The Pine River Journal (Pine River, Minnesota), 1936-08-27

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Pine river journal
VOLUME II NUMBER 2
THE PINE RIVER JOURNAL, PINE RIVER, CASS COUNTY, MINNESOTA,  THURSDAY,  AUGUST 27, 1936
SUBSCRIPTION $1.00 Per Year
NEWS BRIEFS OF
INTEREST FROM
'ROUND THE STATE
TRAFFIC SAFETY DRIVE
PLANNED FOR SEPTEMBER
Reduction of traffic accidents
on Minnesota highways in September, will be the object of one
of the most determined safety
campaigns ever to be conducte1 d
in this country.
Sponsored by the Minnesota
Public Safety Committee, the
drive will be supported by industry as a whole and by civic
organizations and other groups
of every type.
The campaign, actuated by
the fact, that September is the
most hazardous month of the
year, was outlined at a meeting
of the Minnesota Public Safety
committee at Duluth.
In commenting on this latest
drive of the committee to save
life and property, A. V. Rohwed-
er, chairman, pointed out that
traffic mishaps took 64 lives in
the state in September of last
year.
The plan of battle against the
toll usually taken by accidents
in September includes wide-
spred publicity in newspapers
and from radio stations and distribution of thousands of circulars and bulletins by the safety
committee..
Railroads, mining companies,
public utilities and gasoline and
oil companies will have a prominent part in the campaign,
which is supported by more than
40 organizations in the state.
STRIPPED    SKINNED
BUT    STILL    UNBOWED
Lakefield..—Stripped of all
clothting with the exception of
his hat and shoes, when his
clothes were caught in the gears
of a machine he was operating,
John Neurth of Lakefield, stood
as bare as a new-born babe, very
much to his surprise and that
of passers-by. Although he suffered a gash on one limb and
one side of his body was skinned
from his shoulder to his ankle,
when the machine threw him to
the ground, Neuerth was not
badly injured, being able to pull
taway from the machine by sheer
1 force when his clothes were
eaught.
FRIENDS ENTERTAIN FOR'
MRS. GRISWOLD OF MONT.
On Wednesdad, at a one o"
clock luncheon, Mrs. Donnelly
entertained a group of ladies in
compliment to Mrs. Mildred Gris
wold, at her summer home on
Norway Lake.
Mr. and Mrs. P. H. Schwartz
entertained Mrs. Mildred Gris-
Wold, Mr. and Mrs. F. R. Anderson and Mrs. Ollie Dahl at a six
o'clock dinner Friday.
DEFINITE RULING FOR
WPA EMPLOY! OUT
Stars in Musical Novelty
of 1936 State Fair Revue
Featured artist of Stair-O-Tone,
unique musical novelty of the 1936
Edition of State Fair Revue, night
grandstand production at the Minnesota State Fair, September 5 to 12,
Miss Kaye George taps out tunes
with her toes on an unusual staircase.
M. E. CHURCH   NEWS
A delegate will be selected to
the Northern Minnesota Conference at the 11 o'clock service on
Sunday.
The Church was filled to capacity last Sunday, by an audience
that enjoyed the solos by Mrs.
Mildred Griswold, of Helena,
Montana, and Miss Louise Gif-
fin of Duluth. The latter spoke
of the mission work in China,
where she was born. Her first
hand knowledge of the Chinese
people, their language, mode of
living, customs etc., made her
topic very interesting to the
people.
The pastor will speak on the
second chapter of John, to-nite,
(Thursday.)
CASS CO. TALENT TO
BROADC'T ON WCCO
Detailed instructions govern
ing eligibilty for WPA employ
ment are now in the hands of
Francis Elmer, representative
in Cass county, of the Coordinated Field Service in Minnesota,
state director is Benjamin E.
Youngdahl. These regulations
were drafted in order to obtain
in all parts of the state, uniform standards to determine
eligibility for WPA.
These standard regulations in
no wise change the ability of WP
A insofar as the number of jobs
are concerned. The work pro-
g ram must continue within the
limitations of its quotas and the
amount of money available.
Detailed information as to the
WPA eligibility may be^obtained
by calling on or writing to Francis* Elmer, at Walker, Minn.
Republican Headquarters have
designated September 15, as
the date for Cass County to present its talent at one of their
"County Campfire Gatherings."
