The Pierz Journal (Pierz, Morrison County, Minnesota), 1918-05-16

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PIERZ, MORRISON COUNTY, MINNESOTA, MAY 16, 1918.
No. 48
(JEWS OF STATE
TERSELY TOLD
Recent Happenings In Minnesota
Given In Brief Items For
Busy Readers.
East Grand Forks—Sacred Heart
church has a fifty-five star service flag
and  hung  it  from  the  rectory.
Winona.—Fifty Polish girls are leaving Winona for France for work as
nurses with a Polish regiment.
Morris.—The. last of the old wooden
buildings .which formerly comprised
the state Indian school here has gone.
The building has been wrecked, leaving only modern buildings.
Warren.—A Home. Guard company
was organized hereS with sixty-nine
members, and it is expected that the
whole city band will join the company
as the battalion band unit.
St. Paul.—Visitors from all parts of
Minnesota and other states in the
Mississippi valley were in St. Paul
to attend the three days' convention
of the. Mississippi Valley Historical
association   convention.
Brainerd.—Minnesota police have
been asked to watch for a Ford car,
license No. 155643. The car is a 1914
model. It belongs to A. Hallquist of
Brainerd and was taken from his garage during the night.
Bemidji.—Thurber Lewis, the 15-
year-old Minneapolis youth, who has
been preaching Marx socialism in
the. vicinity of Bemidji, and who was
arrested at Wilton on a federal warrant, has been held to the Sepember
term of the grand jury under bonds
of $1,000, furnished by two Bemidji
business men.
Litchfield.—Oscar Peterson, employed on a farm near here, was killed
by a bull. Peterson was attempting
to separate the animal from others
of the herd. He struck the bull with
a blacksnake, and the animal turned
on him, knocking him to the ground.
The bull fell on him with his knees,
crushing him to death.
St. Paul.—Sergeant Clarence K.
Foueault.of Bemidji, vnHo had charge
of the army recruiting in that district,
has been recommended for the next
officers' training camp by Major John
D. Yost, head of the Minnesota recruiting service. Sergeant Foucault's
work has been so satisfactory to his
superior that he was highly recommended.
Minneapolis.—Lieut. Arthur R. Gay-
lord of this city was killed In action
ln France April 28, accordin.-. to a
telegram received here from the war
department by his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Edron S. Gaylord. Lieut. Gay-
lord is the first Minnesota officer who
graduated from the first reserve officers' training camp at Fort Snelling
to be killed in battle.
St. Cloud.—Members of the local
fire department have presented the
city council with their resignations,
to become effective May 15 unless
their demands for a raise of $10 is-
granted. The annual budget has been
made up and the council declares it
is impossible to meet the demands of
the men. No action has been taken
by the commission on the resignations.
Washington,—The loss of the American steamer Tyler, sunk by a submarine, was reported to the Navy department by Vice Admiral Sims. The
dispatch said eleven men were lost
and that the survivors were landed at
a French port as previously stated in
news dispatches. Five of those lost
| were members of the armed guard,
one of whorfi. was Leo Martin Carey,
Albert Lea, Minn.
Fairmont.—Meyer Brandvig, Nonpartisan league candidate for the state
Senate from this district, was arrested in Waver] y township where he
was again making a speech. He was
brought to the Martin county jail
here. County officials, it is claimed,
had received orders not to allow any
'Nonpartisan league meetings, while
A. C. Townley and James Gilbert,
league leaders, are under indictment.
St. Paul.—Not knowing of the death
on March 5 of Attorney General Lyndon A. Smith, Georgetown university,
Washington, D. C, today telegraphed
Daniel W. Lawler of St. Paul, authorizing him to tender Smith an honorary degree of doctor of laws. Mr..
Lawler last January proposed that
the honor be conferred upon Mr. Smith
as a former student qf Georgetown
law school who had distinguished
himself by service of exceptional merit to the state of Minnesota.
|pemidji.—A crooning baby, lying in
the "j^ass .close to the charred bodies
of its mother, brother and sister, was
the only survivor of a fire tragedy
near Grygla, 34 miles from here.
Mrs. Walte'r Wing and her threfc- children were alone in the cabin when
it caught fire. Neighbors who found
the baby near the debris believe that
Mrs. Wing took the child out, and,
placing it in the grass, returned to
the cabin for her other two children.
She failed and the trio perished.
