The Pierz Journal (Pierz, Morrison County, Minnesota), 1914-04-09

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PIERZ   JOURNAL
VOL. 5.
PIERZ, MORRISON COUNTY, MINNESOTA, APRIL 9, 1914.
NO. 43.
HAPPENING
HERE_AND THERE
A dozen Wisconsin cities
voted on the no-license issue
last Tuesday.
A II New York policemen hereafter must know to swim and
how to rescue drowning; persons.
Johanna Meinert, aged mother
of William iVieinert of East St.
Cloud, died at Joseph's Home
for the a<jed.
The price of gasoline in St.
Louis was cut to 13 cents a gallon by the Standard Oil com-
pai.y Aptil 1st.
"April Fool Candy" which
was found to have been flavored
with poisoness berries, is likely
to cause the death of two child-
i'en in Quincy, Mass.
The fanners of Eagle Valley,
are endeavoring to organize a
co-operative steam laundry to
run in connection with the
creamery at Clarissa.
Wahkon—Joseph Schwarz-.
bauer, who has been section
foreman here since tlie promo*
tion of G. W, Arnold, has been
transferred  to   the   section   at
Btenhaffl,
St, Cloud—Joseph Judnick,
parole breaker of the local re*
formatory, has been ax-rested at
Ifankakee, 111., and the officials
of the reformatory notified.
State Agent Knickerbocker left
Thursday for the Illinois town
to bring his prisoner back.
Judnick broke parole in November 1912.
St. Cloud—A letter to, bis,
Sweetheart divulged t}je whereabouts, of Thomas Tomsezck,
wanted in Stearns county for
forgery, and Sheriff Schoener
left Tuesday night for Atlanta,
Georgia, to bring him back here.
Tomsezck, who claims to be a
resident of ^ebraskfi, is but 20
years of age,
Chicago—Inspired by a dream,
while sleeping at his desk in
school last Friday, 13-year-old
Arthur Poltrock drew a pocket
knife and stabbed George Na-
mara, his seatmate, eight times
before the teacher could stop
Jrim, Namara is be].ieyed to be
fatally injured. Poltrock was
taken to a police station, where
he appeared dazed and seemed
not to realize what he had done.
COUNTY SEAT
CULL1NGS.
CONTRACT FOR
SCHOOL LET.
VILLAGE LIGHT
REPORT.
Southwest Buckman Hews.
Mr,, and Mrs. 3phn Langer of
Pierz vtgjited wit}} the Niek
Kineer family Tuesday, returning home Wednesday.
Miss Katherlne Gullas went
to Buckman Monday to spend
the week with her aunt, Mrs.
S. Dubiel.
Henry J. Block was a business
caller at the P. Schreder home
Monday evening.
Mrs. Henry Wieling and, Mrs.
Boos visited J. Baltes, at Buckr
man, who is reported very ill.
Mrs. N. Kinzer and daughters
Celia and Mamie were guests at
the J. Poster home Wednesday.
(From the L-itte Falls Transcript.)
Donat Trettel died Thursday
at his home, 302 Fourth street
southeast. He had been in bad
health for about two months
and had been confined to his
home for the past month, death
being due to quick consumption.
The deceased was  48 years old.
N. N. Bergheim of this city
was asked at the late Democratic conference in St. Paul to
become a candidate for secretary of state, but stated to a
Transcript representative Thursday that he has not fully decided
whether he will enter the race
or not.
Clarence and C. W. Sprandel
have purchased the pop factory
formerly owned by Mrs. E. C.
Lane, and will operate under
the firm name of Sprandel Bros.
Clarence Sprandel has worked
for Mrs. Lane for the past two
years and is thoroughly familiar
with all departments of the
business. Both young men are
well known and popular and
the firm will undoubtedly prosper. The plant is already
equipped with up-to-date machinery and the business will
be extended and built up under
the new ownership. The new
owners took possession April 1.
