The Pierz Journal (Pierz, Morrison County, Minnesota), 1915-01-28

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VOL. 6.
THE   PIERZ  JOURNAL
PIERZ, MORRISON COUNTY, MINNESOTA, JANUARY 28, 1915.
NO. 38.
STATE NEWS BITS
Minor Happenings of the Week
Throughout Minnesota,
The state high school board hai
asked the legislature to appropriato
$1,207,000 for state aid to public
schools for the school year 1915-1916,
and $1,318,000 for the year following.
The appropriation asked for next
year is $221,000 more than for the
present year and is due solely to the
increase in the number of schools.
No increase for each school is asked.
The second year is estimated on the
basis of the growth that has taken
place in the last two years.
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Walter J. Smith, state treasurer, has
furnished the senate committee on
finance with a statemest showing that
the eighty-six counties" paid to the
state in 1913 $4,497,200, and in 1914
$7,320,099. In the same period the
state paid back to the counties $4,-
125,661 for 1913 and $5,644,486 in 1914.
The counties of Hennepin, Ramsey,
St. Louis and Cook paid into the state
treasury $1,408,000 more than they received from the state in 1913 and
$3,110,000  in  1914.
•j.   4.   .5.
Dr. Thomas W. Salmon of the national committee on mental hygiene
has written to the Minnesota board of
control to commend its efforts to obtain Fort Snelling as a site for a
fourth state hospital for the insane,
in case it is abandoned as a military
post. He cites some precedents for
such action. The federal government,
he says, donated to the Maine state
hospital the military arsenal buildings
adjoining, when they were given up
for that purpose.
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When the new Roman Catholic
cathedral at St. Paul is opened Palm
Sunday, March 28, it will have cost
$1,591,102.21, including the site and
the edifice. Of this amount all but
$137,872.01 has been paid and in the
hope of having the cathedral entirely
free from debt when It is dedicated
April 11 Archbishop Ireland has addressed a pastoral letter to the Catholics of Minnesota appealing for contributions.
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A special election has been called
for Feb. 9 to submit to a vote of the
people an ordinance regulating the
issuance of licenses to sell intoxicating liquorB within the city of Anoka.
If carried It provides that no license
be issued or renewed unless there is
a sworn petition, signed by a majority of the legal voters of the city,
asking such grant or renewal.
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Mrs. R. A. Irwin, Belle Plaine's
earliest resident, is dead at the age of
seventy-seven years. She was a
daughter of the late Judge Chatneld,
and with her parents reached Belle
Plaine in the winter of 1853 and resided there continuously since. Her
marriage to R. A. Irwin in 1856 was
the first marriage celebrated in Belle
Plaine.
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To Improve arterial roads in Hennepin county and at the same time
create a spirit of pride among township officials the automobile club of
Minneapolis has decided to award $500
in cash prizes to road overseers who
obtain the best results in highway
construction in 1915.
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Wolves are killing many deer, cow
moose and domestic animals of Northern St. Louis county, according to
game wardens aond trappers. The
chief food of the wolves usually is
rabbits, but owing to a skin disease
the latter have almost disappeared
from the district.
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The State Dairymen's association,
in session at Owatonna, elected Chris
Heen, Osakis, president; F. D. Currier,
Nicollet, secretary, and J. M. Jack,
Northfield, treasurer. Resolutions
pledging the support of the association to tho National Dairy union were
adopted.
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Word has been received at Bemidji
of the death of Maurice Monnett of
Nary, this state, who fell in battle.
Monnett was a French reservist and
astened to France shortly after the
outbreak of the war. He came to this
country about ten  years  ago.
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Frederick W. Eva, fifty-four years
old? chief grain inspector of Minnesota since 1912, died suddenly at his
home in St. Paul of apoplexy. Although he had been in poor health for
several months Mr. Eva was able te
attend to his duties.
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Horace E. Emerson, chief deputy
grain inspector at Duluth, has been
appointoa chief grain inspector of
Minnesota by the railroad and warehouse commission. He succeeds the
late  F.   W.  Eva.
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When the dwelling of Ole Johnson,
a Dassel tailor, was burned his daughter, twenty-five years old, cashier in
a department store, was burned to
death  in  her  bed.
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Anthony J. Schimansky. resident oi
St. Paul for the past forty-five years,
is dead. He had been ill with pneumonia for five days. It was the first
illness In his life.
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Granite Falls and Montevideo voted
"rirv"   at   last   week's   election.
