The Pierz Journal (Pierz, Morrison County, Minnesota), 1918-09-26

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VOL NO.  10.
PIERZ, MORRISON COUNTY, MINNESOTA, September 26, 1918.
No. 15.
IF STATE
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Recent Happenings Tn Minnesota
Given In Brief Items For
Busy Readers,
Rod Wing-.—Charles J. Bryan, 74. a
resi_->if. ot Goodhue county for over
si.^ty years, and ior the past five years
residing hero. is dead.
Manila.—CliraCosen, 15, Rochester, was taken frqijr. a train by Mankato authorities at the request of the
Ro.hester'ipoiice,"'having run. away!
S,t-. Pel er.—Peter iScliaefer, a drug:
gist," .vas forced to give up 225 pounds
of sugar which the food administration ffound in hf. home.' The sugar
was taken to .Minneapolis to. be sold.
Roseau,.— Tlie. Fanners! . Produce
company -'has  negotiated   a " contract
with the Peterson-Biddiol- company of
,     .Wadena, thereby :the. latter company
,   will finance the. purchase of potatoes
at Rosefiii..this'season..
Fergus'"^ alls.—L. R.'Adley, county
superintendent" of schools, has resigned to accept, "the superinteridency-
of the city schools at Fairfax, jvrr_.t£:
Miss Hilda Sletted was elected by the':
county board to succeed him.
Hibbing. — Hibbing Home Guards
may vote to become a National Guard
company, as the state and Federal government favor a. National Guard company, which will make the company
liable to service in any part of the
state.
Crookston.—C. E. Kiewel bought the
interest of E. 0. Quenvold in the
Crookston Creamery company. The
company, of which Mri Kiewel now
holds a half interest, W-Il be entirely
reorganized and additional capital
added.
International Falls. — A dynamite
demonstration was given at the Irwin
farm under the supervision of L. Rog-
en of Wilmington, Del. Mr. Rogen
showed the farmers how to blast
stumps, break rock and clear land with
dynamite.
St. Cloud.—Peter Emmel, for the
past fifteen years agent for the Great
Northern Express company, has resigned. Mr. Emmel has been agent
for the Northern Express company
since the two local offices were recently combined under that name.
Brainerd.—War activity and resulting prosperity are reflected in the
large Northern Pacific shop pay day
the past week, the sum of $85,000
being disbursed Monday, while an
amount considerably in excess, representing back pay, was paid out later.
Merchants report lively trade resulting.
Minneapolis. — Official statistics received from Washington showed that
the internal revenue taxes collected in
Minnesota during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1918, increased $51,785,-
238.39 over the collections during the
preceding year. The marked increase
is due mainly to the income tax. In
1917 the receipts in Minnesota were
$6,432,896.09, while in 1918 they were
$58,218,134.48.
Montevideo.—The Eastern Minnesota Teachers' association will hold its
annual meeting here Oct. 11 and 12.
Among the speakers will be President
Marion L. Burton of the University of
Minnesota; Henry M. Deutsch of Minneapolis; E. M. Phillips, high school
inspector; A. D. Wilson, state food administrator; Mrs. T. G. Winter of the
National Council of Defense, and M. J.
Dowling of Olivia.
Fergus Falls.—The Otter Tail Power
company, which generates power here
for thirty-nine cities and villages, has
been finding it difficult to maintain
full service, on account of the low
stage of water in Minnesota streams
and has been compelled to use large
quantities of coal. As a result, it has
asked the cities and villages which it
serves for a voluntary increase in
rates of 25 per cent.
St. * Paul.—Registration of 284,568
Minnesota men between 18 and 21 and
31 and 45 years is officially announced
at state draft headquarters. The advance government estimate for the
state was 297,430. Draft officials said
that supplementary reports undoubtedly will bring the actual registration total to more than 285,000. Figures by
local boards will be announced when
the final report is forwarded to Washington. The falling off is largely in
Minneapolis, St. Paul and Duluth, and
is attributed to heavy volunteer recruiting.
Hibbing.—Hibbing will have the
first auto library in the state if present plans go through. The township
of Stuntz called for bids for a two-
ton auto bus, especially equipped for
library purposes. At the present time
the library is providing books for some
ten or eleven locations within the
township but because of the limited
number of books which can be carried
under present arrangements the li-
hrqry board appealed to the township
and the request brought results. The
library on wheels will carry 1,000 vol-
^-■^ uniea and will be able to make several
ItfcatiGUls in a day. The bus will be
fitted up with shelves and there will
be quarters for the librarian.
