The Pine River Journal (Pine River, Minnesota), 1936-04-23

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PINE RIVER JOURNAL
VOLUME I NUMBER XXXVI THE PINE RIVER JOURNAL, PINE RIVER, CASS COUNTY, MINNESOTA, THURSDAY, APRIL 23,1936
SUBSCRIPTION $1.00 Per Year
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NEWS BRIEFS FROM
AROUND OUR STATE
BARKING    DOG * SAVES
LIVEo UN NlGJtlT ilRB
Perham—A barking dog undoubtedly saved Ihe lives of Mis
Alois Mergenroth ana her uaugn
ter Madrine the other morning
when the animal became alarmed at the noise of a fire which
was freely burning on the second fioor of their home in Perham. During the evening Che
lights in the nouse suddeniywerit
out, and thinking that the entire village was in darkness by
some electrical trouble, the fami
ly retired. They went to sleep
without being alarmed, and
were aroused only when their
faithful dog set up a howl. The
house was burned to the ground
but articles on the first floor
were saved.
of the farmer, the cowpuncher
arrived at the scene. The cows
were swimming around in the
water, when Johnson lassoed
them one by one, pulling them
out of the icy water with the
help of a couple of other men.
The cows were so chilled when
they were pulled out that they j
couldn't walk and had to be push
ed into the barn.
FIRE DOES $1500 DAMAGE
IN LUMBER YARD TUES.
BULL ATTACKS TRUCK
DRIVER   WHO   RUNS
JUMPS   AND   HIDES
MR. AND MRS. YORK
RETURN FROM COAST
FRIGID WEATHER DOESN'T
HAMPER LEMON (.ROWERS
New Ulm—The winds blew,
snow fell and tne mercury tumbled beiow zero. _>ut a tropical
fruit.has been growing in view.
Ulm for weeKs with much more
enthusiasm than most 'iruit
grows in its nacural habitat.
.Proof of tnis pnenomenon was
furnished when Stoeckert Bros.,
Lafayette.—It was a case of
quick presence of mind, a fast
run, jump and hide, to save the
life of James Isenberg, truck driver, who was attacked by a vicious bull the other day. While
loading the animal alt a farm
here, Isenberg led the bull into
the chute, only to have it make
a roaring attack. Isenberg ran
up into the truck and jumped
over the rack. The bull did likewise. Isenberg then slid under
the truck, and the animal was
unable to get his victim. For
some time the bull kept pawing
away bv the side of the truck
but walked off, giving up the job.
RING RIDES FIVE YEARS
ON   FRAME   OF   AUTO
Lakefield—Mrs. Lester Nor-
grarit believes in miracles now.
About five years ago she   lost
greenhouse Keepers extraordin-1her hl?h scAho°l class ring The
ary, exhibited a huge lemon! °ther day A. E. Norgrant s car
fresh from a tree in tneir giass! st°PPfd *°,1fiaveL1the ba„ tery..re;
enclosed conservatory. One of
the, several giant specimens, the
lemon was six inenes across and
five and one half inches long
when measured through the
center. A tape measure stretched 16^4 inches around it sgir-
th, while measured from top to
bottom it is 15*/4 inches in circumference. Its weight is a
mere one pound and ll3/_ ounces.
paired. When the cover was
lifted above the battery the ring
was found laving on the frame
of the car. The ring had apparently been riding on the
frame for the past five years
while its owner hunted high and
low for it.
FARMER SMOTHERED AS
SILAGE FALLS   ON   HIM
Milaca— Jerry Keefe, well
known farmer of Benton county,
was killed recently by being
smothered to death in his silo.
Accompanied b ya young man in
the neighborhood, William Mes
SOIL CONSERVATION
MEETING HELD HERE
Fire which started from burning grass caused an estimated
damage of $1500 to a supply
shed at the J. F. Anderson Lumber Yard Tuesday, according to
D. L. Triggs, manager.
The alarm was put in by Mr.
Triggs about 4:00 p. m. Tuesday Mn and Mrs. h. A. York re
afternoon. The chemical wagon uunea to their summer home in
was the first of the fire fighting! rine Rievr on, Monday of last
apparatus to arrive tut for ifpme | weeK after spending the winter
reason they were not able to get | in <jaiuornia and other points
it to function properly, so Dave aiong the pacific coast,
started after the fire tfuck j ^ney spent most of the winter
which carries the hose line'and j jn s_n uiego, Long Beach, Los
found that they were stalled so Angeles ana' Berkley. They sta
he hitched his trusty Buick to te tnat it is a wonderful place to
the truck and towed it to the spenci the winter and were glad
scene of the fire and as soon as j t0 escape the slightly below zero
the water Was turned on the fire j -weather that we had here. The
was brought under control Jind | California scenery is beautiful,
practically all1 of   the   building says Mr. York,   ranging   'from
"FIRST A GIRL" IS NEW
MUSICAL STARRING j ESSIE MATTHEWS SUNDAY
was save but the contents which
were plaster, cement and other
building materials were ruined
by the 'flames a     water.
