The Pierz Journal (Pierz, Morrison County, Minnesota), 1912-05-16

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THE PIERZ JOURNAL
VOL.B.
PIERZ, MORRISON COUNTY, MINNESOTA, MAY 16, 1912.
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New Weil For
The Village
The monthly  meeting of the
village council was held last Saturday  evening.     All  members
were   present, except Mel Wer-
skirchen.
Tbe proceed in'gs of the previous meetings were read ;tnd ac-
cepl
John Dombovy appeared before the council and asked for a
donation of $30.00 for expenses
for a delegation to attend the
State Firemen convention to be
held in Minneapolis in June. The
amount was allowed.
The Recorder was instructed
to write to W. S. Nott & Co. for
a tliread cutter to fit the threads
of Lite St. Paul hose.
The   following   bills   were allowed:
Barney Gross, for two days
work on engine $4.00
Mercantile Supply Co. for
globes & valves for lights 15.80
Pierz  Journal, pub.  financial statement S8.00
J.P. Berg, Police duty last
July 4th    2.00
Tony  Wolke,   freight   and
drayage    6.37
Tlie application for liquor license of John H. Grell was read
and accepted.
Amotion was made and passed
that the village build a new well
at the village pumping station.
Same to be (50 feet deep, 1*2 feet
in diameter, and lined with cement brick or cement to the top.
The Recorder was instructed to
advertise for bids to be handed
in at the meeting of the village
council on the evening of the 30.
of May. The successful bidder
will be required to furnish a bond
of $500.
J. B. Hartmann,
Recorder.
NEW PIERZ NEWS
The washout near the Terhaar bridge was repaired last
week.
An item in the Journal last
week stated that the road near
the Terhaar bridge was impassible for automobiles, but in
spite of tlie stones, one passed
safely over. They must have
got a good shaking up.
John Harsch went to St. Paul
Monday.
It is said that Angermeyer
and Stair will have Frank
Stumpf s house erected by Tuesday.
An auto without lights passed
through here one evening this
week.
Nick Dahmen and family visited in New Pierz Sunday.
The blacksmith shop opened
in New Pierz last  Monday.
Helps a Judge in Bad Fix
Justice Eli Cherry, of Gillis Mills,
Tenn., was plainly worried. A bad
sore on his leg had baffled several doctors and long resisted all remedies.
"I thought it was cancer," he wrote.
"At last I used Bucklen's Arnica
Salve, and was completely cured."
Cures burns, boils, ulsters, cuts, bruises aud piles, 25 cents at E. L. Kalihers
drug- store.
FOR SALE
At the Soo line station:
One Saloon, 20 x 30 feet;
also agood dwelling house
20x30 feet, 18 feet high,
with three big lots. The
buildings are all new,
painted and in good condition.
47-4 John Schmolke.
OUR MANUFACTURING DISTRICT
In passing through the manufacturing district of Pierz, one
is decidedly impressed with the
activities in every   direction.
There can be seen ana heard
the exhausts of two steam engines; there is the rhythmic
rasping of tlie butcher's saw as
it makes a square cut in a round
steak; in the next door to the
south the bread rises to such
a height that it makes the Yeast
Foam at the mouth; at the upper corner is Henry Paul trying
to churn the butter fat; across
the street is Capt. Gravel serving a meal of Hint and yellow
corn; while a little to the west
of the mill is John Gross with
his baler, feeding his dry grass
hopper.
Though their wares are not
manufactured in this district,
Andrew Faust and Joseph Mel-
hart must not be forgotten as
adding to the completeness of
this quarter of the village.
Now that the haybaler has
been added to its industries,
this district can supply about
all the needs of an ordinary
family.
PAY EARLY AND AVOIDTHE RUSH
Transcript—The first half of
the real estate assessment is
due before June 1 and much inconvenience can be saved for
the taxpayer and the treasurei
and his deputy by paying tlie
assessment at once instead of
waiting until tlie last day.
