The Pine River Journal (Pine River, Minnesota), 1936-06-25

              Celebrate the 4th of July in Pine River
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PINE RIVER JOURNAL
VOLUME I NUMBER XLVI
THE PINE RIVER JOURNAL, PINE RIVER, CASS COUNTY, MINNESOTA, THURSDAY, JULY 2, 1936
SUBSCRIPTION $1.00 Per Year
NEWS BRIEFS FROM
AROUND OUR STATE
SHOOTS SELF CRAWLING
THROUGH BARB FENCE
Clarkfield. — Amund Torseth,
60 year old Crookston man, visiting with relatives, was found/
dead a short distance from the
Olson home with a bullet thru
his head. He had apparently
been dead for several hours and
was the victim of his own gun as
he crawled through a fence. Torseth had taken a 22 calibre rile that belonged to some friends
and had gone hunting gophers
about four o'clock in the afternoon. When he did not return,
a member of the family went out
to look for him and f ounil the body i» a grove only a short distance from the house. One leg
was caught in a barbed wire
fence through which he apparently had been trying to crawl,
when the trigger caught in the
fence and discharged entering
his head.
MAKES FATAL ERROR OF
ROBBING A JUDGE
Grand Rapids.—Hickey Mor
gangan, claiming Oregon as his
home, made a serious blunder in
his "profession" when he picked
the shoe repair shop of Justice
of the Peace, James Dawson, for
a bit of plundering in Deer River
last week. Mrs. George Thorson
who lives near the shop, heard
the breaking of glass as Morgan
entered, and called her husband,
who caught the young man and
held him until officers arrived.
Brought before the bar of.justice
Morgan found the man he had
attempted to rob was presiding.
Fortunately, however, for the
justice has onlv the authority to
bind the offender over to the
district court in case of felonies,
but you may be sure this was
done by Justice Dawson with a
a good deal of enthusiasm.
M. E. CHURCH NEWS
The largest crowd for several
weeks attended the services last
Sunday, the regular seating being filled to capacity. Mrs. John_
son and her daughter Hildegarde
played a four hand arrangement
of Handel's Largo; Mrs. Mary
Donnelly sang delightfully and
Mrs. Frank Anderson was very
competent at the piano. Several
visitors from Minneapolis and
elsewhere were welcome guests.
The Sunday School is getting
back to normal after the recent
vaccinations. The men's class
has increased to nine and the
women's Bible class numbers
fourteen.
Next Monday, July'6, the Vacation Bible school will open with
a group of several trained teachers, including' the pastor, who
will teach the Bible study. Miss
Milne of Duluth, formerly principal in the Duluth Schools and
later a teacher of English in a
Chinese school; Mrs. Felton, a
graduate of our own Normal
class and a student in the Bemid
.ii and Duluth teachers colleges;
Hildegarde Johnson, a graduate
of the University of Minnesota;
Delia Gardiner, Who majored in
music at Black Hills Teachers
College; and Verna Cromett and
Gloria Evans, who graduated
from the Pine River Normal
class this year comprise the staff
Enrollments and assignments
will begin at 9 a. m.
Miss Jean Scott, also a graduate of Pine River Normal, and a
student at a Bible school in
Minneapolis, will have charge of
the Bible Geography course.
On Sunday morning, July 19,
an elaborate program will be
given by the pupils and teachers
of the school.
OVERSHOES IN JUNE ADD
TO TRAVELERS JAIL LIST
AMATEUR PROGRAM
WILL BE GIVEN SOON
Pine River To Hold Celebration Sat, July 4th
Three Big Ball Games, $125. In
Prizes, Water Sports and a
Big Dance To Top It Off
Apleton.— Traveling about
the state with high overshoes
for footwear in June, coupled
with a nervous disposition and a
tendency to pass remarks that
do not always make sense to the
listener, is a situation that may
widely extend one's aquaintance
with jails. This is particularly
true when several criminally insane individuals are at large.
