The Pierz Journal (Pierz, Morrison County, Minnesota), 1917-07-12

              VOL. NO. 9.
PIERZ, riORRISON COUNTY, MINNESOTA, July 12, 1917.
No. 4
ABOUT THE STATEJLocal Happenings
Of the Week.
News of Especial Interest to
Minnesota Readers.
GATHERED FROM ALL SECTIONS
Happenings of the Week Briefly Told
for the Convenience of tho
Busy Reader.
Mrs. Louise Samuelson, sixty years
old, a pioneer resident of St. Paul,
is dead.
Company A, Second regiment, Minnesota national guard, has been transferred from New UIm to Luverne.
Dennis Mangan, eighty-five years
old, hanged himself at his home in St.
Paul. He was despondent over ill
health.
Arthur Bergstrom of Strandquist,
this state, fighting with the Canadian
troops in France, is reported to have
been wounded.
The state of Minnesota had a cash
balance of $6,605,637.16 on hand on
June 30, 1917, according to State
Treasurer Rines.
The monthly report of the state
hospital for the insane at Rochester
shows that 1,38. patients are now being cared for there.
An engineer from the bureau of
mines at Washington will be sent to
Minnesota shortly to inspect the iron
mines of the state.
The   Minneapolis   Association   Op-
* posed   to  Woman's   Suffrage   has   decided to abandon its political efforts
and take up Red Cross work.
Joseph Lowey of Rochester, four
years old, was drowned while attempting to recover a ball which had fallen
into a barrel partly filled with water.
The Federal Loan bank of St. Paul
has made loans totaling $417,000, according to figures on the first quarter
year of operation of the institution.
John Ditter, aged thirty-seven, contractor and builder at Hamel, was
killed in that village when his horses
ran away and threw him out of a
wagon.
William Rahn, who for twenty years
has been widely known in Minneapolis musical circles as a violinist, was
drowned while bathing in Beebe lake,
Wright county.
James F. Bell of Minneapolis has
been appointed chairman of a provisional national committee to mobilize
the milling industry to help win the
war for the United States.
James F. Wallace, ousted from his
seat in the Minneapolis city council
by the courts for violating the state
corrupt practices law, was returned
to office at a special election.
Lloyd and George Munz, fourteen
and sixteen years old, brothers, were
drowned, in Lake Francis, near Janes-
ville, when a wave capsized the boat
from which they were fishing.
Nearly 5,000 Scandinavians from the
Twin Cities attended a picnic under
the auspices of the Minnesota Scandinavian grand lodge of the International Order of Good Templars.
Tearing down an American flag and
crushing it under his heel, while uttering vile epithets, almost cost Victor
Salmi his life at Kinney. When rescued by the police he was badly disfigured.
Annual license fees collected from
hotels and restaurants throughout the
state amounted to $8,698, according to
a report to the state treasurer by
William G. Mee, state hotel inspector,
for the fiscal year ending June 30.
Schroeder, a fishing village on the
north shore of Lake Superior, in Cook
county, is in the throes of a smallpox
epidemic. Twelve entire families are
stricken and the Infection has been
carried into practically every home.
Margaret Groff, nineteen years old,
and Mrs. Bessie Frisk, aged twenty,
both of Minneapolis, were sentenced
to ninety days each in the workhouse
by Municipal Judge Smith of Minneapolis for wearing soldiers' uniforms.
Minnesota may lead the entire United States in the reduction of fire loss
through Fourth of July celebrations
this year, only a few fires and one or
two minor accidents having been reported to State Fire Marshal Hargadine.
The Hanna Ore Mining company of
Duluth, capitalized at $3,000,000, has
filed articles of incorporation with the
secretary of state. The business of
the new corporation will be mining,
jelting and refining of iron ore and
^^Jmetals.
If St. Brooks, a farmer residing
Blooming Prairie, was instantly
/'ed when a heavy car owned and
ii^pren by his son-in-law, John Schutt,
sad off a high grade and turned turtle. Other passengers in the car were
badly bruised.
