The Pierz Journal (Pierz, Morrison County, Minnesota), 1917-05-03

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VOL. NO. 8.
lPIERZ, HORRISON COUNTY, MINNESOTA, MAY, 3,    1917.
No. 46
ABOUT THE STATE Interesting
Correspondences
News of Especial Interest to
Minnesota Readers,
Rucker News.
GATHERED FROM ALL SECTIONS
Happenings of the Week Briefly Told
for the Convenience of the
•' Busy Reader.
Mrs. Anna Westerberg, aged eighty-
two, Willmar pioneer, is dead.
Mrs. E. H. Bass, for more than fifty
years a resident of Minnesota, is dead
at her home in Minneapolis.
Gregpr Adrian, a pioneer settler of
the vicinity of Belgrade, is dead. He
was eighty-three years of age.
Mrs. E. G. Barnaby, widow of the
late E. G. Barnaby, Minneapolis merchant, is dead, aged seventy-three.
Mrs. Thomas A. Brown of Hastings
has been elected president of the
Third Distinct Federation of Women's
Clubs.
, Harry D. Richer, driver of one of
the first horse cars in Minneapolis and
connected with the Minneapolis Street
Railway company ever since, is dead.
The number of inmates at the Hastings state hospital for the insane
..as increased to 938 by the transfer
of twenty patients from St. Peter and
Rochester.
Robert Koehler, for many years connected with the Minneapolis Society
of Fine Arts, dropped dead on a street
car in that city. He was sixty-six
years of age.
Theodore Pennig, aged forty, carpenter in the Great Northern shops at
St. Paul, was killed in a fall from the
top of a twenty-foot tank in which he
was working.
Archbishop Ireland of St. Paul and
Bishop McGolrick of Duluth called on
Secretary of War Baker and pledged
their co-operation to furnish the new
army with chaplains.
Rollbi L. Smith of Minneapolis, son
of E. E. Smith, well known Republican politician, has been appointed an
assistant attorney general by Attorney General Lyndon A. Smith.
John P. Kalkoven, a private in the
First Field artillery, was shot in the
leg by an unknown man while guarding the Dibble Grain and Elevator
company's plant at Minneapolis.
Sixty-seven guns of all makes and
descriptions, ranging from small revolvers to veritable cannon of foreign manufacture, have been turned
in to the Chisholm police by enemy
alien residents.
Fifteen hundred Great Northern
railway clerks residing in St. Paul
have been given a voluntary increase
of wages said to be between 20 and 25
per cent. It will aggregate nibre than
$1,000,000 annually.
George B. Alton, state high school
inspector, and John Monroe, a pioneer
in agriculture work in Minnesota high
schools, will succeed R. E. Denfield
and George F. Howard on the state
high school board. '
Mrs. Martha Goff, white, who killed
her negro husband at St. Paul about
a month ago, and who claimed she
had to do it to save her own iife, has
been freed by a jury in the Ramse*y
county district court.
Arrests of twenty-four men caught
at one time spearing fish under artificial lights on Mille Lacs lake, con-,
trary to law, were made by two state
wardens. When arraigned all pleaded
guilty and paid fines
Anne Oldham Jones, seventy-eight
years old, who was a nurse in the
Civil war under Dr. Mary Walker, is
dead at Minneapolis. Mrs. Jones was
horn in England in 1840 and/ came to
the United States in ISaS.
The Waseca Commercial club has
taken steps to have every vacant lot
and every acre of tillable land nearby
seeded. A fund has been subscribed
•by business men to procure seed and
help farmers care for crops.
After June 1 transportation from
Minnesota of five-leafed pines, currant
bushes and gooseberry bushes to un-
qu_mantined states will be illegal under »a quarantine order issued by the
-federal department of agriculture.
Red Wing has voted to retain its
twenty-four saloons. The majority for
license was 183. A year ago the wets
carried a similar election by a ma-,
jority of 151. A. P. Pierce was reelected to his tenth term as mayor.
In line with the general effort to '
increase farm production in Minnesota j
the Northern Development association i
has arranged a land clearing confer- I
ence and demonstration for its summer meeting at Virginia June 7 and 8.