Wadena and Hubbard Counties will participate on the same
program. These Campfire gatherings have been weekly occurrences since August 1. The
program will open with their
theme song after which the announcer will introduce the speakers, with two or three minutes
of news flashes, followed by
some Republican speaker for
four or five minutes. The program will be in the nature of an
informal gathering around a
campfire with music, stories and
informal chatting with the speaker. A character called the 'Old
Timer' will hold the program
together with stories and questions. Rehearsals will be held
at six thirty on the day of the
broadcast. The talent presented must be strictly amateur.
All of Cass county as well as
the other two counties will be
"listenin in" to hear their own
folks on Tuesday, September 15,
at 9' p. m., over WCCO.
Announcement of who the representative from Cass county
is will be made at a later date.
Ben Kline is assisting at the
Paul Bunyan Cafe this week.
FORTNIGHTLY CLUB EN-
TERAINS MRS. COTTRELL
On Wednesday afternoon the
Fortnightly Club gath ered at
the home of Mrs. L. W. Isensee
for a social afternoon, with Mrs.
L. E. Cottrell as honor guest.
Mrs. Cottrell was presented with
a gift as a remembrance of the
many good times with the club
members. Contract was played,
with Mrs. Hourigan winning
high and Mrs. Dingle low. Delicious refreshments were then
served.
TRAGIC DEATH OF
3 YEAR OLD GIRL
FROM SCALDING
Little three year old Ardene
Lieske, daughter of Mr. and Mrs
J, F. Lieske ,passed away Monday evening at the Holman hospital.
The accident occurred Sunday
while the noon meal was on.
The little girl arose from the
table and somehow spilled a hot
cup of coffee on her shoulder
and chest, scalding her severely.
Her parents immediately rushed
her to1 the local hospital, where
she was given medical care-
Pneumonia set in and she passed
away at 7:45 Monday evening.
Her death came as a terrible
shock to her family and' friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Lieske will take
her to Lidgerwood, N. Dak., for
burial on Wednesday. Ardene
has a twin sister who survives
her. The two girls were adopted by Mr. and Mrs. Lieske when
they were babies.
The sympathy of the entire
community is extended the bereaved parents in the loss of their
little girl.
LAST WEEK'S   WINNERS
Ben's Cafe, Carton cigarettes,
B. Killingsted.
Hill Hardware, Clyde Seaton.
Hourigan Drug Store, Dishes,
Ruth Tournier.
Farmers Supply Co., Rye
Flour.
Pine River Oil Co., 2.00 in
trade, Herb Kline.
J. F. Anderson Lbr. Co.,    H.
C. Schwartz
Fields Barber Shop, trade,
Orville Emery.
Lundin Flour and Feed Co.,
Flour, L. O. Fick.
Paul Bunyan Cafe, trade, Oscar Norman.
Downing's Barber Shop, Hair
Oil, H. Hasser.
Siefert's Market, 2.00 in trade
Emery Fick.
Gamble Store, 2.00 in trade,
Mrs. Eastvold.
P. E. Lindberg, L. W. Weiss,
4.00 in trade.
Bungalow Cafe, No one present.
Kater's Grocery, 4.00 in trade,
S. Schmelzer.
Light Co., Fred Heuer.
Tom Ethridge, Warren Hoffman.
Only one more drawing will
be held.
DAMS IN CROW WING
CO. ARE DEDICATED
CAROL BURKEE, FORMER
PINE R. TEACHER WEDS
Announcements were received
this week, of the marriage of
Miss Carol Burkee to Mr. Luci-
ous Lund, of Bricelyn, Minnesota. Pine River folks will remember Miss Burkee as a former high school teacher.
Victor Christgau, state WPA
administrator, was the principle
speaker at the dedication of the
Clark-Hubert Lakes type "C"
dams and diversion ' ditch on
Thursday, August 20, before a
large gathering of vacationists
and property owners during a
driving rainstorm.
Mr. Christgau stated that
this dam was one of fifty that
have either been completed or
are under construction. The
type "C" dam has been approved
by federal and state engineer
authorities and is of such an
elastic design as to make it
adaptable to most any pite where
conservation of water levels is
desired. People generally are
agreed on the need of conservation, just as they agreed that a
permanent water level was necessary ini this territory because
of the of the vacation trade it
brings.