Many are calling daily at tlie
treasurer's office and paying
but there is always a large
number who wait until the last
few days and inconvenience
both themselves and the treasurer. Only half of the assessment is due by June 1 but if it
is not paid, a penalty of 10 per
cent on tlie entire assessment
will be added.
The taxes are paid up as well
as usual for this time of the
year and many are paying the
entire assessment instead of
the first half.
Rail Prairie Wowan 52 Years Old Victim Of
Fiend While Enroute Home From
Sunday School
RUCKER
Grandpa Benton has been
very sick but is now getting
some better. Friends have
been very kind in helping care
for him.
Hans Jacobsou visited with
his sister at Hillman  Sunday.
Tracy Waller and wife and
Babe Waller took dinner at
Wm. Goble's Sunday-
Arba Waller, Wm. Goble and
Ernest were Pierz goers Monday.
Frank Mischke made a business trip to this place Monday.
Matt Pint, while trying to
break his colts Sunday, was
thrown from the buggy and received a sprained wrist.
Mr. Tomberlain and family
spent Friday at Wallers.
John Grier returned to his
work in northern Wisconsin
Tuesdav.
Miss Lewis took supper with
Mrs. Hans Johnson Wednesday
evening.
Surely tne   weather   man   is
behind    time    with   his   April
showers.    It rained about every '<
other hour  Monday,   and   once j
instead  of   a   rain   shower  he j
gave us a heavy hail storm,
Little Falls, May 14.—The
third murder in this countv
within a period of less than a
year was committed Sunday at
Rail Prairie. Coroner N. W.
Chance and Sheriff Frank Armstrong were called there yesterday to investigate the death of
Mrs. F. J. Page, which proved
to reveal one of the most horrible and revolting crimes which
have been known in this county
for years. The body of a woman advanced in years was found
with the side of her throat cut
open and the body assaulted by
some fiendish brute under the
semblance of a man. Suspicion
is directed against a young
hungarian who had been employed in that part of the county during the winter and who
left before the crime was discovered.
Mrs. Page was a woman of 52
years. On Sunday afternoon
she went to Sunday school services near her home, which is
26 miles northwest of this city.
She was last seen shortly before
3 o'clock on her way home,
when she stopped at the house
of a neighbor. It is believed
she was killed between 3 and 5
o'clock Sunday. When, within
60 rods of her home, and on her
own premises, she was waylaid
and met her death   there.
Indications tend to show that
a man laying in hiding attacked
the woman at the place where
her body was found. Her assailant seemingly struck the
victim, rendered her unconscious. The left side of her
throat was cut. After committing these acts of a monster, the
man went further in his commission of deeds which preclude
him from any claim to the title
of either man or human being.
The body of his victim was left
exposed at the spot where the
revolting crime was committed.
During this time the victim's
husband, who is 70 years of age,
waited at home for the return of
his wife. Her failure to return
at first did not arouse his suspicion of danger because of the
fact that Mrs. Page had been in
the habit of spending considerable time at the home of a sick
neighbor. During the night,
however, Mr. Page become restless. He arose at 3 a. m., and
cared for his stock. Then with
the idea of plowing early in the
morning he prepared a team but
decided to ascertain first whether his wife was at the ;_home of
the sick neighbor. It was while
on his mission to learn the
whereabouts of his wife that the
husband was   confronted by the
horrible   spectacle   of the  mutilated body of his murdered wile.
The authorities of Little Falls
were immediately notified and at
once proceeded to the scene of
the tragedy. They learned there
that suspicion rests upon a young
Hungarian who had worked at
Rail Prairie during the winter.
The man is about 25 ye ira of
age. While at Rail Prairie the
suspect admitted he had served
time in a Chicago prison ami is
at present wanted there. He has
gone by two names, Anton
Schneider and Anton Kropel.
After the crime must have been
committed, the Hungarian appeared at the Pillager station,
cashed a check and left for
Brainerd. Sheriff Anns.
and County Attorney Cameron
are in that city now in search of
the man.