A thirty-day workhouse sentence
was given John Kurwie, railroad laborer and native of Finland, for al- '
leged derogatory remarks about the
United States and President Wilson
on a downtown street in Minneapolis.
The conviction of J. W. ("Uncle
Ned") Bragdon, prominent Minneapolis clubman, accused of misconduct
with young girls, has been affirmed by
" the state supreme court. Bragdon had
been out on bail pending the decision
of the higher court.
Adolph O. Eberhart, former governor of Minnesota, -will become a
Minneapolis business man, and associated with him will be Peter J. Young-
dahl, former political opponent, in the
Title Holding and Mortgage company,
which has filed articles of incorpora^ ,
t;on with a capital stock of $350,000. '
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ferguson
are here from the west and expect to remain thru the summer.
They like some parts of the west
very much.
Mr. and Mrs. George Wood
were Pierz goers last Friday,
also Mrs. Maggie Probasco and
Herbert Wood.
The stormy weather is interfering with seeding and other
spring work.
Mrs. Geo. Wood visited at the
Ferguson home Monday.
John and Henry Ferguson visited at the E. M. Thompson
home Sunday.
Roy Probasco, Lee and Herbert Wood went to Sucker brook
tishing last Monday; 'they returned Tuesday with three fish.
We are afraid they wouldn't
make a very good living at fishing,'
Sullivan News
Mrs. Riley Hoskins called on
Mrs. C. E. Look last Wednesday
afternoon.
Callers in Hillman Friday
were T. S. Look and Eli Hoskins.
Clarence Hoskins and sister
Larie called at H. C. Smith's
Friday evening.
Bert Sanborn was a caller at
the Peter Adkins home Friday
evening. Come up again Bert,
the fish are biting good.
We were greatly relieved upon hearing that the West Sullivan Fire Brigade had so effectually removed all traces of the
fire which so nearly destroyed
their historical stump.
Ross Adkins is on the sick
list.
Florence and Vernida Look
spent the week-end at the T. S.
Look home.
Mr. Wolfenden, accompanied
by two gentlemen from Delano,
were looking at land near the
lake Sunday.
Tom Smith and Clarence Hoskins were business callers at
Bartletts near Vineland last Saturday.
Glenn Oliver spent Saturday
evening at the Peter Adkins
home.
Margaret Cook and Clarence
Hall were callers at C. E. Look's
Sunday afternoon.
Royalton News.
County Commissioners Henry
Gassert of Pierz, H. Veneston
of Swanyille and J. N. Carnes
of Royalton accompanied by A.
Fitch, went to Lakin Saturday
where they met with the town
boards of Morrill, Mt. Morris
and Lakin and from them purchased a road outfit consisting
of an elevated grader, eight
wagons, six wheel scrapers and
several other pieces for use on
Morrison county roads.
On Friday evening about 20
ladies, friends of Miss Josephine
Thelen, gave her a surprise
kitchen shower. The evening
was spent in cards with a delicious lunch which the guests
had brought with them, served
at the close of the evening.
Miss Thelen received'many useful presents which will be acceptable when she begins housekeeping after her marriage with
Roman Thienes, which has been
announced for May Sth.
John Donek
Passes Away
John Donek, 68, died at his
home last Friday afternoon at
5 o'clock with Brights Dicease.
Though Mr. Donek had been in
ill health for a number of years,
his death was not expected so
suddenly. He left a wife and
seven children: John Donek Jr.,
Mrs. Adam Hohn, Mrs. Otto
Boser, Mrs. Hubert Ross, Mrs.
Jos. H. Grell, Miss Catherine
Donek and Mike Donek. Burial
took place Monday morning.
It was the largest funeral here
in years.
Trouble at Pierz
the
in
It is reported here that
postmaster at Pierz, over
Morrison county, has made several unsuccessful attempts to
fly the American flag over the
postoffice. It is said the citizens, who are mostly of German
descent, would tear it down as
fast as he put it up. We doubt
the truth of the story, but should
it prove true there are some
people in that community who
should be given a lesson in patriotism.—Milaca Times.
