The Pierz Journal (Pierz, Morrison County, Minnesota), 1912-06-13

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THE PIERZ JOURNAL
VOT,. 3.
PIERZ, MORRISON COUNTY, MINNESOTA, JUNE 13, 1912.
NO. .V2
Electric Lights
Pierz
imas  C. Gordon, manager
■ic and Water Power
Palls appeared before the commercial club last
Monday evening* and made and
explained a proposition of his
company to furnish the village
of Pierz and its residents with
electricity for light and motor
power. Briefly stated, bis plan
is this:
If the village of Pierz will
build a line to Little Falls and
install in the Pierz engine house
a switch board and other necessary accessories, the Water
Power Co. will contract to fur-
njsh juice or electricity to the
village for four cents a "Kil-
owat."
The village can retail this
juice to the consumer for ten
cuts, or at a profit of .about six
cents per Kilowat. The profit
to the village should be sufficient
to more than pay the running-
expenses. We are now paying
out about §800 a year for street
lights.
The plan1 will cost the village
perhaps $4000 to $5000.
By taking the $800 per year,
which we are now paying for
our street lights (and getting
poor service at that) plus the
profit which will accrue from retailing the juice cat ten cents per
Kilowat, the entire plant could
be paid for in ten yea* s from the
ordinary village revenue, without the aid of one penny from
the taxpayers.
We built the village tank, dug
the   well, laid   the   mains,   and
built up a tire protection, which
is conceded to be absolutely the
best in   the state for towns   of,,
I Mike Thommes
this   class,   from   the   ordinary
villaaje revenue: and it would be
strange indeed, if we could not
build a line to connect with the
power plant at Little Falls,
within the reach of which we are
very fortunate to be, at a cost
of from four to five thousand
dollars, without a special tax
levy.
Tom Gordon has no Gold
Brick to sell. The Water Power
Co. and its stockholders are our
neighbors and can be relied upon
to carry out the contract. They
have the juice manufactured for
them by the Father of W.aters
languidly following his natural
course to the Gulf, and can furnish it to us at a cheaper rate
than we ourselves can produce
it.
WE NEED THIS JUICE!
So why not vote in favor of the
bonds at the special! election.
TAKEN TO INSANE HOSPITAL
Robert Kahlhammer, for sev-
a resident of Lastrup, last week ' eral years a resident of north
sold his   faarm,   including   some Granite,   on   the   old   Lucking
TWO FAR.'ilS SOLD
Alois Keller, for many  years
HEAVY   CROP OF RYE
Srli. iilrru.r (D. i5- S. arlirrilit
(IVrr unb -frail fuiiKr-poiibeint) Judging from the looks of the
2l.er_ti.5rki, -Hat 25.      grain at the present time   time,
Cicbc  (Elton!    Pfingfl-Samftcig
Electric Lisrlit
stock and   farm   machinery   to place, was taken to the   insane In 2tIcranoricii ((Egypten) ang-fomi
Henry   Welie   of    St.
Stearns Co. for $7,200.
le new owner will ta
session about the first of October.    Joseph Brinkman, a son-in-
law to Mr. Keller, sold his farm
iibout a mile   northeast   of  the
Martin, hospital at Fergus Falls last
Monday by Deputy sheriff Paul
Felix-
He was a patient in  the same
hospital about eight years  ago.
mon.   (££- ift bit Stab! fc*s hi. 2Uha
there will be a heavy crop of
rye this year. The finest we
have seen is that of Math
Flashes
Milaca. a village of about I!
...fin.; .rmur5cfi.nhnalausbu.Vt  er ami Math Hesch    of   Agram. J people,   owns   its  own   elf
StaM. feiucm Bifaofsfltj., pert, ic |The staml  ,s   '■v,n  and heavy  light plant.    They'
Ivn.    t)aU jot,,   ci. ,-...'".  in p.J'S   ;'*ul the straw is over    five   feet  intendenl    and     electl-i
ftiita abaenuidit.
HOO ith and a I.
tenth  $10   per month.     The   fiat   i
right tl nth   fur
3jl alios auf, ja lli-1'*
.-,(.,. .,., .,..„.,,, John TIesch thinks the
Though generally known in the  |etn au! gegangen.
