The Pierz Journal (Pierz, Morrison County, Minnesota), 1916-11-30

              VOL. NO. 8..
PIERZ, flORRISON COUNTY, MINNESOTA, NOVEMBER, 30, 1916.
NO. 24
ABOUT THE STATE
News of Especial interest to
Minnesota Readers.
GATHERED FROM ALL SECTIONS
Happenings of the Week Briefly Told
for the Convenience of the
Busy Reader.
ONLY    TWO    AMENDMENTS    ARE
ADOPTED.
Only the first and second of the
eight proposed constitutional amendments submitted at the recent general election received the required majority of votes cast and were adopted,
according to an announcement by Secretary of State Julius A. Schmahl,
based on complete returns.
The adopted amendments, both supported by vigorous campaigns, are
those providing for the use of state
funds to improve state lands in advance of settlement, and for farm
loans under certain restrictions.
The total of votes cast in Minnesota
was   416,215  and the  results  on  the
amendments follow:
Amendment. Yes.
One   240,977
Two  211,501
Three 183,600
Four 130,367
Five  136,704
Six 132,741
Seven    187,713
Bight 187,149
Constitutional amendments require
a majority of all the votes cast at the
election.
No.
58,102
56,148
64,256
108,003
83,325
97,435
51,546
72,363
The $30,000 consolidated school
building at Okabena was destroyed by
fire.
John R. Reed, Civil war veteran, Is
dead at Minneapolis at the age of
seventy.
Andrew Thostenson, a pioneer farm-
er of Freeborn county, committed suicide by hanging.
The Ramsey county grand jury will
be asked to investigate reasons for
the high cost of milk.
Jerry Zessel of Bovey, thirty-four
years old, was shot and killed while
hunting near Trout lake.
Neil Gove of Waseca, fourteen years
old, was drowned when he skated into
an open place on Clear lake.
Dan W. Lawler, in his campaign
statement, says he spent $2,776.30 trying to be elected United States senator.
Lieutenant John C. Daily, organizer
and head of the Minneapolis police
traffic squad, dropped dead in that
city.
Minnesota will have a population of
2,296,024 on Jan. 1, 1917, according to
an estimate issued by the federal census bureau.
Mrs. Bertha Olson, eighty-one years
old, is dead at Minneapolis from injuries received when she was Btruck by
a street car.
David D. Whitney, the first trunk
manufacturer and retail trunk dealer
in Minneapolis, is dead at Sawtelle,
Cal., aged seventy.
Nicholas Franciscus, an alderman ol
Le Sueur, is dead at Mankato, where
he went to undergo an operation for
a complication of diseases.
The Minnesota supreme court has
upheld the right of residents of other
states to bring personal injury suits
In Minnesota against railroad compa-
nies.
At an average expense to the state
of 161/- cents each 5,202 jobs were
supplied at state free employment
agencies in St. Paul, Minneapolis and
Duluth in the past fiscal year.
Captain James Ferguson, one of a
score of the oldest firemen in the service of the city of St. Paul, is dead as
the result of illness contracted in
fighting a fire three years ago.
Lyle Ostrander of Montevideo, for
years a brakeman and cQnductor on
the St. Paul railroad, was killed at
Ortonville while attempting to catch
the caboose on a moving freight train.
The increase of 10 per cent in wages
recently granted by the United States
Steel corporation will mean a raise of
from $75,000 to $100,000 annually for
Twin City employes of subsidiary companies.
Immediately after perfecting a permanent organization milk producers
of Polk county increased the price of
milk to distributors from 5 to 7 cents
a quart and cream from 11 to 13 cents
a pint.
Attorney General Lyndon A. Smith
has announced the appointment of
John F. Scott of St. Cloud to a staff
position in his department. Mr. Scott
will take charge of miscellaneous collections.
Governor Burnquist has announced
the appointment of F. E. Pearson of
Pipestone to the office of state superintendent of banks. The governor also
reappointed Andrew Fritz of St. Cloud
state public examiner.