Construction of a similar type
"C" dam is und'er way in Cass
county at Blackwater Lake,
and similar dams have been
completed at Five Point, Ada
and Bowen Lakes.
Governor Proclaims Safety Campaign
"Whereas there was conduc ted in Minnesota in 1935 a
campaign of such effectiveness that September traffic deaths
and injuries were materially 1 ower than in the preceeding
year; and \  ■<        ,
"Whereas the possibility fo
juries from motor vehicle mis
was so demonstrated;
"I, Therefore, as governor o
by proclaim the month of Sep
"Minnesota Safety Month," an
lie Safety committee to initiat
activities as may serve to enli
all citizens for still greater red
juries, particularly during the
well, for all succeeding month
"I urge and request of all de
of jurisdiction, all county and
in authority, full co-operation
safest state, and particularly
from the month of high traffic
Given under my hand, and
Minnesota, this seventeenth d
dred and thirty six, A. D.
r reduction in deaths and in-
haps by co-ordinated   efforts:
f the state of Minnesota, here-
tember, next following, as
d call upon the MinnesotaPub-
e and sponsor such efforts and
st the active co-operation of
uction of traffic deaths and in-
month of September, but as
s.
partments of state, all courts
municipal officers, and others
toward making Minnesota the
toward changing September
accident scores to thelowest."
the Great Seal of the State of
ay of August, nineteen   hun-
Floyd B. Olson, Governor
EVERYTHING SET
FOR BIG CASS CO.
FAIR SEPT. 3-4-5
Dr. Paul Hartig and Gov. Peterson, F-L Speakers;    Martin
Neson and Theo. Christian-
son Rep. Speakers Sat.
i
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Three Major Business Transactions In Pine River Monday
JOHN KATER PURCHASES SHIFFER'S GARAGE SUNDAY
SHIFFERS PURCHASE LAKE REGION HOTEL AND
LEASE CAFE TO OSCAR KOLB FOR SEPT. 1
Literally the   "Fruit   Basket
Tripped Over" this week, when
three major business transacti-
werp made    by    prominent
business men of Pine River.
Monday the deal was closed
between John Kater and Ben
Shiffer, whereby John Kater became sole owner and manager
of the Motor Inn Garage, taking
ever the business immediately.
Mr. Kater will continue the Bu-
ick-Pontiac agency in his new
quarters, which will give him
ample room for display purposes
and first class mechanical work.
Oscar Kolb and the Shiffers,
have leased the Cafe from Mr.
Kater and Mr. and Mrs. Kolb
will take charge September 1.
Mr. and Mrs. Shiffer will retain
half interest in the Cafe. They
have built a splendid business
during the past three years and
have made their Cafe a favorite
place for food and service. Mr.
and Mrs. Kolb, who are taking
over the cafe, need ,no introduction as they are well known in
Pine River and vicinity, having
resided here for the past four
years andjit is no doubt but
what they will make a success
of their new undertaking. Pine
River welcomes them as business people of the community.
The purchase of the Lake Region Hotel by Mr. and Mrs. B.
L. Shiffer comes as startling
news as it is the first time since
the opening of the hotel as "The
Spurrier Hotel" on April 3, 1918
that the hotel will be operated
by the owners of the building.
Heretofore it has been operated
on a lease, nine different managers having come and gone. The
hotel building is a very fine and
well equipped structure for a
town of this size; Mrs. Shiffer
has successfully established and
managed the cafe for the past
three years and is well qualified
to operate the hotel.
For the past year, Major and
Mrs. H. C. Skinner have managed the hotel, building up an enviable business. Their retirement
from active business will no
doubt be regretted, but it is
hoped that they will continue to
make Pine River their home.
Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Stewart
and Virginia drove to Walker
Sunday', where they were guests
of little Tommie O'Connell, Mrs.
Stewart's nephew, at a one 'o'
clock dinner at the Chase hotel.
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Vardy of
Topeka, Kansas, are guests ol
Major and Mrs. H. C. Skinner
this week. Mrs. Vardy will be
remembered by many as the lady who gave the interesting
talk on the Landons, at the Ollie
Dahl home earlier this month.
WALKER DEFEATS
PINE RIVER SUN.