Virginia. — The bodies of Norman
Cardin, 21, and Garfield Cardin, 17,
who were drowned in Little Rice lake,
were found about forty feet apart.
Their guns were found near the body
of Norman. Park, mill and city employes searched for them for two days.
Paul Sevenich and Grover Leveque of
Virginia saw both men near the lake.
Later they noticed the black gauntlets
and still later saw the overturned
boat, an old one, with holes stuffed
with handkerchiefs and the black
gauntlets, floating on its sides. They
reported to the sheriff and immediate
search was made.
Interesting
Correspondences
South Agram News.
Those that called.at the Peter Thommes home Sunday were:
J.J. Bruirimer and wife and
sons Edward and Philip, Katherine Neisius, Joe Jansen and
family and   Lucy   Sporlein.
Born—to Joe Gruber and wife
Sunday, a daughter.
J oil ii Eidenshenk and wife
visited-relatives in St. Joe Saturday.
Eva Brummer is employed by
Mrs, Joe Gruber,  .
Cecelia and Margareth Terhaar who are employed at Dakota are home on a visit.
George Boser and wife and
son Henry and daughter Minnie
and Kate, Peter, and:Helga Perlenberg called at the J. J. Brummer home Sunday   evening.
—MAK__ W.;S<s; PLEDCES—   : -:
Get ready for the Four fti
Liberty Loan.
—MAKE W.S.S. PLEDCES—
The draft board is sending
out questionnaires, to men between the ages of 19 arid 38: .
lonnaires
To Men Between
All who.registered   on ..Sept; :son were killed in action
12 and mailed in their cards, to
the local board must send
stamped, addressed envelopes
to receive their certilicates.
—MAKE W.S.S. PLEDGES—
Genola  News
Mrs. Hubert Bares went to
Washington to visit her husband, who is in the camp.
Rev. Father Wilkes   of  Man-
dan, N. Dak. was  here  visiting
relatives and friends-
Henry   Solinger   has   a   new
Buick Run-about.
Henry Terhaar and family
were visiting Herman Terhaar's
in Agram Sunday.
—MAKE W.S.S. PLEDGES—
Platte News.
Theo. Rychner and family and
Miss Mary Skochinski were callers.at the Chas. Rychner home
last Sunday.
Prank Wolff and wife were
Pierz goers Monday.
Paul Wolff returned home from
Pipestone, Minn., last Sunday
afternoon.
Wm. Nelson and sister Clara
were Pierz callers Monday.
Christ. Reese and Gust Valentine were out early Saturday
morning hunting.
Mr. and Mrs. Wolff and daughter Mary, visited with the Rychner family Monday evening.
The Wolves seem to be awful
dangerous. Mrs. A. Smith lost
four of her geese, which were
killed by wolves. The geese
were found out in their field,
with their heads snapped off.
—MAKE W.S.S. PLEDGES—
Get ready for the Fourth
Liberty Loan.
—MAKE W.S.S. PLEDGES—
LITTLE LEFT.
Staples World: Newspapers
are for sale everywhere, there
no longer being any money in
the game. Between high cost of
everything used in the business
and the great advance in printer's wages, little is left for the
publisher.
Seven Minnesota newspapers
during the past month have given up the tight for existence
and suspended publication.
They are the reporter, Canton;
Star, Donnelly; Banner, Good
rich; Herald, New York Mills;
Signal, Odessa; Leader, South
Haven; and the Journal at Tin.
tah.
—MAKE W.S.S. PLEDCES—
Get ready for the Fourth
Liberty Loan.
Installed io Mill
' "The electrive motors have
ibeen installed in the local flour
mill, and the mill "is now run by
the dam in; Little Falls, ..There
are two motorsV one of 20,. and
one of 50'.horse power. /. The
smaller: is ■ to run the: feed .grinders and eleya-or and the-4-arg'er
the mill. They handle the mill
easily and smoothly. The cost
of motors, wiring, labor etc, is
over $2,800,' ^'f?
—MiyKE W.S.S. PLEDGES—
Game Warden
Makes Big Haul.
Deputy Game. Warden H. T.
