The Pine River Journal (Pine River, Minnesota), 1939-11-10

              PINE RIVER JOURNAL
MH.l'ME A' NUMBER 15
THE PINE KiVEIt JOURNAL, PINE  RIVER.   CASS  COUNTY,  MINNESOTA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1939
SUB. $1.00 In County, $1.50 oufrside
Out of the. .
Waste Basket
—By—
GRANT   BERGSTROM
Turkey Dinner at
M. E. Church Wed.
We received a compliment on the
VVastebasket last week ami by "a" w<
mean "one" which of course, is mud"
more appreciated than a half-dozen
kicks in the pants—which we get
quite regular. So, when we get a com
pliment it should be worth mention in
.the eolyum—it isn't big enough to list
the complaints.
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A   Good   Knocker
Consider the hammer. It keeps
its head, doesn't fly off the handle
and keeps pounding away.lt finds
the point and then drives it home.
It looks at the other side too, and
thus, often "clinches" tne matter.
It makes mistakes but when it
does it starts all over. It is the
only knocker in the world that
does any good.
—Contributed
And So It Goes
Cupid removed another good baehei
or from our midst Friday, when Jerry
Hall took the final leap—anyway
that's a week ago and he's still good
nntured and passing out the seegars
so he must have done quite well.
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We' have been told that .Minneapolis and St Paul did a land-office business after th'e Gophers
bowed in defeat Saturday—especially tlie flower shops.
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Did You Know
That corn'was first planted in Minnesota in 1858, one kernel to the hill
which raised up to seven stalks, pro*
ducing six ears apiece/. This may account for the .act thai butter dropped
to Oc per pound in 1SG2 but beans,
the bandmaster's specialty, zoomed to
$5.00 per bushel and hay was S3G per
ton. If you think your lights are expensive now, how would you like to
pay -$1.50 a gallon for kerosene. That
was the price in 1857. And potatoes
no larger than quail Pggs. brought 75c
per peck.    If you don't believe us we
don't care, but that ls i|l(> truth.
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A New House
Chas. Rounds has just completed a
new fish house and is waiting for December 1, when the spearing season
begins. Charlie is an ardent fisherman and probably has the first new
fish house this year—we iusr heard
that Lin Dougherty, tlie stamp man,
has just rigged up a new house and
he tells us it, is a fish house for next
winter.
Mesdames Jack Dooner and Andrew
Anderson of Minneapolis, arrived Mod
day for a short visit at tlie Bell
homes.
Open Letter
Dear Editor:
Many claim that thousands of musk
rats are likely to starve to death this
winter. If this is true the conservation department should do 'something
about it.
1 don't recall ever having seen so
much activity among rats as i have
this fall. The territory i have covered is comparatively small nut I finu
rats very restless. They appear to be
moving from place to place and 1 have
met several in old roads and trails.
They always demand the right-of-way
and I always give it to them. They
even travel on the highways, and it is
reported that many are killed by au
tomobiles. Perhaps they are lookins
for better feeding grounds. Perhaps
again, the wild rice harvesting craze
is responsible for tins situation. I
don't believe that wild rice was ever
intended for human consumption. I
believe it was put in tlie lakes and
streams soley as food for wild life. I
never knew but one cook who could
prepare it fit to be eaten. Muskrats
are very fond of wild rice and when
humans steal the food from our ducks
and furbearers, they are not going to
stick around very long. When they
quit our waters for lack of food perhaps our swivel-chair conservationists
will discover that they have been nurs
ing the penny while the dollar got
away.
Muskrat fur is not yet prime but it
seems to me the better policy is to
open the season early and save what
can be saved rather than have the
rats killed on public highways or
starve to death in our food depleted
waters.
Dave Ttozler
The Methodist Ladies Aid will serve a Turkey Dinner Wednesday, November 15, at the church basement.
Serving will begin at 5 p. m. Adults
50c, children 2oc. The menu will be
as follows:
Turkey Dinner
.Mashed   Potatoes Gravy
Granberrie s  Cabbage  Salad
Rolls. Pie and Coffee
The choir girls will also sell candy
during the  dinner.
