The Pierz Journal (Pierz, Morrison County, Minnesota), 1919-06-05

              VOt. NO. 10.
PIERZ, MORRISON COUNTY, MINNESOTA, JUNE 5,  1919.
No. 51.
WIDENS POWERS
OF COMMISSION
Bill in Congress Provides Peacetime Policy for Common
Carriers.
REGULATION OF RATES
Measure   Drawn   by   Interstate   Com.
merce Body Affects Railroad, Telegraph,  Telephone,  Cable   and
Radio Companies.
Washington, June 3.—In a bill drafted by the interstate commerce commission and introduced by Senator
Pomerene, Democrat, of Ohio, and
Representative Esch, chairman of the
house interstate commerce committee,
permanent peacetime policy for common carriers engaged in interstate
commerce, including railroad, telegraph, telephone, cable and radio companies is presented to congress.
Regulations of the carriers by the
commission, under broad and extend-
. ed powers, Is provided in the bill,
which is a proposed provision of the
Interstate commerce act, and is supposed to indicate the Commission's
views on existing transportation problems,
Sweeping Authority Intended.
The bill would give the commission
sweeping authority over rates, service,
consolidations, extensions, security issues and virtually all physical operations, including traffic, priorities, pooling and joint use of physical property.
Under the measure the commission
would have power to continue the
present regional plan of railroad operation/ and also extend it to oil pipe
lines, express and all interstate wire
companies.
Among the powers which would be
given the commission under the bill
are:
Regulation and institution of reasonable rates and charges, with provision that labor and other operating
eosts shall he considered,
general supervision of operations,
including use, exchange, supply and
distribution of cars, locomotives and
Other equipment, i
Establish and  Enforce  Rules.
Authority to establish and enforce
rules, regulations and practices, including divisions of rates and joint
use of terminals, docks, wir« exchanges and other facilities.
Regulation of new security issues,
with authority to prohibit interlocking directorates.
Authority to reauire or prohibit
building of new lines; making of
leases, consolidations and extensions,
and abandoning of service.
Establishment or annulment of
priority or preference in transportation under permits.
Regulation of embargoes.
The bill provides tor co-operation by
the Interstate Commerce commission
with state commissions in the former's
-investigations and specifically denies
power to the federal commission over
intrastate affairs.
MEXICO    STUMBLING)    BLOCK
Speaker CSIIIett Says Revolt Is Menace
to Trade.
Washington, June 3.—With 21 Amer>
[lean republics officially represented,
laud with nearly 500 delegates pres-
lent, the second Pan-American commer-
fcial conference was opened at the
1 Pan-American union. President Wilson sent a cablegram of greeting.
Assistant Secretary Phillips, Vice
'President Marshall and Speaker,G(U
fett, fhe Chilean ambassador, the Be.
livian ministers and the president of
the United States Chamber of Commerce were the principal speakers.
Speaker Gillett in an address declared the "present condition of Mexico," was the greatest Impediment to
full fellowship and international trade
on this hemisphere.
INDIANS   ARE   JOINING   VILLA
V ____________
Mexican Yaquis Reported Committing
Depredations.
Douglas, Ariz., June 3.—It is unofficially reported at Agua Prieta, across
the border from Douglas, that the
Yaqui Indians have joined the Villa
column, which recently left Tonm.1
and attacked and raided several villages east and south of Guaymas.
Reports are meager, but it is reported that many families are leaving
for points of safety near the border
as a result of depredations on the
part of the Yaquis.
A Trip to the
State of Texas
NORWAY   REMAINS   NEUTRAL
Refuses to Join In Economic Blockade
of Germany.
Paris, June 3.—Norway has refused
to join in a blockade of Germany in
ease the German delegates refuse to
sign the peace treaty,
Bill of Lading Law Upheld.
Washington, June 3.—Federal statutes making it a misdemeanor to alter,
force or counterfeit bills of lading was
declared constitutional by the supreme court in setting aside federal
court decrees dismissing indictments
brought in Ohio.
Dr. Anna Shaw Improved.
Springfield, 111., June 3.—An lm<
provoment in the condition of Dr.
Anna Howard Shaw, dean of American
suffragists, who was taken sick here
last Thursday, was reported.
(Contiuued from last week)
The first I looked for when I
stepped off the train was for
the quality ot the soil, which I
judgre to be the best to be had
anywhere and the best I have
found since I left our good old
state of Minnesota.
