The Pierz Journal (Pierz, Morrison County, Minnesota), 1917-03-01

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VOL. NO. 8.
PIERZ, flORRISON COUNTY, MINNESOTA, MARCH, 1,  1917.
No. 37
10T THE STATE
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.
The First Minnesota infantry will
leave the border for home on March 2.
Little Falls will vote on local option
March 20. In 1915 the city went wet
by 275 majority.
Judge T. C. Blewitt, municipal judge
of Brainerd, is dead. He was fifty-
two years of age.
Preston Cooper, seventy-nine years
• old, Minnesota pioneer and Civil war
veteran, is dead at his home at Edina.
Mrs. Sarah McKinney, widow of Edward McKinney, a former pioneer resident of St. Paul, is dead, aged seventy-one.
Private C. Ilertson of Eagle Bend,
this state, with the Canadian contingent in France, has been killed on th^
Somme front.
William B. Colver, St. Paul newspaper man, has been nominated by
President Wilson as a member of the
federal trade commission.
Edward Powell, the oldest yardsman
in the employ of the Minnesota Transfer company in point of service, was
killed while at work in the yards.
About one hundred buttermakers attended the annual convention of the
Central Minnesota Dairymen and But;
tenmakers' association at Sauk Center.
St. Paul is nineteenth on the list
of cities of the United States in the
size of its postal savings deposits. The
amount on deposit Feb. 1 was $819,-
907.
John J. Clark, a resident of Morrison county for half a century and a
Civil war veteran, is dead at Little
Falls. He was seventy-six years of
age.
Dr. C. A. Holt, forty-five years old,
for more than fifteen years a resident
of St. Paul, was killed in a runaway
accident near his home at Antelope,
Ore.
J. F. Leonard of Jordan was reelected high chief ranger of the Independent Order of Foresters of Minnesota at the triannual convention at
St. Paul.
Francis D. Connelly of Lewiston,
Mont., an Omaha freight brakeman,
was instantly killed in the Mankato
yards when run over by a string of
box cars.
Governor Burnquist has signed the
bone dry bill submitting the question
of prohibition to the voters of the
state at the annual election in November, 1918.
Senator Moses E. Clapp was presented with a gold headed cane by Dr.
Eastman, a Sioux, who headed a delegation of Indians, among whom were
several Chippewas.
Governor J. A. A. Burnquist has accepted an invitation to deliver an address at a patriotic service of the National Congregational council July 3
at Los Angeles, Cal.
Four hundred Minneapolis militiamen, members of the First Field artillery, have arrived at Fort Snelling
from the Mexican border and will be
mustered out shortly.
Winona county commissioners have
forwarded to the state highway commission formal application for $17,5.0
of the state's allotment of the $75,000,-
000 federal highway aid.
Two hundred miners employed at
the Wilcox mine of the Canadian-
Cayuna company have gone on strike,
demanding higher pay and the abolition of the contract system.
George Ross, judge of probate of
Brown county, is dead at New Ulm
after a brief illness with pneumonia.
He was sixty-four years old and had
served twelve years as probate judge.
The Owatonna board of education
Is considering plans for a new $15,000
high school building and it is probable
the first steps toward its erection will
be taken the coming spring or summer.
Victor Anderson, aged forty-six, is
dead at Duluth from injuries sustained
when he was caught by a broken machine belt and tossed to the ceiling in
the foundry of the National Iron
Works.
Dr. Marion Le Roy Burton, president elect of the University of Minnesota, will address a joint session of the
Minnesota legislature the morning of
March 9. Dr. George E. Vincent, retiring president, also will speak.
The Wi__ona police, responding to
an emergency call, found John Erpel-
'ding dead in a partly wrecked house.
He had been ill with pneumonia. He
arose from bed in a delirium, became
violent and members of the family
fled.
Mrs. Helen Devine, aged 102, is dead
at her home in St. Paul. Mrs. Devine
was born in Ireland in 1815 and came
to this country as a very young girl.
She is said to have never suffered a
day's illness until two weeks before
her death.
