The Pierz Journal (Pierz, Morrison County, Minnesota), 1918-08-01

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VOL. NO.  10.
PIERZ, MORRISON COUNTY, MINNESOTA, AUGUST 1, 1918.
No. 7.
NEWS OF STAT
TERSELY TOLD
Recent Happenings In Minnesota
Given In Brief Items For
Busy Readers.
Albert Lea.—Elmer Ledeck, living
north of Albert Lea, was instantly
killed by a freight train here. Ledeck
had one arm and one leg cut off.
International Falls.—With the muzzle of the weapon resting on his foot,
Thomas Dion of this place accidentally shot himself in the foot, losing
the toe next to the small one on the
right foot.
Baudette.—J. A. Kennedy is rapidly
recovering from the effects of the accident he sustained when he did a
nose dive from a height of fifteen feet
after being thrown from an auto which
hit a sign post near Roseau.
Winona.—Frank Webber, 48 years
old, assistant chief of the Winona fire
department, died as a result of burns
he received while fighting a fire in an
automobile. Three other firemen who
were buBpfa in the explosion are re-
coverin^T
St. Paul.—Governor Burnquist has
designated the week of August 11 as
"marine recruiting week," in a proclamation in which he called upon all
citizens, especially Rotary club members, to aid in the drive for recruits to
be made throughout the state.
Cass Lake.—George Prior and his
team of horses were instantly killed
during a terrific electric storm in this
section. Prior was driving home witli
a load" of hay when the lightning
Btruck. The hay was set on fire and
the body of Mr. Prior burned to a
crisp.
Minneapolis. — William Jennings
Bryan will return to Minnesota during
the latter part of September or early
part of October, to assist in making
the state dry, and in the election of a
dry legislature, according to Senator
Richard Jones, campaign manager for
the Minnesota Dry Federation. Mr.
Bryan is president of the National
Dry Federation.
St. Paul.—John O. Gardiner, assistant labor commissioner for the past
six weeks, has been named labor commissioner to succeed the late William
F. Houk of Minneapolis. Mr. Gardiner
Is a machinist by trade. He was at
one time business agent of the Machinists' union and was located at
Brainerd. For some time he served
as an inspector in the state labor department.   He lives in St. Paul.
St. ■ Paul.—The Democratic state
candidates spent two hours in discussion and then adjourned. They
will meet again in the next two weeks
at the call of Fred E. Wheaton, candidate for Governor, who presided
over the meeting. D. D. Daly of Minneapolis was elected chairman of the
committee; John A. Pearson of St.
Paul, secretary, and Louis Betz of St.
Paul, treasurer. The vice chairmanship was left open.
St. Paul. — Cream collecting and
shipping stations are branded an unessential industry by James Sorenson,
state dairy and food commissioner, in
a statement to the State Public Safety
commission. Mr. Sorenson takes the
side of the local creamery as opposed
to the centralization plan. He says
there are about 1,600 cream buying
stations in Minnesota which ship
cream to central plants, instead of
permitting local handling and manufacture of creamery products.
St. Paul.—Gross business transacted
by the state during the seven months
ending July 31 will be the greatest in
history, according to figures made
public at the office of State Treasurer
Rines. Up to closing, a few days since,
the volume of business was $54,460,-
061.84. Last year the figure for the
complete seven months was $49,092,-
006.01. The cash balance.was $7,868,-
213.61. August 1, 1917, it was $7,584,-
075.13. Receipts to date this year
have been $27,372,100.16. Disbursements have been $27,087,961.68.
St. Paul. — Seventeen forty-acre
tracts in St. Louis county are offered
in a sale to be conducted by the state
of Minnesota on Aug. 19 and 21 of
farm home sites in the timber section of the state for a payment of $45
down and the balance at any time
within forty years at the option of the
purchaser.    Aliens are barred.
St. Paul.—Deposits of the 211 state
banks of Minnesota fell $16,150,438
from $259,277,135, between the calls
of May 1 and June 29, according to
figures made public by F. E. Pearson,
Btate superintendent of banks. Loans
increased from $252,594,816, to $255,-
815,414, while cash reserves decreased
$16,500,000, an excess over legal requirements of $12,784,238. Rediscounts increased $4,200,000. "The decrease in deposits is probably due to
the lack of activity on local stock and
grain exchanges at this season and
the*"withdrawal of funds for investment in government securities," said
Mr. Pearson. "It is perfectly normal
and not at all alarming. The fall crop
movement doubtless will bring a reac-
tio'i-" i  3^
]Ioorhead. ~fl^Mr ° diseases are
catling damage Ti5 the potato crop of
rjlajf and other Red River valley counties,1 according to the report of a surveys just completed by Prof. R. B.
