The Pierz Journal (Pierz, Morrison County, Minnesota), 1913-04-03

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THE   PIERZ   JOURNAL
VOL. 4.
PIERZ. MORRISON COUNTY, MINNESOTA, APRIL 3, L918.
NO. Hi.
HAPPENINGS THE SPLIT-LOG
HERE AND THERE ROAD DRAG.
The Royalton Banner has recently installed a motor in its
office.
The High school basket ball
team at Staples claim the championship of Minnesota.
A new band has been organized at Wahkon, to be known as
the Wahkon Cornet Band.
The Todd County Fair Board
have set the 9th, 10th and llth
days of September for the   fair.
Electricity, as a motive power
will be used at the new creamery at Grove City, ■Litchfield
furnishing the juice.
George Justin, of Brockway,
Stearns county, brought in the
first wolf cubs of the year and
presented the scalps to County
Auditor Rau, receiving -WO in
return for the eight.
A produce company composed
of Todd county men has recently been organized at Chisholm.
The company will handle produce, horses, cattle and real
estate.
Mayor Wackrnan, of Detroit,
issued an order recently com
pelting all owners of slot machines or other gambling de
vices, to take the same out of
Detroit or turn its face to the
wall.
The new council met at Little
Falls Tuesday evening and made
the following appointments:
Robert LaBlanc, chief of police;
G. Larson, night police on the
east side; William Hang, night
police on the west side.
The school districts of Mille
Lacs county this year received
the amount of Sb,iH4.HH in cold
cash. The county has 2,714
pupils and the different districts
are entitled to draw $2.28 for
each pupil.
Albert Popliek, a saloon
keeper of St. Cloud, recently
filed a bankrupcy petition in the
Federal court at Fergus Falls,
placing his assets at $80, of
which $20 is exempt and $50 in
stock in trade, and his liabilities at $1,418.47.
Now that it seems probable
that Billie Tourtillotte will be
ousted from the police force arrangements are being made to
open an artificial gas plant in
Little Falls to take the place of
the natural gas phenom.—Royalton Banner.
Mrs. Alice Thompson, of Long
Prairie, recently took a dose of
strychnine in order to scare her
husband. The result was a
wooden overcoat and six feet of
earth. Moral—Don't monkey
with poison unless you understand its use.
By May 1st, the city of St.
Cloud's sprinkling district will
be served by a motor sprinkling
truck which was contracted for
hist week by the commissioners.
The cost of the machine will be
$6,000. It carries a 1,200 gallon tank and its weight when
loaded is tive tons.
County Surveyor S. S. Chute,
of Stearns county, has completed plans and specifications
for county ditch No. 5}2, the biggest drainage proposition ever
attempted in this county. The
ditch covers 23.0 miles and runs
through the towns of Lake
George, Getty, Raymond and
North Fork. The estimate cost
is 826,600. The ditch will reclaim 5,(XX) acres of swamp
land.
The earth road will doubtless
be commonly used in rural communities for many years because
of its low Iirst cost. The ever
recurring problem of upkeep on
such a road can be solved very
largely by the use of the so-
called split-log drag.
Anyone who can use tools
reasonably well can build one
of these drags at a cost of four
or five dollars for labor and material. Very few tools are required in making the drag, and
its use is as simple and cheap
as its construction. If desired,
metal drags can be purchased
at a somewhat greater costfrom
manufacturers of road machinery.
Careful use of the drag on a
road that is already in reasonably good condition will almost
entirely prevent trouble from
ruts, mud holes, or dust, and
give good serviceat a low cost.
—H. R. Flint, University Farm,
St. Paul.
CO-OPERATIVE        ST. JOSEPH'S DAY    SALE OF STATE       AN UNSOLVED
LAUNDRY.
CELEBRATION.
LAND JUNE 21
MYSTERY.
Real Estate Transfers.
Frank O. Bolster and wife to
Bedwig Schmolke, e. of sei 10
and nwi of swi 11 40-30, $8,600.
Elizabeth Blake and husband
to F. O. Bolster, lot 5, block 1,
New Pierz, 83,000.
Katherine K. Rand and husband to Gerhard Gulden, 1-7 of
ni of sw] (except about 2 acres)
swi  of  swi   a-md   s£ of nwi 20,
and nw:i of nwi, 29-41-29, 81,190
Anna Schroer, single, and C.
E. Hurt! and wife to Gerhard
Gulden, same description as
above. $1,190.
Joseph Kramer and wife to
Gerhard Gulden, same description as above, 81,180.
Mary G. Hand and husband
to Gerhard Gulden, same description as above, 81,190.
Lucy Kramer and husband to
Gerhard Gulden, same description as abovs, $1,190.
Josephine Ryan and husband
to Gerhard Gulden, same description a.s above, 81,190.
