The Pierz Journal (Pierz, Morrison County, Minnesota), 1918-05-23

              Immtal
VOL. NO. 9.
PIERZ, MORRISON COUNTY, MINNESOTA, MAY 23, 1918.
No. 49
f-ISS OF STATE
TERSELY TOLD
Recent Happenings In Minnesota
Given In Brief Items For
Busy Readers.
Perham.—Fire destroyed the Catholic church and high school here.
Stillwater.—Vital statistics show 377
children were born in Washington
county from January 1 to December
31 last year, 180 females < and 197
males.
Moorhead.—Dr. W. P. Green, representing the state board of health, will
hold an infantile, paralysis clinic" ln
the Clay county courthouse on Priday, June 17,
St. Cloud.—J. L. Schling was convicted on a charge of having kept
liquor in his/cottages at Clearwater
lake without Slaving a license and
given sixty days.
St. Paul.—Rurjning out on the
street alone for the first time in her
life, 3-year-old Margaret Horrigan,
daughter of a city fireman, met death
under the wheels of a huge fiventon
loaded  truck.
St. Paul-^-Archbishop Ireland ^gle-
brated the thirtieth anniversary of
his ordination as archbishop. Three
weieks ago Archbishop Ireland was
critically ill. He is rapidly regaining  his   health,   it  is  announced.
Hallock.—The Kittson county farm
bureau and county farmers' clubs are
figuring on a big county picnic this
summer to be given under the auspices of the Red Crocs society. The
date, has not yet been definitely settled upon, but it will be some time
in June.
St. Paul.—The German language
■will not be taught in St. Paul public
schools in 1919 and all teachers of
that language must seek other positions. .. This announcement was made
'by Commissioner Albert Wunderlich
of St. Paul, following dismissal of
Miss Use G. Probst, teacher of German, for pro-German sympathies.
St. Paul.—Several men were, slightly injured and two girls fainted when
a crowded street car with passengers
stalled astraddle a railway crossing
as a freight train rapidly bore down
on the car. Men and girls jumped
thru the car windows in a panic. The
street car cleared the crossing just
as the freight train reached -hem.
Stillwater.—Another star has been
added to the Minnesota state prison
service flag for J. Clarence Fitzgerald, making thirteen stars. Other
boys from the prison serving the colors are Justin V. Smith, Walter Nelson, Thomas Stanek, J. R. Haefnar,
J A. Ryan, C. R. Kilty, Oscar Anderson, George Miller, Willard Kienholz,
and   B.   F.   Hood.
St. Cloud.—A boy found a carrier
pigeon, believed to belong to the United States navy, and the matter was
reported by the police, to the department of justice. An aluminum disk
tag had been attached to its leg. On
this tag was printed the figures 1175
and on the outer circle were the characters Al, in horizontal form, with
the figure 17, in parallel, and the letter E,  in  horizontaL
St. Paul.—George C. Hanna, superintendent of the state school for the
feeble minded at Faribault, has reported to the. state board of control
that Lloyd Lenslow, 11, an inmate,
was strangled to deaith by another inmate, Marvin Coefed, 17, with pieces
of a shirt drawn tightly around his
neck. Bpth had the mentality of
children of 2 years and an inquest
Is  not  deemed  necessary.
Minneapolis.—John H. Ray of this
city is a new member of the state
board of law examiners in a list of
appointments announced by the State
supreme court. C. J. Traxler, secretary of the board, is retired. Other
members receiving reappointments
are Frank L. Cliff, Ortonville, Frank
E. Jutnam, Blue Earth; Newje H.
Clapp, St. Paul; Stephen H. Somsen,
Winona, and Charles Lorins, Crookston. The court order Is effective
June 1.
St. Paul.—The entire output of
Minnesota flour mills from now until
the next harvest, can be shipped to
the allies so far as Minnesota is concerned, A. D. Wilson, state food administrator, announced. Mr. Wilson
said that the investigation by county
administrators proved there was
enough flour on hand to serve the
state, provided it is properly re-distributed and used according to regulations issued by the national food
administration.
Moorhead.—Miss Alice Peck has
been engaged to assist A. C. O'Ban-
ion, county agent, in supervising
~^pys' and girls* club work in Clay
county, and will supervise the bread-
making contest to be held in the domestic science rooms of the state
norsr'i*t school here, on Ma_^25. The
cor-festants will be the winners in
the local contests held throughout
Clay county. Miss Peck was formerly
supervisor of boys' and girls' work
in New York state.
