The Pierz Journal (Pierz, Morrison County, Minnesota), 1914-04-16

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JOURNAL
VOL. 5.
PIERZ, MORRISON COUNTY, MINNESOTA, APRIL 10, 1914.
NO. 44,
PENING
HERE AND THERE
Scarlet fever in Minneapolis
is still on the increase.
The villag-e of Ronneby near
Foley, will vote Tuesday on the
question of disorganizing the
village.
Four applications for road-
house saloon licenses were rejected in Crow Wing county
last week.
The Catholic church at Rice
was entered Saturday morning
by thieves who ransacked the
altar, destroying vestments and
making a haul of all valuables
they found in their hunt.
Little Falls—A franchise has
been granted to the Columbus
Gas and Construction company
of Milwaukee to construct and
operate a gas plant for 30 years
here. Work is to start within
three weeks.
Because one tub of butter was
lacking in a shipment by the
Farmers' Co-operative Creamery
of Wendell, Minn, the New
York Central Railway company
has . begun suit against the
creamery company for the value
of it.
Three young trainwreckers of
Albany are now in the St. Cloud
jail. They placed spikes and
tie plates on the track and derailed the night passenger. The
entire train ran 400 yards on the
ties  and  passing over a bridge
at  the same time.    No one was
injured.
Herman Schlogheck, aged 42
years, suffered injuries from being struck by a Northern Pacific freight train Monday morning near Sartell, which caused
his death at the St. Cloud hospital shortly before noon.
Schlagheck has been a resident
of St. Cloud for the past 20
years, having been engaged
with farmers in that vicinity.
Princeton—The Mille Lacs
county board this week opened
bids for constructing part of
state highway No. 1, consisting
of about lOi miles of lake road
in the northern part of the
county. Only two bids were
presented and the board awarded- the contract to the Walton-
Can Contracting company ol
Minneapolis, the amount of
whose bid was $17,682-85.
The Granite City tablet fac-
tory this week started its machinery for the first time to start
work tilling orders which will
keep them busy for many weeks.
The company has in its employ
eight expert tablet manufacturers, among them are cover
designers and machine experts,
who will turn out tablets in
large lots in the future. Local
merchants will be stocked with
the local company's tablets as
soon as the stock can be manufactured. Several car loads of
paper, cardboard .and linen
stock have been received by the
concern " and the Granite City
Tablet company will operate
daily hereafter.
COUNTY SEAT
CULLINGS.
(From the Litte Falls Transcript.)
Wahkon—One    hundred   and
seventy-eight  carloads   of logs
and   ties  were  shipped  off the
spur during the month of March.
An injunction has been served
on the newly elected village
council of Motley, to restrain
them from issuing liquor license
until the contest for the "wet
or dry" election is decided by
the district judge.
J. V. Barstow and C. Rosenmeier of Royalton were in the
city a few hours Saturday. Mr.
Barstow disposed of his paper,
the Royalton Banner, a short
time ago and on Friday sold his
Royalton residence property
and may move to Carlton.
The attendance at the base
ball meeting* Friday night was
too small to accomplish anything and a regular meeting was
not held. There were only a
few business men present and
those who were there discussed
the proposition among themselves.
Officials of the Pine Tree
Manufacturing company have
posted the following notices
about their property giving employes notice of the opening of
the sawing season: "The saw
mill will start the season Wednesday morning, April 15, at 7
o'clock in the morning. The
night crew will go on the same
date at 6:15 in the evening.
A"freak of nature, some call
it while others state that the
actions of a certain Little Falls
cat indicate a high order of intelligence seldom seen in the
feline family. At any rate A.
M. Baker, assistant manual
training instructor in the local
schools who resides in the rooms
over the Central Auto company's
garage, has a family cat which
in actions very much resembles
a well trained watch dog
FARMERS' CREAM-   VILLAGE COUNCIL
ERY BURNED.
PROCEEDINGS.
Last Saturday night at  about
10:30  the  tire  department was
The  new   village council met
for their  first  session  Tuesday
called out to tight fire at the ' evening, April 7th, at 8 o'clock
Farmers'   Co-operative    cream-'p.m.
ery. The fire had gained such ! The following named officers
headway when discovered, to-' recently elected were present:
gether with the fact that it was Barney Gross, president; J. B.
being fanned by a rather stiff j Hartmann, recorder; Trustees,
southwest wind, that very little  John L. Gross,   Frank Marshik
CREAMERY TO
BE REBUILT.
could be done toward saving it
However, the engine, boiler
icehouse and  ice and some but-
and John N. Faust.