Eldred of St. Cloud made a haul
of eight men of this vicinity
Sunday, who had been hunting
without licenses. The men were
all brought up before Judge
Gerritz Monday morning and
pleaded guilty and all but one
were fined $25 and costs, a-
mounting to $28.50 each. The
one exception was the case of
Anton Chase,   who   because   of
little Falls
Fail In France.
Arthur B. Johnson, Albert J.
Dolven and P. J, Liejedahl lost
their lives in France, by the latest report. Dolven died from
wounds, and Liljedahl.uud John-
—MAKE W.S.S. PLEDGES—
Hot Shots At The Kaiser.
Keep posted— F ght— Conserve—Give— Farm—-Invest1-:-
Boost HELP WIN THE WAR.
No question is ever _ settled
until it is settled right.
A bondJs not a donation.. It
is an investment—AND A DUTY.   . .
Buy Liberty Bonds — or pay
taxes, : Which?
Uncle Sam expects every man
to do his duty. Don'tdissapoint
your Uiicle — BUY A BOND.
Come across — or the  kaiser
Ipti.
'""Passing the "buck" will be
permissible next week.
Lend your money to the United States Government—or PAY
the Hun.
God Bless our boys, "Over
There" who are going over the
top—Devil'take us if we don't
go "over the top" here.
Don't depend upon George doing it. "George" has been interned for the duration of the
war—Buy a Bond. It's your
duty and it is a privilege.
Fight the next war now, by
winning this one.
If you don't carry a gun, don't
carry a blue card.
The ocean is not a protection.
It is a highway and a  subway.
Don't be grouchy if  asked  to
buy more bonds than you figured
! on.    Rather flattering, isn't it"?
'Twould be rather interesting
j to have the boys who are dodg-
' ing  shrapnel   in   the   trenches
Shot A,Lynx
At Sullivan-
W. A. Cook of Sullivan was
down here yesterday and reports that he shot a,. Canadian
lynx last Friday near Ms house.
; The first '.'intimation that there
was something unnsual close by
was when his horse acted uneasy and snorted toward a certain direction. The dog chased
the animal up a tree, from which
he brought; him down with his
smooth bore -14. He wore side-
whiskers and measured four ft.
iri length, says Mr. Cook.
local Happening's
his youth and other circumstan
ces, was assessed  the  costs  of ; give their unvarnished opinion
the action and the fine was suspended.
Eugene Jensen and A. A.
Gruber were arrested in Little
Falls town and in Agram town
the following were arrested:
Victor Tamalla, Otto Wilczek,
Aug. Sobiech, Matt Tamalla,
Arvid Bayeil, Anton Chase.
The state game warden has
one or two deputies at work in
the county and doubtless other
arrests will be made unless
more care is taken in the matter of securing licenses.—Transcript.
—MAKE W.S.S. PLEDGES—
Get ready for the Fourth
Liberth noan.
—MAKE W.S.S. PLEDGES—
County Seat Callings.
—MAKE W.S.S. PLEDGES—
L .o O'Brien, the young man
who was so badiy hurt here
last summer, when he was. run
over by one of the huge tractors used by the Hagenbeck
Wallace circus, to move their
equipment, is now able to be
about on crutches and will probably leave the hospital in a
short time. He was one of the
employes of the circus.
Mr. and Mrs. John Greisch
have returned from Rochester
where Mr. Greisch has been receiving medical   treatment.
Chas. Gravel has sold his
120 acre farm in section 22 Ripley town, to Chas. H. McClay,
who has been living near Fort
Ripley.
Get ready for the Fourth
Liberty Loan.
of the man at home who hesitates about buying a bond. The
boys don't hesitate—they GO.
Take your choice. Lick the
Kaiser—or lick postage stamps
with the Kaiser's picture   on.
How rapidly can you repeat
this? "Liberate liberty by buying Liberty Bonds  liberally."
There's a.whole lot more behind a Liberty Bond than the
actual monetary investment
Think it oyer.
Less "gas" here at home, may
mean more gas oyer there.
When life seems dark and
dreary and your heart is sad
and weary—THINK OF THE
BOYS IN THE TRENCHES.
Then go and buy a Liberty Bond
for a "bracer".
Every bond is a shot at the
kaiser—take a few shots, for
the sake of humanity.