Mankato,—Discontinuance of the
teaching of the German language in
the five normal schools of this state
forthwith was ordered by the state
normal school board, In session here.
Faculty members for the various normals were selected.
Minneapolis.—Seventy-five per cent
of the war crosses awarded the brigade by the French government have
been won by the One Hundred and
Fifty-first battalion, United States
field artillery, formerly the First Minnesota, according to a letter received
here from Lieut.-Col. William H.
Donahue,
Interesting
Correspondences
SOUTH AGRAM
Mr. and Mrs. McKay called
at the Joe Duschner home
last Sunday afternoon.
Miss Eva Brummer is employed by Mrs. Chas. Hoffman.
Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Brummer
and family called on Mr. and
Mrs. Andrew Duschner Sunday evening.
John Eidenshink and sons,
Alois and Peter, and daughter
Lorena and Miss Catherine
Brummer were in Little Falls
Thursday afternoon.
Mrs. Joseph- Theser died
suddenly Monday afternoon.
—MAKE W.S.S. PLEDGES—
HILLMAN
The Gedney Pickle company
has started work on its station
here.
Irwin Drews is blasting
stumps and well for the Gedney Pickle company.
The Soo line had a crew of
men here last week building a
stock yards.
Louis Dorman of Sullivan
Lake loaded a car for Belgrade
the latter part of last week.
Quite a large crowd attended the Lutheran services at
the school house Sunday.
Francis Bugbee,is using his
engine to break land for Mr.
Templin.
R. C. Bethel was a Pierz
caller  Saturday.
Mrs. Richard Menzel and
daughter, ■ Miss Gertrude, and
son Clarence of Odessa, Minn.,
visited at the home of her
cousin, Mrs. Aug. Drews, from
Thursday until Monday.
- Mr. Wolfenden, who purchased the old school house, is
meeting with poor success in
moving it.
Last week a severe hailstorm did considerable damage
in this vicinity.
—MAKE W.S.S. PLEDGES—
HOLSTEIN PARK
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Sanborn
and Miss Nellie Martin were
shopping in Little Falls last
Tuesday.
Miss Ruby Christian spent
Saturday night and Sunday
with her cousin, Miss Alice
Perkins.
Fred Sorum and son Martin
have bought a well drill and
are working with it at Freedhem.
Merle Look is now road boss
in place of Sam Martin, who
has resigned.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Sanborn,
H. H. Sanborn and Mrs. Arba
Waller were Hillman callers
Saturday.
Little Estella Anderson is
the proud owner of a pair of
New Zealand rabbits. They
were sent from Iowa by her
grandparents.
The E. M. Thompson and
Philip Anderson families spent
Sunday at the Perkins    home.
Mr. Meier and family spent
Sunday at Will Johnson's.
Elroy Vaux and Alva Martin
were in Hillman Saturday.
L. Hocker of Madison, Wis.,
made a short visit at the Martin home last week.
Mrs. Goble, Sr., called on
Mrs. Look one day last week.
Mrs. Ernest Goble and son
came with her and visited at
Arba Waller's and J. A. Sanborn's.
Mr. and Mrs. C. Sanborn and
children spent Sunday at the
Martin home.
Hoarded Flour Hunt
Started Yesterday
County food administrators
have beg-un a search for hoarded
supplies of wheat flour not reported under the government
requirement that all householders report surplus supplies not
later than May 15.
A. D. Wilson, state food administrator, said the time for reporting- would not be extended,
but that county administrators
would make personal investigations only in cases actually suspected of hoarding-.
Amounts found in excess of
the permitted 30-day supply of
six pounds a person will be taken up and holders may be prosecuted.
—MAKE W.S.S. PLEDCES—
AGRAM VS. FREEDHEM
Another clean and snappy
game of base ball was played
between Freedhem and Agram nines last Sunday. Both
teams were tie at the end of
the eighth, but in the ninth
inning, when Agram started a
rally and running the score up
to 11 runs against Freedhem's
5. The Agram boys met Smith
so heavy in the ninth they
drove him off the hill. Hed-
bloom finished the inning.
Gerwing pitched well all
nine innings, getting ten
strike outs against Smith's
eight. Faust made a
home run. Gerwing struck out
a three bagger and 3 two base
hits, being made by Agramites
against Freedhem's one three
base hit, two 2 base hits. If
arrangements can be made
Agram will meet Freedhem on
the Pierz grounds Sunday. A
good game is expected. Manager Frank Loidolt is trying to
find some outside managers to
cross bats with.
