The Pierz Journal (Pierz, Morrison County, Minnesota), 1914-10-15

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PIERZ  JOURNAL
VOL. 6.
PIERZ, MORRISON COUNTY, MINNESOTA, OCTOBER 15.  1914.
NO. 18.
APPENINGS
1ERE AND THERE.
Minnesota, real estate has increased
Ai value $192,307,079 during the last
two years, according to returns filed
with the state tax commission. In
19t2, when the last assessment was
made, real estate values for taxation
purposes were ?1,072,330,935. This
year the valuation is $1,264,638,014.
Assessed valuations on personal property in the state this year is $22,901,-
887; money and credits, $196,173,719, a
decrease of $5,022,045 on personal
property, and a gain of $45,271,724 on
money and credits since 1913.
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A ten-year-old girl was killed, and
her father, George Stottler, a farmer,
was badly Injured when the automq-
bjle in which they were riding turned
t.ui-tlg on a country read near Pipestone, An eight-year=pld son of Mr.
Stottler was thrown clear of the car
and he ran to a nearby farmhouse and
secured assistance in freeing his
father and sister, who were pinned
beneath the Par. The girl was dead
When taken out, The father was uru
conscious, but (a reeeveringr The au^
tQjnobile burned in the road,
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Reports made tq A. H, Turrittin, su«
perlntendent of banks, show that
Charges made by Secretary pf ■ the
Treasury McAdoo that money was being crowded into the banks of the
Country and being held there do not
apply in Minnegota. At the present
time the state banks of Minnesota are
carrying f:5 per cent less reserves
than they were a year agq at this
time,
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Minnesota schools will receive $3,-
516,805 from the state treasury for
{school work of last year under the October apportionment. Ttye apportionment was made as fqllows: Frorp
general schoo} funt}, .f 1,484,805; s,tate
aid fof h'igh and graced schools, $l,r
100,000; state aid from rural and cgpr
golidated schools, $90q,QQQ, apd for
schpol libraries, $32,000,
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Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Shequen, the
oldest married couple in Minnesota,
have just celebrated their seventy-
slxtl; wedding anniversary at. Balatqn-
Jtfr. pfrequen >vilj be 106, years old
(.his month, while his wire is ten
years his junior. Mf. Bkequeii is
hearty for one sq old, and Mrs. Sher
quen does not appear tP be more
than sixty-five,
f   $   t
pey. Roberf $qst, pastor of the
first Presbyterian church of rmluth,
has tendered his resignation to take
effect Jan, 1. He will devote his future to educational and religious work
among the mountaineers of the South-
Pe announced that a friend had offered to finance him for life in that
wort,
iff    «J»    tfr
Florence Ferry, aged nineteen, and
f^ewls Hageman, aged thirty^one,
were sentenced at Puiuth tp sgrye
from one to five years in the state
prison. They were found guilty of
breaking into the Burns Lumber company and stealing money, which they
said they needed to buy food.
•I- * *
That the new Minnesota state
prison is the finest institution of its
kind, in fhe world was the unaiiimqus
yerd}ct pf the 30Q delegates f° the
American Prison association meeting
af St Paul. Wb° visited the penitentiary as guests of Warden Wp'fer.
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A bronze statue of Major qeneral
James Shields, former United. States
senator frpm Minnesota, lias beep
placed fn the rotunda qn the second
floor qf fhe state capitq}. It was presented ts tbe state by the Loyal Legion and O, A. P.. of Minnesota.
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Mrs- Sophie K]uckhohn, a resident
Of St, Paul for fifty-six years, is dead,
She was the wife qf Charles L.
Kluckhohn, the vice president and
secretary of the Gordon & Ferguson
company. She was sixty-four years
old.
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The rock pile at the St. Cloud re.
formatory turned out nearly 15,000
cubic yards of crushed rock in the
last two years. Of this amount the
state highway commission used about
11,000 cubic yards in road work.
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Mrs. William Windom, widow of a
former senator from Minnesota, is
dead at Williamstown, Mass., and interment took place at Washington,
D. C, the body being placed beside
that of her husband.
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$, B. Christianson, manager of the
River Lawn farm on the Rum river,
near * .aeka. was attacked by a bull
and kirfftT" He was found in a pasture with his neck broken. He wag
fifty-five years old.
.;.   .;.   4.
Anna Madsen, eighteen years old,
was instantly killed and her father,
N. P- Madsen. was probably fatally
injured in a runaway on the country
road between the Madsen farm and
Tyler.
