The Pine River Journal (Pine River, Minnesota), 1940-07-05

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PINE RIVER JOURNAL
VOLUME V NUMBER 45
THE PINE xtiVER JOURNAL, PINE RIVER,   CASS   COUNTY,  MINNESOTA. FRIDAY, JULY 5, 1940
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LINDEN-HANSON
HOMECOMING HELD
SATURDAY - SUNDAY
The annual homecoming of relatives
of the A. J. Linden and S. P. Hanson
families was held Saturday and Sunday at the Linden summer home on
Norway Lake.
A social hour and dance was held
at tlie Eraser building Saturday evening followed by refreshments.
A sacred concert winch was held al
the Trinity Lutheran Church at 11. a.
m., Sunday, was followed in the afternoon by a picnic dinner at tlie lake
Rev. Isensee favored the Sunday concert audience with a well chosen talk,
living up to his reputation as an effective speaker.
Guests departed for their homes late
Sunday afternoon feeling that they
had enjoyed one of the best homecoming in years. Out of town guests, included Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Wicklund and son Simon, and Mrs- Harley
Hanson and daughter of Alexandria,
Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Hanson of St.
Paul, Mr. and Airs. Maurice .Linden
and family of Hibbing, Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Marsh and family of Nashwauk, Mrs. Ford Rowell of St. Paul,
and Mrs. Bob Rowell of Owatonna-
NOTED CHAMPIONS TO COMPETE
AT AQUATENNIAL THIS, MONTH
A gigantic water ballet and fashion
revue in which more than 125 beautiful girls are to take part will be a
leading feature of the Aqua Follies,
the big water spectatcle being staged
by the Minneapolis Aquatennial, July
20 to 28.
The water ballet is to be put on by
a select group of 50 girl bwiminers,
now in daily training at the U. of M.
More than 75 girls will appear in the
outdoor fashion parade. The revue Is
to be staged on a board walk 400 feet
long, built around the enormous Olympic swimming pool now under construction for the 10,000 Lakes swimming championships, July 24 to 26, in
which dozens of the nations greatest
swimmers and divers will compete.
An outstanding feature of the Aqua
Follies program will be daily exhibitions by Helen Crlenkoeich, national
diving champion, and Marjorie Ges
tring, national platform champion. Oth
er men and women champions and former champions will compete.
First, second and third prize trophies are to be awarded the towns senu-
ing the largest delegations to tie?
Aquatennial, and the biggest delegations in proportion to population.
First; and second prizes are to be
awarded for the best visiting bands,
and the best marching costumed units.
New Jewelry Store
to Open Here Soon
Mr. Teske of Owatonna has leased
the building formerly occupied by Al's
barber shop and will open a jewelry
store in that location soon. Mr. Teske has been connected with a large
jewelry firm at Owatonna for some
time and is a very capable watch and
clock repair man.
Mr. and Mrs. Teske were in Pine River Monday of this week making arrangements for their opening.
BEAR   IS  NO  "HONEY"    TO     BEES
LEFT: Miss Lee Ya Ching, distinguished Chinese aviatrix, representing the
Chineses Chungking Government, has been making an air tour of the U. S.
to raise funds and enlist the good-will of Americans for her nation's righteous cause. She has already travelled over 150,000 miles throughout the U.
S-,    including cities and small towns-
RIGHT: Tunnels must breathe too, and herewith is pictured one of the
lungs of the $58,365,000 PWA financed Queens Midtown Tunnel across the
East River in New York. Forty-six huge fans similar to this one are located
in two ventilation buildings, one on either side of the river. They have a
combined normal capacity of 2,826,000 cubic feet of fresh air per minute,
changing the atmosphere in the tunnel 42 times an hour.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Knutson   Celebrate
24th Anniversary Sun.
Forty guests gathered at the Jack
Knutson home Sunday to help Mr- and
Mrs. Jack Knutson celebrate thir 24th
wedding anniversary. Guests from
Little Falls, Brainerd and Sebeka were
present to help do the honors. Dinner
was served following the social hour.
Those present, presented Mr. and
Mrs. Knutson with numerous gifts.
Mrs. Mary Ottarson, Mr. and Mrs.
Ren Spencer and Mr. and Mrs. Erwin.
Ottarson and baby of Park Rapids, Mr
and Mrs. John Kelly and baby of Bemidji, and Mrs- Sara Felton were guests
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Everett
Felton Sunday- The occasion was Mrs.
Felton's birthday.
TOWNSEND CLUB TO  MEET AT
SCHOOL  MONDAY  EVENING
The regular meeting of the Pine River Townsend Club will be held at
the school Monday evening, July 8, at
8 p. m. A report will be given by the
delegate to the National Convention
at this time. All members should be
present.