Score by innings:
Freedhem—
11100020 0—5
Agram   10001.2 01 6—11
SULLIVAN
Messrs. Will Dickey and
Harry Pettit of Wayzata spent
several days at the lake. They
returned home with a fine
string of fish.
Mrs. Pint returned home
Wednesday from a visit with
her daughter, Mrs. Covernick,
of Grand Forks, N. D.
Lastrup callers Thursday
were C. E. Look, son Rodney,
Clarence and Art Hoskins.
Sullivan lake was stocked
with 30 cans of pike, which arrived from Little Falls on
Wednesday.
Frank A. Johnson's new
house is now completed and
the old gentleman moved in
this week.
C. E. Look now has the 15-
passenger launch in running
order.
The D. K. Harting family of
Little Falls spent the week
end at the lake.
The Louis Dorman family
left for their new home in Belgrade Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Ole Christian-
son are rejoicing over the arrival of a baby girl, born Saturday, May 11.
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H. C. Smith and family gave
a dance in their large new
barn Saturday evening, at
which the young folks had a
fine time.
Mrs. Clarence Hall of Dykeman spent Saturday and Sunday with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. A. W. Cook.
Mrs. Peter Adkins, son Jim
and daughter Mary called    at
T. S. Look's Sunday.
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^Hillman     callers      Monday
■yere Mrs. D. W. Sims and Ray
S im_-
A Letter From
"Somewhere
\
In France"
Somewhere in France,
April 22, 1918.
Dear Uncle Will:
I am well and getting along
fine. I have been in France
quite a while with the U. S.
army. I enlisted Aug. 15, 1917,
left Carrington, N. D., where
my wife and children now are,
Sept. 1. I am second lieutenant in the infantry. This is
quite a nice town where I am
at present. I hope we can soon
lick the kaiser and come back
home. I suppose quite a number of the Pierz boys were
drafted. Have not yet run
across any of them over here.
If you can find out where any
of them are, in what company
and regiment, let me know so
I can look them up. I expect
to be at the front soon.
Yours truly,
John Konen.
—MAKE W.S.S. PLEDGES—
Mrs. Theser Dead.
Mrs. Joseph Theser, 86 yeais
of age, died suddenly Monday
afternoon at 4 o'clock. Until
noon of Monday she seemed to
be in her usual health.
One thing remarkable about
Mrs. Theser's death is that her
husband died only last week.
The funeral took place Wednesday morning.
R. Boehm for County Superintendent ot Schools.
Am an advanced Normal grad
uate and have had nine years'
experience in teaching; three
years in rural schools; five years
as principal of graded and high
schools; and the past year in
the Jr. High School of Little
Falls. Married man with family. Born and raised in Agram
Town.—A Morrison Co. man for
a Morrison county office. May
I have your support at the primaries June 17 ?
Yours truly,
R. BOEHM.
—MAKE W.S.S. PLEDGES—
Some people were made to be
soldiers,
But the Irish were made to be
cops.
Sauer kraut was made for the
Germans,
Spaghetti was made    for    the
wops.
Fish were made to drink water
And bums were made to drink
booze,
Banks    were    made    to   hold
money
And money was made for   the
Jews.
Everything     was     made   for
something,
Most everything but an old miser.
God made Wilson for president
But who    in    hell   made   the
kaiser?
—saoa___ -s-s-A- smvk—
LOST—A lady's watch
with pin, Thursday even=
ing or Friday morning.
Finder will please report
to Journal office.
County Board
Proceedings
Little Falls, Minnesota.
May 7, 1918.
County board met in regular
session, called to order by
chairman at 10:30 a. -m. All-
members present except Berglund.
Minutes of April meeting
read and approved.
Following applications for
abatement of taxes were approved: St. Joseph church,
Pierz.
Petition for re-surveying the
town of Richardson then presented to board. Motion made
and carried that said petition
be granted, and hearing be
had on same on Tuesday, the
4th day of June, A. D. 1918.
County agreed to pay one-
half cost of a concrete bridge
over Skunk river in the town
of Pierz, auditor to advertise
for bids as soon as plans and
specifications are ready.
Carnes and Gassert and D.
Rocheleau appointed committee to meet at Butterfield's
house in Mille Lacs county on
21st day of May, 1918, at 11
a. m. on work on judicial road
between Mille Lacs and Morrison.
