The Pine River Journal (Pine River, Minnesota), 1938-02-03

              PINE RIVER JOURNAL
VOLUME III NUMBER 26
THE PINE RIVER JOURNAL, PINE RIVER,  CASS COUNTY,  MINNESOTA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 193S
SUBSCRIPTION $1.00 Per Yeai
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NEWS BRIEFS OF
INTEREST FRO*
'ROUND THE STATE
[TRUCK   HAD   NOTHING   BUT
4 WHEELS    AND    A    MOTOR
AUTO    TURNS    OVER    TWICE
DRIVER     STAYS BEHIND WHEEL
Walker.— The experience of "staying put" when one's car decides to d >
a few sommersaults is one seldom occurring, but it belongs to the hotel
proprietor who still sat at tha wheel
after his car had completely turned
over twice. Mr. Higbee, the congenial
hotel man, had a very narrow escape
from serious Injury while driving
home from Walker. At the top of a
hill the car struck ice and went completely out of control, ending up in
the ditch with Mr. Higbee still sitting
at the wheel without a scratch to
show for his experience. Eye witnesses state that the car made two
complete sommersaults before coming
to rest back on Its four wheels As'de
from being afraid and shocked, the
man suffered no injury.
EGGS    TOO    HIGH?    TAKE    A
LOOK    AT    THIS    ONE!
Albert Lea.—Even if the price of
eggs is going up, just think how
many persons you could serve scrambled eggs for breakfast if you had a
dozen of them, the size of one eg
produced as a sample by a white rock
hfn. The unusual sized egg exhibited
here was layed by one member of the
flock of chickens on the L. E. Marlln
farm, east of Hartland. The egg has
a circumference of seven and seven
eighths inches one way, and measures
six and one-half inches around the
other way.
The other day a Minnesota Highway
department patrolman arrested the
driver of a suspicious looking truck in
Moorhead. He examined the machine
and his search revealed the truck to
be a perfect example of how a truck
should not be.    The machine had:
No headlights
Illegal brakes
No rear view mirror
No  windshield wiper
No clearance lamps
No horn
No muffler
The driver had:
No driver's license on his person
The pleasure of paying a fine
HONOR   ROLL
The Following new and re-newal
suhsoripliohs to the Journal have
been  received the past week.
Lend;   sit   tin'  label   on  your    paper.
P   ■■•ii   iiv iii arrears, stop in and se*1
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V. E. Snyder, Pine River
A. E. Larson, Backus
FIRE COMPLETELY
DESTROYED BLDG.
IN HACK. TUES.
DYNAMITE
TWO
ANNIHILATES
DOZEN    BLACKBIRDS
Sherburn.—Are   blackbirds,   wintering tn Martin county, safe?    Not so,
according to reports of the recent annihilation of two dozens .f th   b'rd
A  new  sport  was  developed  in  th1
community by Ray Laws, expert    d
namlter,  when  he  saw  a    flock    o]
crows just sounth of Sherburn, alon
the railroad tracks.    Two st'cks    o
dynamite were placed in a dead jnol-
rabbit, 4-50 feet of wire and an elec
trie battery were attached a"d    th°"
tht- crows, 24  of them,  marched    to
their doom, lured by tho sight of   thej
rabbit. "Caw   caw,    caw,''    sa'd    th
crows when they began to eat.   Then
ic was "bang" and the crows cawe<
nc more.
Charlie Wood's general merchandise
store of Hackensack, burned to the
ground Tuesday afternoon. -The fire
was discovered about noon and is
thought to have originated around the
chimney. Sufficient time was had after
the alarm was sounded, to> carry most
of the merchandise to safety. All attempts to save the structure were futile. Heat from the flames were so
intense that windows were cracked
across the street and fire started in
another building but was caught in
time to be extinguished. The building was a frame structure and, one of
in. oldest in town.
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\ S. DROPS THRILLER TO C-I SAT.
