The Pierz Journal (Pierz, Morrison County, Minnesota), 1913-10-09

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VOL. 5.
THE   PIERZ   JOURNAL
PIERZ. MORRISON COUNTY, MINNESOTA, OCTOBER 9. 1913.
NO. 17.
HAPPENINGS
HERE AND THERE
FARMERS CREAMERY REPORT.
The village of Lake Henry
was incorporated Saturday by
a vote of 27 to 5.
Little Palls—Harvey Ploof
and Florence Derosier of this
city were married at St. Francis
Xavier church.
Wahkon—A gentleman from
Holland recently visited Mc-
Grath in the interest of a Dutch
colony which it is proposed to
locate there next spring1.
Walker—On October 25th an
examination will be held at
Longville to fill a contemplated
vacancy in the position of fourth
class postmaster at that place.
The compensation at this office
is $250 for the fiscal year.
Deer Creek—T. J. Graham
who a few years ago bought the
George Kobler farm on the
edge of town, put 200 bushels of
potatoes in his cellar and sold
$1,060 worth from ten acres of
land. Mr. Graham has several
acres still t&harvest.
Miss Catherine Schmolke,
daughter of Mrs. Enoch Mech-
alski of Morrill, aged 27, died
at the home of her mother last
Sunday, following a severe attack of pneumonia. She was
buried Irom the church at
Ramey on Tuesday and interment was made in the Ramey
cemetery.
Wahkon—The second crop
of wild raspberries has been,
quite noticeable in this vicinity.
J. L. Benzanson showed a quantity that lie had picked while on
a ramble and A. J. Boynton
says that while moving brush
on his place south of town he
found all the berries he could
eat.
Brainerd—Preceded by a low
temperature, a heavy rain and
hail storm swept over Crow
Wing and adjoining counties
N Friday night. At Sylvan, six
miles west of Brainerd, it was
the worst storm seen in thirty-
five years. Hail the size of
hazel nuts covered the ground
a depth of six inches.
Crookston—It is very probable that Crookston will vote on
the liquor question at the municipal election to be held Nov.
•4th. A petition is being circulated asking that the license
question be submitted to the
voters. A hard fight will be
waged by the temperance people to place Crookston in the
"dry" column.
Brainerd—Residents of River-
ton will take the necessary legal steps to incorporate River-
ton as a village. The rapid
growth at that place within the
-. past few months has necessitated the step that is to be taken,
in order that improvements
may be made and other conditions given attention.
J\ Crosby—Several Crosby grad-
' uates of the University of Minnesota have been discussing the
possibility of organizing a
Cuyuna range alumni association aud if it is found that there
are a sufficient number of former students of that institution
on the range it is probable that
the association will be perfected
within a short time.
Following is  a  report of the
Pierz   Farmers'   Creamery   for
the month of July :
Number of patrons	
Pounds   of   milk   received	
Pounds   of   cream re-
171
10,001
ceived. ..    	
76,019
Average   test of milk
3.51
ii                   ii
cream
26.81
Butterfat in milk	
351.46
Butterfat in cream_,__
20,381.71
Total Butterfat	
20,733 17
Total Butter made	
25,174
4,441
Overrun, per cent	
•21.04
Average   price    paid
for butterfat. .. __
mic
Average price receiv
ed for  butter 	
27.76c
Paid patrons for but
terfat     ._ .
5,965.64
COUNTY SEAT
CULUNGS.
Game Had A Hot Finish.
The game opened with Molasses at the stick and Small-pox
catching. Cigar was in the box
with plenty of smoke. Horn,
on first base, and Fiddle on
second base, backed by Corn in
the field made it hot for Umpire
Apple who was rotton. Ax
came to bat and chopped. Cigar
let Brick walk and Sawdust,
filled the bases. Song made a
hit, and Twenty made a score.
