The Pierz Journal (Pierz, Morrison County, Minnesota), 1914-04-23

              JOURNAL
VOL. 5.
PIERZ, MORRISON COUNTY, MINNESOTA, APRIL 23, 1914.
NO. 45.
HAPPENINGS
. HERE_AND THERE
Mark Kobe now has charge of
tbe shoe emporium at Royalton.
Work in tbe Little Palls saw
mill started Wednesday, with a
crew of 400 men.
Mr. and Mrs. William Baker
of Rice celebrated their golden
wedding last Tuesday.
The season for trout fishing
opened last Wednesday. Tbe
season for pike opens May 1st
and for bass May 29tb.
Two more deaths are expected
as a result of tbe explosion and
tire of a restaurant in Dawson,
Minnesota, •which claimed tbe
lives of two firemen.
Thomas Tomczyk, charged
with forgery in Rockville and
St. Joseph was brought to St.
Cloud from Savannah, Georgia,
and was sentenced to serve an
indeterminate term in the state
reformatory.
Because he had quarreled
with his wife, William Walz, a
well known resident of Albany,
fired «a bullet from a 32-ca.libre
rifle, into bis brain Tuesday
evening. The body was found
in tbe bed room lying on the
floor.
The Old Settlers Association
of Stearns and adjoining counties are making arrangements
for their annual meeting June
2nd. The executive committee
are John Coats, C. F. MacDon-
ald and D. H. Freeman, with
Secretary Grinds and W. B.
Mitchell.
Plans are being made for bui ld-
ing a tuberculosis sanitarium
for the counties of Morrison,
Todd, Douglas and Wadena.
These counties will be asked to
each donate for the building,
and the state will agree to supply as much money for the building and maintenance as that
furnished  by the four counties.
Charles Krystoseh, aged 18,
who lives 5 miles from Royalton
was shot through the abdomen
wit a 38-calibr.e revolver Monday evening. The young man
with his companion, Joseph
Schlichting, was cleaning the
gun when it was accidentally
discharged, the bullet passing
through the abdomen. He was
taken to the Little Falls hospital, and is not expcted tore-
cover.
An indeterminate term in the
state reformatory was the sentence imposed by Judge John J.
Roeser at St. Cloud Priday
upon Charles Christine and
Nicholas Fandel for attempting
to wreck a Great Northern passenger train, near Albany, a
week ago. The two men appeared in the court chambers
.and entered pleas of guilty.
They were taken over to the
institution Saturday.
Aitkin Independent-Age: It
is said that a Soo surveying
party is making preliminary
survey for a railroad line from
Deer River south through Reiner
and thence on toward the southwest corner of Mille Lacs lake.
The party makes no secret of
the fact that the proposed road
is part of a north and south line
to connect the twin cities with
the Canadian border, using the
old logging of the Itasca Lumber Company, which runs north
from Deer River as the starting
point.
COUNTY SEAT
CULLINGS.
(From the Litte Falls Transcript.)
Mrs. J. S. Galbraith and seven
children are in the city without
a place to go and without money.
J. S. Galbraith is locked up in
the county jail on the charge of
selling mortgage property, and
he is being held to the district
court. Galbraith formerly lived
at Motley and a short time ago
decided to move to North Da
kota.
THE OUTLOOK
NOT VERY GOOD.
STORAGE ROT        A'PHONE LINE
OF POTATOES. TO RUCKER.
To Prevent Fires,
Don't go into closets looking
for clothing with a lighted
match.
Don't kindle fires in stoves
with kerosene.
Don't put hot ashes and coal
into wooden barrels or boxes.
Don't thaw out frozen water
pipes with a toarch or lamp.
Don't allow waste paper, excelsior and rubbish to collect.
Don't use gasoline for cleaning in a closed room
Don't look for gas leaks with
a match or lamp.
Don't allow lace curtains near
gas brackets.
Don't allow oily rags near
stoves or about tbe premises.
Don't allow sawdust to be
used in cuspidores or on  floors.
Don't throw cigars or cigarets
away if lighted.
Don't keep matches in paper
boxes or lying about carelessly.
Don't hang your clothing near
open fires or stoves.
Don't fill lamps after dark
and never when lighted.
Don't allow rubbish in ball-
ways or in fire escapes.
Don't burn leaves and dead
grass on windy days.
Don't forget to have the chimneys of your home cleaned once
a year.
Don't fail to look twice at
everything that looks like  fire.
Don't leave everything to the
landlord; inspect your own
building.
Don't fail to give tbe fire department representatives every
opportunity to make a careful
examination of your property.
They are trying to help you.
Don't fail to notify the chief
of tbe fire department of anything you may see that is dangerous and liable to cause fire
remembering that every day is
fire prevention day.
