The Pierz Journal (Pierz, Morrison County, Minnesota), 1917-11-01

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VOL. NO. 9.
PIERZ, riORRISON COUNTY, MINNESOTA, November 1  1917.
No. 20
Brief Items of;
State News
iC. Collings of Minneapolis, a
eman ln the Minneapolis & St.
Louis railroad, was killed at Albert
Lea when run down by a switch engine.
At the third district meeting of the
W. M. C. A. state war work council
New Ulm increased the $70,000 fund
allotted to the district to the $100,000
which the first and second districts
have agreed  upon.
Herman Thoen of Farwell, Minn.,
a member of L company, 352d infantry, died at the base hospital at
Des Moines of pneumonia. His death
was the sixth ameng the national
army recruits. The 352d infantry is
made up mainly of northern Minnesota men.
The striking members of Duluth
local No. 64, of the Longshoremen's
■union, are now fighting their battle
for higher wages independent of the
national union. The strike was called
in the first place, it is said, without
the sanction of the head office and
tire question was then submitted.
Many other arrests in Minnesota
are likely to follow the arrest of P.
S. Schwalen, president and cashier of
the Triumph State Bank in Triumph,
upon charges of interfering with the
Liberty Loan, it was intimated by A.
R. Rogers of tha executive committee
of the Ninth Federal Reserve district.
Unusual and decidedly unfavorable
weather conditions will result in a
falling off in the estimated potato
icrop in the northern section of the
state in the opinion of the trade.
Snow is the only salvation of the potatoes yet in the ground. It is estimated that only half of the crop has
been harvested.
The grand jury in federal court at
Mankato was discharged after returning eight indictments. George J.
Piersol, former cashier of the First
National bank, Clarkfield, pleaded
jguilty to embezzling $95,000. He restored $60,000 of this sum, but was
sentenced by Judge Booth to five
years in Fort Leavenworth, Kan.
The Princess theatre, opened at St.
Peter by F. N. Ferris, St. Paul, is the
first motion picture show in the state
■to be closed under the new law regulating such places of amusements.
George H. Nettleton, assistant fire
marshal, said it was closed because
of faulty electric wiring and inadequate fire protection, and because the
■place was not licensed. Mr. Ferris
said improvements would be made
and a state license secured.
Marion Johnson, 38 years old, a
JWestford township farmer, was arrested charged with interfering with
the government's war plans, following a visit paid him by Liberty Loan
salesmen. When approached about a
purchase of bonds, Johnson broke Into a tirade against the government
and, according to the salesmen, said:
"That man In the White House receives $7,000,000 for starting this
war." When questioned as to whom
lie meant by "that man in the White
House," he declared he meant McAdoo.
P. H. Paull, for the past five years
manager at The Minneapolis Tribune
office of the Western Union Telegraph
company, has received a commission as
ia lieutenant in the signal corps of the
United States army.
Joseph Vavra, a pioneer resident oi
Swanville locality, was found dead in
this bed at his home one mile west of
Pillsbury. He was about 70 years oi
|age. He had been about his work as
jusual on Wednesday.
I Margaret Fredrickson, four-year-old
daughter of Mr. and MrB. Fritz Fred-
'rickson of Thor, Aitkin county, died
|of injuries received when she fell
'from a churn, onto which she had
climbed while at play, fracturing her
jskull.
Dr. H. E. Sutton, son of Captain
and Mrs. C. A. Sutton o'_ Minneapolis,
died at his home in St. Cloud following a brief illness. Dr. Sutton, who
was 42 years old, received his degree
from the University of Minnesota just
at the opening of the Spanish-American war. He enlisted and was commissioned lieutenant in the medical
corps.
Charles H. Cochran was given an indeterminate sentence in the penitentiary by Judge McClenahan at Aitkin,
■and has been taken to Stillwater by
Sheriff Boekenoogen. When arrested
for theft at McC regor he gave the
naane c_*^HMe_ f^ith, but later said
his name was Cocuran, that he was
rs old, had served five years in
"rmy atad that his home was in
ouri.
e contract for the proposed new
solidated school at Plummer   was
jL by the local sohool board to the
Allowing contractors: General contract, James Brady of Red Lake Falls,
amount, $17,920; plumbing, heating
and ventilating, Holt & George, Thief
River Falls, amount, $9,984; electric
wiring, Pioneer Electric company,
Thief Rivac Falls, amount, $428, This
makes a total of $28,392 for the building completed.
Dr. Thomas Lowe of Pipestone has
resigned from the First district exemption board, and there are now only
three members left on the board. H.
