The Pierz Journal (Pierz, Morrison County, Minnesota), 1916-04-13

              THE   PIERZ   JOURNAL
VOL. 7.
PIERZ, MORRISON COUNTY, MINNESOTA,   APRIL  ,18 1916.
NO. 43.
flBOOT THE STATE
News ol Especial Interest to
Minnesota Headers.
News Gathered
Here and There
GATHERED FROM ALL SECTIONS
Happenings of the Week Briefly Told
for the Convenience of the
Busy Reader.
Wets carried Sleepy Eye by a majority of 125.
Manford Horn, Appleton business
man, is dead.
Michael Hoffman, a retired Hastings
merchant, is dead.
A. N. Thompson, aged sixty, former
mayor of Virginia, is dead.
Ninth district bankers will meet at
Thief River Falls on May 16.
Pope county will hold a semi-centennial and homecoming week about the
middle of June.
Patrick McDonough, an early settler
of Kellogg, is dead. He was ninety-
eight years old.
Mrs. Kate Tyler, one of the pioneer
settlers of Appleton, is dead at the
age of seventy-six.
Leonard Ericson was elected mayor
of Fergus Falls over John L. Townley
by thirteen votes.
The State Bank of Stanton has been
incorporated. The new institution has
a capital stock of $10,000.
Bankers of the First congressional
district will meet in annual convention at Winona on May 10.
W. C. Briggs has been elected mayor
of Pipestone. The town went dry by
a majority of seventy-nine.
Mrs. Ann Downs Langan, seventy-
eight years of age, a resident of Minneapolis for fifty years, is dead.
Dr. W. M. Cory has been elected
mayor of Waterville. The town remains wet by a majority of sixty-
three.
The city of Mankato has awarded a
contract for the construction of a new
concrete bridge across the Minnesota
river to cost $94-,999.
A captain and ten men have been
appointed in each precinct of the city
of Duluth to obtain signatures for a
local option election.
E. E. Tuttle, Republican, has been
elected mayor of Hastings. Fifteen
saloons were voted out of existence
by sixty-four majority.
Congressman Charles A. Lindbergh
of Little Falls has announced his candidacy for United States senator to
sincced Moses E. Clapp.
John "Bergerman, sixty years old, a
painter, was o"ui'i:°(i to death in a fire
which destroyed a hot:?e at Pine Island village near Red Wing. ^
Kid Scully, accused vice mentor- .of
a sixteen-year-old girl, was found
guilty by a Minneapolis jury. The
girl in the case is a minister's daughter.
George W. Nash, Civil war veteran
and resident of Minneapolis since
1881, is dead at the State Soldiers'
home. He was eighty-three years of
age.
Mrs. John Cassett of Wasioja committed suicide by drinking carbolic
acid at the Union hotel at Austin. She
left a note saying life has been a great
burden.
While excavating for a new building in the heart of the city of Fergus
Falls workmen discovered a vein of
natural gas. The gas when lighted
burns freely.
F. A. Hlnze, assistant state bank
examiner, with headquarters at Mankato, has resigned to become vice
president of the First National bank
of St. Cloud.
At the beginning of the new quarter on April 1 State Treasurer Gooding reported a cash balance of $5,-
191,325.08, compared with $2,631,967.-
67 a year ago.
Guy V. Howard of Minneapolis
has been notified of his appointment
as first assistant sergeant-at-arms of
the Republican national convention at
Chicago June 7.
Owatonna will license eight saloons
to run from April 15 until July 1 at
$500 each. At the end of that time it,
is proposed to raise the license fee
to $2,000 or more.
Dr. W. R. Klrkwood, former pastor
and pioneer instructor at Macalester
college, St. Paul, is dead at the home
of his son in Montana. He was seventy-nine years old.
James B. Hunt, pioneer of Minneapolis, is dead at La Jolla, Cal., at the
age of forty-five years. He is survived
by twelve children, all of whom were
born in  Minneapolis.
Frederick E. Johnson of New England, N. D„ pleaded guilty to bigamy
before Juftge Nye at Moorhead and
was sentenced to from one to Ave
years in the state prison.
William C. Downey, manager of So-
renson's Shoe Stores, St. Paul, is dead
at the St. Paul city hospital as the result of injuries suffered when a tax-
icab and a street car collided.
William Bofferding, aged eighty-nine
years, a resident of Minneapolis and
vicinity for fifty-nine years, is dead.
He was born in Luxemburg in 1S27
and came to Minnesota in 1S57.
