The Pierz Journal (Pierz, Morrison County, Minnesota), 1915-09-30

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THE   PIERZ  JOURNAL
VOL. 7.
PIERZ, MORRISON COUNTY, MINNESOTA, SEPTEMBER BO, 1915.
NO. 16.
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ABOUT THE STATE What is a Cubic Mile?
News ot Especial Interest to
« Minnesota Readers.
JULIUS H,~ BLOCK IS DEAD
Former   State   Treasurer   Expires   In
Duluth   Hospital,  Victim of
Brights  Disease.
Julius H. Block, former state treasurer, is dead of Brights disease at St.
Mary's hospital at Duluth.
Mr. Block was born in Galion, 0.,
March 30, 1860. He came to Minnesota with his parents in 1870, settling
in Le Sueur county. He afterward
moved to Nicollet county and his political career began with his election
as sheriffof^SIieoTle't county. He was
elected state treasurer on the Repub-
Ican ticket in 1900 and was re-elected in 1902 and 1904. His term of service as treasurer was from January,
1901, to January, 1907.
Following his retirement from state
office Block engaged in business. His
last entrance into politics was as a
candidate in 1914 for the Republican
nomination for auditor against J. A. O.
Preus and Henry Rines. Without an
organization and without any campaign funds worth mentioning he
polled more than 40,000 votes.
ELECT MRS. C0E PRESIDENT
Minnesota Federation of Women's
Clubs   Adjourns.
Mrs. W. T. Coe of Wayzata was
elected president of the Minnesota
Federation of Women's Clubs at Duluth by an overwhelming majority.
Her election means that some one
will have to be appointed president of
the Tenth district.
Mrs. W. I. Gray of Minneapolis was
elected corresponding secretary; Mrs.
George O. Welch of Fergus Falls, historian, and Mrs. E. H. Loyhed of Faribault, general federation secretary.
The delegates decided at the last
business session to strike out the
word "women's" in their title and
open their doors to men. They ap?
proved resolutions commending the
state and national prohibition movement and urged activity in the wet
and dry contest now being waged in
Hennepin county, and postponed incorporation of the organization.
They accepted Anoka as the 1916
convention city and thanked Hibbing
delegates for an invitation for 1917.
TAX LEVY FOR 1916 IS CUT
Minnesota Figure Lowered Six-tenths
of a  Mill.
The most cheering message that
could be sent to the officials and residents of the eighty-six Minnesota counties has been mailed by State Auditor
J. A. O. Preus, who announced that
the state tax levy will this year be
six-tenths of a mill less than last year.
Basing the estimate on a total state
valuation of $1,492,000,000 the state
levy will be 4.15 mills, against a levy
of 4.75 mills announced in 1914.
The retirement of state certificates
for the Itasca, state park and the state
historical society, together with a reduction in the prison building fund
and the state revenue, makes the reduction possible. It applies to the
taxes to be collected next year.
Minneapolis, St. Paul and Duluth,
because they are already taxed for
local teachers' pension funds, will not
be taxed for the state teachers' pension fund.
This will make a further reduction
of .05 of a mill for the three cities, a
total of 4.10 mills.
Tlie following- article, is a
translation from agferman paper
handed the Journal by Peter
Theiss:
What is a cubic mile? The
following: is a description of a
geographical cubic mile, that
the size of the earth which contains 2,662 millions such miles,
may be vividly brought before
your mind's eye. Imagine fil-
Uing a box one mile high, one
mile long, and one mile broad.
We'll begin with the city of
Berlin and throw it into the
box as if it were a toy. Now
we'll turn toward Potsdam and
throw in all the villages on
the way. The bottom is not yet
covered. Paris is thrown in
next; and then London.
Vienna is thrown in and also
Petrograd. All this junk is lying on the bottom. In desperation to fill the box we dump into it all the cities, forts, villages
—in short, all that was built
and created by man in Europe,
and all the ships on the ocean.
The box doesn't fill! Tlie pyramids of Egypt the railroads
and factories of America, and
all man's works of the world are
thrown into the box. Alas ! the
box is not yet half full.
We now shake the box a little
to let its contents settle; and as
we want to fill the box, let us
see if putting men, women and
children into it will not help.
Packing them in sardine-like, it
will take 12000 to make one mile
row; and 6500 rows which are
required to square the mile, will
take 78,000,000 human beings.
To make them comfortable we'll
gather all the straw and leaves
of the earth and put 30 feet of
it between each layer of peoples
of the earth. There are now i(0
layers of people in the box; but
it is not yet half full! We next
gather'all the animals and throw
them in. After calculating the
distance from the top layer to
the top of the box, we find that
it would take not less than the
human products of two earths
to fill it. And this is only one
cubic mile, of which the earth
has 2,662 millions.