W. Libby, secretary, was elected secretary of the state public safety commission some time ago and that vacancy has not been filled.
Henry ErickJson, 15 years old, at
Brevik lost his right arm above the
T-lbow through the accidental dis-
chaxge. ©f his shotgun, while out
hunting. He was at once taken to
Pine River and put under the care of
Drs. Holman and Williams, who mada
the amputation.   He will live.
Strangled Her
Adopted Child
Onamia, Minn: When Christ
Bechtle, who is employed at the
Soo roundhouse at Onamia, arrived home last Friday evening
at 7:30 o'clock for his supper he
he found his wife in a very excited mood, and preparing' the
meal in an irrational manner.
He asked her where Warna,
their two-year-old adopted
daughter was, and she replied
that she was in bed sleeping.
He stepped into the room where
the child lay and discovered
that the little one was cold in
death. He hastily summoned a
physician, but the child had
teen dead for sometime. Finger
marks were plainly visible on
the child's throat and indicated
the manner of her death, evidently having been strangled.
The body was unclothed and
covered with soot, showing that
an attempt had been made to
place'it in a stove.
Mrs. Bechtle was in a highly
excited and hysterical state of
mind and seemed to realize little of what had occurred. Ia
answer to the question of why
she did it she said.that God had
commanded her to do it in order
to save herself. The woman was
undoubtedly insane, and has
been recognized as mentally
weak for some time past, although it was thought by her
husband and others' that she
had recovered. She was treated in a sanitorium in St- Paul
for several months iast summer
and the specialist there stated
that she would either completely recover or become violent.
Her improvement was apparently so complete that the danger
was supposed to have been
passed.
Big Game Season
Opens Nov. 10
New War Taxes
Begin November I
Big  game  season   opens    in      Beginning  today,   Nov.    1st,
Minnesota Nov. 10  and contin-  the American  people will   take
ues until the first ot   December
up in   earnest  the   payment  of
The game limits   this   year  are; the heavy tax   burden  imposed
one male, antlered moose or one by reason of our nation's  par-
deer.    Same rule is applied   to
residents  as  well
dents of the state.
as   non-resi-
Game may
ticipation in the world war.
Many of the taxes have been retroactive in nature—that is  in-
be shipprd to home of licenesee. come taxes imposed by the late'
No moose is antlered until over act of congress are for  the   cal-
one year old. | endar year 1917.     Liquor taxes
Following is the state law for ; took effect from tlie date of
hunting of big game: j passage of the  act.     However,
"No person shall hunt, catch, ■ many of the taxes take effect
take, kill, ship, convey or cause'and become payable with Nov.
to be shipped or transported by', 1, and among them are the fok
common or  private  carrier,   to lowing:
any person, either within or j Postage, rates, first class, are
without the state, or expose for j raised one cent. That is, a letter
sale, have in posession with in-. requires three cents postage
tent to sell, sell to any person and postal cards two cents.
or have in possession or under Even drop letters in the village
control at any time any elk, j of Pierz will require two cents
moose, caribou, deer or fawn or'postage. One cent letters and
any part thereof, including the ' cards are a thing of the past,
hides or horns, except as he-e-j Another tax which will be
inafter provided. Provided that' seriously felt is one of five cents
dee* may be killed between! on all long distance telephone
Nov. 10 and Nov. 30 of the same'calls where the charge is .1.5
year, and any deer or any part' cents or more,
thereof may be had in posses-1 A tax of one cent on each 20
sion by any person killing same cents charged for express trans-
during same time, and provided | portation is also levied, and a
further, that any person is law-' tax of 10 per cent is fixed for
fully in possession of any deer, payment by those using sleep-
or any part thereof, may ship [ng cars 0r parlor cars,
or cause same tp be shipped in; Eight per cent must be paid
the manner provided for by this on receipts of passengers car-
chapter, but not otherwise; and ,-ied by motor in competition
provided further, that male an-1 with water or rail carriers
tiered moose may be killed be-1 where tlie charge is 35 cents or
tween Nov. 10 and  Nov.   30  of more.    This tax applies, as  we
the same year, and any such
male moose or any part thereof
may be had in possession by
any   person    during   the   time;
Use Dead and Down Timber
A  very   valuable   suggestion
comes from one of  Minnesota's '
very best newspaper  men,   Mr. j
Burt  W.  Day,   of   Hutchinson.
Fe   writes  the  Commission  of
Public safety, calling attention
ao  the  tremendous  amount  of
dead and  down  timber that is
going to waste in the  timbered •
sections in this state.
In the face of an  almost  cer- j
tain   shortage   of   coal   before ■
spring, it would seem  that  ex-'
traordinary   means    should   be
taken to make use of  this  timber, and which may be of great
value if properly handled.
