The Pine River Journal (Pine River, Minnesota), 1938-06-23

              PINE RIVER JOURNAL
VOLUME III NUMBER 45
THE PINE RIVER JOURNAL, PINE RIVER,  CASS  COUNTY,  MINNESOTA,  THURSDAY,  JUNE 23,  193S
SUB. $1.00 In County, $1.50 outside
Benson Leads F-L Race;
Stassen & Gallagher Nom.
Ryan Losing Ground
Lundin & Olson Head
Commissioner List
s
Primary election day in the village
of Pine River proved to be a rather
v^      quiet   affair   with   178   ballo.s   being
i cast.    The  F-L  group  led for party
preference with 94 loyal adherents as
compared to 59 Republicans and 22
Democrats.
Governor Elmer A. Benson is assured of the Farmer-Labor nomination as his lead over Hjalmer Peterson
is steadily increasing. .His lead at.
present is well over 12,000 and is
mounting   rapidly.
Stassen and Gallagher are well in
the lead for the Republican and Democratic nominations  respectively.
The fact that a large number of
Republicans throughout the state voted for Peterson on the F-L ticket
and no other candidates, made a considerable change in the outcome for
several men running.
Following is a    summary    of    the
votes cast in the village and also the
county:
Village—
Commisioner  1st.   District
Arvid Lundin    7ii
John   Olson       44
John   Norman       41
Abe  Pajumpa       11
Senator 52nd   Dist.
Geo.  Herreid    51
Bill  Spain       3'J
Edgar  Mullins       37
W. R. Giberson   22
Chief Justice of Supreme Court
Henry Gallagher     73
Henry Bessenden    34
Roy Modeen  25
Judge of  Dist. Court 15th.  Dist.
D. H. Fullerton      71
Hilding Swanson _  44
F. J. McPartlin  .".' '.  34
FINAL  COUNT  IN  COUNTY
The Commissioner race *.n this district was a close one, with Arvid
Lundin and John Olson heading the
list.
Arvid Lundin       203
lohn Olson    333
Pajumpa     201
.Norman       188
B_ain of Hackensack drew the
from Cass county in the
|j, with Mullins a close se-
    107!)
   899
»id    879
rson      807
The M. E. choir girls enjoyed a picnic and outing at the Kay Stevens
home Sunday. 16 members together
with their friends were present.
Plans were made for continuing the
choir for another year with the follow
ing officials elected: Beatrict Teicher
manager, Mrs. Morris Cromett, pianist and  Kay  Stevens  director.
TO
RIDE
THE
RIVER
WITH
William MacLeod Raine's
New Western Serial
Jeff Gray rode info Tail Holt
with a chip on his shoulder, a
tough hombre who joined
forces with notorious Sherm
Howard. Obviously, he was a
cattle rustler, helping to ruin
Lee Chiswick1 s ranch. But
beautiful Ruth Chiswick never
completely lost faith in Jeff,
for his character seemed
essentially honest. Why, then,
did Jeff join the rustlers . . .
why did he try to shoot Ruth's
father in cold blood? You'll
find the answer in our amazing
new serial, "To Ride the River
With."
IN EVERY ISSUE
MISSIONARY CIRCLE  MEETS
The M. E. Missionary Circle met at
the home of Mrs. Alice Amy Tuesday
afternoon. Mrs. L. Dodd of Staples
gave a very impressive talk on Missions. Mrs. Tollefson, president of
the M. E. Missionary Society of Brain
erd, and Mrs. Sann of the same city,
were guests of honor. Mrs. Anderson entertained with three vocal selections accompanied by Mrs. Cromett. Refreshments were served at
the close of the afternoon.
SERVICES FOR MRS.
THOMAS ETHRIDGE
HELD WEDNESDAY
Mrs. Tom Ethridge of Pine River,
who had been in ill health for several
years, passed away at the Brainerd
hospital Monday evening. Her death
came as a sudden shock to the community for although having been in
poor health for some time, no onq realized that the end wais so near.
Funeral services were held Wednesday at the home of Mrs. Seth
Ethridge, with Rev. Peterson officiating. The body was then shipped
to Iowa Falls, where interment was
made.
Nancy Ethridge was born and spent
her childhood in Pennsylvania, moving to Iowa when a younng lady.
Here she met and married Tom Ethridge; on Nov. 27, 1903. In 1917 Mr.
and Mrts. Ethridge moved to Pine
River, where they have since made
their home. She leaves to mourn her
untimely death besides her husband,
one brother and one sister, Robert
and Elizabeth McBurney of Popejoy,
Ia.
Tom Ethridge and his mother, Mrs.
Seth Ethridge, left Wednesday evening for Iowa Falls, where they will
attend the last rites.
Work Begun on W.
P.A. Sidewalk Proj.
