The Pierz Journal (Pierz, Morrison County, Minnesota), 1917-04-19

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VOL. NO. 8.
PIERZ, riORRISON COUNTY, MINNESOTA, APRIL, 19,    1917.
No.44
Interesting
Correspondences
John Brown caught a mink
shortly before the season closed.
Matt Pint and family have
vacated the Geo. Wood place
and moved  to  Sullivan.
Mr. and Mrs. Dorman entertained Mr. and Mrs. Ray Bruber and family Sunday afternoon.
Arba Waller and wife expect
soon to move into their new
house up the line from here.
Mr. Wolfenden had an auto
load of land buyers from Delano out here last week.
Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Cates visited at the Robinson home last
Sunday.
May and Elnora Wood are recovering nicely from their recent attack of measles.
George Wood is working on
his farm and expects to move
his family as soon as his wife's
health wil permit.
The Pierz Opera House management has made arrange-
ments for a new series of films
which are far better than tliose
shown last fall. The show is
continuous; there are no long-
painful pauses between acts.
Mrs. Prances Tomberlin visited Mrs. Cates last Thursday.
Tracy Waller moved a house
which he recently sold to Mrs.
Thompson up to Holstein Park
last week. He used the Bruber
engine for the purpose.
Miss Evelyn Bruber returned
to Little Falls last week to resume her school work after the
Easter vacation.
Village Council
proceedings
The village council met in
regular monthy session Saturday, April 7th and was called
to order.   All members present.
The recorder was ordered to
get prices on road grader.
The following bills were allowed:
M.  Grittner  labor  on
sink boles   $ 6.75
M. Virnig labor on sink
holes    10.00
0.   Brunette   labor   on
sink holes      6.25
J.   P.   Paust  labor  on
sink holes      4.25
Adam Virnig       1.50
E. H. Kerkhoff
Rebate of 20  percent  on
16|- yards cement walk...    3.25
Liquor license,  Financial
Statement publication,   &
Stationery  92.75
Poor fund......     36.00
Wm. Preimesberger paid $10.00
towards sink hole expense.
Upon motion adjourned.
S. Preimesberger, President.
J. N- Faust, Recorder.
Grain And Produce
Market Report
Wheat, No. 1, $2.25
Wheat, No. 2      2.22
Wheat, No. 3     ' 2.15
Flax,       2.90
Barley  110-115
Rye    1.75
Oats-   ' 70
Ear Corn  1.00
Hay      7.00
Butter, Creamery ..      40
Dairy ...       27
Eggs       30
Flour.Royal      6.10
"    WhiteRose      6.00
Low grade flour 2.25
Bran  2.15
Shorts   __._2.15
Cracked Corn 80 pounds 2.35
Ground Feed __„    2.05
Beans        5.00
Onions       2.50
Potatoes     2.00
Lightning Struck
s
Irwin Drews returned from
the county seat last week
Wednesday.
Miss Evelyn Bruber spent
Wednesday night with her sister, Mrs. I. J. Drews, returning
Thursday to Little Falls, where
she will resume her school
work.
George Miller is at home
again, after spending the winter in the pineries.
Messers R. C. Bethel, Oscar
Sandbeck and Aug. Drews motored to Little Falls last
Wednesday evening. Mr. Sandbeck took the train from there
to Staples.
Don Sommers was a Hillman
caller Friday and Saturday of
last week.
George Talberg and sister,
Miss Ruth of Mt. Morris were
in town last Saturday.
Oscar Sandbeck returned
fr.om Fergus Falls Saturday. He
brought his "tin Lizzie" with
him.
The Pierz Opera House management has made arrangements for a new series of films
which are far better thar. those
shown last, fall, The show is
continuous; there are no long
painful pauses between acts.
Miss Pauline Coshel, a student at the St. Cloud normal is
doing practice work at the
school here.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Drews
were Johnsdale callers Sunday.
Don Sommers returned to
Lastrup Sunday afternoon.
Wm. Drews and wife    have
moved into the village.    They
will live at the Sandbeck house
i until their own is completed.
Despondent Women Kills Self.
St. Cloud Minn., April 17.—
Despondent and nervously ill
of keeping long vigil over her
own mother, who tried to kill
herself three months ago, Miss
Anna Wurtz, living at Lake
Henry near here, shot and killed herself with a shotgun in her
home, according to Deputy Coroner Pilon, who deemed an inquest unnecessary.
Callers at P. J. Walmark Sunday were: Joe, Eddie  and  Grade   Popilek,   Herman    Hoppe,
and Mrs. A. W. Cook and daug-
ter, Margaret.
Mr. O. Randall is suffering
from a bad cittack of rheumatism
The Cook family are very
busy in their sugar cam p this
spring. If you like maple syrup, call around some day.
West Sullivan News.