WEDDINGS OF
LOCAL INTEREST
LAST WEEK
METHODIST  AID  TO  SPONSOR
SECOND    RUMMAGE     SALE
The rummage sale recently held by
the M. E. Aid as such a success that
a similar sale is being held at the
the church November IS. Many useful articles now on hand will be disposed of and many more will be add-
eu to the assortment. Anyone having
useful articles to dispose of should
get in touch with Mrs. Heuer. lunch
will be served all afternoon.
I
|     Dorothy   Haldeman,     daughter     of
! Mrs. Haldeman of Walker, and (i. E.
Hall, son of Mrs.  Myrle Hall of  \Ya-
| dena, were united in marriage at the
Congregational parsonage in Brainerd
at seven o'clock p. m., Friday, with
Rev. Olmstead officiating. ' Tlie simple
ring ceremony was used. Their only-
attendants were Mr. and Mrs. Ed.
Lundrigan of Walker.
Guests at  the    wedding
Miss Margaret Zingg and Mr. and ilrs
Ed Lundrigan of Walker, Misses' Mar-
jorie  Sorum  and    Thea    Gundersonj
REBEKAH   LODGE   TO   SPONSOR
CARD     PARTY     NOVEMBER   13
The Rebekah Lodge will sponsor a
whist and bridge party at the lodge
hall Monday evening, November J.8, at
b p. ni.    (James and lunch 25c.
EPWORTH   LEAGUERS  ENJOY
HALLOWE'EN   PARTY  FRIDAY
Members of the M. E. Epworth League met at the church parlors Friday
evening, where they held a short business meeting. Miss Torske gave an
niteresting discussion on "Leprosy,"
after which they moved to the basement where they enjoyej games and
stunts.    Refreshments were served  al
,   ,    the close of the evening,
included,:
Word has been received of the
death of Mary Lou, 12 year-old daugh
Corwin Jones, Harold Isensee .^aml ter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Smith of
Don Lundrigan, all of Pine River. A St Paul, formerly of Pine River. She
wedding dinner was served at Star- had -been ill with pneumonia only a
roll's Cafe for the bridal party immey-tjfew days.
diately   following  the  ceremony. Supt. Haack spoke at a meeting of
Mr. and Mrs.  Hall  drove to Minne-   the Minnesota Stale il. s. League at
Cass Lake    Friday    evening.    G.    E.
Henderson and Homer Fraser also at-
TWENTY-YEAR
CLUB TO MEET
FRIDAY EVE.
The "Twenty-Year Club" will hold
its annual meeting and banquet Friday evening, November 10 at 7 p. ni.,
in the Lounge Rooms of the Marlow
Theatre. The banquet will start at
seven o'clock which time all members
are asked to note carefully, as it has
Been changed from previous years.
The club was organized January 1,
1924 with 20 charter members, which
included the following: E. S. llolman,
11. s. Gilbert, J. I'. Leef, S. P. Hanson,
F. I.. Hill, A S- White, W. G. Stewart,
A. .1. Linden, B. E. Widenman, Ovid
Lavoie, (Jinnies Ralya, R. C. Spencer,
F.   s.  Moulster,  Dr. E.    E.    Holman,
ifiaj Henry. 1'. E. Wicklund, George
Wagner, George Moulster and W. C.
Cromett.
It is interesting to note that out of
tiiis number only seven have passed
on to the spirit piano, considering the
fact that a member must be 41 years
of age or over and must have lived in
Pine River 20 years or more. The deceased are: II. S. Gilbert, J. P. Leef,
W. G. Stewart, Dr. B. E. Holman, P.
K. Wicklund, George Moulster and
W. C. Cromett.
PTA Met Monday
Evening at School
The regular meeting of the PTA
was held Monday evening, with Mrs.
Felton presiding. The program was
opened by singing "The Star Spangled
Banner," after which a short business
session was held. Activities for the
purpose of raising funds was discussed and tlie second issue of the Pine
Lough was distributed. The door prize
which had been donated by Mrs. D. L.
Triggs was won by Mrs. N. D. Sherwood.
A boys quartet from Brainerd, sang
several fine vocal numbers. P.. S.