Work on a second state and federal
highway from the Twin Cities to Duluth is to be pushed forward at once
as a result of a conference between
the delegation from Anoka, Isanti,
Kanabec and Pine counties with C. M.
Babcock, state highway commissioner.
The accounts of Adjutant General
Fred B. Wood of Minnesota have
been audited by the treasury department at Washington and approved.
This means that the treasury department will open an account with Captain Harry L. Brady, property and disbursing officer of the Minnesota national guard, and that the state will
get all funds held up since Ma.cb.__,
John Boser of Buh, lost a
cow by lightning last Sunday
morning.
That hail Sunday morning
did a 25 percent damage in
Agram town.
Anna (xassert, who will
soon leave for a Red Cross
training camp is home for a
visit.
The G-enola band had a
practice last night. How is
it the Pierz band does not
practice ?
Maud Faust is visiting her
friends and relatives in Minneapolis, Cross Plains and
Madison, Wis.
Mrs. Jacob Pflepsen returned to her home in Buffalo
Monday. Mrs. J. C. Boehm
accrmpanied her.
Miss Madeline Meyer returned to Melrose, having
spent several days with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mike
N. Meyer.
Christ. Nelson of Platte returned home last Monday
from Duluth, where he had
been working in the Minnesota Steel Plant last winter
and spring.
Miss Teresa Meyer, who
visited relatives at Melrose
and St. Cloud for several
days, returned Thursday.
She was accompanied by her
sister Madeline.
John Boser and wife and
George Sigette and wife yis-
ited at Swan River Sunday.
Crops around Swan River
look good, says John. He
saw corn there 2 feet high.
LouisBednar, who has been
an inmate of St. Peter State
Hospital for several years-
died last Monday at the age
of 27 years. His remains are
expected daily and will be
buried in the local cemetery.
A surprise party at Heury
(lassert's home last Sunday
evening, was attended by
Mr, and Mrs. Hubert Roos,
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Faust,
Mr. and Mrs. John Faust,
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Kru-
shek, Mr. and Mrs. John
Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Barney
Fanst. They all had a good
time playing games and
cards. Refreshments were
served.
A surprise party at Barney
Faust's Sunday evening was
attended by Mr. and Mrs. H.
Gassert and son Edward, Mr.
and Mrs. Herman Faust and
family, Mr. and Mrs. John
Smith and family, Mr. and
Mrs. John Faust and family,
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Loscheider and family, Mr. and Mrs,
Theo. Nagel and family, Mr.
and Mrs. Hubert Ross. Mr.
and Mrs. Adam Hohn, Mr.
and Mrs. Adam Virnig and
family, Mr. John J. Boser,
Frank Wise, Miss Sophia Loscheider, Mr. Joe Faser, Mr.
and Mrs. "Wm. Meyer and
family.
Hay Stumpage—e*4 of
nei4, nef4 of se*4 Sec. 21,
40—31—Agram. For sale
$1.50 per acre. Inquire
German State Bank.
Interesting
Correspondences
DIXVILLE
The Misses Lillian and Frieda
Kuschel left for Crystal, N. D., last
Tuesday. On their journey they
stopped at Sauk Rapids and spent
the Fourth.
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Shau-
fler, Saturday, July 7, a son.
Ed. Hodorff returned from Bemidji
Wednesday where he has been to
look after his land.
Mr. nad Mrs. Wm. Krause from
Minneapolis are visiting at the
Wischnewski home for a week.
Some of our folks spent the Fourth
at Royalton, some at Morrill, some at
Foley, some at Little Falls, some at
Buckman, but the most of them at
Pierz.
Julius Kloss will be employed by
Peter Wischnewski and Peter Britz
by John Bauer and Joe Sauer by
Math Brown.
Miss 'Regina Janson was attacked
by the sudden illness of pleurisy at
the N. Daniel home. She was taken
to her home at Buckman on Wednesday.
C. W. Miller took a pure bred Holstein bull to Royalton Friday which
he shipped away.
