The Pine River Journal (Pine River, Minnesota), 1936-01-30

              PINE RIVER JOURNAL
VOLUME I NUMBER XXIV
THE PINE RIVER JOURNAL. PINE RIVER, CASS COUNTY, MINNESOTA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 30, 1936
SUBSCRIPTION $1.00 Per Year
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NEWS BRIEFS FROM
AROUND OUR STATE
RIFLE SHOT TO HAIL NEW
YEAR K. O.'S TELEPHONES
Little Falls.—At the stroke of
12, as old 1935 took flight and
1936 came in, an unidentified
person stood in an alley in Little
Falls, all set to usher in the new
year. Pressed against his shoul
der was a 30-30 rifle poised high
in the air. He pulled the trigger
and the bullet mushroomed
through a telephone cable carr"
ing 404 fine copper wires. Insta
ntly some 140 phones in the orth
end of the city went out of com-
OBITUARY
Harold Wolfe was born at
Pleasant Grove, Olmstad county
Minnesota, April 29, 1886. He
was reared in a christian home
and instructed in the faith into
which he was baptised as a
young man, becoming a member
of the Christian Church. He was
united in marriage to Mae La
Fortune on Oet. 20. 1805.
In 1910 he moved to Canada,
returning to the United States
in 1916. Since then he spent
some time in Fairmont, Minnesota at which place he was an
active member of the Savation
Army. A connection which he
prized to +ihe very last.
He resided in the Swanberg
Community for about three
years during this time he made
mission. . Within a few minutes: many friends and Was known by
there was a call for an emergen- all as an industrious an honest
cy repair crew. The bad piece ■ worker. During the past year
was cut out and the two good he had determined to make this
ends stripped back while   work- his permanent home and had con
tracted for a piece   of   land   on
men set themselves to the tedious task of splicing each pair of. which he expected to build,
wires.   A two way signal svstem |    Earlier this   winter   he
was required for everv splice so
that the Droper connections were
made. The work was completed
22 hours after the break, although manv phones were in ser
vice before then.   This is how a ■ u, he spent his last day* swing-
was
forced to rest for some time re-
cuperatin.er from a severe heart
attack. However again recently
he felt that be must be at his
work and so on Saturday,   Jan,
crew of   telephone
New Years Day!
men spend
NEEDLE FOUND IN HEART
OF HEALTHY YOUNG COW
Verndale.—A large darning
needle was found lodged in the
heart of a youne: heifer butchered by Herbert Umland. a farmer
living south of Verndale. The
heifer was in exceptionally fine
condition.being verv fat and had
apparently suffered none whatever from her peculiar appendage. The large darning needle
was 21/anchesJorip,_ _Tr_bad
dentlybeen swallowed   by   the
animal, had passed through   its
digestive organs and embedded
itself in the top   of   the   heart,
point first to a depth of an inch I Lutheran Church of Swanberg
and a half.   Anoher peculiarity officiating.
the axe. Saturday evening he
visited friends in the community, but on Sunday morning, Chas
Mitchell with whom he had been
stayine since his recent illness,
found him stilled in death.
He was preceeded in death by
two brothers and a sister in infancy, a sister. Mattie in 1918.
and a brother George in 1923.
He leaves to mourn his death
two daughters, Una Wolfe of
Stuartsvillg, Minn.. Robert, of
Bremerton, Wash, and William
of Aitkin.
His daughter, Una, hisbrother
I Wil__>r_
Sunset Over Historic Alamo
A Texas twilight adds softness to.
this photograph study of the Alamo
Mission, historic Texas shrine of Liberty, in the center of San Antonio.
H«re 184 Texans died to a man, (lev
fending the mission in the revolution
against Mexico. One hundred years
later the Texas Centennial Exposition,
opening at Dallas June 6, pays tribute
to the Alamo's gallant defenders.
CHRISTGAU WILL
SPEAK FEBRUARY 5
day to conro'ete arrangements
for the funeral which was held
at the Northland Funeral Home
with Rev. Dehaan of the   Faith
of the incident is that where the
needle had come through the intestines to the heart the intestines and the heart had grown
together. Had the needle worked
itself another eighth of an inch
into the heart it would have pen
etrated a large blood vessel and
taken the heifer's life almost instantly. At the point where the
needle was embedded it had
worn a hole the size of a match
around it and started infection
The needle had turned black except in the eye where it retained
its gold color. i
BRTDOE CT UP, ENTERTAINED AT MOULSTER   HOME
WRITES 132 INSURANCE
POLICIES IN   ONE   DAY
On Wednesday evening of last
week Frances Moulster was hos
tess to the bridge club. It was
one of those hectic cold winter
nights and most of the ladies
were taxied to the Moulster
home but a few braved the wintry blast and came afoot. How-
every one welcomed a ride home
after the party. Delicious refreshments were served after
the games were over. Mrs. D. L
Triggs was awarded high score
and Mrs. Clyde Townsend received second.
