Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1908-08-21
PlERZ

Aug. 19.-E. j. Richardson, who
has been here with Jos. H. Grell for
a few weeks as expert for the Interna-
tional Harvester company, left Pierz
last Saturday. Nick Staub has been
appointed by the company to stay
with Jos. H. Grell, as expert, until
harvest is over.
Steve Premesberger came up from
New Trier last Friday to visit his
parents. He and Joseph Boser,
Youngest son Ct Lorenz Boser, went to
New Trier last spring. Mr..
Premesberger returned last Monday
Geo. Boser of Buh went with him.
The three Pierz boys will be EN-.
ployed there until after harvest.
The game Of ball between the Pierz
Juniors VS.. Vawter that was to be
played last Sunday in Pierz, was not
played. The Vawter team did not
come, most likely on account Of the
weather. 1t rained here all day Fri.
day and Saturday and did not clear
up until Sunday noon. The Pierz
Juniors are trying to get game with
the Vawter team for Sunday, to be
played at Vawter.
Nearly every day there are parties
going picking hazelnuts, but as
we are informed, they are not SO
plentiful this year as they have some
times been in former years.
John Bares found a fine new hat on
his way home last Saturday evening.
He found it between Nick Hennen's
and John Stumpf's place.
DR.. S. R. Fortier, dentist, will
be in Pierz next Wednesday and
Thursday until noon, on a profess
sional visit. d.
: The carpenters and well and tank
crew of the 500 line were taken to
Onam1a last week to put up temporary
tanks at that place. They returned
the latter part OF last week.
August Kapsner, who lives about
four miles east Of PlerZ, informs us
that his grain and the grain in his
nelghborhood is not very good this
year. The wheat is light and oats
poor. For feed for the next year the
farmers will have to look for corn.
favorable and warm only three weeks
Frank Kammermeier, our boss
carpenter, who has the contract to
build the steeple on the st. Johns
church In Lastrup, is getting along
fine with his work, so he tells us.
He will finish the job by Saturday or
next Monday if weather permits. He
fears high winds most OF all.
We are having very changable
weather lately. Friday and Saturday
rain and cool, Sunday morning very
warm, towards noon deluge-like
rain, during the afternoon and even
ing an intense heat, Monday and
Tuesday cooler. Monday evening
many were out with light overcoats.
Joseph Hennen of St. Paul, son of
our postmaster, Nick Hennen, spent a
few days in Pierz the latter part of
last week.
Harvest is over in Pierz and
vicinity and some of our farmers are
through with stacking. Some farmers
eight or ten miles east and north Of
Pierz have no more than fairly got
started cutting. By the end of this
week one will hear the threshing
machines rafting in every direction
near Pierz.
We called on the new telegraph
operator for the 500 line, Ole
Engebretson, of St. Paul, last Tuesday
afternoon. He has taken the place OF
Gustav Sonenstahl, who resigned and
returned to his home in Ledgerwood,
n. D. We were told by the new
onerator that the work at this point
will be pushed as much as possible.
The well and tank crew and the
carpenters have returned and are at
their work here again, the carpenter