The Pine River Journal (Pine River, Minnesota), 1935-12-19

              PINE RIVER JOURNAL
VOLUME I NUMBER XVTII THE PINE RIVER JOURNAL, PINE RIVER, CASS COUNTY. MINNESOTA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1935
SUBSCRIPTION $1.00 Per Year
NEW PROJECTS WILL
MAKE WPA SECURE
PRESIDENTIAL    APPROVAL
ASSURES STEADY   EMPLOYMENT OF MEN
Presidential approval   of   11
new VvPA   projects   lor   Oass
Pine River cemetery—$1,815
to construct a concrete burial
vault and to landscape, and fill
oemetery property.
Hackensack village—$1,690 to
cover the cost of constructing a
cemetery vault and to improve
the cemetery property.
County Road Project-$10,230
for clearing, grubbing and graveling 14 miles S. A. R. Np. 4, in
the vicinity of Walker.
State Forest Promotion-$13,
176 to establish forest   officers
county, announced tins wee* ^headquarters, put up new build
Victor Christgau, state aamims- . and dea_ for fire ^
trator, tnrougn tne Brainerd oi-|tiori at Range 23, Township 140,
iice ot A. T. linbertson, uistrict j gec g.g
director, carried auaiti^nai assu
ranee tnat Vv_-_. wont in tnis
locality woulu be practically continuous so long as tne recovery
Backus Cemetery—$1,328 for
"piretery. improvement.
Hackensack, community building—$2,547   for   constructing
agency has funds with which to Io_. cabin' buiIding to ^ a   com.
operate. bined library, information bur-
* oxmal allotment of funds for, -au< museum and comfort   sta.
these undertaKings had not yet ^on
been made, because to do so g{at„ Sanfltarium;- Ah Gwah
would ear-mar* the money for a ching—$7,309 for the fmprove-
specitie purpose, regardless of ment of sewerage disposal facili.
iuture developments ' j ties required as a result   of   the
* * H°TJu a Sam R°5 nUS~ new buildin? f <>r Ind^n patients,
tafson, WPA engineer for   Cassj    County Road Project-$9,212,
^0UntI' +T„6n Jt b9c?meS evl-1 as required to continue work on
dent that these projects are nee-1 Count   and state Aid Roadg
dedto give our employables, Woqd Cutting Project, Coun-
work it will be possible to ob-|tv wide_$8,681 to provide fuel
tain the allotment from the sta-1 for sudl persons or organiza.
te office and get the work star- tions as are quaIified to ^^
ted within a few days.   Thepro-jit<   Timber that is cut must   be
gram now has been stabilized to
such an extent that the county
office is able to obtain quick action on all undertakings that
have been given Presidential approval."
As to how long the program
will continue, Mr. Christgau this
week said that that is a question
that has to be settled by congress. "Obviously, he said, it
is a matter of providing work on
such projects as the various
communities find it possible or
advisable to sponsor, with the
workers receiving morale-sustaining pay checks or   an   out-
donated.
STAPLES DOWNS
P. R. TUESDAY
BBB
Dec. 10 the local A&B teams
of Pine River made a trip to Sta
pies with a joint hope of victory.
However, the boys were feeling
fine and when the B team played a close game only to be nosed
out by a _« - 13 score in the last
right dole with the inevitable quarter> the A team felt a little
idleness that follows direct re-jmore coniident and went out to
hef for abled bodied persons. _ win wMch th also did untii
Just now,    said Mr   Christ- the fatal Jast quarter.   The local
gau, in making public these   ap-
ooys played a very   fine   game
provals,/our objective is to keep and wlCn a breaK or two would
the buying power of the work
ers as constant as possible. By
keeping projects in operation, W
PA not only serves the best in-
no doubt have chalked up anther
victory. The final score was 18
22.
The high point of   the   game
terests of the workers but   also came in the Iast   quarter   when
the local trade channels, just as with but two minutes to   play,
would any large payroll
community."
m  any
the local boys were breaking for
their goal, with Jones carrying
The adult education program the ball and   dribbling   toward
in this district got under way
this week with the appointment
of Fred Grafleman, former educational supervisor at Walker,
as district supervisor of education and recreation. Mr. Grafleman spent last week in St. Paul,
conferring with state officials
and Monday was at Brainerd,
arranging for the actual start of
his work. His immediate object
will be to get the 22 unemployed
teachers in the district, heretofore on relief,   at   work
the basKet and with but a step
to go before he could sink the
tying goal, he was blocked and
his ankle injured so badly.he had
to leave the game.