Joseph H. Grell appeared before before the council   praying
ter were saved. The fire lads' for the right to put a cross-
rendered excellent service, j walk across Main street from
There was $1,500 insurance on his hardware store to Frank
the building and §1,500 on the [ Grell's store and agrees to keep
contents. 'same   in  repair.      The  council
At a meeting of the executive  accepted the proposition, but if
H.   Grell  fails  to keep
the   said   crosswalk  in   repair,
board   held   Sunday   afternoon,'Joseph
it  was   practically   decided to
rebuild  the  creamery   as   soon
as possible.
Tried to Rob Meat Market.
the council shall cause the same
to be removed.
The president appointed the
following councilmen as standing committees for the   ensuing
St.   Cloud   Times:     John H
Schaefer,   proprietor  of a meat year:
market in Melrose, stepped into '    Frank Marshik, building coining office   the   other day in time mittee;
to  catch   a  thief  in  the act of'    Jolm   L-   Gross,   street corn-
rifling   his   till.      Schaefer had  mittee;
been  called  to  the place when!    John N. Faust,   committee on
he heard the bell ring  and upon elaims.
entering the front room he  saw
John Hoheisel  was appointed
a man standing at the drawer engineer and marshal for the
and putting the money in his next year at a salary of §45
pockets.
Mr. Schaefer caught the thief j
per month.
J. B. Hartmann's salary as
and turned him over to the | recorder was fixed at $13 per
authorities. It was found that'month with the additional work
he had succeeded in getting  $25 of keeping electric  light books.
in cash from the till. He had
opened the drawer by prying
underneath it but the bell rang
as the door sprung back.
Potato Warehouse tor Pierz.
At the close of  the creamery
meeting last night, Mr. McGenty
of St. Cloud gave a short potato j
talk  to the farmers and  again
explained his   proposition as to
The following citizens were
appointed a board of health for
the next year: Dr. E. H. Kerkhoff, Frank Marshik and Louis
Spanfellner.
Upon motion the council adjourned.
Barney Guoss,
President.
J. B. Hartmann,
Recorder.
Date of Filing.
Attorney General Smith last
Friday notified the secretary of
state that the last day of filing
for candidates for judges, congressmen and members of the
state legislature was Ma}r 7th,
and that the last day for tiling
for candidates for county offices
is May 27th.
Tlie Whole Family.
A current newspaper item is
as follows: "The wife of a
Methodist minister in West
Virginia has been married three
times. Her maiden name was
Partridge, her first husband
was Robins, her second Sparrow
and the present is named Quale.
There are now two j^oung robins, one sparrow and three little
quales in the family. One
grandfather was a Swan, and
another a Jay, but he's dead
now and a bird of Paradise.
They live on Hawk avenue,
Eagleville, Canary Islands, and
the fellow who wrote this is a
Lyre bird and an interesting-
relative of the family."—Ex.
Has Some Records.
Germany has three world's
records. The largest banking
house the "Deutsche Bank"
with a paid up capital amounting to $620,000,000. The next
largest is the "Credit Lyonnais"
of Paris, France, with $505,000,-
000. The Hamberg-American
Steamship company with a capital ol $62,875,000, is the largest
steamship company in the world
and the Schulthiess Brewing-
company, which outstrips Anheuser-Busch of St. Louis and
Schlitz of Milwaukee by 26,-
500,000 gallons.
building a potato warehouse.
The proposition was readily accepted by a large number of
farmers, who contracted for
acreage to be delivered in the
fall  at  25  cents a bushel.    Mr.
Less School Officers.
The state educational commission has discussed a plan
which, if approved by the 1915
legislature,   will    decrease   the
McGenty's  proposition is a fair j number of local office holders in
one,'viewed   from every   angle.   Minnesota by 21,070.
At a meeting of the stockholders of the Fanners' Creamery, it was decided to rebuild
the creamery, and the board of
directors was appointed the
building committee. The creamery should be in operation in
from four to six weeks.
ADDITIONAL
LOCAL NEWS.
Mr. Perlenberg helped haul
freight to the depot at Royalton
for Sam Dubiel Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Dubiel will make
their future home in Dakota.
Neal McLeod called on Hodorff Bros. Wednesday.
Pierz callers Saturday were :
Mrs. Matt Britz and son, John
Kinzer, Mike Sand and P. Schreder.
Among  those   that  attended
the party given at the H. Kinzer
home were:  M. Brown and wife
and children, Joseph Kinzer and i all is   well    with   them,    but
Pretty hot Monday. 72 degrees above.
Quite a number of the
Pierz students at St. Johns
and at the Normal spent
Easter at home.
John Langer and family of
Rice have moved to Pierz
and are living in the Gohl
building in lower town.
B. G. Terhaar made a trip
to Melrose and New Munich
last week and left again on
Saturday for New Trier.
In eating soup, dip the
spoon from you in the plate
and drink from the side of
the spoon next you, not from
the tip.
