The Pine River Journal (Pine River, Minnesota), 1935-08-22

              PINE RIVE
JOURNAL
VOLUME I, NUMBER I.
THE PINE RIVER JOURNAL, PINE RIVER, CASS COUNTY, MINNESOTA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 22,1935.
SUBSCRIPTION $1.00 Per Year
FIRST EDITION OF
NEW NEWSPAPER
Paper to be Published Once a
Week, Every Thursday, At
Pine River
With this issue we are launching what we hope will be a successful business venture in Pine
River. It has been several years
since a paper has been published
locally and the business men and
residents have greatly felt the
need of a locally owned and locally managed medium of furthering the advancement of
of their city and community.
In choosing Pine River as a location we were influenced not
only by the appearanlce of the
town but also by the location.
Being located approximately
thirty miles from any larger
town which gives it an unlimited trade territory and also a
new section of the state which
is rapidly being recognized ss
one of the greatest resort regions in the niorthwest wi3 feyl
that the possibilities for growth
are unlimited,
We have installed a newspaper
plant in Pine River that will
more than compare with that of
similar towns and larger and are
confident that you will support
us in accordance to the service
we give the community.
We will do the best we can to
publish all the local news and in
order to do this we will need the
whole hearted cooperation of the
entire community. Whenever
anything happens that is of local interest we would appreciate
very much if you would stop in
and tell us about it as that is the
only way we can get all the
news.
.^Through the whole hearted
support of the 'business men this,
our first issue goes through the
mails with a larger paid circulation* than most papers of long
standing. We invite all advertisers to stop in and inspect our
list at any time and we feel confident that they will appreciate
the value of the total coverage
in this terriory.
The Journal office is located
in the Theatre building where
we have very comfortable quarters. We hope that you will feel
as friendly towards us as we do
towards you and that you will
stop in and pay us a visit and
inspect the plant.
LOCAL ASSOCIATION
PAYING CASH IN FULL
ON LOAN STATEMENTS
Cash in full instead1 of part
cash and part bonds is now being
used by the Crow Wing County
National Farm Loan Association
in the settlement of all land bank
loans made to its members and
ail commissioner loans which i)t
handles for the Federal Land
Bank, says W. H. Woffemmuth,
secretary-treasurer of the association.
For some time cash has been
used for ad individual items of
$1000 or less*, and bonds of the
Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation have been used for larger
sums. The new railing sent to
the association by the Land
Bank in St. Paul does away entirely with the use of bonds in
closing loans.
Mr. W. H. Woffemmuth said
that during the year or more in
which bonds have been used they
have become popular with investors and one of the principal
reasons in using them has been
accomplished, that is, introducing them generally to the public, and securing a widespread
distribution. About 80 per cent
of loans dosed has been settled
for with bonds, which means
that through this association approximately $160,000 worth of
these bonds has flawed into the
hands of their creditors.
"As there are about 730 National Farm Loan Associations
in our 7th district (Michigan,
Wisconsin, Minnesota and North
Dakota) these bonds have gone
into hundreds of localities where
they are being held for their h>
vestment value or have been
realized upon ini cash by those
who got them," he said.
Softball Tournament
Held Here Saturday
The Cass County Soft bail
tournament held last Saturday
at Pine River wound up the soft
ball season for the year.
In the first round Pine River
defending champions, managed
to eek a 4 to 3 decision from
the Backus team. Cass Lake
handed Remer a sound thrashing and1 Walker drew a bye.
The Secound round Cass Lake
drew the bye and Walker beat
Pine River in a game filled witn
hard biting by both teams and
plenty of errors.
The finals between Cass Lake
and Walker was one sided at best
the Walker boys coasting to an
easy victory over the league
leaders.
Obituary
Iva Arvilla Morgan, age 4
months, passed away at her
home August 15. Left to mourn
her sudden death are her mother
and father, and one sister,
Elaine, also her grandmother,
Mrs. H. Rux and grandfather,
Mr. L. W. Morgan.
Funeral' services were conducted at the home of her grandfather with Rev. Chas. Fearson
officiating. Burial was made in
the Pine River '. emetery.
Pine River Defeats
Akeley, Score 1 0-9
After trailing for eight innings Pine River came through
with a rally Sunday that would
make any team look sick Tr^y
collected one run in the second,
one in the sixth, one in the seventh and seven in the ninth. The
Akeiy boys were leading at the
end of the sixth by a score of
9-2. The rally started in the last
half of the ninth with the Pine
River boys making the circuit
for seven tallies. About this
time a bad decision was made at
ho:ne plate and an argument ensue. I and before Ion? :'t looked
like it might be a free if or all but
it was soon quieted down and
the oame was finish :d with Pine
River emerging on the long end
cf a 10-9 score. Next Sunday the
local team will p.ay the Leader
nine at Leader.