Stephen J. Kramer and wife
to Gerhard Gulden, undivided
5-42 of ni of swi (ex. about 2
acres) swi of swi and s. of nwi
20, and nw] of nwi 29-41-
29, $1,190.
Adeloert R. Taylor, guardian
to Gerhard Gulden, undivided
1-42 of n_ of swi (ex. about 2
acres) swi of swi and si of nwi
20,    and   nwi   of    nwi,   29-41-
29, $198.38.
Andrew Johnson and wife to
John H. Lott' all of section 17-
42-30, 810,240
Charles A. Lindbergh and
wife to Carl V. Berglund, sei
30-42-30, $1,920.
Carl V. Berglund and wife to
Carl A. Benson, ei of sei, 30-
42-30, * 1,000
Joseph Portner and wife to
Henry Gassert, ni of  sei,   1-41-
30, 81,243.
The First Shower.
The first shower of the season
fell last Sunday afternoon at
4 o'clock. The manner in which
it was driven .against our window panes by the rising and
falling gusts of a strong northwest wind, made music which
more than compensated for the
discordant pipings of the winter blasts.
(Continued* From Last Week.)
The laundry addition to the
creamery has between it and the
butter working room the boiler,
engine and coal room. This enables each to have free access
to the power and precludes any
possibility of contaminating
smells affecting the butter. The
one boiler supplies heat, power
and steam, while the exhaust
from the engine is sufficient to
warm the drying room, as well
a.s to heat the water which may
be used in the laundry.
At the time the data for this
article was taken, the laundry
had been running nearly three
months. Not all of the creamery patrons are patronizing it.
In February it had approximately 140 patrons, 7"> of these
being from the farms and the
rest from the village. The first
year the creamery ran in 1889,
it had but 56patrons. The laundry's patronage is growing, and
will continue to grow up to its
full capacity, 200 patrons.
The laundry is usually brought
to the laundry in baskets with
the owners name attached. It
is weighed, the articles counted,
listed, marked and assorted.
No chemicals of any kind are
used in the process of washing.
The flannels are all washed in
cold water, that is about 63 degrees Fahrenheit. They are
then put into the extractor and
dried at about the same temperature. By keeping the temperature even shrinking is
avoided. There are some flannels, however, which contain
wool—wool sheared from dead
sheep—which the laundrymen
say cannot be washed without
shrinking.
The laundry at Chatfield has
already increased the popularity of the creamery. There is
community of farmers near
there, who have been shipping
their cream, but who are now
discussing the formation of a
cream route to haul to the Chat-
field creamery so that they may
take their laundry as well.
Owing   to   Lent,  the celebra- Nearly   5,000   acres   of   state lt   was   a„    uiuisuanv     ,*ark
tion   of   St.   Joseph's   day took hind and   land upon   which   the -^ when j   wo,u   home about
place April 2nd. instead  of   the *» ^dlinquentwiirbesold .^_   a
....,    .          .   .,      .        T          .at   the   Morrison   countj   court
19th  day  of  March.     In spite eoU8eJuM 21f at 8 o'clock p. m. J*ne.    Ithad been hot and sul-
of the cold misty weather, which Following is the land to be sold, try all   day.    and   black clouds
now and   then burst   into   light totaling 4.947.2- acr. were beginning to gather In the
showers, large   crowds attended Part, of Section,                 ,  Rg,. Are. soulh ;uul in   .,„                 whUe   .,
church all forenoon. Solemn
high mass was read by Rev.Van
Dinter of Lastrup, assisted by
J. G. iStiegler and John Fuss of
Pierz. Father Stiegler delivered the sermon in the course of
which he dwelt at length upon
the purity of the life of St. Joseph, and advised all to emulate
the course of this illustrious
saint.
The   members of   the   St. Joseph's society and Catholic Or
der of   Foresters  received holy
Communion.
Will Start OneinElkRivkk.
More than 500 farmers were
in Elk River recently to attend
the annual meeting of the Farmers' Co-operative creamery
company, of Elk River. This
creamer j' did a business the
past year of about $110,000 and
is second in the state.
At this meeting tlie matter of
establishing a co-operative
laundry was discussed and a
committee composed of D. C.
Washburn, Fred Nickerson, C.
F. Fiman, Charles La Plant and
B. F. Plummer were appointed
to work up interest in the
scheme.
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Some of the well-to-do farmers of Buckman intend to leave
their farms and move to the
village of Buckman.
Dehler was in town Monday
pricing building material for a
residence to be built on the
street east of the village square,
work on which will begin some
time this spring. Math Zinner
will also build a  residence  east
PLATTE
The dance at George Sigette's
August uas attended by a large crowd,
including the families of John
Finneman of Pulaski and ('has.