Boys outnumber girls in the grade
schools of St. Paul, Minneapolis and
Duluth, but the girls outnumber the
boys in the high schools, according to
the twenty-third annual report of inspector of state schools.
Helmer Johnson, nine years old,
was injured so seriously at Virginia
he may cjie, and five of his boy companions suffered less serious injuries
when a blasting powder cap, throwij
i-Ufl. a bonfire, exploded.
What Became of the
Wounded Hunter?
This time of the year, the deer
season, reminds us again of the
wounded hunter who was found
in Platte and who was never
heard of since.
One Sunday morning in late
October 1914, a polander on his
way to mass, found a wounded
hunter lying by the side of a
stack of hay, about three miles
northeast of the Platte church.
When questioned who he was,
and how he got shot, he shook
his head and refused to answer.
A few minutes later two men,
clad in hunting garb, appeared,
who also kept a close mouth and
refused to answer questions.
The two proceeded at once to
make a stretcher of jackets and
young poplars, on which they
carried the man, half dead, from
the loss of blood and exposure,
towards the north, across a
rough aud trackless stretch of
country. As far as diligent ears
and eyes could learn, they never
arrived at any of the towns
north or northeast of here. It
was very evident that the fellow
had been shot—accidently or by
well directed aim—at least 24
hours before. This is clear from
the fact that he took to a haystack for over-night shelter.
In unravelling the mystery,
which seems to surround this
case, Sherlock Holmes would
light his pipe and make his deductions on these lines:
Why did the two hunters appear so quickly after the wounded man was found'.
Why were they unwilling to
answer questions?
Why did they go north instead
of south, where relief for a dying man was nearest.
They were hunting out of season, but fear of paying a penalty for violating a game law,
surely should not justify them
in taking a direction which
could not but further imperil
the life of the wounded one.
Man Killed at
Sauk Rapids.
Sauk Rapids—Gotlieb Kat-
zurik, 70 years old, was killed
at Sauk Rapids today by Northern Pacific train No. 9. Katzurik and his wife were crossing
the tracks on their way home
from church. Mrs. Katzurik
managed to get out of the way
of the train, but the man did
not see it and was struck and
hurled several feet.
Katzurik was an old resident
of Sauk Rapids, having made
his home there for 30 years. He
leaves a widow, three sons and
four daughters.
Lost Youth May
Have Been Here.
Little Palls—Lucien Ennis, 15
years old, of Minneapolis, missing for two weeks, may have
passed through here on his
way west. He was riding a mo-
tercycle purchased with money
which should have been paid to
a newspaper for which he was
working a route. Ennis' brother was in Little Falls today
in search of him. He thinks he
may have run out of money and
is probably working for some
farmer
Ennis left Miuneapolis Nov.
14 and is known to have been
headed this way with his motorcycle. He is heavy set has red
hair, blue eyes and rosy cheeks,
weighs 140 pounds, is 5 feet 6
inches in height and has a scar
on his right arm from the shol-
der to the elbow. He wore a
red    mackinaw.
Anyone who has seen the
boy or who has any information
concerning him is requested to
notify Mrs. C.L. Ennis, 3001 Irving avenue north, Minneapolis.
WHY WE HAVE THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE
The founders of the republic
had an idea that they would
choose the best men of the different states, and let the latter
sit as a kind of jury in passing
upon the rights of distinguished
Americans to be considered for
the great office of president. It
was a beautiful theory, but in
practice the idea is a real "fliv-
er," as the men who constitute
the electoral college are composed principally of citizens belonging to the class designated
as the "illustrious unknown."
The electors receive a positive
mandate from the voters, and
automatically register the
choice of their state. If an
elector was supposed to use any
initiative of judgement the political parties would now be engaged in hunting about among
the 531 electors to see whether
they might not "pick up a few."
But that is not the system.
