The Pierz Journal (Pierz, Morrison County, Minnesota), 1914-01-15

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JOURNAL
V^OL. 5.
PIERZ, MORRISON COUNTY, MINNESOTA, JANUARY 15, 1914.
NO. 31.
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Stearns county wants a farm
expert.
Belgrade wants a stronger
and better electric light system.
Brainerd—By a vote of 8 to 2
the council Monday night boosted the saloon license from$500
a year to $1,000 to take effect
on and after July 1st.
St. Cloud—St. Cloud Knights
of Columbus will attend the annual initiation of the Melrose
council at Melrose Sunday afternoon and evening.
St. Cloud—A meeting was
held at Albany for the purpose
of making tlie preliminary arrangements for starting a new
petition for the removal of the
Stearns county seat from St.
Cloud to the village of   Albany.
Little Palls—The new law,
requiring electric headlights on
all locomotives used in this
state, went into effect with the
opening of the year and every
engine is now equipped with
them.
St. Cloud—The annual report
prepared by Postmaster Grinds
shows that tlie total receipts
for 1913 were $36,667.26, a gain
of 12.23 per cent, or $4,085.3H
over the total receipts of last
year, which were $32,591.87.
Royalton—Margaret, the four-
and-one-h all-year-old daughter
of Attorney aud Mrs. C. Rosenmeier, came very near meeting
death by drowning in the waters
of the Platte river on Wednesday and her escape certainly
bordered upon the  miraculous.
Little Falls—Work in the
new high school building is
being hurried as much as possible but it is said that it will
be impossible for the contractor
to complete the building by
January 9 because of a delay in
receiving hardware and an error
in a shipment of mill work.
Sauk Rapids—The authorities are investigating the robbery of the store of Julius Neils
which occurred at an early hour
Sunday morning. The robbers
got away with $200 worth of
highly valued merchandise, but
obviously familiar with the
place, they did not touch the
cash register, which was empty.
Sauk Rapids—Julius Schaize]
of Mayhew Lake, was injured
last Friday by being trampled
upon by his horses. He was
injured about the chest and
ribs, and also sustained an injury to one of his lungs, Schai-
zel was driving to his home
about tive miles from Sauk
Rapids when his team became
frightened and got beyond control.
COUNTY SEAT
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Platte News items.
Hark! the wedding bells are
soon to ring for another couple.
Rumor says the wedding bells
are soon to ring for Miss Frances Rutz and Steve Sypneski of
Pulaski.
Those that transacted business in Pier/, last week were:
Frank Froncek, Paul Pischke,
Peter Aplecouki, J. Skocninski,
Christ Reese and daughter, R.
Waninger and Mr. Kolwal/.ek.
News is scarce. Nothing' to
say, unless its to tell of someone's sore toe or ringer, and
that's poor news as most of us
have a sore finger or toe of our
own.
(From the Transcript.)
Charles   Sanborn   of Richardson   collected   a   wolf    bounty
Friday.
Charles Lust of Hillman collected bounties for two full
grown wolves Friday.
Mrs. Mary Jaeger came up
Thursday from Sauk Rapids
where she lives with a daughter.
Mrs. Charles Van Hercke entertained a number of friends at
luncheon Wednesday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Math Zerwas
and Mr. and Mrs. Martin Poster
left Friday afternoon for Buck-
man to attend the funeral of
Mr. Poster's mother.
State Treasurer Walter J.
Smith has received from Warden Wolfer of the penitentiary
a check for $117^101.81 covering
the . December receipts of the
prison's twine, hemp and farm
machinery       factories. The
money goes into tlie   prison   revolving fund.
Frank Grittner aud John
Joswiak, two Morrill boys, i
were arrested Thursday afternoon by Sheriff Armstrong on a
warrant charging them with
having entered a school house
in Morrill and destroying and
defacing desks, books, primary
supplies, etc., to the value of
about $50. The offence is alleged to have been committed on
December 2ist. The two boys
are being held in the county jail
and were given atrial Saturday.