TIMBERS STOLEN
FROM ROSS CAVE
NEAR OUTING
HAROLD ATWOOD
Harold Atwood has been named
chairman of the state railroad and
warehouse commission,' to succeed
Hialmer Petersen, who is a candidate
for governor.
A complete Novel Every Week!
Beginning Next Sunday You Will Finci
a Complete and Best Seller With Your
Copy of the Sunday Chicago HeralC
and Examiner. Be sure to get this
complete novel every Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Brezinsky spent
Sunday afternoon in Brainerd, at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Olin.
Considerable  controversy  has  been
started this week concerning the ow-
-j nership  of  the  timbers   of  the Ross
I dug-out   near   Outing.   The   timbers
' were dug up by men employed by Mitchell   Code   of   Minneapolis,   who  in-
I tended to erect them again for tour-
: ists.   The timbers were 'moved to De-
ilaney's i-esort on Mitchell lake, where
I they were seized by J. H. Hubbard, dis
jtriet forest ranger, who claimed they
; were property of the state, Inasmuch
| as they were taken from school lands
held in trust by the state.
At  present  the  timbers have been
locked up, pending an inquiry to the
' J''federal men  as  to  whether  or    not
:'ttey want them for evidence.
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378    NEW     ROAD    CODE
VIOLATORS   ARE   ARRESTED
DR.  C.  P.  FITCH,  CHIEF  VETERINARY,  TO   SPEAK  AT  WADENA
Dr. C. P. Fitch, Chief of the Veterinary division, University Farm, will
speak at Wadena, at the Memorial
auditorium at 1:30 p. m., February 11,
on Encephalomyelitis (sleeping sickness in horses.) E. A. Benson, Dairy
Extension •-_.pecialjstT_-will speak at
10:30 a. m., on the same day, concern
ing the feeding of Dairy cattle.
It Is thought that this meeting wil'
be of considerable interest to Cass Co.
farmers, living within driving distance
of Wadena.
ECONOMY IS KEYNOTE FOR FARM
OPERATI'SIN'38
RECREATION   PROJECTS
lb
TRAFFIC.   DEATHS.   IN
MINNESOTA   DECLINE
DURING   PAST   YEAR
ICE
RINK    TEMPTS YOUNGSTER OF SEVENTY
The high school basketball team
dropped a thriller to Crosby-Ironton
Saturday evening, at the local gym.
The score was 22-24, which is a good
indication of the closeness of the
game. The boys played good basket-
>all and made the CT boys fight plen-
. • for what they got.
On Friday night of this week the
Walker quint comes to Pine River for
Six   lreturn same.
Windom.—A new interest in ice
skating, that jolly old winter sport,
this season swept through southwestern Minnesota, and everyone is skating, young and old. Even those who
have passed the seventy year mark
are exhibiting their gracefulness on
ice skates. And if one's age is judged only by his spirit, then C. H. Erickson is one of Windom's youngsters.
Although this well-known elderly gentleman is 76 years old, and once again
upon seeing the city's splendid skating rink, dug out his old ice skates
and enjoyed several trips to the rink.
There he has shown some of the boys
who are much younger than he, a few
fancy stunts on the ice. Whenever
the weather is favorable the rink is
crowded with young and old, and according to reports, even a dignified alderman has been cutting a few capers
recently.
PIRATES WIN ONE
AND DROP ONE
In the face of an increase in the
number of highway traffic deaths in
the United States and despite a gain
in travel of 377,000,000 miles, Minnesota in 1937 decreased its total hi-
way fatalities ..5 percent, according
to N.W.Elsberg, Minnesota Highway
commissioner.
Minnesota is one of a handful of
states whose traffic accident death
rate decreased. During the .year
there were/626 persons killed by motor vehicle highway accidents as com-
pt.red to 649 in _936, a decrease if 23.
