The Pierz Journal (Pierz, Morrison County, Minnesota), 1918-09-05

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VOL. NO. 10.
PIERZ, MORRISON COUNTY, MINNESOTA, September 5, 1918.
No. 12.
OFSTJ
TERSELY TOLD
Recent Happenings In Minnesota
Given In Brief Items For
Busy Readers,
Winona.—Leo F. Murphy, judge of
the municipal court, was commissioned
a second lieutenant at Camp Pike, Ark.
St. Paul.—Fire of unknown origin
starting in the warehouse of Winston
Bros., railway contractors, completely
destroyed the building and contents.
Minneapolis. — Three persons were
injured, two seriously, when Irvin
Pearson, 27 years old, drove his motorcycle into a hayrack on a residence
avenue.
Stillwater. — While working on a
scaffold   at   a   lumber   plant,   Peter
Speicht, painter, lost his balance and
fell fifteen feet, sustaining a fracture
^the left leg.
^Winona.—Genevieve Pellowski, aged
13, lies at the hospital in a critical
condition as a result of burns received
when a gasoline stove over which she
was working exploded,
Winona.—The annual field day meeting of the Southeast Minnesota and
Western Wisconsin Bee Keepers' association was observed at Lewiston.
Nearly 100 people gathered.
St. Paul.—Lieut. Edward A. Hadeen,
who returned to the aviation mechanics' training school, Midway, after a
mysterious disappearance of two
weeks, is now held under military
arrest.  -
Stillwater.—Arrangements are being
perfected for a tug of war between
twenty-five farmers of Ramsey county
and a like number from Washington
county at the Ramsey County Agricultural exhibit at White Bear.
St. Paul.—A conference of county
superintendents, institute instructors
and instructors in teacher training departments in high schools is being
held at the university farm through
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.
Hutchinson. — Mayor A. G. Krans,
with Chief of Police A. W. Dibble, a
detail of patrolmen and. deputy sheriffs, held up six automobile parties
suspected of bringing liquor into this
town from adjoining wet districts and
arrested sixteen men.
Hibbing. — Hibbing will be represented at the next meeting of the
League of Municipalities at Rochester
on Oct. 16 and 17. Mayor Powers is
expected to appoint two delegates.
Hibbing may bid for the next meeting,
but this is not quite certain.
Minneapolis.—W. H. Farr, cashier of
the Robbinsdale State bank, which
was closed by order of F. E. Pearson,
state superintendent of banks, was
arraigned before Judge C. L. Smith in
municipal \ court on a warrant charging him with making a 'false entry in
the books.
St. Paul.—In a letter received by A.
D. Wilson, state food administrator,
from Maj. George W. Freeman, district
engineer of the war department, St.
Paul, further co-operation is promised
in the effort to save hay lands in the
meadows surrounding the Pokegama
reservoir.
St. Paul.—Hunters who planned on
opening the hunting season on Sept.
15, will have to lay aside their shooting irons until Sept. 16 in Minnesota,
according to Carlos Avery, state game
and flsh commissioner. The duck
shooting season is regulated this year
by the federal law, which allows
shooting on Sept. 16, and will govern
all northern states. Chicken shooting
will open on the same date.
Aitkin.—The August shipment made
by the Aitkin county Red Cross chapter was composed of 100 oakum pads,
8 by 12 inches; 100 oakum pads, 14
by 20 inches; 600 wipes 2 by 2; 150
hospital bed shirts, 21 helpless case
shirts, 30 outing flannel pajamas, 35
bed jackets, 20 bandage foot socks, 3
operating socks, 140 handkerchiefs, 6
dust cloths, 5 dish cloths, 30 dish towels, 10 napkins, 50 tray covers, 180
wash cloths, 6 joke books, 245 refugee
' garments, and 695 pairs of socks.
Brainerd.^-rCorn going 80 bushels to
the acre can be seen at the farm of
George Cossette, five miles west of
Merrifleld, on the shores of North
Long lake. It stands as an evidence of
the value of planting tested seed.
Every bit of seed was first thoroughly
tested • as to germinating. power by
County Agricultural Agent E, A. Col-
quhoun, and the result proved 100 per
cent perfect. The seed was dropped
by hand. At present prices that four-
teen-acre patch of corn is worth $1,500.
