The Pine River Journal (Pine River, Minnesota), 1936-10-01

              PINE RIVER JOURNAL
VOLUME II NUMBER 7
THE PINE RIVER JOURNAL, PINE RIVER, CASS COUNTY, MINNESOTA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1936
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NEWS BRIEFS OF
INTEREST FROM
'ROUND THE STATE
TRAIN   PICKS   UP   CAR
DRIVER DISLIKES RIDE
Detroit Lakes.—Fun's fun,
•but Bert Amundson of Detroit
Lakes, thought the engineer
whose train pushed his auto
half a mile down the tracks recently was carrying things too
far. Bert thinks he can take a
joke as well as anybody, but
when a passenger train started
to shove his new car half way
over the railroad system, he
thought it was high time that
he take matters in his own
hands. The odd mishap occurred about 6 a. m. in the morning
A heavy fog prevented Amundson from seeing the oncoming
train until the last minute. Attempting to avert the collision,
he swerved his car, but the engine caught the machine on its
cow-catcher and went chugging
down the tracks. Bert stood it
for a while, but finally climbed
out a window in his car and up
the cow-catcher to the cat-walk
on the engine to the cab, where
he told the engineer in plain language how to run the train.
The engineer stated that he did
not know that the train had hit
anything so could not be blamed if he had given the car a free
ride.
LANDS SEVEN POUND
CATFISH BY THE TAIL
Hastings— Chris Brickner
has gone on a lot of fishing trips
and has done a lot of f jshing,but
it took a weird experience to
top all his angling adventures.
Casting with a light fly rod in
Lake St. Croix, he hooked a big
seven pound catfish by the tail.
How he did it he will never know
but trouble certainly started,
changing the Spanish revolution
to a mere Sunday School picnic.
To make matters worse Brick-
ner's line became entangled with
the lines of his two companions.
A desperate fight was wage by
the anglers trying to untangle
the mess, while the ratfish on
the other end was puttin up another battle, finally being landed by its tail.
DOES MINNESOTA GROW
TALL CORN? YOU BET
Fertile.—Iowa may be the
"tall corn state" but Minnesota
in additoin to being one of the
leaders among the agricultural
states, including first in butter,
is rapidly coming to the fore as
a producer of corn. Fertile is
the first community in the state to claim top honors for the
tallest Minnesota corn grown
this year- and they might include Iowa. Johnnie Rice, Fertile farmer, brought in a stalk
of corn recently which measured
12 fee in length. It is a perfect specimen, and while this
particular field does not consist
entirely of 12 foot corn, the average is between 8 and 9 feet.
Can any Minnesota community
beat this?'
DYNAMITE IGNITED FROM
SPARKS FROM GRINDSTONE
Luverne.—The young son of
Mr. and Mrs. Meyer was badly
burned when a small amount of
Dynamite, kept in a tin can in a
shed on their farm exploded after being ignited by sparks
from a grindstone on which Mr.
Meyers was sharpening an ax.
The dynamite was placed in the
shed about two years ago. The
burns are not believed to be serious.
* BALKING MACHINE *
* CAUSE OF DELAY *
* The usually faithful typ- *
* setting machine at    the *
* Journal Office refused to *
* function properly Monday *
* and although we missed *
* the routes by only    two *
* hours, the paper was   a *
* day late for our rural sub- *
* scribers for which we are *
* sorry.   We were assisted *
* Monday evning by Al An- *
* derson and Lee Bennett *
* of the Pillager   Herald, *
* who worked until midnite *
* without avail trying    to *
* coax the stubborn mach- *
* ine to operate.   It was not *
* until Tuesday noon that *
* we pounced on the cause *
* and remedied its ills. And *
* that is our alibi for   not *
* getting the paper out on *
* time. *
FORGET-ME-NOT-DAY
Friday and.Saturday of this
week are Forget-Me-Not-Days
in Pine River. The sale of Forget Me Nots is under the direc-
toin of the Veterans of Foreign
Wars with D. L. Triggs in charge. Buy the flowers from the
girls that call on you and help
the disabled veterans of the
world war.
FARM DEBT ADJ.
HELPS FARMERS
B. F. Christian, secretary of
the Cass county Farm Debt Adjustment Committee has j ust
received a report of Debt Adjustments completed in Minnesota for the period of September
1, 1935 to June 30, 1936.
