The Pierz Journal (Pierz, Morrison County, Minnesota), 1914-06-04

              PIERZ   JOURNAL
VOL. 5.
PIERZ, MORRISON COUNTY, MINNESOTA, JUNE 4, 1914.
NO. 51.
HAPPENINGS
HERE AND THERE
Wahkon
market.
has    a    new   meat
One thousand people were
drowned last week when a ship
sunk in the St. Lawrence  river.
The    Cold     Spring-   Brewing-
_
company,   is  thinking   of building a large hotel at Sauk Rapid.
Onamia—The school exhibit
given the two lower rooms was
considered a great credit to
both teachers and pupils.
St. Cloud—Articles of incorporation of the Broker -Lumber
company of Melrose have been
filed with Register of Deeds
John Lang by H. W. Broker, H.
F. Loosbroek and C. C. Schroe-
ner, all of the village of Melrose, the incorporators.
St. Cloud—The Great Northern car shop employes are planning to hold their annual picnic
on June 18 at the grocers' bungalow at Waite park. The
usual program is being arranged
for, including a fine event of
sports. A dance will also be
given at tlie bungalow in the
afternoon and evening.
Brainerd—Arthur Young, the
13-year-old son of Albert Young,
rural mail carrier, injured his
eye so seriously that it is
thought he will permanently
lose the sight of it. He was
playing in the yard at dusk and
in running he suddenly came in
contact with a pole used to hold
the clothes line up and one of
the prongs entered his eye.
Little Falls—With the promise of over 500 visitors and delegates to attend the state Elks'
convention, to be held here on
June 4 and 5, one of the most
successful state gatherings of
Elkdom is looked forward to.
A tour of 100 automobiles will
be made from St. Cloud and
present indications are that one
of the Granite City bands will
come along.
Wahkon—At a meeting held
there was organized the Wahkon Southern Telephone company with the following officers:
President, E. D. Morris; Secretary, H. H. Penz; Treasurer,
F. C. Broeker. A committee
' was appointed to wait upon
residents along the route of the
proposed line for the purpose
of securing additional patrons.
At present the line will extend
frrm Wahkon to Grady's  place.
St. Cloud—State Agent Knickerbocker went to Duluth Thursday to get Fred Taylor, a parole breaker from the local reformatory who has been gone
for four years and who was arrested in Duluth. Taylor was
sent to the institution from St.
Louis county and was paroled
by the board somewhat over
four years ago and broke away
a short time after being allowed
his liberty.
St. Cloud—F. A. Handrahan,
aged 30, who was ,_born in St.
Cloud and who lived here with
his parents until about twelve
years ago, died May "27th at the
home of his mother. Besides
his mother he is survived by one
sister, Mrs. Mary E. Brown of
Duluth; and three brothers,
Michael Handrahan of St. Paul,
an engineer on the Great Northern; John Hendrahan of Everett
Washington, and Edward Hendrahan of Chicago. The burial
was held Saturday.
COUNTY SEAT
CULLINGS.
(From the Litte Falls Transcript.)
The car of the Minnesota game
and lish commission passed
through the city Friday and
while here left several cans of
fish fry to be distributed in
streams and lakes near the city.
Twenty of the cans contained
pike fry which was placed in
Fish lake, near Pierz. Twenty-
five of the cans contained trout
and these will be distributed in
Skunk creek. These fry, if successfully distributed and well
cared for, should afford some
good fishing for the anglers of
Morrison county inashort time.
"GROUND" YOUR
WIRE FENCES.
A VISIT TO THE
SANBORN FARM.
Farmers who have not already I About three miles beyond
done should not neglect to Rucker, the traveler on theVine-
"ground" their wire fences as a land road, comes to a parting of
protection to their herds against the  way—the  road straight   a-
What Do You Earn as A Farmer.
The money that a farmer
takes in each year above his
cash expenses is an income
from two distinct sources: (1)
Interest on money invested in
the farm business. (2) Wages
for the labor and managing
ability of the farmer and his
family.
Many people who think they
are financially successful as
farmers are actually living on
the interest from the money invested in the farm business, and
on the labor of their sons and
daughters. For their own work
the farmer frequently receives
only a fraction of a hired man's
wages. The reason is that
when one has his farm clear of
debt, he often forgets that interest on the investment is a
receipt, similiar to the interest
that one receives on a deposit
in a sayings bank, for the farm
could be sold and the money invested so as to secure 4 to 6 per
cent interest with no work on
the part of the farmer. A farmer whose farm is mortgaged for
a good portion of it^s value is
not at all likely to forget that
interest on the investment is a
part of the year's expense. If
he does the owner of the mortgage will remind him of it upon
each interest day.
