The Pierz Journal (Pierz, Morrison County, Minnesota), 1914-09-24

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JOURNAL
VOL. 6.
PIERZ, MORRISON COUNTY, MINNESOTA,  SEPTEMBER 24, 1914.
NO. 15.
EED POTATO TIME IS MERE.
Now is the time to, select seed-potatoes.
The average potato yield in Minnesota is less than 100
bushels to the acre.    It might as well be 200.
The way to make a start for this goal is to select seed-
potatoes now, from the hills; not after the crop has been harvested, says C. E. Brown, Field Crop Specialist ot the College
of Agriculture.
If seed corn can be selected best from the standing stalks
in the fields, seed potatoes can be selected best from the hills,
because in selecting from the hills one can note whether a hill in
any case runs to many good, marketable sized potatoes, or to
unevenness in size and shape, or to small stunted tubers. By
taking potatoes from hills showing a tendency to large yield,
evenness in size, regularity in shape, and freedom from disease,
one gets seed that will give hills containing that kind of seed.
Here are some results of hill selection as tried at the
University of Ohio:
Yield of 100 Hills in Pounds.
Seed from
Best hills
Poor hills
Average
Seed selected from the best hills, in other words, yielded
25 per cent more than seed from average hills, and 89 per cent
more than seed from the poor hills.
On the strength of this and similar experiments, the
Minnesota College of Agriculture recommends that potato-growers dig by hand enough of their best hills for seed next year. If
it means a gain of 25 cents on every dollar heretofore received
from one potato field, it will be well worth digging.
/ Don't fail to select tubers of good type, from hills showing a run of that kind of potatoes, and showing strong healthy
vines.    Avoid disease-infected tubers.
Store seed potatoes in a dry, cool place, where they will
not freeze or get too warm.
Select now—before October 1st. Write for Extension
Bulletin No. 50, on the Seed Potato Plot. Every Earmers' club
should boost for seed potato selection during seed potato time.
15
HAPPENING
HERE AND THERE.
COUNTY SEAT
CULLINGS.
The  Stearns   county   fair   of
1914 at Sauk Centre was a tinan-
(From The Transcript.)
A marriage license was issued
cial success.   St. Cloud day  es- j Friday to John Stangl and   An-
tablished the year's record with ' nie Meyer.
1901
1905
1906
3 Years Average
125
173
116
138
84
75
61
73
115
136
79
110
Platte News.
Well, after the farmers have
fed the prairie slackens all year,
the big bugs come out and kill
them off, while the farmers hardly get enough for a meal. Yes,
we're thankful. Please come
out in haying time too and help
make hay.
Misses Cora Scott, SaraEvch-
ner and Marceline Lemay and
Theodore Rychner called at C.
Reese's Saturday evening.
Miss Mary Sigette visited with
her parents Sunday.
Peter ank John Johnson and
Oscar Sanded visited at Swan
Riyer a few days last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Richner
allied at Chas. Young's in Gravelville Sunday.
Mr. Andrew Nelson, Mrs. Effie
Peterson and the Misses Holf-
stead and Reese called at Theo.
Rychner's Sunday afternoon.
Prank  Brisk  and Prank  Sa-
V     garski returned from the Dakota's Friday.
Miss Frances Valentiue visited with Miss Johanna Ebertows-
ki Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. John Finneman
stopped here a short while Sunday enroute home from Lastrup
where they attended church.
Peter Boser and Ed. Stuekmeyer were fishing Sunday at
Sullivan. They stopped at our
"wet place" a short time on
their way home.
Born—To Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Brisk last Thursday night, a
daughter.
If all the sports of Platte town
were put together on a rim, all
who would see them, would say,
"Heavens" and "Amen."
A Mr. and Mrs. Math. Valentine
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Sigette, Mr.
and.Mrs. Ben Richner and Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Kluetsch and
family pleasantly surprised Ch.
Reese Wednesday evening, the
occassion being his 47th birthday.
