The Pine River Journal (Pine River, Minnesota), 1940-01-26

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PINE RIVER JOURNAL
VOLUME V NUMBER 23
THE PINE iuVER JOURNAL, PINE RIVER,   CASS  COUNTY,  MINNESOTA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 26, 1939
SUB. $1.00 In County, $1.50 oulislde
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Out of the. .
Waste Basket
—By—
GRANT   BERGSTROM
Bill Schus.er Isn't satl fled with his
weekly bath at home, he has taken to
WHIST SCORES
Siefert and Downing still hold the
lead with a peifect score, while Kolb
and Siefert and Thompson and fields
are runners up for second place. Following are the scores to date:
Siefert-Do wning    30—30—180
Siefert-Kolb       30—29—178
fhompson-Flelds       28—30—178
Uognlie-Rognlle       30—28—177
Walton-McAllister       23—30—(169
EVERY ffliKG SET
FOR PRESIDENT'S
PARTY
Plans are all complete for the annual President's Birthday Party, giv-
COMMERCIAL CLUB
MET FRIDAY TO
ELECT OFFICERS
ERADELPHIANS  MET  FRIDAY
Siebel-Zigmund       21-
bathing in the lake these warm days Lundin-Bergstrom       30—30—150
that are well below zero to sou   of
Hiekel-Siefert  13—30—142
Allen-Brown    24—12—141
Carlson-Kotka     2—29—138
just finished  taking DubDS.Felthous     30-17-136
Carlson-Carlson     8—SO—130
Pattinson-Westin     21—24—128
Skinner-White   30— 6—127
Klein-Lund
Kladt-Van Dorn     30—14—123
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break the monotony. Anyway that's
what he did Monday afternoon while
cutting Ice with Nick Ritchie on Norway Brook.
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The men had
out about 600 cakes which makes a
gmod big hole in any lake, and IBM
was walking around smoking his pipe
as per usual, when all of a sudden,
•without thinking, he walked right into the open water and down went
Bill, pipe and all. Nick said all he
could see or hear was a    couple    of
"'glub glubs."
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Now Nick being a practical man,
started guessing as to where he may
pop up first and low and behold, before he had made up his mind up
comes Bill with his pipe still in his
mouth—but he wasn't smoking it this
time. He got over to the edge of the
:hole and the men puled him out,
shivering like a willow in a fifty-
mile gale.
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He seemed none the worse for the
experience though, as he was on hand
at eight o'clock sharp that same evening when the whist tournament start
ed—and he had his pipe going full
blast. By the way, there was 14 feet
of water where he fell In.
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Skiis for the Finns
"Skate so the Finns Can Ski," and
so they did, and by our way of reckoning, at the current pr!ce of six-foot
skiis at the local hardware, the Veterans sent over about 12 pair or somewhere thereabouts. And with twelve
flat-footed Finns fleeing along on the
crusted snow, another troop of Roos-
ians will be chased home!
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The BestiNews is Never Printed
It may be that plenty of scanda'-
and embarrasing, shady and downright crooked things escape the notice
of this writer, but at the same time
we do know considerable "dirt" that
for our own particular reasons never
see print.
* * * *
Not that we would supress legita-
mate news. If a man is convicted of
*a crime by jury, for example, it Is
news by our yardstick—but if he is
arrested, pleads not guilty and is
awaiting trial, the law theoretically
at least, presumes him innocent until
found guilty. Under these circumstances, we feel that if the person is
actually innocent, a very grave injustice would be done by a newspaper recital of accusations against him. We
do not feel that it is this paper's duty
to act as judge and jury to any man.
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If a man chooses to Ignore the moral laws of God and society—ilf a woman falls from the throne of chastity,
we don't consider it proper material
for these columns—and we don't consider ourselves the moral judge of the
community either.
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Somehow, we don't feel it is the
place of an Intimate, community news
paper like ours to trade on the mistakes of others—and we don't feel
•* like hurting the innocent wives, parents, relatives and friends merely for
the sake of a few inches of news.
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We know this Isn't journalism by
big city standards—and muck-raking
might just possibly make the cash register jing'e a little more musically—
but if it ever comes to the point
■where such things are necessary to
buy the groceries, we're going to quit
an dfind something a little easier than
printing a country newspaper.
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Friday Night We Eat!
