The Pierz Journal (Pierz, Morrison County, Minnesota), 1913-11-27

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VOL. 5.
PIERZ   JOURNAL
PIERZ, MORRISON COUNTY, MINNESOTA, NOVEMBER 27. 1913.
NO. 24.
HAPPENINGS
H£RE_AND THERE
Upsula may soon have a bank.
Sauk Rapids lias a new moving picture show.
Swanville's electrict light
plant was turned on for the first
time last Friday evening.
Over 500 deer and 25 moose
have been received at the express office in International
Falls.
Two young men of Wright
county, Bert-Rowe and Eugene
Hilton, have been arrested for
tra pping muskrats out of season.
St. Cloud—Captain Thomas
Van Etten, former county attorney and assessor of Benton
county and a veteran of the
Civil war, died at his home in
Sauk Rapids Friday. He was
75 years old.
Milaca—Alfred Peterson, 18
years of age, was instantly
killed by the accidental discharge of his gun while hunting
deer. He was crawling on a
stump to get a better view
when the trigger caught in a
twig discharging the gun, the
charge of buckshot entering his
abdomen.
Brainerd—The funeral of Mel-
vin " Nesheim, aged 14, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Nels Nesheim, of
Cuyuna, was held Thursday
from their old home in Nokay
Lake township. The lad was
skating on Rabbit lake and was
drowned when the ice broke.
Royalton Banner—Judge Wilson's court was in session  Wed-
HORSE FELL
INTO A WELL.
One of Agram Math Meyer's
three year old colts fell into his
24-foot well Monday afternoon.
When the accident was discovered help was summoned from
New Pierz. C. F. Christianson
of Buh, who chanced to be at
the station, volunteered-to go
down to investigate the possi
bility of getting the animal to
the surface. He was let down
by means of a rope. The horse
was found to be sitting in water to above the front feet. A
roue was lowered which Mr.
Christianson fastened below
the shoulders. The upper end
of the rope was put over a round
block and a four horse team began slowdy to pull. Three times
the rope slipped and dropped
the horse to its position in the
water, and each time Mr. Christianson replaced the rope.
After the third fruitless attempt
to rescue the horse, it was decided to fasten a double chain
about its shoulders. Again the
horses at the surface end of the
rope tugged, strained and
pulled. Slowly the load was
drawn to the surface, but when
within a few feet of the top an
accident occurred which all but
frustrated success. One of the
chains broke, but the other
proved strong enough to sustain
the great weight. Once within
reaching distance from the top,
there was not much difficulty in
getting the horse on safe ground.
It looked around several times
at the crowd which had gathered,
made a few movements with its
feet, as if to make  sure that no
COUNTY SEAT
CULLINGS.
nesday afternoon when the case i bones were broken and walked
of the State vs. Fred Joslin was
heard. This case was continued from the 10th, when the
defendent pleaded not guilty to
the charge of assault and was
remanded to the county jail to
await trial. He was found
guilty as charged and fined $25
and costs amounting to #38.50
which was paid.
St. Cloud—The wedding of
Miss Margaret Witzman, daughter of Nick Witzman of this
city, and John Dahler of Granite Ledge, were united in marriage Tuesday, Rev. Father
Alfred officiating. The bride
was attended by her sister, Rose
Witzman and Edna Lahr and
the groomsmen were Nick Witzman and Sylvester Dahler.
Brainerd—Joe Perkovich, accused of selling liquor without
a license, was found guilty and
sentenced to pay a fine of $50
and costs, amounting to $70,
and to spend 80 days iu jail.
Anna Perkovich, his wife, entered a plea of guilty to the
same charge and received the
same sentence. Mike Radich
pleaded guilty to running an
unlicensed drinking place and
was fined $50 and costs or 60
days in jail.
