The Pierz Journal (Pierz, Morrison County, Minnesota), 1915-06-10

              PIERZ   JOURNAL
VOL. (3.
PIERZ, MORRISON COUNTY, MINNESOTA, JUNE 1<), 1915.
NO. 52.
FRED B. LYNCH.
Minncsotan Now Head of Democratic    Executive    Committee.
Fred B. Lynch, national cotfee-
man from Minnesota, was :ted
chairman of the ^pKiutlve cottee
Of the national Democratic cottee
at a meeting in Washington.
He succeeds A. Mitchell Pr of
Pennsylvania, who resigned tcept
a place on- the United Statesrt of
claims bench.
The
Mr,
'An old Style
Double Barrel
Pistol Found
A relic of a forgotten age was
unearthed last Monday morning
by the Northwestern Telephone
crew, while digging on the south
side of Mrs. Vosen's building.
It is an old fashioned double-
barrel pistol of the tube cap,
hammer, muzzle-loading style.
Buried 18 inches under the
ground, it must have been there
many years. According to the
memory of our oldest citizens,
that particular place was not
turned up during their time
here
Pierz Defeats
Buckman in a
Good Game
Accident at
Perry's Farm
Five persons had a lucky escape
from   serious   injury   Thursday
e  belief  In   Washington that I   , . , ,
Lynch later will be ,d to .afternoon when the scaffolding
head the national commUte^ceed-; on -which they were working
ing Chairman McCombs. ,, „
; | near the top ot a new   barn   on
RULING   WILL   BE   APILED  the farm of Tim Perry broke and
they fell nearly 40 feet to the
ground. None of them were seriously injured.
Clifford Perry, son of the own
er of the barn, was the most
seriously hurt of the five. His
left ankle was so severely bruised that it was put in a cast and
he was bruised about   the   leg's
That game of ball last Sunday
afternoon between Pierz and
Buckman resulted in a victory
for Pierz by the whitewash route.
The score was 5 to 0. And now
the Pierz bunch boost that they
can repeat that performance
enough to give Buckman a
whole setting of gooseeggs.
It was a good game, but the
pitchers and catchers did nearly
all the work. The victory is
encouraging to the home team
after their defeat by the Buck-
man team the Sunday before.
There will be another game between Pierz and the All Stars of
Little Falls next Sunday afternoon.
Proceedings Co.
Commissn
/y t      •
Ramsey   County   Judge   HcRoad-
house   Law   lilega
Minnesota's anti-roadhoufw, enacted by the last legislatures declared illegally enacted ijlstrlct
iTudge J. C. Michael of Paul
when he discharged W. Lalnian,
Lake Gervais, roadhouse to", the
defendant in a test case.
The decision of Judge Itel resulted from a hearing on frit of
habeas corpus served on S? John
Wagenor for the release ohlman,
who May 21 was held to grand j and on the left arm.
Jury  for  an  alleged  vlolalof the j  ^
new law May 10.
Judge Michael holds thP manner of passage was illegaUat the
bill,  passed under suspen
rules  of the house  April was
passed   with   less   than   tequlred
two-thirds of the member voting.
State officials said thsey will
appeal to the state supreflurt for
-a ruling.
nit the   XT'H /y •<
i«2 Village Council
Proceedings
Hillman News.
Harold Bain returned from
Onamia last week Monday, after
spending Sunday with friends
there.
Jas. Love went to Onamia
the first of last week for medical treatment.
Mrs. O. C. Leigh returned
Royalton Monday accompanied
by her cousin, Mrs. John Driver
and children.
Miss Inga Hanson is working
for Mrs. Lansberger at Mt.
Morris.
Mr. Baasner was a Pierz goer
Wednesday of last  week.
A carload
of
TWO CHILDREN
IN CLOQU FIRE
Mildred and Isabelle K six and
four years old, were buito death j approved
when   the   one-story   fraiouse   of
their   parents,   Mr.   andt.   Frank
Killby, at Cloquet, was -oyed.
Violet Killby, fourteears old,
gathered her baby brothd sister
in her arms and rolled l a stairway with them, placing safely
on the lawn outside these.
