The Pierz Journal (Pierz, Morrison County, Minnesota), 1916-02-24

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PIERZ   JOURNAL
VOL. 7.
PIERZ, MORRISON COUNTY, MINNESOTA, FEBRUARY 24, 11)10.
NO. 36.
ABOUT THE STATE
fcws of Especial Interest to
Minnesota Readers,
GATHERED FROM ALL SECTIONS
State Fire
Marshal's Report,
Happenings of the Week Briefly Told
for the Convenience of the
Busy Reader.
Grand Meadow's high school has
been destroyed by fire.
Mrs. Charles D. Frank, prominent
in church and social circles, is dead
at Hastings.
Mrs. John McCarthy, aged sixty-
seven, for fifty-five years a resident
of Minneapolis, is dead.
John A. Johnson, a farmer near
Grand Meadow, was struck and killed
by a tree he was felling.
Glenn P. Beach, assistant engineer
of the state railroad and warehouse
commission, has resigned.
Dr. Allanson G. AJdrich, leading
Democrat and Anoka's oldest-resident
physician, is dead, aged sixty.
A wild cat four feet three inches
in length was killed In the chicken
coop of Joseph Marko in Northeast
Brainerd.
Frank Mallinger, a farmer residing
near Barnesville, choked a large gray
wolf, which was fighting his dog, to
death with his bare hands.
John Hines, an ice harvester, wa3
killed instantly when he and six companions jumped from a moving freight
train at White Bear Beach.
According to Dr. Frank Nelson,
president of Minnesota college, the
$100,000 subscription fund for that institution will soon be complete.
A. H. Turrittin, state superintendent
of banks, has signed checks for the
first 50 per cent to be paid, depositors
of the defunct Osseo State bank.
Anthony Heim, eighty-three years
old, a resident of Winona county for
sixty years, is dead. Mr. Heim was a
member of the legislature in 1875.
Judge Clinton O. Welch, justice of
the peace and pioneer resident of Gilbert, dropped dead on the street of
apoplexy. He was fifty-nine years of
age.
Steel corporation officials at Duluth
have just announced the recently increased wage scale is in force. It affects 15,000 men in the Duluth district.
Rochester voters will pass on a proposed $125,000 bond issue for school
purposes at an election March 14. This
will be the third school election in
six years.
The appointment of Otto N. Rathy
as postmaster of St. Paul has been
confirmed by the senate. Mr. Raths
took office as postmaster on April 5
last under a recess appointment.
George Holland of Wells was robbed
of $790 at Albert Lea as he was boarding a train for home. Mr. Holland
had just sold' some land and the
money lost was the first payment.
The state board of investment has
decided to receive bids Feb. 29 on the
$2,127,000 worth of foreign bonds
owned by the state of Minnesota as a
part of the permanent trust funds.
John B. BushneU, prominent in the
development of the implement business in the Northwest and one of the
founders of thc Minneapolis Threshing Machine company, is dead in the
Mill City.
Congressman 0. A. Lindbergh, having decided not to run for governor,
has asked the return of his $50 Bling
fee, but Secretary of State Sehmahl
says he has no authority for making
a refund.
Fire at Savage destroyed seven
buildings belonging to Riley Bros., a
general store, saloon, meat market,
warehouse, icehouse and two barns.
For a time the business section was
threatened.
A $200 Hoistein bull call' will be
given the Ramsey county farmer growing the best alfalfa in 1916. Senator
J. M. Hackney has offered the prize
through the Ramsey County Agricultural society.
The six-year-old daughter of Mike
J. Stephen of Pitt was killed instantly
by the accidental discharge of her
lather's rifle while he was hanging it
ui the wall. The bullet entered the
child's brain.
John C. Rudolph, former auditor ot
Brown county, is dead in Chicago. He
was born in Prussia in 182$ and settled at New Dim in 1S57. lie took an
active part in the defense of that city
in the Sioux war.
