The Pierz Journal (Pierz, Morrison County, Minnesota), 1914-01-08

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PIERZ   JOURNAL
VOL. 5.
PIERZ, MORRISON COUNTY, MINNESOTA, JANUARY   8, 1914.
NO. 30.
HAPPENINGS COUNTY SEAT
HERE AND THERE CULUNGS.
St. Cloud—Wm. Stevenson,
63 years of age, son of James F.
Stevenson of tins city, died
at St. Joseph's Home for the
Aged.
St. Cloud—Col. Thorpe of
Hubert, Minnesota, who has
been in the city for the past
week engaged in painting a
portrait of D. S. Hayward, has
.finished it.
Brainerd—George J. Johnson,
in business in this city selling
electrical supplies and wiring,
commenced an action in the district court against the city of
Brainerd to enjoin it from handling electric supplies.
Brainerd—The funeral of C.
H. Clute, oi" Fort Ripley, was
held Sunday afternoon at 2 at
the Clute school house in District No. 8, Fort Ripley.      Rev.
(From the Transcript.)
A wolf bounty of $7.50 was
paid Monday to Roy C. Wagoner
of Morrill.
A wolf bounty of $7.50 was
paid Wednesday to Anton Wagner of Granite.
There are 1,250,000 cases of
eggs in cold storage in New
York, Chicago and Boston.
Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Cameron
have returned from Clear Lake,
Iowa, where they accompanied
the body of Mr. Cameron's sister, who died in Minneapolis.
A case against Joseph Eisen-
schenk, a paper mill employe,
for carrying a concealed weapon is now being tried before
JusticeLud Gaudet. The charge
was made some time ago but
the case was postponed until the
Elbert  E.   Satterlee,   pastor of ' return of County Attorney Cam-
the  First  Methodist  church of eron to the city
Brainerd officiated.
Izatys—W. S. Foster of Minneapolis, will soon plat another
townsite near here on Mille
Lacs lake, having just purchased another tract of shore property. He has sold all of his lots
in Izatys bordering on the lake.
Cove—A home wedding occurred at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Edward Bauer on Tuesday
at 6:30 p. m., when their daughter, Gertrude Alvina was united
in marriage to G. Adolph Bradford of Verndale, Minn. Rev.
C. E. Wittrup of the Methodist
church at Wahkon, officiating.
St. Cloud—S. O'Toole and P.
M'Corstin, saloon keepers at
Ronneby, have been named as
defendants in complaints charging them with running unlicensed drinking places. They entered pleas of not guilty and
the hearing has been continued
until January 10th at 10 o'clock.
St. Cloud—Nicholas Gross
died last Wednesday, aged 45,
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Mary Gross, and nine children,
ranging in age from 1 } ear to
21 years. The children are:
Michael, Elizabeth, Peter; Aloy-
sius, John, Martin, Nicholas,
Isadore and Ermalinda.
St. Cloud—Ben Effinger, a
transcient, was arrested by the
police of Minneapolis Tuesday
on a complaint of the New York
cafe in St. Cloud, charging that
he had jumped his board bill
and decamped. Effinger had
been staying at the local hostelry for two months' and had
neglected to pay.
Sauk Rapids—Frank Bishop
and Stanley Schlicht were fined
$10 and costs each in justice
court, when convicted on the
charge of seining fish in Little
Rock lake. The two men had
been arrested by the game warden two weeks ago. The fines
amounted to $25 in each case.
Both men paid.
Little Falls—Mrs. AlbinaGermain, wife of the late Philip
Germain, died Saturday at her
home in this city from cancer,
from which she had suffered for
over a year. Mrs. Germain is
survived by three children;
Flora, Delma and Irving; her
father, James Gravel Sr., a sister,   Mrs.   Frank  Dufort and a
William H.  Hall  of this city
has  been   appointed   a deputy P-  ML    1:15 Algebra
PROGRAM OF
EXAMINATIONS.
VILLAGE COUNCIL
PROCEEDINGS.
For common school certificates, to be held February 5th,
6th and 7th, 1914, at the High
schools at Royalton and Little
Falls.
Thursday, Feb, 5th.
(Second Grade Subjects.)
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, Feb.   6th.
(Second Grade Subjects Cont'd)
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
Saturdav, Feb. 7th.
(First Grade  Subjects.)
A. M.—8:00 Enrollment
8:30 Geometry
10:15 Physics
United States income tax collector. His appointment from
the internal revenue collector
came   on   Christmas day.    The
2:45 Physical geography
or general  history
4:15 Drawing.
If composition, reading,   phy-
Superintendeiit of Schools.
The Parcel Post.
office is one created by the new siology- hygiene, or civics do
Income Tax law. Mr. Hall is | n°t require the full time, the re-
uncertain as to exactly what the ' maining time may be used for
duties will be. the subjects that follow.