Througli the courtesy of our good
friend Ed. Dorsey of down Pillager
way, we will enjoy a good feed Friday evening, when the county Farm
t Bureau committeemen meet at a banquet at the Marlow Theatre. As we
understand it, a number of invitations
have been sent out to local business
men for the gnt-together with the farmers and it will no doubt be an interesting evening.
Zigmund-Haack       30—30—14T
Schuster-Robideau      30— 9—146
30 i5s j en for the benefit of the National Infantile Paralysis Foundation, to be
held January 30, at tlie school auditorium. Bridge, whist aud Chinese,
checkers will be played with prizes in
each division as well as a door prize.
Immediately following the games,
a musical program will be given, consisting of vocal solos by Miss Rasmussen and piano solos by Mr. Nelson, and selections by    Mr.   Beyme's
"7" '  ™   „X    To<  brass  quartet.    Refreshments  will be
rigan       30—20—124
served immediately following the program.
Sunday, January 28, will be observed throughout the nation as "Infantile Paralysis Sunday" with all clergymen .regardless of creed, making an
appeal to their congregucions to support the campaign.
REPORT SHOWS
ALE OF FARMS
IN CASS COUNTY
Sixteen members of the Pine River
Commercial Club gathered at the hotel
Friday evening for a dinner and business session.
The first act in the line of business,
was the election of new officers as
follows: President, John Rohr, secretary, Homer Fraser; and treasurer,
Arthur Thompson.
The question of whether or not
Pine River should again affiliate themselves with the Paul Bunyan Association was discussed at length and it
fis finally decided to join the organi-
tun with the club paying the
out of memberships that will be
collected.
It was decided that the club meet
the last Tuesday of each, month. A
committee was appointed by the president to act as a membership committee and to make personal calls In
order to increase the membership of
the organization.   Due to the fact that
The postponed Eradelphlan Study
Club meeti-.g was held Friday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Oscar Dahl.
Mrs. W. J. Biever received numerous
comments on her fine presentation of
a New England Travelog. Mrs. Biever, having lived in the east at one
time, is very well posted on interest-
CASS FARMERS HOST
TO BUSINESSMEN AT
BANQUET FRIDAY
Delegates from the various    Farm
ing facts concerning the country. The  Bureau Units in  Cass county  and  a
next regular meeting will be held Fri- representative group of farmers of the
day (today) at the home of Mis. Marion  Sherwood.    Mrs.   L.    W.    Walton
will give a paper on the "Manatuska,
Colony," and Mrs. H. C.  Skinner will!
organization will meet at a banquet
to be held in the Lounge Rooms of
the Marlow Theatre Friday evening,
according to Ed. Dorsev, chairman of
give a book review on "Listen to the the county commIttee who is in char-
Wind." The book-review on "Madam Currie" which could not bs pre
sented at the last meeting,
given at a later date.
will    be
The progress being made ingetting
the state rural credit farms back into
the hands of farmer owners and on
the tax rolls again is shown in a detailed report just compiled by the Min School students and it is hoped
nesota rural credit department listing the public will respond whole hearted-
sales during the past year in this coun  ly,  especially those in    the    country
Tickets at 50c per person are now | numerous expenses arise during the
on sale and may be obtained at tlie' year, and in order to eliminate num-
Lake Region Hotel or from either of erous solicitations, It was decided that
the following committee members, memberships should be $3.00, and if a
Mesdames L. W. Isensee, Ernest Robi sufficient number of business men join
deau, Fred Hempstead, Otto Haack. the fund will e large enough to take
and L. E. Dougherty. j care of tiie Paul Bunyan fee and also
"Infantile Paralysis" tags are being all other miscellaneous expenses,
sold this week by the    Junior    High      Dave Triggs gave a short talk, cit-
thac   ing ways by which a good live club
could sponsor a "better roads" move-
CELEBRATE SILVER
WEDDING FRIDAY
AT FIFTY LAKES
ty and in other counties where state
farms are held.
George C. Jones, conservator of the
rural credit department sold 27 farms
in Cass county during the past year.
who find it impossible- to attend the
party January 30.
It is well to remember that fifty
percent of all funds taken in within
the county will remain in the county
ment and he also explained problems
of travel on rural roads tributary to
A very enjoyable time was spent on
Friday evening of last week, when a
group of friends and neighbors gathered at the Werner Backman home
to help Mr. and Mrs. Backman cele-!
brate their silver wedding anniversary. Werner Backman and Margaret
Bowman were united in marriage on
January 17, j.915, at Merril, Wisconsin. They have made their home in
this community for many years.