It was a day after a rain, a
fresh breeze and a bright sunshine made us feel lovely. We
traveled many miles that day
by automobile and found all the
crops in accordance with the
fertility of the soil. We found
a well situated, contended and
money-making people everywhere, one cannot expect it otherwise on seeing the big crops
they are raising, in fact I have
not as far as farming is concerned, found a discontented, disappointed resident or visitor. Of
course one will not find the
fabled bag of gold at the foot
of the rainbow, but the time, if
property used, can on this ricli.
virgin soil, and ideal climatic
conditions, be converted almost
into making a paradise. This
is not a mere calculation on my
part or anyone who has visited
there, but, as I have said, will
be found demonstrated in the
growing crops, the prosperity
of the community, the beautiful
homes and parks on farms and
in towns.
It is surprising for the comparatively short time in which
this was accomplished. People
who have not visited this region
little realize that there can be
such a good farming country
in the state of Texas. $300 is
a high price for land, but, comparatively, if corn land in Iowa
is worth that much, why not in
the Rio Grande valley?; where I
was convinced that corn yields
as much to the acre, is picked
this month, and land put into
another crop.
The fact that the state of
Texas has got a bad reputation
in the way of toial or part failure of crops, sometimes for
years in succession, and farmers
loosing tbeir farms and in many
cases all they haye by not being able to sell, does not necessarily mean that the Rio Grande
valley is not good for farming.
Many, if not more, peopie have
lost in the state of California
and still those people could not
deny that the country around
Los Angeles, Cal., which is the
same in soil and climatic conditions as the Rio Grande valley,
was not the best in the United
States. The temperature winch
is also about the salme, which is
about 90 to 93 in the shade and
occasionally up to 95, is depressing for people who are not
used to such a steady temperature, b/it it does not materially
interfere with the growing crops
on the contrary I think that
these are ideal weather conditions for raising, harvesting and
caring of crops, provided of
course that they can furnish the
necessary water, which I found
they can do at all times, in as
far as the supply of water is
concerned.
It appears to me that an artificial water supply is preferable where the temperature
is 90 degrees almost all the year
around, for reason given above
and other reasons known to every farmer.
I stopped over for a few days
in Missouri and found land not
as good as Minnesota, but more
than two times as high in price.
I found the same condition in
IoWa in regard to market value
of land, which is from $300 to
S400 an acre and even more.
We must admit that they make
more money on these $300 to
$400 Iowa farms than we do on
our $100 an acre land but the
difference of these earnings and
ours, does not warand such" a
great difference in  valuation of
Many Deals Closed
la Real Estate
Many changes haye been made
during the past few weeks as
well as the past several months
of real estate in this vicinity.
Following is a report of some
ot the real estate deals closed
during the past several days.
Jos. H. Grell of Pierz has closed
the deals in this community.
Prank Schmitt of Delmo,
Minn., has bought the Peter
Lemmer farm in Lastrup last
week. He will take possession
this week. Peter Lemmer has
bought a 30 acre tract of land
in Texas where he will move to
in the near future.
John Wendenhoyel of Rock-
ville, Minn,, bought the C. F.
Christiansen farm in Buh town,
better known as the old Mollner
place. ——-—
Peter and Hubert Weiss of
Lastrup have bought the Mike
Smith farm 3 miles northeast of
Lastrup and will move on to it
soon. Mike has bought the
John Ross farm in Buh town,
Joe Brummer Sr. returned
from the State of Texas Monday. Joe has made a two
weeks' trip to Texas and has
bought ten acres of land in the
Rio Grande valley where he
will make his home in the near
future.
 THINK   IN   INTEREST—SAVE	
Opera House To
Be Remodeled
The Faust Opera House will
undergo a great change in the
near future. It will be remodeled into a first-class operahouse.
New seats will be put into the
rear end.
A new up-to-date moving
picture machine will be put in
and many other improvements
made to make a first-class moving picture show house of it,
that will compete with the
movies in the cities. F. X.
Faust Jr. who is in the LI. S.
army; stationed at Camp-Mills
near New York city will return
home by about July the first
and then allthese improvements
will be made at once.
It is the intention of Mr.
Faust to make this a show that
will please all that attend it,
It will be a place where a man
with his family as well as young
people can spend a pleasant
and enjoyable eveniug. He will
start out , with two performances a week, one Sunday evening
and the other Wednesday evening. .