C. Rosenmeier of Royalton
on Monday filed with the county
auditor as a candidate for
county attorney, giving him the
distinction of being first in the
field for a gounty office, This
will be the Royalton man's
second appearance before the
public in tlie way of seeking an
office. Four years ago he was
a candidate for the same office,
opposing D. M. Cameron. The
final count gave Ml'- Cameron
eight majority. During the
past two years Mr. Rosenmeier
has acted as receiver for the
defunct blanks of Royalton and
Bowlus and has made an enviable record in that position. He
is a man of stearling qualities,
thoroughly competent, and will
make an excellent official.
Harry Docken was compelled
to take the cream to town in a
buggy as the roads are too
muddy to go with'the Ford.
'Am sorry P. J., that I could
not bring fhe story boqksQoner,
Promise fo do better next time,
Peter Schreder galled on Math
Mueller Saturday afternoon.
Mrs. Dan Gullas and little
Marie spent Sunday with the
Misses Agnes and Josephine
Roos.
Kinzer Bros., purchased a new
feed mill from Mrs. F. Mischke.
Sewing lessons are given in
the school in district Nq. 17, on
Friday afternopn, by Miss, McLeod.
Docken Bros., were the first
to start seeding. They put in
a few acres of rye Friday.
The contract to build the new Following will be found the
parochial school house was last' report of the Light and Water
Tuesday afternoon  awarded to! Board  together  with   a  list of
_ -i        i   tt-  . c    «,.    ™     i  ' patrons,   and  the   amount each
Edward   Hirt,     of    St.   Cloud,       ...   '  ,    .    A
paid for the last month,
whose bid of $23,441.00  was the Juice sold in Mai, at 10c
lowest.    The   building  is  to be'     Kilowatts $122.95
completcd'by October 1st.
The following bids were   submitted:
Bids.
Carl Kropp, St. Cloud $25,236 00
Donohue & Selover,  St Paul 24,648 00
P. O. Navik, St. Paul    26,800 00
L. O. Harrison, Little Falls 23,700 00
Shuliiid & Co Alexandria.. 26,313 00
Edward Hirt. St.  Cloud    23,441 00
Juice fn- listed forvillage
street lights at 4c a Kilowatts     27.96
Total sold in Mar §150.91
Paid L. F. Water Power
Co, for Juice furnished
village duriug month of
Mar. at 4c a Kilowatts     74.R0
CHRIST SCHLEGEL'S
HOUSE BURNED.
South Agram News.
Frank Stumpf and wife visited at the J. J. Brummer home
Sunday.
Many children are sick with
pinkeye.
Total profit  $76.11
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:
      «   75
Mrs. John Nagel and children, .
Ang-ermeier  M.   . .
Wiliiam   and   Adam   Brummer, 'Bares   Hubert.
Walter   Sporlein   and Edward, ' Blake, J. M	
Alois   and    Peter     Eidenshink'Bentfeld, Adam ..
visited   at'the  Thommes home Borgerding J. & Co
Sunday. , frust'  Hubert	
'Berg,  John P	
We had two inches of a   snow  Boser John 	
fall Sunday night. brandl, F'^nk A
Brummer Norbert
Birds are coming fast now-a-
days, and it is a good sign of
spring.
Clover is nearly all dead  and
can be pulled out of   the ground
with, ease.
Burton,  Barney	
Boehm, John store	
Boehm John house	
Boehm Engelbert	
Brisk & Schramel	
Dombovy,   John  	
Duncan, R. M.   house	
Duncan, R.  M.   store	
Eller,   William	
Faust, A	
Faust,  Frank store & hall.
Frank   Anders   of   Texas, is
here  on  a  visit   with the John
Kippley family for   a  few   days.   Faust Frank house & sal.
! Faust Bros	
Mrs.   Theodore    Stumpf   and Faust John n	
John, visited   at  the   Brummer 'Grell,  Frank store	
home Tuesday. jGre11 Fra,,k ho,,se	
i Grell, John H. house	
John Reding purchased a new Grell, John H.  saloon...
surray last Sa turday. ! Gre11- Joseph H. store ...
