The Pierz Journal (Pierz, Morrison County, Minnesota), 1912-05-02

              THE PIERZ JOURNAL
VTOL. 3.
PIERZ, MORRISON COUNTY, MINNESOTA, MAY 2, 1912.
NO. Hi
w The Great
Ship Went Down
Piecing* together what the*
survivors witnessed from the
boats, it is easy to understand
the successive events of the
ship's final plunge. The tilling
of the forward compartments
brought her down by the bead,
. gradually, to an almost
\ i i tic.tl position. Her* sh ■
hung awhile, stern bigli in air,
a huge, weigh" d spar buoy.
As she swung to the perp<
ular, her heavy engines and
boilers, baring" loose from their
foundations, crashed forward
(downwurdhand, the water pressure increasing* as she sank,
burst in and so far intact after
compartments.
It was tlie muffled roa.r of
this "death rattle" of the dying-
ship that caused some survivors
to tell of bursting* boilers and a
hull broken apart. The shell of
the ship, except for the injuries
received in the collision, went to
the bottom intact. When the
aftercompartments finally gave
way, the stricken vessel, weighted with the mass of engine and
boiler-room wreckage at her forward end, sank, to bury herself,
bows down, in the soft oo;;e of
Atlantic bottom, two miles
w. There, for aught we
know, she may at this moment
be standing*, with several hundred feet of her rising- sheer a-
e the ocean floor, a sublime
aorial shaft to the sixteen
hundred hapless souls who perished in this unspeakable tragedy,— -Scientific American.
i '	
Prank Guenther reports that
hue depot platform and tire station yard is always swarming'
with children. Especially is
this true about traintime. On
S Aurdays. owing to absence
from school, they come in still
greater numbers. They are a
source of annoyance and irritation to the station men and train
crews, because of the constant
watchfulness they must exercise
lest one of these children be
pulled out from under the cars,
a crushed and mangled corpse.
That symbol of strength and
power, the ponderous locomotive, as it thunders by with its
noiseless gliding of w'rithing
rods and links of polished steel,
vibrating the earth with each
exhaust, is a wonderful attraction for a child. And a child's cur-
iousity should be satisfied—but
only under the watchlul eye of a
parent. The depot platform
and the station yard isadanger-
ous play ground. See that your
children are kept away.
Letter From
Jas. R, Taylor
Arriba, Col., Apl. 18, 1912.
Mr. Wm. Konen, Pierz, Minn.
Dear sir: I promised to write
to you and let you know how I
liked the country. Well, it is
the finest laying country I ever
saw, but I think it is a little too
dry for a good crop. Still there
is lots of moisture in the ground
now. The 12th of this month
we had a regular Minnesota
blizzard. About li inch of snow
fell and today il is snowing. No
wind, just a fine snow storm.
I am running a sulky plow with
three   horses.    The  soil   is  tine
BUCKMAN MRc CO. tLnCT OFFICERS HARRY L!:IGI1 .RiNGS A W Ff
At   the meeting of   the
Fire Company at Muck-man, last
Saturday evening the following
officers were elected:
P. H. Mueller, Chief.
.7. A. Brandl, 1st, Asst.
Jos. J. Weisbrich, 2nd Asst.
Prank P. Mischke, Ti Herman.
J. M. Schmolke, Secretary.
Louis Jacobs, Treasurer.
The new organization   lias 22
charter members.
: CONVICT
The Demons of the Swamp
are mosquitois. a\s theysffng they put
deadly malaria germs in the blood.
Then follow the icy chills and the fires
of fever. The appetite flies and the
strength tails; also malaria often paves
the way for deadly typhoid. But Electric Bitters kill and cast out the malaria germs from the blood, give you a
fine appetite and renew 3-our strength.
"After long suffering," wrote Wm.
Fretwell, of Lucama, N. C, ''three
bottles drove all the malaria from 1113'
system, and I've had good health ever
since." Best of all stomach, liverand
kidney ills, 50c at E. L. Kaliners.
NOTICE
1 have young spring
hogs, which I will sell at
a reasonable price.
John Preimesberger.
NOTICE
I  want to  spend  $100
for grubbing.    Inquire at
the Journal, or
46-tf Peter Theiss.
w is   played   io    l<\i list's   (>pei .1
House last    I ig* to
a vt ry large' audience.