Albert Lea.—The small tot al
of 132 insurance nolicies written j
in one day kept Finn Nannestad
of Albert Lea and a half   dozen
doctors of that   town   humping
last week and made Nannestad
the champion insurance   writer
of the world.   The   former   record of a Nebraska   man.   who
wrote 122 policies in a 24   hour
period, was bettered by 10 applications.   The   132   applications
represent $200,000 worth of iV.j
surance with premiums   of   ap-!
proximately $5,000.    Nannestad i
worked over the list of   applica- [
tions for some   time,   but   had j
them all ready to turn in in one
day, and each applicant had   to
examined for the policy on   the
day they were turned   in.   Physicians stated that it was one of
the biggest days in   history   in
Albert Lea, for patients.
More than a lot of us realize,
the WPA is playing an important part in the economic affairs
of our locality. WPA checks ap-:
pear continually in the cash registers of our merchants and
some report that as high as 65
per cent of each day's business
represents WPA money.
Walker business men are to
entertain Vict-.1" CuVi_t&^'--»&£{
banquet on Wednesday^ffio
This will be an opportunity to
get first hand information as to
the operations of the WPA. <Mr.
Christgau is a forceful, entertaining speaker and it is hoped
that this community will be well
represented at the meeting.
While it is stated that invitations will be issued, our advise is
that the meeting will be open to
the public and that Walker business men will be glad to serve
all interested at a very nominal
charge.
Don't wait for an invitation—
go and hear Christgau. If you
want details, talk with or write
to mayor Mohler or Mr. Elsenpe-
ter, Walker.
ODDFELLOWS AND REBEKAHS TO   HOLD   JOINT
INSTALLATION TUES.
The Oddfellows and Rebekahs
will hold a joint public installation on Tuesday, Feb. 4, at 8 P.
M. The Rebekahs will entertain
the I. O. O. F. members this year
It is expected that there will be
a large attendance as all Odd fel
lows are allowed to bring their
wives and wives who have husbands that are not membersmay
also be bring them along as gues
ts.
THRESH    1000   BUSHELS
OF GRAIN IN MID-WINTER
SURPRISE   PARTY
On Friday afternoon several
friends gathered at the W. A.
Koester home and surprised Mrs
Koester. The afternoon was
^pent in visiting and a good time
was had by all. The self invited
brought a very delicious lunch.
Mrs. Koester was the recipient
of many beautiful gifts. Quite
a number were unable to attend
due to the cold weather.
SHOWER
On Friday evening friends and
neigbors of the Ivar Mohn and
•the P. E. EcJov families had a
kitchen shower for them at the
home of N. H. Phillips. These
two families, who were living in
the aame home were burned out
and lost everything that they
had a week ago Sunday. Mr.
Mohn has remodeled his machine
shop and will live there temporarily while Mr. Eclov and daughter are staying with the Western family. Having your home
burn down in weather like this
is terrible although it is bad at
any time.
REREATIONAL PROJECTS FOR CASS CO.
Supervised recreation forCass
county's villages and community
eenters became a certainty this
week when A. T. Gilbertson, WP
A director of district No 2, announced from his Brainerd office that an allotment of funds to
carry on the work had been requested from the office of Victor Christgau, state administrat
or. Request for funds is the fin
j_step. before the start-.-. ''--c-heT
undertaking.
As quickly as funds become
available, and that should be
wdthin the next few days, the
personnel will be seected and the
project started.
While some $8,000 will be nee
ded to complete the project, as
worked out by Fred Grafelman,
district supervisor, for the present, $1,500 has been asked; enough to carry the work through
February. As needed, additional funds will be available, Mr.
Gilbertson said.
HACKENSACK DEFEATS
FINE    RIVER    FRIDAY
The bitter cold weather made
it impossible for the Riverton
boys to be here Friday night so
only one game was played in pla
ce of the two scheduled.
The Pine River 'B' team sttar
ted the game with the Hackensack 'A' team with a lot of good
ideas but the boys from the north proved too strong for them.