Bowen Rathbun of Columbus, Montana writes  that
WEATHER AND
MARKETJEPORTS.
Temperature for
The last week.
Highest
Thursday 45	
Friday   45	
Saturday    50	
Sunday 60..
Lowest
_  16 above
. 33 above
.. 13 above
29 above
Monday      73 20 above
Tuesday     68 32 all
Wednesday..  70    29 al
Temperature same
Week year ago.
Temperature  for   the corresponding weelc a year ago:
Highest    Lowest
1913 Apr  10 35... 29 above
" "    11 52. .28 above
" "     12 58...45 above
" "     13 68..   29above
" "     14 67... 43 above
" "     15 80... 64 above
" "     16 78... 47 above
that  their   spring
wet than usual.
is   more
Grain and Produce
Harket Report.
wife,   John Poster  and family.
Lena and F- C. Sand, Mrs. Pred
Smith and Miss Stella from Rice i      _._.  x ,    r_      .     ,        , „   ,        Wheat, No. 1, _  '..     79
Frank Brandl   aud H.   J.  Block1      Hattie KaiBinsky of Plllas- , W|,eati No. ,  7?
from Pierz, Joe Brandl and P.J.  ky-    housekeeper   tor   Mike|P)aX)       j i0
Neuman from Buckman and Peter Schreder and family. The
afternoon was spent at playing
croquet and rooting for the ball
game, while the evening was
spent mostly at music and indoor games. All present enjoyed themselves and departed
saying they had not spent as
pleasant a day before.
Docken Bros, were county
seat callers the tirst part of the
week.
M. Sand and wife called on
Jos.   Grittner   and   family   last
Monday.
The school children of this
district gathered aj: the home of
H. Wieling- Sunday afternoon
to celebrate Miss Maria's birthday .
John Windier his wife and son
were business callers in Buck-
man Monday.
Auer of Dixville, passed thru Barley.. 10
the village Saturday to spend; Rye.. 47
Easter at home with her par
ents.
Oats.
Ear Corn	
Hay	
Butter, Creamery
Dairy ....
82
B0
$5.00
35
20
The officers of tlie Farmers'
Insurance Co. met last Monday   to    adjust   the   Christ'E^s -
_ ,,       ,  , ,,,, .   Flour, Best      2.30
Schlegel loss,    ihe   amount     „   8traj_bt
carried on building ancVcon-jLow _rade flour , -0
tents was $800. ! Bran   ..      .. .115
care  of    the
Take
teeth. ;sllorts  -1-20
Cracked Corn 80 pounds 1.20
Have them filled as  soon  as „        , _,    , , ..
■ Ground Feed     1.25
a cavity appears.   Ihe   smal-i pot;itoes
ler the cavity the easier it is'Beans       2.00
Central Granite News,
Matt and Katie Gross called
at Gau's and John Gross' last
Wednesday.
filled, the less it   costs,   and'Onions
tlie longer the tooth will   be
preserved.
A. H. Mohler of Hillman
left Saturday for Crosby, N.
1)., where he will he will
work for his brother for a
while   at   signpainting
60
South St. Paul
Hog Market.
Ave. Price
Thursday . 8.55
.  Friday 8.53
aud  - ,     ,
Saturday   ..
decorating. Incidentally    his Monday 8 88
purpose is to take up a home- Tuesday	
stead.
Last Sunday was an ideal
spring day. The Thermometer reached the 60 mark
and  you   may   be  sure   that
The creamery is just now furn
ishing    sufficient    co-operative
trouble to keep them all busy.
Heroux Buys Police Horses.
Minneapolis Journal: The
last horse-drawn apparatus in
the police department went out
of service last night when
"Pete" and "Joe" answered
their last call with the North
side patrol wagon, and then
were sold on the block to F. X.
Heroux of Little Falls, the
highest bidder.
John J. Neisius Dead.
John J. Neisius died last Saturday evening at half past seven
with pneumonia of about one
weeks'   duration, at the age of
There are now 7,500 rural
school districts in the state.
Each is governed by a board of
three trustees, making a total
of 21,500 officials.
It is proposed to substitute
county boards for these local
boards. There are 86 counties,
and giving the couuty board a
membership of tive, the total
number of school directors
would be 430, instead of 21,500
under the present system.
A plan for the reorganization
of the school system has been
worked out by the commission,
and only the details await approval.
Southwest Buckman.
The   first ball  game for  this
season   was   played on  the ball
Those that visited at the Math
Gross' Sunday were Steve Gross
and wife, Peter Gross and wife,
and Marie and Lou Gau. Ithe auto Allows took   advan
tage of it, as the streets were
lined with autos all day.
Wednesday _8.08
South St. Paul
Live StockMarket.
