The Pierz Journal (Pierz, Morrison County, Minnesota), 1915-07-29

              THE   PIERZ   JOURNAL
VOL. 7.
PIERZ, MORRISON COUNTY, MINNESOTA, JULY 29, 1915.
NO. 7.
STATE NEWS BITS
Various Happenings of the Week
Throughout Minnesota.
According to a deed filed in the office of the register of deeds at Thief
ftiver Falls the Soo line has purchased
the Minnesota Northwestern Electric
railway. The transfer includes the
right of way and trackage of the main
line, running eastward from Thief
River Falls to Goodridge, eighteen
miles, the station houses, sidetracks,
right of way of extensions proposed
and all other property pertaining in
any way to the electric line.
4. 4. 4.
Evelyn McElhinney, eight years old,
was snatched from the jaws of death
in Lake Minnetonka by Linnea
Swendsen, eighteen-year-old daughter
of C. J. Swendsen of the state board
of control, and was being resuscitated
on the shore at Crystal Bay just as
her father, F. F. McElhinney, a Waterloo (la.) banker, who has a cottage
there, rushed home from a business
trip exclaiming he had dreamed
Evelyn had drowned.
•i- •£• -h
Representative Thomas Tollefson of
West Concord will tell the Ramsey
county grand jury his story of the attempt to brifee him in the house
speakership contest last November.
"I have laid Mr. Tollefson's statement
before County Attorney R. D. O'Brien,"
said C. J. Buell ot St. Paul, "and he
said that in his belief the statement
ought to go before the grand Jury."
The first meeting of the grand jury
will be in October.
4.   4.   4.
Randolph Holding, the man for
whom the town of Holding and the
village of Holdingford, Stearns county, were named, is dead at Ransom,
N. D. He was the first permanent
settler in the township of Holding,
settling there early in 1868. Holding
was born in McHenry county, 111., on
July 27, 1844, and was a member of
the Minnesota house of representatives in 1872.
4.   4.   4.
Elm hotel, a structure of thirty-nine
rooms, the largest at Ashelman's resort, In Fair Hills, on Pelican lake, a
short distance from Detroit, was totally destroyed by fire, caused by an
exploded kerosene heater. Practically all the clothing belonging to the
seventy-five guests was destroyed.
Th j loss is estimated at $25,000, with
Insurance of $15,000.
4.   4.   4.
Anna B. Christensen, a teacher alleged to have been discharged by the
school board of Hawley without
cause, had a judgment of $1,200
against the board affirmed by the supreme court. She alleged the board
members had conspired to Injure her
professional reputation and prevent
her obtaining other employment.
4.   4.   4.
Anton Scherf, eighty-three years old,
Goodhue county pioneer, is dead at
Red Wing. He came to America in
1852 and with his father and brother
worked on the construction of the
first suspension bridge crossing the
river at Niagara Falls. In the early
days he worked for the lumber industries on the Mississippi.
4.   4.   4.
The first official offer to the state
board of control for a site for the new-
woman's reformatory was received
from Watertown, Carver county. F.
A. Barth, president of the Watertown
Commercial club, said the town offered two sites, one at $29,000 and one at
$32,000. Offers will be received by
the board to Aug. 1.
4.   4.   4.
Michael H. Day, for nearly sixty
years a citizen of Minnesota, is dead
at South St. Paul following a brief Illness with pneumonia contracted while
On his return from a year's stay in
California two weeks ago. He was
born ln Washington, D. C, eighty-one
years ago and came to Minnesota in
1858.
4.   4.   4.
Mrs. Mathilda C. Long, who reached St. Paul in 1852 and was one.of the
pioneers whose life wbb intimately associated with social and church work
of St. Paul for more than half a century, died at her summer home at
Mahtomedi, White Bear lake. She
was seventy-seven years old.
4.   4.   4.
Lillian Tyler, nine years old, wan
Instantly killed and her father, Guj
Tyler, a creamery man of Clear Lak6:
Stearns county, sustained severe injuries when a Northern Pacific engine
crashed into their automobile at a
crossing a few miles south of St.
Cloud.
4.   4.   4.
The 017 state banks of MlritneSUta
showed a net increase in deposits of
$10,291,510.42 on June 23, 1915, as
compared with deposits in 863- state
banks doing business on June 30,
1911, according to A. H. Turrittin,
state superintendent of banks.
4.   4.   4.