RAINERD    DEFEATS
PINE RIVER SATURDAY
The local quint accepted ano-
Saturday   evening
f^om the fast moving Brainerd
boys but played a very brilliant
They, game and gave   the   opposition
will be assigned to teachingadult plenty to worry about.
classes in their respective coun-1	
ties, either afternoons or even-j "STEAMBOAT HOUND THE
ings, as will best serve each   lo-       BEND," WILL BE SHOWN
cal situation.   An average atten.!        SUN. & MON. at MARLOW
danoe of eight until Jan. 1, and 	
ten after that date is necessary r    'Steamboat 'Round The Bend,'
tc sustain an educational project staring Will Rogers,   will   play
The 11 new WPA projects ap- for two days. Sundav and   Mon-j
proved in Cass countv i enresent day at the Marlow Theatre, Dec. I
an ovpen'liture of   $8"<.802.   In 22 and 23.   This is one   of   the!
the district as   a   whole,   there most outstanding pictures Will
were 52 new projects aonroved Rogers ever made and also oneof,
this week. th*p* total estimated, the best 1935 productions,
cost being $448,513. Anne Shirley, Irving Cobb and
Briefly summarized the   new: Stepin Fetchit include the sup-
H. G. Teigan, Well Known
Editor To Speak Here Fri.
PROGRAM WILL BE HELD IN
THE ODDFELLOW'S HALL
PRECEEDING THE
TOWNSEND TALK
Henry Teigan, well knwon
editor of the Minnesta Leader
will speak in Pine River on Friday evening, Dec. 20, at 7:30 P.
M., at the Oddfellows Hall and
immediately after Mr. Teigan's
speech a meeting of the Town-
send Club will be held at the
same Hall.
Mr. Teigan is a very well
known man, besides being a very
interesting speaker will no
doubt deliver a very interesting
speech. The public is cordially
invited to attend.
SCHOOL    NOTES
"Christmas at The Mulligans"
__ At Mildred Community   Hall
A very ntertaining play entitled "Christmas With The Mulligans" will be presented at the
Mildred Community Club on
Thursday evening, at 8:00 P. M.
by the Dramatic Club of the
Pine River High School. The
cast consists of pupils from the
Mildred district, and is directed
by Mr. Rosen. The scene is an
old Irish shack near the railroad
tracks where a widow and her
11 children, very poor, but having the real Christmas spirit celebrate. Costumes are made up
of cast off clothing. Spend an
hour with the Mulligans and get
the real Christmas spirit.
The leading parts are taken by
Bernice Finsaas and Ruth Sun-
dermeyer with a group of Junior High pupils, all of the Mildred
district.
-On Friday afternoon general
activity will take place in the
High School Auditorium and the
play "Christmas With The Muli-
gans" will be presented. Parents and patrons are invited to
be present and become aquaint-
ed with the Mulligans who have
the real Christmas spirit.
Winners of last years cale of
Christmas Seals will be presented with their gifts at this time.
At 2:15 the various departments will meet in their home
rooms for their Christmas parties.
Pupils in the primary class
have completed their Primers
and are starting the First Reader.
The Christmas tree in the library is very artistically decorated with book covers of books
now ready for circulation.
H. G. TEIGAN
THIERS - HUNDLEY
On Wednesday evening, Dec.
11, Miss Mable Gladys Thiers
and Jack Hundley wei e united in
marriage at the home of Rev.
and Mrs. Charles Pearson at
Jenkins, with Rev. Pearson performing the ceremony. The
young oouple were attended by
the brides father and mother.
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Thiers and
Fred Hundley, father of the
groom. They will make their
home with the groom's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hundley.
ERADELPHIAN    CLUB
MEETS WITH MRS. ALLEN
The regular meeting of the
Eradielphian Club was held at
the home of Mrs. J. J. Allen on
Friday of last week. Members
responded to roll call with current political events, which proved very interesting. Mrs. A.
M. Seekel gave a very splendid
story on Minesota Government
and Laws, after which a discussi
on followed. The meeting adjourned until Jan. 27, when the
Holiday party will be neld at the
home of Mrs. Ernest   Robideau.
FORTNIGHTLY CLUB HAS
CHRISTMAS   PARTY
projects for Cass county are as
follows:
Remer community center,
pnonso-^r) bv jjorn.o" village coun
cil-$13.000 for the construction
porting cast.
Tuesday being Christmas
eve, there will be no show at the
Marlow.
Wednesday    and    Thursday,
in the vi'laee of Remer "a serv- Christmas Day and bank nites,
ice and exhibit center." This is a late production, "The Gay De-
the first project of its kind   in ception," an entertaining come-
the state.