Nine hundred fourteen cases
were closed involving obligations
amounting to $2,679,772. The
total reduction of indebtedness
amounted to $891,032. or an average reduction of indebtedness
amounted to $975. for each farmer. This reduction represents
the difference in amount owed
before and after Debt Adjustment. The amount of reduction
in each case is determined by
the farmer's assets and ability
to pay.
Debt Adjustment is a voluntary and mutually agreeable
'settlement of "obligations that
the farmer owes and cannot
pay. The creditor must be assured that the farmer is paying
all that he can reasonably be
expected to pay and the farmer
must feel reasonably sure that
under ordinary conditions he
can make his payments in accordance with tbe terms of the
settlement.
This free government service
is available to all distressed farmers who are unable to pay
their obligations and who are in
danger of losing their farms or
livestock and farming equipment.
PECULIAR ACCIDENT DUE
TO HOUSEHOLD ECONOMY
Mr. and Mrs. Don^Shonkweil-
er left Saturday morning for
Minneapolis, where Mrs. Shonk-
weiler was treated at the University hospital. The children
are staying at the Wittemore
home.
Fairfax.—A peculiar accident
which might be said to be due to
"household economy" nearly
cost the life of N. L. Myers of
Fairfax recently. Mrs. Myers
had put a quantity of surplus
bread dough into a mason jar
and sealed it, setting it in the
refrigerator. When leady to
use it, she took the jar out, but
being unable to open it, asked
her husband to turn the cover.
Myers was working at the jar
when the fermenting dough exploded, cracking the bottle, and
cutting deep gash in his hand.
Several stitches were required
to close the wound.
Mr. and Mrs. Harris Zigmund
and family returned Monday,
from a five week's trip in the
West. They visited Yellowstone Park, Long Beach and
spent the greater part   of   the
] time with friends and relatives
' at Wenatchee, Wash.
LARGE CROWD AT
F-L CAVALCADE
HERE MONDAY
About two hundred people
were present at the armory on
Monday to hear Ernest Lundeen,
Farmer-Labor candidate for U.
S. Senator and Mr. Linsten, F-L
Candidate for Lieut. Governor.
Abe Pajumpa presided at the
meeting and introduced the
speakers. Both speakers were
well received and confined themselves more or less to facts and
avoided any mudslinging which
left a very favorable impression
with the audience.
HICKEL- RENNER NUPTIALS
On Tuesday morning of this
week Florence Hickle became
the bride of David Renner of
Minneapolis, at Our Lady of
Lourdes Church with Rev. Father Crowe performing the ceremony. Clara Renner, a sister of
the groom and Clarence Hickel,
a brother of the bride were the
attendants. After the ceremony a reception was held at the
home of the bride's parents, Mr.
and Mrs. A. C. Hickel A charivari was held in the evening,
when about 60 friends and neigh
bors gathered to wish them happiness and success.
Mr. and Mrs. Renner left on
Wednesday for Minneapoli s,
where they will make their home
CARELESS WALKERS
COURT DEATH, WARNS
STATE PATROL CHIEF
Recent accidents on rural hi-
ways, especially in the evening
hours and at night, emphasize
anew the necessity for pedestrians walking on the left side of
the road and wearing or carrying some white article of clothing, according to a statement by
John P. Arnoldy, chief of the
state highway patrol.
Pedestrians should always
walk on the shoulder of the1 hi-
way instead of on the road itself. They should walk on the
left side so they face approaching traffic and have a chance to
get out of the way if a driver
fails to see them. At night
they should wear something
white that will show up in front
of headlights and make them
visible to the motorists.
HONOR ROLL
The following new and renewal subscriptions to the Journal
have been received the past
week:
Look at the date on your paper, if you are in arrears, stop in
and see us.
Paul Henninger, Pine River
John Bowles, Jenkins
Mrs. Henry Jokela, Pine River
Ray Peterson, Pine River  .
Mrs. Oscar Seaberg, Pine River.
Geo. Mohs, Wadena
Mrs.  Claudia Hammeir,  Pine
River
John Ruhl Sr., Pine River
Clarence Cox, Pine River
Geo. Wagner, Pine River
Mrs. Lloyd Bowman, Pine River
Robert Norton. Pine River
Frank Kamberling, Pine River
Caroline Carlson, Pine River
S. E. Freeman, Pine River
Mrs. Effie Palmer, Pine River
L. R. Heath, Pine River
L. Isensee, Pine River
Mrs. Feehan, Pine River
A. E. Bard. Pine River
I: J. Cottrell, Pine River
T. R. Ethridge, Pine River
Don Lundrigan, Pine River
Sam Harpham, Pine River
Mrs. Germain, Pine River
W. J. Huffman, Pine River
George Bloomfield, Pine    River.