County Treasurer Renick now
has the 1913 tax lists in his
office lor collection during the
present year. The aggregate
sum of the 1913 taxes is $322,-
6J3.96. When County Auditor
McNairy turned the 1913 tax
lists'over to the treasurer he
received back the 1912 books
with all taxes receipted except
$25,186.14. The unpaid 1912
taxes are now known as delinquent and the force in tbe county
auditor's office is making up the
delinquent tax list for publication in February. If the taxes
are not setteled by February 1st
they will be published and 20
clays after publication judgment will be entered.
UCKMAN CREAMERY REPORT.
Following wdll be found the
monthly report of the Buckman
creamery:
November 1913.
E
FARMER
ASTIC
MEETING.
Number of   patrons	
Pounds   of   cream     received 	
Pounds of milk received
Average test  of  cream
mil k
Pounds  of   butterfat in
cream received	
Pounds   of   butterfat in
milk received	
Total butterfat received
Total pounds of   butter
made i.	
Pounds overrun	
Net overrun, per cent_..
Average price paid  for
butterfat •.
L. M. Jacobs,
Buttermaker and Manager.
97
17,838
1,501
24.3
3.77
4,405
62
4,405
5,413
1,008
22.8
35c
The Low Cost o! Living.
That the cost of living today
cannot be higher, or very little
higher than it was in the good
old times when choice cats of
beef were sold for 8 cents a
pound, eggs for 6 cents a dozen
and dairy butter for 8 cents a
pound, seems to be demonstrated by a family of two in the
village of Pierz. They own
one acre of land, one-third of
which is occupied by buildings
and a low patch in the corner
of the lot. The remaining two-
thirds of an ycre are not par
ticularly favorable for tillage.
It slopes heavily, which makes
washouts frequent during heavy
rains.
This couple keeps 25 to 30
chickens, one cow, and during
the summer, two hogs. This
small area of land supplies the
family with garden vegetables
and potatoes the year round,
ami enough corn to fatten the
two hogs one of which is sold
in the fall. The cow is tethered
out on the low patch in the
corner of the lot and on the adjacent   street.    -During   a  dry
Tlie Jury List.
Following will be found a list
of the names of men from this
end of the count}' who will serve
on the grand and petit juries at
the next term of the District
court, which convenes in March.
Grand Jury.
Wilson Hayes, Platte.
Prank Flicker, Buh.
Joseph Schubert, Buh.
Otto Hoffmann, Buh.
John Phillipi, Pierz.
Peter Poster, Pierz.
Julius Marshik, Pierz.
Joseph Hesch, Pierz.
Hans Johnson, Granite.
Joseph Portner, Granite.
F. J. Juetten, Hillman.
Frank Stumpf, Agram.
Joseph Gruber, Agram.
Petit Jury.
George J. Docken,   Buckman.
G. W. Dropp, Buckman.
George Denzen, Buchman.
John Schmolke, Buckman.
H. E. Van Alstine, Morrill.
Perry Wagoner, Morrill.
William   Sandrocki,    Morrill.
Peter Virnig, Buh.
Frank Schamel, Buh
Mike Veith, Buh.
John Langer, Pierz.
John Smith, Pierz.
Nick Meyer, Pierz.
Joseph Dahmen, Pierz.
Peter Schomraer, Granite.
John Neis, Granite.
Charles Lust, Hillman.'
Alike Thommes, Agram-
John Loidold, Agram.
John Nelson, Platte.
John Finneman, Pulaski.
H. H. Sanborn, Richardson-
\ very interesting meeting of
the Pierz Farmers' Mutual Fire
Insurance Company was held in
Faust's hall, on January 6th.
Following will be found the
company's report for 1913, together with a list of the officers
and directors elected:
Annual Report.
Cash   on   hand  beginning'
of year        S1,366.<J6
Received of agent's new-
policies   610 00
Received  from   assessment
number   8  586 20
Total        $2,563 16
Disbursements forthe 3rear
1913  614 26
Cash on hand   at   the   end
of the year  1,948 90
Total       $2,563 16
Total    insurance    for    the
year   1913     166,256 00
Total    insurance     of     the
previous year     658,754 00
Total carried      825,010 00
Amount   ceased   to   be in
force      101,597 00
Total amount in force December 31,   1913      723,413 00
The   company    had     four
losses amounting- to  209 45
The following officers and   directors were chosen:
President—H. Terhaar.