County Seat Callings.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. S. J.
Kobilka, a son, Sunday, at St.
Gabriel's hospital.
E. A. Lafond has sold his residence at 400 Seventh street
northeast to Herman Wieland
of Gravelville, who will retire
from farming and move to Little
Falls next November. Mr. Wieland has lived in Gravelville for
many years.
' The new Buekman State Bank
will probably open for business
Tuesday, Frank Kiewel and W.
J. Billstein will go to Buekman
tomorrow and expect to get the
business started. Temporary
quarters have be.en secured and
the bank fixtures installed and
the new building which will
house the bank permanently will
be under way as soon as possible. George Kiewel is president, John Vertin vice-president
and Mr. Billstein is cashier and
will be in active charge of tie
bank.
W. J. Billstein, who will be
cashier of the new Buekman
State Bank, will move his family to Buekman soon and August
Christiensen will move his family into the Billstein house on
Fourth street southeast.
Russian Exiles Return Home
A special train carrying 200
Russian exiles passed thru Melrose for Seattle yesterday noon;
The exiles are enroute from the
East to Russia and some of the
most famous Russian revolutionary conference members are returning to their native land with
their dream of a free country
realized.
Many of the exiles have been
in this country for fifty years,
and many were once wealthy in
Russia, but their property was
confiscated by the government.
The exiles are going home in
de luxe style, and will go first
to Yokohama, and will be taken
on a battleship from there to
Vladivostok. What part the
new Russian government and
the United States government
have in the homeward journev
of the exiles is not known.—
Melrose Beacon.
McGregor to Go
-   To Stillwater
Roy McGregor was found guilty of manslaughter in the second
degree by the lury and was sentenced Tuesday morning to the
state prison for a term of from
1 to 15 years. The jury's verdict was returned at 12:30 a. m.,
after eight and one-half hours'
deliberation.
As in the case of Ben. Coen,
found guilty of the same charge,
the jury recommended mercy,
but the court was unable to put
his recommendation into effect,
as the penalty is fixed by law.
The law authorizing the court
to fix the maximum sentence did
not go into effect until after the
offense was committed.
Coen and McGregor were taken to Stillwater Wednesday
morning by Duputy Seeriff A.A.
Fueger and John J. Rassier,
who will be a special deputy.
District court adjourned after
McGregor was sentenced this
morning and Judge Wm. L. Parsons and Court Reporter John
Nandersluis left for their homes
at Fergus Falls in the after,
noon. The McGregor case was
the only one remaining to be
disposed of at this term.
Peter Virnig
Passes Away
Little Falls—Peter Virnig, 76
years old, a resident of Little
Falls for 33 years and a veteran
of • the Civil war. died Friday
morning at his home, 301 Ninth
street southeast, from dropsy
and Bright's disease. The funeral was held at 9 o'clock Monday morning from the home and
burial took place in Oakland
cemetery. Rev. J. P. Altendorf
of the Sacred Heart church has
conducted the services.
Mr. Virnig was born May 1,
1841, at Cologne, Germany, and
came to the United States in
1856, moving to Little Falls
in 1884 from Wisconsin. He
leaves seven children, Josephine, Tillie, Katherine, William,. Frank, Peter and Joseph.
He had been ill for about four
years. He served during the
Civil war on the Union side, as*
a. member of the Third Wisconsin cavalry.
Ciiristianson-Eisel.
i By Products of War
It is estimated that a total of
1,500,000 tons of refined steel
from exploded shells are lying
on the bloodsoaked fields of
northern France, which will all
be made use of  after  the  war.
The  present  price  of   scrap
steel is $17.50 a ton; the  bloodstained deposit is  worth   about
$25,000,000.
Government
Should Pay For
Advertising.
Advertising for the mobilization of inen for the military and
naval organization of the coun
try and for the raising of money
by the sale of bonds should be
undertaken by the federal government on a business basis, according to resolutions adopted
by the Des Moines Advertising
club.
The club took the-stand that
advertising is a commodity
which tbe publisher has for sale,
a* the farmer sells his food products, and that the publisher
should no more be expected to
contribute his merchandise than
should the farmer.