Stephen Peacock found this out.
A transient, 28 years old, was
picked up by the Appleton police
when several residents were put
on edge because of his peculiar
attire and strange conversation
An examination proved him to
be mentally normal, or as much
so as the average citizen. An in
jury in the woods last winter
from which he had never fully
recovered, and lack of more suitable footwear explained some of
his peculiarities. He stated he
was on his way to Deadwood,
South Dakota, where he has a
wife and family. Before coming
to Appleton he had been picked
up in Minneapolis and detained
for examination and finger printing, under suspicion of being of
those escaped from St Peter.
Three hours after he had been
released by the Appleton police
he was in jail in Dawson, being
put through the mill again.
Coming to the Marlow the lat
ter part of July or the first of
August will be another real treat
foi amateur entertainers and
those who enjoy amateur entertainment.
The Eradelphian Club is sponsoring this entertainment and
are herewith calling for talent
to enroll at once. Cash prizes
will be awarded for the best
presentations. The class will be
divided in two parts; first second
and third prizes for adults and
first second and third prizes
for children.
Major Bowes will be in: charge
and will conduct the show as
much like his original program
as possible. Judges will be
present k> make the awards.
Everyone interested in entering this contest should make
application to Mrs. Ollie Dahl as
soon as possible. This is great
news for Pine River and community as an "Amateur Night"
has been requested for some
time, and it is hoped that talent
will come from far and
More dope next week.
Pine River is all set for a big
Celebration on Saturday, July 4.
In spite of a late start everything is moving at top speed
and arrangements are being
made for entertainment for everyone—young and old. The
Celebration is being sponsored
by the Pine River Baseball Club
and the Pine River Commercial
Club and is under the direction
of Lewis Walton. Over $125.
will be given away in prizes for
Water Sports. Races, Baseball
Games and at the Big Saturday
Night Drawing which will be
held at the Armory.
The local band will furnish
music throughout the day.
The events of the day will begin at eleven o'clock in the m»rn
ing at Riverside Park, where
the Water Sports and Races
wil] take place. Bring your picnic lunch and enjov your dinner
in. the park after the races.
The Marlow theatre has spent
considerable time and monev in
securing two outstanding features for the day with two complete changes of program for
your enjoyment. The theatre
will open at 11 a. m., showing
"Two In Revolt" and outstanding Western picture with Light
ening, the famous dog star and
Warrior, the famous horse. This
show will continuously until 5
p. m., when there will be a complete change. At seven o'clock
the new program will start show
ing "Stars Over Broadway."
Three ball games will be played in the afternoon as follows:
1:30 p. m., Jenkin/s vs Pine
River, Junior Teams.
3 p. m., Nisswa vs. Pine River
League teams.
7 p. m.. Girls Kittenball, Pine
River vs Backus.
A big Dance will be held in
the Armory in the evening to
climax the day's celebration.
Don't miss your chance to dance
on one of the finest floors in the
Northwest.
GIRLS FROM HONOLULU
ENTERTAIN AT MARLOW
Janet and Lois Loper, granddaughters of.W. G. Grinols of
Pine River, were the delightful
juvenile entertainers from Hono
lulu, at the Marlow on Saturday
and Sunday evening. They presented a group of interpretive
dances of Hawaii, accompanied
by Hawaiin music in native costume. They were charmingly
youthful and graceful and the
audience was captivated at once.
The mother of the entertainers
will be remembered by many ot
the local people as Miss Violet
Grinols, ,when she lived in Pine
River and taught in the local
school.
HERE'S BIGGEST   FEATURE
IN FOUR YEARS
REBEKAHS HOLD FINAL
MEETING TUESDAY EVE
The Rebekah Lodge held its
last meeting for the summer on
Tuesday evening. Mrs. Bates,
a delegate to the state convention at Virginia, gave a very interesting and comprehensive report on the meeting. Mrs. Walton gave a report on her trips
as dis. president to Ironton and
Staples. Refreshment were ser_
ved and the meeting adjourned
until September 1.