Miss Virginia Stewart left oh
Friday for a short visit in Minneapolis.
ANNUAL SCHOOL
CARNIVAL ON
FRL, OCT. 30
At a faculty meeting held on
Monday of last week, it was decided to hold the annual High
School Carnival on the evening
of Friday, October 30. Elaborate plans are being made for
this yearly festival, with Mr.
Henderson, principal of the senior high school in charge. One
of the items of interest being
planned is an old time black
minstrel, with Mr. Jones and
Miss Isaacson in charge. Many
new events will be added to the
attractions, watch for the particulars.
FOOTBALL   SCHEDULE
Fri. Oct. 2, Pequot at Pine River.
Fri. Oct. 9, Backus at Pine
River.
Fri. Oct. 16, Motely at Motley
Fri. Oct. 23 Pequot at Pequot
Fri. evening, Oct. 30, annual
High School Carnival.
The enrollment in the grades
this week is 205, the Junior-
Senior high school students
number over 360.
CORRECTION
We wish to correct the obituary of the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Victor Mclnnis which was published last week. The name was
Shirley Vernon and the infant
was 3 months, 3 weeks and 5
days old at the time of death.
CARD OF   THANKS
We wish to thank the community and friends who assisted
us during the illness of our baby, and also for the lovely floral offerings and the kind words
of our minister, Rev. Milne.
Mr. and Mrs. Victor Mclnnis
Bros., Bertrand and Adelbert
Mrs. Ola M. Hardy
Mrs. Lurley Arey and daughter Josephine and relatives.
Major and Mrs. Skinner who
have spent the past month in a
cottage on Norway Lake, moved
into the Ollie Dahl home Wednesday. Mrs. Dahl and Miss
Conzet will live with Mrs. Rode
until they leave for California
next month.
Mr.  Carnehan  spent Sunday
in Brainerd.
PROMINENT SPEAKERS AT NEXT PTA
The next meeting of the PTA
will be held on Friday evening,
October 9. At this meeting a
speaker from each of the major
political parties of the state will
be present. Hon. R. A. Mc-
Quart, Probate Judge of Grand
Rapids, will represent the Democratic party and present their
ideals and aims for the home
and school. Miss Gudrun Carlson of Minneapolis, will speak
in behalf of the Republicans.
The speaker for the Farmer-Labor Party has not been selected
as yet. There will be a program
of music while the crowd is gathering. Lunch will be served
as usual after the speeches and
an opportunity will be afforded
all those who desire to meet the
speakers and question them. Introduction of the speakers will
be in charge of the Hospitality
committee. Luncheon will be
prepared for a crowd of several
hundred and all organizations in
the village are cordially invited
to meet with the PTA that ev-
eing.
All those who desire may join
the PTA at this meeting. Mr.
Rognlie is in charge of the membership committee. Members of
the project committee and the
committee on social hygene
are requested to be present and
ready to meet during the lunch
period.
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* SOLD IT THE NEXT *
* DAY , *
* Mr. G. A. Leighty of Pine *
* River, inserted a    small *
* Want Ad in the Pine Ri- *
* ver Journal    last    week *
* stating that he wished to *
* sell his mules and   some *
* farm equipment that he *
* no    longer    needed.   On *
* Friday of last week   Mr. *
* Leighty stopped at the of- *
* fice to compliment us on *
* the    power    of    Journal *
* Want Ads, saying that a *
* buyer arrived the day af- *
* ter the papier was out.
* Don't forget that Journal *
* Want Ads Pay And Pay *
* Fast—Use Them To Buy *
* And Sell. *
TWO DAMS COMPLETED
IN CASS COUNTY AREA
Work was completed on two
type 'C dams at Pine Mountain
Lake, bordering Backus and Jule
Lake north of Pine River. The
dams at Mayo and Biackwater
Lakes will be completed by October 1.
Sixteen type 'C dams were
completed by September 21, according to J. H. Downs, dist.
Supt. who is in charge of construction in this district.
OUTSTANDING FEATURE AT MARLOW
A wave of renewed enthusiasm for the works of the late
Gene Stratton-Porter, has brot
the screening during the past
year, of three of her most famous novels, and has launched
"A Girl of the Limber! ost," first
of them to reach the screen in
the new cycle, to a point of popularity which has been reached
by only nine other pictures during the . current motion picture
season.
