The Pine River Journal (Pine River, Minnesota), 1937-11-04

              PINE RIVER JOURNAL
VOLUME III NUMBER 13
THE PINE RIVER JOURNAL, PINE RIVER,  CASS  COUNTY,  MINNESOTA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBTR 4,1937
SUBSCRIPTION $1.00 Per Yeai
NEWS BRIEFS OF
INTEREST FROM
'ROUND THE STATE
DOUBLE  TROUBLE  DESCENDS TO  ONE  MAN
St. Peter.—Double trouble descended
upon Henry Stradtiuann, a farmer In
this vicinity, last week-end bringing
accident and fire both in its wake
Mr. Stradtmann's - car was badly
wrecked one noon in a collision and
the following evening his garage,
chicken coop, 150 culled chickens, a
hay stack and his neighbor's car bur-
ed. Returning home last Saturday
Mr, Stradmann ran into another
man's car as it was coming onto the
highway and badly damaged his own
car. He had his car towed into town
for repairs and borrowed his neighbor's car to use in the meantime as
the Stradmann children needed to
drive to school. The next evening
the borrowed car was driven into the
garage. At 3 o'clock in the morning
fire was detected in the garage.which
was built onto the chicken coop and
both burned, as well as the borrowed car, 150 chickens and a hay stack.
Plenty of forage has led to an increa se in cattle feeding- activities in Minnesota  this fall.
SQUIRRELS     STOCK
CELLAR     WITH      NUTS
CHAS.   HARRIS   ERECTING   LOG
RESIDENCE   IN   PINE    RIVER
Chas. Harris is constructing a. new
log house on the lots across the road
from the Wm. McLean residence, formerly owned by George Bowman. The
foundation, which is of stone work,
was put in by R. H. Harris. The house
proper is constructed entirely of logs
with stone work pillars at the corners. They expect to move in within
a short time.
OPEN TRAPPING
SEASON PROVIDES ADDED FUNDS
LADIES FASHION SHOP TO
OPEN HERE NOVEMBER 13
j
A new ladies wearing apparel shop
will open for business in the newly
remodeled basement of the Paul Bunyan Cafe. The new business venture
will be under the able managenunt
of Mrs. Wesley Cromett, who is well
known in Pine River for her abilities
along this line.
The new shop will specialize in
expert dress making service and will
carry a complete line of ladies wealing apparel.
FREE DANCE AT
ARMORY SAT. NITE
A free dance will be held at the
Pine River armory on Saturday evening, November 6, given by Mr. aud
Airs. Blix Kyllingstad in honor ot
their 25th, wedding anniversary.
Friends and neighbors are all cordially invited.
Truck Overturns In
Head-On Collision
BRIDGE   CLUB   MEETS
NATIONAL   EDUCATION   WEEK
WILL   BE  NOVEMBER 8 - 13
Granite Falls.—If the Will Bruflat
family here doesn't have plenty of
black walnuts to eat this winter it
won't be the fault of the grey squirrels in the neighborhood. During the
last month the neighbors have been
watching the squirrels gather the
black walnuts from under the trees
and then scurry with them through
an air vent in the Bruflat basement.
Mr. Bruflat was told of the squirrels'
activity and went down Into his basement to investigate. He found that
practically every fruit jar in the place
had   been  filled   with   black   walnuts.
GRANT COUNTY MAN
SHOOTS FREAK BIRD
Elbow Lake.—One of the freak pheasants which are occasionally seen in
this section and which range in plumage from pure white to a mixture ot
colors, was shot last week in Elk town
ship by C. A. Ray, Grant county auctioneer. This bird, a young cock,
was of the mixed type. On the head
back and wings the predominating
color was white, while on the breast
and thighs the feathers were of the
natural colors. There was no evl-
dene of the customary ring about
fhe neck. One pronounced variatlor
that the bird had from the usual
pheasant markings was that its feet
were pure white instead of a dark
color as is the usual case. However
its shape conformed to that of its
species and it tasted like an ordinary
pheasant.
FARMER   SAVES   TIME
USING   AN    AIRPLANE
Argyle.—Because the airplane saves
time it has become a part of the
equipment M. J. Florance of Hallock,
who operates a farm of 25000 acres.
Mr. Florance, rated one of the worlds
greatest wheat growers, last week
purchased a two seated plane for
training flights,. but plans to buy a
larger ship. "There is much to be
done in a short time, that the time
saved by airplane travel is a great
help," said Mr. Florence. "When
machinery parts are needed or quick
decisions must be made the airplane
is valuable. Farm work on the Florance tract is done exclusively with
tractors.
FATHER,  SON   ARE   IN
IDENTICAL     ACCIDENT
With the open of Minnesota's an
nual trapping seasons, farm boys are
happy at prospects for additional
'pin money' and hundred of adults
who utilize the trappping of fin-bearers for needed funds are planning
trap  lines.
