The Pierz Journal (Pierz, Morrison County, Minnesota), 1914-02-05

              JOURNAL
VOL. 5.
PIERZ, MORRISON COUNTY, MINNESOTA, FEBRUARY 5, 1914.
NO. 34.
HAPPENINGS
HESE_AND THERE
St. Cloud—Spurned by a 16-
year old girl whom he had asked
to marry, Fred Jorgenson, 21
bears  old,   a painter,  shot and
killed himself.
St. Cloud- Agent Knickerbocker of the reformatory has
gone to the Pacific coast, where
he will take Thomas Lyons, an
escaped prisoner, in charge.
Ipswich, S. D.—Judge Bot-
tum sentenced Mrs. Maude
Giffin, Avho was convicted of
killing her husband at Leola
last spring, to two and one-half
years in the penitentiary.
St. Cloud—The St. Cloud
Lodge of Elks are preparing to
celebrate, February 13, their
occupancy of their beautiful
new home in this city which is
now practically completed.
Clear Lake, S. D.—The bursting of a gun barrel in the hands
of Louis Rorman caused serious
injuries to Gertrude Ryan, the
9 year-old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Daniel Ryan.
St. Cloud—Harry Blaringbole,
an employe of the Watab Pulp
& Paper company, sustained a
painful crushing of his right
foot while at work at the mill
early the on the morning of
January 24th.
Slay ton—Wm. Byle a farmer
is in a serious condition as the
result of burns received while
kindling a fire in his home with
kerosene. The home was fired
by the explosion, but the flames
were checked by the neighbors
before much damage was done.
Byle may not recover.
Aberdeen, S. D.—Mike Rentier has confessed to having
poisoned fifteen horses, some of
them blooded animals and others
family pets, that he might make
a few dollars selling their skins
and rendering out carcasses in a
tallow works he conducts at
the outskirts of town.
Brainerd—The Koop Mercantile company has been incorporated for $25,000 by J. W. Koop,
Fred Koop and Edgar S. Koop
of Brainerd, and Harry M. Koop
of Crosby, with Brainerd as the
principal place of business and
Crosby and Riverton as branch
stores.
Cold Spring—Between 1 and 2
o'clock Saturday morniug the
general merchandise store
owned by the Marcus Maurin
estate started tire from a cause
not yet determined and the
building with its entire contents
to the value of $30,000 were
destroyed.
St. Cloud—Chief of Police
Brick received a letter from
William Evans of Toronto, Can.,
in which the man asked the
local authorities to aid him in
locating his brother, Arthur
Evans, who, he says, stayed in
St. Cloud for a short time about
December 15th.
Park Rapids—Spearing tish
through the ice of Fish Hook
lake has been the pastime for
citizen for the last month and
a large number of pickerel of
the heavy weight variety have
met the spear. Donnie Page
secured an eighteen-pounder a
few days ago and some weighing as much as twenty-five
pounds have been caught.
COUNTY SEAT
CULLSNGS.
(From the Transcript.)
Born   to   Mr.   and Mrs. Otto
Dengel, Thursday,   a  daughter.
I. W. Driver of Hillman collected bounties for two full
grown wolves Saturday at the
county auditor's office.
J. K. Martin returned Thursday from Minneapolis. There
is no change in the condition of
his son Kenneth, in Dr. Eitel's
hospital there.
An operation was performed
on Kenneth Martin at Dr.
Eithel's hospital, Minneapolis,
Saturday. The boy's condition
is improving and the surgeons
believe that the operation has
been successful.
Mrs. George Borley, formerly
of this city but who moved west
some time ago, returned a week
ago for the purpose of submitting to an operation for appendicitis. The operation was performed Wednesday.
Annie McGregor, wife of Geo.
McGregor, 60 Kidder street
and Second avenue southeast,
died at 11 o'clock Saturday
evening. Death was caused by
puerperal fever.
Deceased was born February
22, 1877, in Belle Prairie. Her
marriage to Mr. McGregor occurred October 17, 1892, in this
city.
Upon his return to the city
Saturday after and absence of
several days Barney Burton
found among his other correspondence a letter which when
opened revealed two crisp new
dollar bills and a letter to account for their presence. The
letter was signed, "A Former
Employe" and read, "lamsending you two dollars, which was
the value of a pair of gloves
and some shoe blacking which I
misappropriated while working
for you. I ask your forgiveness
and wish you the Lord's blessing."