St. Paul national banks have $91,-
B08.000 on deposit, a new high record
in the city's financial history. Deposits in national, state and savings
banks and trust companies probably
exceed $125,000,000.
James B. Blanchard. who reached
.Moorhead in 1S71 and for forty years
had been a constable and bailiff of
Clay county, is dead. Mr. Blanchard
built the first house in Moorhead. He
was ninety-six years of age.
John H. Hansen of St. Cloud, the
twenty-two-year-old son oi Circuit
Judge Hubert Hansen, a junior in
Creighton baw college at Omaha, was
iound dead iy the bathtub at his
ooarding aouse. He is supposed to
Jiave been tilled by au electric shock
received   iroBl   an   electric   vibrator
" jcli lie ttaeattefflntia^t^u^wiiie
Morrison county ranks among
those in Minnesota whose fire
Joss during- the year ended December 31, 1915 was considerably reduced as compared with
the previonsyear. Thisis shown
by reports issued by Robert W.
Hargadine, State Fire Marshal.
During the twelve-month period
covered by the report there
were 25 fires with au aggregate
loss of $32,300. In the corres
ponding period in 1914 there
were 29 fires and the loss aggregated loss of $61,751. This is an
agreeable situation and shows
beyond a donbt that the people
of Morrison county are awake
to necessity of fire prevention.
There is no doubt that the loss
would have been considerably
greater if the individual householder had not taken proper pre
cautions for safeguarding his
property, by eliminating the
rubbish heap, keeping gasoline
and other inflammable materials in their proper places and
being ever watchful of the interests of the community in general in the  prevention of fires.
It is eatmited that a single
quail destroys 7">,000 bugs tun!
six mil Hon weed seeds annually.
A t.uail killed in a Kansas
wheat held had the remains of
2.000 Hessian flys in its craw,
and the Hessian fly causes a
loss of $20,000,000 to the wheat
growers in this country every
year.
It is not enough to save the
songbirds. Itis high time to
look to the future of the quail,
one of the most beneficial or all
our birds, lest the sportsman
and his dog, the snare, tray,
and the net reduce him to extinction.   .
The quail's decreasing lium
bers makes it apparent that he
cannot be saved from exlinotion if classed only as a game
bird. He is a song bird as well,
a pre-eminent insectivorous
bird such as nearly all the states
nrotect at all seasons. Why not,
then give him peace and security
by placing him on the song bird
list?—Our Dumb Animals
Interesting
News Gathered
Correspondences
Platte News.
Fred Valentine and Joseph
Sagorski made a short call in
Platte Sunday afternoon.
It looks as though we will
soon have spring.
A bunch of young folks gathered at the home of Math Val-
lentine's Sunday evening.
Here and There
The smell of spring is in
the air.
T. C. Wing of St. Cloud
wroteHancoek insurance here
this week.
Last Tuesday was a legal
holiday. February 22, Washington's birthday.
Two Fatal Accidents
Near Melrose
Mrs. Geo. Hoffmann and
A large crowd of young folks Mrs. Henry Gau went to St
attended the dance at A. F.
Smith's Saturday evening.
Cloud Monday.
Our school children in the
Mrs. Ted   Rychner   attended
the party at B.Compton's Mon- ! ™«g«   ^oyed B holiday on
day afternoon. \ Washington's birthday.
OhristReeseand John Jonnson | Jos. Duerbeck left for St.
and Frank Sagorski called on Louis, Michigan, St. Paul,
Fred Valentine Thursday  even- j Florida, San Francisco—take
ing.
M. Valentine and wife visited
with C. Reese Monday.
your choice—last week.
Mrs  Wolfe   is   ou
list.
Tony Smith made
Little Falls F?iday.
the     sick
Rice was well represented
at the Glaser-Langer wedding. Peter Saner and wife,
Leo Kuck, the Schmitt boys,
trip to tlie Klein boys and girls, all
of Rice attended.
