The Pierz Journal (Pierz, Morrison County, Minnesota), 1915-08-12

              THE   PIERZ   JOURNAL
VOL. 7.
PIERZ, MORRISON COUNTY, MINNESOTA, AUGUST 12, 1915.
NO. 9.
ABOUT THE STATE
News of Especial Interest to
Minnesota Readers.
SECTION OF BRIDGE FALLS
Serious  Accident at St.   Paul   Due to
Locomotive   Engine  Jumping
From Track.
An eighty-foot span of the Third
street bridge at St. Paul fell when a
Northern Pacific switch engine hauling a St. Paul road freight jumped
the track, knocking a steel pier from
under the bridge.
The falling section of the bridge
struck and wrecked the locomotive,
which turned over on its side. No
pedestrians or vehicles were on the
bridge when it feil.
Engineer Frank S. Ritchie of St.
Paul was pinned beneath the wreckage and held fast for an hour and a
half near the hot firebox. He was
taken to St. Joseph's hospital, where
he succumbed to his injuries twenty-
four hours later.
Fireman Axel Hedberg jumped from
the engine cab as the locomotive left
the track, escaping with slight injuries.
CASHIER SPRINGS SURPRISE
Pleads Not Guilty to Four Indictments
Against  Him.
Contrary to the expectations of the
county attorney J. B. Thompson, deposed cashier of the Osseo State bank,
imprisoned in the Hennepin county
jail since July 12, pleaded not guilty
when arraigned in the district court
al Minneapolis before Judge Waite.
To each of the four indictments returned against him by the grand jury
as the result of shortages of $67,000
in the bank the defendant answered
not guilty. He did not ask for bail.
His trial was set for Sept. 13.
Since the first shortages were discovered more than three weeks ago
Thompson has not been reticent in
telling what he knew of the bank's affairs in an effort, he said, to aid the
deputy bank examiners in their work.
He has made no attempt to gain release from jail beyond a statement
made a week after he had been imprisoned when, through his attorney, Man-
ley Tj. Fosseen, he made the request
that he be allowed to plead guilty and
begin serving sentence.
ST. PAUL PIONEER IS DEAD
Captain Philip Pottgieser Lived There
Fifty-five   Years.
Captain Philip Pottgieser, a resident of St. Paul for more than fifty-
five years and a member of the police
force for nearly twenty-five years, is
dead in that city after a long illness.
He was sixty-four years old.
Arriving in St, Paul directly from
Germany, his birthplace, when but a
mere child, Mr. Pottgieser saw St.
Paul advance from a small frontier
city to one of the leading cities of the
United States. Growing up, he joined
the police force. On Oct. 1 last he
was pensioned, leaving the department because of failing health.
RETURNS REVERSE ELECTION
Koochiching County, Claimed by the
Wets, Seems to Have Gone Dry.
All precincts have been heard from
In the Koochiching county option
election, forty-two officially and nine
unofficially. The drys lead by twenty-
three votes. The county will probably go dry.
Out of the fifty-three counties that
voted on option forty-four have gone
dry and it Is believed probable that
the margin of four wet votes in Pipestone county will be overturned by a
court decision on contested ballots.
WOMAN THROWN FROM CAB
Probably Fatally Injured Returning
From   Funeral.
Pitched headlong from a cab drawn
by runaway horses that had taken
fright when that vehicle was struck
by an auto truck while returning
from the burial service of her brother-
in-law, Swan A. Peterson, Mrs. Charles
Peterson of St. Paul, sixty-four years
old,  received  probably  fatal injuries.
Three others, her husband and
daughter Edith and a nepheew, Raymond Shogren, who also were in the
cab, suffered serious injuries.
Twenty-five Horses Perish.
Twenty-five horses were burned to
death and several automobiles and delivery wagons damaged when tire partially destroyed the stables of the Emporium store at St. Paul. Thirteen
other horses were rescued by firemen. The blase was a difficult one to
control, but after a stubborn light the
department succeeded in confining
the flames to the rear of the barn.