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E. V. Bogart, seveoty-flve years of
age, former sheriff of Winona county
and chief of police of Winona, is
dead at Seattle, Wash-
NTERESTING
CORRESPONDENCES.
Sullivan News,
Prank Sims drove to Lastrup
Tuesday.
Mrs. II. Smith was an Onamia
visitor Wednesday.
Mrs. J. R. Taylor spent a few
days last week witli Mrs. Peter
Adkins.
Mrs. Thomas Smith visited
with the C. E. Look family
Friday.
"Col." Siebert felt safe to
leave the Port for a few days,
so transacted business in Pierz
Priday and Saturday.
Jennie Linn spent the week's
end with the Henry Smith
family.
Peter Adkins and wife were
Onamia callers Saturday.
Ole Christianson and wife,
Margaret Cook, Mamie and Illif
Walmark took in the dance at
Sigette's Saturday night.
Will Mahron and Fred Braud
called at Lynn's Saturday,
Prank Sims, Martha and Earl
Smith and Jennie Lynn attended
the dance at King's Saturday
night.
Ray Sims called at the Pint
home in Vineland, Sunday.
Doctor Wilkes accompanied
by two gentlemen from Minneapolis, called at Peter Adkin's
Sunday.
The tive sheep owned by Wm.
Lynn which were reported mis-
siiig last week have been found-
Donald Taylor and Sam Mar-
tin hunted ducks at Rice Lake
Sunday. This cold weather
will bring the ducks, fiom the
north.
Hattie Thompson who has
been visiting at John Brltton's
returned home Sunday.
vJake Duscher of Pierz brought
a party of hunters up here Sun-
day and they will camp near
"Fort Siebert,"
Messrs. Schwab and Tillman
of St. Cloud, arrived Tuesday
and will camp at the thoroughfare for a few weeks.
VILLAGE LIGHT       INTERESTING IA FATAL AUTO
REPORT. CORRESPONDENCES.
Mrs. Gr, C. Sclmutt of Wa-
tertown, Wis,, a daughter of
Mrs. A- Stumpf, is visiting at
her mother's home.
Tlie front of some of our
business houses and also the
inside look 'like a picture gal*
lery—Candidates,
Nick. Faust and bride, formerly MissLousaStreitz, came
up from St. Oloud on Friday
for a honey moon trip and
are staying at Christ Faust's
home.
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Leh-
meier and Mr. and Mrs. Ferdinand Hartmann of St. Cloud
were visiting at Christ Faust's
Saturday and Sunday—The
latter women are sisters of!
Mrs. Nick Faust.
On Saturday afternoon of
October the 17. the Morrison
County Breeders Association
will hold a meeting at the
high  school at  Little  Falls.
Following will be found a list
of the patrons of the electric
light service, and the amount
in cash that each one paid for
juice during the past month:
Angermeier  M  Si 00
Bares,   Hubert  6 40
Blake, P. W  1 10
Bentfeld, Adam  1 (X)
Borgerding J. & Co  25
Brust,   Hubert  100
Blake,   Mrs. J. M  1 30
Boser John  1 80
Brandl, Frank A  100
Brummer Norbert      75
Blake, J. M.  postoffice  2 50
Burton,, Barney  3 00
Boehm, John store  2 00
Boehm John house  1 60
Boehm Engelbert  65
Brisk & Sohramel  3 40
Dombovy,   John    1 40
Duncan, R. M,  house  1 00
Dunaan, K. M.   store  35
Eller,   William  1 00
Faust, A  2 10
Faust, Frank store & hall.... 6 30
Faust Frank house & sal  5 80
Faust Bros  2 70
Feucht,   Louis    • 55
Faust John N  75
Gau, Henry    65
Grell,   Frank store  2 40
Grell Frank house  2 50
Grell, John H. house  1 20
Grell, John H.   saloon  4 10
Grell, Joseph H. store  1 90
Grell Jos. H. house  1 60
Gravel,   Charles   E  3 80
German Sate Bank  3 60
Gau, John house  55
Gassert, Henry  180
J, B. Hartmann  1 70
Hartmann, P. A.   store   5 50
Hartmann, P. A.  house  3 10
Hoheisel,  John   saloon     3 20
Mr. Kast  1 00
Kerkhoff, E. H.  Journal  1 70
Kerkhoff, E. H. house  2 00
Jac Kiewel Brewing   Co  55
KQsring, Herman  1 20
Kainst, Andrew   Sr.,    55
Langer, John Jr.,  85
Lokowitsch,   Mike  75
Marshik Frank    1 80
Meyer,  Joseph  1 00
Meyer, Mike  85
Neisins, JaQPh  3 20
Nahner, Mrs,   Clara  1 90
N. W- Telephone Exchange Co 1 00
Paul, Henry            .... 1 00
Preimesberger, John W  95
Poster, P. L  95
Preimesberger,  Stephen  75
Philippi John  1 10
Rich Prairie Milling Co  1 90
Scoles,   R,   C  85
Stoll, A.   P  2 00
St. Joseph's Cong, house  3 10
St. Joseph's Corp.   church.... 1 90
Staub Nick  75
Smith, J. F.,  & Son  3 40
Tembruell,  Christ  1 00
Tembruell, A  95
Virnig F.   X  2 00
Virnig, F. X. &  Co ,,,, 4 80
Virnig,   Joseph H,  1 00
Vonder Haar, Mrs, A  1 20
Wermerskirchen, M  13 20
F, Wise  45
Ziegler, John   house  Z5
A. P. STOLL,
Secretary and Treasurer.