She ran back to resciidred and
Isabelle, but the stair«ave way
under her weight as styched the
third step. She manafo escape
from the building, tface and
hands are seriously bui
The Killby house   isa remote j ter
part of Cloquet.    Mrs. V went to
the house of her sisterpck away,
leaving the  children a,
The village council met iu regular monthly session last Satur
day, at 8 o'clock p. m.    All present except J. N. Faust.
The   proceedings   of the   last
monthly meeting were read and
cattle arrived
lere Thursday for Herbert
Winkley of Sullivan.
DIES   AT THE  A(0F  102
Pioneer Minnesotan lod Health
Till   Near   E
.Michael Cataan, 102's of age,
resident of Wabasha lty since
1857, is dead at his 1 in Lake
City.
Calnan was born in parish of
Kilmurry, fifteen miles the city
of Cork, Ireland, Sept. .813. He
came (o America in \Si settled
in Boston, where he med until
185G.
The aged man was inession of
all his faculties until 31, when
he was stricken with ysis. He
took great interest in European
war.
Calnan used liquor nately but
never used tobacco.
WILLIAM CONSTAJS DEAD
Was a Pioneer SusirMan and
Banker of St..
William CkmstanB, #r citizen,
banker mid business m St. Paul,
died of heart disease ? home of
his daughter at Hartfoonn., aged
eighty-six years, lie St. Paul
three weeks ago in e'nt health.
Mr. Constans was tin Alsace-
Lorraine June 12, 182JB received
a common school educ there and
came to the United s in 1845.
He went first to Ne. leans and
then to Cincinnati. I spring of
1850 he came to St. *>y boat.
The   following   bill   was   allowed :
Christ Tembrell, fare and
freight to Little Falls._    $3.50
Upon motion carried the water rates were tixed as follows:
For dwelling houses $4.00 per
year.   Water furnished for other
purposes, parties must have me-
or  no   water   will   be  furnished.
Parties having an inch meter
must pay $6.00 per year. All
that have more than one faucet
must have meter.
All using a small meter to pay
20 cents per thousand gallons.
Upon motion carried the pay
for parties working for the village was fixed at 20 cents per
hour, and man with team to receive 35 cents per hour.
Adjourned.
Barney Gkoss,
President.
J. B. Hartmann,
Recorder.
Iver Israelson, Mt. Morris,
took the 4 o'clock for Onamia
last Thursday returning Friday.
The Post Office Inspector
visited Hillman last Friday to
look over the proposed Rural
Route between this place and
Ramey.
Mrs. Irwin Drews visited   her
parents at Rucker, Friday last-
Mr. Bethel and son,   Glen   of
Pierz, were business callers here
the latter part of the week.
Geo. Leigh (Alias Crusoe) is
at present employed by his
brother-in-law, Win.  Penniman.
The Soo claim agent was in
town last Friday to settle with
Jas. Love.
Miss Elsie Murray of Foley,
was a week-end guest at the
O. C Leigh home.
The county board met in regular monthly session at 10 o'clock
a. m.    All members present.
Petition of Mary Meyers to be
set off from the village of grain-
ville was granted a hearing.
In the matter of the application of Hubert Langer, Prank
Stumpf, Leo Leidenfrost and
Gerhard Block to have certain
lands which are particularly
described in said application, detached from the village of Grain-
ville, in said Morrison county
came on for hearing a 2 o'clock
p. m. of this day pursuant to notice given on April 6. And the
board having found that all the
requirements of law have been
complied with by said petition-
ners and after a full hearing had
on said petition the said board
Hubert Langer is the owner of
the SWi of section 19, township
40, range 30, and the Si of NEi
of section 25, township 40, range
81, containing 217.95 acres and
that Frank Stumpf is the owner
of the NEi of the NWi of section 30, township 40, range 30,
and the Niot the NEi of section
25, township 40, range 31, containing 120 acres; that Leo Leidenfrost is the owner of the Si
of the SEi of section 24, township 40, range 31s, containing 80
acres; and that Gerhard Block
is the owner of the NWi of the
Locals of Pierz      jBass Season j ABOUT THE STATE
And Vicinity     Openedjaturday News „ ~ ,nte,,
Bass of all varieties may now I MlFlfieSOta  RGddeFS.