"I have seen better plays than
fcat," blustered a wise one, as
and so nice to cultivate, not a ne came out of the hall after
stone to be seen. The farmers the play. That maybe true-
here are busy putting* in grain. Those that- played are no .Mans
They sow about one half the'field's and Earnhardt's; nor do
quantity of wheat to the acre ' they claim to be such. The play
you folks do; but they don't bristles with difficult parts.
plow for wheat here—just break But, presented as it was, by
the land and then use a disc the those whose minds are entirely
rest of the time. My boy told occupied by the problem of mak-
me that one piece of laud was i„g* a living* in other pursuits,
broken in 1907 and cropped ever * the performance was one, which
since and has never been plowed cannot be adversely criticised,
and today they are putting it in! Many *n the audience were
the same old way. The folks from Little Falls and Buckman
told me that it would be warmer and remained for the dance aft-
bere   than in   Minnesota.    Now   er the show.
for the benefit of thePiera folks, ! 	
if they ever journey west, keep ,
all the fur coats you have- Ii
see   the   sheepskin   coats   here
Harry H. !
and Mrs. O. C. Leigh of Hillman, and Miss Ethel Ag
Pendleton, daughter of S. G.
Pendleton of Akeley. came down
from that place Monday and
were united in marriage April.
29th. 191*2, at Little Falls. Minn.
Miss Pendleton h's been employed as clerk in her father's
store at
1st.
the   afternoon   train    Tuesday,
and  will   spend    a   few   w<
here.
Did Tlie "Titanic"
Sink to tiie Bottom
Numerous Inquiries have
reached the office of the "Scientific American'' in which it Is
asked: ''Did the Titanic sink-
to the bottom of the ocean, or
was she held suspended at a
depth of  a few hundred   f
The        :<f$
Began May I.
Tlr in   their
ties   May   1.    Land  will
i in classes as Follp
No. 1 land. st> per ka
Xo. 2 land, ..4 per ;u*:
per acr
$2 per acre extra for impro
quo-
SOUTH AGRAM
Pred  Smith    was   in    Vawter
the same as  in Minnesota,   and  Monday.
people   are  wearing*  them yet. j     Mrs. John   Eidenshink,    Mrs.
The wind blows   here the   same ^ pred Sporlein and Bertha   Leid-
as   in  ail   countries.     You   caxt.enfrost   called    at     the     Peter
look for  miles and  not a stick Thommes home Monday.
of  any  kind  is  in sight,  only'
fence posts.    The farmers have  .   _,.       _,
,          .,   .                     .           ,    ' 111 Pierz Monaay
to fence their crops to keep the j ^B 	
Jolm   Hansman   is   employed  at$3.00 per bushel
by Prank Stumpf.'' :     This seed corn has a   test   of
from HO to 90 percent and   often
hig'her.
Will Iowa corn mature inCen-
_________^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^_    , tral Minnesota':*
list
The circular states that   these
Mrs. Joe Brummer   called   at ! varieties had   been   extensively
water and I am safe to say, that I the Prank  Stumpf   home   Mon-1 grown in northern Iowa, SouUi-
100 homes were in water from 1 iday. Ieni Minnesota and South   Dako-
J. J. Brummer and   son   were
rang*e cattle and  horses   out of
the fields and one can't dog* th§
Range stock.    It is  punishable!     Casper     Thommes
by a tine or imprisonment in the  pjerz Tuesday;
country from Sioux City, Iowa,       . , .
n .-__ v.    -nt _. ,, Mary 1 homines is on the
down to   Omaha, Web.,   on   the1
south side of the Missouri river.
There   were   2000  acres   under
r»rr
act;    .
The   reports   published    that
good seed corn was selling at
prices ranging from iive to ten
dollars a bushel,   seems   not  to
ix' true.    R , er    s   in
receipt of a pi ice list from the
Adams S ed < >., Decorah, la.,
which give the following
tations:
Pride of the North
King oi st
Iowa Gold Mine
Iowa Silver Mine
Wisconsin White Dent
Improved   Leam
Wimples   Yellow Dent
Dakota    Gold*   Mine
Dakota   **
White Cap Yellow/Dent
Reid'.s    Yellow    Pent
Early      .Murdoch
FODDER CORN
Evergreen Sweet    Fodder
FLINT CORN
Long*fellow   Yellow
Sanford White
The above   varieties   all   st
There is   only one reply:    The lands.
