The Pierz Journal (Pierz, Morrison County, Minnesota), 1917-11-29

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VOL. NO. 9.
PIEJRZ, HORRISON COUNTY, MINNESOTA, November 29, 1917.
H. 0. Halverson, a farmer living
near Milaca, was killed by M. .1. Seem,
his brother-in-law, of Minneapolis,
who went to Milaca to buy land. After killing Halvorson, Seem si-tft himself a few hours later.
The Beltrami County Federation of
Farmers' Clubs, instead of its annual
picnic next year, may hold a big
auction sale for the benefit of the
Red Cross. This was discussed at a
special meeting of the federation.
Charged with placing a set gun
which killed Leolin Smith in the
woods near his home at Stanley, Itasca county, November 10, John Brown
of that place pleaded guilty to manslaughter and was sentenced to state's
prison for five years.
The embargo on through shipments
to the South St. Paul market which
has been in effect since November
10 has been lifted. The big decrease
ln cattle receipts and the improvement in the car situation has brought
about normal shipping conditions
again, officials said.
Plans for entertaining 500 out-of-
town visitors at the annual meeting
of the Northern Minnesota Development association at Brainerd December 6 and 7 are about completed. The
fact that the State Potato Growers'
and Northern" Minnesota Sheep Growers' associations are to meet with the
N. M. D. A. adds interest.
Minnesota draft boards do not expect to begin actual work under tho
new regulations before December 15.
Letters from Washington indicate
that the board may begin December
1, but stated that supplies probably
will not be available then. A letter
from the adjutant general urging the
utmost economy in - expenditures,
states that if the local obards will
dispense with all clerical help except the chief clerks from December
1 to December 15,. they will save the
government $1,000,000.
John Vouk, aged 52 years, a farmer
residing near St. Joseph, was found
dead by his brother Frank.
Before the convention of the Northwestern Minnesota Teachers' association adjourned at Thief River Falls
unswerving loyalty resolutions were
passed.
Full state returns from the Y. M.
C. A. war fund campaign have not
been received. The last report was
that $928,000 had been contributed. It
is believed complete reports will show
the state will exceed its $1,000,000
quota.
Capt. Charles Loring of the Crookston Home Guard company has received notice that he has been promoted to the rank of major of the
Eleventh battalion, making Maj. Loring the ranking officer of the four
Home Guard companies stationed at
Crookston, Thief River Falls, East
Grand Forks and Bemidji.
In the list of Dakota county men
posted by the government as not responding to the draft call, are the following: J. D. Nelson of Randolph,
Julian Gecish of South St. Paul, Carl
Edstrom of West St. Paul, E. A.
Hoeppner of Rosemount Joseph Bohn
and Frank Ciley of South St. Paul.
The last two registered at St. Paul.
Raymond Beuch, 13-year-old inmate
of the Faribault State School for the
Feeble Minded, was fattilly scalded
in a bathroom at the institution, Superintendent C. H. Hanna reported to
the state board of control. John ar-
ker, attendast in charge, was dismissed, the report stated. The grand
jury failed to return an indictment.
The coroner decided an inquest was
unnecessary.
Charactering the recent ax murders at Virginia, In which the three
victims were believed slain for buying Liberty bonds, as a peculiarly infamous and wanton crime. Secretary
of the Treasury William G. McAdoo,
in a personal telegram to Governor
Burnquist, urges every possible effort
to apprehend the murderers and
pledges the unrestricted co-operation
of the United States Treasury department to that end.
Eli Rush Williams, a prominent
merchant at Fergus Falls, has been
BsTed on a charge of failing to register. He pleaded not guilty and was
released on $1,000 bail. The arrest
was made on an indictment by the
Federal grand jury. Williams asserts
that he Is over the draft age, but Federal authorities say that according to
an insurance policy taken out by him
he was 30 years old Jan. 7 last.
The Minnesota State Poultry association considered means of increased
poultry production at its recent meeting in Minneapolis. With the aid of
the United States agricultural department it will initiate statewide demonstration for the purpose of practical
instruction in poultry preservation and
methods of canning chicken meat. In
addition to the established prizes to
be given at the annual poultry show
of the organization, January 3 to 7,
the association decided to give additional prizes for the best 10 birds in
the open classes, and commended ribbons for every bird in the show with
a score of 90 or above.
Unseasonable weather continues to
decrease the potato movement, according to the producers' bulletin of
the markets division of the State
Food- committee. Owing to the largo
quantity of chilled goods received,
the Northwest has suffered a loss of
prestige, the bulletin states. Most
warehouses now are full and buyers
can not use the stock at any price.