Brainerd—On January 15 will
appear the initial number of the
Lutheran, a monthly magazine
of the Swedish Lutheran church
of the Mississippi district, comprising 21 churches in the towns
of Brainerd, Little Falls, Upsala
Darling, St. Cloud, Ronneby,
Milaca, Isle, Opstead, Onamia,
Aitkin, Deerwood, Crosby,
Cuyuna, Pillager and Pine
River. The editor-in-chief will
be Rev. S. H. Swanson of Deer-
wood and the associate editor
and business manager, Rev.
Elof Carlson of Brainerd.
leisurely into the barn to enjoy
an afternoon lunch of oats.
Mr. Christianson says that
his position in a 4x4 well putting
ropes and chains around a struggling horse and decayed curbing
threatening overhead, was by
no means a safe one.
This case seems to prove that
no matter how low even a horse
drops, it can be brought to rise
again.
What Will The Harvest Be.
The beer at the Bayerel-
Gruber wedding was tapped in
the summer kitchen. Tlie ceiling and walls of this room were
decorated and litterally covered
with golden seed corn neatly
arranged in rows to a depth of
three to four cobs. It was a
veritable corn palace. But what
will this seed bring forth':' Will
this wedding experience degenerate this seed into a mongrel or
hybrid maize, or willit, as some
expect, be advanced to a still
purer and a more productive
variety? The probabilities are
that the pollen and fumes of the
pure White Rose, together with
the sweet Hoheisl yodels will
improve the seed to such an
extent that the owner of it will
become theKorn King.
Against Useless Christmas
Gifts.
A country-wide appeal for
the abolition of the useless
Christmas gift and a plea for
intelligent and thoughtful giving instead were voiced by Mrs.
August Belmont, president of
the Spugs of New York, at the
opening   meeting   of   the
(From the Transcript)    .
Joseph Peterson, son of C. J.
Peterson of Upsala, has been
missing since Friday noon and
is thought to have been drowned
in Pine lake, a small body of
water near Upsala. The body
has not yet been found. The
boy left home Friday noon to
go hunting. When he did not
return a search was made and
his boat found on Pine lake and
it is supposed that he fell into
the icy water and was drowned.
Work will be started on the
approach to the Broadway
bridge Monday morning. The
material is already in the city
and it is expected that the job
will be completed in from 4 to
6 weeks. The first part of the
work will be the excavating
and the driving of steel piling.
The bridge will be kept open
for traffic while the work is
being done. Richard O'Shea,
son of Wm. O'Shea, is in the
city making arrangements to
begin work and the contractor
will be here himself the tirst of
the week to get work started.
A banana lizard or banana
snake, said to be more deadly
than the tarantula, was found
Wednesday afternoon in a bunch
of bananas unpacked at the
Larson & Briese store. The
reptile is only about 24/ inches
in length but moves with lightning-like rapidity and its bite
is said to be fatal in a very
short time. The yellow and
black tail of the lizard was seen
by Alden Larsoa while unpacking a bunch of bananas. The
bunch was placed in a barrel
and a pan of sulphur lighted at
the bottom. The reptile was
stupified by the fumes and when
about half of the fruit had been
cut away it was found and
placed in a glass jar.
Checks for $8,800 and  $11,365
were   received   Friday morning
by   County   Treasurer  Renick,
the   first   for   the   payment of
state   aid   to   the high schools
and graded schools in the county
and the  latter for the payment
of state aid to  semi-graded and
rural   schools.      The   high and
graded school aid   is  divided as
follows:    Little Falls   (regular)
$1,750; Royalton, $1,750,   Swan-
vill,   $600;  Motley,   $600; Pierz,
$600.     Little  Falls, (industrial)
$2,500;   Royalton,   $1,000.    The
following  semi-graded   schools
will   receive   $720 each:     6,10,
24,   31,   36,   37,   41,   73,   75,   89.
The  following districts classed
as class A  schools  will receive
$135 each:      5A,    5B,   7, 11, 12,
15, 19, 22, 25, 29B, 33, 35, 46, 48,
49,   52,  56,   59,  74,   76,  80,  104,
105,109, 117,   120,  122, 127, 128,
129,   136.      The   following districts   classed   as   class B will
each receive $90:     1, 4, 8, 9, 16,
18, 26, 28. 29A, 29C,  32,   39,   43,
47, 50, 51, 53, 54,   58,  61, 63, 65,
68, 71, 78, 82,   85,  86, 88, 91, 92,
93, 95, 97, 98,   99,   100,  101, 110,
111, 116, 121, 123, 126,  131,   138.
