The Pierz Journal (Pierz, Morrison County, Minnesota), 1918-10-01

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VOL. NO. 10.
PIERZ, MORRISON COUNTY, MINNESOTA, Octobj
NEWS OF STATE
TERSELY TOLD
ft-Tcent Happenings In Minnesota
Given In Brief Items For
Busy Readers.
International Falls.—The First National bank has moved- Into Its handsome new home in the litis block.
Moorhead.—Expert potato pickers la
the Red River Valley make from |8
to $10 per day. They receive 8 cents
per bushel and board.
Albert Lea.—Four business houses
here were partially destroyed by flro
Sunday night, causing an estimated
loss of $10,000. The cause of the fir*
is not known.
Walker.—B. F. Nelson of Minneapolis has, in addition to the donation of
twenty-nine city lots to the Red Cross,
raised the amount made by the auction
sale from $856 to an even $1,000.
East Grand Forks.—•Information ha*
been received by the local chairman
of tho Liberty Loan committee to the
effect that the allotment for the fourth
Liberty Loan in this city is $100,000.
Cloquet.—Thomas McCausland, county supervisor of highways, treated a
portion   of  the   Ctoquet-Carltpp,* ,i»ad .
;wl{h.a cMtin^jB&the r*efus^ iftuJ- from"
UA-pHhite plant of the' Northwest
Wager company's jnill.
• East Grand Forks.—The Junior Red
Cross organization turned in an unusually large amount of work during
the past year.   The club has been reorganized  this  year  and  an  equally
fine showing will be attempted.
Crookston.—Carlos Avery of th«
atate game and fish commission writes
to Mayor Morrisey that he is glad to
know that the stocking of Union lake
with pike is yielding results and will
justify continuing it in the future.
Hibbing.—Secretary Richard Qlffln
of the St. Louis County Agricultural
society has been urged to make an appeal to Northern Minnesota farmers
to save a seed corn supply that will
Insure the corn crop for the next two
years.
Bemidji.—MaJ. Goris, chief of Adjt.
Rhlnow's staff, announces that commissions will soon be forwarded for
Bemidji'S new motor corps. E. H. Demi
will receive a captain's commission,
George Baker, first lieutenant, and
. George W. Harnwell, second lieuten-
*nt.
Moorhead.—-Notice of raises in the
assessed valuation of Clay county real
estate has been received from the Minnesota tax commission by County Auditor A. A. Houglum. The raise includes improvements -and structures
and is 5 per cent in the townships and
10 per cent in cltie_ and villages.
St. Paul.—Martin county has becomo
bone dry under ar order of the state
Public Safety commission closing two
saloons at Ceylon. The other precedes
the effect of the recent option election
to make that county dry. Saloons at
Trosky, a near-by town in Pipestone
county, were refused new licenses and
are closed.
Brainerd.—A seed corn drive has
been launched by the Crow Wing farm*
ers and reports on wheat threshing aro
being secured from threshermen, a
questionnaire on price of farm machinery the past five years was compiled
and rosen rye has been introduced.
Nine farmers are trying out this variety and will report the result in another year.
St. Paul.—Early reports from school
superintendents throughout Minnesota
Indicate that more than 100 married
women have returned to the school
rooms to supply the shortage of teachers. In some cities from two to five
of the new instructors are married
women who were teachers some years
ago. So far ss known, the shortage
has been met throughout the state.
St. Paul.—An appropriation of $1,200
was voted by the state drainage board
toward the expense of a preliminary
survey of Northern Minnesota land,
which it is proposed to prepare for settlement by returning soldiers. Secretary of the Interior Franklin K. Lane
sent a representative to St. Paul to
confer Svith E. V. Willard, state drainage, engineer. The survey will begin
tt once.
i St. Paul.—Governor Burnquist has
ordered' the   permanent   removal of
Judge James F. Martin of the, Dodge
coupty probate court on charge? tha.t
the. judge made disloyal statements,
-Judge i. Marfijq   was   suspended   last
j^arch.   Th,? ggvernqr found that the
j^dge! hasfl, }n pufclie places, made state-
; jnents that Germany was justified in
sinking  the  Lusitania, that  the vVor
7was England's war, and others otta
similar tenor. ^--
St. Paul.—Waiter J. Smith, formju-
state treasurer, and R. C. Pickit, former state investment clerk, sentenced
for misappropriation of' state trust
-funds, have been released from the
f tate prison on parole. Unanimous action by the state board of parole in
both cases has been made public. The
former state official and employe left
the prison when parole details were
made, and took positions which were
public because of parole
.uial^t..      .