Elling Michaelson, sixty years old,
a wealthy farmer of Stephen, died
suddenly of heart disease at Thief
River Falls while being taken to the
hospital at Warren for treatment.
Bead the Journal ads.
J. H. Vanloou was here
Tuesday.
Juliet Virnig is home on a
week's vacation.
The German State Bank
has a new awning.
Mrs. H. J. Vonderhaar of
Karlsruhe is here on a visit.
The Auto bus is again making two round trips daily.
8|Sawing begins in the   Little Falls saw mill this week.
Boru—To John B. Bednar
and wife, Wednesday, twin
boys.
Born—to Adolf Vonderhaar
and wife, last week a daughter.
A. J. Bryan of Johnsdale
called here between trains
Monday.
John Meyer returned from
the northern lumber camps
last Friday.
Geo. A. Hoffman sold his
farm in Buh to a man by the
name of Berthold.
E. M. Thompson and J. R.
Taylor were Pierz callers
Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Cook
of West Sullivan were business visitors Monday.
The roads between here
aud Lastrup are still too muddy for autos, says Theo. Ortmann.
J. C. Doherty of Foley has
opened a cigar factory in the
old H. Koering building in
upper town.
P. J. Bollig says that dur
News Gathered
Here and There
The Granite town telephone line will soon be in
operation says P. J, Gau, one
of the officers.
The First National Bank
of Swanville will have a new
home and complete new furnishings during the coming
summer.
i
Farmers south of town began their spring plowing
Thursday morning. Where
there is a heavy clay soil,
general field work and seeding cannot begin for a week.
Tom Birch, of Bertram
came here Wednesday with
the intention of buying
stock. When he heard that
we had a shipping association here, he took the next
train out of town.
Clover seems to be safe fo
this year. The chances for
injury from frost seem to be
remote according to Henry
Wuellner. Henry says his
clover is already green and
says further that he would
be willing to stake money
that there would be a good
crop.
The Jitney bus driver between here and Little Falls,
wishes to call the farmers'
attention to the fact that
they are plowing too close to
the roads. In making the
turns, he says, they drag dirt
into the roads and ditcher,
which prevent proper drainage.
Hill Frank Otremba.
brother to Townboard Jos.
Otremba, had a narrow escape from   injury   from   his
ing his thirty years residence j bull   Wednesday   afternoon,
in this county, this spring is R is gaid that his  dog  came
by far Hie worst and latest.
Joseph and. Geo. Resell attended the John Tretter funeral here last week. They
are well remembered by the
old settlers.
Andy Fenn was here
Wednesday preparing plans
and specifications for the
proposed new bridge at B.
G. Terhaar's.
Christ Tembruell will move
onto his farm in Buh the last
days of this week. Steve*
Bayer has rented his residence for the summer.
Mike Meyer returned from
the woods Monday. Mike-
says, he always comes and
goes at the same time the*
ducks come and go; but always in the opposite direction.
Jos. A. Jansen now has two
fine Belgian stallions at   the!
Pierz hotel. They are beaut- <
ies and  you   will   make   no
mistake if  you   breed   your
mares with them.
The farmers who had potav*
toes to spare responded quick>
ly to the potato ad of J. N.
Terhaar in the Journal last
week. Load after load passed
through the village Mondaj
and Tuesday, and it is rea.-
sonable to suppose that mor e
came from the potato country to the south.
If you  want  to  list your!
land, come.  Now is the time*,
if you want me to sell it.
Joseph H. GreJL
to his rescue. Frank came
straightway to Pierz last
night and sold the vicious
animal.
It was reported here Tuesday evening and Wednesday
morning that Oftedahl, the
Little Falls photographer,
who was here Tuesday afternoon had run into a telephone post on his way home.
A badly damaged fender was
the result.
For the information of
those who are sound sleepers
at 5 o'clock in the morning,
we beg to inform you that
there were rumblings of distant thunder and that lightning illuminated the sky at
about 5 o'clock Wednesday
morning.
There were 131 votes cast
at the last village election,
and there are at least 5 voters who did not come to the
poles. At the rate of 1 vote
to every fifth inhabitant, the
village must now have a population of about 700. The
last census gives it at 545.
A Ford car passed through
the village Tuesday evening
on the way from Solano to
Bowlus. They were from 10
a. in. to 8 p. m. making the
trip from Onamia to Pierz.
They started from Solano
with 5 gallons of gasoline,
bought 5 gallons at Onamia
and 5 gallons here. They
left about 9 o'clock with the
intention of reaching Bowlus
by midnight.