Fishing Contest
The leader cf the field in the
Fishing Contest sponsored by
the Hill Hardware is a local angler, Charles Person. The contest
bulletin for this week shows the
record catch to be a Northern
Pike, weighing 19 pounds, 14
ounces, 451/2 inches long. This
noteworthy specimen is being
mounted and will be on exhibit
at the Hill Hardware during the
coming week. Pine River people
will be interested in next week's
development since there are a
number of visitors in the vicinity
matching skill with the local
Walton League.
Air Show,  Three  Act  Comedy
and Bemidji Junior Drum
Corps Among Attractions
CASS COUNTY FAIR AT
PINE RIVER NEXT WEEK
tend at least one day.
Fair time is a holiday not only
for the children but for grown
ups as well and is a time for gai •
ty as well as educational advancement. Therefore the officials have overlooked nothing in
making this years fair one of the
most outstanding.
All that now remains to make
the fair a success is favorable
weather and attendance. The
greater attendance at the fair,
the greater and better fairs the
association is able to present. It
is a county institution, not operated for profit, but raher for
the enjoyment and education of
all county residents.
Remember the fair dates are
Augst 26-27-28, and plan to attend at least one day. Better
yet, make it a holiday and attend
all three days of the exposition.
You will find much to interest
and entertain you.
Harry Peterson, Attorney
General, spoke on Wednesday at
the Crow Wing County Fair at
Pequot. John Brant, President
of the Land O' Lakes Creameries, was the speaker of the day
on Tuesday.
"PARTY WIRE' STORY OF
SMALL-TOWN ROMANCE
What happens when an eligible young man suddenly returns
to his native town and becomes
legitimate prey for every marriageable young woman for miles
around is amusingly revealed in
"Party Wire," the Columbia production opening at the Marlbw
Theatre Sunday and Monday.
Victor Joy, broad-shouldered
stage and screen actor, is seen in
the role of the very desirable
Matthew Putnam, while Jean
Arthur is co-featured with him
as the ore village 'girl who does
not set her cap for him. Also in
the cast are Geneva Mitchell,
Charley Grapewin, Maude
Eburne, Helen Lowell, Matt Mc-
Hugh Clara Blandick and a score
of other players.
Next Monday will mark the
opening day of the 30th annual
Cass County Fair in Pine River,
which exposition will feature
the greatest agricultural exposition in recent years, according
to present indications. Wih each
day bringing the fair closer an
ever increasing interest is being
shown by residents throughout
the county.
A marekd increase in the
quality of the agriculture displays because of an improved
growing season will be noted
this year as well as a remarkable increase in the qanltity of exhibits.
Exhibitors who intend to display at the fair should bear in
mind that their entries must be
made by Thursday, Agust 22.
There will be no program on
the opening day as the time will
be taken up placing and judging the entries, however the fair
will swing into full action the
second day, August 27 and there
will be entertainment for everyone. No admission will be
charged on entry day.
Tesday, August 27, is 4-H Club
day. All 4-H Club members in
the county will be admitted
free. There will be livestof':.
agriculture, poultry, horse, swine
sheep, horticulture and many
other demonstrations too numerous to mention to hold the attention of the crowds and serve
as a easuring stick whereby
comparisons can be made. In i
girls department there will j,u
canlning, Slewing ana baking
monstrations. There will be a
baseball tournament on 4-H Club
day with 4 teams entering the
competition, Federal Dam, Cass
Lake, Hackensack and Walker.
The winners of this tournament
will play the Pine River Jr., team
on Wednesday forenoon at 10:30
a. m. There will be plenty interest for all the baseball fans
so don't fail to be there. In addition to the bat games there
will be a home talent musical
comedy, "The Bold Front." The
local talent under the able direction! of Mrs. Olive Dahl promises to be one of the most interesting features of the day. The
characters of the play will be
assisted by a chorus of ten
dancing girls.
Principals of the cast include
Louis Farnum, Barbara Kolb,
Frank Finch, Mary Alice Christian, Ted Schiffer, Bud Kline,
Ruth Mary Lauritzon, Virginia
Stowart, Roy Peterson and Dorothy Rovik. The chorus, directed by Elnora Rode, i? composed
of Lila Norberg, Monica Lauritzon, Marcella Lauritzon, Helen
Farnum, Jean Button, Dorothy
Marsh, LaVerne Leef and Avis
Rode.