The  evening  was    spent     playing
games and socially.    Late in the ev-
ge of the arrangements.
In order to better acquaint business
men with the organization, a nuniber
of invitations have been sent out. Any
one wishing to attend the banquet is
cordially invited to do so. All that is
required is that you pay for your own
meal. As large a local representation
as possible Is desired.
An interesting program lias heen
arranged for the evening as follows:
Words of Welcome.... by Edward
J. Dorsey, Chairman of the AAA.
Response   by Otto Haack, Superintendent of the Pine River school.
Music   by Pine    River    High
School group.
Talk by Dan Wallace
Talk   by J. W. Brainerd, Farmer Fieldman of the AAA program.
Talk       by  Fred  J.  Marshall,
Member of State AAA Committee.
...      -r,. . 1U      . ..   ,    ,     ,, I ening, a mock-wedding ceremonv was
Pine River and the steps that should   ,   , °': "u T, _      " ti * ^        ^_,__."_
be  taken  to  secure the    action    we
METHODIST     CHURCH    NEWS
Last Friday, the Methodist Church
School of Christian Living for public
school children assembled under able
He disposed of 3,049 acres of land in ] in care of the county chapter to    be
this county for a total of $32,450, making an average of $10.64 per acre.
The department owned 175 farms In
Cass county at the beginning of 1939,
and now .holds, including those acquired in 1939, a total of 163 which:
are available for sale this year. [
Mr.  Jones reports  a  good  demand'
for farm lands in all sections of the|
state.    Starting out to sell 777 farms
in 1939, the department was able to
dispose of 1,025 farms.    These farms
brought $3,133,416, and fully half of
this amount was paid in cash at   the
time of purchase.    The farms    were
sold  at  current  prices  after  careful
appraisal, but the state could not, of i
course, get enough to cover their in-1
vestment.    While selling 1,025 farms,'
they  also   acquired  517   other  farms
during the year through foreclosures.!
used to combat any cases of infantile
paralysis that arise within the county.
Veterans Raise $36.79
For Finnish  Relief
Local Cagers Drop
Two the Past Week
Approximately $37 was raised for
the Finnish relief fund Sunday, by
the local post of VFW, according to
Dr. It. F. Dingle, Commander. Roller
skating activities sponsored by the
Vets have proven very popular and
they were more than glad to do their
bit for a worthy cause.
On February 14, the Veterans are
planning a Masquerade Valentine Party, with special music and all the extras. This ga'a affair will be one of
the more special skating dates in the j
near future. Watch the Journal for
further details next week.
need.
Arvid Lundin spoke in behalf of the
\ illage council concerning the park
project that is now unde way. He
stated that suggestions as to the best
methods of beautifying the park cite
will be welcomed by the council. He
also cited the various improvements
made in the municipality the past
two years and stated that a few years
ago the village budget for the year
was $S0O, while this year the council
disbursed over $20,000, which is indicative of the progress Pine River has
made in the past few years.
It is hoped that the membership
will reach fifty when the canvas is
made by tlie committee. A special
meeting of the club will be held at
the hotel February 2, at 7 p. ru.
iield, with Kenneth Heath as the bride! leadership and was    well    attended,
(wedding  veil,  flowers    and    every- There were 21 present.    This number
thing) and Van Nesbitt Backman as
the groom. Iver Mohn did the ministerial duties. The ceremony followed tlie singing of "When You and I
Were Young Maggie" and "Hera
Comes the Bride."
Those present, included Mr. and
Mrs. L. E. Baughman, Mr. and Mrs.
Merle  Heath  and  Kenneth  and Aria,
ALLIS  CHALMERS  MECHANIC
SCHOOL   HELD   IN  PINE  RIVER
The Pine River hoopsters dropped
two games tlie past week, the first to
Pequot Friday evening 13-18, and the
second to Crosby-Ironton Tuesday evening 16-34.
However, the losses do not reflect
on the team's ability as three of the
first string men were out because of
.llness and Ineligibility.
Following is the score by quarters
of the Pequot game:    1st. P. R. 1. P.
7; 2nd. P. R. 5,  P. 9; 3rd. P. R. 13,
P. 13; final, P. R. 13, P. 18.
Crosby-Ironton—
1st. P. R. 3, C-I. 8; 2nd. P. R. 11,
C-I. 14; 3rd. P. R. 13, C-I. 21; final
P.  11. 16, C-I. 34.
Kline and MacKinney were higli-
point men.