A farmer who has a farm aud i
equipment worth $16,000 could
secure an income of $800 per
year by selling his farm and
putting the money at interest,
assuming that he could invest
the proceeds so as to secure 5
per cent interest.—W. L. Cavert
Assistant Agriculturist, University Farm, St. Paul.
lightning. The process is very
simple and costs next to nothing,
except a little time, and absolutely prevents lightning from
running along the wires for any
distance. In case of a severe
storm, which in this latitude is
invariably accompanied by
lightning, a herd of cattle will
always  move with   the wind as
head takes him over miles of
bleak "hogbacks"—the road to
the left leads by the ''Long-
meaduw" farm to Sullivan. A
sign under the boughs of the
evergreens where the road divides, beckons you to pay a
brief visit to the "Longmeadow"
farm, conducted by Mr. Sanborn
and   his   two   sons,   Bert   and
far   as   the   fence   will   allow,  Charles.    The writer passed up
where they will stand close to
or touching the wire. Where
fences are not "grounded"
lightning frequently follows the
wires for a half mile or more
with fatal results to any living
thing that happens to be touching it.—Exchange-
The New Railroad.
A representative of the proposed new railroad from the
twin cities to Aitkin via Wahkon visited Aitkin last week to
ascertain what inducements that
village would offer to have tlie
road go there.
It is planned to run electric
cars over the line to  carry pas
this road on Tuesday of last
week, answered the call and
turned in. When we arrived at
the place, a well trained dog
ran out and pulled with his
mouth a string- which raised the
latch and swung open the large
gate and admitted us to the
house yard.
The general appearance of the
place, the arrangement of the
ten or a dozen building's for the
economy of labor, the equipment
of the workshop, and the condition of the live stock, all tend
to reflect prosperity. This impression of thrift and order is
the more striking owing to the
remote and secluded location of
I the  "Longmeadow"  farm.    All
sengers, while -freight willbejtbe buildings including the
carried by steam power as other jllouse were built> from founda-
railroads, and inasmuch as the jtion to roof, by the boys them-
proposed road will run through j selves. Not a dollar was paid
the great potato belt of the for outside help,
northwest, aland adapted to A few rods to the west a sharp
alfalfa, small grains, small sl°Pe leads to the lonff winding
fruits, truck farming and dairy- j valley of the west branch of
ing, and the  delightful  summer ! Skunk river.    This valley is the
LIGHTNING STRUCK
LOIDOLT'S BARN.
During the storm last night,
about half past ten lightning-
struck John Loidolt's barn and
burned it to the ground. A
horse and a cow lost their lives;
the horse was struck by the bolt,
but the cow burnt to death.
Three sets of harnesses were
also lost in the fire. The flames
spread so rapidly that in less
than two minutes after the crash
the flames leaped out through
the shingles.
The loss of the building, horse,
cow, harnesses etc. is estimated
at about $1,100, which is offset
by some insurance.
LOCAL NEWS.
Conrad Stangl Injured,
Conrad Stangl was seriously
injured last Monday evening,
while driving home from New
Pierz with a heavy truck wag-on.
His team was frightened and
threatened to run away on the
road between Christ. Vimig's
and M. Angermeier's pasture,
and in his effort to bring them
under control, slid off the bunk
and fell head formost under the
front   wheels.
R. E. Kurtz leaves Saturday for Hibbing.
John Finneniann returned
from Rochester Tuesday.
Wm. Welle and daughter
of Freeport visited relatives
here last week.
E. W. Schauble returned
from Montana Saturday for
a visit with his parents.
P. J. Lauermann of Little
Falls, was here Monday looking after his political fences.
The town board of Pierz
township will meet in the
village hall Monday, the 8th
of June.
Prisoners in the St. Cloud
reformatory will hereafter be
allowed to talk to one another.
Gerhard Terhaar, And. H.
Faust and Jos. H. Grell were
Little Falls visitors last Saturday.
Jos. H. Grell is making repairs and painting the build-
WEATHER AND
MARKETJEPORTS.
Temperature for
The last week.
Highest     Lowest
Thursday 81   45 above
Friday    75 55 above
Saturday    80 50 above
Sunday 82 __        58 above
Monday    76     43 above
Tuesday 80     54 above
Wednesday _.  76  59 above
Temperature same
Week year ago.
Temperature  for   the corresponding week a year ago:
Highest    Lowest
1913 May 29....82... 61 above
"     "       30 80. .74 above
"     " 31....82..   :.',) above
" June     1 78 _. 60 above
"     " 2._..75.__ 42 above
"     " 3... 73... 47above
"     "        4 88— 69 above
, I ings on the Adolf Niss farm I
What  happened J     ° ^
immediately  after, he  does not m Granite*
Grain and Produce
Harket Report.
