The Pierz Journal (Pierz, Morrison County, Minnesota), 1914-01-23

              PIERZ   JOURNAL
VOL. 5.
PIERZ, MORRISON COUNTY, MINNESOTA, JANUARY 22, 1914.
NO. 32.
MAY BUILD A
POTATO WAREHOUSE
J. M. McGenty of St. Cloud
will speak a half an hour at the
Farmers' Creamery meeting' next
Tuesday, and will put before
us a proposition to build a
potato warehouse. That a warehouse would stimulate potato
culture here is without question; and it is also certain that
' without such potato warehouse
the farmers will continue to
raise a few acres of the mongrel
variety which bring but an inferior price in the open market.
To build up a potato market
here we must have pure varieties in .sufficient quantities to enable buyers to buy them in carload lots- Two of the reasons
Mr. McGenty gives why a pure
variety brings a higher price
than the scrub potatoes usually
raised here are these: "Potatoes do not all cook alike. Some
require longer cooking' than others, and by the time the slow
cookers are palatable, you have
mush.in the pot. Some scrub
potatoes have deep eyes in
which there is too much waste
with patent peelers. All these
points are observed in large
hotels and restaurants where
large quantities of potatoes are
bought."
The potato industry will help
develop the country,
To get potato buyers here we
must have a warehouse—leave
it to the Soo to advertise the
warehouse—and pure varieties
of spuds.
But a warehouse without the
potatoes is useless and must
suffer the same fate as did the
creameries 20 years ago without
cream.    They "busted."
To warrant the expense of a
warehouse here the farmers
should guarantee to raise a certain number of acres the coming year- One hundred bushels
to the acre at 25 cents a bushel
pays better than wheat at $1.25
a bushel.
Potatoes improve the soil.
Our farmers might have had
profitable dairy herds fifteen
years ago, if there had been a
leader—a man with push to show
how and what to do.
The same condition confronts
us now with reference to potatoes. Departures from old
methods and ruts always need
a good man at the head.
Leave it to McGenty.
Mr. McGenty will explain his
proposition next Tuesday at the
Farmers' Creamery meeting in
Faust's hall. He owns considerable land east of here and is
interested in the prosperity of
eastern Morrison. Those interested in potatoes should attend.
Mr. McGenty took hold of the
potato situation in_ St. Cloud
about three years ago, and an
idea of his success there can be
formed by reading the following
extract from the St. Cloud
Journal-Press of last week.
Up to within two years ago
the harvest of potatoes was
about equal to the local demand.
There were very few raised for
the outside market. A couple
of years ago J. M. McGenty of
the East-side promised to build
a potato warehouse and the
Commercial club did what it
could to encourage the farmers
in raising the potatoes. Experts were brought here and
. the farmers invited in to hear
them. Seed was purchased by
C. D. Swab in carload lots and
sold to the farmers at cost. Mr.
McGenty has been keeping
track of the industry and reports that this year there were
shipped out from St. Cloud and
Sauk Rapids 225 carloads, mak-
HAPPENINGS
HEluUND THERE
Fifteen thousand Japanese
were buried alive last week by a
volcanic eruption.
It is reported that the Jim
Hill interests will build a $5,-
000,000 steel mill at Superior.
Eighty four per cent of the
land of the United States is tillable, of vwhich only 21 per csnt
is under cultivation.
The seventh annual convention of the Central Minnesota
Dairymen's and Butterrmaker's
Association will be held at Belgrade, Thursday, February 12th.
Brainerd—The Booster club
adopted resolutions praising
the members of the city council
for the public sprited and progressive stand they have taken
on questions affecting the welfare of the city. The club favored the purchase by the city
ot the quarter block at the Filth
and Laurel streets for a city
hall site.
St. Cloud—A ton and a half of
mail in addition to the regular
supply left the St. Cloud post-
office January 16th for various
points in the northwest. The
extra mail was sent out by the
International Havrester company. There were 3,227 pounds
of it and the cost of mailing was
$290.40, by a special permit issued by the postal   department.
COUNTY SEAT        A FATAL
CULLINGSJ     AUTO ACCIDENT.
Minnesota Is A Corn State,
Taking a group of ten states,
Minnesota has beaten them all
in corn, oats, rye and potatoes,
and is third in eveything else.
The fact that Minnesota has not
only beaten, but badly beaten,
the old original corn states of
Iowa, Illinois and Indiana in
the productiou of that very important is of more than passing
significance. It has established
the fact that Minnesota is a corn
state, and our splendid production this year is something that
should be widely advertised.