Work was started Monday by the
WPA under the direction of Vane
Jones, on the village sidewalk project. Approximately 2.3 mliles , of
sidewalk will be built and repaired,
employing about 30 men from local
relief rolls.
Property owners may have sidewalks built at a cost of 25c per running foot for a 4ft. walk. Labor to
be furnished by WPA. All those interested are asked to get in touch
with the village council.
TABERNACLE  NEWS
The annual meeting of the Tabernacle was "held Thursday evening,
with the following officers being elected: Rev. MacKinney pastor, James
Trude treas., Mrs. Trude secretary,
Frank Corey usher and Jim Fylnn Jr.,
Jim Tournier, Orlo Trude, Dale Trude
Myles Cadwell, Raymond Verdon,
and Mark and Paul MacKinney assistant ushers; Mae Davies, Sunday
school   supt.  and    assistant    pastor.
Rev. Paul MacKinney and father,
and their wives were entertained at
the homes of Jim Flynn and the Hamlet home in Swanburg Monday. Rev.
and Mrs. E. R. MacKinney left *for
their home in Wisconsin  Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. John Lembke and
Miss Mae Davies drove to Sauk; Centre Friday, where the latter visited
with her sister.
Mrs. Erv. Lembke is attending the
camp meeting at Alexandria this
week.
At the Sunday evening service Rev.
MacKinney's father raised enough
money to paint the logs on the outside of the tabernacle and give the
parsonage  one  coat.
NOTICE OF BIDS
Bids will be received by the Pine
River Board of Education for one or
more carloads of coal. Specify B. T.
U. content, Ash content, and Volatile content. Coal to be delivered at
the Pine River school bins.
Bids will be received up to July 9.
Otto Haack, Supt.
By special arrangements made with
the Minnesota Temperance Movement, Pine River is to have the privilege of hearing one of the outstanding temperance speakers of America,
Miss Norma C. Brown. Rev. Raymond Huss of the Trinity English
Lutheran Church of our city, has
made arrangements whereby this
speaker will be here on Sunday, July
8, at 9:80 a< m.
Miss Brown Is an outstanding
speaker of national prominence on the
present temperance situation in the
nation. She has been lecturing In
Minnesota for the past year and has
reached most of the important centers
of the state. The Minnesota Temperance Movement hais invited Miss
Brown to continue her work in Minnesota for at least another year.
PREVIEW OF COMING ATTRACTIONS
A new angle on love—and try to
find a funnier one than "Change of
'Heartf' showing Star the last time
tonight (Thursday) at the Marlow.
Untying their marriage knot was a
very knotty problem—with so many
funny twists you'll be rocking in your
chair with laughter. Gloria Stuart
and Michael Whalen head' the cast.
The newest adventure of Charlie
Chan into the absorbing realms of
mystery and danger il "Charlie Chan
at Monte Carlo," playing at the Marlow on Friday and Saturday. The
pictures features Keye Luke, Virginia Field, Sidney Blackmer, Harold
Huber, Kay Linaker and Robert Kent
in the cast.
Sunday.Monday and Tuesday brings
you "Bringing Up Baby" with Katherine Hepburn and Qary Brant
heading the cast.
Grant at first true to his work,, finally succumbs to the wiles of Katherine Hepburn but only after she
leads him a merry chase and drags
him into adventures which include
scouring the countryside in pursuit
of a leopard .landing in jail, and
other hilarious  experiences.
May Robson,   Charlie  Ruggles  and
Fritz Field are also in  the cast.
Don't miss this big picture next Sunday.
Next Wednesday and Thursday,
Cash Nites, the Marlow presents
"Ladies in Distress" with Alison Skip-
worth, Polly Moran and Bob Livingston,  supported  by  a  big cast.
PATROL   ORDERED   TO   WAR
AGAINST   MARIJUANA   WEED
All this summer and fall the Minnesota Highway patrolman, as he cruises the trunk roads of the state will
not only be watching for traffic law
violators and motorists in distress
but also he will be constantly sweeping his eyes over the highway right-
of-way and" adjoining fields on the
lookout for the narcotic bmarijuana
weed.
The patrolmen have been ordered
to report to the nearest county agent
at once to obtain knowledge of the
plant and to lear its physical characteristics so that they can spot it
readily among other vegetation.
NEEDS    NO    ELEVATOR
TO     GET     DOWNSTAIRS
Sleepy Eye.—"One must know how
to fall, if he is to make a good job
of it," said William Keyes after he
had gone head first into the basement
of a local bakery one morning recently. Bill had been talking to a
friend in the rear room, backed up a
few steps and found himself in the
basement. He didn't even break his
glasses. . , |    ,
Farmers Insurance Co.
