The Pierz Journal (Pierz, Morrison County, Minnesota), 1915-02-25

              PIERZ   JOURNAL
VOL. 6.
ABOUT THE STATE
News of Especial Interest to
Minnesota Readers.
PIERZ, MORRISON COUNTY, MINNESOTA, FEBRUARY 25, 1915.
NO. 37.
Don't Take Their
Word but Believe
Their Caw
MICHAEL   DORAN   IS   DEAD
Former   Leader   of   State   Democratic
Organization Expires at St. Paul
at Age of Eighty-seven.
Michael Doran, eighty-seven years
of age, a power in Democratic state
politics for many years, is dead at St.
Paul of infirmities due to his advanced age.
Mr. Doran was born in Ireland,
coming to America when nineteen
years of age. He reached Minnesota
in 1857, taking a homestead near Le
Sueur. Mr. Doranjfe'tered politics in
Le Seuer county, being elected county
treasurer three years after he took up
a homestead. In 1864 he was a delegate to the national Democratic convention, a position that he held until
1896. In 1870 he was elected a member of the Minnesota senate, failing of
re-election in 1872. He won his senate seat again in 1875, serving four
more years. His last two terms in
the upper house were from 1883 to
1885. Then he ceased finally to represent the Nineteenth district.
About this time he began the management of the affairs of the Democratic party in the whole state. In the
first administration of Cleveland the
firm of "Me and Mike," P. H. Kelly,
the wholesale grocer, and Mr. Doran,
came into existence. Old politicians
assert that from 1885 to 1889 and from
1893 to 1897 Doran and Kelly handled
the patronage of the state. It is said
that during these years there was not
an appointment made that did not
bear the O. K. of one or both of these
men.
As a rule we don't take a
crow's word for anything-. But
when a crow slowly wing's its
way to the north this time of
the year and repeatedly caws
to us that spring is not far distant, we generally believe her.
Several reports of the arrival
of crows have come in.
$7,000 Loss in Fire
in Belle Prairie
HAS FAITH IN CONSTITUTION
Minnesota   House   Kills   Bills   Providing   for   Revision. I	
Faith in the state constitution, which
has weathered the su>rm 0f fjftv-««ofe*
years, was expressed by tne lower
house of the legislature when it defeated two bills proposing a convention for the revision of the ancient
document. The vote came after nearly four hours of debate.
The measure fathered by Representative G. B. Bjornson of Minneotawas
the first to meet defeat. The vote
was 69 to 50, two-thirds majority being necessary to pass it. The Knee-
land-Sawyer resolution went down to
defeat, 61 to 56.
The Bjornson bill provided for submission to the people at the next general election the question of whether
a constitutional convention is desired.
The Kneeland-Sawyer measure would
amend the section requiring a two-
thirds vote by the legislature and
would authorize the legislature to
call a constitutional convention once
in twenty years, or more often, by a
vote of the people.
Seven thousand dollars loss
without insurance is the result
of a fire of mysterious origin
which destroyed a barn and
a large amount of stock owned
by James Mapes, on the farm
about four miles northeast of
the city in Belle Prairie formerly owned bv L.E.  Richard.
The fire was discovered about
2 o'clock Friday morning, but
all efforts to extinguish it were
futile. The house was saved,
however. No explanation can
be given as to how the blaze originated.
Besides the large barn, which
was completely destroyed, the
stock lost includes 60 head of
cattle, six horses and 12 brood
sows. all valuable stock.
Six tons of hay were also lost.
Transcript.
J. Hingsberger
Died Saturday
J. Hingsberger, formerly of
Buckman, died at his home in
St. Cloud last Saturday, at the
age of 73.
He was born at Alsace Lorraine, Germany, Dec. 28, 1838.
When 15 years of age he came
to America. His life has been
spent as a "tiller of the soil"
in various parts of Iowa, Minnesota and South Dakota, until
four years ago, when he retired
and moved with his family to
St. Cloud. He was a staunch
member of the Roman Catholic
church. His loss is deeply felt
by   his   family   and   friends.
Committee Report
On Electric Short
Line Railway
Locals
Precise
BILL  ASKS  FOR $1,000,000
Measure in Minnesota Legislature to
Provide   for   Unemployed.
A million-dollar bill has made
its appearance in the state senate,
being sponsored by Senators R. S.
