The Pine River Journal (Pine River, Minnesota), 1938-01-13

              PINE RIVER JOURNAL
VOLUME III NUMBER 23
THE PINE RIVER JOURNAL, PINE RIVER,  CASS  COUNTY,  MINNESOTA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 13, 1938
SUBSCRIPTION $1.00 Per Yeai
NEWS BRIEFS OF
INTEREST FROM
'ROUND THE STATE
'SUNDAY   NIGHT   SUPPER   CLUB
MET  AT THE  SKINNER   HOME
The Sunday Night Supper Club met
at the home of Maj. and Mrs. H. O.
Skinner Sunday evening. A seven
o'clock dinner was served, after which
contract was played. High score for
the men was won by Ted Hill; for
the ladles by Mrs. L. W. Isensee.
ROOSTER     SETS     RECORD
IN     CORN     EATING     GAME
Mapleton.—The argument grew hot
around the corner cigar store at Mapl
ton, and there was only one way to
settle the question of "How much
corn can a rooster eat?" So they
borrowed "Oscar" a huge red rooster
owned by Aaron Dumra. Oscar went
hungry all day, so he was In fine form
for the corn-eating contest, and when
the battle started, betting was free,
with odds of two to one that the rooster couldn't eat 40 grains of corn a .
minute for 15 minutes. But the "book-
les" in this case underestimated Os-!
car. Spurred on by the yells of his
backers.Battling Oscar went to work.
Peck ! peck ! peck ! Without a pause,
Oscar downed the kernals, and as the
amazed spectators watched, lis downed a total of 771 kernals In 15 minutes for a world's record average of
51 kernals a minute !
STARING   EYES  IN  MAIL  BOX      (
STARTLES     POSTMAN
> Luverne.—Two wide   staring    eyes
r gazed out from  the darkened depths
of Rudolph Hassler's mail box when
Heinle Pederson, substitute mail carrier at Luverne, undertook to deposit
the morning's mail. "Holy smoke!"
ejaculated the startled Helnie, as he
hastily slammed the door of the mall
box shut. For some moments he hesitated before venturing to open It
again, then gingerly peeked through a
little crack to see if it really was a
ghost. But the eyes really had a body
back of them, as a screech owl rustled
its feathers in the back end. Helnel
Chuckled as he left the mall In the
custody of the owl, thinking of the
surprise the owner would have when
he put his hand in the box expecting
a letter from Santa Claus.
RE-ENACTS     PRINTER     TOUR
HE  MADE  FIFTY YEARS AGO
Staples.—A traveling printer's tour
made 50 years ago will be re-enacted
by Charles F. Scheers, editor of the
Akeley Herald Tribune, according to
present plans. As a journeyman printer, Scheers started out in 1S86 at
Sycamore, 111., on August 1, and en .e<»
on the same day in 1893, at Chicago
on the Record-News, completing a
tour of the west and northwest. He
is now requesting the papers he worked on 50" years ago to give him one
more day's work as he re-enacts the
tour and covers the same towns.
Among Scheer's associates in the old
days were James Whitcomb Riley, Bill
Nye, and Robert Ingersoll. He was
a reporter and rode on the stolen Cox-
ey's Army train, among other adventures. One of the papers he worked
on was the Staples World, and tb"
present editor, Howard SIms,has guaranteed him a job for one more day
on the day. Mr. Scheer's lecter to the
World follows: "Respectfully request
ONE more day's work on your newspaper, same assignment that held halt
century ago, with your cooperation in
my endeavor to demonstrate that life
really starts at 40; that a healthy,
normal man Is at his best between
the ages of 40 and 60 and that men
of my age, in good health,
should enjoy countless blessings from
his creator and carry on with all the
enthusiasm of 'flaming youth.'
LOCAL F-L UNIT
ELECTS OFFICERS
ON FRIDAY EVE.
The   local   Farmer-Labor   unit   held
VFW AND AUX. FORWARD SIGNATURES
IN WAR PROTEST
The Ladies    Auxiliary    and    VFW
FORTNIGHTLY CLUB  MEETS
its regular annual election of officers held their regular  meetings Wednes
| on Friday evening of last week. The clay evening.   The Auxiliary will hold
following officers were elected for the regular  meetings  in  the    Oddfellows
The Fortnightly Club met on Mon-1 ensuing year:
day evening, at the home of Mrs. A_
Downlng. A seven o'clock luncheon
was served by the hostess,after> which
the guests enjoyed contract. Honors
went to Mrs. Fred Hempstead and
Mrs. Harris Zigmund.
