The Pierz Journal (Pierz, Morrison County, Minnesota), 1913-06-05

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THE   PIERZ   JOURNAL
VOL. 4.
PIERZ. MORRISON COUNTY, MINNESOTA, JUNE 5,  1918.
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PIERZ VS.!
BUCKMAN.
(By the Sporting Editor.)
The second team of Pierz and
the   second   team   of Buckman
had a battle royal on   the   Pierz
HAPPENINGS
HERE AND THERE
Mankato    lint   one applicant
has ta ken   l lie  civil service
a mi nation   for   the   position  of
postmaster at Eagle Lake.   The
imination was heldafew days grounds  Sunday  afternoon, re
suiting in a victory for the
I'ierz aggregation by a score of
18 to 11. The Buckman bunch
were simply outclassed that's
all, even if it did take three
umpires to decide the game.
It recently took a 14 inning
contest to decide a game between the Philadelphia^ and
New York Giants. The seore
was 7 to (i in favor of the Giants.
Believe ine, but that waa some
game, Respectfully referred to
the Transcript's base ball quill
pusher.
The "True I Hues'' now are
ready to meet all comers on the
diamond, of their age aud size.
They wish especially to hear
from Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Washington, Chicago,
Minneapolis, or even St. Cloud.
So, if you have a young ladies
nine, send 'em along.
In a recent issue of the Trans
cript the base ball editor gives
utterance to the following, in
regard fo a base ball game* and
incidentally tries to take a fall
out of the "sporting editor," as
follows: ''The Journal can
hardly be blamed   for   grasping
the opportunity   to make a few
annual meeting at Elmer Gray's I,mmorous    remarks   at   the ex-
THE NEW
THE HIGH COST       NEWSPAPER FIFTY   TWO HURT IN
WEATHER AND
ago.
The Soo line passenger train
No. ">, west-bound, was hit by
lightning near Cadott, Wisconsin. The bolt struck a steel
coach and was deflected, but
gave the passengers a good
shaking up.
Little Falls Fire destroyed
the large brick veneered house
on the farm of Ed. Cash, south
of the city early Saturday morning. Mr. Cash says his loss is
about £5,000 with about $2,000
insurance.
Alberta—A son of JakeDeppa
of Alberta, broke his leg be
tween the ankle and knee last
Sunday during a ball game. He
collided with another player
while running bases and was
thrown to the ground falling on
a stone.
St. Cloud—The body of Clinton D. Eaton, who died Saturday, aged 69, was sent to Iowa.
He is survived by his widow,
two daughters, Anna C. Eaton,
of St. Cloud, and Ruth A. Eaton, of St. Paul, and Kobert J.
Eaton, of Missouri.
Cambridge—The P. P. D., carriers of Isanti county held their
ROAD LAW.
in   Stanchtield     Sundav.
Mi
pense of the Little   Falls   team
The new road law passed by
the last legislature will not
take effect until next year, according to a circular sent to
township officers, by Walter S.
Booth & Son. The circular
says in part: "Any town, which
at its annual town meeting
levied road taxes, and elected
road overseers, the road overseers will go ahead and perform
their usual duties under tlie old
law, and the duties of all other
town officers connected witli
the levy and collection of road
taxes will continue this year
under the old law. So, too,
where, prior to April lath, proceedings were instituted to
establish, vacate, alter, lay out,
construct or repair any road,
and all proceedings for the assessment or payment of damages therefore, the new law does
not take effect until next year
after the annual town meeting.
And in all such cases all such
proceedings will be taken and
carried out under the old   law."
Gray is a carrier on a route in --^ such opportunities are rare
Stanchtield. Eighteen carriers i indeed for the Soo village
and two substitutes took part.' ".sp0rting editor." Now if that
The families of a few of carriers | wouidQ»t jar you?    Why, kiddo,
the    "sporting   editor"   of   the
were also present.
Hinckley—The   village  coun-
Journal,    has   seen    more   real,
cil contracted with the electric Jive base ball games before you
company in which the village is were born, than either he, she,
to $720 a year for the five years Ior it, or the one who penned
remaining on the old contract.; the article, ever did or ever
All arc lights will be abandoned will see. As regards the "Soo
and   clusters   substituted,     the  village."    That would frost you
village will pay half theexpense
of making the exchange.
Little Falls—Two men were
hurt at the Pine Tree mill Wednesday afternoon. Wm. Beat-
tie, was able to return to work
Thursday morning. The other
George M. Johnson, will be able
to resume work in a few days.
The accident occurred when a
log was thrown crosswise of
one of the carriages.
Royalton—The second good
roads banquet under the auspices of the Commercial Club,
was held last Monday evening
at the Commercial Hotel and a
well prepared program rendered.
