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

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PIERZ, MORRISON COUNTY, fVlINNESOTA, AUGUST 8,  1918.
No. 8.
NEWS OF STATE
TERSELY TOLD
Recent Happenings In Minnesota
Given In Brief Items For
Busy Readers.
Plainview.—While giving a practice
demonstration with one of the new
tractors, Chester Gallagher was severely injured when the tractor turned
over backward.
Bemidji.—The tax levy for Beltrami
for the coming year will be $165,000,
which has been levied by the county
commissioners on the recommendation
of J. L. George, county auditor.
Moorhead.—Rev. Martin Anderson,
pastor of the Trinity Lutheran church
of Moorhead, will enter the war service as an army chaplain. Rev. Anderson has been nominated for a chaplaincy by the Lutheran church council.
Winona.—Mrs. Adelia B. Comfort of
Milwaukee, former resident of Winona,
is the originator of the "comfort kits"
now being provided by the Red Cross
for the soldiers and sailors. Mrs.
Comfort lived in Winona during the
■80s.
Two Harbors.—Mrs. Lee McFarlane,
daughter of Mrs. William Newell of
Two Harbors, who was one of those
Injured in an automobile accident near
the city limits, gave birth to a son
within a few hours after arriving at a
local hospital.
St. Charles.—Lieut. Herbert Chamberlain, 23 years old, was drowned at
Camp Lee, Va., while on pontoon drill,
according to a message received by
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Chamberlain of this village. The body
has not been recovered.
Deerwood.—The county commissioners have decided to open the Crow
Wing-Aitkin county sanatorium early
In August. The new institution will
accommodate twenty-six tuberculosis
patients and is located one mile south
of this village and about twenty-five
miles from Brainerd, the county seat.
Crookston.—After a race for miles
through Minnesota and North Dakota,
often at a rate of forty miles an hour,
authorities have apprehended an alleged auto thief giving his name as
Ed Highland, who is charged with
having taken a car from the Ramstad
Auto company at Greenbush, Minn.
He is now in the Crookston jail await,
ing trial.
Minneapolis.—The Dan Patch line,
ft shortline railroad, went under the
hammer here yesterday in accordance
with a Federal court order. A group
of local and Southern Minnesota business men made the only bid. They
obtained the property for $350,000 and
hereafter will operate it under the
name of the Minneapolis, Northfield
& Southern railway.
St. James.—Bernard Remple, president of the People's bank at Butter-
field, was ordered held to the Watonwan county grand jury on a charge of
disloyalty. Remple, who is thought to
be worth $250,000, is alleged to have
said the German troops would get the
Americans into the pocket on the
French front and kill them off, as they
had no business in France,
Mankato.—Photographer J. R. Snow
of this city has been appointed chairman of Minnesota by the Photographers' Association of America to
superintend the war work drive of the
association in this state. Each state
chairman is to name a chairman in
each city, and each city chairman is
to organize and develop the present
organization as sections of the Photographers' Association of America.
Fairmont.—Mrs. R. S. Cross, wife
of Rev. R. S. Cross and mother of
Mrs. J. A. A. Burnquist, was seriously
injured when an automobile in which
she was riding with Mrs. Robert Livingston overturned on the state road
about eight miles south of Fairmont.
Mrs. Cross was pinned beneath one
of the running boards, which lay
across her head, and a rib was broken.
Her recovery is practically certain.
Breckenridge. — Herbert A. Hard,
state drainage engineer for North Dakota, was in the city last week and
appeared before the board of county
commissioners in an effort to induce
them to appropriate the sum of $300
as Wilkin county's share of the expense in an adequate flood survey of
the territory drained by the Otter Tail,
Bois de Sioux and Red Rivers. Mr.
Hard's efforts were successful and
Wilkin county is now a member of
the Tri-State Flood Control association.
St. Paul.—Minnesota ended a fiscal
year of record-breaking prosperity,
despite the war, July 31, with $8,250,-
000 of cash in the treasury, the largest
year-end balance in the annals of the
state, according to State Treasurer
Henry Rines. State business for the
year made up a grand total of $56,-
000,000, an increase of $6,000,000 over
the preceding fiscal year. Receipts
were $28,394,000 and disbursements
$22,725,974 for the year just ended,
compared with $23,983,440 in receipts
and $26,109,568 disbursements during
the_^916-17 fiscal period.
