The Pierz Journal (Pierz, Morrison County, Minnesota), 1914-09-17

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JOURNAL
VOL. 6.
PIERZ. MORRISON COUNTY, MINNESOTA, SEPTEMBER 17. 1914.
NO. 14.
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HAPPENINGS
HEREjiND THERE
H. C. Warren, pioneer and
editor of the Windotn Reporter,
was accidentally shot while
hunting and died a few hours
later.
Peter Ruegemer, and old and
respected citizen of Richmond,
died at the home of his son, P.
P. Ruegemer, Wednesday morning.
Barrett & Zimmermau, St.
Paul horse dealers, have closed
a contract to fiurnish 20,000
head of horses to one of the
belligerent governments for use
in the war.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Z. Mitchell arrived  at   St.    Cloud   from
"'Hibbing Tuesday evening and
Mr. Mitchell resumed bis former
position as city editor of the
Journal-Press.
John Emmerich, of St. Cloud,
"''died at the St. Raphael's hospital Sunday evening, at the
age of forty-nine. He was one
of'tlie tirst white children born
in Stearhs, and made it his home
until lie died.
Work has commenced on building the Northern Pacitic into
Red Lake Palls. The job is
not a big one, the contract calling for the moving of only 2,000
yards of ground. Otto Zaiser
is doing the work.
' George Bracken, aged 35 years
and employed in the Swift
bakery at Sauk Centre, while at
work at the bread mixei sustained a badly larcerated hand,
and the amputation of a few
fingers on his hand was necessary.
The school board at Wahkcn
have decided that dishes, silverware and table linen would be
added to the domestic science
equipment. In the near future,
a sewing machine will be installed and provisions are being
made for a lifting room.
J. R. Kolliner received a telegram from his brother, Max
Kolliner, who arrived safely
with his wife and son, September 7, at New York on the
steamer Rotterdam, from Rotterdam. They will arrive in
Stillwater this week.
Joseph Bockhorni, a well
known salesman o( St. Cloud,
recently received a letter from
his sister, who lives in Bremen,
Germany, stating that two
brothers who operated a large
glass manufacturing plant in
Neurenberg, Germany, were
killed in the bloody battle
fought recently at Mulhausen.
Mildred, the 9-year-old daugh-
er of Mr. and Mrs. 'Austin Koslosky of Little Falls, was seriously injured Wednesday noon
when she was struck by a delivery cart at the alley opening
6n Broadway between Fisst and
Second streets northeast. Her
skull was fractured and she may
have sustained other injuries,
the extent of which cannot be
ascertained at present.
Peter Smith, the youth who
pleaded guilty, at St. Cloud, to
horse stealing alter a young
woman informed the sheritf aud
county attorney that he had
$T30, was taken to the reformatory by Sheriff Schoener. Smith
stoutly denied taking the animal
from the barn of Anton Weber
of Paynesville, whose employ
he had It'll on the night the
horse disappeared.
HAPPENINGS
HERE AND THERE.
Akeley will incorporate in
order to have an electric light
and water plant.
Two young men robbed a
sleeping car of a section crew
at Osakis and are doing time
for the $35 and two razors that
they secured.
The highest price for farm
land in Wadena county was
reached recently when ten acres
of land near Sebeka sold for
$155 per acre.
All vehicles at Brainerd must
pay a wheel age tax and carry a
tag. The fees go to make up a
street maintenance and repair
tund, and are fixed by a city
ordinance,
A drive of 55,000,000 feet of
timber passed down the Mississippi from Grand Rapids to
Minneapolis recently the largest
drive that will ever come down
the river.
The sheriff's office at Brainerd
has made a wide search for the
miscreant who murderously at-
tacked Nellie Tollefson, the 14-
year-old daughter of Mr, and
Mrs. Ole Tollefson at their farm
near Klondike.
Two men with a counterfeiting outfit were arrested at Dm
luth. They are believed to be
the men who have passed bogus
money through the state some
of which the Brainerd merchants got hold of. Some of the
lead dollars were found on the
men's clothes.
Because of the fact that one
of the side street pool halls in
St. Cloud allowed a lad in knee
trousers, and about 16 years of
age, to shake dice in the place,
and lose a little over a dollar
on the game, the police have
ordered all dice throwing in all
halls in the city to be   stopped.