Wants to Build From
Little Falls to Pierz
Minneapolis and Minnesota R. R. Co,
Wants to Build Electric Extension
to Connect With Soo Here
Representatives of the Minneapolis & Central R. R. company
made their appearance before
tlie Little Falls commercial club
and laid before that body a
proposition to build, by next
fall, an electric line from Little
Falls to Pierz, and then to connect with the Soo.
The proposition was that
$15,000 should be raised. $10,-
000 ot this would be in bonds,
payable as soon as the line is in
running' order, and $5,000 would
have to be made in cash subscriptions. $1,500 of the last
named sum would be.payable at
the time the survey is made and
another $1,500 at the time grading began.
The Little Falls commercial
club seemed to look with favor
upon the proposition and appointed a committee made up of
Frank Kiewel, J. K. Martin,
and B. Burton to investigate in
regard to the company. The
Transcript of January 22 com
merited on the finding's of the
committee as follows:
"St. Cloud is to be one of the
main points of the new railway
and the businessmen of that city
have been working on it for
some time. The local committee was therefore able to gather
much information in regard to
the line.
Four miles of grading have
been put in out of St. Cloud and
the understanding there is that
16 miles have been graded out
of Minneapolis, work having
been done at  both.     The com-
Ruoker News
Route No. 3 News.
E.  L.   Muncy  was a county
seat caller Monday.
Miss Rinda Pint of Vineland,
Minn., is visiting at Mrs. Grier's.
There was a dance at A. J.
Lee's Saturday evening'.
Mr. and Mrs. H. Ferguson and 1
Mr. and    Mrs.   John   Fergfuson1
spent Sunday evening  at  Geo.
Wood.s home.
Stuart, Oliver and John Grier
are doing some carpenter work
on Mr. Waller's house in Hillman.
Wesley Waller hauled up wood
for M. Benton of Hillman last
Friday.
Geo. Wood and S. D. Wood
were Pierz goers Thursday.
Mrs. H. J. and Mrs. John
Ferguson and Miss Rinda Pint
visited at S. D. Wood's and Roy
Probasco's Thursday evening.
Quite a number of  the  young
people attended a   party  given county seat callers Saturday,
by Miss Julia Lee ather father's
home   Saturday    evening.    All
report a good time.
Lee Wood has a new alarm
clock. That must mean that he
intends to get up earlier in the
morning.
Mr. and Mrs. S. D. Wood and
sou Lee visited at Geo. Wood's
last Sunday.
H. Derosier and daughter visited at the M. F. Smith home
Sunday.
Mrs. P. Van Herke returned
home last Tuesday from a three
weeks visit with relatives in
Wisconsin.
Mrs. Nordstrom and Mrs.Nelson spent last Monday in Little
Falls.
Mrs. Ed. Lescault left Friday
for Onamia, to visit a few days
at the home of her daughter
Mrs. E. Gravel.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Beimert
spent Tuesday evening at the
M. J. Smith home.
H.  Derosi er   and   wife   were
Ed. Lescault and wife and C.
Beimert spent Wednesday evening at the home of Jos. Ethen
and wife.
Reinhart Stumpf was a business caller at the Twin cities
last week.
Mrs. C. Johnson and Mrs.Geo.
Swanson were callers at the C.
lhe men are still busy trying XT     ,  . , ri . ,
,  ,. ,  Nordstrom home Friday.
to get a good flow of   water  at
the Waller place
Sullivan News.
Sam Martin spent Tuesday
night with Merle Look.
Onamia visitors Tuesday were
Ray Sims and Ross Adkins.
Our young- folks charivared
the newly wedded couple last
Tuesday night and report a fine
time.
Mrs. C. E. Look and children
called at the Wallmark home
Wednesda}'.
pany and its officials see.n to be 3^. Sanborn ^ found ,)is
in earnest in what they have I tf ^ took ,t tQ fte town
promised and E. G. Potter, the ^^ office Wednesd
road's head, was personally recommended as a man able to put
through such a project.
On the whole the investigations of the committee were
very satisfactory.
GENERAL
MARKETREPORTS.
Grain and Produce
Harket Report.
Wheat, No. 1,	
1.27
Archie Grier returned to his
home in Rucker last week.
Miss Margaret Cook left for
Long lake, Minnetonka Tuesday
to attend school.
The Wallmark family is the
owner  of a new team of horses.
The Misses Julie Mitchell and
Aazel Kajacobs spent Thursday
night at the J. R. Taylor home.
Ole Christianson was a Pierz
visitor Thursday.
Wheat, No. 2  126
Flax,  1.80
Barley --     60
H,ye  i.njingwhen the
Oats      47,caught   lire.
