The Pierz Journal (Pierz, Morrison County, Minnesota), 1914-10-08

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JOURNAL
VOL. 6.
PIERZ, MORRISON COUNTY, MINNESOTA, OCTOBER 8, 1914.
NO. 17.
INTERESTING
CORRESPONDENCES.
Freedhem News.
Correspondent did not wake
up several weeks ago, but somebody else sneaked in.
A Enlund and family were
visitors at tlie Nels Kronbeck
home Sunday.
A surprise party was held at
the Carl Erickson home Thursday evening and a good time is
reported.
Alma Schneider and Waldin
Olson called on Miss Laura Peterson Sunday evening.
Jos. Cliffton and Edna, James,
Victor and Clara Enlund and
Martha and Clara Nelson called
at the Snyder home Sunday
afternoon.
TillieOlson, Edward Rychner,
Edward, James, Ida Schneider,
Prank and Vera Smith andThom.
Hayes called at the Nelson home
last Sunday.
Nick Hebler, Otto Fuhrmann
and George Schneider cut Mr.
Berquist's clover Saturday.
HAPPENIN
HERE AND THERE.
Rucker News.
Henry Ferguson was an Onamia caller Tuesday last.
Ross Adkins left Thursday for
a few days visit at Onamia.
Ernest Goble sold four steers
to Meyer Bros, last week, realizing- a neat sum of money for
said steers.
Mrs. J. A. Sanborn and Mrs.
Undine were called to Minneapolis last Thurslay, owing- to
the illness of their mother. Chas.
Sanborn accompanied them as
far as Little Falls.
Miss Rinda Pint took the
stage to Sullivan last Thursday
morning-, enroute for Wigwam
Bay, where she will be employed
for a time
The funeral of J. C. Benton,
who died Wednesday at the
home of his daughter Mrs. Ella
Waller was held Thursday.
Julius Boerner of Hillman was
a Rucker caller Saturday.
It has been decided to discon
tinue Sunday school  until next
spring-.
Rucker,
(From last week)
Mrs. Dora Hendrickson and
little daughter of Nevis and
Mrs. Millard Halm and children
of Motley arrived last week for
i\ visit at the Goble home- Friday brought Mrs. Brown from
Hope, N. Dak., also for a visit
With her parents.
Miss Elizabeth Waller drove
to Pierz Wednesday to take her
music lesson. She was accompanied home by Miss Julia Leigh
of Hillman.
Sam Perkins and wife are the
proud parents of a little daughter, bom Sept.  16.
Wesley Waller spent last Sunday at the O. C. Leigh home at
Hillman.
Mrs. Addie Grier left Friday
for a visit with her mother fn
Randall.
Miss Pleasant Loup visited
Elsie Retzloff Sunday.
Mrs. Lawrence Kramer called
at the Sam Perkhishome Thursday of last week.
John Leese and Jos. Kelly
were Hillman callers Sunday.
Erwin Drews was a Rucker
yisitor Sunday.
Four large eagles were seen
in this vicinity one day last
week.
After visiting at the Waller
home several days Julia Leigh
returned to Hillman   Monday.
Corn is   all cut    tine   yield.
Her heart filled with compassion
for her erring husband, who had been
taken ill, Mrs. Blanche Hansen was
leaving her home in Minneapolis with
her little four-year-old girl to take the
train on the way to rejoin her husband, when a telegram arrived informing her that he had been shot
and killed in an Omaha hospital by
Mrs. Emma Hicken, wife of an Omaha
dining car conductor, who then turn*
ed the weapon upon her own head
and killed herself.
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A masked highwayman entered the
lobby of the Markham hotel, in the
heart of the business district of Bemidji, at 3 a. m., forced two bell boys
and the night telephone operator to
throw up their hands and at the point
of his pistol compelled Harry Boscoe,
night clerk, to unlock the safe. This
done, the bandit forced Boscoe up
against the wall, jumped over the
counter and took the contents of the
safe, amounting to $500 in cash and
several checks.
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Dr. John T. Rogers of St. Paul was
elected president of the Minnesota
State Medical association, in session
at St. Paul. The house of delegates
endorsed the plea of Dr. G. H. Freeman, head of the state farm for inebriates at Willmar, for a new detention cottage. Other business included
a discussion of the insurance feature
of the organization, which was referred to local medical socieites
throughout the state for action.