The Soo line has installed
telephones in its static ns all
along the line to be use in case
of a strike by the operators.
The operator's union has   voted
COUNTY SE4T
CULLINGS.
(From The Transcript.)
Three men who robbed an out-
tit car at Lincoln, Tuesday forenoon and of whom Hubert Freis-
inger went in pursuit, were
captured by him at Gregory
later the same day. The men
had run that far after escaping
as Friesinger was taking them
and 21 others off a freight train
at Little Falls. The officer got
them -by taking a freight to
Gregory.
The two cases of Stephen
Lepinski against Michael Le=
pinski were tried in district
court Thursday. The first was
an action for wages which the
plaintiff claims is due him and
this case has been given to the
jury, The second is an action
for replevin of a horse and is
now being heard. The defendant is the plaintiff's father.
District court convened at 9
o'clock Monday morning after
resting over Sunday and the
jury in the case of Peter Blake
vs. Mrs. Catherine Stumpf
brought in a verdict for the de-
feudent, In this action the
plaintiff sued for $2,000 which
he claimed was due on notes.
The plaintiff will move for a
new trial,
There are more male teachers
in the schools of Morrison
county than there were last
year, according to the figures
in the report of County Super=
inteudent M, E. Barnes to the
superintendent of education.
This is somewhat unusual, as
most instances the number of
male teachers is decreasing.
The report also shows that the
average salary of teachers is
greater.
Two moose were^__ea—near
Randall recently by a traveling
man who makes Little Falls,
according to his statement. He
was going from this city to
Staples, he says, and the train
was near Randall when he saw
the  two  animals,  a   cow and a
VILLAGE LIGHT      'HE RETURNS
REPORT.       FROM EUROPE.
Following will be found a list
Carl Wengler, now visiting at
of  the   patrons   of   the electric C. A. Virnig's,   reports that his
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light   service,   and   the amount stepfather,   John Bungert,   had
in cash that each   one' paid for'shortly   returned   from Europe.
juice during the past month
Angermeier  M	
Bares,   Hubert	
Blake,  P. W	
Bentfeld, Adam  . .     ...
Borg-erding J, & Co	
Brust,   Hubert	
Blake,   Mrs. J. M	
Boser John  	
Brandl,   Frank A	
Brummer Norbert . ...
Blake, J. M. postoffice..
Burton, Barney
"My  father," says  Carl,  "had
C        AC  i
6 3Q some difficulty in getting out of
85  Germany   on   account   of  poor
1 ™ train  service.     Traffic  is   par-
ys  alyzed   and     all     tlie    rolling
1 2° stock is used   in mobilizing  the
l 20,
85army and army equipment.    He
K5| counted   145  trains  of soldiers
,„:{leave   the city of  Trier in  one
1  80 |
jWEAl     AND
LOCAL NEWS.   MAR^T REPORTS.
Boehm, John store       2 io evening.    In the  English chan-
2 ?o nei be saw the masts of four guu-
.... 651
A 70 boats,   which had been  sunk in
.1 50[shallow water.    In crossing the
Boehm John house	
Boehm Engelbert ,
jjrisk & §chramel,. . , , ,	
Ijombovy,   John  	
Duncan, R. M.   house	
Duncan, R.  M.   store	
Eller,   William	
Faust, A	
Faust,  Frank store & hall...
Paus.t Frank ho,us.e & §al- • ■   <
Faust Bra*.       l 80'as a signal to stop.    After the
1 70
Atlantic,   his ship   was  tired at
75'no less than six times by british
cruisers..    These   were warning
2 70 !
4 ?Q
4 60 shots fired  in front of his ship
Faust John N.
Gau, Henry  	
Grell,   Frank store	
Grell Frank house	
Grell, John H. house,. ..
Grell, Jghn H, salqqii..
Grell, Joseph H, store . ,
Qrell Jos, H. house	
Grave),  Charles  K	
German Sate Bank	
Gau, John house  	
Gassert,  Henry.
1 20 • commander  of the  cruiser   was
25 j
l 60 satisfied that ours was a neutral
1 40 j ship, we  were allowed to   pro-
-^leeed,     These   cruisers   always
1 io came upon them suddenly under
1 40 '
3 50
Mrs. Anton Smith of Ely,
Minn., is here visiting her
parents, C. A. Virnig and
wife.
