The Pierz Journal (Pierz, Morrison County, Minnesota), 1918-05-09

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VOL. NO. 9.
PIERZ, MORRISON COUNTY, MINNESOTA, MAY 9,  1918.
No. 47
NEWS OF STATE
TERSELY TOLD
Recent Happenings In Minnesota
Given In Brief Items For
Busy Readers.
St. Peter.—Ole, Anexstead, 94 yearg
old, said to be the oldest man ln
Nicollet county, is dead. He came
from Norway 54 years ago and engaged in farming.
Winona.—Emile Michaux, a Belgian,
31 years old, has began his duties a3
municipal bandmaster. Michaux was
graduated .irom the Royal Conservatory of Music, Brussels.
St. Paul.—The body of Joseph Wiec-
xorek, 62, an escaped patient of the
Willmar state asylum, was found in
a swamp near Willmar lake. Dr. Geo.
H. Freeman reported to the state
board  of control.
Wheaton.—Mrs. A. H. Johnson is in
the hospital in a critical condition,
the result of her son's carelessness
with a rifle. The boy thought the
rifle was unloaded. The bullet lodged
in the back of Mrs. Johnson's head.
Red Wing.—Rev. A. E. Knickerbocker, president of the Red Cross
has received a check for $5,030.63,
from H. C. Stebbins-and C. S. Sultzer
of the auction committee, representing the receipts from a recent auction.
Wahkon.—At a special election held
at Isle the people of School District
No. 10 voted to bond the district to
the state for $12,000 for the purpose,
of erecting a new schoolhouse. The
vote was 66 in favor of bonds and 54
against.
East Grand Porks.—H. F. Wessel of
St. Paul was here in the interest of
an organization of patriotic Americans of German origin that has recently been perfected for the state of
Minnesota, with headquarters in St.
Paul.
Virginia. — Mrs. Martha Ranta,
school teacher of Colvin, and eight
others who were indicted on a charge
of spreading seditious ideas among
pupils of the school and Finn residents of the town, were acquitted by
a jury here,
Rochester.—The body of Anton
Aldo, employed by the Omaha Structural Steel Bridge company, building
the dam on the Zumbro river here
March 19, was found, caught in the
fork of a tree, by one of the camp
cooks while fishing.
Winona.—While playing at trench
warfare Anton Biliki, age 12, struck
Philip Jaskola, 12, with a dirt bomb.
Becomyig angry Jaskola hurled a rock
"over the top" striking Anton in the
head, bursting a blood vessel. Bilicki
died as the results of the injury, according to the coroner.
St. Paul.—An order to muster out
of state service and disband the Second Minnesota Field Artillery, Col.
W. J. Murphy, St. Paul, commanding,
has been issued by Adjutant General
W. F. Rhinow. It is effective at once.
"The War department refuses to call
the regiment into Fedenll service and
the organization Is too expensive to
maintain in the state, service," General Rhinow said in explanation of
the order.
St. Paul.—Crow Wing county finds
itself "bone dry" in spite of having
voted wet three years ago, says
County Attorney S. F. Alderman of
Brainerd, who investigated the county's status at the state capitol. Jackson county also voted wet in a county option election, but is dry because
all its villages voted dry. The "bone
dry" order of the Minnesota Public
Safety commission covers Crow Wing
county, as well as the federal law
against introduction of liquor into "Indian country."
Crookston.—The inquest into the
death of Bernard P. Miller, who was
killed in an auto accident near Eldred
developed that Mr. Miller met his
death by accident when the car he
was driving turned over into the
ditch, pinning him under the car and
smothering him in the mud and water. Deputy Coroner Stenshoel stated
that when he first viewed the body
Mr. Miller's eyes, ears, nose and
mouth were filled with dirt and mud
and that it would have been impossible for him to breathe in such a
condition.
St. Paul.—Teeth for its past and
future orders were, provided by the
State Public Safety commission with
the adoption of order No. 33, prescribing penalties for infractions of
tho.se mandates. The new order
,reads: "The Minnesot^Commission
"of Public Safety orders as follows:
"Any person violating or refusing or
failing to obey any other of the Minnesota Commission of Public Safety,
heretofore or hereafter made, in
which no other punishment is specifically provided, shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor and shall be punished by
Imprisonment in a county jail for not
more, than three months, or by a fine
of not more than $100."
-Winona.—The first echo of American participation ln the war ha« come
to Winona. A letter has been received from John S. Stalka, a private, who was slightly wounded. Stalka
wrote from the hospital: "When we
Americans got up there and the Fritz
outfit came at us they found we had
a formidable outfit, anyhow."
