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JOURNAL
VOL. 5.
PIERZ, MORRISON COUNTY, MINNESOTA, JUNE 19, 1918.
NO. 1.
HAPPENINGS
WllJM THERE
St Cloud—Right Rev. Bishop
James Trobec will go to -St.
John's university June 16, where
a class of young- men who have
been studying" for the priesthood
will be ordained.
St. Cloud—Mrs. Elizabeth
M. Moeller, aged resident of
St. Augusta and one died St.
Raphael's hospital Tuesday
night. She was73 years of   age.
St. Cloud—Residents of Pay
nesville turned out in force
Wednesday to help the fire department put out a fire that for
a while threatened to destroy
the entire village.
St. Cloud—ClemensKelly,for-
[merly of St. Cloud, died in
kGlassgow, Mont., this week.
Deceased was about 28 years
of age. The cause of death was
not given. The body will be
brought to St. Cloud for burial.
Little Falls—A new bank
building will be erected this
summer by the German American National bank on the lot at
the corner of Broadway and
First street now occupied by
the bank.
St, Cloud—Mikola Chursik,
a Russian, known as Michael
Snell, was drowned at the reformatory Friday in a deep pit
created by the removal of granite therefrom', and which contained from twelve to fourteen
feet of water.
St. Cloud—The local baseball
fans are making another attempt
to raise money for the support
of the game here. A committee
is soliciting in an effort to learn
what the sentiments of the business men are. It is suggested
the club either be backed with
$500 or quit.
Long Prairie—Three hundrerd
Knights of Columbus poured into Long Prairie Sunday, the
occasion being the second initiation of the Long Prairie council.
A class of about sixty was admitted into the order third deg.
being put on by District Deputy
Paul Abies, assisted by the St
Cloud degree team.
St. Cloud—That a large percentage of the St. Cloud saloons will have new owners be-
ore July 1 is presumed from information recently obtained .The
annual liquor licenses will be
due before the first of the month and some of the saloons will
not renew their licences, at
least under the present owners.
Little Falls—The fire which
destroyed the building on the
farm of Peter Jasdzcwski in
Culdrum also destroyed two set
of harness, six tons of hay, a
large pile of wood, a binder and
chickens and geese which were
set on eggs. The buildings burn-
I ed were a horse barn, cattle barn
Inechine shed  and  three  small
[buildings. One third of the  loss
lis covered by insurance.
Little Falls—Frank J. Keene
was bound over to the grand
jury Wednesday by Justice
, Gaudet on a charge of an assault with a loaded revolver.
The complainant in the case
was LauredBatcher. Thetrobleu
occurred at Shamineau lake in
Scandia Valley and according
to the evidence a shot from
Keen's revolver passdd under
the seat of a boat in which
Batcher was seated.
VILLAGE SCHOOL
CLOSEDJRIDAY.
TheSt.Edward's school closed
last Friday, June 13th. The
school year, as a whole was a
success. Again a large number
of graduates will receive their
diplomas.    ■
I wish these graduates would
attend an advanced school next
year. Some no doubt will go to
the Normal or High school somewhere. Would it not be much
nicer if they could get the high
school education at home '?
Quite often contests are
given, but seldom one, that
is as beneficial as the "Swat
the Fly". This contest was
started early in spring, when
there were but few old flies
to be seen. It seemed rather
slow, work for the boys at
first, but soon it went better.
The contest was open to any
boy of our St. Edward Graded
Schools.
There were three prizes
given, the first to bring in a
1000 flies was to get $2.00;
the second to bring in 1000
flies $1.50; the third to bring
in 1000 flies $1.00. All the
rest who were not fortunate
enough to get a prize, were
to get paid by the hundred.
Those that received prizes
Avere: Mike Meyer first prize,
$2.00; Anton Banach second
prize $1.50; PeterMeyer third
prize $1.00.
It is a well known fact,
that the average female fly
lays about 120 eggs. Adding
together all the flies killed
during the contest we find
that 7484 old flies were killed
before they had a chance to
lay eggs. No doubt these
were not all female flies, but
say half of them and we have
it exact. This still leaves
4742 female flies. Each one
would have laid 120 eggs,
which means that 449,040
eggs were destroyed by destroying the old flies. There
were only 20 boys that tried
for the contest. What would
be the result if we all would
try? It is true that we would
not notice a want of flies this
summer, but, just the same it
wall do no harm.
Flies carry typhoid germs
on their feet from typhoid
patients to healthy persons,
and it is estimated that three
fourths of the deaths resulting from typhoid fever, are
caused by flies.