Miss Cathryne Stumpf re-
Temperature for
The last week.
Highest      Lowest
Thursday 05    51 above
Friday    71 53 above
Saturday    68  52 al
turned    home    after   a    two Sunday
 62..
weeks   visit  at  Little  Falls
and Staples.
Rural routes Nos. 1, 3 and
4 will start hauling the mail
at 7:30 A. M., instead of 12:30
P. M., after the first of the
month.
The   hunters from   out of
50 al>
Monday    67 50 above
Tuesday 71
Wednesday.. 80 61 ab
Temperature same
Week year ago.
Temperature  for   the corresponding week a year ago:
Highest    Lowest
town are all gone,  the  most 1913   Sep   tl....70... 48 above
'     "        12....68.  -38 above
1     "       13....70... 42 above
14.... 70- 52 above
15 70— 52 abo
16 69-_- 45ab(
'    "      17.... 70... 45 above
of them witli empty game-
bags. Birds were not plentiful this year.
full steam,   two from each side,
2 io ! with the guns   ready for action.
45. The last   time his  ship was ap-
j7a Hartnwin'.'.',' i SO | D«>acbed by gunboats  just out-
4 90 side the three-mile limit of New
3 10iYork harbor,
2 50
95
to   strike   unless   the   Soo will fawn, standing near the  tracks
meet with its demand and  they I ancl  contentedly watching   the
are apt to go out at any time.
Ninety-three per cent of the
operators employed on the Soo
favor the strike.
Henry Kilian of St. Cloud,
disposed of his Landing Stock
& Dairy farm three miles south
of the city to Otto Werner of
Marshall. The Kilian farm
comprises 210 acres, about one-
half under plow. The consideration was $15,960, or $76 an
acre. The farm has been a
Kilian family possession since
its first tenancy. Mr. Kilian's
father pre empted the tract and
it still serves as a homestead.
train pass. Little Falls, it
would seem, has plenty of cow
moose here and in its immediate
vicinity, but the efforts of the
park authorities are at present
directed toward securing a bull.
The tirst huntining accident
of the season occurred Wednesday near Royalton when Robert
McLeod of that place was shot
by a companion. His wounds
are propably not serious. The
The party of which Mr. McLeod
was a member was out after
prairie chickens and he was
partly concealed by some bushes
when   a   bird  rose between him
1 30
1 40
55
1 20
55
45
55
1 80
65
35
2 60
85
75
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Sullivan News.
Hartmann, P. A.   store  	
Hartmann, P. A.  house	
Hoheisel, John   saloon  	
Mr. Kast	
Kerkhoh0, K, H, Journal	
Kerkhoff, 13. H.  house	
Jac Kiewel Brewing   Co	
Koering, Herman	
Kainz, Andrew   Sr.,    .,
Lairger, John Jr.,	
lvok.owit.seh,   Mike	
Marshik Frank  	
Meyer,  Joseph	
Meyer, Mike.	
Neisius, Jacob	
Nohner, Mrs.   Clara	
N. W. Telephone Kxchanj^eCo
Paul, Henry  ....
Preimesberger, John W	
Poster, P. L	
Preimesberger.  Stephen	
Pliilippi John 	
Rich Prairie MiUiny Co	
Seoles,   R,   C	
Stoll, A.   P	
St. Joseph's Cong, house	
St. Joseph's Corp.   church....
Staub Nick	
Smith, J. F., & Son        3 40, Penueman,    George
Ed. Lamote came up from
Minneapolis Monday and on
Tuesday he left for his farm
at Christinas lake, where he
will hunt chickens for a few
days.
Mrs. W. J. Mosgrove of
Winnipeg, Canada,   took the j Wheat, No. 2
train yesterday  lor her home'1
Grain and Produce
Harket Report.
Wheat, No. 1,     1.00
         98
1.35
after   a   few   weeks' visit   at
Barley _.     ,">o
C. E. Look home at Sullivan.|oats~"
T  ,       r*.    , c,n- i Ear Corn       60
John Lischner ot Chicago, i „
.   ..        , . 8';Hay $5.00
a relative of,   ami a frequent   Butteri Creamery ..
"Cap" Gravel, A. 1'.
Ig.   Vonderhaar   of
Messrs.
