The Pierz Journal (Pierz, Morrison County, Minnesota), 1913-07-03

              IERZ   JOURNAL
VOL. 5.
PIERZ, MORRISON COUNTY, MINNESOTA, JULY 3, 1913.
NO. 3.
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HERE AND THERE
Brainerd—The fnrneal of Mrs.
Charlotte Douglas, iiged 91, of
Camp Douglas Wis, was held
Monday afternoon from the Lose y £ Dean undertaking'parlors
The remainns were sent to Bra
inerd.
St. Cloud—Alexander Milne of
Rockville was severely injured
in the stone quarry He and several other men were working" on
the travelers, pulling" it along"
*%he chain. The machine caught
on a big stone, knocking" it on
Mr. Milus foot. The stone weighed near half a ton and fell on
the arch of the man's foot.
Royalton—A largecrewof masons and other workmen have
been at work for several weeks
on the superstruscture of
Trinity church, which is being"
built under contract by Val
Herman of Holdingford. It will
cost $40,000.
Little Palls—The committee
from a number of speakers,
singers and elocutionists to take
part in the program which will
be given during the three days
of the G.A. R.encampment, July
2, 3 and 4.
Little Falls—About 2,000
acres of state land were sold at
the courthouse Saturday afternoon at prices ranging from $5
to $9 per acre. Mr. Nelson of
the state auditor's office conducted the sale.
. St. Cloud—The 11-year-old
daughter of Edward Huhn, formerly of St. Cloud, died Wednesday in Minneapolis. The
girl died from the effects of an
abcess and was brought here
Thursday for burial.
Little Falls—Valentine, the
17-months old son of Mr. and
Mrs. Vince Binczik of Bergs
addition, died Wednesday morning as the result of burns received Monday morning from
scalding water.
Mi lie Lacs Count y Times: An
Indian at Onamia, who had imbibed to j much firewater,entered
G. M. Covill's barn and appropriated to his own use a horse
and saddle, and rode to his wigwam near Mille Lacs lake.
When Mr. Covill discovered the
loss Saturday morning he start-
i
ed out in  search,   accompanied
by Deputy Sheriff Eichmiller,
soon found the horse in good
condition.
Foley—Joseph Harry, a prominent Graham farmer, and for
49 years a resident of Benton
county passed away at his home
last Thursday from heart trouble
and complications.
St. Cloud—The 7- year old
son of Peter VanRooy,a farmer
living near Mayhew Lais'?, suffered a serious injury to his foot
and leg when it got caught in a
mower driven by the father late
yesterday afternoon. The son
whose hearing is effected, did
JJot hear the mower, and the
/ fi^^^vho was seated on it, did
no^s^him until he was upon
him.
Brainerd—The brick work of
the third story of the high
school building will soon completed the prospects being good
for the building being under
roof early next month.
iERZ iS AGAIN
ICTORiOUS.
NOTICE—The regular price
of !51 will be charged at Faust's
hall tomorrow for dancing, both
afternoon and evening.    Adv.
(B3' the Sporting Editor.)
Last Sunday the Pierz All
Stars and the Little Falls
Laurels crossed bats on the Little Falls diamond. The score
book reads, Pierz 6, Laurels 2.
The 1st inning the score was 1
and 1; the 2nd and 3rd innings
there was nothin' doin', but the
4th, that was a daizy. The
boys got warmed up, then there
there was something doing.
Mischke grabbed that stick and
bang, out went the ball. Then
Uollig, who was a pinch-hitter,
sailed in and knocked the stuffing out of the sphere bringing
in another score. He was followed by others until 4 tallies
were chalked up. 5th and 6th
innings, nix. In the 7th and
last both teams scored and this
finished the game.
Notes  of the  Game  and   a
Few Other Things.
Wermershirchen was in g^ood
form and the way he handed
that little round package to the
Laurels wasn't slow. As a
box artist he is too well-known
to need any introduction from
our pen.