The report just issued by Commissioner of Immigration Fred
D. Sherman shows that Wisconsin's average in corn is the same
per acre—forty bushels—but
her acreage is almost one million less than that of Minnesota.
(From the Transcript.)
Saturday wolf bounties of
$7.50 each were paid to Peter
Gross of Granite, HenryBlanch-
ard of Bellevue and G. W. Millar of Randall.
The tire department was called out Saturday morning for a
small blaze in a frame building
in the rear of the Water Power
company's office on Broadway
east.
J. K. Martin and youngest son
Frederick went to Minneapolis
Saturday to see Kenneth Martin, who is at a Minneapolis
hospital.
Hunting Grounds Leased,
About thirty-five Minneapolis sportsmen met one evening
the past week and organized
what will be known as the Mille
Lacs Gun and Boat Club.
Articles of incorporation were
adopted permitting a membership of fifty.
With three hundred acres of
land located near Vineland, at
the point where the Rum river
issues from the lake, alreacfy
under lease, the club will begin
at once the construction of a
$2,500 lodge. Before the fishing season opens, it is intended
to have this place ready for use
and fully equipped with launch
and rowboats. Hunting boats
aud decoys will be added before
the shooting season begins.
The club's location is in the
heart of a famous mixed game
country, offering ducks, deer,
partridge, grouse and rabbits
to the gunner, and bass and pike
to the fishermen. It is only five
hours, by auto, from Minneapolis.—Wahkon Enterprise.
Vincent Otto, of St. Cloud,
27 years of age, was injured
Wednesday when a touring car
in which he and a companion
were riding skidded in the snow
and overturned.
Otto was thrown from the car
striking on his head, and died
half an hour afterward. Grund-
man was pinned under the machine, but escaped witli cuts and
bruises.
The men were returning from
St. Joseph, where Otto, a veterinarian, had made a professional call. A passenger train
was running parallel to the machine and the autoists were attempting to heep up with it, it
is said.
INTERESTING I ADDITIONAL WEATHER AND
CORRESPONDENCE.!        LOCAL NEWS.   MARKET REPORTS.
To Go Over the R. F. D'S.
The post office department
has decided to send out inspectors to travel over the rural
routes of the country and report
on the condition of the roads.
All roads that are not in a con
dition that will not allow the
carriers to make their schedule
time with ease will be condem-
ed, and unless put into condition the rural free delivery on
the route will be stopped. If
this rule is ridgidly carried out
it will do more to improve roads
than all the good road conventions that have been held in the
past ten years.
Northern Lights.
JoTrotter, Julia Schmitdbaur,
Andrew Smitdbaur and his Sister Mary Took in the dance at
Herman Frolishs Hoce Sonday
and engayet a fine Time.
Lena and Katy Frener callet
at Jos Pienes plase Sanday
afternoon.
P. A. Leeb from Graned drove
to Pierz Monda3' on buesnas.
The Children of the Virnig
Dist. brout the news to Skool
thas a wore broke out betwen a
two leget and a four laget we
woult be glat to her wish of tlie
two was the Conquerar.
Jo Priner and wive Gregar
Priner from St Paul. Mr and
Mrs. Tschida from Alrosa and
Mick Lackawitch vicetet with
John Leeb Manday.
Same Peapleare wishing that
we woult get colth wether but
we think the wether is colth
anof as a Yang Lady frace her
Toe lattely.
Jos Isel hat a wolf in his trap
Manday marning.
Hubert Bares says he feels
old since he became a grandfather.
Temperature for \te Weik,
Highest     Lowest
Thursday 38   22 above
There were 20 births and
1 deatli in the town of Pierz
last year.
Peter Girtz bought the Ho-
eisel house in lower town
last Tuesday.
Peter Loesch of Marty is,™,,     . ,T    «
J      -j Vheat, No. 1, . 76
; at the Mike N. Meyer wi,»^ w_ o -*
Friday	
30...
._   2U above
Saturday	
30...
..   14 above
Sunday 	
33...
..24 above
Monday	
34...
.. 31 above
Tuesday	
25...
.. 14 above
Wednesday ..
15...
