The Pine River Journal (Pine River, Minnesota), 1937-12-02

              PINE RIVER JOURNAL
VOLUME  III  NUMBER 17
THE PINE RIVER' JOURNAL, PINE RIVER,  CASS  COUNTY,  MINNESOTA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, 193T
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NEWS BRIEFS OF
INTERCOM
'Ruumthe STATE
ERADELPHIAN   CLUB     MET     FRI
LADY  FROM  GERMANY  PURCHASES   MINNESOTA   GROCERIES
Red Wing.—Loyalty to the "home
(town merchant" certainly 5s foremost in the mind oi' Mrs., Amelia Wil-
Json, who lives with her daughter in
Berlin, Germany and recently ordered a long list of groceries from the
Lake City merchant with whom she
had traded for years before goin going to Germany. Among the grocery
items listed were such products as
•shredded wheat, puffed rice, grape-
nuts', corn flakes, bran, cake flour
jello, 50 packages of chewing gum
and graham crackers. A total of 150
items were listed. Mrs. Wilson reports a food shortage in Berlin and
states that a check of garbage receptacles is made daily by those in
authority to see that all waste is
^eliminated  as  far  as  possible.
COSTS    MAN    $50.00    TO
SEE    THE     STATE    CAPITOL
Preston.—Melvin .Tacobson of Wha-
Ian has. decided that $50 is too mncu
'money to pay to just look as the
■state capitol. .Tacobson was sitting
in the bus depot at Chatfield when
a stranger engaged him in conversation and, learning that he was headed for""Slr-jP..nl. promised to show
bim the state capitol. 'ihe iravelei
saw the capitol; the stranger saw $50
in bills which .Tacobson carried. When
/the money was displayed, the stranger grabbed it and ran.
The Eradelphian Study Club met
on Friday afternoon of last week at
the Oscar Dahl home. Mrs. Robideau
gave an interesting paper on "Prison Parole and Pardons" she also discussed the Minnesota State Prison.
Mrs. Chas. Siebel an educational report on " Racketeering" and discussed the mos tcommons rackets that
prey upon the public of today. The
next meeting will be held at the home
ol' Mrs. Otto Haack.
Mystery of "The Murder Without
a Motive." Detectives can't identify
the "Grey Man" who left his car in
the lonely lover's lane and killed the
girl. A true-mystery thriller in the
American Weekly, the magazine distributed villi Next Sunday's Chicago
Herald  and  Examiner. (adv.
PAUL BUNYAN ASS'N. TO MEET AT
HOTEL SUNDAY
STATE HIGHWAY
X4N0W FLEET IS
SET FOR BATTLE
CAN'T      NAME      PRESIDENT
CITIZENSHIP     NOT     GIVEN
Holdingford.—Because a local man
could not" name correctly to officials
the president of the United States,
this person did not receive the citi-
aenship papers for which lie ran le
■application. He called Col Charl'-s
Lindbergh president as to him he hart
been just that for some time. Appearing last week in court vat St
Cloud, was the 61-year old Holding
ford man who had been in Americi
since 1891. He was asked to name
the president of the United States
and promptly answered "Lindbergh."
Asked later why he thought Lindbergh was president, he replied that
•he had heard so much about him
that he thought he must be.
DEAF   MUTE   TRAVEL   ALL
OVER     UNITED     STATES
East Grand Forks.—A traveler who
lias seen most of the western hemisphere gained his first acquaintance
-with western Minnesota here last
week. To say that he was speechless is no exaggeration. "Quite a night
life for such a small town as this,'
wrote-Ralph Kennedy Bradford, Ho j
year Old globe-trotter who is a deaf
mute and converses through the me ;
diuiH of pad and pencil. The visitor
professed to have visited 4,523 citi"s
before reaching East Grand Forks on
his globe trotting career. When he
reaches his intended goal of 100,OOJ
(miles, about 1940, he plans to compile his experiences and an account of
the places visited in a book which he
will entitle "Treacled Travels for in
education." From nearly every place
he visits he collects a newspaper account and now possesses 12 bulky
scrapbooks of more than 70 pounds,
containing nearly 22,000 newspaper
clippings. In addition he has letters
from state, county and municipal officials in all 4S states. While he is
thoroughly covering the United States
he has also visited in Cuba, Hawaii,
France, England, Germany, Panama
Canal Zone, Alaska, and Mexico, usually working his passage as a deck
hand. At present he travels by motorcycle but he has also used cars
and   airplanes.