Rucker News.
Henry  Toenyes  of  Buckman
sustained injuries in an auto ac-
Mrs. Addie Grier returned last'Cident, at half past one o'clock-
Thursday  from a visit with lier|Mond     aftemootl) from the ef-
mother at Randall. I ,.,.,,      ,.,,,,
fects of which he died a hall an
A  bunch   of   Hillman   young- ;hour  ]ater      The   accident  oc.
people, consisting-of AliceLeigh, : .     ,     . .   ,, .. ,.
Tl ,■      r   ■   i    tr  i       t-v -ur       curred   about halt  a mile south
Julia   Leigh, Helen Davis, Wm.
Penneman and Harry Miller vis-. ol the village Just east of wl,ere
ited at Geo. W. Waller's last the east and west and the New
Sunday. Pierz  roads  cross.    The  short
Miss Augusta King came out turn which is considerably more
from Pierz on the stage Thurs-, than at right angles, together
day morning. j with   the   abrupt   decline,   de-
Mrs. Arba Waller entertained ceived Fred Keehr, the owner
a number of her scholars at a and driver of the car, and,
taffy pull Friday evening. j though   he reversed  his engine
John and Archie Grier and and applied the emergency
Matt Pint and three dogs re- brake, the momentum of the
turned from the Dakota harvest' ponderous   machine   carried   it
Held Friday. ,, .     , ,
lover the embankment.
Wesley Waller visited friends j    Christ and Henry Langer, who
in Hillman Sunday. Lere  drivjng   by   saw   the  car
There a number of telephones  topple   over   and    immediately
in to date.    S. D. Wood, George ' ,-an down  the hill   to give such
Wood, Henry Ferguson and Vic-' assistance as  might be needed.
tor Bruber are among the early
birds.
LOCAL NEWS.
I They found the car standing on
i its   right   edge   resting   on   the
running board, and Mr. Toenyes
| lying face   down   with   the run-
ming   board   resting   across   his
back.
Still   conscious   the   unfortu-
Giles Leigh  left Monday this nate man   was quickly extricat-
ttoss Adkins purchased a line
horse at Onamia last week. Ask
Geo. Waller about it.
A dance at Jim King's Saturday night.
west Buh News.
Gilbert.Olson and family attended church at Little Falls
Sunday.
Fillmore Holmstrom arrived
home from Duluth, where he has
been working.
Miss Eleonor Wieland left for
Sabin, Minn., for a visit.
The Freedhem or rather Belle
Prairie correspondent must feel
sorry she did not get a bid to
that "pony'' that the "noble
young lady"' treated to the boys.
They all had a grand time but
missed very much some one that
likes to "tickle them under the
chin."
Well this change of weather
makes the men get out their winter garments.
Many  of our and   Freedhem
Wviek for his home at Royalton.
ORBITUARY.
John C. Benton passed away
at the home of his daughter,
Mrs. Ella Waller of Rucker on
Wednesday, Sept. 30th. The
funeral was held the following
day at the local cemetery. S.
D. Wood gave prayer and a short
talk, also reading an article prepared lor the occasion by Rev.
DePorest N. Shotwell.
Grandpa Benton (as he was
known to all,) was 77 years old,
and had lived in this neighborhood for many years. He came
here from Kingston, Minn. Public spirited and broad-minded,
he was loved by everyone. Mr.
Benton served his country during the Rebellion, taking part
in some of the most important
issues of the war; among them
Shiloh andChatanooga. He had
been a great sufferer for many
months, but the end came peacefully. He is mourned by three
daughters and two sons. Mrs.
