The Pierz Journal (Pierz, Morrison County, Minnesota), 1915-08-26

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THE   PIERZ   JOURNAL
VOL. 7.
PIERZ, MORRISON COUNTY, MINNESOTA, AUGUST "26. 1915.
NO. 11.
ABOUT THE STATE
News of Especial Interest to
Minnesota Readers.
LIONS KILL THEIR TRAINER
Major John  Dumont Literally T}*.* fri
Pieces  Before  Carnival  Audience at  Northfield.
Major John Dumont of Paola, Kan.,
animal trainer, was literally torn to
pieces by lions during a performance
of the Paterson Carnival compnuy at
Northfield.
Major Dumont used five big liocs hi
his act. Just after entering the cage
and starting the act he turned his
back to one of the largest lions, who
leaped at him, grabbed him by the
leg and threw him to the floor.
In a twinkling a big lioness jumped onto the trainer's prostrate body,
literally  tearing  out the  intestines.
J. Paterson, show proprietor, and
several employes rushed to the animal
trainer's rescue, but were forced to
shoot one big lion to death who was
chewing a^^ajor Dumont's bleeding
body. Th either four animal3 were
driven into another cage, all in ugly
mood.
Major Dumont was rushed to a hospital, but his body had been so terribly lacerated and bitten into that
his death occurred six hours later.
PAY HALF MINNESOTA TAXES
Mrs. Nick Staub
Died Saturday
Mrs. Nick Staub died from
Bright's disease at 4 o'clock last
Saturday afternoon in the 35th
year of her age. She was born
on the old Prank Wise farm in
Buh, June 5th 1881- Deceased
was a member of the Christian
Mothers Society, under the auspices of which she was buried.
A husband and six children sur
vive her. Burial took place last
Tuesday morning".
Hennepin, St. Louis and Ramsey Contribute 51,645,996.
Three counties, Hennepin, Ramsey
and St. Louis, paid into the general
revenue fund of the state during the
fiscal year ending July 31, 1915, a total of $1,645,996.59, while the eighty-
three other counties in Minnesota
paid $1,639,743.82, according to an abstract from the books of Walter J.
Smith, state treasurer. In other
words the three counties containing
the large cities of the state contributed more than one-half the revenues
of the state derived from direct taxation.
Less than a third of the state's income is levied direct, the remainder
coming through gross earnings taxes
and numerous other sources. The
total receipts for all purposes for the
fiscal year were $22,481,933. Largest
single item is the gross earnings
taxes of railroads, aggregating more
than   $5,000,000.
St. Louis county paid in $1,466,000,
being the heaviest taxpayer.
WILL ADVERTISE MINNESOTA
Papers Will Issue Special Editions
Week of Oct. 10.
Over 300 Minnesota newspaper publishers already have joined the "newspaper week" movement and have
agreed to get out special editions during the week of Oct. 10 setting forth
the advantages of Minnesota for home-
seekers.
The Newspaper Week committee of
the Minnesota Editorial association,
which is back of the movement, has
sent out a second letter to the editors with suggestions for the special
edition. The committee will provide
several short stories of Minnesota, it
announces, from which the editors
nicy  select to  adorry their first page.
It is proposed also for each paper
to print coupons for orders subscribers may send in for extra copies to
send to friends in other states. This
is the method by which California's
"newspaper week" propaganda was
carried to millions of readers in other
states.
COUPLE    KILLED   ON    TOUR
Auto Skids Over Embankment Near
Decorah,   la.
Mrs. W. C. Hobart, wife of W. C.
Hobart of Minneapolis, was instantly
killed near Decorah, la., when an automobile in which she and her husband were riding skidded over an embankment and the brake drive shaft
pierced her body. Mr. Hobart, caught
under the machine, died before aid
could be brought to lift the car.
Mr. and Mrs. Hobart left Minneapolis Saturday night for a ten-day
automobile tour through Iowa, Illinois
and Wisconsin.
Mr. Hobart, fifty-seven years old, a
prominent Elk, was born in North
Amherst, Mass., and since reaching
Minneapolis in 18S3 had been a member of the firm of Hobart & Willis.
