The Pierz Journal (Pierz, Morrison County, Minnesota), 1916-06-15

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VOL. NO. 7
PIERZ, nORRISON COUNTY, MINNESOTA, JUNE 15, 1916.
NO. 52.
.Bpublican Nominee
for President.
FAIRBANKS HIS MATE
iana Man Named for Second Place on Ticket.
Chicago, June 10.—Charles Even
Hughes today was nominated for the
presidency by the Republican national
convention, he accepted, resigned form
the supreme bench and came out with
a statement on his position with relation to the issues of the day which
Republican leaders declare is all that
could be desired. He not only made
clear his views, but he launched an
attack on the Democratic way of
handling national affairs and the politics of the administration of Wood-
row Wilson.
Charles Warren Fairbanks of Indiana, nominated by acclamation, supports Hughes as the candidate for vice
president.
Hughes won on the third ballot.
His vote practically was unanimous.
He received 949%. Colonel Roosevelt
received 18%, Du Pont. 5, La Follette
3, Weeks 3 and Lodge 7. One delegate was absent.
Before the roll call had covered half
the states Hughes had the necessary
494. New Jersey's vote touched the
mark.
The nomination of Justice Hughes
was made unanimous amid great
cheering.
Justice Hughes' acceptance and immediate resignation from the supreme
bench removed the last vestige of
whatever fears might have been entertained by the old guard leaders that
If Roosevelt were nominated by thc
Progressives, as he was today, Hughes
might reject the Republican nomination.
Colonel Roosevelt's conditional refusal of the nomination by the Progressives not only made for intense
Republican enthusiasm, but brought
forth the prediction that Within a few
weeks Roosevelt will announce hie
definite acceptance of Hughes' nomination as carrying out his policies.
HUGHES LEADS IN
EARLY BALLOTING
Chicago. June 9.—On the first two
ballots in the Republican national
convention Justice Hughes led the
field and gained strength.
His supporters, confident that another ballot would give Itfm a majority, resisted adjournment, but the convention, tired and worn with a continuous ten-hour session, adjourned.
It was thc first time since 1SSS that
a Republican convention has taken
more than one ballot to choose a presidential nominee.
On the first ballot Justice Hughes
polled 253% votes. He got 42 from his
own state and aside from Oregon and
Florida, the remainder were largely
scattering.
On the second ballot, he increased to
328% votes.
It requires 494 votes to nominate.
Colonel Roosevelt's topmost strength
in the first day's balloting was 81
votes.
Besides Governor Hughes, the colonel, Charles W. Fairbanks and Coleman Dupont of all the seventeen men
who had votes on the first ballot alone
made an increase on the second.
MOOSE NAME T, R.;
HE DECLINES HONOR
Auditorium, Chicago, June 10.—
Theodore Roosevelt was nominated
for president by acclamation at tlie
Progressive convention amid scenes
of disorder.
At the very moment when it was
Hashed to the Progressive convention
that Hughes had been nominated, at
the Coliseum as the standard bearer
of the Republican party, Chairman
Robins of the Progressive convention
was announcing that Colonel Roosevelt had been unanimously nominated
as the Progressive leader.
John M. Parker of New Orleans was
named for second place on the ticket.
Oyster Bay, X. Y, June 10.—Theodore Roosevelt, nominated for president by the Progressive party on a
ticket with John M. Parker of New
Orlenas, will not "accept at this time.''
He said so in a telegram to the chairman of the convention.
To correspondents who flocked to
Sagamore Hill and asked him to pose
for a new picture he said:
"No picture.    I am out of politics.*
Read the Journal ads.
District Court
Opened Tuesday
The general June term of the
district court was opened Tuesday with Judge L. Parsons of
Fergus Palls presiding. The
grand jury was summoned to report at 10 o'clockTuesday morning and the petit jury at 9 o'clock
Thursday morning.
Tuesday the grand jury was
charged and the preliminary call
of the calender was also on
Tuesday. The rest of the day
was occupied in hearing motions
and court matters. Wednesday
was naturalization day and a
federal examiner was here to
conduct the examination of 21
applicants for final papers.
This is said to be the largest
number ever applying at a single term of court.
John Vandersluis of Fergus
Palls is court stenographer.
Baseball Sunday
Pierz will play Fort Riplev
on the Pierz grounds next Sunday afternoon. Ripley has a
string of seven victories on
their belt including a victory
over Little Falls. Come out
and see our boys trim them.
Flax  Crop  Costs  But $7
an Acre.
Prosperity of Pierz.
