The Pierz Journal (Pierz, Morrison County, Minnesota), 1914-05-28

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JOURNAL
VOL. 5.
PIERZ, MORRISON COUNTY, MINNESOTA, MAY 28, 1014.
NO. 50.
HAPPENINGS
HERE_AND THERE
Pine iiivpf—E. E. Stingley
lias disposed of his farm of 213
acres northeast of here to W. E.
White of Glen-wood.
St. Cloud—George Webb and
Charles W. Lewis, who escaped
from the reformatory have been
brought back from the Pacific
coast.
Wahkon—Tlie townboard has
let the contract for 480 rods of
new road one mile east of John
Grant's place, to P. Pormwall,
whose bid was $1,635.
Aitkin—A new school building- costing- anywhere from $18,-
000 to $30,000 will be built in
McGrath tins summer, five common school districts having
agreed to consolidate.
Brainerd—A bad find was made
Tuesday evening, when the dead
body of George Rappel, Sr., a
shoemaker, aged 70, was found
lying upon the floor of his small
shop on the southeast corner of
Front and Broadway, in the
main business sectionof the city.
The top of his head was crushed
in and there was an ugly
gash on the back of bis head,
the pockets of his clothes had
been turned inside out and his
pocketbook was gone.
COUNTY SEAT
CULL1NGS.
Rucker News,
School closed Saturday, and
Miss Sullivan returned to her
home at Randall Monday.
Mr. Wysham came down from
Onamia Thursday, and again
preached to a large congregation
Sunday.
Mrs. Ray Bruber and children
and the formers mothei, Mrs.
O. S. French of St. Paul, are at
the Victor Bruber home, arriving there Saturday.
The dance at the old Rucker
place Satnrtlay night was well
attended, and a fine time enjoyed by all.
Miss Nellie Tracey spent last
Saturday and Sunday with her
cousin Miss  Catherine Sullivan.
The Rucker and Hillman boys
defeated the Sullivan team on
the local diamond Sunday.
Mrs. French returned to her
home at St. Paul, after spending
a couple of days at the Bruber
home.
Mrs. Ethel Perkins and master
Frank and Miss Alice left Friday for their old home inEsther-
ville, Iowa, They were accompanied by Dan Christopher and
family, who had been their guests
for the past week.
Northern Lights.
Mr. tho. Billmayer and Frank
Smuda will have there leat Mill
running this weeke.
the dance at Robbison was
well attended, last Saturday,
Frank Smude is Bisce At
Braken lie is going to Put Six
Acers in Beers this year,.
Heintz-Fuhrmann.
The marriage of Joseph
Heintz of Casselton, N. D., to
Mary Fuhrmann ot Buh, took
place Tuesday morning at the
St. Joseph's church at 9o'clock.
John Fuhrmann was best man
and Emma Trutter bridesmaid.
The wedding dinner was held
at the home of the bride's
mother, Mrs. Carl Furhmann, in
the village.
A heavy hail storm passed
here Monday evening.
(From the Litte Falls Transcript.)
An employe of the Pine Tree
saw mill named Lemieux . was
injured at 11 o'clock Friday
morning when his hand was
caught in one of the saws of the
lath mill. Half his hand was
taken off leaving only a stub of
the third linger and the fourth
finger, the thumb and first two
fingers being taken off. He was
taken to St. Gabriel's  hospital.
Pantzke Bros, have purchased
a 25-horse power Buick delivery
truck to be used intheir grocery
business. The truck is of a
capacity of half a ton. It was
brought up from Minneapolis
Wednesday evening by Arthur
Bastien, Herman Pantzke accompanied him. At the same
time a new Buick model 35 car
was brought up by Arthur La-
Fond and J. C. Patience to
whom the car has been sold.
A burglar or burglars entered
the Firnstahl & Vadnaisgrocery
store Thurday evening and secured nearly $90 from the safe,
the exact figures being $40.87 in
checks and $46.03 in currency.
The burglars effected an entrance by a window in the back
of the building which they
forced open by breaking the
catch which secured it. This
admitted them into a room at
the back of the store which is
used for storing goods. A window opening from this room
into the front room of the store
was opened and the burglars
worked at the safe and succeeded in getting it open.
Olivia Wimmer, a former Little Falls girl, died at the home
of her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Michael Denis, at Paradise,
Mont., Friday, death being due
to heart disease. A telegram
announcing the death being received in St. Cloud. The young
woman was but 17 years of age
and had been a resident of Paradise a few years. She was born
in St. Cloud and moved with
her parents when a child to this
city. Later thev moved to Montana, where they have resided
ever since. Mr. Denis, her ste-
father, is foreman in one of the
large mills at that place and her
brother is employed as a telegrapher by the railroad. The
funeral was held Sunday with
burial in Paradise.