CleanUp Day
Proclaimed For
Friday May 5th.
This Department is again calling' attention to Spring- Cleanup day in Minnesota which has
been set for May 5th, by Governor J. A. Burnquist, is preparing- a proclamation to that effect; says Robert W. Harga-
dine, State Fire Marshal.
Reports received from deputies throughout Minnesota show
that there is special need this
year for extra efforts to eliminate rubbish piles. This is due
to the unusually beajvy snow of
the past season. In 'imany places, especially in the larger
towns and cities, 'the refuse
piles have been allowed to accumulate close to wooden structures, because of the inability
of most folks to go far from the
house.
Waste paper, pasteboard boxes, oily clothes, empty oil cans
and other refuse combine to
make a dangerous heap of rubbish. It is suggested that every
citizen of Minnesota lend a hand
and spend at least an hour on
May 5th to clean up their premises.
Work together. Reduce the
lire hazard and make Minnesota
tire-proof, is the only request
made by the State Fire Mar
shal's Department. The co-operation ol the newspapers thru-
out Minnesota in this campaign
is appreciated by this Department and the aid is especially
asked this year because of the
unusual need of "team work''
on the part of everybody.
The Fire Marshal's Department has sent notices to Mayors and Fire Chiefs iu all the
towns in the state urging co-operation on tlieir part. In addition posters are being distributed for the benefit of everybody
advising of the need of what
should be done   to    "clean-up."
Now Is The Time     IThey Say That
To Fight The Flies!       Clover is Safe
Platte News.
Mrs. Frank Winaenb'erg and Miss
Ethel Anderson risited Saturday afternoon   with   .Mis.   L.   Lorentzon.
Robt. Rychner loft for Belle Prairie
Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Bun Compton drove
to   Swanville   Friday.
Mrs. Carl Erickson called on Mrs.
1..   Lorentzon  Thursday   afternoon.
Mr.    and    Mrs.    L.    .Lorentzon    called
on  L.  D.  Gregerson's  Tuesday.
Theo.   Kyehner   transacted   business
at   Little  Falls  Friday.
Mrs. l.orentzon ami children visited at Kriekson's Sunday. ' ,
Mr. and Mrs. Theo. Rychner visited
with Andrew Kainz and family Sunday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Compton had
dinner with the Lorentzon family on
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. C. Reese and son called  at   Valentine's  Sunday  evening.
South Agram News.
Those who were in Little Falls ou
Tuesday were John Najrel. Joe Gruber
and   l'eter  Thonimes.
Bertha Leidenfrost and Lorena
Eidenshink visited at the Fred Sporlein home Sunday.
Mrs. .lohn Kippley ami son Frank,
autoed to .1. J. Brummer's Saturday
r'ternoon. Frank wi.s the first to
get   his  auto  out   in   this  vicinity.
Misses Eva and Katie Brummer
called st l'eter Thommes' Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. John Eidenshink were
in Little Falls on Tuesday and on
their way home they visited at the
Leo Leidenfrost  Ik
Angela   Kippley   lefr     for     tin
Cloud     normal     last     week,    after     a
week's   visit   with   her  parents.
Mrs. .1. ,1. Brummer visited the Joseph Huchner home >\'ednosday afternoon.
You can prevent the breeding of
flies easier than you can kill them or
screen them out. To control their
1 [reeding places one must not only
elean np in tlie spring but keep at it
all   summer.
"These two tilings should always
be done,— food stuff should he kept
from flies and flies should be kept
from  babies."
"The early fly should be swatted
or trapped. A simple and effective
trap may be made by placing wire
netting on two sides of an ordinary
box, cutting a round hole in the box
and inserting in it a wire cone which
has about an eight inch openii
the bottom and one-half inch opening at the top. The Hodge trap has
also proven to be a satisfactory fly
exterminator. It is possible to prevent the few that may exist from doing much harm. Typhoid fever, child
diarrhoea and other diseases are commonly caused because flies have been
allowed to besmear themselves in
some unscreened privy vault or other
carelessly oared for human discharges.
All privy vaults can bo so constructed that they will exclude flies if a
little care is given. If it is necewarr
to place human excrement in receptacles, they can always bo covered so
that flies cannot enter. Kitchens, dining rooms, nurseries, and sick rooms
can aud should be screened fly-proof.
It' occasionally a fly should get in tlie
house it should bo caught on fly paper, or better, killed with a swatter
as soon  as discovered."
