The Pine River Journal (Pine River, Minnesota), 1938-03-03

              PINE RIVE
JOURNAL
VOLUME III  NUMBER 30
THE PINE RIVER JOURNAL, PINE  RIVER,   CASS  COUNTY.   MINNESOTA,  THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 1938
SUBSCRIPTION $1.00 Per Yeai
NEWS BRIEFS OF
INTEREST FROM
•ROOM THE STATE
NEW  TURNING   LATHE   INSTALLED AT DAY'S BLACKSMITH  SHOP
FINDS     NEW     WAY     TO
FORECAST     WEATHER
Luverne.—The groundhog, ember
clays, thermometer;;, barometers, and
all other weather forecasting stand;
bys are scorned upon by Julius Brown
a highway engineer in Rock county,
the new weather prognosticator. Yoa
can give the man a snow plow and
he'll tell you whether to get out your
snow shoes or your rubbers. Julius
can scent a snowstorm several tfays
before it happens without even glancing at the thermometer or squinting
his weather eye skyward. He hasn't
missed foretelling a snowstorm this
•winter.and recently announced mourn
fully to the world in general, "Doggone it! We're going to have a bad
snow storm . tomorrow!" And the
next day there was a snowstorm. Although it sounds rather silly to foro-
cast the weather with a snow plow.
Mr. Brown explains it's all very siiu-
ple. Every time one of the plows
break down, Rock county has a snow
storm, the next day. "It never fails,"
the prognosticator predicts with a
sigh. "Every time something happens
to one of the plows we have a heavy
snow before the plow is fixed. The
plows will be running like clockwork,
but just as soon as a little snowflakfi
begins to think of falling, one of th9
plows   acts  up."
$2,069.00     IN     THE     JACKPOT
OF     MISSING     HEIRS
W. C. Day installed a large new-
turning lathe In his up-to-date blacksmith shop last week. The new
equipment will enable Mr. Day to
do considerable work that was nor
possible before  the new installation.
LADIES  BRIDGE  CLUB  MET
LAST  THURSDAY   EVENING
The Ladies Bridge Club met at the
home of Mrs. D. L. Triggs Thursday
evening. Honors were won by Miss
Leone Golz and Mrs. Ernest Robi-1
deau. Refreshments were served at
the close of the evening by the hostess.
PJNE RIVER H. S.
TO ENTER TOURNEY
AT WADENA TODAY
ERADELPHIAN STUDY CLUB
MET FRIDAY AFTERNOON
!
i The Eradelphian Study Club met
Friday, at the home of Mrs. Oscar
Dahl. Mrs. H. C. Skinner gave a very
/complete and interesting paper on
"Mussolini." Mrs. Otto Haack gave
a  very interesting and comprehensive
_ - ,_     ,       '.,_'.__, ,   . i _ 'discussion on "Japan's Penetration of
On Monday night of this week S_(pt. f
Haack, accompanied by Messers
RITES HELD FOR
MERRIL STANLEY
AT M.E. CHURCH
Merril Stanley passed away at the
Lake Julia Sanitarium on Friday ot
last week, at the age 28 years. He
had been ill for some time. Mr.   and  Mrs.  John  Kater Jr.,  |
Funeral services    were    conductel  !ln<i Mrs. Wm. Biever and Ethel aftxl
from the M. E. Church in Pine Rive., .Miss   Betty   Andrews,   weiv     Bunda
on Sunday afternoon, with (Rev. H. E. pinner guests at the home of Mr. and
ler, Henderson and Mattson drove to
.Wadena, where they took part in &e
(drawing for the selection of teams
(entering the sub-district bask-1
tournament which opens Thursday evening (tonight) at Wadena. Nine
.schools will be represented at ihe
tournament.
According to the drawing the I''mo
River boys will play New York Mil's
for their opening game and Vern^ile
second.
' The finals will be played Saturday
■evening to select the team to enter
the district tournament to be hfid
•ar Staples, next week end.
