The Pine River Journal (Pine River, Minnesota), 1936-05-14

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PINE RIVER JOURNAL
VOLUME I NUMBER XXXIX THE PINE RIVER JOURNAL, PINE RIVER, CASS COUNTY, MINNESOTA,   THURSDAY, MAY 14, 1936
SUBSCRIPTION $1.00 Per Year
FIELD DAY FOR RURAL SCHOOLS IN P.R.
The Pine River High School
is sponsoring their first annual
Field Day on Friday, May 22.
All rural schools in the county
are invited to participate. Parents are also invited.
On arrival, each school will
report for registration in the
auditorium; name of school, district number, number of students
present, and number of miles
school is from Pine River.
Parents of pupils are asked to
bring picnic lunches if weather
permits, the tourist park will be
used or accomodations will be
made in the armory.
The business firms of Pine River are furnishing hot beverages for both students and parents
and have also generously contributed prizes for the various
events.
A Gra^d Prize will be given
to the school winning the most
number of points, having the
largest representation, coming
from the greatest distance, girl
winning most points, boy winning most points.
Tournaments will be held for
the adults attending which will
include a horseshoe pitching
tournament and a tennis tournament.
Field events will begin prompt
ly at 10:00 a. m. and will consist
of the following:
50 yard Dash
Children under 8,   two   entries
from each school
50 Yard Dash
Boys under 10, two entries from
each school
50 Yard Dash
Boys under 12, two entries from
each school
50 Yard Dash
Bovs over 12, two entries   from
each school
High Jump
Bovs under 12, two entries from
each school
High Jump
Bovs over 1.2. two entries from
each school
Broad Jump
Bovs under 12 two entries from
each school.
Broad Jump
Boys over 12, two entries from
each school
Relay Race
Mixed team, 4 members, one entry from each school
Baseball Target Throw
Bovs anv grade, two entrie from
each school
Three Legged Race
Boys. 2 teams two entries from
each school
Wheelbarrow Race.bov on hands
Bovs two   teams,   two   entries
from each school
Kittenball Game
Girl ntt.r-har 5 innings, one entry
■F-nTTi each school
LOCAL SCHOOL OBSERVES
CONSERVATION   WEEK
National Conservation Week
was very fittingly observed at
the Pine River School last week.
On Wednesday afternoon Harold Searles of the Minnesota
Forestry Department pres en-
ted to the school assembly a series of moving pictures on conservation and fire prevention, accompanied by a lecture on the
subject. Local Forest Ranger,
George Erickson of Pequot and
District Ranger, Arnold Erickson of Brainerd were also present.
On Thursday, Game Warden
Nyvall of Longville, accompanied the science class on a field
trip and on Friday gave a lecture
at the general assembly on conservation and wild life.
NOTICE
The Bachelors of the V. F. W.
Post 772 of Longville are giving
a Dance at B. R. Yochum's Barn
Saturdav night, May 16. Every
body come. A good time is assured all who attend and mavbe
you'll gobble up the prize bachelor.
H. B. Schenck
WOMEN'S   AUXILIARY
TO MEET SATURDAY EVE
The charter members of the
Auxiliary to the Veterans of For
eign Wars will hold an open meet
ing in Pine River on Saturday
evening, May 16 at the home of
Mrs. Chas. Rounds. Any eligible
ladies are welcome to this meeting. Plans will be made for Decoration Day.
SEED LOANS NOW
BEING MADE IN CO.
FTA HOLDS FINAL
MEEETING MONDAY
ERADEF.PHFAN CLUB
MET FRIDAY MAY 8
The regular meeting of the
Eradelphian Club was held at
the home of the president, Mrs.
T. D. Farnam on Fridav afternoon. The tonic for discussion
was "Indian Tribes of the U. S."
Members responded to roll call
bv d«scrihin°- re-uHar customs ..
of the Indians It was voted that i Mlldr6!d p°U'try and Berry
The Minnesota Rural Rehabilitation Division of the Resettlement Administration is now making emergency seed loans thru
its various county officesthrough
out the state.
Farmers who have received
subsistance grants since December 31, 1935 and who are not accepted farm plan clients have
been made eligible to' receive loans under recent regulations.
Previously this group could not
obtain emergency credit for seed
either from the Resettlement Ad
ministration or from the emergency Crop and Feed Loan Office
of the Farm Credit Administration.
In addition, those eligible to
receive seed loans include farm
families which are standard rehabilitation cases.
