The Pierz Journal (Pierz, Morrison County, Minnesota), 1912-07-18

              THE PIERZ JOURNAL
VOL. 4.
PIERZ, MORRISON COUNTY, MINNESOTA, JULY 18,   1012.
NO. 5
Rev. Werner 0. S, B. sctireibt
an seine Eltern
Herr und Frau Schneppenheim,
Dueren, 22ten Juni 1912.
Liebe Eltern! Endlich bin ich
hier in Dueren beim Onkel Peter
seit dem 18ten Juni. Habe die
allerherzlichste Auf nahme gefun-
den. Onkel Peter und Vetter
Heinrich kamen mir bis Koeln
entg*eg*en. Da wir noch Zeit hat-
ten besuchten wir den anderen
Vetter Heinrich, der in Koeln
ein Restaurant hat. Mit Traeh-
nen in den Augen hat er mich
an's Herz g*edrueckt, der gute
Kerl. Hier in Dueren, da werde
icH g*efuettert mit dem Allerbe-
sten und wahrhaftig* koenig*lich
bewirthet. Ich habe noch nie
eine solche Auf nahme g*efunden.
Jetzt muss ich auch schreiben
was Onkel und Tante machen.
Zuerst kommt der Onkel Peter
dran. Wer den Heinrich Schneppenheim von Amerikakennt, der
kennt auch seinen Bruder in
Deutschland. Der Onkel errin-
nert mich an dich, lieber Vater.
Ich habe ihm das auch g*esag*t.
Er macht seine Spaesse gerade
wie du, und der Spassvog*el und
Schelm blinzelt aus seinen Augen. Es ist recht angenehm zu
sehen wie der Onkel, trotz des
grossen Geschaeftes, so munter
und schelmisch ist. Beide, On
kel und Tante, haben einen recht
munteren Geist, dass es einem
recht wohl thut. Beide leiden
a Gicht, aber der Humor versagt
ihnen nicht. Da sagte die Tante,
ich sollte Euch viele Gruesse
schicken, aber dabei bemerken:
"Die Tante humpelt" und fort
war sie.
Mit dem Onkel habe ich einen
kleinen Abstecher nach Aachen
gemacht, dort wohnt Cousine
Margaretha. Sie hat ein pracht-
vollesHeim und eineWirthschaft
die sich gut rentirt. Leider ist
ihrMann krank, eine Folgeeiner
schweren Erkrankung am Ner-
venfiber. Auch Onkel Peter,
Mathias and Gregorius, haben
wir besucht. Hierauf machten
wir eine Kutschenfahrt durch
den prachtvollenWald und durch
die schoensten Strassen der al-
ten ehrwuerdigen Kaiserstadt
Karl's des Grossen.
Lieber Vater, du wirst hier
als grosser Fischer gefeiert. Ich
wurde darueber befragt. Ich
habe auch so gut als ich konnte,
deine Fischlust und auch die
Architektur deines Fischhauses
beschrieben. Die Tante meinte,
"Dann habt ihr wohl immer
frische Fische?" Well, Vater,
durfte ich dich da verrathen?
nein! und ich sagte: "ja, fuer
die Feiertage und Fasttage,
wenn du Glueck hast." Hier
habe ich doch den richtigen Ge-
brauch von Jaeger- und Fischer-
latein gemacht, nicht wahr? Ich
habe dem Onkel auch von den
amerikanischen Forellen er-
zaehlt, dass man mit ihnen im
Wasser spielen koenne, so zahm
seien sie. Ich hatte die Kloster
Forellenzucht im Sinne, dort
waren die kleinen Forellen that-
saechlich so zahm, dass sie einem in die Hand schwatnmen,
wenn man mit der Hand in dem
Wasser plaetscherte. Der Onkel
meinte, in Wildbad, wo er Ge-
sundheit halber war, seien auch
Fischanlagen fuer Forellen. Man
zahlt eine Mark, dann darf man
etwas mit einer Angel im Wasser
spielen, aber Forellen faengt
man keine; entweder gibt's dort
keine, oder sie sind aeusserst
klug oder beides ist der Fall.
Margaretha Imdahl, die Toch-
ter des seligen Onkels Arnold,
var her, eine treue Seele, auch
alle andere Verwandte sind hier.