This is an annual event and is
a move for better roads and
bridges, in which all are interested-
Princeton—One thousand cubic yards of crushed rock has
been ordered from St. Cloud and
delivery will commence the latter part of this week. The
rock will be hauled to the roads
to be improved. It is expected
that every pound of the rock
will be handled on Good Roads
day, June 17.
Brainerd—Fred Powell, of
Crosby, accused of assault in the
first degree has been bound over
to the grand jury which convenes in Brainerd this_ week.
He gave $400 cash bonds for his
appearance. It is asserted that
Powell shot and wounded Gust
Anderson, a young miner, in the
right elbow, the bullet shattering the bone and making the
arm practically useless.
again, and goes to show that
the writer certainly possesses
a very slim knowledge of the
geography of this—the Queen
City—Pierz. The Soo line does
not come within one and one-
half miles of Pierz, and does
not at the present time nor
never did hold any interests
here.
Mad, you bet we were mad
clear through when our attention was called to what was
supposed to be a picture of us,
on an inside page of last weeks'
Journal. However, our ire was
greatly appeased when we met.
Frank Faust, 11. Bares, P. L.
Poster, R. M. Stoll and a few
more of our friends, who said:
''Cheer up, old man, that picture flatters you intheextreme."
Just what they meant by this,
we don't know, but it must be
o. k. as they said so.
Did you see P. L. Poster's
new hat? Oh, but it's a daisy.
A regular peach-a-rena. It
must be seen to be appreciated.
Next Sunday the Laurels, of
Little Falls—the fast bunch of
the West side, are coming out
to put it all over the All Stars,
and take home a bag full of
scores. But will they get 'em?
We should smile—nit. Nothin'
doin'. This promises to be a
good game and a large crowd
should be in attendance.
Dane County, Wis., News.
Mrs. Robert C. Karberg, of
Spokane, Wash., formerly of
Marksville, near Mazoinanie, in
Dane Co. (known as Klein Ha-
lunkenburg) has received a medal and $500 from the Carnegie
hero fund, as a substantial memorial of her son Cecil Karberg.
IU years of age, who saved an 11
year old girl from drownding at
LaJolla, Cal., and then was
swept away by the surf himself
and drownd. Cecil Karberg was
born and attended school here.
The family is well known in this
part of Dane Co.
Madison, May 25.—Three nieces of the late Otto Ringling of
Baraboo. have brought suit for
$3,000,000 against Charles Ring-
ling of Ringling Brothers' circus fame. Otto Ringling died
in March 1011, and left an estate valued at Si).000,000.
Madison, May 26.—That the
University of Wisconsin has
5,970 students at Madison this
year and 5,528in correspondence
study (a total of If ,493) is shown
by the new catalogue just in tlie
press. Every college in the university, except the college of
engineering shows a gain of
students.
Keep posted by reading the
Journal's "Business Locals''
column.
Get   the   habit—the   Journal
habit.    It's a good one to tie to.
What Correspondents Should
Send.
The Journal has a splendid
lot of correspondents and scores
of friends throughout the county
who show their interest in the
paper by contributing many of
the news items that appear in
these columns. It is always
gratifying to the Journal to
publish the news from all parts
of the county aud the following
list will serve to inform our
friends just the kind of items
we desire to have sent in. It i.s
especially referred to our correspondence corps: Births,
deaths, accidents, robberies,
marriages, land sales, school
news, church news, conflagrations, visiting abroad, lodge
meetings,* public* meetings,
family reunions, society meetings, condition of crops, visitors from abroad, anything of
general interest, something
good about people. Remember when sending in items for
publication we want them to
cover the following: Who'
What? When? and How':* Also remember that the contributor must sign items sent in.
OF LIVING.
YEARS OLD.      ALTO ACCIDENT.   MARKET REPORTS.
In an editorial of the last issue of the Scientific American,
an explanation is made of the
cause of the phenomenal rise of
the cost of living. Following
will be found a few paragraphs
taken from that paper:
As a matterof fact, the theory
of currency furnishes an explanation which is a.s simple as
it is convincing. Yet few people had, until recently, taken
note of this simple truth.
If, then, the purcbasinfr power of gold thus depends on these
two factors, the total amount
of gold in circulation, and the
rapidity of circulation, we must
expect that any marked change
in either of these factors will
be accompanied by a corres-
pondin-r change in the price of
commodities. The rapidity of
circulation is subject to seasonable fluctuations, owing to the
effects of theseasonsupon trade
and agriculture, and the "price
of money'" fluctuates according
ly. Again, the total amount of
gold in circulation has been increasing steadily for many
years, as the output of the
world's gold mines is many
times greater than the loss of
gold incidental to commerce and'
industry. This must necessari j
ly bring in its train a fall in the
purchasing power of gold, or,
what amounts to the same thing,
a rise in the cost of living, all
the world over. No local leg-
islation of any kind can possibly stem the tide, anymore than
we can hope by man-made laws
to overcome the action of gravitation.
