The Pierz Journal (Pierz, Morrison County, Minnesota), 1912-10-31

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THE PIERZ JOURNAL
VOL. 4.
PIERZ, MORRI>:)X
STY    MI
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NO. 20.
Constitutional Amendments
And Public Schools
Two  of   I admen.
c >nstitu be voted   on
atth nl)-i*
5th   have  a  dir ict   re]
public  schools
One amendment provides for a
state one-mi II tax for roads and
bridges. Asa general state policy
this proposed amendment is of
vast importance to every citizen
and every interest in Minnesota.
It has a direct relation to the
rural school, and to the move
ment for consolidation, when
we have better public roads,
there will follow as a direct result an improved rural school.
A state-wide movement which
has the effect of improving* our
highways will promote the use
and value of the  public   school.
Another relates to the office
of county superintendent of
schools. It provides for educational and professional standards for that office. The county
superintendents now serving are
in favor of it. Teachers and
educators believe it wise and
will support it. There is no opposition to it from any known
source. This standard prevails
in many states, and Minnesota
should adopt it. I hope that
all voters who are interested in
the administration of public
schools and in making the county
superintendent's office more
efficient will vote YES on this
amendment.
Prepared by
C. G. SCHULZ,
Superintendent of Public Instruction, St. Paul, Minn.
LETTER FROM JOS. SAND
RICH PRAIRIE, SASK.
Oct. 21, 1912.
Journal
Pierz, Minn.
Dear Sir:—
As I have the mo
ney now I will send   you   check
for the renewel of the  Journal
It is a little overdue but I have
been out   threshing   and   didn't
get to hauling grain until now.
The crop here is very good
and most farmers get more then
expected, and still plenty in the
straw. My crop turned out
much better than I expected.
Of wheat I had only seven acres
and received 249 bushels at 72
lbs. or 35 bu. per acre, and there
are many who averaged 32 bu.
of which about one half was
sown into stubble the third time
without plowing. My flax from
the seed which I bought from
Pierz, 104 lbs. seed, I received
79 bu. or 19 bu. per acre. My
oats was poor. I had 11 acres
in and threshed 325 bu. My
other flax averaged 14 bu. per
acre. One of my neighbor's
oats averaged 89 bu. The present prices care: wheat 76c, flax
$1.03, oats 27c, barley 39c at the
elevator. Potatoes are 25c in
trade; turnips and rutabegaa
25c. I have plenty of them,
some weighing 14 lbs. each.
Wheat weighs 65 lbs. stroke
measure. Am sending you a
sample under seperate cover,
but as I see by the Journal I expect there are farmers in the
vicinity of Pierz who 'can show
a better sample.
The threshing is not all done
yet and at the present weather
there are indications of not getting through this fall again,
same as in the last- During the
last two weeks, only 2 days
were tit to thresh ia. It rains or
snows just enough to make it
tough enough that it can't be
threshed. I have some flax to
thresh yet which was sown on
spring breaking.
If the crop will be anywhere
near like what it is this year, I
think I'll be able to live here.
Land is selling here at $25.00
per acre, which has hardly any
breaking or other improvements.
Hoping that you will continue
to send the Journal.
Yours truly
Jos. H. Sand.
LIGHTS SHOW PROFIT
George Gordon and Jolm Ho-
1 took the Iirst reading of
the electric meters Tuesday
morning. From October 7th to
October 28th, a period of twenty-one days, private consumers
used 81] kilowatts of juice,
which at lOcent* per kilowatt
amounts to $81.10. At 4 cents
this juice cost the village $32.
44. Deducting the cost prn
$32.44 from the total cost to the
consumers, $81.10 we have a
profit of $48.66 for the village.
The days and nights are now
of about equal length and these
three weeks past may be taken
as representative for the entire
year. There will be more juice
used during the winter, but less
during the summer months.
Now, if private consumers
will net the village a profit of
$48.66 in three weeks, or si7.no
a week, the village can safely
count on a monthly profit of
about $70.00. And this is not
taking into account the probable increase   of    patronage.
The readings so far w*ere taken from the private meters. The
village meter has been connected only three or four days,
which is too short a period
from which to determine what
the approximate cost of street
lighting will be.