.,',',       ,_,_,■ a.   i       <-.•    e-        •  b v,    v      ^ '•' September   about   tin-
neighborhood that   his    mental      (gut -frauusfauer SruOer. 5cr tit    . _.     .
rr.aiw r.in^fa    fr, i"Mw,rrl   *frr,t        i ■   i _   i 4-; , a ..-•,..,   "i   . t (_ i ti    »• 4 ti-ne to sow rye.    Sowing   it   at a lb candle p
Keller place,  to {.award   nanst jmake up might at any time give   Jcru alom inohiit, h. etll D.utfmcr. .,..,,..
., . ... ,. . ,..,.,       c    . this time allows   it   to   become.and .»c per month for
way, notmng out of the ordina-  un5 mmr etn follchcr  £anosnutnn,i      ,.._,_ •, ,.   ,
..     -      ,., ,    , :.a [j  „    v.   f ,        ., . -. v.     .- : well enough rooted and  stooled  die power   rungsten   light
ry was noticed until last l< nday,  bit febr gut bemaubert mtt oen Vtt> .      ,     ,  ,,
, -    .   .       r ,    , .,.  ... ' .      «i  _-    v        -.v     ii •>• the fall  to give   it   an   early
when he   stepped   into   Joseph  bcutiit )on 1111 hi. _,.tii5c, nut oen hi
from the southern part of the
state. Mr. Ernst, too, wall take
possession of his farm in the
fall.
It is rsported that both Mr.
Keller and Mr. Brinkman will
move to the state   of Oregon.
NORTH AGRAM
A crowd of young* folks gathered at the home of Mike Thommes Tuesday evening. Those
that were present are: Maggie,
Casper and Albert Meyer, John
Leidolt, Elizabeth Hoerner,
Clara Labrie, Reinhart, Cath-
ryne and John Stumpf, Nick and
Margaret Thommes, Maggie,
Barbara, Nick and Matt Faust,
and Mary and Josephine Langer. Games were played and a
lunch was served at   midnight
Elizabeth Hoerner, teacher in
district 7d left for her home in
Brainerd Friday.
Mrs. A. M. Reimer and son
Clarence, who Were here on a
visit with her mother Mrs. A.
Stumpf left for Staples Saturday. From there they will go
to Birch lake for a couple of
weeks' outing.
Mrs. Gertrude Stoll of Little
Falls and A. P. Stoll .and wife
of Pierz visited at the Mrs. A-
dolf Stumpf home Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Carl Wengler visited   at
over   Sunday.
The "Agram Star" ball team
played a game of base ball with
Buh, the score being 8 to 6 in
favor of Buh Buh did not
make a score the last 5 inning's
and would nt have made any the
first four innings on account of
the rotten umpire.
Mrs. Carl Wengler, Margaret
and Clara Thommes were at
the lake Sunday.
Clara Labrie, who visited with
Cathryne Stumpf the past week
returned to her home in Belle
Prairie Monday.
WAR OVER TWO RODS
HILLMAN
A. J. Fenn of Little Fails is
in the vicinity surveying   roads.
Frank Sterr and wife of Mt.
Morris were Hillman callers
Sunday.
Harry Leigh was a Pierz visitor Monday.
J. P. Leigh left for Royalton
Monday on business.
Fire Sunday -ifternoon destroyed the little house of Mr.
LeMay. Mr. LeMay and son
left for their home in Little
Falls Monday morning.
Rev. DeForest Shotwell  went1
to Sullivan lake   Thursday  and
returned Tuesday.
The village was considerably
agitated last Saturday, when
Nick Karst drew a wire fence
down the middle of Roch street.
Mr.Karst claims that according
to the plat, the village had appropriated two rods of his land to
the above mentioned street.
The village authorities did not
see it that way and had the
fence removed Monday morning.
There has been no disturbance
since.
WANTED
200 to 300 Tons of good
Wild Hay. Inquire at
the Hill or see C. E. Gra=
vel.
S-tate ot Ohio, city of Toledo,
Lucas county,
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he
is senior partner ot the firm of F. J.
Cheney & Co., doing' business in the
City of Toledo, County and State a-
foresaid, and that said firm will pay
the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by the use
of HALL'S CATARRH |CURE.
FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and   subscribed
in my presence, this 6thday of December, A. D. 1886.
[Sealj A. W. Gleason,
Notary Public.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is   taken   internally and acts directly upon the blood
and muscous surfaces   of   the   system.
Send for testimonials, free.
F. J. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, O.
Sold by all Drug-gists, 75 c.
Take Hall's Family Pills For Constipation.