The funeral of F. X. Gravel,
aged 82, who died of pneumonia
at his home, 39 South Avon
street, St. Paul, Monday, was
held Thursday at 10a. m., at St.
Louis' Catholic church, Tenth
and Cedar streets. Mr. Gravel
came to St. Paul in 1856. He
spent several years in the
grocery business. Mr. Gravel
was an early settler .of Little
Falls, going west with his family
to Helena, Montana, in the
early 60's. After remaining
there six years they returned
to Little Falls where they lived
about two years when they removed to St. Paul. Mr- Gravel
was a member of the firm of
Gravel & Butler, which had a
large general merchandise store
here, the business being continued by Wm. Butler, father of
W. A. Butler, for many years.
The store was located at Broadway and First streets where
the First National bank building
now stands. Mrs. Gravel is a
sister of Henry and Wm.; Rasi-
cot of this city. The former
attended the funeral in St. Paul.
HENRY BENTFELD
PASSED AWAY.
Henry Bentfeld, a pioneer
resident of Little Falls and of
Morrison county, died Saturday
at 5:45 p. m., at St. Gabriel's
hospital, where he was taken a
short time ago. Death was due
to cancer of the liver. He had
been in poor health for some
time and had been confined to
his home for about three months.
The deceased was 54 years of
age August 12, 1913, and was
born at McHenry, 111., in 1859.
He came with his parents to
Pierz 37 years ago when he was
17 years of age and had lived in
this county since that time. He
was married in 1880 to Miss
Gertrude Gross at Pierz and
moved to this city in 1882, where
he engaged in the implement
business and later established a
meat market. After retiring
from the meat business he leased
the American House, of which
he was proprietor for three and
one-half years. He was also
city constable for several terms
and was a member of the board
of health until a short time before his death, when he resigned, owing to his illness.
He was secretary of the fire
department and also of the Firemen's Relief association and,
besides, being a member of the
two named organizations, was a
member of the Red men and
Eagles lodges.
He leaves to mourn him, besides a wife, his mother, Mrs.
Elizabeth Bentfeld of Pierz, two
children, Mrs. Frank Foster of
Virginia and Joseph Bentfeld of
Dallas, Oregon, a sister, Mrs.
Peter N. Newman of Pierz, and
two brothers, Edward and Herman, both of Pierz.—Transcript.
ALFALFA PASTURE i CYCLONE NEAR
FOR YOUR HOGS.     SHAKOPEE LAKE.
Alfalfa   makes   an   excellent
pasture  crop  for  hogs.    When j
The wind storm which passed
through here early last Monday
it is used for this purpose, a morning must have developed
sufficiently large field should be'into a twister near Mille Lacs.
sown, so that the hogs may! A school house about five miles
have access to it and the regu- north of Onamia and west of
lar hay crops be removed justj Shakopee lake was lifted from
as if _o hogs were on the field, its foundation and set, roof-
With so large a pasture, the'down, about sixty feet away,
hogs root up very little except; The trees too, some of which
near the feeding and watering j were blown down in right and
places, and mowing at the j even opposing angles to each
proper time keeps the plants'other, seem to indicate that
growing and allows them to the storm there was more than
produce vigorous young stems, ;a straight wind
which are relished by the hogs.
Agriculture Extention Bulletin No. 49 on Alfalfa Growing j
in Minnesota contains full in- J
formation on the subject. Sixty!
thousand copies have just been j
printed   for free distribution
ADDITIONAL WEATHER AND
LOCAL NEWS.!  MARKET REPORTS.
A. C.   Amy,   Assistant Agricul- i
Man Killed At Little Falls,
August Wenzel, who has been
driving a wood   cart for Burton
& Greisch,   who   have the   contract for  hauling tlie mill wood
l from  tire  Pine  Tree mill,  was
turist,
Paul.
University   Farm,   St.
South Agram News.
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Langer
and children visited at the J. J.
Brummer home Sunda}'.
Mr. and Mrs. J.J. Brummer
and little son visited at John
Kippley's Sunday.
Those that visited at John
Eidenshink's Thursday are: Mr.
and Mrs. Math Snurer and
family, Mrs. Herman Terhaar,
Mrs. John Kippley and daughters.
Frank Stumpf will put a cement floor in his barn.
Mrs. Peter Thommes left
Wednesday for Chicago to visit
friends.
