The Pine River Journal (Pine River, Minnesota), 1938-06-30

              PINE RIVER JOURNAL
VOLUME   III   NUMBER   46
THE PINE RIVER JOURNAL, PINE RIVER,  CASS  COUNTY,  MINNESOTA, THURSDAY, JUNEj 30, 1938
SUB. $1.00 In County, $1.50 outside
NEWS BRIEFS OF
INTEREST FROM
'ROUND THE STATE
EIGHT     POUND     TOOTH      IS
EVIDENCE     OF     MAMMOTHS
/ Red Wing.—There are a few things
to be thankful for these days. Possessors of eight-pound teeth aren't
still roaming the bluffs in this community. 'Proof was found recently
by Leo Saul that such creatures were
at one time right at home here. Mr.
Saul, who owns a farm in Hay Creel.,
•was walking on a slope at the rear of
his farm when he saw what at first
he supposed to be a large rock. Picking it up, he discovered it was a
well preserved mammoth tooth, nearly identical to the one found a few
months ago on the Otto W. Kolshorn
property, which is located about five
miles from the Saul farm. The tooth
.just found weighs a little over eight
pounds which is three pounds more
I linn the first one which was found
at a depth of about fourteen feet.
Mr. Saul's find was on top of the
mi mud where it had evidentally been
washed by heavy rains. Just where
the rest of the teeth and the bones
of the ancient mammoth will be found
is hard to state but it is thought
that they lie somewhere in this vicinity.
CASS    LAKE    MAN    WINS    Prize
/      OF    $50.00  FOR   TRUE  STORY
Bemidji.—Orville Halverson is $50.
richer because he wrote a letter to
the magazine "Click" in which he
; old of something unusual he witness'
eC many years ago when he was only
a slip of a lad. Click offered liberal
prizes for suggestions of subjects for
unusual pictures. Entering the contest Mr. Halverson related how, many
years ago he found a nest of small
black ants in an old stump. He casually placed a lighted match near the
hole. What was his surprise when
the ants became fiercely agitated and
a fire brigade was quickly formed to
put out the fire. Not all of the ants
responded to the fire alarm, but only
a few that apparently belonged
to the brigade. These quickly sur
rounded the fire and squirted fine
streams of a milky substance on the
fre. Their combined efforts wwe
£tive in putting the fire out. For
i^ears Mr. Halverson told of his
^ but no one would believe
1' the story was substanti-
fcpular Mechanics. It was
|tory, submitted to Click,
$50 for Mr. Halverson.
iUIPPED   CIGARETTE
THE   LATEST  GADGET
Redwood Falls.— Possibilities of
marketing a "match-equipped cigarette" are being investigated by Ingolt'
M. Stensvad who recently received a
patent on the invention. Stensvad'.
cigarette is provided with a paper
match attached so that the tail of the
match projects beyond the end of the
Ciagarette. The match not only provides means for lighting the smoke,
but enables the user to pull the cigarette from the container without damaging the other cigarettes. It is packaged in the usual paper container, i
strip of sough material generally
used in striking matches being attach
ed to the bottom of the pack.
MAN HAS "POKER FACE" WITH
HAND  OF THIRTEEN HEARTS
Redwood Falls.—A "poker face" is
a handy thing to have at an auction
bridge bout, opponents of Ira Reynolds an 80 year did man, agreed
wryly when the octogenarian produced a perfect hand of 13 hearts. Reynolds neither dropped dead, fainted,
nor bid no-trump when he took up
his hand in a game with three cronies
at the local club rooms. He simply
took the bid at four hearts and made
a grand slam. His astonished partner and the other players couldn't imagine what had happened until the
fire worfes was all over.
Those who arrived Sunday for a
visit with Mr. and Mrs. Vernon linger at Birchwood Park, were Miss
Clara Hflger of Minnaaiulis-, MJr.
and Mrs. John Schrieder and sons
Billy of Victoria, and Mr. and Mrs.
Albert Kunze of St Boniface. They
returned to their respective homes
Monday.
MIX   'HOPPER   POISON   IN
PINE   RIVER  THURSDAY
Ed Dorsey of Pillager and several
other interested members of farm
organizations were in Pine River on
Thursday, mixing grasshopper poison.