In all communities there are
many people who can make use
of this apparently worthless
material for fuel in their kitchen ranges in place of coal or
by people who are abundantly
supplied with the world's goods,
who cannot afford coal at al
most any price. The difficulty
in obtaining permission from
the owners of timber tracts to
gather this timber, should be
overcome by a desire to assist
our nation in husbanding every
resource and at the same time
assist those in the community
who will find it hard to provide
themselves fuel even though it
might be available. Tliose who
have always been abundantly
supplied, with coal will experience a sense of security, with
several loads of this sort of fuel
inthe backlot. The greatest value, however, would be in the
fact that it would supply a
great number of families who
are not in a position to use more
expensive fuel and who would
be eager to sieze any opportunity that might be offered them
to obtain their winter's fuel
from the neglected timber
tracts of nearby farmers.
Organized effort can   well   be;
made   to   good   advantage    in
every  community,   to  see that
those who can use this   sort  of
fuel in place of  coal,   are  provided   with  all  that  they   can
use, or given an opportunity  to,
secure   it  for    themselves.     It
will prove very useful and econ-1
omical if properly handled.
understand it, to the bus line
operating between Pierz and
Little Falls.
Taxes are also levied on in-
aforesaid, but no person shall j .sunince policies. Fire, marine
kill or have in possession more !IlQd other policies pay one cent
than one (1) male moose or any I tax on eacli dollar of premium
part thereof: and provided fur-j Qf new business, and life poll-
ther, that when any deer or such ' cies are taxed 8 cents on each
nude moose or any part thereof ;$ioo of new business,
are lawfully in the possession Automobiles are taxed 3 per
of any person as provided for cent on tlie price received by
in this chapter, such person may  the   manufacturer.     This    tax
continue in possession of the
same for five (5) days alter the
time herein limited for killing
said animals, and provided further, that no cow or female
moose can be killed or had in
possession at any time.
The license fee for residents
of the state is $1 no exceptions);
non residents must pay $25.
List of Unclaimed Letters
Letters addressed to the following named parties are at the
postoffice in Pierz and have not
been called for:
Mr. Pall Hall-., Pierz,
Theadore Peal ana, Pierz,
.1. Searson, Pierz,
Jack Searson, Pierz,
Jos. Wumpf; Pierz,
John Sally, Pierz,
Grain And Produce
Market Report
Wheat, No. 1, $2.00
Wheat, No. 2______     1.97
Wheat, No. 3—      1.94
Wheat, No. 4      1.90
Flax,        2.90
Barley...       1.00
llye     1.63
Oats        55
Ear Corn „__  1.25
Hay       7.00
Butter, Creamery       45
Dairy        37
TCggs         35
Flour.Royal      5.80
"    WhiteRose      5.70
Low grade flour 4.00
Bran . 1.90
Cracked Corn 80 pounds 2.75
Shorts 2.15
Ground Feed .     2.40
Beans      5.00
Onions       2.50
Potatoes... ...—_       90
Mr' Farmer, you're always
welcome at the First State Bank
of Genola.
(inust be paid by the factory.
Further taxes include excise
taxes on musical instruments,
moving picture films, jewelry,
spoorting goods, perfumes, toilet waters and cosmetics, patent
medicines, chewing gum, cameras and films aud yachts and
pleasure boats.
On Dec. 1, 1917, the war stamp
taxes take effect, covering almost innumerable subjects,
which will be touched upon at
a later date.
The steady growth of the
business of the First State
Bank of Genola indicates the
bank is giving good service.
Make War Bread
Wheat, as much as steel is a
sinew of war.
Barrels of flour by the thousands, lie burried in the ocean—
the work of German submarines.
Our allies must have one billion bushels of wheat to keep
their fighting strength. The
burden falls on us.
"War bread" is one means of
saving wheat. It's bodv-build-
ing, health-giving, and good to
eat. And it cuts materially the
amount of white flour needed in
bread making.
Buy clean, sound wheat from
a farmer. Grind it at home in
a coffee mill and try this gov-^
ernment recipe:
Pour 1 1-4 cups of flour or
skim milk oyer mixture of 1
tablespoon sugar and 1-14 tea-
spaons salt. When lukewarm
add 12 cake dry yeast and 1 1-2
cups home-ground flour. Set
over night to rise. In morning
1 1-2 cups of flour, beat well,
put into greased pan, and allow
to rise until bulk is double, and
bake. 	
Our references are our patrons. First State Bank of
Genola.