Wir haben zusammen ausge-
macht naechsten Montag nach
Sindorf zu fahren, um dort die
kranke Tante and den Geburts-
A HEAVY STORM
A heavy rain and windstorm
arose suddenly from the northwest at half past eight o'clock-
last Friday evening. So rapidly was the sky overspread with
dark threatening clouds and so
strong was the wind carrying
before it clouds of dust, debris
and small branches of trees,
that half of the village population was driven into cellars.
The storm, according* to reports from the country, covered
a strip only three or four miles
wide, and seems to have been
stronger in the village than at
any point north or south.
Early barley was flattened to
the ground and many stalks of
corn, especially of that which
was most advanced, were broken.
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BALL GAME SUNDAY
The Pierz and Buckman baseball teams will play a game on
the Pierz grounds next Sunday
afternoon. The Buckman boys
have lost every game with Pierz
this year and as this will be the
last game of the season with
Pierz, it is certain that they will
muster up all their strength and
energy to win.
Goaded by successive defeats,
who knows but they may, like
wounded but otherwise harmless creatures, fight with sufficient courage and desparation
to carry them to victory.
Weisbrich, who has the making in him of a first class twirl-
er, will probably be on the
mound for the visitors, while
our Leo or Lefty Vincent No. 2
will twist the pill for Pierz.
Manager Kaliher has promised
that tlie game will be close, unless all the dope up to date goes
wrong.
;A CRUEL MONSTER
On the fifth of July some vile,
contemptible wretch, cut and
reduced to a permanent cripple
one of Jos. P. Brinkmann's best
Jersey heifers.
The cuts, which completely
severed the tendons of both hind
legs, are precisely in line and
were evidently made with a
scythe or cornknife.
That any human being (not
human, but a creature capable of
handling a scythe or cornknife)
can be so totally deyoid of feeling and sympathy for a lower
animal as to torture it for pure
sport, oi possibly thus find revenge for some illwill and hatred he may have for its owner,
is almost incredible.
ARRIVED TOO LATE
The law supplements sent out
with this issue of the Journal,
should have been sent last week,
but did not arrive until Friday
evening.
ort  der  Gebrueder  Schneppenheim aufzusuchen.
Nun, liebe Eltern, einstweilen
einmal wieder "adjuess."
Koeln, 28ten Juni 1912.
Liebe Eltern! Gritchen Imdahl
saet mer: "Jetzt schriwst de
dem Ohm dat me dich jetzt he
hen endlich no langem Warden."
Und ich bin w'irklich hier mit
Leib und Seel, und ich glaube
dass ich dreimal hier bin, denn
hier werde ich gefuettert fuer
drei Mann. "Edit Koelsch" et
schwaet noch esu jot.
Die Leute hier verwundern sich
darueber dass ich auch Koelsch
verstehe und manches Koelsche
sprechen kann. Da sagen sie:
"Kannst du dat och?" Ich sage darauf: "Woruem sollt ich
dat nit koenne?" Na, liebe Eltern, dreimal hoch auf Euch im
alten Vaterlande. Mit Gruss.
Werner, 0. S. B.
CARE OF CREAM ON THE FARM
Selected by Jake L'flepson.
The time is now at hand when
we must turn our efforts in the
direction of a better quality of
milk and cream. Tlie actual
loss maintained from year to
year in this state on poor butter is directly due to the quality
of cream delivered by the Minnesota farmers. So much of the
cream produced is ruined before
it reaches the creameryman that
many states are considering the
passing of drastic laws to regulate the quality of cream that
may be delivered.
In considering this subject.
we must necessarily take into
account the handling of the milk"
from which the cream is obtained, in which two fundamental principals must be observed:
First, keep all dirt and foreign
matter out; and second, cool to
a low temperature and hold at
50 degrees Farenheit or below.
By keeping out as much dirt as
possible many forms of undesirable bacteria will be excluded
and the low temperature will retard the growth and multiplication of those that have found
lodgment therein. First, the
body of the cow; second, the
milker; and third the utensils.
Cleanliness in these three
things will eliminate most of
the unclean milk produced. We
may strain out the visible dirt
but can not remove the bacteria
(To be continued).