—A. M. Shill, Sec-
CANNON SERVES
PEACEFUL MISSION
Grand Rapids—In Grand Rapids there
stands" alone a cannon which now
serves a unique function. A pair of
swallows have made their nest inside
the cannon. The male bird perches
just inside the muzzle, keeping guard
while the female is brooding her clutch of eggs back where the load of pow
der would be placed were the gun used for its original intent.
HIGHWAY CHIEF
APPEALS FOR SAFE
DRIVING OVER 4TH
Early Life in Cass County
Williams.—A bear has destroyed
bees and honey valued at $300 for Ted
Williams. Mr. and Mrs- Williams returned from a trip to Nebraska recently to find that a bear had been making calls at their place during their
absence, and had been after the bees
in particular. Although several shots
have been fired at the bear, he always manages to make a good getaway. So far, Mr. Williams has lost
thirty-five bee hives in all.
LIGHTENING   BRINGS   STRANGE
ACCIDENT
Preston.—An electric storm recently passed over Eyota with a considerable display of lightening. Some tune
later Mr- Fred Sailor of Eyota was
found unconscious in his barn and
nearby was a dead horse, apparently
killed by lightening. Between them
was another horse in a stall and it is
surmised that he became frightened
by the storm and that Mr. Sailor wa*
injured in trying to quiet liim. The
Eyota doctor was called and discovered that the victim had suffered a
serious skull fracture.
Ed. Note: The following was written by Miss Muril Hagen as a part of
her Minnesota history and English
work in the Normal Training Department- She has written the article as
it was told by her grandfather, Frank
Hagen.
I was the first one to Homstead in
Maple township, coming here in August 1894. We lived in a. shack 7x10,
for the first three months and then
moved into a larger cabin.
There were no roads and only a logging railroad. Shortly after we arrived, the railroad was put through
and the first store was built where
Pequot Lakes is today-
On July 3, my brothers and I cut
some hay with scythes and carried it
to the stacks with pitchforks. On
the Fourth, we put our guns, scythes
and forks in a stack and went to the
town. When we came back the next
morning, the Hinckley fire had been
through and everything we had left
there was burned up- The fire burned for three months and left ashes
two feet deep. Some of the deer we
shot that fall, had burns on their legs
from walking in the ashes- Many of
the trees died and kept falling for
three or four years. One time after a
hard windstorm a neighbor started to
Pequot, but there were so many trees
across the road that it took him almost a week to get there.
The chief industry at that time was
logging. We hauled the logs to Gull
Lake and in order to haul two loads a
day, we had to get up at 4 a. m., and
often it was 11 P- m., when we got to
bed again-
We had to go to Brainerd, a distance of thirty-five miles to get our
mail and provisions. We had to drive
oxen or walk, and it took from two to
four days to make the trip. The story
is told of a neighbor who went there
to get fifty pounds of flour, some tea,
and tobacco. It took him so long that
he had eaten most of the supplies before he returned. Another story is
told of a man who walked to Brainerd and carried home a fifty-pound
sack of flour. I got caught in a snow
storm there once and had to stay two
nights.    Since I had only enough mon
ey to buy provisions with me, I was
forced to go home without the provisions after the roomand board bill
was paid. A neighbor got sick one
day and I walked to town to get the
doctor. As I couldn't guarantee him
any money I had to return without
ihim. Fortunately, the man got well-
The chief means of travel was with
oxen or cows. One of the neighbors
started to Pequot with two cows and
a load of eight ties, liefore he arrived, the cows were so exhausted lie
was forced to abandon all but two of
the ties. My son drove a team of oxen to Kandiohy County, a distance of
150 miles, making the trip in four and
one-half days.
In 1898, the Stony Brook postofflce
was established at our place. I drove
on horseback each Sunday to get the
"mail. First to Casins, then to Motley,
and finally to Pequot.
Game was very plentiful. Our chief
source of meat was venison and fish-
There were many wolves and often
we heard a moose call but never saw
one.
One Sunday we were sitting outside
our cabin when we heard a dog bark.
We were quite surprised as we didn't
know there were any in the country-
We finally found out why it was barking, when a large black bear came out
of the woods and ran for the cabin.
My wife seized the two children and
an into the cabin while I ran tor t'-A
axe. The bear however, ran past the
house and didn't give us any trouble.
Another time a bear visited my sister-in-law and her friend- The women climbed into the attic and watched
him through the window. First, he
tipped over a barrel of salted suckers
and then went to the clothesline. After he pulled down the clothes, he
walked over to a window in the cabin
and looked in.
