The Pierz Journal (Pierz, Morrison County, Minnesota), 1917-02-08

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VOL. NO. 8.
PIERZ, HORRISON COUNTY, MINNESOTA, FEBRUARY, 8, 1917.
No. 34
ABOUT THE STATE
News of Especial Interest to
Minnesota Readers.
Interesting
Correspondences
GATHERED FROM ALL SECTIONS
Happenings of the Week Briefly Told
for the Convenience of the
Busy Reader.
GOVERNOR   DEMANDS   DEEP   CUT
IN STATE BUDGET.
For the first time in the history of
Minnesota the governor used a knife
for the cutting of state expenses.
Power conferred on him by the 1915
legislature was used by Governor
Burnquist to pare down the estimates
of various state departments for their
financial needs during the next two
years.
The total appropriations asked by
all departments for the next two fiscal
years amounted to $27,1.03,182.
Governor Burnquist recommended
that this amount be cut about $7,500,-
000.
The larger reductions proposed by
Governor Burnquist in the budget for
the next two years follow:
Aid to schools, $1,000,000 for each of
two years.
University buildings and equipment,
$500,000 for each of two years.
University salaries and expenses,
$150,000 a year.
Charities and corrections buildings,
$1,000,000 each year.
Charities and corrections contingent
fund, $50,000 each year.
Bemidji  normal,  $350,000.
Other normal schools, $218,500.
Highway commission maintenance,
$211,900 each year.
Sullivan News
Miss Jessie Smith spent the
past week at the Thompson
home.
Ernie Randall and brother-Le-
ander called at T. S. Look's one
day last week.
Another Old
Settler Gone
B. G. Terhaar died at his home
last Friday evening- at the age
of 71. Mr. Terhaar was born in
Westphalia, and after serving- in
the Franco-Prussian war in 1870,
came to the United States and
took a position with a brewer in
Sank Centre, Minn.    Two years
Miss Maggie  Adkins  spent a I later,   1873,   he  came  to  Pierz
Andrew J. Anderson, pioneer of Will-
mar, is dead, aged seventy.
B. H. Hughes of Garden City was
crushed to death in' a cavein at a
gravel pit near that place.
Teachers of Western Minnesota will
meet at Montevideo Feb. 22, 23 and 24
to discuss matters pertaining to their
work.
Charles C. Hughes, veteran railway
engineer, for forty-four years a resident of Minneapolis, 1b dead, aged
Bixty-three.
A. M. Smith, eighty-one years of age,
a pioneer resident of Mankato, 1b dead.
Mr. Smith had been an Odd Fellow for
fifty-five years.
H. C. Theopold of Faribault has
been appointed a member of the general board of religious education 0.
the Episcopal church,    '
W, L- McGrath, aged seventy-two,
pioneer St. Paul tailor, is dead, Mr,
McGrath had lived in St. Paul fifty-
three years, coming from Ireland.
Mrs. O. M- Tltrud, aged seventy-five,
who located in what is now Cokato in
1869, is dead. She is survived by ten
children and. numerous grandchildren.
Octave A. Gonyea, a resident of Minneapolis since 1855, is dead in. the
family home in the Mill City, where
he had lived for more than half a cew
tury.
Slipping Off an ice covered roof Kurt
p. Thiede, proprietor pf a St. Paul
restaurant, fell three gtories tP a firs
escape landing and was instantly
killed,
Albert Mitchell, aged thirty^six, conductor, and J, L, Dayhuff, fireman,
were killed in a railroad wreck near
Bulwer Junction, at the Minnesota
Transfer,
Taxes of $16,340 on the estate of
Calvin G. Goodrich, late head of th.
St. Paul and Minneapolis street railway lines, have been paid to the state
treasury.
Sheriff W. J. Julius of New Ulni
was re-elected president of the Minnesota Sheriffs' association at the closing session of the annual convention
at St. Paul.
William J. Ryder, former member of
the Hibbing water and light bpard,
was acquitted on a charge of perjury
in the first of the so called Hibbing
graft cases.
Professor C. L, Becker of the history
department of the University of Minnesota has resigned to accept a call
to the chair of history in Cornell university, Ithaca, N. Y.
