The Pine River Journal (Pine River, Minnesota), 1935-12-26

              JOURNAL
VOLUME I NUMBER XIX
THE PINE RIVER JOURNAL. PINE RIVER, CASS COUNTY,  MINNESOTA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1935
SUBSCRIPTION $1.00 Per Year
1
CHRISTMAS TRAfiE
AIDED BY W. P. A
UPWARD SURGE IN BUYING
POWER IN CASS COUNTY
REPORTED   BY
MERCHANTS
Christmas trad, recalling the
"good o\d da s      was   reported
"i    chants of Cass
county, as this section began i
i iLial observance of the   year-
end holidays.   Business   during
past ten days has bean brisk,
-if i.h'itinf .r'fac ;
.' ng been the pi e-Ghri|t~
1   . distributed
iast Friday.
semimonthly     pay.
in    ?: I 506,    were.
.-j .. i    :Zi workers who are
_ ._ J in 7" projects    in   the
' nty.
The Work Progress Administration's effort   to   build   local
buying power has epxressed itself in Cass county by a steady
increase in the total of each pay.'
roll, as well as in   the   greate -
number   of   persons   emnkryed.'
According to Robert Gustafson,
WPA engineer for   the   county,
the payrolls have been steadily
increasing.
This week the total number f
persons employed on WPA projects in the district reached 6,14
5, which is a new peak for th?
area, Mr. Gilbertson said.
In District No. 2, 118 persons
were being provided with WPA
n-oi'ect 'abor for each person on
the administrative navroll. With
the set-ut) stabilised. Mr. Gilbert
son said, the administrative ner-
sonnel wi. be slightly decreased
thereby further decreasing the
remarkably satisfactory ratio
between administrative expense
and number of persons employed.
Victor Christgau, state Administrator, this week expres-
ed his satisfaction with the manner in which the program has
been developed in Minnesota.
"We have been confronted with
many difficulties, and there
should be satisfaction for all con
cerned in the knowledge that we
.•pa-hed the Christmas holiday
with a steadily increasing number of men and women at work.
Now, with the state program sta
bilized. there will be a gradual
transition from the securi-tv to
the prevailing wage levels. That
transition was the WPA's objective,".
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Caeer and Goed Fellowship
May cheer anc good fellowship prevail for
you this Christmas. May your hearts ever be
lighted with the beacon of loyalty which has let
us call ourselves your friends.
PINE RIVER JOURNAL
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LEDERER, DEE ROMANTIC
TEAN   IN   LAUGH   FILM
COMING   TO   MARLOW
CHRIS™**o  at THE
CHURCHES
The Christmncs s™=oi is be-*
ing fittingly observed by the
churches in Pine River. The
Christmas Drorsm was held in
the M. E. church Sunday even
ing using th* theme Bethlehem,
which included an art number
bv Mrs. Milne a wnnal solo b"
Dorothy Cromett, with flute
obligato an a trio with c^rtfet,
flute and piano by Mrs. Marion
Sherwood, and Rev. and Mrs.
Milne.
The Christmas r>ro<?ram was!
held in the Trinity Lntheriah
Church onSundav evening with
all the Sunday B<»h'v] classes
particinatinor. "nth distribution
of candy and gifts following the
program.
Following is    the    Christmas
program given at   the   M.   E.
church Tuesday evening:
Instrumental Duet by   John
and Robert Haack.
Christmas Candles by the primary class.
Christmas Exercise by agroup
of girls.
Instrumental Duet   by   Rev.
and Mrs. Milne. *
Vocal Solo by Mrs. F. R. Anderson.
Vocal Solo, "The Holy   City"
by A. J. Linden.
Mrs. Minnie Morrison went to
Brainerd Saturday to visit at the
home of her grandson. Morris
Wareing, returning Friday with
Mrs. Effie Wareing who will
spend her vacation at her home
here.
Confirmation of the appointment of B. F. Christian,' Pine
River; Aaron Zaffke, Backus;
and John tAson, Jb'equot;' as a
County farm Debt Adjustment
committee to assist in the Federally spervised Debt.,> Adjustment Service was received from
R. I. Nowell, Regional Director
of tne Resettlement Administration at Madison, Wis., this week.
The aoove members of the
Cass county Farm Debt Adjustment Committee have agreed to
offer their services free 66 charge to worthy farmers who have
._ot problems.
In geneial, the debt problems
of farmers are of two kinds:
First, those where tha debt
load is not excessive but, must
oe re-financed; second, where
the debt load spells insolvency
and loss of the farmer's chance
to make an indepenJene living
for himself and family.