War Letter No JI
Agri. Ex. Division
Land-clearing by contract is
much needed in the "cut-over"
parts of the northwest. Many
new settlers from- the prairie
country prefer to have their
land cleared, but it has been
almost impossible to do so by
day labor, and such labor has
generally been inexperienced
and unsatisfactory.
W. W. Rabey and L. M. Lathrop .of Hill City, Minn., have
done much in the last season to
encourage land clearing by contract. They have demonstrated that that this work may be
undertaken with profit at a
price that the average farmer
can well afford to pay.
The biggest problem has been
the handling of stumps after
they have been pulled. A common practice has been to crack
large stumps with dynamite
either before or after pulling.
This may still be necessary with
certain kinds of stumps, but the
men mentioned have found that
big white pine stumps can be
torn apart with a root plow and
pulled out in pieces. Having
been pulled in this fashion the
stumps are more, easily piled.
Mr. Rabey has also built a gasolene power stump piler for
stumps that are too large to be
piled by hand.
Having tested the method
named, Mr. Lathrop took contracts for clearing land. The
land cleared was a cut-over
white pine area, with about
100 slumps to the acre, averaging 20 inches in diameter. There
was also some second growth
poplar. Three men and a team
operated the stump puller.
Wages were figured at $3 a day
for man-labor, and $6 a day for
man and team. The average
labor cost for men and teams
for pulling, piling and burning
was $20.39 an acre. Dynamite
costs $3.78 an acre. The price
of the stump puller was $180.
The oiler could probably be
built for $300 or less. The co-t
of tlie stump puller and the
slump piler per acre for clearing
a large acreage o. land would
probably be less than $4 an
acre. At this rate the total
cost was about $28.17.
Mr. Rabey and Mr. Lathrop
believe that land-clearing hand
died as a business by experienced men will greatly reduce
the cost. With laud-clearing
the biggest problem in the development of Northern Minnesota, a land-clearing school
would be a profitable investment for the state. A school of
practice to train men to engage
iu the business of land-clearing
is a move that should be made
in the near future.—A. J. Mc-
Guire, Agriculural Extension
Division, of Minnesota.
School Report
Report of school district No.
46, Agram for the month ending
October 26.
Number of days taught, 20
Puplils enrolled, 31
Average daily attendance, 27
Those neither absent nor-lardy the entire month were: Julia,
John and Otto Block; Frank
[-anger; Edith, Helen and Lo-
relta Leidenfrost; Eva, Helen,
Elizabeth and Max Rauch; Julia
Stumpf Agnes Stumpf and
Mike Theser.
Those absent  one day or tardy   were:  John  Bolster,  Marie
Rauch, Euphernia Terhaar, Katie Theser and Albert Langer.
C. A. Masure, teacher.
Local Happenings
Of the Week
We invite you to make our
bank your financial headquarters. First State Bank of
Genola.
Dr. Klii.iek will be in
Pierz the 5th of each mouth.
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. P.
J. Grirtz last Friday morning,
a son.
Dance
The Parochial school fair
was a success and netted
a neat sum.
Jos. Englebert of Hillman
was in Pierz on business
Wednesday.
At Hotel Pierz the 5th of
each month, Dr. Klimek the
eye specialist.
Given
Mr. and Mrs. John Bbehm
were in Minneapolis Monday,and Tuesday.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Albert Feucht last Friday
night, a daughter.
. A. W. Cook- of Sullivan
was iu Pierz on business
Tuesday aud Wednesday.
By F. Faust
Ed Tanner of Little Falls
was in town Tuesday calling
on his customers and old-
time friends.
Mrs. A. Nagel has the
finest lot of sheep that was
ever in Pierz; the fold numbers 165 head.
After
The postoffice at Ifreeport
was broken.into and robbed
of $138.28 in bills and silver
o.ie day last week.
Gene (iendreau aud family
of Agram spent Sunday m
Pierz, visiting Mrs. Augei-
ineier aud other relatives.
the Show
Anton Bauer bought a
fine 4-year-old horse of Mrs.
A. Nagel for $100; this horse
would ordinarily sell for
$200.
November 7th.
Patrons on rural routes
siould repair their mail box
stands so they are high
enough to allow buggy
wheels to pass under the box
a id have same approach full
length to front; then you
will not have trouble with
people throwing over your
mail box. Lay in a gocd
supply of stamps before cold
weather sets in.—Postmaster,
Pierz, Minn,
Many students of the Little
Falls Business College earn in
three months their first business positions as much as they
.pent for their entire college
course. You can do as well. Get
a college education in this good
-chool and get started in business.   Send for catalog.