The Becker county sanatorium and
the orphans' home, institutions located
about three miles from Lake Park,
will be supplied with electric current
•from   the  Lake  Park   electric  light
Made Money
With Sheep
Mrs. Arnold Nagel is the pioneer in thesheepindustrv in this
end of the county. It is she
and the boys who first realized
large profits in raising sheep.
From her last spring's 54
ewes they sold over $400 worth
of wool and $995 worth of lambs
last week. A flock of 170 was
kept in 3 25 acre pasture ail
summer. They are wintering
80 ewes which will eat their
threshed clover straw. Eighty
sheep, they claim, will need less
that 10 ton of hay during the
winter.
Contracts are now made with
Montana sheep raisers for next
spring's wool at $1.12-.a pound.
Sheep require no care except
during the iambing season and
in winter, when they must have
shelter from wet storms. Ordinary dry snow, they will stay
out in, but from the wet snow,
they must be protected.
No. 24
FOR SALE—A new Ford cat-
Inquire at telephone office.   22tf
Users of Explosives Must Secure Federal Licenses
A Federal license is now required in the United States for
the legal possession of explosives, any person having explosives and not holding a license
therefor being subject to a fine
of $5,000 and imprisonment for
one year.
Only citizens of the United
States and friendly countries
ma}' obtain licenses. The purchaser of dynamite must state
definitely what the explosive is
to be used for when obtaining
bis license, and will be held accountable foj its use as stated
and the return of any that may
be left.
With the strict enforcement
of this law the Federal authorities hope to prevent explosives
falling into the hands of evilly
disposed persons, and to put a
stop to all further dynamite
plots.
Farmers rightly refer to this
bank as their own. We invite
the farmers business. First
State Bank of Genola.
School Report.
Report of school district No.
46, Agram, for the month end
ins Nov. 23.
Number of days taught, 20.
Number of pupils enrolled, 32.
Average daily attendance, 30.
Those neither absent or tardy
the entire month were, John
Bolster, Julia, John and Otto
Block, Edith, Helen and Loretta Leidenfrost, Eva, Helen,
Elizabeth and Max Rauch, Victoria and Josephine Rauch,
Julia, Agnes and Frank Stumpf,
Mike and Kate Theser and
Philip Terhaar.
Those absent one day were,
Mary Theser, Euphremia Terhaar, Carl Leidenfrost aud
Frank Langer.
Helen Rauch,   Agnes  Ltumpf
and Eva Rauch were perfect in
arithmetic the entire month.
C. A. Measure,
Teacher.
School Report.
Report of school No. 2, Dist.
88, Sullivan, Minn., for month
ending November 23.
Number of pupils enrolled 15.
Pupils neither absent or tardy:
Harley Hoskins, John"" Hoskins, Laurel Hoskins, Flossie
Hoskins, Mabel Dorman.
Pupils absent two days or
less:
Mae Hoskins, Glenn Look,
Lloyd Look, Vernida Look, Da
vid Dormad.
E. A. Hausmann,
Teacher.
Startling Shortage
In SeMCoffl Supply
. Farmers and busiire^s men
have awakened with alarm to
the fact that the northwest faces perhaps the gravest seed
corn situation in its history.
"Many farmers who supposed
that their seed corn was safe
are rinding that it is wet, soggv
and in many cases moldy between the rows on the cob," says
Andrew Boss, vice director,
Minnesota Experiment Station.
"Corn that is moldy will not
make good seed under any circumstances, but. corn that is wet
may be saved by improving the
drying conditions providing the
germs have not already been
killed by freezing."
To meet this situation, Mr.
Boss is urging that all seen corn
not known to be well cured
should be carefully examined for
moldy cobs or kernels. Corn
that is wet or green but not milky, should be taken to a room
where heat can be applied to
hasten the curing. It must not
be left in sheds,or granaries to
cure by air-drying, where it may
freeze. Farmers having 1916
corn should make a selection of
seen corn from it and store it
safely for use next spring.
All seed corn should be tested'i
before planting next spring.
Those who have good seed j
corn for sale should report!
variety and amount to the sec-1
retary of the State Committee j
of Food Production, University
Farm, St. Paul, in order that he
may bring together those who
have seed corn to sell and those
who wish to buy.
Cattle Auction
Next Saturday
H. G.4g@y.will sel1 35 head
of Shor'Agf^Sieifers at Tony
Hartmann's barn Saturday afternoon, ranging from one to
two and one-half years old. Mr.
Morris says they are carefully
selected clean high grade stock
and  will bear close ;inspection.
