The Pierz Journal (Pierz, Morrison County, Minnesota), 1913-07-31

              PIERZ  JOURNAL
VOL. 5.
PIERZ. MORRISON COUNTY, MINNESOTA, JULY 31, 1918.
NO. 7.
HAPPENINGS
HEffiAND THERE
Little Falls—James P. Larson was appointed chief of police Thursday in the place of
Ernest Gatchel. Larson is the
fifth man to wear the star in the
past four months.
St' Cloud—The annual retreat
for the fathers of the Order of
St. Benedict is being held this
week at St. John's university
at Collegeville. Over 100clergymen will be present during the
week to take part in the ceremonies.
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Little Falls—C. E. Sanford,
a Swanville creamery man was
before a local justice here
Thursday to answer to three
charges of giving too high tests.
The actions were brought by
F. O. Johnson, an agent of the
State Dairy and Food commission.
Crosby—John Topola, aged
13, the son of Mr. and Mrs.
John Topola, Lake View addi
tion to Crosby, died Friday
night from an injury to his hip.
The funeral was held Sunday
afternoon and burial was made
atIronton.
Staples—When abroken brake
beam caused the derailment of a
baggage car on a passenger
train of the Northern Pacific
near hear early Friday, traffic
was tied up for three hours. A
wrecking crew from this city
repaired the damage to the
,track, which was slight. No
passengers were injured.
Motley—Lightning struck and
set tire to a barn on the Converse farm in May township, a
few miles from here. The barn
burned to the ground, with the
hay it contained. Three cows
who were standing near the
barn were also struck and killed.
The loss is partly covered by
insurance.
Winona—John Davis, the
laborer who shot and killed
Frank Finn at Wabasha last
week because he says Finn called him a "cheap skate," must
remain in the Wabasha county
jail until next November in
spite of the fact that he pleaded
guilty in justice court and asked
for immediate sentence, because
the court is in vacation.
Melrose—Alois Leutmer, the
15-year-old son of Mrs. Elizabeth Leutmer living on a farm a
few miles southwest of town,
was kicked in the head by a
horse on Wednesday and died
within 24 hours from the injury.
The funeral was held from the
Meire Grove church Saturday
morning. Tlie boy was a student at St. John's university,
his intentions being to prepare
for the priesthood.
St. Cloud—Mrs, Haminerldied
at the family home in this city
Tuesday, aged 62 years. She
had been ill for some time and
the end was not unexpected.
Tlie deceased was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1851 tlie da""u
terof Mr, «and Mrs. William
Goedker. The family came to
Minnesota and. gfc Augusta
t9Wn$MP <l r§w i^ar-s later, and
\vtu-e well known residents. Her
husband, six sons and five
daughters survive.
Come and bring your whole
family. Where ? To Pierz, of
course. On Market Day, August 2nd, in upper tr,w-ii,
THE BOARD OF
EQUALIZATION.
On July the 21st the board of
county commissioners of Morrison county, with the county
auditor, met at the office of the
county auditor as a board of
equalization; all members being
present.
All members of said board
having taken their oaths to
faithfully and impartially per-
for their duties as members of
said board, a motion was made
and carried that Henry Gassert
act as chairman of the board
and B. Y. McNairy as secretary
the board then Jproceeded to
equalize personal property in
Morrison county.
Houses Under" One Year Old
Buh raised 100 per cent.
Buckman raised JO percent.
Granite raised 100 per cent.
Lakin reduced 15 per cent.
Mt. Morris reduced 35 per
cent.
Morrill reduced 10 per cent.
Pierz raised 10 per cent.
Richardson   reduced    40   per
Horses One Year Old.
Agram raised 100 per cent.
Buh raised 33J per cent.
Buckman raised 25  per  cent.
Granite raised 100 per cent.
Hillman raised 60 per cent.
Lakin raised 100 percent.
Leigh reduced 5 per cent.
Mt. Morris raised 70 per
cent.
Morrill raised 60 per cent.
Pierz raised 65 per cent.
Platte raised 65 per cent.
Pulaski raised 100 per cent.
Horses Two Years Old.
Agram raised 50 per cent.
Buh raised 25 per cent.
Granite raised 40 per cent.
Hillman reduced 20  per  cent.
Lakin raised 40 per cent.
Morrill raised 20 per cent.
Pierz raized 40 per cent.
Platte raised 25 per cent-
Pulaski raised 80 per cent.
Richardson reduced 40 per
Horses  Three   Years   Old.
Agram reduced 10 per cent.
Leigh raised 20 per cent.
Morrill raised 25 per cent.
Pierz reduced 30 per cent.
Platte raised 30 per cent.
Pulaski raised 70 per cent.
Richardson    reduced   45   per
cent.
Cattle Under One Year Old
Pierz raised 70 per cent.