The Misses Rosa and Margaret
Britz left for Sauk Rapids and Maple
Lake last Thursday to visit with
friends a short time.
Ed. Thoen was on a visit to Minneapolis the past week.
The infant daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. •-.. Daniel was christened Hilge-
gaard Katherine last Wednesday at
Buckman and Jos. Janson and Miss
Katie Janson were sponsors.
John Kinzer was a business caller
at St. Cloud on Wednesday.
John Bauer and Leo Kuschel each
purchased a new mower at Pierz.
Ferdinand Besch from North Dakota was a visitor at the Hodorff
home a few days last week.
Spider has ordered a new Ford.
Peter Houn received his new
"Tin Mike" last Saturday.
Miss Tracy Ethen from Brainerd
is here visiting relatives in this vicinity a few weeks.
A heavy thunder storm passed
through this part of the country on
Sunday morning with a heavy gale
of wind, 'blowing down trees, sheds,
etc. A little hail fell but only did
slight damage.
The lightning killed two heifers
and one bull for Kriefall Sunday
morning, all being 2 years old.
Aug. Hodorff from Vawter called
at the Hodorff home on Sunday.
John Weier left for White Lake,
S. D., to look after business   affairs.
C. W. Miller and family and Rhuda
Baumgardner and family autoed to
Mille Lacs lake on a pleasure trip on
the Fourth.
Mrs. Andrew Kugler and sons, Alex
and Joe, from St. Paul are visiting
at the Aug. Sauer home a few days.
A barn dance will be held at the
Bill Kleist home Friday night, July
13.
Weisbrick Bros, from Buckman
have started to erect the new house
which is being built for the Farmers'
creamery at Little (Rock.
Dixville will journey to Buckman
Sunday to give them a return game
of hall.
Mr. and Mrs. Alex Broker and Ben.
Quinzy from Collegeville called at
the August borne  Sunday.
Ewald Roehm autoed to Parkers
Prairie Sunday for a short visit
with his mother. He was accompanied by Miss Martha Gadow, who has
been visiting the past week at Little
Rock.
Mrs. Geo. Kowitz returned from
Bemidji where she has been to visit
with relatives for a week.
Don't forget to attend school meeting July 21.
John Bauer and Wenzle Houn each
have a new bull rake.
Lightning Strikes
Twice in The
Same Place
It has often been said that
lightning' never strikes twice in
the same place. But it d. es.
John Leeb'.s house was stmck
again last Sunday morning'. No vv
he has his house rodded, which
he says, he hopes will put in
end to the strikes.
HOLSTEIN  PARK
Where did you spend the Fourth'
H. H. Sanborn attended the barbeque
at St. Cloud. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Sanborn, Elroy Vaux and the Martins
family had a picnic at Chas. Sanborn's. Mr. and Mrs. P. G. Anderson
and E. M. Thompson and family had
a picnic dinner with relatives at
Mrs. E. ePrkins' home at Rucker.
Several from this place wnet to
Sullivan to the ball game.
Mrs.  Taylor and fDonald  called  at
the  Thompson  home   Sunday.
, Mr. Elwood Daly of Chicago, 111., is
visiting at Chas.  Sandorn's.
Mr. and Mrs. Cajacobs are enjoying a visit from their daughter Margaret and little son from Minneapolis. Her husband will follow in a few
days.
Mr. J. A. Bert and Chas Sanborn,
Mr. Daly, E. M. Thompson a: '1 Philip
Anderson were fishing at White Bear
lake   Friday.
Ruby Shristian visited Nellie
Martin   Sunday  afternoon.
Alva Martin has t new gasoline
engine.
Nearly everyone ii this vicinity is
working on the road this week.
Mr. Eugene Thompson called on J.
A. Sanborn Monday.
Mr. Donnan has been helping Mr.
Wolfender  at  Sulli-an   lake.
Elroy Vaux an| Edwin Martin
were at Sullivan like  Sunday.