Young and John Lilly of Gra
velville and a line time is reported by all.
Correspondent fears that the
owner of that "brass button',
will  have  to go to court to  get
glimmer of lightning could BOW
and then Ik- seen in the distant
horizon. To save time. I cut
across the small Held of drouth-
nipped barley to the northeast
of my barn, wishing, as 1 crossed it. that it might be bit
with a heavy drenching ere
morning by the threatening
storm. Thus was 1 occupied,
and on I walked wholy unaware
of the surprise that awaited me
but a few rods ahead.
The barley-field lies about four
or five feet Ik-Iow the stirfa.
my back-yard. When I arrived
at the foot ol the incline at the
barn a peculiar feeling crept
over me. There was a tingling
in the back of my neck where on
the dog the hair rises when he
is terrified. 1 realised there
was someone close by. My hat
raised perceptibly and my large,
warm heart leaped violently towards   the   base   oi   my   tongue
BUCKMAN CREAMERY REPORT.
Following   will   !►.             | the
monthly report of the Buckman
Number of   patrons.
Poun
Pounds of milk r
Poun                             I in
cream  rea
Pounds   of   butterfat in
milk received
ni
Total butterfat p
Total pounds of    bu:
made.. _
Total pounds   ut   bul
shipped ....
Pounds of butter sold to
patrons	
Pounds ot    butter   sold
and   shipped
Pounds, srinkage.	
iverrun, per cent—
21.]
Average price paid
butterfat    	
Additional Local News.
We cill   Ihe    attention    of
the readers to  the   "Business
column" on the   inside   -.,
Hereafter, all   Lust.   Found.
Wanted, and Local  Ads.   will
appear in that column.
Henn Tembreull, after an
absence of eight years, is visiting his relatives here.  Hen
ry, though   young   in   years,
has been in every state   west
of the square   and   move in dur- j it- tbere are too many that claim
ing the coming summer.    Ignatz !    le3   os   * *
Ronellenfitsch, long accustomed
to seeing BttcUnian in the east
—for over thirty years at
least—says he cannot break the
habit in his old age. A Buck-
man to the  west would not look
Tony Smith Jr. was heard to
remark coming home from the
dance Sunday morning, that he
got so fast, he caught a cold.
Now he's looking for the fellow brief colloquy:
that turned it loose. "Hello!"
•Hello."
when I looked to the right.
There, in front of the henhouse
stood a  man. clearly outlined .,,•,-,e   Mississippi.
against the unclouded western
sky, apparantiy listening and
looking at the bouse.
Photographer Nelson's gallery    wns   crowded     all    day
What has   become of   the  old
An   involuntary    'hello''   es-.Tuesday  and    he   took   many
Caped me and   precipi tated   this • pictures.    Hilt tile biggest job
of the da\   was w hen he photographed    Jos.   < M reinba and
"What do you want'.''''
"Oh. Oh, Oh, 1 want   to get a   Buckman.
right to   him.     Be will   build a   fashioned    boy,    that    used   to
residence     west   of   the   Benry   smoke only one cigar a day and
drink   one   glass  of   beer   in   a  tooth pulle I.
month f "Do  you  expect to    have it
wife and    1:5   children,   of
Roos store.
LEIGH
S. B. Love and son Earl drove
to Vawter Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. J .P. Leigh spent
Sunday   with   liichard  Sommar
and family-
Hubert Landsburger returned
from the cities Saturday.
Lars Talberg and 0. C. Leigh
LOST      By   Cecilia   Smith
sweet smile.    Finder please return.
pulled   standing   in    the   backyard by the    henhouse this time
Temperature ior the Week.
Last Saturday was a "spooky
night.'' Even the poisoned dogs
got to walking around.
Hen Richner and 0. Reese
were at Little Falls Tuesday.
Highest
Tbursdaj
Friday    II
of the night:-''
"Well it ached so much that I
knew   I   couldn't   stand   it  till
morning,   so  I   came across the
back way."
"Come   up   and   I'll   pull   a
tooth for you''
Seated in a chair he was asked   Wednesday ..h
Frank  Madson and  P. John- to show the midnight tormentor.'
Saturday
Sunday
Monday..
Tuesday
Lowest
I t above
18 abo
52 11 above
71.       :;ii above
:._        :.'.! above
i.i 1        :;i ab
tr> above
son of Bowlus returned   to their
ent   to   Pierz   last   Friday on  homes,   after    visiting   a   week
Some correspondence was
received this week too late
for publication. However,
they will appear next   week.
"Billy" Burt Breaks a Rib.
Wm. Burt, butter-maker in
the Farmers' creamery at Foley
had the misfortune last week,
of breaking a rib. While kalso-
mining the creamery ceiling,
the step-ladder on which he
was standing gave way and
landed him chest-first on the
edge of a cream can cover.