Anna C. Larson, an aged pioneer of
Swift county, knelt at a chair and died
of frignt or suffocation when her little
cottage in Benson took fire. Her body,
in an attitude of prayer, was found by
the firemen soon after the fire waa
discovered.
Hillman News.
Will Polinsky and Ben Larson
of Mt. Morris returned from a
trip to Duluth last week.
Mr. Sandbeck was a Johns
dale visitor last Wednesday.
Aug-. Drews took a gentleman
to Granite Friday.
Don Somers is spending- a few
days in this neighborhood.
A. Sell was the only one from
this vicinity taking' the rural
carrier examination held at Little Palls last week.
The following- young- people
visited at J. P. Ryan's last Sunday; Miss Mildred Wilmont,
Mrs. Wm. Drews, Messrs. Oscar
Sandbeck, Ben Drews, Don Somers and John Love.
Mr. and Mrs. Griff King of
Granite, came up from Anoka
Monday.
R. C. Bethel has a new clerk.
He is Mr. Israelson of Minneapolis, a brother to Iver Israel-
son of Mt. Morris.
• Miss Olive Lewis returned to
Onamia Monday, after spending-
the weeks-end with relatives in
Rucker.
Wm. Drews was a Pierz caller
Tuesday.
Holstein Park—Please do not
worry as to the new style of
wearing- watches.
The new rural route will be in
operation Thursday. Mr. Sell
will be carrier, at least until an
appointment is made.
Round trip fare between Hillman and Genola is now 2 beers
cheaper.
Drews Bros, are hauling- sand
to A. C. Blue's place. We understand that Mr. Blue expects
to build a silo in the spring-.
It is rumored that Hillman is
to have a bank this coming-
summer.
Lars Talberg- went to Duluth
last Tuesday.
Weighing ot Mail.
Weighing- of mail on all railroads in the United States will
begin about April first, according to an announcement made
by C. W. Reed, of St. Paul, superintendent, tenth division railway mail service. This will be
the first time mail will be weighed on all roads at the same
time. Formerly the country
was divided into four districts,
one being taken each year. In
the tenth division, which includes Minnesota, Wisconsin,
the Dakotas and the northern
peninsula of Michigan, 300 extra
men will be needed. The weighing will require thirty days.
Grain And Produce   I WhyAre These Things Thus?
Sullivan News
Miss Margaret Cook was
pleasantly surprised by a party
of young folks one evening last
week, the occasion being her
birthday. An enjoyable time
was spent in playing games,
after which refreshments were
served.
Mrs. Lucy Waffensmith and
two little sons arrived last week.
They will visit her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Peter Adkins a few
days.
Miss Lila Hoskins spent a few
days of last week with the Eli
Hoskins family.
T. S. Look and wife were callers at A. W. Cook's Tuesday.
Onamia visitors Tuesday were
Riley Hoskins and Lawrence
Kramer.
Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Smith and
family spent Thursday evening
at Eli Hoskins'.
Jessie Smith visited at Riley
Hoskins' Friday.
A. W. Cook left for Lake Minnetonka Thursday, to visit his
daughter and other relatives.
Our town was well represented in Hillman Saturday.
Callers at Tom Smith's Sunday were Fred Lynn, Clarence
Hoskins and Jessie and Anna
Smith.
Robt. Adkins was quite badly
hurt while cutting wood near his
place Sunday, a tree fell on his
shoulder but luckily no bones
were broken.
Fuel Shortage.
A number of towns in this
part of the state complain of
fuel famine on account of the
shortage of cars. So far Pierz
has been fortunate in that respect. And anyhow should we
be deprived of heat producing
material from the outside, we
can find some close to home.
There are hundreds of thousands
of cords of wood rotting within
25 miles of the village. It is
not used and is an economic
loss to society because the land
is held by speculators who set
an exorbitant value upon the
land, and its natural product.
According to the single tax
advocates, such a condition
could not exist.