The   following  class. C schools
will   each   receive   $68:    13, 55,
79,   84,   90.     The money is now
available   and   warrants can be
obtained at the county auditor's
office.
EAT MINNESOTA
GROWN APPLES.
For over 40 years the Minnesota State Horticultural society
has been urging the planting
of apple trees in the state. Today we have .a ver}' large crop
of apples, due largely to the
efforts of the early pioneers in
urging the planting of apple
trees.
The question at this time is
how to dispose of the surplus
fruit. It is a shame to feed
good apples to the hogs, even
if •pork is high. The farmers
have been faithful in struggling
against many hardships to grow
the fruit and now the crop is so
large that they do not know
where they can find a market
for it. On the other hand, the
consumers are not always faithful enough in buying Minnesota
grown apples. During September, October, November and
December, at least, the Wealthy
is in season, and no one need go
outside the state for a good
eating or cooking apple. Occasionally one hears that we do
not grow an apple of good
quality. On the other hand
others state that the Wealthy
is as good as many eastern apples. The Wealthy is a good
apple for all purposes. It is a
good cold storage apple; i. e.,
it does not go to pieces easily
when put in storage. Many
Wealthy apples are being planted in the east because the tree
bears eaily and the fruit is of
good quality. Therefore no
one should object to using Minnesota Wealthy apples from
now until January.
How can we assist the farmers in disposing of the crop:
By using them in every way.
What is better than a large
baked Wealthy with good Minnesota cream for breakfast?
Apple pies may be filled with
Wealthy apples. The crusts
should not be too close together,
either.
The consumers in the cities
and other places should join in
the movement to patronize this
home industry to the extent of
using Minnesota apples. Ask
for apple sauce, baked apples
apple pie made of Minnesota
Ghown Apples when you order
your meals at lunch counters
and hotels. Lets form a Min
nesota Apple Consumers'
League. The motto: "Eat one
Minnesota apple every day."'
Will you join? No other fees.
—R. S. Mackintosh, Extension
Horticulturist, University Farm,
St. Paul.
KELLER BRIEF
VON OREGON.
Mt. Angel, Ore., Nov. 16.
Werthe Freunde! In ein paar
Zeilen will ich euch wissen las-
sen, dass es uns gut geht und
wir mit unserer neuen Heimath
sehr zufrieden sind. Gegenwar-
tig haben wir sehr schemes
Wetter, Sonnenschein und Re-
gen und noch "keinen Frost ge-
habt; uberall noch Rosen am
bliihen, und das Grass ist noch
griin. Es ist sehr schon hier.
Schade dass wir nicht vor 10
oder 15 Jaliren hierher gekom-
men sind; dann batten wir jet/.t
eine scheme Hopfen-Farm und
die Kinder waren bei uns.
Die meisten Hopfenzuchter
ernten 30 bis.40,000 Pfund. und
bekommen 26 Cents per Pfund
und bezahlen durchschnittlich 6
Cents fur Arbeitslohn (das Pres-
sen mit eingeschlossen.) Das
Ueberige bleibt Reingewinn.
Ein Nachbar kaufte eine Farm
von 180 Acker fur $15,000, und
behauptet die Farm in drei Jaliren Schuldenfrei zu inachen; er
brauche nur 15 Acker in Hopfen
zu pflanzen. Keller tnacbte dieses Jahr drei Fass Wein und ein
Fass Apfelcider.
Das niichste Mai inehr. Viele
Griisse an alle die nach uns
fragen.
Alois und Elisabeth Keller.
ADDITIONAL
Reding-Banach.