It was a hard life with a lot of
work but we had our amusements also. In the winter there were debating clubs and in the summer we had
picnics where horseshoe was the favorite game. When we did get together, we had a good enough time to
last until the next reunion.
—By Muril Hagen
Citing the July safety proclamation
issued by Governor Stassen, and recalling that last year's July Fourth holiday week-end traffic accidents alone
claimed eight dead and 260 injured In
the state, M. J. Hoffman, highway com
missioner today appealed to every motorist and pedestrian in Minnesota to
do his part to maintain safety on the
highways.
He pointed out that half the drivers
involved in these traffic tragedies last
year were in violation of the law and
urged as a means to accident prevention, strict adherence to traffic lays,
supplemented by extraordinary caution and alertness on crowded highways.
Despite the fact that last year Minnesota won national honors both for
traffic accident prevention and for pedestrian safety, the fact remains that
during the Fourth-of-,Tuly holiday
week-end 185 major traffic accidents,
in which 307 drivers were involved,
caused eight deaths and 260 personal
jnjuries-
Why   They   Crashed   Last   Fourth
As an example of "what not to do"
in Fourth of July traffic, Commissioner Hoffman today cited those major
traffic law violations which contributed to approximately half of Minnesota's eight traffic deaths and 260 injuries suffered during last year's holiday:
Out of 146 accident drivers, 59 were
driving at excessive speed; 35 were
on the wrong side of the road; 21 did
not have the right-of-way; 16 disregarded stop signs; 10 tried to pass in
no-passing zones. Other violations included turning from wrong lane, following too closely, and disregarding
warnings of signs or patrolmen.
M. E- SOCIAL CLUB HOLDS VERY
INTERESTING MEETING
Mesdames W- J. Biever and Frank
Anderson were hostesses to the Methodist Social Club at the church parlors Thursday. The meeting was
opened by singing a number of hymns,
followed by the reading of the scripture lesson by Mrs. Cahill. Mrs- Frank
Anderson entertained with a vocial solo and later joined Mrs- Morris Cromett in a piano duet.
Mrs. Griswold, sister of Mrs. Anderson, of Helena, Montana who is visiting here, gave an account of her visit
to the San Francisco Worlds Fair.
Local Items
Program For July
Fourth Celebration
At 10:30 a. ru., assembly of the parade' will take place at the school- All
entries are requested to report to D.
L. Triggs, general chairman of the par-
adeeommittee, as a new system of formation will be used. It is expected
that parade activities will be completed by 11:45, when racing activities for
youngsters will take place. All are
invited to enter competition.
All doll buggies and youngsters entering the parade are asked to assemble at the armory Thursday morning
at'10:30.
From 12:45 to 2:45 p. m., water
sports will be held at the dam. Bait-
casting and dog retrieving will be two
of the outstanding features.
Mr- Dudley who conducts clog shows
throughout the state will be in charge
at the dam. He is a nationally known
sportsman and is connected with the
South Ben Bait Co- of South Bend, Indiana. Mr. and Mrs. Dudley arrived
in Pine River Tuesday to complete arrangements.
The dog contests will be strictly ami
teur. Any dog who has not won a
prize in professional competition will
be allowed to enter. However, the
dog must be entered by the immediate
owner or a member of his family-Boys
with their pet dogs are especially invited to bring them in- Entries from
Motley, Brainerd, Pillager, Backus and
Blind Lake have already been entered.
At 3 p. m., bicycle races and the
Pine River-Walker baseball game will
be held at the fair grounds. Horse and
model "T" races will also be (held at
the fairgrounds in the afternoon.
A log-rolling exhibition will be held
at the dam in evening preceding the
display of fireworks.
The armory will be open for roller-
skating in the afternoon and evening,
under the direction of the VFW. Fifty percent of the funds derived from
roller-skating activties will go into the
celebration fund-
Paul Lindberg will be in charge of
trap shooting at the rifle range all
during the day.
TENANTS GET 43 PERCENT OF
MINNESOTA FARMS SOLD
BY LAND BANK
As one offset to farm tenancy, the
Federal Land Bank of St. Paul last
year put 43 percent of the farms it
sold in Minnesota back into the hands
of tenant farmers, thus starting them
on the road to farm ownership- Some
of these new owners, were young men
starting out for themselves ;some we.ro
working as hired hands and had save i
a sufficient amount for the down payment. Commenting on the figures, an
officer of the land bank stated this
week:
"It takes no argument to convince
any thoughtful person that generally
the man who owns the farm he operates is going to do a better job of farming, make the property more valuable and be a more interested local citizen than the man who is farming
land owned by someone else and who
in continually facing the possibility of
moving onto some other farm-
"As an institution organized aud
operated in the interest of agriculture,
we are glad to note any increase a'.id
stabilization in farm ownership. Wh.':i
ever we can put back into the hands
of an owner, a farm that has come into our possession we believe the bank
is doing a public service."
