The Pierz Journal (Pierz, Morrison County, Minnesota), 1917-10-18

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PIERZ, H0RR1S0N COUNTY, MINNESOTA, October 18,  1917.
No.  18
William Sioyert, abo.it 55 years of
'age, committed suicide at San__!one
by hanging himself to a tree.
John  J.  Faust,  for tho  past  forty \
years a resident of Pierz, died at St. !
Gabriel's hospital, Little Falls, where
he had been for the past seven weeks.
Death resulted from old age.
The new  National  bank at Buffalo j
has  opened  for business,  with  A.  E. |
Morton aa cashier.   The directors are:
August Hafften, Henry Spindler, John
J. Carleton, R. J. Simon-itch and A. E.
Monton.
Promising to protect the Non parti-1
san league meeting, scheduled at. Fer-'
gus Falls, Mayor Leonard Erikson has
written  to  President  A.   C.   Townley .
denying statements that he had agreed
not to interfere if mob violence was
employed to break up the meeting.
Six brothers, members of an Eyota
family, are affiliated with military or- •
ganizations preparing to "get the kaiser." The record of the family of
John Campion, farmer, is probably not
duplicated in tho northwest. There
was no effort on the part of any of
the boys to evade service, although
four of them were drafted. |
The  Minnesota  Library association,
meeting in St. Paul has elected officers as follows:   President, Miss Dorothy,  Hurlbert,  Hibbing;     Miss  Flora
Carr of Mankato, first vice president;
Dr. Solon H. Buck of the State His-;
torical Society, second vice president; '
secretary-treasurer, Miss Ruth Roshold
,of the  Minneapolis  public  library.       j
Commissioner  James    Sorensen   of j
the  state dairy  and  food  department j
says  that he has yet to receive the !
first formal   application   for   appoint-,
ment as  assisting   commissioner    at
$2,000 a year.   The office is vacant following the recent death of John Mc-1
Cabe, Minneapolis,  who   held   it   for
more than 10 years.
The Northern Minnesota Wool flowers' association, whigh was organized
at Bemidji, will hold another conven-*
tion at Brainerd Dec. 6 and 7 in con-!
nection with the Northern Minnesota
Development association's meeting.
At that time action will be taken on
the proposed constitution and bylaws.
The following officers were elected':
President, J. J. Opsahl, Bemidji; vice
president, Daniel Delury, Walker! secretary, E. H. Winter, Bemidji; treasurer, Glen Strader, Grand Rapids;
board of directors, Charles Hayden,
Blackduck; S. D. Patrick, Deer River;
Charles Scheers', Akeley; M. F. Jamar,
Duluth; J. E. Cowan, Northome, and
C. M. Dickson, Cloquet.
Assignments of pastors for the next
year have been made by the conference of the United Brethren church,
meeting  in   Minneapolis,   as  follows:
Conference superintendent, Rev. M. H.
Frye;   Beauford,  Charles  W.  Harris;
Bertha circuit,  C. B. Hoke;    Brower- j
ville, J. B. Newville; Elmira and Eyota, D. E. Young; Glenville, J. A. Down-'
ing; Grey Eagle, H. J. Hoover; Hew- j
itt, E. J. Reed; Kiester, H. Deal; Law-!
ler, M. E. 'Stone; Le Seur Center, W.
F.   Perry;   Minneapolis,  First  church,
H. M. Klinger; Moran, J. B. Newville;
Pemberton, Charles W. Harris; Pleasant Prairie, C. B. Canon;   Rochester,
E._ C. Avis;   Spring Valley, J.  T.  Oli-
phant; Viola, M. W. Griswold; Water-
ville, H. A. Hayes.
The fiftieth celebration of the Redwood Falls Methodist Episcopal church
will be held Oct. 25-28.
C. E. Brown, former part owner of
the Lyceum theater at Moorhead, has
purchased a moving picture house at
Mason City, Iowa.
President Burton of the University
of Minnesota has accepted an invitation to. speak to the citizens of Hubbard county at Akeley, Dec. 13.
In the suit of the Pioneer Electric
company of St. Paul against the Saul-
Rapids Granite company, brought to
recover $5,800. the jury returned a verdict for $3,700.