St. Paul.—Contracts for five Import,
ant Federal aid road projects will
be let during May by the Minnesota
state highway commission, according
to C. M. Babcock, commissioner, having an aggregated length of eighty
Wght miles and costing $273,000.
Interesting
Correspondences
Sullivan News,
L. Dorman was a business visitor in Hillman Tuesday.
Mr. McKay of Minneapolis
has rented the Linehan place for
the season. He and his daughter arrived Tuesday.
Messrs. Watson, Fitch and
Hiebergf of Royalton motored
up to the lake Tuesday evening-
and returned home next day
with several large fish.
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Adkins
were Onamia callers last Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Widdowson left
for their home in Minneapolis
Wednesday.
Mrs. Widdowson's father, Mr.
Emerson, who spent the winter
here, left for his home in Bow-
bell, N. D., last Wednesday
morning.
Lastrup callers last Thursday
were: Bill Droger, Wm. Lynn
and son Fred, Julius VanKueren, C. E. Look and sons Merle
and Rodney and Jim and Mary
Adkins.
Miss Addie Brown of Hillman
visited the T. S. and 0. E Look
families over Sunday.
D. K. Harting and wife and
son Lloyd of Little Falls spent
Saturday and Sunday at their
summer cottage. Thev brought
their row boat engine and made
an eight mile trip around the
lake Saturday.
Those who attended the dance
at Sommers near Hillman Saturday evening were: Lila and
Larie Hoskins, Jim Pint, Art
Hoskins and Merle Look.
Earl andJohn Smith were lake
callers Sunday.
Tom Randall and children
were guests at the C. E. Look
home Sunday.
Clyde and Clarence Ybung and
their families of Royalton, motored through here Sunday afternoon.
Hillman callers Sunday were:
Mrs C. E. Look and children
and Amy Randall.
Mrs. Martin and Mr. and Mrs.
Ed. Thompson called at T. S.
Look's Sunday.
Pierz visitors Monday were
Merle Look, Mrs. H. C. Smith
and son John, "Col". Seibert
and Gus Inies.
A. P. Stoll and C. E. Grayel
of Pierz motored up to the lake
Saturday evening.
Anton Hartmann of Pierz was
at the Jake Sunday.
—MAKE W.S.S. PLEDCES—
Bring your hide to us for
tanning aud it will not be
wasted or shrunk with alum.
We'll get you a much larger
robe and a Life Time Guarantee. Eller Bros.
—MAKE W.S.S. PLEDGES—
Plowed up the
N. P. Right-of-way
The narrow strip of laud paralleling   the   N. P.   tracks   between St. Cloud to Minneapolis
;are plowed  up  and  seeded  to
grain.    These strips   are  about
two rods wide, on each side  of
the track and make eight  acres
: to the mile.    A very  low  esti-
: mate of 240 acres producing   15
j bushels of wheat per  acre   will
help some towards winning the
war.   At any rate it is better to
|make this land produce that   to
let it lie fallow.
—MAKE W.S.S. PLEDCES—
Sentenced to 4 Months
And to Pay $1,250,
Lecturer Randall of the Nonpartisan league, who spoke in
Pierz last August, convicted of
disloyal utterances, was sentenced to four months in the
county jail in Red Wing and to
pay a tine of $250 and $1,000
court costs. A stay was granted for 60 days, pending an appeal for a new trial.
—MAKE W.S.S. PLEDGES—
Hard Times in Sweden.
A. Haskell has a letter from
a relative just returned from
Sweden which states that there
are hard times in Sweden. The
letter says in part:
Conditions in Sweden are exasperating. People are on the
verge of starvation. There is
no milk or cream, no soap at
all, hardly any kind of foodstuffs and those few crumbs
which are obtainable are hardly
within reach of people of ordinary means.
—MAKE W.S.S. PLEDGES—
Joseph Theser Dead.
Joseph Theser, one of the old
.settlers of Agram, died at seven
o'clock Wednesday evening in
84 year of his age.
Mr. Theser was born in Austria in 1835 and came to America and direct to Agram in 1881.
He leaves a wife, two sons
and three daughters.
Burial will take place in St.
Joseph's cemetery Saturday
morning at nine oxlock.
Platte News,
Mr. and Mrs. Theo. Rychner
were visitors at the Christ Reese
home Sunday afternoon.
A dance was given by John
Hoheisel List Monday evening.
All present report a fine time.
Mr. and Mrs. Christ Reese received the sad news of the death
of Mrs. Reese's sister-in-law.
