The Pierz Journal (Pierz, Morrison County, Minnesota), 1914-04-30

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JOURNAL
V
VOL. 5.
PIERZ, MORRISON COUNTY, MINNESOTA, APRIL BO, 1914.
NO. 46.
HAPPENINGS
HERE_AND TIRE
Little Falls—The Elks' lodge
met Thursday evening" and voted
favorably on ten applications
for   initiations   to   tbe    order.
Wahkon—A 950-pound bell
arrived last week for the Pf es-
byterian church. The bell was
purchased from the M. W. Savage factories with funds raised
by the young people of the
church.
Holdingford—Mrs. Ann Far-
rell died here Saturday at the
age of 94. She came to Minnesota in 1854 and was driven
from Cokato during the Indian
uprising.
Winnefred Davis, a young
woman on parole from the state
training school, who has been
employed on a farm near Elk
River, died after having taken
a dose of carbolic acid, being
despondent, it is belived over a
supposed disappointment in a
Jove affair.
Paul Koschial of Freeport received a wound under the eye
and several painful cuts and
bruises while blasting stumps
on his farm near Freeport. The
accident occured when Mr.
Koschial walked to the dynamite mine to see if the fuse was
working and upon his arrival
the explosion occured.
A new high school building
has been built at Wahkon and
was dedicated Tuesday evening.
Sauk Rapids—Sheriff Craig
went to Minneapolis Wednesday
morning to get Win. Schuoler
and Edward Wipper of Rice who
are chaiged with breaking into
the church of Immaculate Conception at Rice last week and
destroying property valued at
$60. A warrant for their arrest
was sent to Minneapolis police
and they were detained there
awaiting the arrival of tlie Benton county sheriff. The property stolen or destroyed was
plated and silverware used in
connection with the services.
FAKES WORSHIP IN
ORDER TO ROB.
Make a Horse of Him.
An exchange says : Some people appear to have an idea that
there is no limit to what the
mail carrier can do or amount of
truck he can handle on his trips.
If the parcel post business is extended so the rural mail man is
expected to carry any product
of the farm up to one hundred
pounds he will be about the
busiest man drawing a salary
from your Uncle Samuel. There
may be the necessity for the addition of an assistant on each
route who will be obliged to
travel with an automobile truck
or one drawn by four horses.
W. Playmate, who it will be
remembered attempted to rob
the cash register in the Schaef •
fer meat marketand is now serving a thirty days sentence in the
Stearns county jail for his
touble, has operated in the Da-
kotas as well as other towiis in
this state. This fact was
brought to light in a letter from
a parish priest at Mandan, N.
D., concerning which the St.
Cloud Daily Times has the following to say:
"According to the letter of
the clergyman, Playmate has a
habit of entering churches with
a white rosary around his neck.
He may be seen in a praying attitude especially when others
are in the house of worship.
After they leave and he has the
place alone he makes an attempt
to gain entrance to the sacristy,
evidently to steal the sacred
vessels and then rob the poor
box.
Just how often Playmate has
operated this game has not been
learned. Writing of the case at
Mandan in particular the priest
states that he was in the church
and saw Playmate ostensibly in
prayer. The rosary was around
his neck and although in this
unusual position and contrary
to the customs ot the people of
the faith the priest did not suspect a motive. He went out of
the church.
Playmate had seen him leave
the keys on the altar and he
went into the sanctuary and up
to the tabernacle and tried the
keys. He was unable to open
it and secure the sacred vessels.
He then went to the poor box
but there was no key for that.
He then broke the lock with a
screw driver and robbed the box
of $2.30. He took the money to
a restaurant and secured larger
pieces of coin for it. A complete description of him was
given the local authorities and
they asked him about it. Playmate admitted the robbery and
said he would send the money
back as soon as he secured it.
The crime was said to have been
committed March 29th. He
started serving his sentence
here on April 4th for the attempt to rob the cash register
in the meat market at Melrose.'"
A FEW LINES ON
TREE PLANTING.
VILLAGE COUNCIL   j GLEANED FROM
PROCEEDINGS.      OTHER PAPERS.
Troubles Enough Now.
Learn to keep your own troubles to yourself. The world is to
busy to care for j^our ills and
sorrows. Learn to stop croak
ing. If you cannot see any good
in the world, learn to keep the
bad to yourself. Learn to hide
your pain and aches under a
pleasant smile. No one cares to
hear whether you have the earache, headache or rheumatism.
Don't cry. Tears do well enough
in novels, but they are out of
place in real life.