St. Paul.—Dr. H. M. Bracken, secretary of the Minnesota State Board of
Health, has been appointed to a cftm>
taittee on. health and medical relief for
the United States railroad administration, acpprdjng to announcement from
WMh!n«ton,
St. Paul.—Potato warehouses on the
branch railroad between Long Prairie
and Park Rapids are filled and deliveries halted because of a lack of cars,,
according to new complaints received'
by the State Public Safety commission.
Complaints of the same nature were
beard from other potato growing sections.
A Letter from
John Tamala.
Somewhere In Prance
Sept. 9th, 1918.
Dear Parents:
Well how is eve-
erybody at home? I grot out of
the hospital after being- there
over a month. As yet I did not
get back to my company. I
have been traveling: from one
place to another. When I get
back I think there will be lots
of mail for me, as I have not
beard from you folks for over
six weeks.
How is the weather up there
this fall, and how were tbe
crops?   Thev w re good   here.
Tt has been raining here now
for three days.
How is everything.,;around
;MM__ir>: Diet; any new settlers
come there this year or is it
kind of dead around there. It
is lively enough around here.
News are   scarce   here   so   I
will close wishing you all kinds
of good luck, and let   me   bear
from you soon,  I am as  ever
John Tamala.
Pres. Wilson.Draws__
First Number in
New Draft.
-MAKE W.S.S. PLEDCES—
"The 4th Liberty Loan
Here—Get Busy."
is
Sullivan News.
Mr. and Mfs Wiatte and son
accompainecl by Mrs. Wiatte's
father Afthur Hafford and ber
sister Mrs. Gill Maxwell, all of
Lake Minnetonka motered up
to the lake last week and visited
with the A. W. Cook family.
The old log cabin at camp
Linnebam which was built 24
years ago was burned last week,
with all its contents. Mr .Linnehan lost a valuble gun which
was in the building, also a large
amount of furniture which he
had stored there. The tire was
discovered too late to save anything.
"The 4th Liberty Loan is
Here-Get Busy."
Mr. Polsom of Little Palls
was in this vicinity Wednesday
left a piano at the Peter Adkins home.
Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Cook and
their nieces Mrs. Wiatte and
Mrs. Maxwall called at C. E.
Look's Wednesday afternoon.
We bear tbat a little son has
arrived at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. John Bollig of Minneapolis.
Miss Edna Howe our teacher
left for her home in Glencoe,
Friday (jojpsequentiy our school
is closed until another teacher
is found.
"The 4th Liberty Loan is
Here—Get Busy."
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Sanborn
and son Bert called at the Peter
Adkins home Thursday evening.
K Mr. and Mrs. Harting of Little Palls came up to the lake
Friday and returned home Monday.
Mr. Boling of St, Cloud spent
Friday night at camp Linnehan
T- S. Look pient last week in
in Onamia, where be was employed in tbe Meat market.
Math. Pint and family of
Fre8dham visited with his parents at Long Lake Sunday.
Washington, Sept. 30.—President Wilson personally today
opened the ceremony of drawing
numbers for the 13,000,000 men
registered in the new draft. He
drew the first capsule which
contained the   number 322.
Number one is 322. 7277, 6708,
1027, 16169, 8366, 1697,   7123.
No. 10 is 2781, 9783, 6147, 100-
86, 438, 904, 12368, 1523, 7512,
6360.
No. 20 is 3748, 6540, 3808,4240
16846, 1907, 12521, 6593, 5941,
8073.