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LASTRUP NEWS
Jos.   Portner   railed
Ad   in    U  ck t      Tne-
Juliet Virnig   was given a
very   pleasant   farewell  surprise party   Wednesday  eve,
on by aboul 21 of her LittleFalls
ne
John tiuckmever .and Ed. B«n Allien and family
h'lKTstenbe.rg are working for anfl Henry Primes and wife
Men Athman during liisabsence.
John Fischer and wife visited
John Muellner and wife Sunday.
attended ihe funeral of Peter
Athman at   Spring Hill   last
Wednesday.
John Donek and wife and
Mrs. Jos. Grell visited tit the
F. X. Buesseler home Saturday.
Glaser-Langer
Edward Glaser of   Spaulding,
Nebraska, and Josephin • I.
:er,  daughter  oi   John    La
and w fe, were   ma ried   in    St.
Joseph's church Tu sday  morn-
Lag.
Peter Langer, brother  to  the
'bride, was best man, and   Mary
Langer. the bride's   sister,   was
bridesmaid. The    wedding   was
celebrated at the   bride's  home
1 iii Agram.
The young couple    wii    m
their home in   Spauldiiu .
Nick   Langer of Brainerd,
and   Tony   I/id^t and   wife
of   Brainerd    attended    the
Peter Wagner called on   John   Glaser-Langer   wedding   last
Muellner Sunday. Tuesday.
John  Brummer   visited    with
John Fischer Thursday.
John Finneman of Lastrup
died in   the Little   Falls hos-
Ben Athman and   family  and ^   TueS(,           Ft.rt her par-
Henry Primus and wife   and lit- .                                  .,   , ,
.,      ,      , .             .        ,    f ticulara are   not available at
tie   daughter      returned     from
Spring Hill, where they attend- tn« time of &<>ing to l,lvss-
ed the funeral of Peter  Athman
who was burned to death,   last Pater  Athman  of Spring
Wednesday Hill,   who was   killed by   an
,  .     „.    .            ,      .,         , acetyline explosion last week
John Fischer   and   wife   aid r
John  Altrichter   and   daughter is quite well known here.   He
Adeline   visited   at   the    John visited   his    brother   Ben   at
Muellner home Monday evening. Lastrup last November.
Leap Year Propose
Patrons and promoters of the
. "I wouldn't have one those
acetyline lighting plants on
my place" said Wing. "You
are wrong" answered Ortmann. "You say acetyline
Li Irup Co operative creamery. gas js dangerous. I admit
Makethe 29th. day of Feb., 1916 all that. But isn't a gun
ineinori'a to yourself and every dangerous? Isn't gasoline
body,'by making up your mind dangerous? And how many
on that day to become a share- are killed by automobile ac-
holdei at the first opportunity cioVnts every year? Yet you
offered. Ou account ot ' poor drive an auto." So there you
ruads and bad weather we are are.
unable to call   on   everyone   of
Card 0! Thanks
We are sincerely thankful to
those who in any way were
helpful and sympathized with
us during the bereavement
caused by the death of our beloved mother, Josephine Hoppe
The Children.
you , lly    U.i Mai cli   1st.
I .' I   >.   ,\        . , . i    |     at    ile.-      Ci    aui-
ery .iii Uuj    Lo   serve   _\ou;    t>ut
you are welcome al ail   limes.
i our- t"'oi   Uui   \.
i'tie t>itic«   i ol   .  .   Uie.uueiy,
By   Tneo. O. Lilian, Sec'y.
Two young men oi' about
20 strayed into th" \ illage
one -. ■ ii,, last week. look-
in,.. fi»r n «>rk. T iey said t hey
pp «d From Min-
n   ! [j ,i,i nber camp at
Melrose, Minn.— Peter Atta-
mann, aged 24, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Joe Athmann, who live
one mile west of Spring Hill
and are among the most prominent of Stearns county people,
met sudden death at his home
yesterday while putting calcium
carbide into the generator of an
acetyline gas lighting plant.