Senator Burton at St. Paul.
Theodore E. Burton of Ohio, former United States senator, authority
on financial and commercial legislation, and one of the presidential possibilities of 1916, addressed 100 business men of St. Paul on the subject
of trade relations with South America, particularly as they relate to the
Mississippi river and the Panama
canal.
Two Boys Meet      [Left For Oklahoma
Death In Fire!Wednesday Morning
Swanville, Aug. 5.—Orrin Mel Tlie Frank Marsliik family
Rae, aged 14, son of Mr. and left Wednesday morning for
Mrs. J. J. McRae, and Walter I Okeene, Oklahoma, where they
Tatro, aged 16, sonof Ed. Tatro, jwi11   make   tl,eir  future   home.
How permanent there residence
were burned to death here last
night in a tire which destroyed
a feed barn in   which   the   boys
in Oklahoma will be,   Mr.   Marsliik does not know.  He intends
had been sleeping. A short to move onto and improve his
time ago the boys leased the 1B0 acre farm which he hasown-
building and started in business j ed tliere tlie last 12 years. Mr-
for themselves, operating a feed.aild   Mrs-   Marsliik    and     two
stable. They had fitted up a
sleeping apartment in the hay
loft, using a lantern for light.
It is thought that in their sleep
last night the lighted lantern
was overturned, setting the barn
on tire. The blaze was discovered at about 12:30 o'clock and
an alarm turned in, but when the
firemen arrived the flames had
gained such headway that
nothing could be done to save
the building or boys. As soon
as the flames had been extinguished the bodies of the boys
were recovered and taken to the
village hall to await the arrival
of deputy Coroner Fortier.
Deputy Coroner E. L. Fortier,
County Attorney Kosenmeier
and Sheriff Paul Felix were called to Swanville early this morning. The coroner, after \ iewing
the remains, pronounced it accidental death and no inquest
will be held. The bodies were
burned to a crisp and the only
manner in which it was possible
to tell one from another was by
the size, and the fact that one
wore a ring on his finger
Dr. E. L. Fortier thinks that
the boys were probably smother
ed before the tire reached them,
as the burning of green hay,
such as was in the loft, forms a
gas similar to the laughing gas
used by dentists which would
render them unconscious without awakening them.
It is thought by those who
were at the scene of the fire
that it was caused either by a
lantern being upset or by a
cigaret stub in case the boys
had been smoking. A lantern
was found in the ruins.
daughters left by the Soo, and
Frank and Peter left by motorcycle.
They will all visit a few days
with relatives at Cedar Rapids,
Iowa. Mr. Marshiks farm adjoins that of Barney Pavlu, formerly of Pierz.
MUST STAMP
OVERDRAFTS
A child taltca Dr. Mites' fixative Tablets without thinking of "medicine."
Try  them   and  see.     ' Vdvertisement.l
Local bankers have been advised by A. H. Turrittin, state
superintendent of banks, of a
ruling by the commissioner of
internal revenue that will probably put an end to overdrafts.
The commissioner of internal
revenue that will probably put
an end to overdrafts. The commissioner of internal revenue
holds that all checks creating or
increasing overdraft, are acknowledgements of debt and must
be stamped with revenue stamps
at the rate of two cents for
every $100 or fraction thereof
announced on the face of such
checks.
Failure to affix such stamps
makes a person liable to fine of
$200.
All banks have been instructed
to notify depositors that they
will not pay overdraft unless
proper stamps have been affixed
by the person issuing checks
creating or increasing overdrafts.
The ruling means that days of
the overdraft have ended", said
one banker this morning. "The
stamps, on the face of the check
will be notice to the world that
the payer has overdrawn his
account. The ruling will certainly discourage and perhaps almost abolish the overdrafts".
GENERAL
MARKET REPORTS.
Grain and Produce
riarket Report.