Michoel Kerich visited rel
atives in Pierz over Sunday, j
be caught with hook   and   line,
. but the last legislature lowered
Miller   Bros,   of  Buckman  the limit on a day's  catch to 15' ROBBERY    PROBABLE     MOTIVE
bought an Overland auto.        and not more than 25 may be had I 	
Herman Faust is again bar- jin Possession at one time.   The
tender at the Columbia Hotel. fish taken must be at leilst nilie
inches in  length   and   any fish
shorter   than    that,   which   are
Jos.  Schuh,   now of Carp,
Minn., spent   last Sunday in hooked must be retunied to
Pierz.
tin
Three   Brothers   Found    Murdered   on]
Their   Farm   Five   Miles   We«t
of  Lowry,  Pope County,
Mike   Auer   was  in   town
yesterday and bought a corn,tne game and tish   laws should
cultivator.
Svon. T.ouis  and John  Mitmoen. of-;
water ,e" ca"011  °y tne name of Jacobson.j
were   murdered   on   their   farm   five!
The following   provisions   of   miles weal or Lowry, in Pope county.;
be remembered by anglers:
It is   unlawful   to   tish   with
more than one line; to tish within 100 feet of a tishway,  dam or
state tish hatcher}', to wantonly
John   Mueller   says   grain'destroy or waste game  tish;   to
Postmaster Simon Brick of
Little Falls was a visitor in
Pierz Monday.
looks better around Buckman
than it does in Pierz,
John Schaefer, of the bakery made a business trip to
the cities Tuesday.
Chas. Gravel of Onamia
took a trip out to his farm
between trains yesterday.
Phil Schauble of Avon and
Ernst Sfhauble of Dickinson,
N. I)., are visiting the Schauble family.
Mr. and Mrs. Milkie and
daughter of Swanville visited
with the Wm, Schaublefami-
ly last Sunday.
J. Draun of  Roekville was
here    Sunday   looking    the
ship except as baggage black,
gray or Oswego bass; to take
bass in any other manner than
by angling with hook and line;
to sell bass at any time.
No license is required of a resident of the state, but non-residents must take out a license.
the fee lor which is one dollar,
the licensesobtainable from state
game and tish commissioner,
county auditor or local game
warden.
Kelzenber^Neisius
Peter Kelzenberg, son of John
Kelzenberg of Huckman and Anna   Neisius,   daughter of  Jacob
! Neisius were   married in St. .lo-
. seph*s   church,   by   Rev.   J.  G.
Stiegler Tuesday morning. Math
of the NWi of section 30  town-   a piece <JI land.
ol nit im v»y oi section ou, town       -r Kelzenberg   and Mary   Neisius,
ship 40, range 30, lying north of.      The spring term of (list rift  brother to the groom and sister
the Skunk river,   containing 85 j (.0,n-t   opened   last   Tuesday.' to the bride, respectively, acted
There is an   unusually short | ;is groomsman  and bridesmaid.
NWi and all that part of the s*|couutry ovev with  llia e?e on
a piece of land.
acres; that all of the above described land is used solely for agricultural purposes; that the
said lands and each and all of
them may be detached from said
village of Grain ville without unreasonably affecting the symmetry of the settled portion thereof; that the same is so conditioned as not properly subjected
to village government.
And it is hereby ordered:
That   the   lands   described in
the petition of the said petition
ers, to-wit:
Hubert Langer is the owner of
the SWi of section 19, township
40, range 30, and the Si of NEi
of section 25, township 40, range
The couple took the afternoon
train for Duluth and the Twin
Cities. After a short honeymoon they will live in New Pierz,
where Mr. Kelzenberg will conduct a grocery and hardware
store.
calender this session.
A.Lindi'iiberg of St. Cloud,
known here as a cigar salesman dropped dead in his
home last Thursday.
There was a family gathering held at the home of Robert
Gruber Sr., last   Sundav,    in
.... , .... Ihe  town  board of Pierz
honor ot visitors   from    Wis-     ... . Q ,
, will meet Saturday, June 10.
'at 2 o'clock in the afternoon,
The receipts  at our cream- in the village hall.
ery are   still on the increase. I —	
One hundred and twenty tubs
of   butter   were   made   last
week.
Mrs. John Kaaemer left for
her home in Vancouver. Wash.
