The Pine River Journal (Pine River, Minnesota), 1936-03-19

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PINE RIVER JOURNAL
VOLUME I NUMBER XXXI THE PINE RIVER JOURNAL, PINE RIVER, CASS COUNTY. MINNESOTA, THURSDAY, M, ARCH 19,1936
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NEWS BRIEFS FROM
AROUND OUR STATE
100    DRIVERS    LOSE
LICENSE   IN   MONTH
FOR   ROAD   OFFENSES
EASTERN STAR HELD INTI-_
ATION ON TUESDAY EVE
There was a good attendance
of members and visitors at the
last meeting of the Eastern Star
when Mrs. H. C. Skinner received the degrees of the order and
became a member of the Clover
Chapter. Mr. and Mrs. E. "R.
, Starkweather, Mr. and Mrs. Elm
More than 100 motorists guil- i er Johnson and Mrs. Bodeker ol
ty of serious traffic offenses for- Hackensack. who are members
feited their drivers licone_ as - of the Walker chapter were
result of revocation or suspen- among the visitors. After the
sion actions by the   ddvers   Ii- meeting a delicious   lunch   was
served bv the social committee.
Mrs. J. O. Brezinski, who was also a candidate for initiation, was
unable to be present but will be
initiated at   the   next   regular
cense division of the state high
way department.
Although operating with only
a skeleton crew because of lac.c
of funds, the license bu.eau rs
carrying on the essential duties meeting on March 24.
established by the drivers licen-' 	
se ana   fjnancia      esp nsibiHtv F^P^Trr* * y CJJW HONORS
laws, according to a highway de       MARTHA DATZMAN TUES.
partment bulletin. 	
In fact, 11 more licenses were The Birthdav Club drove out
revoked in January this year to the Wm. Schuster home on
than in the same month last year Tuesday to Join Miss Datzman
The number revoked last month in celebrating her birthday (that
was 60 and the number suspended was 41. Practically all o±
these were the result of court
convictions and court recomme^.
dations.
Persons without drivers licen
is one of her birthdays, she has
one in June also) Unlike most
women—who generally cease ha
ving birthdays- Miss Datzman
has two each year; one in March
and one later on, whenever   she
se, or those who wish to obtain chooses to celebrate. The club
duplicates by reason of change indulged in cards for entertain-
of address, illegibility of the on ment and then enjoved a delici-
ginal, or for othe reasons.should ous supper at five P. M. After
apply to the state highway de- presenting Miss Datzman with
partment in St Paul or to an ; a gift and singing in uncertain
county clerk of court. The char tunes, 'Happy Birthday.' the gay,
ge is 25c in St Paul. County crowd departed for their homes,
clerks are authorized to charge
35c to pay their expenses in the
work.
RED CROSS   TRAINING
PLANNED FOR    STATE
HIGHWAY    EMPLOYEES
ERADELPHIAN CLUB
AT THEATRE PARTY
In cooperation with the Am- Members of the local Eradel-
erican Ked oross, tne state nign iVhian Club reserved seats in a
way department will train many | body at the Marlow Theatre on
of its employees to give first aid
to accident victims, according
to an announcement by N W. Els
berg, highway commissioner.
The highway department also
is cooperating with the Red
Cross m its program of establish
Monday evening, to enjoy the
last nictnre of Will Rogers in
"In Old Kentuckv." On account
of the illness of Lois Triggs, the
meeting and supper which was
to have been held at the Triggs
home before the theatre   party,
OPENING DATE FOR
SCHOOL EXTENDED
At its meeting on Feb. 8, the
State Board of Education approved the recommendation thatthe
opening date of schools in Minnesota for the school year 1936-37
be advanced one week, or on
Sept. 14.
This change was approved by
the State Board of Education as
a result of repeated requests
from various 'farm and school
organizations, many of which
had adopted resolutions asking
the State Board to make this
change.
Most of the arguments presen
ted were the fact that 1. eve?
45,000 farm boys and girls are
actively engaged in 4Hclub work
in Minnesota, manv of whom are
exhibitors at the MinnesotaState
Fair the first week in September
2 setting ahead the opening date of school would eliminate the
confusion of having these 4H
club workers starting schoo1 a
week late, as well as the educational loss by these pupils, 3. the
first week of school, or the week
beginning Labor Dav. is now only four days in length, 4. quite
often the 'first week in Sentem-
ber is usoallv warm. 5. the first
week in September is a busier
time for farmers than the first
week in June, and 6. the Minnesota State School Board Association for many years has been
unanimously in favor of this
change in the opening date.
Since the recommended chan
REGIONAL TOURNEY
IN PINE RIVER SUN.