What usually strikes the attention of Iowa and Illinois
farmers here is the poor cattle.
tVhat they invariably remark is
"you have a real nice country
here but I didn't see a decent
looking critter all day."
So here seems to be a chance
to get some decent critters.
Mr. Morris says that his object
in shipping these hei-ers in was
more to improvetour herds than
to reap a profit. '
The sale begins at noon.
You have worked" for your
inoney. Now make it work for
you, at the First State Bank of
Geuola.
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Klein-Hennen
Interesting
Correspondences
Murder and Suicide
A horrible tragedy occurred at
Milaca last Friday when Martin
Seine shot and killed his brother-in-law, Halvor Halvorson,
and then went out into a cornfield and killed himself by a
shot in the temple. The tragedy occurred on Halvorson's
farm just north of town, about
ten o'clock at night while the
murdered man was doing some
chores around the place. Sein
is a single man who lived in
Minneapolis, and was visiting
his relatives at the time. A note
found in his pocket shows that
the tragedy was premeditated
and he had bought two revolvers with which he committed
the deed. Mrs. Halvorson and
other relatives claim there was
no known reason for the act and
it is supposed that the murderer and suicide was insane.
Holstein Park News.
Chas. Sanborn, wife and children were Pierz visitors Wednesday.
A jolly bunch of young folks
gathered at the Thompson home
Tuesday evening, and gave
Ruby a surprise on her eighteenth birthday. All seemed to
enjoy themselves.
Alva and Sam Martin returned from the north Friday with
two big deer.
Dr. Healey was called to see
Mrs. Taylor who was quite sick
last Thursday.
Elroy Vaux is enjoying a visit
from his father and brother from
Faribault, Minn.
Mrs. Thompson visited Mrs.
Sorum last Friday. She rode
with the school bus.
Nellie Martin was given a
surprise party at her home last
Saturday evening by the young
folks of the neighborhood. All
report a good time.
Alva Martin and Bert Sanborn were.in Hillman Saturday.'
Nellie Martin called on Mrs/
Taylor last Thursday.
Lawrence Kramer of Rucker
called at E' M- Thompson's and
Philip Anderson's last  Sunder.
.1. King called at Thompson's
Saturday.
John Klein and Francis Hennen were married in St. Joseph's
church Friday morning. John
Hennen and AnnaHennen, brother and sister to the bride attended the contracting couple at the
altar. The wedding was celebrated at the Nick Hennen home!
in upper town. Mr. and Mrs.
Klein will make their home iu
Melrose. Mr. Klein is a salesman  for  the   Melrose   Granite
Works- " Sullivan News
Andrew, Dan   and   Ed   Thoen
of Buckman spent a  few   days
VT.  .   m, . ' ..      , .   i at Camp Linehan last week.
Nick Thienes   has  enlisted in;
the aviation   corps and   will re- \    County seat visitots  Wednes-
port   in Minneapolis   tomorrow day were C. E. Look, son  Rod-
(Friday) morning.    He   expects ! ney and Mr. and Mrs. Zak.
to be sent to a training camp inj     ,,      m, , r,    , r    j
...    . ■        ■ Mrs. Thompson of Rockford,
Missioun. i     ..j   i       i j       -,,
i arrived    Wednesday and    will
visit    her    parents   until -after
Thanksgiving.
Ross Adams and  sister  Rose
called at P. Hoskins Thursday.
Enlisted in the Aviation Corps.
Local Happenings
Of the Week
There  Will be  a   car, i    Mrs. J. A.  Sanborn  and   the
125     sheep — breeding Chas. Sanborn family were call-
ewes- sold at auction !ers at tbe lakrt Priday'
T, Wolfenden and party  were
at the Hotel Pierz barn
some day next week.
Watch for the bills
next Sunday.
in our burg Friday.
Merle   Look  shipped  a  deer
home to his   paients Saturday.
Riley Hoskins visited the city
of Hillman Saturday.
Wartime Demand tor Cotton
is Enormous
Recent investigations in the
use of cotton in war show:
A 12-inch gun disposes of a
half bale of cotton with every
shot fired; a machine gun in
operation will use up a bale in
thr-ee minutes; in a naval battle
like the one off Jutland over
5,000 pounds a minute are consumed by each active warship;
more than 20,000 bales a year
are needed to provide absorbent
cotton for the wounds of the injured; one change of apparel for
all the troops now engaged in
the war represents more than a
million bales.