The Pine River team has made a
ivery good showing this year and bifis
an even break in the tourney this
week. All the local fans should plan
on attenaing the P. R.-New York
Mills game and spur tlie boys to vic-
'tory.
•giving a current event. The next
meeting will be held at the home of
Mrs. C. E. Johnson on Friday, March
11.
Board Members In
P. R. High School
Area Met Thurs.
D. L. Triggs ancl Miss Bernadine
Kline drove to Brainerd Thursday afternoon.
MEMBERS OF PTA
TO SPONSOR C0M_
DY-PLAY SOON
15.
NORTH PINE R.
Ortonville.—Estates in Big Stone
county have their missing heirs as a
heading by that title shows in the
county's annual financial statement
and only one of the missing heirs has
showed up to claim his share wit.-
Jn the last several years, as far as
Records have been able to determine.
Today, money due missing h sirs t >-
tals $2,069.03. The total repve'sents a
(handful of estates, records of which
;are buried in old courthouse files until someone comes along to claim and
.properly identify himself. The one
flieir to claim part of an e tate in WXt
,was William Nordmeir, for 2: years
,s resident of Faribault. H? put in
Jiis claim for $80.34 as beneficiary
to the estate of Fred Nordmeir la >t
January, 16 years after probation
proceedings had been completed. In
the usual procedure, if heirs are not
found during a period of 21 years
after notices have been filed, the estates revert to the state.
MAN     MILKS    COWS  FOURTEEN
YEARS,  WITH   NO   VACATION
(Mrs.  C. V. Gardiner
Peterson   officiating.     Interment   was
made in the Pine Ride cemetery.
Merril Adolphus Stanley was bo n
on May 2, 1909, at Pine River, where
he spent the eary part of his life. In
1924, he moved with his parents to
Hill City, where he resided until 1924,
moving to Grand Rapids in that year.
He resided in Grand Rapids at ti.e
time of his death.
He   leaves   to   mourn   his   untimely
death, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Guy
Stanley, five brothers, Henry of Hid
City, and Clifford, Ralph, Morris and  two   teams
Eugene,   all   of   Grand   Rapids;   also  scores t0 ,ja(-e.
one sister, Mrs.  Peterson  of Hill  Ci
ty, together with a host of friends
and relatives who sadly grieved his
early passing.
Work is progressing rapidly on the
play which is being sponsored by the
PTA.to be given on Wednesday evening, March 1G, at the school auditorium.   Admission will be 10c and 25c.
The play is packed with laughs
from start to finish. The leading role
is that of an innocent and inoffensive
young husband, Jack Montgomery,
who becomes entangled by law after
trying to rescue a Turkish maiden
Vi'om the hands of the police. Jack
and his chum Jerry visit Zuleika to
aid the interests of Elmer Flannel, a
■shrinking young man, when they ire
arrested and sentenced to thirty days
.a jail.
From here on things begin : moving
| fast and a surprise a minute awaits
The third round of the whist It::--   you. ,
nament held  this  week,  reduced the  ,   Following is  a  list of the eharac-
nnmber   of   top-notch  contenders    to ters: ,
Following is a  list  ' ot      Jack Montgomery ..  Homer Fraser
!
Lundin—T.  E. Hill      89
ST SCORES AFTER THIRD ROUND
Jerry Arnold     Dr. Button
Mr. McNutt     Claude Gardner
Elmer Flannel .... Bert Heemstra
Abou Ben Mocha .. G. P. Rognlie
Mabel Montgomery, Bernice Thorpe
Virginia Bridges  ..  Pearl Heemstra !ia Brainerd, where she visited    with
IRATES WIN FROM
REMER; TO PLAY
CHAMP TILT TOME
Mrs. Barrington Bridges, Mrs. Chas
Bates
1   Zuleika       Mrs. Gus Wolfrank
Mary Ann O'Finnerty .. Mrs. Button
284
ROAD
"TELL
VIOLATORS
IT     TO     THE
JUDGE
Efcte Earth.—(Fourteen years of
milking without missing one of the
5,110 days, is a record which a Pre-
cot farmer has established. Rain or
Shine, spring or fall, Fourth of Jmy
or Criri-tmas, meant nothing to Richard Lent and there were no vacations for during these fourteen years
he has not missed a single day of
milking the herd. Mr. Lent earned a
holiday, no doubt, but he did not take
•It While 5,110 is not precisely the
correct number to the day, a few extra days for leap years during the
period make no difference with the
record.