A  great  deal of unea-
felt for the safety of ti clov
er  crops,  on  account  of  the alternate
thawings   and
frost,  does   not   kill   clover.     The
of   clover   do   not   reach   i ore   thin   :t
to  t  inches into the ground.    Th
winter   freezes   the   ground
7   feet,   and  yet   wi
I lo\ er      thru
aione   does   not   kill   clover.     It   is   the
changi awing
which   does   tne   damage.      \\   I
freezing  the  surface  of    the    -round
heaves   and   separate-   the   plant   from
can   lift   the   i
plant   out  of  the  ground   without   the
it   i-  safe  to  say   that   the
is  dead.
Math,   h owner  of
the  old    John     Premers
north   of   town,   says   he     thinks     the
eloVcr The only  objection  he
has   to   this   yet ; .   he    b*]
that   he  has  not  enough  of  it.
BETHINGOURT IN
GERMAN HANDS
French Admit Attackers Are
Making Gains.
ASSAULTING  NEW POSITIONS
Paris   Asserts   Teutons   Made   Violent
Onslaughts on   French   Lines.
but Were Repulsed.
Hoistein Park
Mrs.     Bugbee     arrived     Wednesday
from   Rockford.
C.   E.   Look   now   carries   the   school
THE   LOS   ANGELES   CDMEDIAN
■   ban    arranged
with   his   gro< er,   named   Bet I
quarterly,    but      the      bookkeepei
the hill before the
quarter was up. Thereupon the comedian called Berry up and handed him
a rebuke in following language: "I
say. there's a pretty timl-Berry, you
have seat me a loll Berry before it
is due-Berry. Your lather the elder-
Berry    would    not   have    been    such    a
berry,    but    you    need    not
blui  Berry,   because   I    tion '1
straw-Berry,    but    if   you    come    a
before   June-Berry,   I'll     kick
rasp Berry   until   it ry.
Paris. April in.--The I'rer
ated the Bethincou;
night and I with
great  force  their  n
court to C
with  sanguinai'
Onl
court, did
terina nch tren
this   t
d  through  a couni
oordine t<> the Kroi
ideation
The   capture   by   French
about
southwest     of     Douniitnont
northeast  of   Verdun,   was a tin on
by th tvimu-
nicatlug ti
also waa repor
C. E. Gravel lias Borne Mil -
aeSOta    Xo.   18   seed   coin   ;,t
sawing     wood   thr-     tlle     lllill,      wllicll   lie     Sells     at
$4.50 per bushel. Capt. sa] >
it is Minnesota raised. Th
who have not already provided for seed corn, better
make haste. It may be a
scree article about the 16th
of May.
Should   you    ret eive a   bill
ed   al   the   .less   King   and   .1.   B.   Tuylo,     for     printing      ll.at     calls     lo r
homes Sunday  afternoon.
cinity.
E\ oryhody
days.
Mrs. Taylor called on Mrs. Dorman
Saturday.
Mr.   and   Mrs.   Taylor   visited   at   ('a
Jacob's Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. (irif King and Fred
Brenner spent Sunday at Jess King's,
in   their   new   home.
Fred Sorum purchased several head
of slock last week, which makes his
place   look   quite   farm like.
Mr.  and   Mrs.   K.  M.  Thompson  call
DAMAGE IS   BIG IN   GALICIA
Society of Austrian Architects  Put  It
at $400,000,000.
Vienna, April 10
i ty lu  the
provtn d   at
red by
i
of  die  destroyed   towns  and   vill
in (lie:
The re| 100,-
inhabitant-, of the proi
■ h n i
a  271
• iian half rl
In the oth
w ar daniagi .   btil   tin-  propo
i ily.
TURKS ARE AGAIN BEATEN
Nellie   Martin      visited      her      ,ist. '■■
Mrs.   Chas.   Sanborn,   a   few   days.
The   following   song   seems     to     be
quite    appropriate      lor      "Hoistein
Park:"
While Wo Are Milking Our Holsteins
(Tune—Marching  Through   Qeoi
Bring    the    goo I    old    milk    pail,    boys.
we'll   sing   a   hearty   song,
Sing   it    with   a   spirit    that    will   help
the   world   along.
Sing  it   as  u e  soon  shall  s'iiil;   it   many
millions   strong.
While   we   are   milking   our   Holsteins.
Chorus
Hurrah,   hurrah,   we   bring   the   jubilee.