The electoral college has never met the expectations of the
country. The early .electoral
colleges voted for two men, it
being understood that the one
FARMERS' FORTUNES
Once in awhile some lucky
farmer gets a chance to "clean
up" a fortune on a single crop.
We heard of such a case during
a recent trip to the east. The
favored individual is a New Jersey potato grower. He had six
hundred acres in spuds this
year. He had a big record-
breaking crop. He is now selling his potatoes in New York at
a fancy price, owing to the
small yield in all parts of the
country. He says he can afford
to retire on the profits he will
make from this single crop.
Such a combination of big acreage, big yield and high prices,
does not come often to any of
us. We knew a man near Chicago who said he made $40,000
on a 60-acre field of onions a
few years ago. And we heard
of several men this fall who fed
off from ten to twenty thousand
dollars' worth of hogs and got
them in the market while the
price was between eleven and
twelve cents. When other
farmers get the money it has a
tendency to make us all more
hopeful.—Farm Life.
Car in Ditch;
Party Injured.
Sauk Rapids—The driver of
a Ford car failed to make the
turn in the road about a mile
east of Suak Rapids Tuesday
night, with the result that the
car piled up in the ditch and the
occupants, nine in number, were
all dumped unceremoniously
over the windshield. According to reports the car was going
at a high rate of speed at the
time ot the accident. Six of
the party were more or less injured, but none seriously. One
young lady had her forearm laid
bare to the bone, probably from
going thru the windshield, and
a young man suffered a severely
cut hand.
The party refused to divulge
their names either to the attending physician or officers, but it
is said that at least a part of
them were from East St. Cloud,
enroute for a wedding at May-
hew Lake.
A fanner who lives in that
vicinity was called upon tocarry
the injured to Sauk Rapids.
When he returned home he
though to learn the identitiy
owner of the car by getting the
license number but found that
either the car had carried none
or else someone had removeq it
after the spill.
THE PESSIMIST
"He shrinks before he thinks
—quits before he hits—succumbs to fright before he
makes his fight. His hands are
always on tne reverse lever—
his determination runs in the
wrong direction. His imagination digs ditches all along the
road and builds barriers at every stage of the way. He's a
bear in the market of progress
—he bets against every untried
issue. Show him a plan and
he'll invariably try to prove
that it can't be done. He's not
an actor, but a sneering audience; he does not perform—he
merely watches. He dampens
enthusiasm, ridicules inspiration—jeers at daring and measures all men and manners and
methods by the standard of his
own puny personality. Nature
neglected to give him a backbone—she forgot to finish his
brain—his mind has no sparking plug—he can't start—he
must be towed along. He isn't
fit for responsibilities—he's
minus pluck, and can't meet an
emergency. In the eyes of a
coward, the cause is always lost
—in the eyes of the quitter, the
task is a failure before its start.
Shove him to the rear—the
path of progress must be kept
clear."
Grain And Produce
Market Report
Wheat, No. 1, $1.68
Wheat, No. 2     1.64
Wheat, No. 3       1.44
Flax,       2.50
Barley       85-90
Rye    1.31
Oats      46
Ear Corn      72
Hay     7.00
Butter, Creamery       37
Dairy       27
Eggs       35
Plour.Royal      5.00
"   WhiteRose      4.90
Low grade flour 2.20
Bran . 1.55
Shorts  1.60
Cracked Corn 80 pounds 1.75
Ground Feed     1.50
Beans      5.00
Onions         60
MAURER IS OUT TO AWAIT
TRIAL
Otto Maurer, the fourth man
implicated in the Webber murder case, who gave himself up
to the sheriff yesterday, was released on bonds yesterday afternoon and will be ready to
give his testimony at the trial
which will be held next month
in district court.
Maurer's story tallies exactly with that told by Lommel.
He says that the first time Lommel and Webber both jumped
Local Happenings
Of the Week.
This late fall  saves cattle
feed.
Soft   coal
$7.25 a toil.
is   now   about
Jos. J. Otremba of Agram
is again hostler at the Columbia Hotel.