Persons not eligible are those
in farm, families having ainri,i<w:
tions for loans pending with the
Emergency Crop and Feed Loan
section of the F. C. A., or who
have received such loans in 1936,
and emergency relief clients who
have not received 3ubsistance
grants since December 31, 1935,
and do not have loan applications on file in the county rehabili
tat'on offies.
No loan of more than $100. is
to be made unless the need is urgent. The average must not exceed $75.
The interest rate is five percent, and no loan can be made
for longer than March 1, 1937
The PTA held its last meeting
of the year on Monday evening
with a large attendance present.
Aproposition presented itselt
whereby a bargain could be had
in jackets and caps for the high
school band and the PTA voted
to give twenty five dollars toward the purchase. The suits
are made of fine materials and
will make the appearance of the
band more attractive.
The president announced Dale
Tappe as the winner of the prize for having submitted the best
invitation from the first grade.
Officers for the following year
were elected as follows: president, Rev. MacKinney; vice pres,
Mrs. Dale Dubbs; sec, Mrs. Oscar Kolb and treas., Mrs. Maud
Martin. The officers were installed with Miss Esther Conzet reading the ceremony.
The PTA has been a helpful
organization and it is hoped that
next year the enrollment will
continue to increase.
The following program was
then presented:
Selection, Pine River Players;
Southern Song, Riley Trio: Vocal solo, Corwin Jones, Mr.Jones
was so so enthusiastically encored he was compelled to repeat
the last number. Harmonica
Band by the fifth grade; Trombone quartet, E. C. Lembke, Mrs
Fred Moulster, Mrs. Ernest
Johnson of Pequot and Vernon
MacKinney; Songs, Girls from
the Normal Training Dept.,-Outline of the Work in Home Ec,
Miss Odin; Saxophone solo, E. C
Lembke; "Pa Gets Took" a ten
minute comedy_sketch was ve^v
well pTesenTecT as well as amusing, with the following cast:
Pa Tom Rilley
The Photograher Jim Riley
Ma  Mrs. Bates
Two Daughters Mary Knut-
son and Mary Riley
The Pine River Players closed
the program with an orchestra
number after which the lunch
committee served eighty
people.
DEMOCRATIC CLUB
BEING ORGANIZED
A combination Democratic
club, backing the candidacy of
Beldin H. Loftsgaarden, St Paul,
candidate for United States
Senator and Ralph Woolsey, Melrose, candidate for Congress
from the sixth congressional district, was organized in Pine River Monday, by William Rosch,
vice president of the Minnesota
Younger Democratic Clubs.
Robert Bremken was named
chairman of the local club, which
will have as its chief objective,
the furthering of campaign plans
for the two candidates mentioned. Both candidates are at the
present time members of the
state senate and both have very
favorable labor records as wellas
sponsoring consistantly progressive farm legislation.
A gigantic rally will be held in
the near future at which time
these two candidates will be
among the guests of honor and
at which time a speaker of national renown is expected to address the gathering.
NEW   SIGNS   ON   WPA
PROJECTS   GOING   UP
Within a short time, all WPA
projects in Cass county will be
identified with an appropriate
sign. The new signs are red.
white and blue, in horizontal
bands and are lettered as follows
"USA- Work- Program- PA" On
larger jobs, road work and construction, the project number is
given. Smaller signs are available for such undertakings as sew
ing and white collar projects. Instructions are that every project inthe country, bigand little
shall be identified.
LIST OF UNCLAIMED MAIL
AT   LOCAL   POSTOFFICE
Following is a list of unclaimed mail held in general delivery
at the Pine River postoffice:
Arnold Elmer,     Carson Mrs. Ed
Anderson Ingerman,   Cony H. E
Hallenbeck Jessie,   A. A. Stain-
beck
Heckler Miss Elizebeth    Leonard Anderson
Culane Mrs. M., Palen L. E.
Iverson Adolph, Nodell Andrew
Reese John, Wilson Harry D.
Persons knowing the whereabouts or the forwarding address of any of the above are asked to convey the information
to the postmaster
L. E. Dougherty, P. M.
ATTENTION   PARENTS
Those who wish to have their
children vaccinated for diptheria
and inoculated for small pox and
who have not yet registeredmust
do so not later than Saturday,
Mav 16.
Children from six months of
age and up thru high school will
receive this treatment at a cost
of 15c per child. It will be neces
sary to register at Supt. Haacks
office on or before the above date
in order that the exact amount
of serum may be ordered. The
date of vaccination will be announced later. This is an opportunity which may not come to
Pine River again. Neighboing
towns are charging 50c for the
same treatment. Do not fail to
register if you wish to take advantage of this offer.
