The Pierz Journal (Pierz, Morrison County, Minnesota), 1918-03-28

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VOL. NO. 9.
PIERZ, HORRISON COUNTY, MINNESOTA, March 28, 1918.
No. 41
STATE
TERSELY TOLD
Recent Happenings In Minnesota
Given In Brief Items For
Busy Readers.
Pierz.—The parochial school of
Pierz has organized a Junior Red
Cross auxiliary with 170 members.
Barnesville.—Everett Colby of this
city, former editor of The Headlight
and well known In collegiate circles
at Fargo, has arrived in France.
Winona.—Dr. J. J. Hillmar, the oldest teacher in Southern Minnesota in
point of years ln service, will retire
at the end of the present school year.
Bemidji.—Both the big plants of the
Crookston Lumber company here have
opened for their summer work. The
mills will give employment to 600
men.
Camp Dodge, De? Moines—Private
Carl V. Edstrum, member of the 350th
field ambulance company, died at the
base hospital of pneumonia. His home
was at Middle River, Minn.
St. Cloud.—Evert Hall, who was sentenced to serve a term in the state's
prison of from one to five years, was
freed upon the commutation of his
sentence by the board of pardons.
Northome.—Two small children of
Gust Komms found some photographic
developing fluid containing wood alcohol and both of them drank some
of it, but prompt attention was given
them.    They are recovering nicely.
Little Falls.—John H. Hoffman of
Lastrup, who was arrested March 14
on charge of interfering with .he
draft, waived examination before
Judge Lyons and was bound over to
the grand jury. His bonds were fixed
at   $200,   which   he   furnished.
St. Paul.—A. W. Trenholm, vice
president and general manager of the
Omaha road, has been appointed
chairman of the Northwest car service
committee by Director General W. G.
McAdoo. He succeeds Maj. G. T.
Slade, who is about to go overseas
for duty.
St. James.—Sherman H. Becker of
this city was arrested on a warrant
charging disloyalty. He is alleged
to have said that he was glad Capt
Archie Roosevelt was wounded; that
he had no business over there ancl
ought to have been killed. He was
held to the grand jury.
•Sauk Rapids.—Two young men,
Enard Nelson and Ervin Jahn, who
were arrested here recently on a
burglary charge, were sentenced to
serve a year in the state reformatory
Judge Roeser ordered the sentence
supended with the alternative that the
young men join the navy.
East Grand Forks.—Bocks are wanted by the hundreds of East Grand
Forks people for the war service library for the army and navy men.
A committee of women at the Sacred
Heart parochial school are co-operating with a committee from the Central school to make the drive a success.
La Crescent.—George Umberger,
prominent resident of La Crescent, Is
at liberty under bonds of $200 awaiting trial on acount of having placed
a "German-American" ticket in the recent village election. The tickets
were printed upon ordinary paper and
headed with the words "German-
American ticket."
Winona.—The Liberty Loan and Investment company of Winona has
changed its name to the Liberty Land
and Investment company, in amended
articles of incorporation filed in the
office of Secretary of State Schmahl.
The change was made after federal
officials objected to the use of the
words Liberty Loan.
St. Paul.—Because of Governor
Burnquist's illness, the hearing on
charges on which Nonpartisan league
representatives ask the removal of
iSheriff O. C. Lee of Jackson county
were postponed until some near -future date. The Governor was In bed
at his home, suffering with tonsilitis
and larlyngltis, but his condition was
reported to be. improved.
St. Paul.—The state board of control announces that federal fuel regulations may necessitate an appeal for
special exceptions, in order to obtain
' Illinois coal for state institutions in
southern Minnesota. In the event
that such shipments are prohibited
a number of the board said the coal
supply 'Will cost the state $275,000
more than under the old order. State
institutions are specially equipped to
handle the Illinois product.
St. Paul.—Awards of contracts for
the erection of the new state normal
school building at Bemidji, estimated
to cost $100,000, have been made by
the state board of control. The lowest bids were accepted as follows:
General contracts, $70,075, S. M. Klar-
quist & Son, Minneapolis; heating and
plumbing, $19,376,,. M :.I. O'Neil, St.
Paul; el ectrj^g^a^'cts, $1,758, Minnesota Ele.lHH__g_Lt & Power company, Bemidji. The building is to be
completed by Jan. 1, 1919, and will
be opened next year.
East Grand Forks.—Humboldt, a
small town in Kittson county, Minnesota, has been quarantined because of
an Incipient smallpox epedemic. About
a half, dozen of the 200 inhabitants
. of the town have been taken ill, but
the authorities have taken steps to
prevent a spread of the disease.