In a letter from Mrs. Eugene
Heroux, who is now in Canada,
she states that she likes the
country there very well.
j fatally injured Monday evening,
when the team he was driving
became frightened and ran
away.
Mr. Wenzel was thrown from
his seat, it is said, as the cart
struck one of the railroad gate
posts and he fell ahead of the
cart. The axle of the cart
caught the unfortunate man
across the neck and he was
dragged face down for about
two and one-half blocks. He
was picked up by passersby,
placed upon a dray, which was
near and rushed to the hospital.
A Deceptive Label.
Ever since the enactment of
the pure food and drug law this
device has appeared on the labels of packages of foods and
drugs: "Guaranteed under the
food and drug- act."
What   this   label   meant was
that   the manufacturer guaranteed the contents of  the   pack
age to comply with the law.
What the  average   consumer
thought   it   meant—and dealers j He was  unconscious  during the
were   at   no pains, naturally, to jwhole time   and died before the
change this view—was that the hospital,   was   reached. — Tran-
government guaranteed the con-1 script,
tents to be pure and wholesome.
The department of agriculture, has just announced a new
ruling- to the effect that the use
of this device will not be permitted after May 1, 1915, a year
being allowed to use up labels
already printed and in stock.
This ought to have been done
long ago. The label was dis-
tinctlj' misleading, and its deceptive character is capitalized
by the same type of manufacturers who used to put ground
cocoanut shells in pepper, and
water, coloring matter and alcohol in patent medicines.—
Duluth Herald.
Next Sunday is White Sunday.
Jos. Bastien and family of
Little Falls were Pierz callers
Sunday.
Nick Faust was home this
week to attend the wedding
of his sister.
Peter Braun of Buckman
was transacting business in
Pierz Tuesday.
N. N. Bergheim and family
of Little Falls were Sunday
visitors in Pierz.
T. C. Wing of St. Cloud
wrote John Hancock life insurance here last week.
C. R. Rhoda and Geo. E.
Wilson of Royalton, were in
Pierz on business Friday.
Temperature for
The last week.
Highest     Lowest
Thursday 75   52 above
Friday    72 40 above
Saturday   71 49 above
Sunday 77 ._       51 above
Monday    85     60 above
Tuesday 87     55 al>ove
Wednesday.. 86 49 above
The man who is always on
the side of the biggest crowd
never weighs much anyhow.
Adam Mueller of Buckman
visited with his son Nick H.
Mueller and family, last Tuesday.
At a secret consistory held
at the Vatican May the 25th,
Pope Pius created 13 new
cardinals.
Alfred M. Stoll announces
his candidacy for the office of
clerk of the court in this
issue.
Temperature same
Week year ago.
Temperature  for   tlie corresponding week a year ago:
Highest   Lowest
22....61... 41 above
23 68. .38 above
24..._69.._ 48 above
25. ... 70.. 30 above
26 71. -82 above
27.___ 90._. 68above
28.... 88... 69above
1913 May
Rain Tiiis Morning,
The much longed-for rain came
at 9 o'clock this morning, and
Ave may now, with the warm
days, which must come with the
season, confidently expect a
rapid growth in all vegetation.
Until now the pastures and lowlands, while green, still lacked
that rich color and rank profusion of growth which should
be theirs towards the month of
June.
There is a Pishway.
Board of Game and Fish
Commissioners.
St. Paul, Minn., May 20, '14.
Dear  Sir:—Yours  of the 18th
received and contents noted.    I
will' say   that'it   has   been   re-   Faust were   married   by Father j and Basil Tomberlin.
Meyer-Faust.
Valentine  Meyer arid Marga-
Good Average.
The Little Fan—"Me brudder
led de battin' in the Ragweed
league wit' an average o' free
eighty."
The Littlest Fan— "Dat's nut-
tin'. Me mudder's battin' average in de Hairbrush league is
900."
Thai Game Sunday.
The base ball game last Sunday at Royalton between the
Royalton nine aud the Pierz
nine, resulted in a score of 8 to
9 in favor of Royalton. According to reports the game
was rotton, inasmuch, as it was
the umpire's game from start to
finish. Next Sunday the same
aggregation is to play on the
local diamond, and it is confidently expected that the Pierz
bunch will take their scalps.
You bet it will be great.
Grain and Produce
Harket Report.