Last year the land bank sold to tenants 36 percent of all the farms it disposed of in Minnesota, North Dakota,
Wisconsin and Michigan. Throughout
these four states 1,041 tenant farmers,
most of them with families, purchased
farms from the land bank under terms
which it is believed will enable them
eventually to become full-fledged farm
owners with a minimum of difficulty
and financial outlay-
meet Wednesday, July 10, at the home
of Mrs- Hugh Burgett, with Mrs. Chas.
Bates as assisting hostess- A 25c noon
luncheon will be served.
Mr. and Mrs. George Hoffman of
Brainerd, were guests at the Clem
Henry home Sunday. Their daughter
Gwendolyn who had spent the week
here, returned home with them.
Mr. and Mrs. George Tabor and sons
Byron, Donald and Denton of Beloit,
Wis-, were guests of Mrs- Oscar Kolb
Monday and Tuesday- They were enroute to Superior for a vacation. Mrs-
Tabor is a sister of Mr. Kolb.
Guests at the Rausel Miller home on
Thursday and Friday, included Mrs-
John Roe, Mr- and Mrs- Clarence Roe
and daughter Ardith and Mrs. Cecilia
Ersted of Gory. They are mother,
brother and grandmother of Mrs. Miller.
Mr- and Mrs. F. O- Johnson and son
Paul of Minneapolis, were week-end
guests at the Dr. Johnson home. Tha
men are brothers- Other guests included Mr. and Mrs- Everett Sunberg
and Mrs. Amanda Jacobson also of
Minneapolis.
Mr. and Mrs. James Skinner celebrated Major Skinner's birthday and Mr-
and Mrs- James Skinner's third wedding anniversary at a dinner Sunday-
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Zigmund drove
to Minneapolis on business Friday.
Their niece and nephew, Patty and
Johnny Dunn, accompanied them home
for a week's visit here.
The M. E. Country Ladies Aid will
BULLET   EXPLODES  WHEN   LAD
HITS   IT  WITH   HAMMER
Pillager.—It resulted in a wound but
taught David Parsons that it was dangerous to hammer a cartridge with a
hammer. Finding a .22 calibre cartridge, he struck it and caused it to explode, parts of the brass shell hitting
him in the chest- Except gor being
badly scared the boy was unharmed
LON FIELDS' PUP
WINS TROPHY
AT SHOW
Lon Fields' puppie "Dick" was hero'
of the day when he won first place
and copped the silver cup at the retrieving contest held at the Sportsmen's Show at Brainerd last week-
This was the first exhibition of this
kind sponsored in Brainerd and drew
an estimated crowd of 5000.
While various other activities were
held during the four-day show, the
dog trials were the most interesting to
Pine Riverites because of the fact that
a "home towner" was there with his
pup.
Lon's dogs have attracted considerable attention this spring because of
their fine training and ability. On
Thursday of last week the pup won
first place in the trials and entered
the floor show Friday afternoon anil
evening. On Sunday he won the silver cup which was presented to the
champion for the four days in the puppy class. The cup is now on display
at Fields' barber shop.
This dog will not be entered for
competition at the Pine River contest
on the Fourth but will give a trial
show at the dam for the benefit of the
public.
BIRDS  START SMOKING?
WHAT  NEXT?
Farmington.—Even the birds have
started smoking—at least that's the
way it appears according to reports
of the cause of the fire which started
in the awning on the front of George
Strong's Hardware store at Lakeville
recently. Investigation brought the
conclusion that a bird picked up a
lighted cigaret on the street, carried
it to the nest in the awning and accidentally started the fire.
Doctor
[Townsend
dciys ....••
1 IN THIS
dread hour
■when men's passions are smouldering at white
heat ready to
break out into
violence that
will lead to permanent hatreds
and loss of all
that our organization has been striving for
throughout the years, it is incumbent upon us to oppose vigilently
any public speaking in our clubs
that has a tendency to arouse class
or religious or race hatreds.
\ Let us deny speakers' permits to
anyone who tries to incite prejudice
against Jews, Germans, Negroes or
any particular group of people.
Ours is distinctively a movement
to unite the peoples of the earth in
one great brotherhood. This can
never be accomplished if in times of
stress and danger we begin trying
to lay the blame for civilization's
failure upon any one group or class
•f people.