The regional tournament for
the Independent basketball teams in this territory will be held
at the Pine River Armory Sunday, March 22 in the afternoon
and evening.
The counties represented are
Cass, M'orrison, Crow Wing and
Aitkin.
The first game will be played
at 2:30 P. M. between Royalton
and Hackensack and the second
game at 3:30 P. M. between Hill
City and Brainerd. The consolation game will be played at 8:00
P. M. and the Championship
game at 9 P. M.
Plenty of good basketball is
assured for the fans so don't
miss it. Read their ad on anoth
er page of this issue.
Posters are being printed today for distribution.
MANY ATTEND HARP CONCERT   WEDNESDAY   EVE
In spite of a raging blizzard
many folks attended an especially fine concert at the M. E.
church Wednesday evening, given by Don David Milne, talented
concert and radio harpist, assisted by Eunice McCart, Corwin
Jones and Mrs. Milne. Each entertainer is an artist - and was
thoroughly enjoyed and heartily
applauded. Had the weather
been more favorable there is no
doubt but what the churchwould
have been filled to capacity owing to the popularity of those taking part in the entertainment.
On Friday evening Don David
Milne gave a concert in Walker,
sponsored by the civic club of
that city. On Sunday evening
last he was presented at theFirst
Baptist Church in Brainerd and
at the close of the service gave a
harp concert with members of
several congregations in the city
invited to attend.
RECEIVES LETTER FROM
CALIFORNIA   FRIENDS
The reporter is in receipt of
a letter from Mr. and Mrs. J. P.
Brewer of Phoenix, Arizona, telling of having had a wonderful
winter, the best in years. Their
crop of oranges did well, grapefruit not so good but fair. Trees
are in full bud and in a few
weeks the air will be heavy with
perfume from the blossoms.They
mentioned being happy to have
had many Pine River visitors
winter and spoke of plans for vi
siting here this coming summer,
ge necessitated advancing the da j Mr. Brewer still adds relics to
te for State Board examinations, I his collection which now numb-
the Board voted that these examinations be given one week later than heretofore, this change
in date to take effect AFTER
the current school year.
ing roadside first aid stations inI was postponed until next Satur-
Minnesota, and will erect the of-! dav afternoon, when the topic of
ficial signs marking such sta- j 'Film Production and Movies'
tions.   Traffic   flow   data   has will be taken up and the picture
been given the Midwest office
of the Red Cross at St Louis to
aid it in determining the Minnesota trunk highways which
should receive consideration in
the establishment of the emergency stations, he stated.
'The Red Cross will assign   a
first aid instructor to the high
discussed. Everyone was well
pleased with the showing and
some members sat though the se
cond run.
t\t_ p.-hr. Manager of the thea
tre is verv appreciative of the
efforts of the Eradelphian Club
in giving so much favorable pub
licity to his pictures in general,
way department this spring,' Mr j and this one in particular.
Elsberg said. The instructor! Seventeen members of the
will teach first aid,practice to se.Pine Mountain Club of Backus,
lected men in every maintenance came to Pine River in a party to
district throughout the state, enjoy the same picture and en-
After their training, these men joyed it very much. Mr. Rohr
in turn will teach other emoiov- j is no doubt in line for a few com
ees. The highway patrol, whose pliments for maintaining as fine
members aireatdy ar j or vficieritla picture house as the Marlow
in first aid, also will assist in and also for securing pictures of
the work. •fviis calibre.
Highway department employ-	
ees, who are constantly on the LADIES BRIDGE TOURNA-
MR. AND MRS. P. FRIMOOD
CELEBRATE 25th. WEDD-
DING     ANNIVERSARY
A very happy time was had at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. P.
Frimood last Saturday evening,
the occasion being their twenty
fifth wedding anniversary. A
large number of friends were
present and there was singing
with 'gusto,' humorous readings
and to be sure, a mock wedding
at which even the brides mother
forgot to weep. Everyone present wished that it were possible
to have silver weddings more often. Mr. and Mrs. Frimood were
presented with a purse of silver
in memory of the occasion.
ers over one thousand pieces,
from practically all the prehistoric ruins of the southwest.
Mrs. Brewer states tha"1- she is
particularly busy with federated
club work. Pine River people
will be interested to hear good
news from their old friends, the
Brewers.
$2,300 MORE WPA FUNDS
FOR REMER'S PROJECT
PRIZE WIMNING ESSAY OF CASS CO.
Written By   Douglas   Erickson
For   The   Land   O'Lakes
Creameries Essay Contest
An additional $2,300 for Reiner's WPA water main project
was announced this week. This
added money assures continuation of the project as relief labor
is available in that locality.