"Pierz is a pretty lively little
town," remarked a traveling
man a few days ago, who periodically visits all the towns in
this part of the state. 'You
always see the streets of   Pierz
lined with farmers' teams," he
continued, "at seasons when|
other towns the size of Pierz
shows a 'peculiar lethargy and
dreaminess. A spirit of ac-
tivityseems to pervade the air."
It is true that there is always
something astir in this sequestered Dutch town. While its
location suggests a "Sleepy
Hollow" its life and energy dispel such delusions. Every day
last week, during the mission,
there was something doing from
six in the morning until 11 at
night. It was raining Tuesday
morning and it was a morning
on which very few would venture out, and yet there were
quite a few farmers in town.
It was Tuesday, the wedding
day. And so prosperity's march
continues. The volume of the
vilkige trade increases every
year and the value of town
property must consequently be
on the increase. PIERZ WILL
GROW, but its growth will not
be of the inflated, over-night
variety, "Who would build
hijju must build the foundation
broad." Pierz has a broad and
solid foundation into the texture of which has been incorporated confident business relations
between town and country for
50 years. New towns and new
enterprises are taking root and
springing up around us according to the development of the
territory; but the necessities of
the times demand them.
Building up a town by boosting alone reminds one of the
fellow trying to raise himself
by his own bootstraps. Boost-
booms, popularity and prestige
gained by boosting and blustering always suffer a decided reaction. But a certain spirit of
cohesion should exist among the
business men of a town. A live
commercial club should be
maintained.
There is one thing which is
deplorable in the growth and
prosperity of every town and
that is that the parasite, the
knocker, the fellow who '"damns
with faint praise" every under,
taking for the common good,
is entitled to ride ou with the
tide. But such are the ways of
the world.
Flax seed will be high-priced this
year. There is a shortage in the world
supply on account of tire abnormal conditions due to the European war. The
United State* did not produce half as
much as was j.eeded by American mills
iu 1915.
Minnesota, Montana and the Dakota? are the priucipul ftax producing
states in the Union aeoording to a late
report of the United States Department of Agriculture. More than 00
per cent of the annual production was
grown in the northwest a few years
ago. Oil mills at Minneapolis and Red
Wing have a capacity of 16,000,000
bushels of seed a yeal and the oil
made from flax grown jn the northwest is of a better quality than that
made from imported seed.
The average cost of raising flax in
Minnesota is from $7 to $10 an acre,
in addition to rent, according to bulletins of the Agricultural Experiment
station. It will grow on old lands as
well as on virgin soils, its only requirement being an abundance of humus and water. With the present
shortage in supply, therefore, it should
prove a valuable crop.
A bulletin on flax growing will be
sent from University Farm, St. Paul,
on  application.
Sullivan News
Mr and Mrs. Pete Adkins called at
Taylor's   Wednesday.
A Imn.h from Lastrup were fishing
at the lake Thursday.
Miss Mazie Look called at Axel
Johnson's of 1'eavy lake, Thursday
evening.
Merle Look was a business caller
in  Lastrup Friday.
Millcrd and Perry Van Kueren and
Conrad Alb spent Saturday evening at
Fort Siebert.
We understand that Robt. Adkins
is the champion heavyweight lifter in
tins town, especially when it cornea to
carrying the ladies across the wet
places. Bob, we take off our hats to
you and wish we could have been in
your shoes.
D. W. Sims was an Onamia visitor
Saturday.
Merle Look went to Pierz Saturday
witli the stage and returned Sunday
with John Bollig on the motor cycle.
Mr. and Mrs. T. S. Look called at
D. W. Sims' Saturday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. .lohn Britton took
their little son Wilbur, to Onamia on
Saturday, for medical treatment. The
child is quite sick with cholera infantum.
Fred Lynn called at T. S. Look's
Sunday.
The Martin aiid Stffruin families picnicked  at  the  lake Sunday.
G. W. Waller of Rucker caught a
iish in Sullivan lake Sunday. Geo. is
a great fisherman as well as a baseball
enthusiast.
The nest game of ball this season
was played Sunday with the Lake 12
nine on the Platte Lake diamond. At
the end of the sixth inning neither
side had scored. The game finished
with the score '2-7 in favor of Sullivan. The winners expect to play a Little Falls nine, who are working the
state road, on the Rucker diamond
next Sunday.
M. E. Barnes, county superintendent, accompanied by his sons Ronald
and Douglas, visited the school Monday afternoon and spent the evening
in  catching a  (ine string of fish.
Margaret Cook left for St. Cloud on
Monday, where she will attend summer
school.
Jim Pint came up from the stat?
road Monday evening and called, nt
C. E. Look's.
Tom Smith was a lake caller Tuesday.
Ko^ianntjoii.