Tola33, plant pathologist of the Minnesota Agricultural college. The disease) so far discovered are black leg,
bntan s'em rot, and black scurf or
chtomia. In fields that he ex-
_near Hawley, Professor Tolaas
lage of about 15 per cent
■i leg and brown stem rot.
potato production will be
reduced by reason of the
the estimate of experts.
Interesting
Correspondences
Holstein Park News,
Mrs. A. J. Sanborn and son
were Lastrup callers Monday.
Miss Nellie Martin spent Friday and Saturday in LittlePalls
having dental work done.
Seyeral of tbe young- folks
from liere were bathing in Sullivan lake last Wednesday evening.
Charles. Sanborn and family,
Mrs. Sorum, Mrs. Martin and
Edwin attended the Ringling
circus at Little Palls.
Elroy Vaux left for camp at
Spartanburg, S.C., last Friday.
Bert Sanborn took him to Little
Falls by auto.
Those entertained at E. M.
Thompsons Sunday were: Mr.
and Mrs. Eng. Thompson, Mrs.
E. Perkins and Alice and Frank,
Mrs. Jess King and children,
Mrs. L. Kramer and children,
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Perkins and
Philip Anderson and family.
Miss Nellie Martin was a Hillman goer Tuesday.
Sam Martin spent Sunday at
home.
Mr. Meier autoed to Little.
Palls Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Taylor were
callers at the Perkins home last
Wednesday eyening.
Miss Hazel Cajacob of Minneapolis yisited her parents a few
days last week.
—MAKE W.S.S. PLEDGES—
Sullivan News.
Mr. and Mrs. Grady and son
spent last Wednesday afternoon
at C. E. Look's.
Frank Sims returned from Dakota Wednesday and has bought
120 acres of land south of Robt.
Adkins.
Mrs. F. X. Virnig and party
of Pierz were visitors at the
lake one day last week.
Clarence Hoskins and J. J.
Linehan were county seat visitors Wednesday.
J. R. Beggs and family of St.
Paul arrived Friday and spent
the week end in Tumble Inn cottage.
We wish to correct an item
made last week, Ralph Waffen-
smith is not home from France
as stated.
Mrs. C. E. Look and children
visited at AxelJohnson's Peavy
lake last Friday.
Dr. Harold Patterson, Chase
L. Dobner and wife and children of St. Paul spent a few
days at Camp Linehan last
week.
Frank Sims met with a bad
accident last Saturday. While
mowing hay he fell into an old
well aud cut his hand on the
scythe; he was taken to Pierz
for medical attention and is now
getting along nicely.
Ramy Alberts and wife of
Onamia called on Peter Adkins
and Axel Johnson Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Sell of Hillman
were guests at T. Wolfenden's
Sunday.
Joe Grell and family of Pierz
were over Sunday visitors at
Camp.
Callers at Martins Sunday
afternoon were Merle Look,
Jack Lewis, Mrs. Peter Adkins
and children and Miss Dorothy
Lynn.
Mrs. Frank Britton and children of Vineland are spending
a few days at Wm. Lynn's.
T. S. Look called at Thompson's Sunday morning.
Drafted Men Left
Last Friday
Littie Falls, Minn.
The largest crowd that ever
witnessed a draft quota leaye
Little Falls was on hand Friday
to see the Morrison county boys
off. Early in the morning cars
loaded with relatives and friends
of the men who left began coming in and by noon nearly all
sidewalks were packed and the
streets were continually rilled
with cars.
The draftees met in the court
room of the court house at 9
o'clock and after enrollment
each man was presented with a
Red Cross comfort kit and a
Smileage book.
At 2:15 o'clock the men were
lined up in front of the court
house with the band, home
guard and G. A. R. in the lead.
The procession then marched to
the station where the platform
of the depot was literally packed
with people.   At the station the
band, played several patriotic
selections and the home guard
helped to keep the crowd in perfect order.
This quota is the largest sent
from the county at one time and
went to Camp Wadsworth, Spartanburg, South Carolina.
—MAKE W.S.S. PLEDGES—
Drunken Auto Driver
Get $100
Little Falls, Minn.
Municipal Judge Lyon will
show no mercy to drunken auto
drivers in the future and one
Morrison county man realized
that today. This man was given his choice between paying a
line of $100 and costs of §4.30 or
spending 90 days in jail. He
paid and also agreed to settle
for all damage done.