FINDS   BIG   SUM   INVESTED
Inventory Is Taken of Sixteen Minnesota Institutions.
Minnesota had $15,008,967 invested
in the sixteen institutions under the
state board of control, according to
an inventory taken by Andrew J.
Fritz, public examiner, at the end of
the fiscal year ending July 31, 1914.
Thc total average population of the
stat* institutions, according to the re-
. was 9,580, distributed as follows:
Insane,   5,246;   schools, 2,103;   correctional and penal, 1,950, and hospitals,
281.    Mr. Fritz reported tlie total increase in population for the year was
about  4.23  per cent,  the  highest in-
-ease being among the correctional
penal institutions of 2.2 per cr'
Automobile Runs
Into Enbankment
Five persons luckily escaped
serious injury Sunday morning
when an automobile driven by
B. J. Hinkle struck the embankment at the side of the road six
miles north of Little Falls. The
occupants were thrown out by
the force of the collision, but
none were seriously hurt. Mrs.
Hinkle sustained a broken nose
and bruises and the others of the
party were bruised sligiitly.
Mr. Hinkle does not know what
caused the accident except that
the car got temporarily out of
control and shot into the embankment. A front wheel of the
automobile was broken, the front
axle was bent and the steering-
gear damaged.
Instantly Killed
By Lightning
Robert Rosenow, a prominent
young farmer of Round Prairie,
Todd County, met instant death
on August 11 when struck by
lightning, when threshing at one
of the neighbors. Two other
members of the threshing- crew
were injured, his brother, Avoid
Rosenow, being knocked down
and stunned and Henry Husted
being knocked from a load of
grain on which he was working.
Possibilities In
Bundle Corn
To the farmer who does not
feel able to build a silo and who
is feeling anxious about the lateness of the corn crop this summer, there is satisfaction in the
thought that bundle corn may
be put up even  after  his  crop
Locals of Pierz
And Vicinity
See Lucille Love at Faust's
Opera House Sunday night.
John G-rell's basement is
about completed.
Mrs. John Bollig is reported to be improving.
Good stockers are in demand.
A young son arrived at the
Aug. Meyer home Sunday
morning.
Jacob Herman left . last
Wednesday for North Dakota
to run a threshing engine.
Christ. (irest of LittleFalls
will run Peter Poster's threshing outfit this fall.
Injury Fatal To
J. Plantenberg
John Plantenberg", who lived
on a farm near Royalton, died
last evening" the result of injuries
received in a runaway accident
the first part of the week. Mr.
Plantenberg was drag-ged by
the runaway horse and was severely bruised. He received internal injuries from which he
could not rally.
Sullivan News
Pierz callers Wednesday were
Mrs. C. E. Look and son Glenn,
Mrs. Peter Adkins and son Jim
and Ed. Linnelian.
Callers at C. E. Look's Thursday were Mrs. Frank   Sims and
sisters Jessie, Vera  and   Harry
A. K. Hall was here Satur-, jjea ry
tag  distributing advertising
matter for   the county   fair.
Joseph Meyer is erecting a
Mrs. Robt Adkins was a   lake
caller Thursday.
C. E.  Look  and   family   took
has been hit by frost.    If corn bungalow iu the Kapsner ad- supper at A. W.  Cook's  Thins
Training of Dogs
Allowed in Fields
As a prelude to the 1915 game
bird season the training of dogs
in the fields is allowed now, the
time being limited by law from
August 15 to September 1st. It
is not permissable to do any
shooting" or carry a gun but the
law does set forth that between
August 15 and September 1 it
shall be permissible for hunters
to work their dog's in the fields
to put them in trim for the real
opening" of the hunting" season,
which falls on September 7,
when there will be guns inplenty
to accompany the dogs.
GENERAL
MARKET REPORTS.
Grain and Produce
flarket Report.
Wheat, No. 1,       .90
Wheat, No. 2        .88
Flax, ..!        1.40
Barley ..     40
Rye       85
Oats      30
Ear Corn      65
Hay $5.00
Butter, Creamery _       37
"        Dairy       27
Eggs       13
Flour, Best     3.40
"    Straig-ht      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
South St. Paul
Hog Market.
