is only six inches deep under the ice.
From the tremendous pressure
of this heavy   layer,   the   water
'spouted   over   three   feet    high
when a i   opening   was  chis
through the ice.
A large number oi fish at or.ee
came up through this hqle for a
breath of fi i unfortu
nately, through the thick layer
of ice, the fish did not recognize
in their rescuer the best ti-
man in the country, who quickly
gathered forty pounds of tin m
for the guests of Frank Hortsch
at New Pierz.
BIRTH AND DEATH REPORTS
Clerk of Court. Simon P. Brick
has r of the birth
and death   reports   sent   to   the
Stat rar. 11.  M. Bra
by the town  and village   n
trars.    The    reports    from our
neighborhood are as foll<
Births  Deaths
Agram     4 2
Buckman   l- 14
Buh     30 ii
Granite  L9
Hillman      .    0 2
Leigh     l 0
Morrill     9
Pierz village  6
Pierz town    17 7
Platte  2 0
Pulaski         .    3 I
Richardson     I (>
SCHOOLS GET
STATE MONEY.
tai«toes mix well.
Room No. 3.
BREAKS SMALL BONE IN LEG
7   Fi. \NK PRYZBILLA.
BALLOTS CAST.
199
Benfield Joseph, Berg Agnes,
Dombovy Phillip. Eller Hu
vel Stephen, Cross Berhard,
While letting a dog out ol the Cross Elisabeth, Hartman Ed-
house early Friday morning,! mund, Karst Rudolph, Kobilka
John Freichels of Granite bad, William, Kobilka Theresa ,Mey-
the misfortune of slipping on' er Peter, Neisius Joseph, Poster
the icy threshold and breaking Frederick, Poster Mary, Preiner
the small bone in the leg near Anna, Rauch Agnes, Sahr Pet-
the ankle. Tiie injury will i r, Schaefer Margareth, Staub
able him for a few weeks. Frances, Virnig Michael, Viriug
Since Mr. Freichels had moved! Leo, Ginther Jolm, Ginther
into the house only the day be-! Mary, Wermerskirchen Alfred,
fore, the accident at   this   time,   Zuleger Leo.
when everything is topsy  turyy -,-,        -,T     .
; ,f V Room No. 4.
and when there are   a   thousand
things to do. is doubly unfortu-;     Blu'es Loretta, Boehmer Erne-
Money Raised
Town Revenue   and road fund
Poor fund..    $3
('-.-ntagii ■ a-es  100,00
Balance in treasury $10(52.50!
BUCKMAN
Supervisor. 8 years,
JOHN KELZENBERG
Treasurer,
JOSEPH HORTSCH.
Town Clerk,
JAMES A. DENGEL.
J us1 ice of the Peace,
JOSEPH HESCH.
Constabl ■.
THEODORE HESCH.
BUH
Supervisor, 3 vears,
PETER TRETTER.
Town Cl«
FRANK KONEN.
Treasurer,
JOHN BOSER.
Justice of the P< ace,
HENRY KINGEN.
Constable,
JOHN BOLLIG.
Supervisor, 3 years,
JOHN P. LANGER.
H. J. VIERK.
HERMAN TERHAAR.
,essor,
BOLSTER.
Coil-e ' ble,
nat<
FIRE IN DIXVILLE
Charles M. Kcehr's s1
building and stock of mere1
dise in Dixville were total ly de-
stroyed by fire Tuesday morning. The tire started bv sparks
flying from the heater to a
nearby kerosene barrel. Mr.
Keehr, who is a cripple, nearly
lost his life in the blaze. Mrs.
Keelir was working frantically
and was nearly exhausted trying
to h-l p ber husband out of tlie
building, when Peter Hour., a
close neighbor, came to their
rescue. The loss is estimated
at $2700., and is covered by au
insurance of 51800.
BUCKMAN VILLAGE
President,
FRANK MISCHKE.
Trustees,
JOHN MILLER,
PETER MILLER,
GUST WEISBRICH.
usurer,
LAWRENCE BILLIG.
:< >rder,
JOS. A. JANSON.
lia,   Berg   Catherine,   Done
Catherine, Duscher Rose, Graw i
Peter, Grell  Loretta,   Kammermeyer .John. Karst Anna. Macho
Sylvester, .Meyer  Michael,   Vir-
Eenry, Nimsch Frank,  I
ner  Frank,   Neisius   FrankM.,
Reding Matthew.