His crime was this: At 5:30
Friday afternoon in front of the
West hotel on Broadway he
bumped into a moving car, damaged a fender, then turned to a
car parked near the walk and
smashed into the rear end of
that, damaged the gasoline tank
and severely shook up a lady
and a small boy sitting on the
back seat of an auto. When arrested the driver was hardly
able to navigate.
—MAKE W.S.S. PLEDGES—
Threshing!
I will do load threshing
at the same old place in
lower town on Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday afternoons next week
Henry Walerius.
County Seat Callings
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. C. P.
Virnig, Sunday a daughter.
Mrs. John Schackman received
a card Friday stating that, her
son John had arriyed safely
overseas.
The H. W. Venners, E. F.
Brown and Frank Kiewel families returned Friday from an
outing at Pierz Pish lake.
William J. Blake has arrived
safely oyerseas, according to
word received by his. mother,
Mrs. J. M. Blake.
Nick Keller and family returned Monday to their home
at Cold Springs after a visit at
the home of Mr. Keller's daughter, Mrs. C. P. Virnig.
—MAKE W.S.S. PLELC-ES—
Visitors at Linehans last week
were: Miss Florence Skinner
of St. Paul, Bert and Viola Gel-
mer, Clinton Austin and Lillian
Odell of Howard Lake.
T. S. Look was a Lastrup caller Tuesday.
Letter From
Camp Grant
Camp Crant, 111.
Dear folks! Your most welcome letter received. Thanks
for the same. I'm with the 344th
Infantry Supply Co. now. It
was a week last Friday that I
was transferred. I'm the only
one from Morrison county in
this company. I signed up as a
cook and will be put to work
next week. Was on guard two
nights, and had charge as room
orderly while the boys were out
on the rifle range. Had only
six hours drilling altogether.
Presume I will get more before
they send me across. There is
one thing about the army and
that is you don't know what you
will do the next day.
I haven't seen any of the boys
here that came down here with
me. I suppose they have gone,
as a thousand men from the
Depot Brigade have been transferred to Camp Robinson, at
Sparta, Wis., to fill the war
strength of the 833rd Field Ar-
tillery and the 161st Depot Brigade. The remainder will probably become a part of this division before it goes across the
Atlantic.
Eight thousand more draftees
from the south are understood
to be due at Camp Grant tomorrow. Most of the boys from
home were sent back to Wisconsin, and four of them were sent
to Fort Snelling near St. Paul.
I wish I could go there, for I am
quite well acquainted there.
We are going out on a rifle
range tomorrow; will stay a day
or two. Will have to walk
about ten miles. We will know
more about it when we get back
again.
I must say that much that we
are on. the busy streets in Camp
Grant. Its just like being on a
city street Sundays.
I'm writing this in the Y. M.
C. A., where I'm spending most
of my time. Will have to hurry
and get back, as we have chickens for dinner and I intend to
get my share, as I helped the
cook prepare them yesterday.
• Will close with best regards
to all my folks and friends. Tell
them I'm getting along fine and
hope to see them all again.
Conrad E. Altrichter.
—MAKE W.S.S. PLEDGES—
Cold Storage Chicks.
"Hans" Bares has a hen which
hatched a good-sized setting of
eggs on a chunk of ice thinly
covered with sawdust.
Perhaps, the pullets from the
setting will lav cold storage
eggs.
—MAKE W.S.S. PLEDGES—
Herman Meyer and family
of Royalton visited with Mrs.
John Newman Sunday.
The office roof in the Borgerding Lumber yard is getting a new coat of shingles.
—MAKE W.S.S. PLEDGES—
Grain And Produce
Market Report
Choice No. 1 Northern $2.04
Wheat, No. 1, $2.00
Wheat, No. 2     1.97
Wheat, No. 3_„.      1.94
Wheat, No. 4      1.90
Flax,       3.70
Barley _ .90
Rye - _".   2.55
Oats _ ,    65
Ear Corn   J 1.40
Hay.    10.00
Butter, Creamery ..      45
Dairy _       37
Eggs          35
Flour,         5.65
Bran   2.10
Cracked Corn 80 pounds 2.75
Shorts  -__ 2.25
Ground Feed _    2.40
Beans      7.00
Onions  _    2.50
Car Turns Turtle
Woman Is Killed
Brainerd.—Driving at a rate
said to be 40 miles per hour six
men in a car going south drove
an other car in a ditch 3 miles
south of Brainerd last night,
killing one woman instantly.
Mrs. Wm. Cottingham of Motley, the lady killed, was driving
a large six-cylinder car and was
going north from Ft. Ripley.
With her in the car were Edw.