LOCALS
LOCA.
Will it be a   cold or a mild      Vote for (
\vint< Tuesda   .
ENLARGE WAREHOUSE
George Kiewel was here Saturday and made arrangements
to enlarge the local warehouse.
Andrew Pcaust, their agent, says
an addition of 30 feet will be
built onto the west end, and
other changes will be made to
suit the demands of their in
creasing business.
BIJOU THEATRE
Come and spend a pleasant hour at the Opera
House. First class Moving Picture Show every
Sunday night. This show
speaks for itself. Change
of program every night.
Admission— 10 and 15
cents. John N. Faust.
—Advt.
NOTICE
Notice is hereby given that a
special election will be held in
the Village Hall in the village
of Pierz, on the 9th day of No
vember, 1912, for the purpose
of voting on the proposition of
issuing to the State of Minnesota the bonds of said municipality in the aggregate sum of
$5000.00 bearing interest at the
rate of four per centum per allium, the proceeds thereof to be
used for the purpose of refunding the floating indebtedness of
said village incurred in establishing a public lighting and
power plant in said village, to
ie :,umbered and to mature as
set forth in the resolution now
on file in the office of the clerk
of .said village.
Dated October 21st,   1912.
.1. B. Hartman,
Advt. Village clerk.
A LOAD WORTH WHILE
St Cloud Times: Mich. Lutgen
living six miles west of St.
Cloud on the Maine Prairie road,
brought a load of clover seed
to the city for which he received
$658.22. ' Considerable clover
seedis b 'ing tn irketed here now,"
said W. H Landwehr who is
handling the seed in this city.
"It is worth from$13.00 to$13.50
a hundred, being about $8.00 to
$8.50 a bushel." The other day
Peter Hansen, of Rockville,
brought a load of clover seed
for which he received $593.59.
Many smaller batches ofthe valu
able seed are also beingreceived
daily.
Hunters report a scarcity
of ducks this fall.
Joseph P. Leigh was a
caller bei ween trains Monday.
Joseph     Oestereich     and
family   are    now    living    in
Watkins, Minn.
George Gordon was here
Saturday collecting for the
Water Power Co.
MathPitzl, theXewMunieh
brewer, was a business caller
here Monday.
M. Besinius, wife and two
daughters motored, to Pierz
la<t Friday.
Delia Wermerskirchen is
employed as sales-lady in P.
A. Hartmann's store*
Jolm Hoheisel had apatient
in the village enebriate hospital for a few hours Monday
evening.
Henry Schulte got $121.60
for six loosely filled seamless sacks of clover seed yesterday.
Joseph P. Meyer and Christ
Morrill went to Sullivan lake
last Monday to hunt and fish
for a week.
Christ Reese, supervisor of
Platte Town went to Little
Falls Tuesday to attend to
Town matters.
Claud Look of Sullivan shot
a young bear last week. He
sold it to Frank Grell who
shipped it to Duluth.
CF. Gravel and A. P. Stoll
made an auto trip through
Buckman and Morrill and Dixville country last Thursday.
Everyone of the large
crowd who attended the show
last Sunday evening was satisfied with the entertainment.
Henry Mueller returned
last Friday from Carrington
N.D., where lie had been employed as cook for a threshing crew.
O.T.Nelson of Gully, our
erstwhile hardware merch-
and wrote to his friend J.
Dombovy that they had a
heavy fall of snow.
John L. Dehler of south
Buckman was a caller here
Monday. John reports that
he is building a large barn
on his place.
Joseph Gross, son of John
Gross of Granite, came home
last Thursday from Johnson,
Minn, where he worked during tlie Summer.
Joseph Kurtz and David
Butterfield intend to spend
the winter hunting and fishing. They are well prepared
to hunt small and big  game.
Dr.A.J.Gilkison, candidate
for congress from this district
on the democratic ticket made
Pierz and Buckman a visit
last    Friday   afternoon   and
Chattel   Mon
for sale at the Joi
Jos. Meyer and
returned from N, D. 1
evening.
Wanted— 10,
of oats at the Mil
C.K.Gr,:
Do your chic,
before Nov.   7.    'I
closes on that daj .