LAND  TWO   GOOD   SIZED
BASS ON  ONLY ONE PLUG
Wilmar.—Eight pounds of
bass, but divided into two separ
ate fish, were hauled in on' one
cast by Rev. Luttman of Wilmar.
The reverend gentleman made a
cast'and as the plug hit the water two bass leaped for it. Upon
reeling in the line, he had them
both with each weighing over
four pounds.
LONGVILLE
Wallace, the small son of Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas Whitman was
taken to Walker Sunday, where
Dr. Ringle removed the tip ot
his finger after it hod been crushed in a car door.
Mr. and Mrs Engelhart entertained Mr. and Mrs. Chas Hol_
stead and Robert Gamble ol
Brainerd Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Jake Beckman
and daughter Ruby, drove to
Pine River Monday, wher Miss
Ruby   rceived a permanent.
A big farewell p^ ty was givn_
Wednesday night for Mr. ana
Mrs. Sam Lewis, who left for
California Thursday.
Bert Eckdahl and Jimmie
Thorsen    of   Minneapolis,    are
the dance the drawing will   be
held.
A big program is in store for
you so plan on spending the
Fourth in Pine River. There is
a possibility of several more
features that may be added to
the program but as we go to
press we are unable to confirm
it. But in any event there will
be plenty of entertainment!
near.
MAKES OWN PLANE AND
TAKES   TO  THE   AIR
Mr. and Mrs. John Ackerman
and children left for their home
in Robbinsdale, after spending
a week at the home of Mrs.
Ackerman's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Herbert Kline.
Slayton—Goodwin Carlson, of
Slayton, has manufactured an
airplane in which it is not unusual for him to drop in on relatives
after a trip around the country.
The machine, a light, one seated
monoplane, which took him sev
eral months to build, is operated
by a small 30 horsepower motor.
In one trip of 280 miles the plane
consumed only 13 'gallons of gas
in four hours of flying time.
His best speed so far has been at
the rate of 85 miles an hour,
flying from Morris to Marshall,
the trip being completed in an
hour and five minutes. An interesting'feature of the plane is
that the wings can be folded and
the plane stored in a shed 6x20
feet.
The young man became air
minded about ten years ago, and
since then has made an extensive
study of flying.
Northern Gospel Mission News
spending a few days with home
Immediately before folks.
Leo Jordan substituted for
Paul, on the cream route Monday
while Paul and Merritt Jordan
and Joe Hayes drove to Minneapolis. ,
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Johnson,
and Mr. and Mrs. L. Rose and
son Roy caught their limit of
fish at Linden Beach Sunday.
Miss Agnes Hollaan of Backus, spent the week end as aguest
at the Johnson hotel.
Mrs. Kohler and Mrs. Helen
Giles of Moline, 111., have arrived
for the summer months.  '
In the very face of defeat Sun
day the Longville boys arose to
the occasion and won the ball
game from Remer 15 to 11
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Anderson
and daughter of Ball Club spent
the week end with Mrs. Anderson's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Vangen.
Mr. and Mrs. A. Berg enter,
tained Mr. and Mrs. Jim Moffet
of St Paul recently.
. The Land O'Lakes Amuse.
ment Co. of Pine River, plans on
showing a series of moving pictures in Longville in the near
future.   Watch for Hand Bills.
Mr. and Mrs. N. Carper and
Mrs. Chambers and sons called
on Mr. and Mrs. Roy Gunderson
Sunday.
Irene Shiffer and Evelyn Gilmer were Brainerd visitors Mo_.
day.
Mr. and Mrs. Victor Boquist
and family of Hungo Township,
attended services at Mildred Sun
day.
The Bible School at the Pine
Valley school closed last Friday.