Frazee.—Mrs. C. W. McKenzie celebrated her 100th birthday here at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. S. S.
Jones. Three daughters, a son-in-law,
one grandson, a great grandson, a
cousin and a niece, were among the
relatives who gathered to observe tha
lay-
nteresting
Correspondences
Sullivan News
C. E. Look and son Merle
drove to Hillman Priday and
brought T. Wolfenden's 15 passenger launch up to the lake,
where it will be put on the lake
as soon as the ice is gone.
D. K. Harting, wife and son
Lloyd of Little Palls spent last
Saturday at their cottage on
the lake.
Miss Zernas spent Saturday
and Sunday with Miss Haus-
mann at the Peter Adkins home.
Rose Adkins visited her sister
Mrs. Will Britton Sunday.
The Will Britton family have
rented the Henry Pierce farm
and have moved onto tlie same
last week.
The Sullivan and the Lake 12
ball nines crossed bats last Sunday and the score stood 7 to 12
in favor of the Lake 12.
Matt Pint moved his household goods to Little Palls last
Monday, where he has rented a
farm.
Platte News,
Mr. and Mrs. Reese and son
Christ visited at the Wolff home
Friday evening.
There were a couple of sudden
deaths in this neighborhood lately—A couple of dogs dying suddenly. Seems as though there
is something verv poisonous
around here. Must be the gas
they are using over in Europe.
We will have to be wearing gas
masks soon I'm thinking. Beware of pills.
Prank Wolff was a Pierz caller
last Saturday.
A party was given at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Math. Valentine
Sunday afternoon. Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. Prank
Wolff and son Robert, Mr. and
Mrs. Chr. Reese, Herman Proeh-
lich, Jake Sontag his wife and
family. Alex S. Johns and also
a jolly bunch of young folks,
John Ebertowski, Aug. Sontag,
John Sch mitt and Misses 1_lary
Wolff, Minnie and Annie Proeh-
lich. They all enjoyed a lofty
time.
Mr. and Mrs. Theo. Rychner
and family visited at the Christ
Reese home Sunday evening.
Mr. and Mrs Math. Valentine
had their baby baptized in the
catholic church at Lastrup last
Sunday.
Mrs. Alex Johns is home visiting with her folks. She will
leave Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Theo. Rychner
were Pierz callers last Monday
afternoon.
Luther Lawrentzen has built a
new barn on his place.
Tax School to be
Given Mon. April 9
County Auditor McNairy received notice Monday from the
Minnesota tax commission that
the school for instruction of assessors will be held in the court
house April 9th, at 10 o?clock in
the morning. All assessors of
the County will be paid $3.00 a
day for the time spent at this
school on instruction. They will
also be paid 5 cents a mile both
ways of their travels. The county will pay these amounts as
under the law of 1917, prior to
this the .xpenses were paid by
the towns. This meeting is open
to the general public and the
tax commission desires as many
of the taxpayers who are interested in the tax -question to attend. An invitation is also given to the Farmers' clubs of the
county to be present.
Crowded out last week.
Mr. and  Mrs.  Theo. Rychner
and  family  and   Christ   Reese
visited at the Wolff home Monday evening.
There were a couple of sudden
deaths in this neighborhood
lately—a couple of dogs dying
suddenly. Seems as if something very poisonous was around
here. Must be the gas they are
using over in Europe. We will
have to be wearing gas masks
soon I'm thinking. Beware of
pills.
■Born-r-To  Mr. and  Mrs.  Valentine a girl last Thursday.
County Seat: Cullings
Dr. L. M. Roberts received a
cablegram Wednesday evening
from his son Loren, stating that
he has arrived safely over the
seas.
Phil Randall arrived Wednesday evening for a short visit at
his home from Rock Island, 111.,
where he has been the past five
weeks iii the Rock Island arsenal as a munition inspector.
County Auditor McNairy has
received a statement from the
State Highway commission stating that Morrison county will
receive $50,000 federal aid for
the improvement of state roads
Nos. 1, 2 and 3. This amount
has been set aside by the Federal Highway commission.
The fire department was called
out Saturday evening to extinguish a tire in the garage belonging to G. W. Karlson, The fire
was started by little boys who
had built A bonfire in the backyard which spread to the garage
ancl completely destroyed it.
An automobile in the garage was
taken out before the tire had
made much headway.