Wheat, No. 1,     1.20
Wheat, No. 2      1.18 I three months and it nearly ruin-
Flax, ... 1.40 efi   i)is   business.    Mr.    Nelson
Hon. Sam Nelson of Luverne,
the biggest country merchant in
the state says that for fifteen
years the Herald of that place
has contained a page ad for his
store every week. Fifteen years
ago he left off  advertising  for
Barley	
Rye	
Oats	
Ear Corn
55
90
40
65
says the tirst damaging results
of not advertising was brought
to him by customers  who  came
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
Hay $5.00'to him and complained that they
did not know what he had, and
the only way they could find out
was to make a personal visit to
the store and rubber around a
while, and as they did not have
time, or the inclination to do so,
the}' asked him to put the ad
back, which he did. Mr. Nelson
further says no man or linn can
successfully conduct a business
without advertising. The}' may
stub along and manage to keep
St. Paul out Qf t|,e ])an(js 0f the receiver,
Hog Market. .Dut cannot make a success of
Ave. Price   the business.    He says the  best
Thursday 6.45 , ...       .,
_ ., , ..  customers now demand that the
Friday 6.4
Saturday 6.36stores  «ivo  some  attention  to
Monday 6.45  publicity, or consider they have
Tuesday.. 6.15 nothing worth advertising.—He-
Wednesday   6.20 ron Lake New.-.
Locals of Pierz
And Vicinity
Roy Benton left for Page,
N. D., Friday morning.
John Hoheisel has sold his
Ford to Norbert Brummer.
J. C. Feddema of Foley was
a Pierz visitor Monday.
Mr. Farmer, you're welcome
here. First State Bank of New
Pierz. adv.
Born—To Mr. and Mrs.Lo-
renz Boser last Monday a
daughter.
A fine lot of beef cattle was
shipped from New Pierz last
Friday morning.
Helen Younk visited a few
days last week in LittleFalls
and St. Cloud.
Our references are our patrons. First State Bank of New
Pierz. adv.
Miss Crecense Faust will
teach the New Pierz school
the coming year.
"Col." Seibert of Platte
lake spent a few days in town
this week.
Born—To Mr. andMrs.Wm.
Huwer lastTuesday a daughter.   '
C. E. Gravel attended the
Auto races at Sauk Rapids
Saturday.
Engelbert Boehm is giving
his dwelling house in Upper
town a new coat of paint.
We Solicit the small bank accounts. First State Bank of
New Pierz. adv.
Mr. and Mrs. John Finne
man of Pulaski were business
callers in Pierz Tuesday.
The wheat yield for Pierz
and vicinity is estimated at
from 15 to 30 bushels per
acre.
Watch for next dates of Dr.
McKelvey, dental specialist of
St. Cloud. adv
J. Larson of Mt. Morris has
a crew grading a piece of
road for Gilbert & Trask in
Granite.
Casper Maehren of the
Cold Spring Brewing Co. was
a business caller in town last
Tuesday.
N. W. Fuerstenberg and
wife autoed to St. Cloud last
Saturday to call on old time
friends.
F. J. Winzenberg of West
Buh, who bought the And.
Nelson farm, was a business
visitor in town Friday.
416,000 acres of the richest
agricultural land in the world
are wasted in Iowa alone, on
account of the roads being
four rods wide. Thousands
of miles of the best highways
in England, France antl Germany are only one rod wide.
Here is something that is
worth live dollars to every
tanner it the state to know.
Sprinkle a little soft lime in
your stock tank and not a
{.article of green scum will
form in the water. When the
lime loses its strength, the
scum begins to form, which
may  be   twice   in   a   season.
Proceedings of
Co. Commissioners
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The count}' board  met in reg
ular  monthly session Aug. 7th.
Board called to order by chairman  at   10  o'clock  a.   m.    All
members present.
Minutes of the July meeting
rend and  duly  approved.
The board purchased from the
Minneapolis Steel and Machinery Co. the Twin City Tractor
now in use at $3,000, same to be
paid as follows, and all the warrants for same to be issued on
August 18th, 1915:
One thousand dollars on Aug.