There  was   some  excitement
at C. E. Look's Saturday morn-
roof of  the house
Fortunately    no
EarCorn       65 damage was done
Hay $5.00
Butter, Creamery       35
Dairy       27
Eggs    !      30
Flour, Best      3.50
"    Straight      3.40
Low grade flour 1.60
Bran >.--_' 1.35
Shorts   1.40
Cracked Corn 80 pounds 1.40
Ground Feed     1.40
Beans       2.00
Onions        60
Lastrup callersSaturday were:
J. R. Taylor, T. S. and C- E.
Look.
Some of our young folks attended the dauce at Platte last
Saturday night and report a fine
time.
Miss Jennie Lynn is visiting
at the H. C. Smith home.
Everybody had a good time at
the dance at D. W. Sims' Saturday night.
South St. Paul
Hog Market.
Ave. Price.
Thursday  6.76
Friday 6.75
Saturday  -6.75
Monday 6.77
Tuesday 6.75
,„r j       i of-   hauled lumber Irom the lake last
Wednesday  b.10'
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Sims
were guests at the Christianson
home Suuday.
Merle Look called at Martin's
Sunday.
Messrs. Taylor and Kajacobs
.uled li
Monday
Mrs. E. L. Muncy, who has
been seriously ill, is reported to
be convalescent.
Mrs. Nelson returned Monday
from an extended visit with relative-; a* Chicago. She was accompanied by her "i;:?ce, who
will visit for an indefinate time.
E. L. Muncy and wife and
daughter Viola, H. Derosier and
wife spent Thursday evening at
the home of M. Smith.
R. Nygard of Cushing spent
Sunday at the Smith home as
the guest of Miss Nettie Sher-
merhorn.
F. J. Winzenberg has commenced logging on his farm.
He has engaged a crew of live
men to assist him.
A large number of young people pleasantly surprised N.
Rauch at his home last Friday
evening and were delightfully
entertained.
Mrs. George Swanson visited
school in dist. 28 Wednesday.
MissesCathryne Stumpf, Nettie Shermerhorn, M. F. Smith
and wife were entertained at
a five o'clock dinner at the H.
Derosier home last Wednesday.
The viands were delicious, following the dinner. The evening
was spent in social converse,
cards and music.
A number of local advertisements have been circulated in
this vicinity, pertaining to the
"Booster Club," which has been
started at Frank Grell's store,
in accordance with the conditions as set forth in the advertisements, some of you readers
should with slight efforts, capture some of the many premiums
offered.
Reinhart Stumpf met with a
painful accident last Wednesday
while repairing- a harness, his
hand was slightly cut, which
proved later to be very serious.
He was compelled to secure
medical aid, and is now reported
to be recovering.
A good way to make the world
better is to begin with the home
town.
South Agram News.
Mrs. John Kippley and son,
Joseph, were in Little Falls
Saturday.
Anna Rauch is employed by
Frank Bares.
Mr. and Mrs. John Eiden
shink visited at Leo Leiden-
frost's Sunday.
Peter Theiss visited at Fred
Sporlein's Friday and Saturday.
Frank Stumpf, John Langer
and Gerhard Block were in Little Falls Friday.
Mrs. J. J. Brummer visited at
John Kippley's Sunday.
That there were 1,186,000
milch cows iu tlie state of
Minnesota on January 1,
with au average value of $55
per bovine, was made public
yesterday thru the report of
the department of agriculture. This is an increase of
100,000 iu live years.
Sleighing is not any too
good but many loads of wood
and hay are being hauled every day.
The postmaster at Park
Rapids placed $4,000 worth
of postage stamps in a vault
that was being repaired. The
moisture caused the stamps
stick together and the whole
lot had to be returned to
Washington for cancellation.
Mvs._.John   H    " "-fer of
Melrose  is  heT
with relatives
She says they are doing v>. .
in the meat market business
at that place.
Creamery Ass'n
Elects Officers
Annual  Meeting Held  Tuesday.—
Company in Good Condition.
The annual meeting of the
Creamery Association was held
last Tuesday in Faust's hall.
At the election of officers all the
present holders were re-elected
with out opposition. They are
as follows:
President—Theo. Thielen.
Vice-president—MikeFlicker.
Secretary—Carl Kapsner.
Treasurer—Math Thommes.
Directors—Christ Faust, Jos.
Ethen, J. L Boser, Henry Kruschek, Theo- Gross.
According to the report read
by the secretary the creamery
is in good condition.
After the meeting the crowd
was addressed by several speakers.
Generosity.
Mr. Longear— By the way. did yot
over know that large ears are a sign
of generosity? Miss Beauti—Of course
Mr. Longear. They are a sign that nature has been generous.—New York
Weekly.
Entomological  Retort.