As soon as the improvements
are made the moving picture
show will open, which will be
about the middle of July. More
particulrs will be^ published
later.
PROGRAM OF
Graduation   and   Entertainment
Given at St. Joseph School
FRIDAY, JUNE 6 AND SUNDAY JUNE 8,
at 8 o'clock p. m.
PROGRAM
Salutatory,   	
Bernadine Tembreull.
Welcome I  .Long
Class 1919.
The Soldier,.._.   Essay
Alphonse Hartmann.
The Martyrdom of St. Agnes, Recitation
Mercedes Gravel.
How Tom got his Fence Whitewashed ....__ -Reading
Theodore Virnig.
Address and Presentation of Diplomas...... ... .....
Very Rev. J. G. Stiegler.
The Flag Drill,.  Junior -Girls i
he Dead Bird...................... ....Little Tots
In Grandma's Day, ................... Little Girls
" MINSTRELS SONG AND DANCE
CHARECTERS!
Topsy, who growed in the corn-field, Margaret Virnig
Jigger,.   Andrew Poster
Coal Black Rose, Lucille Gravel
Dancers,...     Eight Girls
Singers,  Boys and Girls
Sockery, "Setting a Hen"..  Raymond Faust.
f-leyer-Stalpes
The marriage of Miss Catherine Stalpes, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Nicholas Stalpes, and
Michael Meyer of Pierz took
-place Tuesday at the St. Joseph
church. Rev. J. G. Stiegler
officiated.
Rose Stalpes, sister of the
bride served as maid of honor
and B. Stalpes brother of the
bride was best man.
The wedding was celebrated
at the bride's home and a grand
reception was held at Hartmann's hall in the evening.
 THINK   IN   INTEREST—SAVE	
Successful In Raising Beans
Wilbur Barrett, of Whatcom
County, Wash., made $65 profit
from his onetenth acre of beans.
Wilbur is a member of the boys
and girls' club of his county,
organized by the United States
Department of Agriculture and
the State Agricultural College.
His seed—6 pounds of Kentucky
Wonder pole beans and 3 pounds
__^
of bush beans—was planted on
land which had never been
cropped It required 1,420
poles to stake the plants when
the vines began to run. He
writes in his report that "the
most fun was picking  the  long
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A )New Creamery
A meeting was held Monday
ar Hillman at which many of
tire Hillman farmers attended.
Theyineeting was held for the
purpostito decide the matters
for ' a new creamery at that
place. Many farmers which
were present are in favor of a
creamery building and many
shares were sold. It is said
that the creamery will soon be
erected at the Hillman station.
At the meeting Chas. Woods
was elected president and F.
Temberlin was elected chairman.
Hillman is a boomer town
and the values cf the land is
constantly increasing. A new
creamery will be a great improvement for the entire vicinity of that place.
fat pods. At one picking I
would get as high as 14 big
sacks. I spent $16 of the $65 I
made for clothes, $2 for an air
gun, $7 for some rabbits, and
gave the rest to my father to
help toward buying an auto to
go to school in."
-THINK   IN   INTEREST—SAVE-
iilions Saved By
Swai-in.
Boosters
Hens running without a male
bird will produce infertile eggs.
They will produce just as many
eggs as if the male bird were
present. Infertile eggs keep
better than fertile eggs especially during hot weather. A loss
of $15,000,000 or more each year
is directly due to fertile eggs.
Infertile eggs are more profitable because the losses are less.
Infertile eggs are superior to
fertile eggs for every purpose
except to produce chicks. Sell,
kill or confine the male birds
and produce infertile eggs as
soon as the breeding season is
oyer.—W. E. Stanfielt, University Farm, St. Paul.
land which is $300 to $400 as a-
gainst $100. This will show in
plain figures what our lai
values will be in a few years.
Anton Janson.
land
ENTERTAINMENT  -
AT BUCKMAN
Given  by  the  Young. Ladies
FRIDAY, JUNE 6 AND SUNDAY, JUNE 8, 1919
At 8:30 o'clock p. m.
Music.
DER SCHLAFROCK,   1 Akt.
Person en.
I_udmilla von Dahnow,  .Regina Janson
Frau von Hohenfels, Josephine Pohlkamp
Irene, •   Tochter        Anna Suess
Erika        der  Christine Hortsch
Thea,    Frau von    Magdalen Billig'
Elschen,.   Hohenfels   Mathilda Kapsner
Oraf von Degenthal,    '     Juliana Zenner
Jette, Zimmermadchn Irene Janson
Susanna, Kochin, Bertha Herwers
Music.
