The Pine River Journal (Pine River, Minnesota), 1938-04-21

              PINE RIVER JOURNAL
VOLUME III NUMBER 37
THE PINE RIVER JOURNAL, PINE RIVER,  CASS  COUNTY,  MINNESOTA. THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1938
SUB. $1.00 In County, $1.50 outside
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NEWS BRIEFS OF
INTEREST FROM
'ROUND THE STATE
DISTRIBUTES     OVER     2500
BIRD     HOUSES   IN   WRIGHT  CO.
TABERNACLE   NEWS
Howard Lake.—W. F. Volkenant of
Minneapolis, bird enthusiast, was in
Howard Lake again Monday. He has
distributed over 2500 bird houses to
the various schools in Wright County:
Howard Lake has received more than
200 of the houses and when here on
Tuesday, he presented the Herald office with a large Martin house, pole
and everything complete to put it up.
Building bird houses is a hobby oi
Mr. Volkenant and according to hiin
he has worked every day during the
winten and many nights In order to
give those who like birds a chance
to.put up his houses. All of the houses
are donated to school children and
others who will put them up.
Word has been received from Rev.
O. E. McCracken, that he and Rev.
fcehlichter, known as the "Worlds
Greatest Prodigal" will be in Pine
l.iver May 15. The armory has been
secured for the afternoon and evening services and special music is being prepared for .the occasion. Further announcement of these services
will be made over WDAY Fargo.
Farmers from the Pine River vicinity met with committee men of the
Cass Co. Agricultural Ass'n. at -he
Bine River armory Monday, to fill put
the necessary forms for the 193S conservation allotments.
GETS HAND BADLY
MANGLED IN CIRCLE SAW MON.
PRE-HISTORIC    FOREST    IS      !
FOUND    UNDER CEMENT WALK
Springfield.—Drilling under a sidewalk for water, a local ice company
was successful in striking a stream
of inexhaustable cold, pure water. In
addition, a pre-historic forest, crushed
and covered over with glacial drift
thousands and thousands of years
ago was discovered. After drilling a
well without success, the company received permission to drill under the
sidewalk near their place of business
In another attempt to strike a water
vein. The rig was set up and drilling
commenced. Two weeks passed and
nothing further happened. Finally,
at a depth of 88 feet, after the drill
had passed through four feet of fine
sand resembling very much the bottom of some old lake, water was
struck. The water filled the well to
within. 15 feet of the top. To cleanse
the water, pumping was begun. This
continued for a week, pumping steadily at the rate of 25 gallons per minute. At the end of this time the water In the well had been lowered but
thirteen feet—to within 28 feet of the
top. During this pumping strange
things were, discovered in the water.
Close examination revealed small
bits of wood some as large as a finger, others apparantly ground to bits
by some tremendouse pressure. Fine
sand of lake-bottom appearance also
was brought up by the pump. And
all from a depth of more than 80
feet.
BIG FEATURES AND
SERIAL AT MARLOW THIS WK.
FIRST     INSTRUMENT    I   S       j
EXHIBITED  AT  BUHL,  MINN.
Buhl.—The first piano accordian
made is owned by Henry Staffaroni,
local accordian manufacturer, and is
being displayed at his stndio here.
The instrument was manufacture by
Abate in Valle, Italy in 1910. It is
black with Inlaid pearl designs. The
maker's name is also inlaid with pearl
as well as several other designs. The
Instrument shows extreme care in its
manufacture, although it apparently
has seen a great deal of use during
its 28 years of service. The contrast
between this, and present day insru-
ments  shows   marked  improvements.
Tonight (Thursday) the Marlow
features their 10c "Take a Chance'
show that has proven so popular wlt.i
the public.
Friday and Saturday offers a wida
variety of entertainment with the
"Old Wyoming Trail" starring Cha3.
Starrett and Barbara Weeks for the
feature, plus an Andy Clyde comedy
"He Done His Duty." Also the second chapter of "The Mysterious
Pilot," a thrilling new serial starring
the world famous Capt. Frank Hawk3,
dareing flyer.