St. Paul.—Attorney Charles Donnelly, former assistant general counsel of the Northern Pacific railroad,
has been made general solicitor, President J. M. Hannaford announced. The
new position was created chiefly because General Counsel C. F. Bunn is
forced to spend most of his time in
Washington.
Northome.—J. Garrison was severely injured while trying to lift a hayrack alone, when it slipped, knocking
him down, his head striking a stone.
After lying unconscious for some time,
he finally crawled to the house ind
<nedlcal   aid   was   summoned.
Interesting
Correspondences
Hillman News.
Miss Effle Myers came from
Ohio last week Thursday to
visit her sister, Mrs. Geo. Wood
of Rucker.
Mr. and Mrs. Irwin Drews
were Pierz callers Thursday.
Quite a crowd from here attended the dance at Herman Peterson's last Saturday eveningv
The school house in Mt. Morris, known as the Lansbergfer
school house, is a total wreck,
as a result of the storm of last
Saturday night.
Andrew Markuson returned to
Minneapolis last Monday, after
spending- a few days with his
family at Mt. Morris.
The Morrison County Lumber
Co. unloaded a couple cars of
lumber the fore part of last
week.
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Platte News
Mr. and Mrs. Christ Eeese returned home from Sioux Valley,
Minn., last Thursday, where
they attended the funeTal of
Mrs. Reese:s sister-in-law.
Mr.and  Mrs. Theo.  Rychner j
and Mrs. Wolff, were visitors at
the  Andrew Kainz home Tuesday afternoon.
June 5th.
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More Reports Received
On Wind Storm
Must Register        County Seat Callings
Un   JUne   5til      The announcement that F. P.
  Farrow had passed away a 8 o'-
St. Paul, May 18: Adjutant clock Monday morning- was not
General Rhinow is today send- j unexpected by his many friends
ing-instructions to all the draft- although deceased had been ill
boards requiring them to have but a very few days. Mr. Far-
all boys register who have at- ■ row who was always at his desk
tained the age of 21 since last at the garage offices, on First
June.    Registration will  be  on street northeast, was taken very
suddenly ill on May 15, suffering from Bright's disease. He
was taken to St. Gabriel's hospital and a little later suffered a
hemorrhage of the brain, sinking rapidly from that time. He
passed away at 8 o'clock Monday morning.
The wind storm last Saturday
evening did considerable damage in the city and about the
country. About 300 feet of sidewalk near the west river bank,
owned by the Pine Tree Manufacturing company was completely torn up and many trees
and windows were broken in the
city. Around the county much
damage is reported. The silo
on the Irving Pedly farm southeast of the city was blown over
and damaged. Insurance was
carried winch covered the loss.
The barn on the T. G. Brunelle
farm in Belle Prairie was blown
down and destroyed, but insur-
Those that were in Pierz Friday evening are: Cecil Kelley,
Theo. Rychner, Robert and Wm.
Wolff.
Math. Valentine and wife re*
ceived  the news  that their son '
Fred is on the way to France.
C. Reese and wife visited at
Kainz's Sunday afternoon.
There was a storfn at Platte
Saturday evening. It took some
roofing, Andrew Kainz had in
yard and moved John Hoheisel's
barn off the foundation, and it
tookBoser's barn, moved it over
the fence about 30 steps. It
damaged the roofiing badlv.
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More damage due to the wind
storm last Saturday evening has
been reported. The storm was
probably the worst and strongest that has hit this part of the
county for years.      v
The barn on the Dan Campbell farm in Swanville town is
reported blown down and much
damage done. In Parker town
a silo was destroyed by the high
wind. The school house in district No. 139 in Mt. Morris was
blown over and completely demolished. At Ft. Ripley the
lightning killed a brood sow,
seven little pigs and three cows
on the John Richard farm. A
new settler living at Pine River
was killed and his daughter injured by the falling of their
house caused by the high wind
storm.
Nels Swanson's silo on his
farm in Belle Prairie was blown
down and destroyed. A barn on
the William Heroux farm at Ft.
Ripley was also blown down and
damaged.
Magnus Rauch's barn was so
badly damaged by the storm
that it will have to be rebuilt.
Several people were killed at
Delano, a small town up the Soo
line beyond Isle.
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PROGRAM
Of Entertainment Given by the Pupils
of St. Joseph's School, Pierz, Minn.