Serene, I fold my hands and wait,
Xor  care  for wind, or tide, or sea;
I  rave no more   'gainst  time or fate,
For lo!  my own shall come to me.
T  stay my haste, 1  make delays,
For what avails this eager pace!
1  stand amid  the eternal ways,
And   what   is   mine   shall   know   my
face.
Asleep,  awake,  by  night  or  day,
The friends 1  seek are seeking me;
Xo wind can drive my bark astray:
Xor change this tide  of destiny.
What matter if I stand alone?
I wait  with joy  the coming years;
My   heart shall  reap    where    it    has
sown,
And garner up its fruit of tears.
The waters know their own  and  draw
Thc  brook  that  springs     in    yonder
height;
So flows the good with equal law
Unto the soul of pure delight.
The stars eome nightly to the sky;
Thc tidal wave unto the sea;
Nor time,   nor  space,  nor    deep,    nor
high,
Can keep my own away from me.
—John Burroughs.
i i News Gathered
Here and There
County Ramblings.
.1. A. Bergquist was a county seat
caller Tuesday.
H. H. Schneider and son George and
Andrew   Knlund   were   Pierz  callers.
.Mrs. Ben Compton, Mrs. Luther Lo-
rentzen and Mrs. Frank Winzcnburg
called at thc Baxter home, near Freedhem  Tuesday.
Mrs. Carl Erickson and children
called at the Schneider home Monday
afternoon.
The Will and Nick Schultz families,
.lohn Turman, Tillie Olson, Marie
1 spin and Clara Knlund called at Ben
Compton's   Thursday   evening.
Mr. and Mrs. George Kiewei and
Mrs. l'eter Kiewel and children motored out to IL H. Schneider's Friday
evening.
Alma Schneider is at home for the
present.
Tillie Olson called at Freedhem on
Friday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Will Shultz called at
Little Falls Friday.
Marie Cbapin and Bonnie Compton
called at the Schneider home Saturday
afternoon.
Chris and Kd. Nelson of Little Falli
spent over Sunday at the home of
their  parents.
Frank Winzcnburg ami wife and
Ernest Zimbrick and wife attended the
■•'lurch at Lastrup Sunday.
Mike Smith and wife called at the
home   of  Frank   Win/.enlmrg   Sunday.
Everybody attended the ball game in
Freedhem Sunday afternoon. Freedhem
won by ■ score of 8 to .">.
Looks like somebody is going to
work the stone quarries of  North Buh.
Mr. and Mrs. 11. II. Schneider and
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wolff attended
church   in   Little  Falls Sunday.
Looks like there was only one party
invited Sunday night. Quite a few
from around Freedhem were up to the
lake  fishing laet  week.
Belle Prariie News
Lochner-Hoheisel
Math. Lochner and Dora Hon-
eisel were married in St. Joseph's church Tuesday morning.
Tazie Hoheisel, the brides sister,
and Catherine Thommes were
bridesmaids..JosephLochner and
Frank Hoheisel were groomsmen. The wedding was celebrated at the Carl Hoheisel
home. The young couple will
make their home on the Nick
Lochner farm.
Corn Needs Every Chance
of Season.
Mrs. John Stumpf
Died Wednesday
Mrs. John Stumpf, one of
Pierz' earliest settlers, died at
the home of her daughter, Mrs.
John Rassier in Little Falls
Wednesday morning at seven
o'clock. Mrs. Stumpf was 76
years of age, and until about a
year ago, lived on the old homestead at Genola. The funeral
will be held in St. Josephs
church Monday morning.
Walter Pahlgren was a business
caller at   the county seat Thursday.
Mrs. H. Wieland and children motored to Little Falls Sunday.
.1. P. Winterquist called on ('. Kohs
Wednesday.
Those who visited at the Frank j
W'olg home Sunday afternoon were
Harry, Bill and Duea Hays, Matt Valentine. Theo. Swaue, Frank Smith,
George Kohs, Tillie Olson and Vera
Smith.
0, Christensen and L. Boser called
on   Emil  Kaatz  Monday  evening.
Mr. ami Mrs. C. Kohs aud son William and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wolg
autoed to Little Falls Sunday and attended  services.
Frank Beckman and son Genius
drove to I'ierz Saturday with a load
of stock.
.lames LeBlanc and .1. Sweeney went
fishing  at   Sullivan  lake Saturday.
The roads between Freedhem and
Pierz have been in fine condition for
the last few weeks. About a month
ago they were a trifle muddy foi
autos. and the small ears avoided be
ing mired by waiting till the larger
ones had  the track broke.
The town officers of Belle Prairie
held a meeting at the county seat last
Thursday.
