The Pine River Journal (Pine River, Minnesota), 1936-01-23

              JOURNAL
lA VOLUME I NUMBER XXIII THE PINE RIVER JOURNAL, PINE RIVER, CASS COUNTY. MINNESOTA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 1936
SUBSCRIPTION $1,00 Per Year
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NEWS BRIEFS H
AROUND OUR STATE
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CHOP ICE TO SAVE SE
FROM DRIFTING ICE FLOE
Baudette.—Fighting aga.ns..
death on an ice fioe that tnreac-
ened to take them far out on th„
La_e ol tne Yvoods, tl_.ee Baudette men were fortunate to escape with their lives. Desmond
Gunderson, Sisner _ty_beig an_
Chanes Tobin started out to set
a net through the ice of the large lake when they aiscovere-
that the ice had broken away
from Pine Island and they were
drifting out on the lake where
the waves were high. After
some quick thiniring the., used
their axes to cut of f a small piece from, the large floe, and with
the aid of their fish hooks started to push the smaller one on
which they stood toward shore.
They succeeded after several
hours of strenuous, work but
were almost exhausted when
they reached Pine Island. Had
the floe gotten out int.; the lake
the high winds/would have un
doubtedly broken it up, with no
thing but drowing in sight for
the three men.
PANCAKE DAY AT BRAIN-
ERD WEDNESDAY, JAN. 29
Brainerd Pancake Day set for
Wednesday, January 29, will be
a big occasion and provisions
have been made to serve 20,000
people free of charge. All that
is asked is that you bring to
Brainerd an apetite for pancakes
and the expectation that you
will have one of the most enjoyable days you have ever experienced. Pancakes are free to all
comers over 16 years of age.
The E. F. Gate*? vacant stor
hind, of Kensington, Minn., who
id such a balloon recently in
.i ms piace three   miles
st   of   Kensington,   in,
..._,..i   flinty. The toy balloon!
inscribed on it, "Gene Hagen
ee years, _aOy   24th   St.,
_   City,   ia."   The   distance
iiom oioux Uity to- Kensington
oy air is 250 miles. South winds
rather unusal at this time of the
year, were prevailing the week
before the balloon was found,
which accounts for it having
come so far north at a season
of the year when such a trip
would hardly be expected.
She Tells Them How to Park
GIRL   SKATER   IS
BY   MYSTERY
HIT
BULLET
Redwood Falls.—'Marion Gob-
iisch, 11, was accidently shot
through the right heel.the source of the bullet being a mystery.
The girl was skating with her 6
year old brother John, near their
home, when she felt a stinging
sensation in her right leg. She
fell to the ice and her brother
caded for help. Taken home,
the bullet was discovered in her
-eel.
TWO BI(
ING
FEATURES COM-
TO   THE   MARLOW
FLASH ! !
HE'S BACK ALIVE with, a
dozen thrills and adventure that
you'll talk about tiil you die.
Frank Buck's Own story of
his expedition into the land of
wild animals! The man who
knows no fear is back again with
a thousand thrills. See him on
Friday and Saturday at the Mar
low Theatre. This is the first
theatre in this section to present
this show so'DON'T MISS IT.
Curly Top is Shirley's Top!
She dances again . . She sings
again to make this her happiest
picture
Shirley as she really is - as
you love to see her - Brings you
building, 213-215 South 7th sCj~a Joy package of surprises. This
has been leased for the day and I ?*&?»* starts Sunday and will
will be the scene of this gigali- aI?° run on Monday and Tuesdav
tic feed feast. | PI:'n n^v to see "CURLY TOP"
The    Brained    Qham^r   0* j at the MARLOW.  ,
Commerce is spcnsorir<r .tKe pv-
ent, Which is nut on bv th * PHn-
bury Flour Mills and assisting
firms. i
Each person is Riven tJirp^.J
pancakes and an o^d^r of Vi1^-
syrup. And a cut) nf coffee. S°r-
ving will begin in tt0^1^ l-^n
ding, Wednesday. January ?f)fh.
at f):A. M. and continue until 5
P.M.
The cream will h<=    f.....,;.,\~.i
by the Russell Creamery ^o r>~"i
the Maxwell House h"ffQQ bv th*
Genera' ^oarf ^aW fo
It will be interesting to watch
the baking of the pancakes. A
large batterv of ten ^r rriorp grid
dies, manned by chefs, will bake
the pancakes. Each griddle
bakes 24 fakes at a tim». Writhe crowd is large enough to
warrant it. 21G eaV*»g can t*3 r>re-
pared in thre° mhmtes If ----_
people come, then extra griddles
q—p. p-v^sS'°'f1 ''rtto sot—n^ct    A   l-mor-*
mixing machine mixes thebatter
for the cakes.