Platte raised 25 per cent.
Pulaski raised 100 per cent.
Richardson reduced 10 per
cent.
Cattle    Three    Years   Old
and Over.
Richardson reduced 20 per
cent.
All Other Cattle.
Buckman  raised  40 per cent,
Sheep.
Richardson reduced 50 per
ceut.
Dogs.
Richardson   raised    400    pep
cent.
Farm Tools.
Granite raised 30 per cent,
Threshing ^' "
t,. ...aCHINES.
Platte raised 200 per cent.
Wagons,   Carriages and
Sleighs.
Buh raised 90 per cent.
. Buchman  raised  90 per cent.
Granite raised 150 per cent.
Hillman raised 100  per   cent.
Lakin raised 40 per cent.
Leige raised 10 per cent.
Mt. Morris raised 100 per
cent.
Morrill raised 100 per cent.
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PROGRAM OF
EXAMINATIONS.
For common school certificates will be held on July 31st,
August 1st and 2nd, 1913.
Thursday, July 31st.
A. M.   8:30—Enrollment;.
9:00—Penmanship.
9:30—Arithmetic.
P. M.    1:15—Geography.
2:45—Composition.
3:45—Reading.
4:40-Spelling.
Friday,  August 1st.
A. M.    8:00—U. S. History.
9:45—English Grammar.
11:30—Music.
P. M.    1:15—Physiology-Hygiene.
2:45—Civics.
4:00—Agriculture.
Saturday, August 2nd.
A.M.    8:20-Geometry..
10:15—Physics.
P. M.    1:15—Algebra.
2:45—Physical    Geography or General History.
4:15—Drawing.
Examinations   will   be   given
at Little Palls and at  Royalton
in the High School buildings.
M. E. Barnes,
County Superintendent.
Another Chicken Raid.
Michael Augermeyer was disturbed in his midnight slumber
Saturday night, by the cries of
his hens in the hen house. He
took his smoothbore, double
barrel shotgun and tired three
shots at the fleeing thief who
was heard to go in the direction
of the graveyard. A few minutes later a hen was heard to
complain about the intruder but
the sound was quickly choked
off. Michael took good aim in
the direction of the sound and
fired once more. He missed because all of our recognized professional chicken thieves were
around town Sunday morning
apparantly unharmed. All the
neighbors were awakened by
the shots.. Joseph Meyer
claims to have seen the thief
find 4iis way out of the maze of
monuments and crosses in the
graveyard by means of a flashlight.
P. L. Poster heard a team
drive rapidly by about the time
the first shots were fired. It is
more than probable that the
thief had a confederate in wait
with a buggy or light wagon to
haul the booty home.
FOUND SOME
GOOD WINE.
Townboard Joe. Otremba,
while in the village Monday related an incident he witnessed
last week while picking raspberries in section 29, Hillman,
which may be doubted by some,
but which he claims to be true.
He saw about half a dozen rabbits rolling, gambolling and
performing all sorts of antics
near a large cluster of raspberry bushes in a small stony
hollow. Protected on the north
and west by bushy Norway
pine trees, the place was almost
as hot as an oven. A depression in the ground under and
around the bushes formed a sort
of a basin in which about a
barrell of water had gathered,
and into which ripe rasberries
had fallen, fermented, and produced an intoxicating drink for
the rabbits. A strong odor of
wine gave Joseph the hint. He
got down on his hands and
knees jtnd drank several quarts
of high grade goods and felt
just as -well as if he had attended a towsj^oard meeting.
Joseph calls the spearers attention to. the Jocation of this
wine mine--Hillman, section 29.
Mrs. Ucy Allies Dead.
Mrs. Luoy Abies, pioneer resident of Steirns county, died at
the famir home in Pleasant
Lake, Thursday afternoon at
4:30,   death being  due   to com-
AUTOBIOGRAPHY
OF JOHN HEACH.
Below the reader will find the first
contribution of the autobiography of
John Heach, a well known character
about Pierz for the last twenty-five
years. John explains that he chose a
Johnsonese or slightly bombastic literary style because lie deemed the importance and weight of the subject in
hand worthy of sentences of such
learned length and thundering sound
that their echo may the longer linger
in 3-our memory.
John evidently believes, as did Alexander Pope, that "The sound should
be an echo to the sense."
LIGHTNING STRUCK
KUGEL'S HOUSE.