During the electric storm early Wednesday morning, lightning struck John Leeb's house
in upper town. The bolt fol-
fowed the chimney for a short
distance, and then shot out
through the wall into the open
and left an opening as big as a
man's fist. Soot and ashes were
blown around the rooms on the
first floor, but no further damage was done.
Sullivan News
John Smith left for Erie, N.
^D., last Monday, where he will
be employed on a farm.
Ross  Adkins  and  Lawrence
Kramer were Pierz goers last
^Tuesday and Wednesday.
Perry and Willard VanKuer-
|n left Wednesday for Deer-
.od where they will be em-
pyed on Walter Wafflnsmith's
im.
Chrish Lust lost a valuable
mare Tuesday morning.
Jos. H. Grell is giving his
house a new coat of paint,
aud is also having some repairing done.    .
The idea of getting something big by growing southern varieties of corn dies
hard. Those who try it will
succeed—they will get their
something big, and that will
be a big failure.
Ruby Thompson spent a few
days of last week in visiting
with Jessie Smith.
Jess King was a lake caller
Saturday.
C. E. Look was a business
caller in Hillman  Saturday.
Mrs. Kramer and little daughter visited at Jess King's Sunday.
Sam Martin visited with the
T. S. and C. E. Look families
Sunday.
The Pierz Opera House management has made arrangements
for a new series of films, which
are far better than those shown
last fall. The show is continuous, there are no long painful
pauses between acts.
Mr. and Mrs. Riley Hoskins
visited with the Eli Hoskin
family Sunday.
Mrs. Wildowson and sons of
Minneapolis arrived at Camp
Linnehan Sunday. The newcomers are welcome in our
midst.
Miss Jessie Smith spent the
week end at Riley Hoskin's.
Frey Lynn left for Stearns
county Monday, where he will
be employed.
Mae Walmark who is employed in the Gitterman Shirt Factory, in St. Paul, Minn., arrived Saturday to spent her two
weeks vacation at home.
P. J. Wallmark drove to Pierz
Saturday to meet his daughter
Mae, who came from St. Paul
on the Soo.
Joseph Popelek and Iliff and
Loyd Wallmark made a short
call at Ole Christianson's Sunday morning. Mr. Popilek is
looking for young calves.
The Pierz opera house management has made arrangements
for a new series of films which
are far better than those shown
last fall, The show is continuous; thei"e are no long painful
pauses between acts,
P. J. Wallmark made a flying
trip to Platte, Sunday to purchase supplies for Mrs. Randall
who is unable to get out.
i
Ruth Wallmark visited Catherine Hoppe Sunday afternoon.
Walter Zak has pitched a tent
on tbe land that he bought some
time ago, and will camp on tbe
scene of bis activities while tbe
ice in going out of the lake and
river. Mr. Zak thinks tbat he
wiil have completed his house
and barn and be ready to move
on his own place by the middle
of May.
The feminine portion of the
Cook family was treated to a
few moments of genuine excitement last Tuesday when their
house caught fire. The blaze
started in the dry shingles on
the shed and had burnt clear
thru the roof before it was discovered. , A few pails of water
judiciously applied, quickly
made an end of'the tire and the
excitement also.
' Iliff Wallmark is the proud
owner of a red, white and black
calf. Iliff is seriously considering painting the black spots
blue as a living, breathing proof
of bis patriotism.
John Virnig, -who has been
occupying the Wermerskirchen
Bungalow all winter, is packing up and getting ready to
leave. This is a sure sign that
the ice will soon go, for John
never moves his fisbbouse off
until he has to.
Ole Christianson is busy with
his spring work. He has been
building a new fence around his
farm.
Those from West Sullivan'
who attended the Easter dance
at Platte were: Mary Hoppe,
Margaret Cook, Mae Wallmark,
Ben Popilek and Iliff and Edwin Wallmark, chaperoned by
Mrs. A. W. Cook. They report
a tine time with plenty of ex-
citment, baked beans and bologna. Your turn next time
Platte.
List of Unclaimed Letters
Letters addressed to the following named parties are at the
postoffice in Pierz and have not
been called for:
A. L. Bernard, Pierz, Minn.
A. J. Borgen, Pierz, Minn.
Wm. Dreger.
Miles Hugdahl, Pierz, Minn.
Carl Ekwall, Pierz, Minn.
Gusti Matson, Pierz, Minn.
Fred Scholtz, Pierz, Minn.
Peter Lufka, Pierz, Minn.
Gilbert Thompson, Pierz,
Minn.
Miss Edna Vohner, Pierz,
Minn.
Siberian Food Cheap.
Petrograd.— While prices of
foodstuffs have soared in Petrograd and Moscow to undreamedof heights, figures obtained from
towns in "eastern Siberia, where
immense quantities of foodstuffs
have been lying unused for
months, show that prices in
these out-of-the-way centers
were never so low._ In some
Siberian market towns the best
meat can be obtained for about
three cents a pound. Butter is
20 cents a pound, eggs are nine
cents a dozen, and wheat fetches
about one cent a pound.