S. J. Lamotte of Minneapolis,
brought a party out to look over
his Christmas lake property the
first of the week.
Geo. Leigh, who has been employed on the road G. W.Waller
is building in Richardson, returned to his home in Hillman
Friday.
Mrs. Grier and Miss Elizabeth
Waller visited in Pierz last
Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. V. Bruber and
John Dorman made a business
trip to Pierz Thursday.
Geo. Waller visited inHillman
Saturday last.
Mrs. Ernest Goble and Bessie
Grier, who have had charge of
the road camp in Richardson,
spent Sunday at home.
The S. D. Wood and Probasco
families spent Sunday at Geo.
Wood's.
Miss Bessie Benton went to
Hillman Sunday.
John Dorman his wife and Roy
Benton made a trip to Pierz last
Friday-
6,000 on the grounds and §800
cash receipts for the day over
and above the season ticket admissions.
Ben G. Koenig of St. Cloud is
made the defendant in a divorce
action started against him by
his wife, Anna G. Koenig,
..charging him with cruel treatment. The plaintiff, Mrs. Koenig, is 39 years of age, and her
husband is 46. They have been
married since October 26, 1897,
and have two children.
The contract for the grading
of the Minnesota & Central Minnesota railway from St. Cloud
to Kimball and Fair Haven has
been let to S. J. Groves & Sons
of Minneapolis. The estimate
calls for the removal of about
160,000 yards of earth, and work
is to begin as soon as ten miles
of right-of-way is  obtained.
As the result of a brawl between farm hands arising out of j Friday. This case is an action
the European war, Paul Free- j for §332j wnicn the complainant
man, aged 34, of german parent- C]aims is due on a livery ac-
age, is in the St. Francis hos- CQUnti The defence is that the
pital at Breckenridge with ^ accomit Wils lTd[d [n m-2 Up to
gunshot    wound    through   the j that yeaf aQd tbat  the    ^T^
body, and Fred   Eaton,   21,   ^ j now due is about $20.
Englishman, is in the   Richland
The next session of the dairy
school at the Minnesota college
of agriculture will open November 9, 1914, and continue for
five weeks. The first four weeks
will be given to a study of butter and cheese making, and the
last week almost wholly to icecream.
Harry Knowles, 23 years old,
a brake man employed on the
Northern Pacific road, was
killed in the yards here Monday when he fell from a load of
telegraph poles. Two heavy
loaded trucks passed over his
body. The boy is the son of
Fred Knowles, of Staples, one
of the oldest conductors on the
Northern Pacific.
The case of F. P. Farrow
against Samuel Trebby, which
was taken up Thursday by the
district court, was given to the
jury a few minutes before  noon
THE SECOND
CREAMERY FIRE.
ADDITIONAL
About 8:45 o'clock Monday
evening fire was discovered in
the Farmers' creamery. The
fire bells at once summoned together the village fire department which in spite of the low
water supply quickly put the
finishing touches to the ambitious blaze. Fire, distinguishes
were used tirst, and a slow and
steady stream of water playing
on the isolated flames quickly
put an end to what might have
been another total destruction
of product of our farmers' good
efforts.
The origin of the tire, according to those who have studied
from every angle the possibilit}'
of its source from the boiler,
was not accidental.
Buttermaker Bayer left the
plant about 7 P. M.; judging
from the extent of the damage
at the time of the discovery at
8:45, the tire must have started
shortly after Mr. Bayer left.
The damage is estimated at
about $500.
Representatives of the insurance company were here jester-
day to appraise and adjust the
claim.
LOCAL NEWS.
Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Scoles
were Little Falls visitors last
Sunday.
Thomas Feucht Left forthe
St. John's university last
Thursday.
Miss Lillian Schauble is
visiting in St.Cloud and Sauk
Rapids this week.
Mrs. JohnErbe of Bowdles,
S. Dak., is her visiting her
brothers, Frank and Engelbert Boehm.