Jones of Duluth and W. A. Campbell
of Minneapolis. The bill aims to provide work for the unemployed. This
is the first time that $1,000,000 has
been asked for in a bill in the Minnesota legislature except for support of
the state  institutions.
The Jones-Campbell bill provides
for a reclamation board consisting of
the governor, secretary of state, auditor, treasurer and attorney general.
The duties of this board will be to
select swamp, stump or cutover land
for reclamation and the lands to be
sold at public sale.
The measure is the outgrowth of a
meeting last week of 6,000 unemployed in Minneapolis.
MINNESOTA   EDITORS   MEET
Secretary Terms It Best Gathering In
Twenty Years.
Theoretical and practical newspaper work was discussed at the convention of the State Editorial association at St. Paul.
The trials of the country editor, the
possibilities of the newspaper as an
educator and as a chronicler of current events, the value of the paper,
its tendencies of the public to make
unreasonable demands of the editor—
in fact, practically all phases of the
pusiness were discussed.
pie registration was more than 250
"and many of the visitors were women,
several of whom are members of the
newspaper profession. The secretary,
Herman Roe of Northfield, complimented the gathering on the large attendance and expressed the belief that
it was the best meeting held in twenty years.
County Option to Popular Vote.
Should the county option bill pass
the house in the legislature it is said
that Governor Hammotd may ask
that the question be referred to the
people at the 1916 election. The governor is a thorough believer in tho
referendum.
The ice harvest is over for
this year.
The town board of Pierz will
meet Tuesday March 2.
Mrs. Peters left for her home
in Superior last   Friday   after
noon.
The Farmers' creamery took
in over 5000 pounds of cream
last Saturday.
Henry Popping of Munich is
moving onto his farm, the Peter tretter farm in Buh.
Jos. H. Grell went to a Farm
Land    dealer's    convention   at
The Village Water
Was Bad for A Few
Days Last Week
Those who took a taste of the
village water last week, puckered their mouths, smacked
their lips several times and
asked: "What's the matter with
that water? It tastes like soap
or something worse". It had a
doubly bad and nauseating taste
to the fellows who are on the
water wagon and were looking
for a possible pretext to lure
them off.
When the Poster crew had
finished the cement curbing in
the village well, the five or six
feet of water which had gathered at the bottom had to be
pumped out before digging operations could be resumed. Pumping this water out was an absolute necessity because Peter
had no submarine among his
machinery   nor    divers   among,  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
his crew. Standing in   six   feet! offi,ers of t,,p ««P«J the operating
I expenses  of  the  road  have  been  paid
of water this time of   the   year
picking hardyjan is hard work,
and, no matter if the pav is
$250 a day and board and tobacco, no man will-stay long on
the job. And another thing: after a half hour's work the water
would be so" rily'' that tlie digger could no longer see submarined or subaquarily. So the
water was pumped out into
street thr^'i"-'- . ys   aj***V-»
Automobiles Can
be Used Here Every
Month In the Year
Though the streets were
slushy and slippery, a few autoes were seen on our streets
Sunday. One of Farrow's machines came out Monday and a
few of our machines made the
trip to the county seat the same
We, the undersigned committee, selected to investigate the proposition
of the Electric Short Line Railway
Company, wish to submit the following  report:
I. We find the company has now in
operation forty (40) miles of road
from Minneapolis to Winsted, Minnesota.
That  the  company  has  on  hand   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^_
and   contracted   for   sufficient   frieght   day.
and  passenger equipment    to    success-        The best road to   Little    Falls
fullv   operate   this   road,   according   to   ., .... ,    „■,
our judgment. they say !s by the way of   New
!.    That  the    Luce    interests    have Pierz    (Grainville,       we    should
purchased  and. now    own     more    than ,lave ^ an<J tfae WQnt      jeceg
one-half  of the  total  outstanding capital stock of said company. of road   are   said   to   be   near
4.   That the Luces also own a very Gruber's place and   near   Matt.
valuable  terminal  property,  situated  in '
the  heart  of  the  wholesale  and  retail
Some Interesting
Correspondences
Platte News
.
Thommes' place.
business district of Minneapolis, con- I Here is a Suggestion to Jos.
servativoly estimated to be worth ' Qrell and Happy Jo]m Sclimol-
$11,000,000. I
5. That there is no indebtedness ke. our lalld agents: Incorpor-
against either the terminal or railway ate the Undeniable fact into
properties, so far as we have been
able to ascertain.