M. E. Barn us,
Returns   made   to   the   state
game and fish commission after
the close of the hunting season
indicated so great a slaughter
of game that George Bradley, ! Zt remained for a good house-
president of the commission,!wife (who lives in the country
will propose at the commission neur here) to discover a new use
meeting January 6th, that there 'for the Parcel P°st- Slie wished
be established throughout the 'to come to tlie village and hav-
state in the neighborhood oi,inS a voun£ child that she did
1,000 havens of refuge for game, j not care to take aloQS with her,
nor  yet  leave  it  at home, she
decided on the following scheme.
stood at the Little  Falls  depot' e,        _•,__   ,     ,,
She     placed     the      necessary
Monday afternoon W. J. Kidney !.„,,_     .     f , ,    ,
J J   amount  of  parcel  post stamps
of  Janesville,   who   was   being'      ,,      , ., ,       , ,. ,, ,_ ,
&  on the child and tor warded it to
taken   from   the   sanitorium at ... ,       c    .,
a   neighbor   a   couple of miles
Walker to Minneapolis,   passed1 ,. _
:away. then came to town trans-
away on a cot in a baggage car. '._„_■ i      *. t
° j acted her business and  returned
He was afflicted with tuberculo-1, ,. ,.
i home   in   time   to   receive   the
sis   and    an    attack   of   heart
While  the    east-bound   local'
trouble hastened his death.
The body was removed from the
train here.
Almost a thousand dollars
was paid out during the year
1913 by Connty Auditor B. Y.
McNairy as wolf bounties.
Bounties of $7.50 each were paid
for 118 fnll grown animals and
13 cubs were brought in and
bounties of $3 each collected.
The total paid for full grown
wolves was $885 and the total
for cubs was $39. In 1912 only
115 wolves were killed in the
county, 87 full grown animais
and 28 cubs. Less cubs were
killed in 1913 than in any recent
year.
•
The town of Belle Prairie
voted Tuesday on a proposition
to vote $5,000 bonds and a free
right-of-way to the "North and
South'' railway company, for a
proposed line from Winnipeg to
the Twin cities which would cut
tlnough a corner of Bell Prairie
town. The vote was 56 to 20
against the issuing of bonds
and 73 to 3 against the furnishing of fre>- right-of-way. Much
of the town of Belle Prairie is
tributary to the Northern Pacific  stations   at   Belle Prairie
child on its return trip. As according to previous arrangements by 'phone the neighbor
had placed stamps on the child
and returned it home.
Personal Property Tax.
The council of the village of
Pierz met in regular monthly
session, Saturday eA'ening, at
8 o'clock in the village hall.
All members present.
The proceedings of last meeting were read and approved.
On motion the following bills
were allowed:
J. M. Blake,  merchandise?^ 21
Pierz Journal,  publishing
council       proceedings,
electric    light    report,
election notices, etc 36 50
John    Hoheisel,     service
wire, repairs, etc.- 11 30
J. J. Boser, auto 2 days to
Little Falls, Karst case 20 00
Marshall, Wells Co.,  Duluth, merchandise  57 50
Council adjourned  subject  to
call.
C. E. Gravel,
President.
J. B. Hartmann,
Recorder,
INDIANS PAID ADDITIONAL ! WEATHER AND
THEIR ANNUITIES,        LOCAL NEWS.   MARKET REPORTS.
Something Happened Ole,
It is related that two Scandinavians were walking along a
railroak track one day. The
next day the coroner was holding an inquest. . Peterson was
testifying. "Ole and ine walked
along the track. I heard the
whistle blow and I got off the
track. The train goes by, I go
on the track again and walk
along. Pretty soon I see Ole's
hat. I walk further and then I
see Ole's leg pretty soon I see
Ole's other leg. Then after
awhile I see Ole's head and then
I say, my God. something must
have have happened to Ole':"'
Major John R. Howard, agent
on the White Earth reservation,
has jus I finished paying the
semi-annual annuities to the
Chippewas, over which he has
charge, including those at White
Earth and Mille Lacs. The total amount was $106,000, each
man, woman and child receiving
$18. In making up the roll he
found that there had been an
increase over the number last
June of 200. Major Howard reports conditions on the agency
as quiet. A school is maintain
ed with 125 pupils, who are
given industrial training to fit
them for gaining a livelihood in
competition with the whites.
A Hot One.
Morrill.
Biallas, John	
1 49
Czech,  Thomas	
83
Emerson, Christina-	
61
Emerson, Andrew	
7 53
Emerson,  George	
2 50
Gaking,   Leivie   _ .