The young man had put the
carbide and water into the generator, which is sunk six feet
in the ground, and was screwing on a small metal cap when
the gas in the tank suddenly ignited, throwing a large heavy
metal bell under which the gas
forms into the air so that it
struck Peter in the face, fracturing his upper jaw, knocking
out all of his teeth and rendering him unconcious. He fell forward with his head in the midst
of the burning gas and before
his brothers, who were with
Dim at the time of the accident,
could remove him, his entire
lace, back, arms and hands were
terribly burned. Tlie accident
Happened at Leu o'lock in the
morning aim deali) came auoui
lour o clock iu the   afternoon.
Tne deceased was a young
man ol much more than ordinary .promise; he was energetic,
capauie and popular tnruout
this cominuniLy. His parents
are held in general esteem anu
nave the sincere sympathy oi a
uost oi menus in tne loss oi
their son.
The cause of the accident is
entirely unknown; none ol the
young men had a match, cigar
or cigarette so that the cause ol
the accident is a mystery. Many tanners in this section have
installed this acetyline system
during tbe pasL year and they
will anile in demanding an investigation and an explanation,
at least lioui the manufacturers.
Fire Destroys House
In Belle Prairie
Erwiu, the two-year-old son
of Mr. and Mrs. P. Kollman,
died yestesday afternoon shortly alter lour o'clock tollowinga
severe scalding Buffered in the
morning when the little fellow
walked backward into a large
pail ol boiling water. His back,
thighs and arms were badly
scalded and Horn the tirst the
physicians in charge held out
no hope lor his recovery. Mr.
Kollman lias been tlie prime
mover in the Dairy Convention
here and tile accideut changed
tne day from a festivity to a
time ot deepest mourning.
Tne omy child, Ervin was the
idol ol his parents'   hearts   aud
ne enine community   is   today
extending deepest sympathy   to
Little Falls.— The L. W. Aver
house iu Belle Prairie was
burned to the ground Tuesday
afternoon under unusual circumstances. Mr. and M r had
been visiting in Little Falls
this weelc and have a renter living in the house. A tire started
there Tuesday morning but was
extinguished, or at least the
tenants thought it was, and
they came to LittleFalls in the
afternoon. When they returned
at six o'clock they found the
building entirety destroyed by
Blames. The house and contents
were insured for onb - and
this will not cover the  ■
Wild Cat Killed
In Brainerd
Brainerd: A wild cat  ineasur
ing 1 feet I! inches in length was
killed in   tne   chicken   coop
Joseph   Marco     in    Northeast
Brainerd by Mr.   Marco,   Thos.
Johnson and Harry   Bennett.
Ranged in au orderly pile in
the comer were the remains ol
'Jl chickens which the cat had
killed, eating their heads. Doois
and windows of the coop were
locked and it was a mystery
how the animal had   entered.
ELIHU ROOT.
Fails  to   Secure   New   York's
Endorsement   for    President.
South Agrc!>News,
t ion
NEW YORK REFUSES
TO ENDORSE ROOT
Mrs. Hoppe Dead
Mrs
at the home   ol    .,-.■
Mrs. K. X.  Busse.er,    last    S .1-
urday, at the advanced   age   of
66 years.   Deceased was
Solano   L>\    au    ntinlox ment
'      ■ Mr. and Mrs   Kollman   in   their
agenev       Upon   arriving   at
' ° bereavement.
Solano, tiiey were gruffly told
there was no work for tliem.
There   they    were   stranded
-
I
predicameut! Did the foreman of tiie camp get a share
o(   I   •      $4. .mr     Maybe   yes,
Farmer Killed in
Unusual Accident
Potnmeramia and came to Haiti-   ,uayb« no.   At any rate there
Prank X ivratil, a farmer living near Hutchinson died
in an unusual   way last Sun
He went   into   the    yard   where
there was a ball which attacked
Fred Sporlein and wife   visit
ed at the .1   .1.    Brummer   home
Wednesday evening.
