The Pine River Journal (Pine River, Minnesota), 1938-01-27

              PINE RIVER JOURNAL
VOLUME III NUMBER 25
THE PINE RIVER JOURNAL, PINE RIVER.  CASS  COUNTY,  MINNESOTA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 1938
SUBSCRIPTION $1.00 Per Yeai
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NEWS BRIEFS OF
INTEREST FROM
'ROUND THE STATE
FIFTY APPLICATIONS  HAVE.
BEEN MADE FOR BANG'S TEST
TRANSIENT
ASKS    IF     HE
CAN    BE    ARRESTED
About fifty farmers of Cass Coun-
tf have made application for* the testing of their herds for Bang's disease,
at the County Agent's office recently.
Mr. Nelson states that this is very encouraging as It is only by testing
herds and eliminating the reactors
that the disease can be    eradicated.
LOCAL HOSPITAL
INCORPORATES UNDER NEW NAME
  bating  this   uisease  in  recent  years
Buffalo Lake.—"I want to be arrest-  Ii  seems  that when a herd is    once
ed in this town?"    Shouted a lightly  free of the disease It remains so for
clad transient as he walked up    and <;uite a long time,
down Buffalo Lake's main street. Following his exclamations the man even
went so far as threatening to throw a
rock through a big wipdow.    Upon being questioned he replied that he had
had nothing to eat and wanted to be
arrested.
VISITING   DAYS  ARE   HELD
AT THE PINE RIVER SCHOOL
CIRCULAR   SA"'   CAUS   S
OF    16-YEAR     OLD
D^   T!
YOUTH
Under the auspices of the PTA,
visiting days for parents were held in
the fourth, fifth, and sixth grad*»
rooms last wee,v; and are being held
I/, the first, second and third grade
rooms this week.    The fifth graders
  had the largest number of visitors.
LeCenter.—Having volunteered tn Sunt Haack and the respective tea-
help the neighbors cut wood, Marvin chers are to be commended for the
Osborne, 16-year old son of Mr. and interest and cooperation extended.
Mrs. Mike Osborne, met a tragic Coffee and wafers were served to all
death when struck by a c'rcula saw visitors and a door prize was awarded
Marvin was returning from a trip to each day. Room mothers repreaent-
town and had stopped at the Clem ing the various rooms were as fol-
Genelin farm and offered to help M lows: grade 6, Mrs. Silbough: grade
Genelin complete his wood-cutting g; Mrs. Triggs; grade 4, Mrs. Dubbn*
job. I e had been at work only aggrade 3, Mrs. Ast; grade 2, Mrs. Jones
short time when somethi g broke ■ and grade 1, Mrs. Hunt,
loose on the sa<v ri", allowing the i It is hoped to arrange visiting days
whirling saw to break loose from it for parents of those in the Jr. and Sr.
position and strike the youth.     A big assemblies later.
gash was cut and the main artery in I 	
his neck severed. The bov died from
loss of blood before medical aid was
feecured.
Dr. A.  J.  Button    announced    this
week,  that the  Holman  hospital has
Great progress has been made in com-i.   _ .   ,       .     ,.     _„__,,-_,,
,   ,. been incorporated under the auspices
of the Lutheran Church, and as such,
will be known from now on as    the
St Mathew Hospital Corporation.
At stockholders meeting was held at
the home of Dr. Button Monday evening, for the purpose of electing a
Board of Directors, which consists ol
'five members, Including John Vangen
of Longville, for one year; Marius
Houg and Dr. A. N. Meland for two
years and Nora D. Button and S. P.
Hanson for three years. Marius Houg
was elected chairman of the board,
and p. P. Hanson, vice chairman for
■one year. Nora D. Button was elected Sec.-Treas. for one year.
After   the  election  of  officers was
completed, the board met and decld-
eo. that no further dues    or    assess- ■.
ments be paid for the ensuing year.  |
Dr. Button stated that further im-'
provements and added facilities have
HONOR   ROLL
The following new and re-newal
subscriptions to the Journal hav.
b.en  received the past week.