Blake's store and seemed in- ( Stdften, 11116 nut bet* cocfdiid.tc, nm=
clined to buy all the overalls in ren unfere ^jiiln*... -Pit* finb febr
the county. He wanted every- [ gut gefatyrtn. uviui and) uidit tm«
body to wear them. By Satur-, met* obnc <&efaln\ VDiv nutftetl
day evening he had become so nriebez 5_ird.*f nadi (Eggpten, moil
violent and raving that it re-!unr ron Beirut .tin f-diiff bofom-
quired all the men in the neigh-1 moit foiinton, cm.- norblicb mid* ~\hi-
borhood to prevent him from do- licit gt*fafu*en marc. Per TCiicc* iff
ing harm. <1U encfer  Sad),  fduilo.    _aui, os
He was taken to Little Falls | iff jo* alia fo glanjenb gcgangen, but)
by Peter Schotnmer, John Mill- man gut jufriebetl fein faun, 5116cm
ner and Schlegel Sunday after- batten urir ZUefanbria utdjt 511 foboti
noon. bcfomiucii.
£?cutc ZTTittag urn ein 11 hr gcbt's
aufsSd-jiff „H)ieu", ein (Sfhrelcffifdjes
Boot nad) -Briiiotfi, 3talien. Ivtitc
t'f Samftag nub 2T.on.ag fommen
mil* in 3talioii an, fomit fiub coir am
pftngftf01111 taao  ait  23oro, ift  uid-t
ALFALFA AT LITTLE FALLS
John Philippi reports tlnat
there is a tine stand of alfalfa
across the road from   the green
house near Little Falls, on the 9«abe fd}«5n, Wnnen abor nidjt r*cb
Pierz road. Unless we are mis- ' f*n. XDir baben Porforac getroffen
taken this ground was put jn'ba^ nnr an 23orb bio bl. _Uoffo lofon
Alfalfa   under the  direction of i fctnicn.    3ii 3taIioti mill idj fur.icu
start the following spring.    He
sowed ten acres of rye the 15th  light -40   hours for 10 ceir
Ir.   Gordon   aa can
burn a 20 candle power Tung
of September last fall and about
one acre the :20th. That which
was sowed the 1", is by far the
better and  heavier.
the Agricultural Dept. of  Little
Falls high school.
This again shows that Alfalfa
will grow in this county if the
ground is properly prepared and
.flocculated. The roots of the
plant penetrate the soil to such
a depth that neither drouth nor
frost will kill it. Mr. Philippi
read a short time ago of miners
in Nevada working at a depth
of 120 feet, wdio discovered a few
threadlike filaments, which upon
examination proved to be roots
of alfalfa. Tiie high banks of
the Sacramento river in California, he says are prevented from
washing by the network of roots
of the alfalfa at the surface.
projc|? nuicbon. IDciiii id, bcu b,I.
Pater gefeljen fyabc, mtrb mid) fei«
net mcf-r Lang* in Dtahcn -7ttltc.t;
foimoii. Zladj Pcutfcblanb fefmtV
mid*), unb id) glaube bio Pcrtnaiibtou
in Pciitfd)Ianb fo[),ion fidj nadj ber
Stuiibc mciitcr 2tiifuuft. IPoIIcit
biefclbeit unb micf* nicbt 311 laugc
marten [affen. ©rujj,
Wemtx O. S. B.
P. L. Poster has begun the ce-
, ment work   for   the   Fish    lake
creek bridge.
NORTH AQRAH
Too late for last week.
School in District No. 78
closed Thursday. They gave a
picnic at Fish lake Sunday.
Everybody turned out for a good
time.
Joe Otremba went to Bowlus
on a visit Saturday returning
home Monday.
Mrs. A. M. Reimer and son
Clarence of St. Cloud  are   here
ion a week's visit with her   mother Mrs. Adolf Stumpf.
Mrs. Matt Thommes and
daughter Mary visited with Mrs.
A. Stumpf Tuesday of last week.
Joe Otremba and wife called
at the Janish home Tuesday
evening.
Misj Clara Labrie and I.ouis
Gendreau injoyed supper at Mrs.
Adolf Stumpfs place last Sunday evening.
Miss Agnes Loidolt returned
home from a two weeks' visit at
Madison, Wis.
A.    P.   Stoll   and    Reinhart
' Stumpf   bought   725   acres    of
rate offered  by the  Little Falls
Water Power Co. i.s by far the
cheaper. Taking the high average of 5 hours a day during winter and summer, would 111.1
total of 150 a month. At lOcts.
for 10 hours, 150 hours would
cost us not to exceed half the
sum it costs Milaca for the same
servio
John N. Gross, son of J. J.