Frank J. Lull, one of the well known
early pioneer farmers of the town of
Comstock, met death by accident at
Edmonton, Alta., Canada. He was
killed by an angry bull.
A banquet at the St. Paul association
opened the twenty-fifth annual meeting
of the Minnesota Library association,
sessions which were held In St. Paul.
About 125 delegates were present.
Patrick Cunningham, 85, resident of
East Grand Forks forty years, is dead,
old age claiming him. Mr. Cunningham was born in Ireland, immigrated
to Canada, and later came to Minnesota. '
Dr. Ernest S. Powell of St. Paul was
elected president of the Minnesota
Ost-Qj^hic association at its closing
CP.ITM Bk- session at the Ryan hotel,
ITT:Dr. S. E. Dorrjs of Minneapolis   was   chosen   secretary.
A. C. Townley, president of the Nonpartisan league,, delivered an address
at jk meeting heldAy that organization
atwreston. Townley was publicly,
warned before the meeting that the
least references to disloyalty or sedition would result in his.arrest. • He divided his talk between urging patriotism and loyalty and attacking the Twin
Cities newspapers.
Henry Schewe, a farmer living a
short distance south of Albert Lea,
escaped injury, While his son Roy was
crushed to death, another son, Raymond, and a daughter, Grace, probably
were mortally injured, and Mrs.
Schewe's arms were broken, when the
machine which Schewe was driving
tipped over a short distance from his
home.
The office of the Park Region Echo
was entered by enraged citizens and
badly damaged. The deed was done,
It is said, because the editor, Carl A.
Wood, it is alleged, has been disloyal
tt. the Unitod States.
Faces Charge
For Desertion
Charged with desertion from the
military service of the United States,
Andrew Lepinski of Platte town is
en to under arrest and is in the county jail waiting to toe taken to Fort
Snelling and turned over to the military authorities. The charge resulted from his failure to appear when
called by the local board for examination.
Cries at  Hearing
Lepinski was given a hearing by
the 'board Wednesday afternoon and
evidence was introduced tending to
show that he received notice to ^report and left soon after for North
Dakota. He returned later, but did
not appear for examination. He
broke down and cried at the hearing.
Injured   Right  Hand
Lepinski recently injured the forefinger of his right hand toy the discharge of a shotgun. He said he was
carrying the gun over tooth shoulders
with his right hand on the muzzle
and that it exploded accidentally and
tore away part of the first joint of
the finger. The injury is not sufficient to exempt him from military
service. He told the board he was
hunting partridges, although the season on partridges is closed.
The hoard also has information
that Lepinski has made s'edicious utterances, 'but no charge has been
made.
Wants   Exemption  Taken   Back
The local hoard has found a man
who will not accept exemption. Benjamin Herold of 'Swanville is married
and is in the postal service, giving
him grounds for exemption. His exemption claim was granted, but tooth
Mr. and Mrs. Herold joined in asking
to have it cancelled, and the hoard
has certified him for service.
George E. iSullivan of Parker town
has also toeen certified to the district
board. Sullivan was in the west
when he was called and wrote to the
district board instead of the the local hoard. The district hoard failed
to report this to the local board and
he was certified as having failed to
appear. Hie delinquency was not
willful, although he should have written to the local board.
The local hoard has no definite instructions as to when the next «on-
tingent will go.
§
A Wise Boss,
There is an employer up in Canada who has placed conspicuously he-
fore his employes what he calls the
"Ten Demandments." This employer, as all employers do, wants every
employe to do his full duty. Judging
toy his "demandments," he also intends to do his full duty toward every employe—which is a very good
way, if not the only way, to get employes to do their share. One-sided
loyalty doesn't last.
There is so much good sense in
this list of "demandments"—so much
that ought to toe useful and helpful
to employers and employes alike—
that it is worth while reproducing it
here:
1. Don't lie. It wastes. my time
and yours. I am sure to catch you in
the end, and that the wrong end.
2. Watch your work, not the clock.
A long day's work makes a long day
short; and a short day's work makes
my face long.
3. Give rnS more than I expect
and I will give you more than you
expect. I can afford to increase your
pay if you increase my profits.
4. You owe so much to yourself
that you can't afford to owe anybody
else. Keep out of debt, or. keep out
toy my shop.