Cigar wasn't out and Balloon
started to pitch but went
straight up. Then Cherry tried
it, but was wild. Old ice kept
cool in the game until he was
hit by a pitched ball; and then
you ought to have heard Ice
cream. Cabbage had a good
head and kept quiet. Grass
covered lots of ground in the
field, and the crowd cheered
when Spider caught the fly.
Bread loafed on third and
pumped Organ, who played fast
and put Light out.
In the fifth inning, Wind began to blow about what he
could do; Hammer began to
knock and Trees began toleave.
The way they roasted Peanuts
was a fright. Knife was put
out for cutting first base.
Lightning finished pitching the
game, and struck out six men.
In the ninth Apple told Fiddle
to take his base; Oats was
shocked;then Song made another
hit, Trombone made a slide, and
Meat was put out on the plate.
There was Jots of betting on the
game but Soap cleaned up. The
score was 1 to t). Door said if
he had pitched he would have
shut them out. —Exchange.
The Ronellenfitsch auction
wall be held on Monday, October 13th, instead of the
14th.
He Pound The Handle.
Gentlemen—I get the pump
which I by from you but why
for gods sake you doan send me
no handle. I loose to me my
customer. Wats the use a
pump when she doan have no
handle. Shure thing you doan
treat me rite. i rote ten days
and my customer he holler for
water like hell for the pump.
You know he is hot summer
now and the win he no blow the
pump. She got no handle so
what the hell I goan to do with
him. Doan send me the handle
pretty quick i send her back
and order some pump from some
other companie,
Goodby
Yours truly,
Ameal Frogg.
Since i rite i find the   goddam
handle in   the   box.     Excuse to
me.
(From the Transcript.)
Frank Johnson and J. E. Blom
of Freedhem, returned Thursday
from a two month's stay at
Veblen, S. D. After a short
visit in Freedhem Mi*. Blom will
go to Ironton to work.
Gregory Meuller arrived in
this city Friday night from Los
Angeles, California. He states
that the weather conditions in
California lire not superior to
Minnesota in his estimation.
James Johnson, appointed by
the state tax commission to reassess moneys and credits in
the towns of Buckman, Belle
vue and Elm Dale and the village of Royalton obtained his
books and began work Thursday.
While returning from Pierz
Wednesday afternoon a machine
with Mr. T. H. Dewey and Mrs.
George Peterson as passengers
ran off a grade between Rice
creek and Platte river. Fortunately the car did not overturn
and no one was injured. A
team had to be secured to haul
the machine back onto the road.
A prominent Swanville man
in the city Thursday stated that
efforts would probably be made
to have at least two blocks of
white way installed in the village. He stated that he would
pay for one of the posts personally and thought that the busi
ness men of Swanville might
subscribe enough to secure the
16 posts necessary.
F. E. Hall, local manager for
the Northwestern Telephone
company, has been allowed a
clerk and Miss Agnes Billstein,
a former operator, is filling the
position. Mr. Hall's work
takes him to Bowlus, Pierz and
Royalton several days each
month and heretofore his office
has necessarily been closed at
these periods. Hereafter the
office will be open at all   times.
Friday morning the case of
the state vs. Frank Lepinski
was taken up. A jury was secured shortly before the noon
adjournment. The regular
panel of jurors was exhausted
in selecting the jury and a
special venire of four was summoned. Lepinski is charged
with having committed an assault with a dangerous weapon,
an iron bar, on the person of
John Brodkorb. Brodkorb was
a striker at the Hennepin paper
mill and Lepinski was an employe at the mill at the time of
the trouble, which grew out of
the strike. Brodkorb Justified
before the noon adjournment
was taken.
The committees in charge of
the White Way celebration for
October 25th met Monday evening at the city hall and spent
some time discussing the coming event. The soliciting committee was instructed to get
busy at once and raise what
money was needed. The following parade and masquerade
committees were appointed:
George Gordon (chairman), M.