New York city lias over 100,-
000 girls and women studying
home-making.
Lastrup News.
Mr. and Mrs. H. Vandelhovel
and Mr and Mrs. A. Grell made
a short call at Joe Brummer's
home Sunday.
Loretta Hartmann visited at
the Peter Vosen home  Sunday.
Andrew Virnig went to Greenwald Saturday on a business
trip.
Robert Buessler did some
draying for Gross Bros., last
week.
Mr. and Mrs. Virnig, Mar-
gerth Honer and Mrs. Peter Virnig and family visited at the
Steve Gross home Sunday.
Math Thommes was seen here
with his car Sunday  afternoon.
A cyclone passed through
Lastrup some time ago and did
quite a little damage.
Quite a number from here attended the basket social and
dance at Portner's Sunday evening. All enjoyed a pleasant
evening.
Mike Nagel and daughter
Loretta visited the G. Block
J.   Schommer  families Sunday.
Dig a hole somewhat larger
than is absolutely necessary to !
hold the roots and be -sure to
spread all roots well. Twisted
or bunched roots are likely to
decay easily. It is well to cut
off the ends of the larger roots
with a sharp knife, especially
if they have been bruised. Set
the tree or plant in the middle
of the hole. It may be leaned
slightly toward the direction
from which the wind comes.
Fill in about four inches with
the richest top soil obtainable.
If the tree is set in sandy or
poor soil, it is always a good
plan to take out considerable
soil from the hole and till with
good rich soil. Trees or other
plants will not do well on sand.
They must have plenty of plant
food.
After the tree is set and about
four or tive inches of soil thrown
in over the roots, 'tamp the soil
well so it is firm about the
small feeding roots. This is
perhaps the most important
point to remember in setting a
tree or plant of any sort. Water
may be added, although it is
better to put it in the hole a few
hours before the tree is set. Fill
in with more soil and keep tamping it until the top layer is put
on. The last four or tive inches
should not be tamped very much,
since we want a dust blanket to
help hold the moisture in the
soil. It is well to leave a dish
or hollow about the treetocatch
and hold the water from the
rains.
If the position is exposed to
high winds, it is usually a good
plan to drive a stake into the
ground and tie the tree to it to
prevent the wind from blowing
the top and loosening the root
system.
Sometimes it is desirable to
mulch the soil with several
inches of strawy litter, but as a
rule, cultivation is preferable.
Mulch should be applied to the
depth of about six or seven
inches when the ground freezes
in autumn.—LeRoy Cady, Associate Horticulturist, Univesrsity
Farm, St. Paul.
The village council met in
special session Thursday, March
23rd, in the village hall, at 8
o'clock p. m. All members of
the council were present.
Upon motion by Frank Marshik, seconded by John L. Gross,
it was resolved to hold a special
election on Tuesday, May the
5th 1914, between the hours of
10 a. m. and 4 o'clock p. m., for
the purpose of voting for or
against the digging of a new
large well for our village water
system.
Upon motion adjourned.
Barney Gross,
President.
J. B. Hartmann,
Recorder.
Rucker News,
The entertainment and basket
social last Friday evening was
well attended. Miss Sullivan
deserves credit for the tine program. The baskets sold well —
about $15 being realized.
Miss Julia Leigh spent the
week-end at the George Waller
home.
Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Saltow
left Sarurday for St. Cloud,
where they will make their future home.
Wm. Johnson went to Minneapolis last Saturday in search
of work.
Miss Elsie Murry and George
Leigh of Hillman visited at G.
W. Waller's Sunday.
Most  of  the  young folks  of1
West Bull News.
Gilbert Olson and family were
callers Saturday and Hilda Hanson kept house while they were
gone.
School in district 104 closes
Friday with a picnic for the
scholars and their parents.
Arthur Weiland has purchased
the 80 acres of land from Mr.
Sorenson of Minneapolis. The
land is next to district 104.
Charles Johnson was a Sunday caller at Henry Olson's
Sunday.
Mrs. Henry Wuellner of
Agram was a guest at Muncy's
over Sunday.
Arthur   Weiland     completed
his seeding lor the  season Monday.
Anton Vieth was a Freedhem
caller Friday.
We have some acrobats in this
neighborhood, especially when
it comes to getting on a horse.
In trying to get on the horse
they gave such a leap that they
shoot head first across on the
opposite side into the river.
But lucky there were so many
suckers in the river that he
didn't sink very deep.
Peter Tretter reports that
he'll commence sawing logs in
about two weeks, and will finish
up for the season.