Helmke-Zimmermann.
Otto Helmke of Marathon
County, Wisconsin, and Emma
Zimmermann of Agram were
married at 2 o'clock this afternoon at the bride's home. Rev.
T. J. Hermann of the Evangelical church of Little Falls officiated. After a short visit among
relatives in Iowa and Illinois,
the young couple will make their
home in Marsh, Wis.
BEES GET    LOST    SEEKIIVG
POLLEIS     .
Bees sometimes get lost, says
L. V. France of the beekeeping
division at University Farm, St.
Paul. They do so on being
turned out in the spring if
they have to go far in search of
pollen. Therefore, Mr. France
urges that bees should not be
given their freedom in April
until there is plenty of pollen
available on willows and soft
maple close by.
If there is no pollen available outside of the hives in April, or the weather is too bad
for the bees to go out, the keeper should provide combs of pollen.
Among other things suggested by Mr. France for bees just
given their freedom are these:
Clean water in a warm nook
in the bee yard.
Food enough to last until
May 20 in the form of sugar,
syrup or combs of honey saved
from the previous year.
Protection against cold
weather until May 15 or 20 by
wrapping each hive with thicknesses of heavy wrapping or
building paper.
Prevention of robbing by reducing size of entrances.
May the First
Clean Up Day.
Remove all your waste, paper,
old boxes, tin cans, ash barrels
and all other rubbish from vour
back yards. Tear down the old
sheds that are standing empty
and see that your smoke house
is at a safe distance from other
buildings to prevent tires. We
will have a man at tbe dumping
ground for one week, commencing Wednesday April 25th until
Tuesday May 1st included, during that time the gates will be
open and every body can haul.
After May 1st the gates will be
closed same as last year. This
is'the last warning, all yards
not cleaned up by May 2nd will
be cleaned up by the village
marsball and charged to the
owner of same.
The local tire committee, chief
of Fire Department and village
council, are going to work hand
in band and see tbat the above
rules are enforced.
Village Council,
J.N. Faust, Clerk.
Potatoes Due For
A Big Drop
The general opinion locally
among those in a position to
know is that the price of potatoes is due for a nice tumble the
next few days. It is a well
known fact that there are many
bushels of potatoes held in storage by tbe growers of the country districts, the owners holding
for a higher price than has been
paid. Some of these held in
storage will represent a total
loss to the owners unless marketed shortly and the prediction is that the market will soon
be flooded with tubers.,
The general advice to consumers is not to buy many potatoes at this time, but to wait
for the drop which is bound to
come.
John Klein, the monument
man is here—taking monumental orders.
Frank Hall of the Northwestern Telephone Co., and
his brother, W. H. were in
Pierz Tuesday.
H. L. Hardley of Duluth
was here yesterday buying
horses. He bought the team
of gray mares of V. Bruber.
and 5 others.
State road No. 3 from Theo.
Hoheisel's place six miles
east, which was built by Geo.
M. Hoffman's crew, is reported to be a fine stretch of road
Dr. Newman of Little was
here|testing Math Wetzstein's
cattle. Cattle and horses
cannot be shipped into North
Dakota without a clean Bill
of Health.
R. F. D. 2 has changed to
go one mile east from Zwak's
place, one mile north and
then streight to the village.
This will accomodate about
ten new patrons.
The Pierz opera house
management has made arrangements for a new series
of films which are far better
than those shown last fall.
Tlie show is continuous;
there are no long painful
pauses between acts.
Local Happenings
Of the Week.
C. D. Gilbert, the land
man, arrived here Tuesday.
Barney Gross was a county seat caller Monday.
The dance Monday evening was attended by a large
crowd.
The warm shower early
yesterday was a welcome visitor to the farmer.
So far as is known 3 have
enlisted from this neighborhood.
Louis Albers was slightly
under the weather a few
days last week.
Young pigs are said to be
selling at $6.00 each in
Stearns "County.
Mas. Kunza returned Monday from a several weeks'
visit among relatives.
Z. N. Barnes was here last
Tuesday in the interest of
the Morrison Co. Lumber Co.
The Andrew Schroml family moved into the old Mrs.
Vosen place in lower town
Tuesday.
Kate Sigette, who is working in the Little Falls Hotel
was an over-Sunday visitor
at home.
Fishing is good at Vine-
land. No fishing crew has
gone up without returning
with a goodcateh of muskies.
Ten carloads of Chinese
eggs passed through St. Paul
a few days ago bound for
New York from where they
will be shipped to England
and France.
Leo Winer is now the possessor of a Ford run-about.