Swanvilie village will be
electrically lighted from
Little Falls after Dec. 1.
The Chinese make an appetizing table sauce out of
soy beans, wheat and rock
salt.
Forty-five thousand dead
ducks, victims of wild duel-
disease, were picked up on
one marsh near Great Salt
Lake.
Sheriff Felix, L. D. Brown
and Dr. Hall of Little Falls
went to Mt. Morris early
Tuesday morning to hunt
deer.
Bob. Waninger Monday
afternoon raffled the pony
he bought at  the  Zokorsky
on him and got him down. Then; auction.    Marg.  Hoppe held
when Tufts got into the fight
Webber got off and finally Lommel allowed Maurer to get to
his feet. Then they clinched
again and he was again thrown
the winning number.
It was four below zero last
Saturday   morning — just  a
INDIRECT ELECTION
While the nation has been
watching for belated returns
from two or three states, and
the public agreeing that "it is
receiving the greatest number} aw-fully close,"  a  few  people
of votes should be the choice
for president, while the second
choice should be for vice-president. In the college in 1800-
1801 Jefferson and Burr each
received 73 votes, and in consequence Jefferson came very
nearly missing out as the "father of democracy." The muddle,
ultimately resolved in favor of
Jefferson, and the house of representatives ended the business
of electors voting for two persons on the same ballot, and
ever afterwards the two offices
have been considered separately. The inconsistencies and eccentricities of the system have
evidenced themselves in many
elections.
have been calling attention to
the fact that in the popular
vote President Wilson has won
a tremendous victory. But it
has happened that a candidate
with the popular vote has failed
in securing the presidency, owing to our peculiar system of indirect elections. As a result
there is a good deal of controversy over the electoral college
system, and flaws are picked in
the scheme. But the electoral
college is fixed by the constitution; and changing the constitution is no simple process, as
is attested by the efforts being
nlade in that direction in the
interests of universal suffrage,
prohibition and other important measures.
Many Potatoes
Are  Stored
At Princeton
Princeton, Minn., Mov. 24.-—
The local potato market is a-
b_ut the same as last week.
From $1.30 to $1.35 is beirig
paid for all varieties except
Triumphs., which continue firm
at $1.50 and $1.55 per bushel.
Receipts have been fairly good,
but there have been no shipments, due to the shortage of
cars. At the present time there
are thousands of bushels of tubers stored in the warehouses of
Princeton—some of the houses
are just about full—as the car
shortage has retarded shipments for weeks. Local buyers
estimate that the farmers have
large holdings of potatoes yet.
to the ground.    When he got reminder of last   winter  and
up the second time Tufts was     , ,
standing with them. what to expect later.
Maurer did not see an instrument used, nor did he see any \    Phil. Randall is   here  this
of the blows that were inflicted week   making a  sumery   of
on Webber. .     ... .   _.   6.  ,. ...
Though bound over to the!the Nlck Karst lariu« to de'
grand jury on a charge of man- j tannine whether it contains
slaughter and released on
bonds of $2,500, it is not expected that any indictment will I
be returned against Maurer. He \
will, however, be used as a wit-1 never saw a track after   five
160 acres.
"We never got a shot  and
ness in the case against Tufts.
R. F. D. NO. 3
Herman Wieland returned
from Rochester Saturday.
Gene Gravel of Onamia, who
has been spending the week at
the hame of Ed. Lescault, returned home Monday, accompanied by his son Ned.
Frank Winzenburg spent
Monday at the N. Smith home.
P. V. Smith called at the Gen-
dreau home Sunday evening.
The Card club    was    etner-
tained by Mr.    and    Mrs.    Ed.
Lescault Sunday evening, Nov.
26.    Head prizes were won by;of Little   Falls,   visited   the
Miss Tretter and Fritz Kuiper [A< j.   Stoil faluily over   Sun-
and the booby prizes by Mrs. M. t
F. Smith and James LaBlanc.     day.
Miss Ella Wieland spent aj
few days last week at her home j
here. j Hotel    is   now    lathed   and
■ ready   for    the     plasterers.
done   by
Albert
days of hunting" said a hunting party returning from
Sullivan yesterday.