Stoll ( and
Pierz were seen going through
our burg Sunday. Chickens were
the game they were after.
A party sf  four hunters spent
Sunday night at Peter Adkins'. j
|     Schwitz and   Dykeman failed
visitor al the homes of Math.
and Mike Thommes. is strand-
1)
airy ..
Eggs
       20
	
ed in Germany  and has not jPiour'Best.       3.20
been   heard    from    for   six1    '    stnii^rllt     3-10
, Low grade flour 1.(50
Bran ,  ...1
Nick Hennen returned last
Shorts   1.40
to come   to our ball   game Sun-
^ day.    So  the girls  played   the National G. A. R. convention
l 00 j boys as usual, and as usual 'and   was  a   marcher   in   the
l 00 J beat   them.    With   the  practice
1 40 they have had this summer they
1 45
„ , .'should be  playing   against   the
-  40 |
Pierz nine next year.
Cracked Corn 80 pounds 1. K)
Monday from Mu-hian. where n , ,,-,    ,
Ground reed     1.10
he visited for  the past   three Potatoes. 55
Nick   attended   the ', Beans 	
Onions        HO
weeks.
2 40
2 oo
l oo
Tembruell,  Christ.
Messrs.  Wesley   Waller, Will
and   Giles
l oo ! Leigh and the Misses Alice and
grand parade of tlie veterans.
Tlie pole bearing tlie transformers at Math. Thommes'
place caught fire from a live
wire  last   Sunday   morning
and was weakened to such aui1''rici;iy-
South St. Paul
Hog Market.
Ave.  Pi
Thursday    h (>:>
Virnig F.  'X
Virnig, F. X. & Co...
Virnig,   Joseph H.. ..
Vonder Haar, Mrs. A
Wermerskirchen, M..
P. Wise '
Ziegler, John   house.
A. P. STOLL,
Secretary and Treasurer.
2 ""| Nickleson of Ockley were at the
4 40
85
55
lake for an outing Sunday.
Tembruell, A       l oo j Julia   Leigh  of  Hillman,  Julia extent  that the   heavy 1 rans-
formers crashed to the ground.
A crew of (xorden's men came
out Monday morning and repaired the damage.
Messrs.   McGreger    and   Dr.
Q     "2(1  '
..  Lewis of   St. Cloud,   Brunett of
35 Pierz,   Roy   Dragoo,   Peterson.
'Hanson  and  Johnson  of   Sauk
Platte News.
School commenced in dist. 71,
Monday with Miss Lemay of
Little Palls as teacher.
Miss Cora Scott arrived here
Saturday, after visiting with
relatives in the northern part of
the state.
Rapids, stopped   at Mrs. Ford's
Sunday night.
"Say, ma, that new lady in
the house next  door gave me
a piece of pie." said a certain
School  opened in   West Sulli- j Pierz iittle boy tjlt, otller (|av
van Monday with   Mrs. Berken-1 ,.T hope you thanked her very
dahl ol Vineland as teacher. ,..   ,     -.      .. ,,        . , , .
politely tor it,     said Ins mo-
Four auto  loads were seen at! tht»r.     "Yes'm."     "What did
Saturday 8. 16
Monday	
Tuesday 8.12
Wednesday 8.10
South St. P*ul
Live .btockMarket.
Steers $7.75 to 7.85
Cows and Heifers,$4.25 to ..6.75
Calves, steady, $5.50 to   0.75
Feeders, steady, ...$4.30 to 7.00
Henry   Smith's   place   Sunday
morning.
H.   C.   Smith   spent  Monday
night at C. E. Look's.
Mrs    Raymond   Sims,   Edna
'   Quite a few of our boys came aQ(i Doretllv   Lymi visited at T
back from   Dakota, saying that
it rains there every day.
you say toher''' *"I said I
wished pop had met her 'fore
lie got 'quainted with you.':
Royalton Banner:    \Ve are
in  receipt  of a letter  from
If you want  potatoes for din
ner in a hurry call on Mrs. Geo.
Sigette and Emma Reese;   they
know how to get  them.    Killed
a snake while at it too.
Gruber-Meyer.
Edward Gruber and [Catherine
Meyer were married Tuesday
morning at nine o'clock by Rev.