6. That the total amount of capital
stock outstanding against the line
does not exceed $,'!0,000 per mile
That, according to the executive
| your Real Estate advertising
literature, that Morrison county
is the land of clover and honey
where automobiles can be used
every month in the year.
during the first year of operation by
its passenger earnings, with a small
amount left over for surplus.
8. That, commencing February 13,
1915, the company opened its freight,
express and mail business to Winsted
and intermediate points, since which
the earnings have increased 600 per
cent.
!l. That the executive officers of
the company, according to their statements, have donated to the stockholders $77,000, representing salaries oarn-
-1—-•— *i... ...,.jr« of initial
..rffcut ortne-station. This v
The proof-reader on a small
Middle western daily was a
woman of great precision and
propriety. One day a reporter
succeeded in getting   into   type
Willie   Brown, I middle of March to visit   relat-
Karl Kapsner and wife will' passing thru this short pipe to
leave tomorrow for a few days' the first hydrant, to a certain
visit with relatives at Avon,) degree mixed with and contami-
St. Joseph and St. Cloud. jnated  the   pure   water   in   the
nains as far as upper town  and
Henry Gassert and   wife   will
leave for  California   about  the [lower town' But   by   t,lis   time
i the   bad   water   has   all   been
the boy who was  burnt   in   the
West End by a live wire."
On the following day the reporter found on his desk a frigid note asking: "Whicli is the
west end of a boy?" It took an
instant to reply—"The end the
son sets on, of course."—Ex.
ives and to attend the Panama j
exposition. They will be gone,
several months.
drawn off or has purified itself
to such an extent, that whatever impurities still remain in it,
are diluted        into     such
an      infinitely homeopathic
Hillman News
Miss Helen Davis spent the
week end with her parents in
Little Falls.
The town board of Leigh met
at the clerk's office Monday of
this week.
Arba C. Waller and wife of
Rucker visited at the Penniman
home Sunday.
Richard Sommars, August
Drews and John Borlowski
made a business trip to the
county seat Tuesday.
Irwin J. Drews and wife have
returned from their western
trip.
At the advanced  age   of   81,
Mrs. John Stuekmeyer,   mother : solution lhat) sllould tbey   pasa
unobserved by the fastidious
gustatory portals into a human
body, their  presence   would   in
! to John and Edwin Stuekmeyer
of Buh, died at the home of her
son Joseph, at Le Roy, Wis.,
last week.
Don't sing, "It's a long way
to Tipperary," when walking
along the sidewalks just now;
better change it to "It's a
short wfiy to Slipperary"—
land be more cautious. These
be perilous times.—Ex.
The saw mill which has
been built at White Pine,
Minn., by James E. McGrrath,
is now under operation. It
began sawing Monday morning, the 15th and will run
night and day until the end
of the sawing season.
There has been  considera-
Osmar Leigh Jr. of Royalton! bl« agitation in Onamia lately of building one or more
rural telephone lines out of
Onamia this spring. In order
to bring the matter in shape
as to bring the desired results a meeting was held at
the hall at Onamia on Saturday.
AlvinMohler finished painting an advertising drop curtain in McClure's Hall last
week. Tlie work is artistically done and clearly dem-
pnstrates Mr. Mohler's abili-
Onamia will again vote on'ty as a painter and decora-
local option. A petition re- tor. A number of business
questing that the question be| places in the village are represented to the voters on1 presented with their adver-
March 9th. was filed with the, tisements on   the  curtain.—
no wise disturb the   equilibrum
of their host.
Sullivan Naws
is visiting relatives here.
I. J. Drews and wife spent
Sunday at Rucker.
What's the matter with Hillman? We're alright! The Hillman flour mill is the latest innovation.
George Leigh is sick with the
measles
The annual election of town
officers will be held at the
school house on Tuesday, March
9. Be sure to come.
clerk last week.
i Lake Breeze.
Robt. Adkins and T. S. Look caught
a coon one day last week, the tirst one
oen in our neighborhood this year.
Ole Christianson, wife and baby
spent Tuesday evening at T. S. Look's.
Miss Kinda Pint of Vineland is visiting her sister, Mrs. Raymond Sims,
ami   other  relatives.
Joe Hesch of Buckman is busy hauling lumber from the Robt. Adkin's
place.
Sam Martin was a Lastrup called on
Wednesday.
Matt Pint made a business trip to
Onamia  Wednesday.