About 40,000 people die
from typhoid fever, and three
fourths are due to flies.
Think what a loss of life is
due to a simple house fly.
Open spittoons are very
bad, as the flies will first visit
the spittoon for their dinner,
and then your cake or fruit
for desert.
We should all be willing
to help destroy these pests,
not only by killing them directly, but also by avoiding
breeding places for them, such
as manure piles, dirt and filth
in the alleys and back yards.
A small country town has the
advantage over large cities,
as regards to fresh air, but
usually in the small villages
the ordinances are not so well
enforced, which results into
some very filthy alleys and
back yards,
Here is hoping that everybody wall do his or her share
in promoting the conditions
of hygiene.
N. AHLES, Principal.
PALMQUIST
PLEADS GUILTY.
Ed. Palmquist, known here as
"Talliose Pumpkin,'' held for
robbery of the Ed. Cash house
in Little Falls, pleaded guilty
before Judge Roeser last Tuesday. He was sentenced to one
year at hard labor in the county
jail. The sentence was sus
pended. Tolliose must report
monthly to sheriff Armstrong
and is strictly forbidden to drink
alcoholic liquors during the
year.
A Gastronomic Feat.
Max Friesinger is not so foolish as some of the boys think.
Hungry last evening he boast-
fullj' dropped a hint, that he
could eat a dozen bananas in
five minutes. After a little skillful parrying, he reluctantly
agreed to demonstrate what he
could do in the eating line if the
material were furnished. He
downed the bananas in the remarkably short time of four
minutes and ten seconds. This
is a good stunt and should furnish Max a living if he cares to
follow it. His "lean and hungry
look'' would be a valuable asset.
If a dozen bananas, or five
pounds of beefsteak finds no
takers, he can offer to double it,
eat as much as he likes, and
thank the gentlemen.
Once upon a time a fellow with
a good eye for easy coin, gathered a large crowd upon the
banks of the Rhine. He collected a considerable sum of money
upon the promise that "ich will
ueber den Rhein springen." (I
will jump across the Rhine.) He
took a long start from the top
of a hill and ran towards the
river. At the edge of the water,
he came to a sudden stop, turned
and informed the breathless
crowd that "Ich will ueber den
Rhein springen, aber ich kann
nicht".
SHORT LOCAL
NEWS ITEMS.
Look Up Your Freight Receipts.
It is estimated, that from
$2,000,000 to $3,000,000 will be
returned to the shippers and receivers of freight over Minnesota railroads during the past
two years. The rebates will
amount to about 25 percent of
the amount paid. The good
methodical business man is again
a winner by having followed
"system". He can take the receipts from his files and demand
his share of the refund, while
the fellow who threw them into
the wastebasket complains once
more about hard luck.
Colored Cooks at Paper Mill,
Several colored cooks arrived
in this city Tuesday night and
were escorted to the Hennepin
Paper company mill where it
is said that a kitchen has been
fitted out. This is taken to
mean that an attempt will be
made to open the mill by bring
in strike breakers and keeping
them at the mill.
A board fence has been erected
from the southeast corner of the
mill to the river and guards are
stationed around the property.
The men who did not strike are
employed at work in and around
the mill.
Tents have been placed between
the mill and the river and a
cook stove and cooking utensils
have been delivered at the mill.
—Transcript.
Wahkon—At a meeting of the
Commercial club it was definitely
decided to celebrate the 4th at
Wahkon. The president appointed the committees to superintend the preparations.
Red clover is everywhere in
bloom, but only eight to ten
inches high.
C. E. Gravel and J. M. Blake
attended the ball game at Brain-
erd last Sunday.
Traveling agents were numerous in the village the first part
of the week.
R. F. D. carrier Scoles has
has bought George Docken's
Brush auto.
John H. Schaefer has sold his
house and lot in lower town to
Math. Hesch of Agram.
R. Estabrook and wife, of the
town of Leigh were business cal
lers in the village Monday.
Frank Becker, who has been
ill for several months, was taken
to the hospital in Little Falls
last Monday.
Miss Catherine Stumpf returned home from Little Falls,
after a short stay with her sister,
Mrs. Albert Reimer.
Miss Gertrude Stumpf went
to Little Falls last Tuesday to
visit her sister and other relatives.
Louis Eller left for Greewald
last week to help his brother
Paul, in his harness shop at that
place for a short time.
There will be a complete set
of new buildings erected on the
old Father Koering farm in Last-
rup, daring the summer.