Friday, May 24th, and Sunday
May 26th, at 8 p. m.
ance was carried which covered
the losses. A machine shed
owned by Albert Doucette in Topeka was blown down and damaged.
A barn about 2 miles northwest of the city was blown down
and a cow, which was in it, killed. From reports received last
Monday afternoon the large
Weyerhaeuser barn being constructed on Lake Alexandria
farm, was also blown down and
destroyed.
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Girtz-Medek.
Jacob Girtz, son of P. L.Girtz
and Rose Medek, were married
Tuesday morning. The wedding
was celebrated at the bride's
home.
The young couple will live on
the old P. L. Girtz farm.
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List of Unclaimed Letters
Letters addressed to the following named parties are at the
postoffice in Pierz and have not
been called for.
Mrs. Harry Armstrong,
Mrs. Hugo Bueson
Mrs. John Jenkins.
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Agram vs. Rice Lake.
A rather one sided game of
base ball was played between
the Agram and Rice Lake ball
teams on the latter's diamond.
The Agram team was defeated
by a score of 7 to 1. Had it
not been for the base umpire,
Rice Lake would not have had
so many scores.
The pitchers worked well all
thru the game but on account
of Saturday night's storm the
Agram boys lost too much sleep
and could not see the ball as it
passed over the plate.
Tbe Rice Lake team will a-
gain meet the Agram boys on
the 2nd day of June on the Pierz
diamond a good game will be
played and a large crowd will
be expected.
Frank   Rauch   umpired   the
plate.
Score by innings.
Agram        00001000 0-1
Rice Lake 00212002   -7
1. Commencement Song        Graduates
2. Awarding- ot Diplomes by
Rev. J. G. Stiegler
3. Welcome, Recitation       Small Girls
4. Merry Dairy Maids, Action Song
Girls
5. DerBesen und die Ruthe, Action
Song—Primary Pupils
ii. Spring Blossoms, Song,
Choir Girls
7. Keeping House,
Comedy.
Characters
Aunt Polly Tresa Grell
Boys: Joseph Ulrioh, Joseph
Weiss, Clarence Hartmann,
Herbert Langer and Ferdinand Girtz.
8. How the Quarrel Began,
Dialog.
CHARACTERS
Leona Stalpes and Hildegard Meyer.
9. Eine Waise,
Dialog.
CHARACTERS
Elschen, ein reiches Kind,
Leona Staples
Hannchen, eine Waise,
Loretta Eller
Lot'e, Dieuerin,
Julia Riesg af
Mutter Elschen's
Magdalen Grell
10. Ghost in a Boarding School,
Comedy in one Act,
CHARACTERS
Miss Brown, principal,
Magdalen Grell
Annie, Pupil, Julia Riesgraf
Lizzie. Pupil, Gertrude Neisius
Mary, Pupil, Alvina Kobilka
Gladys, Pupil,
YOUR SECOND
INSTALLMENT
«8>-ON-<
_iberty Bonds
DUE
MAY 27,1918.
SUMMER SCHOOL
Teachers and high school
graduates cannot spend the
summer months to better advantage than to attend the St.
Cloud Business College and prepare for bookkeeping, shorthand
and typewriting work. We secure positions for all our graduates free. Salaries from $900 a
year upwards to start. Write.
VATH & AHLES.
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Grain And Produce
Market Report
Those Who Will
Leave May 25th
Fifty-four men will leaye on
Saturday, May 25, for Camp
Lewis, Wash. These men must
report for enrollment at 11 o'clock the same day and will entrain on a special train at 7:55
o'clock in .the evening. Sixteen
men left on May 4th and with
those who leave May 25 a total
of 70 men from the county during the month of May will have
been sent.
Those who will leave from
Pierz are:
Gust Bovie, Pierz.
Prank Banicki, Hillman.
Prank P. Kippley, Minneapolis.
John B. Paust, Pierz.
Hubert J. Bares, St. Cloud.
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Bullet Whistles Over
Head oi V. E, Kasparek
Little Palls,—Val. E.fKaspar-
ek for a moment saw visions of
an enemy attack when a- bullet
whistled over his head this noon
while he was working at his
desk in the store.
Mr. Kasparek's desk is in
front of a window, which opens
in ap alley between his store
and tlie store room occupied by
the Carlson grocery.
The bullet came from the
back part of this alley or from
the rear of the lot on which the
building is located. It crashed
thru the window and entered
the plaster on an opposite wall.
