The Pierz Journal (Pierz, Morrison County, Minnesota), 1915-07-01

              JOURNAL
iiirnrrniirrriiimiritih-iii Hriiini(h(iiriiiiniBtfi«
VOL. 7
PIERZ. MORRISON COUNTY, MINNESOTA, JULY 1, 1915.
NO. :L
;TATi
Various Happenings of the Week
Throughout Minnesota,
A   !' ■•! ■ I   against   tho   I'm '•
la n  ameudUtg   Minnesota's  vvcrki ' i
( onipt usatioii iii !  '.■ as made tu ;■ Lek
from Lin Lion frits! com
pany of New Vork to Julii
Sebmahl ■ ■• ■ : l.s ■ oC state. 'It is
< latiued thai i lie law is iBopi i i
because the rniriirnuru allowance is
not mentioned in i erta in i •■■ I ions. At-
torney General Lyndon A. Smith, to
whom the matter was referred, said
thai ii is nni neees^arj to repeal I he
mention ot the rriiclmun) in each sec-
Lion  and  the  point  1b noi   well  taken.
V       *      +
oi iy    M     Bdhan,    aged    eighty
■ re.e,   a   resident   of   Minneapolis   for
years,  is dead.    Air.  Bohaji  \vaa
Lorn  in  Ireland arid emigrated to  \Itl-
:■ i.     i    was   fourteen   years
i  d,   i to   St.   Anthony,   now
1 ■!-1 M inneapolis, in ! 855. I te eon-
i ni ted a retail shoe stoi e ix"1 many
, was a deputy cil j assessor and
a member of the old volunteer fire de-
pnrtni ait. lie was an alderman of the
Lov. n of St. A'nl hi ny for i w< Ive j ears
prior to 1 0~ ton     ifh Minne
apolis.
v    '\-    °\-
I rWry Spth of Albert Lea, a Imnltor.
narrowly escaped death from asphyX-
■ tion v\ hen ht n ent into his gai age
and, after starting the Mg engine of
bis car, thoughtlessly closed the garage dooi.    Refore he realizt I the dan
er th ue had consumed I he oxy-
the small spai - and  fix- <-sr ap-
Ing   exhausl   made   him   uncon:
An   employe    working  aboul   tin
lentij discovered him lying Oil
th$ llooi and carried him into the
nir, v. here hi   sooi   revived.
What a Littli
! Apportionment
Work Will Do.
For Schools!
ittle Falls News
(Prom Iranscri
Locals of Pierz
Gross-Hoerner.
And Vicinity
was
veritable   mud-
t •;■
;i.
A n aggregati I '
pfctld   for    state   aid    to
593 in!
good   roads
tlirbuglioui   ''iii nesota   sini e   l-.i:;i    '• a
gust,   accortlthg   to   Walt; r  J.   Smil ■'■
istrrer. The mone: is paid
i mi of :ii, state road and bridge fund,
created   by   a  om mill   tan   under  the
til law. There is still ?3S5,-
090 in tin' fund, whfeh will be dis-
trlbuti ■• l>i fort the end of the fiscal
year, hjVaking an aggregate of morn
1Ii;,ii £[,500)000 spent In Minnesota
(his year tor this purpose.
*  +  •:•
C;.rl is. Schmidt, i> St. Paul attpr-
wa? shoi three Wanes la; l#hi]
ban, ., Fopmei client, as he was
aboul to bef rd a street es r In th« Cap.-
Itai City Two of the bullets penetrated the attorney's right arm, while the
thinl si rucS liiin in the ba<;k A 11 ai
Bcsh wottnds and probably will pot
pro' e   fatal,     Hoi hban   fives   obsi
idea  he  ha,d  been  wronged,
■
;•      -1-      •(•
a Hi : ii, -i in the home of H.
W.    Nunamacber    al     Plainview    by
means   of    tin rays    shining
through a spherical fish tank in such
miner  lhal   thej   became  coi
traied  with a  burning glass effei i    >n
iii,.   bindin      ■ book   op   a   table'
dor of ■■■■•
i n'a< her  tra< ed   '!   to  the   jjjttinj
room where1 the bo# was found to be
Qre,
I «r    Celt si ine   Howard,    mi
superior of St. Agatha     consei \
of music snd arts, St. Paul, who open
Iu 1S84, is dead of liearj
disease.   She '* is seventy-thf< e j ears,
pld.     .i. i.i. :    j   I.-...in..-,   who    v
Sister of the Ordei  of St, Jot ep,h for
thirty-tseven years, was a tlrst equsin
■ i ci,bishop    John     Ireland.      She
pame to Mlnne en a girl.