Market Report
Wheat, No. 1, $1.75
Wheat, No. 2 __    1.72
Wheat, No. 3       1.65
Flax,       2.50
Barley    95-100
Rye ^__
Oats	
Ear Corn	
Hay	
Butter, Creamery	
Dairy	
Eggs	
Flour,Royal     5.00
"   WhiteRose      4.90
Low grade flour 2.25
Bran  1.85
Shorts  1.85
Cracked Corn 80 pounds 1.80
Ground Feed __    1.80
Beans      5.00
Onions  _    2.50
1.36
53
90
7.00
40
27
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What Is War?
An English soldier, wounded
at the front, wrote the following account of his experience
while lying wounded on the battle field:
"A wounded German—quite a
boy—dragged himself across to
give me his water bottle, for
when I became conscious I found
myself screaming out with thirst.
For all I knew, it was I who had
given him that bayonet wound
that made him, every now and
then, clench his hands and hold
his breath.
"Perhaps he cried a little—
for he was very young. I had
killed several men. 'Sonny,' I
said, 'what fools we are.' He
said, like a child: "There will
be no fighting where we are going."
"Before morning the boy died
in my arms—in a day or so I
will be dead—and he knew and
I know—that all this talk of
King and country and honor
and glory is wicked lies; that
we kill our brothers here at the
front in no better cause than to
make a few greedy rich men
richer and that when these
men's maws are full the war
will cease. He knew it, and I
know it, and nine out of ten of
us here know it. All the same,
for one reason or another, we
feel bound to tight.   What fools
we are!
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There is a hay shortage
this year on account of the
severe and long winter.
Jos. Hustak and wife were
visitors at the H. C. Smith home
Sunday.
Lawrence Kramer and T. S.
Look drove to Lastrup last Monday.
John Smith spent last Sunday
afternoon and evening at Riley
Hoskins'.
August Pesch Dead.
August Frederick Pesch, father to Mrs. Math. Altenhofen
died January 27th at the home
of his youngest son John at Raleigh, N. D. Pneumonia was
the cause of his death. Mr.
Pesch was born in Pommern in
1837 and came to America 1867.
He lived in Morrison Go. about
25 years.
He Made His Last Trip.
P. J. Bollig made his last trip
to Rucker and Sullivan last
Tuesday and the star route is
now officially dead. The patrons he served so faithfully for
years regretted his departure
toward the homeward way, and,
we suspect that as he was lost to
sight over a hill or a bend in the
road not a few heaved a sigh,
while there was a chocking sensation in the throat and a suspicion of moisture in their eyes.
Well established rural customs
die hard. Jos. had become a
sort of a fixture. He came three
times aweek with the same regularity that the sun rises and
sets daily.
But Uncle Sam knows no sentiment. Jos. claims that he was
underpaid and that his fee about
paid his horsefeed. Mr- Sell is
now carrying the mail from
Hillman until the regular carrier
is appointed.
Hatch Pullets in Early Spring.
Poultry owners who wish to
obtain eggs in the fall and early
winter should arrange to hatch
their pullets in March or April,
say specialists in the department of agriculture, Washington,
D. C. Birds hatched in March or
April will be well matured in the
fall. The rest is a matter of
proper housing, feeding, and
handling. The chicken house
should be comfortable warm,
well ventilated, and clean. The
feed should include beef scrap
or similar material. There
should be temptation to exercise
in scratching over clean litter
on the floor.
Miss Cecilia R. Blake returned home Monday from
St. Paul for a week's visit at
her home before leaving for
Kensal, N. D., where she will
be employed as trimmer and
manager of the millinery department of a store. She has
been in a wholesale house at
St. Paul.—Transcript.
Frank Eddy in Sauk Centre
Herald: In Nebraska, or rather
"New-bras-ky," with the accent
on the "ky," pronounced "kill"
by the loyal natives, they are
corn sick and pig crazy.
Devout Christians in this corner of the world, have transformed thesacred trinity, "Father, Son and Holy Ghost" into a
quintet: "Father, Son, Holy
Ghost, Pigs and Corn," and put
them all into the same sacred
catagory.