It is reported here, that the
Joseph Brinkman family would
leave Portland, Oregon, and be
in Fairchild, Wis., by July 1st.
Frank Kammermeyer is putting a skylight into the F. X.
Virnig new store building, the
old furniture store.
Warm weather, with clear
skies, over the greater part of
the country is predicted for this
week by the weather bureau.
John Reiling and wife of New
Munich were here a few days
visiting with Mike Braun and
wife near Lastrup.
The little boys have put away
their books and shoes and stockings for a three months vacation. The old swimming hole
will hold their interest till the
clog days.
Mr. and Mrs. Fergusen, Miss
Lottie Woods and Mr. and Mrs.
Albert Reimer and son Clarence
of Little Falls, visited with Mrs.
Adolf Stumpf Sunday, and also
took in the picnic at Fish Lake.
Christ Faust's new barn is
finished—inside and outside—
and painted. He now has all
new and up-to-date buildings.
His next step will probably be
installing electric lights and an
electric motor.
A lady standing in the shade
of a tree last Suuday, waiting
for her hunband remarked: "I
wish my husband would hitch
up and start for home. My
stomach is burning with hunger,
but I suppose he is cooling his
with beer."
The Milaca Farmers' Creamery's annual picnic will be held
next Wednesday. All the Farmers' creameries have picnics,
but the one in Pierz. That shows
selfishness on the part of the
officers- While they are having
a picnic among themselves the
year round, they might spare at
least one day for the shareholders and patrons.
THE MIGHTY
HAAG SHOW.
The mighty and stupenduous
Haag Railroad shows have
come and gone and will soon be
forgotten save by the little boy
who never saw a circus before.
On account of the cloudy and
threatening morning we got a
late start and missed the gorgeous and   magnificent  parade.
The main entrance to a circus
always opens into the menoger-
ie, and here were exhibited
three elephants, three of our
ancestors (monkeys), one young
black bear such as are often seen
within our village limits, two
lions, one feroceous looking
tiger, one suffragette (direct
from London) and six camels.
The crowd in the large tent
was small probably on account
of the rainy weather. A circus
must have an abundance of
Beautiful Sunshine to be complete and successful in every
detail.
The beginning of the main
performance was delayed by a
heavy shower which looked down
through the tent like a sieve
onto the cheap unreserved seats
we occupied.
"Every sweet has its sour;
every evil its good," said one
of our transcendentalists. What
we gained by the exercise of a
little economy was lost through
bodily discomfort by a thorough
soaking. The price of 75 cents
for reserved seats which we
discovered to be perfectly dry
and which we were later persuaded to buy, taught us something of the ingenuity of the
showman. He reasons that rainy weather means a small
crowd; and wet hard seats with
dry reserved seats in sight
means to get all there is in it.
The usual stately parade
around the rings opened the
mighty performances. The barebacked horse hobbled slowly
around the ring as of old, and
neither the cracks of the whip
nor accelerando of the band
quickened its speed.
The tumbling and acrobatic
performances were mediocre,
but the trapeze work was as
good as that of any show under
canvas.
Good goods are not always
done up in small packages, except arsenic and strychnine.
The Haag shows could be added to the Ringling or Barnum
and Bailey shows without seriously crowding them for  room.
SHORT LOCAL
NEWS ITEMS.
Additional Local News,
Nick Hennen and his brother
John of Calvary, Wis., started
Tuesday morning for Miles City,
Mont., for a brief visit.
It is reported here that Henry
Roch is foreman of a grubbing
crew in Crosby. It is pretty
hard to determine whether grubbing city streets is a symptom
of prosperity or of degeneracy
of such city.
Edward Sauer, who disappeared from his home in Rice
last February, has not yet been
heard from. The search made
for him throughout the northwest, brought not the slightest
results. He had iro domestic
troubles and his bank account
was growing. Mr. Sauer had
about $100 on his person when
he left home, which he intended
to deposit in a St. Cloud bank,
but failed to do it. This might
give color to a foul play theory.
Peter Wagner of Lastrup was
in town Saturday,
John Seibert went to Lake
City in answer to a call from U.
S. army officials.
A. J. Bergquist of north west
Buh, was a business caller in
town Saturday.
Hubert Reiner of Mt. Morris,
was in town last Monday, transacting business.
John Hennen of Calvary, Fond
dia Lac Co., Wis., is here, visiting his brother, Nick Hennen.
Mr. and Mrs. William Luft of
Fredonia, Wis., are here for a
week's visit with the William
Schauble family.