No. 30 is 13728, 20, 6857, 1255,
14, 122, 11101, 2132, 10762, 3235,
m. '
No 40' is 16657, 6809, 4948,
8772, 7034, 535, 8691, 11060, 8858
21U
No. 50 is 16518, 4287, 12839,
625, 72, 11328, 832, 10191, 14023,
14043.
No. 60 is 964, 8637, 2897, 7834,
4723, 10656, 4327, 3505,348, 7234,'
No. 70 is 4, 12842, 4482, 9022,
1961, 4886, 16009, 12930, 134,
14319.
No. 80 is 12210, 8317, 395,
5240, 12284, 11255, 657, 12618,
3531, 14361.
No. 90 is'13754, 11464, 13841,
8055,,6777, 7952, 11191, 15760,
13359, 12184.
No. 100 is 11232.
A Good Patriot,
N. W. Fuerstenberg claims he
is leaving Pierz on account of
shortage of mlae power. By
moving to Onamia he is saving
the beer truck one trip a week,
But he says he is not loosing as
much as some may think, because Rum river is running thru
the corner of his farm. He is
taking time by the forelock and
moving into the arid region before tbe real drouth begins.
—MAKE W.S.S. PLEDCES—
"The 4th Liberty'Loan is
Here—Get   Busy."
Much better grades of potatoes are raised here now,
since this is becoming somewhat-of a potato country.
Five years ago our farmers
raised just potatoes, without
regard as to whether they
were red or white, or early
or late, or mixed. Now the
farmers are beginning to
raise their favorites. The
late white, such as the Oar-
man seems to be the most
popular.
The 4th-£iberty
—G«
Loan is
Grain And Produce
Market Report
Choice No. 1 Northern $2.05
Wheat, No. 1, $2.00
Wheat, No. 2... .    1.97
Wheat, No. 3       1.94
Wheat, No. 4     1.90
Flax,       3.60
Barley __  .72
Rye .    1.55
Oats        58
Ear Corn  1.40
Hay   .10.00
Butter, Creamer}' .      55
Dairy ____       37
Eggs _._ _      42
| Flour,          5.65
Bran   2.10
Cracked Corn 80pounds.___2.75
Shorts  2.25
GroundFeed      2.40
Beans       7.00
Potatoes -  .66
County Seat Calling's.
A Ford touring ear belonging
to Frank Wachlarowicz was
stolen from bis garage during
the night Friday and/_P*^rutbor
ities are trying -to locate tbe
culprits. They believe it was
taken by young boys who went
joy-riding and then left the car
somewbere near the city. Mr.
Wachlarowicz says the car must
have been shoved some distance
from the garage before the power was started.
The car was a 1918 model and
had been run 600 miles. The license number is 25836; it had a
Hasler shock absorber and Firestone non-skid tires' behind and
smooth tires in front. The radiator was decorated jpith the al-
lied flags.
Amos Wilson,, an old resident
of Motley, was found dead in
his bed Friday noon by neighbors. He bad been treated for
heart trouble previously aud
had evidently been stricken during the night Thursday as he
was found dressed in his night
clothes and with bis feet in the
bed and his bead in a trunk
which stood near the bed. It is
believed that he felt, the stroke
coming on and triedvto get help.
There was a slight injury on
one (of his temples, probably
caused by falling aiad striking
bis head on the trun£.
That the allotment committee
did their work well was eyidence
at all polling places the first
hour of the Liberty■€_oan drive
this morning. OnM one cojn-
iffi-int was made during the first
hour. Nj. H. White insisted that
bis allotment was wrong and
bad the board change it from
$250 to $1,000. He set an example that will no doubt be followed by others and all of tbe
boards welcome such complaints
and are glad to rectify the errors.
John and Matbias Hesch of
Pier_; were in the city on business Friday.
Gus Luberts came in from
Pulaski Saturday where he has
the contract for the building
of a new state school and a $10.-
000 church. The school house
is being built according to state
specifications and both building
are stuccoed. The school will
have two rooms and cost $7,000.