1 70
Hortsch, Frank	
96
Joswiak, Frank	
6 98
Litke,  Flaudy  .._  	
29 40
After God finished the rattlesnake, the toad and the yampire,
he had some awful substance
left, with which he made a
female knocker. A female
knocker is a two legged animal
with a cork-screw soul, a water-
sogged brain and a combination
backbone made of jelly and
glue. Where other people have
their hearts she carries a tumor
of rotten principles. When the
knocker comes down the street
honest men and women turn
their backs, the angels in heaven
take precipitate refuge behind
their harps and the devil bar-
locks the gates to hell.
Hardly enough snow for
loggers.
Mary Langer visited at
Rice last week.
Nick Terhaar of Avon,
spent Christmas at home.
Joseph Ethen bought Hie
old Vauherke farm in Bull
Elk River shipped 420 ears
of potatoes this fall, says
Nick Faust,
The old custom of shooting
on New Year's eve, seem to
have died out.
That whistle on New Years
eve was weak. Steam must
have been down.
Nick Faust, employed as
helper in the Elk River Co-
When Mark Twain, in his operative Creamery spent the
early days, was editor of a Mis- nolidays at home.
souri newspaper, a superstitious subscriber wrote to him
saying that he had found a spider in his paper, and asked him
whether that was a sign of good
luck or* bad. The humorist
wrote him this answer and
printed it: "Old Subscriber:—
Finding a spider in your paper
was neither good luck nor bad
luck for you. The spider was j Nick Faust says that the
merely looking over our paper j Elk River creamery made 96
to see which merchant is not j tubs of butter the week be-
advertising so that he can go to,fore Christmas. The cream-
that store, spin his web across
the door and lead a life of undisturbed peace ever afterward. "
A Life ot Ease.
Warden Wolf er of the state
prison lias announced that
the binding twine would be
cheaper the coming season.
Edw. Grlaser of Spalding,
Nebraska, is here visiting
with the John Loidolt family.
He is a nephew to Mr. Loidolt.
Yeggmen Visit a Saloon.
ery has 300 patrons.
Conrad Stangl averaged
over $40.00 a month from 9
cows during the year 1913.
This is not taking into account butter used for family
use.
John E. Boggs, formerly of Steers
Kimball,    died    at    Bertha,
Minn.,   last   week.     He was
tnj father to James Boggs,   wdio
lived five   miles east of  the
brother, James Gravel,  Jr.,   all [and Topeka and it  was  only in
of this city.
the   neighborhood  of Freedhem
that there was much  sentiment
Pure   Olivander   Oil relieves jn fav0r  of giving  the   road a
all rheumatic pains.    Adv.
bonus.
New Munich News Items.
(From the Freeport Informant.)
J.   H.   Terhaar of New Pierz
spent   Christmas   with   friends
here.
H. J. Terhaar and Leo F'ich-
tinger were St. Martin callers
Friday*
Joseph Nathe of Meier Grove
shook hands with friends here
Sunday.
Mrs. Peter Doll who was reported last week as being in a
critical condition is  improving.
Jake Botz went to Pierz Tuesday to investigate a chance of
buying a harness shop but he
says Holdingford looks good to
him yet-
Its The Journal. Sure Mike.
Frank Eddy in Sauk Centre
Herald: We picked up a paper
from our bundle of exchanges
the other day that just struck
our fancy. It's locals were
plentiful, crisp, breezy and well
written. It's advertisements
showed dash, originality and
enterprise. It's editorials were
lucid, illuminating and interest-
j ing. We wrote a peach of an
article stating that it was a
model   aud   then
Yeggmen early Friday   morning entered   Albert   Marshick's
saloon at Cass  Lake by breaking a  rear  door  and rilled the
cash  register  of  $15.     With a
heavy   monkey     wrench
broke   off   the   safe   knob and
poured   in   nitro-glycerine    but';village about 12 J6*™ a^°-
the charge did not  prove   sutti-,     Judge Roeser   has decided
cient.      \n  officer  half a block that the so-called Roch street
away heard the explosion.   The is  only   two rods   wide,   and
yeggmen left, leaving  behind a that the west two rods claimed
bottle  of nitro-glycerine,   caps! by Nick  Karst is  no part of
and a  fuse.     There   is no trace j the street,
of the yeggmen thus far.     Sus-,
picious characters were  around
town New Year's da}'.
Temperature for the Week,
Highest     Lowest
Thursday  30    19 above
Friday 30   23 above
Saturday   25    14 above
25   19 above
25 14 above
32   16 above
35  24 above
Sunday 	
Monday	
Tuesday	
Wednesday _
The Market Report.
Wheat, No. 1,       76
Wheat, No. 2	
Flax, ___.
Barley	
Rye	
Oats	
Ear Corn ...