"The immediate outlook is not
encouraging, with butter coming from various sections, and
besides tbe regular tributaiy
movement, the shipments from
California and the imports from
New Zealand and Australia—
not alone the overland receipts
here (Chicago), but the arrivals
at tbe seaboard markets—are
not without their effect."
With a lowered tariff, foreign
butter is coming into our markets, and the only way to meet
this competition successfully is
to produce better goods. There
is always a good market for
fancy creamery butter and always will be, and unless the
co-operative creameries, all of
them, take advantage of their
peculiar fitness to produce this
class of goods, there are hard
times in store, and no amount
of laws and inspectors and instructors and state and district
organizations of one kind and
other ain save them. And the
first step towards improved
quality in raw material and in
finished product is an improved
system in cream delivery or,
rather, system in the cream delivery, because at present in a
great many creameries tbere is
no s\ stem at all. Better take
notice!—Dairy Exchange.
Potatoes from wilted vines
very often rot in storage if the
storage house is warm and moist.
It is doubtful whether this  rot-
Victor Bruber, Theo. Hoheisel
and George Waller of Granite
were in town Monday and had
a conference with P. E. Hall and
Some- on the poles of the Northwest-
Buy Your Coffins at Home.
Joseph H. Grell tells about a
fellow in Morgan, Minn., who
was stung by buying from a
mail order house. It all came
came about this way: When
mother became suddenly illand
the family physician gave a
"grave" prognosis—that she
could not possibly live more
than two weeks—tbe son turned
to the pages of Sears & Roebuck's catalogue and ordered
a coffin. In due time the coffin
came;—but the mother got well.
For the past three years tbe
coffin has been stored under the
hay as dead capital, awaiting
the opportunity to bring the
owner returns on bis investment.
"If you don't belive it" says
Joe, "ask P. M. Koll, the new
owner of the Henry Schulte
farm. He moved here from
Morgan."
(Trie only reason one might have for
doubting the story is that doctors never
make mistakes.)
lews.
There will be a basket social
and dance given for tbe benefit
of the Pulaski' school at John
Skochenski's place. Everybody
welcome. Girls, please bring
baskets.    ,   *"      •
Merton Smith of Pierz was
seen in this neighborhood Friday.
Miss Sara Rychner of Elk
River, spent several days at her
home here, last week.
Everybody enjoyed a fine
time at A. Schramel's dance.
Peter Johnson of Swan River
is visiting at C. Reese's.
No wonder spring came. Our
singing quartette would make
anything come to time.
Mrs. Ben Richner and son
Alfred, Easter Sunday at tbe
Charles Young home, near
Gravelville.
Catherine Jones, Emma Reese
and Christ Reese spent Tuesday
evening with the Sigette family.
Sara, Robert and Theodore
Rychner visited at T. Smith's
and C. Reese's Wednesday evening.
Edward Rychner is now em
ployed at T. Smith's.
Well, here's our good old democratic times. Cream going
down, eggs going down, everything busted and disgusted.
Even spring doesn't want to
come.
Everybody come to the social
at Skochinski's Saturday the
25th. Here's a chance to shake
your feet around some more.
ting is caused by the same fun-! Spechly of tbe Northwestern
gus which causes tbe wilt of tbe'Telephonerelative toconnecting
vines. If it is not identical I a proposed telephone line from
with the wilt fungus it is very j Rucker with the Northwestern
closely related to it. As a mat- \ in Pierz. According to Mr. Bru-
ter of fact there seems to be a ber, tbe Rucker people will
number of closely related forms build a line to Lastrup and from
which are responsible for the j tbere string their wire to Pierz
dry rot in Minnesota
times when the potatoes are' ern.
moist the rot may be a typical
soft rot, and a white, moldlike
growth may appear on the tubers. Usually, however, the
rot is a typical dry rot, often
beginning at the stem end of the
tuber and finally reducing it to
a dry, light-brown mass- Such
potatoes are absolutely unfit for
seed, a fact which should be
very distinctly remembered.
This blackened ring is the living-over place of the wilt fungus, and such potatoes, if used
for seed, would produce diseased
vines. This makes it very imperative that seed tubers should
be carefully selected.—A. G.
Tolaas, Assistant Plant Pathologist, University Farm, St.
Paul.
ADDITIONAL
LOCAL NEWS.
Southwest Buckman News.
Geo. Skinner was over from
Royalton Thursday to repair the
buildings on his place.
Mr. and Mrs. P. Koblman and
little son Irwin of Melrose were
guests at the home of Mrs.Kohl-
man's parents, _Nick Kinzer and
wife last week.
Math. Mueller was a business
caller at the home of Peter Sitzman's Wednesday.