Ave. Price.
Thursday ., t>.r>7
Friday 6.50
Saturday 6.40
Monday 6.15
Tuesday 6.10
has been hit by frost, however,
it should be put into bundles at
once, says A. C. Amy, of the
Minnesota Experiment Station.
Otherwise the leaves will fall off
and. much of the nutrient value
lost.
The following rules for the
preparation of bundle corn are
taken from Extension Bulletin
No. 34, of the Minnesota College
of Agriculture. They apply to
the putting" up of corn under ordinary conditions, but will serve
as a guide even for the condi
tions as they are now, except for
the fact that in case of frost
Mr. Amy's suggestion should be
observed.
"The corn is "cut as soon as
the husks have turned white,
although most of the leaves are
still green. No greater calamity
can befall the crop than to permit it to become over-ripe. The
bundles are made rather large,
and are placed in extremely
large shocks. The bundles are
set as nearly perpendicular as
possible, all the holes are tilled,
and the shock is well balanced.
The shock when finished is
drawn and tied near the top with
binding twine. The corn may be
shocked when the bundles are
wet with dew or rain, though it
has been found well to wait for
evaporation if possible. The
shocks are left in the field until
ready to be fed."
dition in lower town.
day evening.
Francis   Gil bride,   wife
and
And now we have two lines
of auto  busses between here children of Pier, were at Camp
n ,, , Wermerskirchen Thursday,
and the county seat.
Rodney and Magie Look   and
John    Schaefer    sold    his Margaret   Cook   attended    the
house in lower   town to  Hu-   party at Arba Waller's Saturday
Insurance For
Parcels Lower
The insurance rate on small
parcel post packages has been
lowered from 5 cents to 3 cents,
according" to a notice received
Monday from Washington by the
local postoftice. The charge
was formerly 5 cents lor any
package the value of which was
SlVi or less.
The rates on packages up to
$100 now are: Value $5 or less,
3 cents; value $5 to $25, 5 cents;
value $"25 to $50, 10 cents; value
$50 to $100,   -J5 cents.
Wednesday  6.15 last ti
Melrose, Minn., Aug'. 21—
Dolores Taylor, agned 13, was attacked by cramps while bathing
with other girls in the Sauk river. Her cries were, 'heard on
the other side by Josep h Robe-
tick, a boy of 16, -who plunged
into the river aud reached her
just as she was gnswag down   the i
bert Brust.
Posfluaster Simon P. Brick
of Little Falls was a Pierz
visitor Monday.
Deputy Sheriff A. A. Fue-
ger of Little Falls was in our
village Monday.
Sheriff Paul Felix of Little
Falls was in town ou ollicial
business last Saturday.
P. A. Hartmann made a
business trip to Minneapolis
Monday.
Nick Staub will open school
in Agram, district 46,Monday,
Sept. 6th.
Math.Karst is working with
a team on the new state road
in Mt. Morris.
The stork visited the Alfred Herold home in Buh last
Saturday morning.
Mrs. Nick Meyer, Mrs. John
Smith and Mrs. Christ. Faust
left Tuesday for Cross Plains,
Wis., to visit relatives.
Father Fridolin O. S. B. of
St. John's college is here visiting his parents, Mr. andMrs.
Anton Tembruell.
John M. Bloningen of St.
Martin bought the Cr. E. King
farm in Granite. The sale
was made by Jos. H. Grell.
N. H. White, of the American House in Little Falls,
was a caller in Pierz last
Monday.
Frank Love, formerly of
Vawter. was a Pierz caller
Saturday. He is now living
in Montana.
J. N. Carnes and relatives
of Iowa passed through Pievz
Saturday on their way to
Sullivan lake.
The outsiders that attended both funerals are: Michael Staub, August and Annie
Witchen of St. Cloud. Mrs.
John Wise and son John, Ben
Walerious and wife of Brainerd. John Simon and wife of
and Mrs. Lemay of Little
Falls. Henry Dahlmeier and
wife   of   Buckman.     Ignatz
night.
Several people from Pierx
among those where Dr. Healy
and wife were at the lake Sunday.