In a more or less of a huddle
and hackle, the baseball game
Sunday ended with Walker going home with the long ead< of a
10-11 score. This eliminates
Pine River from the finals. The
game was full of spills and
thrills. The Pine River boys
showed fine sportsmanship on
the first base decision, that brot
a rumble and grumble from the
fans. All in all it was a good
game and a hard one to lose.
TENNIS MATCHES
The tennis players have been
having some excellent sport,
playing off some games the past
week, with the following results:
Dr. Dingle and Bremken Vs.
Carlson and Carlson, with the
former winning. Dr. Dingle had
the misfortune of spraining his
ankle so the next game Bremken and Carlson paired with Kater and Finch with the former
team winning. The finals will
be played some time this week.
The teams playing will be Bremken and Dingle Vs. Don Martin
and Dale Tuttle.
BIRTHDAY PARTY
Miss Lois Triggs celebrated
her ninth birthday at her home
Tuesday, by entertaining nine
girls at an afternoon party,
games were played after which
luncheon was served with a
huge birthday cake, glowing
with nine candles. Lois received many beautiful gifts from
her friends.
NEW SUMMER HOME TO BE
BUILT   IN   PINE   RIVER
The two acres of land west of
Norway Brook, belonging to
Harry Hill were purchased on
Tuesday, by Mrs. Hilda V.
Hample of Minneapolis. She
expects to build a new summer
home on the tract at once. Mrs.
Hample is a friend of Dr. and
Mrs. C. E. Johnson.
Mrs. Teicher and brother, An-
cil Wood and family drove to
Eden Valley Monday, to join
with the people of that communi
ty in celebrating the 50th anniversary of the town. Mrs. Teicher and Mr. Wood were born
and raised in Eden Valley.
The program for the Cass
County Fair to be held in Pine
River, September 3-4-5 is filled
with excitment and thrilling events from start to finish. The
first day, Thursday, will be devoted to registrations. The next
day the program really begins
with band music, specialty acts,
baseball games, clown acts etc.
Friday will be devoted to 4H
Club entertainment, with members of the various clubs taking
part. And don's forget the
FREE Barbecue dinner Saturday noon, bring your own silver
and cups.
On Saturday afternoon and
evening, the home talent vaudeville acts will be presented, un-
the direction of Mrs. Ollie Dahl.
The novelty entertainment consists of three acts as follows:
1. Specialty by Mrs. Elias Rovik ; 2. "Jimmie" a one act play
with a cast of four; 3. String
instrument quartet with son.
Saturday will also bring you
several well known political speakers. In the afternoon the Republican speakers Martin Nelson
and Theodore Christianson will
address the audience and in the
evening two well known Farmer-Labor speakers, Governor
Hjalmer Peterson and Dr. Paul
Hartig, candidate for Secretary
of State, will address the people. The Democratic speakers
will be presented Friday evening, but we are unable to confirm reports as- to who will
speak.
Read the program of the Fair
published in this issue for the
exact time1 and date of each feature . The 31st. Annual Cass
County Fair promises to be one
of the best ever.
DR. BUTTON WRITES
FROM MONTANA
Try A Want   Ad
Roundup. Mont.
Dear Editor:
When I sat down to write at
4 P. M., I thought I could give
you a faint idea of what is happening in the drouth stricken
area, but it is hard to remember
just where things looked the
worst—from Valley City, to Big
Horn, Montana, there isn't enuf
hay and grain to feed a thousand head of stock. In spite of
this the stock appears to be in
good condition and will be in
good shape to sell.' This prairie
grass is highly nutritious and although the fields appear to be
barren with the exception of • a
few Russian thistles, the cattle
seem to get enough to make
them fat, but there will be no
fodder for winter and all the far
mers I have talked to say they
will be obliged to sell their entire
herd with the exception of a few
work horses which they are going to try and winter. I certainly admire their couragt; It sure
takes a lot of guts to stick on
year after year with no prospect
of anything better for the future. In contrast, when we arrived at the Big Horn Valley, an
irrigated district, the fields and
pastures were grain and there
were thousands of hay and grain
stacks. The hay was mostly
alfalfa. The corn was as good
as any I have seen. So evidently the soil is alright but lacks-
moisture which is furnished by
irrigation as they haven't had
any rain for over a year. The
cities and villages seem to be
pospering the same as ever. We
haven't seen anything of particular interest so far with the
exception of the Bad Lands and
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