Quite a few of our dancers
took in the dance at Joe La-
Blanc's place Saturday,
Winer the cattle buyer passed
through' here the first part of
the week.
Some suckers in Platte river
now-a-days and talk about the
fishermen!
George Swanson called on his
"sweetheart" Sunday.
Edward Johnson of Little
Falls called on his uncle Christ
Johnson last week.
Eleanor Weiland called on
Hilda Hanson Sunday afternoon
and part of the evening.
We have quite a violinist in
this vicinity. One can hear
"Red Wing" played day and
night and twice at noon.
Someone has advanced the
opinion that the letter "e" is
the most unfortunate letter in
the English language, because
it is always out of cash, forever
in debt, never out of danger.
For some reason he over looked
the fortunates of the letter, and
we call his attention to the fact
"e" is never in war and always
in peace, it is the beginning of
existence and the end of trouble. Without it there would be
no meat, no life, no heaven. It
is the center of honesty, makes
love perfect, and without it
there could be no editors, devils
or news.—Stolen.
Bill Nye hit the truth when he
said: "A man may use a wart
on the back of his neck for a
collar button, ride on the back
coach of a railroad train to save
interest on his money until the
conductor gets around; stops
his watch at night to save wear
and tear; use "i'' for "t" without a cross to save ink; but a
man of this sort is a gentleman
and a scholar compared to the
fellow that will take a newspaper for two or three years
and when asked to pay for it
puts it back in the postoffice
and has it marked "refused."
—Ex.
It isn't often that anyone gets
ahead of a newspaper man. A
burglar tried it the other night.
He broke into an editor's house
by mistake. The latter was
awake and he watched the burglar search through various pockets and drawers, but of course
found nothing. Just as he was
about to depart the editor
drawled out, "Say partner,
won't you lend me a dollar?"
The burglar was surprised, but
appreciated the joke, tossed the
editor a dollar and took his departure.
ADDITIONAL WEATHER AND
LOCAL NEWS.   MARKET REPORTS.
Temperature for
The last week.
Highest     Lowest
Thursday 57    37 above
Friday ..   55 43 above
Saturday    65 40 above
Sunday ()•- 37 above
Monday      52   48 above
Tuesday 37     33al>ove
Wednesday.. 40 30 above
Temperature same
Week year ago.
Temperature  for   the corresponding week a year ago:
Highest    Lowest
1913 Apr 24 50... 39 above
"     "     25 52. .45 above
"     "     26 50... 32 above
"     "     27 56.. 24 above
Clean up.
Read the ads.
Plant a few trees.
Work on the potato warehouse will soon begin.
T. S. Look of Sullivan
called in town   yesterday.   .
Henry Vandeuhoevel left
this week for Watertown,
Minn.
Adam Turk is in tlie jewelry business at Browerville,
Todd county,
We are informed that Mrs.
Flicker is rapidly recovering
from her  recent illness.
Henry Paul is putting a
new churn into the Bridge-
man Russell creamery.
P. A Hartman is putting
up a large implement warehouse north of his house.
It is reported that fishing
isgoodatthe outlet of the
lake at Vineland.
Rev. J. Gr. Stiegler recently sold his E. M. F. auto to
F. E. Hall, the telephone man
of Little Falls.
Joseph Pfau, a Freeport
farmer, has installed a private electric light plant on
his place.
Nothing is more disagreeable   than   to  get   up   in the;sil0rts - 1-°
morning and  find the  green S^'A?0? 8° l>ounds—-120
rt .     .x1 b I Ground Feed...      1.25
I grass covered with snow. Potatoes
II       11
(1       ((
tt       (t
Grain
Wheat,
Wlieat,
Flax,
Barley
Rye..-.
28...
29...
30...
..66-.
.. 76..
..88..
. 40 above
.41 above
_ 45 above
and Produce
Harket Report.
No. 1,      80
No. 2         78
         1 il
40
17
Oats-
;;•'
Ear Cor
Hay ..-
n   _.	
50
.... $5.00
Butter, Creamery        35
Dairy       20
Eggs      15
Flour, Best      2.30
"    Straight      2.20
Low grade flour 1.50
Bran 1.15
Jake Pnepson intends to
leave here Sunday for Chas-
ka, Minn., where he has accepted a position as buttermaker.
J. O'Donnel, the new   but-
Bean^ J'_.        2.00
Onions'          60
South St. Paul
Hog Market.
Ave. Price.
Southwest Buckman News.