John Reding and KatieBanach
were united in marriage in St
Joseph's church by Rev. J. G.
i Stiegler, at 9 o'clock Tuesd.\
morning. J The groom was at
tended by George Reding, hi.-
brother, Vincent Waytasek, Jo-
seph Kahl and John Tainal.i :
Theresia Tama I a, Martha and
Theresia Banach, sisters to the
bride, and May me Reding, sister
to the groom, served as maids
of honor. The wedding was
celebrated at the Banach home
in Buh.
The newly weds will live on
the groom's farm in Mayhew
Lake.
Bayerel-Gruber.
LOCAL NEWS.
There are several new ads
in this weeks' Journal. Be
sure to read them.
The Farmers' Creamery
phone is again in working
order.
Lewis Kast has opened a
restaurant iu the Grell building in upper town.
M. F. Smith of Austin, is
here on a visit to his cousin,
Peter Van Herke. '
Mrs. Clarence Reese of
Minneapolis, formerly Katie
Roch, daughter of Henry
Roch, is visiting the Edw.
Bentfeld family. Her husband is an employee of the
Canton Steel Ceiling Co.
Nick Hennen left Monday
morning for Mahnomen, to
visit his  son John,   who has
WEATHER AND
MARKET REPORTS.
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Temperature for the Week.
Highest     Lowest
Thursday 47 26 above
Friday 60   40 above
Saturday   43 i 32 above
Sunday 42 32 above
Monday     48 24 above
Tuesday     52   35 above
Wednesday., 43  32 above
The Market Report.
Wheat, No. 1, _       75
Wheat, No. 2         73
Flax,       1.26
Barley     40-45
Rye...       44
Oats      82
EarCorn       50
Hay   $5.00
Butter, Creamery ..      35
Dairy       20
Eggs      30
Flour, Best      2.30
"   Straight       2.20
Low grade flour - 1.50
Brau  ..1.15
Shorts 1.20
been up there several weeks Cracked Corn 80 pounds....1.20
looking   the    country   over, Ground Feed  1.25
with a view of buying land.
Nick expects to be gone several weeks.
Jos. Angeriueier and family
who owns a farm near Williston, N. D., and has lived
there for the last seven years
also Frank Angermeier, his
brother, who has been there
the past nine months, are
here visiting  their   parents.
Potatoes
Beans ...
Onions ..
35
2.00
60
Butterfat Market.
The Average during the week
was 35c
South St. Paul Hog Market.
St. Paul Live Stock.
Minnesota A Corn State.
The corn crop of Minneso'a
for 1913, as estimated by Fr. d
D. Sherman, Commissioner i I
Immigration amounted to over
100,000,000 bushels! The average yield was 42 bushels to the
acre. About 2,438,000 acres
were planted to corn.
Mr. Sherman   bases  his  estimate on information secured at
Albert Bayerel of Argyle and firsthand from  every county   in
the  state,   which he   has   every
reason   to believe   reliable.    In
Mary Gruber of Pierz, were married by Rev. J.   G. Stiegler last
Monday morning  at  9  o'clock. |/secuiring crop  reports from his
correspondents he warned them
against    bemg    to    optimistic.
Cecelia Ireucht was bridesmaid
and Math Gruber, the bride's
brother, was groomsman. A
quiet wedding was celebrated
at the Gruber home in the afternoon and evening.
The young couple left yesterday morning for a short visit at
Leroy, Wiscousin, after which
they will make their home at
Argyle.
The  record   price of 8105 per
1913  acre   was   paid   for a farm near
campaign to be waged by that
organization against insincerity,
compulsion and waste iu Christmas giving.
Elk River a few days ago.
Pure   Olivander   Oil  relieves
all rheumatic pains-    Adv.
Girl at Onamia Drowned.
Esther Eichmiller, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. August Eichmiller of Onamia, was drowned
Saturday afternoon while skating on Lake Onamia. She was
out skating with some other
young girls and fell through the
ice and before she could be rescued life was extinct. She was
the second oldest child of the
family, being about 12 years of
age. The funeral was held
Tuesday morning, and burial
was   in   the   Onamia cemetery.