Mis. Munyon, who have been visiting in Dykeman, took the stage for
Rucker  Thursday.
Alva Martin brought a wolf, to the
(own   clerk's  office  Thursday.
D. W. Sims was an Onamia caller
Saturday.
T. S. Look and nephew, Merle, were
Pier/, goer-; Saturday.
The Misses Jute Mitchell and Florence Wihnot visited with Mrs. Christianson   Saturday   afternoon.
Frank Sims called at the H. C
Smith   home  Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Waffeusmith and child
of Deerwood arrived Sunday, and will
visit at the Peter Adkins' home a few-
days.
Mrs. Ford, daughter and grand children, Merle and Vernida. were guests
at T. S. Look's Sunday.
Mrs. Robt. Adkins visited at the
Peter  Adkins home  Sunday.
ber,  tie  plates,  mm.-.,   nuB.,      .
construction  material  for  early  spring
use.
11. That the Electric Short Line
Railway has a perpetual contract with
the Terminal Company, affording an
entrance into the City of Minneapolis,
on what is considered a very equitable
basis, whicli contract can never be altered in any particular, and for which
the stock holders of the company have
paid nothing, although the contract is
deemed of enormous value to the company.
12. That the company has contracted for many miles of right-of-way, in
addition to that already built, about
one hundred and twenty-live miles of
which has been donated to the company and is an asset.
12. That the Luces lave agreed to
put up their terminal property as collateral security for the payment of
principal and interest of the bonds,
when the bond issue is made, by which
method much more capital can be secured and at a more favorable rate of
interest.
The committee was present Tuesday
evening, Feb. 1<>, at a banquet tendered the company by the Winsted Commercial club, at which time there was
present many prominent business and
professional men and state and civic
officials from Minneapolis and St.
Paul, among whom was the governor's
secretary, the mayor 01' Minneapolis.
members of the state legislature, bankers and prominent citizens from neighboring towns and cities near Winsted,
all of whom heartily endorsed the
Luces and their work in completing
the road.
So far as we could ascertain, the
cost of financing the road thus far has
been kept very low, it being stated
by the officers of the company to be
loss than seven per cent  (7 per cent).
According to figures submitted to us
Your Taxes Must
Be Paid b) Feb. 26
A penlaty of 10 per cent will
be added to all personal property taxes tfnpaid on March 1,
leaving five days for the forget-
'""' ' ««« *« visit the county
oviuare   accounts
•elore   penalty   goes
Personal property taxes are
due the tirst Monti ay in January
but the taxpayer is given nearly two months of grace before
he is penalized for delinquency
in paying. On March 1 the penalty attaches, so that the last
day of February is the last
chance to pay, but this year the
last day of the month falls on
Sunday and therefore the taxes
must be settled by next Saturday, the 27th, or the penalty
will be added.
Sleighing   is   about   gone  again.
it makes it hard for those who haven't
finished hauling ice.
Quite a few- rases of grip are r<
fd around here.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kleutch and
sun  visited at Ben  Kichner's Sunday.
By the looks of the weather now
lays, it's on top of the fence and
doesn't know whether to c,ome down
on the summer or winter side.
By the way. we haven't heard anything of our ex-barber, Billie Prunes.
for a long time.
Christ Reese has two brothers and
four nephews in the tiermau army and
at the present writing they are all
well.
Andrew Nelson. Mis. Effie Peterson
and Miss Ah era Ilofstead visited at
Ben   Kichner's  Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Kichner. Edward
Richner, Tillie Olson, Peter and John
Johnson spent Monday evening at C.
Reese's.
Jos. Peine has sent for a
shorthorn bull from a Farm*
ingtou breeder.
It is rumered here that Christ
Mutu had died, but further particulars are not availabl at  this
I time.
Theo. Hrisk sold his meat
market business   to   John  <
sell.
RAILROAD MEETING.
There will be a meeting at the
Paul Virnig school   house   Fri-
|day evening, and a   meeting   at
the Herold school    house    Mon-
lav evening in  the   interest   of
the i_
GENERAL
MARKET REPORTS.
Grain and Produce
Harket Report.
'Vheat, No. 1,  1.88
Wlieat, No. 2  1.81
Flax,  1.70
Barley _. 05
  1.10
     r.tt
       65
  $5.00
.....      37
       27
      2;\
Rye... 	