.j.   f   %
ii I'lages linn
;1 ■■■ Jan. ; been on.6
:• a.     '1 his   shows   a   I > men
iacn a e  In  the  number  of divo
Lhe i-aiio for thi   full year of 1914 be-
n e  to every eight  marriages,    By court  records it is shown
I have been 412 divorces granted,
Jan.  |,  and  1,960,  marriage  11-
censeti isisupd.
f   *   *
:i-  sporshase, a farmei
north  of   Puj
Ing of
di  ith  Pf Ills  Wifo, whii ii  OCi ni-i   d
tin e.e days a.fi   f he had been tali
t  hospital,    tiia condition was
rSouts  thai
. d  fo  tell him
of his wife's death,
.).    .;.    .;.
Tho   estate   Of   Curtis   iii.   Pet1
neapolis, who fjied two !
ording
t(> an inventory Bled  In  the attorney
e by the executors.
i ii held con siderable stock in tht
was  Interested In
iron mines.
-:•  -;-  -i-
who   had   lived   In   Minne
irs,   is  dead.    She   was
arland,  who dl
e firm In St. Anthony.
-:•   -:•   *
- for
Kooi '
per cenl i
held
i.ug
■f    v    -i"
Mt   Drywood
north   of   Appleton,  destroyed some hotn
Whni
puddle on our Main str
few iveeks ago, is now as line a
piece of drivewaj as one can
wish to see. Even after sacli
lieavy rainfalls as those of Saturday and Sunditj nights, the
: r :et is dry and hard-. And
this marvelous transformation
was all brought about bj a few
loads of ebtnmbn' ev> ry tiny
gravel. It docs no good to
y iMi1!:' black i.iirL ti is iitio a ridge
unlrss yon can suppjemeut tlie
work with gilivel. leaping ! h
black dirt itito the caid<|l( of tlie
road only makes soft mush hub-
deep a fber e> ory rain. Aud it
i. i •-, genera tions for tins r:
to harden into a good solid roadbed, iioless it is covered wi th ;
ktyer of at least several inches
of gravel, All those wjio iunpire
to bi come builders of g'ood roads
are requested to inspect this
stretch of highway, and it is ]
hoped that they will profit
thereby.
Pol are  the ammounts
i ioned   to tlie   schools   in
neig Kboi'hood :
District 14.
6b	
16 .
62 .
7s .
87 .
.. -
90:.
Ol
99
-..!( i- .' lO
199.77 j
104.18 j
318.50
178.58
155. 17
87.2J i
314.20
871.17
147.97
96. 16
141.06
! t0, iii
138.33
Iman Kews
(ieo. W ood aioi daughter call •
ed at Hillman Monday.
Mrs. Murfitt left for her home
at l^oley Saturday of last week
Giles Leigh, of Rucker, visit
ed his sister,  Miss  Flora,   Sunday.
Mr. Bethel returned Saturday
from a business trip to the Twin
ports;
Miss Flora Leigh arTI \ f<l here
from St. Cloud last Thursday.
She is visiting at the Love home.
Mrs, O. C. Leigh and son,
Prank, left last Friday tor
Akeley,  enioute  to  Dora La lie,
liev. B. L. Teachout of <;liat-
held, Minn.', spent,   a   few   days
last week with his son at Unci;
ef       He   returned   to   OiaUield
Friday.
The possession of money signifies power; Deposit your surplus   funds In   the   First   State
l.iank of New I'ierz. adv
MARKET REPORTS.
Grain and Produce
Plarket report.