The trapping season on skunk,
which opened October 20, will extend
up to and including May 1, next.
Monday, November 1, marks the
opening of the seasons for the legal
taking of raccoon and mink with the
season on raccoon closing December
1, and on mink February 15.
There are no open seasons this fall
and winter for the trapping of musk-
rat, beaver, otter, fisher and marten.
Trapping licenses costing one dollar each are issued to residents of the
state only.
Harry E. Speakes, director of the
division of Game and Fish, called attention to several regulations pertaining to  trapping.
It is unlawful, he pointed out, to
hunt raccoon with a dog in the territory inhabited or frequented by
deer; to molest or take raccoon in
any manner in a den or hollow tree;
or to cut down trees inhabited or occupied by raccoons.
It is also illegal to set traps for
mink in muskrat houses or runways;
to dig mink from dens; to take mink
with the aid of dogs, or to retain
pelts of fur-bearing animals more
than five days after the close of the
season without having a retaining
tag issued by the director of Game
and Fish or his duly appointed representative.
Trappers should bear in mind, Mr.
Speakes stated, that when shipping
furs taken under a trapping license,
the contents of the parcel must be
plainly marked on the outside of the
package stating the kind of skins
contained. When skins taken on any
person's own land are shipped, the
package should be marked, "Taken
on my own land," in addition to stating the kind of skins included in the
shipment.
PTA HOLDS MEETING ON MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 1
Ellsworth.—Although it is unusual,
it is true that a father and his son,
living in this community, were subjects of identical accidents, occuring
within a period of five hours. Each
had the 2nd finger of his right hand
mutilated in the same corn picker.
At ten o'clock in the morning K. W.
Huisman had the second finger of
his right hand caught in the machine,
and at three o'clock in the afternoon
his second eldest son, Fred, suffered
the same painful accident which badly mutilated the second finger of his
right hand. Neither of the two men
had to undergo amputation, however.
Several years ago Huisman had the
same hand Injured in a steam threshing engine boiler explotion and a
year ago Fred had his right hand
caught in the gears of a threshing
machine
The PTA held their third meeting of the season Monday evening.
After a short business meeting an
interesting program was given under
the direction of Miss Torski. Mr.
WickluneVs talk was well received
and everyone enjoyed renewing acquaintances  wdth   the  County     Supt.
The orchestra played three numbers under the direction of Mr. Matthews. Several other musical numbers were also given and greatly enjoyed by the audience.
The PTA plans to entertain the
mothers on visiting day. All mothers are especially requested to be
present some time during (he day.
Room mothers will cooperate with
the faculty to make the occasion a
pleasant  one.
The traveling prize was awardeo
to Miss Henry"s room for this month.
The best invitation was made by
Clare Dougherty and the door prize
was won by Mrs. Deusterman.
After the meeting, a delicious cake,
which was presented to the organization by Mrs.    Young,    was    given
The local VFW and Ladies Aux-
iary together with the PTA will observe November 9, as school visiting
day. All parents and citizens (St
Pine River and community are urged to visit the school on this day.
We have every reason to be proud
of our American school system. Let
us lend our influence and show our
appreciation to those men and women who are instructing the toys and
girls of today—our citizens of tomorrow.
Mrs. Gust Wolfrank
DEDICATION PROGRAM FOR P. R.
TABERNACLE
The Ladies Bridge Club met last
Thursday at the home of Mrs. Ernest Robideau. Contract wras played,
with high score going to Mrs. D. L.
Triggs, and second to Mrs. Marion
Sherwood,
SUMMARY OF THE
FUNDS COLLECTED FOR FISH FRY
NEW BARNS ERECTED AROUND P. R.
Several new barns have boen constructed in this neighjjqrhood the
past summer and shows a progressive farm element. New barns have
been built at the Vic Hedlund farm
in Moose Lake Township, at the Lor-
enze Weiss farm in Bungo Township
and at the Carles Glover farm in
Jail Lake Township. If there are
any we have missed kindly let us
know and we will be glad to make
a mention of them.
Several nearby pastors have been
invited to participate in the dedication program in celebration of the
completion of the new house of worship of the Pine River Gospel Tabernacle. On Monday, Nov. 8, there will
bo a fellowship meeting of several
Churches nearby with services in the
afternoon and evening. Pastors ot
several  tabernacles will be present.
The date given for the afternoon
and evening meeting in last week's
issue was incorrect. The all-day fellowship meeting will be on Monday,
Nov.  8.