The resolutions indorse the
action of the national advertising board in offering its services
to the nation without cost for
the direction of a campaign of
paid advertising. American
Press.
Yes, and the notices Auditor
McNairy sent t6 the county papers last week calling the assessors meeting, "which might be
of interest to the readers," was
advertising and should be paid
for.
And so should the notices be
paid for that superintendent
Barnes sends to the country
papers now  and then.
Alfred Christianson and Mar-
gareth Eisel were married in
St. Joseph's church, Tuesday
morning. Henry Athtnan was
best man and Catherine Eisel
was bridesmaid. The wedding
was celebrated at the Eisel
home.
School Report.
Report of school district  No.
46,   Agram,  for  month   ending
April 27.
No. of pupils enrolled.. .. _ 34
No. of days taught 19
No. of holidays    1
Average daily attendance.. 27
Those neither absent or tardy
the entire month are: Agnes H.
and Frank Stumpf, Helen, Elizabeth and Max Rauch, Loretta,
Edith, Helen and Carl Leidenfrost, Euphemia and Philip
Terhaar.
Those not absent more than
two days are John and Julia,
Leonard Kandl, Mary and Mike
Theser, Josephine Rauch and
Julia Stumpf.
Edith Leidenfrost and  Elizabeth    Rauch    were  perfect   in
spelling the entire month.
C. A. Measure,
Teacher.
Highest marl_et prices paid
for eggs.
Pierz Mercantile Co.
Grain And Produce
Market Report
Wheat, No. 1, $2.52
Wheat, No. 2     2.49
Wheat, No. 3__._      2.37
Flax,         3.00
Barley  -1.20-1.25
Rye    1.85
Local Happenings
Of the Week.
Wheat dropped 15 cents
last Tuesday.
Jos. P. Heinen and Minnie
Brust took out marriage license last week.
Highest market prices paid
for eggs.
Pierz Mercantile Co.
R. C. Bethel of Hillman
passed through here Monday
on his way to Little Falls.
A large number of people
attended the Peter Virnig
funeral in Little Falls last
Monday.
Mike Thommes sold a year,
old Poland  China  stag, last
week which weighed over 400
pounds.
Aug. Eichmiller of Onamia, a former Pierz resident,
bought a new Ford car for
use in his livery business.
John Greier of Ortonville,
who is heavily interested in
farm lands in Hillman township, was here last week.
J. Fay of Ipswich, S. D.,
owner of the old Prieglmeier
place, was here a few days
last week looking after his
interests.
"I was in Poland last night
and tonight I am in (Term-
any" said a traveling man
last night ' who had come
from the west side.
GREAT FIGHT AT
ARRAS STILL ON
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British and Germans Locked;
in Desperate Battle.
ENGLISH GAINING SLOWLYi
The Milaca Times says that
John Leeb probably now
tries to figure out which is
the worse affliction, lightning or lightning rod agents.
Henry Paul visited here
over Sunday. ■ He has resigned his position as butter-
maker for Bridgman R ussel
& Co. at Puluth, but has not
yet decided what he will do
next.
Henry Ferguson, who returned from Washington last
week, bought the Mc Lean
40 in (iranite and will make
some improvements on same
and will live there till fall.
He will then return to Grass
Range, Montana, where he
has filed on a homestead.
About ten years ago a pair
of beavdr were placed in
Itasca Lake. The pair now
increased to about 500 within the park and many have
migrated outside. The stock
has all come from the one
pair that were the founders
of the colony.
We are informed that beginning April 1st theOnami-
a postoffice has been raised
from a fourth class postoffice
to a third class office, which
goes to show that the business of the local office has
increased to  such  extent  to
Oats      70,
Ear Corn 1 25 warrant the change in raising
Hay  7.00, by the postoffice department.
Butter, Creamery  40
JDairy  27
Eggs   301
Flour,Royal  7.00]
"   White Rose  6.90]
Low grade flour 3.30
Dahmen-Weidenbach.
Paul  Dahmen,   son  of   John
Dahmen of Granite, and Cather-
Bran 2.20 .