Murfitt—Say boys, take it
from me but there is some catcher. But we rather think that
the Ringling Bros., .or some
other big show aggregation has
lost something good by not
having him as a clown, for he
certainly does shine in that
capacity. Every time the umpire rendered a questionable
decision, Murfitt would execute
the latest—the grizzty bear
dance. Anyway, he is a cracker-jack in any place you put
hi rait was a good, clean game
and a peacharena from start
to finish.
The Laurels are a good, clean
gentlemanly bunch of young
men and Pierz will always give
them the glad-hand any time
they wish to come out.
A larg"e crowd should see the
game of ball tomorrow between
the locals and the First Team
of Foley. This is not the same
team that recently played Buck-
man. This team is said to be a
fast bunch of slab artists.
A few words are necessary
here to explain how the "Sporting Editor'' came back again.
You see a few of our dearly beloved friends laid plans whereby we should be made away
with, but they all failed. First
they got Electrician Holieisel
to erect a monster thing", (it
looked like a gallows to us) ostensibly for the purpose of
bracing the electric lights, but
as later developments showed,
to hang" the "sporting editor'"
on, but nix, it was no go. Next
t-hey kid-napped-us^ took us to
Fish lake tied a ton and a half
pebble around our neck and
dumped us into 9993 feet of the
drink. Now we dearly love the
water, and after resting awhile
in the briny deep with the fish
and mermaids, (one of the
latter turned us loose) we appeared in town serenely warbling this refrain:
Then up-rose the "sporting   editor"
bold.
From the water so cold:
And swore they couldn't kill  him   if
they tried.
For it's alive I will be found,
As long as beer is in town;
Oh, what a big- fool I'd be to die.
PIERZ WILL
CELEBRATE.
Pierz, the Queen City, will
celebrate the glorious 4th with
a mighty and stupenduous aggregation   of   colossal   events.
The mighty roar of heavy
artillery will usher in the 137th
birthday of   this glorious union.
The grand hremens parade
will start promptl}' from the
village hall at 9:30 a. m.
Thence march north to Hart-
mann's corner and return to the
village hall. The band will
render several selections while
in the north end, as well as play
at all the events during the entire day. The racing events
will start from the power house
at 1 o'clock p. m., sharp.
Floats representing all nations
will be in the parade-
The fast bunch of ball tossers
from Foley will be here and
it is expected that they will put
up a good snappy g"ame of ball
with the locals. The game will
be   called at   2:15   p^ m-, sharp.
Dancing, both afternoon and
evening in Faust's hall, in the
south end- This hall has recently been put in tirst-class
condition, as well as installing
four electric fans for the comfort of the dancers.
Remember, there'll be something doing" all the time and
there won't beany recess either.
Come to Pierz and have the
time of your life. There will
be all kinds of amusements.
BATHER LOSES
LIFE IN RIVER.
Leo Novak, age 19, lost his
life Friday evening bathing in
the Mississippi at the upper
railroad bridge and his brother,
Mike Novak, aged 21, was nearly drowned in attempting to
save him. The hitter required
the efforts of a physician to revive him.
The drowning occurred about
nine o'clock.    A small party of
NO NEWS
BUT SCANDAL.
Frequently you pick up a
local paper and after glancing
at it, wearily throw it aside, remarking: "There's nothing in
the paper this week." Did you
ever stop to think what the
phrase means? It means that in
the week no misfortune has befallen anyone in our community;
that no lire has wiped out a
neighbor's worldly goods;   that
SOUR MILK
WEATHER AND
SAVES CHICKS.   MARKET REPORTS.
Another Base Ball Game.
(By the Sporting Editor.)
Oh, gee, here is another bunch
of base ball enthusiasts that
are clamoring for recognition.