The fair board also announces that they have secured
a battery of three airplanes as an
added attraction. These planes
will perform daily, giving various exhibitions in stunt flying
and other maneuvers and will
also take up passengers who are
air minded during the fair.
Wednesday, August 28, is designated as All Ciounty Day and
several outstanding features
have been added to the program
to make this the biggest day of
all. The Bemidji Jr. Drum
Corps, under the directioni of
Gertrude Ness promises to be a
very entertaining feature. The
big ball game of the day between
Pine River and Walker will be
played in the afternoon. A free
barbecue dinner will be given at
nooni and everyone is reuuested
to bring their own silverware.
There will be a complete
change of program every day so
there will- always be something
of interest to see at the fair. Admission charges continue at the
same nominal rates that have
been in effect the past several
seasons and are at such a level
the board believes every family
in the county will' be able to at-
Graff Postoffice To Be Discontinued August 31
According to word received by
L. E. Dougherty, postmaster at
Pine River, from the Postal Department at Washington, D. C,
the Graff Postoffice will be discontinued on August 31st. All
mail for the Graff district will
be handled by the Graff mail
route through the Pine River office.
The Graff Post Office has
been serving the people of that
vicinity for a number of years.
For the past 16 years, Mrs. Anna Lawrence has held the position of Postmistress in that office.
The Wabedo Post Office also
is to be discontinued, according
to notice received by Mr. Dougherty. The date of discontinuance is not definitely set as yet.
The Wabedo patrons also will be
served by mail route through
the Pine River office.
STATE TO START NEW
HIGHWAY BUILDING
PROGRAM SEPT. 20
ROAD OIL CAN BE
REMOVED FROM CARS
The state highway department gives the following directions for removing bituminous
material from, automobiles which
have been spattered while going
over freshly treated roads:
"Apply a mitxure of one part
lubricating oil to four parts gasoline. Allow this to remain on
the spattered surface abot five
minutes, then wash off with
soap and waiter. This should be
done before the bitumen has
hardened."
First contracts for state highway construction under the regular federal aid program for the
current fiscal year will be let a-
bout September 20, under plans
announced today by N. W. Els-
berg, highway commissioner.
Projects involving nearly $1,-
000,000 will be included in the
first letting it is expected.
Minnesota's participation in
the federall aid program was
made possible when the state
executive council last week authorized issuance of $4,50,000 im
state highway bonds to be used
in matching federal fund's. Approximately $3,400,000 din federal money is available for the
year ending next July, and an
equal amount for the following
year, if matched dollar for dollar.
Plans for a number of construction projects were submit^
ted at once by Mr. Elsberg to the
U. S. Bureau of Public roads for
approval, after this is obtained
the work must be advertised for
three weeks before a letting
can be held.
Owing to the shortness of the
fall' construction season in Minnesota, the paving jobs to be let
for immediate work will be 1m-
ited to short lengths. In the first
letting here probably will be
about a dozen paving jobs of two
to three miles each. There will
also be a number of grading projects. These can be carried on
much later in th eseason thar
paving.
Hurtling over an 8-foot embankment to avoid striking another car, Dave Triggs of Pine
River was thrown into the back
of his sedan Monday night, suffering a crushed vertebra and
several minor injuries.
The accident occurred in a
driving rain, about 7Vk miles
southeast of Walker, near the
Cyphers crossroad. Mr. Triggs
turned out to pass a car, and
met another car which was operating with only its parking
lights turned on. Confused by
the sudden appearance of the
two small lights, and by the heavy rain, Mr. Triggs swung his
car toward the ditch to avoid a
head-on collision!. His car turned
over forward and was completely demolished.
Mr. Triggs was taken to the
Walker hospital by the driver of
the car which he was passing
when the accident occurred. He
was brought 'back to his home in
Pine River Tuesday. According
to Dr. Killion, physician in
charge, Mr. Triggs will be confined to his bed for at least three
weeks with severe spinal injuries.
The wrecker car was completely insured, according to
John W. Born, state Farm Mutual adjuster.
How Quicir Can You Stop?
Some time ago a questionaire
was submitted to motorists concerning the distance secessary
for stopping cars going at given
speeds. The survey demonstrated that the average driver has
an exceedingly poor conception
of stopping distances and that he
believes he can bring his car to
a halt in a much shorter spac^
than is actually required.