Room No. 5.
Bares Marie, Benfield Irene,
Faust Fred, Hartman Reinhard,
Kobilka Philip, Karst Frank-.
Langer Fran!;, Meyer Anton,
Nimsch William, Nespore An
ton,    Neisius     Frank,    Preiner
ICE CUT DURING THE WINTER
Our ice   cutters. Chris
and John P. . report cut
ting 948 tons of ice   this winter.;
Figuring a   pint  of  water  at a
pound, 948 tons of ice will m
237,000 gallons, or   7,9< 0 barrels
ater.    Tins   would   till   the!
than    threei
MINNESOTA DAY
The first of March, which was
on  Friday   last, was   Minn.
jDay.   Since thisday is set aside,
■ especially for the purpp
lucating children, on things that
'concern   Mimic- iculty
[members of St. Edward's si
[arranged a very   neat and interesting programme,   li was given
Iduringthe  afternoon and lasted
m arly I wo hours.
The   following   was   the  programme:
village   tank   mi
times.
On account of   the   expansion
of the water during the free/.e g    '    MINNESOTA STATE SONG,
process,   ice   is   a   trifle   lighter f children.
than   water, but   the   above  fig-   "    THE STATE FLOWER,
i re clo i for a rough
Programme i.\ Honok of
Minnesota.
Recitation by Ia!':ii-.a Staub.
In  This Stale  Apportionment   The
Schools Of The Village Will
Get UU
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tabulated the March
apportionment    for   the    -
district-
The
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the n
the number of si
in sa
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19
36
II
46
55
78
-7
H6
90
92
'.17
99
117
129
134
52
116
12
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79
18
76
31
18
to
HO
118
78
estimate.
the
the
HI    INDUSTRIESof MINNESOTA,
By Margareth Kapsner.
IV—MOTION sum;.
By First Grade.
V    A POEM OF MINNESOTA,
i rnif;'.
SKETCH of FUJa* EXPLORERS
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RURAL SCHOOLS  NOT    AFFECTED
Si.    Cloud   Times:        County
Supt. Boerger is desirous
ting at n umor   which   is
irbing   the   nights'   rest   ol
rural teac n rs in this and   other
counties of the   state,   for
that  their   ci
WELLS RUN DRY
bad
well drillers at work duri
week, deepening his well.
When some time ago,   on   account  of   the    freezing   of   the
mains,   Mr.   Neisius d   to
the well for b isota  kno
the last few years ol By Julia Kobilka.   ,,,
comple el,    cxhausti n,v LIFE PREFER-  mi
ply. .ABLE T0 CITY LIFE?
Eight-*-. [915
VII    Song-, RED, WHITE and BLUE   law 01
By Second Grade,  employed,    for   it     is    common
Alar,;: TO CITY LIFE?
.lternatives: Arnold Her-
Jake says much  I
in the oh ■■  "You'll n.
miss your water   tili   your [acho,   leader,   Hildegard   Wermers-
shen and John Bares,  his clients.
old,   leader,  Mary  Brunett  and   !
Marshik, his clients.    Negative: Frank
I or pipe]
runs dry
Susan,    Rauch    Rose,
MINNESOTA'S FIRE LOSSES
losses
(X
AMERICA.
j.   c;.
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Transci ipt:    The fire
.
William, Staub Louise, V ipaired with
kirchen Thei r, 1911.
In January,   191 I, -es
linistry.
tort is   that   a
ted     law    requ
that after 1915 all t< achers must
be graduates of Normal Schools.
Mr er was
much by tea his juri
tion that he wish
XI    Remarks    by    FATHER
STIEGLER.
The children were asked to invite their parents, brothers and  -tf
rs; but to their disappoint-   law  d
:m came. The schools.    Ih>
visitors .ill   well pleased, all   high    and    graded    si
be same  (this was   easy, there   was only   ! * must make good in  the
month   tiiis   year led    toj       t   please.)   Father Stiegler' way of pn : a Normal i
gf    Mary.     Eller      Theresa,  g600 000 1-   ■       _■
,,. i     , a, a-, ,  ,       rn, i   '   »v,aV"/. a,
Faust  Clara,   Feucht   Thomas,!    rn the United S .r   1910
Bart
Room No. 6.