Mrs. Kate Wenzel received a
check of $116.92, in payment of
insurance for the death of her
son Frank, who died in England,
June 29, 1918, being insured for
$10,000. Mrs. Wenzel will receive $57.50 per month for 20
years, she has five minor children to support.
John Julius Jasorki of Randall drew the lucky number in
the draft Monday, he being
number 322, the'first man drawn
in Morrison county of tbose who
registered Sept, 12.
John Brausen, and Mrs. A.
Faust and Mrs. C. A. Virnig and
daughter Marian visited friends
here Wednesday.
A marriage license was issued
Wednesday by Clerk of Court
A. M. Stoll to Henry J. Britz
and Theresa W. Zormeier.
Minneapolis Journal: Edward
W. Bell, leader of an allege automobile stealing band arrested
recently at Prior Lake, Minn.,
pleaded guilty today before Dis-
dS
lafl
foul!
a tit
sweei
the tire
loss was!
covered
Sharkey
grocery stO-|
Three oth .
the destructic
one in Duluth,
and a third nea_
beeff reported in^
nesota within 40 rl
The 4th  Libert]
Here-Get Busy."
trict Judge John H. St«
cbarge of grand larceny^
first degree for the tbef tj
automobile belonging to
Kiewel of Little  Falls,
Aug. 24.    He was sentence-
serve not more than  two  ye_
in   the   state   penitentiary
Stillwater.   '■
Creamery butter, which was
47 cents a pound last year at
this time, has reached 63 cents
today. This is due to the fact
that the government has commandeered 60 per cent of the
butter in storage, also to the
scarify of labor and the high
price of feed. ,	
A» local butter manufacturer
states tbat unless something is
done to control the price of
butter it is, very apt to reach
the $1 mark this winter and in
tbat case people will use cheaper substitutes. As these substitutes come into use more and
more, they are apt to stay with
us after the war and thus hurt
the dairying industry throughout the countr}7. The local
dealers at this time are selling
butter on a very narrow margin
of profit.
A Ford car was hit by the
Winnipeg flier, arriving here at
11:28, Wednesday morning and
completely demolished. The occupants, two, railway mail clerks
Walter Little' who has his
headquarters in this city, and
J. A. LaChappelle of Morris,
escaped with minor injuries.
According to the two men
who were in the car, tbe gates
were open and no signal was
heard of tbe approaching train,
it coming upon them suddenly
and striking the front of the
Ford. The car was coming from
the west and the occupants
could not see the on-coming
train in time to stop. The auto
was thrown from the track and
turned oyer several times.
Peter'Van Hercke has sold his
farm in section 32, Parkertown
to Wm. Oberton of Gravelville.
Frank Jarsh, Scandia Valley,
was made to kiss the flag Saturday by some of his neighbors,
according to County Chairman
R. B. Millard. He made disloyal remarks and continued to
do so after being warned to
stop. He was roughly handled,
dragged from the school house
into the yard—the flag was lowered from the flagstaff and he
was made to kiss it.
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moved to
day.   His
section arriv-
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land, Oregon i s
her sister, Mrs.
rich.
Mike     Schraut
word from Ignatz \
ing he had safely
erseas.
Wanted—Job
with Fordson tr_
the acre.   Call
Garage.
Aug. Sinuda of M.
was in town Fridaj
is a man who has mac
ing pay.   Starting  wi!
twenty years   ago,  hi
has a well    equipped
and a   handsome   banl
count.
The slump  in  the pJ
market put a sudden sto|
the  crowding at  the
house.    There were no pi
to  loads   in  sight   Mon<|
morning.      Spuds     drop_j
from 85 to 50  cents in a
days last week.
C.E.Hankammer of Hed
Iowa, owner of the old E
Benfeld farm in Granit
visited with the Havene
family this week. He re
ports the crop - in Iowa about
the same as here, but at
least three weeks earlier.
Little Falls, Minn.
A local man had his Ford car
badly smashed up Saturday evening while returning from Two
Rivers, a horse running into »*
and damaging the frr>-a
car. -.-l of the
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