Other circumstances  than the
fact of  Schneiders's dis
auce tend   to cause on to
be directed to him.    He has figured in several de grading a
while at Rail Prairie which give
substance to the belief that he is
connected with this murder.
Mr. and Mrs. Page came to this
county from St. Paul eight]
ago and prior to that   ime lived
at Hastings.    They have one son
who is employed a; r on
the   Northern   Pacific   between
Brainerd and Duluth.
The state and county have of-
fered rewards for the capture of
the murderer of .Mrs Page.
morning word was received from
St. Paul announcing the intention of the state to pay $200 for
the capture of the man who committed the heinous crime and
Morrison county has made ■
offer.
Word was received from tiie
sheriff, who is at Pine River,
that he is close on the trail of
the Hungarian and that he leeb;
certain that he will be able to
capture his quarry.
It has been learned from residents of Rail Prairie that the
suspect was seen in the vicinity
of the murder by two women a-
bout an hour prior to the time
at which the deed i.s presumed
to have been committed.
Little Falls, May 16.—The
murder suspect was caught in
Cuyuna Monday night and
brought to the county jail at
Little Falls. This morning he
made a full confession of his
guilt, but said that robbery was
the motive for the crime. He
had been told, he said, that .Mrs.
Page always carried a large
sum of money on  her   person.
Wm. Meyer of New Munich  is
in the village.
Our lime, plaster  and   cement j
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.   Borger-:
ding & Co.
A. E. Macho, Agent.!
SOUTH AGRAM
Henry Kippley attended the i
dance at Vawter Saturday even-1
ing.    All report a good .time.
Wm Brummer called at the I
Fred'Sporlein  home  Thursday.;
Soon the wedding bells will j
be ringing in Buckman. M
Most of the farmers are now-
planting potatoes and corn.
Bertha Leidenfrost and Jake
attended the Virnig-Gassert
wedding at Lastrup Wednesday.
Leo Wocht is employed by
Fred Sporlein.
J. J. Brummer called at Frank
Stumpf's Monday.
Adam Hohn and wife visited
at Peter Thommes' Sunday.
Mrs. Peter Collingnon of Little Falls is staying with her
son John Eidenshink.
The road masters are all very
busy repairing roads and bridges.
Mrs. William Kalusha visited
at J. J. Brummer's Sunday.
Tony Galerar, wife and son
of Duluth,visited with the John
Eidenshink family a few   days.
Joe Brummer began to work
on John Kippley"s new barn
Monday.
HAY MARKET FOR PIERZ
el is planning on
building a 200 ton capacity hay
on his lot west of the
mill. This will enable him to
buy, bale and ship hay the year
round. A good hay market is
something Pierz has for a long
time been in need of.
There will be more hay cut
when farmers know that they
can at any time haul it to town
and find a ready sale.
PLANT DISEASE-FREE POTATOES
There are In Minnesota a number of potato diseases which
must be dealt with at this time
of the year. The reason for
this is that the diseases are
carried in the "seed" pota
and in the soil, in order to
produce a disease free crop, it
is therefor necessary that only
disease-free potatoes be used,
and that these be planted on
clean soil.
The two best known potato
diseases which must be dealt
with in this way are the "common scab" and the ''internal
brown rot." It is scarcely nee
essary to describe scab, since
every one is familiar with it.
The internal rot, however, is
probably not so well known.
Lip to the present time it noes
not seem to have done a very
great amount of damage. However, it is probably more prevalent than is generally supposed
Various lots of stored potati
examined lor the internal rot,
showed an average of about
one fifth of the tubes in various
stages of decay. It has been
seen in practically all sections
of the state, and precautions
should be taken at this time to
prevent its farther spread, it
is not dilticult to recognize it: it
is a dry, brown rot, beginning
in the stem end of the tubes.
Sometimes secondary soft rots
ar, thus hastening the decay of the  potato.