Pine River School improvement, sponsored by the Pine River school boaH—S3.590 to cover the cost of constructing a
gallery in the svmnasium, repairing and re fhishin. the
~—-.-cm-"-, *,M fi00_ CoStruct-
ing an addition to storage building, repair the storm sewer on
school property, and. grade six
?-res of school orround for playground purposes.      \
dy drama with Francis Lederer
and Frances Dee will be shown
also the latest release of "The
March of Time" and a Mickey
Mouse Cartoon will be shown.
Friday and Saturday, Dec. 20-
21, Warner Barter is olaving his
best in "Under the Pampas
Moon." A story that will please
you all.
Saturday is always family
nite. Bring your whole family
and enjoy the show.
FRED   GRAFFELMAN
GIVEN   IMPORTANT
POST IN   WPA   WORK
Fred Graffelman, former superintendent of schools at Remer,
and for several months past,
active in recreational work in
Cass county, Monday was notified by A. T. Gilbertson, director
if WPA in district No. 2 that
Victor Christgau, state administrator, had appointed him as district supervisor of educational
and recreational projects.
Mr. Graffelman will headquar
ter at Walker, and doubtless,
will direct the work in his division only for the counties in the
northern part of the district. It
is possible, Mr. Gilbertson said,
that an assistant may be appointed later to work in the southern
section, which extends south to
Pine and Chisago counties.
On Sunday evening at seven
o'clock, the members of the Fort
nightly Club and their husbands
assembled at the Oddfellows Hall
to enjoy their annual Christmas
party. At a table set in horseshoe fashion and tastefully decorated in keeping with the holiday season, those present partook of a delicious supper in the
glow of candle light afforded by
red tapers in crystal holders.
Later gifts were exchanged before a beautifully decorated
Christmas tree, after which six
tables of bridge were played.
Mrs. Downing and Harris Zigmund were awarded high   score.
ODDFELLOWS    INITIATE
THREE   NEW   MEMBERS
ATHLETIC CLUB TO SPONSOR NEW YEARS   DANCE
Twenty seven members of the
I Oddfellows Lodge were present
at the meeting Monday evening
to initiate three new members
into the society. Oscar Kolb,
Robert Bremkin and George
Yancy.
After the initiation everyone
r->S»™A  n-p     nf PiU     Cromett's
special banquets at the Hall.
Several members from the
Backus lodgre were present to
assist in bringing the new boys
in.
The local Athletic r:iub under
the direction of Dr. Dingle, will
sponsor a New Years Eve Dance
at the Armory in Pine River.
Music will be furnished by
the Syl Reinardy Band of St
Cloud, one of the best bands in
this district. Watch for further
announcements next week.
PINE RIVER LADIES ARE
HOSTESS   TO   40   GUEST
The dining room of the Lake
Region Hotel was a place of
great charm on Thursday evening of last week When six Pine
River Ladies entertained at bridge. The room was made^ attractive by the decoration cf beautiful flowers- red carnations and
red tapirs were placed on one table, another held a huge basket
of colorful chrysanthenums and
a vase of gold flowers graced
another. The tables and score
pads were decoated with Christ-
ma sHolly. Ten tables were in
play and at the close of the game
prizes were awarded to Mrs. Oscar Kolb for high score, Mrs.
Ollie Dahl, second; and Mrs.
Marion Sherwood, third. The
consolation prize was awarded to
Mis. Curl E. Johnson and Mrs.
L. E. Dougherty. A very
delicious two course luncheon
followed the awarding of prizes,
after which the guests departed
for their various homes. Hostess
es were Mesdames F. R. Anderson, D. L. Tiggs, H. B. Kline, B.
F. Christian, Mable Rode and
Miss Jenora Leaf.
NOTICE
Some Rituals are missing
from the I. O. O. F. Hall. Report
any knowlege of same to some
Oddfellow or Rebecca.
WPA WORKERS TO
HAVE FIVE DAY LEAVE
Members of WPA crews in
Cass county who are working
71/. hours a day, four, days a
week, will have a 5 day Christmas vacation without loss of
pay. Foremen of the crews were
notified of this fact this week
in letters from A. T. Gilbertson;
district director, and Harold At
wood, district labor supervisor.
WPA recognizes Christmas as
a holiday. This year it comes
on Wednesday, and under normal regulations, the men would be
required to report the day after
Christmas to complete their
week's work and then remain
away until the following Monday.
The special regulations permit them to work on Friday,
Jan. 3, instead of Thursday,
Dec. 26. However to be paid for
December 26, they will have to
report for work on Jan. 3.