GENERAL
MARKET REPORTS.
Pauses at   Work to Himself.
Herman Pope, a nter. while
at work on a house a Sueur Center, suddenly stepped s tool chest,
took out a revolver ailed himself.
He was forty years </•
The marshal at Swanville informed the chief of police Thursday afternoon that he had seen
two boys answering the descriptions of those who ran away from
their homes in Morrill early this
week. Otto Hockman, the boy
who ran away from the orphanage here and was found at St.
Cloud, will be put on a farm.
Deputy Sheriff Feuger thinks he
can get a place for him with a
brother-in-law in Platte town.
—Transcript.
day.
Peter Markuson is helping
Mr. Sommers on his new house.
M. H. Brown and son, and
Joseph Stodolski of Grant Co.,
So. Dak. were here the first of
the week to look at a section of
land near here, with a view to
purchaaing same.
O. C. Leigh was a Pierz caller
Tuesday.
Aug. Drews drove to Rucker
Tuesday of this week.
Drews   Brothers   motered
Pierz Wednesday by wagon.
to
Jack Frost paid us a belated
but unwelcome visit Tuesday
night.
Mrs.   P.   Weidenbach   and
Grain and Produce
Harket Report.
31, containing 217.05 acres; that! yesterday after a two mouths  ^j^-* No 1(  1>]0
Frank Stumpf  is the  owner of! visit with   her daughter Mrs.; Wheat, No. 2  l.ttj
the NEi of  the NWi of section j Jacob Girtz   and   other   rela-.Flax,  1-70
' Barley  60
[Rye  L.OO
Miss Mary   Berg, who  an-.Oats  42
derwent an operation for ap-| Bar Corn	
pendicitis in Little Falls has: lIav	
! i      'i i    tni Butter, Creamery
recovered    and    returned   to; '      . J
the SEi of section 24,   township   .,   .   ..          .             ,       .                             Dairy  Zt
Duluth,    where   she  is   em- -»_.__ ,-
40, range 31, containing 80 acres     .        .                                              : ! W*  '■'
, .u 4 „    ,     .   „,    ,  .    ..   i ployed.                                          Flour, Best  8.60
and that  Gerhard   Block is the \ „    '      .
owner of  the NWi of  the NWi      Frank   Faust.   F. X. Faust  r ^. J^Y,^"" LgQ
and all that part of the S* of the! Anna   and    Crecencia  Faust rBran '/"..['." A. 40
Misses   Julia     Leigh,    Marie
Drews     aud     Elsie      Murray,  30-   township  40, range 30,  and!
(chaperoned by Samuel   Leigh),
called at Penniman's last   Sun-
the M of NEi of section 25,
township 40, range 31, containing 120 acres; that Leo Leidenfrost is   the   owner of the Si of
The   three   brothers   had   "bached'   It]
on their1 farm  for thirty-tivo years.
The traaedy \v;,s discovered by a!
neighbor who wont to see the broth-!
ers concerning the purchase of some;
hay. He immediately summoned the;
county authorities.
One of the brothers was found In a'
bedroom on the .mound tloor with liis
head crushed and a rau- tied ti.uhUv
around liis neck. The body of the second victim was found in the kitchen.
where evidences of a terrible struRRlo
were seen. His head was split open
and blood was spattered on tho walls
and floor. The body of the third
brother was in the barn with his Jaw-
broken and his head smashed in. A.
rock spattered with blood lay beside
him. The cattle In the barn had trampled him almost beyond recognition.
All had been dead three or four days.
Robbery  Probable  Motive.
That robbery was ilie motive for
the triple murder and thai the Clime
was committed by two or three men
is the conclusion of officials. Finger
bloodstains were found upon the furniture and various articles in the house.
Two pocketbooks covered with blood
had been emptied of their contents.
Sheriff Oeorge Gilbertson found $2,-
700   in   gold   and   bills   in   a   bu
drawer which the murderers had overlooked.
The bachelor brothers wore wealthy
men. owned several hundred acres of
land and saved their money carefully
They never used a bank and, according to neighbors, kept from $6,000 to
(10,000 in the house all tho time. They
secluded themselves from all COD
and lived very miserly. One of the
brothers was believed to be insa>
Sheriff Qllbertson  and a detective
from the Twin  Cities are working on
the case and expect to make at
shortly.