A fire was started east of Little Falls Sunday by some person
or a train and did considerable
damage. The fire started near
Belle Prairie and worked southward until it reached the Pierz
road. A house owned bv ,N. N.
Bergheim, valued at $700 and a
hay shed belonging to Alfred
Green, containing $200 worth of
hay were destroyed, also many
telephone poles and trees were
damaged.
Jolm Schneider of Swanville,
age lb years, was arrested Wednesday on the charge of stealing
a watch. His hearing was held
Thursday in juvanile court before Judge of Probate Shaw,
where he was found guilty and
the watch returned to the owner.
Schneider was put on indefinate
probation and must report the
first of each month to Sheriff
Pelix until discharged. He was
also forced to pay the costs of
the action, amounting to $12.96.
The watch belonged to Mrs. Ju-
liaWestfall, his mother, and the
complaint was made by her.
The boy had exchanged the
watch for another one before his
arrest.
Do Not be Fooled
By the Lies of
The Enemy
The United States Government is not taking away from
the people, and will not take
away from them in the future,
any of the canned goods, preserves, home-grown food, or
usmil stock of provisions bought
and kept in the pantry or cellar
for family use.
All reports to the contrary
are false, and come originally
from the enemy or friends of the
enemy, with the intention of
frightening and confusing people, and thus interfering with
the government's plans for food
conservation, Anyone coming
to you, pretending to be a government or Food Administration official, to demand any of
your family food supplies, is an
enemy agent and should be reported to the nearest officer for
punishment by law.
Hoarding, however, is another
matter, and is wrong, By hoarding is meant the buying and
holding of larger supplies of
food than customary in peace
times. This'is not only unnecessary and selfish, but it is an
injury to the common good, and
may even imperil the winning
of the war. The government
prohibits hoarding.
United States Food
Administration.
Notice to Luce
Line Stockholders
Qf Pierz, Minn.
Notices are now at the
German State Bank for
all stockholders to sign.
Bring in your stock
certificates
The sooner notices are
signed the sooner the
Company can be served.
A. P. STOLL,
Sec'y Stockholders' Com.
Grain And Produce
Market Report
Choice No. 1 Northern $2.04
Wheat, No. 1, $2.00
Wheat, No. 2     1.97
Wheat, No. 3...      1.94
Wheat, No. 4     1.90
Flax,       4.00
Barley  1.60
Rye      1.70
Oats.        80
EarCorn  1.25
Hay     10.00
Butter, Creamery .      45
"       Dairy _       37
Eggs        30
Flour,         5.50
Bran 2.10
Cracked Corn 80 pounds 2.75
Shorts 2.00
Ground Feed  _    2.40
Beans ___-._  _.     9.00
Onions     2.50
Potatoes        90
Men that are Aeccpted.
The following men of this vicinity have been accepted;
Peter J. Brauen,
Nick Olremba,
Fiank Smuda,
Joseph Flicker,
Mike Zormeier,
Joseph B. Brausen,
John Tschida,
Those Are to Be Examined,
The following  men from   our
neighborhood   v/ere  notified on
March 21. to  appear before the
local medical board on Wednesday, March 27, for  their examination;
Otto J. Brisk, Genola,
John Gwaisdoske, Pierz,
Jacob J. Girtz, Pierz,
Leo Ebertowski, Pierz,
John N. Bollig, Pierz,
William Brausen, Pierz,
Philip Gwiasdoski, Pierz,
Frank Altrichter, Pierz,
George Englert, Pierz,
Frank Brunette, Pierz,
Prank Dillenburg, Genola,
Henry Boser, Pierz,
Sawmill Destroyed by Fire.
Peter  Trecter's sawmill
Food Goes to Allied Countries
Statistics   compiled   by   the
Pood Administration show that
the  grand total of  all food  ex-
was ported   to the  four  allies—the
destroyed by fire last Monday; United Kingdom, France, Italy
night. The cause of the fire is and Russia—from July 1,- 1914,
unknown. Peter intends to re-; to January 1, 1918, would fur-
pair the machinery and have it j nish complete yearly rations for
in running order again in a short i 57,100,933 adult persons, with a
time. (surplus  of  protein  capable  of
  [supplying  this  portion  of  the
diet   to    22,194,570   additional
M Called Failed to Appear men.
  Since  the   beginning  of   the
Only 8.18 per cent of the men war the United States has aver-
called failed to appear     Of the aged to  supply the   allies with
3,082,949 persons called under
the selective-service act 252,294,
or 1.18 per cent failed to appeae
for examination, according to a
statement issued by the Provost
Marshal General. This number,
however, included men who had
previously enlisted or been commissioned and had failed to notify their boards, some who had
with food enough each year to
support 16,314,552 persons, and
with an excess of both protein
and fats sufficient for several
millions more.