Pine River plays Walker here Saturday evening, and Hackensack there
Tuesday evening.
Cass Co. Represented
at Farm - Home Meet
Twenty-four dealers from northern
attended this meeting at
the Allis Chalmers headquarters in
Pine River Monday, with Mr. Stain-
brook the local dealer, acted as host.
The school opened at 9 a. m., and
continued throughout the day. Luncheon was served at the Lake Region
Hotel at 11:30 and a banquet dinner
at 5:30 p. m. Mr. Dahl, branch sales
manager, Mr. Bowman the district
manager and also the head mechanic
from tlie company was present. Two
carloads of new Allis Chalmers implements are now on the road and a full
line will be on display here February
1.
should be doubled by next time. Th*
co-operation of the parents and guardians is asked. On Sunday, the Church
school had an attendance of 57 and
an offering of $3.10. At the close of
the school, Supt. Peters gave an interpretation of the lesson on the
blackboard. The attendance at Church
was 32.    The choir led the church in
Mr. and Mrs. Jasper Johnson, Mr. and helpful song.   Mr. P. K. Nelson open-
Mrs. N. H. Phillips and Carol and
Johnny, Mrs. Hilda Heath and Amy,
Mrs. Axel Peterson and Marvin and
Bertha, Iver Mohn, Mrs. Clara Johnson, Mrs. Adalaide Heath, Mary Eclov,
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Schut-iz, Mr. and
Mrs. James Skinner, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Neuman and Sharon and Mac,
Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Hardy and Allen
and Donald, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. King
and Orville, and Ray Cox.
Refreshments were served after the
program, after which gifts were presented to the honored couple. /They
received a beautiful linen tablecloth
and napkins and an Aladdin floor
lamp as a joint gift from those present. Everyone departed at a late
hour, bidding Mr. and Mrs. Backman
many more happy years together.
284,366   LICENSES  TO   DRIVE
WERE     ISSUED     IN
1939
SCHOOL   NEWS
SKATING     RACES
Coach Mattson is planning to hold
ice-skating races at the pond for Junior High boys and girls on Friday (today) from 3 to 4 p. in. Each group
will enter four events which will include a 220 yard dash, SS0 yard dash,
220 yard backward, and an obstacle
race. Medals will be awarded prize
winners as well as a skating cap for
the boy and a parka hood for the girl
winner.
Cass county was honored at the
20th annual meeting of Farm and
Home Week at University Farm last
week, when Mrs.Claude Vinson, Home
j and Community of Cass county was
given a prominent place on the program Monday. Mrs. Vinson was named as one of eight women to take part i
, in a discussion panel on the subject j
"Problems   of  Home  and   Community I
Work."     The   discussion   leader   was
Mr. A. Drummond Jones of New York
, state, an outstanding discussion group
leader.
Following a two-hour discussion in
which  Mrs.  Vinson contributed many I
important   thoughts   before   an   audience of 200 outstanding  workers    of
the  state,  the  meeting  was  sununea. Ffllls Wednesday evening.   Dr. George and   required   eye  examinations    for
Miss Lenore Isaacson met with the
directors of forensic work at Pequot
Wednesday evening.
The subdistrict Speech Festival will
Tlie driver's license bureau of the
state highway department Issued 82,-
553 new driver's licenses and 201,813
duplicates during 1939, according to
the annual report of W. F. Rosenwald.
The duplicate licenses were issued to
persons who had changed their addresses, lost the original, or changed
their names either thru marriage or
court procedure, and for these reasons were required by law to obtain
new licenses.
Recognizing the relationship between physical handicaps or impaired
vehicle accidents on
be held at Backus February 21.
Messers G.  E. Henderson,  Wallace vision and motor
Nosek. Heino Mattson and Otto Haack  the highways, the bureau gave physi-j
attended a schoolmen's meet at Little  cal tests to 488 applicants during 193'Jj and Mr  ^nd Mrg G  E ji^njc-gon
ed and closed the service with welcomed music selections. The minister preached on "The World Woes"
(Temptation) using James 1:12 as his
text. He brought out the greatnes*
of having a strong back rather than
light burdens, using Theodore Roosevelt as an example. The pastor emphasized that we are tested by living,
thus developing within us what is
known as character, quoting from
Bartol, "Character is the diamond
that scratches every other stone." We
are rewarded with life as an Eastern
proverb states, "The acts of this life
are the destiny of the next." The
minister closed with tlie thought that
this life is gained by love, using Jeremy Taylor, "The more we love, the
better we are; and the greater our
friendships are, the nearer we are
to God." The Ladies Fellowship met
this week and had an inspiring program under the leadership of Mesdames Clarence Lesher and Bueford
Silbaugh. The talkie on the life of
St. Paul went off as planned and was
well received. There probably will
be more installments.