This record was made despite the
fact that December was a bad month
for accident deaths, there being 57 as
compared with 46 for December in '36.
The reason for this increase has not
yet been fully determined, according
to W. F. Rosenwald, traffic engineer
for the Highway department, whose
bureau of accident records is studying the individual accidents in an ef-
fqrt to determine there cause.
During 1937 in Minnesota gasoline
consumption increased 29,000,000 gallons,, which means that 377,090,000
miies of additional  travel over 1938.
The Highway patrol of the Minnesota Highway department brought 378
traffic law violators into court during
jBie month of December, the report of
j.olm P. Arnoldy stated.
Fines totalling $4,924 were imposed,
ringing the year's total to $98,743:76.
improper equipment led to the arrest
of 120 drivers, while 63 were apprehended for going through "stop"
signs, and 41 were arrested for driving while drunk.
Being the last month of the year,
license correction receipts took a dive
to a low of $2,322.90. Funds thus recovered for the entire year enriched
the state by $221,169.28 ,the report
stated.
Edward' ,T. Flynn, Dist. Supervisor,
_nd O. E. Anderson, Area Supervise"
will give a full and complete outline
of the project.and the purpose of same
'at the local PTA meeting Monday
evening, February 7.
The public is cordially invitsd to be
present and receive full and complete
Information regarding the project.
TAX TOLLS TAX
TEMPER OF TAXPAYERS THIS YR.
NEW WALK IS BEING BUILT ACROSS
DAM IN VILL.
A project has been started by the
local WPA crew, building a gravel-
walk on the south side of the highway
crossing the dam. The purpose of the
walk is to eliminate pedestrians from
the highway, which Is more or less
dangerous, especially at night. i
The bank is _eing built up with
sand and will _e leveled off and made
the width of an ordinary sidewalk,
allowing residents living on the east
side of the dam a safer meansi of
crossing.
Use A  Want Ad
Will the Groundhog Stay Out?,
By Albert T. Reid
The Pirates scored anorner victory
on Thursday evening of    last    week, |
when they took the Walket boys into :
camp by 25-24 score at the local gym. j
The game was excit'r.g the whole
way through and when the score wasn't tied up it was within one or two
points of being so. Heino Mattson
was top man fov th? Pi -\tes
The Pirates suffered their first de-'
feat  of  the  season  Monday evening,
when the Backus fly     kid o-'t
victory.    However the local boys are
etill on the ton in the county league
Sell U With A Want A<_
■ TIN J
Jan. 29, 193S.
Blank Feed Co.,
Most Anyplace, U.S.A.
Gentlemen,
In reply to your request to send a
check, I wish to inform you that th»
present condition of my bank account
makes It almost imposible. My shattered financial condition is due to federal laws, state laws, county laws, city
laws, corporation laws, liquor laws,
mother-in-laws, brother-in laws, sister
in-laws and outlaws.
Through these laws I am compelled
to pay a business tax, amusement tax,
head tax, school tax, gas tax, light tax,
water tax, sales tax, liquor tax, income tax, food tax, furniture tax and
excise tax. I am require \ to' set 8
business license, car license, truck license, not to mention a marriage \io-
ense and dog license.
I am also required to contribute to
every society and organization wMc*
the genius of man is capable of bringing to life; to women's relief, the >-"
employed relief and the gold digger's.
relief, also to every hosp'tal pth1
charitable institution in the city, including the Salvation Army, Community chest, Red Cross, Purple Cr'n?u«;
Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Y.M.C.A. and
Y.W.C.A.
For my own safety I am requi'"^
to carry health insurance, life ins'tr-
anee, fire insurance, property insurance, liability insurance, burglar insurance, accident insurance, busing*
Insurance, earthquake insurance, tornado insurance, unemployment compensation insurance and old age insurance.