Blake, W. Deyo and Wm. Clute.
R. B. Millard (chairman), r
Emder and M. M. Buckman
were appointed a committee on
auto parade and floats. All
decorating for the occasion is to
be done in white according to
the plans of the committees.
All committees will meet and
report at the city hall Tuesday
evening.
VILLAGE COUNCIL
PROCEEDINGS.
The village council met last
Saturday, September 4th in the
village hall in regular monthly
session.
All members were present.
The proceedings of the last
meeting were read and approved.
The   following   bills!  were allowed :
Little Falls Water Pow-
Co. for juice for Sept. $77 60
John   Dumbovy   black- „
smith work         5 60
Barney   Eller    hauling
cinders, etc         1 50
J. Borgerding & Co. for
lumber         4 08,
A. E. Macho   24   yards
of cement work         4 80
The bids for a new wooden
water tank with a 30-foot steel
tower of P. L. Poster of this
village, and W. T. Lovell of
Minneapolis, were rejected.
Adjourned subject to call.
C. E. Gravel,,
President.
J. B. Hartmann,
Recorder.
VILLAGE LIGHT
REPORT.
Following will be found the
report "of the Light and Water
Board together with a list of
patrons, and the amount each
paid for the last month.
Juice sold in Sept. at 10c
Kilowatts S124.20
Juice furnished forvillage
street lights at 4c a Kilowatts     29.16
Total sold in Sept $153.36
Paid L. F. Water Power
Co, for Juice furnished
village duriug month of
Sept. at 4c a Kilowatts     77.60
Total profit  $75.76
A. P. Stoll,
Secretary and Treasurer.
Following will be found a list
of the patrons of the electric
light service, and the amount
in cash that each one paid for
juice during the past month:
There Is Money In It.
Pillager has a  mercantile  establishment that keeps a standing advertisement   in   the local
newspaper at tlje head of which
is this information:     "We meet
the   prices   of   any  mail order
house in.the country," and business   is   solicited   on the same
plan of the  competitors  in  the
big cities.    One has but  to  figure on the exact of  any   bill  of
goods and the price will  be  duplicated.    The mail order house
demands  cash   with   the   order
and   this   is   one   of the things
that tend to lessen expense, and
the local house   does  the same.
If  more   merchants throughout
the   country   would   use a judicious  amount  of   printer's ink
to let their patrons know  what
they have  and   what it  can be
purchased for there  would   not
be as many   Sears,   Roebuck &
Co., Montgomery Ward  &   Co.,
Chicago Mail Order House,   and
a'hundred   other   similar  concerns, business being transacted
through the banks, express companies   and   postoffices   of the
country.    When the   local   men
wake up   to  the fact (and some
of  them   have)  that the people
who  buy  goods  are   nearly all
from  Missouri  and  have  to be
shown and that if   they are convinced that all things considered
they can do as well  trading  at
home the trade will be  diverted
from   the  big  catalogue houses
to the home mercliant. , The big
concerns  do a judicious system
of   advertising   throughout the
entire country  and   unless   the
local   merchants adopt  similar
means   of   advertising to reach
and enlighten the people in territory tributary to their establishments then a great bulk of trade
will   continue   to   be    diverted
from  its  rightful center.    People will trade where they  think
they are   getting   the best bargains and  if  you can convince
them   that   your   store   is   the
place    where     they    can   save
money or at least buy as cheaply the  trade   will  begin coming
your way.      No more truer saying than "it pays to advertise'-
was ever uttered, provided it is
done in the   right   way, and the
mail  order  houses  have  taken
advantage of it to make  it   the
Bares.   Hubert	
Brust,   Hubert	
lloser John   	
Brandl,   Frank  A	
Brummer Norbert    	
Burton,  Barney	
Boehm, John.   ...   	
Dombovy,   John'	
Eller,   William	
Faust, A	
Faust,  Frank	
Grell,   Frank	
Grell, John H.   saloon...