They left last Monday for Sioux
Valley, Iowa, where they will
attend the funeral.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wolff
were guests at the Theo. Rychner home Sunday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Kelley and
little daughter motored toLittle
Falls Sunday.
(Continued ou Page 4 Column 3.)
C. E. Gravel bought the
Thienes garage this morning.
Ed. Tanner of Little Falls
was a visitor in the village
Tuesday.
—MAKE W.S.S. PLEDGES—
SUMMER SCHOOL
Teachers, graduates and
others who wish to obtain a
good permanent position as
bookkeepers or stenographers
with the government or with
business men, should attend the
St.'Cloud Business College Summer School. Enter any time.
Write. VATH & AHLES.
—MAKE W.S.S. PLEDGES—
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,        3.75
Barley.   1.30
Rye    2.15
Oats      68
Ear Corn . 1.40
Hay     10.00
Butter, Creamery ..       45
Dairy       37
Eggs       31
Flour,          5.65
Bran . 2.10
Cracked Corn 80 pounds 2.75
Shorts 2.25
Ground Feed     2.40
County Seat Callings
Little Falls is lo have another
garage, constructed on Braod-
way east, immediately west of
the Shapiro building. The new
structure is to be 30 x 100 feet
in size and built of cement
blocks, work to begin the first
of next week.
Jacob Bolda of Morrill pleaded guilty to the non-support of
his wife Tuesday and was sentenced Thursday afternoon by
Judge Wm. L. Parsons to an indeterminate term at the St.
Cloud reformatory.
The entrance of Titus Plettl
in the service of the United
States brings to light that
four brothers of this family are
now backing Uncle Sam and one
more brother is ready aud waiting for the call.
On Saturday, May 25, the
Women's guild will sell little
sprays of artificial forget-me-
nots tied with the colors of
Belgium to raise a fund for Belgian babies. The sprays will
be sold for a dime each or as
much more as anyone desires /to
give. What is received will be
sent to Mrs. Herbert Hoover,
who will send it to Queen Elizabeth of Belgium.
A car with four Brainerd ac-
cupants turned turtle Friday
evening on the Belle Prairie
road. They were coming to this
citv and were in the act of passing another car at a great speed
when the car hit a bank in the
road and turned completely over. The two left wheels of the
car were broken off but none of
the passengers were badly hurt.
One had his wrist somewhat
bruised but there were no bones
broken. /
George Anderson, 10 years of
age was very badly injured
Thursday evening about 7 o'clock. He .was on the left wing
of the dam fishing when he fell
into the water and rocks below.
The left leg was broken above
the knee and he is also suffering
from concussion of the brain.
The young lad is said to have
swam to the shore after falling
off the dam. He was taken to
St. Gabriel's hospital where his
condition today is said to be
satisfactory.
J. J. Thompson of Minneapolis, a submarine diver who is
sent out to inspect bridges by
the state of Minnesota, made a
thorough inspection of the new
Royalton bridge this week. In
a diver's suit he made several
trips to the bottom of the river,
where remained as long as two
hours at a time in the inspection of the piers of the new
bridge uuder the water. The
water   is   about   12  feet   deep,
; where tbe piers are placed. Mr.
i Th om pson. stated that the
bridge was perfectly safe and
well built.
Jacob Bolda of  Morrill,   who
was sentenced to  the xeforma-
j tory this week for non-support,
i was taken to St.   Cloud   Saturday afternoon  by  Sheriff  Paul
Felix.
The Morrison County Lumber
company was granted a permit
by the city counsil Monday
evening to construct a building
on the Richard lots across the
street from the Farrow garage.
The new structure will be made
of brick. The size of the building, according to the company's
plans, is to be 80 x 150 feet.
Frank Schafer was arrested
Monday and arraigned before
Judge Gerritz Monday afternoon, when he was bound over
to the grand jury. He is charg-
with beating his wife, she making the charge. His bonds were
set at $500, wbich he" has been
unable to furnish.
Non-Partisan Picnic
Well Attended
The Non-Partisan picnic held
in Faust's hall yesterday afternoon was attended by a large
and attentive audience. R. E.
Crane, candidate for lieutenant
governor, Crawford Sheldon and
J. J. Jacobson, candidates for
the state legislature, and O. M.
Thompson of St. Paul spoke.
"Cut out that middleman," said
Mr. Thompson. "And by the
middleman I do not mean the
retailer. They are doing a useful and necssary service. They
are not getting rich and many
are going bankrupt. I know of
more than 25 retail merchants
going to the wall the last three
months. The adoption of the
non-partisan league doctrine
will be of benefit to the small
dealer. But they cannot see
it."
