The Pierz Journal (Pierz, Morrison County, Minnesota), 1915-11-18

              THE   PIERZ   JOURNAL
VOL. 7.
PIERZ, MORRISON COUNTY, MINNESOTA, NOVEMBER 18, 1915.
NO. 23.
ABOUT THE STATE
News of Especial Interest to
Minnesota Readers,
EVERY COUNTY ASKED TO JOIN
Governor   Hammond   Issues   Call   for
All-Minnesota Development Convention   in   December.
Governor Hammond has Issued a
call for an all-Minnesota development
convention to be held at St. Paul on
Dec. 10. "This call is for the purpose
of having all sections of the state
unite upon a program of development
which will be of benefit to the whole
state, to be presented to the next legislature," said the governor.
Each- county is invited to send three
delegates to the convention.
The governor suggests the delegates represent, as far as possible, all
the organizations and agencies interested in the welfare of the county.
They should be selected at a county
meeting at which all the organizations in the county shall have a voice
in the selection.
IVERSON   OPENS   CAMPAIGN
Fires Initial Gun in His Race for the
Governorship.
Samuel G. Iverson, former state
auditor, fired the opening gun in his
campaign for the governorship in an
address before the Brotherhood of the
First German Methodist church at St.
Paul.    The speech followed a dinner.
"I want to invite you men to vote
$100,000,000 in your own pockets," he
said, "by voting the state at the next
election the right to sell the ore that
is now held by you under lakes and
water courses in Minnesota.
"Under the present constitution and
laws the ore under water, which belongs to the people, cannot be sold
unless the state is given the right to
sell it. Under one lake alone it is estimated that there is 75,000,000 tons of
iron ore which at the present value
would bring a dollar a ton. There are
more than twenty-five similar lakes in
Northern Minnesota.
"The money obtained in- this way
would go to a permanent fund, the income of which would be used for roads
and bridges throughout the state."
Remarks About
John Heach
FLAYS BREWERY INFLUENCE
William E. Lee Says It Must Get Out
of  Politics.
William E. Lee of Long Prairie, Republican candidate for governor last
year, says he will not enter the field
again if some other candidate takes
a satisfactory stand on state issues.
"The issues of this campaign," said
Mr. Lee, "will be the question of
economy and efficiency in state government to lower taxes, which have
become excessive, and driving tho
liquor power out of politics. The two
issues are inseparable. As long as
we have brewery influence dominating our politics we will have inefficiency and extravagance in state affairs.
"I will support any good man for
governor who stands for these things
and I will not support him unless he
does. I have no disposition to get into
the fight myself."
CAUSE    FOR   THANKSGIVING
Minnesota Governor Gives Reasons in
Proclaiming  Day.
Minnesota people have ample reason this year to be thankful, says Governor Hammond in his Thanksgiving
day proclamation. He makes a special appeal to those in comfortable
circumstances to show their gratitude
by giving aid to the needy.
The proclamation expresses the
sympathy of Minnesotans for those
who are suffering from the horrors of
war and mentions the fact that the
United States is at peace as a special
reason for giving thanks.
FORMER   BANKER   INDICTED
Accused by Federal Jury of Misappropriating   $8,000.
The federal grand jury at Fergus
Falls Indicted Francis C. Gary, the
former Barnesvills banker, on a
charge of appropriating approximately
$8,000 of the funds of the Barnesville
National bank, of which he was president.
Cary was indicted last spring for
the same offense, but the indictment
was quashed on the ground that two
of the jurors were prejudiced.
The Journal lias been asked
several times why nothing- was
said about the life of JohnHeach.
There are several reasons. One
is that nothing- is known about
him; and another is that giving
much prominence to a man like
John, who had so small a part
in the historv and the making of
of the community, might seem
too much like putting popularity upon debauchery and idolatry
upon thriftlessness. Why rave
about John Heach ? He is dead
and. gone and .almost forgotten.
Yet there seems to be a silent
craving for the knowledge of his
past. The reason is that he had
a distinct personality—he was a
character. He was unlike anybody else and he had no counterpart. John's nature was
made up of inconsistencies and
opposites. He was neat and orderly regarding liis scanty belongings, yet careless of his personal appearance; a diligent
collector of trash and trinkets,
he overlooked the value of a dollar; the possessor of a full set
of carpenter tools, he yet knew
not how to file a saw nor how to
push a plane. After deciding
upon a certain corner of a barn
or shed for a temporary home,
he would invariably nail upon the
wall a fragment of a mirror, and
a sardine box to serve as a reep-
tacle for a cake of soap. The
soap was generally missing.
Plat thin stones, certain shaped
nails, burrs etc., were always
found among his treasured collections. John never sought
charity. Rather than ask for
aid from his more fortunate
neighbors, he would endure the
extremes of cold and hunger.