PAY YOUR BOXRENT
Postmaster Hennen   calls   lis
patrons' attentii
below by the I'.  O. Inspector.
Boxrents must be paid   strictly in a lvalue ol every   quarter.
He complains that .a  few   n<
pay  an.
from the inspector follows:
Postma a', :r, Piera, Minn.
Sir:—    You are directed to   im-
mediatly collect rent for all
es in use in your oPrice.   In e
that the' holder fails to pay such
rent th ■   box   should   be   closed
and mails placed in the General
Delivery.    Boxrents     hereafter
must be  collected  on or   before
the hrs* day of each quarter.
Very Respectfully
W. M. Hughes,
P. i ctor.
UNCALLED FOR LETTi.RS
Letters addressed as follows
are at the Post office uncalled
for:
Mr. Emidio Saceorn,
Mr. C. Johnson.
Unless called for with'n a reasonable time, they will   be   sent
to the Dead letter office.
PIERZ WINS 6 TO 2
Th ball   team    played
J the Buckman boys on   the   la •
ters ground last    Se:id.i\   .:
noon and beat them  by a score
of C) I
l'|i to the eighth inning none
of the Bucknianites had
tlie home plate and Pierz played
hud lor a shut-out but failed lo
make it. Weisbrich, pitcher
for Buckman, was relieved in
sixth inning by Kapsner
who finished  the game.
Lefty Vincent for Piera
pitched a star gam -and allowed
only four hits of the scratch older. This makes about the lit-
tenth successive victory for
Pierz. Excluding Swanville
and the semi pros of Royalton
'and Little Falls, our team has
cleared up everything within a
radius of fifty miles.
Beware Of Ointments For Catarrh
That Contain Mercury
as mercury will surel}' destroy the
sense of smell and completely derange
the whole system when entering'; it
through the mucous surfaces. Such
articles should never be used except
on prescriptions from reputable physicians, as the damage the)' will do is
ten fold to the good you can possibly
derive from them. Hall's Catarrh
Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney at
Co., Toledo, O., contains no mercury,
and is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces
of the system. In buying Hall's Catarrh Cure be sure you get the genuine. It is taken internally and made
in Toledo, Ohio, by F.J. Cheney & Co.
Testimonials free.
Sold by druggists, Price 75c per bottle
Take Hall's Eamily Pills For Constipation.
A few dollars invested
in a Lightning rod may
save your buildings, to
say nothing of the per=
sonal safety which light=
ning rods insure. I sell
Dodd's.
P. A. Hartmann.
Our lime, plaster and cement
is always the best on the market. To be g*ood this must be
fresh. Our aim is to handle it
so it is at its best. J. Borger
ding* & Co.
A. E. Macho, Ag-ent.
URL CO. METING
The Fire Company held tlie
annual election in the village
ball la.t Saturday evening aim
i owing   officers:
Prank Paust Chief.
John Dj u:k>\ -y   As'   Chief.
Hubert   Bares   Treasurer.
Barney Gross    Secretary.
Tillermen, N. Brummer. Louis
Eller.
$25.00 REWARD
$25.00 reward will be
paid to any person who
can bring evidence to prosecute the person who
cut my heifer.
5-2 Jos. F. Brinkman.
SURE CURE FOR RATS
Hubert Mares claims that ordinary lye or potash, such aa
can be bought in the grocery
store will surely drive rats from
any building*. He says if you
pour a small quantity ol the dry
lye into their holes and sprinkle
the basemen, iloor or any other
Hour or surface where they are
in the habit ot inomeuadiug,
they will disappear in a lew
days. (Will those wiio try this
remedy kindly report their success to the Journal.)
Insecl bite Cosis Leg
A Boston man lo»t his log  from   th*
>il ■ of an inject two years before.    To
a.   it such oalamatic- from sting- and
of insects use    I -vi sklen'a   Arnica
Salve promptly to kill tile   |kji .on    anil
prevent   inflammation,   swelling    ami
I a in. Heal* barn., boils, uloent,
pile.-., <■ v.mi.i . cub*, bruises. Only 25c
at B. L. Kalilier's l)i-u^r store.