That Storm Last
Sunday Morning
Lightning struck Mrs. Nick
Lochner's house in the village
last Sunday morning and damaged it to the extent of about
$150. The Are company was
called out to extinguish the
fire.
RUC-ER
Wm. Goble andl wife enjoyed a
visit from their t.o daughters, Mrs.
Millard Holm of Motley and Mrs.
Dora Hendricks tf Nevis and their
families over the fourth. Mrs. O. D.
Culver of Nevis brought them in his
car. 1
Mr. Alvin Sell tjok the two Ferguson families to Isrz in his car to
celebrate  the Glafous  Fourth.
The S. D. Woodand Probasco families spent the Fiurth in St. Cloud,
the guests of thek relatives, Mr. and
Mrs. Asbury V*3 ,. Bert Sanborn
took the ProbasJ family in his car.
They all report! pleasant time.
Mr. and Mrs.Brba Waller visited
at  the   Fergusolihome  last  Sunday.
The Lewis Jghy of Peavy Lake
visited at the tiae of Mr. and Mrs.
Tracy Waller l,t  Sunday.
The Cates, jworman, Ray Bruber
and Tomberlir families enjoyed a
Fourth of Jul; picnic in the woods
near the Catesjhome.
Francis Torperlin was appointed
road overseer in place of Mr. Sommers   who  reantly  resigned.
There was ayown board meeting at
Leigh Teach^t'. Saturday after
noon.
Evelyn Brufer spent the Fourth
with her _rien(01ive Lewis at Peavy
Lake.
Colts For Sale.
One 2 year old mare;   Two 1
1 year old Geldings;   One spring
mare colt.
Wm. Diekmann,
4-2 Route 2, Pierz, Minn.
iLLMAN
A number olthe folks of Hillman
and vicinity sgnt the Fourth at
Pierz.
R. C. Betheljand children and
sister, Miss Made Bethel, motored
to St. Cloud Jul) 4.
John Nelson f Mount Morris was
a Hillman callaThursday.
Mrs. J. A. Fpher of Delano, after
visiting with _jr parents for a few
weeks, returnel home  Saturday,
IR. C. BethelVent to Pierz Saturday.
A large numlr of people attended
the birthday pa|y at John Nelson's
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs] Larson and family
motored to Sulltan lake Sunday.
Mr. and Mts John Nelson of
.Mille Lacsf camelp Saturday to visit
with their son, ■_ l. Nelson.
Ray Sims wa| a Hillman caller
Monday.
Charles Leigl
Dakota, is visit
August Drew.
of     Jud,     North
at  the  home   of
SULLIVAN
Pierz goers last Tuesday were
Riley Hoskins, Harold Widdowson,
Wm. Droger and Dorothy Lynn.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Smith and Mrs.
Duncan and children motored up
from Stearns Co. Tuesday and spent
the Fourth with  relatives.
Wm. Adkins, wife and sons Ed and
Glenn of Stearns Co. spent a few
days at the Peter Adkins home.
J. Carnes and family of Royalton
spent a few days at Camp Linnehan.
The best ball game of the season
was played at the "Pine Grove" the
Fcurth, between the Lake 12 and
Sullivan teams. The score was tied
in the first half of the ninth inning.
Lake 12 scored in the last half make-
ing the score G to 7.
John Smith, who has been employed in Dakota and JVIilard and Perry
Van Kueren who have been working at Bay Lake, spent the Fourth at
home.
F. Fulkerson and wife of Kansas
City stopped at Widdowson's a few
days last week.
A bunch of our boys took in the
dance at Lastrup the evening of the
Fourth.
Merle Look spent Thursday at the
Orphens  home.
The Fitch family occupied the
"Fitch" cottage a few days last week.
D. W. Sims and wife are the owners of a (Ford car.
C. E. Look has bought a few acres
of land of Wolfender and expects to
move onto the same soon.
The L. McGonagle family were at
Camp Linnehan a few days last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Pint arrived
home Monday from a visit with
their daughter who lives in Grand
Forks, North Dakota.