The latest of the famous Stratton-Porter novels to be presented to American audiences is
"The Keeper of the Bees," filmed by the same cqjnpany that
produced the above play. It is
expected that this picture will
be accorded the same enthusiastic reecption that was given
its illustrious predecessor when
it plays at the Marlow theatre
on Tuesday evening.
Mrs. Porter's works, dealing
with contemporary  American
rural life, have been listed high
in the ranks of American best
sellers.
LONGVILLE
Irene Provo, Correspondent
A daughter was born to Mr.
and Mrs. Earl Metzer Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernie Umben-
hour made a business trip to
Brainerd Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Carpenter were entertained at the Um
benbour home Sunday.       ,
Mrs. Richard Whitman spent
the week end with her mother
at Richmond.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Sickles returned to their home in Chicago
after spending their vacation at
their summer home on Woman
Lake.
Dick Whitman and Jake and
Mrs. Beckman made a trip to
Alexandria, where Mrs. Whitman will spend the winter.
Otis Gray returned to Grin-
nell, la., after spending his vacations with friends and relatives here.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Rose celebrated their golden wedding anniversary Wednesday evening at
the Longville Pavilion. Music
was furnished by the Lieske
children. '  ■
The Pine River Junior baseball team defeated the Cass
Lake boys Sunday by a score of
12-5. Riley and Swift did the
heavy work for the locals.
REPUBLTN RALLY
AT HACKENS'K
FRIDAY, OCT. 2
A Republican Rally will be
held at the Hackensack School
Auditorium on Friday evening,
October 2, at 8 p. m.. sponsored
by the Republican women of
Hackensack and surrounding
townships of Birch Lake, Hiram
and Woodrow.
Mrs. Mary Frances McKinney
of Hartford, Kansas, a personal
friend of Gov. Landon, will be
the speaker. Mrs. McKinney
lives on a farm, is a member of
the executive board of the Lyon
County Farm Bureau, is active
in 4H Club and Extension Farm
work and was a delegate to the
Associated Country Women of
the World convention in Washington last June.
She conducts a newspaper
column under the headng of
"Plain Farm Women"in the Emporia Gazette, under the guidance of Wm. Allen White. She
addressed the league of Women
Voters at Chester, Pa., in June
of this year. She speaks at
Fergus Falls and Breckenridge
before coming here.
BOY FINDS SKUNK AND
SKUNK FINDS THE BOY
Wheaton.—Dwayne Gualrapp,
10 years old found a skunk. The
skunk with his range finder
found Dwayne. Dwayne's clothes are buried deep in the
ground and his skin has been
scrubbed and scrubbed but the
memory lingers on. Dwayne
was riding a pony in his grandfather's pasture. When the
pony returned without the boy
they went to search for him and
before long they found him with
the skunk cornered.
RETURN FROM TRIP
IN CANADIAN WILDS
Arvid Lundin, Ted Hill, Harve
Cromett and Lon Fields returned on Friday of last week from
a fishing trip into Canada.
After leaving Pine River, they
drove through Fort Frances, to
Nester Falls, on Lake of The
Woods, stopping at Mrs. Green's
camp, a beautiful resort which
■was built recently. From here
they portaged to Crow Lake, and
with two boats and motors traveled 14 miles to a rocky spot
where they pitched their tent.
After two days the rocks became too hard and they moved
60 miles further north to the
Sioux Narrows. Here is where
they landed the 251b lake trout,
4—10 pounders, some Wall eyes
and an 18 pound muskie. Here
Harve and Ted had the thrill of
seeing a bear on a high mountain. On Wednesday it was too
windy to fish so the party drove
to Kenora, the oldest city in Ontario. On their return the
trailer upset at Little Forks,
which delayed them for five
hours and left them with a
grouch or two. Needless to say
the fishermen had a swell time
and have many stories to tell
and pictures of interesting places to show.
Next Sunday is Rally Day for
the Sunday School at the M. E.
Church with the aim for attendance of 125. A cordial invitation is extended the public to
help attain this goal. A special
program is being planned for
the occasion, all those taking
part are requested to meet at
the church at 3 p. m. for practice.
Mr. and Mrs. George Stanko-
vich of Minneapolis, called at
the Oscar Dahl home Sunday
evening.