5. Dishonesty is never an accident. Good men, like good women,
never see tempation when they meet
it.
6. Mind your own business, And
in time you'll have a business of
your own to mind.
7. Don't do anything here that
hurts your self-respect. An employe
who is willing to steal FOR me will
be willing to steal FROM me.
8. It is none of my 'business what
you do at night. But if dissipation
affects what you do the next day, and
you do half as much as I demand,
you'll last half as long as you hoped.
9. Don't tell me what I'd like to
hear, tout what I ought to hear. I
don't want a valet to my vanity, tout
to my dollars.
10. Don't kick if I kick. If you're
worth correcting you're worth keeping. I don't waste time cutting
specks out of rotten apples.
Read it again. Especially if you
are  an  employer.—Duluth  Herald.
The Little Palls Business Col
lege is one of the most reliable
and best equipped colleges in
the northwest. It is where you
get the most for your money.
You get a thorough education
and are placed in a good position. | Inquire what it can do for
you.   Write for catalog,
Agricultural Extention
ll. S. of Minnesota
The sharp turn for the better
of the potato market that was
the distinguished feature of the
closing- days of last week, put
■thousands of dollars into the
pockets of . producers, who had
dug- their stock und placed it
under cover. Reports as yet
are uncertain as to the (frost
damage on the potatos on hills,
but the stock in the fields that
was dug and not gathered- has
undoubtedly suffered a large
damage.
Tlie movement iu our car lots
has been of large volume during
the past week and would have
been much heavier if the car
shortage had not been so noticeable on many railroads. Car
lots of Burbanks and round white
varieties were selling in the
Twin City territory Friday af ter-
uoonat$l.S5 and$1.40per bushel
for No. 1 sacked stock. This
is a most gratifying price from
the point of view of producers
when the large crop of the year
is kept in view. Farmers should
be congratulated that their discretion iu marketing has kept
the marketing price up to such
a remunerative level.
South Agram.
; John Eidenshink  was a Lastrup business caller-last Sunday-
The infant daughter or Mr.
and Mrs. Jos. Gruber died Saturday and was buried at Pierz, in
the St. Joseph's cemetery Monday at 9 o'clock a. m.
J. J. Brummer was in Dittle
Falls on business Friday.
Peter Collignon visited his
wife at the John Eidenshink
home and from there he left for
St. Cloud, where he will be employed,
Cecilia Terhaar is employed
by her sister, Mrs. John Langer.
J. J. Brummer sold a horse to
Frank Kandel for $1.20 and one
to John Donek of northeast
Pierz for $125.
Mrs. Jos. Duschner and children returned last week Monday
from Morgan, where she had
been on a week's visit with her
parents.
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Thommes
and sons Casper and William
and daughter Katie were in
Lastrup Sunday.
Charlie, Frank, Mary Kippley, who have been employed
in Minneapolis, are home on a
visit with their parents.
Joe Duschner helped* build a
chicken coop for his brother-in-
law, Mr. McCoy Friday.
N. Harmon of Fort Dodge
is here on business.   *
See '-Charlie Chaplin" at
Faust's opera house Sunday,
October 21-st.
Seven reels of pictures at
Faust's opera house, Sunday
October 21st.
Lumber is being hauled to
Pulaski for a new Polish
catholic church. It will not
be built on the old church
site, but about a mile further
east.	
Report of school district No.
39 for the month ending October
12. Number of days taught 20.
Enrollment 21. Average daily
attendance 15. Those who were
not absent during the month are:
Michael, Robert and Minnie Boser; Edward, Ida and Leo Poser
and Paul and Emelia Gelhar.
Those absent one day or less
are: Mary Gelhar, Ed. Jamirui,
Bernadine Gerwing" and Paul
Virnig.
Angela Kippley,
Teacher.
A Letter From
Tony Otrembra
American Lake, Sept. 27, 1917.
Dear Sis:
Just a few lines to let you know
that I am still alive and hope the
same from you.    Well I tell you that
I certainly like hattery lifet This is
the niceci place that I have . ever
•been in all my life. It is right out
toy the ocean. I can see the big
waves rolling and the battleships
swaying. 1 haven't had a coat on as
long as I have toeen out here. It
certainly is nice and laugh, well I
neved laughed as much before as I
did in the last fey? days just seeing
awkward  performances    in-   drilling.