The work was done at the fair
grounds. The poison is mixed with
sawdust  to  facilitate spreading.
TO  ORGANIZE   BIBLE  SCHOOL
VFW TO SPONSOR
JULY 4TH. DANCE
SATURDAY EVE.
FARM BUREAU PICNIC HELD SUNDAY
AT MERRIFIELD
The Gospel Tabernacle will open
a Vacation Bible School Tuesday July
5. Classes will begin at 9 a. m. The
classes will continue for two weeks
and will be held in the forenoons
only. Plans are being made to have
four teachers in charge. All children
4 years and over, regardless of creed
are invited to attend.
BIG FEATURES AT
MARLOW THEATRE THIS WEEK
The July Fourth VFW Dance at
the armory will not be held ij> ihe
'4th as presumed by many, but Sal urday evening, July 2.
The Vets have arranged for a "jitney dance" this trip—and in keeping
with the holiday spirit, will have
plenty of munitions and notions on
hand for the funsters. The "Peppers"
who need no introduction, will furnish the music. As an added attraction an American silk flag will oe
given with each admission. Plan to
be at the armory Saturday night and
celebrate in! true 4th of July manner.
VACANCIES AT NAVAL ACADEMY
Allison Skipworth and Polly Moran
will entertain you tonight at the
Marlow in "Ladies in Distress," a
rollicking comedy. "Hawaiian Buck-
aroo" with Smith Ballew and chapter
12 of "Mysterious Piolt" will be
featured  on  Friday  and   Saturday.
Presenting a dazzling array of
stars and a variety of talent that
staggers the imagination, "The Goldwyn Follies" begins a two day engagement at the Marlow theatre Sun
day.
The musical, which also marks the
producer's swing to the color standard, has been produced on a scale
more lavish, more opulent and more
magnificent than anything the screen
has  ever known.
Goldwyn invaded every field of
entertainment to augment the screen
cast headed by suave Adolphe Men-
jou, The Ritz Brothers and the beautiful rising young star Andrea Leeds.
From radio he took Edgar Bergen
and Charlie McCarthy, the comedy
sensation of the world; Kenny Baker,
Jack Benny'is silver voiced romanticist ; Irresponsible Phil Baker and
his accordian; from grand opera,
lovely Helen Jepson and the sensational newcomer Charles Kullman;
from the world of dance, the beautiful Zorina and George Balanchine's
American Ballet of the Metropolitan
Opera; and from musical comedy,
goggle eyed Bobby Clark to clown
with  petite Ella Logan.
On Tuesday evening the Marlow
brings you another Pal Nite, admitting two for the price of one. "Lone
Wolf in Paris" starring Francis Lederer and Frances Drake, will be the
feature.
Senator Lundeen of Minnesota announces that he will have a vacancy
to fill at the U. S. Naval Academy at
Annapolis, for the class of June
1939. One principal and three alternates will be named before the first
or the year as a result of a preliminary competitive mental examination
which will be conducted by the U.
S. Civil Service Commission on Saturday October S, 1938.
All boys who wish to apply for
this vacancy must have legal residence in the state of Minnesota, and
must not be less than 16 years of
age nor more than 20 years of age on
April  1,  1939.
If application stating full information concerning date and place of
birth, parentage, education, participation in athletics has not yet been
sent, it is important that this be done
immediately, in writing and sent to
Senator Ernest Lundeen, Washington,
D. C. Any letters of recommendation submitted in behalf of the applicant will be given consideration.
All applicants must take the preliminary competitive mental examination in order to be considered for
this appointment. Pamphlets relating
to admission of Cadets to the Naval
Academy will be sent upon request.
A joint Farm Bureau picnic of Cass
and  Crow   Wing county farmers was
held   at   Merrirleld   Sunday.    A  large
i   from     both     counties
was present.
The principal speakers of the day
were Hjalmer Peterson, former Minn.
Governor and Frank White, President
of the Minnesota Farm Bureau Fe-
ueration who, gave very interesting
talks. Short talks were also given
by the Crow Wing County Farm Bureau President and by the Cass County President, E. J. Dorsey of Pillager.
The afternoon's entertainment included a ball game, hog, chicken and
husband calling contests and a variety
of races.