A game of ball was played at the
"Pine Grove" Sunday between the
Lake 12 and Sullivan nines, the score
stood 2 to 6 in favor of Sullivan.
Mrs. Riley Hoskins visited at Eli
Hoskins' Tuesday.
There will be a dance at Walter
Zak's place on the "Thorofare" next
Saturday night.
B. L. Merry of Minneapolis spent
Sunday and Monday here looking
over his land in section 22 in Pulaski.
Bankers and other business
men in Minnesota, Dakotas and
Montana employ the stenographers and bookkeepers they can
get from the Little Falls Business College. If you have a
good common school education,
a college education will start
you in the business world. Send
for catalog.
Farmers Attention:
Wanted 1,000 tons of
scrap iron. I also buy
copper and brass. See me
before selling elsewhere.
For reference inquire at
Buckman State Bank.
Max Shlimovitz.
FOR SALE-A Clover hul-
ler and engine.
Hubert Kelzenberg,
Buckman,
You can bay your Fire
Insurance jssessmerjt at
the Germs* State Bank.
Forethought.
People are learning that a little tore-
thought often saves them a big expense.
Here is an instance: E. W. Archer,
Caldwell, Ohio, writes: "I do not believe that our family has been without
Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy since we commenced keeping house
years ago. When we go on an extended
visit we take it with us." Obtainable
everywhere.—Advertisement.
Letter from Wm.
Faust and C. Dunn
The  Pierz Journal,
Pierz, Minn.
Dear Doctor:
Thinking you and your readers
would be interested in our trip to To-
wanda, Pennsylvania, I send you a
few jottings from our "log book,"
written enroute. We had to travel
over six different lines of railway to
get here, i. e., M.St. P. Ste St. M„
G. N., C. B. & Q., C & N. W., Mich.
Cent, and Lehigh Valley railways.
At Chicago we vi_ited that most interesting place in the city—the Art
Institute—a place of special interest
to us. Leaving Chicago on the Michigan Central, we passed through Kalamazoo, Battle Creek and Ann Arbor,
Mich. At Detroit our train ran under
the Detroit river in the great mile
and a half double track tunnel. We
stopped at St. Thomas, Ont., (Canada)
for dinner. It was raining as we
traveled through this part of Canada
and there is evidence of too much
rain for some time past. In no section we saw on our trip did crops
look as well as they do in Morrison
county,  Minnesota.
We arrived at Niagara Falls shortly after that trolley car accident happened. We saw the trucks of the ill-
fated car upturned in the swirling
waters of Niagara and the work of
recovering 40 dead bodies was in
progress while we were there. The
heavy rains of the past three weeks
have made the road beds rather uncertain hereabouts. The engine of
our train ran off the tracks at Sayre,
Pa. However, we arrived on schedule time at Towanda and find it a
beautiful little city.
The place has many evidences of
being an old town and in the cemetery are to be seen moss grown tombstones over the graves of those who
were buried here over 200 years ago.
We expect to be here until about
October 1. We will visit New York
city and possibly .'ie citi^ of Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Boston and
Washington, D. C, before our return.
Charles  Dunn.
Towanda, Pa.
Notice-
Prospective   Ford   car
buyers should place their
order   now.     The   price
will go up August 1st.
Henry Gau.
I will pay the highest
price for Eggs in trade or
cash.
Herman Koering,
Pierz, Minn.
Notice.
I will no longer be  responsible for debts made by  my wife
and any of my children.
1-3 JOS. EISEL.
You can pay your Fire
Insurance Assessment at
the German State Bank.
Grain And Produce
Market Report
Wheat, No. 1,  $1.90
Wheat, No. 2     1.80
Wheat, No. 3.—      1.70
Flax,       2.70
Barley..       .80-90
Rye    1.90
Oats      70
Ear Corn 1.25
Hay      7.00
Butter, Creamery .      40
"       Dairy       27
Eggs       30
Plour,Royal     5.90
"    White Rose.....      5.80
Low grade flour 3.00
(Bran 1.75
.Cracked Corn 80pounds 2.75
: Shorts 2.10
Ground Peed    2.40
Beans      5.00
; Onions     2.50
'Potatoes     2.15
FATAL DISASTER
AT MARE^ISLAND
Explosion at Navy Yard Does
Great Damage.