Grell, John H. house	
Gravel,   Charles   E	
German Sate Bank	
Hartmann, P. A.  house	
Hartmann, P. A.   store  	
Kerkhoff, E. H.  house	
Kerkhoff, E. H.  Journal	
Koering,  Herman	
Marshik Frank  	
Mueller,  N.   H	
Melhart,   Joseph  	
Neisius, Jacob	
Nohner, Mrs.   Clara	
N. W. Telephone Exchange Co
Rich Prairie Milling' Co	
Stoll, A.   P	
Meyer Bros	
St. Joseph's Cong, house	
St. Joseph's Corp.   church....
Tembruell, A	
Tembruell,  Christ	
Virnig F.   X	
Virnig, F. X. &  Co	
Vonder Haar, Mrs. A	
Bentfeld, Adam  . . ...
Blake  Jacob	
Wermerskirchen, M	
Holieisel, John  	
Leese,   Mike  	
Poster, P. L	
Virnig,   Joseph H	
Meyer,  Joseph	
Duncan, R.  M.   store	
Duncan, R. M.   house	
Grell, Frank upstairs	
Grell, Joseph H	
Angermeier,   Mike	
Gassert,  Henri-	
Faust Frank saloon and house
Gau, John house	
Ziegler, John   house	
Borgerding J. & Co	
Jac Kiewel Brewing   Co 	
A. P. STOLE,
Secretary ami Treasurer.
ADDITIONAL
LOCAL NEWS.
The price of potatoes made
a sudden drop last w^eek.
Nick Thonunes ret n rued
from Dakota last Friday.
Otto Halversou is now section foreman of the Crosby
yards.
J. VV. Hodorf of Dixville,
was a business caller here
Saturday.
Wm. Wenzel of Little Falls
spent Suuday with his cousins in Pierz.
J. L. Dehler of the Oak
Grove Farm of Dixville, was
here Saturday.
A retpiim mass was read
Monday morning for the
late William Wise.
Our Sisters walked to Buck-
man last Sunday in two hours
and twenty minutes.
Albert Bayerl of Argyle
was here to attend the Gru-
WEATHER AND
MARKETJEPORTS.
Temperature for the Week.
Highest     Lowest
Thursday 68 34 above
Friday 82    50 above
Saturday   02   .">;! above
Sunday 60 50 above
Monday     60 4H above
Tuesday..... 60 35 above
Wednesday.. 65 46 above
*8 60
1 30
2 00
85
65
4 40
1 SO
i 5o i ber-Feucht wedding.
95
4 10
5 (X)
2 30
2 90
1 20
3 30
2 10
2 60
8 00
1 70
1 10
1 50
1 60
1 50
1 00
■ 3 20
1 90
1 00
1 20
1 50
1 60
2 0(1
3 40
1 60
1 00
1 00
6 30
1 20
1 10
1 20
13 70
1 (X)
95
1 00
1 (X)
65
1 20
65
1 70
1 80
1 00
1 (X)
5 .50
hS
65
35
55
feature of their
success follows.—
patch.
Gruber-Feucht.
Robert Gruber Jr. and Lena
Feucht were married in St. Joseph's church by Rev. J. G.
Stiegler Tuesday morning. Albert Bayerl of Argyle, and Edw.
Gruber were bestmen; Mary
Gruber and Cecilia Feucht were
bridesmaids.
The wedding was celebrated
at the brides home,
Oliver Bastien, of Little
Falls, was a business caller
in the village Suuday.
Mr. and Mrs. Ign. Priemesberger of Staples are here
visiting a few days with relatives.
The evening "entertainment" in many homes now is
putting up sauerkraut for
the winter.
R. C. Scoles is now fully
installed, auto and all, in
the John Sehaei'er bakery and
residence.
Jos. H. Grell sold the John
Muelluer farm near Lastrup
to  a  party  from New   Ulm
last Monday.