Ida Munson, of Tumwater, Wash.
Mrs. Ella Waller, Mrs. Millie
Tomberlin, Roy Benton of this
place and Marion Benton of
Hillman. A host of friends
join his immediate family in
their sorrow.
Peter Gross is building an
addition to his store in Lastrup.
Tlie purpose of this meeting ibo>?s ,iltten1d"1 tl,e danc? at Si'
, .    ,,    igette'sin   Platte   Saturday and
is to get some plan started toireport a flae Ume
encourage   more   and   better
livestock for the COliaty.   Mr.      Ma. Mokler and Louis Schultz
,f   ir „   ,. .'       .,     ol Freedhem  were Pierz callers
Mt'kerrow of   tlie university  ,. . ,      .   ,.    , ,    ,
J   Friday m Mockler's auto.
will   speak   to   the  farmers.
Mr. MeKerrow  is one of the
strong men of  tlie extension.
The   road    from   our   school
house one mile north is graded,
Jos. Bockhorni called on
the liquor trade Friday.
Peter Tretter has bought a
new clover huller.
There were no killing
frosts in the month of September.
Wm. Eller is repairing the
interior of his harness shop.
Last Sunday candidates for
offices, like the Ford cars,
were very much in evidence.
Supt. M. E. Barnes was a
caller here last week.
John Otremba returned
last Thursday. He will remain home this winter.
Meyer Bros, shipped several cars of stock to South St.
Paul last Friday.
R. C. Scoles has had his
machine overhauled and it
now runs as smoothly as a
real auto.
Almost anything our farmers can raise, from a bushel
of wild oats to a rumpus, now
finds a ready market.   '
J. M. McGenty, tiie potato
man, was under the weather
several days last week. Perhaps he too Early Rose.
School district 88 is infested with wolves, at least so
the wireless report states.
The "deestrict" pedagogue
was kept from supper and
spent the night in the school
house.
Neither our potatoes nor
our beef cattle is what it
should be. What we need is
good seed potatoes and a half
dozen good Hereford or Shorthorn sires.
Nick Thomme'tj claims that
it was not his car which went
into the ditch near Royalton
last week, as was reported in
Little Falls.
M. Wermerskirchen, Louis
Spanfeliner and John Gross
left Monday morning for a
weeks duck hunting at the
lakes east and northeast of
here.
Those of you who are interested in potato culture,
slip into the bank and get a
Soo line pamphlet entitled
"Tlie Potato." This pamphlet gives some potato statistics as well as practical information about raising potatoes
a farmer need know. It is
valuable to any farmer, evejl
if he has raised a few potatoes for forty years. These
pamphlets are free.
An Iowa farmer has de-
weekly weather reports have vised a rat trap upon which
been stopped by the war in he claims no patent but which
Europe, owing to tlie Inter- any one troubled with rata
ruption of cable reports, can use. He purchased a big
Well, it is alright, we will galvanized iron bucket or
find out all about the weath- garbage pail and placed it in
er just the same. I tie barn.    He tilled   it two-
• ix thirds   full of   water and  ou
riane newb. Theo. Gross has bought ot top ot the watera |ayer of
Well, the big dance at Siffet- John L. Gross the   house   m t.hatfv   oat:,   au   iia.j,   t|eej)-
te's is over and everybody bad upper  town lor 81.1*00  and The next morning he emptied
a good  time but   me.    1 betfeby intends  to move there some- out   inixture   of   water    oats
notify everybody that I do not jtime this  fall.    So TheodoreLnd  drowned  ratg.      H,
lure out to play any more. ^ ^ ^ ^^ „ dl,.   ^.^ ^   ^  ^
Misses Sara Rychner and Mar-  zen of the village of Pier/..       morning   he   figured   results
Frank Zuleger Jr. returned and found that  he aimle
South Agram News,
J. J. Brummer and family visited at the Peter Girtz home last
Sunday, where Wm. Hoheisel
celebrated his 74 birthday.
Miss Lillian Hesch visited at
the John Eidenshink home Sunday afternoon.
Evervbody here is busy husking corn.
Fred Sporlein took' two loads
of potatoes to New Pierz last
Monday.
Miss Rose Stumpf returned
from North Dakota, Thursday
to attend the wedding of ber
brother John.
J- J. Brummer made the foundation of Frank Kandel's new
barn last week.
ed from the wreckage, but sank
rapidly   from  internal injuries.