Mr. Burt worked in Pierz as
helper in the Bridgeman-Rus-
sell creamery when Ole Eek-
strond was butter-maker, about
live years ago.
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business.
Les Murfett and George Leigh
were Onamia business visitors
last Wednesday.
Pierz visitors Wednesday were
Mr. and Mrs. August Drews,
Marie and Ben Drews, Julia
Leigh, Mrs. Miller and children.
Ed. Kircannon and Barney
Boles of Birchwood, Wis., arrived here Saturday to work on
the section.
Mrs. Elsie .Murray and Louis
Larson spent Sunday at O. C.
Leigh's.
Jim Blood, who has been
spending a tew weeks at the
home of Mr. Runoson, left Monday for his home in Swanville.
Section Boss Miller and family, Ed. Kircannon and Barney
Boles went to Onamia Sunday
rn the hand car to do their
shopping.
John -Fennie, who spent the
winter in Minneapolis returned
home Saturday.
The eight grade had county
examination last Monday and.
Tuesday.
While hauling ties Wednesday
afternoon O. C. and Barry Leigh
came near being run over by
four large deer.
Girls'. If you'r looking for a
jolly good ride, call on "J. P."
John Fennie went to Pierz last
Monday.
here    with     Ben    Richner   and
family.
Barbara and Joe Kainz of Buh
attended the dance here Saturday evening.
Roman Kosobuski of Chicago,
was here renewing old friendships and shaking hands with
old school mates.
He pointed his trembling  finger' j.       „    .   f   R .
first to one and then to the other] IHC   "1-HHCI   ncpUl I.
side: next to the upper and then  urheat   .No  1
to   the   lower   jaw,   and   finally  Wheat' No- 2
pointed      straight     down    bis j pjax
throat.    I took a firm hold of  a '' *Bar*eV
tooth and pulled it. I Rve
He was strongly   urged to go Qats
h o m e   by   the    way   of    Louis gar (jorn
Feucht's  corner.    This enabled
me to ^intercept him at Andrew
Faust's place   to see  that he really went home.    I followed him
I at a safe distance and heard him
! close his door and saw the light
The funeral   of   Mrs. William  go out shortly after.    A wait of
Died.
Reisdorff took place Monday
morning at 10 o'clock at Pine
Bluff from the St. Mary's church.
She died Friday morning at 3
o'clock, at the age of 68 years.
She leaves to mourn her, two
sons and four daughters, they
are: Bubert and William Bollig, Mrs. John Birkenkott, Mrs.
Jacob Birkenhotf, Mrs. Michael
Paulz and Mrs. Christian Reis
dortt'.—Middleton, (Wis.) Times-
Herald.
John Virnig-has given up
trapping and fishing at Rock
lake and gone to N. 1). to
work.
Phil J.   Randall,   the   surveyor, came  in    from    Little
Falls   yesterday     afternoon.
He is now engaged in laying
out a road south of   the    vil-
I lage. The road is three miles
Wm.   Faust   of    Langdon. j in length,   and    when   com-
N. 1).  arrived yesterday   for pleted   will   make   a   direct
visit with his  parents. |road to Dixvijle.
half an hour, the serenity of
which was disturbed only by the
muffled murmer of Hillman
creek, and the heavy steps on
the cement sidewalk of a belated solo player, convinced me
that there would be "nothing
doing'' in the chicken line that
night, and I went home. A little amateur Sherlock Holmesing
in the way of passing scrutinies
of the backyard for Wyandotte
feathers, revealed nothing to
indicate his willingness of risking another tooth.
The mystery is': Did he want
a tooth pulled or did he want to
steal a chicken 'i
However that may be, the outcome of the event was a happy
one for all concerned. If he
came to steal a chicken and lost
a tooth, he was sufficiently punished for his bad intention. On
the other hand, it is much more
profitable for a surgeon to loose
the fee for pulling a tooth,
which but for the accidental midnight discovery might still be
doing duty as a masticator, than
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Dairy	
Eggs	
Flour, Best .   _.
"    Straight  2.10
Low grade flour 1.50
Bran 1.15
Shorts   l.jn
Cracked Corn M) pounds 1.00
Ground Feed      1.05
Potatoes 	
Beans  	
Onions 	
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Butterfat Market.
The Average during the week-
was 86
South St. Paul Hog Market.
Ave. Price.
Thursday 	
Friday	
Saturday  _
Monday   8.87
Tuesday 	
Wednesday	
St. Paul Live Stock.
Steers §6.00 to
Cows and Heifers,$..0O to _.7.00
to  loose a good   big fat   Wyan- \ Calves, steady, SLOG to
dotte hen. Feeders, steadv, ___!?3.75 to 7-10