SOO LINE TO BUILD
The Minneapolis Tribune reports that the Soo line intends
to build a line from Minneapolis
and Anoka to connect with the
Brooten-Duluth line at Onamia
or some point on the south shore
of the lake. A glance at the
map shows that a straight line
from Anoka to Onamia, would
cross the Great Northern at
Milaca.
The newly incorporated Brai-
nerd-Cuyuna Mining Company
is now drilling for iron within
the city limits of Brainerd.
ANNUAL SCHOOL MEETINGS
Annual school meetings will
be held next Saturday July 20,
at seven o'clock in the evening*
to elect officers and to transact
other business-      H
STROMAN LINES SOLD
John Stroman last week sold
all his telephone lines in Morrison. Stearns and Todd counties
to the Northwestern Telephone
Company. The sale had been
hanging fire since last May,
but no definite agreement was
reached until last week.
The conditions of the sale call
for the completion of the lines
now under construction by Stroman.
The Northwestern will take
possession the   first of August.
It i.s reported here that the
Northwestern line had also
bought the Kramer Telephone
lines running out of Rice,  Minn.
FOR SALE CHEAP
Grass on  Meadow.     150
acres Red Top and Blue
Joint at Big Dam, Sec. 36,
Granite.
Carl H. Stucke.
Awakening 01 Eastern Morrison
bought and
Pier/, an
day.      Monday   morni
Thul of   Huh   sold   his  |l
farm    to    his
Flicker,   and     . Prank
1   Sr.  sold his farm   in
*      Buh      in      "
• Wednea ell   was
(bartering   with   a   man   for   his
i land inNorlh Granite, but whether or  not   the  deal in   which   an
automobile was  taken   into  account, was   made,   we   have  not
able to learn.
We      seem    rijjht    now     to
be  in   Ihe   beginning of   a   land
boom.     If   it   is   true,  as   those
who   have   studied   land    pr
throughout the northwest say it
is,    that     we   here   in    Morrison
County have   the ch<
land in   the state,   markets con
sidered. the   prices of   our   land
will    rise    as     certain    as   it is
that water seeks its level.
If  dairying  is   profitable   on
$100 or $200 land in Iowa .md
Wisconsin, there is no re
under tlie sun why the price ef
I ind in Morrison, where we get
as high a price for butterfat as
i- n >id  anywhere  in the l"e
s. should not rise to the
level of Towa and Wisconsin
Land. Hut it ta^es quite a
Met lo foretell when that
price will be reached. Morrison
County lands have about doubled
in value in the last 10 years
Farms which were held at $2
an acre ten years ago, are now-
valued at $40.00 per .ere; wild
land has risen in the same proportion.
The jump from twenty to forty dollars an acre was com para
lively sudden and easy; but tin-
rise from forty to eighty dollars
an acre is sure to In- slow and
tedious, and may, like the heavy
Soo line freight trains climbing
Stangl's grade, require now and
thin a backing up to a lower
level lor a new start.
Barn, Silo and Herd of Fullblood Holstein Cattle on the Hodorf
Farm in Buckman, Minnesota.
THE MARKET
Wheat, No. 1 $1.00
Wheal, No. 2  98
Flax,       2.C0
Barley       90
Rye       60
Oats      TiO
EarCorn     60c
Hay  $5.00
Butter, Creamery        28
Dairy       21
Eggs      13
Flour, Best       3.20
"    Straight      8.10
Low grade flour 1.60
Bran    1.35
Shorts    ..1.40
Cracked Corn 80 pounds 1.40
Ground Feed     1.45
Potatoes        40
Beans      2.00
Onions        85
Butterfat Market
Thursday, __   .27-r
Friday, 27*
Saturday, 27*
Monday, 27i
Tuesday, 27i
Wednesday, 27i
Average 271
SOUTH ST. PAUL HOG MARKET
Ave. Price.
Thursday . 7.25
Friday 7.27
Saturday 7.27
Monday 7.23
Tuesday 7.25
Wednesday 7.27
ST. PAUL LIVE STOCK
Steers $6.00 to 8.50
Cows and Heifers,__$3.25 to 7.00
Calves.steady $4.00 to 7.75
Feeders, steady, ...$3.50 to 5.50