Grain And Produce
v._v%__-  -___..   _ .V/..-.W The H. C. Smiley  family  ac
M-Jrl/Pf   Rpf-Aff  companied   by   Miss   Lila  Hos
indi ftCl   llCpUi i ikins drove to Onamia Saturday
Choice No. 1 Northern $2.04 J
Wheat, No. 1, $2.001
Wheat, No- 2     1.97 I
Wheat. No. 3	
Wheat, No. 4	
The   P.   J.   Walmark  family
visited   at  Christianson's  Sun-
].90      Mr.   and   Mrs.   Will  Kingen
3.00 and -Mrs.   Henry   Rieke    were
Flax,	
Barley .__       1.10'guests at the Robt.Adkins home
,1.
A young man without a small
bank account never becomes an
old man with a big bank account. Open a small account
now at the First State Bank of
Genola.
Victor Kaas came home
this morning from Jenkins,
Minn., where he is teaching. I
The play given by the par-1
ochial   school  children   last!
Friday evening was well attended.
I.ye	
Oats__	
Ear Corn	
Hay  .__.
Butter, Creamery	
Dairy	
Eggs	
Flour, Royal	
"    WhiteRose...	
Low grade flour 4.CO
Bran .  1.90
Cracked Corn 80 pounds 2.75
Shorts  2.15
Ground Feed  i.    2.40
Beans        5.00
Onions     2.50
Potatoes         90
Sunday.
Mrs. Peter Adkins, son Jim,
daughter Mary and Miss Hausmann were out for an auto ride
Sunday.
1.65
65
1.25
7.00
45
37
35      Miss Lillian Belsinger, Lloyd
5.50 j Walmark   and  sisters   Blanche
5.401 and Ruth were callers at C.  E.
Look's Sunday.
MOTICE
All who owe me are requested
to come and settle.
1 George Sigetti,
Miss Roche left forRoyaltou
yesterday to spend Thanksgiving at home.
Farm loans promptly closed
at the First State Bank of
Genola.
Too Busy to Be Kind.
Tho  trouble  with  the  man  who  3s
just now too busy to be kind is that
when he's made all the money it is too j Wida
late. f
School Report
Report of school district 115,
Buckman, for the month ending
November 23.
No. days taught 20
Pupils enrolled 24
Average daily attendance... 17
Those neither  absent nor tardy the entire month are:    Alma
•and Paul   Briese,   Gertrude and
j Anton Starr, Rose Wida.
Those absent or tardy one day
I are: Anna Denzen, Wendolin,
' Joseph and Andrew Gall, Emma
Evelyn Antt, teacher.
Born—to Mr. and Mrs. F.
Grell last Wednesday, a son.
Richard Boehm of Little
Falls spent Sunday in Pierz.
Born—to Mr. and Mrs. A.
Zimmermann last Thursday,
a son.
New Ford owners are butcher Nick Meyer and Wenzel
Medek.
Frank E. Hall of Little
Falls was a caller in town
Monday.
Born—to Mr. and Mrs. Peter Meyer last Thursday,
twin boys.
F. X. and Andrew H.Faust
returned from Shovel Lake
with a deer.
Phil 8. Randall is surveying in section 11, town of
Pierz this week.
Alois Langer mofed into
his new house on his farm in
Rucker Saturday.
Mrs. Arnold Nagel threshed
81 bushels of alsike clover
seed from 17 acres.
A young girl arrived at the
John Hesch home in Agram
last Saturday morning.
The F.J. Gilbride family
moved into the living rooms
over the drug store iast Monday.
Marriage license was issued last week to Wm. Sitzman and Rose Loscheider of
Buckman.
Misi? Tracy Spanfellner lias
sold her auto, which she won
in tlie Herald contest to Henry Stumpf.
Mr. and Mrs. Math. Pauser
left for Cedar Rapids, Iowa,
where they will visit with
Mrs. Pauser's sisters, the
Victors.
The young two months old
girl child of Mr. and Mrs.
Carl Kapsner died lastThurs-
day morning and was buried
Friday at 8 a. m,
Sam Trebby, Oscar Vusen,
Steve Simonet and Dell Batters stopped in Pierz Sunday
night. They were on their
way home from Redtop.
Holdingford —Math. Bieniek Jr., while riding to St.
Anna on his motorcycle, had
tiie misfortune of having his
left leg broken and almost
cut off.
Christ Schlegel received a
letter from Mr. Springer a
short time ago, which stated
that times were not so flourishing in Oregon this year as
they might be.
The state road to Onamia
will be so far along by Saturday night that autos can
pass through, but the finishing touches will not be put
on until next spring.
Math.Kowalzec's team was
frightened'at the mill while
Math, was unleading grain,
and ran away. They ran into a wire fence to the west of
the mill, but, strange to say,
not a scratch was found on
them after they wore extricated from the entanglement.