The Minnesota Highway department's great snow removal fleet of
404 units, costing approximately
$750,000 and manned by 1700 experienced storm fighters, is being mobilized this week and will be ready to do
battle with the inevitable flakes,
drifts and winds that bury Minnesota's 11,350 miles of state highways
each  winter.
in i)l^f)_Eiitipn. fpr_snow co *rol on
the State's highway system in _?e
winter of 1937-38, new equipment has
been purchased by the department,
some of which will replace outmoded
machinery. Other units have been ad
ded to the* fleet' in an effort to eliminate the necessity of hiring expensive private equipment at times of
heavy storms. The new units are
larger, as modern' as the market offers and will plow wider swaths in a
nicker time. Their purchase wal
oi'init the department to- provide users of the state's highways with opon
roads this winter in even speedier
time than was possible during the
critical storm periods of the record-
breaking  winter   of  1930-37.
In the snow control fleet there are
14 rotary plows, 375 "V" and "oneway" type plows and 15 tractor
plows. On the average, these arft operated by four men each. Both plows
and men stand ready to work M
hours a day during periods when blizzards are raging. In addition the department has 126 motor graders for
shearing ice off hard surfaced highways.
Snow Control cost the state of Minnesota in the winter of 1937-38 about
$1,750,000 which sum came from the
maintenance   division's  budget.
Because the Minnesota climate has
little or no thaws in the freezing
months, the snow that falls remains
loose and \ihifts continuously with
the winds and some routes have to.
be. plowed several times a day due
to  reappearing drifts.
WARM WEATHER
AND NO SNOW IN
DECEMBER HERE
BAYPORT     NOMINATES     NEW
MEANEST   THIEF   RECENTLY1
Bayport.—A leading contender for
the "meanest thief" title was nominated here and orchids offered tlie
thief mean enough to make useless
a stove used by hundreds of persons.
One night last week someone broke
into the log cabin at the local park
and stole the entire top from the
range. To make the job better the
prowler either stole or threw a wav
the lock for the door which had been
forced by tearing away the    staple-
Temperatures the past week hav«
been more or less balmy for this time
of the year. This is the first time
for a good many years that December has rolled around and no snow
to be found in Pine River. As thi»
is written (Wednesday), the sun i"
shineing brightly and the temperature is above freezing—which should
make the folks that have gone south
for the winter a little envious. So
far, the winter this year has been cut
a month short and a large amount of
fuel saved. While various other parta
of Minnesota and neighboring state-
are digging out of good-sized drifts,
Pine River hasn't a trace of snow.
holding the lock. The supposition
that the act was committed by someone located in or near the village is
grounded on the fact that a person
not acquainted with the cabin could
not have known of the range. The
other stove in the cabin was not disturbed.
Harris Zigmund, director of the local Paul Bunyan organization re-
ceixed a letter this week stating that
a meeting will be held at the Lakf
Region hotel in Pine River, on SUd-
day, December 5, at 1 p. m., and that
directors of the various surrounding
organizations and also of the assoc'-
ation will be present to discuss matters  of tfital importance.
It seems that during the past year
there ha*s been more or less dissen-
tion among members and financial
difficulties are resulting.
The main purpose of the meeting
is to find out whether or not the various towns wish to continue the promotion and how much they can donate toward the publicity fund which
must be raised immediately if the association shall  continue to function.
The individual expense is smalf and
it seems that the benefits derived even individually would more than offset the cost.