Holds Annual Meeting
The 34th annual meeting of the
Farmers Towp. Mutual Insurance
Co. of Deerwood, was held June 14,
at that city. The secretary and
treasurer's report showed that the
company had enjoyed the best year
in its history, with a large increase
of new memberships. No assessments were levied the past year as
current premiums took care of all
losses. The company now has approximately three and a half million
dollars worth of insurance in force,
with a membership of over 2000.
This is the oldest and largest Farmer's Fire Mutual operating in this
part of the state. The following
board was re-elected:
J. D. Nelson, President for 2 years
Ole J. Johnson, Vice Pres. for 1 year
Deward E. Hawley, Sec-Treas. 3 yrs.
Directors
Brynolf Peterson for 3 years
Oscar Nelson for 3 years
J. W. Parks for 2 years
Frank Dotzler for 1 year
HIGHWAY   TRUCKS   ARE   NOW
MOVING     'HOPPER     POISON
-instructed by N. W. Elsberg to
follow the orders of the various coun
ty agents, highway maintenance
trucks were busy this week transporting grasshopper bait to all sections
of the state threatened with an outbreak.
The hauling, which is a repetition
of similar co-operation given by Com.
Elsberg's department last year to the
farmers fighting 'hopper infestation
started 10 days ago and will continue as long as crops are endangered.
At the same time, the maintenance
division was ordered to spread the
bait, under the supervision of county
agents, along highway right of ways
in infected areas.
Maintenance engineers, however,
were warned against using any men
with open wounds in distributing the
poison.
CREDIT PROD. ASS,
HOLDS MEETING
Carrying on Agriculture in the cut-
over country where lumbering used
to be the chief industry has been
greatly helped by the organization ot
local cooperatives for obtaining short
term operating credit according to
Mr. Pajumpa, a director of the Aitkin Credit Productive Ass., who attended a meeting of similar associations at Bemidji last week.
The Aitkin Ass. serves the farmers
of Aitkin, Crow Wing, Southern
Cass and Eastern Itasca counties and
is one of the 26 associations in Minnesota that last year loaned their
members more than $6,490,000 to buy
dairy cattle, breeding stock, feeding
lambs, farm macninery and supplie3,
pay other farm aebts and to make
improvements and repair farm buildings.
The Aitkin association's representatives included: John Orjala of East
Lake, president; Leo Wright of Aitkin, vice president; Earl Richelson
of Brainerd, Frank Burke of Good-
land and Abe Pajumpa of Pine River, directors; and Kenneth Christian
of Aitkin, secretary and treasurer.
SPECIAL LICENSE INSPECTORS
HUNT CAR  BOOTLEGGERS
To combat recent inroads on the
trade of legitimate licensed motor
vehicle dealers in Minnesota by out-of
state 'car bootlegger's' who evade pay
ing the state car license fee's by using plates from other states.. M. J.
Murray, chief of the Highway patrol,
has hired eight special license inspectors to run down these carpet-bagging
dealers.
Prior to hiring the special investigators on a temporary basis, Chief
Murray stated that his patrol had uncovered evidence of a wideyspfead
activity by such unlicensed dealers.
The patrol, however, was helpless to
a great extent, because by law they
must limit their jurisdiction to state
trunk highways. Consequently special officers are being used to run
down the illegitimate dealers who try
to beat the law by placing their cars
in oil stations and lots off the main
highways and by using side roads for
transport.
Sell It With A Want Ad
Pilots Swear Body Is Not In
Swamp; Hope of Finding
Lad Alive Abandoned
Local Talent at Backus Amateur Contest
Those from Pine River taking part
in the amateur program sponsored
by the Rebekah Lodge at Backus last
Wednesday evening, were Mrs. A. J.
Button and Ardyce, Florence Kline,
Mrs. Ralph Hunt, Mrs. Chas. Bates
as judge and Mrs. Kay Stevens' as
accompanist. Prizes were awarded
to Avis Ware of Walker for tap dancing, Lawrence and Clarence Miller
of Backus in a song and guitar number and a Kinkel lad from Longville
for a Yodel and guitar number.
COOPERATIVE PICNIC SAT. DRAWS
RECORD CROWD
Folks from all over Cass County—
the number being estimated at 1500,
enjoyed the Cooperative Picnic held
at the Pine River fair grounds Saturday.
Cooperative creameries, berry association's, shipping associations, 4-H
clubs and farm bureaus were well
represented from over the entire
county.
Th speaking program was opened
by Abe Pajumpa, who, after a short
introductory talk introduced Arv'd
Lundin who gave a short talk on behalf of the village of Pine River. Mr.
Pajumpa then introduced Mr. Rems-
berg of St Paul, the main speaker
of the afternoon, who spoke on the
advantages of cooperative buying and
selling and the enlargements of tho
benefits of all cooperatives if they
work in unison. The talk was very
instructive and well received. Short
talks were also given by Andrew
Swedberg Jr., manager of the Pillager Shipping Ass. and and Rep. Vern
Lockwood of Motley.