Sunday and Monday brings you
"Radio City Revels." Kenny Baker
and Ann Miler are principals of one
and Helen Broderlck and Bob Burns
carry the torch in the other of the
two love sequences.
Both these romances are played
against a background of exciting adventures in the famed broadcasting
capital, with unusual comedy contributed by Jack Oakie, Milton Berle,
Victor Moore and others. A number
Oi. world famous specialty artists also
appear incluoing Jane Froman, Buster West, Melissa Mason and Hal
ivemp and his orchestra.
"Borrowing Trouble" comes to the
Marlow Tuesday and Wednesday. Da.l
Jones brings home the toughest kid
In town and Bonnie brings home a
brand new husband, in the new play
featuring the Jones family. America's favorite folks not only borrow
trouble, but pay it back with interest
In this hilarious film.
Clarence Peterson, who operates the
Horseshoe Lumber Co., received a
painful injury to his left hand Mon-
day.when he got it mixed up in a circular saw. The hand was badly mangled and an artery cut causing a
large loss of blood. He was rushed
to Pine River where the wound was
dressed.
The accident occurred while Mr. Peterson was attempting to straighten
out the belt when he In some manner,
slipped, and got his hand into the
ouzzing saw.
MAN BURNED WHEN
PAIL OF COFFEE
EXPLODES MON.
BRAINERD
TO
ROAD
GET
CREW
SAFETY
CUP
Maurice Skinner of Backus was severely burned-about the face and- head
Monday, when a pail of ' coffee exploded, sending the hot coITee all over his head and face. He was taken
to Pine River where his burns were
dressed.
He was heating a pail of coffee over
a wood fire outside and had eviden-
tally forgot to leave any air holes for
the steam to escape, which caused
the explosion.
CARD   OF  THANKS
We wish to thank our many friends
and neighbors for their kind assistance and thoughtful sympathy during the illness and death of our beloved Mother and Father.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Robideau and
family
NOTICE
BIRTHDAY CLUB  MEETS
WINS TRIP TO CHICAGO
WOMAN     LIVES     IN   SAME
TOWN FOR MORE THAN 85 YRS.
Bayport.—Jeanette Gray, now 85,
has lived longer in this village than
any of its residents. She was born
here in 1853. Her first home wasi in
a house now occupied by the local
print shop. The house which she
now occupies is one of the oldest It.
Bayport.
$4,037,171 OF '38 ROAD FUNDS
GO TO PAY OLD BONDS
More than $4,000,000 of Minnesota's
1938 highway revenues have already
gone to pay for improvements long
since completed on the trunk highway system.
The State Board of Allotment!
meeting last week at Rochester, was
faced with the necessity of votiug
$4,037,171.71 to pay for interest and
principal on bonds issued and spent
in the past. Of this total, the Allotment Board, consisting of Commissioner Elsberg, State Auditor Staff
King, and State Treasurer C. A. Hal-
vorson, voted to place $2,267,000 in
the trunk highway sinking fund to
meet principal and interest on the
state bonds.
At the same time $1,770,171.71 was
jslaeed by  the board In the county
Mrs. Frank Cromett and son Frances left the fore part of last week for
Minneapolis, where Mrs. Cromett visited with relatives. Frances continued
on to Chicago with a group of other
boys as guests of the Minneapolis
Journal. He received the trip as a
reward for securing his quota of new
subscribers. He returned to Pine
River Friday evening.
4-H Club Projects
Well Under
re_>
Sy
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Boys and girls in Cass county are
busy working on their 4-H projects
for 1938. Over 400 boys and girls
have enrolled carrying a total of over 500 projects. It is expected that
the enrollment will reach the 500
mark as soon as organization is completed in three new clubs.
Following the requirements of the
revised clothing projects nearly 100
girls are making scrap books which
contain complete plans for the^ entire
unit of work. After plans have been
checked for appropriateness and prac-
ticabiliety and have been approved bv
the local or county leader, the construction of the garment will proceed.
The Style Revue at the county fair
will climax the work for the clothinz
girls.
Poultry, dairy, calf, pig, and sheep
projects lead in the list of livestock
projects.