St. Paul.—An attempt is being made
at University farm to fix upon methods
for the manufacture of butter, combining the high keeping qualities of
export butter as first manufactured in
Denmark, and the palatability of Minnesota's creamery products. R. M.
Washburn! of the dairy division at
University farm, and E. J. Holmers,
Btate creamery inspector and dairy
school instructor, are conducting the
expermie^s, and their aim is to fix
upon H-roi-ds of manufacture which
will in effect standardize the products
of Minnesota's creameries.
St. Paul.—Hugo V. Koch, state director of the United States employment service, is slated to be named
State director of the public service reserve as successor to Don R. Cotton,
who resigned. Such an appointment
has been recommended by the state
and community labor boards, and Director W. E. Hall of the national reserve organization favors it, according
to authoritative word here. Director
Koch would serve without compensation, but a salaried office manager
would be appointed, under present
plans. George W. McCree is assistant
istate director.
Interesting
Correspondences
Platte News,
A crowd gathered at tbe
Christ Reese home last Saturday eve. N Those being present
were: Mr. and Mrs. Theo.
Rychner and children, Mr. and
Mrs. Blasi and children of
Anoka, Mr. Valentine and sons,
and the Misses Mary Wolff,
Helen Blaski, Frances and
Christine Valentine and Mary
Skochinski. The evening' was
spent vers nicely.
Overalls   must be in style    a-
round Platte even the girls   are
wearing them.
Theo. Rychner and wife and
the Misses- Mary Wolff and Mary Skochinski motored to Little
Palls Thursday afternoon.
—MAKE W.S.S. PLEDGES—
Chicken And Dock
Season Soon Open
The chicken and duck hunting season will open Sept. 16th
in Minnesota. The duck shooting season is regulated by the
federal migratory bird law,
which requires this year for the
first time that the season shall
open on the same date in all
northern states. Chicken hunting begins on the same date in
Minnesota, but may open earlier in some adjoining states because the migratory bird law
does not apply, the commisson-
er explained.
—MAKE W.S.S. PLEDCES—
Must State Financial Condition
Liberty Loan slackers in the
coming campaign may be legally required to appear and give
testimony as to their financial,
condition, under an order adopted by the Minnesota Public
Safety commission.
The order, which is No. 44,
gives authority to county public
safety directors to summon witnesses and compel them to testify regarding the financial condition of any citizen refusing to
take the amount of Liberty
Bonds allotted to him by the
campaign committee.
The order follows reports and
complaints from many counties
that there was no legal authority to obtain evidence in such
cases.
—MAKE W.S.S. PLEDCES—
No Restrictions On Wheat.
Answering many inquiries
that have come in on this subject, the Pfrod Administration
desires to state that any individual having wheat, raised
this year may market or keep
the wheat just as he desires.
No rules have been issued on
this matter and the holder of
wheat is permitted the same
choice as regards marketing as
he has enjoyed in normal times.
The same applies to all other
cereal crops. This was the
order issued Aug. 12th to all
Countv Pood Administrators.
—Make w.s.s. pledges—
Wendell Wilson of Burtrotii,
Minn., attended the Little Palls
Business College and secured a
position at Washington, at eleven hundred dollars a year. You
can do as well. Send for cata«
log.
Time Flies
And Fly Time.
When Sitzman heard that C.
D. Gilbert had been transferred
to the Rock Island Arsenal, 111.,
he lit his pipe, sank into the
easy depths of a jocking chair
and for several minutes drew
long reminiscent draughts and
gently blew the smoke out in
straight horizontal lines. Every now and then he dispersed
the accumulated clouds of aroma into infinity with a vigorous
"whiff".
"Time flies" began the old
gentleman. ' "Mention o_ Rock
Island Arsenal takes me back
to 1863 when I worked in the
mechanical department of the
Davenport [Iowa] Democrat.