Look at tiie label on your paper,
if you are in arrears, stop in and see
us.
Morris  Skow, Pine River
Erick Wickstrom, Pine River
Leo Hopke, Pine River
F. O. Peterson, Pine River
Warren Hoffman, Pine River
Mrs. A. E. Larson, Backus
MISCELLANEOUS     SHOWER
HUNGRY    STRANGER    EATS
ELECTRIC     LIGHT     BULBS
Aitkin.—You may have heard ot
glasseaters and you may have paid
admission to a side show at a circus
to see them, but if a man of ordinary
appearance came into your office and
said that he was hungry for a light
bulb, you would be likely to think yon
had misunderstood h's request. Residents of Sandy Lake, near here, had
just such an experience recertly when
p stranger entered a store and remarked that he wa* hungry. And an
electric light bulb satisfied his wants
SCHOOL BOARD
CONV. IN MINNEAPOLIS NEXT WK.
About fifty friends and neighbors
gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
IT. E. Baughman Saturday evening, to
honor Mr. and Mrs. George Baughman
with a kitchen shower. The honored
couple received a great number oi
useful and beautiful gifts. They are
making their new home on the Charles Erickson farm.
The evening was spent visiting and
playing games, after whicn sandwiches', cake, coffee and popcorn balls
were served.
been made to Insure the best of care;
and treatment of patients at the newly incorporated St Mathew Hospital
in Pine River.
4-H CLUB BOYS IN CASS CO.,
PURCHASE CALVES RECENTLY
NEW SKATING RINK
ATTRACTS LARGE
CROWD SUNDAY
Ross Kidnaper
Hides Victim and
Ransom Near P.R.
ODD; THREE - HANDLED
AXE     IS     DISPLAYED
Detroit Lakes.—A freakish oddity
displayed in the office of Oscar P. Mor-
ken, county register of deeds, is an
axe with three handles. It was picked
up on the farm of Wm. Maedl near
here. The three handled formation
came about when years ago the axe's
blade was tossed on the ground.
Around it grew a tree, which when
cut, left three branches in the form
of handles for the axe blade.
Supt. Otto Haack informed us this
week, that the Minnesota School
Board Association, will hold its annual convention on Wednesday,Thurs-
day and Friday, February 2-3-4, at
the Nicollet hotel In Minneapolis. All
rural school boards and city boards
ot education are expected to be present.   Memberships should be sent to
John E. Palmer of Fergus Falls, who
Asked what he would like to eat, the j is secretary of the Ass'n.
chap looked up at th? ceiling and re-     Matters brouglu be'nre the Minne
lied, "an electric light bulb."   In fun, seta School Board As .elation and ac-
Mr. Laursen,  the storekeeper, handed
the stranger a light bulb.    Ho broke
it on a beer glass and proceded    to
eat it, swallowing it  down,    to    the  this   reason,   as   many   delegates
amazment of    the    spectators.    Two possible are urged to  attend.
tions taken by the delegation assembly have a determining influence on
members of the legislature, and    for
as
days later the glass-eater reappeared
in the store. When he asked for another light bulb, the clerk hes'tated
for a moment and then gave him an
old bulb. Again the stranger ate ie,
washing it down with a glass o"
beer.
FORMER RESIDENT.
CALLED BY DEATH
Word was received here last weev
of the death of Mr. John Jennings, »
former resident near Pine R.ver, who
passed away at his home In Lengby,
or   Saturday  evening,  January  JP
Funeral services were held at Lene-
by Wednesday aicernoon. Several
people from Pine River were present.
Mr. Jennings moved to a farm i i>
miles nonh of Pine River, on .the
Longville road, in 1914, and made his
home here until in 1923, when th«»
family moved away. Mr. Jennings
was very well and favorably know
around Pine River. _xe had been engaged in the garage business in I-Misr-
hy for the past twelve years. He is
.survived by his wife and three sons.