WANTED A MAID III. Acts.
Cast.
Mrs. Hard\vork,  Regina Janson
Bertha, her daughter,.'.... Agnes Mischke
Mrs. O'Rowser, landlady, Juliana Zenner
Farm3', her daughter,   Mathilda Kapsner
Jessie CPowscr. her niece,   Irene Janson
Mrs. Cheeving, Mrs. Hardwork's friend, Barbara Ronellenfi tsch
Mrs. Muggiifs, Jessie's boarding lad}-   Christine Hortsch
Mrs. Good wil 1, Josephine. Pohlkamp
Mrs. Sharke, Magdalen Billig
Biddy O'Flaherty, chambermaid Mary Hesch
Act 1, Scene 1—Music. . Scene 2—Music.
Act 2—Music. Act 3—Music.
Instruments: Piano and Flute. Music by Cecilia aud Agatha Gertken.-
Local Happenings
Orthe Week
Alex Hartman left for the
cities the early part of this
week on business.
Henry Hennen is the owner of an Oakland Six which
he bought from P. J. Gau,
the agent, this week.
A new sign new adorns the
barber shop aud pool room
in upper town, painted by
Magee & Holslander.
Work has begun on the
new Kippley residence of
the village this week.
A  Real  Bargain  at   The
Motor Inn, One Dodge Touring Oar in first-class shape.
adv. P. J. Gau Jr.
Jos. Otremba Jr. left for
Bowlus Monday where he
will resume his work for the
summer.
State Prison binders, rakes
and mowers for sale at
JOS. H. GRELL.     adv.51-3
The St. Joseph. Parochial
school of the village will
close its 1918-1919 term tomorrow June 6.
William Blake of Little
Falls, formerly of Pierz, who
has recently returned from
service overseas, is visiting
friends here tor a few days.
It is stated that Jacob P.
Altenhofenand Thos. Feucht,
both of Pierz who have been
with the A. E. F. in France
have arrived at atlantic
ports from overseas.
Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Christiansen entertained at dinner
Monday evening, in honor of
their son S.' N. Christiansen
and his wife, who left Tuesday for their home in Superior, Wis. Covers were laid
for ten people.
After the dry and hot spell
we had last week a refreshing rain came to this part of
the county last Friday evening, with showers off and on
all day Saturday. Grain
fields, meadows, pastures and
gardens are again nice and
green.
McCornmick and  Deering
binders,   mowers  and rakes
for sale by
JOS. H. GRELL.     adv.51-3
One of our Pierz boys that
is serving in France, wrote
home recently that the A-
merican soldiers have now
all been put to work rebuilding and repairing damages
done in France during the
war. If this is the case the
propects for returning home
soon are not very favorable
for some of them at least.
Last  Saturday  evening a
very pretty  kitchen shower
party  was    given    to   Miss
Juliet    Virnig    including  a
mock     marriage    by     girl
friends  at the home  of the
Misses  Cresence,  Anna and
Clara Faust.    Those present
were:     Taggs     Spanfelner,
Clara and Anna  Hesch, Lor-
'etta,  Marie    and    Kathrine
Bares,    Tresa   Wermerskirchen,   Margurite,   Clara and
Kate      Thomas,      Gertrude
-; Stumpf,      Irene     Bentfeld,
i Marie  Neisius  and  Bernice
i Virnig.
Moorheard.—M. J. Daly of Perham,
will be the speaker at the soldiers'
home-coming in Moorhead, on July 4.
Thief River Falls.—Albert Calrne of
the Red Lake Falls Milling company i
reports his company wiil soon com-;
mence work on an elevator of 30,000 j
bushels capacity, to replace the onei
burned.
Minneapolis.—Rev. C. Emil Berg-j
quist of Chicago, has been called to!
succeed Rev. S. M. Miller, as pastor:
of Messiah Lutheran church, Twenty-j
fifth and Columbus avenue. Mr. M}1-1
ler's pastorate expires July 1. I
Spooner.—A committee CBi.sistiQg.q_i
E. T. ,Eide of this village and Y. -3.J
Lindholm and Matt Hendricksan ofi
Spooner township have been appointed
by the creamery association to $>'<
range for a picnic to be held on June!