Closing exercises were held on
Sunday evening in connection
with the services. We were glad
to see so many children attend
the Bible studies. Both teacher8
Ind pupils had a very profitable
and blessed time together. The
next service will be held here on
Sunday evening, July 12.
Miss Sara Balzar, who is
teaching a Bible school, left on
Monday for Blackduck, enroute
to Ponewah, where she is doing
missionary work among the Indians. Her work and helD here
in the Bible school visitation
work and services has been great
ly appreciated. She expects to
be back again for the summer
Bible Conference at Mildred. She
was a dinner guest at the Geo.
Briley home Sunday.
The L. Beals family of Pine
River and the Warren Grover
family of Blind Lake, attended
services at the Grover school
Sunday.
The time for the summer Bible Conference   at   Mildred   is
Only once in four years
does the Journal have an
opportunity to bring readers
an account of the national
presidential nominating con
ventions. Living ap to its
name as a paper which always serves current public
public interest, the Journal
this week brings you, on an
inside page, the thrilling
tale of the Democratic Convention at Philadelphia.
The feature is writen by
W. Webber, former service
editor at the Minneapolis of
fice of the Western Newspa
per Union, largest news
syndicate in the world, and
now editor in chief of that
organization. His story,
you'll agree, brings more
than actual facts of the
convention—it also features
"inside dope," descriptions
of the. nominees, and is full\
of color and action.
TWO FAMILY REUNIONS HELD SUN.
NOTICE
There will be a special shareholders meeting of the Pine Riv
er Cooperative Creamery Ass'n.,
at the creamery in Pine,. River,
on Saturdav, July 11th. This
meeting will be for the purpose
of taking up and completing
of the annual meeting, which
was indefinitely postponed last
February, owing to weather and
road conditions.
An effort is being made to
change the annual meeting date
from the second Saturday in
February, to the third Saturday
in June. This requires a two
thirds vote of all shareholders.
It is important that all shareholders be present to cast their
vote, if unable to attend get in
touch with the secretary's office
*or a voting slip and send in yo_r
vote by mail.
L. O. Fick, Sec.
FAMILY REUNION AT THE
W. J. REYNOLDS HOME
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Reynolds
were hosts to a grand family
reunion. Sunday, when about
fifty of their relatives were gues
ts at their home over the week
end. All eleven children and
their families were present for
this happy occasion, with the ex
ception of Jay, of Milwaukee,
and Mrs. Danielson, of Muscogee
Oklahoma. Mrs. Grinols who
was seriously ill a short time ago
has recovered sufficiently to
enjoy having her children and
grandchildren with her. Those
present were Mr. and Mrs. Harold Loper and two daughters of
Honolulu, Hawaii; Mr. and Mrs.
A. W. Palmer and family of Huron, So. D., Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Wyndorski and daughter of St
Paul, Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Grinol^
of Mobridge, S. D., Mr. and Mrs"
Lance Grinols and daughter and
Mr. and Mrs. Brubaker of Sauk
Rapids, Mr. and Mrs. Dale Brown
of Aberdeen, S. D., Mr. and Mrs.
Harold Hill and Binky and Mr
and Mrs Dale' Grinols and children of Pine River. Other relatives present were Mrs. O. K."
Mohn and son of Andover. S. D.,
who is a sister of Mrs. Grinols,
and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Leahy
of Minneapolis. Mrs. Leahy is a
sister of Mr. Grinols.
WINNERS OF LAST
WEEK'S DRAWING
in
in
P. E. Lindberg, Rod and reel,
Roy Arnold.
Ben's Cafe, carton cigarettes,
Bob Evans.
Siefert's Market, 2.00 in trade,
Walter Pederson.
Lundin Flour and Feed, 491b
sack Gold Medal Flour, N. C.
Westrum.
Hourigan Drug Store, 2.00
trade, Edna Shiffer.