Those from Pine River who will be
I.-. attendance, include Supt Haack.
C. P. Rognlie, and L. M. Severeid.
Other members of the local board also plan on attending, if it is conveniently possible to get away at the
time.
CARD  OF THANKS
We wish to express our sincere
thanks to the kind neighbors and
friends who so kindly assisted us and
brought words' or cheer during the
illness and death of our mother.
Ihga,  Ole  and  Oscar Hoplin
Mr.  and Mrs.  Nels Hoplin
The Hoplin Grandchildren
Clifford Zaffke of Backus, and Marvin Nelson of Leader, have purchased
Angus baby beef calves for their 4-H
projects and are. starting them on
feed, in trying to reach their goal
which is gaining a knowledge of cattle feeding and getting their calves
ready for a good placing at fairs.
They are off to a good start as the
calves are thrifty and of excellent
conformation.
Marvin Nelson secured his calf from
the Tianna farms at Walker, and Clifford Zaffke secured his from tl>e
Hartley Stock farms of Page, N. D.
II is certain that the boys will get
considerable enjoyment and sat'sfac
tion from working with their animals
RITES FOR MRS.
HOPLIN HELD WED.
Don Lundrigan and Miss Gunderson
were dinner guests at the home of Dr.
«ir.d Mrs. A. N. Meland Sunday.
Mrs. Ellen Hoplin, a resident of
Pine River, passed away at her home
in Walden twp. Sunday, at the age of
7.1 years. She had been ill for some
time.
Funeral services were held from the
Chapel of the Northland Funeral
Home Wednesday afternoon, with Mr
Dabill officiating. Interment was made
in the Pine Ridge cemetery.
Ellen Halbasted was born in Norway, August 11, 1866, coming to America in 1887. She made her home
in Chicago for one year, moving to
Brandon, Minn., in 1888, where she
was united in marriage to Ole Hoplin. Mr. and Mrs. Hoplin came to
Pine River in 1901, moving to Walden
twp. the following year, where she
resided until her death. She leaves
to mourn her death, one daughter. In-
ga, three sons, Ole, Nels and Oscar,
also six grandchildren and one great
grandchild, all of Pine River.
You Can Believe it or Not—
This Winter is Colder
i
SCHOOL NOTES
On January 29th,  the  Crosby-Iron
ten team will nluv Pine Riv^r her*
On Friday,  February 4,  the Keith
Giiigb'S Players will present a comr-1
dy  play  "Along Came Jolie,"' at tht' |
school auditorium.
The local Declamation c >rtes:   will:
he held at the school on Wednesday, |
February 2, at 2 p. m. The public
is cordially invited.
The high school basketball team
diopped a hardly fought bnitle with
the Aitkin boys in Pine River Tuesday
evening 21-33. _'he local boys made
several desperate attempts but were
unable to connect with the basket
towarda the last
The next time you walk down
the street and some friend greets
you with "It's a swell winter
we're having" just tell him he
doesn't know what he's talking
about.
For over a month now the people In this section have been on-
gratulating themselves on the fine
deal Old Man Winter has given
Cass County, with bright sunny
days, little snow and very little
sub-zero weather.
But it's all hocus-pocus—that'"
what the Minneapolis weather
bureau said last week.
You'd never guess from day to day
observation, but the weather bureau's records show that December just past, was 11 per cent
colder than the same month la°t
year; the season so far this year
is 5.3 per cent colder than last,
and the winter so far this year
has been 6.. per cent colder than
the average temperature for th'»
section since the weather bureau
was inaugurated.
One thing should be explained
however, The cold weather this>
year has been evenly spread out
over the past few months. Ls?*
year we got big hunKs of it
when it was 30 degrees below
zero for weeks at a time, and
came in intense cold waves.