John H.. Blake pei
l nd
Hartman  Herbert:.    Harold   Ar-N
nold,   Kobilka   Julia,    Kapsner 14177 477 000
John,    Loko Mai.rgareth,
Marshik Peter, Neisius  August,
Neuman  Joseph,    Nohner
in     1911
to
visitor, had the  tificate, or quit teaching.
mre of enjoying it all alone. '■
He was asked to give his com-;    ST. CLOUD BANKER PAYS FINE
- 021,000
O. IL Havill. p the
PLATTE
trade, Preimesberger Edward.
Virnig Juliet, Wermerskirchen
Hildegarde, Shaefer Gertrude.
! The sixth of March ended tiie
winter term. There are still
three months left. The attendance was very good during the
with   a    very   few
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VILLAGE TANX RUNS DRV
LO ; ments on   the  a I
itainment.andhee I him- defunct
of   re-
Last Thursday morning whenj
John Hoheisel went to the village pumping station, he at
once    noticed   that    the     tank}
self as well pleased.   The debate
turned out  in favor affir
matives.
PETlR ethen dead
Peter Ethen. formerly a resi-
which the evening before* con- dent of Dixville, passed away at
tained  about   2100   barrels    of  his home at 658 Thomas St., St.
*  water, had run dry   during   the   Paul.   March   ftli,   1912, at   one
GRANITE
Supervisor,  3 years,
THEO. GROSS.
Town  GL
OTTO HOFFMANN.
Treasurer,
PETER BILLSTEIN.
Justice of the Peace, 2 3
FRED RIEKE.
! Sup; n isor, 3 years,
math, wAlack.
j Town Clerk,
C. J. SMITH.
! Treasurer.
HENRY WANINGER.
t;ce of the Peace, 2 years,
CHAR] RYCHNER
ice of the Peace, 1 year,
J. B. SVrENTY.
j Constable, 2 years,
PALL KTJKLINSKI.
Constable 1 year,
WALTER HAYES.
Overseer, District No. 1.
CHRIST NOVACK.
0\ District No. 2,
LEX RICHNER.
Overseer. District Xo. 3,
Overseer, District No 4,
MARTIN BRISK.
winter  term,
exceptions.    We sincerely   Hope 1 nig.b t [o'clock a.m.   Apoplexy was the
that the people will  send    t The leak was soon located in'cause of death.   The funeral was
'. .'. > regularly duri
th     spring   term.
: is much harder, durinff  th<        gg-ing down to   the   mains   it  made in Calvary cemetery.
H   in
di    1
i [.solvent was fined si..",
At tlie time of his  convict
a motion was made    for   a    new
trial and the    hearing   was
for March    11.    Whi mo
tion 1 rument
.rower for   the   defi
!    the     court,
that   Assistant   State   Attor
"ff ! front of Herman Koerinjj's shoe held yesterday morning from St.  Edgerton   and   him
jstore   in   upper   town.     After Agnes church and interment was ^eed that iJ u'tlolt
spring term, to keep the children from getting uneasy. They
get the so called "Spring Fever", and it takes   the   effort    of
the
that   of   tl
children
pan ats   and
to   help   the
overcome this fever.
Please remember, that under  no
circumstances will    you   be   allowed to  take   children   ou
school, unless yon g-el an e,
from the school board.
If     for     any      reason     you
must   keep   your    children     at
e, piea.se hand   your   excuse
to the school board in due   time
and avoid trouble.
Nick Ahles,
Principal.
. a tine would b
and if this was done the defi
would withdraw  the  motion
a new trial   and the   stai
to dismiss another case
Havill    on    a   similar
was found that in chiseling the The deceased lived in Morri
ice out of the pipe leading fr< m son county for many years and
the mains to his cellar, Herman was one of the most highly re-
had unintentional'!', "a spected citizens of Buckman
hole through the elbow during his long residence
junction of the main pipe and there. He was 74 years old and Jud^e T^1" "<l the
the lead is survived   by a widow  and tif-  defendant to pay a I               ! ,500
*n  children.    Thirteen  of  the   which was paid.	
;le  Falls    John   Ellis, including   Mrs.   Ro
lives on   Seventh   si Murphy of   this   place,   were  at        The new   Institute   An-
sent to Washington for his bedside when the end came,   nuai No.   24   can   be   had
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