Preventive  methods are
pie.    To prevent .scab, the -
potatoes should   be   soaked   in
formaldehyde solution (one pint
of formaldehyde in   30 gallons
i water) for two hours.    They
iiould then be   planted in   soil
hich has grown no potatoes
tor from three to five years-
f lie brown rot cannot be presented by the formaldehyde
treatment- Only clean "seed"
should be planted. If there is
brown rot in the lot of "seed"
potatoes, they should be sorted,
and only those showing no
symptoms of a brown or soft
rot should be planted. Three
years does not seem to be a long
e ongh period for eliminating
the disease from the soil; so, if
brown rot has been present in
afield, potatoes should not be
grown on the same land for at
least four or five years.—Farm
Press.
Youth Hurt In
Hay Press
St. Cloud, Minn   R
ar old sonof A. X. Gordon,
a farmer living six miles   north
of this city,   narrowly
death when the   fly wheel   oi
hay press caught  his    II
drew him into   the   machim
The young man i
pound fracture of a leg and
seriously   cut   about    the    b
and abdomen-    The   prongs   of
the press ripped open his    i
and internal injuries may    have
been suffered.
SULLIVAN
May   17.    -Lawrence   Kramer
came up to the lake Wednesday
and will stay at C. E. Look'
sometime.
Sam Cyrns' daughter  and two
children arrived from Louisiana
Saturday.    They expect to it
onto the Orton place soon.
Ole   Christianson  came   hi
Saturday.    He is  stayii
W. Cook's pi.
A large   crowd   attended Sun-
»ol   at the school   hi
Sunday.
Mrs. Smith and familv vis
at Wm. Lynn's Sunday.
Mrs. T. S. Look had  Quiti
accident   Sunday, while
out of a wagon,   she slipped   on
the wheel   and fell, hurting   her
shoulder.
Those   who   called   at   A.   W.
Cook's Sunday were: Th
Mazie Look.   Florence  Degi
Grace   Burt   and  Messrs.  Wm.
Mohran, Ernest and Fred Brand
and Merle Look.
Mrs. Robt. Adkins   was an  ()
namia visitor Monday.
N. H. Mueller  took'   a    tri
Orchard Grove farm day.
lie reports the grain as looking
fine everywhere along the road
.and in the neignborhood oi
Buckman.
Henry Dengel of   Buckman   is
enlarging lbs house.
m.  J.   Brakke  and Dr.   J. H.
Newman of Little Falls shook
hands with friends in Pierz last
evening on the way home !
Frank Heigl's, where Dr. Newman was called to attend a sick
horse.
WANTED
200 to 300 Tons of good
Wild Hay. Inquire at
the Hill or see C. E. Qra=
vel.
BUH
Henry Boser is working for
Theo. Thielen.
Miss Lena Endres of Red
Wing is here to visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Endres.
Christian Gerwing bought a
horse from John Waytasek.
Mrs. Geo. Sigette passed
thru here Sunday* on her way
to Pierz.
Miss Anna Endres visited
friends in Pierz Sunday.
Christina Thul, who is working in Little Falls was home
Sunday.
Many young people from here
went to Platte Sunday to attend the party at Matt Valentine's that was given in honor
of his daughter Katy, who is'
home on a visit.
THE MARKET
Wheat, No. 1 $1.08
Wheat, No. 2       1.04
Flax,       2.15
Barley       90
Rye	
Oats      50
EarCorn      .60
Hay  __.    $8.00
Mutter, Creamery ..       :',2
Dairy       21
Eggs       15
Flour, Best	
"    Straight 	
Low grade flour I .tit)
Bran     1.85
Shorts   bin
Cracked Corn 80 pounds 1 ,:;r>
Potatoes        80
Beans       2.50
Onions        85
Butterfat Market
Thursday, 38+
Friday, 33*
Saturday, 33.
Monday, 32*
Tuesday, 31*
Wednesday, 30.
Average 32.
SOUTH ST. PAUL HOG MARKET
Ave. Price.
Thursday.   7.42
Friday 7.44
Saturday 7. 18
Monday 7.41
Tuesdaty 7.43
Wednesday 7.47