More than once have I seen John
crawl out of his blankets, after
a 48 hour! nap, in late fall to
stand shivering by a stove for
several hours and then return
to his haunts for another 48
hours siege, without uttering even a murmerof complaint.
The jokes and pastimes in which
he was generally the chief actor
and which were by many thought
to be impositions because of his
age and peculiarities, were largely of his own making and as
much enjoyed by him as bjr any
one else. "I am looking for a
dogfight and old John Heach
will furnish it" was his favorite
expression.
He came to Pierz from Little
Palls about 24 years ago to help
build the house on the old Ludwig Otasek place. There the
curtain is rung down on his past.
He posed as a veteran of the
civil war, but there is no record
on file in Washington that he
ever served either in the union
or confederate army. Shown a
newspaper clipping a few years
ago, stating that Wm. Quantrel,
the famous guerrilla leader, had
died in the west, he seemed
much interested and in plaintive
voice said that he knew "Billy"'
St Martin Boy
Meets Death
Joseph Loeken, a rancher living near Glendive, Mont., a son
ot John Loeken of St. Martin,
Stearns county, was killed by a
fall from his horse last Thurs-
doy. The body wTas shipped to
Paynesville and funeral services
were held at St. Martin on Friday morning at nine o'clock.
Hillman News
Miss Maud Bethel and Carolyn Sutliff went to Isle Friday
afternoon, returning  Saturday.
The following young people
enjoyed the "Plying Dutchman"
party last Saturday evening
given by the the bachelors occupying the A. C. Blue place.
Misses Inga Hanson, Alice Morton,-Carolyn Sutliff and Marie
Drews; Messrs. John Love, Don
Sommers, Geo. and Giles Leigh.
Mr. and Mrs. Irwin Drews
spent Sunday afternoon at the
Bruber home in Rucker.
Stock As a Fac
tor In
Farming
Records from 400 farms in
Rice county, Minnesota, show
that good livestock was the
most important factor in making farming- profitable. The
labor income, or the amount of
money tbe farmer earned above
farm expenses, interest on the
farm investment at 5 per cent
and the value of farm produce
used in the household, was used
as the measure of success.
The productivity of livestock
is measured by the value of the
returns to the farmer. Those
farms having livestock returning less than 60 per cent of the
average of all the farms on the
basis of the livestock kept,gave
an average labor income of S49
less than nothing. In other
words these farmers had to take
$49 from the interest on their
investment in order to nay
their farm expenses. Farms
with livestock returning from
60 to 100 per cent of the aver-
Those at Pierz the first of a&e> grave an average labor in-
this week were: .H. Lansberger' come of §140; those with live-
and Irwin Drews on Monday, • stock returning from 101 to 140
H. P. Peterson, John Pinna, | per cent of the average gave a
Richard Summers and Aug
Drews, Tuesday.
News Gathered
Here and There
Arthur Markuson of Minneapolis arrived Monday for a
visit with his brothers at Mt.
Morris.
labor income of §506; those with
livestock returning over 140
per cent on the average, gave
a labor income of $911. Livestock did not give a high   labor
income in every instance.   Yield
Chas. Stucke left Tuesday for    £ c e .
,..,,     ,    „   _.        , ,    J   .,,  of crops, size of farm   business,
Milbank, S. D.,  where   he  will
spend the winter with   his son
Joseph Kelly was a Hillman
caller Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Miller
left Tuesday for Bemidji, where
they will visit at the Geo. Pose
home.
Anton Friedrich of Pierz
spent a couple of days here
hunting, the first of this   week.
efficiency of labor and the
amount of livestock are all important factors.—Selected.
Cutting off advertising may
reduce expenses, but so does
cutting your windpipe reduce
the cost of living—Levang's
Weekly.
The Law of Wages,
It is estimated that the average corn binder is in use not
more than four days of each
year, lasts about eleven years,
and costs its owner 84 cents for
every acre it covers.
Killed ^feying With Gun.
Raymond Peterson, three-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Christ Peterson.
Mound View, Hennepin county, was
shot through the left breast and killed when his brother, Richard, six
years old. dropped a 16-gauge shotgun,
causing its discharge. The boys were
playing in a woodshed.
Pioneer of 1848 Is Dead.
Martin Shaughnessy, member of the
Sixth Minnesota volunteers, who went
under Colonel Sibley to the relief of
Fort Ridgely in the Indian outbreak
of 1862, is dead at Minneapolis. Mr.
Shaughnessy came to Minnesota in
1848, settling in Sibley county.
Investigations made by the
Department of Agriculture indicate that the average cost of
raising a heifer on a dairy farm
in the northern and eastern sections is about 861 at the end of
her second year; this includes
an allowance of $7.81 for labor.