Minnesota Corn
Outlook Brightens
"The corn outlook for Minnesota is far more encouraging
that it was two weeks ago, or
even one week ago. It looks
now as if there would be a fair
supply of Minnesota-grown seed
corn for next spring's planting
if every one who has corn which
has reached the dent stage gets
out and picks," says a statement,
issued today at the Minnesota
experiment station.
Two weeks ago Dean A. P.
Woods, .Andrew Boss, A. D.
Wilson and others at the Minnesota station, pronounced the
corn outlook desperate. Now
they speak hopefully of the
crop's prospects.
"Seed corn is going to be
scarce," says the statement.
"Every farmer who can should
pick enough for himself and as
much in addition as he can find.
All of this he should store on
racks or in strings in a warm,
well-ventilated place. His surplus will find a ready market at
good prices next spring.
"The farmer who has no corn
may save himself something in
cost by buying permission to select seed corn in the field of some
neighbor whose corn has matured more rapidly.
"The picking should be done
in time to avoid heavy frosts.
The weather should be observed, and if there are signs of a
drop in temperature, that may
indicate frost, picking should
begin at once and be rushed with
vigor."
GENERAL
MARKET REPORTS.
MILL CITY MURDER MYSTERY
Woman Assaulted and Slain In Her
Own   Home.
Mrs. i Anna Heinecke, twenty-six
years of age, wife of R. M. Heinecke
of Minneapolis, was assaulted and murdered in her home and the entire Minneapolis detective force is trying to
find a clue to the murderer. The police say the crime was one of the
most mysterious in the annals of Minneapolis  criminal history.
The only witness to the crime was
the nineteen-months-old baby of Mr.
and Mrs. Heinecke. Mr. Heinecke
found his wife dead when he returned
home about dusk. It was evident she
hud been dead several hours then.
BAG WITH $1,600 IS STOLEN
Duluth Railway Cashier Robbed In
Bank Building.
As the cashier of the Duluth Street
Railway company turned away from a
Window at the First National bank
in the Zenith City he was jostled by
two men and the leather sack containing the $1,600 drawn from tbe
bank to complete the company's payroll was snatched from his hand. It
was handed to a third man, who disappeared.
The street railway man grappled
with the man who snatched the sack
and held him until the police came.
Get 45 Bushels
Wheat To Acre
The largest acre yield of wheat
reported this year in Morrison
county is that from the farm of
Fred Preudenreich and sons in
Ripley town. They had 80 acres
in Marquis wheat which yielded
an average of 45 bushels per
acre of No. 1 hard grain. The
wheat was raised on well cultivated clover sod. Barley and
oats also reached a high yield
on the same farm, the former
averaging 50 bushels to the acre
and the latter 90.
The Preudenreichs live on
what is known as the old Beve-
ridge farm.
Bolt Kills Eighteen Cattle.
Lightning struck in the midst of a
herd of cattle on the farm of Miller
BroB. at Hokah, killing eighteen of
the animals. There were forty in the
herd.
Grain and Produce
flarket Report
Wheat, No. 1,       .84
Wheat, No- 2         .82
Flax,        1.60
Barley   ._     42
Rye       86
Oats     -28
Ear Corn      65
Hay $5.00
Butter, Creamery       37
Dairy       27
Eggs         18
Flour, Best      2.80
"    Straight      2.70
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  ___6.50
Friday 6.40
Saturda y 6.25
Monday 6.25
Tuesday 6.90
Peter J, Ruff Died Monday,
Peter J. Ruff, one of the well
known young men of LittleFalls,
died Monday afternoon at St.
Gabriel's hospital after an operation for appendicitis, from
which he had been ill for a week.
He was 27 years old.
FALL CLEAN-UP
KILLS INSECTS
In the war against farm and [
garden pests a fall cleanup is a
good means of attack. Fall
plowing is generally recognized
as a good method for the prevention of insect injury, but
rubbish left in piles along fences
or in fence corners, or in the
orchard or kitchen garden, make
the best kind of winter quarters
for insect pests in various stages. Trash of this kind should
be cleared away, preferably by
burning, as such burning destroys  any   insects   among   the
Locals of Pierz
And Vicinity
Born—To Mr. and Mrs.
Karl Kapsner last week a
daughter.
Phil. Randall did some surveying in the village Tuesday.
John Rassier and family of
Little Falls spent a hours in
Pierz Sunday.
The time has come to put
up your heater and size up
your coal supply.
Show at Faust's Opera house
every Sunday night.
Adolf Anderson and Clare
Anderson of Soldiers Grove,
Wis., were visitors in our
village last week.
Chas. Baker of Arlington,
Iowa, was a caller in Pierz
last week, looking over land
lie owns north-east of here.