To make the game more interest
ing the Pine River A' team play
ed the second and fourth quarters and the 'B' team played the
first and third. The game ended with a 28-16 victory for the
Hackensack boys. The band was
unable to furnish any music due
to the cold weather as may of
the musicians live in the country and it was impossible for
them to get here. The harmonica orchestra was also crippled be
cause of no rehearsals due to th©
enforced vacation last week;
but by next week they hoped to
have everything thawed out sufficiently to furnish you with
plenty music.
A double header will be played here next Saturday evening,
Feb. 1, with Aitkin. Read the
ad that appears on another page
of this issue.
PRES. BIRTHDAY
PARTY THURSDAP
PIRATES   WIN;    NORMAL
TRAINING LOSE TUESDAY
WPA   PROJECTS   WILL
CONTINUE     UNTIL
ABOUT   JUNE
30th
LeCenter—About a thousand
bushels of oats and wheat were
threshed on the farm of L. J.
Beer, just west of LeCenter, in
the latter part of December. Ber
nie Beer operated his tractor
threshing machine with bundles
taken from stacks. He had done
part of his threshing: from the
shock but during the rainv season and while waiting: for therig
he stacked the remainder. The
grain was in fine condition, despite the fact thatt it had stood
in stacks for fjve njonths.
CAT*mTJC CARD PARTY
VERY WELL ATTENDED
Eleven tables of cards were
player! Monday evening in the
Aid Rooms; nine tables of bridge and two tables rf whist. The
hostesses served a dainty lunch
foUowiner the playing. Those
winning hio-h score in bridge
wereMrs. W. G.Sttewart and Oscar Kolb. Consolation prizes
went to Mrs. L. E. Dougherty
and Robert Bremken. .Nick Richie was the winner among
whist players.
MINNESOTA AMONG
LEADERS IN ROAD
BUILDING IN U. S.
The annual report of the U. S.
Bureau of Public Roads for 1935
shows Minnesota among the top
ranking states in several divisions of accomplishment, according to a highway department
announcement.
In work accomplised with National Recovery act funds in the
period covered by the report,
Minnesota is ranked as follows:
Completed mileage of improve
jments on the federal aid highway system outside of municipal
ities, third place among all states ; completed mileage on ex-
tentions of the federal aid system into and through municipal!
ties, second place among all states.
With Hayden-Cartwright act
federal funds, Minnesota also
ranked in third place in comple-*
ted mileage on the federal aid
the J system outside of municipalities,
second place among all states.
WPA work in Cass county will
continue until June 30, 1936, on
a gradually diminishing scale.
This statement, based on official
information received this week
by Robert Gustafson, assistant
supervisor of projects and plan-
nig for Cass county, serves to
clear the atmosphere of reports
that have been current recently
to the effect that the work will be
suspended shortly, on March 1,
Mayl, and other dates. The information that projects will be
carried on until June 30, came to
Mr. Gustafson through official
channels—the offices of Victor
Christgau, and A. T. Gilbertson,
direct from Harry L. Hopkins,
National Director, at Washington, D. C.
Mr. Hopkins stated that they
would be prepared to continue
their operations on a cfmvnish-
Pine River lost and won Tuesday evening. So did Hackensack. A good sized crowd witnessed the two games4 and enjoy
ed them, as well as the fine band
which supplied music between
quarters. The first game was
between the Normal Training
Dept. and the High School team
from Hackensack. The game
was a well played one and very
close with the Hackensack boys
carrying off t;h_ Vmnr.-^ ,iP-i'_
P:'„n
dependents which was plenty ££
citing. The Hackensack boys
carried the first quater with a
12-8 score. During the next
quarter they piled up a lead of
12-22. During the next quarter
there was a regular 'woof woof
in the air and the fur was really
flying, the quarter ended 23-27
in favor of Hackensack. During
the last quarter the Independ-
ants lost two players by fouls
During the last quarter thescore
was tied up twice, driving the
fans into histories. The game
ended 34-29 in favor of the Pirates. The game was fast all
the way through and probably a
little rough but a thriller never
theless.
Ted Shiffer refereed the first
game and coach Matson and Cor
win Jones refereed the last game
We have been asked to announce that there will be services in
the Methodist church next.Sunday, morning and evening.
The church will be well heated.