Wheat, No. 1,  82
Wheat, No. 2	
Flax,   l.ir,
Barley  45
Rye  50
I Oats  :;;;
Ear Corn  50
Hay $5.00
know. When he regained consciousness he found himself in
bed, suffering intense pain in his
Mrs.     Eugene     Gendreau,  Butter, Creamery       35
who was visiting her parents
Dairy
colonies about the shores of
beautiful Mille Lacs lake and
the numerous other lakes in this
section, it is bound to be a pay
ing proposition from the start.
—Wahkon Enterprise.
South Agram News.
Those that attended the dance
held in Jos. Gruber's new barn
were: Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Gruber Jr.,   Mr. and Mrs. J. J.
summer home of their Holsteins.
The place is now stocked with
twenty head, including the dozen
heifers shipped inafew days ago.
The bull which was shipped in
as a calf two years ago, weighs
1800 pounds. His father was a
grand champion prize winner
and weighed 2750 pounds. Besides the cattle there are eighty
shrapshire sheep, and perhaps
50 hens.
"Pierz   farmers   should    keep
       20
here the past week, returned  ™ZKa      '•'
,.    . a   .      , | Flour, Best      2.30
back and chest, where evidently j to her home Saturday.
a set of wheels passed over.
"We noticed nothing unusual
when Mr. Stangl drove into the
yard about six o'clock," said
Mrs. Stangl, "^itil he called for
help. The boys went out and
helped him into the house and
put him to bed.''
Sullivan News.
Miss Nellie Treacy visited over
Sunday with her cousin, Miss
Sullivan.
A game of ball was played between Sullivan and Rucker, on
the tatters diamond Sunday. Of
course Sullivan got beat.
I    "    Straight      2.20
Miss Lillian Schauble, who Low grade flour 1.50
has  been   teaching school at Bran  1.15
Dassel,   returned   home   for Sllorts  L2°
. ,     .   Cracked Corn 80 pounds 1.20
her   summer    vacation    last  ~        , „    ,
I Ground Feed.
luesday. i Potatoes ....
The   Jar  Kiewel   Brewing ^eaiis - 2.00
Co. has puj'chajed a new two
ton motor* truck for use in
delivering their beer. It is
of the Viele make.
Onions
1.25
60
South St. Paul
Hog Market.
Brummer and family, Mr. and Holsteins and make more money"
Mrs. Math. Mueller and family, ! said Bert     .-.j know a man Qea_
Mr.   and   Mrs.   Thomas Theser ... .. , ,.       TT ,
,, . ,'.       T  .     ..     I Minneapolis,   who   sold   a  Hol-
antt son, Mr. and Mrs. John Na-1 '
gel and family, Mr. and Mrs. ■ stein cow for beef at 5_ cents a
Math. Schnurer and family, Propound and got $80.00. That's
Otremba Jr., Frank and Math, as well as vou can do with short-
Gruber, Theo. Stumpf and son, ! horns. Wesley Waller bought
John, Joseph and Henry Kipp- twQ beifers last week and bas
ley, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Herold
Lightning Kills Man.
Lightning Monday afternoon
caused the death of one of Benton county's prominent farmers,
Adam Botzek, 57 years of age,
a resident of the town of Mayhew lake.
Botzek was struck while out
on his farm, located two miles
from Fruitville, where with his j
two sons Julius and William, he I
had been plowing during tlie
afternoon. It was shortly after
6 o'clock and because of the
rain the man sent his two sons
home with the horses, saying
that he would follow shortly.
Botzek carried a steel tile in
his hand  which   he  had used in
the honor of being our first customer."
Mr. Sanborn is an enthusiastic
gardener and already had toma
to plants about a foot high. "A
42 pound watermelon can't be
beat in this part of the state- I
raised one last year," .said he.
"We had ripe tomatoes in the
middle of July and a few heads
Frank Kippley lost a valuable | of cabbage the last weeks in
horse last week. j September, which filled a bushel
_ , it,        'basket.    Garden truck seems to
Some ot our young ladies have !
their Fourth of  July dresses all' mature llere in shorter ti,ne tnan
and Mr. and Mrs. Nick Lochner
and family. Lunch was served
at midnight.
Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Brummer
and sons, Mrs. Theo. Stumpf
and daughters and Peter Thommes visited at the Eidenshink
home Sunday.
The river has raised quite a
bit the last few days.
Washington,   May   31st.
Generally   fair   skies,    with Ave. Price.
temperatures  near or above Thursday.   7.82
normal,   were   forecasted  by  Friday 7.82
the weather   bureau tonight S;itui"d;iy 7.77
,•      ., .. , Monday 7.67
lor the entire country during _      , ' _ „
... .       pp. •+•,,, luesday 7.75
the week,     ihe rainfall dm- Wednesday 7 78
T. S. Look and wife attended|ing the week will be general-J
ly light  and local,  said the
bulletin.
the   ball   game   at  Rucker last
Sunday.