Mrs. A. W. Cook and j\lrs.
Christianson visited at C. E.
Look's Sunday.
T. S. Look and wife visited at
Mrs. Ford's Sunday.
J. N. Carnes and Thomas Les-
Michael Schmidtbauer
Passes Away
Michael Schmidtbauer died at
liis home in upper town last
Friday afternoon at 4 o'clock" at
the advanced age of almost 70
years. He was born in Bavaria
September 1st 1837, crossed the
Atlantic in 1852, and lived 26
years near Mayville, Wis., where
he married in 1862. In 1-7- Mr.
Schmidtbauer came to Pierz and
bought the old Frank Jaeger
farm, now owned by Jos. Peine.
liis first wife died in 1887, and
in 1891 lie was married to Mrs.
Anton Jamma, who, besides 9
children, 36 grandchildren and
2 greatgrad-children, survive
him. He was buried in St. Joseph's cemetery Monday morning.
JAMES J. HILL
Selected     as     Leading
Citizen    of    Minnesota.
Hillman News
(•J by Pach Bros.
HILL IS FOREMOST  CITIZEN
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Love,
Misses Alice Morton, Marie
Drews, Sadie and Bessie Benton;
Messers Harold Bain, Men Drews, '
Geo. Leigh and Donald Benton
took in the party at Arba Waller's last Saturday night.
Mr. and Mrs..). A- Sanborn,
ol Hoistein Park arrived o.i the
4 o'clock Saturday, (has. Sanborn met them at the train.
Miss Helen Davis of Little
Palls came Saturday afternoon,
to attend the party at Ruckei,
given in honor of sister Miss
Marian.
Miss Gertie Brown returned
from Pierz Monday
Mrs. ('h,is. Anderson and
Miss Edna French came up from
Minnesota   Committee   of   Five   Pick*
Railway  Magnate.
James J. Hill is  Minnesota's -
est  living  citizen,  according   to  tiio
decision of the committee of flvi
powered   by   Governor   Hammond  to
name  the  recipient   of  honors   >
conferred by the management <>f the
Panama-Pacific    exposition    at
Francisco.
Immediately after receiving t tm
rccomnviMkition of the committee
Governor Hammond signified liis acceptance of their choice. He instructed Herman B. Bamuelson, executive
clerk, to forward the Dame to i*l.
C. Moore, president of the fair, who
later will notify Mr. Hill on what
date lu Is to attend the exposition
and he presented with a diploma and
medal as a member of the exposition
hall of fame. Mr. Hill's sele
was ananlmot
ELECTION    OCCURS   OCT.   4
,.    ' ,   '        ,,        ,,       ,,r, . '  J the cities Monday, to visit their
lie of Koyalton, Geo. Whitney ot J
Iowa Falls, la., motored up to
Camp Linnelian, Saturday night
and returned home Sunday afternoon.
Four motorcyclists, namly,
Ernest Brand, Willie Marohn,
Stuart and Glenu Oliver were
callers at C. E. Look's  Sunday.
Hen Goldman of St. Paul, arrived Sunday and will visit a
week with the Linnehan's.
Onamia visitors Monday were
H. C. Smith and son Tom, Mr.
and Mrs. Robt Adkins.
Mrs. C. E. Look and children,
Mrs. Raymond Sims called at
Robt Adkins, Monday.
Mrs. Prank Sims visited with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Smith
Monday.
Mrs. Henry Rieke of Lastrup
visited at liobt Adkins, Sunday
and Monday.
Maggie Adkins and Annie
Smith called at the lakeTuesday.
sister,   Mrs.
Rucker.
R.    Ij.    Bruber  ol
May Have Found
Gold Near Pierz
Rooter Arrested
And Made Umpire
St. Cloud, Minn., Aug. 23.—
Arrested for loud rooting, released by order oi the mayor,
and a few moment later installed
as umpire, was the experience
oi Jimmy Donahue of Melrose,
during the game between Melrose and St. Cloud, played in
this city yesterday. The game
was a tight from start to finish,
St. Cloud winning by a score of
8 lo 5.