Talk about some sand flying
these days ! Tbe harrowing is
all done free out here by tbe
N. W. winds.
Mrs. Henry Wieling has been
sick for a few days, but is quite
well again at this writing.
her sister Miss Cathryne Borash
at Buckman Friday
Northern Lights.
March loth 1912.—Jos. Shoo.
the wall non bors Tiller mat a
flieng trip troo Bub and Grumt
Montay.
Barbaru Kintz took in the
Tantz at Gorg Sigatty
Dany Smith of Blad kam an
hors pak and turned in a H. Gas-
sarts as we seen.
April loth 1912.—Dony Veith
was at Pierz on business Son-
tay.
Jos. Sigatty a wall non yong
Gantlman, boo laft from ber for
savarl years ago to golit spring
Starns Co is ber wesseting his
many frines and ralatifs.
Taotor Tillau took three cans
a Grim to Pierz monday.
Goobart Ross and wive trans-
akted Pusiness in Pirrz.
John Stookmer and wive was
Pierz wissator monday.
Tbe most of our farmmers well
fenisb seting tis week If wather
stas nis.
Frank Waninger began
cement work last week.
J. P. Berg and children intend soon to make their home
in Madison, Wis.
M. Wermerskirchen and
Jake Pflepson motored to
Cold Spring Monday.
Postmaster Hennen is out
again after several weeks'
illness with rheumatism.
After six months of idleness, the auto truck is on duty again, hauling lumber
from New Pierz.
S. and F. Preimesberger
have the contract to furnish
the lumber for the new
Farmers' creamery  building.
How is it they don(t last?
Station agent Smith, who
relieved agent Hoover, resigned. R. C. Bethel lias taken his place.
Theresia Bannach took
the   train    for   Minneapolis
WEATHER AND
MARKETREPORTS.
Temperature for
The last week.
Highest
Lowest
Thursday 70...
-  32 above
Friday   73...
_- 43 above
Saturday    52	
... 43 above
Sunday   40._
28 above
Monday      55  ..
..25 above
Tuesday 55-..
34 above
Wednesday __  56	
.. 29 above
Temperature same
Week year ago.
Temperature  for   the corresponding week a year ago:
Highest    Lowest
1913 Apr  17 73... 62 above
"     "    18 70. .65 above
"     "     19 61...42 above
20       .. .     above
"     "     21 73...34 above
"     "     22 83...56above
"     "     23 62...48above
To the people of Pierz:
According to the statutes of
the State of Minnesota, you are
hereby notified to remove all
ashes, rubbish, and manure
heaps, and to clean out all outhouses so as to put them in
sanitary condition on or before
May 16, next. If the above
specifications are not complied
with, the village council will
Mrs. DanJ^uUas  visited with  proceed   to  have the work done
and   the   costs,   with   interest,
will   be   assessed   against   the
Miss McLeod was an over
Sunday visitor at her home in
Vawter.
Messrs. H. F.and Geo.Docken
visited their parents Mr. and
Mrs. John Docken at Little Falls
Sunday.
property.      Work   for   a clean
Pierz.    By order of the
Board op Health.
Grain and Produce
Harket Report.
Wheat, No. 1,      71)
Wheat, No. 2  77
Flax,       1.40
Barley  10
last  Saturday   to   visit   herji$ye__ lt;
sister. On her way home she'oats      82
intends to   visit   friends   at Ear Corn      50
  $5.00
       35
       20
Avon.
The deatli rate
has   been
Hay	
Butter, Creamery
Dairy
high during the first half of.Eggs     14
the month of   April   in   the! Flour, Best     2.30
village and   town   of   Pierz. |    "   Straight	
Up   to   date,    seven   deaths' ^ow ffrade flour
 1.50
Bran 1.15
have occurred   here   during S1)0rts j 20
the last three weeks. I Cracked Corn 80 pounds" "l.20
The following are at work
at   the   Farmers'   creamery
John Schmidt,   Jos.   Kaintz,! Onions
Wm. Nimsch,   Frank   Gohl, j
Wm. Girtz and Math. Pauser. I
Mike Flicker is superintend
ing tlie work.
Ground Feed     1.
Potatoes	
Beans       2.00
       60
Henry Vondenhoevel intends soon to leave for Wat-
ertown, Minn., where he has
contracted for several months'
South St. Paul
Hog Market.
Ave. Price.