.. 10 below
The Market Report,
Mat Zerer
Fielth last
snow.
was   buesy on   the
weak    shaffeling
ing 122,750 bushels. The average price was 48 cents paid the
farmers which brought to them
about $60,000. The total will
amount to more than this because some of the potatoes ear-,
ly in the season brought more
than 60 cents a bushel, and no
account is made of the murphys
sold St. Cloud grocers and residents. Mr. McGenty also kept
check on the yield, and found a
surprisingly wide range. The
poorest yield was 90 bushels to
the acre, and the best was 305
bushels. Even for the poorest
yield the farmer received oyer
$40 for his crop per acre, while
the other man walked off with
$150 for each acre, and the land
on whicl), these spuds were
grown could .have been purchased for less than $75 an
acre, probably.
There is surely good money
in the potato crop, and now that
the farmers surrounding St.
Cloud have found this out, it
should be made one of the big
revenue producing crops of this
section.
The Simple Lite ot the Rich.!
Isaac Marcosson has a piece
in the Saturday Evening Post
about how the masters of finance
live, and it is noteworthy that
with the single exception of the
late J. Pierpont Morgan great
success in money making has
been accompanied by great simplicity in living.
And this has not been due to
parsimony, but to common sense
—to the discovery that there is
more than one kind of intemperance, that it is possible to "dig
your grave w7ith your teeth,-'
that efficiency is no more possible with a gorged stomach
than it is with a cargo of whisky
aboard.
It is a valuable lesson to those
fond of the pleasures of the
table, this impressive showing
that crackers and milk are more
frequently found before the
wizards of finance than terrapin
and champagne, and that clearness of thought, concentration
of mind and fixedness of purpose, and the success that goes
with these qualities, are closely
related to a system of living of
which the keynote is plain food
and little of it.—Duluth Herald.
Lower Express Rates.
Lower express rates throughout-the country will become effective on Februaiw 2nd. By
the terms of the inter-state
commerce commissioner's orders, not only will the rates be
reduced materially but the companies will comply with regulations for impr oved methods of
service.
Experts of the commission
and the companies estimate that
the average reduction in charges
will be approximately 17 per
cent.
The fellew with the grat big
Mausstach who was sapost to
drive to Puh to see his S. H.
lost hafe of his nice Mosstach
the day befor and we woult like
to know if he faunt i'r.
Sullivan News.
Sam and Nellie Martin, Merle
Look and Nellie Treacy attend-
visiting at the Mike N. Mey
home.     He is a  brother to
Mrs. Meyer.
A light fall of snow Tuesday morning on top of the
hard icy roadbed, gives us
fair sleighing.
The delegates to the Mutual Insurance Convention report that creameries cannot
be insured by Mutual Insurance companies.
Gregor Preiner of St. Paul,
brother to Jos. Preiner of
Pierz and Jacob Tschida of
Meier's Grove, were visitors
at tlie Jos. Preiner home the
first part of the week.
Of all the b isiness establishment in Pierz tlie butcher
shops change hands the most
often. The annual change
of hands of Frank Grell's
meat market occurred last
Tuesday when it was sold to
John Smith of Platte.
While Europeans are
perishing from cold this win-
Wheat, No. 2  74
Flax,  1.37
Barley  40
Rye  44
Oats  31
Ear Corn..   .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 Feed     1.25
Potatoes 	
Beans       2.00
Onions        60
Butterfat Market.
The Average during tbe week
was 34c
The Washington weather
bulletin predicts unsettled
weather during the first part
of the week. In the plains
states and the northwest
"snow or rain" are predicted,
with high temperature Tuesday, followed by fair and colder weather during the second
half of the week.
A Warm December.
Only once in 43 years has a
December been warmer than
December 1913- That December
was in 1877 with an average
temperature of 33 degrees- December 1913 had a temperature
of  27  degrees.      The  warmest
December day in forty-three
years was December 12, 1891
when the temperature rose to
54; the coldest December on
record was Christmas day in
1879 when the mercury dropped
to 34 below zero. The above
records are for Morrison county.
ed the Penerton dance Saturday ! ter, it may be of  interest to
note the latitude of a few of
the European cities. The
46th latitude north passes
Pierz on about the east and
west, section line one mile
north of Pierz. New York is
in the same latitude as southern Spain and extreme southern Italy; New Orleans is
the same as Cairo, Egypt;
Berlin the same as southern
Hudson Bay; London 200
miles farther north than Winnipeg; Christiana, Stockholm
and St. Petersburg are about
400 miles farther north than
Sitka, Alaska; Paris same as
International Falls; southern
Florida is about 1400 miles
further south than Switzerland.
night.
Those who visited at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Christian-
son last Sunday were: T. S.
Look and wife and Mr. and
Mrs. John Britton and child.
Ross Adkins and Earl Smith
called at Walmark's and Heag-
hey's Sunday.