RITES FOR MRS.
JOHN RUHL HELD
TUESDAY A. M.
Mrs. John Ruhl Sr. passed away at
her home In Pine River, Saturday' afternoon, at the age of 78 years. She
(had been ill for the past two years.
i Funeral services were conducted on
Tuesday morning of this week, from
Our Lady of Lourdes Church, with
'Rev. Father Crowe officiating. Pall-
hearers were her six grandsons, Bernard and Norbert Ackerman, Mickey
:and Billy Gillespie, Charles Ruhl and
Richard Frye. Interment was made
in the Pine Ridge cemetery.
Mrs. John Ruhl Sr. was born In
Milhousen, Indiana, on January 7,
1859. Here she spent her early childhood. In 1881 she was united in
marriage to Mr. John Ruhl. Mr.
and Mrs. Ruhl came to Pine River in
1.06 and have made their home here
ever since. Eleven children were born
to bless this union, of which ten survive. One son Charles, preceded her
in death in 1928.
Together with her husband John
Ruhl Sr. she leaves to mourn her
death, six daughters, Matilda and
Mrs. Ben Ackerman of Pine River,
■Mrs. M. J. Gillespie of Ironton, Mrs.
C. J. Frye of Minneapolis, Mrs. Geo.
Vifwain of Rushvllle, Neb., and Mrs.'
J. M. Fischer of Aberdeen, S. Dak.;
also four sons, John Jr., Frank and
Ben of Pine River, and Edward of
Dante, S. Dak. Also a host of friends
and relatives.
Arthur  Aamot,  Chairman
A. M.  Shill,  Vice Chairman
L. M. Kinneberg, Sec- Treas.
hall for the present.
The drive for "Peace for America"
petitions was overwhelmingly successful.   Several other organizations gave
The  following  delegates  to central their loyal support In securing signa-
committee meeting were also elected:
George Ruud and C. C. Gardner.
H. M. Leef and Jack Johnson were
elected as alternates.
Edward Trombley of Remer, F-L
County Chairman was present and
gave an Interesting talk to those assembled. Abe Pajumpa of near Pequot, also gave some Interesting remarks. Mr. Pajumpa is Vice Chairman of the local unit. Several new
members were adop ted into the Unit
at this meeting.
The next regular meeting will be
held on Tuesday, February 14, at
which time John J. Klnzer, Sixth District organizer, and State Representative from Cold Springs, will be present to address the meeting.
tures for the cause and one young
man from Pine River took blanks
with him on his return to school in
Minneapolis, where he will get signatures to help keep America out ot
war. A splendid example could be
accomplished if every right thinking
American citizen would take time off
(from  his daily duties to concenrrate
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.
Winnifred Cromett, Pine River
C. R. Vance, Pine River
Mrs. Lambert Weiss, Pine River
Mrs. Alice Amy, Pine River
Mrs. Tom Sloan, Pine River
Mrs. Frances Haack, Grygla, Minn.
LOCAL FARM BUREAU MEMBERS
TO ATTEND CON.
SETH G. ETHRIDGE
PIONEER RESIDENT
PASSES SUNDAY
Seth Ethridge, a resident of    Pine
River for  the past  18 years, passed
on a possible American battle"fronton fway ff hilhon.e here S_unday morn
a far off country.
The VFW and Auxiliary have acted upon their own initiative, and thru
their efforts more than one thousand
signatures have been forwarded to
headquarters from this vicinity.
The Ladies Auxiliary is sponsoring
ing. Mr. Ethridge was 84 years . ot
age at the time of his death. He
had been failing in health for some
time.
Funeral services were conducted
from the Methodist Church on Tuesday afternoon, with Rev. H. E. Peter-
contest  in  the  local  school  under,son  officiati°g-    The body was  ship
PTA MET ON MONDAY EVENING
a
. the auspices  of the nation-wide    or-
jganization.    The essay on "The Constitution and What It Means to    the
American People."
Details of this contest will be announced In next week's Issue of the
Journal.
COM.
A spring drive is being planned by
N. W. Elsberg, state highway commis-
rid the roadsides    of    the
ELSBERG   ANNOUNCES
BILLBOARD     CAMPAIGN
The regular meeting of the PTA
was held on Monday evening of this
week at the school auditorium. Honors for the evening went to Ralph gioner, to
Dougherty and the fifth grade class,
of whom Miss Henry is instructor.
The best invitation was made by Del
Rose Dubbs.