Through the use of safety appliances
and the "safety tirst" propaganda
fatal industrial accidents in Minnesota have decreased 10 per cent since
1910, Total fatalities, on the other
hand, have increased 15 per cent in
the same period.
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The estimated population of St.
is 276,140, an increase of 6,600 during
the past year. This is shown in the
city directory for 1915.
Pierz Ball Team      'Co.Option in Stearns !Locals of Pierz
Shut-Out Ft. Ripley | and Meeker Counties And Vicinity
Ideal weather conditions and
a guarantee of a real ball game
brought out a large crowd to
the ball park Sunday afternoon
when the Pierz team defeated
the Fort Ripley nine by a score
of 3 to 0.
The home team played a very
steady game all the way through
and it was largely due to this
and the pitching of Frank Faust,
who pitched the first six innings
without allowing a hit, that the
visitors failed to score.
Faust struck out eight of the
opposing batters in six innings
and Wermerskirchen added four
more to the number in the last
three innings. LaForce, for the
visitors, also pitched a good
game, striking out ten men and
allowing but four hits.
Not a free pass was registered
against either of the three pitchers and but two on each side
are credited with stolen  bases.
The nearest the visitors came
to scoring was in the ninth;
with two down Clute made first
on an error, stole second but
was caught at the plate by a
beautiful throw by J. Faust from
deep short-stop on Beaumont's
hard drive.
Swanberg, of the locals, showed up strong in the field, making two great catches, each after a hard run.
Christenson   was   on   the   re-
The village of Eden Valley is
F. X. Virnig left  for  the
in two   counties,   Meeker   and | Twin cities and Chicago last
Stearns.    The main street is the Tuesday.
dividing line between the two
counties. Meeker county voted
"dry" and Stearns votes "wet"'.
The saloons now move across
the road into Stearns county,
where they can do just as much
business as ever. We would
like to have some c. o. wise
acre tell us how much temperance reform exists by the application of a county option law in
Stearns and Meeker counties.—
Evansville Enterprise.
Yes, and have some Philadelphia lawyer explain how the
Alderman limit law effects the
situation.
The New Boiler
Jos. J. Hennen and wife
of St. Paul are here visiting
with relatives.
Peter Ahles, brother to
Nick Allies, has opened a law
office at Albany.
C. E. Look and wife of Sullivan were business callers
in Pierz Saturday.
Win. Huwer has bought
the Nick Gross place, five
miles east of the village.
Peter Wagner of Lastrup
passed through our village
last Friday on his way to St.
Cloud.
Three Head Of        Equalization Board
Cattle Poisoned        Hold Meeting.
John Muellnerof Lastrup lost
three head of cattle by Paris
Green poisoning last week. After sprinkling his potatoes, lie
left a weak solution of the poison wliere his cattle could reach
it. The critters no doubt mistaking it for pure extract of
lush June grass, tasted thereof,
and three from among the many,
have passed to where there is
no more need of pastures green
and meditative chewing of cuds.
Rucker News.
Theo.   Gross   has  hired  a
haying crew.    He intends to
Is Installedput up aud baie about 2°°
tons of hay.
The village of Albany has
just finished the construction
W. C. Munyon has gone to
North Dakota to run his threshing rig.
J. A- Sanborn has his telephone in at the Long Meadow
stock farm.
Miss Olive Lewis of Rock ford
is visiting her sister Mrs. A. C.
Waller.
Ray Bruber and wife visited
the big city of Pierz Friday.
The new   mill boiler  is about
installed   and will   be in operation in a few days. J. McPearks 0f a uew 50,000  gallon capa
of Little   Falls   did   the  brick city gteel tauk#
work   around   the   new   boiler,
putting it  in a comfortable   po-
sition  to stand   the  grind   for !over this   Part of the couuty several days, but we are |
years to come.
Geo. Kelley  had quite a mishap a few days ago.    While doing some repair work on a building on   his premsies,   he fell  on
Quite a heavy rain passed ji,js  back and  was laid  up  for
Will Move To Oklahoma.
last   Monday   night,   which
laid up our haymakers.
Frank Marshik  has  sold   liis!
residence in the village to John
Hoheisel, and  after  selling his
ceiving  end  again  and   caught j housel)old  goods and  funiiture
Math. Thommes has an apple tree in bloom.    He claims
j the late bloom is due to transplanting late this spring.
his usual steady game, also
showing up well at the bat.