Free pancakes an^ all von can
eat is the slogan for Pancake
Day.
EXTRA ! !     EXTRA ! !
The pine River Journal is
offering through the cooperation of the Ma-l^w Theatre ten
f- 3e tickets to the Mon. and Tues
showirT at the theatre. The
names of those eligible are inser
ted in the ads in this issue and
all that is necessary is to find
• name in whatever ad it
ears: Clin out the ad and pre
sent it at the Journal Office
and receive your free ticket.
Don't forget to   read   the   ads
bur name may be in this week.
Dallas, site of the Texas Centennial
Exposition next year, has installed
parkin? meters on its main downtown
streets. For a nickel in the slot, motorists may leave their car beside the
meter for periods from 20 minutes to
one hour, according tn the time
marked on each meter An additional
nickel extends the period.
Clarice Mollenkamp. of the Exposition Rangerettes, is shown above as
she tours the streets, the Exposition's
ambassador of good-will, to explain to
out-of-town motorists just how the
meters work.
A meter, indicated by the arrow,
can be seen directly behind the horse,
which, incidentally, is Texas, famous
"yellow,pony" owned by Captain
Leonard Pack, head of the Exposition's  Texas Ranger squad.
PINE RIVER PIRATES WIN      I
FROM RED LAKE INDIANS
The Pirates were victorious
over the Red Lake Indians Friday of last week. This is well
worth mention as the Indians
won the championship last year.
The final score was 29-25. The
game was fast and filled with
plenty of excitement as the
score indicates. At the end of
the first quarter they were 9 all
but the Pirates manged a slight
lead before the half was over.
The third quarter ended in another tie of 20 all. The final
quarter found the Pirates gradu
lly taking the lead.
"Christie carried off the honors for the evening and Leonard
Carlson came close second.
OBITUARY
PINE RIPER WINS
FROM PEQUOT M
BIRTHDAY   PARTY
MOOSE CHA«F« M*N PTTT
ONLY WANTS TO BE FED Wben the scores were
Baudette.—The moose chased
the man into the barn, but the
animal wasn't ferocious: he just
wanted to be fed. When th? am
roal. started for him however.
Hilderr H^wkinsnri didn't know
it was tame and received ouite p
scare. Hawkin<?on who fa em
ployed at the sawmill at B'aglev
arose in the morning and went
out to care for the horses, but
when he was ha^ way to th°
barns he heard brush cracking
nearby and stonned to investigate. To his astonishment, he
saw that the animal making the
nois was a large moose.
Moose are exceedinoiv scarce
in that vicinity, the last one being reported a year ago.
When Mrs. Effie Wareing
walked into her home Friday
evening after returning from
Brainerd she was greeted with
the "Hannv Birtb^av Soni?" b"
seven of her intimate friends
Everyone assembled with th"\
dinner all prepared ready .to serve. A huge birthdav cake and a
trav with sifts comprised the
desert. Following th° dinner a
game of bridge was induVed in.
but more laughing and talking
was ev'dent than bridge nlavin0'
totaled
Ollie Dahl was awarded high
score for the evening. After
wishing Mrs. Wareing manv
more happy birthdays the guests departed for their homes.
The Pine River High School
basketball team returned from
Pequot last Friday on the long
end of a 19-5 score. The local
b« ys had some trouble getting
used to the small floor but after
the first half came to their own
and finished the game with little difficulty. Kemper was high
man with a total of 9 points to
his credit. Paul Gardner, Pine
River's center decided Pequot
neede a little assistance so dropped one in for them in the second
half,he evidently forgot to change baskets at the half and thus
made the erroi
The game was fast from beginning to end some new wrinkles in basketball were demonstra
ted. Kemper Martini and Jones
showed the boys how to play a
waiting game, and then took the
opposition by surprise with fast
breaks.
Gobion of Brainerd refereed
the games for both A. and B
teams. The Pine River B team
was defeated in the preliminaries by a score of 8-11
1936 CENSUS
BEGUN THIS WEEK
MRS.   MILNE   RHJCRTVUN
HARP AS ^IFT FROM FFR
CHIDREN   THIS   WEEK
The job of obtaining for uncle sam exact information as to
tne reran and manufacturing
ousmes- m «~a.a's county started
Luis wiitijv wun tnree enumerates at work. The data will be
assembled by Gerald Ringstad,
i_. r. Bacon, and Clyde rJundy oi
Cass Laxe, Pillager and Backus,
respectively.
xne enumerators were selected from the relief roll? of the
county, witn uue regard for abih
ty to maKe out the complicated
reports tnat are required. Ail
ml oi matron obtained is strictly
coniidentiai ana will be used only to present a picture, of the
business in the c6unty as awhole
rather than of any one institution. !   .