Secretary—P. O. Bolster.
Treasurer—E. Froehner.
Directors.
J. P. Langer.
Anton Jamma.
Magus Rauch.
Joseph Gohl.
P. J. Gau.
W. Meyer:
NG'S COW
HAS TRIPLETS.
VILLAGE LIGHT       WEATHER AND
REPORT.
When  John  Reding   stepped j     Following   will   be   found the
into his barn  Saturday, he was  report of the  Light and   Water
a very astonished man.    One of  Board   ^ether  with   a   list of
. . ,    ,  .    . . patrons,   and  the   amount each
his cows   had  had   three calves       ., r     ,.     ,
paid for the last month.
during  the   night-two   heifers Juice sold in Dec. at  10c
and one steer. They are all three j     Kilowatts  JS213.40
perfectly developed and  of or-1 Juice furnished forvillage
dinary   size,    all   sucking    ancP    street lights at 4c a Ki-
thriving.     The   mother   of   the!     lowatts J^
triplets is of  ordinary size andj    Total sold in Oct $258.22
is eleven years old. John says Paid L. F. Water Power
if he can only find a sire of an-■ Co, for Juice furnished
other set of trios, he will breed
the two triplet heifers with him,
and thus produce a regular triplet strain and incidentally cut
down the high cost of beef, and
MARKETJEPORTS.
Temperature for the Week,
Highest     Lowest
Thursday  37    23 above
Friday  20     8 above
Saturday    18     5 above
Sunday   10     7 above
Monday       5 16 below
Tuesday 22     0
Weduesday.. 40   12 above
also   increase    the   numbe
dairy cows in the land.
of
New Pierz News,
village duriug month of
Oct. at 4c a Kilowatts   120"740
Total profit $128.82
A. P. Stole,
Secretary and Treasurer.
Following will be found a list
of   the  patron^  of  the electric
light  service,   and   tlie amount
The stockholders   of the New  iu cash that  each   one   paid for
Pierz   bank-   had    their   annual  juice during the past month:
meeting, Thursday, January 8th  Angermeier M	
and it was found   that  the year Bares' Hubert	
Blake, J. M	
just passed was a very prosper    „   .. ,.   . .
J ' , Bentfeld, Adam  ..
ous for the institution,   and   the  Borgerding j. & Co.
bank is in   excellent   condition.   Brust,   Hubert	
A  dividend   of about 4 per cent  Berg, John P	
was declared, besides  leaving a  Uoser John 	
, ,.    . .    . ,.,        Brandl,   Frank  A...
balance   as   undivided    profits.   B-_inrner Norbert   .
The same   officers   were elected  Burton, Barney	
?1  10
8 40
4 10
1 10
45
2 40
35
2 50
1 00
1 00
5 80
76
74
1.37
45
45
30
for the coming  year,   witli Otto Boehm, John store .       270
J. Brick   as   assistant   cashier, j Boehm John house	
With a management such as tlie
bank has now, the institution is
bound to continue to prosper.
Boehm Engelbert
Brisk & Schramel	
Dombovy,   John  	
Duncan, R. M, house..
Duncan. R. M. store..
Eller,   William	
H. J. Vierk and Cashier Fich-
tinger   spent  several   days last  pilu
week looking over land in Buck [Faust, Frank store „ hall..,
man and Morrill towns. j L',;u,st Frank house & sal...
! Faust Bros	
Meyer   Bros,   shipped   a car   Faust John N	
load   oi    stock   on   Wednesday ,Grell,   Frank store.. 4
and L. Winer two car   loads on
Thursday.
Grell Frank hous
j Grell, Frank meat market.
I Grell, John H.   saloon...
' Grell, John H. hou . •	
Notes.
Eighty-eight policies were is-      Anton Bauer of Morrill   town
. ,-     , 1 1 Grell, Joseph H. store
sued during the year. unloaded   a   car   ot   sheep  here Grjll Jos H   house
Twenty-five     new     members Ilast   Saturday.     He   had   them ; Gravel,  Charles  B...
were taken into the company.