Prom the hole in the glass it is
apparent the cartridge was of
32 calibre and if Mr. Kasparek
had been struck he would have
been seriously injured. No clue
has yet been found of the culprit firing the shot and while
no harm was probably intended
the practice of promiscuous fir-,
ing should be severely dealt
with if the person can be found.
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AUCTION SALE!
An Auction Sale will be
held Saturday afternoon
at two o'clock, in lower
town, for the benefit of
the Red Cross. If you
have anything to donate,
bring it around and have
it sold. It will be for a
a good cause.
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No Letter S.
Choice No. 1 Northern.
| 'Vheat, No. 1,	
; Wheat, No. 2	
'Wheat. No. 3..	
Anna Grell
11. Patriotic Drill, Girls
12. Coals of Fire,
Comedy.
CHARACTER.
Adam Crabtree, a Farmer,
Aloys J. immermann
Phil O'Hara, his servant,
Alphons Hartmann
Mr. Meek, a country minister.
Louis Gross
Bobby Greening, a school boy,
Leauder Walerius
Dick Pippin, a school boy,
Aloys Boser
Charley Baldwin, a school boy,
Lawrence Sapletal
Music furnished   by  Sisters'
Music Class.
.$2.04
$2.00
1.97
1.94
Wheat, No. 4 .....    1.90
Flax, .       4.00
Barley  1.15
Rye     1.85
Oats       70
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 Peed     2.40
Beans      7.00
Onions      2.50
I can't thet up a thingle word
that hath an eth in it. Thom
radical hath thlipped into thith
olfith while I wath abthent and
thwiped all our etheth.
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John Kaas of Royalton
yisited here over Sunday.
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How to Prevent
Big Leg in Horses
Big leg is common enough to
be important, and it is easily
prevented. Heavy horses, especially those of very coarse
type, are more commonly affected. A sudden fever, beginning with a chill, is followed
by a swelling, usually high up
on the hind leg and then extending downward to the foot. One
attack is usually followed by
others, each one leaving the leg
a little larger than before.
The disease can usually be a-
voided by allowing excercise in
a yard or pasture, during the
idle periods of horses or even
by reducing the grain ration
during temporary idle periods.
Horses that have been working
and are suddenly left idle need
very little grain if already in a
fair condition or good flesh, and
are very much safer so. far as
several diseases are concerned.
—M. H. Reynolds, University
Farm, St. Paul.
Local Happenings
ONhe Week
Mrs. Joseph Bednar was
taken suddenly ill Tuesday
afternoon.
Joseph I. Wolsfeld of Le-
nore Lake, Canada, is here
visiting relatives.- .
Nick Karst made the first
trip with his car on the mail
troute yesterday. _^-";
EfWebber of New York
called on the creameries in
this neighborhood Tuesday.
John Fischer has installed
a new milking machine.^ He
says he is well pleased with
the same.
Nick Schommer of Sauk
Centre is here visiting his
relatives. Nick has lived in
Sauk Centre for 18 years.
The wise poultryman is
turning his eggs, into chicks
these days. Those that are
not used for hatching might
probably be used for packing.
Albert Pavlu, perhaps the
oldest man in the community,
died this at 3 o'clock. He
was 90 years and 5 months
old. No further particulars
are aViable now.
Ceo. Sigette and wife and
daughter Kate left for South
Dakota with their Ford Monday, where they will visit
with their sons John and
Math for a few days.
There will be a program
followed by a ghost social
given for the benefit of the
Red Cross on May 30th at
district 19 better known as
the Herold District. Program to commence at 8 o'clock. Ladies kindly bring
lunch for two.
Delano Eagle—The writer
was granted the privilege of
accompanying "the man who
put Hillman and Sullivan
Lake on the map" on a trip
to that district iast Sunday.
We were surprised at the
adaptability of that district
for diversified farming, and
how that country has opened
up in one year's time. The
soil is rich and productive,
varying from a dark loam to
a sandy . clay loam, with a
clay subsoil. We saw some
of the finest meadows in that
district that man ever laid
eyes on. There is an ample
supply of pure water, a sufficient amount of rainfall,
making it a great dairying
country. We spent the
greater part of our stay at
Hillman with our wife's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Len. Diedrich, who now have 33 head
of cattle and in a few years
will have as fine a dairy
farm as there is to be found
anywhere in the state. There
are several others from a-
round here up in that district who also have some
very fine farms, among them
being Charlie Wood, Louis
Strauch, Alvin Sell, August
Schilling and Chas. King.