Heintz, dean of the Brainerd jr. coll-
They plan to spend  about  six weeks
apolls the same evening, where they
were guests of friends until .Monday.
when they  returned  to    l'ine    River,   tended   the    meeting.    An    Invitation
was   extended   to   the  group   to     hold
on the west coast this winter,  where  their  DecemberO, meeting in Pine Rl-
they  will enjoy their belated  honey- ver, which was accepted.
moon.
Mrs. Hall is a native of Walker, and
has been employed for some time past
at the welfare office in that city.    Slu
will  continue  in   her    position     until •
January 1.
Mr. Hall is a well known local business man, having operated a lunibei
yard and numerous saw mills in and
around Pine itlver for the past two
years.
The young couple have the well
wishes of the entire community in
their new venture In life.
: SERVICES HELD FOR
VER JEANE BELL
LAURITZON-JOHNSON
Ruth   Mary     Lauritzon     and     Finest
Johnson,   well   known     local     couple.
were united in marriage by  Rev. Father Mockler at  Walker  Saturday.
They left immediately after the
ceremony for a short wedding trip
through northern .Minnesota. They
will make their home in a    l'ine Liver.
Funeral services were conducted
for Ver Jeanfi Mary Bell from Our
Lady id' Lourdes Catholic Church ai
'.) a. in.. Tuesday, with Rev, Father R.
Crowe officiating, interment was
made ill the l'ine Ridge cemetery.
Pallbearers were Bruce McAllister, Ro
liert Kin-net.. Stanley Hiuris. Charles
Peck.
Ver Jeaue, the S year-eld daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bell, passed
away Sunday, following a lingering
illness of four years. She was born
September  U'.l,   1931,
She leaves to mojurn her, untimely
ii. her father and mother, Mr. and
where the groom  operates a  farm.
„„ „. , ,      ,    .     ., .       ,  ,   .     : Mrs.  Robert Bell, one sister Margaret
Their many friends  In  this vicinity, ,   Lit
extend them congratulations and wish
them a long and happy wedded life.
JUNIOR CLASS TO
PRESENT PLAY
and one brother, Robert Jr.- also hei
grandparents. Air. and Mrs, George
ilell  and  several  uncles  and  aunts.
nut of town relatives present at the
funeral, were Mrs. J. it. Donner and
son John and Mis. A. F. Anderson and
Mary of Minneapolis.
The Junior class will present their
Class play Friday, November 24, at
the school auditorium. It is a t luce-
act comedy written by Kdwin Scilb-
ner. The scene is in the summer
home of the Stanhope family on In
dlan Island, N. H. Horace Weldon, a
youthful Historian, conies to Indian
Island with the purpose >f finding seclusion to write his book, a history of
Egypt. Ills plans are shattered by bis
Innocent involvement In a robbery, resulting in many exciting and humorous Incidents. Whether or not IIor
ace succeeds In writing ids book can
only be discovered by seeing tlie, play.
Comedy is supplied by Elmer, the
hired man, and his attempts to woo
Nannie,  who lisps.
The cast includes: Susan Wimple,
Hilda  Norman;  Tom Donlan, Clayton
ege, gave a very interesting talk on Gearey; Elmer Coon, Gerald Dough'
"What's the Matter With l's?" Mr. erty; Madge Sinclair, Leone Flynn;
Nelson of the local faculty entertain-Horace Weldon, Perry Burgett; Loris
ed with piano and cornet solos. Refreshments were served following the
program.
PARDON     SIR,
IS ON
YOUR  TRUCK
FIRE:  PUT  IT OUT
Benson.—While Lyman Armstrong
is not a member of the local fire department, he recently found himself
driving a fire truck. If it had not
been for an observing passerby, today he might be a pedestrian. He
was headed for the dump grounds
northeast of town, loaded with cornstalks and sundry items of refuse,
when Postman, Hans F. Pederson,
spied the truck coining down the
street. At first sight he noticed a
smoky haze hanging over the truck,
but as it came toward him Pedersen
saw that the load atop the truck was
blading merrily away, with (flames
leaping three to four feet into the
air above the vehicle.   Frantically he
Adams, Muriel Houg- Nannie Dachott
Eileen Heemstra; Harris Coulter; El-
win Leverington; J. T. Adams, Darre!
Denniston; Betty Blair, Wilma Rei-
ter; Josie Evans, Mary Fick- Timothy Regan, Billy Crawford.