There is, it must be confessed,
some reason for this arrangement for the growing of maize
and raising "of pork have transformed the Nebraska granger
from an ox-cart driver into a
chauffeur of a Winton Six or a
Chalmers Eight.
The profits that the Nebraska
farmers have realized from pork
raising and the prices they received for their thoroughbred
swine are almost unbelievable.
At a "Hog Sale" held near
Lincoln a short time ago, a
thou rough bred 3-year-oldPoland
China sow, in farrow, was sold
for $680.
These "Hog Sales" are held
in every village and town at
least once a year and are the
great social, political and finan:
cial function of the year. And,
by the way, we never knew what
a good auctioneer Frank Min-
ette was until we listened to
Nebraska colonal's soliciting
bids. He ought to come down
here and start a "school for
auctioneers," and teach the natives how to cry sales. It would
be a heap better thing for him
than running for legislature.
But to return to our text. At
Tecumseh, when we were there,
they had a sale of Duroc Jerseys, sows and gilts, in farrow,
and the first 20 sold for ovejr
$4,000, or an average of over
$200 each. When we arrived at
Exeter, we found a thoroughbred Hampshire hog sale in full
blast. Sixty animals were sold
at an average price of over $100
each and the sale was regarded
as a failure.
What gets our goat, however,
is the fact that the $680 hog was
bought by a Minnesota party.
Five of the Duroc Jerseys were
crateu for Minnesota and six of
the Hampshires were sent to
other states.
What we would like to know,
you know, is: Why, with a better climate for raising pigs, betf1
ter pasturage and as good corn
for feeding purposes and far
less liability to hog diseases,
should our Minnesota farmers
and breeders find it necessary
to go to Nebraska and pay exorbitant prices for their thour-
oughbred swine? Are not our
agriculturists overlooking some
mighty good bets? If some of
the enthusiam expended on dogs
and dog races were diverted to
thoroughbred pigs, wouldn't it
be better for the state and the
people of the state?
An old quartrain from "Poor
Richard's   Almanac"  comes  to
mind:
"A farmer without hogs, but with
plenty of dog-,
Is sure to have more puppies than
pork;
For the swill will be lost to the husbandman's cost,
For dogs are good for nothing- for
work."
Local Happenings
Of the Week.
Today sunrise at 6:35 and
sunset at 5:50.
The crows made their first
appearance here yesterday.
Supt. M. E. Barnes is visiting schools in this neighborhood.
The sun is getting higher
and the days longer, but not
warmer.
J. Popella of Royalton
spent Sunday night in Pierz.
The Foresters held their
annual meeting last Sunday
afternoon.
Miss Anna Hennen from
St Paul is here visiting relatives and friends.
Royalton and Little Falls
will vote on the liquor question at the coming spring
election.
An effort is being made to
build a telephone line from
Pierz to the northeastern
corner of the town of Pierz.
Foley will have a pickling
plant. The J. E. Barr Pickling and preserving Co. of
St. Cloud will do business
there.
Miss Thresa Wermerskirchen left for Duluth lastFri-
day where she will attend
school and take lessons in
stenography.
On February 26, 1858
Minnesota was admitted to
the union. According to that
our state was 59 years old
last Monday.
Wm. Preimesberger has
been busy thawing out
hydrants this week. The
frost cut out much water
supply the last week or two.
Walter Erickson of Pequet,
Minn, was here Sunday. He
was in search of a strry horse
of his, which, he says, he
traced towards this direction.
Two farmers of Mayhew
fought one day last week until both were so mutilated
that it required the services
of a surgeon to repair then..
Fred Gassert of Montana
slipped off the scaffold while
building a barn and is now
laid up in a Havre, Mont,
hospital suffering with blood
poisoning.
Tony Kobilka of Greenwald who has been under
the weather the past few
weeks, is able to attend to
his work again. The section foremen down there
seem to have more trouble
with snowdrifts, titan here.