Ruth   Lind,   twenty-two   years   old,
. was .struck and instantly killed by a
Mirfiieapolis and St. Louis switch en-
j^gine in the railroad yards in the Min-
-   neapolis milling district.
Walter B. Sheldon, prominent young
business man of Red Wing, died in a
Chicago hospital of a malady that
has baffled leading specialists of tha
country. He was thirty-five years of
age.
Levin Bros.' furniture warehouse at
Minneapolis was destroyed by fire,
causing an estimated loss of $200,000.
Two employes of the company were
severely burned before they could escape.
Victor Anderson, aged forty-six, is
dead at Duluth from injuries sustained
when hf was caught by a broken machine belt and tossed to the ceiling in
the foundry of the National Iron
Works. .
An employment bureau In charge of
the St. Paul Association and the Minneapolis Civic and Commerce association will be established at Fort Snell-
ing when the First field artillery and
the First Infantry are mustered out of
the federal service, probably soma
time in February.
few days of last week with Mrs.
Lawrence Kramer.
Frank Sims and wife called
at the I). W. Sims home Thursday afternoon.
Miss Mazie Look left for her
school at Garrison, last Saturday.
Callers at Riley Hoskins' last
Sunday were John Smith and
sister Jessie.
Earl Smith spent Sunday forenoon at the Thompson home,
what again ?
H. Hoskins was a Hillman
caller Tuesday.
Johnnie Kramer left for his
home in Pierz Saturday.
and in 1874 was married to Mary
Dahmen, who died seven years
ago. Eleven children, four sons
and seven daughters, survive
him. They are Henry, John,
Fred, Nick, Sister Adeline, Mrs.
Carl Kapsner, Mrs. A. Zimmerman, Mrs. Jos. Fleckenstein,
Mrs. Frank Hortsch, Mrs. John
Mamer and Mrs. A. Kunze.
The funeral was held Tuesday
morning-.
R, F, DJo. 3.
(Too late for last week.)
Mr. and Mrs. Jos. Ethen entertained the card club last
week. Everyone enjoyed themselves very much Head prizes
were won by Mrs. Ed. Lesco,
John Sweeny and Nick Beimert,
booby by Miss Eunice Sauers
and Mr. H. DeRosier.
Mrs. Chas. Anderson has returned from Baldwin, Wis.,
where she was called by the illness and death of her mother.
Mrs. M. F. Smith and children,
Mrs.Carl Beimert and daughter,
Mrs. Joe Ethen and Miss Helen
Davis took supper at the Ed.
Lescault home a week ago last
Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. H. DeRosier and
daughter Loro Moe and John
Sweeney spent Tuesday evening
at the M. F. Smith home.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Lescault
and theLeBlanc family were en-'
tained at the H. DeRosier home
Friday evening-.
Mr. and-Mrs, M, F. Smith and
children and the Misses Helen
Davis and Eunice Sauers spent
Sunday at the F. J.' Winzenburg
home in Freedhem.
Mrs, M. F. Smith and daughter and Mrs. Carl Beimert called
on Mrs. Joe Ethen Tuesday.
Nick Beimert is hauling wood
from the Kohs farm. He believes in laying in a supply, as
he may run a couple of stoves
of his own next year.
Joe Ethen has been hauling
logs to the Tretter saw mill the
last week.
P. V. Smith was a Little Falls
caller Saturday eyening- returning, at 3 A. M.
Miss Louise Gendreau spent
last week in Little Falls.
F. J. "Wizenburg- is contemplating- building a large barn in the
spring— demension 40x84.
Mr. and Mrs. M. F. Smith and
daughter Eileen called on the
DeRosiers Monday evening-.
Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Muncy
went to Little Falls Monday.
Mrs. Muncy will enter the hospital for medical treatment.
'Wieland Brothers sawed the
wood for the school last week.
Some say that there were
uo clouds iu the sky last
Sunday aud that the suu
was obsured by the flying
suow. That seems hardly
probable.
Ice and Coal
Coal and Ice
In a country like this, where
the temperature of the torrid
zone and rigors of the arctic circle devided empire claim during
the period of a year; and where
we must spend half of our time
combating these extremes, we
often see loads of coal and loads
of ice alternate in endless succession. Langer Bros, have two
teams. Wednesday morning,
one was hauling ice to keep the
village population cool next
summer, and the other team was
hauling coal to keep them warm
the remainder of the winter.