If you like a good exciting play
with plenty of laughs, don't fail to
attend  "Intruding on Horace."
LOCALS
Jim Tournier, Howard l'.asore, Buster Jones, Bud Parsons, John Dahley.
Vemer Wiese, Frank Olson.Jim Flynn
Harland Houg, Avery and Larry Corey and Ray Hoover of the Park Rapids CC camp, spent the week-end at
their respective homes.
Mrs. Eva Wold spent Saturday and
.Sunday with relatives in Alexandria.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Tabaka and children of Longville, called at the A. S.
White home Sunday.
Forest Van Dorn returned Friday
from Boone, la., where be visited with
MR.
PHEASANT   STANDS   HIS
GROUND    WITHOUT   A    MOVE
Echo.—It was a mean prank that F.
L. SchUltz and Lolling Engel played
on Gordon Johannsen, even though
tlie joke worked out successfully.
The two planted a "stuffed pheasant"
beside the Engel grove. When Johannsen drove out for an afternoon
shoot, he spotted tlie bird, hurriedly
loaded his gun, and bang—but Mr.
Pheasant stood bis ground. He crossed the ditch and advanced toward bis
quarry only to discover he was being
fooled by a stuffed bird. Nowadays
he is looking his birds over carefully
before shooting.
flagged  the serene trucker in an at-1 relativ«i the past few weeks. He plans
tempt to attract his attention to thejt0 leilve soon for Miami, Florida,
impending disaster.    Armstrong oblig- 	
ingly  stopped  to  see  what  the post- several lads shoveled off the burining
man was so excited about.   Then   he
became excited and with the help of
debris into the street ano saved
day.
the
REGULATIONS FOR
TRAPPING SEASON
It Is now legal to trap mink,raccoon
and skunk, according to regulations
issued by the game and fish division
of the state department of conservation and placed in the hands of the
game wardens by E. R. starkweather
director of the division.
The season on mink opened November 1, and continues until January 81,
next; on raccoon from November 1,
to December 1, and on skunk from
October 20, to March 1. all dates inclusive.
There is no open season this year
on otter, fisher, marten and badger.
The seasons on muskrat and beaver
will be designated by the department
of conservation, but the state law pro
vides that the muskrat Season must
not exceed 30 days in any one year
and be set between March x and April
80. On beaver, the limitation is not
more than 15 days, between April 20
and May 20.
The next, open season en bear will
j occur simultaneously with the biennial deer season in the. fall of next
year. The state law specifies that
bear can be trapped and bunted between November 15 and November 25,
in even numbered years and between
April 15 and May 15 in odd numbered
years.
Paul Gardiner in
Critical Condition
er Car Crash
PINE RIVER SIX
VICTORIOUS OVER
BACKUS FRIDAY
Pine River beat Backus in a very interesting game played Friday, November y, on the local gridiron. The game
was full of thrills anil spills. The
lineup  was- as  follows:
Floyd  Stanley       Center
Chesley   Gregory       End
Paul   MacKinney   ....   Quarterback
John   Riley    •;.   End
James   Bogart       Fullback
Donald  Young       Halfback
Don Young made . one touchdown,
Paul MacKinney one, and John Riley
two touchdowns and one point alter
the touchdown for a total of 25 to IS
In favor of Pine River.
Kenneth Houg took moving pictures
of the game which will be very interesting to set' and have as ,-i    remembrance of the same.
Friends
Basketball practice starts November
0. Tlie schedule for (Ins year is as
follows:
Dec.   5—Motley   there.
Dec. S—N.",v  York Mills Here
Dee.   1-J  -Walker  There
Dec.   15—New   York MP's Then'
Dec.  21—Menagha   Here
.Ian. 9—Motley Here
Jan.   I:: -Backus  There
Jan.   19—Peqnot There
Jan.   2o—Crosby-fronton   Here
Jan. 27—A 'alter There
Jan.   ;in—-Hackensack   There
Feb. 2—Backus  Here
Feb. 9—Pequot  Here
Feb.  -j;;— -Crosby-lrontou  There
Feb. 24   -Hackensack Here
SCHOOL   NEWS
The new track for dyclorama arrived and is being put up in readiness
for the Junior class play.