I am in the heavy artillery, which
is called a battery, with the 6-inch
guns. If I don't get turned down in
my examination (which I hope I
won't) I will go across in about six
weeks, which will toe by the way of
New York, at least I think it will be.
II I don't get turned dovai, I will
.end my clothes home, which will he
next week as soon as I get my uni-
i'orm. I will have my examination
tomorrow.    I was  vaccinated    today.
Local Happening
s
Of the Week
Jos. Otremba went to Bowles Tuesday.
See "Charlie Chaplin" iu a
2 reel comedy.
Arnold Herold left for Jessie, N. Dak. last week.
Pay your taxes at the First
State Bank of Grenola.
The Billmeier auction sale
last Tuesday was well attended.
A thunder shower passed
over our village last Tuesday
-night.
Our farmers are now busy
threshing, plowing and husking corn.
Frank Clemens of Pierz, a
drafted man, was rejected at
Camp Dodge.
We are informed that chick-
There  is  certainly some performance
_-e have to go through it you   would | e11 thieves are beginning their
see that you would   have    to    laugh ' nightly work,
your head off.   I wrote to ma and pa |
chat  there  were  14,000    men    here;        & Polvermach er   of Swan-
there are  64,000  men in this    camp,   ville    Called    Oil    old    friends
it will cost §6,000,000 when   finished here Monday.
so you can about imagine how many j
■buildings  there are.    It is    only    12 !      ^ile   ^ast   drive   down   the
miles square. I Mississippi   is   now   passing
The hig  guns   are  certainly    mon-   through Little Falls.
•_trous things;  one bullet  weighs 500 |
pounds.    I aud another    man    about:      If   you   don't    want    your
the same size as I am have to   load   chickens  run  over   by autos,
these  guns.    How  did    Hans    come ' keep them off the street,
out?    Where did they send the men
to from Pierz? Ben Ellering of Greenwald
Your brother, came up Monday   to visit his
Anthony B. Otremba, Ison-iu-klW Bell Athmail.
Battery "F,"  348 P. A. j
Camp Lewis, Andrew Duschner and wife
American Lake, Wasfttngton. returned   from a week's visit
                ■ in Morgan, Minn., last Tuesday.
Free Wedding Dance in the'    T
Lastrup hall, Oct. 30th, 1917.1    ^rinc* in all its bwnch-
Everybody invited.                   iea   P™nptly  issued  at   the
Louis Kummet,
Anna Buesseler.
First State Bank of Genola.
Potatos are still going up,
and.the $1.00 price predicted
early   in the  fall, may come
Please  return  all  my  ce-'true.
ment and plaster sacks.
Joseph H. Grell.
Grain And Produce
Market Report
Josephine Pella and Susan
Theis left for Jessie, North
Lakota, where they will visit
relatives.
Last Friday Oct. 12th, was
the 425th year of the discovery o±"  America by  Christo-
Vheat, No. 1,.. . $2.ao| P1^1' Columbus.
*4-?6V     197i    Gene  Gendreau   wife  and
Wheat. No. 3.      1.9.4'       ., „A a
Wheat, No. 4 _.    1.90,clllldrerL 0t ASrara were bun-
Flax 2.75 day visitors at the  Mrs. An-
Harley __      1^00 j ^ermeier home.
!.ye    1.67|     „ , , ,, ' „..'" ,
>-.„. ,,      Pay your taxes at the lirst
Oats      55' J J
Kar Corn V25'State Bank of Genola.       .
Hay     7.00
Mrs. E. Frebert of Wyoming is here visiting her daughters,   Mrs. Ed.   Bentfeld and
Mutter, Creamery ..       45
Dairy ....      37
Kggs . _       39,
Flour,Royal ....... e.OOJMrs. Mike Leese.
"    White Rose      5.70 i    ,,      .        ,. . .
, ,   ,. , _.!    Marriage licenses have been
Low grade flour 4.CO °
j}rarl _ j qq issued to Louis Kummet and
Cracked Corn 80 pounds 2.75 ! Anna Buesseler and to Lewis
Shorts t: 2.15j El ler and busan Preiner.