Hurrah,   hurrah,   the   cow   thai
us   free; »
more money than ever before,
don't     get     excited     or     ugly
about it, as everything in the
Mm- of paper on which this
is printed to the finest linens
and ledgers has been advanced an average of 25 per
cent. This isn't ihe fault of
the printer, and he 11
either increase the charges
for printing or discontinue
work. He can nol buy paper
of tlie wholesale houses unless he pays the advanced
so we'll sing  her  p o\er   prices.    Tin? chances aIV t hat
„.   'iU'a "d "';•. _.. .     ;ill jobs of commercial work.
\\ hue  We  are  milking our  Holsteins. "
How   the   Jerseys   shouted   when    they    as     Well     as     everything    else
heard  our  records bound. wj]j be advanced 20 to 25 per
How   the  Quernseys  wabbled   when  our |
• pounds   of   fat   were   found, rellt    ;'1"1   "^  '"'<     ^SUltS    to
How   the    Dutch    Belts   and   the    Ayr     the     printer  will    HOt   be    allV
shires  raised   up   from   the  grow
When   we   were   milking  our   Holsteins.
Yes,   and    there    were   older   men    who
Wept   with   joyful   tears.
As   they  saw   that   dual   cow   that   they
had   loved   for   years.
Hardly   could   they   l,e   restrained   from
breaking  forth   iu  ehi
When     they    saw   milk  from  the  Holsteins.
Oh    that    clashing    Hoistein    cow
never   win   the  race.
So  the  other  breeds  did  sav  and
a smiling fa<
But.   alas,   they   quite   forgot   to   watch
the   wondrous  pa
Which   is   kept   onlv   by   Holstei
—Elizabeth  J.   Lee.  in   Iowa  Fanner.
more than before the inert
in prices on  paper, type, ink
etc.     Don't  jump   on   your
printer,   he is   entitled   I
fair rate for his work.—Sauk
( enter Herald.
OUT   OF  FASHION
Prison  Mirror:     Can   it  be  that   hu
:a:\n    nature the
time of Dickei
one   referred   to   now   as   a   Pick*
Some   twenty   years   ago   there  was   to    L_Ve_-
be    found   in    literature   many    refer-   OatS	
ences     to     Dickens'   characters.     We 'Ear Corn
rarely  see  any  mention of  Dickens  in    li.,,.
Market Report
Grain and Produce
Harket Report.
'Vlieat, Xo. 1,   $1.1-1
Wheat, Xo. -2      1.10
Wheat, > I 06
	
Barley -.
'.00
British   Forces   Win   Another   Victory
on the Tigris.
Ion.   April   7.    I'alahie.   a   fortified   Turkish    position    I   low    K
Atnai
iptured  by a  frontal atl
6,000  to   I
and the Turki
battle with bayoni I
This  Is  tho  second
British to dklally  II
2.300   DANES   DIE   IN   WAR
Natives of Province of Schleswig Fight
on Side of Germany.
nouncement   i
. bile flsjhtlnp • .i ti
■
W'hiell
■sion of 11
FIFTY  OF  THE   CREW  L0S1
British   Steamer   Zent   Sunk   Without
Warning.
A prl I   "
without warnii
•
ig and ar
drowt
tain
landed )«•
TOLEDO CAR  STRIKE ENDED
Men  Will   Get 3  Cents an   Hour  Increase.
To
In wagr-
■    .
pen shop rule will
Tie
seen that -
hip  whi.
been   pul
M.  Killlts oi
dlstr;
;2 cents an hour.
Butter, Creamery
Dairy	
Ice cream always on hand.
For a cool dish go to Faust's
confectionery.—Ad.
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print   now-a-days.     let   Diekena'  stor
ies   are   still   popular   and   n
es,   but   he   is   not   quoted
often   in   print.     Perhaps   th 	
f niekii- . trifle out   Flour .Royal	
ashion   in   these   rapid   tini. ■•     mi
thev     are     still     hero.     Bap... ,     ,,
■-rude 1 lour
times,  pro. inventions  can  cv-       *""  »***■ '
er   drive   l>a\ . rfleld   nor trail      	
Nell  from   the  fa.1?  of  the  earth.  Hu    Shorts
man   nature  is still  the  same. Cracked Corn sO pound
Ice cream always ou hand. Gro",ld Peed	
„ ii-i u»      4i    Beans   --
Bora cool dish go to  Faust 8 0nk
confectionery. Ad.
Well Known Journalist Dead.
London
Is  dead  ' was   !<. ■
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