Pierz made their first score
in the second when Christenson
made first ou an error by Napier; he stole second and. went to
third when Swanberg hit a slow
grounder to first and scored on
an overthrow when the catcher
tried to catch him   off the base.
Pierz scored again in the 4th
and also once in the 8th; Faust
and Nichols bringingin the runs.
The Fort Ripley boys are a
fine gentlemanly bunch of boys
and put up a good, clean game
at all times. Pierz welcomes
them to come again.
hear that he is  able to be about
again.
Miss Helen Davis of Little
Falls is visiting Miss Elizabeth
Waller.
Small accounts as well as
large ones are welcome at the
First State Bank of New  Pierz.
GENERAL
MARKET REPORTS.
Grain and Produce
flarket Report.
Wheat, No. 1,     1.30
Wheat, No. 2      1.28
Flax,       1.65
Barley....      50
Rye..        00
Oats.....       48
Ear Corn      65
Hay  $5.00
Butter, Creamery       37
"        Dairy        27
Eggs         13
Flour, Best      3.40
"    Straight      3.30
Low grade flour 1.80
Bran 1.40
Shorts  1.45
Cracked Corn 80 pounds 1.40
Ground Feed     1.40
Beans      2.00
Onions        60
at auction, will leave for Oklahoma and settle on his farm.
His blacksmith shop and his lot
east of the shop, he sold to
Meyer Bros, the blacksmiths,
and his three acres of pasture
south of town, he sold to John
Philippi.
Mrs. Lillie Brown was recently married out west to Mr.Mer-
Sam Wenck and family of jrittHuntsley.    All joy and pros-
Richmond    autoed    to    PierJperity attends them.
South St. Paul
Hog Market.
Ave. Price.
Thursday 6.80
Friday 6.75
Saturday 6.70
Monday 6.60
Tuesday 6.15
Wednesday 6.20
South Agram News.
Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Brummer
and daughter, Loretta, and Mr.
and Mrs. John Eidenshirk and
daughter, Loraine, visited at
the Leo Leidenfrost home Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. McNally
and daughter called at the John
Kippley home Sunday.
Walter Sporlein and Math
and Casper Thommes were Fish
Lake callers Sunday.
Mrs. Frank Meyer returned to
her home at Springy alley, Wis.,
Sunday, after a three weeks'
visit with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. John Kippley.
Eva aud Katy Brummer called j
on Miss  Annie  Kastenek   Sunday.
Miss Marie Kippley left for
Minneapolis Sunday, where she
will be employed.
Mr. and Mrs, J. .1. Bruminer
visited at the Theo, Stumpf
home Saturday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Irwin Drews and
Miss Marie Drews of Hillman
visited here Sunday.
There was a dance at Wesley
Waller Saturday evening.
John Lease and Jos. Kelley of
St. Cloud spent a few days in
this neighborhood last week.
Quite a number took in the
Cameron Dam show at Pierz
last Friday evening.
Rev. and Mrs. Teachout and
daughter, Miss Vera left here
last week Monday ou their return to Chattield.
Hoistein Park News,
Weather Bureau.
Weather Forecast for the week
beginning Wednesday, issued
by the U. S. Weather Bureau at
Washington, D. G, for the Upper Mississippi Valley and the
Plain States:
Widely scattered showers and
thunderstorms first half, and
generally fair weather last half
of the week. The temperature
will average near or below normal.
and Granite to vMt relatives
and friends in both places.
Joe Ries, F.J. (rilbride and
P. J. Gran returned from Sullivan lake, where they had
gone for a few days fishing.
Mrs. August Roraf of La
Crosse, Wis., is here visiting
her parents Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Wise and other relatives.
Peter Staub and wife, who
live near Brainerd, arrived
here last Friday, to call on
Mrs. Nick Staub, who is
seriously ill.
P. L. Poster and crew are
busy building a bridge in the
town of Mt. Morris. The
bridge at Darling was completed last week.
E. J. Kapsner of Dell Rapids, S. 1)., is here visiting his
parents. Through the death
of the cashier, Ed. was recently promoted to the position of assistant cashier.
A motorcycle race at St.
Cloud last  Sunday at which
26 makes of motorcycles com-1 been visiting his brother  Herb,
peted,     the    "Excelsior,"    of I returned home Friday,
which   the  Faust  Bros,   are
agents, won by 15 seconds on
a mile lap.