P. J. txau left for Melrose
Tuesday morning to visit his
brother Math Gau who lives
in Two Inlets, Minn., but is
seriouily ill iu Melrose where
lie had been visiting.
Mrs. Gertrude Stoll and
her  daughter,- Mrs.   Sykora
m~~.
The addition to  the  Pierz
Sunday j
the M. F. Smith home
afternoon. I The  lathing   was
County seat callers Saturday j j£pas    Bros    and
weer Ma. and Mrs. Ed. Lescault,   .     ^\
Gene Gravel, Mr. and Mrs.    H. Must ot ±> uckmaii.
. A new sawmill has started at j     Christ Nice of  St.
Gravelville. j attended    the    Mrs
Mrs. Frank Schimmel was a
Pierz caller Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. A. Seelend entertained a number of the
young men in honor of   their,
son Peter.   Those present were occupied by Alois Batten
Joe Ethan, P. V. Smith,   Mike
Leidenfrost, A.    Gendreau,   H.
Ridlon.
Nick Beimert, who met with
a serious accident while   load-
Joseph
Eideu-
schink funeral here  Friday.
Mr. Nice  at  one time   lived
on the farm now owned   and
eupied by Alois Bart.
The sense of direction in
migratory birds is as marvelous  as  it  is   mysterious.
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A Story of
Old Venice
By F. A. MITCHEL
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ing stock, is able to be around, j The familiar  inhabitants   of
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Ethan were. our  fi00ryard   martin   boxes
Dixville callers Saturday. , ,. .     - •   ,    tll_au
! return the next year to these
Report, of school in district-same boxes, though mean-
No. 46, Agram, for month end-; , , „;<_..._,.
ing Nov. 24.   No. of pupils en-; while    they     have     visited
rolled, 35;  No. of days taught,: grazil.
19; No. of holidays, 1; average
daily   atendance,    32.     Those:     YVm.   Kraemer,   of    Dent,
neither absent or tardy the en-.
tire month were Frank Langer,: Minn, was here tor a tew days
Carl  Edith  Loretta and Helen] v rti      fdends and relatives.
Leidenfrost, Eva, Helen, Eliza- b .
beth and Max Rauch,  Euphe-  Willie  is a   son   of the  late
mia and Philip Terhaar, Mary
and Katie    Theser,-    Gertrude, John Kraemer, and  lived   m
Felia, Julia, Frank and Agnes  .he townof Granite for many
Wm. Leidenfrost is enjoying a few weeks'   among relatives aud friends  in  Wisconsin.
H. Stumpf and Walter and Ida
Wuellner.    Those    not    absent years
more than two days  .vere Willie,  John and Susan    Bolster,
He informs   us   that
lis   brothers   Charley,   Ed-
John Block, Marie Rauch and  w;irrj     Joseph    and    Henry
Mike Theser.   Agnes H. Stumpf
and Gertrude Stumpf were perfect in spelling the entire
month.   C. A. Measure, teacher.
have settled in Oregon, where
they have taken homesteads.
"Signer Antonelll, you are summoned
to attend tbe doge."
The order was given by one Andrea
Carpenti, a courtier at the palace.   Antonelll had left the dining room of his;
dwelling on tho grand canal and has-;
toned to his drawing room to receive!
the doge's messenger.
"I will go with you In a moment," j
he said to Carpenti, and, returning to!
the dining room, he finished what he!
had been doing when interrupted. A;
light luncheon, consisting of a few bis-1
cults and a small glass pitcher of white!
■wine, was on the table, evidently plac-!
ed there for some one who was ex- j
pected to partake of It. Antonelll drop.!
ped a powder on the biscuit, and since!
both powder and biscuit were white]
the former was not noticeable. Then!
he rejoined Carpenti, and the two!
passed out on to the porch, washed by j
the waters of the canal, entered a;
gondola and set out for the palace of!