Pine River basked in tropical
heat on Sunday, with the mercury
well above the fifties. But on
Monday morning—Old Man Winter descended with all four feet—
and as this is written (Tuesday
the wood pile is going down f«Q*
trying1 to kee the ink In the press
warm. Together with the cold,
a 40 mile an hour gale has been
blowing. More than one family
In Pine River was forced to use
outside plumbing this morning
due to frozen water pipes.
The new skating rink which was
completed last week by several public spirited gentlemen, drew a record
crowd Sunday afternoon. With the
mercury well above the fifties, young
-ind old flocked to the rink. The
Btreet in front of the pond was lined
ou both sides with spectators—all
wishing they had a pair of skates.
Through the courtesy of John Rohr,
the amplifying system of the Marlow
'theatre was set up and music was enjoyed all afternoon. Mr. Rohr has
pi omised to have the amplifyer there
on Thursday night (tonight) also, so
gather up your skates and show the
natives some new steps. Those in
charge of promoting a public recre-
'Jon of this kind should receive a rising vote of thanks. Considerable
work and effort was necessary to
clear the snow off the pond, erect the
lighting system and warming house,
i and see to it that the Ice Is in con-
i 'dition for skating. One of the sponsors went so far as to take his pri-
' vate water pumping system to the
pond to flood the rink, filling up the
cracks and making it smooth.
SWANBERG COUPLE
HONORED ON WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
About fifty five friends and relatives gathered at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. F. Stotts Saturday afternoon, to
honor the couple on their 59th wedding anniversary.
Several old favorite songs were
sung and a mock wedding was given,
with Clarence Peterson officiating as
clergyman. The principals of the wedding were Epamlnondus River Rat,
the handsome groom (Mr. Matzdorf)
and Lizzie Amelia Rhododendron Carpenter (Mrs. Roy Raph) as the beautiful bride. Mr. Hardy and Mrs. Harold Moser were attendants of the honored young  upstarts.
A fine lunch was served at the close
NOTICE
The annual meeting of the Pine River Creamery Association will be held
at the armory in Pine River, on Saturday, February 12. The meeting
will be called to order at 1 p. m.
Order of Business:
Calling of Roll, Proof of Notice,
Reading and disposal of all unapprov-
eu business, Annual reports of officers,
and committees, Election of officers,
Unfinished business, Adjournment.
L. O. Fick, Sec.
Use A  Want  A<1
DVORACEK WILL
SPEAK ON COOPS
HERE FRIDAY
Mr. Dan Dvoracek, Extension Marketing Specialist of the University
Farm, will meet with all who are Interested In cooperative marketing on
Friday, January 28, at 1:30 p. m., at
the Pine River Armory.
Mr. Dvoracek will discuss the advantages of cooperative marketing
and how institutions of that kind can
be operated more efficiently.
PUBLIC MAKES NOTE ON ZONE
TEST    HIGHWAY    NO.    169
Pine River has been buzzing with
news of the confessed kidnaper and
slayer of Chas. Ross,, wealthy Chlca-
goan, the past week, probably due
to the closeness of the killers activities, which were In the vicinity of
Pine River for-about two weeks. The
body was found In a cave about.ithlr-
ty miles east of Pine River near Emily and the ransom notes were found
about the same distance north of
Pine River, near Leech Lake. Immediately on the heels of this evidence,
came the disclosure that Seadlund
was a former resident Ironton, some
sixty miles from here.-
Several local hunters who were
near the scene of the cave during
the victim's captivity, sav that they
saw both Seadlund and his partner
in crime, Gray, whom he later killed,
several times while hunting In that
region, although they never spoke to
them.
Last reports are, that the confessed
kidnaper is being held in the Cook
county jail in Chicago, under heavy
guard to- prevent any attempt at suicide.
It is very possible, that J. Edgar
Hoover and his party of G-men passed through Pine River with Seadlund some time last week, on their return from their discovery of the ransom money. This however, has not
been established.