It is thought that the wind
blew the flames under the struc
ture when some grass was being
burned arou-tl e building and
started the flames.
SPECIAL   SERVICE
M. E. CHURCH
AT
SUNDAY
Next Sunday evening the first
of a series of services will be given in which a number of organizations in the community will
be honor guests. This week the
ladies of the Eastern Star, and
the gentlemen of the Masonic
Order are invited.   Among  pro-
hiils, valleys and cactus to moun
tains and canyons so deep that
the bottom is almost invisible to
the traveler.
From Berkely, they took the
coast rt. highway No. 101 which
extends north through the entire
state of Oregon. En route they
traveled thru the giant Redwood
forests of Oregon, the trees ranging from 10 to 12 feet thru at
the base. They stopped off for a
couple of days at Yokima, Wash
ington where they visited with
a sister of Mrs. York and went
from there to Spokane.
Their trip from Spokane was
uneventful and they suffered no
mishaps at all but did meet a
healthy snow storm in the Rocky
mountains as they came thru
northern Idaho.     Snow   plows
gram features will be   solos   by
Miss McCart and another whose kept the roads open at all times
name will be announced later;   a so the going was easy. Mr. York
Ab^ut one hundred farmers in
this vicinity gathered at the
school auditorium Wednesday,
to h'sten to Wm. Peters of the
University Farm explain the agricultural nro_ram which    wil)
trio by young ladies, and a harp
solo by Mrs. Milne. Two other
numbers will be one of Mrs. Milne's pictures and a brief dramatization, both on aooropriate
Scriptural themes. The pastor
will speak on "Destiny in a Single Choice." A cordial invitation
is extended to the public to attend.
senson, Keefe entered the silo to take the place of the   ill   fated
try and dislodge a lot of frozen
silage that was clinging to the
upper part of the structure. A
large amount of the silage suddenly fell, burying both men under it, but Messenson managed
to crawl out from under th'
mass. Keefe was unable to get
out and was smothered to death.
It took 45 minutes to dig his bo
dy out from under the eight
foot heap. When he was removed he wa sfound to have suffocated.
Snowbank Good Storage For
Money, But Brings No Interest
AAA. This program provides
for the conservation of soil fertility and the prevention of ero-
~;~n h-.r wjnrl and water. The farmers will be paid somethingwith
refe^en^e to the crooning system
ftn.'i vni) h»T>aid fo>* shiftingfrorn
mV depleting to soil conserving
cons.
The^p will be a community and
and1 countv committee in charge, that will hero classify land
and determine the amount each
farmer will be 'Oaid, which will
average about $10. per acre on
15ner cent of the 1935 acreage.
At the business meeting four
TABERNACLE NEWS
committemen were elected to
Mountain Lake.—Stories are represent twelve townships.They
numerous about socks, teapots, are Charges Swift, chairman;
and even stoves being used as Matt Anderson John O'Connor
receptacles for money, but this and L. Battles. On Tuesday
spring brings the first one in these committeemen met with all
which a snowbank was used as a the committee men of the coun-
safety deposit vault. Last Nov- ty which includes six groups,
ember 16, R. H. Junker sold a. Mr. Peters and the County Ag-
load of geese for $13. when he' w°nt were present. On Wednes-
arrived home he found that his: day a mass meeting of the far-
wallet containing the money jers to si „n up work sheets for
from the transaction was missing. On Friday, March 20, C. B.
Frieson, while driving on a road
north of Mountain Lake, saw
the wallet protruding from a
melting snowbank, where it had
been pushed by a passing snow-
plow. There is a moral to this
story. Inside the wallet was the
original $13—no interest.
'ers to siern up work sheets
the season.
FORMER    COWPTTNCTJFR
LASSOES COWS IN LAKE
Mound.—Ernie Johnson, former cowpuncher in the Montan-
as, lassoed three cows from the
open lake at King's point, near
Mound recently, and proved that
he had lost none of the knack of
roping. The cows strolled across
the ice and ventured too close to
a spot where a considerable amount of ice had been harvested
On Tuesday evening, Mrs. Mac
Kinney and Verne and Mark will
assist with music in the Jenkins
Community Church. The young
folks will all accompany them
to the service. On Thursday evening the men of the Tabernacle
will go to the service at Jenkins
in a body.
Friday evening there will be
a meeting of all persons interested in attending the camp meeting to be held at Heath's Resort
on Whitefish Lake in June. The
meeting will be held at theWhite
Fish school house.