The business census is being
ta_en under the direction of
Alex Kinneberg of St Cloud, who
is in charge of all counties which
make up the sixth congression-
a, district. While some work
was done last week, the business
of really taking the census reached its stride Monday. About
three months will be required to
complete the task.
BIRTHDAY CLUB GATHER-
EKD AT ZIGMUND'S SAT
Clifford Benson, of near Pequot, passed away at the Holman hospital on Sunday, Jan. 15.
after undergoing an operation
for intestinal obstruction. On
September 26, last he underwent
an operation for appendicitis
and was apparently fully recovered when he became ill Jan. 3,
and was taken to the hospital.
Clifford Louis Benson was
born at Ockeyedan, Iowa, March
28, 1909 and was 26 yrs. 9 mos.,
and 18 days of age at the time
of his death.
He moved with his parents to
a farm near Worthington, when
he was eight years of age and
resided there for the next ten
years. In the spring of 1928
they moved to their farm west
of Pequot, where he resided unfit the time of his death with the
exception of one year which he
spent in a CCC camp at Finland,
Minn.
Clifford was a very industrious and home loving youth, always thinking of his folks before himself. He leaves to mourn
his untimely death his parents,
one brother and one sister, also
his aged grandfather and grand
mother besides a host of relatives and friends.
Funeral services were conducted Sunday at one thirty o'clock
at the home with Rev. Milne of
Pine River officiating. Interment was made in the Pine River cemetery.
Those from out of town atten
ding the funeral were Clayton
Benson of Springfield, Minn;
Mrs. Frances Clark of Harris,
la; Mrs. Frances Clark and son
Elbert of Harris, Ia; Mrs. Cora
Ling and son Lester of Worthington, Minn; Mr. and Mrs. John
Rowan, Mr and Mrs. Edwin Rowan, Theresa and Frank Rowan
and Mr. and Mrs. Harold Newell
all of Wadena, Minn.
The sympathy of the entire
community is extended to the
family in their hour of bereavement.
LAKE LEVELS TO
BE RAISED IN CASS
Mrs Milne reoffjve'i a vp-^7-fine      -,     ■-,. ,,,       n, ,        _,       ,
Harp as a gift from W children     The Birthday Club gathered
this week. Mrs. Milne is an t^rf ^ r° ^ ??T H
accomplished Hamist and it will,?11^ 0\S?tu5d*£ of'?st we?,k
no doubt be a pleasure for   her^? J^lp celebrate Mrs Zigmund's
birthday.   The usual number -f
rpTT>PTP nr Ttt> ENTERTAIN-
AT ERNEST    ROBIDEAIPS
TOY BALOON FOUN"   <>5fl
MILES FROM SEND-OFF
What must be c'os? to   a   record for the flight of a tov ba.1
loon is reported by   John   Eck-
The Ladies Bridge Club was
entertained on Wednesday at its
regular session at the home of
Mrs. Ernest Robideau. It was
a very gay evening and everyone
was in the mood for a good time
and the guests lingered long after the luncheon was served.
Mrs. Marion Sherwood received
high score with Martha Datz-
nian a close second. The next
meeting will be held Wednesday
kvenmg, Jan. 22. with Mrs. Fran
"v? Moulster as the hostess.
tc have her favorite instrument
once more. After a few weeks
of practice she will use the instrument in her church work at
the Methodist Church. This
should be an added incentive for
people to attend services as it is
very rarely that an instrument
of this kind can bQ heard gratis
and also very rarely exist in a
town of this size.
Mr. and Mrs. Theron Johnson
of the State San, were callers at
the Lewis Walton home Monday.
MR. AND MRS. T. E. WT,L
SURPRISED SAT. EVENING
On Saturday evening somQ
fifteen friends announced themselves at the T E. Hill home fo-
a house warming.      After   th°
twelve were present. Mrs.'Ollie
Dahl was taken in as a new
member to fill the vacancy by
the departure of Mrs. Nelson.
Cards were played after which
a social hour and a . delicious
.'unch was enjoyed by all present
Mrs, Zigmund was presented
with a lovelv gift and received
many happy wishes from the
"'^b members.