I have often been solicited by
eastern magazine and metropolitan newspaper representatives to pen for them a brief
sketch of my very eventful life,
but diffidence and perhaps lack
of egotism on my part as often
forbade. But in this, the 86th
year of my age, fully aware that
there can be few important additions or great modifications
during the brief space of life
remaining to me, I decided to
give my biography to the Pierz
Journal, among the readers of
which I have spent over a quarter of a century. By doing this
I hope to put at rest the curiosity of the good people of eastern Morrison county, in the
eyes of whom I have ever been
a sort of a wandering refugee;
and I must confess that to a
certain degree, I glory in the
distinction. That I am mysterious   is   because     my    mission
Lightning struck the John
Kugel residence shortly after
midnight, and did considerable
damage to both chimneys and
to the partitions on the first
floor. It seems the bolt covered
a large area, because opposite sides of the house were
damaged aud even several of the
shade trees in front of the house
were split. A small blaze was
started on the roof, but was
promptly extinguished by J. B.
Hartmann, Herman Faust, John
Boehm and others with a fire
extinguisher. Fred Rieke was
sitting within a few feet of
the wall damaged most, but felt
not the slightest shock of electricity. Damage is estimated
at S200.
plications. ^ She had been ajamon£ y°u is to solve a great
resident oi the county 56 years I mystery. I have been in the
and was bete during the strug-' employ of the Pinkerton Detec-
gles betwejn the Indians and 'tive Agency for over sixty five
the settler*   She was 67  years 'years.    My circumnavigation of
The Lastrup Liar.
The Lastrup liar was in the
village Tuesday and gave us his
experience with bees. He had
four hives last year and got
only eighteen pounds of honey.
His breed of bees Was of a pedigreed, heavy producing strain,
so he failed for a long time to
account for the small profit.
Finally he discovered that tin}
place his bees eall their- Homg
was   too    heavily   shaded   and
overhanging wit-1, *—
,-^x uees to allow
them to work the regular ten
hours union schedule. The liar
didn't care to move the hives
nor did he care to cut down the
trees. While he was discussing
several plans with his better
quarter or half, Theo. Ortman
happened by and helped him out
of the difficulty. Theodore advised him to cross his bees with
lightning bugs, to enable them
to work in the dark, which he
did; and now Christ Schlegel is
gettiug more honey than any
other man in Lastrup.
of age.
Deceased; was born near
Treves, Geimany, in 1844 and
came to Ame^ca about the year
1857 with h«- parents. Her
maiden name;iWas Lucy Bauer.
The family settled first in the
town of Rock\f]le. It was during their resience there and
while most <^ the men were
serving in tin Civil war that
the Indian outlfeaks occurred.
Mrs. Allies, witJalarge number
of others, inovd to St. Cloud
for protection. :she was married to John Ahl^ in 1868, and
the couple mover'to a farm near
Rockville. Heir they have
made their residece ever since,
her husband bein^liye at this
time. Besides lir husband sh-
is survived by twe,-e  »**■
this terrestrial sphere, and almost all my employments were
mere sidelines, avocations, to
one great end—to hunt down
criminals- It is a well defined
clue which brought me to Little
Falls twenty-nine years ago,
and four years later to Pierz.
The evidence gathered against
four of your citizens, who are
suspected of having been the
leading spirits in a gigantic
swindle perpetrated 42 years
ago last March, is almost complete, and you may confidently
expect a general roundup almost any time.
When old  John F<>-
as if glued to *'
of a b-
daughters, who are\ --ns
torney Paul Allies, ^County At-
Mrs. Margaret BartR St. Cloud,
ville, Minn., Matt 'el, Albert-
of Lake George, Gopnd Henry,
Mary Weymann, Vthard, Mrs.
Krippner and Mrs. ljrs- Anna
pner, all of Rockvirvey Krip-
of Bluffton, Chris, cie> Joseph
Peter, of Hancock and* Albany,
9lPf0r», *-** ' ;' VicUolas
r|Jjie funeral was held
morning with «^_ * ( Friday
..^1 vices\~at the
St Wendelin church in St. Augusta, at 10 o'clock. Interment
was made in the parish cemetery.—St. Cloud Times.
o.cb stood
,,ie  sheltered side
Hding during   heavy rain
. storms   on    dark   nights,    and
and i looked directly ahead  and  said i
A Bad Storm.
Wahkon—The worst electrical
storm in tive years passed over
this section on early Wednesday
Lighting entered J. N. Thorst-
ad's store, presumably over the
telephone wire, jumped over to
the hollow-wire feed pipe of the
gasoline lighting plant and
made a hole in it. The escaping
gasoline was ignited but was
quickly extinguished.
nothing, it was for a  deep   purpose.    Only  that,   and nothing
more.    A careless remark, or  a
casual passerby means  nothing
to the ordinary man, but may be
of incalculable value to the professional   Sherlock   Holmes.    I
have been your sport and   have
long been the butt of your jibes,
jeers, scoffs and taunts,   but endured them in silence. Only fools
try  to  fool  others  and you in
trying   to   make   a   fool of   me
showed yourselves to  be  fools,
because  you  failed  to see that
what you tried to do   had   been
done   many  years   ago.    If this
is   too   subtle   for   your dense
analysis, pass   it by.    You are
too late for my improving.