Gross of Little Falls, now traveling for an advertising specialty Co., spent several days of
this week in Pierz. John, having himself been interested for
many years in municipal lighting propositions a.s a member of
the council of the village of
Richmond, besides having* the
opportunity of observing the
workings of the lighting problem in scores of villages and
cities in a large part of the
northwest which he covers in
his travels, expresses himself
in these terms:
"You have an exceptional opportunity to get good and cl
lights. If you turn their proposition down, you will regret it.
Few villages are situated within
the nach of such a natural power plant as that of the Little
Falls Electric and Water Power
Wen7ael Voita left Tuesday for grass   stumpage   in   section   20 Company'
Oregon.
I
I     Andrew Faust is having some
\ cement work done   on   his   resi-
: dence.
and 21. If anybody needs hay,
call in time on either one of the
parties.
I
NOTICE
will   do
Mrs. L. DeRusha.
St. Cioud—St. Cloud is to
1 have a second potato warehouse,
sewing tor j aI1d it will be built this season
anybody, no matter who ^ time for tbe fall crop. This
brings it, nor where the was decided upon a hurry call
goods were bought. j of a meeting of business men   to
meet W- H.Ferrell of Princeton,
who has already some twenty
warehouses, and is known
Our lime, plaster and cement throughout the country as the
is always the best on the mar- j potato king,
ket. To be good this must be
fresh. Our aim i.s to handle it
so it is at its best. J. Borge r
ding & Co. Agram   farmers report    that
A. E.  Macho, Agent,  their corn was  bitten  by  frost
I last Friday night.
i    John Maus of St. Cloud bought
a car of stock here last week.
NOTICE
Jacob Nonn and wife of Cross
'Plains, Wis., are here on a visit
I will take in sewing or with old Wisconsin friends, such
go OUt Sewing by the day.  as theF-iust and Bollig families.
Have  room    upstairs   of
Frank Grell's store.
Katie E. Thul.
Mr. and Mrs. Nonn are on a visiting tour through a large part
of Iowa, South Dakota and Minnesota.
THE FIRST ANNUAL
Picnic
G
reamery
— of the -
Buckman   Farmers9   Creamery,
Will be held in Buckman, Minn.
Tuesday. June 18.1912
Several Prominent Speakers will give Addresses.
Music and FREE Refreshments. Everybody is invited and welcome.
Free Dance Afternoon and Evening.
THE MARKET
Wheat, No. 1 $1.05
Wheat, No. 2       1.03
Flax, _      2.00
Barley        90
Rye       73
Oats        40
Ear Corn 55c—60c
Hay $5.00
Butter, Creamery       32
Dairy       21
Eggs       15
Flour, Best      3.20
"    Straight      3.10
Low grade flour 1.60
Bran 1.35
Shorts   1.40
Cracked Corn 80 pounds 1.35
Potatoes        40
Beans       2.00
Onions        85
Butterfat Market
Thursday, 271
Friday, 27i
Saturday, 271
Monday, 28
Tuesdcay,  28
Wednesday, 28
Average 27&
SOUTH ST. PAUL HOG MARKET
Ave. Price.
Thursday 7.31
Friday 7.30
Saturday 7.30
Monday 7.40
Tuesday  .7.39
Wednesday   7.32
ST. PAUL LIVE STOCK
Steers.  $5.75 to 8.25
Cows and Heifers,__$3.75 to 7.00
Calves.steady $4.50 to 7.85
Feeders, steady, ___$3.00 to 6.15
The experience of surrounding
towns which maintain municipal
Electric Lighting Plants, tea-
ches us that it i.s hard to run a
plant and meet expenses by selling the juice at 12 cents per
kilowat. A municipal plant for
Pierz would cost not less than
six to eight thousand dollars.
If we can connect with Little
Falls for $5,000, with assurance
of unlimited juice for Lighting
and Power purposes at 4 cents
a kilowat, it ought not to take
a man long to decide to vote for
the bonds.
The village of Royalton intends soon to build a line to connect with the Little Falls Power
plant.
Nick H. Mueller reports that
the Royalton Electric Light
Plant, used from 50 to 60 gallons of gasoline from four
o'clock in the afternoon until
midnight every 24 hours.
Electric lights will reduce insurance rates for those who are
now using gasoline  lights.
FORSALE
My house and lot in the
village.
John P. Virnig,
R. 1 Pierz, Minn
Good and dry ear or
shelled corn bought at
the mill for 60 cents a
bushel.
Rich Prairie Milling Co.