The total exports of wheat
and wheat flour to the three
principle allies, Russia getting
but a very small per cent of the
whole, were equivalent to about
died, and many who were trans-  384,000,000 bushels,   or an aver-
ferred  to  other boards  but by I age of about 110,000,000 bushels
mistake had been carried on the
books of their local boards—estimated at 100.000
a year. Of this total amount
the United Kingdom got 145,-
348 000   bushels  of  wheat   and
Many of the remaining 150,- 8,512,000 barrels of wheat flour;
000 were aliens, a number of Prance got 79,798,000 bushels of
whom left the country to enlist
Our business is increasing,
"still we can handle some more
and we ought to have yours.
Come in and talk it over. First
State Bank of Genola.
The Anton Zimmermann
family is now liviug in the
Mrs. John Tretter house in
upper town.
Nick Konen of Fargo visited old friends here yesterday. He made the run from
Fargo to Pierz in six hours.
Nick says that his brother
John is now lieutenant in
General Pershing's army in
France.  ' .
in their own armies.
The statement estimates the
number of real "slackers" at
not more than 50,000, or an average ot not less than 10 for each
local board.
wheat and 5,462,000 barrels of
wheat flour; Italy 87,136,000
bushels of wheat and 1,895,000
barrels of wheat flour. Russia
received only 130.000 bushels of
wheat and 25,000 barrels wheat
flour.
The total exports of pork products  were nearly 2,000,000,000
My Millinery Sale  opened! pounds,   a   yearly   average of
in Genola last Saturday, andj about 570,000,000 pounds.   The
the    up-to-date   Spring   and I total sugar  exports
Summer Hats are going fast
Come in and see them.    Sale o^07nVere~was averaged' 23
12,269,000,000  pounds,   a  ye'arlj
i average   of   about   648,000,000.
last four weeks.
Marie E. Bolster.
332.C00 bushels;   oats, 207,93V
100; rye 3,407,000.
Local Happenings
OHhe Week
A. P. Stoll made a trip to
the cities last week.
Ig. Vonderhaar ef Alberts-
ville visited his mother over
Sunday.
Wessel Wolke, father of
Lastrup, was a visitor inPierz
yesterday.
Among those accepted for
service are Victor J. Kaas and
Fred Mueller.
Our bank is the strong bank,
the liberal bank. Come in and
start that checking account.
First State Bank of Genola.
Gust Prochinski of Little
Falls visited his mother, Mrs.
J. J. Faust Saturday.
"Fritz" Stumpf left for St.
Cloud last Saturday for an
over Sunday visit with H. J.
Bares.
Mrs. Frank Wise of Brainerd was visiting relatives and
friends here the past week.
E. M. Lafond and C. F.
Christianson of the Morrison
County Lumber Co., were
business callers here Tuesday.
My Millinery Sale opened
in Genola last Saturday, and
the up-to-date Spring and
Summer Hats are going fast.
Come in and see them. Sale
lasts four weeks.
Marie E. Bolster.
Jos. Meyer has accepted a
job with J. H. Vanloon, the
lightning rod man. Frank
Neisius will hereafter run
the car for Winer.
John Schmolke left last
Saturday morning for Canada. He took with him half
a dozen others to that much-
heralded land of milk and
houey.
We all make enough money
to become comfortably established but it is only the wise
few who save it. The price of
prosperity is economy and industry. First State Bank of
Genola.
A. K,. Davidson of Winnipeg, Wm. Davidson of Hutch-
ingson and J. K. Martin of
Little Falls were callers at
the German State Bank last
Saturday.
A. J. Roehlke, who formerly lived on the John L. Gross
place in Granite, visited old
friends here Friday of last
week. Mr. Roehlke is now
fanning two miles south of
Melrose.
Your bank deposit book look
affords a complete record c f
cash reciept, while the cancelled
checks are records of all payments. A checking account is
ihe business way. First State
Bank of Genola.
Nick Kramer of Greenwald
looked over our country last
week with his eye on a piece
of land. Nick is an implement and hardware dealer,
and buys cattle and farms on
the side.
J. B. Franzeu, a new settler in Hillman, was a caller
'here yesterday. Mr. Franzen has gi*rat faith in the future of Hil!'i!-.:i and .nr-
roup.ding count:", lie formerly lived _4t.aV.ll -:.:'..:•.:,Mill-
neow-u.