ENSIGN MAY
DISRUPT REVOLT
Russian Soldiers Split With Bolsheviki on Order for
Armistice.
CONFLICT MOST BITTER
Autocratic Methods of National Coun-
cil     In     Ordering    Truce     Disputed by Deputies—Lenine
as Peacemaker.
Petrograd, Nov. 26.—The latest
revolutionary movement in Russia is
threatened with disruption by dissension in the ranks of the Bolsheviki
Dver the autocratic methods of the
council of national commissioners.
The conflict between the protesting
members of the faction and the commissioners has become so bitter that
the authority of the council to order
soldiers to open peace negotiations is
rigorously denied by opponents.
The issuance of decrees relating to
in armistice without first consulting
tho central executive committee of the
Workmen's and Soldiers' deputies,
which is the highest governing body
In Russia, precipitated the internecine
trouble. Nicholai Lenine, the Bolsheviki premier, is seeking to palliate
leaders of the wranglng factons.
Lenine  Replies to Critics.
Lenine, replying to criticism directed against the order that soldiers
upen negotiations for a truce, which
order one of the wounded soldiers
:ermed a great blunder by the commissioners, explained that the order
ivas issued for the purpose of combat-
ling the counter revolutionary tactics
)f General Dukhonin and other high
pfficers, thus making it impossible for
thern to prevent the opening of negotiations.
This, he said, was in keeping with
ihe policy of the democratic government, that the masses themselves -'ct,
since the Bureaucrats, civil and military, were distrusted. He pointed
jut that the soldiers are not empowered to sign a treaty for an armistice,
.ut only to negotiate it.
No Separate Peace Contemplate-!.
Lenine declared that Russia did not
contemplate   a   separate   peaco   with
. er many, that the belief that an armistice   on  the   Russian  front  would
make ■ it  possible  for   Germrany   to
throw  a  large  force  on  the  French,
front was groundless, as the Russian |
government, before  signing a  treaty
(or an armistice would communicate I
frith the Allies and make certain pro-1
posals   to   "the   imperialistic   govern-
ments_ of Prance and England, rejection  of  which  would  place  them  in
.pen opposition to the wishes of their
Own peoples."
PRUSSIAN GUARD WIPED OUT I
Italians Sweep  Them  Aside  in  Wav. j
of   Enthusiasm.
Italian   Headquarters   in   Northern
Italy, Nov.  26.—The situation is vi_*
'.ually unchanged all along the north- j
?rn   battle   front   and   on   the   Piave
fiver. The artillery activity continue _
violent  and   heavy   fighting   at   scat-!
lered points is taking place. But there j
is a  lull in the aggressive mass at-1
lacks, as both sides require time for j
ihe purpose of reforming their broken
ranks.
A Prussian Guard regiment was virtually wiped out by the Italians. T'lree
battalions of the Guard were thrown
t^ainst the charge which carried the
Italians Sack into one of their strategic mountain height positions. The
Guards were swept aside in an impetu-
5us wave of enthusiasm and only a
battalion of them was able to reform
'n small groups.
Reports show that Italian aviators
have brought down 61 enemy machines during the fighting of the last
?0 days—or nearly two machines
.ally.
REVOLT TO GET MIDDLEMEN
Cclnbinatioh of Stores in Country it
Cut Them  Out.
New York, Nov. 26.—Methods wet1 d
-utlined at a meeting here of de>-
gates Of the Consumers' Co-operative"
Societies of the Eastern States for organization of a gigantic system td
eliminate the middleman, lower the
price and simplify distribution of food
by bringing the consumer and distributor into direct relationship.
Approximately 1,000 co-operative
stores throughout the United Stato.'J
ivill be federated with central officers
ind trade unions will be asked to giv-
their co-operation under the plan proposed. These steps will be the first
to make the system effective, Prof,
Edward P. Cheney of the University of
-f Pennsylvania declared. He added
that the plan is nothing short of "economic revolution in the United
States."
Private Found to Be General's Sort.  ■
San  Francisco, Nov. 26.—The identity    of    Private    Martin    D.   Sibert
Twelfth   United   States   infantry,   increased f.-reatly in prestige following
Ihe disclosure here that he iB a son;
.f  Major  General  William  L.  Sibert.
young  Egbert,  without knowledge of
his    family,   enlisted   at    Manhattan,
I Kan;,   anil   was  written   down   as  on
! . nassignC-1 recruit service in the Phil-
j tppir.es.    When his paternity was dis-
i covererl  he  was  sent to  the Twelfth
' Infantry   as   a   full   fledged   private.
He is just old enough to, qualify.
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