"Titanic" is at the bottom. All personal  property  will be
Such questions an            upon assessed the sanu                  ar:
the erroneous  supp-             '   at Horses. 1 year old; $10.
the density of  tlie water at  the Horses. -_• years old, $
bottom of the sea is far greater &or»
than that at the  surface.     Den- Stallions at 20 times the
sity is here confused with pies- of service.
sure.    The   pressure   increases Cattle, 2 years old, $8.
enormously  as   we descend,   a-
1
mounting to considerably   over
6,000 pounds per squaae foot at
a   depth   of    100   feet-     Divers
sometimes  work-   at a  depth  of
as much as 150   feet, where the*
pressure is half again as  much,'
• .7.")    pounds,   to   be   exact. :
When provided with special armored diving suits, divers have
operated at considerably great- ,
er   depths:     but    nothing   approaching the   depths at  which;
the  ''titanic"   now   lie-.      This
- n a t 2,0i 11 fa hoars, 1
which is considerably  over two|
Cows, si2.
Working Oxen, -
Sheep, all a.
Hogs, all ;il
Wagons, etc..  10 per cent.
Sewing* machines, In per cent.
Watches and clocks, $2.
Melodeons and 1
Pianos. -
Household goods.  .">() per cent.
Agricultural impl.,  ID per ct.
Merchandise, 10 per cent.
Cream separators,  10 per ct.
Dogs, #3.
miles, ami the pressure amounts;
I
WANTED
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^»       200 lo 300 Tons of good
to three   quarters ot  a   million  ._..,.      u ,
pounds pr „t !W,,d     Hay-    Inquire   at
it is only natural to suppose the Hill or see C. E.  Gra-
that   under   such   pressure   the, vel.
density of   the  water  would   be'
increased;    but   laboratory   experiments have shown that it is
almost impossible to compress
water. Indeed, lor a long* time
it was   thought that   water was
11
BIDS WANTED
-   Notice   is hereby   given,   that
the  supervisors of the  town of
Pierz  will   meet at   the village
   .hall on Tuesday, May 7th, 1912,
absolutely   incompressible;   but  at   n   0>c)Ock   a.   m.   to   receive
by   tin*   use   of    more   sensitive!
went   to
sick
Joe Brummer took three  hogs
He
to 3 feet depth, also hay in
stacks, corn fields and shocks
of corn.
We left Omaha over the Rock ...
Island R. R.   We came to Platte j    Born—To Mr.   and   Mrs. Joe
river, Neb., which was in alow(Gruber Wednesday, a daughter.;
to New  Pierz   Wednesday,
received $67.20 for them.
ta for many years.
If, a.s they say, these varieties
mature in 100 days, it might be
safe to plant it in   this latitude.
stage of water. It is about
30 to 40 rods wide, but was,
when we crossed it, about a
mile wide, and it took the train
about 15 or 20 minutes to cross
it. It is all trestle work and
the water was up to the rails.
I was afraid of   1113* life.
Pred   Smith   called     at
Sporlein home Thursday.
It is on   account of  the many
the  arguments a.s to whether or not
the 'Titanic" sank  to   the   bottom of   the   Atlantic, heard   in
Mary Thommes. Teresa   Mey-.    _______-.......^^^^^^^^^^^^^—
er, Bertha Leidenfrost   and   the ',tl,e villa^e> tbat We *ave slJaCei
school children planted trees   in !to the explanation on this page
District No. 131 Friday.
A surprise party was held   at
I will pay    20 cents   a
Well, I will   say this much to > the home   of
John Eidenshink dozen for eggs on Market
the Minnesota people: Minnesota is O. K. Don't leave there
to come here, until I see more
of the country. It looks good,
but tell Stoll and Cap Gravel,
that I have not seen a prairie
chicken since I am here. In fact,
Sunday. Those who were present are: John Neisius and wife,
Joe Brummer and wife, Fred
Sporlein and wife, John Kippley and family, Pred Smith
and wife, Peter Thommes,    wife
Day.
Frank Qrell.