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State banks of Minnesota increased
their deposits $19,090,098.39 in tho
last year. Comparative figures for
Aug. 9, 1913, and Sept. 12, 1914, were
issued by A. H. Turrittin, superintendent of banks, showing the condition of the banks. The net increase
in assets was $22,703,7S2.91; the total
resources on hand Sept. 12 being
$183,526,8810.12. Loans and discounts
during the year show an increase of
$21,566,0G4.21.
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Two thousand persons, patients and
attendants, in the state hospital for
insane at Fergus Falls, have been
given anti-typhoid vaccination since
January, 1913, according to Dr. C. C.
Burlingame, assistant superintendent.
Not one of the number developed typhoid fever thereafter, whereas sixteen cases of typhoid developed among
the unvaccinated in the hospital in
the same period.
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Richard W. Sears, founder of Sears,
Roebuck & Co., Chicago mail order
house, a native of Minnesota, whose
business career has been one of the
most romantic in America, died last
week in a hospital at Waukesha, Wis.
The body was taken to Minneapolis
and the interment took place in Lake-
wood cemetery. Mr. Sears was heavily interested in Minneapolis real estate.
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There was on deposit in St. Paul
banks Sept. 12 a total of $72,321,064.
This included deposits in national,
state, savings banks and trust companies. The figures were made available from reports returned to A. H.
Turrittin, state superintendent of
banks, as a result of his call for statements of business at the closing hour
Sept. 12 from all state banks.
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Herbert Johnson of St. Paul, a machinist in the Great Northern shops,
filed by petition as candidate for governor on the Industrial Labor ticket.
The petition contained 2,067 names,
The Industrial Labor party Is the remains of the old Socialist Labor organization, which failed to poll sufficient votes in 1912 to maintain its
legal standing in Minnesota,
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The safe in the postoffice at Long
Prairie was blown by cracksmen and
robbed of $300 in cash and stamps.
The blast wrecked the fixtures. The
work was evidently done by professional yeggmen who are thought to
have made their escape in an auto.
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Fifty requests for investigations of
water supplies which may cause epidemics of typhoid in as many Minnesota towns are being left untouched by
the sanitary division of the state
board of health because of lack of
funds.
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Judson Park, living near Huntley,
Faribault county, ended his life by cutting his throat. He had been adjudged insane and ordered to the St.
Peter hospital. He was fifty years
old and a pioneer of Faribault county.
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Michael Kennedy, a Civil war veteran and for twenty-four years a member of tho Minneapolis police department, is (load. He was born in Ireland seventy-five years ago and came
to Minnesota in 1861.
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Minnesota began the month of October with a cash balance of $4,058,'
7.".;!.94. Every fund, even tho revenue
fund, shows a large amount of eash
on hand.
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John A. Marlon, a prominent farmer of Somerset township, Steel*
county, was attacked by an angry bull
and Wiled.
HAPPENINGS
' HERE AND THERE
William J. Bryan will speak in Minnesota Oct. 27 in the interest of W.
S. Hammond, Democratic candidate
for governor, according to an announcement made at Democratic
state headquarters at St. Paul.
The city in which the secretary of
state will speak has not been decided
upon.
Judge Martin Wade of Iowa City,
la., also will speak in the state two
days this month.
TWO BOYS PERISH IN FIRE
APPEALS TO SUPREME COURT
Pennsylvania Woman Attacks Minnesota   Inheritance   Tax   Law.
The Minnesota inheritance tax law
has been attacked in a petition filed
with the supreme court at St. Paul by
Melvina Graff of Worthington, Pa.,
executrix of the estate of Edmund D.
Graff, who left property in St. Louis
county appraised at $489,000. The petition asks for a writ of certiorari and
asserts that the law is unconstitutional, because the title does not express
the purpose of the act.
Judge S. W. Gilpin of the St. Louis
county probate court held that the estate should pay $13,565 in taxes. Mrs.
Graff applied for a reargument and
readjustment, but this was denied.
The writ was then applied for.
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WARRING NATIONS BUY 4-
SUPPLIES  IN  ST. PAUL.    4-
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Vast quantities of supplies 4-
for delivery to England, Ger- 4-
many and France are being ne- •!•
gotiated for in St. Paul by 4-
agents of the different countries. Although the St. Paul
manufacturers and wholesalers
are reticent about the negotiations they admit of them.
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DIES FROM   BULLET WOUND
St. Paul Police Sergeant Victim of
Desperate Character.