! Grell Jos. H. house	
John   Reding   of   Rice Visited   Gravel,   Charles   _	
his parents Sunday. j German Sate Bank	
I Gau, John house  	
Frank   Kandel celebrated his  Gassert, Henry	
birthday  last   Sunday.     Those ' J- B- Hartmann	
present'were;    J.   J.   Brummer, 'Hartmann, P. A.   store .
-    , , ,    ■«» Hartmann, P. A.  house..
John    Nagel,     Mr.    and   Mrs.  Hoheisei, John 	
Thomas    Theser    and   Joseph Mr.Kast	
Gruber and his hired man. J Kerkhoff, E. H. Journal
Kerkhoff, E. H. house...
  ' Jac Kiewel Brewing   Co
Koering,  Herman	
Gravel  of  Onamia, Leese, Mike 	
I Marshik Frank  	
Mueller,  N.  H	
Chas.
called here yesterday.
Edwin Walmark of Pulaski Meyer, Joseph	
.,      ,    , in    i i      j.   Neisius, Jacob	
collected a wolf  bounty last Nohner, Mrs. Ctara	
Week, '    N. W. Telephone Exchange Co
Paul, Henry  ....
Mrs. Will. Schauble visited   Preimesberger, John W	
friends in St. Cloud and Sauk Poster, p. l-	
-r.       . ,     ,      . , 'Preimesberger,  Stephen	
Rapids last week. | phiUpp. Jjhn	
Chas.    Berquist   'returned k^ Prairie Mining Co	
Sunday fromRochester, where _toii, a. p.. .....'.      so:
1 70
1 80
1 (X)
1 00
1 00
1 90
2 00
4 10
1 00
85
5 90
85
1 00
45
1 40
1 30
1 70
85
65
1 40
2 20
1 20
65
75
1 00
85
1 20
1 40
2 50
1 60
4 40
1 60
25
2 30
2 20
1 40
4 40
1 30
1 90
2 00
2 80|
75
95
1 90
6 30
2 70
75
1 00
1 60
1 60
55
1 30
95
1 00
2 20
95
2 50
75
1 30
1 00
85
1 00
45
1 00
1 00
1 10
)
Christ Schlegel's house and all
its contents were totally destroyed by fire lastTuesda}^ afternoon at 3 o'clock. The tire
spread rapidly and when found
to be beyond control, it was too
late to save anything fn the
house. Christ thinks that almost everything in the house
might have been saved, had they
not wasted time trying to put
the fire out. Christ was on his
way to tlie Rieke saw mill and
had been on the road only 15
minutes, when neighbors beckoned his attention to the burning roof of his house behind him.
By that time the fire  had been j was transacting  business in
discovered   by   one  of  Christ's
boys.    The loss is   estimated at
ADDITIONAL
LOCAL NEWS.
H. Bentfeld of Little Falls
is reported ill.
Alcoholic liquors will be
barred from  the U. S. Navy
after July 1st.
Anton Przybilla has been
engaged as road boss for the
town of Pierz.
J. A. Dengel and P. H. Neuman of Buckman were Sunday visitors.
Matt Bednar and Theodore
Karel left this morning for
Duluth.
John Dennis of Little-'alls
WEATHER AND
MARKETJEPORTS.
Temperature for
The last week.
Highest     Lowest
Thursday 40   30 above
Friday   35 24 above
Saturday    38 23 above
Sunday 38..        [5 above
Monday      40 14 above
Tuesday 30     19 above
Wednesday __  34 15 above
$2,500, which is covered by some
insurance. The policy was lost
in the fire and Christ cannot recollect the figures. He will rebuild at once.
Two Old Seitiers Dead.
Mrs. Ignatz Kubitschek died
last Friday at the home of John
J. Boser at the age of 73. Deceased was born in Austria in
1841, married in 1859. She was
a member of one of the first dozen families in Pierz, and was the
last   remaining member   of   the
Pierz Tuesday.
Mrs. Mary Dahmen left
yesterday for her homestead
near Williston, N. D.
Jacob Herrman returned
a few days ago from his winter work in the pineries.