'Vheat.Nq. 1,     1.10
Wheat, No. 3      1-03
Flax, .._        1.60
Barley  ..     60
Rye.. -   L00
Oats      4-2
Ear Corn  _     6,5
Hay ., .      $5.00
Butter, Creamery        87
pairjr ,-,.-.-,      27
Eggs-, ...      L5
PloUf, Best __       3.60
Straight      3750
Bow grade flour  1 80
Bran .s;.L..P-„„,.ril.40
shorts :;:;£__„ -L45
Cracked Corn 80 pounds 1.40
Ground Feed     1.40
Beans ...       2.00
Onions  --       60
! .ed Doherti    ■ as Dr
Mississippi   river  a   short
..nee below  the east wing of
dam at  about midnight last
-.day   night.      lie.    with   a
pa i tv       f| iendjSj,   had been
cha tiva ri   of  a   nev
couple  and   thej   had   o
bi er antl went to the ri ver
banb lo drink it, according to
others of the party.
Dpherty, they   said, suddenly
|started taking off his coat, shirt
and hat,   saying that   he   would
flieiri     some tiling     they
couldn't   do.     Before   his  comf
panions realized that hi   ens not
joking In- hail taken several running   steps into   the   wat<-r   and
had   (lung   himself   toward   the
center   of    the   river,   into   the
swiii current   which   runs   near
the shore.    He  made   no outcry
land they are   riot sure that tin-;,
jsaw   him   again,    but   say   that
■ I hey   sa w   something   near   the
Richard Boebtn arid Lore ne middle of tin river  and ran   to
All the   boa Is were
rctl    when   they  re
last Tuesday tnoruihg.    R.M.: turned nothing could be seen of
Stoli was best man, and. WiJ-!the swimn
i
ma, sister of tlie bride wag Although the work bf drag-
maid of lienor. Tho wedding g'iug fo^ the body has lieen eon-
was eidebratpcl at the Boehm'staiitly keep np, nb trace of the
lioim.!. Tlie yoifrig COUpie body has yet been fouild. M.
will spend a short time at Dalton, the young man's :-:
Mille Lacs. After Septem- father, is offei-ing a reward of
bor 1st tlieir homo will be'$50fort.he tody's recovery. It
Foley. Minn.,  where Richard  js the opinion of many that i\w
body   has   been   carried   down
stream by the swift car rent and
may   not be   found   far  se\
day.
Walking I rom ( plumbus, Ohio,
to San Francisco.   Cal.,   a.   tlis-
iia\ e at the First State
i tank of New PL
ohn - Mr. and
Mi's the \ il
beth
Mi-. Hoerner of Brainerd, were
Lasi Saturday wa
daj    we have had so fai
1 h • thermometer went up to q   ,„ ock. naids 9
S6 in the shade. Anton ,   Gr, ...     .
Sonda) aighta heavj tlum-   ^oom, and Manv.  Hoerner, sis-
■;.-( siiower   passed  over   inn   ter to the bride.    Best m   i
village.     The  naio  fall   was Jol,n    Weidenbach    and
one inch and a half. Jaeger.
< >. J. Oftendahl, photogra
pher of Little Falls, has open-
ed a picture gallery in PierzJ
in the  buifding  south of F.
(irell's store.
ABOUT THE STATE
News ol Especial Interest to
Minnesota Readers,
couple u ill make their  hoi
II:!-.         155.29
127 •  2(36.11 |
129   _  129 93
134 1": 236.50
Boehm-Holme
Holme of   Carver   were niar- gel a boat
tied   in   St. Joseph's   eimn-h  looked   uj
We succeed   Or fail as
quire   yood habits or bad  out s.
Gel tlie habit ol' deposit ing' ,
money    regularly   in   the   First
State Bank of New Pierz.     adv
South Agram News,
.). J . Brnmmcr and v i
ed at   t be   Peter I.. Girtz   bonie
Suinlay.
tJeter Thoinmi a his w ife and
son Casper were Bier;', callers
8aturd a;
A. \V. Cook of West Sullivan was a business calFer last
Saturday.    He'says fishingis
■ ! and   manj   are  comini ior !)'"
from the cities fora few dayt
<>>.)( i 11 >.'•.
is employed.
has been engaged as teacher,
Not Yet Completed,
Nick   Thommes   arrived   last
week from Ashland, Wis , where
he is connected with the Simple1 j.a
Thomas
were Ln Little Falls Monday on
their way to the coast. The hike
nee oi over 3,000  miles,  Mr.