The Resettlement Administration cannot itself refiriace farmers jeal estate indebte-dnesshut
here the debt load is jiot excessive, it will help the ; farmer
o secure refinancing .-through
ether independent agencies. The
farmer facing insolvency will
find the County Farm^ Debt Adjustment Committee willing to
act as a voluntary mediation
board, attempting an impartial
adjustment of his indebtedness
to an amount which he^can carry
end which will be fair teethe creditor.
Where a farmer makes.- written application for their services !
the local Debt Adjustment Committee will study his,,, financial
situation, suggest what shouldbe!
done and assist him "'.„£'■ __lvin'g
%rs debt problem.       -,«.    -,
Blank forms for making out;
applications for this service may'
be obtained at the office of, the!
County Agent, the County "'Rur-'
al Resettlement Suoe/rvisor.- or
from any. of the above named
members of the Cass County!
^arm Debt Adjustment Commit-1
tee.     ■ •-,.- &£_«. -----.•
, Mr'.-■•"'      •
The adventure and escapades
of two light hearted youngsters
Who look for thrills and find glorious romance constitute the
story of Fox Film's delightful
comedy romance, 'The Gay Deception," which is now at the
Marlow Theatre, and stars hand
some Francis Lederer with lovely Frances Dee.
Directed by William Wyler for
producer Lasky, the picture
throws these two romantics together in the sophisticated atmosphere of an ultra- luxurious
hotel where most of the cmedy
incidents occur.
The two most interesting people in the hotel are Miss uee, a
little country girl spending the
proceeds of a sweepstakes prize
in the grand manner, and Francis Lederer, a European Prince
posing as a bell boy.
These two are drawn together
by love. As the climax approaches, Lederer emerges as his
true self and arrested as an iim-
poster. And then the picture
proceeds merrily to its close in
which all the complications are
cleared up and the lovers re-1
joined.
On Fri. and Sat., Joe E. Brown
really goes to town when he
comes to the Marlow in 'Bright
Lights' his latest musical comedy, concerning his quick rise
from Burlesque to a broadway
star. His head swells and causes
money complications. Ann Dvorak, Patricia Ellis, William Gar-
gan complete the cast.
Starting Sunday, a magnificent production that undoubted-)
lygo down in motion picture history as one of the greatest pictures 'The Last Days of Pompeii
which ends with Mt. Vesuvious
belching forth flames and the
destruction of Pompeii. Preston Foster, a smithy, looses his
wife and boy through death because he lacks money to pay x
doctor. Bitter against life he
enlists as a gladiator and then>
turns slave-trader, and accumulates riches in partnership with
Basil Rathbone.   His   life   and
I son is destroyed when the latter
[ tries to free slaves and is captur-
j ed and forced to the arena. The
j eruption ends the games with
Foster saving his son and his
sweetheart. David Holt and
j Allah Hale complete the cast.
FAMILY REUNION AT THE
HOME   OF DR.   JOHNSON
The home of Dr. and Mrs. Carl
Johnson is the scene of a grand
i family reunion during this holiday season with all their children at home for the first time
, in nine years.   The   family   in-
\ ciudes two sons a daughter and
a daughter-in-law. Dr. Johnson
met them in   Minneapolis   and
| arrived here Sunday morning.
His son Mark and wife recently
returned from South America
where they have spenc the past
eight years. He is at present
studying radio   engineering   at
| the University. His other son
Karl, is a Junior Medical student
at the University aod his daughter Hildegarde is a teacher of
nome Economics at Medelia.
GOOD ATTENDANCE AT
F-L and TOWNSEND MEETINGS    FRIDAY    EVENING
MAKI RESIDENCE
BURNS FRIDAY EVE
On Friday evening, shortly after midnight, Mr. Maid discovered his home and shoe shop on
fireand was forced to climb thru
a window to escape the flames
before he could turn in an alarm.
The fire department worked until nearly 4:00 A. M. Saturday
morning before they had the fire
under control. The interior ■ _
the building was completely
gutted by the flames and very
little furniture or personal effects were saved. The building
is owned by Frank Schamp and
was partially covered by insur->
ance. This was one of the ld-
est in Pine River, having been
moved from Old Town, some 30
years ago by Bill Jackson.
Both the Townsend and F-L
meetings were well attended on
Friday evening at theOddfellows
Hall. Mr. Beekman was the
guest speaker at the Townsend
meeting and gave a very instructive and enlightening talk. W.