GERMANS PLAN >
NEW REPUBLIC
Campaign  To  Oust  Kaiser  Is
Begun By His Own
Subjects.
PEACE TALK IS FARCE
60   Termed   By   Teuton    Republican-
Working     For    Overthrow    of      '
Hohenzollerns and A
Republic.
Washington, Oct. 29.—The committee on Public Information has marie
public, with an English translation, an
article entitled "Peace, a New Humbug," written by a German and circulated in Germany by German republicans working from Switzerland lor
the overthrow., of the Hohenzollerus
and the establishment of a republic.   ■
The writer attacks the Junkers and
pa.n-Germanists for instigating the war
and declares that the war lords, having worn out their tales of victories
won, now have turned to the farce of
^eace to instill patience into a starving and war-weary people.
Farce In Three Acts.
The farce, he says, is presented in
accordance with all the rules of dramatic art on this program:
"Act 1—The Central powers make
peace proposals based upon and unacceptable by reason of territorial enlargement, annexation, both open and
disguised, a colossal strengthening of
Germany as a military.
"Act 2—The Allies who fight to secure a true and lasting peace based ou
mutual understanding, and putting an
end' to military states, reject these
peace proposals—exactly as the German government foresees.
"Act three and curtain—The German people are informed through the
belligerent (field gray) press tbat the
enemy will have absolutely nothing to
do with peace, that they insist upon
the complete annihilation of the German people, that therefore, naught is
left but to endure through everything,
to starve to the very end, to shed the'r
blood to the last drop—until Junker
and captain of industry have attained
the object of their war, which is throb bery of other peoples, the'enlarge'
ment of their power, both abroad and
at home.
Neutral Sympathy Lost.
"Germany has torn out by the roota
the sympathy of every thinking net}-
tral," the writer says; "that sympathy
cannot be recovered by any such pa-
thetic peace suggestion as this."
He concludes with a warning of
what will happen when the Gentian
people see through those who have
tricked them and exploited their longing for peace.
ASKS   FOOD   conservation;
FOR SALE—My house and two
acr s of land, one  mile   east  of
Hie village.
20-lt-p       M.LITZBINGERR.
School Report
Report of school No. 2, Dist.
88, Sullivan, Minn., for month
ending Oct. 26.
Number of pupils enrolled, 11.
Pupils neither absent nor tardy:
Harry Haskins, Mary Haskins,
Glenn Look, Lloyd Look, Ver-
nida Look, Laurel Haskins,
Flossie Haskins.
Pupils two clay i.f [ess:
John Haskins, Anna Smith.
E. A, liAUSMANN,
Teacher.
President  Makes  Appeal    To     Every
Home In Country.
Washington, Oct. 29.—President Wil.
son wants the families of the land to
enroll themselves in the great army ol
food conservation interests. A statement issued by him asks every one in
tho country to .do their bit towards
saving the nation's food supply.
The chief execution's message says:
"The chief part of the burden of
finding food supplies for the peopl.
associated with us in war falls for th o
present-upan the American people and
the drain on supplies on such a scalo
necessarily affects the prices of our
necessaries of life.
"Our country, however, is blessed
with an abundance of food stuffs and
if our people will economize their use
of food, providently confining themselves to the qualities required for the
maintenance of health and strength; if
they will eliminate waste; and if they
will make use of those commodities of
wbich we have a surplus and thus free
for export a larger proportion of those
required by the world now dependent
upon us, we shall not only be able lo
accomplish our obligations to them,
but we shall, obtain and establish reasonable prices at home.
"We cannot, accomplish our objects
ln this great war without sacrifice and
devotion, and in no direction can that
sacrifice, and devotion be shown more
than hy each home and public oatln?
place in tha country pledging its support to the food administration and
complying with its requests."
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Scores Hunt Winona Man.
Winona, Minn., Oct. 29.—Over sno\v»!
covered fields and through woo.is,'
scores of persons searched for Edward Fakler, 47 years old, who has
been missing for 10 clays. Fakler was
a merchant here. A quiet search has
been carried on by the police since
he disappeared October 18. Then members of the Elks lodge and other organizations formed searching parties.
He is an extensive property holder.     .
Effort To Derail Troop Train Barred.
Wellington, Kan., Oct. 29.—What is
believed to have been an attempt to
wreck troop trains was frustrated near
here as result of an accident. A motor
handcar on which Will Jones, Rock
Island track inspector, and an assistant were riding was derailed near the
city limits. The men were seriously
injured. An examination of the track
showed that spikes had been wedded
between the rail ends. An engine
passing over them would have been
derailed. Troop trains schedulad to
■viS-sb this way wera detoured.