The Neversweats, or second
team of Pierz and the Invinci-
bles, of Agram. These two
strong teams had a battle royal
on the Agram diamond last
Sunday. The score was 16 to 0
—oh, that's a mistake, we ment
to say 7 to 14 in favor of, of
let's see, the Neversweats. Oh,
there it goes again, honest injun,
the pencil slipped that time.
It was the Invincibles that won.
The Agram bunch are up and
coming. They are a fast lot
and you had better look a
"iiddle'' out for 'em. No
wonder the Pierz aggregation
lost, look who the umpire was—
P. L. Poster. Gee, that settles
it and if it hadn't been for his
size—well that's all.
Get   the   habit—the   Journal
habit.   It's a good one to tie to.
The 'tother Sunday the fast
Invincibles took the air ship
line to Freedhem to play the
swift clod-hoppersof that place.
The score we lost sight of, but
the diamond—no never. A
beautiful fire was running across
the diamond from 1st to 3rd
base; the pitcher burned both
knees; the man who was to play
center was forced to play short
because of the high grass—the
fire hadn't reach that far yet,
and he being short of stature-
The leftfielder dug the ball out
of 'steen.inches of mud, and the
rightfielder either jumped a
brush pile 7 feet hig"h or jumped
it seven times, (we have forgotten which) to get that ball and
he grot it too. However, the
boys up there are getting that
diamond in good shape and before many moons, they will have
a ball park second to none.
bathers,   including the  two No-[the   grim  angel   of   death   has
vak boys  and Frank  and  John crossed no threshold of a friend;
Schafer,  were swimming in the j that   no   man   driven by hatred
center of  the   river   below   the! or fear has taken  the   life   of a
railroad   bridge.    It is   thought! fellow   human;    that   no   poor
that Leo Novak must have been devil, haunted by   the   past   or
seized   with a cramp as he  was  misdeeds   of   some   other,    has
I
seen to   sink suddenly.    Frank ' crossed the great divide by   his
Schafer and Mike   Novak start-  own   hand.     So   the   next  time
ed to   his aid,   Schafer  rerched : you pick up a paper that   does-
hiin first and starting towards a not announce a trag"edy,   give a
boom with him.
little   thanks   instead of grumb-
Different ones who took part; ling that there is no news. Or,
in and witnessed the attempt- if you would rather, shall we
ed rescue give different ac- dish up a choice morsel of scan-
counts of the affair, one saying .dal? Would your eyes grow to
that Mike Novak impeded Schaf-! be round and would you smack
er in  saving the  drowning man! your   lips   with   a   relish if we
and others say that the two were
unable to handle the almost un-
were to write  up   a   sensation':'
Well, we  can   do   it.    Shall we
conscious man. Mike Novak begin on you':1 Do you think
has a rather hazy recollection you have that little secret all
of his part in the affair. He re-; locked up away from everybody':'
members going to the aid of his If you could look over the
brother and of being dragged to stories in the editor's little book
the   bottom   by   the   drowning you  would   be  surprised  in all
1
man's grip on his leg. j probability   to   see   your   name
i
The   older   Novak   boy   was  written   there,   and   further,   a
dragged   onto   a   boom   by   the  story in detail, which you fond-
other bathers,   and unsuccessful  ly thought was   all   your   own.
effort made to reach the body of Nothing in the paper?     Do you
his brother by diving.   P. J. Vas-, long   to   see   a   procession   of
aly happened to be passing the  skeletons    marching'    by   your
bridge in his car at the time and door':'      Do   you   court   such  a
the unconscious  (man was taken  procession'/     We   all   have our
to   Wetzel's   drug   store,   where  failings and none are immune.
Dr. E. L. Fortier   worked over!     As Bill Nye would say: "Rest
him and  revived  him by  means in peace   while   the   resting   is
of  artificial   respiration.     The good.''^fitt&amge■
physician stated that there was
some   water in the  man's lungs'
and that he also appetired to be
suffering from shock.