.^■Hr.erd.—An important meeting of
tli-^Commeroial club secretaries of
the state is to be called soon by Fred
T. \ Lincoln, president of the League
Of "Minnesota Community clubs, established at the state university in September, 1916. It is possible that Brain-
- erd will be the city to entertain these
men.
fRed Lake Falls.—Fred Baltisberger,
Iselective draft man, was killed in-
intly two miles south of here when
le automobile in which he was rid-
overturued. Baltisberger was
[nned under the machine and his
test crushed.
Interesting
Correspondence
Sullivan News.
Dp to now  there are 25 boys '
Mr. and Mrs. Cook and Ole
Christianson and family called
at C. E. Look's last Tuesday
evening-.
Mr. and Mrs. Grady were lake
callers Tuesday.
The C. E. Gravel family arrived last Tuesday and are ,qc-
cupying- the ''Tumble Inn" c'ot-
tag-ge.
County seat visitors Wedne^<
day were Merle Look and E. P.
Bowen.
The D. K. Harting family of
Little Palls spent the week end
at the lake with Mrs. W. J?'
Beardsly of Minneapolis as their
guest.
F. H, Roewe of Boulder, Colorado, spent a few days in this
vicinity, looking after his land
interests.
Those who have left for the
Dakota harvest fields are Robt.
Adkins, Riley Hoskins, Millard
VanKuren, Jim Pint and "Col".
Seibert.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas and son
of Buffalo have bought the Dorman land and moved onto the
same last week. -
Jack Lewis was a guest at the
Peter Adkins home Sunday.
Roy Dragoo and family of
Rice spent Sunday at the lake.
Mr. and Mrs. Walker and Mr.
Oleson and son of Ramey spent
Sunda.y at C. P. Bowen's.
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Charles Gravel and the Pred
Gravel family of Onamia, were
the guests of the C. E. Gravel
family Sunday.
fjrom the
"States servise.    They are:
Ed. Preimesberger,  f.
Ig. Keller,
John B. Paust, .
Wm. E. Paust;'
Tommy Peucht,
Joseph Nimsch,
John _5_rmsch,
J ohi>'Ziegler,
P.4L Bares,
Craig Scoles,
R. M. Stoll,
&    _    Reinhart Stumpf,
John Stumpf,
Conard Altrichter,
F'fai-k Brunette,
Victor Kaas,
John Puhrmann,
John Ulrich,
.. Bert Znlege.r, ■-
Wm. Virnig,
j        Raymond Harris,
' Nick Tb'ienes,
Carn^'Bplhg,
Nick Hartmann,
George Hartmann.
—MAKE W.S.S. PLEDGES—
Men Must Prove Useful Work.
J:'mhe citv of Augusta, Ga., re-
res every man to carry a
d showing his occupation,
(Jolnpulsory work laws have
beep. passed by many cities and
an anti-loating law was pending
in file 'State legislature, in mid-
Jul$. when these facts were reported to the conference of Federal   farm   help   specialists  in
Birmingham, Ala.
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—MAKE W.S.S. PLEDGES—
The game warden seems to
Pierz Village now     Peter Bustler Writes
has 25 in US service     From) Navy Yard
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New York City, July 30th
village in the  United- Editor Pierz Journal.
Freedhem Boy
li oh
be kept very busy pinching
the g.ame and. fish law violators iti Pulaski. Twooffen-
clers were punished last wee"k,
Geo. Dodge wife and daughter'and he went up after another
one Monday.
Dorothy spent  the week end at
their summer home.
Mrs. Tom Smith and children
visited at homes of Robert and
Peter Adkins Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Strutson of Deerwood called at T. S. Look's and
Francis Bugbee's Sunday.
—MAKE W.S.S. PLEDGES—
Freight Wreck at Gushing,
At 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon
an east bound and a west bound
freight   came   together   at   the
curve    near    Cushing    station.
Mrs. Ford  and  daughter and ' Seven cars and the engine of the
grandchild spent  last  week at east   bound   train   were   badly
T. S. Look's. j smashed  up and  the tender  of
•. the west bound engine was torn
Mrs. John  Lewis  and daugh- j off_   Tae seVen cars were loaded
ter Olive were  lake callers last
Sunday.
Those spending- this week at
Camp Linehan are T. B. CotnSn-
dros, George Toby, Dr. Arnold
Lotz and family and Mrs. Ed.
Linehan all of St. Paul.
Callers at C. E. Look's Sunday were Nellie and Sam Martin, Jack Lewis and Mrs. Peter
Adkins and children.
Pierz goers Monday were Ray
Sims and John Britton.
with lumber and this was scattered in all directions and although the two trains telescoped, neither left the tracks.
—MAKE W.S.S. PLEDGES—
I will thresh in lower
town until Monday evening. H. Walerius.