ELE GUN
WAY
Bombardment of Paris From St.
Gobain    Forest,     76    Miles ;
From City, Still Continues.
PEOPLE NOT ALARMED \
Go to  Church  as  Usual  Though   Pro-1
jectiles   Fall    During   Greater
Part of Day—S'hells Fall
.. ^    ..   on Schedule.
Paris, March 25.—In the St. Gobain;
forest west of Laon, exactly 122 kilo-!
meters, approximately 76 miles from!
the Paris city hall, the German mons-;
ter "cannon" which has been bom-'
barding Paris, has been located.
The gun again bombarded Paris
during the greater part of Sunday.
The day was ushered in by loud explosions from the 10-inch shells, and
immediately the alarm to take cover
was sounded. This occurred at 6:55
o'clock and many persons sought
shelter, but greater numbers of them
appeared in the streets on their usual
way to the churches, which were
almost as well filled as usual. The
women who sell palm leaves on Palm
Sundays did their usual thriving business.
Shells Fall on Schedule.
' At first, the shells began arriving
at intervals of twenty minutes, and
the detonations, considering the Sunday calm, seemed louder than those
of Saturday. Their power to disturb
the .equanimity of the populace, however, seemed less, the people refusing
to be distracted from their Sunday
habits to any great extent.
In Saturday's bombardment, 24
shots in all were fired from 7.20 a.
m. to 3 o'clock p. m., a shell dropping every twenty minutes with monotonous regularity. The bombardment presented all the characteristics'
of a bombardment by heavy artillery,
there being regular intervals between
the shots and the shells falling within a restricted area. Enemy aviators
who flew over the city during the
early hours of the bombardment regulated  the  firing.
"French   Front   Intact,"   Note.
For the benefit of that portion of
the populace which had been led to
believe the Germans had broken
through the line and were bombarding Paris from nearby positions, a
semi-official note was issued. This
warned the people against believing
pessimistic  reports:
"The French front is intact," said
the note. "Any assertion to the contrary is a lie."
As late as 3 o'clock no explosions
had been heard for more than an
hour. The 'clear signal" was sounded at 3:30 o'clock.
Schedule Is Speeded  Up.
Although during the earlier hours of
the bombardment the shells arrived
on twenty minute intervals, later in
the day they began arriving every fifteen minutes on the average, and
some of them even fell 12 minutes
apart.
In military circles the belief was
expressed that the Germans were using two long distance guns. The Matin says the position of one of the
guns was established in the' St. Gobain forest, which would place it
somewhat further south in the wooded
area than had been believed.
The government has decided that
In the future the bombardment of
Paris by long distance guns shall not
interrupt the normal life of the capitol, but that the popuMion shall be
warned of a bombardment by distinctive means, differing from the
usual warnings sent out in cases of
air raids. Drums will be beaten and
the  police  will  sound  whistles.
MINE SINKS FOE TRANSPORT
Gunner Admiral, Soldiers and Grew
Are Reported Drowned.
London, March 25.—Finlander.. ar-1
riving at Stockholm on the gunboat!
Svenskund, say that the German!
transport Frankland struck a mine;
and sank at Moorland, according to!
an Exchange Telegraph dispatch!
from Stockholm.
The. transport was crowded with;
soldiers, cannon and munitions and,!
according to the dispatch, the entire;
crew, all of the soldiers, and Admiral;
von Meyer were lost.
•'• Says Women Will Decide War.
■ Rome, March 25.—"America and;
particularly the women of America'
will decide the war against Germany." recently declared Dr. Stuart
Galenga, Under-Secretary to Premier
Orlando, addressing a meeting of the
Woman's National Italian Leap.'*..
"Without the patriotic work of women in Entente countries we could not
hope to win," he continued.
Tries To Get Loan Ban P..nov. d.
Washington, March '•'•* -- Htomey
General Langer cf North D'Akotn i .1
Washington endeavoring lo havo l'"1.
embargo on federal farm Iomus v!:: 't
applies to N3r'_t Dakota, taken o_*.
Tli- reason for the application of ih-
embargo rests with the Baer seed
bill wni-ii provides that the mon ^"
1 to faruers on tils propo~'t:'>n
• '.n  1-. .   p.'or lien to the 'p"iirity
-!,    , '     A'lout $3,000,000   b*o    i'"»i
fL   .\orth  Dakota   and    there
ire  :jO,00,uuu  of   applications    which
are being held up.
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