Helps a Judge in Bad Fix
I     Justice   Eli Cherry, of   Gillis Mills,
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^, Term., was   plainly    worried.     A   bad
and daughter, Jolm   and   Frank sore on his leg had baffled several doo
there are few birds of any kind,   Boehm,   Lee    Leidenfrost   and tors and  long  resisted  all remedies,
but there are a few prairie dogs, I wife, Teresa   Meyer,  Anton   O- "I thought it was cancer," he wrote,
not   many-    Well,  I will   close Aremba, Willie Meyer and   Mar- "At  last   z   used   Bucklen't   Arnica
with regards to you and all.
James R. Taylor,
Arriba, Col., Route 1.
FOR SALE
Ne1/^ of ne1^ Section 24
town of Pierz.
German State Bank.
I will pay 20 cents a
dozen for eggs on Market
Day.
Frank Qrell.
The postal laws pro=
vide that news paper
subscriptions be paid in
advance. About May 1,
the Journal will revise
the mailing list. All out*=
of=the=county subscrib=
ers not paid up by that
tlme,will be dropped from
the list.
tha   Kurtzien.    At   midnight a
lunch   and   refreshments     were
served.
Salve, and was completely cured."
Cures burns, boils, ulsters, cuts, bruises and piles, 25 cents at E. L. Kalihcrs
drug- store.
MARKET DAY
On SATURDAY, May 4, 1912
LOWER   TOWN
F"00~T    RACE    PRIZES:
First Prize $1.50
Second Prize     1.00
Third Prize     75c
measuring instruments it lias
been found that at a depth of a
mile the density of sea water is
only 1 j 130 greater than at the
surface. However, for all practical purposes we may consider
that a given volume of water is
not materially reducible in dimensions by pressure.
With this clearly in mind, it
is very evident that an object
that would not float at the surface of the sea could not ltout
at any intermediate point, but
must surely sink to"the bottom;
for it could not displace a greater weight of water at the bottom
than at the top, even though
the water in the first case was
under much higher pressure.
As a matter of fact, any air-
tilled chambers or compressible
matter in the vessel would be
crushed in by the enormous
pressure of the water, so that
displacement of the wreck
would be growing less as it went
down and it would be falling
through the water at a corresponding acceleration. We must
also remember that even
iron is more compressible than
water, and consequently a solid
block of material would actually weigh more at the bottom of
the sea than at the top.—Scientific American.
John J. Boser's driving team
ran through town at a lively
clip Sundaj* afternoon. Luckily, no damage was done. When
they arrived at the square in
lower towm, the mouse-colored
pony, apparently better educated than its mate from Benton
county, turned to the left and
witnessed the ball game then in
progress, for a few moments.
Leo Wermerskirchen caught the
animal, jumped astride and followed the bay, which he found
in J. N. Rauch's yard.
John Stroman says that work
on his new lines will begin in a
short time.
bids to build i steel bridge with
concrete floor across Skunk river on section 80, town of Pier:..
Also to build one concrete pier
for said bridge- All proposals
must be accompanied by cash or
a certified check, for not less
than 5 per cent of the amount
of the bid, payable to the treasurer of the town of Pierz. The
board reserves the right to reject any or all bids.
By order of the town board-
0. A. Viu.nig, town clerk*.
Dated, Pjert., April 27. H)i2.
I have added to my
stock the ricCall pattern,
and will give a pattern
with each dress bought
on Market Day.
Frank Qrell.
Our lime, plaster and cement
is .always the best on the market. To be good this must be
fresh. Our aim is to handle it
so it is at its best. J. Borgerding & Co.
A. E. Macho, Agent.
THE MARKET
Wheat, No. 1 $1.08
Wheat, No. 2       1.01
Flax,        1.90
Barley       90
Rye       80
Oats      50
EarCorn      .60
Hay $7.00 to *
Butter, Creamery ..       '62
Dairy       21
Eggs      la-
Flour, Best     3.10
"    Straight      3.00
Potatoes        80
Beans       ;
Onions        85
Butterfat    33c
SOUTH ST. PAUL HOG MARKET
Price.
April-22   7.45
April 23 7.42
April 24 7.43
April 25 7.44
April 2(3 7.58
April 27    7.60
April 29  .-7.61