My stay of seven years in Davenport included the last two
years of the civil war. The island is in the Mississippi between Davenport and Rock Island and Moline, 111. It is
about one mile long and one
half mile wide. The government building, all of stone, glass
and iron, were moved from
Harpers Perry of John Brown
fame. During the last year of
the war the island was used as
a prison camp. About 200 of
the southern prisoners, who
died of disease and wounds lie
buried there. As a member of
the Home Guard I was called
out three different times to patrol the city when the report was
spread that the Rebels Broke
Loose.
When I first came to Davenport th • ruins of the forts built
by the whites on the island during the Black Hawk war in
1832 were still to be seen. To
the east of Rock Island on the
banks of the Illinois river stood
Black Hawk Tower on the summit of which Chief Black Hawk
made his headquarters. Like
with the Castled crag of Drach-
enfels and Bhrenbreitstein' from
whence the flight 'of baffled
foes was watched along the
plains; there were strangp and
weird traditions connected with
Black Hawk Tower. The story 1
goes that a violin player while j
playing for the famous chief,
fell backward down the rocky
precipice and dissappeared in
the murky waters of the river.
'The fiddler's ghost is playing
again' they used to say whenever the wind sighed along rocky
banks of the Illinois.
Registrars of
Morrison County
Below is giyen a list of the registrars for the different precincts of the county. These men
are requested to serve without
compensation. Those from this
yicinity are:"
Buh—Louis Kobilka, Prank
Konen.
Buckman—Joe E. Brandl,Wm.
Billstein.
Granite—S. O. Wood,
Hillman—Math Juetten,
Leigh—Wm. Nelson,
Morrill—W. B. Solt,
Mt. Morris—Herman Peterson
Pierz—Magnus  Rauch,  C. A.
Virnig,
Pulaski—Jos. Chmarowski,
Platte—L. Lorenzen, •
Richardson—C. E. Look,
Village of Buckman—Peter P.
Blake.
Village of Genola—John T.
Harsch,
Village   of   Lastrup — P.  X.
Buesseler,
Village of Pierz—A. P. Stoll,
Village   of   Royalton—J.   J.
Chirhart.
—MAKE W.S.S. PLEDGES—■
A fast freight hit an Overland
touring car at a crossing in Royalton Sunday afternoon, demolishing the machine and seriously
injuring the occupants, Prank
Borash and his son Joseph.
Mr.Borash had just gotten on
the crossing when he killed his
engine. In his excitement he
could not get the' car started in
time and the heavy freight struck
the rear end of the machine,
throwing it about 150 feet. The
car is a complete wreck and the
elder Borash suffered severe
cuts about the head and body
due to being thrown through the
wind shield. The younger man
had a leg broken in two places.
—MAKE W.S.S. PLEDGES—
EarEy Fall Plowing
Insures Good Crops
Early fall plowing is advisable for many reasons, but particularly because it usually results in an increase of yields,
says Addrew Boss, vice director
of the Minnesota experiment
station. Among other things
earl^ fall plowing destroys all
weeds and weed seeds and also
breaks up the nests of many in-
,sect pests. It also opens up
I was a member of a party itj-,e soil so that the fall rains
which accompanied P™!- may be absorbed and retained.
Schlageudweit of Germany on, Evaporation from plowed land
a visit to the island. The pro-; is very much less rapid than
fessor at that time toured the j from har(i smGoth surfaces. An
United States giving lectures ! additional advantage comes al-
bn subjects and travels he had!so from tiie greater length of
studied and experienced with t^me given the land for re-estab-
the famous naturalist and ex- iisiiing- capillary connections
plorer, Alexander Von Hum-j and air circulation. Vegetable
bolt.
"Yes Time Plies, and Ply'
Time," he concluded, as he
brushed 8 or 10 ambitious ones
from the desert of his  crown.
If you expect to attend Business College this year, be sure
to send at once for our catalogue and tell us what you want
to learn. School opens now.
St. Cloud Business College.
—MAKE W.S.S. PLEDGES--
Farmers are  busy cutting
corn this week.
matter in the soil is an important fertilizing material. The
stubble and weeds that are
plowed under early in the season have more time to rot and
become available as plant food
when the land is plowed early.
All of these factors combine in
making better growing conditions for the plants and a material increase in yield per acre
is usually the result.
Peter Gau, Joseph Newman aud Henry Grau were
State Fair visitors this week.
County Seat Callings.