Barney and John Eller completed a new residence yesterday for Frank Otremba.
Tlie demension of the building is 16 by 24 feet, and it
was built in 17 days. They
will now erect a barn for
John Leeb, just east of the
village.
WEATiEit AND
MARKETJEPORTS.
Temperature for
The last week.
Highest
Thursday  75...
Friday    75...
Saturday    ft
Sunday !*1 ._
Lowest
_  45 above
. 44 above
58 al-
64 above
Monday	
Tuesday	
Wednesday
75 64 above
15 above
69    35 above
county jail in Wahpeton, awaiting the result of the medical
treatment of Freeman, who
may die.
Cold Spring, Sept. 16.—After
firing one charge of high explosives and failing to penetrate
the door of the safe in the post
office, a would-be safe blower
was frightened away before gaining entrance to the safe early
this morning. A muffled report
was heard about 12:30, but when
investigation was commenced
the work of the safe blower and
the safe blower could not be
found.
Bank No. 755.
Statement   of   the   condition of
GERMAN STATE  BANK OF  PIERZ
Pierz, Minn., at close   of   business   on
September 12th, ll)14.
Date of call by   Supt. Sept.  15th  1914.
Date of report by  bank Sept.  18,  1914.
Rucker News,
Roy Benton is back fromNorth
Dakota, reaching here Saturday.
The telephone   is  progressing
* rapidly now,— the wire is almost
strung.
Freedhem News.
Well, correspondent just woke
Up after a long summers retirement.
Mr. and Mrs. H. Bloom and
family were guests at the And-
Nelson home last Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Muncy and sister, Mrs.
H. Wuellner spent Friday afternoon with Mrs. Kohs.
Martin  Olson,   John  Winter
quist,   Henry Bloom  and Oscar
Olson left last  week for the potato fields in   the northern part
of the state.
C Kohs and wife attended
service and mission festival at
Little Falls Sunday.
Mrs. Chr. Johnson and daughters Mayme and Ethel and the
Misses Viola Muncy and Emma
Zimmerman were Tuesday after
noon guests at the Kohs home.
Mr. and Mrs. Moehler, Joe
Lindberg and Floyd Strand
were Pierz callers Saturday.
Carl   Johnson   returned   last
week" from the cities after a
week's visit, also attending the
state fair.
RESOURCES
Loans and Discounts
Overdrafts
U. S. Bonds, Par
Banking House, Furniture
and Fixtures
Due from Banks. . $25,625.56
Cash on Hand      11,718.51
Total Cash Assets
Checks and Cash Items
After the disposal of the.watermelon case Wednesday, when
the jury brought in a verdict of
j not guilty, the Blake case was
j taken up and the jury returned
a verdict for the plaintiff m the
full amount of the suit, which,
with $4(5 allowed for attorney
fees, amounted to over SilOO.
This was an action to recover
money which the plaintiff
claimed was due on a promissory note. Peter W. Blake
was the plaintiff and Adelaide
Blake was the defendant.
Irven Stith, the 25-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Stith
of Swanville, attempted to
commit suicide at the home of
his parents Sunday afternoon
by slashing his throat with a
razor and is in a very critical
Condition with little hopes for
recovery. Mr. Stith has been
in very poor health the past
few months, suffering from epileptic tits, and this is thought
! to be the cause of   his   attempt
Mrs. Bergerhausen Dead.
Francisca Bergerhausen died
last Saturday from a paralytic
stroke, at the age of 67.
Mrs. Bergerhausen was born
in Schoenborndorf, Bohemia,
came to America in 1869 and
lived two years in the state
of Iowa. In the year 1H71 she
came to Pierz and married Win.
Bergerhausen, who preceded
her to the further shore 19 years
ago.    They had no children.
Funeral services were read by
Rev. J. G. Stiegler Monday
morning and burial took place
in St. Joseph's cemetery under
the auspices of the Christian
Mothers society, of which she
was a member.