The president will receive $25 j
per year.
Hereafter applicants for increased insurance must pay the
secretary 50c for   endorsement.
The   town   of  Leigh    was ad
mitted to  the   association  by a
'vote of 40 to26.
Insurance on cows was raised
shipped in from St. J;unes.  The
I car contained 94 sheep.
The Schlavandoski   family   of
German Sate Bank.
Gau, John house . . .
Gassert,   Henry... .
1 80
1 10
2 00
1  70
1 (X)
2 10
1 80
3 70
9 00
7 40
2 30
1 00
50
3 40
1 40
5 10
2 SO
3 no
3 50
: 40
3 90
1 00
1   30
The Market Report,
Wheat, No. 1, 	
Wheat, No. 2	
Flax,	
Barley	
Rye	
Oats	
EarCorn       45
Hay $5.00
Butter, Creamery       37
Dairy       20
Eggs     25
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 	
Beans _.     •>. 00
Onions        60
Butterfat Market,
Tlie Average during the week-
was iU^c
South St, Paul Hog Market.
Ave. Price.
Thursday . 7.78
Friday  7.91
Saturday 7.94
Monday 7.91
Tuesday 7.85
Wednesday 7.84
St. Paul Live Stock.
j Steers $7.75 to 7.*5
Cows and Heifers,$4.25 to ..6.75
Calves, steady, §5.50 to   '.1.75
Hartmann, P. A.  store       16 10  Feeders, steatlv, ,..$4.30 to 7-00
Alberta  town   were   visiting   a  Hartmann, P. A. house        4 40
Hoheisel, John
Kerkhoff, Ii. H. Journal
Kerkhoff, E. H. housj...
Ja: Kiewel Brewing   Co
Koering,  Herman	
Leese,   Mike  	
: Marshik Frank  	
Bednar   were   married  by Rev.'' Mueller, N. H	
J. G. Stiegler Wednesday morn-  M yer, Joseph..
few days with tlie Litke family.
Girlz-Beunar.
Theodore Girtz and Josephine
Neisius, Ja"ob	
from $25 tq $3o: horses from $80  ing.     J ike   Girtz   and   Herman ' NoUner Mrs   Clara..
to $120. I Hoheisel    were    groomsmen   and   N. W. Telephone Exchange Co
The   delegates   to   the   state I Mathilda Girtz  and   Anna lied-   Paid, Henry	
j Poster, P. L	
convention   were   instructed   to  nar were bridemaids.    The wed-   Preime_bergert Stephen	
inquire whether or   not a   farm-  ding   was celebrated at the Jos.  Philippi John 	
Rica Prairie Milling Co	
Bednar home.
spell she is stalll'ed part of the
time- She gives them each year
a calf, about $50 in cream checks
besides skim milk lor the growing pigs and the chickens. With
the income from thissmall patch
of land  and   with   the earnings
ers'   insurance   company   could
insure creameries.
.). N. Rauch and Henry Wuellner were chosen as delegates to
the state convention with Mag
nus Ranch and Emil Froehner
as alternates. They were allowed §3 per day and railroad
fare.
Cows Can Pay Better.
Petiraciiie-BGllig,
The   marriage   of    Lawrence
Pedracine of Madison,   Wisconsin,     and    Crescentia     Bollig,
from a few   jobs that happen to daughter of Mr. and Mrs- P.   J.
come the old gentleman's  way,
this pious couple lives asserene-
lioHig of   Pierz,   took  place in
the St. Joseph's church Monday
ly and contentedly as does Roc-: morning at 9 o'clock. The
keftfler on his income of forty, bridesmajds were Mary Rauch
million dollars a year. They | ami Mary Bollig. Christ Pedracine, a brother to the groom,
and Bennie Bollig, brother to
the bride acted as best men.