All those in attendance reported a
very enjoyable day of activities.
PINE  RIVER TALENT TO TAKE
PART   IN   AMATEUR   PROGRAM
DOROTHY     MICKELSON     TO
SING   OVER   STATION   KVOX
Dorothy Mickelson of Detroit Lakes
a niece of Mrls. Vane Jones, will
sing over radio station KVOX Moorhead, at 8:15 p.m. Thursday (tonite).
Miss Mickelson is a very talented
young lady who sings and also plays
a guitar and piano. She is well
known in Pine River having visited
here on several occasions.
4-H Club Met Saturday in Pine River
Friends of Mrs. Anne Bolon will
be interested to know that two of her
recent musical selections have been
published in the latest edition of Radio Favorites. Both selections have
vocal and piano with uke. accompaniment. They are entitled "All the
Way" and "Where the Wild Roses
Grow."
Mary Rohr and Leola Greenwood
of Backus, are spending this week at
the Gene Rohr, Mrs. Wm. Rohr and
Fred Hempstead homes.
Use A Want Ad
The local 4-H club held their regu
lar meeting Saturday, with 13 members present. Lottie Knudsen, tenpor-
ary Club Agent was present and
heard reports from members and assisted in planning new activities for
the club.
On July 15, club members will
make a tour to various homes and
Inspect club projects. In order to
stimulate interest in the work, parents of members are also invited. The
committee in charge includejs Miss
Thelma Erickson, leader of the unit,
Katherine Witt, Dorothy Schleiger
and Arlene Ast.
An achievement day is also being
planned for the month of August to
be held in Pine River. Members who
have already enrolled for demonstrations include Loretta Ast, meal planning ; Laura Lesher, canning; Laverne
Cadwell and Katherine Witt, bread
making.
Following the meeting, refreshments were served by Laverne Cadwell and Loretta Aist. The next
meeting will be held July 16.
Our Fourth of July Goes 'Round the World— - By Albert T. Reid
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A-TOC-tTIN
An invitation has been extended to
Pine River talent to take part in a
"Major Bowes" Amateur program to
be held at Longville some time after
July4. The exact date will appear
in  next weeks'  issue if the Journal.
All varieties of talent are being solicited for this program. Suitable
prizes will be awarded to all winners. All those that are interested,
are asked to correspond with Ernest
Nyvall of Longville, for further particulars.
NYE IS LEADING
LANGER IN N.D.
SENATOR RACE
Mrs. Chris Finsaas who was mucn
improved -n health from her recent
stay at the Brainerd hospitall is
reported as being quite ill.
NUPTIALS OF LOCAL
INTEREST MONDAY
EMERICK - SEEKELL ,
Miss Erma Emerick, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Emerick of Pine River, and Arnold Seekell of Cross Lake,
were quietly married at the Lutheran parsonage in Pequot Monday,
with Rev. Raymond Huss reading the
service.
Miss Emerick is well and favorably known in Pine River,having spent
most of her life at her home near
Mildred. For the past nine years she
has been engaged in teaching in the
Cross Lake, Hackensack and Backus
schools.
Mr. Seekell has been engaged in
summer resort work at Cross Lake
for several years, where the young
couple will make their future home.
MRS.   L.  E.   DOUGHERTY  HONORED   AT   BIRTHDAY   PARTY
Mrs. Kay Stevens entertained a
number of friends at a birthday party in compliment to Mrs. L. E.
Dougherty Sunday. Guests present,
.included Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Reed
and family, Mr. and Mrs. Erwin Butler and family ancl Mr. and Mrs. Thos
Young. Refreshments were served
by the hostess following a pleasant
social hour.
MODEL   "T"
IN
JUST     BROKEN
AT     100,000       MILES
Granite Falls.—Just how far do
you expect your automobile to go to
give you the right kind of service?
Before you answer this, consider Ker-
min Rude's Model T Ford car. It
has rolled up a mileage of well over
100,000 miles and, according to Ker-
min, "it's just getting well broken in
now." The car started out with a
speedometer hut this disappeared
years ago. At that time it registered
38,000 miles. The only major repair
job the car has ever undergone has
been a cylinder rebore job. Not quite
satisfied with the speed the original
gears were capable of, Kermin put tn
new speed gears and now boast that
he can make 55 miles per hour. The
car runs 23 to 25 miles on a gallon
of gas and is easily good for another
hundred thousand miles.