The local Commercial Club will
meet Thursday evening (tonight) in
the lounge rooms of the Marlow theatre to discuss the possibility of local
support. All members of the Club
are asked to be present.
All interested persons are also asked to be present at the dinner Sunday, in order that the matter may
be discussed intelligently.
SCHOOL NOTES
Several new tables and benches
have been installed in the Home Economics Department and the Industrial Arts room.
Jim Riley is coaching a "B" team
dining noon hours and will soon have
a fine squad whipped into shape.
The Pine River high school squad
will vie with Brainerd for honors on
the local floor Friday night—Be there
and see some real basketball.
MeuiDers of the school band have
received new music books and are
practicing Tuesday evenings now.
Any individual who is interested in
ba-nl music is invited to attend these
sessions.
The Christmas Seal drive is now
in lull swing and students are canvassing the town.
County Supt. Wicklund made a
business call at the school Tuesday.
The English Survey has been completed and parents wishing to view
the results of the test are invited to
call  at  the office.
Village Election At
Armory Tues. Dec.7
NOTICE
A Farmers meeting will be hold at
the Mildred school on Thursday evening, Dee. 9, at 8 p. m. Chas. D.
Egley of the Farmers Union Livestock Commission Co. will discuss
ways and means of selling farm produce to the best advantage. Every
frmer in the community should attend
this meeting. The meeting will be
held under the auspices of the Mildred Poultry and Berry Association.
Thomas Pederson
TABERNACLE   NEWS
PTA TO MEET AT
SCHOoiT MONDAY
Sell It With A Want Ad
The Parent-Teachers organization
will hold their next meeting on Monday evening, December 6 at the school
auditorium.
Several special features are being
planned and a good program is assured. The program arrangements
have not as yet been completed and
for this reason an outline cannot be
published.
Mr. and Mrs. Harve Cromett of
Brainerd, were guests at the Rob't.
Campbell home on Thanksgiving Day.
Mr. and Mrs. Herb Kline enjoyeo
Thanksgiving Day in Robbinsdale,
at the home of their daughter, Mr.
and Mrs. Ackerman.
Miss Jean'Button spent the week
end at her home in Pine River.
Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Henderson spent
the week-end in Fisher.
Mrs. B. L. Shiffer and daughter
Edna and Lloyd Gilbertson visited
with relatives in Aitkin Sunday.
Another capacity audience greeted
the showing of the pictures of the
I'intley Snow Flake photographs at
tne Tabernacle Sunday evening. Seventy five of the most beautiful designs ever seen in Pine River were
ihrWn, on the screen before the eyes
of a spell-bound audience. The six
pointed star of the Shield of David
and the Coat of Arms of the royal
house of Israel were pointed out repeatedly and the universal presence
of six points and a center marked the
snowflakes with the perfect number
seven. Rev. MacKinney explained also how the Holy Scriptures arei marked with the perfect number from beginning to end. Requests are already coming in for a re-showing of the
pictures which will take place at an
early  dirtfe-
Next Sunday "ev^fiing, the Nevis
Tabernacle String B/^fcfc^giye *
musical program at t_e TabernacleSS.
Pine River. The band consists of a
massive cello, an ordinary sized cello,
viola, auto harp, piano, accordian and
se. eral violins and guitars. The service will begin at 7:45 p. m.
LOCALS
Mrs. Linden Gilsoul of International Falls, is spending the week at the
A. J. Linden home.
Margaret Bennett who teaches near
Royalton,spent the week-end with1 her
parents on Norway lake.
Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Witting of Bemidji, were dinner guests at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Hourigan on
j Thanksgiving Day.
Carl Nuremberg of Minneapolis,
stopped at the ,T. O. Brezinsky home
Monday evening, enroute to Duluth,
on a business trip.