LAND O'LAKES TO
HOLD CONVENTION
W0MEN,S AUXILIARY ORGANIZED
NOTICE
At the next meeting
of
two amendments be added to the
bv laws; one. that the membership be extended from twenty to
twenty five members: the other
that the ammai dues be increased to $1.25. ThPR_- amendments
will Ho vntA^ on at the next meet
ing which will bQ held at the
home of Mrs P. E. Henninger at
KAnninflrer T^-p or) Norwav
I-ake. Mav 22.After the business
meeting was closed. Mrs. Farnam gave a verv interesting talk
on 'Indian Tribes in the U. S.' ad
ding some of her own! experiences when living near a reservation. There was also an exhibition of Indian Bead work and pictures of different tribes.
Several new pupils   have  enrolled in he local school this week
the
Association to be held at the Mildred school, Saturday evening
May 16, important matters will
come up for discussion. So important in fact that they must
be carefully considered and disposed of. All members should
be present as well as all who intend to join. At the May 23
meeting speakers from the University farm will be present to
lecture on Co-operation, Poultry
Raising and Berry Culture.
All are welcome to attend these
meetings.
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DAM TO BE BUILT
AT MUD LAKE SOON
Authoritv to start construction of a water conservation dam
at the outlet of Mud Lake, located a short distance north of Remer, in Range 26, Cass county,
was granted this week by Christ
gau, state administrator, according to word received from the
Brainerd office.
The project, which is one of
the most auspicious in the large
number of such undertakings
that have been sponsored by the
Drainage and Waters Division of
the State Conservation Department.includes in addition to the
dam proper, a long dike. The
proiect has an estimated cost of
$1,960. Work on the project
will begin as quicklv as materials can be assembled.
The dam is one of a large num
ber in Cass county which are being built to conserve the flow of
spring water and foster wild life
by preventing the destruction ot
fish breeding areas and nesting
spots for waterfowl.
PURCHASE SHOE SHOP
Ed Rice and Albert Hamm of
Park Rapids purchased the shoe
repair business from Ed Maki
Thursday, and with their families have moved into the Cromett
residence and are prepared to do
first class shoe repairing.
MARLOW THEATRE
INSTALLS NEON SIGN
The Marlow Theatre installed
a new neon sign last week. The
neon is in blue color and spells
out the word Marlow in large
letters. The sign is about 12 feet
in height and presents a very attractive appearance in front of
the theatre in addition to presenting an attractive additions to
the main street in general.
CLOUGH C OMMUNITY CLUB
SPONSORING DANCE  FRI.
The Clough Lake Community
Club is sponsoring a dance to be
held at the Norway Lake Pavil-
ian on Friday, May 15. Bill
King and his band will play.
NOTICE
The Gail Lake Township voted
a new Herd Law at its last annual meeting and has arranged
for a Pound and has appointed
Carl D. Schultz Pound Master.
Any cattle found straving, will
be placed in Pound byMr.Schultz
and it will be necessary for the
owner to pay the fee according
to the Herd Law to redeem his
cattle.
Town Board of
Gail Lake Township
CARD OF   THANKS
I wish to give my thanks for
the beautiful floral offerings,
those who sang, Rev. Milne, friends and neighbors and all who
assisted in any way.
Mrs. Stella Germain
HIGHWAY    SURVEY
SHOWS   2   MILLION
DAMAGE   TO   ROADS
Minnesota's trunk highway
system suffered abnormal damage of more than $2,000,000 this
spring as an aftermath of the un
usually severe winter, according
to figures submitted by the high
way commissioner by maintenance engineers of the state highway department.
This total does not include
damage to bridges in recent
spring floods nor the abnormal
expense incurred in plowing
snow off the roads this year.
Total abnormal expenditures
and road and bridge damage resulting from unusual weather
conditions since January 1, this
year approximate more- than
$3,000,000, listed as follows:
Damage to gravel ___$1,116,000
Bituminous 905,000
Shoulders, slopes, ditchesllO.OOO
Bridges, culverts 200,000
Snow removal 750,000
This situation, combined with
reduced maintenance funds resulting from lowered automobile
license fees, creates a serious situation for the trunk highway
system. Fed. aid cannot be used
for maintenance work and expenditures are limited to state
revenues.
At the regular meeting of the
Veterans of Foreign Wars of
the Pine River Post on Wednesday evening of last week, there
were a number of ladies present
who organized a Women's Auxiliary and signed an application
for a charter. It was voted to
hold their meetings the same evening as the Veterans met, the
first Monday of each month. At
the June meeting when the charter will have arrived, election of
officers will take place.