Clerk of Court- A. M. Stoll issued marriage license Thursday
to Peter Weiss, and Magdelena
Miller.
In a letter to his father
Archie Blake, stationed at Norfolk, says it may be necessary
for him to undergo another
operation. Mr. Blake submitted
to an operation some time ago
for  appendicitis.
Prank Kiewel received word
from Minneapolis Thursday
that one of the windshields of
his car which' was stolen there
the first of the week had been
found. This-windshield was a
special one installed by Mr.
Kiewel*and was fastened to the
back of the front seat. To have
this installed it was necessary
to remove the upholstering and
the thief had evidently torn it
put to make the car more difficult to identity. Mr. Kiewel
was asked to come to the city
end left today.
Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Stoll of
Pierz were in the city Saturdav
morning and went from here to
Dent to visit Mr. Stoll's brother, Edward. Stoll.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Schwan-
kel and children of Richnond
are in the city visiting relatives.
Prank Kiewel, who had his
Buick car stolen in Minneapolis
about a week ago, has located
the car through the Minneapolis
Auto Club. Mr. Kiewel received word Friday that an
extra windshield which he had
placed in the automobile had
been found and he was asked to
to come to the city at once.
The car was stolen by a gang
known as the Prior lake bunch,
consisting of four men -and two
women. They are now in charge
of the sheriff of Hennipin county. These people have been
renting a cottage at Prior l^ke
and the people from whom
they rented became suspicious
and reported them. The windshield and other, articles taken
from the Kiewel car were located in the cottage and it was
through the finding of these
things that several other stolen cars were also traced to the
same gang.
—MAKE W.S.S. PLEDGES—
Tony Kobilka of Duluth
is home on a few days' visit.
He expects to be called to the
army soon.
John Hesch and wife motored to St. Paul Sunday to
take in the State Fair.
John "Thommes returned
from N. Dakota Tuesday.
Yesterday's casualty list
contained the name of Jos.
Phol of Morrill as severely
wounded.
—MAKE W.S.S. PLEDGES—
Two Threshing Rigs Stopped
Machine Inspector Noah
Moran has condemed two threshing rigs in Morrison county
One machine was wasting grain
and the other had not been repaired to do proper work. Mr.
Moran is making a thorough inspection of the machines in the
countyand will stop any machine
from worhing that does not fulfill all requirements. There are
65 rigs in the county.
Local Happenings
OHhe Week
John Dombovy is now employed in the flour mill.
P. L. Solinger took the
train for Minneapolis Friday.
Born—to Louis Eller and
wife last Wednesday, a
daughter.
H. E. Elden of Duluth solicited life insurance here last
Thursday.
John Hoppe of Sullivan
was here Tuesday buying
lumber for a new house.
Math Thommes was operated last Saturday for a recurrence of his ailment.
Miss Evelyn Antt of Little Falls is visiting at the
Kipply home in Agram.
Gene Gravel and family
passed thru here Wednesday
on the way to the State Fair.
A young mail carrier arrived at the home of Arthur
Schauble and wife last Sunday.
Miss Stella Fronzak and
Miss Theresa Meyer of Pierz
left for St. Cloud on Monday where they will attend
the St Cloud Business College.
Mrs. Ed. Ulrich, who had
lived in the Nespori house in
upper .town the past year,
moved to Little Falls last
week.
Pay up your subscription
before September 14th. According to government ruling
subscriptions must be paid
in advance.
Mr. and Mrs. Ruffis of Minneapolis and Mr. and Mrs.
Thienes of Little Falls visited with the Ed. Bentfeld
family last Sunday.
Math Lokowitsch traded
his farm in Buh for a farm
south of Onamia of which he
will take possession shortly.
He will be a neighbor to Ed.
Ernst.
J. H. Robinson of Grerald-
ine, Montana is here visiting
old acquaintances. He is a
son of Mr. and Mrs. G. W.
Robinson who formerly lived
in Granite.-- He reports that
his parents are still alive and
in good health. Crops are
very good in Montana, this
year he says.
Richard Boehm was in
town Saturday. In speaking
of the coming election, he
claims his prospects are
bright. "Dick" returned recently from a chautauqua
tour through Iowa and Wisconsin. His duty was to introduce the speakers.