My business is so governed tha*- »*
is no easy matter to find out ""■«
owns it. I am inspected, suspected,
expected, disrespected, rejected. Ap~
jrcted.examined, re-examined,informed
required, summoned, fined, commanded, and compelled,, until I proV^o
an inexhaustable supply of money *t*r
every known need, desire or hope oi
the human  race.
Simply because I refuse to don°*-^
to something or other, I am boycotted,
talked about, lied about, held up, held
down, and robbed, until I am almos*;
ruined.
I can tell you honestly that exo»-*
for a miracle that happened, I co"i<^
not enclose this check. The wol*
that comes to many doors nowad°v*
just had pups in my kitchen. I sold
them, and here is the money.
Yours   faithfully,
I.   M.   A.  Taxpayer
If thsy wish to keep on the profit
side of the ledger in 1938, economy of
operation should be the keynote for
Minnesota farmers according to Andrew Boss, former vice-director of the
Minnesota Agricultural Experiment
Station.
As a whole, the agricultural outlook
for 1938 Indicates that the best that
can be hoped for Is maintenance of
the 1937 position, which was fairly
satisfactory, observed Dr. Boss, who
for more than a quarter of a century
has presented recommendations designed to help the individual farmer
in planning a profitable program for
the year ahead. Domestic demand,
chief outlet for farm products, will
be less active in 1938, according to a
recent Outlook Report of the U. S. Department of Agriculture.
Only those who balance the farm
budget for 1938 and keep the outgo below the income, will keep away from
the red ink, believes Dr. Boss. Consequently, a continuation of low pressure, low-cost farming through growth
of grass and forage crops will be advisable.
Relative prices between livestock
and ash crops favor' livestock enterprises, and rebuilding herds and flocks
that have been depleted and culling
out non-producers and undesirables
may well be undertaken during this
period of moderate-priced feeds and
fair to well-priced livestock.
Following are some of the important points in Dr. Boss's discussion of
the 1938 farm situation in regard to
livestock:
Dairy Cattle—Because of their importance to the state's agricultural income, dairy cattle should have first
■consideration in plans for the year.
Fortunately, the outlook for dairy
products is fairly good for 1938. Unless there is a more serious recession
in industrial activity than expA^ed,
prices should remain satis.actor^.ur-
ing the winter. Lower priced feeds
may bring greater production and low-
ei prices, but probably not a lower net
income. Economy of feeding is an important factor to consider.
Hogs—Prospects for hogs indicate
that prices will not be so favorable as
in the past year. The first 6 or 8
months are expected to offer most
favorable returns to hor raisers. A
good start and a quick finish is therefore advisable in 1938.
Beef Cattle—No promise Is made
for a repitition of the favorable price
ratio of 1937, but reasonable returns
may be expected and fair profits made
or low-cost cattle. Emphasis must
be put on economy of production as
there is little hope for Improvement
on the price end of the beef enterprise. Generous use of pasture and feed
crops that Insure low-cost gains is
advised.
Sheep—It is not llkelv that returns
for sheep and wool will be as great as
5>. 1937. but flocks may still be built
up without detriment to the industry.
Sheep still wear golden hoofs, . but
not  very  large ones.
While rebuilding farm herds and
flocks, it will be well also to give at-
tenion to rebuilding th" farm irspi-*
stresses Dr. Boss. Soil conservation
and soil building are much in the
picture at present and are an important part of putting the farm plant in
order. Inducements offered bv the
1938 Agricultural Conservation 'Program will assist in covering costs for
extra labor materials to say nothing
of the increase in potential productive power of the land for future use,
'concluded Dr. Boss.
PTA TO MEET ON
MONDAY EVENING
The local PTA organization will
hold its next meeting at the school
auditorium on Monday evening, Feb.
7, at 8 p. m.
The usual prizes will be g'ven. Mrs
A. J. Button has prepared a good interesting program.
Lunch will be served after th"
meeting, with tne fourth grade mothers  as ho tess~s.
|     Try A tt am Aa
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