SasEnffine Go,    Nick says that | ;tn(]    Mrs     RobertL
machinery has been installed in
their factory, and that they are
doing'some Foundry and machine
worlc for others,  but that it will
be a month or  two  before  they
will be  able   to   imt   their   own
engine on the market.
Poetry and Patriotism.
ZaUrls Topellns, "the most ixipular
poel Kinland tins over known." was a
lovar of liis native latid above all else.
Ouce, says Paul Waljutman In "a s>:«
mer Tour In Finland." l»o wrote as <to\
|,.i\s i ■ ;> little i'"ui;iisli boy wbo was
at the lime residing in England lor his
spnootjug:
"You are in a great and rich country,
but nev.;!- forget tuiU you are only an
csile. If Quecu Victoria herself should
•write and otter you a post Iu her kingdom remember that jou must answer:
'I cannot, because 1 have a cottaso
waiting for me when 1 am grown up.
It: has o roof higher than the loftiest
hall In Windsor castle That .oof 13
the blue fiUy of iuy own land.' "
South St. Paul
Hog Market
Ave. Price.
Thursday -
Friday	
Saturdaj
Mond i
lay
H*r Love Sonp».
The   "Spinets   uf   the   rortuguese,"
wukh were written by Elizabeth IJar-
rett   Browning,   were  never   Intendwi
for publication, but when she showed
them to Mr. Browuing. whom she hail
tutuTied  after they   were  written,  he
realised  the   fact  that   iu  them   was
sung  the  most  perfect  love  song  the
world had ever beard, and lie ennctud/
■ !i  poems should not  be  hidden.
Brbwiiiilg was unwilling to pub-
them in her own name, and as he
wr-s fond of calling her his "Little Portuguese." it was decided to have them
appear   under   this   name.    They   are
Petrarch Ian  in  form  and  among  the
most beautiful of the language.
is being made lor a prize of $500.
They started Marel, :;;i and must
reach the Golden 'doe by No
rember.
Vincent Lasliik. a farmer
ing- near the city, was knocked
dow a and cut and bruised last
Thursday moraine" bj an auto
driven bj ©t td Nieman of Pike
Creek. Lasnik: received a g"ash
on the head, his right ley was
cut anil In v,as scratched and
bruised on the leys and arms, It
is not thought that his inju
will prove serious, lie was in a
dazed condition for some time
after being taken to a physician's office.
Platte News.
Easily  Won.
"Ah.  yi ;hed   t|ie,   lovelorn
youth,   'da,,   passlouatelj   in   love
;i  l'iekel.    1 wonder if
I will ever succeed in winning her
- ,-. cms?"
- * •'".-1    ....-,
"Why   dot?"  replied   liis  c
_ 'l Helen."    Tl Least  half  a
men who have."—Phil-
Mo   adelphia Press,
 7.10
 ?.10
South 5t. Paul
Live StockMarke
Steers	
Change  F"i   Children.
r," se.id Mrs.
.  childrej
''"Well, ours certainly get their fair
s- --, ;o - gj  share,
,   like  three  or  four
Cows and Heifers,$ ^r nickels and din
Calves, i d to 9.<5  —Chicago News,
rs.stea 0 to 700
The church steeple was struck
by lightning Sunday night.
Mr. and Mrs. Math, Valentine
and little daughter Annie drove
to Pierz Sunday.
Johnny Michalke of Little
Falls spent • Sunday with bis
Uncle Geo. Sigette.
Miss Mary Bijette and Christ
Langer   attended   the   circus in
Little Falls hist week.
i«s Emma Reese and Theo.
Kychner spent Sunday afternoon at Math. Valentine's.
Mrs.    John     laih-nshi
1 daughter liertha, called on Mrs.
Math.   Thommes   returned  Jos. Duscher last Sunday after-
from Maple   Lake yesterday noon
wlo'j-e In.1   attended   the mar-     Mam   . [kqiu h
i-ia-e of   liissonCari   to Eli-  'rom the vlciriity of Vawt
z%belli    Janson.      Carl    will  i,:>1''1  '"'  tu!li"-   ;,t   'v lsU   '
i> i        ii       Sum ion.
live in KoBCoe,   where he has
a blacksmith shop. Mr. and Mrs. John V
tan. ,i]r<\   th held
John    PrViiriesberger,   wllq in Jos. Ethen.s new barn,
sold the north half. 160 acrra N           lanced the French jig.