A Birthday party in honor of
President Roosevelt will be celebrated in Pine River this week
for the benefit of the Warm
Springs Foundation. The party
will be held in the Lake Region
hotel in the form of a card party. Everyone is urged to attend
This is the third annual event
and plans are being formed to
make this evening a most entertaining one. There will be a
door prize and the usual prizes
for high scores. Last week it
was stated that the1 admission
would be 25c but since then
those in charge feel that tomake
the door receipts really worth
while it is necessary to make a
charge of 35c. The proceeds of
the affair will be divided-70 per
cent to be retained for local
work and 30 per cent for the na
tional fund. The cause is a wor-
thv one and it is hoped that the
dining r oni of the hotel will be
filled to capacity. Also kindly
note the change of the place the
party is to be bnk! —it was formerly advertised for the Oddfellows hal! but since then plans
have bean made to hold it in the
Lake Region Hotel.
The committee in charge is
headed by L. E. Dougherty with
Mrs. T. E. Hill and Mrs. L. E.
Cottrell as assistants. Don't for
get to plan to attend this party.
THREE   BIG   PICTURES
COMING TO THE MARLOW
Swift as a speedboat, novel as
a circus and packed with laughter, "The Rainmakers," which
opened last night at the Marlow
Theatre, deserves rating among
dy_ features given
VfTS&t   Wheeler
puottoolsey.
-«"...leeler and Woolsey
ERADELPHIAN
FRIDAY
CLUB MET
AFTERNOON
ing scale ui.til June 30, 19.>j a:, i
wi llsubmit such additional fro-
iect applications as mav be necessary for this purpose in ample time to allow for review ;»:ici
aj.prrv»l in Washingtjn Instructions further provide that
the program shall be kept flexible, so as to permit the transfer
of labor to private industry with
out leaving WPA work in an unfinished or useless condition.
"These instructions," said
Mr. Gilbertson, "make it possible for our office to seriously
consider applications for new
projects in sections having a
heavy relief load and in which
sponsors have expressed a desire to start projects of a more
permanent nature than were in
eluded when applications were
being submitted last fall before
the cold weather."
e
in the roles of scientific "ram-
makers," 'The Rainmakers' offers unlimited opportunity for
suspense and humor.
See this to-nite—Thursday it
the Marlow.
Friday and Saturday brings us
the type of a show that most peo
pie like to see with George Brent
Bette Davis and Ricardo Corttez
acting in a "G" men story, bring
ing gangsters to trial.
"The Man Who Broke The
Bank at Monte Carlo," 20th Cen
tury's sophisticated comedy star
ring debonair Ronald Colman, is
playin at the Marlow Theatre
Sunday, Monday and Tuesday.
Joan Bennett has the leading feminine role. Others prominently cast are Niegel Bruce, Colin
Clive and Montagu Love. Production was under the personal
direction of Darryl Zauck.
Don't miss seeing the Pick Of
The Pictures Playing On Release At The Marlow.
RETURN FROM TRIP IN
THE SOUTHERN   STATES
The Eradelphian Club was rather poorly represented at the
meeting held last Friday afternoon due to the extreme cold
weather and only seven members
gathered at the home of Mrs.
Elias Rovick. After the business
meeting and further discussion
of the theatre party was over,
Mrs. Rovik gave a very comprehensive and interesting talk on
radio stars and their entertainment, also giving a brief outline
of the lives of some of the more
popular ones. The meeting adjourned and the next meeting
will be held Feb. 14, at the home
of Mrs. Dahl, with Miss Conzet
as hostess. All members are asked to kindly note the change
and also to bear in mind the date
of the next meeting.
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS
The regular annual meeting of
the Pine River Co-op Creamery
Ass'n. will be held at the Armory in Pine River on Sat. Feb.
r. Meeting will be called to order at 1:00 P. M.
L. O . Fick, Sec.
Mr. and Mrs. Louie Arvig returned a week ago from a three
weeks pleasure trip in the south
and west. They stopped at phoe
nix, Ariz., and visited at the J.
P. Brewer home and picked oran
ges in his back yard, brining
some home with them for Mrs.
Gardner Johnson as a treat from
the Brewers. They also spent
some time at Long Beach, Calif.
They report a most pleasant
journey all the way.
DIXIE   TAVERN   BURNS
TO GROUND WEDNESDAY
Erma Shultz is   employed
the Dr. Button home.
at
The old Dixie Tavern which
was now known as the Sky Horn
ish Inn was completely destroyed by fire about 5:00 A. M. Wed
nesday morning. The blaze
started in the atic' and soon had
the entire building enveloped in
flames. A car kept in the building was saved but otherwise
practically everthing else was
burned. The building was partially covered with insurance.
Gordon Boyer who has been
seriously ill the past, two weeks
is slowly recovering.