Almost 100 per cent of the 4-H boys
and girls are taking the health work
along with their regular projects.
highway bond reimbursement fund for
payment of principal and interest on
bonds issued by the various counties
for road improvements prior to the
time these roads were taken over
and operated by the state highway
system. This bond load is removed
(from the shoulders of the counties
and assumed by the state.
Brainerd will be the scene of an all
day meeting of State Highway officials, employees of highway district
four, and local dignitaries on April
22, at which time there will be presented the Highway department's seventh annual "No-Accident Contest"
cup to the Brainerd district for the
best safety record of all the 16 highway  districts  in the state.
At the meeting, which is one of a
series of highway safety schools being conducted over the state, C. D.
Simak, editor of the Dispatch; A.
W. Moulster, Highway district engineer- H. W. Kreger, mayor of Brainerd, and Tom Templeton, Brainerd
chief of police, will be among the
speakers.
The meeting will open at 9 a. m.,
and will continue throughout the day.
Safety methods will be discussed.
The Marshall district won second
place in the contest for 1937.
The Birthday Club met Wednesday
afternoon at the home of Mrs. Wm.
Schuster, honoring Mrs. Schuster and
'Miss Martha Datzman. The afternoon
was spent informally, after which
lunch was served. The honored guests
■Were presented with gifts.
The Eradelphian Study Club will
meet with Mrs. Underleak on Friday
of this week, instead of with Mr..
Hill. The May 13 program will be given, with members answering roll
call with some interesting fact concerning postage stamps.
SAM PARKER OF
MERRIFIELD, PASS-
AWAY LAST WED.
MEETING AT WALKER SAT. TO SELECT
SEN. CANDIDATE
Two Minute Sermon
By Thomas  Hastwell
I recall an experience that I, had ar:
a young man that gave me, at the
time, a severe shock, and which, even
yet, years after, become to regard
very highly. Like many a boy my age
I thought that he was the personification of everything right, and good,
and honorable. He was my ideal. One
day he was discovered stealing from
his employer. For a long time I could
not believe it could be true, but was
finally reluctantly forced to admit
that it was. I can remember yet what
a sense of desolation the news gave
me.    My faith was destroyed.   It was
A group of interested Cass county
politicians, with a representative
from each party, will hold a banquet
at the Lakeshore hotel in Walker, on
Saturday evening, April 23, for the
purpose of selecting a candidate from
Cass county to file for Senator of the
52nd district, which comprises the
counties of Cass and Itaska.
It will be Cass county's big chance
to send a man to the senate, as; ther?
is a strong possibility of a three-way
battle in our neighboring county
which will undoubtedly split the vote.
This will strengthen Cass county's
possibilities to a great extent. Tickets
for the banquet are on sale by G. P.
Rognlie.
Those in charge of the banquet are
Ed Dorsey, Ed Rogers, Frank Goren-
flo, Grant Utley, Bill McGarry, Vern
Lockwood, B. M. Sorum, G. P. Rognlie, Jim Battles.and Clem Plattner .
RECORD CROWD
ENJOYED TUESDAY NITE DANCE
The dance sponsored by the Oddfellow lodge, held at the armory Tuesday evening, was a huge success! both
financially and socially. One of the
largest dance crowds in some time
was present. There were between
four and five hundred people present. The lodge netted a nice sum
after all bills were paid, and will US'?
the money toward paying for their
new building. An undertaking of
this kind requires a lot of work and
those in charge should be congratulated on their success..
The band, one of the best playing
in Pine River for some time and plans
are under way for bringing similar
orchestras here in the near future.
An effort is being made to secure
the "Hudson Niggers" some during
the middle of May. This is a versatile colored band and will furnish entertainment galore. Further announ lenient will be made later.
The VFW is sponsoring a dance
on May 7, with both did and new time
music at the armory.
Central Walden
whom some younger person does not
look up to as a model and an ideal.
In the conduct of their lives it is not
| only important for their own soul's
j well being! that they keep clean, and
a long time before I could reconcile ; straight and wholesome, but it is also
myself that anyone or anything was
right or true, or honest. Ihave thought
a good many times what a splendid
lesson this incident affords. There
Is scarcely a young man or a young
•Woman in    the    business    world    to
important for those that look up. to
them for leadership, who believe in
them, and trust them. Their are few
disappointments in life keener than
the discovery that one's idols are possessed of feet of clay.