The Pine River Pirates defeated
the fast-playing Remer quint by a
score of 36-30.
Ihe Pirates took the lead early in
the game and    held    it . throughout.
'jVattson was high point man for the:
evening. j
On Thursday night of this week,,
(tonight) the Pirates will meet Walk- j
er in a championship game. The out-1
come   of  this   game  will   decide  tne
Carlson—Meland       SO
Rounds  "—Robideau       16-
Downing—F.  A.   Siefert       lOi
Shiffer—B.   Robideau    140
Thompson—Fields    lop
Yancey—Kolo       171
Sherwood—Kater     153
Zigmund—Siebel     172
Offlidahl—Lien       169
Li  Carlson—C.  Siefert   113
Schuster—Ritchie       ISO
Fred   Carlson—Kotka       105
Henderson—II. Kline    -.15..
O.  Rovik—Triggs       1G2      Highway patrolman of the Minneso
E.  Rovik—Seaton    ISO ta Highway department let 284 traffic   instructor.
D.  McAllister—Brendan       12G violators "tell it to the judge" in Jann
Dingle—Biever         164  ary,   according   to   the   organization's
Lundrigan—L.   Kline    143/monthly report.
Button—tP.  Hanson    134 ;   of that number 13 drunken drivers
Haack—Fraser       136  paid  fines  totalling $840.    Fines  im-
Luscher—Way       119  pesed   for   all   arrests   hit   $3,326.55.
Heemstra—Dubbs       137 Other revenue brought in by the guar-
Hickle—B. Kline       105  dians  of  the highways  amounted    to
Schuster   and   Ritchie,   and   Rovik .fl 1,426.50,  recovered in    license    fee
and Seaton are, so far the only teams corrections
Mrs.  Bert Heemstra, Cor.
Torben Velde is at present employed by Mr.  Dunnell of Pine River.
Maurice Wolfrank spent the week-
end with Kir__y Bates.
Eileen Heemstra spent Friday nite
with Amy and Doris Erickson.
Harlan Miller spent Tuesday at the
Harvey Hoover home. The occasion
being his  sister Kathleen's birthday.
Several ladies gathered on Tuesday afternoon at the home of Mrs.
Reed.
. B. F. Rhoades spent Friday in
Biainerd with Mrs. Rhoades, who
is a patient at St Josephs hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Hanson and
sons spent Thursday with Mr. and
Mrs. Martin Erickson.
Patsy Evans of Blind Lake,-spent
several days last week at the Erickson home.
Friends of Eugenia Arbogast will
be grieved to hear that she is again
confined at the University hospital.
John Wiens visited at the L. D.
Emery and Heemstra homes Thursday
evening.
Raymond Amelung is assisting at
the George Velde farm. Mr. Velde
suffered a painfull injury to his hand
and has been unable to work.
Miss Viola Fisher spent the weekend with her parents. Thelma Palmer is doing practice teaching at aer
school.
Jim Olson of Eagle Bend and Mr.
and Mrs. Fehrmen and daughter of
Brainerd, spent Tuesday with Mr. and
Mrs. Oscar Velde.
Mrs.   Vinton
Reed   spent   Tuesday
Mr. Reed who Is confined at the hospital.
John and Thelma Erickson drove
to Brainerd Tuesday, for a visit with
their brother Billy, who is recovering
from an operation at the hospital.
Mothers of children In the primary
room at the Mildred school gave a
surprise birthday party Tuesday afternoon in honor of Ella Hoover, the
champions   of  the  county.    This  will  that   haven't   suffered   a   setback    in      The  patrol  was  busy  with  drivers
be the final game of the season.
the three sessions.    ISO is the highest   that flirted with violations and warn-
posslble  score   so   far.     AVatch    the ed 4,809 to mend their ways.    Illegal
ROAD!