'HOT"   WIRE   KNOCKS
INVESTIGATOR "COLD'
stated that they traveled over
paved or oiled roads most of the
time and traveling was very
comfortable.
TRAINING   SCHOOL   FOR
AUTO LIGHT ADJUSTERS
Tower.—The effects of a 'hot'
wire left Jack Anderson quite
'cold' for some time recen'tly.and
efforts to revive him were almost   despaired   of.   Anderson
Automobile mechanics who
wish to qualify as certified auto
light adjusters may take a special three-jday course at Dun-
woody Institute, Minneapolis. on-
April 27, 28 and 29. The patrol
has supervision of light testing
stations throughout the state.
The first two days of the instruction course will be in the
use of the standard muslinscreen
method of headlamp testing.The
third day will be devoted to the
use of mechanical and electrical
methods of lamp testing. Workers in garages using only the
screen system are not required
to take the third day's course.
Men now certified as screen testers may take the instruction in
mechanical methods only.
This will be the only official
instruction course offered this
year. The fee for the course
is $5 regardless of whether they
take the full course or not.
It's a dancing picture at the
Marlow Theatre from Sunday
through Tuesday. Jessie Matthews in 'First A Girl' with Son-
■nie Hale contributing his inimitable comedy, Griffith Jones
contributing the heart interest,
and Anna Lee contributing the
necessary plot complication.
'First A Girl,' directed by Vic
tor Saville and produced by GB,
tells the story of a girl, Miss Mat
thews of course—who can have
fame and all the luxury thatgoes
with it if she will pose as a boy
giving female impersonations,
or be just a little nobody out of
a job. She decides to be a boy,
and then falls in love! After
that its all mixed identities and
scrambled hearts to the tune of
six enchanting new songs by the
team of Sigler, Goodheart and
Hoffman and five spectacular
dance ballets. Londcn, Pans,
Nice and Monte Carlo provide a
glamorous background for the
picture. There will be no matinee Sunday.
LOCAL FAIR GROUNDS
TO BE RENOVATED
Badly needed improvements at
the local fair grounds are to he
undertaken at once. This w;>s
verified this week when Victor
Christgau formally approved . n
allotment of $542 to comllete
the work.
The project calls for the building of a grandstand, the remodeling of the poultry house and
two. cattle sheds, the moving ot
the baseball diamond and other
minor changes that the fair
board has in mind. Work will
be started in the very near future and will be carried on asfast
as sufficient relief labor in the
vicinity can be obtained. The
project makes provision for such
material as will be needed in the
construction.
PETERSON - MOSER
SHOW
TO BE HELD FRI., MAY 1
Miss Katherine Moser and
Kenneth R. Peterson were united
in marriage on Thursday afternoon, April 16. Rev. J. E. Dehaan performed the ceremony.
Attendeants for the young
couple were Miss Virginia Peterson, sister of the groom amd Mr
Harold Moser, a brother of the
bride. Following the ceremony
a beautiful reception was given
at the home of the groom's parents, Mr. and Mrs Oscar Peterson. On the following day the
happy young couple left on a wed
ding trip to Donnelly, Minnesota, accompanied bv Mr. and Mrs.
Harold Moser and baby, Keith
BRIDGE TOURNAMENT
COMPLETED THURS.
NOTICE
The Mildren Poultry and Berry Ass'n., will hold meetings ev-
went to the basement of the Ver-' ery Saturday night at 8   p.   m.
million Tavern to hook up a few; beginning April 25, for the next
MR. and MPS. C. R. TOWN-
SEND ENTERTAIN SUNDAY
The Sundav Niefrt Supper
Club was entertained at thehome
of Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Townsend.
After a delicious supper served
by the hostess, contract bridge
was plaved at three tables. Mrs.
John: Kater and L. W. Isensee
were awarded prizes for high
scores.
NOTICE TO SOFTBALL FANS
wires. He was evidently , standing on wet ground or some other electric conductor, as when he
touched the hot wires he made a
perfect circuit through his body. At any rate he was knocked cold. Not having told anyone of his intentions, he was not
missed for some time.
four weeks
Orders will be taken at
meeting.
M. L. Kinneberg, Sec
each
recently.   Attracted by the cries, dance.
All ladies and girls interested
in soft ball and wish to join the
indeoendant team are requested
to meet at the schoolhouse at3 p.
m. Saturdav afternoon. Mrs.
Don Shonkwiler is in charge and
would like to have a good atten-
PIKE   PTTFS   OFF   MORE
THAN IT   CAN   CHEW
Howard Lake.— A pike which
had bitten off more than it
could chew was discovered with
the spring- draining of Howard
Lake recently. One large dead
pike was brought to the surface
with a large sunfish in its mouth
and throat which it could not
swallow. Three separate hauls
were made for rouorh fish in the
lake, with over 2000 pounds of
carp caught and removed, the
pike and bass being returned to
the lake. The net used has a two
inch mesh, which when drawn in
the water measures about three
inches, so that crappies, sunfish
and perch go through without
being caught.