The following program was given:
Vocal duet by    Rosalie    Carpenter
and Mary Riley, accompanied by Mrs.
ped to Iowa, where interment will be
made.
Seth Gilfred Ethridge was born in
Fayette, Wisconsin, in 1853, where he
spent his early youth. On November
8, 1879, he was united in marriage to
Ejlizabeth Reynolds. Mr. and Mrs.
Ethridge moved to a farm near Oakland Valley, Iowa, where they resided for thirty years, moving to PopJoy,
Iowa, In 1906. They came to Pine
River in 1920, where they have resided ever since. One son, Thomas, was
born to bless this union. Besides his
wife, he Is survived by his son Thomas, also of Pine River.
A number of Cass county people
will leave Sunday or Monday to attend the nineteenth annual convention of the Minnesota Fnrm Bureau
Federation, to be held in St Paul on
January 17 and 20. Every County
Farm Bureau in the state will be represented by official delegates and
many township units will send sizeable delegations of officers, volunteer
membership workers and others.
A last-minute change in the program made It possible to add M. L.
Wilson,   under   secretary   of   agrlcul-
I tare, to the general program on Tuesday afternoon at University Farm.
This session, to be opened with an address of welcome to the campus by
Dean W. C. Coffey, will be featured
by the annual address of F. W. White
president of the Minnesota Farm Bureau, and by talks by Miss Vera Mc-
Crea, of the National Dairymen's
League, and J. F. Porter, president
of the Tennessee Farm Bureau.
i The annual banquet to be held Wed
nesday evening, with Secretary J. S.
Jones as toastmaster, will be featured by an address by N. W. Gaines, of
the University of Nebraska.
The closing session on Thursday,
will see the adoption of resolutions,
which direct the course of the federation during the year, and the election
! of officers.
state of advertising signs which are
placed on state highway right-of-
ways.
The  campaign will be carried into  tory.    Included among the papers   is
the corporate limits of municipalities an auditor's report of the  State    of
and  the  assistance  of  town  officials  Minnesota,  dated December 23,  1869,
will be asked,  Commissioner Elsberg with Charles Mcllrath as state audl-
i said.    He said he realized that many : tor and  William R.  Marshall as go-
Hamlln.
Piano solo, by Ruth Council j of the new signs are erected on state I vernor.    The salaries of state execu-
3 numbers by the mixed chorus property without the    owners    being ! tives was reported as rollows: Gover-
Piano  solo  by  Eunice  Mae  Triggs aware of trespassing but steps in the nor, $3,000; secretary of state, $1,800;
Rev.  MacKinney  gave  an  interest- future will be taken to cut this ten- state auditor, $1,500 and other offices
ing illustrated talk on "Snowflakes."  dency.   Both old and new signs that
BANG'S TEST
VACANCIES   STILL   EXIST
FOR   ENLISTMENT   IN   ARMY
I-
All young men between the ages of
18and 35, single and physically fit,
have an opportunity to enlist in the
army, giving them a chance to increase their educational and earning no authority  In  these matters what-
I trespass will be removed, he stated.
lot the County Welfare Board as well
as requests for Information relative
to old age assistance matters and com
plaints as to the amount of grant. For
the information of old age recipients
the County Auditor or his office has
Many of the 'farmers in the county
have been wondering why Veterinarians have not been around to make
the Bang's Tests on their cattle after
application forms have been signed.
Dr. Adamson of Park Rapids, informed County Agent, Oscar Nelson, that
the delay has been due to testing in
other counties. The work in other
counties has been completed to the
extent that Veterinarians are now
available for making tests in this
county.
Anyone wishing a Bang's Test on
his herd is advised to write the County Agent's office for the necessary
blanks. Dr. Adamson believes that
the tests can be made within a shor.
time.
capactly In future life.    We have 70
vacancies   at  the   present  time    and
soever, other than the checks are issued by the Auditor's office after the
in proportion, salaries totalling 29,100.
The log house was moved when a new
residence was constructed on the
farm last year. Recently partitions in
the old building have been torn out.
LUTHERAN CHURCH
HOLDS AN. MEETING
The Trinity Lutheran Congregation
anyone Interested should get in touch  grant is  set by the  County Welfare held  their  annual  meeting    Tuesday
with the Army Recruiting Office at
Duluth, Minnesota. All vacancies
are for Fort Snelling, Minnesota, a
fifteen minute trolley ride from either St Paul or Minneapolis. A post
card addressed to the Duluth office
will   bring   full   Information.