12. i
Stillwater.—Thirty thousand pOte Try!
were "planted" in Big Carnelian lake,!
near here, by members of the Wash-:
ington County Rod and Gun club. Thej
fry was shipped from the Minnesota!
state fish hatchery by the state game!
and fish commission.
Bemidji.—Fire of undetermined ori-|
gin destroyed the Bemidji Iron Works
plant and the shed of the Short Turn
Tractor company. A tractor and a
number of motors and equipment in
shed were consumed. Total loss,$10,-
000, partly covered by insurance.
Hibbing. — Six hundred additional
sheep were shipped into the range
last week for distribution among the
farmers living in this section. The
sheep came from the L. H. White
sheep farm near Cogswell, N. D., in
charge of Mrs. J. Johnson, whose husband is now in the army of occupation
in Germany.
Hibbing.—Thomas Chicken, charged
with threatening a Hibbing young
woman to the effect he had come here
to shoot her and "somebody else, possibly myself," was placed under bonds
to keep the peace by Judge Thomas
Brady. According to witnesses the accused had volunteered to marry the
young woman without her consent.
Detroit.—George T. Morris, local tinner, has signed a contract with the
Utility company for the manufacture
of 5,000 of the Eveready tool boxes
for attaching to a Ford car. The contract specifies that the boxes shall be
made at the rate of 100 per week until the first of April, 1920, which means
the steady employment of three men.
Minneapolis.—Much needed rains
are reported general throughout the
northwest. Crops were badly in need
of moisture, and the precipitation in
most of the sections was declared sufficient to care for the immediate need.
Farmers at Fergus Palls and Pipestone, districts where moisture was exceptionally needed, reported more
than an inch of rainfall.
Keewatin.—The time honored mother-in-law joke may be all right in
vaudeville, but in real life it does not-
always carry with it much of a laugh
as Theodore Dajjijanovieh, who lives
near the Mesaba Chief mine learned
in Justice Jones' office this week, when
he was fined $25 and costs for striking his wife's mother after being arrested on an assault charge.
St. Paul.—East Side State bank of
St. Paul will be granted a state charter under favorable recommendations
adopted by the state securities commission. The new St. Paul bank will
have ?25,000 capital. The Farmers'
and Merchants' State bank of Moorhead was also recommended for a
State charter. David E. Asksgaard,
Comstock, and others applied for the
charter. The new bank will have $10,-
000 capital, and will be the fourth at
Moorhead.
St.   Paul.—Machinery   of  the   1919
law, providing $200 toward the tuition
of each student returning from military service, has been put in motion.
Adjt.-Gen.   W.   F.   Rhinow   appointed
Maj.  W.  A.  Curtis,  former  chief  of
staff, at $1,800 a year, to take charge
of administration of the law through
his office. Blanks were forwarded Minnesota schools and colleges on which
to apply under the law for approval
by J. M. McConnell, state superintendent  of  education.    Attorney  General
Clifford L. Hilton gave out a revised (
opinion on the tuition aid law.    The|
state tuition aid is limited to Minne-1
sota educational institutions approved!
by the state superintendent.
St. Paul.—Items making up the new j
tax rate for state purposes, as listed:
by M. J. Desmond, chief of accounts j
in the auditor's office are as follows: j
Revenue fund for appropriations, 3.51
mills; Relief for old soldiers and wid-j
ows, .1 mills; State road and bridge!
fund, 1 mill, National Guard Armory!
buildings, .03 mills; University of Min-j
sota buildings, .32 mills; Historical j
society buildings, .01 mill; Itasca state!
park lands, .01 mill; Forest fires 1918 j
relief, .23 mills;State school and uni-j
versify fund, 1.23 mills, and Teachers j
insurance and retirement, .05 mills.:
Total of 6.48 mills. Appropriations!
for the University of Minnesota build-!
ing program and the relief of Moose j
Lake fire sufferers, it will be noted, j
are among important items increasing!
the state tax rate.
Worthington.—J. C. W. Dow, for'
nearly twenty years city justice of the
peace here, has withdrawn his resignation. Owing to ill health and failing
eyesight, Judge Dow sent in his resignation to the city council a few days
ago.' Attorneys called on him and persuaded  him  to  remain  in  office.
Virginia.—Aided by a heavy downpour of rain Virginia fire"_ighters, who
have been battling the flames betweer^
Virginia and International Falls„-
ported progress. Near Ashlanc^' '
flames did damage to the ^
$100,000, when it struck ^
to 'the southeast of the j^