You see John Heach sitting
on the benches in front of stores
and other places of business in
the middle of   the forenoon, and
The Horse to His Master.
I am a horse,
You are a man,
I've been your slaves
Since I began,
\nd though I'm strong
Enough to shake
My shackles off
And make a break
For freedom that
Would lift the lid,
You've noticed
That I never did.
By day and night
I've worked for you
And done the best
That I could do;
And though I may not
Always like
Your methods, yet
I never strike;
In heat and cold,
In wet and dry
I'm always ready—
Glad to try
To do the very
Most I can
To satisfy
My master, man.
Therefore, my master,
If you please,
Considering
Such facts as these,
Say, don't you think
It ought to be
Your pleasure
To look out for u»?.
If for no other
rv6ft«on that
My great usefulness
To man?
Of    course,     you    might   be
worse,
I know
\\>y   Sometimes    treat   your
own kind so,
But I'm a horse,
And truer than
The man-slave to his   master,
man.
And, furthermore,
My nature is
Much more dependent
Than is his.
And as I trust you, Sir,
You should
Do all you can to make it good,
Nor do I ask a lot, I guess
To be   a   fairly  fair success
Good food, good shelter,   and
good care,
I think, is just about my share.
No other pay I ask—
No touch
I make, but this!
Is that too much.'
—W. J. Lampton in New York
Times.
WEATHER AND
MARKETREPORTS.
Temperature for the Week.
Highest     Lowest
Thursday 71 43 above
Friday  71   53 above
Saturday 85   57 above
Sunday  82 55 above
Monday     73 44 above
Tuesday 87 59 above
Wednesday.. 90 69 above
The Market Report.
Wheat, No. 1      79
Wheat, No. 2         77
Flax,        1.22
Barley         45
Rye       47
Oats      32
EarCorn       50
Hay $5.00
Butter, Creamery       35
Dairy       20
Eggs      ir,
Flour, Best     2.30
"    Straight      2.20
Low grade flour 1.50
Bran .   1.15
Shorts   1.20
Cracked Corn 80 pounds 1.20
Ground Peed     1.25
Potatoes        00
Beans 1.50—1.75
Onions         70
Butterfat Market.
The Average during the week
was L'rc
South St. Paul Hog Market.
Ave. Price.
Thursday .   8.s;t
Friday H.75
Saturday  ._ 8.75
Monday •_ 8.66
Tuesday K.04
Wednesday 8.64
St. Paul Live Stock.
Steers $6.50 to 8.35
Cows and Heifers,$4.50 to _.7.00
Calves, steady, $5.00 toH.K)
Feeders, stead v, ...$4.50 to 7.75
Mrs. Tschida Died.
Mrs. Theresia Tschida died
at the Joseph Preiner home last
Saturday morning at the age of
83 years. She was born iu
Abetlon, Hungary and lived
there until 1*h4 when the family
moved to Pierz. Mrs. Tschida
leaves two daughters and one
son. They are Mrs. Joseph
Preiner, Mrs. Mike Lokowitsch
and Joseph Tschida, of Buh.
Her husband died about tive
years ago. Funeral services
were held in St. Joseph's church
Monday morning and interment
in the St. Joseph's cemetery.
Bridge Completed.
The new bridge across the
Skunk river in the new road
south of Pierz is finished and
those who have seen it pronounce it a line piece of work.
Said Henry Gassert: "In my
capacity as county commis
sioner. I see a large number of
bridges, but for fine proportions
and neat finish, this one beats
them all.
Take Notice.
- PitSBZ, Minn., July 25, 1913.
Notice     to     the   Trespasser:
(via).    You  are hereby notified
to cease your visits of   trespass
on the Premises   of   Mr. Joseph
Faust.     Said  premises   located
in the Village of Pierz, Morrison
county. State of Minnesota.    If
you repeat   it  you  are liable to
make   a Short Stop; Fair warn-
yet you never see him come.    It  .^ f;iir S;ile
is   a   mystery   to   you whence JohnHkm 11.
I   come   at   morn and whither 11 ■"*
go at night.—John Heach. Get wise   and   read the ads,
Lost Ail Buildings.
A farmer, (whose name we
are unable to obtain), two miles
south of the ''Pour Corners" in
Morrill, lost all his buildings
except the house, by tire set by
lightning during the storm last
Friday Right. A large amount
of hay, two cows, a few hogs
and all his chickens were burnt.
(To Be Continued.
Keep  posted   by reading the
that appear in the Journal from j Journal's       "Business     Locals'"
week to week. I column.
Attend the Dance at Faust's Hall, on Monday, August 4th, 1913.    Gome and Have a Good Time.