Joseph Jaeger his wife and
son Frank of Staples were
here over Sunday visiting
relatives and friends.
Peter and John Mueller of
Buckman run their new car
up from Buckman Sunday
evening.
If this weather continues
much longer, there will be
some th resiling to do next
spring.
Mrs. John Newman visited
her daughter, Mrs. Herman
Meyer: in Royalton last
week.
Mrs. Christ Mons and son
Joseph of St. Mathias, Crow
Wing Co., were over Sunday
visitors in Pierz.
If you haven't lots of push
about you. steer clear of baby carriages and lawn mowers.
Reports show that Minnesota corn Nos. 13 and 23 are
best adapted to Minnesota
conditions.
J. Eshpeter, who taught
in district 99 last year has
accepted the position of principal of tlie public* schools
of Strassburg, JN. J).
Mike Meyer. Joseph Jan-
orsky, John and Nick Meyer
will soon leave for Frazee,
where they will work for the
Nichols <fc Chisholm Lumber
Co. the coming winter.
John Bollig, who has been
visiting his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. P. J. Bollig, returned to
Minneapolis last week to resume his work in tlie Russell
flour mill.
Mrs. Stanley Svec of Hopkins, who has been visiting
at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Al. Dominick east of Pierz,
returned to her home Sunday,
Mr.  Dominick   accompanied
WAR IS HELL!
If you are interested in seeing the terrible war in Europe stopped, attend the
Mass Meeting which will be held Sunday
Oct. 3rd at 12:30 at Parochial School Hall.
Arno L. Petersen from Davenport, Iowa,
will tell you how you can help to stop the
war. Everybody come and help the good
cause along.
Man Is Impaled
On Pitch Fork
St. Cloud, Sept. 22.—Impaled
upon the tine of a pitchfork
stuck deep into the side of a
grain stack, John Pientak of
Opole dangled helplessly between the heavens and earth
with a bar of cold steel run directly through his lower abdomen until assistance arrived,
yesterday afternoon. Pientak
was employed on a farm near
Royalton. While crawling down
from the top of a grain stack
he slipped and fell heavily upon
a projecting pitchfork A single
tine entered the groin, passing
through the lower abdomen penetrated the back. Other farm
hands hastened to the man's
assistance. Although the accident occurred at i) o'clock in the
afternoon, Pientak did not reaidi
the city until   nearly   midnight.
According to the attending
surgeon, the man's prospects for
a complete and early recovery
are excellent.
SELECT SEED
POTATOES NOW
Potato-digging is beginning
in northern Minnesota and potato-digging time is the time to
select seed potatoes.
By hill-selection one farmer
found the first year that only 16
hills out of a 100 yielded six
marketable tubers. After following up the work for four
years, saving his seed potatoes
from hills containing not less
than six marketable potatoes
each, his yield was 70 hills per
hundred, or an increase of near
ly r>00 per cent.
All diseased potatoes should
be discarded.
No Stock From
Pierz At The Fair
There was no live stocK From
Pierz exhibited at the fair last
week. This shows a lack of interest in the stock industry. Or,
perhaps it is due to a reluctance
on the part of the fanners to
ha\e their cattle and hogs compared and in competition with
the prize winners of M. M. Wil-
li.ams, John Wetzel and a few
others. Hut hereafter neither
of the above will enter stock
for prizes, so Mr. Wetzel told
the writer.
This Is The Time To
Pick Seed Corn
Wednesday 6.99 rubbish
her to Little Falls.
This applies to all of you.
who go up and down the land
chewing gum. There are
times when a piece of gum
may be acceptable. It prevents thirst, aids digestion
and tones up the gums, they
tell us; but allow us to tell
you thai the process is unbecoming and improves no ones
looks, and if yon do not believe this, just look into a
mirror the next time you are
chewing.
A Way To Catch Rats
To The Farmer: I will give
my experience in catching rats.
I feed the rats several nights on
top of a barrel covered with
course brown paper, using cheese
or cornmeal as bait. After that
I cut a cross in the paper, so
the rats fall in the barrel. By
this method 1 have caught as
many as thirty rats in a night.
—D. F., Beltrami Co., Minn.
Now is the time to pick seed
corn.
Every farmer who has a field
in which corn h:s readied the
dent stage, or a more advanced
stage, should pick his seed corn
for next year now.
Those who have no corn mature enough to pick for seed
should secure permission to pick
from some neighbor's tield at a
fixed price per bushel.
Corn, having been picked for
seed, should be stored Immediately, so as to avoid danger of
freezing- In storing, the corn
should be hun^ OP where it will
get thorough ventilation. Cold
weather will be less likely to
hurt it it it has teen thoroughly
dried.
No farmer can get too much
seed corn this fall. If he gathers more than he cares to use on
his own tields. he will be able
to dispose of his entire surplus
at a profit in spring.