Eva,   Katie   nnd    Hildegarde
Brummer    called     at      Tl
Stumpf's Sunday afternoon.
Cecelia Terhaar returned
from Farpo, N, Dak. Friday
where she  has   been    employed,
Joe Fleckenstein and wife
and Mrs. J. .1. Brummer visited
a* Herman Terhaar's Thursday.
The party held at Wm,    fa-id
enfrost's Tnesdav   evening   wa--
well attended and   all   report    a
pleasant time.
John Rtumpf and wife and
babv visited at Lit! le Pal La
eral days last   wi
Mary Langer of St Cloud is
triniting her brothers. Peter and
John Langer.
Ursula Dahmen of Lastrup
vi-ited at Herman Terhaar's
Sunday.
Mrs. John Eidenshenk vis
at Theo. Stumpf's   Thursd.
Market Report
Grain and Produce
Harket Report
'Vheat. Xo. 1,	
Wheal :	
No. 3_.	
Flax, 	
Barley	
	
Oats	
	
Hay	
liutter, Creamery ..
Dairy       W
	
Flour,Koyal	
•'    WI. 	
Low grade flour 1.00
New York, i •
the candldi Elihu
in- the presidential  nomlii
n solutions  oi   the   Republl
ntlOD    The aotion folli
argumi
The   principal   ground   upon   which
;is   New   \
mult-
Hoot   would   preclude   the   possibility
of Nan Fork pt ward Sup
Court   Justice  Charles   B.   I lupin's  as
the  i * adldate
The commit)
od  iii  endorse   the »n of
nor whil i the
endorsement to
ing with i
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•h    ASQUITH  TO ASK  FOR TWO    v
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+   110,062,  +
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R00SEVELTTHE ONLY CHOICE
Iowa Progressives Will Go to Chicago
Uninstructed.
i   an   im.
! Ion in ' niton
of the party in This
ntral
committee, In seseli
It   was   the  oplnl
men and  i
no   thought   oi
man for pi 1 nomination than
Theodore Roosevelt
through the ordinal i the
primary, 111■ - committee «aid.
CUBA FEARS BRITISH ORDER
May   Result   in   Distress   Among   To-,
bacco   Workers.
proc-;
Initiation   prohibiting   at' h   1,1
ler board of  trade  license,!
importation  ot I  un-;
manufactured    tobai
ties.  Is  causing much.
in  Havana.
It  i-   feared  that it will  result In;
much distress among the cigarmakersj
and a great loss to manufacturers and!
AGED WOMAN IS SENTENCED
5.00
more, U. b\ A-in 1834.   A   year vvas   nothing   left   for   them him. Mr. Navratil was   pitched  Bran
later the family decided to come Dut    t0    begiu    tileil.    Wt,;U7 ^to a water   tank   in  the   yard shorts ~"1"™1"™L"
west and settled in   Pierz.   Her tramp home.    Tlle boy* were and drowned before   help couldIcracked Corn 80 po
husband   died   about    15   years generously     taken    care    oi r«icnuini-Tn    ra n.ned Ground I
,,,.,,.     r ° 'so   quickiv    mat  even tii^n-h
asro. Itanal took place m Last- during tlieir   night's stay   in help\  - -     *-J0
rup Tuesday   menu njf. pim_ were unable to rescue bim °DS        80
Sixty-Year-Old    lowan   Given   Sixteen
Years  in   Prison.
Wintf-rset,    I -Sixteen!
•iary was the sen-!
Applegat
tr-old;
woman   who   » com-;
!>er daughter!
ily.
'leased on bond of*
iding appeal of ber case to
the supre:
APPAM OWNERS BRING SUIT
Begin   Proceedings to  Regain   Possession of German Pf
Washington. 1 Attorneys for
the British owners of the liner Ap-
pam. in Hampton Roads as a prise ot
:an crew, have brought an admiralty proceeding under the nrka
laws to regain possession of the ship.
-.£ department holds that
under the Prussian-American treaty
the liner belongs to Germany at a
prize.
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