"MY SOLDIER"
Now 1 lay me down   to sleep,
I pray the Lord my soul to keep,
God Bless my brother, gone   to
war
Across   the    seas,   in   France,
so far.
Oh, may his fight for   liberty,
Save millions more,   than little
me,
From   cruel   fates   or   ruthless
blast,
And bring him   safely   home at
last.
—MAKE W.S.S. PLEDCES—
If you will do your part in the
Little Falls Business College
you are sure of success. The
success of former students is the
proof. Beginning salaries of
sixty to a hundred and twenty-
five dolkirs a month is the record. The best is the cheapest.
You can enter at any time. Send
for catalogue.
Firemens Dance Monday
evening Sept. 30th.
Get ready for the Fourth
Liberty Loan.
School in district 129 will
open next Monday.
Mrs. F. X. Virnig returned
from St. Paul last  Monday.
The dance held by the ladies of the Red Cross last
Friday was well attended.
Jos. A. Jansen of Agram
will soon move into the
buildings on the Gerhard
Terhaar place on the new
Buckman road.
R. 0. Scoles is a busy man.
He hauls mail in the morning,
works for the draymen in the
afternoon, and delivers ice in
the evening.
A. P. Stoll received a cablegram from England Tuesday from his brother Reinard
that he had arrived safely on
British soil. The cablegram
was dated the same day.
. On account of the rain, the
town was full of threshing
crews Tuesday. This year
threshing crews are made up
of men above the draft age
and boys.
Paul Boehmer of Washington is here visiting relatives.
He lived on the old Boehmer
place east of the village until about 20 years ago and is
well known among, the old
settlers.
School days are.on again.
Get ready for the Fourth
Liberty Loan.
John Stumpf has arrived
safely overseas.
Firemens'
Threshing is about half
done.
Clara Hesch is visitirig.xel-
atives in St. Paul.
Lilian Hesch is teaching
in the Lochner district.
Get ready for the Four.th
Liberty Loan.
Dance
Mary Brunett's school in
the Kobilka district began
last Monday.
Chas. Gravel of Onamia
was here a few days this
week.
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Bolsheviks Official Urges ;Rtr>
less Persecliiion .otBrrfis!
•iancl £th£PB.
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Theresia   Wermerskirchen
is employed in Weiner's Meat
Market-
Get ready for the Fourth
Liberty Loan.
Get ready for  the  Fourth
Liberty Loan.
INMCflON
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Riding   Against -: Arlied■'-' Nationalities;
Has Taken Place at Various Towns   i.
and Some Killings, Are,,..
--Reported.--.
Evening
P. L. Solinger says that
Pierz rye has the reputation
as being the best in the state.
Clara Faust and Clara
Thommes are attending Business College in Little Falls.
Get ready for the Fourtli
Liberty Loan.
Get ready for the 4th Liberty Loan.
After staying six months
in Russell, Kan., Henry Preimesberger made a trip thru
the central states to Camp
Grant, 111., where he met his
brother Edward and all the
Pierz boys. He says, the boys
are all well and happy, and
send their best regards to the
relatives and Pierz people.
From there Henry went to
Menasha, Wis., to visit his
brother Alois; from there
they came to Pierz for a few
days visit.
J. C. Barber of Brainerd
raised 1500 cabbages weighing from 10 lo 16 pounds
each without transplanting
them, while August Jarchow
of Bemidji raised 926 bushels of potatoesfrotn three and
one-half acres. Some farming stunts! .But we can almost equal them. Mrs. Loscheider east of Buckman never raises less than 250   bush-
N. W. Fuerstenberg has
traded his farm for one in
Onamia and will move up
next week.
Dr. T. E. McDermott and
brother of Minneapolis passed
thru here last'week on their
way to Sullivan for their an-
uai outing.
Get   ready
Liberty Loan.
for   the   4th
M. Kerrich, who, until a-
bout 12 years ago lived on
the place now occupied by
Frank Flicker, visited his
daughter Mrs. Peter Meyer,
last week.
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Math. Thommes: .returned
from Rochester yesterday,
much improved in health.