John Hoppe and wife of
West Sullivan, were in town
Monday visiting our stores.
D. O. Donnell of Maple
Lake, Minn., has been engaged as buttermaker for the
Farmers' Creamery.
Johnnie Neisius is reported
Ignatz Kubitschek family.    Her'quite  ill   at   his  home.    His
sister Miss Annie is doing tlie
work on K. F. D. No. 3.
husband and eight children preceded her to the great beyond.
Pitneral services and burial took
place last Monday morning, under the auspices of Christian
Mothers' Society.
Temperature same
Week year ago.
Temperature  for   the corresponding week a year ago:
Highest    Lowest
1913 Apr  3rd....45... 38 above
4th 55. .43 above
5th 55 45 above
6th G5._ 40 above
"     "     7th 43.._ 29 above
"     "    8th .... 41... 84above
"     "    9th---.42.-,30above
Grain and Produce
Harket Report.
Wheat, No. 1,      7«
Wheat, No. 2.
Flax,	
Barley	
Rye	
Oats	
Ear Corn	
Hay	
C. J. Foster came up from
Minneapolis Tuesday. He
will look after the LaMotte
farm northeast of here. "
rain,  cloudy, sunshine, wind
etc. all in 24 hours.
he  underwent an  operation st Joseph _ Cong, house.
- ,,   ... St. Joseph's Corp.   church...
for appendicitis.
Staub Nick	
Smith, J. l'\,   & Son.
Lust Bros, closed their saw,TembrueU< ChrUt
mill last week.   They run 21 Tembruell, a
days and sawed about 120,000
feet of lumber so we are informed.
F.   C.   Sand   was    a
'Down South'' Sunday.
caller
Jos, Rrandl spent Sunday
evening with Eugene Jansen.
Miss McLeod was a Buckman
caller Wednesday.
The sand pits between Docken
Bros., and Hesch farms are getting to be quite dangerous
places. Somebody must have
got a good "shaking up" there
Monday night.
F, Keehr was a Buckman
caller Monday,
Virnig F,   X	
Virnig, F. X. & Co	
Virnig,   Joseph H	
Vonder Haar, Mrs. A	
Wermerskirchen, M       12 80
F. Wise  55
Ziegler, John   house  65
A, p, STO_b,
Secretary and Treasurer.
Leonard Zierer died at the
home of Herman Koering last
Sunday at tlie advanced age of
80 years. Born in Bavaria—under whose flag lie gave four
years service,—he came to Minnesota in 1891 and after living
for short periods of time In several states, finally decided on; returned home Sunday
Pierz as his permanent home.
Mr. Zierer had been living with
hir daughter, Mrs. Herman Koe
ring the last few years. He was
a member   of   the   St.   Joseph's
  76
       1.43
  40
       47
      32
       50
 $5.00
Butter, Creamery       35
Dairy        20
Eggs      13
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
We are at present enjoying -
all  kinds  of   weather, snow,' Sq^^ §t   Paul
Hog Market.
Ave. Price.
Miss Anna Faust, who hus'Thursday 8
been taking violin lessons in
St. Cloud for some time back,
Society,   under whoes auspices;
VWi. Young, son of Chas.
Young, a farmer living about
seven miles east of .Little
Falls on the Pierz road, was
operated on for appendicitis
'Saturday 8.51
Monday	
Tuesday 8.57
Wednesday 8.55
he was buried Tuesday morning
at 9 o'clock.
j Monday morning.
Conrad Stangl reports that;
over 140 members of the St.!
Joseph's Society attended tlie |
Zierer funerai.
South St. Paul
Live Stock/Ylarket.
Steers $7.75 to 7.85
Cows and Heifers,$4.25 to —6.75
Calves, steady, $5.50 to  9.75
Feeders, steady, ..-$4.30 to 7-00
Rumors say that P. L. Poster got the contract for building a 90 foot span steel bridge
across the  Platte river  near,    (;r0. Waller  will atari   his
Royalton.   The consideration |8aw mill  so,„etime  the com-
being $3,465.
Sullivan News.