Wfjgwng— I met an old Same of mine
last    night.      Mrs.    Wigwag—Oh,    you
moth!- Philadelphia Record.
John   Otremba   of Agram
shot a wolf last week.
Alois Langer and Priacilla
Kapsner will soon marry.
Just wIipu we get to tlie
point where we "know it all"
we slip   up  on   the   banana
" '^Hr-estiiiiatiou.
have been „
state pay roll.
ABOUT THE STATE
News of Especial Interest to
Minnesota Readers,
TO PROBE PRICE OF FLOUR
Federal    Government    Send*    Instructions    to    District    Attorney
Jaques at  St.  Paul.
The first move by the department
of justice at Washington as a result
of President Wilson's order that an
Inquiry be conducted into the rise of
wheat prices was made when instructions were sent to I'nited States District Attorney Alfred Jaques at St.
Paul to lnestigate the flour situation.
Hitherto the government investigation has been confined, for the most
part, to the steps taken by District
Attorney Clyne at Chicago with the
view of determining the legality of
wheat transactions there.
Department officials said that the'
Chicago Inquiry naturally had de-:
veloped little information regarding:
the advance in flour prices. It
indicated that Attorney General Greg-;
ory is satisfied that there are other:
elements in the fixing of flour prices,!
which may be subjected to illegal in-;
fluences and which ought to be look-:
ed  into searchingly.
Annual Report of Pierz Farmers
Co-operative Creamery Company
OPERATING STATISTICS
No. of Patrons   174
Pounds of cream received 372,127
Pounds of milk received 48.812
Butterfat in cream..92,825.82
Butterfat in milk...   1,712.05
Total     94,537.87
Average test of cream    24.'M
Average test of milk 3.50
Butter shipped 114,953
Butter sold to patrons    1,221
Cash sales     2,181
Butter on hand  64
Total butter made 11-t,41<>
Overrun,  pounds 23.XK1
Overrun, per cent 25.26
Average price received per pound..27c
Avr;c. price paid per lb. butterfat .3007
Cost of making butter, per pound.   2.2c
RECEIPTS DISBURSK.M ESNT8
Prom January 1 to June 1, P'14. Prom January 1 bo June 1. 1U14.
Supplies On hand last vear..5     H28
Balance last year's business. $     1M>.1'»
f I Butter on hand last year ....        M)2
Balance in sinking fund      1,2'(8.81 I  . ...   , ,, ,,. ., ,
" ! Account with J.G.Cherry Co. 1
Butter shipped    11,043.70]
Cash sales        237.86
Shares sold  75.00 |
Insurance      2,5.50. (X)
Total
.$15,281.54
Error   	
Paid for butterfat  9,877
Paid lor starter milk  25
freight and drayage  117
Uutterinaker's salary  4(>5
Sec'y and treasurer's salary 80.
Officers' fees  67
Supplies, etc  249
Machinery  1,000
Labor 575
Lumber  906
Taxes and insurance  55
Balance  529
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93
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71
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Total #15,281.56
APTEK THE PIRE
RECEIPTS
June 1 to January 1, 1915.
Balance on hand f     529,2( I
Butter shipped   31,772.70
Butter sold to patrons   .   ...
Cash sales	
Gas. sold	
Supplies,  tubs, etc	
Lumber  	
Supplies on hana	
Butter on  hand	
Insurance	
DISBURSEMENTS
June 1 to January  1, 1915.
Paid patrons for Butterfat .,$28,652.16
South St. Paul
Live StockMarket
Steers— §7.75 to 7.85jMonday
Cows and Heifers,$i.25 to .-(3.75 j
Calves, steady, ^5.50 to (,).7"i|
Feeders, steadv, ..,$4.30 to 700'
Ray Sims brought two wolves
to the  town  clerk's  office last
Social Tact.
Social tact is making your company
feel thoroughly at home, even though
you thoroughly wish they were.—Puck.
Paw  Knows  Everything.
Willie-raw,  what Is a man of  letters?    Paw—A mail carrier, my son.—
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Tho Beneficiary.
"Does Dr. Pillers enjoy a large practice?"
"No. He has to work so hard he
doesn't have time to enjoy anything,
but Mrs. rulers enjoys it."—Birmingham Age-Herald.
Wall Paper.
Wall  paper is a  very ancient institution,    it originated m China in the
fourth century.
Paid by butter  379.32
379.32    Paid for starter milk  'H>.45
771.68   Buttermaker .-.alary  992.94
211.<>2 ; Sec'y and trearurer's salary lUt.no
H4.47   Officers fee.-.  72.no
30.08 , Freight and drayage  120.96
418,85 Supplies, tubs, coal, gas, etc. 1,779.97
21.76   Paid into sinking- fund	
532.IXJ   Paid for back checks	
Balance  415.39
GIRL STUDENTS DRIVEN OUT:
Fire Destroys Windom College at;
Montevideo.