LOCALS
Mr. and Mrs. George Countryman
of Crosby visited at the Earl Bell
home Sunday. Mrs. Countryman is
a sister of Mrs. Bell.
Mr. and Mrs. Ted Lavoie and children and Mr. and Mrs. Ovid Lavoie
and son David, were guests at the
August Schmidt home in Pequot ou
Sunday.
Guests from Thursday until Tuesday at the Vernon Hilgers home, included Mr. and Mrs. John Hilgers
and family of Crary, N. Dak. and Mr.
and Mrs. Larry Desautels and Mary
Virginia of Aberdeen, S. Dak.
Wm. Gilbert and Kenneth Ferguson of Wadena, were over nite guests
of Mrs. Mary Gilbert Monday.
Mrs. Delbert Riley and children
of 50 Lakes, spent Tuesday with
Mrs. B. L.  Shiffer.
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
ns.
Mrs.   Engleheart,   Pine   River
Oscar   Lee,   Pine   River
Latest election returns from the
North Dakota primaries indicate that
Senator Gerald V. Nye is well over
15,000 in the lead of his opponent,
the former Gov. William Langer.
9S0 out ol' Lii'do precincts gave Nye a
total of 56,356 and  Langer 40,506.
In the gubernatorial battle, Thor-
son is leading Hagen by 7000 votes,
wifli a total of -15,897 while Hagen
has polled 38,796 votes.
WPA    RECREATION    NEWS
Avery Cory of Pine River took
part in a WPA boxing contest held
in Park Rapids Tuesday evening. The
bout was scheduled for three rounds
but ended in the second when the
Park Rapids lad landed a hard blow.
The. art and plaque groups will
meet in the armory Saturday and on
Wednesday and Thursday of next
week. The making of rubber molds
will be explained and a mold start-
ted. Anyone interested in this work
is welcome to take part. This program belongs to everyone in the
community.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Van Dorn and
family returned Monday from Pelican Rapids, where they have been attending special services.
O.E.S. Entertains at
Theatre Party Tues.
To substitute for the last regular
meeting of the Eastern Star Lodge,
about twenty members from Pine
River and Backus attended a theatre
,party at the Marlow Tuesday evening. Following the show, a social
hour and luncheon was enjoyed at
the Green Dragon Cafe.
ELEVATOR     STALLS   IN   BLDG.,
BECOMES    PRISON  FOR NURSE
Springfield.—Trapped in a stalled
elevator between two floors and imprisoned for forty-five minutes was
the experience of Mrs. Harold Carl-
strom. nurse at a local hospital. Mrs
Garlstrom was operating the automatic electric elevator when it suddenly stopped midway between the se
cond and third floors. The other
nurses were at supper and although
several patients heard Mrs. Carlstrom
scream for help, there was only one
patient that was able to move. An
electrician was called and the nurse
released from her prison.
The Church of God of Jenkins was
organized Wednesday evening, with
a membership of 20. Rev. Joseph
Kisser of Elbow Lake has accepted
the pastorate and will move to Jenkins in the near future. Mr. Van
Dorn will be in charge of the services next Sunday.
Joan, Jean and Paul Wicklund arrived by bus from Walker Monday,
and will visit with their grandparents
Mr.   and Mrs. Ben  Robideau.
Mr. and Mrs Ted Shiffer are spending the week in St Paul with the
latter's parents. They will return
to   Pine   River   Saturday.
Miss Violet Mayer of Blind Lake is
a guest at the homes of Mr. and Mrs.
Gene Rohr and Mr. and Mrs. Enoch
Mayer this week.
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FEATURES YOU WILL LIKE
A bachelor with 200,000 patent
models in his home and 300 cook
books in his kitchen is Lemuel
F. Barton's unusual character
sketch in "Who's News This
Week."
Army engineers have made it
tough for David Lilienthal, TVA
director, according to Carter
Field. He tells why in his Washington letter this week.
The huge flow of priming cash
has started, feeding projects in
every state, in federal drive to
check depression. Details in E.
W.  rickard's News Review.