Hans Aamond, St. Paul police sergeant, is dead from a gunshot wound
inflicted by an unidentified man he arrested a short time previously. Motorcycle Patrolman Welander is in a
critical condition from bullet wounds
inflicted by the same man.
The murderer is at large and the
police have no idea as to where he
went after his unexpected attack on
Welander. According to Chief J. J.
O'Connor there is no doubt that the
same man fired the shots at both po-
liecmen.
FORMER PASToTkILLS SELF
"Life Not Worth the Effort," He Says
in  Note.
I. H. Darnell, insurance man and
former Baptist minister, killed himself in his office at Owntomia. He
left a note informing the coroner he
was about to commit the act and stating that "life was not worth the effort."
Mr. Darnell's parents live in Philadelphia and he requested that his
body be cremated and his ashes sent
there. Financial troubles were said
to be the cause of his deed.
EBERHART STATES POSITION
Minnesota Governor Will Make No
Campaign Speeches.
Declaring charges made a ;aiast him
by William E. Lee dur:ng f>? primary
campaign were "outrpgeous falsehoods" Governor Adolph O. Eberhart
issued a statement saying that under
the. circumstances Ik- cannot make
campaign speech^? for tho i.eng Prai-
■•ie V.-'niver. The govp-uor adds, how-
:n-o!. fhat because he relieves In the.
principles of the. Republican pari.*- ha
will vote for Mr. 1 .<
COUNTY SEAT
CULLINGS.
Burned to Death While Playing In
Section   House.
While a hundred spectators watched
them pounding frantically on the windows trying to get out, Robert Heintz
and Leland hummers, both six years
old, were burned to death in a section house at Robbinsdale, a suburb
of Minneapolis.
Their charred bodies were recovered
Irom the ruins of the shanty a few-
hours later and it may be impossible
to  establish  identification.
The lads were returning home from
school in company with two other
boys when they stopped at the shanty. It is believed that the unfortunate
little fellows were locked in the place
by their two companions while playing jail.
The building was used to house a
gasoline motor tricycle and in it was
kept a quantity of gasoline. It is supposed the boys set fire to the place
while playing with matches.
(From The Transcript.)
Morrison county will receive
some time this month tlie sum
of 820,577.60 as its share of the
state school apportionment.
This means that the county has
5,716 pupils entitled to the apportionment ol 83.60 each. Or
in other words each pupil who
has been in attendance 40 days
throughout the year increases
the apportionment $3.60. The
force in the offices of State
Treasurer Smith is now busy on
the apportionment and it is
thought that checks will be
mailed out to the several counties on October 24.
The state school apportionment now being- made is made
up of funds received from the
school tax and from interest
on invested school funds controlled by the state.
Two fires occur, ed Friday
evening- at almost the same
time, one in the First ward and
one in the Fourth. The first
alarm was turned in shortly after 8 o'clock, the blaze being- in
a residence on Eighth street
near Third avenue southeast,
owned by Mrs. R. Krzau. This
is the second time withina short
period that a house owned by
her has been burned, the other
one being- located on Seventh
street northeast. The fire is
said to have been caused by the
children tipping over a lamp.
Before the firemen from the
city hall companies had finished
with this fire a second alarm
was turned in, the fire this time
being in a barn at Seventh St.
and Fourth avenue northeast,
owned by Mrs. E. C. Lane, and.
used by Sprandel Bros., owners
of the pop factory. The fire
started in the upper part of the
barn and tlie. lower part was untouched by the flames. The loss
is said to be covered by insurance.
VILLAGE COUNCIL    ADDITIONAL
PROCEEDINGS.
The village council met in regular monthly session Saturday
evening, Oct. 3rd, at 8 o'clock
p. m. All members of the council were present.
The proceedings of the last
regular meeting were read and
accepted.
The   following   bills were  allowed:
The Pierz Fire Co. for the
creamery fire 848.20
100 gallons gasoline    13.30
A resolution was passed that
all having- the Polyphase eltc-
tric light meter and are paying
less than 85.00 per month, are
to pay 50 cts. extra per month.
The Recorder was instructed
to order a new wooden tank for
fire protection.
Adjourned.
Barney Gross,
President.
J. B. Hartmann,
Recorder.
LOCAL NEWS.
A Communication.
Faust and Wolke have
leased the P. W. Blake building in lower town, in which
they intend soon to open a
hardware store. Mr. Blake
will move his stock of merchandise to Little Fails. The
uew firm intends to take possession the 15th of October.