NOTICE TO OLD
AGE RECIPIENTS
Board. In the future all such letters afternoon,
should be addressed to the County sent.
Welfare Board at Walker, Minn. However, should any such letters be received by the Auditor's office you can
be assured they will be Immediately
placed in the hands of the Welfare
Board.
with  a  good  crowd    pre-
The secretary  and  treasurer's    reports were read, showing a splendia rival of the pIne River Journal/ Some.
REV. PEARSON OF
STUART, IA, WRITES
Rev. Chas. Pearson, formerly of
Pine River and Jenkins, and now of
Stuart, Iowa, writes to his many
friends here through the Journal columns :
Dear Friends:
As Christmas has come and gone
and a new year is before us, I wish
to thank my many friends for the
beautiful cards we received. There
were so many of them from different
localities that it would be Impossible
for me to answer each one, so am taking this means to say thank you.
The winter we are having down
here is quite new to us. We haven't
any snow as yet and the ground Is as
bare as in summer, but not as green.
During the latter part of November
and the first part of December we
had our coldest weather. The temperature hasn't been below 16 above
for a long time; it is somewhat colder tonight, but don't expect it to
reach zero.
We always look forward to the ar-
RE PORTS    OF    1869
FOUND    IN
ARE
LOG
HOUSE
progress during the past year. Thf
following officers were elected fo»
the coming year: Yice Pres., Mrs.
H. A. Zigmund; Sec, Arthur Aamot;
Treas., Helmer Jones; Trustee thr«*»
years, Mrs. P. E. Lindberg; Sunday
school Supt., Mrs. Jones • Organist.
Mrs. Irvin Howard.
Dr. and Mrs. A. N. Meland    were
ftdonted as new members of the    or-
LeCenter—Tearing out partitions in
an  old  house  of    log    construction,,
Many letters are received daily by workers  on the Barthol Mache farm ganization.
the    County    Auditor's    office' with have discovered papers stuck between	
blanks covering information intended the logs that date back into early his- Sell Tt With A Want Ad
FOUR LEADING POSSIBILITIES IN STATE GOVERNORSHIP RACE
ASKS     CHECK     ON     LOCATION
OF    30    MILE    SPEED    SIGNS
Orders went from N. W. Elsberg,
state highway commissioner this week
to district maintenance engineers to
check the present locations of 30
mile speed limit signs in Villages,
towns and cities in their district with
the thought in mind of a more logical location of some signs.
Commissioner Elsberg said that a
tendency to place 30 mile speed limit
signs too far out of the densely populated districts of municipal'ties may
cause motorists to disregard thPin and
to continue a country pace through
villages and towns. Ho asked his engineers to have hes ilgns re-locateo
closer in when r': y "">-r> too frtr out
of the town proper.
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day   afteniM-    at     t'        '." S.   T"r" "•
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ELMER BENSON
Farmer-Labor
THOMAS GALLAGHER
Democrat
HJALMER  PETERSEN
Independent or F-L
GEORGE E.  LEACH
Republican
With tho Minnesota state elections just around the corner, the four mon above are most frequently mentioned in connection with the race for
Governor this year. Others who have been mentioned as gubernatorial possibilities include Victor Anderson and Fred Schilplin, Democrats, Harold
Stassen and George Nordlin, Republicans. The men pictured above, ho$&«r, by virtue of past political efforts, appear to be in the best position to
win the nomination of their respective parties.
times we think we should have two
of them because if one of us puts It
down, it is a goner Until it is devoured. That Is where we meet our friends, so impress it upon everyone up
there to bring In news as we that) are
away from home look to the Journal
for news of our friends.
So here's wishing the Pine River
Journal and all our friends In each
community where it finds its way, A
Happy New Year.
Rev. and Mrs. Chas. Pearson
The queerest accidents in 1937.
Grim and amusing mishaps In which
bees in a farmer's trousers set fire to
a train and other unusual occurences. An illustrated feature in the
American Weekly, the magazine distributed with Next Sunday's Chicago
Herald and Examiner. (adv.
FEATURES YOU WILL LIKE
President Roosevelt's Congressional message asking a billion
dollars for national defense Is
examined in E. W. Pickard's
"Weekly  News Review."
Irvin S. Cobb, popular columnist and humorist, lauds the ancient and honorable profession of
endorsements, a favorite sport of
American celebrities.
The Wiggles visit the Feather-
heads but are not invited for dinner. An embarrassing situation
for Felix and Family on our comic page.
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