Coal and ice kind of puts us in
neutral, but the price of it is
what we pay the fiddler for the
privilege of living in this  state.
Game and Fur Still Plentiful,
Despite the advance of civilization, Minnesota is still wonderfully rich in animal life ol
all kinds, according to a general survey of wild life conditions
in the biennial report of the
state game and fish commission.
The moose, the larg-est and
most important wild animal
found on the continent, is still
numerous in certain localities;
the Virginia deer is abundant
over a wide area; the black bear
is quite common while numerous
other varieties of fur-bearing
animals are also found.
The fur bearing industry is of
much importance in the state.
The annual porduction of furs
in Minnesota nets the trappers
more than $1,300,000 each year,
and is divided as follows:
Species—     No. Skins Taken.
Muskrat ._ 3,000,000
Mink        12,500
Otter    500
Fisher  800
Marten   600
Fox, red         2,500
Fox, silver ;  100
Fox, cross  300
Raccoon        5,000
Lynx  500
Bobcat        1,000
Skunk .......         75.000
Weasel      200,000
Bear    200
Wolf        20.000
Farmers' Shipping
Association Held
Annual Meeting
The annual meeting- of the
Fanner' Shipping Association
was held at Genola, Monday
afternoon. The report of the
manag-er was read and the officers elected for the ensuing
year. The report of the manager disclosed that a total of 47
cars of stock were shipped,
which comprised 1,006 cattle,
1,189 hogs, and 12 sheep. The
net weight of the total shipments was 941,439 lbs. and the
"gross receipts were $57,672.86.
The owners of the stock were
paid $54,047.20 and there remains in the sinking fund, Feb-
5th, 1917, a balance of $40.87.
The report of the secretary
shows a balance in the treasury
of $114.08. The membership of
the Association numbers 212.
The following officers were
elected for the ensuing year:
President, Magnus Rauch; Vice
President, John Mischke; Sec'y
and Treasurer, Jqs. J. Kippley;
Manager, H. J. Vierk; Directors:
J. N. Rauch, Mike Nagel, Peter
Koll, Theo. Ortmann and John
Peschel.
were
Annual Creamery
Meeting Tuesday
The Pierz Farmers Creamery
held the annual meeting last
Tuesday. It war voted that 8
perceut be paid to shareholders
and that for every pound ofbut-
terfat one cent go into the sinking fund. It was further resolved that hereafter polls close
at 4 P. M.
The  following  officers
elected:
For President,
Theo. Thielen.
For. Vice President,
■   Mike Flicker.
For Secretary,
Carl Kapsner.
For Treasurer,
Math'Thommes.
For Directors,
Joseph Ethen
John L. Boser
Christ Faust
Henry Kruscheck
Theo. Gross.
Local Happenings
Of the Week.
Traffic Almost
Suspended on Soo
The snowdrifts piled up by
Sunday's storm interfered considerably with traffic on this
branch of the Soo. Monday
morning's passenger train was
stalled at New Munich and did
not reach Brooten until Tuesday
morning—more than 24 hours
behind time. The track is now
cleared and all trains are again
rurining on schedule time.
Writes Without Hands.
Though minus both her
bauds lost iu au accident
when she was but three years
old, Susie Klaphake, age 12
years, a student iu district
No. 119, near New Munich,
has been awarded a prize by
A. M. Palmer head of the
school of penmanship.
. When three years old the
little girl wandered from her
home near New Munich aud
fell asleep in the tall grass
at the edge of afield in which
her father was working. Not
knowing that his daughter
was in the vicinity the farmer presently commenced to
mow the grass and weeds.
Just as he swung his sythe
over the little girl the child
awoke and instantly threw
up both her hands. The
blade caught her arms at the
wrists and severed the hands
Despite her handicap Susie
has been a splendid scholar.