Mr. Otto Haack of Pine River,
and Charles Martin of Backus,
were taken in as new members
of the local V. F. W. Post at this
meeting.
Several out-of-town Veterans
and their wives were guests ;dele
gations coming from Brainerd,
Crosby, Longville and Detroit
Lakes.
Following the usual business
meeting dancing.with music furnished by Tom Riley, Jack Knut-
son, Herman Peterson and Vallie
Basore was enjoyed until the lun
ch hour, when Chas. Rounds and
Ernest Robideau served coffee
and a plate lunch in the rooms
downstairs in the armory.
TABERNACLE   NEWS
At the monthly meeting held
last week, over $100. and 1000
feet of lumber were contributed
toward the new tabernacle building. «,
Friday evening the young people will have a marshmallow roast and sing on the parsonage
grounds.
Several of the Sunday School
children composed originalpoems
about mother as part of the observance of Mother's Day. During the past two weeks, scholars
of the Sunday School have read
over 3000 Bible chapters in a
Bible Reading contest. Mr. Trade's class is leading with over
1100 chapters to their credit.
A " Get Aquainted Memorial
Day Fellowship Meeting" is being planned for Decoration Day.
The armory has been secured
for the day and invitations are
being sent out to nearby groups
of Christians to attend. A program of unusual interest is being arranged. More detailed announcements will be made next
week.
District No. 15 of the Land
O'Lakes Creameries will hold
their annual convention in Pine
River some time during the first
part of June. The convention
will be held in the armory and
will begin at eleven o'clock in the
morning.
The local High School band
has been engaged to entertain
the crowd during the noon hour.
One of the highlights of the program will be a speech by John
Brandt, nationally known authority on co-operative marketing and farm problems. 'This
will be well worth hearing as
Mr. Brandt not only knows his
subject well but is a very fluent speaker. In addition to this
there will be a cream grading
contest held at the creamery for
all operators in district 15.
three prizes will be awarded to
the best cream graders,
Every one that attends the
convention will be given a free
dinner which will be served in
the basement of the armory.
Mr. Newberger, the local operator informs us that a crowd of
fifteen hundred people from all
around the district is expected
to be in attendance,
- The Land O'Lakes Creameries
invite all dairy farmers andtheir
wives and also all other famers
who are interested to learn more
about the co-operative plan.
Further details will be publish
ed next week. Their advertisement appears on another page
of this issue.
SPECIAL SERVICE AT THE
M. E. CHURCH SUNDAY
Rev. M. B. Milne will give( the
last of his community programs
Sunday evening. The Oddfellows and the Rebekahs are the
honor guests, although everyone
is cordially invited to attend.
MR. C. J. KULLA PASSES
AWAY   ON   TUESDAY
As we go to press we are informed of the passing of John C.
Kulla, age 82, He died Tuesday
morning at ten o'clock.
Mr. Kulla had been ill for the
past three weeks and was taken
to the hospital Monday in a very
serious condition.
Obituary will be published in
next week's paper.
PINE RIVER HATCHERY
TO INCREASE ITS CAPACITY
The Pine River Hatchery announces that they will increase
their capacity to 30,000 eggs
next season. The reason for
this is the large demand for custom hatching.
BIG DANCE AT PINE
RIVER ARMORY FRI.
The Pine River Commercial
is sponsoring a dace, to be held
at the armory on Friday, May
15. An eight piece all girl orchestra, featuring a complete
floor show has been engaged for
the evening. There will be plenty of entertainment so don't
miss it !<
Dr. A. N. Meland made a business trip to Brainerd Saturday.
CLEANUP   NOTICE
Notice is hereby given thlat
all premises must be cleaned of
ashes and rubbish on or before
May 25, when a general in spec-
ion will be made by th eHealth
Officer.
By Order of Village Clerk,
Arvid Lundin
Mrs. Minnie Morrison returned Sunday from Minneapolis,
where she had spent a week with
her grandson, Ray Wareing.
Mrs. Emma Goggin arrived
Sunday from Minneaolis, where
she spent the winter. She was
accompanied by her son-in-law,
and daughter Mr. and Mrs. F. D.
Breddell, who returned to their
home in Minneaolis Wednesday.
Tom Kimball arrived from
Waterloo, la.. Sunday and will
spend a couple of weeks at his
coHage on Island Lake.
The tennis court at the High
School is a very popular place
these days. Players are signing
up for a tournament for High
School students which will beheld in the near future.