Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1918-05-10
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PIERZ

Pierz Journal (2): The new county
| road tractor arrived in Pierz Saturday
morning and is now at work cutting
down the Preimesberger hill. The driv-
efs are eight feet high and the engine
is 60 horse power. The elevator pulled
by the tractor disks the dirt onto q can
vass running on rollers similar to those
on the harvesting machines, and ele-
Yates it into the dump cars. When the
! disk is set deep it takes only a IL to 16
| foot run to fill a ~ yard dump car.
! 1T is estimated that it will take about
80 days to finish the Pierz-Lastrup road.
The old gentleman Theser Of Agram
| is seriously ill. John Macho and family
Of Philbrook were hastily called Satur.
day evening.
NJ. W. Vogel, the new cashier Of the
new cashier of the First State bank of
Genola, will live in the Christ Tenn
breull residence in lower town.
Hubert Bares is doing some building
and cleaning on his farm in Hillman.
Nick Faust has been engaged as but
termaker form the Farmers creamery.
He will live in old Mrs. Stagl place..
A number Of fishermen were arrested
by game wardens at Vineland, Mile
Lacs lake, Saturday night for fishing
contrary to law. Some were fishing
with artificial lights, and others were
fishing with unlicensed nets. The war
dens let them 60 after cautioning them
to observe the law. It is said that sew
eral gentlemen from Pierz were included
in the catch. -.
A LETTER FROMfts SOMEWHERE IN
$50. FRANCE
France, April 4, 1918.
Dear Parents:
Airs well. Spent glorious Easter.
the services sure are different than
those at home. The people seem to
celebrate their holidays with more rev.
| # was raining of and on for the last
few days We have Washington
weather here: -. -" 49,
Had a. very pleasant VOYAGE across:
first day passed off fine, but next morn
ing. pretty ,."sea-sick" boy rolled
around on deck: But I found that
the same way: It is always good to be
with the majority. But Oh! what a
cheerful bunch, when land was sighted.
Columbus and his company had nothing
The French welcomed us. They came
down the dock in large crowds, The
first thing attractive were the wooden
shoes. Some noise; sounded as a bunch
of cayuses coming down a pavement.
Speaking of cayuses, we have quite a
few with our company and it is real
sport to drive them. The do not un-
derstand a word of English. When you
say "Get-up'' they stop or vica versa.
The French drive them the same as
some of the old time pioneers back
:hOme drove oxen.
Il There is a little village about the size
of PierZ some few kilOS from our camp:
When we leave we always go there A
creek flows through the heart of this
burg. It is common sight to see
about fifty "Yanks" hanging over the
railing of the main street bridge with
| fish poles and lines fishing" as some
say<to be admired by the French ines
DANES" -.~ ="
I met several boys here from st.
Cloud. Some with whom I attended
college, and still better the corporal of
my squad is "or rather was" Pierz
boy.
/ can hear the bugle sound 'call to
quarters" which means get ready for
bed for soon it will sound again. but
then roll out" -
So farewell. dear parents. May God
| bless you and guide your welfare as He
does ours. So keep the home fires
burning till that day when again I will
| come home, hentawhens the, world is
safe for democracy "a. ':tEj .,,:-
.s.. Yours taffecttonately, ST.
Thomas Feucht.
Nav wv IT Sanhnr went tO Min