FORTNIGHTLY CLUB MEETS
The Fortnightly Club met at
the home of Mrs. Clyde Town-
send on Monday evening where
usual amount of speeches, gree-jthey enjoyed a 7 o'clock dinner.
tings and chattering   thev   all | Following the delicious meal the
BUNYONITES   WIN   TWO
GAMES   TUESDAY   EVE.
The first game was played
with Hackensack ending in a vie
tory for the Bunyonites by a 50
to 30 score. The first half was
plenty close ending with a 20 all
score but the Bunyonites started sinking.them faster than ever in the last half which was
more or less a one sided affair.
The second game was played
with the Pirates which was a
battle from start to finish with
the Pirates leading a good share
of the time the game ending 28-
26 in favor of the Bunyonites.
The fact that several'of the Bun
yonite players were stars from
college teams shows that tha local boys can really play ball
when they want to.
Nine Lakes in Cass county are
to be materially improved as a
result of an agreement reached
this week between WPA officials in District No. 2 and the State Conservation department. Of
the $76, 648 that the WPA is to
spend on 21 water conservation
projects in this area, $27,836
will be spent on six lakes in this
county.
Decision to immediately begin
the construction of the needed
dams and stream clearance was
announced this week by Victor
Christgau, State WPA Administrator, through the Brainerd
office of A. T. Gilbertson, Dist,
Director. Details were arranged
at a conference between J. S.
Muir, district, supervisor of projects and planning and C. J.Bark
of the State Conservation Dept.
The State Conservationists have
been at work on a state-wide
pan fn- sometime and inasmuch
as WPA cfficials found that relief labor is now available for
several of the more important
links in the project as a whole,
it was decided to begin operation
at once.
In four counties—Crow Wing,
Cass, Isanti, and Aitkin, there
were 48 projects in the complete
plan. Work on 21 projects is to
be started at once. The lakes
in Cass county that will have
their water level raised include
Ada. Blackwater, Bawen, Five
Point, Hattie, Jule, Mayo, Pine
Mountain and Ponto.
Of the $78,648 that has been
made available for water conser
vation work, $72,204 is to come
through the WPA from federal
sources and $6,442-from the sta
te department, which is acting
as the sponsor for the entire
program. All labor for the work
will be obtained from the relief
rolls of the county, administration will be in charge of the WP
A.
Water Conservation and the
stabilization of the lake levels is
important to the entire state,
and especially so to the northern
section where the resort business plays such an important
part in each year business. A
resident engineer is expected in
Pine River this week to begin
work on the project.
RESETTLEMENT AD. TO BUY
FARMS IN CASS COUNTY
According to information received recently, the Resettle- .
ment Administration is consider
ing the purchase of a limited no
of farms in this locality for resettlement purposes. While it
is not the intention to buy out
established farmers it is proposed that every owner wishing, to
sell may have equal opportunity
in offering his or her property
for sale. Selection will be mode
on a basis of appraisal and offering price.,
While offeris will be accepted
up to and including Feb. 29,1936
it is likely that ow|hers wishing
would do well by not delaying
too long before contacting the
County Rehabilitation sup. lor
particulars and the filing of
their description and price.
Within a few days Mr. Mack-
miller, Co. Rural Reh. Sup., at
Walker, will have the forms on
hand for use in submission of
offers of sale of farms in this
county.
settled down   to   some   serious
card playing after which a midnite dinner was served that was
J enjoyed by everyone.
ladies indulged in cards. Mrs.
Cottrell was awarded high score
and Mrs. F. L. Hempstad received second.
FOUR   MEMBERS   TAKE
FIRST DEGREE AT I. O. O. F.
The local Oddfellows Lodge
conferred the first degree on
four new members Monday even
ing. These members were initiated a week ago. Some twenty
members were present at the
meeting. The new members are
Oscar Kolb, George Yancey,Dale
Dubbs and Robert Bremken.
HJALMER PETERSON TO
SPEAK HERE SATURDAY!
Lieutenent Governor Hj aimer
Peterson will speak in the Oddfellows Hall Saturday evening,
January 25th. Mr. Peterson is
r. speaker well worth hearing so
don't fail to be there. The program will start at 8:00 P. M.
The public is cordially invited
to attend.
Mr. and Mrs. John Kater and
son Junior returned Tuesday
evening from a three v, veks trip
in the south.
46 BELOW Wednesday
School was closed Wednesday
due to the severe weather so the
students enjoyed a day off. The
mercury dipped to 46 below here
Wednesday, morning, the coldest
it has been this year.   ,