'The Normal Training students are
attending county institute at Walker
this week-end.
A model Hawaiian village is being
exhibited in the exhibit case at the
school. Interesting are the Pai Bowl
and pounder, Lahala mat made from
the Hala Tue Palm, a model of a surf
board, typical Hawaiian grass hut,
specimen of koa wood, purse made of
koa seeds a Hawaiian I.e. and a sample of Tapa Mat.
New additions to the senior high
school recently, are Ruth Anderson.
Clara Boyar, Donald and Myrtle Cu-
sey, Fern Degnan, Richard Fraser,
Don Mast, Velma Masteller, Fern Me-
Gillvary and  Fred  Silbaugh,
The men's chorus will make its
first appearance next Sunday morning
at the Tabernacle. Music lovers always enjoy' a good men's chorus and
it is hoped that this group will be
heard from often.
Mildred Nichols of Wadena, drove
here Sunday, accompanied by .Mrs. c.
II. Nichols of Goodrich, N. Dak., who
will visit at the Verne Chumley home.
Mrs. Chumley returned with them to
Wadena, where she will spend a few
days. Mrs. Nichols is the mother of
Mrs. Chumley.
To be legally kept in possession or
offered for sale, skins of fur animals
must be tagged within five days after
the close of the season, t xcept in the
case of beaver where the period is
10 days. Possession of untagged
skins at other limes during the closed
season is prohibited.
Tagged skins of fur animals, legally
taken and possessed, may he transported at any time, but packages must
have attached a coupon tag bearing
Signature, address and license number
of shipper, with statement of number
and kind ol' skins contained therein;
Packages of skins trapped on shipper's own land should also be marked
"Taken on my own land.'-
No non-residents are permitted to
trap fur-bearing animals in Minnesota. Residents to do so must obtain a
state license, which costs $1. except
in the case of heaver which costs
$2.50. In addition to the license, a
state tag costing $1 must lie attached
to every beaver skin. Fur buyers,
both wholesale and local must be licensed, such permits costing 51 each.
Paul Gardner was seriously injured
early Sunday morning, when die feu
asleep and ran head-on into a large
tree near down-town Little Falls. He
was taken immediately to the St Gabriel's hospital, where his condition
still remains critical. He suffered
head and chest injuries and it is
thought that be may have a punctured
lung.
The accident occurred aobut five a.
m., Sunday. Paul had attended the
U. football game Saturday with his
brother Kenneth, of Brainerd, driving
to Minneapolis in the latter's car.
They returned to Brainerd late Saturday night, where Paul left ids brother
and got into his own car, driving back
to  Little Falls to meet some friends.
Sometime during tlie early mornlns.
be stopped on a side street in Little
Falls to get some sleep, intending to
start for l'ine River when be awoke.
He was' apparently still partly asleep
when he started out in the direction
lie thought was north but somehow he
became confused and started driving
south out of Little Falls. It was at
this time that he fell asleep again and
the car went down the highway out
of control, climbing the curb, and
crashing head-on into a large tree at
the edge of a yard. The impact was
so great that the tree, roots and all
several inches. Parts of the wrecked
car were found 100 feet from the
scene of the accident. The ear is a
complete wreck.
His condition still remains critical
although he is conscious most of the
time .and is able to talk coherently
which would indicate that his head injuries are not as serious as they were
first thougat to be. X-rays taken so
far show no indication ot broken
bones.
One look at the wre.-kage, which
was hauled to Pine River Wednesday
by Emery Fick, and it would appear
that by only a miracle could any man
escape alive.
HIGHWAY  ACTS  AS   PERFECT,
MOUSE-TRAP   AT   MAHNOMEN
Mahnomen.—Were the Pied Piper
of fairy tale lore still living he'd no
dpuht scof at the method used for ridding the country- of rodents by the
Highway department. Recently, a
road crew was surfacing the highway-
five miles south of Zerkie with tar
and the next morning the road stuck
full of mice, literally hundreds of
them . This should call for a new Federal project under the initials FMCA
(Federal Mouse Catching Administration).
Emil Sward and Orville Emery who
left for Seattle two weeks ago, write
that it took them a week to make the
trip and that they are enjoying the
west immensely. They plan to be
gone about five weeks.
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