Oats	
Ear Corn	
Hay	
Butter, Creamery	
Dairy	
Eggs	
Flour, Best      3.60
"    Straight      3.50
Low grade flour i.80
j by the representatives of the company, I Bran .- 1.88
and  verified by us, there is no promo- ' Shorts .1.40
tion or so-called "watered" stock  i" : Cnicked Corn 80 pounds]!.]L40
Ground Feed      1.40
John P. Smith and Edward
Theiss left Tuesday for Cross
Plains. Wis.   Ed. is from Wis-
watered'
this  company,  there  having  been   sold
approximately $1,300,000 worth of stock
and   about   *1,250,000  of  this  amount ' Beans *    2.00
i>  accounted   for  by  the  cost  of  the   Onions         60
line  to     Winsted,     collectible     unpaid j — —
notes, steel, ties, bridge timber, etc..
on hand and in addition to this, is a
valuation of close to a half million
dollars ($500,000) of assets, in the
way of franchises, free right-of-way.
town-site contract*, and reasonable increase in the value of property since
the company  acquired same.
Respectfully   submitted,
—Chas.   K.   Gravel.
—Frank  Grell.
—M.   Wermerskirchen,
—Louis Spanfeluer.
—Rev. .las.  Steigler.
South St. Paul
Hog Market.
Ave. Price.
Thursday 8.42
Friday	
Saturday  ...
Monday 15.4"
Tuesday 6.50
Wednesday	
South St. Paul
Live StockMarket.
Joseph Peine's children re- ^  8 - ~
■^■^■^■^■^■^■^■^■H .  .       .   Cows and Heifers.>!.-_'.> to ..6.to
cousin and had been visiting J™*  fl'°,U a Bh°ri  nirt l! Calves, steady,..        50 to 9.7f
relatives here. Hastings. ^^    - ~^^^^^^
Rural Route No. 3
F. .1.  Winzenberg  and   family  spent
Tuesday   at   the   M.  )■'. Smith  1:
Mr.   and   Mrs.   K.     L.     Muncy
county   seat   callers   Thursday.
II. Do Hosier and daughter Laura
Mac,   were   Tier/,  callers  Saturday.
Miss Catherine Stumpf visited at
the M. K. Smith home Wednesday and
Thursday of last m
Miri ill   Winze a berg,     who     at t -
high   school   at   I'ierz,   spent   the   week
cud   at   the   M.   V.  Smith   home.
Mis.   A.  Stumpf   and   family   into their new home at Pierz last Thursday.
Social Events
About twenty friends and -datives
gave Miss Viola Muncy a pic
surprise Tuesday evening in honor of
her birthday. The evening was spent
in dancing and games. At U o'clock
a delicious luncheon
Muncy was th.' recipient of a number
of  beautiful   gi
Mr. and Mrs. V. (i. Winzenberg entertained a party of friends at n
o 'clink dinner Sun.lay. There were
present Mr. and Mrs. JI. |>,. 1 {<>~i.• r and
.laughter Lara Mae, Mr. and Mrs. M.
1'. Smith and Miss Nellie Shermcrhorn.
A line dinner was served by the hi
nnd  a  pleasant   social   time  enjoy
Mr.   and   Mrs.   J.   Ktheu   entertained
a  number of friends at   their home
Wednesday     evening.       The
heir tenth anni\ ersary.
Ding was spent  in  dancing.  Music  was
furnished by the Pierz orchestra.    All
reported   a   pleasant   evening.
Mr.   and   Mrs.   M.   P.   Smith      were
pleasantly  surprised  at  their lion:-
Thursday   evening   in   honor   of   their
wedding  anniversary,  by  a   number  of
friends   and   neighbors.     Th.
-pent in sociability and <ar.!
at   a   late   hour   the   delicious   refre.'h-
wMeh    were    brought    by    the
■   were  exquisitely  served   iu  two
. ourses.
DOLLS LEG IN LUNG FATAL
Child Who Swallows Article Is Treated   for   Pneumonia.
Mattie Hagen, five-year-old daughter of Kvan Hagen of Byron, Olmsted
county, is dead In Rochester as the
result of swallowing a doll's leg at
Christmas time. Surgeons at Rochester found the leg bad lodged in one of
tbe child's lungs and could not be removed.
Nothing was known of the accident
at the time tbe girl was first stricken and sbe was treated for pneumonia at her borne.
English Farthings.
 [Farthings  were originally coined In
Feeders, steadv, ...$4.30 to 7-001 ■Uver- They were ** colu^i la Mni»r