Stowell, a brother, Mrs. Marian
Stowell, a sister-in-law, and a
young man by the name of Roy
Green, The big car, driven to
the ditch turned over once and
a half and Mrs. Cottingham was
thrown under the rear axle. The
weight of the car broke her neck.
Stowell suffered a broken hip
and severe internal injuries.
Mrs. Marian Stowell was bruised about the body and arms,
and Green was slightly injured.
The accident occured at 7
o'clock at what is called Buffalo
Creek. The six men in the car
traveled south, never stopped to
ascertain the extent of the damage done and in the excitement
the number of their car was not
taken. The authorities of Brainerd and Crow Wing county however, have some clue as to their
identity and it is possible they
will be located within a short
time.
—MAKE W.S.S. PLEDGES—
Eight Must Entrain
August Sth to 10th
Little Falls, Minn.
The local exemption board
received a notice Saturday from
the adjutant general of Minnesota to entrain eight men to
Jefferson Barracks, Mo., within
the five-day period beginning
Aug. 5. The number of men required for this call must be actually entrained. Registrants
of the June 5, 1918, class may
be voluntarily inducted under
this call and may be involuntarily inducted provided all
class 1 registrants of the June
5, 1917, class who are physically
qualified for general military
service, have been inducted.
—MAKE W.S.S. PLEDGES—
Allotment of Sugar
Is Again Changed
The family allowance is changed from three to two pounds
per month per person. Beginning August 1, 10 pounds per
person per month instead of the
2 pounds will be allowed in order to enable the housewife to
do the necessary canning and
preserving. To illustrate: If a
family has 5 members, their sugar allowance for August will
be 50 pounds. If they have already received their 25 pound
allotment, they may get 25
pounds more for August. If
they have received 60 pounds
for canning, etc., their allotment for August will be but 2
pounds per person per month,
according to the latest regulations.
—MAKE W.S.S. PLEDGES—
Platte News
A large crowd attended the
surprise party to Christ Reese
last Wednesday evening. All
present enjoyed it.
F. Wolff and son Robert and
Mr. and Mrs. Theo. Rychner and
children visited at the Christ
Reese home Monday evening.
Cecil Kelley and Mr. Hayes
made a business trip to Little
Falls Wednesday.
Mr. Rachey and son Paul and
a friend of Mr. Rachey of Grey
Eagle, Minn., visited at the
Frank Wolff home last Wednesday afternoon.
—MAKE W.S.S. PLEDGES—
Math Bauer and family of
Elrosa visited at Hubert
Bares' Sunday.
Local Happenings
OTthe Week
Barney Gross bought a
horse Saturday.
Joe Meyer is treating his
residence to a new coat of
paint.
C. H. Tidd of Little Falls
is doing some painting for
Henry Gau.
Mrs. Wm. J. Schauble visited friends in St. Cloud over
Sunday.
Nick Hennen visited his
daughter, Mrs. John Klein,
at Melrose last week.
Len Diedrich of Hillman
made an over Sunday visit at
Delano.
Lost—License No. 31,649.
Finder please leave at the
Journal office.
Grandma Thommes and
Mrs. Mike Thommes left for
Chicago Wednesday morning.
Peter Solinger spent the
first days of the week in Minneapolis.
Nick Staub left for Little
Falls Wednesday, where he
will undergo an operation.
Elsie Hartmann left for
Onamia Tuesday, where she
will visit Mrs. John Gohl.
Over fifty cars passed thru
the village Sunday morning
on the way to Sullivan lake.
Miss Thresa Eller returned
from Greenwald last Monday
from a visit with her brother
Paul.   _.
D. M. Cameron of Little
Falls passed through here on
his way to Vineland Sunday
morning.
A chimney in Joseph Dah-
men's house was struck by
lightning during the storm
Sunday morning.
Brown county wheat borders have been made to contribute $9,500 to the Red Cross.
Henry Kingen of Lastrup
left Friday morning for Cas-
selton, N. D., for a visit with
his son-in-law And. Schmitt-
bauer.
Mrs. Mel Wermerskirchen
gave a party Wednesday evening in honor of he,r daughter, Mrs. John Feider. Mrs.
Feider will leave for her home
in Duluth Friday.
Mrs. Wm. Bisson of Crow
Wing, and Mrs. Frank Snitil
of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, visited their parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Wm. Schwankl here this
week.
John Wertin, Andrew Pe-
ternell, H J. Bachel, A. H.
Wester and E. N. Wester of
Albany, all officers of the
Lastrup State Bank visited
that institution last week.