Theo. Ortmann of Lastrup
Henry Gassert received a took iu the meeting of'the
letter a few days ago from Farmers Creamery Associa-
his sou Henry J. of Montana, tiou in Pierz last Tuesday
Henry    J.    formerly   had  a
-t *_-•    i  xr   r-   i_  *      Anua  Henneu,    daughter
farm near Minot   N.   D.   but    „'-_-.  ,   TT °  _,
,      , ,     -, .   ,, of Nick Hennen  was  badly
took a homestead in Montana , .   - .    .
,    , r ,,     tt   i-i      -i     -»_-       burned  by  an  explosion   a
last fall.    He likes the Mon- „ , J        ,5,
few weeks ago, but has  now
so far improved that she will
soon  be  able  to  leave   the
tana climate, where they use
wagons all winter and where
the open water stands in the
ponds.
; hospital.
School Report.
Report of school district No.
46, Agram, for the month ending
February 2.
No. of days taught 20
Eo. of pupils enrolled 34
Average daily attendance ... 23
Those neither absent or tardy
the entire month: Euphemia
Terhaar: Hubert, Eva, Helen,
Elizabeth and Max Rauch.
Those not absent more than
one day: Philip Terhaar; Walter and Ernest Block and Edith
Leidenfrost.
Elizabeth  Rauch was perfect
in spelling the entire month.
C. A. Measure, teacher.
Dogs vs. Hogs.
We often hear of dogs attacking and killing sheep, but never
before have we heard of dogs
killing hogs.
However, Math. A. Meyer of
Agram claims dogs killed one
of his hogs one night last week,
and another Monday night. He
hereby gives warning to dog
owners, that if he should dis
cover a dog putting his canine
teeth into one of his porkers
with a firm determination of
ending its life, anger might
tempt him to point a gun at
such a doggone beast and pull
the trigger.
Miss Bertha Hartmann
has returned to Pierz after a
six weeks' absence, visiting
her parents and friends at
New Prague.
Grain And Produce
Market Report
Wheat, No. 1, $1.62
Wheat, No. 2     1.59
Wheat, No. 3       1.49
Flax,  _      2.55
Barley      90-95
Rye    1.22
Today    sunrise
set at 5:21.
7:8,    sun-
Pierz looked like a deserted
village last Monday.
The grippe is raound. See
that it dou't get a grip on
you.
Ernest Gobi© of Leigh collected bounties for 2 wolves
Monday.
Henry Gau left yesterday
for Minneapolis to attend
the auto show.
Born—to Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Preimesberger ' last
Thursday  a    son.
School Superintendent M.
E. Barnes is visiting schools
in this vicinity this week.
Mrs. Herm. Benfeld left
Tuesday for a week's visit
with Mrs. Rossier of Little
Falls.
John B. Bedner had the
misfortune of getting his
arm into the saw while sawing wood last Thursday.
John Smith and (_.us Lochner of Cross Plains, Wis.,
who have been visiting here
the past month left for Cross
Plains, Tuesday.
Rev. Father Klein of Lastrup was here last Monday.
He says that during the
storm last Monday morning
one women and fifteen men
attended mass.
A surprise party was held
at the Mrs. Jos. Preiner home
last Monday afternoon. The
following ladies attended:
Mrs. Theo. Gross, Mrs. Mike
Lokowitsch, Mrs. Adam Tembreull, Mrs. Andrew Kainz,
Mrs. Louis Spanfelner, Mrs.
John Tretter, Mrs. John Preimesberger, Mrs. Carl Fuhr-
raaiin, Mrs. Mike Schmidtbauer, Mrs. Susan Tschida,
Miss Cecilia Preimesberger,
Mr. and Mrs. Johu Loeb and
Mrs. Geo. Sigette. The afternoon was spent playing cards.
The party was enjoyed by
all.
Just to break the monotony \
the mercury rose to 1,0 above
zero last Tuesday. The
weatherman no doubt knew
that the creamery meeting
was to be held that day and
arranged accordingly. Anyhow the change was welcomed by all of us.
Herbert Hartmann won the
30x30 rifle raffled by Joseph
Hartmann and Jim Wermers-
GERMANY TO
STAND FAT
ON ORDERS!
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Has No Intention ofj
Backing Down. I
U-BOAT BEST WEAPON!
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German Officials Say American j
Ships and Citizens Should
Avoid Danger Zone.