Herman Meyer and wife, Henry and Vincent Meyer of Meiers
Grove, were here visiting with
Theo. Ortmann and Tony Welle
of Lastrup, last week.
Stephan D. Mrozle of Brower-
ville, who taught school in
Platte during Kusobuski's time,
made Pierz a visit last Saturday. He is in the Minneapolis
Daily News contest for a §1000
automobile.
The rain Saturday afternoon
made a great deal of splash and
noise while it lasted, but the
raingage measured only .70 of
an inch of precipitation and the
ground was soaked only to the
depth of about two inches.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Jaeger
left Monday morning for Lake
Henry, Stearn,* Co., to attend
the wedding of the daugther of
Mr. and Mrs. John Jaeger,
which was leld their last Tuesday.
The Ladies Whist Club was
entertained by Frances Hennen
last Thursday evening. Prizes
were won by Mrs. P. A. Hart-
mann, Mrs. Frank Faust and
Delia Wermerskirchen. Mrs. W.
Schauble will entertain this
evening.
Last Suuday thirty four children received first holy communion in St. John's church at
Lastsup. A large crowd of people from the surrounding country, especially from Pierz, attended. Rev. Father Lemmer
read high mass at 9:30 a. m.
A large procession passed
through our village last Monday morning. We were asked :
"Who died? Whose funeral is
this r" Later it was found that
it really was a funeral procession. Meyer Bros, shipped a
carload of cattle to South St.
Paul:
Sunday was a very hot and
quiet day. Quite a large crowd
went to Lastrup, to attend the
childrens first communion in
St. John's church, and many
went to Fish Lake to cool off,
and a bunch of our sports, went
to Brainerd to witness the ball
game between the Little Falls
City team and a Brainerd nine.
Emil Froehner returned from
Winona last Thursday, where he
had gone to attend the annual
convention of the Catholic Foresters of Minnesota, as a delegate from the local court. Mr.
Froehner reports a very large
attendance from all over the
state. The delegates were royal Iy entertained and the convention was a very successful one.
At a banquet, held Wednesday
evening,   Bishop Hefron of  Wi-
WEATHER AND
MARKETREPORTS.
Temperature for the Week,
Highest
Thursday.. 82...
Friday 85___
Saturday..  80.._
Sunday 90...
Monday 85...
Tuesday... 78	
Wednesday 92	
Lowest
. 57 above
. 58 above
. 59 above
_ 61 above
57 above
50 above
48 above
The Market Report.
Wheat, No. 1       83
Wheat, No. 2         81
Flax,       1.15
Barley          48
Rye       46
Oats      :!4
Ear Corn       50
Hay $",.00
Butter, Creamery       35
Dairy       20
Eggs      15
Flour, Best      2.20
"    Straight      2.10
Low grade flour 1.50
Bran , 1.15
Shorts  1.20
Cracked Corn 80 pounds 1.00
Ground Feed     1.05
Potatoes        15
Beans l.oO—1.75
Onions        70
Buttertat Market.
The Average during the week
was 28ic
South St. Paul Hog Market.
Ave. Price.
Thursday. 8.52
Friday 8.5H
Saturday 8.58
Monday ...^ 8.52
Tuesday 8.35
Wednesday 8.25
St. Paul Live Stock.
Steers $6.50 to 8.85
Cows and Heifers,$4.50 to ..7.00
Calves, steady, $5.00 to*. 10
Feeders, steadv, ...$4.50 to 7-75
nona and many priest were present, and made addresses.
A gasoline engine and blower
attachment for the large reed
organ in church has been purchased and will soon be installed.—Meiers Grove item in
Melrose Beacon. Wonder if
there is no danger of confusion
between the tempo of the organist and that of the engine
chug! chug!
Fred. Wolke and John Way-
tasek departed Monday morning for Houghton Lake district,
Sask., Canada, to look at land
owned by the Luce Land Co., of
which Mueller and Wing of St.
Cloud are agents.
St. Cloud—Timothy C. Ryne,
an electrician, is being sought
by the police on a charge that
he forget a check for S27.50 on
the Bodega restaurant and went
to Minneapolis. Ryan, who was
boarding at the Bodega for some
time, worked as a lineman for
the telephone company.
Equalization Meetings Monday.
All town boards will hold the
annual equalization meetings
next Monday, June 23rd. Those
who have complaints to make
against high taxes, should call;
and those who have reason to
think that the town board might
complain about their low taxes,—and there are many—should
call as well.
that appear in the Journal from
week to week.
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