There will be services in the new
building every night except Saturday
for the next two weeks. Several spe
eial nights have been arranged. On
Friday; Nov. 12, will be Backus nite,
at which time Rev. Bohannan of the
Nazarene Church will be the speaker. Monday Nov. 15, will be Mildred
night with Rev. Wiens speaking and
the  Mildred  choir  singing.
On Thursday, Rev. J. A. Peterson
of the Christian and Missionary Alliance will be the speaker. Many others have been Invited but have not
yet responded. They will be announced next week.
The main dedication service will
be Novembebr 14, when Rev .0. E.
McCracken of Fargo will be the
speaker in the evening.
away on a lucky number. Miss Ruth
Wicklund winning the cake.
Mr. and Mrs. Koester presented
the PTA with two willow baskets.
One to be used for the clothes project and the other to be disposed ot
for the best benefit of the PTA.
Mr. Lane and his losers are to be
congratulated on the fine lunch served.
POULTRY SHOW TO
BEHELDNOV.12&13
The Lake Region Poultry Association held their meeting on Saturday evening. Officers for the coming
year were elected as follows: President, Clifford Gardner, Directors,
Arthur Aamot, Clifford Gardner and
L. W. Walton, Sec. and Treas., G. P.
Rognlie.
The dates for this year's Poultry
show have been set for November
12 and 13. The show will be held at
the fair grounds this year in place
of in the armory as in previous years.
All entries should be in by November 9.
Following is a tabulated
list show-
ing  a  detailed  account  of
funds  for
the fish fry which was here on July
4.   Donations and expenses
are listed
separately:
Cash   Received
Don  Lundrigan
$ 1.00
James Dolen
1.00
Farmers  Supply Co
217.28
H. C. Skinner
10.00
Kater's  Kash  Market
20.00
Anderson   Lbr.   Co.
10.00
Lon   Fields
10.00
Pine River Oil Co.
10.00
Pine River Journal
10.00
J.  L.   Collins
2.00
C. A. Rounds
i.oo
C.   R.   Townsend
5.00
Farnam   Dray
1.00
Norma G. Wiggens
1.00
Pine River State Bank
10.00
Irv.   Howard
5.00
J. W. Welse
1.00
Ben Robideau
1.00
Hill   Hardware   Co.
10.00
Marlow  Theatre
10.00
Gamble   Store
5.00
Dr.   Button
1.00
Cass Co. Ind.
10.00
B. J. Hourigan
5.00
Northland   Funeral   Home
5.00
Claude Gardner
2.00
Waterloo  Resort
2.00
H. J. Luscher
1.00
L.  .E. Dougherty
1.00
Paul  Bunyan  Cafe
5.00
H. A. York
2.00
Paul J. MacKinney
1.00
Dr.   Dingle
1.00
Minn.  Utilities   Co.
3.00
Pine  Motor   Co.
3.00
Lucile's Beauty Shop
2.00
Lake Region Hotel
5.00
F. A. Seifert
5.00
W. J. Webb
1.00
J.  A.  Downing
2.00
Ray   Lindberg
2.00
E. Robideau
5.00
P. E. Lindberg
10.00
Dr. Meland
1.00
Arvid   Lundin
5.00
Tom Ethridge
5.00
prea'mery
3.50
Jack   Lyons
1.00
Oscar  Kolb
10.00
Fred Wefelmeyer
2.00
Dance
62.40
Fish sold
10.90
Dug-Out games
12.63
Beer and Pop
75.30
Fish  sold  hotel
Total
4.00
$608.03
Paid  Out
1500 lb.  Fish
$135.00
57 lb. Butter
18.9'i
Navy   Beans
18.00
Paper Plates
12,43
Fireworks
50.00
Prizes  for  Watertight
5.00
Labor
46.90
Gas and Oil
13.08
Dance Music
37.30
Prizes for Parade
15.00
Northern Minn. Pub.
15.00
Beer and Pop
54.70
Cards
.2d
Trucking
30.0o
Band
30.00
Armory
14.00
Hill Hardware
6.59
Anderson Lbr. Co.
4.39
John Kater
48.3/
Pine River Journal
40.00
Bakery
Total
21.00
$608.03
ACCIDENT RECORDING UNIT
TO RESULT IN SAFETY STEPS
Helen Farnam returned home from
Little Falls Sunday, after spending
the past week at the Lavere Farnam
home.
A comprehensive picture of accident locations, causes and dangerous
drivers is fast being compiled by
ithe accident recording machinery
recently set-up in the safety division of the Minnesota Highway dep't.,
according to W. F. Rosenwald, traffic
engineer.
Some accidents remain unreported,
Mr. Rosenwald said and he warned
drivers that every accident involving
personal n.jury or property damage
of more '.hah $50 must be rep irted uii
der the law County and municipal
police official in many instances are
able to furnish the accident report
blanks, he said.