The poor pastures have
forced many of the farmers
to rush their stock -to the
market. During July as
many as 5 cars were shipped
Merle Look  left for  Windom
Monday, where he will work inj from Genola a week.
the haryest fields. .
Dear Sir! In ti_£ Pierz J our-
nal of June 30th you publish,
ed that men of the draft age
could still enlist in the Marine Corps, which is true. But
you also state .that the Marine,
except on extra ordinary conditions, dosn't do anything but
guard duty, which isn't quite'
right. Remember   the   Ma
rine Corp is always the first to
tight on land, sea or air and always has been. We are knbwn
as tlie best guards in the world
but when it comes to fighting,
we are just as much at home as
if we were walking past in a
military manner.
Our motto is "always faith-'
ful" and you,can take it from
me that you have to soldier in
this outfit or else stay out. There
isn't a thing in the world you're
not asked to do some time or
other and that little motto pops
up more than once.i. ,.'/.
I have been in the Marine
Corp now a little over 8 months
and don't regret the day I enlisted. The only thing that worries a fellow where he is stationed at the Navy yard is that he
don't know when he: is going
across. I have been here now
for 5 months and somehow or
other I'm held over. Just at the
present I'm with the government picture called "Americas
Answer" which is showing in
New York for the first ime, so I
have it rather soft. One thing,
I don't have to stand any inspections.
If you know of any of the
Pierz boy that happen to go
through "Camp Men-it", New
Jersey, or else "Camp Mills",
tell them to drop me a line and
I can see them; any time. They
are both embarkation Camps,
but some times they only stay
one night, then of course, there
wouldn't be any use. Or if any
want to enlist in the U.'S. M. C.
tell them to write to me and I
will tell them all about it. One
good thing the Marine's are sure
keeping the Germans on the run
in Prance and here is hoping
that I will be with them before
this war is over. Up until now
the Corps was so small that half
the people didn't know what we
were when thev saw us. But
lately we are commencing to
come in the limelight.
Yours etc
Prt. Peter Buesseler,
Marine Barracks, New York
Navy Yard, N. Y.
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Charles J. Nelson,
Little Falls/Minn.
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, Deeply  regret   to mtorm you
that Private.Axel E. Nelson, infantry officially reported killed
in action July, 15.
The above telegram tells a
story Avhlrrlr-brtngirttre war closer to Little Falls and Morrison
county than it has heretofore.
Beerf; Charles J. Nelson' is a
farmer living, near " Freedhem
and in an- interview .with a
Transcript re presentatiyestated
that his son, the first Little
Palls boy to be .killed in action,}
enlisted in Duluth in the latter
part of November or December
and arrived overseas about three
months ago, The family lias the
sympathy of the community in
their bereavement.
Chas. J. Nelson Uv.es about
two miles norteast tf the old'
Berg-quist place in Buh. He
was in Pierz Monday morning-,
and at that time had not heard
of his son's death.
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—MAtCE W.S.S. PLEDGES—
Local Board Wants Six Men,
A crew of six government men \ graphers and typewriters or the
are camping at the lake and will' latter, possessing a knowledge
examine the pine trees in this of accounting work, may again
vicinity for White Pine Blister enlist as yeomen. No limit has
Rust. We are pleased to state been placed on the number of
that none has been found here yeomen to be taken. The regu-
yet. They expect to be here a lar weekly quota of the district
week and  will make  this  their which comprises Minnesota and.
North Dakota, of 40 men for the
regular Navy, has also been removed and any number may enlist. The Bureau of Navigation
hopes to. keep 2,000 ayiation
mechanics continuously on reserve, but subject to call when
needed. Farmers may enlist
now and receive a 30 or 60 days
furlough to  assist in taking off
headquarters.
—MAKE W.S.S. PLEDGES—
Navy Recruiting Station,
The age limit for men who
can enlist in the Navy has been
raised to 40 years; a communication just received from Lieut.
Geo. A. Treadwell, Commanding Officer of  the Navy Recrut- the crops.
ing Station at Minneapolis, j Present openings in the Navy
states. The same communica-' are for apprentice seaman, fire-
tion advises that all men who man, third class, shipfitters,
enlist as aviation mechanics will boilermakers, yeoman and avia-
be sent  home on  inactive duty, < tion  mechanics.     Men   are  ur-
subject to call.
Men who are  qualified steno-
gently  needed  in  all of  these
branches.
Winston's encyclopedia defines the,marines as follows:
A military force drilled as infantry, whose especial duty is
to serve on board of ships of
war when on commission,' and
also on shore under certain circumstances. They are trained
to seamen's duties, but do not
go aloft, being mainly employed
in sentry duty etc.