18th, 1915.
One thousand dollars on Aug.
18th, 1915, and payable April
1st, 1916.
One thousand dollars on Aug.
81th. 1915, and to be due and
payable Oct. 1st, 1916.
Motion was made and carried
that all applications for abatements be laid over to the September meeting.
The foil lowing towns were allowed the following amounts
for machinery:
Town of Mt. Morris *300.00
Town of Lakin 800.00
Town ol' Morrill 300.00
Town ol Buckman   100.00:
The  following   bills owing to
parties living in this part of the
county were then allowed:
F. X. Boehm,   work  on
state road No. 3	
Mike Tschida,   work on
state road Nc. 3	
Mary Langer, gravel,..
Christ Langer, work on
state road No. 3	
Leo  Langer,   work   on
state road No. 3	
Geo  Schmitt,  work on
state road No. 3	
Henry Langer, work on
state road No. 3	
John Loidolt.   work on
state road No. 3   ....
John   Bollig,   work   on
state road No. 3	
Herman Bentfeld, work
on state road No. 3..
John P. Faust, work on
"state road No. 3	
Magnus liauch, work ou
state road No. 3	
Frank Rauch,   work on
state road No. 3	
Peter Marsliik, work on
state road No. 3	
Mat Zwilling, work  on
state road No  3	
P.  L. Poster,   contract
for  state   bridge  No.
1529 :  1,560 00
Town  of  Morrill,  road
machinery     300 00
J. L. Metcalf, dragging
state road No. 3       25 00
Town of Lakin, road machinery      300 00
Town of Buckman, road
building      125 CO
Town of Mt.Morris road
machinery     300 00
G.W. Waller, part payment bridges 946. 917,
1779 and culvert CjL.   1.200 00
A Farewell Serenade.
The band turned out Tuesday
evening and serenaded Prank
Marsliik and family. In a few
well chosen words, Mr. Marsliik
bid the band, of which he was
for many years a faithful member, farewell, and advised them
to  continue   the   practices  and
Village Council
Proceedings
The village council met in regular monthly session Saturday
evening, Aug. 7th. All members
were present. The proceedings
of the last meeting were read
and approved.
The  followiug  bills   were allowed :
Co. attorney  Kosenmeier,
fees Karst case . .$25 00
Mrs.H.Schneppenheim rebate on 51 yards of cement sidewalk   10 80
Frank  Marsliik 4 months
salary as trustee       3 32
Nick Karst for gravel....    0 80
Paul Brust 13 hours work
on  street      1 30
State treasurer for examining village books   4^ 71
MikeMeyer 13 hours work-
on street with team ....    5 20
MeyerBros. planks and repairs for village     5 40
Motion was made and carried
that 20 cents rebate be paid to
all parties building cement sidewalks.
Barney Gross and Steve Prei-
mesberger appointed a committee to look for a dumping
ground.
Motion was made seconded by
J. N. Faust and carried that all
hitching posts on Main street
or in front of business houses
be removed at once.
Adjourned.
Barney Gross, President.
J. B. HARTMANN, Recorder.
Platte News.
The following crowd were entertained at the Henry Wanin-
ger home Sunday, the occassion
being Miss Clara's birthday.
Steve Gross and family of Lastrup, John Virnig and family
of Lastrup, Misses Annie and
Christina Theilen, Kmma Reise
and Tony Kalhainmer. Mrs
dames Wm. Kingen, Joe Schubert, Theo. Rychner, Geo. Fich-
tinger, Peter and Philip Theilen
and B. Kalhammer. Ice ('ream'
and Cake were served during the
afternoon, which was tapped off
by a bounteous supper, all enjoyed a very tine time and left
wishing Miss Clara many happy
returns of the day.
Frank Waninger and Fred
Preitnesberger of Pierz came
out to Waninger s Sunday.
John Noe and wife of Swan
River visited a week at the C.
Reese home.
Miss Cecilia Valentine arrived
home Saturday from St. Paul.