Ground _?eedJ     2.40 i
Means      5.00'
(. nions..
2.50
Lawrence Henz of Douglas,
Wyoming and  Mr. and Mrs.
Potatoes "...      90 Christ Henz and daughter are
visiting   with the C. A. Virnig family.
Mrs. Sumner Rice of Ra-
Prospective   Rivalry..
"Where's the tnpe line?"
"I don't remember exactly," respond
ed mother.   "What do you want with   cine, Wis., was here last week
; it?"
"I was just reading over tlie meas-
: urements of the Venus de Milo,". explained the daughter with some embar.
rassmen):.
Ahead of Him.
visiting with her mother, Mrs.
Frank Karel and with the P.
L. Poster family.
Many students of the Little
Mr. Gotcoi'n—Now,' Willie, when youi Falls Business College earn in
sister opines down and.is comfortably three  months  their first busi-
sea^ted on the couch with^me Tjvant ness positions as much as they
you to tiptoe in softly and turn the spent   for   their   entire   college
gas down low.  Will you? course.   You can do as well. Get
Willie—You're too late.   Sister tola a college education in this good
me to come in and turn It out-Stow school and get started in bugi.
btones- ness.   Send for catalog.
Local Happenings
Of the Week
The reception which was
to be held in honor of the
drafted boys has been indefinitely postponed,
Bishop Busch of St. Cloud
is in Lastrup today to administer the sacreinent of confirmation.
John Tomala of Colgan, N.
D., was in town last week.
From here he went to Jefferson Barracks, Mo., having enlisted in the signal corps.
He is a son of John Tomala
of Pierz.
If you are a strange_' to us,
lets get acquainted to the advantage of both of us. First
State Bank of Genola.
A. C. Seifert of St. Cloud,
who taught scnool in a few
public school ditsricts a few
years ago, was an over Sunday, visitor in the village.
The potato warehouse was
filled severahtimes this week
and almost no potatos were
taken Monday and Tuesday.
Terhaar claims that Ihe cannot get cars fast enough to
keep the warehouse cleaned
up. Luckily several track-
buyers took care of the overflow.
Free Wedding Dartce in the
Lastrup hall, Oct. 30th, 1917.
Everybody inVited.
Louis Kummet,
Anna Buesseler.
St. Cloud Busin2-_ College, new
:erm opens Sept. 4. New classes in
_ook-keeping, feho-r-hand, typewriting
.ind ether studies. Enter now. Save
.rem $40 to 5100 on your course. Get
.eady fer a position. Ask for catalog.
—Veith & Ahles.—Adv.
Only Twenty Years Ago.
(From the Pike county, 111., Republican.)
Ladies  wore hustles.
Operations were rare,
Nobody swatted the fly.
'Nobody had seen a silo.
No'hody  had  appendicitis.
'Nobody wore white shoes.
Nobcdy  sprayed orchards.
Cream was 5 cents a pint. ■
.Most young men had "livery bills."
Cantaloupes were muskmelons.
You never heard of a "tin Lizzie."
Doctors wanted to see your tongue.
Milk shake was a favorite drink.
Advertisers  did  not tell the truth.
Nobody cared for the price of
gasoline.
- Farmers came to town    for    their
mail.
The hired girl drew one-fifty a
i.eek.
The butcher "threw in" a chunk of
liver.        "
Folks said pneumatic tires were a
joke.
-.'obody "listened in" on a tele-
Jfhohe.
There were no sane Fourths nor
...cctric meters.
Etrawstacks were burned instead
-- baled.
Publishing, a country newspaper
..-as nqt a business.
People thought English sparrows
i.-ere   "birds."
Jules Verne was the only convert
;) the submarine.
Ycu stuck tubes in your ears to
! _ar a phonograph, and it cost a
C. me.   -
Taft Scores La Follette For Pro*
German Attitude In Speeci-
Made In Chicago.
Former President Asserts America  16
Following Only Course of Honor
in Participation in European
War.
Chicago, Oct. 15.—William H. Taft,
president of ,the Leagv.e to Enforce
Peace, in a speech here under the auspices of the Liberty Loan committee,
ittacked forces in and out of Congress that are working for premature
peace.