The force was embodied by an
order in council in 1664 as a nursery for seamen to man the fleet.
The United States is tbe only
other nation which employs marines in the same manner as
Great Britain.
—MAKE W.S.S. PLEDGES—
Ten Commandments
For Tiie Community
Expand home trade.
Market home products.
Facilitate employment of la-
bor.
Construct better highways.
Make public business efficient.
Proyide wholesome recreation
for the youth.
Publish town affairs.
Develop community consciousness.
Sacrifice for the community's
common good.
Build the town beautiful.
These men will be sent to the
University of Minnesota August
loth by the local examination
board. The board wants men
who have some aptitude . for
mechanical work and they must
have at least a grammar school
education. The men are wanted
for auto mechanics, radia operators, machinists and blacksmiths. Registrants in the 1918
class may volunteer. The board
will induct the three, men if a
sufficient number does not vo-
lunteer.
Three men are also wanted
under the same proyisions, to go
to'the University Farm school
as blacksmiths, bench wood
workers, electricians and carpenters.
—MAKE W.S.S. PLEDGES—
Common School Examination,
Examinations were given Monday, Tuesdajr and Wednesday
last week at Little Falls and
Royalton for common school certificates. The following- are the
parties from our neighborhood
who took the examination:
Angelo Kippley,
Elizebeth Block,
Rose Hoerner,
Mary Brunette.
Marie Rauch,
Clara Hesch.
—MAKE W.S.S. PLEDGES^
There  will   be  a  Red
Cross dance at Freedhem
club   house August 9th
Music by the Blue Ribbon
Orchestra of Brainerd.
If the weather permits,
shock threshing will begin
on the Gay-nor fatm and Jos.
Otremba's next Saturday.
—MAKE W.S.S. PLEDGES—
Grain And Produce
Market Report
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Of the Week
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EXPLA
AFT CHil-JGES
Choice No. 1 Northern.
Wheat, No. 1,	
Wheat, No. 2____	
Wheat, No. 3____	
.__$2.04
.-_ $2.00
._ 1.97
.      1.94
Wheat, No. 4 . _    .1.90
Flax, *  .3.70
Barley  -90
Rye. — — — —
Oats	
EarCorn ___	
Hay 	
Butter, Creamery _.
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    2.55
      65
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     10.00
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Mrs. Barney Eller of St.
Cloud visited at John Eller's
last week.
The Farmers Creamery received  two cars of coal this
week.
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, li C. Scoles is working iu
North Dakota and Mrs.Scoles
is substituting, on route 4.
Bom — To Mr. and Mrs.
Fred. Preimesberger Friday
a daughter-
Carl Thiele of St.'Cloud is
spending the week in the village.
Even after the all night's
rain there was no water
standing Tuesday morning.
R. M. Stoll and his company expect to be sent across
the Pacific into Siberia.
Joseph Bentfeld fell from
a boxcar last Saturday and
broke his left arm close to
tiie wrist.
J. M. Emmel and J. Walter
of St. Cloud were here on
real estate business last Saturday.
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Peter Meyer has completed
the addition to his house and
has transformed it into a
handsome-residence.
Geo. Sigette and wife returned from South Dakota
yesterday, where they had
been visiting several weeks..
Rev. Fr. Pfeifter of Eden
Galley and Rev. Fr. Plachta
of Royalton visited Rev. J. Gr.
Stiegler last week.
Rev.XavierO.S.B. of New
York is here visiting at the
parental home.; He has been
in ill health the past year
and a half.
On Monday and Tuesday
afternoon,, a food demonstration, conducted by MissAnna
Hough, took place at the
home of Mrs. A, P. Stoll.
Steve Preimesberger sold
his interest in the Morrison
County Lumber Co. to his
brother Fred. Steve will take
possession of the lumber yard
at Rice in the future.
Joseph Jaeger and son were
here last Saturday.,, Jos. says
the war has upset all his
plans. He has two sons in
the service and another to go
soon.
R. M. Stoll of Camp Grant
is here on a few days' visit.
He likes army life and the
drills and exercises especially. He has lost 18 pounds in
weight, but says he never felt
better.
Leo Winer's Ford is laid up
for repairs. It caught fire
from the engine one day last
w e >k and was damaged to
such an extent that it had to
be towed in. The damage is
covered by insurance.
Charles Sauborn of Richardson was a caller here Wednesday.    He  says  new sett-
Wants Congress to Amend Law
Making Men From 18 to
45 Years Eligible.
TO GALL YOUTHS US
Secretary of War Asserts Department
Has  in   Mind  Simply  to  Secure  a
Large   Enough   Army  to   Conquer Germany.