Saving means strength, self-
discipline. The man that saves
carries the stamp of thrift, pur
pose, stability. The First State
Bank of New Pierz wants your
banking business. adv.
Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Thompson have gone to Ester ville,
Iowa, on a visit. Mr. Thompson expects to return in a few
days but Mrs. Thompson and
Ray will make a longer visit.
The Mrs. Rosin. Teshy and
John Thoinuson and Mr. Rosin
are guests at the Brenner and
Rosin homes.
Miss Ruby Thompson bad a
caller from Murray county last
week.    Name unknown.
Charley   Winkiey,    who   has
Mr. Winkley and daughter of
Faribault are making a visit at
the Filler and Winkley farms.
The board of county commissioners met Julj' 19 as a board
of equalization and the following changes were made in the
personal property assessment:
Household Goods
Buckman. raised 40  per cent.
Granite, raised 50 per cent.
Hilman, raised 20 per cent.
Leigh, raised 30 per cent.
Mt. Morris, raised 90 per cent.
Morrill, raised 90 per cent.
Pierz, raised 100 per cent.
Platte, raised 300 per cent.
Pulaski, raised 300   per  cent.
Richardson, raised 150 per ct.
Pianos
Buckman, raised 40 per cent.
Buh, raised 200 per cent.
Granite, raised 20 per cent.
Morrill, raised 90 per cent.
Platte, raised 300 per cent.
CLASS 3—HOUSKS
A.   Under one year old.
Agram, raised 60 per cent.
Buh, raised 40 per cent.
Granite, raised 10 per cent.
Hillman, raised 2»» per cent.
Morrill, raised 40 per cent.
Pierz, laised 25 per cent.
Platte, raised 20 per cent.
Pulaski, raised 20 per cent.
B.    One year and under two.
Mt. Morris, raised 25 per cent.
Morrill, raised 20 per cent.
Pierz, raised 25 per cent.
Platte, raised 20 per cent.
Pulaski, raised 20 per cent.
C.    Two years old and under 3.
Granite, reduced 10 per cent.
Pierz, raised 2 > per cent.
STALLIONS.     PIHt   15KKI)  MAKES.
Morrill, raised 50 per cent.
CATTLE
B.    One year old.
Muh, raised 40 per cent.
Granite, reduced 30 per cent.
Leigh, raised 20 per cent.
Morrill, raised 30 per cent.
Pierz, raised 25 per cent.
Platte, raised 80 per cent.
Pulaski, raised 70 per cent.
Cows
Agram,  raised 70 per cent.
Buh, raised 20 per cent.
Granite,  raised 30 per cent.
Hilman, raised 20 per cent.
Mt. Morris, raised 80 per cent,
Morrill, raised 25 per cent.
I'ierz, raised 10 per crnt.
Platte, raised 30 per cent.
Pulaski, raised 25 per cent.
Richardson, raised 20 per cent.
Fahm Tools
Granite,  raised 2<> per cent.
Hilman, raised 30 per cent.
Leigh, raised 100 per cent.
Mt. Morris,  raised 200 per ct.
Morrill, raised 200 percent.
Pierz, raised 100 per cent.
Platte, raised 100 per cent.
Pulaski, raised 300 per cent.
Richardson,  raised 200 per ct.
Math. Thommes left on tlie
Wednesday afternoon train
for Ashland. Wis., to visit
his sou Nick, who is interested in the Simple Gas Engine
Co. Enroute Math, will stop
at Duluth and look ap Hubert Bares, serving as juror in
Federal court.
Mrs. John Kraemer of Vancouver. Wash., has written to
Mrs. Wermerskirchen inquiring about Hugo. Mrs. Kraemer further states that they
are busy canning berries, and
that the peach and plum
lucking will p .-'a begin.
Nick Weyland Dies,
ABOUT THE STATE
News of Especial Interest to
Minnesota Readers,
ESTIMATED AT $410,625,000
Value of the Products of the Farm* of
Minnesota for This Year as Figured  Out by   Experts.
A score of experts estimate that the
farms of Minnesota this year will produce in new wealth While
more than half the world wages a devastating war Minnesota abounds in
the greatest  peace and prosperity  it
has ever known.