Only a few drops of rain
fell here early Wednesday
morning, while Agram fanners report an unusually heavy
fall of rain and hail.
Herman Block has sold his
80 acre farm. Theo. Gross
lias also sold his 200 acre
farm to Henry Virnig.
Robert Gruber claims his
hogs lay down in his watering trough to cool off, last
Saturday—something he never before saw during a Minnesota October.
Herman Meyer and family
of Royalton were here Tuesday to attend tlie Stangl-
Meyer wedding.
On Wednesday, August 26th,
the town board of Agram found
it necessary to swear out a criminal warrant against me for placing three posts and three barbed
wires  in a  public   highway,   to..
,,        •     ti last  Saturday   evening  and
any one not knowing the circumstances meaning across it. The
hearing was set for above date,
Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Scoles
took in the beauties of the
county   seat   and. St.   Cloud
at justice of the peace Leo Ger-1
ritz's Little Falls.    The cjunty
Sunday.
Jos. H. Virnig is re-model-
attorney failed to be present on
that date, so adjournment of the
case was made to Aug. 29th', On
this date the town board did notiSeat was ;1 l lerz business vis
ing   his   residence   in   upper
town.
Del LeBlanc of the county
appear against me as witness,
nor the complainant, chairman
Mr. Loidolt, but the case was
yet adjourned to Aug. 31st after
demanding for dismissal on default. On Aug. 31st an adjournment was taken by agreement
to Sept. 21st. I did not employ
an attorney, was then convicted
and lined $5 CO and cost, $10.55,
all told.    I paid same.
Now be it known that this obstruction is said to be on a road
itor Friday
Several Ion [3 of potatoes
passed through the village
last Monday morning.
Our fanners have had fine
weather during the lasl few-
weeks for threshing, plowing
and corn husking.
Mrs. Nick Klyentin oi'Wat-
kius, Minn., and two sons and
These forenoon fogs make
potato digging an unpleasant
task.
The county commissioners
met last Tuesday.
The village council has
bought a new wooden tank.
which will be set up on new
steel stringers on the old
foundation, in the course of
the next few weeks. Cost of
uew tank is $850.
Freedhem News.
Hunters were plentiful here
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Schultz and Mr.
and Mrs. Schneider visited at
Borchers last Sunday.
Mrs-F. Mulve, Mrs. Kohs and
xVIrs. Fred Raatz and Ida Kohs
were callers at the E. Muncy
home Wednesday.
The auction at Fuhrmann was
well attended. The ladies joining right in with the bidding.
One young lady bought a horse.
C. Beimert dug Mr. Muncy's
potatoes last week with his potato digger.
Chas. Kohs and wife entertained Sunday. The following
guests were present: Mr. and
Mrs. Albert Borchers, Mr. and
Mrs. Ben Rychner and Mr. and
Mrs. Schneider.
Ella Wieland left last week
for Moorhead, where she will be
employed in the Columbia hotel.
There's quite a boom in Buh
town. It's getting so that the
noble young ladies are treating
the gentlemen to a pony. Well.
hip, hurra, boys there's your
chauce for a good time.
Mr. and Mrs. F. Wulve left
last Friday for their home near
Hallaug, alter a weeks visit
With their nephew and niece Mr.
and Mrs. Kohs.
KnuteNelson was a Freedhem
caller Sunday morning-.
laid out 24 years ago, but never 1 daughter   came   up  in   their
opened nor worked.    An old re-1 auto to visit   with j   K.Smith
cord is  supposed   to  show that \     d famU
this public highway was laid out!
to give   Frank  Otremba a road:     Tlie Minnesota   voter  will
to his place.   It ends in his yard  do well to put jlis »aye» aftpi.
and is about 175 rods long. High  | Amendment    No.    9 th;,t
way  claimed lbO rods to center,     ... . ,
line of section.    This road trav-   whldl Prides for tlie refolded by Mr. Otremba only, does estration of lands unstated for
not follow section   line, and has  fanning,
been claimed by him as the town ' _.
board 24 years ago refund to Johu Hoppe of WestSulii-
opensaid highway as proposed V;1U was a Pierz caller last
in petition and no town board Friday. He says tlie only
has opened a public highway on crops they raise .ire corn and
this line, in fact it is shown that   ,)otatoes. whicli   are as   good
a fence   was there and that the ,, .                    t,
, . , , as ever this year. Hunlets
ience was  never intended   to be
moved to open and work a high- are coming   and  going every
way for this one fanner. day.       There   are    plenty   of
In   renewing  a   part   of   the ducks on   tlie   lake   and any
fence it comes in east rut at three number of fish in the lake.
places,   other   places it is  from.
one half   to two   rods  away, on "Col."   Seibert of   tlie   fort
account  of  turns  in the   ro.ul. on Sullivan, was in town last
Mr. Otremba did not object. week.      He   reports   that    no
WEATJlR and
MARKCTREPORTS.