At the same time, it was announced that $2,318 had been ad
ded to the previous allotment for
the razing of the Remer fire hall
and construction of a new building to house pumping equipment
BANK NITE LEGAL;
JACK POT ILLEGAL
DISTRICT LAND O'LAKES
MEETING TO BE HELD IN
PINE RIVER IN   JUNE
road will, through the cooperation of the Red Cross, be able to
give intelligent first aid in any
emergency. Death or permanQnf
crippling may often be averted if
per first aid before medical at-
an accident victim receives pretention before medical aid arrives.
MENT MET ON THURSDAY
BEGGAR    HAD    $120.00
IN CASH IN HIS POCKETS
The first meeting of the ladies
annual bridge tournament was
hfid at the Lake Region Hotel on
Thursday evening. Consilerable
interest was shown with 36 ladies responding, making a total
of nine tables. This is the largest number that has taken part
in any one tournament.   The con
test will continue for six weeks,
Fergus Falls—A stranger in j meeting once a week- each coup-
strange land, who sought   and le plaving against three   teams
HACKENSACK TAKES
DISTRICT TOURNEY
The 15th. District Land O'
Lakes annual meeting will be
held in Pine River in June, according to Mr. Fick, sec. The exact date of the meeting will be
announced later.
He also stated that the 4H
Clubs sponsored by the Land O'
Lakes Creameries will be made
district wide instead of county
wide.
accepted alms from people in
the Erhard neighborhood, near
Fergus Falls, is in the Otter Tail
county Jail awaiting the disposition of immigration officials.
He became somewhat of a nuisance by loitering1 around Erhard and the village constable
brought him to jail, where he is
being held without charge. Helmed is bewhiskered and about
55 years old. He is said to ha.""
readily accepted the hospital it"
of Erhard people, who thought
he was penniless. But Helmed
objected quite vigorously when
he was brought to iail a-nd t\io
sheriff started to   go
in an evening. Miss Leone Golz
is the scorekeeper and Mrs. C. V.
Gardiner the treasurer. The
ne^t meeting will be held this
Thursdav but all succeeding mee
tings will be held on Monday.
Every player is requested to be
«?+ firo hotel and readv to start
playing at eight o'clock. The
teams and present scores are as
follows:
Zigmund-Hempstead 1470
Kater-Isensee 1610
Robideau-Lundin 652
The basket ball tournament of
the Independent teams of Cass
county was held on Friday and
Saturday at the Pine River Armory with fans from all over
the county assembling towitness
the contests. Ten games were
played to determine the championship of the county.
Hackensack proved to be the
winner and will represent the
county at the regional tournament to be held in Pine River on
Sunday, Mar. 22.
The teams playing were Pillager, Boy River, Federal Dam,
Remer, Cass Lake, Hackensack,
Bena, Walker, Backus and Pine
River.
The semi-finals were plaved
Saturday afternoon with the
following results:
Pine River 23 Remer 17
Walker 15__ Hackensack 40
The final score for   Saturday
evening were as follows:
Consolation Game
Remer 31 Walker 25
Championship  Game
Hackensack 29 Pine River23
Witting - Dingle 1657
Schuster-Stewart  2323; Shiffer-Kolb 2654
DoTvning-Severied 1021 j Triggs-Gardner 1690
Shepard-Morrison 1575 Stewart-Conzet 1460
through [ Townsend-Siefert 2620 Bergstrom-Brezinski 1002
VARIETY SHOW FRIDAY, MARCH 20
The admission price for children will be 10c instead of 15c as
previously advertised. The show
will not start until 8:15 or a bit
later in order that those that
have early engagements can also
enjoy the show.
^Cloud Burst' a one act tragedy played by high school pupils,
and under the direction of Mr.
Rosen, will be presented in place
of the crystal gazer. However
you will still have an opportunity to see the Crystal Gazer as it
will be produced for the Apri?
show. 'Coud Burst' will interest
you as it is the first tragedy
play ever presented in Pine River by the school. This play will
also be presented at Little Falls
Mar. 26-27 at the One Act Play
Festival. All other acts as advertised previously will be there
to entertain you Friday nite.
Following is a letter received
by John Rohr, manager of the lo
cal theatre in regard to the validity of 'Bank Nite' and also
proof that it is not a lottery:
Marlow Theatre:
In the last few days there has
been some publicity in the Minneapolis newspapers in connection with the 'investigation by the
Hennepin County Grand Jury of
a certain Jack Pot give-away,
conducted by a Mr. Harry Dick-
erman, who operates several
theatres in the city of Minneapolis.
Owing to the fact that the
name Bank Night has become
one of the most publicized trade
names in the history of modern
advertising, it is only natural
that to the ordinary layman the
name Bank Night has become
synonymous with any and all
forms of give-away. The newspapers are of course, no exception in this respect.