SWIFT COUNTY VOTES DRY
Prohibitionists   Oust   Saloons   in   Option   Election.
Swith county, at a special election,
voted   to   oust   saloons   by   an
d majority of 3 to 1. Although
all precincts have not reported
cause of the storm affecting telephone
wires, seventeen out of twenty-five reported a vote of 1,029 dry to 414 wet.
There   were   two   wet   precincts.
The only saloons are one at Holo-
way and one at Clontarf.
The   county   option   campaign   was
itionally   quiet,   tho   brewery   interests making no fight.
BLIND,    SAVES    COMPANION
Student   at   Faribault   School   Rescues
Another  From  Drowning.
Charles  Koetel, years of
age, a student at the state school for
Ihe blind ;>t Faribault, was saved front
drowning in the Straight river near
that place by a companion, also
blind.
Iloetol    and    four    boys    from    the
during recess hour
and   went  swimming.    Hoetel  got beyond  his depth,  but   was saved  by a
companion   and   revived   by   artificial
iration.
FAMOUS   JOCKEY   IS    DEAD
9'
NWi of section 30, township 40,
range   30,   lying   north of   the
motored to Pine City Monday, 'shorts  1.48
where Frank   attends as del- Cracked Corn 80 pounds 1.40
Skunk river containing 83 acres agate to the state Firemen'* Ground Feed...     1.40
be,   and  the   same  is detached convention
from said village of Grainville
The folio wing bills for parties living in our neigh
borhood were allowed:
Peter Vanherke,   work on
state road No. 2 $64.80
P. L. Poster, part payment
bridge No. 1350 1130.00
daughter   Barbara    left   i"or;H. Gassert, mileage imd
and committe   work	
Minneapolis  Tuesday to  attend the   wedding of Robert John Kelzenberg, election
AndersonandGrertrudeSchell-
hannner,   old    friends   from'!
18.80
i Onions
00
South St. Paul
Hog Market.
'rice.
1
Walter de Witt Formerly Wore Colors  of  James   Keene.
Walter de Witt, forty years old, is
dead at International Falls, on the
Canadian border. lie was once a famous jockey and wore the colors of the
late James Keene of New York when
that horseman was at the height of
his  fame.
!n late years De Witt had been engaged In the cigar business at Virginia, this state.
STORM WRECKS LARGE BARN
Live Stock Perishes In Tornado Nsar
Fergus  Falls.
A severe wind storm struck Fergus
Falls and nd the bam on the
Herman Telcamp farm four miles
from town was demolished. The
barn was the lsrgest In Otter Tail
county Five horses, ten head of cat
tie and a number of pigs and sheep
perished. Mr. Teleamp was struck by
flying timbers and knocked down.
Weisbrich Bros., and Suess
& Co. began building a barn
for A. A. Hesch.    It will be
36 by 74.    They will  do the r
* J Thursday.	
finishing work on tlie  \\ eis- pyi^y     7.27
brich   house as   soon as   the Saturday   7
barn   is  done.      ''Too   much Monday	
work" Bays Joe. 'uesday ?
Wednesday 	
Premature   explosion   of a
charge  of   blasting   powder South St. Paul
may cost Jos. Drego, an  em- e StockMarket.
Ban  on  Live   Stock   Lifted
The   state   of   Nebraska's  embargo
on   Minnesota   live   stock,   put   on   at
8   time   when   the   foot   and   mouth
disease was so prevalent in  Chi j
and elsewhere as to alarm live sto k
interests, has been lifted.   The
Germany.
- Oovernor W. S. Hammond r«
returns      2.40 ployee of   the Granite Com- oteers  .„ ,rom j   H   n„              .«ka
«     1    p     ; i     hio ai              sand Heifer              '.o ..6.75 =<ate  health  commissioner.
There being   no   further busi-   l1'111^   0»u*  -TVipiUt. nib eye-  ( A thai Governor .I. H.               a of
gipdlt.                                                           ...                                         1. *„ - rvi tnat  8tate   nas  signed   the  order  re-
S                                                          Feeders, steady.—*1.30 to i.00 movlng ^ 6hlDDUlg restrictions.
•ness the board adjourned.