Thus it appears that the dairy
farmer in the sections mentioned
can not afford to raise a heifer
that is not worth more than $60
when she is two years old.
That suow made one think
of Xmas.
Geo. Kiewel called on Pierz
costumers Tuesday.
Thanksgiving dance in Faust's
Hall Thursday. Nov. 25, 1915.
Joseph Schram of Onamia,
intends to make Pierz his
home.
Threshers report that tlie
clover seed crop is very poor
this fall.
Commencing December 1st,
there will be a show every
Wednesday arid Sunday night
at Faust's opera house.
LymanAyer passed through
Pierz on his way to Herman
Wieland's place, Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Jos. Grittner
of Buckman were Sunday visitors at the Frank Kaminer-
meyer home.
Red Faust and Christ Morrill started out Tuesday morning and returned at noon
with a deer.
Johnsdale, a small station
on the Soo line between Hillman and Onamia, will soon
get a postoffice.
N. H. Mueller of Buckman
called here Tuesday. ' Nick-
says he is getting along nicely on the farm.
Win. Leidenfrost spent several days at St, Cloud last
week, visiting his mother.
who is at the Old Folks Home.
and the distances between them,
he was thoroughly familiar with.
Asked three days before his
death if any one should be notified, he said he had a brother.
"He  stood at  the front  of  my
bed last night-' he  said "and I
well.    Perhaps he  served under  hope he is  in heaven."    "Come
him. He knew the south well
and seemed fairly well acquainted in the principal cities east of
back tomorrow and I will tell
you more" were his last words
that   evening
Submission   to
the  Mississippi.    The intimate  His will he embraced the catho-
i
knowledge he seemed to possess   ]jc   faitb   an   hour   before   his
of many   places in the   east and  death.    He now  lies butried   in
Everyone   who   works  under
the direction  of  another  pays
for superintendence and inspection.    Some pay more and some
pay less.    That is to say, a dol-
lar-a-day man would receive two
dollars a day were it not for the
fact that someone has  to think
for him.    The result is  that  he
contributes   to   the   support  of
those   who    superintends    him.
Make  no   mistake   about  this:
Incompetence and disinclination
require supervision,   and    they
pay for  it.     The   less  you  require   looking  after  the    more
able you are to stand alone   and
complete your tasks, the greater
your reward.    Then, if you  can
not only do your own work, but
direct   intelligently   and   effectively the efforts of others your
reward is in exact ratio, and the
more people you direct and   the
higher   intelligence    you    can
rightly lend,  the more valuable
is your life.    You can go to  the
very top and take Edison,   for
instance, who sets a vast army
at    work    and   wins  not  onlv
deathless fame, but  a   fortune,
great    beyond    the  dreams  of
avarice.    And  going  down the
scale,   you   can   find  men   who
will not work of themselves and
no one  can   make  them   work,
and   so  their   lives  are   worth
nothing, and they are a tax and
a burden on the community.   Do
your work so well  that   it   will
require no supervision,   and   by
doing your  own  thinking,  you
will save the expense of  hiring
some one to think for you.—Selected.
A bank cannot keep its patrons unless it serves them. The
First State Bank of Genola, the
bank you can trust, holds its
customers by service.
More than one hundred big
game licenses have been issued in Morrison county this
fall. Wonder if there are
that many deer i
Korbinian Kiedlichner received a letter informing him
that two of his schoolmates,
who served in the Bavarian
army, had been killed.
Mr. and Mrs. John J. Line-
han of Sullivan were Pierz
business callers last Monday.
They say hunters have been
numerous there this fall.
Wasted dollars have caused
more heartache and human Buffering than all the war since
the world began. Bank your
dollars at the First State Bank
of Genola, the bank you can
trust.
A light snow storm passed
over this part of the county
Monday.
Threshing is about all done
and the machines have gone
to rest for another year.
Don't tell all you know.
Maintain some reserve. There
is nothing more useless than
a dry well.
Frank Brandl lias moved
his barber chair into t tie Harney Gross building under the
N. W. Central exchange.
Many a man has missed his
opportunity by the thickness ol
a dollar bill, the dollar he failed
to bank at the First State Bank
of Genola, the bank you can
trust.
Forty hours devotion was
held in St. Joseph's church
this week. Priests from the
neighboring parishes assisted
during the services.
The Misses Mons of St.
Mathias, Crow Wing county,
are here visiting with their
grandmother, Mrs. Schmidtbauer and other relatives.
Herman Terhaar of Agram
underwent an operation in
St. Cloud last week. From
last report lie is rapidly recovering from the effects of
the operation.
The adjuster of claims of
the Insurance Co., in which
John Mischke had his building insured, called here Monday and allowed the claim
in full.
Quite a few < f our boys returned from Dakota Friday
and Saturday, where they
had worked at threshing.
They all report good crops
there.