MAKE FODDER OF
IMMATURE CORN
JULIUS H.
BLOCK.
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Former   State
of    Minnesota
Treasurer
Is    Dead.
DEPOSITS GAIN $10,000,000
Big   Increase    in   Savings    Shown   by
Minnesota  State  Banks.
Deposits have Increased  i
D9O.OO0 ami overdrafts decrea
i>i'u    in    Itate banks    during    the    last
year, it was shown in a report by Albert   H.   Turrittin,   state   superintend
ent of banks.    The figures were t
from statements made by the  b
Sept.   2,   compared   with   those  made
Sept.  19,   '
There are now in .Minnesota, the report   shows,   010   state   banks,   an   in
crease   of   sixty-six    over    tl
1914.    Their  total
166,013,  an  increase of $13,6
The most noteworthy gains u
time certificates, amounting to $102,
hlch is an Increase of $6,-
920,000, and in savings accounts,
amounting to $18,1!
of $1,640,000. Overdrafts, which a
year ago ,,000, totaled $311,-
000 this year.
WOMAN'S PLEA  SAVES  MAN
Farmers Were Bent on Lynching Near
St.   Paul.
The presence of mind of Mrs. C.  H.
Jackson probably prevented the lynch
in^;   oi   Frank   Schmidt.
Oakdale.   a   St.    Paul   suburb
hours  after  his attack  on   Mrs.   I
Hammes  in  the  kitchen  of  her   I
home.
Fifteen farmers, armed with pitchforks and  rifle determined   to
e the assault on  Mrs.  Han
whose throat is se d.
Rifles were being trained on Schmidt
when Mrs. Jackson stood up in an
automobile and warned the men not
to fire.
"Whatever  this  man   has  done  and
whatever you  may think he des'
i  he, too, has a m<
somewhere,   remember   that   he   Is   a
man and let the law take its cou
cried Mrs. Jackson.
Reluctantly tin- i their
rifles,   but   they   still   cl for   a
chance to "let daylight" into Schmidt's
body.
Weather Bureau,
Weather Forecast for the week
beginnm^ Wednesday, issued
by the U. S. Weather Bureau at
Washington. D. C, for tlie Upper Mississippi Valley and the
Plain State-:
Generally fair and moderately
cool weather will prevail through
a greater portion of the week,
except that local rains are provable in the beginning of the
week in the extreme Upper Mississippi valley.
A considerable amount of Minnesota corn is not going to
mature this fall, but uruch of
this corn can be made use uf as
fodder. Any cum which has attained nearly its full height and
in which ears are formed wiil
make excellent fodder if it is
cut before being severely frozen
and put into mediumsized shocks
for curing. It will also make
satisfactory rough feed for sheep
or stock cattle.
In these facts lie   suggestions
for farmers who   have   a
or  who can   purch. kers
at reasonable prices in the vicinity of their farms.
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SEVEN    SPOONS   FOUND    IN
WOMAN'S   JTOMACH.
In the stomach of a woman
operated upon at the state Insane     hospital     at     !<
found  I l is, a
hairpin and a long straw.
A nurse saw tbe woman
swallow a spoon recently.
Physicians were sumrm
and an X-ray examination was
made The patient had not
complained    of    any    dlscomfl-
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WINONA PRIEST IS INDICTED
Assailant  of   Bishop   Heffron  Charged
With Assault.
The  grand  jury  of  Winona county
has   returned   an   Indictment   against
lather I.. M. I or assault
in the flrst degree, charging that Aug.
27 lie assaulted Bishop P. It. Heffron
with   intent   to   kill.     Father
was not in court when the Indictment
was retur:
Bishop Heffron continues to Invj
prove from the wounds suffered when
Father Lesches shot him.
Wedding Dance
•    at Genola.
A free wedding dance   will be
given at the Genola y on
; very body is cordially invited.
Al.,
'RUDE BRAUN.
THEATER MANAGER IS SLAIN
Victim of Robbers Who Tie His Hand*
and   Slug   Him.
The body of Charles Oellehay. fifty-
<ars old. manager of the Majestic   theater  at   Ellsworth,  was  found
'ump of willows near that placo.
He   was   killi '   rning   to
his  home  with   the  night  receipts  of
the theater in his pocket, about $300.'
head had been crushed with a
foot   piece   of   gas   pipe.     His
hands were tied behind his back.
MILL CITY   MAN   ENDS   LIFE
Act    Probably   Due   to   Worry    Over
Financial Matters.
W.    I..    Stevens,   manager   of   the
Guaranty   Flour  company,  ended  his
life in his home in Minneapolis.
The act was due, it is said, to wor-
over  financial troubles.    Mr.  Ste-
was sixty years old.
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