Henry Wieling and George
Docken took two loads of cattle
to Royalton Tuesday.
termaker  for   the   Farmers',Thursday.   8.18
creamery spent Tuesday and Friday 6
Wednesday at his   old   home' Saturday	
in Maple Lake. .Monday.
John J. Brummer of Lastrup, brought a load of wheat
1 to  market   in  his  Chevrelet
automobile  the first  part of
the week.
W. S. OBrien, the  cyclone
er  at   Postericks   in  Rice   last insurance man   left    for    his
Tuesday	
Wednesday __ .8.30
Thursday.
home in Sauk   Centre   Tuesday. He  will    return   again
Basket   social   and   program
at  the school in district No. 17,' when the weather conditions
Saturday evening, May the 9th. I are more favorable.
Everybody is cordially invited. I
Girls, don't forget to bring the j     The    last   report    is   that
South St. Paul
Live StockMarket.
Steers $7.75 to 7.H5
Cows and Heifers,$4.25 to ..6.75
Calves, steady, $5.50 to  9.75
Feeders, steady, ...$4.30 to 7.00
baskets.
Isabel McLeod and Marie Wieland were Buckman callers last
Wednesday afternoon.
Frank Kernan Sr. of Minnea
polis is here visiting friends.
Whipper and Schuler, the
two boys arrested for the
Rice church robbery, had
been released for lack of evidence.
Raymond Leary, the  local
F.C. Sand claims to be a good  agent for the M. <fc St. L.   R.
shot at   gophers with a 32.    He
claims 15 gophers to 20 shots
Mostly everybody is through
seeding out here. Loscheider
Brothers were the tirst to get
through on the Skinner farm.
On account of the bad weather
not a very large crowd attended
the dance at H.  Weiland's.
this   neighborhood   took in   the  household   work   at    Berquist's
dance at Vineland last Saturday'during the illuess of   Mrs.   Ber
Peter Schreder   left for Mayhew   Lake   Tuesday,   where   he
will   do   mason   work    for   his
Sophia Schneider is doing the' brother Joseph Schreder of that
place.
night.
Several "fine hauls'' (?) ot fish
have been make by Ruekerites
the past few days.
quist.
Guests at   the   M. Sand home
i Sunday were :   Mr. and Mrs. A.
The telephone poles are beginning to make quite a showing
the last few da3's.
The proceeds of the basket
social in district 104, amounted
to over S27.
Hesch and sons, Wm. Poster,
John Schreder of Mayhew Lake,
Marie, Cecilia and John Kinzer.
Washington Love died last
Sunday at   the home of  his
The new   creamery
ing is rapidly   nearing  com
pletion under the large crew
a , ,        r  + daughter,  Mrs. Osmer Leigli    ,. . T. .     ,,.    ,    .  shot one of the biggest black
A large   number of  teams     .   &. .        ot carpenters.   It is    24   feet
R., at New Ulm, was here
this week looking over his
recently purchased farm near
Lastrup. He was accompanied by his brother and his
I brother's father-in-law. It is
I said that the latter gentleman also purchased a   farm.
Last Sunday afternoon Julius Haglund of Wahkon
smelt a bear or something
real big somewhere. He
forthwith fetched his gun
.ind started for the dark and
solitary wild wood. In a   few
,    ., , I minutes a sharp   riffe   report
build- ' '
was heard,    a   crash   and   a
struggle—and     Julius     had
Joseph, sou of Buffalo
Otremba returned last week
after a two years' stay in
Canada. He left again Monday morning for Onamia to
work with a Soo tie gang.
A scale inspector made the
rounds last week. The prevailing opinion of those who
were forced to hand over the
inspection fee—in a few cases as high as $10.00—is that
scale inspection is a graft
pure and simple.
Notice,
and men were at work every
day this week excavating
for   the   new   school   house of ASram
of Hillman.    Mr. Love lived
longer than the old building,
bear ever seen in this part of
for many years in the town       , .. ,     ,   ., the state. The bear had :
J       ,, and the arrangement   ot   the        ... .
Further particu- ,. .,,   _•„•       t trailing   or   trying    to   kill
t" machinery   will  differ   from ° •    b
basement.
lars are not available.
that of the old building.
s une of the Hagluud sh>
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   18,   next.      If   tlie above
specifications are not  complied
with,   the   village   council will
proceed  to  have the work done
and   the   costs,   with   inte
will   be ed   against   the
property.      Work   for   a clean
Pierz.    By order of the
Boaud of Health.