Berlin, Feb. 6.—Peaceful continuance of German-American relations
after the departure of the respective
embassies at Washington and Berlin,
in the sense indicated by President
Wilson in his address to congress, appears to be very slight, judging by all
the information, some of the highest
authenticity, gathered in Berlin.
It was stated positively in high political circles that the German orders
for the conduct of a submarine war
could not and would not be modified;
that in Germany the determination to
enforce the prohibited zone order was
absolute and final, and that the only
security for shipping was in avoidance
of the prohibited zone.
Germany, so' the information indicated, resorted to this measure after
the "shameful" rejection by the entente powers of peace overtures and
only after the fullest determination
and as the imperative weapon in defense of its threatened interests; Germany cannot relinquish this weapon—■
the only one promising a speedy end
to the war—reluctant as Germany
was to take this step.
The government had hoped that the
United States would see it in this
light and is actuated by no animosity
to the United States in its determination.
Germany, therefore, so this high official stated, is very keenly disappointed and grieved by the terms of Mr.
Wilson's message, but the government
cannot alter or modify the course
upon which it has determined. This
official added:
"We can only hope and trust that
American ships and American citizens
will avoid the danger zones laid down
in the German memorandum.'-
SEVENTEEN GERMAN
VESSELS ARE SEIZED
Manila, P. I., Feb. 6.—The naval authorities have seized the seventeen
German merchant vessels anchored in
Manila bay. All the German crews
were removed and naval guards were
left on the vessels.
Boats were sent to the German merchantmen, which were boarded one
at a time. The American crews took
off the Germans, who were landed in
the business district, which was almost deserted at that hour. Squads
of American police met the Germans.
The municipal authorities will care
for the Germans, who are without resources.    The others will go free.
American police are guarding the
German consulate.
CAN   MOBILIZE   VAST   ARMY!
-ircheu.    The numbers  ran
Oats      48
Bar Corn      90
Hay  _     7.00
Butter, Creamery        40
Dairy        27
Eggs       30
Flour, Royal     5.00
"   WliiteRose      4.90
Low grade flour __2.25 =
Bran 1.60 j
Shorts  1.70
Cracked Corn 80 pounds 1.75
Ground Feed     1.75
Beans      5.00
Onions     2.50
from 1 to 100,  and number 11
was the lucky number.    So
the rifle cost Herbert only 1
cent.    Mike  Nagel  won the
other rifle.
A surprise party was given at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. John Preimesberger last
Thursday. Those that attended were: Mrs. Jos. Preiner, Mrs. Theo. Gross, Mrs.
Adam Temberull, Mrs. John
Leeb, Mrs. John Tretter,
Mrs. Andrew Kainz, Mrs.
Louis Spanfelner, Mrs. Mike
Schinitbauer, Mrs. Carl Fuhr-
mahn, and Mrs. Tschida.
The afternoon and evening
were spent playing   cards.
United   States   Has  Ten   Million   Men
Fit for Service.
New York, Feb. 6. — An army of
nearly 18,000,000 men could be called
to the colors of the United States, if
necessary, according to a carefully
prepared estimate made' public by the
executive committee of Mayor Mit-
chel's committee on national defense.
Of this number 10,535,940 are between
the ages of eighteen and forty-five
years and are 'physically fit for service in the field, it was said.
In addition to this vast mobile force
the committee declared that if the
French standard of 1910 should be applied 690,000 of the S00,.9ft-*n
annually reach military arge in the
United States would be fit for service.
By the German standard, as applied in
1910, the United States would have
459,000 physically fit young men reaching military age annually.
DEFIES    GERMAN    U-BOATS
American Liner New York Sails From
Liverpool.
New York, Feb. 6.—The American
line received a cablegram saying that
the steamship New York, carrying passengers, left Liverpool Saturday afternoon. It is the first American passenger ship to sail since Germany promulgated her new submarine warfare.
German Ships  Seized at  Panama.
Panama, Feb. 6. — Four Hamburg-
American line steamships, which have
been in Cristobal harbor, have been
seized by the canal authorities. -
pance in Faust's Hall, Thursday, Feb. l§th.«.«Mu§ic by CafareUi's Orchestra of Minneapolis.