The council of the village
of   Randall   held   a   meeting
A dog supposed  to  be  madI Monday   night   and   granted
was  shot   by  John   Bollig last  a li(Juor ii(.euse to jo!m Bjor.
Saturday
noos. placing the feeat$l,2no.
Bring Out The Gat.
Thoen a Candidate.
Foley Independant: J. M.
Thoen of Graham, was in Foley
Saturday on business as well as
looking after political fences in
regard to the office of representative. Mr. Thoen stated that
he was a candidate for office
but had not as yet tiled. Jake,
as he is popularly known
throughout the county and is
highly interested in matters of
public interest
Jos. Schubert was appointed roadoverseer foi' the town
of Buh by the board of supervisors at a meeting recent*
ly held,
Mrs, George Borley, who]
has been visiting relatives in j
this vicinity for the past four ( Canby News: An ex-editor
weeks, returned to her home at Fairmont spilled some whisky
at Medicine Lake, Montana, on nis Darn ftoor so that a little
last Monday. stream of it ran out.    A certain
Archie Decent, who at one mouse sallied from his hole and
time resided at Lastrup, took being thirsty took a sip. It
a homestead at Crosby, Short- tasted strange and he went
1\ after he sold his claimfor back in his hole and thought.
$178, Now on that same
claim an iron mine has blossomed out—in fact it is the
Cay una raftge.
Electrician Hoheisel wired ;iie *«,Ped u^ on the edge of a
up the Mike Meyer residence :soaV> box and stood upon his
Friday, and Tuesday he inJhind legs, bristled his whiskers
stalled a five-horse motor iu>»d e*<*WPe*! ',Now brin*
the Brisk meat market. uut tllat damned cat."
Andrew Thoen of  Dixville, is  Randall, which  has been dry
building   on   his  land   at Peary  tht, pagt twQ year^ vote(, fo.
license at the recent election.
lake.
Those who visited at Mrs.
Ford's last Sunday were Ole
Christianson wife and child,
Margaret Cook, Mrs. Walmark
and HilcW Anderson.
Mrs. T. S. Look and Miss
Nellia Treacy were guests at
John Brittou's Sunday.
Mrs.   Robert   Adkins and son
A blaze started Saturday
evening about 10 o'clock in
the basement of an addition
to the rear of Vasaly <fc Wetz-
el's jewelry store, at Little
Falls. The proprietors had
just left tlie building, and
Vasaly, returning, smel'ed
Ross were L.istrup callers Mon-1 smoke and   found that   some
ing week.
Herman Faust, who has
been bartender at the Columbia hotel for nearly five yea is.
has resigned and will go into
the auto livery busine
day.
Then be came out and took
another sip and went back again
and thought. Then he came
out and took a big drink.    Then
Andrew   Thoen   and    T.
Look   called   on   A.   W.  Cook
Monday.
Mrs.  Henry   Rieke   and baby*
arg visiting at    Robert   Adkins.
Mrs. A. W. Cook and daughter Margaret called at C. E-
Look's Thursday.
iboxes iu tlie basement back
S. of the store had caught fire.
Wm-   Lynn  called   on "Col."
Siebert Friday.
C. E.   Look   made   a business
trip to Lastrup Saturday.
Several changes have been
inade in the advs. in this issue. Look them over carefully and see if it wont pay
you to buy the next order of
your home dealers instead of
.-ending your money to the
catalogue houses, who are
-rowing fat off the profits
they are making off their ru-
[ ral >patrons.
Hillman News.
Spring must be here for sure
now as robins and a great
many other spring birds are
here.
Alvin Mohler was   a   bush
caller at Van Alstine's of  Morrill, Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Matt Juetten
were callers on P. J. Juetten
Monday.
Albert Stephen of Buckman,
was in our burg Sunday as the
guest of Alvin Mohler.
Anton  Gruber   was   in   I'
Tuesday..
Several   n tiers     have
moved into this country of late.
Theodore Billmeyer our   gold
miner was at Matt Juetten
business Tuesday.
Alvin Mohler went^to Onamia
on business Tuesday.