His  address  was  the first of  several he will deliver in various cities.
Work to Hinder War.
"While we may sympathize with the
sorrowful feelings of our loyal fellow
citizens of German antecedents," Mr.
Taft said, "how detestable is the attitude of those with no such traditional and family ties wlio, because of
supposed pro-German sympathies of
their constituencies, conduct themselves in Congress and in newspaper
columns so as to obstruct as far' as
possible our government's conduct of
the war against Germany.
Scorns La Foilet.te.
"Senator La Follette,'- Mr. Taft continued, "says that while our citizens
had the right to go on commercial
vessels carrying supplies to the Allies, it was only a technical right, and
one that we might well waive rather
than go to war.
"Was the right of those iiinocerrt
114 American jjan, women and children, sent to their death without warning on the Lusitania, to life and safety
only a 'technical' right?
"It sho.cks one's deepest feelingrc to
think that a senator, in the Congress
of the United States could use words
of such an import.
Cnly Course of Honor.
' "Those citizens had a right to be
where they were and a righ- to life
and safety. Senator La Follette ig-
: ores the humiliation, the dishonor,
and the lasting injury to our national influence of yielding the. rights-. of.
our citizens, or of withholding protection from them in the pursuit of
their lawful trades on the high sea
at the dictation of a military' power
like Germany, because of £. fear of
that power. /
Fighting for Freedom.
"Our country is fighting for our life
as an independent nation and for the]
independence   of  other   nations.     It
is   struggling  for   the  peace   of  the
world."
NEW   CABINET  FOR   SWEDEN
Liberal Leader Asked to Chocss
Advisors.
Stockholm, Oct. 15.—M. J. Widen
president of the second chamber and
former minister of the interior, who
was charged by King Gustave with the
formation of a cabinet, has replied
that he is unable to accomplish thel
task. The king now has invited the
Liberal leader, Professor Eden, to organize a-ministry.
M. Widen's failr"- means that the
Icing has been forced to abandon his
hope of a coaliti6n cabinet. The new
tninistry will unquestionably conkiin
only Liberals and Socialists. Profea
sor Eden is widely known as an educator and politician.
AUSTRIAN FLEET REBELLIOUS
Mutiny Among Austrian Bailors Is
Expectation.
Rome, Oct. 15.—The spirit of rebellion is rife in the Austrian fleet. Mutinous outbreaks, such as that which
recently occurred on German'warshi is
at Wilhelmshaven, are looked for oh
Austrian warships by Austrian sailors
taken prisoners in tLe recent naval
clash in the Adriatic.
American  Ship  Sunk;   9  Missing.
New York, Oct. 15.—The American
steamship Lewis Luclfenbach has been
sunk by a German submarine off the
coast of France, according to a catla
received here by the firm of George
Luckenbach, incorporated, owners,
cable stated that nine men of the
crew of 56 are missing. The other;
47 men escaped in the boats, presum-^
ably having reached Havre, the port
to which the ship was bound. The
Lewis Luckenbach was* of 3,906 tons,1
Pay your taxes at the
uerman State Bank.
Bring your first half receipts,
Dies Saving Her Son.
Alliance, Ohio, Oct. 15.—Seeing her,
5-year-old son and a 7-year-old play-;
mate writhing in the grasp of a livo i
wire, Mrs. C. George Bloom today;
threw herself headlong at the wire.:
She knocked her child to safety but!
paid the penalty with  her own life, j
The other child was electrocuted.
SMOTJOl
All those who ;. ■ ;>\v'■■.;- me
ior COLTS must .-Li.;- before
November 1st.
JOS. A. JAI.SONf
Fuel Administrator Takes Up Task.  !
Minneapolis, Oct. 15.—Judge John F. j
McGee, appointed Minnesota fuel ad-j
ministrator,   returned   to   Minneapolis!
Saturday to put in operation instruc-i
tions given him in Washington on the
. egulacion of the distribution and price
of coal.    Coal dealers must obey his
orders,  the  national   fuel  administration said.    Investigators for the government have been in Minneapolis recently checking up local retailers on
coal prices charged here ar.d their reports will be the basis for a new price
schedule.
Don't fail to attend the DANCE held at Faust's hall, on Monday, October the 22nd.