A stock yard has been built
at Hillman and a pickle salting station is under process
of erection. A . .:. Sue uew
school building fi'ifl also been
completed the py.-l v.'ar. It
sure is some country.
BLASTS WRECK
CHES-1IC/UPLAI.T
Series of Explosions Kills and Injures Several Hundred Persons at Oakdale, Pa.
HEAVY PROPERTY LOSSi
^
Dwellings for Miles Around Are Shaken From Their Foundations, Trees
Uprooted and Many Windows
Shattered.
Oakdale, Pa., May 21.—Nearly 200!
men were killed, over 300 persons,!
including several women, were in-1
jured, hundreds of families were j
made homeless and property worth!
about $2,000,000 was destroyed by a|
series of explosions that wrecked the j
plant of the Aetna Chemical company j
here..
Soda, trinitrotolul (T. N. T.) and'
trinitro ammonia (T. N. A.), the last
an even more powerful explosive than
I'tbe terrible T. N. T., were the agent3
of destruction. Federal and state
authorities are investigating the,
cause.
Many of Victims Rescuers.
Many of the killed and injured were
rescuers, crushed by masses of burning debris when they were caught in
a trap by the fourtli explosion, which
came without warning more than an
hour after the  first three blasts.
Several rescuers perished when the.
fourth explosion hurled from its piers
a bridge over a small stream which
they were, crossing. Blazing ammonia
had converted the stream into a river
of fire and the persons on the bridge
were flung into this and burned.
Scores Die in Hot Debris.
Scores of injured workmen burned
to death while the intense heat from
flaming debris held an army of would
be rescuers at bay.
One woman nurse, terribly injured
while trying to give aid to a wounded
negro, begged that her life might be
saved so that she could go to Prance
for  service  on the  battlefields.
Oakdale is just outside Pittsburgh.
The plant was completely demol-
ihed with a loss of $1,500,000.
Houses Wrecked  Miles Around.
Houses for miles around were shaken, from their foundations, trees were
unrooted and windows shattered. It
is believed that the total loss will aggregate in the neighborhood of $2,-
000,000.
Horror was added to the explosion
when the debris caught fire. The embers ignited houses at Fort Pitt and
Rennerdal, adjoining boroughs and
the occupants rushed to Oakdale.
There they were warned that several
large tanks of T. N. T. might explode
at any minute and frantically fled to
the hillsides for safety.
RED CROSS CAMPAIGN OPENS
President Wilson Addresses Large Audience in New York City.
New York, May 21.—President Wilson made, an address in the Metropolitan opera house here, formally
opening the National Red Cro3S drive
for a fund  of $100,000,000.
The President was preceded by
Henry P. Davidson, chairman of the
Red Cross, who spoke of the work of
the organization. Mr. Davidson referred to the President as the leading
figure  of the world.
His appearance on the platform was
greeted by wild applause from 4,000
persons, who jammed the theater. For
hours before he arrived thousands
clamored for admission.
It was the. president's first speech
in New York since America entered
the war. His coming was heralded
to the thousands in the theater by
the muffled shouts of those who
blocked Thirty-ninth street to greet
the chief executive as he stepped
from his auto.
AIRMEN   BOMBARD   COLOGNE,
	
British Fliers Drop Thirty-three Bombs!
or.   Railway   Sheds.
London, May 21.—A euccessftll raid;
was carried out in broad daylight onj
railway stations, factories and bar-!
racks at Cologne. Thirty-three bombs!
were dropped and were, seen to exj
plode on railway sheds.
The British bombing machines were!
attacked by several hostile scouts j
two of which were driven down out ofj
control.
All the British airplanes returnee"!
safely, according to the official state j
ment on aerial operations issued bj j
the war office. The previous British j
aerial raid on Cologne took placr!
early in April. A report from Gerrv- j
dated April 5, stated that 248 person '
kere. killed, half of them being soldiers.
Seaplane   Pilot 'K.Red-
Norfolk, Va., May 20.—Usslrti Chi-
vin Crawley, U. S. N. R., of i:<. t_-_i-,
was killed at, the Hampton Re
naval operat'_T base air school here.
when a cenpiane. he was piloting,
struck a pile in landing. A companion of Ensign Crawley, whose nam-
coulu r?t be learned tonight,- ez--~.iv 1
with slight injuries. At the. lira . of
the pc!3ent, Ensign Crawl-1- was dlv
ing for a landing in the bay just oil
the b'tr.e aviation school, and, It is
believed, misjudged his distaacj^
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