Pine River Oil Co.,   2.00
trade, Theodore Hauggard
Bungalow Cafe, merchandise,
Cliff Gearheart.
Paul Bunyan Cafe, 2.00 in
trade. A. C. Hickel.
Fields Barber Shop, large
bottle of Fitches Shompoo.
Lucile's Beauty Shop, Facial,
Virginia Witting.
Downing's Barber Shop, Hair
Oil. George Danforth.
J. F. Anderson Lumber Co.,
2.75 in trade, John Thompson.
Gamble Store, 2.00 in trade,
Earle Schmelzer.
Farmers Supply Co., 501b
sack Good Bread Flour, M. tj.
Hemmelman.
Kater's Grocery, 4.00 in trade,
Victor McGinnis.
T. R. Ethridge, Dining Room
Table, Mrs. G. P. Rognlie
drawing nearer.    The dates are
July 23 to August 2.
Attendance at the Mildred
Sunday school was somewhat
lower last Sunday as several
families attended a reunion in
the Southern part of the state.
The monthly Christian Endeavor service will be held Sunday evening. July 5. Different
groups are preparing special
numbers for this program.
John Wiens
 Degrees	
The local Oddfellows lodge,
with the assistance of the Backus lodge conferred the second
and third degrees on Monday
night. The candidates given the
degrees were Ernest Robideau
and Ben Robideau of Pine River.
Members of the local lodge will
go to Backus July 7 to do some
degree work.
GARDNER FAMILY HAS
REUNION SUNDAY
About forty relatives of Mrs.
S- J. Johnson held a family reunion at the Louis Arvig cottage
on Rush Lake Sunday. A bountiful picnic dinner was served at
noon. All of Mrs. Johnson's
children and their families were
present, together With several
other relatives. Those present
included Claud and Clifford Gardner and their families, Guy
Gardner, Mr. and Mrs. Dwight
Francis, and Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Aamot of Pine River; Mr.
and Mrs. Louis Arvig and family
of Pequot. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest
Thorpe, Mr. and Mrs. Carlson
and daughter of Minneapolis; Mr
and Mrs.'Alfred Miller and fami
ly of Lesuer, Minn.; Mrs. Fred
Porter and friend of Spokane,
Wash., and Mr. and Mrs. John
Francis and nephew of Ark.
REPUBLICAN TEA FRI
DAY, AT THE HOME OF
MRS.   OLLIE   DAHL
On Friday afternoon at 2:30,
there will be a Republican sneaker from Minneapolis, Mrs.
Charles F. Lynds, a well informed woman and prominent ' in
Minneapolis political circles.who
will present some interesting
facts to those who are interested.
A general invitation is extended to all women to attend this
tea for a social and political afternoon. There is a possibility
of more women speakers but, at
this writing information is not
definite.
WEED CONTROL
HIGHWAY PATROL AIDS
THOUSANDS J2VERY YEAR
Members of ^ie Minnesota
highway patrol traveled 1,416,
714 miles during the first four
months of this year, giving aid
" ?0.019 motorists, warning
30,785 traffic la vv violators, han_
ding out 10,858 tags for illegal
equipment, arresting 1,304 persons for violations of the traffic
code and attending 234 accidents
Farmers who are cooperating
in soil Conservation work may
earn soil conserving payments
by practicing weed control on
7*/_ per cent of their soil depleting acreage of 1935. Instead
of shifting 15 per cent of the
1935 soil depleting acreage to
soil conserving crops, in 1936
one half of the acreage can be
used for weed control providing
the other half is seeded to soil
conserving crops. Farmers who
wish to comply for this type of
payment should write or talk to
Oscar Nelson, Emergency County Agricultural Agent, who will
advise the county soil Conservation Committee to inspect the
field to determine whether it is
infected badly enough with per_
ennial noxious weeds to qualify
for weed control practice.
Mrs. Minnie Morrison spent
Tuesday and Wednesday in
Brainerd.