Wheat, No. 1,      B2
Wlieat, No. 2         80
Flax,        l.n
Barley  45
Rye        5]
Oats      33
EarCorn       :o
Hay §5.00
Butter, Creamery ..       88
Dairy        20
Eggs      1;,
Flour, Best      2.30
"    Straight      2.20
Low grade flour 1.50
Bran 1.15
! Shorts   1.20
j Cracked Corn 80 pounds 1.20
IGroundFeed  _    1.25
i Potatoes	
Quite  a number  of  Pierz Beans      2.00
people attended tbe funeral Onions       60
of the   late Henry Bentfeld,!
at Little Falls yesterday.
Yesterday Mrs. Henry Paul
left for a months  visit  with
South St. Paul
Hog Market.
Ave  Price
her parents at Gaylord, Minn. Thursday. 8 21
Now Henry is batching it.       Friday   8.11
Saturday  . 8.14
_ rank Mattisou and George Monday  7'.17
Gessuer  of   Bowlus,   passed,Tuesday 7.85
School Report.
Report of  district No. 62 for
the month ending May 22nd.
No. of days taught 20
Average daily atte 1 da nee 17
Those neither absent  nor tar- j
dj' during the month were :   Er- j
through Pierz Friday en route
to Platte to look up some
land.
Jos. Voelker returned last
week from Oregon and other
western states. After sizing
up conditions in the west, he
has about decided to stay in
Minnesota.
Last Thursday Wesley Waller, Lawrence Kramer and
Alva Martin assisted the Sanborn Bros, in transporting
twelve head of Holstein cattle from New Pierz to the
Sanborn farm in Richardson.
On Saturday night Christ
Langer sold his large dray
horse, Herculean, to Jos. Zel-
ler. Now Cnrist will be in
ktiie market for another lioree
or else an auto truck or perhaps both.
Wednesday  ...7.80
South St, Paul
Live StockMarket.
Steers $7.75 to 7.88
Cows and Heifers,.-; I._:, to ..6.75
Calves, steady, §5.50 to  9.75
Feeders, steady, ...$4.30 to 7.00
Warm   weather   with  well
ported  that  there   was no fish- Stiegler in  St. Joseph's church
way in the dam at Royalton.    I1 yesterday    morning.      Barbara
reth Kaust,  daughter of Christ, j win   Probasco,   Evelyn    Bruber distributed   rains    was   fore-
costed by the weather bureau
investigated the matter a year
or two ago, and I found a fish-
way in the dam, and one that
was constructed according to
the plans furnished by the Commission.
It had been stopped up at that
time and  I told the dam owner
Faust and Margereth Faust were
bridesmaids and Michael Meyer
and Mathias Faust were groomsmen. The wedding was celebrated at the Christ. Faust
home.
The    windstorm
Those absent two days or less Saturday night for the first
were: Thelma Waller and Marie j|atf of thev week. The in-
Brown. Evelyn Bruber was ligations are that during the
neither absent nor tardy during   ,vee!-    {\w   temperature  will
the entire year.
C A TH BR IN E S _ L LI V A X,
Teacher,
I'll list   Schlegel   says  that
Monthly the days lor big logs have not   in   the   northwestern   states,
average above the norma' in
'lie eastern and southern
Sates, the Ohio valley and
I lie cent ral west, and near or
somewhat   below   the normal
to remove the debris and kee_* morning did some damage to passed. He claims to have the Rocky mountain region,
the fishway open at all times' PeterTretter.'s partly finished had a white pine log sawed at and on the Pacific slope. The
for the free passage of fish. barn in Buh.    It is said That   Waller's   mill,    which   nieas-  rainfall during the week will
Yours truly,
H. A. Rideu,
Executive Agent.
the damage can be remedied ured 20 inches through, "just he generally local, but well
without tearing the building wide enough to make four iistributed over the northern
down. boards for my coffin" said he. i and western stat
Last week a Chevrolet auto
passed though the village
with 21 person on board and
they were not all children
either.
Mrs.   Mary   O'Connell,   a
police-woman pf Chicago, is
afraid to go home in the dark,
and last Sunday asked to
have a policeman detailed to
escort her home after finishing her detail. Mrs. O'Connell is stationed fit a railroad
depot. She said that she had
been asking patrolmen to
walk home with her for her
safety.
Whenever a  man   abu
his town,   he owes  the town
something.       Whenever    he
abuses his neighbor he probably owes his neighbor. Whenever he  abuses  anything, a
withdrawal   of    the   mystic
curtain will   quite likely   reveal some enmity or spite.   If
you can't say a good word for
your neighbor, don't say anything;   and if  you can't say
a good   word for your town,
move out of it.    Von help to
make thecomm inity in which
you live, and when you curse
it, you curse yourself.—Ex.
Don't forget to attend the Dance at Faust's hall, on Monday, June the 1st, 1914.