Fire starting in the roof of Windom:
college at Montevideo destroyed the
institution and dormitory In connection. The loss Is estimated at $40,-
000.
About thirty girl students, living In
the dormitory, escaped without confusion. None had retired when the tire
was discovered. Some were able to
save clothing and other personal effects, while others were less fortunate.
The college building is of brick veneer. The fire department was handl-
,ied. as the college Is some dis-
.ance from a hydrant. By the time
u^.'.>r was turned on the flames had
obtained headway too great to overcome. v-~.	
DARNELL   DENIED   UCEi',31
Minister Attempts to Wed Ruth Soper
at Minneapolis.
"Rev." J. M. Darnell and his father,
and Ruth Soper, who claims to be tho
younger Darnell's second wife, her
infant child and her mother waited
at the Hennepin county courthouse
for three hours while Clerk of Courts
P. s; Xeilson considered the que
of issuing a marriage license to Darnell. After a long conference with
County Attorney John M. Rees th'e
license was denied.
Clerk Nellson declared that the Minnesota law, which prohibits Issuance
of a marriage license to a divorced
party within six months of the time of
divorce, applies in the Darnell case.
Doris Vaughn of Chicago divorced
Darnell only a few days ago.
STATE TO SELL200.000 ACRES
School  Lands in Seven Counties to Oe
at $5 an  Acre and  Up.
State Auditor Preus will this year
place on the market nearly 200,000
acres of tlie state school lands. Dates
for the sales In the various counties
have been announced.
In  Koochiching count' eres
will be auctioned off at International
Kails. The sales will be held monthly
beginning in March and continue to
"November. In Itasca county (
acres will be offered; in Beltrami county, 10,000; St. I-outs, 35,000; Cas-
000; Aitkin, 40,000, and Roseau, 20,000.
Total $34,581.68
Total -54.581.68
No Overhead Charges.
"So you wish to many uiy daughter,
do you, Mr. Squiggles?" said Colonel
Hiukaley.
"Yes," said Squiggles. "1 do."
"Can   you   meet  the   obligations   of
married life?" demanded the cautious   Insurance
parent
"Why, yes—I think so. colonel,"' said
Squiggles. "Maude tells me she hasn't
any relatives anywhere."—Judge.
SINKING  ITNI)
KKCKIPTS
Bui. of Gen. fund transferred I   529.20
Levy on Butterfat .
For Lumber sold..
"45.51
30.08
332.00
Great  Head.
"Oh. listen! Bertha and Bob eloped
in Bob's car and were married at
Thompsouville!"
"1 knew Bob would come to grief in
that car sooner or later."—New York
Globe.
DISBURSEMENTS
Paint and painting *
Income tax 	
15.65
Freight and drayage	
14.70
296.55
Fixtures and fittings 	
238.17
Refund to J.  Kmlres for share
.102.93
Stove and desk                     	
44.65
Dividents                  	
Miscellaneous	
Balance	
NEW BISHOP FOR ST. CLOUD"
Right Rev. Joseph F. Busch of Lead,
S. D., Succeeds Trobec.
Right Rev. J. F. Busch of Lead, .
has been appointed bishop of the St.
Cloud diocese of the Catholic church
to succeed Bishop Trobec, who has
resigned and will retire from active
church work. The new bishop is fifty
years old and was born In Red Wing,
where his mother still lives. He baa
been bishop of Lead since 1910 and la
a noted pulpit orator.
CALF CREATES NEW RECORD
Minnesota Animal Weighs 185 Pounds
at  Birth.
A   calf   weighing   185   pounds   was
born to a cow belonging to '
a cattle buyer of Hibbing.   This I
preeedented  veterinarians  d»-l*r»
"If he keeps on growing I will have
to build a special barn for bun," Garber declared.
Total
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CARL KAPSNER, Secretary.
Third  Victim of Crash.
A   D. McLean, a fanner of Howard
Lake,  who was driving a buggy that
was  run  down   by  a Great  Northern
train near his home recently. Is dead
at     St.    Joseph's    hospital    in    St.
Paul   from   injuries   recrfved   In   tbe
crash.    He is the third member of the
family to die as a result of tbe accident.   A son Ross, fourteen years old,
was   killed   instantly  and  a  da  -
Elisabeth, six  yeari- old.  died si
after the accident on  the  train tbat
was carrying her to St. Paul.