Because the season is late, it will be
necessary to give corn every possible
advantage during the growing period.
The field should have been well prepared ami the Ian.I will tilled before the
corn was planted. Cultivation should
begin immediately after planting or as
soon as the rows can lie seen. If deep
cultivation is to be given at any time,
it should be given the first time
through the corn. As soon as thc
roots become established they spread
out near the surface and then deep
cultivation   becomes   a   danger.
During a period of drouth, corn
quickly dries up or tires. Some fanners think that tiring is caused by plowing too soon after a rain. This does
uot   cause   firing    when   cultivation    is
shallow.     Deep   cultivation   that   cuts
the   roots   of   plants   causes   the   withered       appearance     and     retards     the
growth of the corn. Cutting the
impairs the feeding powers of the
plant and the leaves wither as a result of not getting enough nourishment and moisture. Cultivation should
be frequent and as early as possible
after a rain, but it should not lie so
deep as to interfere with getting raw
materials for  food.
The season will be short enough this
year at best. Do not cut off a single
day of the growth of the corn by poor
management   of  the  soil  or  crop.
June 21et wMl be the longest day of the season.
S. D. Wood of Granite was
a caller here yesterday.
Five gentlemen of Redwood
county came up Tuesday afternoon to buy laud.
Jos. Kappes, the Buckman
plasterer, was a Pierz visitor
Tuesday afternoon.
Ren Schwietei and Herman
Benolken of Holdingford,
were here on land busiuess
Tuesday.
N. J. Carnes and Henry
Mueller of Royalton were
here Monday in Bearch of
carpenters.
Work on tlie Wermerskirchen residence south "t
the village pumping station
is delayed by excessive rains.
Joseph Ziegler has ordered
his Journal sent to Aberdeen,
S. 1). He intends to make
his future home in the neighborhood of Aberdeen.
When John Stuckmeyer
Btepped into his barn Monday morning, he found one
of his horses dead. The animal was in apparently good
health in the evening.
Albert Zubregel visited
witli his family in Lastrup
over Sunday and returned to
Greenwald Tuesday. Albert
is building ditches in Meiers
Grove and Lako Henry townships.
Mrs. Hubert Bares, Mis
Herman Bentfeld rushed to
Little Falls early yesterday
morning to tlie bedside of
tlieir mother, Mrs. J. Stumpf.
Mrs.Stumpf died before they
arrived.
P. A. Hartmann left this
morning tor St. Louis, where
he will visit witli the Tony
llilsman family. Mrs. Hils-
man is his cousin. He intends also to pay a short visit
to relatives in Jordan before
returning.
Hoistein Park
John Reding is now the
owner of a 5-passeuger Over-
laud car.
The   moaqnitOfl   are now   preseiit-n
their  bills.    Big ones too.
Bert Sanborn wa- a Pier/, visitor
Friday.
Nellie   Martens   visi'i.l      it
from   Tuesday   till  Tliur« lay.
Mr. and Mrs. L. Kramc: \ died ;
K. M. Thompson's Sunday, also Alii
and  Frank Perkins.
Mrs. J. A. and Mrs. Chas. sanboru
called  on   Mr- - .turd.iy.
Mrs. Johnson and Mrs. Bugbee weut
to  Hillman Tuesday.
eral from this way attended th"
ball game near Platte lake Sunday.
The erew on the state road attended
in a bunch, twenty  going in one  rig.
Mrs.   Martens   and   Nellie   railed   at
■ ta  home Thursday  evening.
ousin of O. P. Martens, from Bed
Top.   with   his   family,   visited   at   the
Marteu's   home   Monday.     They   came
by auto.
Mrs. .less King was on the sick list
a few days last week, but is better at
this  writing.
Grain and Produce
Harket Report.
'Vheat, No. 1,   $   98
Wheat, No. 2         94
Wheat, No. o___.  88
Flajx,	
Barley  50
Rye       88
Oats 	
EarCorn       65
Hay      7.00
Butter, Creamery ..       37
Dairy       jg
a       19
Flour.Koyal	
"   White Rose.. .  	
Low grade flour 1.60
Bran  ..1.25
Shorts  1.80
Cnicked Corn 80 pounds 1.40
Ground Feed     1.40
Beans      4.00
Onions        60
Genola News
Brinp us your job printing,
•■ii Brick of Little Falls was here
on business Monday and also railed on
old  friends.
Henrv Stumpf was on the sick list
the last few days. He is up ami around
again now.
Mrs. Mary Meyer purchased a new
Buiek car, which will not be delivered
•Inly 1.