CONDITIONS SERVICE
TO  BE  EXPANDED
fTournal for next week's scores.
CAR     MINUS    WINDSHIELD
AFTER    MEETING      TRUCK
Sleepy Eye.—A half-inch steel rod,
protruding from the rear end of a
stock truck, smashed the windshield
of the car driven by Dr. E. G. Hughes,
when the two vehicles met near Win-
thro. The freak accident, wliic
.could have caused serious injury to
the occupants of the Hughes car
did no more than shower them wit'-.
bits of glass. The end-gate rod on
the truck had Worked loone ad v.-
protruding into tho oth - t affic la
unknown to the driver of the truck
The three men in the ear "ducked"
at the impact but tho drive:- wa. able
tu hold the car on th > road, after
[which the truck driver was pursu id
as he was unaware of what had happened.
NOTICE
The Town of Gail Lake will hold
its annual meeting on Tuesday. Mar.
8, at the Clough Lake schoolhouse, at
1 to 5 p. m., for the purpose of electing a Supervisor. Clerk, Constabl >
and Justice of Peace.
Chester O'Keefe, Clerk
So ^ that the driving public may
keep reliably posted each day on road
Conditions in all parts of the state,
the Minnesota Highway department
maintains a "road condition" unit
whose .information is available free
t<- the public on calling the depart
ment's central office in St Paul.
Each district maintenance engineer is now required to call the central office every morning and present
a conditions map of his district. This
REVOCATION   OF   DRIVERS'
CARDS     DOUBLED     IN
equipment tags sent 1,122 vehicles into the garage during the month.
1937   N. W. SAWYER FILES FOR REP.
| FKOM     CASS     COUNTY
Out of a total of 1423 revocations!
©I drivers' licenses in 1937, 1992 were
N. W. Sawyer, well known resident
sion.
map contains every state highway in
his district and tells its exact    con-  censes were taken away by the courts,
dition. _ I Suspensions  during  1937  totaled  732,
The service Is also given weekly to a* compared to 877 in 19Z6. Speed-
ali state newspapers and durng storm inS and reckless driving, unsatisfied
periods the daily press asks for re- Judgements and failure to file proof
ports several times a day. Automi - of financial responsibility accounted
bile travel agencies- in adjoining for tne majority of the suspensions,
states also receive road condition re- tne report revealed,
ports from the department but are During the year licenses of onlv
required to pay the cost of transmis- -1-4 women were withdrawn as compared to 1409 taken away from men.
The "dangerous" age for drivers,
which follows closely a recently announced national report, is from 15
t<- 25 years of age, as 437 licenses
'were revoked that were held by p.r-
sms  in  that age bracket.
Hennepin countv led th» f 'eld wit''
322 revocations, Ramsey was ne^.t
with 224 and St Louis third with 137,
a ration comparable to the countie-
populations. Three counties, Cle. r
water, Hubbard, and Murray had no
revocations.
lost because of convictions on drunk- of \valker, last week filed for state
,en driving charges, according to   the representative from Cass county,
annual report  of the driving license      Mr.   Sawyer   was   a  candidate   for
.unit  of  the Minnesota  Highway  d_- the  office  of   Judge  of  Probate  two
ipartment   issued   this   week   by   Gil pears ago.
Garmichael,  director.    J h   At present we have not been able
The  total   revocations   are   almost t. establish whether Verne Lockwood,
double  those   of  1936,   when  769   1:- present   representative  will  seek   re
election or not.
Arcticn Sale!
A Public Auction will be held
at the farm operated by Adams
and Wynore formerly known as
the Martini place, 4 mil~s south
of Pine R'ver on the old highway,
on Saturday, March 5. Sale begins at 11 a. m.
Watch next weeks Journal for
a complete listing of Farm Machinery, Stock, Poultry and House
!-otd  Articles.
FEATURES YOU WILL LIKE
Carter Field's Washington letter discusses the bill just passed
by the Senate to stop "block"
booking and "blind" selling of
motion pictures to small exhibitors.