J. G. Stiegler in the St. Joseph's
S. Look's Monday afterno n.        Mrs. Wm. Estey of Chewelah,  dmrc ,,     M;iUl   Gruber  brothef
...     ,, T     ,   ,  r. ,     ti   ] Wash., announcing the death
Miss Mazie   Look left   lor St '
Cloud  Tuesday, where  she Will|of het   brother, Fred   Gakin,
attend the normal this year.
Raymond   Sims   had the  misfortune to lose a valuable horse
A   man   in   the northern part: and   one   of   the other members |     A yoimg man   in this part   of j Tuesday.
of  the   state   offered to sell his ! of   the   party.     The latter shot j the county got a card the other |     Miss Adtlie Brovvn left for her
farm on a peculiar crop payment plan. It was as follows:
The buyer would be required to
plant   and   grow   each  year po-
and the charge struck McLeod
in the left shoulder and in the
chest and throat. Forty-eight
shot   lodged   under   the    skin,
which occurred at her home
the morning of Sept. 6, from
heart disease. Mr. Grakin,
who was formerly a resident
of both tiiis village and Buck-
man, was born in Germany.
and was 64 years of age.
tatoes on each 10th acre the ' some of them dangerously close
same to be delivered at the to the veins in the throat,
station and to apply on purchase
price. No other payments required nor could the farm be
taken back so long as the potatoes were delivered as specified.
This farmer evidently has faith
both in the laud and the potato
business.
Albert  Hoistrom  of Badg-
A Good Motto,
Early to bed and early to rise,
cut the weeds and swat the Hies,
mind your own business and tell
no lies, don't drink booze nor
deceive   your   wives:    pay your
day   which    very   near   tickled   h(jme in Hopkins Tuesday,
him to death.   Some card ! to do j
I anything like that. R.M.Pope  of   Mora,  Minn.,
'accompanied by a gentleman of
Well,    were   commencing   to A,. ,. ,     , •
[Minneapolis,    were   looking   at   ,,],,.,.,.. ;„   ),.;,,,
hear rumors about a dance soon. ' ,      ,.      ...       . .  ..     ,        aiwajre  iu   mm
some  land m   this  vicinity
Thursday.
away upon every side.   1 hey
Two cattle   buyer* of Onamia   work   withou(    ,',ay.   nmiisii
drove through here Friday-
Its about   time we were getting
lively again.
Say there, West Bull ! I was
home Sunday all day and didn't
get no apples. Disapointed ?
Well I guess yes.
The   hammer   brigade  are
Listen and
you can   hear them   knowing
pay,
their own rations,  and never
take a   layoff.    They are the
to the groom, was best man and
Annie Meyer, sister to the bride,
acted as bridesmaid.    Tlie v
ding was celebrated at the home
of the bride in the villas
Mr.Gruber and wife will make
their home in Dixville.
Mr. and Mrs. Julius Adams most presistent people on
Little falling snowstorms, cold 0f   St.   Cloud   with   Mr. and earth.    Every   one   of   them
spells that last, jMr8. Juliue ,J. Baron of Miu- has an idea that   his own lit-
Make the kitchen wood box emp
ty pretty fast'.
debts  and   advertise, buy from      Mrs. Geo. Sigette called at C.
the   men   that  have enterprise,   Reese's Monday moraing.
er,    Minn.,   is    now    visiting  keep your mouth shut but  keep.     Say. 1 wonder if its my Buclc-
witll  his   brothel' (). Ri.   Hoi-   open your   eyes,   and   you'll   be  man   friend that's   going to  get
Ineapolis, were the occupants tie  carpet-tack   driver   is  a
of an automobile which struck maul.    But I have observed
•down  and   fatally   injured a that     woodpeckers     seldom
•man giving his name as Berg- harm a living tree.    They al-
lund. late Saturday   night in  ways   make   their  big  i.
strom and family.
healthy, wealthy and wise".   Ex.   married soon.
Minneapolis.
upon a dead branch.
The Value ot a Receipt.
An Indian once had occasion
to pay a lawyer some money for
which be demanded a receipt.
The lawyer told him that if he
would explain the value of a
receipt lie would give him one.
The   Indian   replied: die,
ine go to happy hunting ground,
me went in: the Great Spirit
say:    You n. that mc
Me   say   me   did.    1 -how
receipt. Then me have to hunt
all over li—-1 to tind you. He
got his receipt.