"Please do not make your estimates too high," he wrote them.
"Remember 1 am not asking for
the biggest yield or the smallest
yield in your county, but for
your estimate of what the average for the whole county will
be."
Ave. Price.
Thursday.  ...7.61
Friday 7.45
Geo. Jones, Jos. Lauermann Saturday  ...7.44
and Pat Lauermann of Little j Monday   7.42
rails returned Monday from ?'ue?day,  I'2':
Wednesday /.2.>
an   unsuccessful   game hunt
in the Sullivan lake country, j
Deer are  scarce there,   they)
say and  without snow, there! .„... ,   _.   .
.     ,.    ,        . ,        LJ_.      I Steers $7.75 to 7.H5
is little change ot getting U,^ and Heifer8>|4.25 to ..6.75
one. Theysaw but one deer Calves, steady,....$5.50 to 9.75
during their stay. Feeders, steady, ...$4.30 to 7.00
A new ruling by  the post-    	
office   department  makes   It Saturday for Hillman to visit O.
necessary     for     patrons     of Leigh and returned Monday.
Routes   to  place a   loose   re- j j  Brummer built an  addi-
ceptical in their mail box for tion to John Kippley's house,
containing pennies and other |    Jo,m Eidensollink found ei&ht
change  for the  convenience ,siiUllks ilt one hole.
of the  carriers.     A tin cup      _ ,     _, .   ,   ., ,.
,. Peter lhommes is building an
addition to his house.
Neisius and Johnson drove
some cattle to Koyalton last
week.
Send Your Presents Early.
The first of the ''early"
Christmas warnings in Pierz is
that of Uncle Sam, who advises ■ frank Kandel and son
Those that visited J. J. Brummer are:    John   Eidenshink and
illman Instead ot Leigh.
Leigh postoffice has been
changed to the name of Hillman.
E. A. Leigh has been named as
postmaster in the place of O.
C. Leigh, who resigned.
The patrons of the Leigh
postoffice sent a petition to the
department at Washington, asking for the change of the name
of the office.
people who expect to send
their Christinas gifts this year
by parcel post to do so at once.
Bulletins have been sent out
from Washington to effect that
parcels can be labeled "do not
open until Christmas,'' and explaining that by sending the
presents at once early delivery
can be assured and the heavy
burden of the postoffice employees lightened a bit.
Another bulletin ur^'es care
in placing addresses of packages
This holiday season will be the
first for the parcel post system
and a great rush is anticipated.
"The increasing carelessness
on the part of the public in addressing their mail is no aided
aud abetted by the practice of
the department in supplying
deficient addressed and also by
the exploitation in newspapers
of the ability of some clerks to
decipher freak addresses," said
the bulletin.
Aug. Meyer went to St. Cloud
last week.
South Agram News.
B.   Hunter   of    Blooming
Prairie,   and   V.    Enwright,     Mr. aml Mrs.   ,,ivd  Sporlein
wife   and   child   of Austin, L.re visitors at J. J. Brummer's
She is survived by her  parents j were here the lattei"   l,art   of Sunday.
and two sisters.
New Pierz News.
Duputy Sheriff Paul Felix of
Little Falls was here on business Saturday.
Joe Wegler and And. Preuss
drove up from St. Cloud in the
Preuss car Thursday.
Meyer Bros, and Dunbar de
Mattos have made cattle shipments during the past week.
Nick Fichtinger returned last
Monday from St. Cloud and
Freeport, where he had been on
business and pleasure.
Floddy Littke left Sunday for
the northern part of the state
in pursuit of deer.
Gust Cron of Two Harbors
shipped a carload of cattle from
here Monday.
Otto Halverson has taken
charge of tlie section, succeeding Otis Bailey, who has gone to
Greenwald.
John Schmolke and P.
Blake of Buckman were in New
Pier/. Tuesday, loading a car of
merchandise, which had been
stored in the Schmolke building
during   tlie   summer,   and   con-
1
last week looking over   land.      Frank a|ul Otilia Kippley left signed same toTribu ie, Sask
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