New Ulm review., 1921-03-23
FOOD PRICES
GOING DOWN.
COST OF SOME NECESSITIES
IN GERMANY HAS BEEN
4 CUT IN HALF.
PETIT THIEVERY INCREASING.
FUEL is STILL HIGH.
SPRING COMING.

Mrs. Anna Maltzahn, well-known
resident of this city, has handed us a
very interesting letter, which she re-
Gently received from her nephew and
niece in HerringshausenJ Germany.
The letter, which is dated February
IL, tells of conditions as they exist in
that section Of the Fatherland today.
The relatives thanked Mrs. Maltzahn
for Christmas package which she
sent them, and after imparting the in
formation that there is a great deal
OF sickness among the children, as well
as adults, at Herringshausen, as re-
suit of contracting colds by reason of
the prevailing weather conditions, the
letter says:
Springs Advent Apparent.
s. For several months past we have
had rains and storms almost daily.
While this is good weather for the
crops, it is not very agreeable for
human beings. Rye and wheat had
not advanced very much last fall,
owing to the early advent of winter,
but the present mild weather has given
these crops the desired impetus and
the prospects are promising. Trees
are beginning to'get buds and the snow
drops "a fower) are already blossom
ing in the gardens, so that it seems
that spring is again coming into the
land.
Prices Going Down.
The prices on some articles have
decreased considerably here. For in
stance, rice can now be purchased for
2l50 marks, as against four, FIVE and
six marks formerly; best quality soap
now costs three, three and half to
four marks, instead Of from six to eight
marks. On the other hand, fire wood
has increased in price more than
double, and coal is a few marks higher
than last year.
SSAI I1ASVSS nTlV1nQ.
'sThe Insecurity Of property in the
country districts has greatly increased
during the past year. Our neighbor
recently lost four hams and three
pieces of bacon; day before yesterday
three hams and a quantity Of sausage
were stolen from another farmer, while
a third is minus a live sheep and
fourth reports that calf was taken
from his barn. In most instances, the
thieves manage to make good their
escape, but can relate one case where
a Would-be purloiner came to grief.
Encounters Live Bear.
Zone day recently, towards evening,
an itinerant bear trainer came to the
home of railroad official and begged
him for nights lodging for himself
and the bear. After considerable
dickering, sleeping quarters were pro-
vided for the man in the officials
house, while bruin was given quarters
in the pig pen, whose lone inha bitant
bhad to be content with a corner in
another part Of the barn. At about
midnight a bold thief entered the
premises with the intention of stealing
the porker, which he thought to
butcher on the place, for which pur-
pose he had brought an axe and a
butcher knife along.
Given Warm Reception.
s'Of course, the thief did not know
that the bear had been substituted for
the pig, or chances are he would not
have ventured into the pig pen. The
bear gave him a warm reception, which
started innocently enough when he
tried to playfully hug the man, evi-
IDENTIFY mistaking him for his trainer.
The stranger did not fancy this very
much and bruin soon discovered his
mistake, for he showed fight, and had
it not been for the people in the house
hearing the groWls Of the enfuriated
beast and hurrying to the assistance OF
his victim, the latter no doubt would
have been killed. AS it was, he sus-
tanned fractures of several ribs and
was nearly frightened to death. The
thief will no doubt be reminded of his
terrible encounter with the bear every
time he passes pig pen!''
j. p Ed. Bertrand, C. w. Davis,
Edward Bloemke, H. II. Schultz and
"a. ]. Goblirsch, all prominent resi-
dents Of Golden, have filed articles Of
incorporation with the secretary OF
Estate for the. Golden Farm Products
lkCo., a new business venture of that
village, which has been organized with
q capital stock Of $4,000, divided into
4 100 shares Of 500 each. The officers
i Of the new company are: President
lJ. Ed. Bertrand, vice president
4 Il. Il. Schultz; secretary, G. W. Davis
and treasurer. a. ]. g Goblirsch.