The river bottom was dragged j Pieplant  into half-inch lengths
,.       ,.       ,    ,        ,.    ,,      Select a granite panof the desir-
at  once   tor  the   body  ot   the I    •   . , , ,;
jed size,   put a  layer ot the pie-
drowned man and about one hour , plant in t,)e bottoni)  cover wi tll
and a half after the drowning it! SUgar, add another layer of pie
was  found  about forty feet be-   plant, another of sugar, and con-
low the   place   where he disap-   tinue in this manner until all is
peared,    The body   was pkiced in' havin« su^u" ori to»- Pul  in
To Can Pieplant,
Wash   and cut   tender   young
on a boom and  coroner Chance
communicated with.    He direct -
a moderate oven and bake until
the pieplant is tender.   Put into
! sterile jars and seal.    Use   pie-
ed that  the body be taken to ajplant and suffar in the proport.
morgue and about midnight it I ion of one cup of sugar to one
was removed to Harting's under-'and one-half quarts of the pie-
taking rooms. The coroner de-jp^nt. Do not stir material, as
cided that death was due to ac- stirrin^ breaks the pieces of pie
One of the main causesof death
among chicks is white diarrhea.
This is very prevalent and
investigations have shown
conclusively that the original
source is often from parent stock.
Many chicks have the disease
when hatched, and others contract it from them, through feed
and forage in infected litter or
grounds. The transmission from
chick to chick is common during
the first three or four days, and
this is the period of great danger, especially among chicks of
low vitality. The symptoms
are a whitishdischarge from the
vent, which results in "pasting
up behind." The chicks become
listless and sleepy, lose appetite, the feathers become ruffi
ed, breathing labored, and they
constantly peep  or chirp.
They may die suddenly or
gradually waste away. This disease is being most carefully
investigated by the Agricultural
Experiment Station at Storrs,
Connecticut, and the third report of their investigations has
been published. This report recommends the feeding of sour
milk as the best thing to use for a
preventive of this disease. It advocates feeding sour milk from
the very first and keeping it before the chicks constantly. The
acidity of the milk acts as a ge-
micite. Moreover the milk is an
animal product which chicks require in some form and it is a
great factor in the growth and
vigor of the young flock. Of
course the commercial chick
feeds now so common are fed
and pure water supplied but in
addition sour milk is kept before the chicks constantly, the
vessels being cleaned and refilled daily during" the first few
weeks.
Farmers and poultry raisers
should feed sour skim milk constantly, at least after chicks are
a few days old, as a preventive
of thisi dread disease, and to
stimulate their growth. It also
increases egg production in the
laying" Block. Numerous experiments have demonstrated that
skim milk and curds, or cottage
cheese, are among the most stimulating feeds for poultry of
all kinds, except very young
chicks. Many claim that sweet
milk is much safer until the
chicks are at least a week or
ten days old. There is a constant
supply on nearly every farm
and it should be universally
used for the farm flock.—Ni E.
Chapman, Poultry Specialist,
University    Farm, St-    Paul.
Temperature tor the Week,
Highest
Lowest
. 66 above
73 above
58 above
75 above
. 66 above
57 above
Wednesday 84   52 above
Thursday..
Friday	
Saturday'..
Sunday	
Monday	
Tuesday	
84....
90....
93....
92....
81....
78....
Get wise and read the ads.
that appear in the Journal from
week to week.
cidental drowning.
Leo Novak was a son of Frank
Novak, who lives in Berg's addition. He was employed at the
sawmill as were the other men
who were with him at the time
of his death.
The place where the drowning"
occurred is a very dangerous
spot for bathing even for good
swimmers and the unfortunate
affair of Friday evening will
promptly put a stop to its use
as a swimming place. The water
is very deep and as the only
"means of escape from the water
is onto a boom or the piers of
the bridge it is very difficult for
a man to be rescued if he is
seized with a cramp.
The funeral will be held Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock p. m.
from the Polish catholic church.