Born—To Mr. and Mrs. B. timber, a
William   Kubilka   left   last   Monday
■rcenwabl.  where he is empl
William Kenen returned from a
ik   Kapi ek.
ABOUT THE STATE
News of Especial Interest to
Minnesota Readers.
GATHERED FROM ALL SECTIONS
Happenings of the Week Briefly Told:
for the Convenience of the
Busy Reader.
Two girls from the country districts;
won the bread baking contest in Clayj
county.
Henry Wagner, residing near Kel-j
logg. is dead. He was born ln I.ux-j
otnburg ln 1820.
Rudolph Vetter. aged twenty-one. a;
student at Concordia col Paul.;
dropped dead while playing ball.
Mrs. Theltna Hegdahl. forty years
old, a magnetic healer, committed suicide at her home in Minneapolis by
hanging.
Plans for the second annual community picnic of Crow Wing county
are complete. The event will take
place .luly 11.
James H. McClure, one of the
known railroad and bridge contni'
in the Northwest, is dead at St. Paul.
aged seventy-four years.
The annual conference of tinman   Kvengelical   church   for   Minnesota, .North and South Dakota will bo
held at Fairmont shortly.
Henry C. Mase, twonty-tlvo years
old, hanged himself In his room at
Minneapolis. Despondency over 111
health ls given as tbe reason.
Failing health Is causing District
Judge Nathan Kingsley of Austin to
resign. Judge Kingsley has been on
the district bench -''0.
Lyman Itohlnsnn.aged seven!y-throo
years, a Mankato city park  empl
evenly bitten and clawed by a
bear in the /oo at Sibley park.
The  miners  at  tl
the Oliver Mining company at Aurora
have joined the other strikers In that
vicinity.    One thousand men are now
out.
Farmers  of  Clay  county  will  hold
their annual picnic at Qlyndou June
II,    It will be tinder the direction of
the Clay County Federation of  I
Clubs.
I..   Henshoof of Detroit wa
commander   at   the   thirtv second   an-:
anal encampment  In  Minneapolis of;
the Minnesota division of the Sons ofj
Veterans.
Otto   langfelt  was  killed  and   Mr!
and   Mrs.   Fred   Miller   were   Injurej
when an automobile turned
sault near Luverne. The
not damat H
Six members of a you
gang    known   as   the
Dozen," have been  sente
court  to spend  the
on farms In that vlclr
Dean   Francis ,('       ..-nebon   of   the;
college of eng._^.nng,  diversity of;
Minnesota, has  resigned, en-
May 1, 11H7.  Dean Shenehon bad
head of the college for seven yea
Three   children   of   W.    II     Swain,!
seven   miles  north  of   Pillager,  ate  aj
quantity of toadstools In mistake
mushrooms.    Teddy,   four   years   old.
ls   dead   and   two   older   children
dying.
The forty-secor '  com: ;it at
St. Olaf college at Northfield can
a close with the conferring of thi
grees of bachelor of arts on   m students, the largest graduating (la
Its history.
Attacked by the si
brought di ir-old
son at Winona, Klisia Hemstad, a Norwegian Immigrant, lies in a serious
condition at Redfteld, 9. D., with spinal
meningitis.
The   lower  house  of
pased   a   bill   authorizing   the   county
commissioners   of  Aitkin   county   and
the  town  board  of   l-ogan   township,
to construct a bridge across
sissippi river.
A committee of the board of regents
of the state university has repi
ln opposition to the proposal lhat the
St. Paul College of I.aw be consolidated with the University of Minnesota law school.
In tb<- ease of Joe Leslie Bush, pro
fesslonal baseball pitcher, sued at
Brainerd by tlie administrator of the
estate of Ixiuis Miller, flagman,
dentally killed by Bush's automobile,
the Jury disagreed.
Granville S. Pease, dean of M.
sota   country   editors,  celebrated   his:
fiftieth year as publisher of the Anoka:
Union by issuing a Gold Annlvet
number.   Mr. Pease entered the n
paper business at Anoka April 2.
The Moose lodge of Moorhead was]
found  guilty  of violating  thc  county:
option law.   Members of the lodge testified that they obtained liquor b;
chasing   a   card   which   the   st<
punched whenever he served a drink.
Conscience caused a farmer to send]
to the  Acoma  and  Lynn  Fire  Insurance   association   of   Hutchinson    aj
check for $1,200 and a note for
to cover Insurance money he received:
after burning buildings.
The sixty-four fraternal associations;
doing business in Minnesota col
from their members last year i-
an increase or $2 over
the collections of 19U. The total
losses in  1915  were 13 an
increase of St- •« ol
over the losses of the previous year.
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