There isone thing that hunters should remember this
fall, and that is the new federal law, which prohibits the
shooting of all game birds
before sunrise and after sunset. Also under this new
law, all insectivorous birds,
such as black birds, etc., are
not allowed to be shot, and
will be protected indefinite] y.
Fanned-tailed pigeon, cranes,
swans, curlew, smaller shore
birds and woodduck are protected until 1918. It is also
to be remembered iu connection with this fact the federal
law   provides  a much   more
Temperature same
Week year ago.
Temperature   for   the  cor
ponding week a year ago:
Highest    Lowest
1913 Sep 18..    70— 46 above
" "       19._._60.
" " 20—.50--
" " 21.... 50..
" " 22 ...
" " 23
" " 21
~>4 a I
36 al
32 ai
21 abo
45 32 above
48...39 above
Grain and Produce
Harket Report.
Wheat, No. 1,     1.00
Wheat, No. 2	
Flax,        1.35
Barley ._    50
Rye       79
Oats      88
EarCorn       80
Hay $5.00
Butter, Creamery ..
"'      Dairy       20
Eggs      2o
Flour, Best     8.20
"    Straight      3.10
Low grade flour L.00
Bran I
Shorts   1.40
Cracked Corn 80 pounds 1.40
Ground Feed      1.40
Potatoes        35
Beans .	
Onions 1        60
severe   penalty   and   dealing! South St. Paul
Hog Market.
All who were   intimately   acquainted with Mrs.   Bergerhaus-1 bornly refuses to give any of
en, aver that "her life was gen
with a United States Marshal
or Judge is  considerable dif-
6 Ave. Bncr.
ferent   than dealing   with  a Thursday-.J   B.40
constable  or  justice   of   the. Friday	
peace. j Saturday  ...
[Monday	
Some   complaint has come. Tuesday 8.87
regarding the   giving of half Wednesday	
the road   in case of au auto-   __ =====
mobile  coming up behind a South St. Paul
team.  The parties claim that Live StockMarkct.
when they come up behind a ******    -"■-- *7'7:' to
,, ,, .,, , .     Cows and Heifers,$4.28 to
fellow   with a team   he stub
tie and   her  soul   sincere"   and
Calves, steady, $5.50 to   9.75
Feeders, steady, ...$4.30 to
Cigar Factory For Pierz.
Jos. Spier    of    Freeport   and
5142,831.82
737.12
$1,000.00! to take his life, as he   had   sev
era! tits the same day.
1,000,00
,344.07
37.75
Mason, Burgeson and Webb,
who were arraigned in district
court,   at  Little    Falls,   on   a
the road,  no matter if there
IS plenty of room to turn out.
we may all rest assured that a|Now the law recognizes the
just reward has been meted   out rights of  both tlie man with
for her many Christian  virtues,  the  team   and the man   with Jo..  Mai.tilli of   S1    rUjur,
In the   words   ot   Iowa's   most, the  auto,   and    these   rights  here preparing to open  a  ci
gifted bard: should be   respected.     There factory.    They   have     nig
••There is no  death.  The suns go|are plenty of  men  who are rooms over the  Brandl   bar
down running autos, who should be s|101, in   t|„.   Mi8CnKe   building
To rise upon some fairer  ,horc: driving    OX     teams    and    VICO j a„d
And bright   in (leaven's jeivele.l   orowtl
They shine forever.nore.
"There is no death.    An Angel form
have already installed
versa, but all men should not|8ome 0f their parasharnalia.
be   treated  that   way.     The The outlook, according   to   Mr.
law says that  when a man is
LIABILITIES
Capital Stock
Undivided Profits, Net
Deposits
Total. .
Walks o'er the earth with silent   tread.
tit hear, our best loved things away.   OVCl'tak.Ml b\   a   faster Vehicle,
charge of stealing watermellons  And then we caU them ''dead." the man   driving  the   slower
vehicle   shall   turn   out   and
give half of the beaten path.