After the ceremonies in church,
the young couple   and   their  at-
eat wholesome and healthful
food, but the odor of a $5
dish of lobsters a la NeWburg
never stimulates their   appetite
to   gorge  their   stomachs;   they
wear   good   warm   clothes, but   tendants   went   to   the   bride's
seasonal styles of hat  or  dress
does not disconcert   the  lady ol
home   where   a   wedding dinner
was served.    The wedding dance
this   house,   nor   does   a high-hn the evening was well attend-
heeled shoe on   the   foot   of   a ed.      The   young    couple   will
neighbor excite   the  old   man's  ma]-e   their   home   at Madison,
Stoles,   R.   C	
Stoll, A.   P	
! St. Joseph's Cong, house. . . .
St. Joseph's Corp.   church..
.   .    . .        . Staub Nick	
From a  careful   investigation  Tembruell>. chr>st	
we find that   our  common  cows  Tembruell, A	
are capable of producing a much     'im"    '  '.'"'\\"
* \ irmgr, F. X. &  Co	
larger    yield   than   is   secured   Virnig,  Joseph H	
from the   average common cow  bonder Haar, Mrs. A	
. ! Wermerskirchen, M	
in   the   state.     During the past  „.    .      Johu  house	
1 10
2 30
4 00
85
3 60
1 20
2 40
3 00
1 10
4 80
2 00
1 70
1 00
1 40
SS
1 00
2 70
2 30
3 00
4 30
5 10
Ich cutting will soon begin.    There is no danger that
it will lack thickness.
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Nine feet of snow is reported in northwestern Russia,
and our fanners arc praying
for snow.
P. A. Hartmann and Jos.
H. Grell wont to Minneapolis yesterday to attend the
state implement convention.
J.M. McGenty of St. Cloud
was in   town  Tuesday,   look-
1 201 ing over the situation with a
1 90
1 90
3 00
12 w
1 40
1 (.0
18 20
1 00
A. P. STOLL,
Secretary and Treasurer.
Additional Local News,
Otto  Schaefer  of Albany
envy.
Wisconsin.
Karl Kapsner spent a   few
days last week in St. Paul.
Advertise   and   watch
business grow.
your
decade we have always had at
University farm, in the dairy
herd, a number of common cows;
that is, cows with no dairy hereditary. The average yield
from these common cows, for
_3   yearly     records,     is    ~>.
pounds of milk, and 2_2 pounds fired a shot early in the morn-
of butter, which last, valued  at ing,   the  bullet   entered the
27c per pound, is eqnal rn round shoulder  of  John ' Volkman.
numbers to $ >0, tor butter alone. Schaefer heard a noise on the
The average  receipt   per   coin- porch.      He   took   his   pistol
mon cow in tlie state is $10 40; with   him   and   went to  the
which shows  that the average door.    Instead of answering
cow   is   yielding   £14   less   per Volkman   started coining  to-
annum   than   she   might easily wards Schaefer  in an appar-
yield if given the same care and ent stupor and Schaefer fired.
feed as are given  the cows at the bullet entering the shoul-
the University farm.    Write the der.     It   was   after   shooting
Division  of   Dairy   and  Animal shooting   that   Schaefer   dis-
Husbandry,    University   Farm, covered that  Volkman was a
St.   Paul,   for  their booklet on neighbor.     Volkman,   it   a; •
Feeding   Dairy   Cows,—T.    L. pears,   had. been   in Albany
Haecker,     Dairy    and   Animal during   the night and when
Husbandry.   University   Farm, returning home, had lost his
St. Paul. way.
view of building a potato
warehouse.
Victor Bruber of Rucker
passed through Pierz yesterday with a fine pair of mares
which he bought in Minneapolis.
Photographer Nelson of
Little Falls was in the village
Monday. He took a picture
of P. J. Gau and his seven
sons.
.Ids. 11. Ga u. son of Mr. and
Mrs. P. J. Gau, who, with
family have been visiting
here, left for their Canadian
home the first part of this
week.
John   A.   Stumpf,  son  of
Mrs. Adolf Stumpf, went to
Milwaukee. Wis.. Thursday,
win-re he will attend an electrical engineering school.
M, rtnide     Stumpf,
daughter    of     Mrs.     Adolf
Stumpf,   who   for   the
two months was visisiting at
Little   Falls,   returned home
Wednesday.