—Transcript.
i Until about two years ago the
Frank Novak family lived in
the town of Pulaski, about
three miles east of the Platte
church.
plant and give it a mussy appearance. Pieplant canned in
Uiis manner is much superior to
that cooked on top of stove.—
Mary L Bull, Domestic Science,
University Farm, St. Paul.
Minnesota Butter Record.
Eight hundred and eighty-
three creameries in Minnesota
produced 116,500,000 pounds of
butter in 1912 and added *;;:». -
000,000 to the state's wealth, an
increase of *0,000,000 over 1911,
according to announcement
made by the state dairy department. It is expected that the
total in 1913 will exceed these
figures.
Telephone Office Closed.
The telephone office will be
open on the Fourth of July
from 9 to 10 o'clock in the forenoon and from 6 to 7 o'clock in
the evening.    Adv.
Theresa Span f ellxer,
Operator.
Kling for Clerk of Court.
St. Cloud Times: Elmer A.
Klin g was selected to succeed
S. P Brick, as clerk of the district court in Little Falls, when
the judges of the district met
Thursday. Mr. Brick has recently been appointed postmaster and his resignation as
clerk of court is expected soon.
The bar of the county unanimously endorsed Mr. Kling as
his successor. Mr. Kling is a
well known attorney, and former member of the legislature.
The Market Report,
Wheat, No. 1	
Wheat, No. 2	
Flax,	
Barley	
Rye	
Oats	
Ear Corn	
Hay	
Butter, Creamery ..
Dairy	
Eggs	
Flour, Best _*_
"    Straight	
Low grade flour	
Bran .	
Shorts  	
Cracked Corn 80 pounds...
Ground Feed	
Potatoes 	
Beans  1.50-
Onions	
82
80
1.15
4^
46
33
50
$5.00
35
20
15
2.30
2.20
.1.50
.1.15
.1.20
.1.20
1.25
15
-1.75
70
Butterfat Market.
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The Average during the week
was 28c
South St. Paul Hog Market.
Ave. Price.
Thursday 8.49
Friday ,s.r>:;
Saturday 8. i'd
Monday 8.10
Tuesday s. 12
Wednesday 8.40
St. Paul Live Stock.
Steers $6.50 to H.35
Cows and Heifers,'.}; 1.50 to ..7.00
Calves, steady, $5.00 to*. 10
Feeders, steady, ...$4.50 to 7.75
In Justice Court.
Jos. Pohl of Morrill was
arrested Monday on two charges
of using abusive language, the
complainant in one case being
Stephen Urbanski and in the
other F. J. Kloz, both of Morrill. The cases were set for July
8th and 9th and the defendant
released until that time.
Keep posted by reading the
Journal's "Business Locals'"
column.
Local News Items.
Winer shipped two cars of
stock to Duluth yesterday.
Sheriff Armstrong was an
unwelcome visitor to somebody last Monday. ,
Father Lemmer's father of
Ashland, Wis., arrived last
Tuesday for a brief visit.
P. L. Grirtz is breaking 35
acres of land for Anton Bed-
ncr with his threshing engine.
Father Anselni of St. John's
university visited liis brother,
Theo. Ortmann of Lastrup a
few days last week.
Barney Willels, of the
Luse Land Co., called here
last Tuesday, with T.C.Wing
and H. Mueller.
Geo. M. Kolb of Melrose,
visited here Monday and
Tuesday 'with John H. Schae-
fer. Mr. Schaefer rented a
meat market building in Melrose from Mr. Kolb —^—~*■—
Quite a large crowd went
to Fish lake Sunday. Among
others were: P. A. Hart-
maim and family, J. B. Hart-
maun and family and Mrs.
M. K. Weiinerskircheu and
children.
Fred Wolke returned from
Saskatchewan last Saturday,
where he had gone to visit
his botherTony and look over
the country. He says grain
looks  fair.      it w; nie-
ly hot there during his short
visit.
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