Steers $7.75 to
Cows and Heifci_,$4.25 to -.6.75
Calves, steady, $5.50 to  0.75
Feeders, steadv, ...$4.30 to 7-00
The .Granite boys are   making
arrangements    for     starting   a
base   ball   team here   ihis sum-        The     following     relatives
mer- 'from a distance were present
A farewell party was held at at the funeral of Mrs. Nick L Wilier shipped two cai-
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Steve Mueller at Buckman last •' loads of mixed stock to I)u-
Gross Sr., in honor of their sun,  Monday    morning: Mr.   andlnth   Tuesday, and   Wednes-
Mrs. Nick Mueller  of  Pierz, day he shipped a car of hogs
to the same place.
Theodore, who   recently left for
Camrose,  Canada.    Those pres-  ,
*. tt.    i   _    i  ti .Henry   Mueller  and   family
ent were Fred, Paul, Henry and J J
of Rice, N.  L.   Mueller
Addie Dahmen, John, Lue,   Joe
and
and   Lucy   Gross,    Hubert  and wife of   Royalton   and   John
Peter Weiss, Hubert Virnig'and Marks of Chicago.
wife,   John   Paulson,    wife  and
children,   Mary   and   Lue Gau, M- E-  Hesch   of   Buckman
Katie,   Lucy,   Theodore,   Peter called at   the   Journal   office
and Joseph Gross, and Elizabeth
Hoerner. All report having
had a very enjoyable evening.
22 years. He contracted the grounds Sunday afternoon be-
disease while serving as carrier tween the young and old men.
on R. F. D. No. 3, in which ca- Scores: 3 to 5 in favor of the
parity he had been employed 'y°unff inen
the   past  two   years.     Funeral
The new suits aie
expected to arrive this week.
And it is a  late  spring.
service   and   burial   took  place
Tuesday morning at 9 o'clock.
Born—To Mr. and   Mrs. Mike
Jansen a 12 pound son Friday.
Spider Hodorff went to Royal
Lars Erickson  of Onamia'ton Sunday to meet his sister,
Miss Josephine, who returned
from an extended visit with relatives and  friends in the south-
is in the village tuning pianos. Mr. Erickson is the originator of the manual train-
ing system, which lias been ern Part ot Minnesota
introduced into almost all
the schools in the United
States.
Mr. Kippley and Ole Isaacson
were callers   at Sand   farm last
Saturday.
Saturday.   Math,  and  Theo.
will soon leave for  a  europ-
iean trip, during which   they
Marie and Lizzie Gau  visited  intend to visit Oberschlesien.
at Mrs. Hubert   Virnig's Thurs-  R ,me, Lordes.   Berlin,   Paris
day afternoon. | _ad other poilltB.of   interest
Mr.   and Mrs.   Ben   Athmann They   may   be     gone     until
drove to  Tony   Welter's   Wed- abollt tue nrst 0f  November.
nesday.
When Christ  Schlegel   re-
Peter  Gau  attended   the lun-1J n  . .  . ...
,    r ,       • t      ,f      D ♦.     turned from a  trip  to  Pierz
eral   of   his  sister,   Mrs.   Peter! '
Theisen, last Thursday, at Kock-,last Friday evening he was
ville. astonished  by  finding    that
tj   ,        u- ■ ,    i     i      •    i      during his  absence,    sixteen
Barbara Weidenbach, who has °
been employed in Minneapolis of hia Wends and neighbors
since last fall, returned home had put Up a L6 by ,18 ft.
Saturday. house, all   boarded    up   and
 ready for him to  move   into.
The people- both in the The prompt response of tin se
country as well as in the vil- friends in need and d^<\
lage are doing good work by iliU.st in a good measure light-
burning up the winter's ac- en the load which the Schleg-
cuinillation of waste and rub- ,1 family must bear through
bish. their recent heavy loss.
Rucker News,
Rev. T. M. Findley   held  e
vice at the school house Priday
evening.    It is planned to have
preaching  as   well   as   Sunday
school this summer.
O. Anderson returned to Hopkins, Minn., Saturday, after a
weeks visit with his mother.
C. J. Foster, of Minneapolis,
is at the Saltow place, arriving
last Wednesday.
Irwin Drews and sister Marie,
were Rucker callers Sunday.
Raymond liruber came up
from St. Paul Wednesday on a
visit to his parents.
Several of our young people
attended the shadow social at
Sullivan lake Thursday evening.
The program was tine—and the
''shadow" created considerable
amusement.
Miss Catherine Sullivan accompanied her cousin, Miss Tracey to Pierz Friday, returning
Saturday.
Don't Fail to Attend the Easter Dance at Faust's Hall, Monday Evening, April 20th, 1914,