SPECIAL CREAM-
ERY MEETING.
The officers of the Pierz Cooperative Association held a
special meeting Saturday. All
present except Theo. Gross.
The bonds of the treasurer and
secretary were accepted.
The constitution and by-laws
of the Morrison County Creamery Association, were read by
the president. It was decided
to send the president as delegate to the first meeting. If he
finds it to be a good thing for
the creamery to have the right
to enlist the Pierz creamery as
a member. It was decided to
change the system of paying for
butterfat payment which otherwise would be made on February 20th, to March 5th. This
will give the returns time enough
to be back from New York.
After that the payments will be
made every half month as before. This is the only way a
co-operative creamery should
be   conducted.      Get   all   your
ANSWERS AND
MORE PUZZLES.
Dell Rapids, S. D.
February 1, 1914.
Gentlemen:—The   answer   to
Mr. P. Theiss problem published
in your last  weeks   paper is as
follows:
Sell   eggs  at  2 cents a dozen
and   a   penny   apiece for odds.
A. BAYERL DANGEROUSLY ILL.
It is reported here that Albert Bayerl of Argyle had been
sick with t3-phoid fever the
past seven weeks, and that
pneumonia had set in a few days
ago. From a telephone message which Robert Gruber received Monday,   it   is   inferred
First   daughter   has   10 eggs i that Albert is   in a   dangerous
(no   dozen),   selling   them  at a
penny apiece gets 10 cents.
The second daughter has 30
eggs, or 2 dozen and 6 eggs,
selling the 2 dozen at 2 cents a
dozen and 6 eggs at a penny a
piece, gets 10 cents.
The third daughter has 50
eggs, or 4 dozen and two eggs
selling the dozen at 2 cents per
dozen and the two odd eggs at
a penny apiece, gets 10 cents.
Yours truly,
E. J. Kapsneu.
Here is Still Another.
I have a way  of  solving   the
problem in last  week's Journal,
checks cashed before  this  new : The eldestgirl was given oOeggs,
system goes into effect.
Theo. Thielen,
President.
Auditor's February Calendar,
of
the second 30 eggs and the third
10 eggs. How was it done?
The eggs were sold first at
the rate of 7 eggs for 1 cent;
then the remaining eggs at 3
cents apiece.
Thus: The eldest sold 7 cents
worth and had 1 egg remaining.
The second sold 4 cents worth
and had 2 eggs remaining.
The  last  sold   1  cents worth
February     3.        Meeting
county commissioners.
February 5- Last day for
clerk to return delinquent tax
list to auditor with notice.
February    7.     Last   day   on
which  auditor   can deliver list and had 3 e^s remaining
of delinquent taxes to the  publisher.
February 20. Last day for,
first publication of delinquent j
tax list.
Februrary 28. Statement of
balance.
By selling the remaining eggs
at 3 cents, each girl now had 10
cents.
Lastrup News.
$500,000 Paid to Farmers.
Farmers of Sherburn county
who did their marketing at Elk
River during the last year, received a half a million dollars
for their produce according to
the Star-News.
Figures showing the total
amounts paid out for the four
principal items, cream, milk,
livestock and potatoes, during
the past year, show a grand
total of §492,230, which is exclusive of the butter and eggs
bought at the stores, and for
grain, hay and other produce.
Roadbosses, Take Notice.
The practice of plowing up
the roadbed, keeping the dirt in
the centre, making ditches on
the sides and expecting traffic
and weather to turn it into a
first-class road, is all wrong,
the use of a surface dressing of
gravel and occasional dragging
is recommended to make a good
road.—J. P. Stewart, State Agricultural Engineer.
If the ruts made by automobiles, and especially those on
sloping roads were rilled with
gravel instead of soft earth, it
would certainly prevent washing out.
Here is Another Example.
A farmer wished to divide his
17 horses among his 3 sons.
The eldest was to receive half
of them, the second one-third of
them, and the third one-ninth of
(To Late For Last Week) I them.      How did the boys man-
Correspondent was on a bum'age it, since 17 cannot be divided
for the   last   two   weeks, but I equally by 2, 3 or 9?
am here again.
Cathrina Schlegel departed
for Duluth last week where she
will be employed.
Gross Bros., are busy packing
ice-
Christ   Keller   has    returned
from Wisconsin for a short visit
with friends and relatives.