Following bills were then
allowed:
Work on State Road No. 3
Jos. Schmidtbauer  $ 21.00
Ed.  Gassert      27.00
Geo. M. Hoffman      72.00
Frank Bessador     21.00
Christ   Morril      21.00
Jacob  Santog        21.00
Geo.   Merkling       20.40
Domish   Merkling       20.40
George  Held       42.00
Wm.   Fuerstenberg       42.00
John Shmidtbauer      30.00
Mike  Donek       41.40
Roy Benton  :       3.00
John  Boser       42.00
John G. Boser      24.00
George Boser      42.00
Hubert   Smith       42.00
Jos.  Gelher  :     21.00
Christ Langer        5.00
George   Virnjg      42.00
Roy Brodsco       4 .00
Herman  Boser         6.00
Chas.   Sanborn         9.90
Work on State Road No. 1
Barney Miller, Jr     44.10
Aultman  Taylor     company  tractor  lOOQ.OO
Aultman    Taylor   company   tank  186.00
Aultman    Taylor   company    part    payment
on new tractor  1000.00
Peter L.    Poster,    supplies for grader        8.50
P. L. Poster,    y±    cost
of bridge No, 2815 .... 365.00
—MAKE W.S.S. PLEDGES-
Freda Rechlan is working
for Mrs. F. C. Sorum .
Albert Kunza and family
of Winnipeg are here visit
ing relatives.
Geo. Kiewel was a Buck-
man and Pierz yisitor yesterday.
—MAKE W.S.S. PLEDGES—
Grain And Produce
Market Report
Choice No. 1 Northern...42.04
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 J     10.00
Butter, Creamery •■       45
Dairy       37
Eggs       31
Flour,          5.65
Bran  2.10
Local Happenings
OHtie Week
Wm. E. Faust left Sunday
for Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
Fred Gravel and family of
Onamia motored here Sunday
afternoon.
There will be an invited
dance in Faust's hall Monday
May 20th.       '-''.-*—	
The Leo Winer family
moved into the Mich. Berger
house last Friday.
C. E. Gravel has rented the
Christ Tembreull house and
will move into it next week.
The Nick Faust family
moved into the Mrs. Stangl
house yesterday.
Last Saturday's hail did considerable damage north of
Pierz, according to reports.
Hubert Brust and family
are today moving to St. Cloud
where they intend to live in
the future.
It is reported that work on
the state road between here
and Lastrup would soon quit
on account of lack of funds.
C. E. Gravel took in the
ball game at Royalton Sunday between the Royalton
and Crosby teams.
Math. Wetzel and son passed through here yesterday
afternoon on their way to
Sullivan.
Henry Lust made a trip to
White Pine last Saturday
and returned Monday. He
says the roads are fine.
That Pierz-Lastrup road
will be a good one. They
are rounding it out and taking the small stones off with
garden rakes.
NOTICE
Pierz    stockholders in Luce
Line.    Last    chance    to    sign
notice to company. Papers will
be sent away in a few days.
A. P. STOLL, Secretary.
SUMMER SCHOOL
If you will attend the St.
Cloud Business College and
learn shorthand, typewriting
and bookkeeping you will be
placed in a good position as
soon as you complete the course
Business men come to us when
they want properly trained help.
It pays to attend the best
school.     Write.
VATH & AHLES.
Cracked Corn 80 pounds 2.75
—MAKE W.S.S. PLEDCES— *
j   ,,        ~  .-, ^ "       Shorts  ...2.25
Mr.and Mrs.   Goulette of Ground Feed    2A0
Onamia were  between train j Beans     7.00
visitors here yesterday. Onions...    2.50
Richard O Boehm, candidate for county superintendent of schools was a caller
here a few days ago. "Dick"
will get a good vote here.
G. J. Lano of Carver Co.
and Elizabeth Peine, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jos. Peine
of Buh were married Tuesday morning.
John Dombovy has received
a message from his son Raymond last Saturday, stating
that he had crossed the water
and safely reached France.
Heavy frost Monday morning. The extent of the damage cannot yet be estimated.
It is said that much of the
oats will have to be reseeded.
That is one score against
those who advocate early
seeding.
J. B. Cunningham, the gentleman from Tennesee, finished up his work yesterday
morning and left for Brainerd in the afternoon. Mr.