Temperature for
The last week.
Highest     Lowest
Thursday 80    51 above
Friday    78   57 above
Saturday    78 ...'.„ 57 above
Sunday 72 __        62 above
Monday    WJ 52 above
Tuesday 61 ....    39 ah
Wednesday..  70    55 above
Temperature same
Week year ago.
Temperature  for   the corresponding week a year ago:
Highest    Lowest
1913   Oet 2....5S... 34 above
"     " 3____82.  _50a:
"     "        4 62... 53 above
5 60 . _  50 above
"     " 6....60...48 aboxe
"     " 7.... 60...35above
"   Oct      8 65...46above
Grain and Produce
Harket Report.
Wheat, No. 1,         05
Wheat, No. 2	
Flax,        L.20
Barley  ..     50
Rye         75
Oats     38to 10
EarCorn       60
Hay     $5.00
Butter, Creamery ..
Dairy	
Eggs      20
Flour, Best      3.20
"    Straight      3.10
Low grade flour 1.60
Bran    L.85
Shorts   [.40
Cracked Corn 80 pounds 1.10
Ground Peed     1.40
I'otatoes L        2H
Beana _  ...     2.00
Onions        60
South St. Paul
Hog Market.
Ave. Price.
Thursday . 7.07
Friday 7.0s
Saturday 7.07
Monday	
Tuesday	
Wednesday	
South St. Paul
Live StockMarket.
Steers S7.75 to 7.-5
Cows and Heifers,si._'5 to ..('..75
Calves, steady, $5.50 to   0.75
Feeders, steadv, -.-$4.30 to
Sullivan.
attack has been  made on the
fort so far.
The New Pi.oz Hank has
on exhibition a nice specimen
of a  squash, grown 1 y Wen-
Apples will be cheap this
year.
The chairman of the board
swore out a warrant against me
for obstructing a public highway after showing obstructions
in the form of fences, gates etc.
by different owners, parlies and
town board on over, across aud
near this line, since Hie claimed delin Voigt of Kiickman. The
record of 24 years. scpiash    weighs   142   lbs. and
The board was asked by peti-  measures 6 feet   10 inches in
tion last   spring   to open the jcircumfereuce.   It was J
whole mile legally. Mr.Otremba   ju .,   (.f),..1   fiH(,   wiflll)I|t   ;mv
and myself offered them the nee- ..     ,
,     ,      .. . .    particular attention.
cessary land on the questionable   '
half mile as a dedication.
This is the only section line
one mile in length, which can be
opened easily and is not opened
in tlie town of Agram.
Henky Wueolneb.
tshier   Fiehtinger   was a
passenger Saturday.
J. L. Hohmann.  teacher of
district   78 will leave  for St.
Cloud   on   Saturday  for  an
over   Sunday   visit   with   his
With   the   decliii he family.    B.    Esch peter   will
Bmallsaw mills,lumber yards,also  leave f >ud on
in to appear.
i From 11
Henrj Rieke and wife are
making sorghum at Peter Adkins' tiiis week.
Fred Lynn brought thirty
young chickens to Pierz Friday.
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Miss Rinda Pint of Vineland
visited the past week with her
sister, Mr.s. Raymond Sims.
J. .1. Linneahan and wife, .1.
Begs, wite and child, of St.
Paul arrived in their auto last
Tuesday and will spend several
weeks here at the lake in hunting and fishing.
Henry Rieke   and    wil
moved back lo their home   mar
Lastrup.
Edna Lynn   called   at
Look's Saturday.
Barney Burton and   fainih
Little Fulls    passed    thru    lure
Sunday on their way home from
a hunting trip.
-uns and wi
ed at tin   Pint home in Vineland
Sunday.
Ole  Christianson,    111 f   Walmark and John 11
from the Dakota harvest   ti
Saturday.
There will be   Sunday   school
Suuday   at 11 in-
I of the week aft
lule.
S. I i and wife were out
making calls Sunday.