With tlie exception of a lew
slight scratches Mr. Keehr was
unhurt. Opinions ditTer as to
whether the car made a complete
turn and tilted up on edge oi
whether it made only a quarter
turn. Christ Langer says, it
was poised on the right wheels
and running board, with the
bottom towards the north. If
it had made one complete turn
it would have been carried to
the right at least double its
width, or twelve feet. The shattered glass of the windshield is
only four feet from where the
car went over. On the other
hand, if the car made only one
fourth turn, how was the windshield shattered and how did
Toenyes, who sat to the left of
the driver get under the car ?
The car is a right hand drive,
and Keehr emerged from the
wreckage on the left side.
The accident seems to be similar to the one Kerich lost his
life in a year ago last April, and
the details seem to be as diftii-
cult of solution.
There is no blame attached to
Fred Keehr the driver.
An accident at this particuUncrossing might happen to any
driver not thoroughly familiar
with the deceptive angle aud
steep hill.
Henry Toenyes left a wile and
two children.
WEAIO AND
MARhEOEPORTS.
Temperature for
The last week.
Highest      Lowest
Thursday 85    53 above
Friday    62 54 al
Saturday   60 47 above
Sunday 6:2 __       16 abo
Monday    52 . ;;ii at*
Tuesday 50     .;'» above
Wednesday..  50 23 above
Temperature same
Week year ago.
Temperature  for   the corresponding week a year ago:
Highest    Lowest
1913 Oet 9....70... 53 above
" " 10....55. .42 above
"     "       11-..50... 32 ah,.
12. ... 55 ._ .31 above
18 7." 42 above
14 65... 51 abo
"   Oct     15..,.55...29above
Grain and Produce
Harket Report.
Wheat, No. 1,        98
Wheat, No. 2         96
Flax,        1.20
Barley  _.     50
Rye       76
Oats     38to 1"
Ear Corn	
Hay $5.00
Butter, Creamery ..       35
Dairy	
Eggs      20
Flour, Best      8.20
"    Straight      8.10
Low grade flour 1.60
Bran     1.35
Shorts   1.40
Cracked Corn 80 pounds 1. I<>
Ground Feed     1.40
Potatoes  	
Beans 	
Onions  	
2.00
60
South St. Paul
Hog Market.
Ave. Price.
Thursday 7.48
Friday   7. 7
Saturday 7. Ill
Monday 7.17
Tuesday 	
Wednesday 7.S8
The Washington   weal her
bureau   announces   that   the
South St. Paul
Live StockMarket.
Steers $7.75 to 7.85
Cows and Heifers,.?1.25 to . 6.75
Calves, steady, $5.50 to   9.75
Feeders, steady, ...$4.30 to 7.00
Hillman News.
Mrs. ('has. Scott killed a wolf
last Friday.
Leslie Hoerner was home a few
days from Minneapolis. While
home lie resigned his school
oirice as director.
Our road overseer has a i
working  on   the   Hillman   and
Sullivan lake road.    He intends
to work until it freezes up.
W: nniraan is excavat
ing for h:s new barn   this week.
Three    good    sermon's    v
preached   at   the   school   house
Thursday, Friday  and   Monday
by   Rev.    Brandt    of   Barnum,
Minn.
James   Blood, who   will make
his home in Mt. Morris, unh
ed his car of furnitu day.
0  ...wi v,A   inv  v •"i'"-"»"; but is  not in  very  good condi-  celine Lemay called at the Wil- '-.
division  and  has  charge of:tioilthe mail man 1]as a hard son and Walter Hayes'and C.      ««—.«»«<b
such work in  the slate.     All  time  to  travel  same.    Here is   Reese home Sunday afternoon,    home      Wednesday.       While  but with malice aforethought
farmers interested should try  where a drag  would improve it!    TTT ..  T .    ,       D       ,   ,    here he will paint his father's gotten rid of eighty-nine rats.
J i , Well. 1 wonder how Rosy feels ' ,,     ,     , ...   ..     ,
to be present. very much. 'after the dance.   Ha! ha! house iu upper towa. lie declares it will nd a baru
in a short time.
School Report.
of  district   104   for  the   month
ending October 1. 1014.
taught.
No. of pupils enrolled	
Average attend,i
Those   perfect  in   attendance
I vera and Estln
man, Ruth   and Mai e!   i
Clarence   Nelson,    Mary,   Ella,
Ida   and   Hilda  Olson.
iaysor less: Eklitli Eckwall,
Nora    Holmstrom    and
i on.
Hii.iia H.\ ser.