Lillian   Heino,   Correspondent
Anton Hougan called at the Phipps
and Dokken homes Tuesday.
Mr. Nikkari who: is a patient at the
Brainerd hospital,is rapidly improving
and is expected home Friday.
Miss Clara Shamp spent the weekend with friends and relatives at Little Falls.
Ernest Wood and Norbert Filsmeyer made a business trip to Brainerd
Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Nelson of Brainerd, rep. of the Wear Ever Co., gave
a cooking demonstration at the Heino
home Monday evening. Guests were
Mrs. Phipps, Sedonia and Ernest
Wood, Mr. and Mrs. Filsmeyer and
Mr. and Mrs. Sanfred Hill.
LITTLE MOMENTS IH BIG LIVES
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Kessler
ber. came
the davn-
Following is a clipping from a
Brainerd newspaper, concerning the
death of Samuel Parker Wednesday
of last week. Mr. Parker was well
known in and around Pine River.
Parker was a clerk of the dist. court
in Crow Wing county for several
years prior to 1896 and later was in
business in Brainerd with W. A.
Brockway, operating the grocery firm
of Brockway and Parker. About 20
years ago, Mr. Parker moved to Merrifield where he nnd his son Qulnn,
have since operated a general store.
He was born April 17, 1861, in Kentucky, and would have celebrated his
77th  birthday  Easter  Sunday.
He was widely known throughout
Crow Wing county and, through his
association with the vacation business of that section of Crow Wing
county, in many of the communities
in all parts  of the midwest.
Surviving him are his wife, Mrs.
Maude Parker, Merrifield; two sons
Samuel Parker Jr. Havre, Mont., and
Qiunn Parker of Merrifield; also 3
daughters, Mrs. Eunice Long, Fresno,
Calif., Mrs. Ruth Frazler, Los Angeles
Calif., and Miss Mararet Parker of
Montana.
New School Addition at Longville
A two story and basement, concrete
brick and tile, school addition, together with remodeling work in the
present building, at an estimated
cost of $30,000 was'started by WPA
at Longville on Wednesday of last
week.
The project was approved by Victor
Christgau of St Paul.
This school addition is the fourth
such project sponsored by the Cass
County board of education for unorganized school districts, composed of
Sewell Britton, county board chairman; W. T. McKeown, county treasurer; and J. W. Wicklund, superintendent of schools.
The project will give employment
to 25 persons. Completion of the project will depend on the availability ot
relief labor.
Mrs. Jessie Hall of International
Falls, arrived last Wednesday, to attend the funeral of C. W. Cromett.
She returned to her home Friday. Mrs.
Hall is a mother of Mrs. Morris Cromett.
300 Men to Receive
Work in Cass County Road Project
A/ general program of road Improvements in Cass County has been
approved as a WPA project by State
Administrator Victor Christgau, and
was put into action April 18, according to J. B. Kovarik, district director
at Detroit Lakes. The project is being sponsored by the board of county
commissioners.
This project will give employment
to 300 men from local relief rolls.
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CARD OF THANKS
We wish to express    our    sincere
thanks for the beautiful flowers and
music, also other acts of kindness and
sympathy extended to us during the
illness and death of our greatly loved
husband   and  father.    We  especially
wish to thank the members of the IOO
E1 Lodge who assisted us at this time.
Mrs.  C. W. Cromett
Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Cromett
Mr.    nd Mrs. H. J. Cromett
Mr and Mrs. E. H. Cromett
Mr. and Mrs. F. P. Cromett
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Robideau
Mrs. T. A. Nash  (sister-in-law)
TOWNSEND CLUB
All members of the Pine River
Townsend Club are asked to subscribe
to the Townsend National Weekly if
you are financially able to do so.
This will materially aid the club in
getting off to a goodstart. Part of the
fund will be retained in the local treasury. Those interested should see
Dave Tozier, Olaf Stranne, Airs. Alic.
Oilman or A. G. Fisher.
Dave Tozier