The Pine River Municipal Band,
under the direction of Supt. Haack,
furnished the music for the afternoon.
Free ice cream, coffee and buttermilk were served to everyone who
wanted it.
A vote of approval should be extended to all those taking part in the
promotion of the picnic as there is
no doubt but what it was a decided
success. Farm Bureau officials, Cooperative officials and members of the
various farm organizations put forth
a great deal of effort in sponsoring
a celebration of this kind.
HERE'S    A     CHALLENGE
TO     COFFEE   DRINKERS
Grand Rapids.—Seeking new fields
to conquer, August Comstock of Fergus Falls, better known as "Guzzling Gus" has issued a challenge to
every coffee drinker in Itasca county to meet him in a public coffee
drinking bout at the Itasca county
fair. Gus is offering the challenge
at this time so that any men hoping
to defeat him in the match will have
time to train for the encounter. Gus
holds an official record of 85 eight
ounce cups of Java in three hours,
also a sprint record of 38 cups ia
32 minutes. He drinks coffee because
he likes it, putting cream in at least
half of the servingis. For several
years he has had an ice cream concession at the Itasca fair, and there
has noticed a number of men whose
ability to drink coffee led him to believe that he might find a foe worthy
of his own drinking abilities, hence
the challenge.
Norman Gilbertson returned to
Pine River last week after a two
weeks vacation in Minneapolis.
HONOR  ROLL
The following new and re-newal
subscriptions to the Journal have
been received the past week.
Look at the label on your paper,
if you are in arrears, stop in and see
us.
Ed. Dorsey, Pillager
Mrs. Francis Wallack, Los Angeles
Eugene Fraser, Pine River
After a week of futile searching
for Hickle Harley Ware, 4 year old
son of Mr. and Mrs. James Ware, who
disappeared June 11, hopes for
finding the lad alive have gradually
waned. The lad has vanished so
completely that no tangible clues
have been found.
The posse which numbered from
1500 to 2000 men has gradually dwindled to two or three hundred.
Saturday night a reward was set
ing from donations after all costs of
inng from donations after all costs of
the organized hunt were paid. Any
donations received from now on will
be used to enlarge the. reward.
On Monday morning Mr. DePonti
of Minneapolis, dispatched two pilots
and one of his planes to cover the
area. The flyers, Dan Fowlie and
Chuck Doyle arrived here at 6:30 a.
m. and proceded to the swamp. They
reported back several times but were
unable to find any trace. The plane
was adapted to fly low and at a slow
speed to enable a close lookout. At
three p. m. they reported back again
and definitely stated that the lad was
not in the swamp as they were able
to scrutinize the ground and see tha
bottom of the lakes perfectly. To
further prove their point Sheriff Merry and Deputy Sheriff Townsend accompanied on two separate flights
and were fully convinced that the
wooded section could combed closer
and more minutely from the air than
on foot.
Sheriff Merry, in behalf of Pine
River and vicinity wishes to extend
his sincere thanks to Mr. De Ponti
and the pilots who furnished this
service free of charge.
At present it seems any theory is
worthy of thought as every known
lead so far has ended at nothing.
Meanwhile the search continues
with a few determined men on the
job.
Aux. Sells Flags to
Local Businesmen
The following business places in
Pine River purchased flags from the
VFW this month: Kater's Garage,
Lake Region hotel, Lumber Co., Hill
Hardware, Marlow theatre, Dr. Johnson and Don Lundrigan.
The purpose of selling the flags
was to provide a better display of
flags when the occasion called for it.
Anyone else wishing to purchase
flags should get in touch with Mrs.
Otto  Haack  or  Mrs.  Gus  Wolfrank.
The Auxiliary has ordered copies
of 'Etiquette of the Stars and Stripes'
and will deliver them to all business
men in Pine River and Backus when
they arrive.
The Auxiliary wishes to thank all
those who purchased flags from them.
Mr. and Mrs. Art Johnson and family of St Cloud, and the McTaggarts
of South Dakota, who are guests at
the Abe White home, and Mr. and
Mrs. White, enjoyed an outing on
Whitefish   Lake   Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Ervin Wittemore are
the parents of a son, born Monday.
FEATURES YOU WILL LIKE
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county and state primaries in
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Muley Bates finds the neighbors are a handicap to an aspiring musician. Read our comic
section.
Not all of the nation's hard
pressed railroads want more government loans, says Carter Field
this week. He gives a complete
survey of the situation in this
weeks' Journal.
The closing session of Congress
and a summary of its accomplishments is the highlight of Pick-
ard's   "Weekly   News  Review."