St. Mark.
On the way they met a gondola in j
which sat a young lady who hailed!
Antonelll and asked:
"Is your aunt at home this morning, j
signor?" !
"She is," replied Antonelll.
"I'm going to lunch with her."
By   this   time   the   gondolas   passed
without the range of hearing.
"I must go back," said Antonelll.
"Why so?" asked Andrea.
"I have forgotten something."
"The doge directed me to bring you
to him without delay."
"Hold!" cried Antonelll to the gondolier.
"Proceed," said Andrea. "Since you
must make choice between your betrothed and the doge you must give
preference to your sovereign."
"Turn about!" cried Antonelll, now
white as a cloth, to the gondolier. Starting up, he was about to seize the pole
from the man when Andrea threw his
arms about him and held him. Andrea
was much the stronger,. and in his
clutch Antonelll was powerless.
"Come, signor," said the former;
"don't forget that if It were reported to
the doge that after starting to obey his
summons you turned back to be with
your sweetheart it might cost you your
head. I am befriending you in preventing your bringing misfortune upon
yourself and through yourself upon the
fair Signoriua Marcia Copelli."
Through fear of offending his sovereign, who was one of the most autocratic and terrible doges who ever ruled Venice, Antonelll suffered himself
to be mastered and continued the journey, though it was evident that he was
racked by some dreadful emotion.
When the two arrived at the steps
that led up to St. Mark's place they
landed and after traversing an interval
ascended those steps that led and still
lead into the palace. Then, entering
an anteroom, they waited till the sovereign was ready to receive them.
Meanwhile Antonelll suffered torture.
He was betrothed to SIgnorina Copelli,
but he was without fortune, being dependent on his aunt, Signora Caracola,
an old lady who was said to be the
richest woman in Venice. Every morning Signora Caracola partook of a light
luncheon and goblet of Italian wine, a
beverage not much stronger than grape
juice. Antonelll, who was her heir and
desirous of getting possession of her
wealth at once, had dropped the powder on the biscuit she would eat to
put her out of his way by poison.
He was in terror lest his sweetheart
be poisoned as well.
For an hour he waited the pleasure,
of the doge, then was admitted to bis |
sovereign's presence.
He found tho sovereign surrounded j
by courtiers who were flattering and!
fawning upon him, for that was a time |
when the Venetian sovereign possessed |
almost unlimited power. Even after!
entering the presence chamber Anto-1
nelli was kept waiting for some time !
before being given an a -dience, and j
every moment's delay was one of tor-;
ture to him. At last, after the doge j
had listened to a long and very dull j
story from a buffoon, he received Anto-1
nelli.
"Signor," said tbe doge, "I am told j
that your aunt owns a dog of the j
rarest breed in Venice. I bave sent for |
you to offer her through 3 ou any price j
she may ask for it."
"I am quite sure," replied Antonelll, !
"that my aunt, when apprised of your j
royal wish, will present the dog to j
your highness."
"A present that will merit a royal j
return.    You  may say to  your aunt
that I am about to make you a noble
aud a member of my privy council."
Antonelll was dismissed and, returning to the gondola, joined tbe gondolier in making as quick time as possible to his home. Before reaching
the steps he leaped upon them and
hurried into the house. In the dining
room he found his aunt and sweetheart mourning over the dead body of
the dog that was coveted by the doge.
Antonelli heaved a sigh of relief.
He was told that the dog had eaten the biscuit intended for his aunt.
Signora Caracola, if she suspected poison, did not suspect her nephew. Signoriua Copelli thought deeper and, know-
in/, the motive for such a crime, treated liim coldly.
When the Heath of the dog was announced to the doge he was furious,
believing that- it was a ruse to deprive
him of tho animal. Antonelli was banished from Venice. Signorina Copelli
broke off her betrothal to Mm. The
aunt, having become convinced of An-
tonolli's criminal intent, left her fortune to tbe church.
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