Therefore we take this opportunity to advise you: 1. That
the Bank Night system of opera
tion is not involved in this case,
2. That Mr. Dickerman'stheatres
had not conducted Bank Night,
3. That the indictment specifical
ly charges him with conducting
an alleged lottery under the
name of Jack Pot and not Bank
Night.
Theatres operating a Bank
Night under license by Affiliated Enterprises, Inc., and in ace
ordance with its rules and instructions furnished them, need
have no misgivings and will be
fully protected and defended in
cases where the legality of Bank
Night is challenged.
NOTICE
A WPA workers meeting and
an Old Time Dance will be held
in the Oddfellows hall in Backus, Friday evening, March 20.
Several good spekers willaddress
the meeting. No admission will
be charged.
COMMUNITY   AUCTION
Plans are being made to hold
a community auction sale in Pine
River in the near future, the exact date will be announced later.
Any one having articles they
wish to sell may list them at the
Journal office.
SAFETYGRAM
How Safe   Would   You   Feel
his pockets.   There was   wo^ ! Evensta-McCart 2019 Dahl-Anderson 1389 Walking Along The Street If All
'for his objection—he had $120, Thomas-Rovik 1032 Datzman-Hill 2391 Drivers Drove   Their   Cars   As
in cash on his person. I Sherwood- Golz 1993,Fields-Moulster 1508l You Do?
FORTNIGHTLY CLUB MEETS
The Fortnightly Club met at
the home of Mrs. R. F. Dingle on
Tuesday evening with five mem
bers as hostesses. The St Patrick's Day motif was carried out
in the decoration of everything.
After a delicious three course
luncheon contract was played at
three tables with Mrs. Isensee re
ceiving first prize and Mrs. Clyde Townsend second.
The organization of the co-operative creameries in Minnesota,
in 1921 was a start towards
countrywide organization! of cooperative units; not only co-oper
ative creameries, but co-operative units in other fields.
The co-operative creameries
mean that we, the farmers, are
getting a squarer deal than otherwise. It means that the farmer receives as high a price for
his butterfat as it is possible for
him to get, according to the New
York and Chicago markets-
Through the work of the Land
O'Lakes Creameries Inc., many
things have been done to help
the member creameries, which
are ot direct benefit to the farmer. Through a comparison ma
de. it was shown that the cream
eries received at least 3c more
per ill. net, compared with the
market price, than they did previous to the organization of the
Land O'Lakes. This gain of the
creameries has been passed on
to the farmer.
Before the Land O'Lakes laboratory service was established
there were many inefficient oper
ators. Now the boards of the
co-operative creameries are informed weekly on the efficiency
of tha operators and with this
knowledge they can check up on
theinefficiency in operation that
may be covered by short weights
and measures, which would have
to be taken from the farmer on
order to pay the price on the oth
er. Also the laboratory experts
are continually experimenting,
rrying to find new uses for dairy products.
According to a report made by
the Cottage of Agriculture at
the University Farm, the average of all butter taken in 1923,
from 363 market samples showed 82.2 per cent butterfat while
1000 samples taken in 1925 show
ed 81.31 per cent fat content. In
1930, the average 'fat content of
60,000 samples tested showed an
average of 80 per cent fat content, which is as close to the required fat content as is possible
to get on the average. When the
fat content in a pound of butter
is more than is required, the extra butterfat has to be taken
from the farmer and it is he who
suffers the loss; therefore by
testing the butter, the Land _0'
Lakes helps us to get more for
our butterfat.
Before the Land O'Lakes Cooperative Creameries were organ
ized the quality of butter andoth
er manufactured dairy products
was quite poor. The Land O' Lakes encouraged cleanliness and
sanitation in handing the cream
and it soon had a reputation for
its high quality of dairvproducts
It has been shown that people
would rather eat butter than a
butter substitute, if they can get
butter of good uniform quality.
This means that everyone that
uses dairy products are benefited through the co-operative
creamery, besides the farmer,
whom it helps to get a better
price for his butter fat.
Because of the co-operative
creameries established in our
county, 8, 4H club members will
receive free trips to the Land O'
Lakes annual meeting in Minneapolis, which will mean quite a
lot to any of us that wins a trip.
Also, one of those eight will receive a purebred heifer calf,
which may mean the beginning
of a fine herd of dairy cattle for
the one who wins it.
I think that because of the organization of co-operative cream
eries this country is a better
place for us to live in.
Mrs. Elias Rovik was hostess
at a St Patrick's party at her
home Tuesday evening. After a
delicious luncheon three tables
of bridge were played with Mrs.
F. R. Anderson and Mrs. Charles
I Siebel winning the prizes.