Pay checks for the period ending January 10, will be received
by the project foremen for distribution on Jan. 20.
PIRATES WIN FROM BACKUS   TUESDAY   EVENING
The Pine River Pirates defeated the Backus Town Team by i
score of 35-21 at the high school
gym Tuesday evening. Pine River fans saw many of their favorite players of the past few
years in action again. Elmer
Christenson of the Pirates was
high point man of the evening
with a total of 16 points. Coach
Dingle used practically all of his
men on the squad at some or
other during the game. The o-
cal team made a very fine showing and there is no doubt but
what the future games will prove more interesting as season
gets under way. The Pirates deserve the whole hearted support
of the community- let's all be
there and help them win their
next game.
NEWS BRIEFS FROM
AROUND OUR STATE
GAME WARDENS GET GOAT
AND STEAK FROM CITIZEN
Warroad.—Game wardens of
the Warroad area certainly
'got the goat' of a prominent local citizen. But 'sail right f ;r-
they did not keep it long. In
fact it was right back on a curing hook where it belonged at
the Warroader's home the next
day. Even though it was minus
a steak cut off for a test. The
citizen killed his goat for meat
and hung it up to freeze in plain
view of the paser-by. It might
easily have been a small deer
and the wardens amazed at the
open display, promptly seized it
as such, spurred by the fact
that illegal hunting has been
widespread here. Taken to head
quarters, one warden discovered the mistake when he had the
local hotel cook a sample steak.
One bite told thestory and the
carcass was "unseized" as quickly as it had been Confiscated.
FARMER'S   COW   STOLEN
FOUND    AT   BUTCHERS
Moohead.—J. H. Sinner, farmer tennant living near Moorhead, got mad when someone
stole his cow. But when they
sold the cow and got $42. for it
be got still angrier. Sinner decided he would play detective,
and his efforts were successful.
He went to the Armour packing
plant at West Fargo and founfl
the animal had been purchased
and a check given in paymentfor
it. Sinner reported to the Clay
county sheriff's office. Accompanied by Deputy Peter Jeston
he went to tho packing plant and
got his ciow back. Now the sher
iff is looking for the man with
the check. The cow was taken,
from Sinner's barn some time at
night.
INDIANS    SUBJECT
TO   STATE   GAME
LAWS, COURT SAYS
DEPOSITORS OF CLOSED
BANKS GET "XMAS" GIFTS
22 POUND NORTHERN PIKE
CAUGHT   AT   WABEDO
Mr. George Bell is improving
after several days illness with
pneumonia.
Mr. Ruscoe was proudly displaying a 22 pound northern
Pike, measuring 40 V_ inches
here last week. The big fishwas
caught by his wife while fishing
in a fish-house on Wabedo lake,
Thursday of last week.
—Try a Want Ad.
Elmer A. Benson, states commissioner of banks, is   sending
ja 'christmas present' totaling
nearly $200,000 to 10,192 de->
fc>o'sators in closed Mini^stcita *,
banks. It is in the form of dividend checks being mailed out
before christmas.
This months payments will
go to 23 banks being liquidated
by the state banking division.
These dividends bring the total
paid out by Mr. Benson this
year to depositors in some   200
| Minnesota banks to   $3,353,979.
Indians who have disposed of
their land allotments in the former White Earth Indian Reservation are subject to the jurisdiction of the state with reference to game laws, the Minnesota supreme court held in a recent decision.
The decision disposed of the
troublesome and costly problem
cf making the Chippewas on the-
former reservation obey hunting
and fishing laws.
The Indians had contended
that they had the right to take,
game at all times, and the federal depatment of justice had repeatedly upheld their contention
in the courts.
According to A. C. Hanson,
director of the division of game
and fish, the result' was that-
the Indians sometimes abused
their privileges, in some instances even hunting for the market.
DRESSING SEASON CLOSES
WITH GOOD RUN OF BIRDS
The two Dressing Dates are
over and were very successful
announces Mr. Lundin. About
two thousand birds were handled
at the two dressings dates, and
from six to eight men were given employment picking birls
during this time. Customers
were very well satisfied in the
way their birds were graded and
the returns they received.
Mr. Lundin sponsored a meeting in the armory on Wednesday evening for poultry raisers.
Two speakers from Minneapolis
were introduced and discussed
j methods of feeding and raising
| birds and also diseases. The
, talks were combined with mov-
j ing pictures to better explain
their views.
Notice To All Correspondents
Because of Christmas coming
on press day next week we wish
to ask all correspondents to have
their news in by Monday as the
Journal will be printed one day
early next week.
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