The lack of money is tlie root
of more evil than the love ot it.
Open a bank account at the
First State Hank of Genola, the
bank you can trust.
Mike Brisk. Alex and Anton Johns, and Math, Valentine jr., left for the woods
Wednesday morning. They
will work for the Pine Tree
Lumber Co.
Joseph Schram of Onamia,
here this week, is showing
pipes made by the indians of
Pipestone, where he formerly
lived. One is on exhibition
at tlie Columbia hotel.
The Little Falls Livestock
company has furnished a
large number of Mille Lacs
indians  witli   lilies this
What Schools
And Towns Get
The  money from the Novem
ber settlement is ready for
ment as follows:
TOWNS
Agram	
Buckman   .
Buh	
Granite	
11.
Hillman	
1.00
Leigh 	
17
Lakin	
Mt. Morris	
L28
Morrill     ..
Pierz 	
Platte	
Pulaski..     	
Richardson 	
1.17
VILLAGES
Pierz 	
SCHOOL DISTRK
No. 11	
26'
"  LS	
24!
" 36	
28?
" 3li	
11-
" 41	
22!
"  46	
31
( i      wm
.>•>   .   	
" 82	
158. Il'
" 78	
" h7	
26
"  88	
1.18
" 00	
L91.71
" IL'	
211
"  97	
161.06
" 88	
.2.06
"  99	
"   Hi-	
150.72
"   1l'7	
28f
"  129	
201.08
"  134	
Some fiimrod,
M. .!. Bockhorni,  a  re]
sentative  of   tlie   linn    Wel/.-
&fangler<& Co.. St. Paul, came
up on   Nov.   10th, to   ha\ i
few days hunt   in this vicinity.    Mr. Bockhorni returned
to his home in St. Paul Wednesday,   having  been ex<
tionally lucky in getting the
limited number of duckfl and
one   deer   weighing 288   lbs.
and   also   bagged   nearly  a
whole family of bear, getting
the old bear  nud   two cubs.
This is some hunting
and it is a safe guess that   it
will not be  excelled  by  any
of our local niinrods.
Unclaimed Letters,
List of letters remaining   on-
claimed    in    tie Office   at
Pier/.,    Minn.,   on   V
mber, II
E. Couach, Mr. John 11
son and expects to get several   Mr. Peter G. Johnson, Mr. and
hundred  saddles of  venison Mis.   Ed.   Miller,    Mr
from them   tlie coming year. Norak,
Peter Wermerskireheii. a
nephew to Mel Wermerskirchen and Prank Markson of
Jordan, are here visiting relatives. Joseph Ethen took
them out iu his auto to show
them the country.
Arthur Schmidtbauer and
Peter Feucht of LeRoy. Wis..
are visiting the Louis Feucht
family. Louis took them out
into the woods last Saturday
and showed them how to
shoot deer. They brought
home one. :iere   i,e  wa8 employed  by Flour, Best-
Math.Gruberand Mrs-Tho- tl." government  in ma* ( ^ ^^fiour""."-".".".'.".,
mas Theser will leave Friday survey of the boundary conn-  Bran	
morning for Argyle. Minn., try.   The surveying
—Transcript 30 years ago. M __
Market Report
Joseph    Nagel    and    Win. 	
Kelzenberg     returned     this Grain and Produce
week . from   Minneapolis   to Harket Report.
which place they accompan-! Wheal —
ied Frank Schubilla and Lizzy. Whea'
Kelzenberg.   who   were mar-; Flax, ..-	
ried last week.    They report  '
three inches of snow in Minneapolis.
O. M. Smart of Rice ha
turned   from   the   northern
l Rye	
Oats	
Ear Corn
-- 	
Butter, Crea
Dairy ....
part   of   St.   Loi -ggs.
65
$5.00
37
If you have money in our bank
south could have   been acquired  gt.  Joseph's  cemetery, but let  you ;u-e provided for an umbrel-1 .md wit-e    Albert Bayerl will   \ '   survey is being Ground Feed..
only by   extensive   travel   or by us la fund for  the rainy   day   that ' r«»tiii-ii with   them and  bring  D rty   this   v-
reading,  retained by a remark- \.No further seek his merits to disclose comes to all.    First State Bank-
to visit   witli   Albert   Bayerl  sists of  some   20 men,   and a Cracked Corn 80 pounds 1
1.4U
2.00
06
with   him
a ..und  horses, was employed in the Crooked i0"10
a hie memory.   Facts about Dane Nor draw his fnulties from their dread   of   Genola,   the   bank   you   can | ^^ fae wU1 Qffer fm ^^   ,;lake COUntry.
Co., Wis., such  as the villages, j
abode.
trust.
Potatoes
Don't forget to attend the THANKSGIVING DANCE in Faust's Hall, Thursday, November 25th' 19t5.