While reluming t& their farm with
a truck load of sheep Sunday, Gust
Meuske and Wan-en Groves, local
.farmers, had the misfortune of ■
head-on collision on the Axel Norman curve, six miles west of Pine River. A V8 driven by some tourist-
was the other car figuring in the accident. Tho truck swerved as the
two cars met, overturning in the
road. Although the second ccar was
£>adly damaged, they were able u>
assist Mr. Meuske to the local hospital where he was treated for a severely lacerated hand. He was released from the hospital Tuesday.
The other occcpants escaped with
minor bruises and cuts.
None of the sheep were Injured in
the wreck. They were rounded up
and taken to their destination, none
the worse for the upset.
TONSORIAL MEET
IN BRAINERD ON
FRI., NOV. 12
The Hair Dressers---and~tiie Beauty Culturists of Brainerd, Aitkin,
Crosby, Ironton, Hackensack, and
Pine River will attend a public hearing before the Minnesota Hair Dressing and Beauty Culture Trade Commission which will be held in the
Moose Hall In Brainerd on November 12, 1937 at 7:30 P. M.
This fair trade commission was
recently appointed by Governor E.
A. Benson to investigate the conditions in the beauty culture trade and
recommend to him reasonable standards of maxlmnn hours of labor,
minimum rates of pay, protection ol
public health and standards of working conditions in their trade for the
purpose of adopting a fair trade code.
More than sixty- five percent ot
the hair dressers and beauty culturists of that area have filed an application with the Governor for reliet
from unfair competition and for a
fair trade code.
The members of that commission
are Frank Wanner, President, Frances Nystrom, Vice President and
PJochelle   T.   Kelso,   Secretary-Treaa.
The general public also being interested as consumers on the question of prices, wages and hours of work
is also invited to attend that hearing
Everybody will be allowed to present
his views    in  the  matter.
FEATURES YOU WILL LIKE
Irvin S. Cobb defends the lowly
snake. Says he'was raised in a
locality where snakes were so numerous they used to vote them
at every election.
Finney of the Force, one of our
popular comic characters, gets
caught in the police lineup today.
You'll also enjoy Mescal Ike and,
S'matter   Pop!
Still no labor peace! E. W.
Pickard watches from his "Weekly News Review" as A. F. of I_
and C. I. O. make unsuccessful
harmony   gestures.
What your tonsils are for! A distinguished English physician explains
the reason for these trouble-some
glands in an illustrated feature of
the American Weekly, the niagazins-
distributed with Next Sunday's Chicago Herald and Examiner. (adv.
DEANNA DURBIN AT
MARLOW SUNDAY
The girl who has the most unusual
singing voice in motion pictures, De
anna Durbin, is the star of the new
Universal film "100 Men and a Girl,"
a comedy drama with music, will
play at the Marlow theatre on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday.
Deanna first charmed you when
she sang over the radio and then in
motion pictures. The excellent cast
includes Adolphe Menjou, Alice Brady, Eugene Pallette, Mlseha Auer as
a mad musician, Billy Gilbert, Alma
Kruger, Christian Rub and Jack
Marshall. The picture was produced
by the same team that made "Three
Smart Girls." The story concerns a
musicians daughter and will hold
your interest from beginning to  end.
On Thursday evening the double
feature has been changed and The
Man Who Cried Wolf has been replaced by "The Man Behind the Mike.'
The second feature is "Border Cafe."
Don't miss these interesting programs.
DISTRICT TRAINING
SCHOOL THIS MONTH
(Edward Flyn, District Supervisor
of recreation, for the Works Progress
Administration Office of District 2,
announces a district-wide training
school to be held at Aitkin, Minnesota
from November 8th to 12th, inclusive. County Recreational Supervisors
and their leaders throughout the dis-
tict will attend. This training school
is being called to instruct recreational leaders throughout the district
in the latest and best methods and
techniques along the line of recreation activities. Training will be given
by a staff of recreatonal specialists.
Special training in winter sports will
be given and plans for winter programs  will  be  perfected.
A number of prominent speakers
will address the leaders', among them
A. T. Gilbertson, director of District
Number Two, and George K. Tuttle,
state director of Recreation.
While the training school is inses-
.sion, recreation leaders throughout
the district will not conduct their regular activities. Immediately after
the close of the institute, however,
leaders will resume their regular
.schedules.
" The temporary inconvenlen.'es
suffered by communities, where recreational activities have been interrupted, will be offset by the added
value to their community programs
through the training given the leaders.
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.
Paul Lindberg,  Pine River
W. C. Day, Pine River
Jenora Leef, Pine River
Fred Wolkenheuer, Pine River
Blix Kyllingstad, Pine River
Gust Meuske, Pine River ,-'
J. H. Herren, Pine River '
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