"By the middleman I mean
the hoarders of and gamblers in
foodstuff — eggs, butter, beef,
pork etc. There are over 17,000
in New York city alone. Lets
cut them out and shorten the
gap between the producer and
consumer."
"'The farmers have nothing to
say about the price of what they
sell. The fellows sitting in a
high office building, in the breeze
of an electric fan kindly do that
tor them. The fanner has nothing to say about the price of
what he has to sell and what he
buys."
Mr. Thompson explained and
rounded out l_is arguments with
a number of funny stories.
A sum of $20.05 was collected
by Kate Virnig and John Kinzer
for the Red Cross.
—MAKE W.S.S. PLEDGES—
Demonstration and Dance.
On Monday, May 13 there
will be a food demonstration
and a dance given at the
Lastrup Hall. The proceeds
are to .be used to pay the
Buh and Granite township
apportionment for the home
demonstration agents for the
towns.
Everybody is invited to attend and help a good cause
along.    Good music  will  be
furnished.
I
—MAKE W.S.S. PLEDGES—
N. J. Terhaar and family de\
parted on Friday for their new
home at Holdingford where Mr.
Terhaar is cashier of the Farmers' State Bank. Nick Gaida,
the former cashier, resigned on/
account of his health and will
move on his farm. Mr. Terhaar
has held the position as cashier
of the Avon State Bank for a-
bout eight years and the many
friends of this estimable family
regret their departure from our:
midst. Mr. Terhaar was prominent in local affairs and progressive in all things that were
for the welfare of the village.
He was village trustee and chief
ranger ot the C. O. F. Albin
Welle has taken up his duties
as cashier to succeed Mr. Terhaar and has moved his family
into the N.J. Terhaar residence
which he purchased.—Albany
Enterprise.
—MAKE W.S.S. PLEDGES	
Local Happenings
OMhe Week
Eighty-five  in  the shade
Sunday.
Steve Bayer made a flying
trip to Albany Tuesday.
John Kobilka underwent
an operation in Anoka last
week.
John Stumpf left for Superior Wednesday, where he
will work as electrician.
Ernst Schauble came down
from N. D. Saturday to attend his sister's wedding.
Mr. and Mrs. John Crever
of St. Joseph, Minn., visited
at the John Banach home
Sunday.
Miss Wade left for Minneapolis yesterday to take
the examination as nurse in
navy service.
Leo Bednar of Minneapolis
is here visiting with the
Frank Rauch family a couple of weeks.
A method has been found
to make the hair on horse
hides wear longer. Ede Safety Tan does it.    Eller Bros.
Plant sugar cane and produce the sugar for'your own
use. It is a simple problem.
Get the seed at Joseph H.
Grell's.
Mrs. A. P. Stoll returned
yesterday from St. Paul
where she had been called
by the serious illness of her
mother-
Miss Martha Banach who
is employed as stenographer
at Minneapolis is at home
for a few days' visit with her
parents.
Wm. E. Faust is home for
a week's visit. Wm. is serving in the government engineering corps at Leavenworth, Kansas.
Minnesota   Auto   license
No. 1 was in Pierz ^last  Friday.    It was attached to  an
International  demonstrating
Y_vu6k, of St. Cloudy
I The Barney Eller family
moved to St. Cloud last Monday. Barney's reason for
moving to St. Cloud is that
he can work there the year
around at higher wages than
here.
iBeans      7.00|    The legislative race  in Mor-
i Onions     2.50 rison county   now  promises  to
jPotatoes        00 be a real contest this year,  fiye
men having filed for nomination.
The latest to enter the arena is
Tim Perry, the well known auctioneer and farmer. Mr. Perry
filed his notice of intention
Tuesday morning with the county auditor. His entrance into
the political game will reverse
many of the plans already well
laid and will make the fight a
very interesting one for all who \ year: Mrs. Mary Meyer, pres-
Jos. H. Grell sold the Ed.
Ernst farm in Buh to Henry
Kramers of Mille Lace county for $85.00 an acre. Mr.
Ernst has bought a 125 acre
farm at Onamia and will
take possession about June
1st.
We will get you a horse or
a cow hide Robe or Coat at
half price with the Ede Life
Time Guarantee, ^our name
embroidered on the lining.
Eller Bros.
The annual meeting of the
Christian Mothers' society
was held last Sunday in the
St. Joseph's church. The
members received holy communion. Following are the
officers elected for  the  next
THIRD LOAN IS
GREATMCCESS
About Seventeen Million Persons
Purchase Liberty Bonds.