Total .. S182.950.76 worth $75 from a freight car   at:    ..Born ilUo that „ndying life.
Gushing, were acquitted.   These ; They leave us but to oome again
at-
a
$12,000.00' three,   with  another,   then
ZUkT  tempted to   steal   a   ride   on
1/0,133. /S
freight train out of the city and
8182,950.76 '
Amount of reserve on hand    537.444.07
Amount of reserve required
by law
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STATE OK MINNESOTA
County ok Morrison
We, P. A. Hartmann. Vice Pres.
and A. P. Stoll Cashier of the above
named Bank, do solemnly swear that
the above statement Lo true lo tlie best
of our knowledge and belief.
P. A. HARTMANN,
Vice President.
A. P. STOLL, Cashier.
Subscribed  and sworn  to before ine
this 18th day of September 1914.
| Seal| FRANK GRELL
Notary Public.
were     re-arrested     by    Hubert;
j Friesinger and   brought   before
$10,290.80 • Justice Gerritz, who fined  them I
$5 and costs each,   with   an   alternative of spending ten   days
in the county jail.
With joy we welcome them—the same.
Except in sin and pain.
"And ever near us.   though   uns
The dear,  immortal   spirits    tread.
For all the boundless universe
IS LIFE—there are no  DEAD."'
ss
2ttr Btfachtmuj.
Sonntag,October 4teu wird
Nachmittags inn 3 I'iir, in
Faust's Halle eine Versamm-
lung  statttinden. zu   der die
iv. und I
Boser-Yirnig.
Herman Boser".   youiigo "lid   hi lidlichst
Spear, is encouraging, if tin-
dealers in Pier/.. Buckman ami
Lastrup give them a reasonable
share of their trade. I
overstock can now and then
disposed of in towns up aud
down the Soo. Mr. Martini is a
man of 'amily.
The name of the linn will be
The Pi-iv. G'gai  I
In behalf of tlie citizens of
Pierz. the Journal extends to
Mr. Spier and Mr. Martini the
hand of ne. ___
•ken Boser,"    and    Ade-   eilr DerZw
-nig. daughter of Adam  dieser Yersauunlung   ist
were     married    in    St.   willige    Beit rage   /ill'   I'lit
J. L. Hohmann of SCCloud   alllc \
arrived   here   last   Monday, virnie
and opened school in district| John's church,   Lastrup,   Tues- stut/.ung unBerer dureh  deu
day morning.  Bridesmaids were Kri( liwer Ueiingesuch-
the   brides   sister.   Clara,   and ten   Landsleute in   Deutsch-
Mary Philippi: groomsmen were land und Oesli'eieh zu collek-
No. 78.
In   connection    with    the
death of  Mrs. Bergerhausen
isUi'Vi9iT"iSSi°n Expi,'esFebrUai- ^ inight be of interest to men- Alois Langer and Henry Gau. tiren. Diese Beitrage wer-
CoVrect Auest: (p. a. n aktmann j tion that Win. Bergerha usen.! The wedding was celebrated at den durch Consul Grunow in
(Two) Directors ( R. M. STOLL. 'John Roch and Christ Virnig   the Adam    Virnig     home.    The   St. Paul   liud vom   deutscheu
were the   first  three  settlers voting couple  will  make  their tresandten in Washington an
Hog   cholera    is    reported   ^   ,uul   lo)R   their  home. home on the old Boser   place   indie    "Rothe
from surrounding townships.
steads in 1865.
Buh.
schaft" goschii
Onamia is Browing
Ch; el   mad z   a
call last Thursday on his
to Little Falls. Mr. Gravel reports a prosperous for
in our neighborhood up the Soo. 'The village
is growing and the count
gradually settling a              i   lie
spite of the fact that
later tiding their   land at
j almost prohibitory prices for   a
poor man.
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