For example, drivers were
asked how many feet would be
needed to stop a car with four-
wheel brakes moving at a speed
of 40 miles per hour on an ordinary highway. Two per cent of
the drivers answered ten feet or
less; 15.9 per cent answered 11
to 20 feet; the heaviest majority";
23.2 per cent, answered 21 to 30
feet, and 14.1 per cent answered
41 to 60 feet.
The true answer s 80 feet—
and lit was given by less than 6
per cent of the drivers. Only a
minority of mortorists realize
that, no matter how good a car's
brakes it is impossible to stop
within fifty feet— that a car
going 40 miles an hour will skid
farther than that with locked
wheels.
This has provided a good example showing that we vitally
need continuous asd intensified
"schooling" for drivers—and
that the driver who has operated a car for twenty years should
be given attention as well as the
beginner.
Adequate knowledge of the
limitations and capabilites of
the motor car is a fundamental
of accident prevention.
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Creamery Picnic At
Pine River Aug. 18
The Pine River Fair Grounds
was the scene of a meeting of
Land 0' Lakes Creamery offi-
cials on Sunday, August 18th.
The Longville, Leader, Pequot
and Pine River creameries were
those represented at the meeting.
Addresses by Abe Pajumpa,
Vern Lockwood, Mr. Trovattans
of the State Dairy and Food Department, and Mr. Gelten of the
Poultry Department of Land O'
Lakes Creameries were the features of the event,
Mr. Lockwood advanced the
suggestion that ^he neighboring
creameries continue to hold a
picnic as an annual event. Mr. P.
E. Smith of Leader made the
suggestion that each one of the
four creameries start a 4-H Club
unit for their respective creameries. The idea was very favorably received by those present.
Commissioner Trovatten bro't
out the point that the hope of
American agriculture lies in the
co-'operative movement, and that
all farmers should give active
support to their local organizations. Mr. Gelten in his address
pointed out that if the Go-operative Creameries were to stop operating, the prices of dairy products would drop as they have in
other places where Co-operative
Creameries were temporarily
closed. Mr. Gelten emphasized
the disastrous effects of such
price changes.
Coffee, and buttermilk from
the local creamery were served,
and those m attendance at the
meeting enjoyed a picnic dinner.
MAJOR SKINNER TO TAKE
OVER LOCAL HOTEL
Of interest to Pine River people is the rfews that Major Skinner will assume the management
of the Lake Region Hotel on September 1st. Major Skinner is
well and very favorably known
to the people of this community,
having been a property owner
for many years in the vicinity.
He has been associated with
several successful business projects over a long period of years
in this district. At present Major
and Mrs. Skinner are vacationing at Longville, but it is understood that they will come to
Pine River to make their home
by the first of September. The
Pine River Journal expresses the
wish of the entire community in
hoping for the complete success
of Major Skinner's project.
PINE RIVER MAN
IN AUTO ACCIDEN
Car Damaged Considerably. Accident Occurs Between Pine
River and Walker
Local P. O. To Open Postal Savings Department
Postmaster L. E. Dougherty
has announced that the Pine
River Post Office will1 open r,.
Postal Savings Department on
September 1st. Mr. Dougherty
states that increase of business
in the local: office over a considerable period of time is largely
responsible for the inauguratibn
of this type of service here. He
has been trying for some time
to secure this (benefit for Pine
River, and is to be congratulated
upon his success, since the Postal Department refuses this service to the majority of towns of
this size.
Recruiting Officer
Here Last Week
Sergeant Chester G. Wise of
the Army Recruiting S^a-vifce
was in town in the interest of
recruiting for the Regular Army. A permanent Recruiting
Station has been established in
the National Guard1 Armory at
Bemidji, Minn., with Sergeant
Herman F. Hoffman m charge.
Enlistments are open for Fort,
Snelling which is located between the Twin Cities of St. Paul
and Minneapolis. Single men
without any dependents between
the ages of 18 and 35 years
with ait least an eighth grade
school education and of good
character are eligible. The Regular Army has been increased
in) strength and to those entering now it will offer an excellent
opportunity for advancement.
The Regullar Army is now composed of a high class type of
men and it is desired to niw*m»
tain the personnel of that high
standard.
Anyone desiring further information should write, or apply in
person, to the Army Recruiting
Office at Bemidiji, for an application Mank and full detail's:
Sergeant Hoffman Avill be at
the Armory in! Crooksiton the
first Monday Tuesday and Wednesday of each month to accept
any men that desire to apply
from that vicinity.
Obituary
Luella Wynn age, 68 passed
away August 14, at her home in
Backus. Funeral services with
Rev. Davis of Pequot officiating
were conducted by the Northland Funeral Home. Burial was
made im the Pequot cemetery.
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