C. Riedlichner says he has
not heard from Germany
since last summer. He has
several relatives at the front
and would like to hear from
their fate, and also get word
from his parents.
F. J. Grilbride, A. P. Stoll
and C. E. Gravel left for
Sullivan lake Friday evening where they were
guests at the Wermerskirchen camp. They brought
back with them 3 sacks of
fish—mostly Zak's fish—late
Sunday evening. Mel came
back with them.
Oil CUNARD
LINERSUNK
Laconia Torpedoed
by U-Boat.
LOSS OF LIFE IS SMALL
Of the 291 Persons on Board
tbe Vessel at Least Twenty
Were Americans.
Queenstown, Feb. .27.—The Cunard
line steamship Laconia, 18,099 tons
gross, which sailed from New York
Feb. 18 for Liverpool, has been sunk.
Among the 100 passengers were ten
or more Americans and twenty Americans, all native born, were members
of the crew.
The survivors of the Laconia are
said to number 270.
It is stated authentically from London that the Laconia was torpedoed
without warning.
The Laconia was one of the largest
vessels of the Cunard fleet and the
largest thus far sunk since the new-
German submarine warfare was commenced. It registered 18,099 tons,
was 600 feet long, 71 feet beam and 40
feet depth. It was built in 1911 at
Newcastle.
AVesley Frost, American consul
here, telegraphed the American embassy at London:
"Cunarder Laconia torpedoed 10:50
Sunday night. Two hundred and seventy-eight survivors landed. Details
lacking, but known some missing; one
dead."
First cabin passengers totalled thirty-three and second cabin forty-two.
The crew numbered 216. There were
no steerage passengers.
New York, Feb. 27.—The Cunard
line has announced that it has received confirmation from the British
admiralty of the destruction of the
Laconia and that its advices stated
there was only one casualty thus far
known.
AVALANCHE KILLS
MANY IDAHO MINERS
Boise, Ida., Feb. 27.—An avalanche
swept down on the buildings of the
North Star mine, twelve miles northeast of Hailey, Ida., demolishing the
compressor house, warehouse and
bunkhouse, smothering and crushing
the sleeping men in the snow and debris.
The bodies of nine miners have been
recovered, six are missing and probably dead and fifteen were injured,
some seriously.    .
Among the injured is Thomas Jay,
mine  superintendent.
Search for the missing men, some
of whom it was hoped might be
found alive, was abandoned because
of the imminent danger of a slide
from the opposite side of the canyon.
EDWIN  GOULD,   JR.,  KILLED
Loses    His   Life    by   Accidental    Discharge of Shotgun.
Brunswick, Ga., Feb. 27. — Edwin
Gould, ■ Jr., the twenty-three-year-old j
son of the New York capitalist, wasj
killed by the accidental discharge of!
his shotgun while hunting raccoons;
near Jekyl island with Noyes Rey-j
nolds of New York.
The young hunter had cornered a]
raccoon and was clubbing it with thej
butt of his gun when the hammer j
caught and discharged a load of shot!
into his groin.
FIRE LOSS OVER $1,000,000!
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500,000 Bushels of Grain Destroyed atj
Louisville.
Louisville, Feb. 27.—Damage aggregating    more    than    $1,000,000    was <
caused by a fire which destroyed the
elevators here of the Kentucky Public
Elevator company and which destroyed   or   damaged   seventy-five    freight
cars   standing  on   storage   tracks   belonging to the Illinois Central railroad.
Approximately 500,000 bushels of grain
stored in the elevators was destroyed.
MEXICAN    FACTIONS   CLASH
Twenty-seven Reported Killed In Battle  Near  Border.
Presidio. Tex., Feb. 27.—Mexicans
reaching here report a battle thirty
miles west of Ojinaga between Carranza forces and Villistas.
The Carranzistas lost seventeen
killed and many wounded, while the
Villa forces left ten dead on the field.
Potatoes  on  "Unfair"   List.
Des Moines, Feb. 27.—Mayor John
MacVicar, who this winter seized coal
for the city's poor, has declared a municipal boycott on potatoes.
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