Louis   Brummer   lost
uable horse last week.
a vai-
An Easier One for the Boys
and Girls.
In a box are 20 ears of corn.
If a rat comes there once each
day and returns home with 3
ears, in how many days would
the corn be all gone?
A Constant Reader.
condition. Mr. Gruber and wife
and Louis Feucht left for his
bedside Wednesday   morning.
Northern Lights.
Mr. and Mrs. Kienz was colling on frients inPeirz last Thus-
day.
Paaney Vuth walked to Pierz
Manday to make a coll at the
barber shop.
Jahn Tratter and wife went to
Pierz an business the first of
the weak.
Jo Leeb was seen ant North
with a big laad of Hay.
Paul Vernig thinks ther is
know neet to bring News to the
Skool about a two and faur
leget ware, he seen two man
after ane wolf lest weak.
Hark bays, thet you her the
tine sound of the Piatt watting
balls.
We see in the Platte News
that Billy Prunes will built a
barbar shop, well Pilly is a
smart man and we wish he will
soan hav it reaty.
Lots of snow and lots   of fun.
Hillman News.
The dance at Rieke's Saturday was well attended and all
enjoyed a good time.
Henry Stroering is busy sawing  wood in this neighborhood-
Lastrup was visited with a
light snow fall Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs.H. Stroeriug vis
at Casper Thomme's home Sunday.
Mr. and M.s. Ed. Stuekmeyer
and Mr. and Mrs. Casper Thommes visited at Fred Wolke's
home Wednesday evening.
A. J. Bednar was taken to
the St. Cloud hospital yesterday.
Sullivan News.
Everybody who attended the
dance at Vinelaud Saturday
night, reports a good time.
Thelma Waller of Rucker, visited T. S. Look's this week.
Nick Meyer the fur buyer was
in this neighborhood Thursday.
Hoffmann Bros., of Pierz has
been hauling lumber from the
lake this week.
T. S. Look went to Pierz on
Thursday and will return Saturday.
Ross Adkins was an Onamia
visitor Friday.
Support Your Home Paper.
You may be able to get a
large city weekly tilled with
murders, scandals, chicken-
fights, etc., for less money than
you pay for your local paper,
but these city weeklies never
advertise your county and make
your property valuable. They
do not help along your schools
and churches; they do not publish your county news; they say
nothing of you or your town,
and have no interest in you.
A good newspaper  is  as  much
advantage to a town or country j|number  of  lildr   friends.    The
as are good schools.   If  one   of | evening"   was   spent   in  playing
our farmer friends should hap
pen into one of these city offices
he would And out in two minutes
that he had no welcome there,
such as he would receive in a
printing office at home. Stand
by your home paper. It stands
by j7ou, and is eyer on the lookout for your interest.—Exchange .
Mel Wermerskirchen made
a business trip to the twin
cities Tuesday.
The surest crop here is tlie
ice crop.
Sullivan lake is studded
with about 50 fish   houses.
J. H. G-rell left for Morg-
on, Minn. Wednesday morning.
Another horse or two gone.
Where? To Barney Burton
of course. He was here
Monday.
Tlie St. Joseph's Society
and the Forester Court held
their regular monthly meeting last Sunday.
By tlie low express rates
which went into effect Feby.
1st., the express companies
expect to regain tlie business
lost to the parcel post:
Theo. Thielen, J. N. Ranch.
Carl Beimert, Christ Tembreull and A. P. Stoll are
attending the auto show in
Minneapolis.
Jacob Herman, employed
as blacksmith in a lumber
cam]) near Hibbing, is reported to belaid up with a
very sore arm and hand.
Children should not jump
onto rapidly moving sleds. A
misstep might cause a broken
or dislocated ankle. Teachers should warn them of the
danger.
Helen Younk. lady clerk
at P. A. Hartmann's store,
returned Tuesday after spelling a weeks vacation with
her parents and friends in
Royalton.
The timber farmers are
making good use of the sleighing and are bringing wood
to town. Hard maple B'lls
for $5.00 a cord.
The three year old son of
Chas. Windier, who was so
badly scalded several weeks
ago died last Sunday evening
and was buried in Graham
Wednesday. Geo. Docken
and Henry Weiling attended
the burial.
W. M. Lambert and Neil
McLeod of Royalton, passed
through the village the first
of the week en route for
Onamia. They had four span
of good horses with which
they intend to do logging the
balance of the season.