Almost unbelievable progress in the
raising ot cattle and hogs, the development of dairy products, the richness of poultry farms and tbe grain
is set forth by the best known experts
in their lines. The value of the different farm products is estimated as
follows:
Potatoes  $17,000,000
Oats   	
Corn   	
Wheat    	
Barley	
Rye        8,41
Flaxseed          5,000.000
Hay   	
Hogs   	
Cattle and calve*	
Sheep   	
Wool   	
Poultry  and  eggs	
Dairy   products   	
Fruits   	
Vegetables    	
Other farm products   L'L'.ooo.OOO
Total   $4in,H25.000
COUNTIES   SHOW   INTEREST
Unusual   Number  So   Far   Entered for
Minnesota Fair.
Thirty counties, including two from
the northern part of the state that
have never entered before, hav
ready signified their intention of en-;
terlng countv exhibits at the Minne.;
sota state fair, to be held Sept. 6 to 1 l.j
Frank D. Logan, supervisor of the ag-j
ricultural department, says this Is anj
unusual number to enter so long be-!
fore the fair.
The northern section of Mime
has made fifteen entries: Kittson,!
Lake, Itasca, Becker, Beltrami, Ait-!
kin. Cook, Red Lake, Crow Wing,;
Cass, Hubbard, Marshall, Mahnomen,
Norman and St I.outs. Kittson and!
Lake counties did not exhibit last;
year. The counties from the central;
section are Pine, Douglas, Chisago,.'
Wadena, Morrison, Sherburne. Todd!
and Washington. The counties from;
southern section are Houston,j
Cottonwood, Renville, Sibley, Nicollet,:
Scott and Olmsted.
Miss Margaret t'ajacobs was
an Onamia caller last week.
Geo. Kelly had the misfortune
to fall off his barn roof. He is
slowly improving'.
The rye is all cut iu this locality.
The   tish   are   having   a
since Ed. left on a visit.
Mrs.    Martin    and   daughter;
Nellie,    called   on    Mrs.    Chas.
Sanborn Thursday.
Ed. Martin took dinner with
his sister, Mrs. Chas. Sanborn.
last Friday.
Nick Weyland for many years
a highly respected resident of
Meire Grove passed away at his
home on Monday evening after
a long sickness caused by cancer of tlie stomach. Mr. Woy
land lias been cashier of the
Meire Crove bank since its or
ganization about five years ago
and previous to that time he
was engaged in the general merchandise business at that place.
Melrose Beacon*.
PRISON PROSPECT KILLS HIM;
Old   Lumberjack   Found   Dying   When;
Sheriff   Prepares   for   Trip.
Ole Here, an old man who stole a!
suit of clothes from a Dralnerd store
and whose plea ot guilty caused him
to be given an Indeterminate sentence
at Stillwater, die -if a lire
in his cell In the jail at Brail
had lived the hard but free, life of the
lumber (amp and the spectacle of a
prison waiting to receive him pros-
dated   him.
The commitment papers were In
the hands of Sheriff C. A. Theorln
when  that official found the prisoner
MINNESOTA  DAY AT  FRISCO
Governor Hammond Central Figure In
Celebration.
Governor Hammond was the
tral figure at the celebration of
•Minnesota day" at the Panama-Pa-,
oi&c exposition. Besides special ex-!
b of music and speeches, ar-!
ranged in honor of the occasion, the;
program included the planting of a'
Minnesota pine tree.
The Glacier National Park Indians,:
who are in camp near the Great;
Northern railroad building, where the!
exercises were held, were features of!
the celebration.
LID PUT ON  GRAND  RAPIDS
Long Mea
telephone.
now
You can teach your dolla
n regularly in ti.
Bank of Nev adv.
Agents   of   Indian   Bureau   Notify   All
Saloons   to   Close.
i    Deputy    I .arson    and    Agent;
Hrandt of the Indian bureau of th<
terior department  notified all saloons;
and brewery agents at Grand Rapids;
to close their places of business July;
30.    The order came like a bolt fromj
tbe blue.    It affects thirteen saloons!
and one brewery agent.
It is stated here that the saloons;
at Hibbing. <'hl«holm and other Me-;
sabi range towns will receive orders!
to close at an early date.
WETS HOLD STEELE COUNTY
Owatonna,    Now    Dry,    Gives    Saloon
Men   366   Majority.
Wets carried Steele county at the
option election by a majority of approximately 1.000.
The i«!oon men carried Owatonna,
now dry. by a majority of :'.t;<5. The
only fcloons in the county are four at
Blooming Pralrfe.
■onna will vote on local option
next spring.
Don't Forget The Dance At Faust's Hall, Wednesday Evening, August 4th.