The Farmers & Merchants
State Bank has Installed a
Burrough's posting machine
which is used on i_he individual ledger accounts. The
machine takes off the checks
and adds the deposits to each
account automatically and
absolutely corrf.tct. It adds
and subtracts. lit is the latest machine in the bank bookkeeping line. Tf.'*-) installing
of this macliiii-. is another
-regressive
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els of spuds per acre—war or j evidence of  the   A
no war, and  a  Pierz farmeri policy   of  The    Ul-rmers   &
whose name we  cannot now i Merchants    8t?tte    Bank   to
find out raised 2,000   bushels, make   use  of   every  m-.dern.
murphies this   year  from j means  proper! ty to .serve its!
Peking,    Sept.    23.—News
been received  here  that the :Gev'-
roan  emperor oh' Sept.  10 Issued
an order to ail -A'-siro-H-rigs. !:
and'   Germans : ln";r.u_'_i'a,'' B_yi_g !
it was their first duty tojoirt the
Russian    troops    and    to    bppose
Japan     and     her     Allies';'\.rio   '
threaten   to   restore 'the 'Eastern
front." f
Amsterdam, Sept. 231—According to'
the Petrograd correspondent' of ■ the.'
Hamburg Nachricliten, the Russia pe o-;:
pie's commissary at Vologda hks:urged
on the people of the entire Vologda'
province the most ruthless"■pbrscfcu*1'-
tion of British, French and' American''
residents.
Rioting against allied nationals has:
taken place at various towns, the co-respondent says, and some French--!
men and Americans are being murd- -
ered.
Finland to Receive Refugees.
Helsingfors, Finland, Sept. 23.—
"In view of the condition of anarchy
and murder at Petrograd and the defenseless situation of a great part of
the population," says an official statement issued here, "Finland's government feels that on purely humanitarian
grounds it cannot refuse to permit
Russians, English, American and
refugees to come to Finland."
The Finnish government, however,
the statement says, is compelled by
the scarcity of provisions to beg' the
three Scandinavian countries—Norway, Sweden and Denmark—to help
in harboring a portion of the refugees.
Allied Diplomats Take Charge.
Archangel, Sept. 9.—(Delayed.)—-As
a result of an attempt to overthrow
the Tschaikovsky government the
Allied diplomatic and military chiefs
today assumed temporary directions
and established a protectorate iii the
region near the rear of the Allied
front, pending the adjustment of political disputes. This decision followed
the arrest of M. Tschaikovsky and all
but two members of his government
early Thursday by a party of Conservative, officers headed by Colonel Tcliap-
lin, the Russian army commander,
who sought to establish a new regime.
M. Tschaikovsky and his ministers
weer taken on board a ship en route to
the Solovetsk monastery from where
they were returned by order of the
Allied ambassadors with the approval
of Consul General Poole. Meanwhile
the Allied forces, including the American troops are patrolling the city.
ROADS SEEK FEDERAL HELP
Small Lines May Return Under Government   Operation.
Washington, Sept. 23.—Representatives of short line railroads relinquished from Federal control, in conference
with railroad administration officials,
have agreed to most of the government proposal for a contract, under
which small roads might return to Federal management without: guarantees
of fixed earnings, accorded other roads,
but with the privilege of charging
higher rates, and with a fair division
of joint rates.
Unless the agreement is completed
soon, the short line representatives declared, many small roads may be
forced into bankruptcy through the
disruption of business practices following government management.
SENATE   HAS   REVENUE   BILL
Finance Committee Will Require Several  Weeks for Revision.
Washington, Sept. 23.—The $S,000,-
000,000 War Revenue bill passed by
the House was transmitted to the Senate and referred to the Finance committee.
That, "several weeks at least" will
be required for revision was the'belief
expressed b^ Senator Simmons of
North Carolina, chairman of the Finance committee.
TWELVE FLIERS DIE IN WEEK
War Department Reports Deaths at
Air Fields.
Washington, Sept. 23. — Twelve
deaths from airplane accidents at
army aviation fields throughout the
country during the week ended Sept.
14 are reported in a summary issued
by the War department.
Get ready for  the  Fourth j 0£
Liberty Loan. |eigh; acres.
Germans'Ban Allied Leaflets.
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With the American Army on the
Lorraine Front, Sept. 23.—The severity of tho action of the Germans agi
those qf their men who arc caught
reading Allied propaganda and the way'
they are dealt with is indicated by the
story of a prisoner taken near H. _-
mont. This prisoner said his hands
had been tied behind his back for
eight days because lie was caught
reading a French pamphlet dropped
by an airplane and then handing it oa
tp his comrades for perusal.
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