Edward J. Kobilka, who
has been employed at Brainerd, is here on a short visit,
but intends to leave for Washington, D. C, where he has
been offered a job as clerk.
Oliver Brunette came down
from Proctor to see his son
Frank leave for Camp Wads-
worth last Friday. Oliver is
running a wree'-iwg derrick
engine for the Iron Range
railroad.
FORCE PASSAGE
OF OURCQ RIVER
Pressure on Retreating Germans
Is Kept Up by Franco-
American Troops.
OCCUPY SUPPLY BASE
Enemy,   Heavily   Reinforced,   Is   Holding Tenaciously to His Ground on
Extreme Wings of the Gradually Decreasing Pocket.
London, July 29.—Continuing their;
pressure on the Germans in retreat, j
from the Marne, the Franco-American j
troops have reached and crossed the!
Ourcq. river and penetrated the town j
of Fere-en-Tardenois, one of the great!
German supply bases for the enemy!
troops inside the Soissons-Rheims |
salient.
Meantime, on the center of the Al-I
lied right wing southwest of Rheims,!
violent attacks by the French havej
forced the enemy to give more ground j
and enabled the French to capture I
several towns of strategic value and to I
draw their front appreciably nearer I
the high road which runs northeastward from Dormans to Rheims.
Germans   Fight   Desperately.
On the extreme wings of the gradually decreasing pocket—near Sois-
sons and Rheims—the enemy, heavily
reinforced, is holding tenaciously to
his ground, realizing that successes
there would result in a general crumbling of his plans of defence against
the locking up of his entire armies inside the big bag.
In addition to the large number of
troops for reinforcement that have
been thrown in these two sectors, the
German long range guns from the region north of Soissons and north and
northeast of Rheims are keeping both
wings of the salient under a heavy enfilading Are.
Under the battering tactics of the
Americans and Frenchmen, the German line on the south has now been
driven back more than 12 miles from
the point south of Chateau Thierry—
where the Allied troops locked the
door to Paris against the enemy July
18, and themselves became the aggressors In what has turned out to be one
of the greatest battles of the war.
Use Cavalry, Tanks and Airplanes.
The crossing of the Ourcq, even if
only by advanced elements of the Allied forces, presages a general crossing later on. The French official communications thus far during the battle have been remarkably conservative in their estimates of the gains
that daily have been made, and it is
indicated in unofficial dispatches that
Allied troops are considerably in advance of the line as announced officially.
Where the Germans are In retreat
from the south the cavalry has been
Brought into the fighting and numerous
tanks and machine guns in profusion
are everywhere harrying the enemy,
whose losses are heavy.
Meantime airplanes are flying over
the retreating hordes dropping bombs,
while the big Allied guns from the
sides of the salient are keeping up
their intensive firing from all angles
Into the densely congested area.
NEW AUSTRIAN  WAR  CREDIT
Lower House Authorizes Issue of
6,000,000,000 Kronen.
Amsterdam, July 29.—The lower
house of the Austrian parliament has
passed the provisional budget for the
ensuing six months by a vote of 215
to 196, as well as authorizing a war
credit of 6,000,000,000 kronen. The
majority- was composed of Christian
Socialists, German Nationals and Radicals, Roumanians, members of tha
Polish section, and some Italians.
YANKEES ON  ITALIAN  FRONT
Troops     From     United    States    Are
Ready  to   Meet  Austrians.
With the American Army on the
Italian Front, July 29.—American j
fighting troops are now on the Italian!
front. They are being billeted with}
the Italians.
Heretofore the only combatant Am er-j
ican troops were aviators, and the I
appearance of this large body of fight-!
ing men from the United States at!
the present moment has occasioned!
the greatest satisfaction.
MUNITIONS STRIKE SUBSIDES:
	
British Minister Announces Men Are!
Returning to Work.
London, July 29.—The ministry of;
munitions announced that reports re-j
ceived from all parts of the country!
Indicate that the strike situation inj
the munitions industry "has distinctly!
improved and that a majority of the
strikers In all probability will return
to work."
King Albert Thanks  President.
Washington,     July     29.—President
Wilson has received the following cii<
blegram from King Albert of Belpi   .1
in answer to the President's mess-   i
commemorating  Belgium's  fete  day:
"I read with emotion your cordial telegram,   In the name of all the Belgians,
I heartily  thank for It the  emine' :
peace magistrate of the great Am< .'■
can nation.    The great weight carr'   I
| by  his   every   word   imparts   sper: I
|  value to the sympathy which he kind! ■
expresses to me in his own name ani)
la that of Jus compatriots,"-
"M