Mrs. L- P. Ford and daughters Ida and Mrs. Mosgrove,
visited at C. E. Look's Sunday.
The occasion being littie Ver-
nida's 6th birthday.
Alva Martin was a Pierz visi
tor Wednesday.
Fred Sorrum who has been
visiting relatives in Minneapolis returned to the Martin home
Thursday, where his wile and
children are visiting her children.
South St. Paul Hog Market.
Ave. Price.
Thursday.  ..8.13
Friday  8.03
Saturday . 8.12
Monday  8.18
Tuesday 8.18
Wednesday  8.18
St. Paul Live Stock.
Steers $7.75 to 7.85
Cows and Hcifers,$4.25 to ..6.75
Calves, steady, $5.50 to  9.75
Feeders, steadv, ...$4.80 to 7-00
Probably a Light One.
A gentleman Was strolling
across Platte lake last week
when he came upon Joseph
Weisbrich who was fishing.
''What sort of fish do you catch
here':'" he said.
"Mostly pickerel,1' hereplied.
"How many have }rou
caught?"
"About 10 or 12, sir.''
"What is about the heaviest
you have caught?" continued
the gentleman.
"Well, I don't know the weight
but the water sank two or three
feet when I pulled it out.'' We
very much doubt if the party
is telling the truth but a sample
will be shown upon request.
New Pierz News.
Meyer   Bros,   shipped   cattle'
Monday,    Nick    Meyer   accompanying to car to St. Paul.
Otto J. Brick was a business
caller in Lastrup Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. John Angermeier
entertained a number of friends
at a card party Sunday evening
and a pleasant evening was
spent by all present.
Miss Annie Hesch and Miss
Mary Marschik visited with the
Bolster family Sunday.
The Misses Mary and Theresia
Bolster left for St. Paul Monday in the interest of the millinery department of the Bolster
store.
There was  a  detective  in
A slice of raw potato rubbed
over brown shoes before the polish is applied, will brighten the
leather and remove stains.
To clean the inside of flower
vases, dissolve a tablespoonful
of rock salt in a half cup of vine
gar. Pour this mixture into the
vases, shake well for a few minutes and then rinse with cold
water.
An oil lamp should be tilled
only within about an inch of the
top, as the oil will expand slightly when the wick is lighted.
A paste  made of  wood ashes
our midst  I uesday,   at  least an<j ieinon jujCe, just thin enough
to apply with a soft flannel cloth
is excellent for making tarnished
brass shine again.
When  you  stain  your  hands
so it is reported. Now fhe
question naturally arises,
what was he here fori To
visit that famous old detective—John Heach on some
important government mission to Mexico, or did lie just
drop in from Fergus Falls*
As "actions speak louder than
words," so they say, it may
be only fair to presume that
the latter is the correct version of the affair.
Hints For The Housewife.
with ink rub the spots with a
mixture of baking soda and
powdered pumice stone, moistened with a little peroxide hydrogen.
Rucker News.
There was a very pleasant
surprise party at the Geo. Wood
home Saturday evening, the
event being George's birthday.
School Report.
Report of school district
104 for the month ending
uary 9, 1914:
No. of pupils enrolled	
If a little salt is  added to the
coffee   before   pouring  on   the
Xo.
Jan-
Victor   Bruber  returned   last
week from the twin cities, where
boiling water it will greatly im-  be purchased a span of horses.
prove the coffee's flavor. T ,, ,
Lawrence     Kramer    made   a
Try rubbing the window panes  housekeeping expedition toPierz
and mirrors with a piece of news-   Monday.
j paper dipped in paratin.
24      If the white of an egg is used
No. of days taught        20 in   -"king  a   mustard  plaster,   Fnuik FerkinSf  Herbert Wood,
Average daily attendance..    181tl,erC wiI
Those   perfect  in
were:      Ida   and   Mary   Olson,
plaster's blistering the most sen-
attendande Uative skin.
Other   Pier/,  callers  Monday
ivere:    Mrs.   Perkins,  Sam and
Mr.  and Mrs.   Roy Probasco
are the parents of a seven pound
A coat of silver enamel paint
Raymond   and    Lester   Nelson •,,   , girl, born Jan. «th.
tvajmonu   anu   tester   neison,   twice a year Will  keep your gas
Walter   Wieland   and    George st0ve looking better, save black-j    Emily Bruber  returned Mon-
Kohs. Hilda Hanson, ; ing and prevent its soiling your day from a couple of weeks visit
Teacher.      dress. in Duluth.
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