Barbara Weid<
sisting in Frank (
during las   special
Tlie    marriage
Wolke and Minnie r<'■,,
announced    in   church
8    day.
John   Brown   of   Rucker,
who worked in N. Dak. during threshing season, returned home Tuesday.
NOTICE
Eatrayed—to  my   place  a
small red pig about 5   weeks
old. Advt. M. N. Meyer.
FOR SALE—a good 1700
pound working horse. Have
no work for him.
Frank Milkey,
Advt. R. 2, Pierz. Minn.
Ch
NOTICE
My 16 year old son, John
Matlack left home the 20th
day of October 1912, and I
will no longer be responsible
for him.—Advt,    J. Matlack.
Ed. Hodorff of Dixville was
a caller here Saturday. Mr.
Hodorff reports that he has
no difficulty in selling the
surplus increase of his Holstein herd.
Adolf Vanderhaar of Greenwald and John Braun of
Spring Hill motored to Pierz
last Friday. Mr Braun is the
new owner of the Henry
Gassert farm.
A light flurry of snow fell
Tuesday. For a time it
looked as if a regular blizzard were coming with tlie
west wind.
If you like C. E. Gravel,
vote for him; if you don't like
him, vote for him and help
to get him out of sight for at
least part of the  time.
Joseph Britz and wife of
St. Paul attended the Kap-
pes-Mueller wedding in
Buckman last Tuesday. Mrs.
Britz is a sister to the  bride.
E. A.Kling, J. S. Murphy
L D. Brown and C. W. Bouck
motored into Pierz Friday and
shook hands with the voters.
There is only one winner in
the bunch—possibly two but
we doubt it.
C.E. Gravel has been manager for the Rich Prairie
Milling Co. for seven years
during which time he has built
up a business that is a credit
to Pierz. He will make good
as a representative.
Charles E. Gravel, whose picture we have the
honor of presenting to the Journal readers, is a candidate for Representative from the 48th legislative
ditatrict. Mr. Gravel, if elected, can be relied upon
to work for the best interests of our district. He
will conscientiously represent his constituents. He
will be no man's man, and yet can be depended upon
to be everybody's man, when it conies to the question of public interest. Cast your vote for him next
Tuesday.
NOTICE
One extra fine, black, 8
year old, 1700 lb. work
horse, will be sold at pub=
lie auction Market day
Nov. 2nd at 1 o'clock P.
M. Advt.      J. B. Cajacob.
Pierz and community has
not had a man in the legislature since 1877, thirty-five
years ago, when John Stumpf
was representative from this
district. This year we have
an opportunity of again electing one of our citizens to the
body of lawmakers. Vote for
C. E. Gravel next Tuesday
and help to put Pierz more
indelibly upon the map of
Minnesota.
About a week or ten days
more will finish the threshing in
this neighborhood.
LAST NOTICE
Accounts and Debts not
paid up by Nov. 1st, will
be turned over to an attorney for collection.
Advt       P. A. HARTMANN
SCHOOL REPORT
of District   46,   for   the   month
ending Oct. 25th, 11)12.
No. of days taught  20
No. of pupils   enrolled 39
Temperature for the Week
Highest    Lowest
Thursday   60  86
Frid-iy 61  22
Saturday 68  45
Sunday 63  21)
Monday 60  11
Tuesday 60  30
Wednesday 40  16
THE MARKET
Wheat, No. 1      76
Wheat, No. 2         74
.   Flax, _      1.34
Average daily attendance __ 32  Barle ■- -(|
Pupils neither absent nor tardy R
during the month are:
Oats.
52
25
60c
$5.00
30
21
no
Walter   Block,   John    Block,   _-     A
Susan   Bolster,    Anton   Rauch,   „
Hubert Rauch, John  T.   Rauch,   0  :      "3-T"'
_       _      ,      ,_.        .        __       ,    , Butter, Creamery
Lva   Kauch,    Victoria     Rauch, |      „        -p.  .
Helen Rauch, Josephine  Rauch, | -p ril..