Mr. and Mrs. Morris Wareing
and children and Mrs. Effie Ware
ing of Brainerd, caliled oni Mrs.
Minnie Morrison Wednesday evening.
The final and most exciting
session of the Ladies Bridgre
Tournament was held Thursday
evening at the Lake Region hotel. Those taking part in the
"ontest the past six weeks have
shown a keen interest and all re
gret it is at an end. There were
some unexpected shifts in the
positions of the teams and the
final results came as a surprise
to most of the players. The
TownBend-Siefert team finished
at the top. The losers are now
planning a party which they will
give the winners in the near future.
The final scores are asfollows:
Winners
Towmsend-Siefert   12581
Downing-Severied 10732
Schuster -Stewart 10632
Sherwood-Golz 11951
Witting-Dingle    10193
Shiffer-Kolb 10697
Stewart -Conzet 12157
Dahl-Anderson 10743
Datzman-Hill 11221
LOSERS
Zigmund -Hempstead 9283
Robideau-Lundin 6635
Shepard- Morrison 8500
Evansta-McCart 7883
Thomas-Rovik 9187
TriggsjGardner 9073
Bergstrom-Brezinsky 6873
Kater-Isensee 10050
Fields-Moulster 10099
The second Variety Show,
which is slated for May 1, at the
Marlow theatre, promises to be
a riot of fun mingled with some
excellent singing, dancing and
other musical numbers.
Almost two hours of genuine
entertainment-first comedy then
some sweet music and then some
more comedy followed by clowning dancing and harmony music.
"Henry's Mail Order Wife,"
starts the show. This is a two
act comedy- good plot, intrigue-
ing incidents and mirth provoking all the way through. The
play is presented by the Oddfellow players, well known for their
ability to act their roles. It is a
western play- the scene is laid in
the shack of two bachelor cowboys, tired of their household
duties. Lured by a newspaper
advertisement, Henry, tries the
mail order business. The names
of the players will be given next
week.
The announcer will again be
Miss Margaret Robideau, in a
costume of 'I860.'
Other specialties are as follows: 'Tap Dancing Clown,' by
Isabell Bolon;Tndian LoveSongs'
in costume, Miss Eunice McCart,
Miss McCart is conceeded to be
one of the best and finest vocal
soloist in Pine River and in the
programs she has appeared this
winter has won her listeners
completely.
"The Crystal Gazer;" a short
sketch by Stewart and Dahl; a
song specialty by JoyceRobideau
'Accordian Duo' by Annabelle
and Ben Schoon.
There are also three big surprise numbers that will be announced next week. Excellent
and entirely different than ever
before are these secret numbers.
This is the second and last
variety show until next -fall. Bigger and better than ever- with
all high" class amateur entertains
ers- admission 10c and 25c. I. O.
O. F. benefit.
Mrs. Lewis Walton, district
president of the Rebekah Lodge,
made an official visit to the Back
us lodge Thursdav evening. 8
members of the Brainerd lodge
were also present. Mrs. Walton
was accompanied by Mesd'ames
Teagarden, Bates, and Mr. Walton.
The members of the losing
teams of the Ladies Bridge Tour
nament met on Monday evening
at the home of Frances Moulster
to make plans for entertaininfi:
the winners at an early date. After the plans were completed,
bridge was played at four tables
and a dainty lunch was served
by the hostess.
The following poem was written and contributed by Lorraine
Murray.
THE HOLY CITY
Twas John the Divine Revelator
Who on the Isle all alone
Saw the beautiful Heavenly city
The Cit v of God's Blessed
Throne.
The size and description I'll give
you
as John in the Bible describes
The place of the Holy City
The city of the new Jerusalem.
The height and the breadth were
four cubits
The width and the depth   the
same
The place where no evil can enter
The place where the sun is the
same.
The walls of this beautiful city
Of Pearl and Rubies fair
The streets of gold   and   silver
and diamoi      and
Emeralds are there.
Then there are gates to this man
sion
Twelve on east and north and
south
And the angels guard the palace
To keep all rust and   corrupt
out.
The Cherubins of the city
Of precious stones are made
And all the work of wonder
By Jesus Christ was laid.
They need no candle lighted
Nor Sun to show the way
For Christ the Lord doth light it
By night and also by day.
In this most Holy Refuge
No weeping shall we know
For Christ shall dry the tears
that from your eyes here flow.
No parting in that Blessed
Land of Pure and Sweet
For there we'll sit with Jesus
Around the throne at his feet
So see my blessed reader
Though John was left alone
Upon the Isle of Patmus
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