Mr. and   Mrs. J. Linihan  and
son, Edward and  Fred Albright
of St. Paul came up Wednesday
to spend a few  days at the lake
The  drug  store in   upper
South St. Paul
Live S.ock/Ylarket.
town will   soon be   moved to  Steers $7.75 to 7
M. Wermerskirchen _ lot and Cows and Heifers,$4.25 to ..6.75
and'are staying at Mrs. Ford's,  be put where the F.A. Nelson Calves- steady,_._.$5.50 to 9.75
i    i    .        ,, .   „-.     iu      Feeders, steadv. ...$4.30 to 7.00
A,;      a.    •     r     i        ii     ! photogalery now stands. Mr. >      *
Miss   Mazie   Look,   who   has  v ° J
been  attending   school  the last   VVermeiskirclieu   bought the
year, returned home last Thurs-1 store building of  Nick   Hen-
day.
Mrs. Sims returned home from
Little Falls Thursday and reported that Frank is getting
along fine.
M. E. Barnes and Mr. Martin
visited the school Friday.
Decoration day services were
held at C. E. Look's. Mr. E'J.
Linihan was organist and Mr.
Aloright violinist. Several
speeches were made-
nen. The building was
partly on John Prieinesber-
ger's lot and therefor had to
be moved.
ready   and   can't  hardly   await
the day.
Albert Bell called at the Robt
Gruber place Thursday.
Rauch Bros, gasoline launch
made her. first trip for the season Sunday.
a hundred miles  farther south."
When   we  were  ready to  go,
Too Many Now.
The    population    of
Mr. and  Mrs. Edwin Stumpf
visited at Oscar Guenther's last
sharpening the plow shares and  gun<jav
it is believed that   the lightning
tjle passage of the meat inspec-
tbe dog led the way to.the gate, I Stillwater penitentiary and ^^ ^w-Journal-Press of
opened  it, barked  us an  affee-;the St. Cloud reformatory is
Last Tuesday the wedding
of Catherine Mons, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Christ Mons
of St. Mathias took place in
the 8t Mathias church. (The
Chas. Stickney sold a car- grooms name we wen- unable
load of fat steers from his to learn.) The parents of
Clear Lake farm to Miuuea- the bride lived in 1'iei/. many
polis buyers Saturday for years. Quite a few relatives
$3.55 per hundred. Messrs. from here attended. They
S. Kirk and James Baxter are the John Priemesberger
shipped direct and netted family, the Beduar families
$3.70 and $3.90 respectively, and the Jamma family. The
This is a large increase over mother of tlie bride is a
the   price   paid   before   the daughter of Mrs. M. Schmidt-
bau
was attracted by the tile.     The
Hash of electricity from the bolt
tionate   farewell   as we   passed
out, and closed it behind us.
P. L. Poster's house moving
trucks were brought into use
Wiii Raise its Bale,
The Foley Independent will
raise  its   subscription   price
A man who   registered  as
increasing so rapidly thai The lnau to like is who lm8
Warden Henry Wolfer of the:decided conviction; who is
prison wired   Attorney Gen- not Bwayed   in  his   opinions
eral  McReynolds  at   Wash- bv every   passing  breeze of \Jn]* *' to $L60 a ?***'  h
ington, asking  that no more j argument   Yet we shall have ^   a" the  ,",111,r-v   "^spa-
federal   prisoners be sent to ,() except  tWQ  kill(ls of men\l»™ in the  state have done
this  week, transporting  the ^   Minnesota    institutions who never change their opin-1tue aama    We loH{ ,'1*1"
heavy steel stringers for the UQtil   further   notice.     The io__s-lfoolish   men and dead BCribers when   we raise-:
parochial   school    from   the last reP°rt t0 the *tate bo<»r<1 ones.    Tne man who will not  -alned   ov"
penetrated the man's body after1 A. C.Howe m a hotel at Clear ^.^   Some of these string- of control  showed  1.139 per- ieurn from another is a Btiff. P*Per can afford to be printed
striking Ms left hand, as black-1 Me Passed two checks onto ersweigned as much as eight *»»  confined   at   Stillwater aecked m<lssbil,.k. fitting on at le;SSlllan $L50 a -year- And
ened stripes and burned patches avhich    the    name   of   John ^   ^   .{            ^   b(m and 517 at   the reformatory.  the tail of   proglvss<   aU(] ue on our exch;
body indicated.- ' Billstein.   Little   Falls,   was eight to ten h draft hoIJ This is the largest prison pop- unpleasant to get along with lhat an\ WOTth $200 a ***•
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