-,,     , „ „. ine Weidenbach were married in
i Shorts 2.2_ r
Stearns jCracked Com g() pounds____2i45 St. John's church, Lastrup, last
County pays for all such adver-[Ground Feed  2.40 Tuesday morning.   The wedding
tising.    The  county's shoulders j Beans  5.00 was  celebrated   at  the  bride's
are  broader than  those of  thejOnions  2.50 home.
country publishers. I Potatoes  1.25  .
Hurling of Tens of Thousands of Teuton Reserves Into the Breach Fails
to Prevent General Haig From Forcing  His  Foe  Back.
London, May 1:—The battle of Arras
still rages, with the issue in doubt
For six days torrents of blood have
flown and the armies of Britain and
Germany yet struggle for the mastery
in a conflict which baffles superlatives.1
Tens of thousands of reserves have
been hurled against the British battle
front by Field Marshal von Hindenburg in a supreme effort to check the
British advance, but so far without
avail. Almost literally, foot by foot,
General Haig is forcing his stubborn
foe back. '
Both sides are fighting with a,resolution as grim and savage as any the
war has shown and it seems to be a
question as to which can sustain its
ghastly sacrifices the longer.
With the capture of German positions around Oppy the British forces
have now reached broken, irregular
ground, where the natural advantages
of position are with the enemy.
Every dispatch from the front likewise meantions the extraordinary
number of fresh troops which the Germans are interposing and the violence
of their counter attacks.
The slopes and ridges of the Scarpe
valley offer unexcelled hiding places
for German machine gun crews and
the German positions along the dominating heights are strategically situated for pouring fir© down on the advancing British. But despite these
disadvantages Field Marshal Haig's
troops are still thrusting forward,
particularly out of Arleux and Oppy.
As an indication that the British
offensive is not taking all the strength
of the British army in the Arras to St.;
Quentin front Field Marshal Haig;
staged a strong raid north of Ypres.!
"At night, north of Ypres, a sue-;
cessful raid was carried out," the;
British commander-in-chief reported. -j
Ypres is nearly fifty miles north at',
the Arras sector, where the British;
push is still powerfully exerted against;
the remnants of the northernmost end!
of the Wotan line.
GUN GREW ON U. S.   !
VESSEL IS MISSING
London, May 1.—America may have
lost her first fighting force in the war
with Germany in the torpedoing of
the American oil tanker Vacuum.
Tjie lieutenant in command of the
gun crew and nine of his men are
among the missing reported.
Three naval gunners were among
those saved. Those rescued included
the chief mate and seventeen men.
,The captain of th-. Vacuum and some
wf the crew are unaccounted for.
New York, May 1.—The American
steamship Vacuum, commanded by S.
S. Harris, left here March 30 for
Birkenhead, Eng. It carried a crew of
thirty-four, of whom fifteen /were
American citizens, including nine native born.
APPROVED BY BRITISH PRESS
Newspapers Endorse American Conscription Bill.
London, May 1.—Enthusiastic approval of the - endorsement of conscription by the American congress
was universally expressed by the London newspapers.
They expressed the opinion the draft
would enable tlie United States to
avoid many of the mistakes made by
Great Britain.
Comment of the Pall Mall Gazette
was typical.    It said:
"Passage of conscription legislation
by congress shows an intention to
profit by our mistakes. Our new ally
will not now see the time when its
wasted efforts will be blocked by postponement of the inevitable."
LOOKS   TO   UNITED   STATES
English Explorer Says America Will
End Big War.
New York, May 1. — Sir Ernest
Shackleton, the English explorer, addressing the Explorers' club here, asserted that "when America has risen
to the great height to which she is
capable of rising, then will the war
end."
Of the survivors of his Antarctic
expedition, Sir Ernest said, twelve
are at the British front in France and
eleven more will be there soon, while
the other Is dead. He wag killed the
first time he went into battle.
Grant's Grandson Joins Army.
New York, May 1.—U. S. Grant IV.
has   enlisted   as   a   private    in   the
Seventh infantry.    He Is a grandson
of*Gener£. Grant-of. Civil war-fame.