G.P.Martin of Sullivan called      Former County Attorn.
at our office last week and   left   D. Polk and a young girl,   M
us a copy of "The Daily Citizen'.   Larson, were injured in an auto
published in  Vicksburg,  Miss.,   accident   on   a   steep   hill   near
July _*.. 1865?—almost fifty years
ago.
In going through his desk in
search of a letter, he found tbe
sheet in a pigeon hole, where it
had reposed these forty years.
Though fringed and yellow with
age, tlie print is still remarkably clear.
The paper ia a curiosity and
interesting, because it was published under the frightful conditions    incident    to   one   of   the
Neutral, 17 mile. >i   Braijr
erd, when the car driven by
Wm. Hanson, and known as the
Mille Lacs sta-,re, carrying four
passengers and the driver, oxer-
turned at a cun
All passengers were thrown
out. Mr. Polk being hurled 20
feet and severely bruised. The
car was completely wrecked.
Mr. Polk was conveyed to tlie
Wunderlick store at Neutral and
later taken to his home at Brain
bloodiest sieges of the civil war, erd where   he  is resting easily
If it is true, as the article explains, that the rise of commodities is due to the increase of
gold in circulation with a concomitant decrease in purchasing
power of the necessities of life,
it should have a similar effect
on the price of labor. Wages
have risen, but not in proportion to the rise of raw materials
plus the cost of manufacture.
During the last fifteen years,
raw materials have risen from
50 to 200 per cent, while wages
have advanced from ten to
seventy five per cent. The difference between wages and the
cost of living is probably the
favorite ground for the growth
of mushroom millionaires. But
the gap may close. Through
strikes, which seem to be symptoms of pathological conditions
of society, and other attempts
at adjustment between capital
and labor, the next fifteen years
may put an end to these intermittent eruptions. But what if
the output of gold continues to
advance during the fifteen
years? The water is getting too
deep! We can hardly keep our
head above this cerebrated
puddle and muddle. We give
it up.
and because, owing to the blockade and cutting oil supplies
it had to be printed on the mi-
colored side of wall paper. Two
days after the publication of
this issue, July 4th, 1868, the
heroic defenders of Vicksburg
surrendered and 27,000 prisoners
were taken by General (.rant.
Says an historian :
"Grant now swung his army
around inthe rear of the town,
and. after some desperate
fighting, shut up the Confed
ates, under General Pember-
ton, in their own works.   Gen
His leg is injured.     Miss Larson
was  badlj   cut  about tbe  lace
and hands.
A Pleasant Party.
A very pleasant party was
tendered Miss Martha Semrau
on the eve of her departure, last
week, for her home at Tomah,
Wis., to spend her vacation.
Miss Semrau has been assisting
Mrs. Von der Haar, and has a
large circle of friends here who
regret to see her go. However,
they wish her a bon voyage and
look forward with pleasure to
her return here in September.
Covers were laid for tive and
the evening was passed with
some tine selections of music.
All report having had a most
enjoyable evening.
Rucker News.
Aug. Drews was in this neighborhood assessing last week,
Hans Jacobson   went to I'ierz
Tuesday and again Friday.
Jos. H. Grell and William Boser visited here  last week* Mon
day.
Marshal   Loop   and Ko\   Ken
ton were Pierz visitors last Sat-
Temperature for tiie Week,
Thurs
Frida.. - 74 a
Satur
Sunda. ft
Monda.
Tuesday       J ©ve
Wednesday at*
The Market Report.
Wheat. No. 1 	
Wheat.  No. 2	
  	
Barley	
Rye	
	
Ear Corn	
Hay
Butt. imery	
Dairy .
IS
Flour, Best ___
Straight _. 2.10
Low grade flour    	
Bran         |
Shorts   	
Cracked I lorn 90 pounds i.oo
Ground Peed.     1.06
Potatoes         15
Beans  1.30    1.75
Onions          To
eral    Johnston,   who   was   at   U1<1'1-
Jackson, Mississippi, with a
large force, endeavored to
helpPemberton, but was driv-
Miss Sarah Peterson closed
her school in her district No. Ol'
last   Thursday.    George   Hohei-
en back.    Twoassaults on the  st.| received a certificate for per
works were repulsed. fect attendant
A regular siege was now be
gun, and was pressed with
sleepless energy. Every avenue of escape from the city was
closely guarded. A line of
fortifications, fifteen miles in
length, was thrown up around
the city, from behind which
more than two thousand pieces
of artillery poured an incessant tire of shot and shells upon the beleaguered city and
its inhabitants. The navy on
the river side threw great
bombs into the streets of
Vicksburg at night, so that,
between the tire of the fleet on
one side and that of the army
on the other, the people were
in constant fear and terror.