Thursday .  ...8.45
Friday 8.46
Saturday  ...h. |o
Monday 8.11
of railroad work, for an elec- Tuesday.. 8 io
Wednesday 8.40
trie R. R. line building from
Minneapolis to   Watertown,
South St. Paul
T.C. Wing   attended   the | Live StockMarket.
funeral of the   late   Andrew steers. .$7.75 to 7.85
H. Weiner, of North   Prairie Cows and Heifers,*!.25 to ..6.75
last week.    Mr.    Wing   sold Calves, steady, $5.50 to 9.75
Mr. Weiner  a   $2000.    John Feeders, steadv, ...$4.30 to 7.00
Hancock Life Insurance pol-
Mrs. Mary Morrill Dead.
icy last fall. The widow gets
tlie $2000. It pays to insure.;
Mary   Morrill
forenoon   at   11
A program  and  basket social
will be  given at  the school  in!_hronfcc    spinal
distriet  No. 17 the  first part ol
May.   Certain date and program
will be announced later.
Miss Marie Kinzer returned from |
a weeks   visit   with   her   sister,
Mrs.   Edward    Rennenberg    of
Pierz.
We surely are all sorry to bear
that Mr. Neumann is on the sick
list, but hope to see him before
long again.
The funeral of Mrs. F. Otrem-
died   Monday
o'clock,    with
disease   from
which  she  had   been a sufferer
for   the past eight years.    Mrs.
! Morrill   was   born in Wisconsin
38 years ago.    She leaves a son,
mother,   six  brothers  and   one
sister.    Burial took place in St.
Joseph's   cemeter3'   Wednesday
morning.
Card of Thanks.
We   hereby   wish   to express
ba was well attended from this' oul- sincere thanks to all friends
A Versatile Grafter.
Joseph H. Grell is a good man
in the follow up game. Once in
his clutches, he is sure to get
all tbere is in it. He sells the
victim the laud, then sells him
the farm implements; and if the
fellow starves to death, he sells
him the coffin. Besides he sells
the nails to fasten down the
box, and sells the spade to cover
him with, and then sells the
mourning widow a tombstone
to decorate his grave.
vicinity.
Joseph Gohl Sr. Dead.
Joseph Gohl Sr- died at his
home south of Pierz last Saturday at tlie age of 82 years. He
was born   in Scblesien   in 1832,
A conductor had trouble
with a gennan passenger
Mrs. R. C. Mann of Ramey, about tlie fare, and finally
was in Foley Thursday last stopped the train and put
week to have her jaw set, him ofi. The gennan ran
having dislocated the same ahead of the engine and be-
early in the morning as a re-'gan to walk the ties. The en-
suit of yawning. This is the 'giueer whistled for him to
second time that Mrs. Mann! get off the track. The ger-
has met with such a happen- man shook his   fist   at   the
mg.
Little Falls, Minn.—The
farm of S. Hanunerbeck has
been chosen as the one in
this vicinity which will be
placed under state management. The agricultural college will direct the cultivation of the  farm   and
train and said: \You needn't
vissel; I won't come back".
—Ex.
Freedhem News.
Mr.   and   Mrs.    H-    Wieland
called at A.   Bonher's  Monday.
Mrs. Effie Peterson spent last
Wednesday with Mrs. Berquist.
There   are   over 150,000 telephone girls in the United States.
who assisted   us   in our late bereavement, through the sickness
and  death   of  our beloved bus-' tlie accounts, the   profits   go-
band and father. ! ing to the owner.
Mus.  Mary Gohl
and Children. Mr.   McGenty,   the   potato
 man informed a   Journal   re-
William,   Nick   and   John I preventative    last    Monday
Meyer returned from Frazee j morning    thai     the   potato
and came to America 1870, and Monday,    where    they   had   warehouse is an assured  fact
took  a   homestead  in   Gilman,  been working for   the   Nich-  and    the   work   of    building', visited with   Clara   Enluncl
Benton   county,   on   which   be ols & Cliisliolm   Lumber   Co.. wilt start just as soon as  the Sunday.
Arthur and Victor Enlund
took   potatoes   to   Little Falls
Wednesday.
A crowd of young people
spent Sunday afternoon at the
home of H. Wieland.
Edna James and Ida Schneider
lived 12 years. Twenty eight since last October. They say weather conditions permit,
years ago be bought the present it has been a good winter for The basement will be con-
Gobi place from Math. Xeuman. lumbering and about 19 to structed of concrete and ce-
Burial took place in St. Joseph's 20    million   feet   of   lumber ment   and    this    necessitates
cemetery Monday  morning at 9 were put in at their camp No.
o'clock. 6.
warm weather in order   that
the material may  set.
A.   J.   Mergquist  and A. I
son  were   Little   Falls visitors
Wednesday.
H. Schneider and family spent
Tuesday   evening    at     tbe
Bonder home.
Dance in Faust's Hall, Thursday, April 30th.   Music by Prospero's Harp Orchestra of Minneapolis.