LADIES AUX. TO
SPONSOR CONTEST
Response from  the driving
using  Trunk  Highway
Elk  River  and  Grand
stretch over which for some
The Ladles Auxiliary is sponsoring
and essay contest in Pine River, on
'•The Constitution and What it Means
to the American People." The winner
Ir, Pine River will receive a prize dotted by the Auxiliary, and will then
le eligible to compete in the state
contest. The winner in the state contest will in turn enter the national
contest, the winner of which will be
awarded as follows: First prize $100.
cash and a trip to the Columbus Ohio
^River; Second prize, $50. cash and
.third prize, $25.
All boys and girls between the ages
of 14 and 18 are eligible and should
160    betweer.get in touch with Mrs. Otto Haack or
Rapids,    the Ml's- Gus Wolfrank.
months 	
public
the Minnesota Highway    department j T»TTI7    aim.
has   been   conducting  a  speed  zoning   I   A\X   I  j.liN. Y     IflFN
experiment, indicates that the 30, 40  vfllJu   \/\/Ul. 1 1
and 60 miles an hour speed-limit zones
have met with the motorist's favor,
according to W. F. Rosenwald, traffic
engineer.
This highway was designated as the
"guinea pig" or laboratory road for
testing the effect and means of enforcement of speed zones provided for
by the new Uniform Traffic Regulati-
RETURN FROM
FARM BUR. CON.
The Cass County group who attended the Farm Bureau Convention and
ons Act, before the act wwas applied
to all state trunk highways.
Farm and Home Week, returned Saturday from St Paul.   They report   a
The card . questionaires have been very large attendance and keen in-
distributed along that route by the terest in the Agriculture situation
safety division of the state highway and farm problems,
department. The response has been Edward J. Dorsey, who served on
encouraging and indicates a desire on the Resolutions Committee, made up
the part of drivers to cooperate with of seven delegates from over the sta-
the department In safety measures.      to.  says  that  the thirty    resolutions
The consensus was that the average adopted by the convention, established
speed of motor vehicles over the Elk the program for the State Federation
of the afternoon, a.fter which a purse uiver-Grand Rapids stretch was low- for the coming year.    Extension ser-
ered, and that caution on the part oi vice and 4-H Club work were heartily
the drivers was heightened by the endorsed. The state officers were
speed limit zone signs. Residents commended for their work with other
along T. H. 169, reported also that it legislative and service groups and
seemed that the speed of traffic was urged to continue the work to the end
cut with the appearance of the signs that more and better cooperatives
and that a definite decrease In driving might be developed and a more har-
oi' Silver was presented to Mr. and
Mrs. Stotts in memory of the occasion.
T. W. Pickard surveys opinion
in his "Weekly News Review,"
discovering unanimous approval
of Stanley Reed appointment to
U. S. Supreme Court.
Next time you have trouble getting into your house, follow the
advice of "Smatter Pop's" young
sters on the funny page.
LaBarranca was an impregnable Mexican hacienda until Joyce
Sewell decided to capture it!
Read "Under Pressure," the exciting new serial by George Agnew
Chamberlain.
rates through towns was noted.
PIRATES WIN FROM
REMER THURSDAY
The Pine River Pirates journeyed
to Remer Thursday evening of last
■week, where they played a fast and
furious game of basketball, emerging
o.\ the long end of the 27 to 26 score.
Marion Sherwood was top man, with
11 points to his credit. On -"alIn "day
evening of this week the Waikerites ."
come her for a game at the local
gym. Be there and watch the Pirates
go Into action.
monlous association exist among   the
farmers.
Mrs. Claude /Vinson attended the
Home and Community conferences
and stated that much work had been
done the past year with rural youth
groups, 4-H club girls and farm women's groups, such as poultry, clothing and nutrition. She hopes to carry
out some of this work through the
County Agent, County Club Council,
and Farm Bureau Units .
Mr. Dorsey, president of the Cass
County Farm Bureau, Invites all farmers and home makers who are interested In better agricultural and home
conditions to join the association.   It
anticipated that more units will be
organized and new 4-H clubs developed as well as some definite community improvement among older units.
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