O. U. Carlson and family and
Miss St. Anthonieof LittleFalls
and Martin Olson of Freedhem
called at C. Reese's a week ago
Sunday.
Correspondent is rather late
with some news.
Miss Mary Johns returned to
Minneapolis Monday, alter visiting here for some time.
Miss Katie Sigette called at
her sister Mrs. Christ Langer
of Pierz last Sunday.
Geo Sigette and wife and Ben
Richner and family, (has Yourg
and TiHie  Olson   visited   at   C
*'s one day last week.
A large crowd pieniced at
Sullivan a week ago Sunday.
The wedding bells will >oon
l>e a ringing again.
An Argument
Among Potatoes
"You are no better than
said the blushing Burbank to
the pale-faced "Early Ohio".
If a little frost in June nips you
in the bud. you are so crippled
that vou don't become of age
any earlier than we slow growers. You are a shallow rapid
grower, who does well enough
on short acquaintance, but you
do not keep nor 'wear well'.
You are usually soggy and can
no more than supply an ephemeral need. You are to the potato
family what the scaffold is to
a building under construction.
You are decayed and forgotten
when we round into maturity."
"Yes" retorted Early Ohio
he winked his left eye at his
brother who lay there in the
hot   sun,   green   with   jealousy,
"you must remember that the
early bird catches the worm.
We do in six weeks, what takes
you 3 to 4 months to do. We
are doing business while you
are stinking in the cellars with
a six week's growth ot whiskers.
To get rid of your stench they
otteu throw vou away or
you to the hogs".
The tubers finally shook hands
and agreed that it tokes all
kinds of potatoes to (ill a stomach and that it is a useless and
empty task to strive for the
lirst place of honor. May thev
henceforth live in pea.
Is Expecting A
Bumper Crop
■■ »^
Fritz Walke of  Lastrup  paid
Piers a visit hist Monday. Being
an old timer, and seldom seen
in our village- Mr. Walke was an
exceptionally welcome visitor.
Commenting on the crops, he-
said "We have Marquis wheat
that is worth walking in miles
to see, and Canada oat-
heavy, that, though I am an old
man and farmed all my lift-. I
never saw the likes of it. I look
for a bumper crop this year''.
Little Falls Auto Club
Coming To Pierz
The automobile club ol   Little
falls   intends   soon   to   ma
iter trip to Pier/.. lt is
planned to bring the Little falls
band out on s   truck, to
furnish the music for street
certs .ind for a dam held
in Faust's hall in tin- evening.
The date has not yet been decided on.
wash out the tank and repeat !never kl^r  in  enthusiasm.   As
I,-,      , T. . .       ,    , he finished he handed something
the close. It is not onlv harm-       T ,    T,     ...      ..,  ,
J i to John B. which rattleu
;less, but wholesome and keeps piciously ,ike two silver dol
(the   -water   sweet   and   saves that   they   bought    a    keg   of
'work.—Ex. 'nails with it.
Ball Game Ends In Tie,
The   game   of   ball    k>
I Pier/, and Royalton last Sunday
resulted  in   a   tie   "2   to -.
game  was called at six  o'clock,
after which hour, it  is unlawful
to play ball Sunday'
Notice.
I take a  Dr. Mile*'
t.     Vou   will   real   lx>Uet
In  the  morning-     [AdvertisementJ
I will thresh rye, oats and
barley by the load at Dr. Kerkhoff's place next Wednesday and
Thursday, Aug. l-; I9th.
—PETEK POSTlv
The Clerk Guaranteed It.
"A customer came into my store the
other day and said to one of my clerks,
•have yon anything that will cure diarrhoea?' and my clerk went and got him
1 a bottle of Chamberlain's Colic. Cholera
and Diarrhoea Remedy, and said to him.
•if this does not cure you, I will not
charge you a cent for it." So he took it
home and came back in a day or two and
said he was cured," writes J. H. Berry
& Co.. Salt Creek, Va. Obtainable
everywhtre.