Frederick H. Prince, Boston's
79 year-old banker, leaves for Europe after granting an interview
to Lemuel F. Parton, who runs It
in his "Who's News This Week"
.Column.
Felix Featherhead isn't indis-
pensible at the office, but he does
not want anyone to know about
it! Enjoy the Featherheads on
today's funny page.
Those in attendance at the Dedication services at Swanburg Sunday
were Mr. and Mrs. Harry Mager and
family, Mrs. Louis Mager, Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Amelung and family, Mr.
and Mrs. Harvey Hoover and family,
and Mr. and Mrs. Bert Heemstra.
The Friendship Club met with Mrs.
Oscar Velde Friday. A large number
of members were present, together
with four guests. The Penny Drill was
won by Mrs. Velde. One contest was
won by Mrs. Silbough and the other
by Mrs. George Velde. The next meeting will be held at the home of Mrs.
Lloyd Meissner on March 25, with
Mrs. Martin Erickson as assisting
hostess.
STATE IHIGHWAY  BRIDGES TO
GET    SPRING    CLEAN-UP
Some forty members of the various
school boards in the Pine River High
School Area, representing 25 schools
gathered at the local school auditorium on Thursday of last week to discuss matters |of interest to various
schools. C. M. Swift of the local board
welcomed the guests to the meeting
ancl gave a^ short talk on "cooperative
buying," listing the advantages to
be obtained by doing business in this
way.
Otto Haack, Superintendent of the
local schools and also Superintendent
of the board members of the area,
had charge of the meeting and introduced the various speakers. He presented a written outline to those present, regarding school events and
financial matters pertaining to schools
in the High School Area, ancl answered various questions that arose during the discussion. He also presented a map to the district outlining bus
routes. It is interesting to note that
il! the Pine River area, there are 13
busses running into the central area.
Buses coming from the East, travel
a distance of 20 miles; from the west
27 miles; frpom the NE. 21 miles arid
from the South, 17 miles. There are
some over 400 students being transported daily to the Pine River school,
which is somewhat of a record in itself.
Arrangements for constructing new
bus routes next year, the Teacher's
Tenure Law and state aids were general topics of discussion. County Supt.
Wicklund gave an Interesting talk on
which he is a member.cmfwyp shrdlu
the Minnesota Board of Education.
Supt. Molestead of Crow Wing county reviewed the work accomplished
by this organization.
Entertainment "was provided for
the guests between sessions by the
high school chorous, under the direction of Corwin Jones and the high
school band, under the direction of
Mr. Matthews. At the close of the
meeting, dinner was served to those
present by the Home Economics class,
under the guiding eye of Miss Sorum,
instructor. The 9th grade Home Economics class assisted in the serving.
HONOR   ROLL
The following new and re-newal
subscriptions to the Journal hava
been received the past week.
Look at the label on your paper,
if you are in arrears, stop in and see
us.
Carl Ryan of Jenkins, who recently
recovered from a serious Illness was
in Pine River last    week,    greeting
friends.
Bridges on the Minnesota highway
system are due for their semi-annual
renovating, according to orders issue 1
this week to all state bridge maintenance engineers by N.  W. Elsbere.
It is the policy of the Minnesot.
■Highway department to check all brid
ges twice a year and to then make
all necessary repairs. The check-up
crews are composed of two men each.
These are men employed the year
around by the department and, therefore, the spring and fall Inspection
does not bring the need of hiring
additional help.
Each crew is assigned to specific
districts and is armed with such
equipment as is necessary. They go
over each bridge minutely and correct plugged drains,, bent railings,
missing bolts, fix loose nuts and expansions plates. Where rusty spots
appear on the steel work they are
painted.
There are 2,500 bridges of all kinds
in Minnesota's trunk highway system. In other words, Com. Elsbe-g
pointed out, Minnesota is proud of
her hundreds of streams, and finds
them profitable from the tourist-attractiveness standpoint, but she also
finds that bridging them costs money
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