P. R. HIGH SCHOOL
VS. BRAINERD AT
GYM FRI. NITE
On Friday night of this week, the
Pine River high school basketball
squad will meet the fast Brainerd aggregation which should make some
very interesting competition. Last
year the local boys defeated the boys
from^ the big town on their own floor
and wilji do their best to repeat in
Pine River. In addition to two good
basketball games there will be special entertainment features throughout the evening. Activity tickets are
good—Come and see a real game
and a real team.
NIGHT MARSHALL
BEGINS DUTY HERE
The Village Council held a specJSi
meeting on Tuesday evening of this
week to discuss the hireing of a night
marshall. Lee Fickler, an applicant
for the job was hired at a salary of
$40 per month. Mr. Fickler has been
a resident of Pine River for about a
year, and is an ex-policeman of Omaha, so is well qualified for the job.
He has been given authority to make
arrests when necessary and will also
take care of the mail. He will go on
duty at 7 p. m. and continue until
daylight.
There are three conveniently located mailboxes; at the theatre, drug
store and hotel. All mail deposited
after postoffice hours will be taken
care of by the watchman.
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Although the Village election is
but a week off, little or no campaigning has been done and present Indications are that very little little
change will be made.
Offices up for election this year
are: Mayor, 1 Councilman, Clerk and
Treasurer. Tose filing for the offices
are, Maj. Skinner for Mayor, L. W.
Isensee for Councilman, Arvid Lundin for Clerk and Dr. Dingle for Treasurer.
Polls will be open at the Armory
from 9 a. m., to 5 p. m., on Tuesdny,
December '7.
NOTICE   OF   ELECTION
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN ;That
the Regular Village Election of the
Village of Pine River, In the County
of Cass, State of Minnesota, will be
held on the first Tuesday after the
first Monday In December, 1937, (being the 7th Day of December, 1S37),
between 9 o'clock a. m. and 5 o'clock
p. m. at the armory in said Village,
to fill the following offices, to wit:
1 President of the Village Council
for the term of one  (1) year;
1 Village Trustee for the term    of
three  (3)  years;
1 Village Clerk for the term of two
(2)  years;
1 Village Treasurer for the term of
two (2) years.
Arvid Lundin, Clei'k
CATHOLIC  BAZAAR DEC. 4
The Catholic Ladies Aid will hola
their Bazaar and Food Sale Saturday afternoon, December 4, in the
Lounge Rooms of the Marlow theatre.
Cafeteria lunch will be served in the
afternoon and evening. Everyone is
cordially invited to atten6.
This week-end brings you "The
Life of the Party" starring Joe Pen-
ner, Parkyakarkus, Victor Moore and
Helen Broderick, a famous quartett
of comedians; also Gene Raymond
and Harriet Hilliard for Romance
and song.
The plot is built around Gene Raymond, a rich boy who will lose his
inheritance if he marries, and Harriet Hilliard whose mother wants her
to marry money rather than be a
singer. From here on complications
follow in regular order.
Another "Double Feature" is on the
program for your enjoyment tonight
(Thursday). "The Jones Family in
Big Business" and "I Promise to
Pay" with Chester Morris and Helen
Mack.
Friday and Saturday brings you
another rip-roaring western, "The
Big Show" starring Gene Autry and
Smiley Burnett.
HONOR  ROLL
The following new and re-newal
subscriptions to the Journal hava
been received the past week.
Look at the label on your    paper,
if you are In arrears, stop in and see
us.
Fred Plegenkuhle, Pine River
Charles Ridge, Ottawa, Ohio
Mrs. Ollie Dahl, San Diego, Calif.
Frank Ottarson, Fergus Falls
FEATURES YOU WILL LIKE
Irvin S. Cobb says there are
always two big sporting events,
the one Graham McNamee saw
and the one that actually took
place.
Bank night is a nightmare for
Felix Featherhead. He wins the
prize but loses his hat! You'll
enjoy his experiences as reported
by Osborne, the artist, on our
Funny Page.
T. W. Pickard's "Weekly News
Review" analyzes Senator Van-
denburg's ten point program to
give business  a  "square  deaL"