A light frost Monda y night,
but a much heavier one
Tuesday night gave us a
touch of what it will be here
in three months. Heavy
quilts Tuesday night and a
good fire Wednesday morning added greatly to ones
comfort. - Ice was about one
fourth of an inch thick in
pails and pans. Henry Wuellner of Agram, in town in
the morning, pronounced it a
| "killing frost".
IN!
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German Armies Are Retiring All
Along the Western Battle
Front.
YANKEES IN BELGIUM
Americans  Storm  and   Capture   Voon
mezeele  and   Engage   in   Other
Operations—British   Forces
Take   Peronne.
With the British Army in Flanders, Sept. 3.—For the first time
American troops fought on Belgian soil. They captured Voormezeele and were engaged in the
operations elsewhere in the same
locality.
London, Sept. 3.—Reuter's correspondent at British headquarters
says he hears that the Americans,
besides taking Voormezeele, have
captured several strong positions
between Voormezeele and Ypres.
London, Sept. 3.—All along the wes t-j
ern battle front the Germans continuej
to give ground before the Allies.!
Daily the trend of events accentuates!
the insecurity of the German lftiesj
and the inability of the German high!
command to hold back the aggressors.!
American troops operating in con-;
junction with the French have driven!
against the German line beyond Juvig-I
ny. They recorded a progress of two]
miles beyond the town and had takenj
several hundred prisoners. Quite aj
quantity of German war supplies was!
captured.
And while the Americans at Juvignyj
were thus advancing other Americans!
for the first time were reported fighting on Belgian soil. They stormed
and captured Voormezeele and were
engaged in other operations in the
neighborhood of this town.
Peronne Falls to Haig.
Peronne, whose fall was assured by
the taking of Mont St. Quentin by
J;he British Saturday fell to Field Marshal Haig's men yesterday. At the
same time it is unofficially reported
the British have reached the outskirts
of Lens.
Where two months ago great salients
projected into the Allied front these
have either been flattened or are in
the process of being blotted out, and
in some instances the Allies themselves have driven in wedges that
seriously   menace   the* enemy.
With the Marne and Picardy sectors now virtually all reclaimed the
wings of the present Allied offensive
are moving in a manner that bodes
ill to the Germans. In the north, the
wing on the Lys salient southwest of
Ypres gradually is bending under
voluntary retirements and the pressure of field Marshal Haig's forces.
Following the fall of Kemmel the
Allied line has been moved forward
until it now rests almost upon the
seven miles southwest of Armen-
tieres. By wiping out of this salient
the menace to the channel ports has
been  overcome.
PUSH  FOE BACK TWO MILES
Americans  Take  About   Six   Hundred
German   Prisoners.
With the American Army in France,
Sept. 3.—Again the German defenses
north of Soissons haye been cracked
by the Americans, who have made secure their new positions near Terny-
Borny and on a line along the Bethune-
Soissons road.
The Americans a/e still at the Apex
of the Allied forces in that port of the
general front. The French General
Mangin supplemented his messages of
congratulation, expressing to the
American' commander admiration for
his unit's work and frankly admitting
slight surprise that troops comparatively new should have conducted
themselves with such dash and brilliancy.
The American troops in their drive
beyond Juvigny advanced about two
miles and captured nearly 600 prisoners, together with considerable war
supplies.
BUILDING  BIG YANKEE  ARMY
Units Being Withdrawn From British
and   French.
Washington, Sept. 3.—General March
told the Senate military committee
that American troops were being
withdrawn from the British and
French armies With which they have
been brigaded and are being concentrated in the first American* field
army, under General Pershing. The
chief of staff did not indicate what
part the Americans were playing in
the present pressure against the German lines.
The general gave no new figures on
the number of Americans in   France.
Relatives Will Wear Brassards.
Washington, Sept. 3. — The American Red Cross will provide mourning
brassards to be worn by the relatives
of men who are killed in France, according to announcement made by Ilia
war council.of the organization. The
brassards^ which are to be substituted for general mourning, were suggested and designed by tlie woman's
committee of the Council of National
Defense, the idea having been en-
dorsed by President Wilson in a letter
sent to t^econamittee.
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