' The church is planning a number of
Fireside Gatherings of inspiration, instruction and fellowship. The whole
membership and constituency of the
church is planned to be entertained
in at least one of these six gatherings.
The host and hostess and the assistant host and hostess are putting out
personal invitations to the membership. Tlie following gatherings arc
planned:
Feb. 3, Mr. and Mrs. Otto Haack,
ing on Lake Elysian last week
up as follows: "If :i group of people
think and discuss their problems in
an intelligent manner someone in tlie
group will decide to do something
about it—there you have leadership."
Mrs. Vinson was chosen from a
group of 05 delegates eligible for the
panel. Cass county was also represented at the meeting by Edward J.
Dorsey of Pillager, president of the
Cass County Farm Bureau, Martin
| Monson of Cass Lake and Carl Dan-
 ' ielson of Longville. who won the trip
and   by  outstanding work in  the member-
Selke,  president of St.  Cloud Teach- 498 others,
ers College, was the principal speaker.
Elaine Folger started school in the
grades Tuesday.
The Pine River cagers will play
Walker  here  Saturday  evening.
The regional contest of the Speech
Festval will be held in Staples March
5.
HONORED   AT   SHOWER
I    The M. E. Social Club honored Mrs.
i Alice Amy  at a  handkerchief shower
' Wednesday,    following    the    regular
meeting of the club.    An interesting
Feb. 12, Mr. and Mrs. C. Lesher
and Mr. and Mrs.  Silbangh.
Feb. 16, Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Triggs,
and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Heuer.
Feb. 21, Mr. and Mrs. Grant Bergstrom and Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Siebel.
Feb. 28, Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Peters
and Mrs. Alice Amy.
March 8, Rev. and    Mrs.    Leopold
I really  had something to pull out be-  ship drive; Secretary and Mrs. F. P.
and    County
MAN   FISHES   FOR   PERCH;
PULLS    OUT     HIS
CAR
fore he came home. He parked his
car at Kapauu's point, but while -fishing glanced up to see the vehicle coming down the grade toward the water.
The car plunged into the lake and
stopped when it struck the ire, thus
evading a twelve-foot drop-off nearby. With the aid of a tenm the ca ■
was  pulled  out  and  the  perch  were
Madigan  of  Wilkinson
Agent,  Oscar Nelson.
program was held after which refresh  Isensee and Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Wal-
ments were held.    The occasion was ton.
Mrs. Amy's birthday.
Elysian.—Emil  Loose  went fish- left in peace.
ward more pleasant and better conditions on the farm. All state officials
were  re-elected  without  opposition.
During the three-day session, Ed.
Dorsey, Oscar Nelson and Mrs. Vin-
At this 20th annual meeting of the son interviewed candidates for pros-
State Farm Bureau, the past presi- pective 4-H Club Agent for Cass coun-
dents and Home and Community ty for 1940. Announcement of tho
Chairmen were honored at special leader is expected in a few weeks.
features, and the twenty years of pro- The convention was attended by ap-
gress of the Bureau was analyzed and proximately 2000 candidates from the Band for the fine music,
encouragement was given to delegates  state and the banquet was held at the, Oscar
to continue their worthwhile work to-  Lowry Hotel on Monday evening. Local
CARD  OF  THANKS
The National Finnish Relief Council, and Oscar Dahl, local chairman
of the organization, wish to take this
means of extending their thanks to
the Pine River Veterans of Foreign
Wars for their generous contribution,
and  also  the Pine  River    Municipal
Dahl
Chairman
These gatherings are planned in the
homes. Like groups are planned by
the Emily church. The official board
of both churches have now authorize-'
Preaching Missions just V»fnre Easter. Pine River is planning to double
its membership by Easter and Emily
has r. -rOn\ of Fifty.
The committee that helped the pas
tor in Pine River to plan the Fire-
si oe Gatherings, includes Mesdames
Alice Amy, Fred Heuer and Fverett
Felton.
—Rev. Hopper