Washington, Aug.  5.—In.- discussing
the   war   department's    recommendations to Congress of draft ages from
18  to. 45 years,  Secretary Baker said I
there  was   no  intention  of  calling to!
the colors youths between  IS and 191
until the other classes have become j
exhausted.
This policy was decided on, he said, I
in order to. give the youths an op-;
portunity to mature before they joinj
the _fmy.
After formally announcing the new!
draft ages, - Secretary Baker said all j
the possible combinations of age limits j
were ^carefully studied and it was!
found that to get the men. into class j
1 for the program proposed, 18 to 45 j
was  necessary.
To Hold Young  Men.
He  said,  however, that the bill  as j
read to Congress, will contain a pro- j
vision   authorizing   the.   president   to!
call men out of cla-ss 1 by classes ac-1
cording to age, so that if it is found
possible the men between  18  and  19
will be called out later than the older
men found eligible to class 1.
The War department program, the
war secretary said, is purely a military one and cannot be called a conscription of labor, although it naturally, will have the effect' of putting
a,t useful labor or in the. army all ,
able-bodied men within the age limit
as they finally will be fixed by Congress.
In recommending this extension of
the age limits, Mr.. Baker continued,
the department had it in mind simply
to get for the army the number of
nien believed necessary to defeat Germany.
Mr. Baker gave it as- his opinion
that so far, about 1,600,000 had been
drafted out of class 1 from the existing list.
MARSHAL HAIG .IS'CONFIDENT
Egg's	
Flour,    	
Bran .	
	
Issues" General   Order at   Opening   of
War's Fifth Year.
London.    Aug.    5—Field    Marshal
!Haig,■'commander-in-chief■■of the British   forces   in   France,   has   issued   a
special order of the day to the British
troops, dated Aug. i, the anniversary
of Great-Britain's-entry into the war.
The order say, in part:
"The conclusion'of: the fduirth year
of the war marks the passing of the
period   of  crisis.    We   can  now   with
added confidence look' forward to the
future.
"The revolution in Russia set free
large hostile forces on the eastern
- front, which .were transferred to the
west. It was tlie enemy's intention to
use. the great numbers thus created
to gain a decisiye victory, before the
arrival ef American.troops should give
superiority to the Allies."
CUT  FRENCH  WHEAT  FIELDS
Germans Ship Thousands of Bushels
of  Grain   Home.
With the American Army on the
Soissons-Rheims Front, Aug. 5.—Thousands of bushels of French wheat have
.been shipped home by German soldiers. The French and Americans during their advance of the'last few days
have.discovered that, systematic plans
had been laid by the Germans for
reaping the harvest in the country
from which they have been driven.
The territory stretching northward
from the Marne is virtually one great
wheat field, broken by forests here
and there. The wheat was sown by
peasants before the Germans advanced from the Aisne, late in May and
early in June and began ripening
early in  July.
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5.65
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Cracked Corn 80 pounds 2.75
Shorts  ---:<
Ground Peed     2.-1U
Beans _      7-00
Onions     *^u
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37 lers are coming in there at
the rate of about one a week.:
Of course, that doesn't mean,
he says, that there will be 52
new 'settler.-a i I!..-- .;>i of .fie
year, because th;*;.' do not. all
FAVORS   RETAIL   SALES   TAX
House   Subcommittee   Plans   to   Raise
Money  On   Luxuries.
Washington, Aug. 5.—A 10 per cent
tax on retail sales of a wide variety
of .commonly classified luxuries from
jewelry to meerschaum pipes and from
smoking jackets to silk hosiery, wil'
be recommended to the full House
Ways and Means committee as the re
suit of deliberations of the subcommittee on luxuries.
The semi-luxuries, goods which arc
in the class where it is difficult to dis
tinguish between the real necessity
and the real luxury, such as clothing
will be left to a more searching
inquiry.
Gathering German Helmets.
With   American   Army   on    A'isr.O-
Marne  Front, Aug.  5.—!'■:-,■ ery   An
can postoffice near whore the
troops, are camped is  filled eaett  d   '
wi(h   German   helmets   addressee!     d
relatives   and' friends   in   th.   li.;.    !
State..    Ofiii mt, and men, member.-;
the Y. M. C A. and Red Cross and, in
fact, everyone appears to be sendin":
helmets..    These   trophies  are   fou   I
.   roads, in forests and  in fiel;  i,
wherever the Germans retreaiot  H61-
uets with large bullet holes particularly _'r_ iu demand.
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