Elizabeth Rauch, Marie   Rauch. I-J       """"'
r,    4.    * a.        e   a o. ' Flour, Best      2.70
Gertrud Stumpf, Agnes Stumpf, ;     ,,    „
Felia Stumpf, Walter  'Vuellner. !
Loretta Leidenfrost,  Ida Wuell
ner.
Nick Staub,
Teacher.
      2.60
Lowt grade flour 1.50
Bran .  .1.25
Shorts   1.30
Cracked Corn 80 pounds 1.40
Ground Feed     1.45
Potatoes  25
Saves Leg Of Boy Beans       2.00
"Itseemed that my 14-year old Onions        85
boy would have to lose his leg, |
on account of on ugly  ulcer,!        Butterfat Market
caused by a bad bruise,'' wrote;    The Average during the week
C"   F.    Howard,   Aquone, N' C. : was 3C**
Allremediesaud doctors treat-
ment.A'S'ailed till we tried Bucklen's Arnica Salve, and cured
him with one box." Cures burns,
boils, skin eruptions, piles,
at E. L. Kaliher.      Advt.
-OC
SOUTH ST. PAUL HOG MARKET
Ave. Price.
Thursday. 8.30
Friday	
Saturday ... 8.20
Monday 8.05
n7f     , --s: .«  Tuesdaay 7.63
market     Uay     Will Wednesday 7.4s
will be held in Lower j       ST. PAUL LIVe STOCK
T Q   *-      J M      !steers $6.00 to 8.25
1 OWIl Oaturday, iNO- Cows and Heifers,$3.25 to __6.25
[Calves,steady  $4.00 t.
Vember 2. i Feeders, steady, ...$3.50 to 6.50
COLLEGE BELLE WAYNE
-iiort
Icing*
of t:
tlie    rearing.    T
this m hat   the
life
I    influe her
opment,
future useful
Wayne  was   ah 1   well.
During her  growing
_h so that it
thought   by some   that
■
lop Into .
waa Fed upland   hay   and   o
-.talks for roi
•'>rn and
the   summer     s1
stun
not    bred   very   i
a alf when sb
rs old.   This fact   *
the   libera]     feeding,     fresh   air
and e has  caused   her   to
grow into a very   la i. of
wonderful capacity.   Her weight
was 1890 pounds   when   in    fair
ilesh when   she   was
old.
Feed and Care During The Test Period
Frequently when c< to
ted they ai ned  up
before     freshening.     This    was
not the case with College   Belle
Wayne.     She already had   a
cord oi 28 pounds i
and therefore she was   not
I for an   official   test.     *
was first in ordinary Ilesh,    and
ran with the    herd   until   a   few
daya before freshening.    At this
1 inic her udder became so   large
that she  was   uncomfortable   in
the stall.    She was    then  tr.
fered to a well  bedded b
having an exercise yard in   con
lion. Here she rem aim
throughout the freshening and
testing period. She r
all the roughage she could eat,
but was fed sparingly on grain
during the first few da\
freshening. Her first grain
tion consisted of a little bran,
oats and oil meal. This
gradually increased until
received 24 pounds of grain daily in four nvals. This consisted
of a mixture of 8 pounds of
ground oats, 8 pounds of wheat
bran,4 pounds of ground corn,
4 pounds of oil meal and 12 lbs.
of beets. The roughage consisted of 40 pounds of silage and
clover hay given in four meals.
Water and salt she had before
her all the time. The clover
hay gave out and green alfalfa
was substituted. She bloated
on this which made her shrink
in milk. She was taken out of
the barn every forenoon and afternoon and led about the yard
for ten minutes. Too! much exercise causes the milk flow to
shrink. She was milked at 6
o'clock in the morning, 12 at
noon, 6 at night and 12 at midnight. At these hours she also received her feed. Her highest record for one day was 126.7
pounds of milk.
Not every farmer in Pierz and
vicinity can have a cow like
this, but every one can take his
cream to the Farmers' Co-operative creamery and thereby help
himself, his neighbor and the
whole community.
Yours Respectfully,
Theo. Thieli
There will be a Special
film  at the   show   next
Sunday evening.— Advt.
John N. Faust.
Attend the Dance at Frank Faust's Nail, next Monday, November 4th.