Donahue was one of the most
excited oi the visiting delegation. After a tussle witli an officer, he was arrested, but by
order of Mayor Seberger, who
was a spectator, was released
and in a few moments was installed as one of the uinpir
Petition   Filed  in   Fight to Make  Minneapolis Dry.
What   Hennepin  countv  drys
real  camp
to   make   Hennepin   county   dry  was
when i'"  George B. Battord, in
charge of tin- campaign tor the Cltl-
league, Bled with W. E. H
deputy county auditor, a pet
hearing    1 tailing   for
an election under the county option act.
Oct.   i   has   I"-, i
when the election w ill he held.
Among those present at the court-
ormer    Governor   Van
Bant, president of ti
former Mayor  David   C.  Jom
Cone,   C.  Grimsrud,   J,   M.   \ndei
W.   it.   Cordon.   Fred   M.   I'ov.
H.  Solomon.  ('.   M.   Chadhourne,  K.  J.
Miller and John  Barton.
The    petition   carries    1,283   more
names than are required.
DECLARES COUNTY WENT DRY
Tlie days of 1H49 may be re-
enacted on a modernized scale
in Morrison county. Samples
of sand believed to contain gold
have been sent to the Governor
by James Sheik, a farmer of
Pierz, Morrison county. Sheik
has written the Governor saying
that if the glittering material
is gold, there is an abundance
of it near Pierz for the deeper
one digs the more of the shining
material is unearthed.
The samples have been turned
Card of Thanks.
We hereby tender our hearty thanks to all that sympathized and helped lis during
the sickness and death of our
beloved husband and father
Michael Schmidtbauer.
Mrs. M. Schmidtbauer,
and children.
John Hinder received a check-
Saturday from the Boss Rifle
company of Canada for $2,250 in
payment of his claim against the
company for an injury to his
face caused by a defective
District   Court   Judge   Rules   Against
Wets   in   Election   Contest.
Pipestone  county   went   dry   at   tho
option election Juni rdlng to a
(hading of Jndge Quinn of Fairmont
in the contest instituted by the drys.
The   county    canvassing   hoard    re-
: the county wet by four ■■
The    drys    contested    and    Judge
Quinn  holds   the   vote  was   1,067   for
the  wets  and   1.070  for the drys
threw   out   thp otes  as   i
illegal,  annulh ause
ballots hore Identification marks and
threw out seven more as being unintelligible.
Tie- ppeal  from  tie
cision to the state supreme court.
HAS DECLINED TO INTERFERE
Minnesota   State   Auditor   Will   Avoid
Hibbing   Tax   Fight.
State Auditor Pre
interfere in the tax tangle at Hibbing
in which eleven mining companies refused   to   pay   $750,000   in   taxes  due
(or   i
Mr. Preus wrote a letter to Mayor
Victor I.. Power of Hibbing staling
he cannot take the action requested.
Mr Preus said the puriiose of the
statutes   which   Mayor asked
bim to invoke is to prevent the re-
• 1 of mineral from mines on
which a lien for taxes has attached,
the result of which removal might be
that the taxes cannot thereafter be
collected.
over to the   University   labora    rifle. The bolt of the gun, which
, c.    j-,, , ,  belonged to Dr. G. M.   A.  For-
tones for   analysis. —St.   Cloud
Times-
tier, flew back   and  struck   him
in the face while he was hunting
with it last   fall,   smashing   the
Xo man is poor who   d< side of his face and ne.
me.
'Jamma of New Trier.
his money regularly in the 1
State Bank, Genola.
ing   him  bis ^bt.—Trans
cript.
GRAND   RAPIDS   IS   CLOSED
Judge Stanton Rules Saloons Must
Go Out of Business.
Saloons of Grand Rapids must close
at once and there is no hope of other
places in the "Indian zone" breaking
through the lid as it is applied under
the 1S55 treaty, according to a decision of Judge -anton of Bemidji.
The decision is on Injunction pro-
ceedings brought by twelve Grand
Rapids saloon keepers, who sought to
restrain the government from closing
the saloons.
Don't Forget to attend the DANCE held at Faust's Hall, Wednesday, September 1st, 1915.