To escape the dreadful storm
of tire that swept over the
place, the people abandoned
their houses and dug caves in
the sides of the hills, in which
they continued to live during
the siege.    Soon  the store of
Ave. Price.
Thursday 	
Friday 	
Saturday 	
.Monday   H
en v.sitnurat Mar    Tll|.s(1;iy    -.
Wednesday  .8.80
<;. W. Waller was a business
caller at the metropolis last
Friday.
Walter Loop and Jacob Myers,
who have
shal Loop's left last Friday for
Oklahoma
Archie Grier and Tracy Waller are still hauling lumber from
Sullivan.
Mrs. Goble and Mrs T. W.
Waller visited at the home of
Francis Tomberlin last Wednesday.
Henry Ferguson sheared his
sheep last week.
Roy Benton has gone to Sullivan to work.
Butterfat Market,
The Average during  the week-
was 28c
South St. Paul Hog Market.
St. Paul Live Stock.
j Steers	
- ..:.<) to -
Our boys defeated the Sullivan
team again Sunday. Three cheers
for Rucker!   The  credit is due,
however,   to   Mrs.   Waller   and
Miss   Bessie   Grier.     They   are
food ran low, when mules and   Patriotic rooters all right,
horses, and other animals were       \ym.  Goble   and  H.Ferguson
killed, to   eke out the scanty  ure   great   traders.     Mr.   Goble
rations of the besieged.   Fam
ine and pestilence stalked the
streets, while all around was
a circle of tire. The end finally came. After seven weeks
of heroic defence,   Vicksburg
recently swapped his ungrown
corn crop to Henry for a secoud
hand mower and rake.
Mrs. Grier has an organ.
The- Bridgeman Russell  agent
surrendered on the 4th of July,   has tlj.scolltinued his cream route
and   27,000   men   were   taken
prisoners."
The Bright Side of Ihe Siege.
A. Sitzmanr's cousin,  Joseph
Bayer, was a member of the 23rd
through here.
Waller's saw mill was partially destroyed by tire Saturday. Owing to the prompt assistance offered by the Pucker
Wisconsin, and was one of Gen- tire department, the damage was
eral Grants soldiers during the not ;ts great as at first feared
Siege of Vicksburg-.
Something like twenty buckets
were in evidence, as well as several tubs and cans. Some town.
Rucker — will soon have a tire
hall.
A band of gypsies passed by
hereon the Hillman road Tuesday. They had several children
Grant. "What are you doing land considerable horseflesh, so
here'', said Grant. j lllere is no   Question as  to their
.... - ,     . .. identity.
None ot your business.
"You better go back to where      Grandpa Benton took his fam-
One evening, after a day of
hot fighting behind intrench-
ments, under the broiling sun,
Joseph withdrew from the fighting line for a breath of fresh air,
when he   met the  un-uniformed
Cows and Heifers,'Si .50 to
Calves, steady, $5.00 to8.10
Feeders, steady, ...$4.50 to 7.7a
The section foreman of Onamia came down on a hand car
Sunday bringing quite a crowd
of ladies. They spent the afternoon at J. C. Miller's.
Mrs. Murtit a.id daughter No
no came up from   Royalton  last
Saturday   to  visit   with  Mrs. S.
H. Love.
ESlmer Scribner and Miss Roneson visited here Sunday.
A surprise party was given
Friday e\ ening by J. I'. Leigh in
honor ot his "Frau'\ The oc-
cassion being Mrs. Leigh's til-
tieth birthday. A large number
of presents were received and a
pleasant evening spent.
Mr. P. II. Randall of Little
Falls came here Monday to do
some surveying.
H. H. Leigh's new residence
is beginning to loom up. Iv .1.
Drews is doing the carpenter
work.
George and Giles Leigh went
to Sullivan Sunday.
S. H. Love drove to Vawter
last Friday and returned Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. John Tenna of
Mt. Morris visited at the home
of O. C. Leigh Sunday.
you belong."
"I'll go when I please."
"Do you know who I am *"
"No, nor I don't care a ."
General Grant took a few angry puffs at his cigar and walked
away smiling.
ily to the ball game Sunday.
Read the Journal
Leigh News.
Mr. and Mrs. Marshal Loop
of Sullivan called at J. P. Leigh's
Friday.
Rev. Markusen and Mrs. Peterson called at the store yesterday.
A farewell surprise party
was held at tlie Alb. Motsehke
home Sunday evening. A
number of his friends gathered there to spend a social
hour and to bid him "Auf's
Wiederseh'n". Mr. Motschke,
"Buffalo" Otremba and IMei*
Xu^el left on the Soo line
Monday morning for Europe.
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