OI liis farm   recently, is   now Jos. Duscher,  rTeurj   Kipplej
putting  up buildings on the and John   I.            -d   were oui
south   160  !mt,s.    Tlie  barn Hairing atl^ish Inke Sunday and
is complete.!  and   carpenter* c;,u"hl  ;i   Watron  1,,,x   lul1  a,ul
, . , seven sacks on top-
have commenced on the dwelling house. "    John    Eidenshink    and
is   I ti rtha a inl   ! anaine.
A little boy  arrived al the Hermina  Veith   and   Margarel
Joa. Dainii'-n   liome last   Frit ;u,<1 ^a Terhaar visited at the
day. This is the 12th child
in tlie family. There are also five children more in the
family from Mr. Dahmen's
first witv, four of whom are
married and one is dead.
John   Kippley    home   Tuesday
afternoon.
Ben, Harold Appointed
Carrier at Swanville.
Hoistein Park News,
3
County   commissioners   11. nini     Herold,    son    of
tlasserl and I). Rochelwau in-  Michael   Herold,   has   :.<•(■;)   ap
ppected the new brridgeacroSB pointed as driver of rural ro
the   Skunk   river   in   Agram  No.  -.  ol  Swanville.    Ben.
last   Monday, built   by Peter rived   from   Ipswich,  S.   I> .
L. Poster, and saiue accepted Sunday and   left   al for
by    the   commissioners   and Swanville to look over bis new
the town board of Agram.      'tiein   of duty.   Hie began
P. .1. (lau and   wife visited	
relatives   in    Lake   George,
Stearns Co.. last   week.    On
the way-home the\ isit-
ed   Mrs.   Math.    Herman   at
Melrose.      Peter    s.iy.s    that   trip to tlie Pall^Tuesi
roads are poorandthat grain     Tbe Mftsses Martin ani
and   corn   are   the   same   a day.
here. w
• t   i    bi.,.»>o    i.^,.-   .,-n   t    'driver has Jinney
J. L. Snaw s  BhOW   -.'.ill   be      . '
here all of this week and will
give   two   performeu siteda1
Monday July 5th.    One wil n home Friday and
.: Saturday,
be given in the afternoon and
one
give a good clean b
Wednesday.
worth   the   small   tee ol   admittance.    Don't miss it. -^
■I.,   is   visitini;   her   fr
RAILROAD FINE IS REVOKED
-.Ige   Jo*': I
Cent   F Reversod   by
Supreme   Coort.
■   nr-l
the   writ;
ff Injn
an   error a    tin
much   In
tauce
i ate i
MARTIN COUNTY STAYS WET
Chipptwa .Stevens,
Mille Lacs and Pine Go D
,;ild
■
<i'' and
•halrman
i    Julius    liny
Tin the
Til
!l    till'
i\   in'i   tlrj
The
HALF MILLION CUT IN RATES
Reduction     in     Insurance     Schedules
Means  Great Gall
oner  ol
Fin    i i" •
in  preml-
■
iIiiiih     ol
■
Thi
preraltim payers. In i
■ har«-s Ii
.'   Will
be th>
in the  °™™e-    T,->   •  AUa   MarUn COMMITS   SUICIDE  IN   CELL
DR. BRACKEN DENIES CHARGE
Nepotism     Not     Prevalent     in     State
Health   Oep.
tary   II.   M.  Bn
i
John    Hankonen    Han9»    Himself   at
Stillwater.
II
Ha.
shower visited rierz Wedi Thomp:
A    heavy    vain   and    hail Mis trtin.
ower visited Pierz Wedn Thompr
day afternoon.    And it se
that  the  area of  this si It-
North, K. Riedlecl
Every tiling is Hooded around,
hard time mak * thr   ,;
haj if this rain on.
orditi:-
Miss Cecilia V;
from  St. Panl  Monday, accom-j
panied   by   a  friend   who
spend the 4th here " Pohmen:  west Platte i
-t Theo. Gross; pi. 3 titute on
A trowd of j'oung folks spent j - anient
Saturday    evening    with    Miss'     [usui
Mary  Sigette, it   being her I8tli  promptly at   tbe
birthday anniversar State Baul ;ls.
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