And. H. Faust and Nick
Meyer left last Monday for
Sullivan lake for a week's
duck hunting.
Jos. P. Haehn of St. Martin,
traveling salesman for L. L.
May nursery, St. Paul, is here
selling nursery stock.
0. Rupert of Richmond,
representing "Der Wanderer"
of St. Paul is calling on subscribers of that paper.
John   Primus and   wife of
| Meiers Grove, arrived   Satur-
business andiday for a brief visit with the
Welle family at Lastrup.
Miss Theresia Theis, who
for the past seven weeks had
been here visiting with relatives, returned to her home
in-Cross Plains, Wis.
The Market Report,
Vheat, No. 1,'      74
Wheat, No. 2         72
Flax,        1.27
Barley   50-55
Rye      4h
Oats      32
EarCorn       50
Hay $5.00
Butter, Creamery        35
Dairy       20
Eggs      22
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 Feed.     1.25
Potatoes        ;;;,
Beans      2.00
Onions        60
Butterfat Market.
The Average during the week
was ;Jl*c
South St. Paul Hog Market.
Ave. Price.
Thursday  ...8.15
Friday 8.02
Saturday 7.07
Monday 7.98
Tuesday 7.02
Wednesday 7.95
Brainerd Dis-
Tretter-Schmldtbauer.
John J. Tretter and Theresia
Schmidtbauer were married yesterday morning at nine o'clock.
George Tretter and Joseph
Schmidtbauer were groomsmen
and Emma Tretter and Julia
Schmidtbauer were bridesmaids.
The wedding was celebrated at
the home of the brides mother,
Mrs- Andrew Schmidtbauer of
Buh.
Henry Paul returned from
his visit in Gaylord, a few
days a^o and is again on duly
in tlie creamery. Leo Buhr
returned to Duluth lastTues-
day.
C. E. Gravel, A. P. Stoll
and Mel Wermerskirchen
hunted ducks at Sullivan
lake Sunday and Monday.
They report the ducks at
least a mile high.
C. W. Miller of Dixville.
was in the village Saturday.
Mr. Miller claims that tlie
Rock Lake creamery is prospering and making about 30
tubs of butter a week. This,
lie says, is about as well as
could reasonably be expected
at this time of the year.   The
Keep   posted   by  reading the . , ,     ,
T i»      "t>   • r    - i •• creamery opened for-business
Journals        Business     Locals J    •
column. about July 1st.
St. Paul Live Stock.
Steers $6.50 to H.35
Cows and Heifers,$4.50 to ._7.2.">
Calves, steady, $0.00 to 10.00
Feeders, steady, ...$4.50 to 7.75
West Buh News.
Mr. C. Kohs and daughter
Anna were Piera; callers last Saturday.
Smith Bros, are in this neighborhood with their machine, but
rain has delayed threshing.
Aug. Bloom has completed the
plastering in Olson's house and
now Hilda Hanson is boarding
at home again.
Herm. Wieland has men employed remodeling his house.
A heating plant is being installed.
Mr. Kohs had a accident last
Sunday, which might have proven fatal to him and his wife.
While hitching up, one of the
bronchoes was not yet entirely
hitched, became frightened and
started to run. Mr. Kohs was
dragged some distance and had
his lace and legs badly bruised.
Mrs. Kohs was on the wagon
at the time, but did not receive
injuries.
G. A. Olson and wife spent
Sunday evening at Wieland*.
The "time passing game was
smear.'' A good time is always
had when it comes to playing
smear and pedro.
Card of Thanks.
At a meeting of the St.
Joseph's society, held lust
Sunday, a resolution was
passed, tendering the band
that accompanied the society
to St. Cloud and played in tlie
parade, their hearty thanks.
OoHBAD Stangl. Pro.
The Ronellenfitsch auction
will be held  on Monday.
tober    13th.    instead   of   the
14th.