He says that he can run a-
bout as fast as any of them
when he is on the trail of
cattle or hogs.
If you wish to sell your
farm, and it is a bargain.
Write me and I will( come
and look it over.
C. D. Gilbert.
Pierz, Minn. Box 49.
John Eller has sold his
house in upper town to Henry Lust, and has already be-
gau to build a newone on the
lot directly east of John
Gross' place.
Win. Faust left for Mil-
bank S. D. Tuesday where
he will work for the J. W.
Andrews Decorating Co., of
Clinton, Iowa. John B. has
take n charge of the Burton
store.
Nick Hennen sold his forty acre tract of of land j ust
east of Henry Langer's place
to Frank Wanninger and
Albert Zubregel. The new
owners intend to use the gravel and sand for the manufacture of tiling.
J. H. Vanloon, the lightning rod man, was in in town
Wednesday. When told that
lightning had struck the Leeb
home and that he might sell
a rod there, he said. "I was
there early in the morning
but found that two lightning
rod men had been in the
morning before Leeb'got up."
8EL1EIS EVERY
ONE SHOULD AID
President Issues an Appeal
to AH Americans.
DEMOCRACY MUST TRIUMPH!
Placing Navy on War Footing and!
Raising Large Army Called Simplej
Tasks Compared With Food Produc-I
tion for United States and Allies.
Washington, April 17.—President!
Wilson has issued an appeal, address-)
ed to every American, calling for the]
greatest measure of service in pro-!
ducing foodstuffs and supplies to car-!
ry on the war.
To farmers especially the president
appeals that every farm may produce
the greatest possible amount of food.
The appeal is as follows:
"My fellow countrymen: The entrance of our own beloved country
into the grim and terrible war for
democracy and human rights which
has shaken the world, creates so many
problems of national life and action
which call for immediate consideration and settlement that I hope you
will permit me to address to you a few
words of earnest counsel and appeal
with a regard to them.
"We are rapidly putting our navy
on an effective war footing and are
about to create and equip a great
army, but these are the simplest
parts of the great task to which we
have addressed ourselves. There is
not a single selfish element, so far as
I can see, in the cause we are fighting
for.
"We are fighting for what we believe to be the rights of mankind and
for the future peace and security of
the world. To do this great thing
worthily and successfully we must devote ourselves to the service without
regard to profit or material advantage,
■and with an energy and intelligence;
that will rise to the level of the en-j
terprise itself.   |
"We must realize to the full how;
great the task is and how many!
things, how many kinds and elements;
of capacity and service and self-sac-;
rifice it involves.
"These, then, are the things we!
must do and do well, besides fighting!
—the things without which mere fight-!
ing would be fruitless.
Food Supply Great Necessity.
"We must not only supply abundant;
food for ourselves and for our armies!
and our seamen, but also for a large!
part of the nations with whom we!
have now made common cause, in!
whose support and by whose sides we!
shall be fighting.
"We must supply ships by the bun-'
dreds out of our shipyards to carry to
the other side of the sea, submarines
or no submarines, what will every day
be needed there, and abundant materials out of our fields and our mines
and our factories with which not only
to clothe and equip our own forces on
land and sea, but also to clothe and
support our people for whom the gallant fellows under arms can no longer
work.
"We must help clothe and equip the
armies with which we are co-operating in Europe, and to keep the looms
and manufactories there in raw materials, supply coal to keep the fires going in ships at sea and in the furnaces
of hundreds of factories across the
sea; steel out of which to make arms
and ammunition both here and there;
rails for wornout railways back of the
fighting fronts; everything which tho
people of England and France and
Italy and Russia have usually supplied
themselves, but cannot now afford the
men, the materials or the machinery
to make.
"It is evident to every thinking man
that our industries, in farms, in shipyards, in the mines, in the factories,
must be made more prolific and more
efficient than ever, and that they
must be more economically managed
and better adapted to the particular;
requirements of our task than they!
have been. ',.
"What I want to say is, the men and!
the women who devote their thought!
and their energy to those things will!
be serving the country and conduct-!
ing the fight for peace and freedom!
just as truly and just as effectively!
as the men on the battlefield or in the!
trenches.
Part of Great Patriotic Army.
"The industrial forces of the coun-|
try. men and women alike, will be a!
great national service army—a notable!
and honored host engaged in the serv-l
ico of the nation and the world, the;
efficient friends and saviors of free!
men  everywhere.
"Thousands, nay, hundreds of thou-!
sands, of men otherwise liable to mill.)
tary service will of right and of ne-l
cessity be excused from that service'
and assigned to the fundamental, sustaining work of the fields and factories and mines, and they will be as
mueh part of the great patriotic
forces of the nation as the men under
fire.
"1 take the liberty, therefore, of addressing this work to the  farmers of
the country and to  all who work on
the farms:    The supreme need of our
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