An influx of foreign but-
tjr from all parts of the
world, due to the reduction
of the tariff from 5 to 2 1-2
cents a pound, has caused a
decline in the New York
wholesale price of 10 cents
a pound since the first of the
year.
Mrs. Peter Weideubach i  •
turned home   last   Saturday
I after a two   weeks'   visit   at
Randall   with   her   brother,
- Jol1m Kempenich. Pe'tercam.
The marriage of Myra Dietz,  [Q towu every ^   the   V*
WEATHER AND
LOCAL NEWS.   AURKETREPORTS.
Temperature for
The last week.
The recent snow made sleighing good in the w?oods.
J. C. Payne is in this locality
looking after land.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Volten,
Mr. and Mrs. Math. Juetten and
John Volten called at the P. J.
Juetten home last Thursday
evening.
John Walters of St. Cloud,
Mr. Matheison of Minneapolis
and John Schmolke were in this
vicinity Friday looking after the
interests of their land.
Theo. and Jos. Nagel were in
our burg Friday.
Everybody is busy hauling
tire wood now days, while the
snow is on the ground.
Florian Meyer, Frank Grittner and Willie Levandoski went
to Sullivan lake for a two weeks
fishing trip Wednesday.
Highest     Lowest
Thursday     0     9 below
Friday 20     9 below
Saturday    10     9 above
Sunday  10 12 below
Monday     33 10 above
Tuesday     1 bel.. 11 below
Wednesday..  10 18 below
Temperature same
Week year ago.
Temperature   for   the corresponding week a year ago:
Highest    Lowest
1913 Jan. 30th 30... 4 below
31st    3. .17 below
" Feb.   1st    3...23 below
"     "    2nd....16.,    9 below
"      "     3rd ....10... 18 below
4th 5 bel. 13 below
"     "     3th.... 8... 21 below
Grain and Produce
Market Report.
'Vheat, No. 1,      78
Wheat, No. 2          76
Flax,        1.83
Barley   85
Kye...        45
Oats        31
EarCorn       43
Hay $5.00
Butter, Creamery        37
Dairy       20
Eggs      25
Flour, Best      2.30
"    Straight      2.20
Low grade flour ..1.50
Brau     1 ...1.15
Shorts   ..1.20
Cracked Corn 80 pounds 1.20
Ground Feed     1.25
Potatoes 	
Beans      2.00
Onions         60
Farmers' Creamery
Butterfat Market.
Tfye   average  price   paid   for
butterfat at the Farmers'Creamery during the last week was
27 cents.
Rucker News.
Mrs. Grier and Master Charles
returned from Randall last week
Tuesday.
John Dorman made a business
trip to Cass Lake last week.
Thelma Waller spent several
days of last week at Sullivan
with Mary Jane Look.
Marshall Loop returned last
Saturday from Itaska County,
where he had been visiting his
brother since New Year.
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Kr_
mer were very pleasantly surprised   Saturday   evening   by
games.
>\eek, to see if she   had   not
come.  He felt very lonesome.
daughter of John Dietz, defender of Cameron Dam, and
B. Eugene Newman, a Chic-; Two wintry storms predict-
ago motion picture man. will ed by the Washington weath-
take place at Mayville Feb-jer bureau for this week,
ruary 25. The two are here! There will be rain or snow
now. Miss Deitz is lecturing in the great central valley
and her fiance is taking pic- and the upper lake region
tines. Miss Deitz was in Pierz Tuesday and Wednesday,
about one year ago on a lee- reaching tlie Atlantic coast
turing tour. I by the end of the  week.
South St. Paul
Hog Market.
Ave. Price.
Thursday . 8.11
Friday  H.17
Saturday 8.11
Monday  ..8.33
Tuesday 8.18
Wednesday 8.18
South St. Paul
Live Stock Market.
Steers *7.75 to 7.85
Cows and Heifers,.51.23 to ..6.75
Calves, steady, $3.30 to  9.75
Feeders, steadv, ...$4.30 to 7-00
(Bios die Rindsvlecher.)
The editor's youngest boy
went to Mrs. Louis Feucht's a
few days ago and asked her this
question:
"How many are seven and
five?'1
''Seven and tive are twelve.
Why do you ask?"'
"Because there are that many
of us at our place -seven in the
barn and rive in the house."
"'Is that so. Are you counting the hogs loo':''
"Xo, only the critter-
(Bios die Rindsviecher)
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