Cunningham had nothing but
good words for the Pierz people. In his travels of more
than eight years, '.>>- <~.-ijo, he
found no place where people
'and things in ,.• :il were
more congenial than here.
MEMORIAL DAY
IS PROCLAIMED
President Sets May 30 For Publio
Humiliation, Fasting and
Prayer.
WANTS SPEEDY PEACE
Protestant    Churches    Will     Prepare
Common   Service   Program   and
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Catholic Churches Will   Issue
Message to  Parishioners.
Washington, May 13.—President!
Wilson designates Thursday, May 30,|
as Memorial day in a proclamation!
issued as a day of public humiliation,;
prayer  and   fasting.
The people of the nation are asked!
to gather in that day in their places!
of worship and pray for the victory j
of the American arms which willj
bring a peace founded upon mercy, I
justice and good will.
The proclamation, issued In re-|
sponse to a resolution by Congress,!
follows:
"By the President of the United States,!
A Proclamation. I
"Whereas, the Congress of the United States on the. second day of April
last,  passed the  following resolution:
"Resolved, by the Senate (the
House of Representatives concurring)
that it being a duty peculiarly incumbent in a time of war humbly and
devoutly to acknowledge our dependence on Almighty God and to implore
His aid and protection, the President
of the United States be and he is
hereby respectfully requested to recommend a day of public humiliation,
prayer and fasting, to be observed by
the people of the United States with
religious solemnity and the offer of
fervent supplications to Almighty God
for the safety and welfare of our
cause., His blessings on our arms and a
speedy restoration of an honorable and
lasting peace to the nations of the
earth:
"And whereas-, it has always been
the reverent habit of the people of
the United States' to turn in humble
appeal to Almighty God for his guidance in the. affairs of their common
life,
"Now, therefore, I, Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States
of America, do hereby proclaim Thursday, the thirtieth day of May, a day
already freighted with .acred and
stimulating memories, a day of public
humiliation, prayer and fasting, and
do exhort my fellow citizens of all
faiths and creeds to assemble, on that
day in their places of worship and
there, as well as in their homes, to
pray Almighty God tha He may forgive our sins and shortcomings as
a people, and purify our hearts to see
and love the truth, to accept and defend all things just and right, and
to purpose only those righteous acts
and judgments which are in conformity with His will, beseaching Him
tha He will give- victory to our armies
as they fight for freedom, wisdom to
those who take counsel on our behalf
in these, days of dark struggle and
perplexity and steadfastness to our
people to make saprifico to the utmost
support of what is just and true,
bringing us at last the peace, in which
.nen's hearts can be at rest because
It Is founded upon mercy, justice and
good will.
"In witness whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and caused the seal of
the  United  States to  be  affixed.
"Done in the District of Columbia
this eleventh day of May in the year
of our Lord nineteen hundred and
eighteen and of the independence of
the United States, the one hundred
and forty-second.
"WOODROW WISON.
"By  the  President:
"R03ERT  LANSING,
"Secretary of State."
The Federal council of the Churches of Christ In America, the general
recretary, the Rev. Charles S. Mac-
Farland, announced would contribute
to carrying out the President's proclamation by preparing a common
program for all Protestant churche.
for use on Memorial day. The Rom-!
an Catholic churches will. issue aj
message to thpir parishioners.
BUY W. S. S.
BURIAN HOPES FOR PEACE;
Austrian     Fereign     Minister    Wants!
General    Negotiations.
Amsterdam, Ma ' 1...—Baron Burianj
Austro-Hungariar. foreign minister, de-i
clared in a speec'a that he hoped gen-|
eral peace negotiations would follow!
the Rumanian peace, according to s.[
dispatch form Budapest. "Empero-!
Karl has exploited every possibility!
of peace," the foreign minister s. id !
"He still wishes that no opportunity!
..hall be missed to conclude an boneBtj
and durable' peace."
  BUY W. S. S. '<
Bags Six  Planes  In  Day,
Paris, May 13.—Six '-. ■■7...1 r ir-
planes were, brought down la tire day
by Sub-Lieut. Rene Four.. the
office announces. The sta i.ni fallows: "Yesterday Lieutenant Foack
brought down six Gorman biplanes in
Ihe course of two patrols. He downed
the first two in ten seconds, the third
five minutes later, and the of r
three in iho course of the second ..-
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neve)' b< p-' equaled. He is- the Greatest Fr-n'_ :-.ir battler sine a the deatli
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