EIGHT REPORTED KILLED
Strict Censorship Prevails and No De-i
tails of Accident Are Obtainable Un-|
til   Official    Report   Is   Made—Blast!
Felt for Great Distance.
i
Vallejo, Cal., July 10.—An explosion,;
origin as yet unannounced, destroyed!
the black powder storehouse of the;
Mare island navy yard.
Eight persons are missing and it is;
feared they were'killed.
•ince the United States entered thej
war all entrances to the navy yard;
have been carefully guarded.
Thirty injured persons have been!
taken to the navy yard hospital.
Workmen returning to Vallejo,
across the straits from the yard, say
nearly all the houses occupied as
residences by officials and workmen
in the immediate vicinity of the magazine were destroyed or badly shattered.
It is impossible to get details because of the strict censorship established by the navy department at the
beginning of the hostilities with Germany and which is still in effect.
So terrific was the blasts that
houses in South Vallejo, across the
straits facing the yards where the
magazine is located, were badly damaged. Most of them had their fronts
blown in a_fd several were unroofed.
The roof of the roundhouse in that
city was blown off.
A few minutes after the explosion
all the naval officers at Mare Island
and about 1,000 marines and other recruits were hurried to the scene.
The blast was heard as far away as .
Sacramento,    where    buildings   were
rocked    and     dishes     shaken    from
shelves. It was also felt in Oakland,
Alameda and Berkeley.
ALLIES IN REPRISAL
RAID ON GERMANS!
London, July 10.—Flinging down hunj
dreds of tons of high explosive bombsj
on German interior cities in a sw.ft;
succession of reprisal raids, an allied;
warplane armeda has carried ven-j
geance home to the foe, even bom-;
barding the heart of Germany's muni-|
tion system, the Krupp factories at;
Essen, Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig|
announced.
Fourteen German airplanes were!
swept from the air by the British in;
fighting over Belgium during a period!
marked by the greatest activity of the
aerial forces on both sides. The German attack on London and the giant
reprisal raid into Germany are the two
mightiest air expeditions in the history of the world.
"Our air bombing squadron, comprising eighty-four machines, brilliantly performed a srnes of expeditions
against towns in the interior of Germany," the official statement said.
"Eleven of our planes dropped twenty-four tons of bombs. Over Treves
seven fires were observed. Six of our
machines dropped bombs and damaged the important factory of Ludg-
wigsthefen and other buildings, burned another airplane and bombed the
Krupp works at Essen."
U. S. MAY SEIZE SHIPYARDS
Might Assume Charge in Case Threatened Strike Materializes.
New York, July 10.—The commandeering of the shipyards in the New
York and New Jersey districts by tlie
United States government was predicted here by an official of one of the
large shipbuilding firms when informed that labor leaders contemplated
calling a general strike in all of the
yards unless the demands of those
now out on strike were granted.
Of the 12,000 men employed in the
thirty-five shipbuilding plants in- this
city it was said about ..000 had
struck. The men ask a wage of $4.50
a day. an increase of about 50 cents a;
day over the present wage.
ONE THOUSAND MINERS OUT!
Coal Properties of Southeastern Sas-j
katchewan Closed.
Winnipeg, July 10.—All miners inj
coal mines in Southeastern Saskatche-1
wan have gone on strike. The princi-l
pal center is Estavan.
The men want a 20 per cent wage;
increase, but prefer government operation.   One thousand miners are idle.
Minnesota Centenarian Dead.
St. Paul, July 10.—John Halloran,:
103 years old, who lived on the^ same'
Minnesota homestead for sixty-two
years, is dead at St. Thomas, Scott
county. Born at Malle, County Cork,
Ireland, St. Patrick's day, 1814, Hallo-
ran arrived in America on the Fourth
of July, 1913, and came to Minnesota
In 1850.
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