Hay	
Butter, Creamery
Dairy ....
Eggs	
74
1.34
45
45
. 30
45
$5.06
37
20
      _.>
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 37c
South St. Paul Hog Market.
Ave. Price.
Thursday   7.66
Friday 7.76
Saturday 7.80
Monday 7.88
Tuesday..  7.85
Wednesday 7.85
St. Paul Live Stock.
 $7.75 to 7.H5
Lastrup News.
Jacob Herrmann returned from
Duluth Saturday, where he visited   his sister.
Mr. and Mrs. Jos. Gau called
on Mr. and Mrs. Steve Gross
Saturday.
J. P. Virnig went to Little
Falls in his auto last Monday,
but had to hire an other auto to
get back.    Hard luck John!
.Miss Lena Muellner, who has
his complaint, Stolyarzcik ac- { beeil visiting in Pierz and Buck-
cuses the men of breaking into man, returned "home Monday,
his mail box and taking a letter j Casper Thommes walked to
containing one ten and three Pierz Sunday. Say, what's the
tive  dollar   bills.—Sauk Rapids  matter with the auto r
Charged With Petit Larceny.
Warrants have been issued for
the apprehension of Stanley
Szcech, John Szcech. Louis
Szcech and Andrew Buzcinski,
all of the town of Graham, who
are charged with petit larceny,
Frank Stolyarzcik, a Graham
farmer is   the   complainant.    In
Sentinel.
Making Both Ends Meet.
The bab}- rolls upon the
Kicks up his tiny (jet
door
looked   -it the i -^11(t pokes his toes into his mouth
Thus making both ends meet.
title to rind what it was and read,
, i The doir attached to a tin pail
"The   Sauk    Centre    Herald."
Mr. and Mrs- Frank Heigl
visited at the home of F. Muell-
ner's New Year.
Miss Annie Gassert visited
with Ikt sister Mrs. John Virnig
a lew days last week.
Chas. Thommes came to Lastrup Sunday   to help his  brother
Cows and Helfers,$4.25 to ..6.75
Calves, steady, $5.50 to   9.75
Feeders, steady, ...$4.30 to 7-00
Rucker News Items.
New Year's day was celebrat
ed by a double wedding at the
residence of Geo. Waller. Miss
Stella Waller and Ernest Goble,
and Miss Marie Perkins and
Lawrence Kramer were the
principals in the happy affair,
Justice Nohner officiated. Only
immediate relatives attended
the ceremony. Miss Waller was
gowned in cream crepe de chien
and Miss Perkins in Alice blue.
Both couple are to make their
homes in this neighborhood and
their many friends here wish
them much happiness and prosperity in their wedded life.
Mrs. Grier, Miss Hazel Grier
and Master Charlie left early
Thursday   morning for   Randall
on a visit to Mrs. Grier's mother,
Mrs. Thelen.
Miss Catherine Sullivan closed
a successful term of school last
Wednesday and returned to her
home near Randall Thursday.
A goodly number of neighbors
gathered Thursday evening at
the home of Win- Goble to attend
the reception of the newly wedded young folks.
Saturday evening a dance was
given at the Sam Perkins home
in  honor of  the young  married
Then we had to throw the article in which we had extended
ourselves into the waste basket.
We don't believe in bragging
about our own paper-
Bad roads these days—
neither sleighing nor wheeling. If the weather had been
a little softer before the
snowfall, there would now be
almost enough snow for
sleighing.
Goes howling down the street
And as he madly bites his tail
He maketh both ends meet.
The butcher slays the pensive pig
Cuts off his ears and feet
And grinds them into  sausage  bi^
Thus making both ends meat.
j Casper   in the   blacksmith shop   folks.    A large  attendance and
hen=
The farmer coo,)s his ducks  and
Feeds them with corn and wheat
The means must justify the end
For thus he makes them meat.
—Haukespeare.
Edw. Grlaser and John Loi-
a few days.
Was  sorry   that   we  couldn't
I come to the daiice in Platte last
Sunday, but   hope it  wasn't the
last one.
A party was held at Henry
Kingens home Sunday evening.
Some of the attendance were:
Fred Wolke and wife. Casper
Thommes and wife. John Gohl
and wife, Anton Wagner, John
Hoffmann,   Charlie   Vosen   and
a good time is reported.
Mrs. Dora Hendrickson and
little daughter, who have been
visiting relatives here, left last
Monday for Motley, where they
will visit Mrs. Hendrickson's
sister.
Rasmus Jacobson went to
Pierz Saturday, intending to go
from there to South St. Paul.
Victor Bruber and Miss Emily
dolt visited relatives in Sauk  uhaSt   Thommes.    The evening  Bruber went to Duluth last
Rapids last week. was spent plaj ing cards. urday.