BEATS SECOND ISSUE
Treasury   Statement   Says   Bond   Flotation  Is Probably the  Most Sue-    !
cessful     Every     Undertaken
By Any Nation.
Washington, May 6.—Careful analy-j
sis of Liberty Loan reports indicate!!
that probably 17,000,000 persons pur-i
chased bonds in the campaign just;
closed—7,000,000 more than in the se-j
cond loan and 12,500,000 more than!
in the first.
Latest tabulations showed $3,316,-i
628,250 reported subscriptions, but thej
treasury now believes the actual to-j
tal, which may run to $4,000,000, will!
not be definitely known until May!
13.
"Whatever the money totals," said j
a Treasury statement, "the loan just!
closed probably is the most successful ever floated by any nation. The
marvelous distribution of the third
Liberty Loan indicates one out of every six persons in the United States
may have participated in this loan."
Banks' resources, it was pointed
out, were drawn on comparatively little to make the loan a success, and
the prospects for future loans are
brighter as a consequence. An added
reason for jubilation among Treasury
officials is the indication that the government bond-buying habit is becoming stronger among the people of
small means.
The total of $3,316,628,250 reported
hy the Treasury included subscribers
as follows:
New York, 4,000,000; Chicago, 2,-
498,000; Cleveland, 1,561,979; Philadelphia, 1,200,000; Boston, 1,200,000;
San Francisco, 1,000,000; Atlanta, 1,-
000,000; Minneapolis, 1,000,000; Kansas City, 900,000; Richmond, 900,000;
St. Louis, 866,342; Dallas, 850,000.
Partial returns showed New York
wlli lead all states in number of individual subscribers, with 4,000,000 and
the state also leads in actual money
totals. Pennsylvania probably will be
second in number of subscribers and
Illinois third with nearly 1,250,000.
Iowa, with 520,000 subscribers out of
a population of a little more than 2,-
000,000, made one of the best subscription percentage records. Indiana's
individual subscribers probably will
be about 400,000, Michigan's 275,000
and Wisconsin's 280,000.
Far west states report subscribers
as follows: California, 524,462; Washington, 150,312; Oregon, 95,695; Idaho, 56,500; Utah, 55,800; Arizona, 19,-
098; Nevada, 12,377. Managers of the
campaign in the San Francisco district wired that subscriptions there
would exceed $250,000,000 and that
every state district and virtually every
county had reached its quota. The Atlanta district, which has been at tha
bottoih during the most of the campaign, made the most sensational finish of any district and the managers
predict the district may eventually
show an oversubscription of 50 per
cent.
  BUY W. S. S. 	
WILL  TAKE   EFFECT JULY   1
Universal  Telephone  In  Minnesota  Is
Authorized.
iSt. Paul, May 6.—Universal telephone service throughout Minnesota
is assured by an order issued by the
railroad and warehouse commission,
giving state sanction to property
transfers between the Northwestern
and Tri-State Telephone companies
necessary to the unification of systems.
Temporary connections between
the exchanges of the two companies
will be installed by July 1 or soon
after. At the expiration of about two
years the state-wide unification of
telephone systems will have been,
completed.
The Tri-State company on July lj
will take over all local telephone!
dealings with the public in St. Paul!
and receive, orders for new installa-j
lions at current rates.
The Northwestern company will!
assume similar relations in Mlnne-|
apolis.
Toll service on either big system!
will be made available to all sub-!
scribers on July 1.
  BUY W. S. S. 	
War Finance Director Named.
Washington, May 7.—Clifford M.i
Leonard of Chicago has been nomin-j
ated by President Wilson'for a twoj
year term as director of the war P" !
ance. corporation in place of Allan B.|
Forbes of New York, who declinsi'
appointment.
  BUY W. S. S. -
American Bark Burns at Sa',
are opposing liim. He enjoys a
very wide accquaintance thruout the county and and is very
popular. Mr. Perry will be active from now until the polls
close June 17.
ident:  Mrs,   Frank    Boehm,
vice president;  &_.._.
Gross, secretary fi'Tl
truxney
er.    The  sociel^
150 members.
treasur-
_   about
New York, May 6.—The VnVfirt^.n
barkentine Koko Head caught Are . " .
was destroyed Feb. 19 on a vo: a z.
from Capetov' *o San Francisco by
way of Manila, it was learned ln marine circles. Officers and crew num-
r.crlng fourteen men, took to the bw'1
boats and six days later were r&"<-.-><*4
and i-nded at Sumarta. The .re
broke out y^'en the ship war '80 tc.Vr-*
south w_( of Japan. The Koko Head
of 1,051 tons gross was built ia 1902
at Oakland, Cal.
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