C. Cromett who was elected pres
at the last meeting did not accept the office and W. J. Webb
was elected in his place and
John Allen was elected vice res.
Immediately after the close of
this meeting a Farm-Labor meet
ing was held to which practically all the audience remained. H.
G. Teigan, editor of the Minnesota Leader gave a very interesting talk on social security and
the relation of production to distribution. Musical selections
were given by Jack Knutson and
Tom Riley.
PRESTON FIRE LADDIES
BAG   56    SQUIRRELS
Preston.—The fire laddies at
Preston are experts at something besides training a hose nozzle at a flaming building. Divided in two teams of four men each, the firemen bagged 56 squirrels last week in the department's annual contest. Each of
the eight marksmen succeeded
in bagging his legal limit of seven "balcony racers" in the department's time limit of fourand
a half hours, but the team captained by Herman Dreier won
the contest by shooting the most
squirrels in the head. As a result, Ervin Harm, captain, and
the three other members of his
team had the pleasure of doine-
the skinning and cleaning when
all 56 of the squirrels were served up at the brigade's monthly
meeting.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lee and
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Maxheimer
motored to Brainerd Satuday on
love bound up in   his   adopted I a shopping trip.
A CORRECTION
In our last week's issue, due
to a mistake by the secretary ot
the Masonic Lodge, it was stated that K. D. Lawson was elected as the new Junior Warden.
Whereas Robert Paulson was I-
ected to that office.
TRY A WANT AD
NEWS BRIEFS FROM
AROUND OUR STATE
KILLS   DEER   WITH   HIS
OWN BOW     AND ARROW
Red Wing.—Henry Spencer of
Balsom Lake, former director
of the Red Wing high school
band, brought home a buck deer,
Which he killed in Canada with
a bow and arrow. Spencer, an
expert archer, drew his bow t
about 20 paces and the arrow
pierced the deer's heart. The
buck struggled about twenty
feet after being hit and then
fell. For several years, Spencer
has engaged in bow and arrow
hunting in the north woods but
never met with success until
this year. He has had plenty of
shots at big game but never before could get the required
close range.
WELL AIMED MILK PAIL
FOILS WOULD-BE ROBBERS
Rochester.—A pair of would-
be robbers were foiled in an attempt to holdup Francis Cassidy
local farmer, by a well aimed
empty milk pail tossed by Cassidy. He had just finished emptying a pail of milkand was return
ing to the barn when he was set
upon by the assailants. A blow
aimed at his head by an unidentified object ws warded off, and
it was then that Cassidy put his
milk pail into action. As he
threw the heavy galvanized pail
at them they fled around the
barn.
WATER HYDRANTCRACKED
BY CAR BECOMES, GEYSER
Detroit Lakes.—Hundreds of
gallons of water were spilled
down the streets of Detroit
Lakes, whenthe hydrant on the
corner of Washington ave. and
h razee street was rammed by
a car and cracked. Hit in the
morning about ten o'clock, the
hydrant did not start spouting
until inthe afternoon when the
workmen replaced it. Then it
was transformed into a gushing
fountai for about a half hour.
The hydrant was struck by a
car driven by John Gilbert, who
swerved to the sidewalk to avert
colliding with an auto coming
from the east. The driver of
the latter car, a man by thename
of Frenzel, of Dickinson, N. D.,
neglected to stop before entering Washington ave. Following
the accident he again failed to
stop, but was overtaken by the
deputy sheriff near Audubon,
and was forced to dig up $65.00
for the damage he had caused.
THREE YEAR OLD DROWNS
IN FOUR INCHES OF WATER
Mora.—Barbara Ann, 3-year
old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Hallstrom of the Moose Lake
community, was drowned recent.
ly when she fell into a twenty-
gallon jar, containing about four
inches of water. She had been
playing in the yard at the home
of her grandmother. Losing
trace,of the tiny tat, Mr. Wdck-
strom started a search for her
and discovered her feet sticking
out of the crock. It is believed
that the little girl's feet slipped
when she reached over the edge
of the jar ta> get some water for
making mud pies, and she toppled in head first.
FIRST   SNOW   FENCE
BOUGHT   BY   STATE
IS   STILL   IN   USE
Much of the original snow
fence bought by the Minnesota
highway department in 1922 the
LefQrKrfter„the d'&P^ment Was
£b|lshef *«> still in use, according to a department bulletin.
Q]Q; + Te' of the wooden
siat type, has been used every
winter for thirteen years. Some
ot it has had to be replaced, but
Ln certain sections of the state
oo per cent of the original shipments of the fence is in use this
winter.
—Try A Want Ad