The Pine River Journal (Pine River, Minnesota), 1935-11-28

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PINE RIVER JOURNAL
VOLUME I NUMBER V THE PINE RIVER JOURNAL, PINE RIVER, CASS COUNTY. MINNESOTA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1935
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NEW TRAFFIC CODE
BEING PROPOSED
CHANGES IN VEHICLE LAW
WILL   BE   ASKED   OF
LEGISLATURE
A new state traffic code designed to simplify present traffic laws, remove obsolete regulations, add new ones and speed
up prosecutions h„s been prepar
ed for submission to the legislature when it meets in special
session in December.
The new code, backed'by automobile clubs.sa'fety organization
the raiiroad and warehouse commission and the state highway
department, embraces findings
of state and national safety conferences, d-pies are being printed by the highway department
and will be distributed to all
state senators and representatives prior to the session, as well
as to other interested groups.
Designed to replace the present traffic code, adopted principally in 1927, the new act
would eliminate many features
outgrown by modern traffic conditions both on rural highways
and city streets. If it becomes
law the o.de will automatical. ■
force all city ordinances to coniform in a large measure. Sharp
changes, designed better to protect the motorist and the pedestrian, have been made. S:me of
them are:
^Traffic signs, including stop-
go signals, would gradually be
made uniform throughout the
state.
A new charge, "negligent hom
icide," would be created to applv
where the operation of a motor
vehicle "in reckless disregard of
the safety of others," results in
the death of any person within
one year. This charge would be
gross misdemeanor, punishable
by imprisonment for up to one
year or a fine of up to $1,000 or
both.
Drunken driving, reckless driving and failure to stop after an
accident would become misdemeanors, thus permitting speedv
trials in any municipal or justice
court. Quicker revocation of
drivers' licenses also will be possible. At present, drunken driving charges are tried in munici-
ple courts in cities of the 'first.
class but must face long delays
for district court sessions outside the large cities. In reducing both charges from gross mis
demeanors to misdemeanors the
punishments are reduced to imprisonment for up to ninety
days or a fine of up to $100 or
both, but sponsors of the bill believe more charges would be filed and conviction would be more
certain.
Speed laws would be changed
to eliminate the eld. 15 miles per
hour, minimum in certain localities. The proposed law defines
a prima facie evidence of speed
"greater than reasonable and
and prudent" as over 20 miles
per hour in any business district
over 25 miles per hour in any
residential district and over 45
miles per hour on any other
stretch of highway not designated as dangerous by the commissioner of highways. It would
also make driving at a speed so
slow as to interfere with traffic
a law violation.
The bill would provide passing
en either the ight or left 'on
any highway having room for
four traffic lanes. It is now unlawful to pass on the right anywhere in the state.
All "U" turns on curves or
crests of hills would be prohibited.
The bill would give the commissioners of highways power
to regulate, design and also the
operation of all school buses.
It would require safety glass
six months after the passage of
the act in vehicles used for trans
porlation of passengers far compensation,, in school buses and
after one year, in all motor vehicles.
It would require a reflector on
the rear of all vehicles in   addi
tion to the regular tail light.
It would require propercontrol
of headlights on meeting other
vehicles, such as dimming or
lowering of beams.
Any driver involved in an accident causing death, injury or
$50 property damage, would be
required to report to the commissioner of highways, whether
the accident was in a city or on
the rural highways.
Pedestrians on highways
would be required to face traffic
walking on the left side of the
road, and at night to wear clothing of a visible cojor oi carry
a light.
Organizations backing thenew
bill include Minneapolis, St Paul
and Duluth automobile clubs, thp
Minnesota league of Municipalities, State Safety Council, Minnesota Public Safety Committee,
trucking and transport organizations and the Nation J Public
Safety council.
REBEKAH LODGE ENTERTAIN   STATE   OFFICER
In honor of the assembly officer, Mrs. Cora Dieter, the Rebekah Lodge members entertained at a one o'clock luncheon
at the Lake Region Hotel Friday. The tables were verv
charmingly set,with rosebuds for
placecards, symbolic of the name
of the local lodge. A three course
luncheon was served for twelve,
after which the ladies went to
the I. O. 0. F. Hall and held a
regular lodge meeting for inspection by the state officer. Mrs-
Dieter has a delightful wholesome personality and she knows
her work so well that her visit
was an inspiration to each and
every member. A gift was presented Mrs. Dieter in behalf of
the lodge by Mrs. Dahl. Mrs-
Alice Amy, who is a member of
the South Dakota Jurisdiction,
but attend s the Pine River lodge regularly, gave a short! talk-
following this coffee was served
and asocial hour was enjoyed by
everyone present.
CCC BOYS RECEIVING ADVANCEME'T
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"Since the inception cf the
Civilian Conservation Corps in
1933, over 333 C. C. enrollees
hpve been promoted to better
jobs in the North Central Regi-
cii," announced E. W. Tinker.
Regional Forester, in Milwaukee today.
Boys receiving $30 _ 45 per
month have been promoted, a.«
a result of their self-improvement on the job and their indicated aptitude' for handling
work projects and men, to responsible positions paying $1200
to $2,000 annualy.
, Latest information received
from the Forest supervisors and
State Directors of the C. C. C.
camps indicates the distribution
of promotions as follows: Minnesota, 44; Wisconsin, 49 ; Michigan, 49; Ohio, 27; Illinois, 20;
Indiana, 4; and Missouri 83. The
promotion of these enrollees is in
line with the policy of Mr. Robert C. Fechner, National Director of the Civilian Conservation
Corps, to promote the C. C. C-
enrollees to new supervisory positions wherever possible. These
earnest young men have worked
hard, and every opportunity for
advancement is given them.
Many others are now in line for
promotion as soon, as new positions are opened.
On many of the forest areas
through which approximately
272 C. C. C. camps are opeiating
enrollee leaders are now supervising crews in road construction,
hazard removal, survey crews,
planting, and many other projects. Specialized training to
these men for specialized jobs
has long been the vogue. A
glance through the Personnel
files shows that positions in
ranks cf clerks, tractor operators, miscellaneous foremen, mechanics, compassmen, and even
Assistants to Forest Technicians have been filled.
Thankfulness
is a
Cardinal
Virtue
P. R. H. S. DEFEATS
N. DEPARTM'T
The basketball game played
Friday evening of last week ran
true to predictions with th-3
high school team defeating thp
Normal T. D. team by a score of
18-11.
Perhaps the fact that the Nor
mal team had to do without
their fancy jerseys had some effect on the score, but that's
doubtful. The Normal team also suffered because of their-
lack of substitutes, as they werp
always facing fresh     ponents
Jim Riley and Bob Kemper
shared honors as high point men
each scoring four points for thp
high school. Harold Walton was
high point man for the evening
as well as for the Normal tea&
with a total of five points.
A preliminary game was sta-
nr,pd for" tb° sophomore and junior girls. The game was closp
and ended with a 4-3 score in favor of the sophomores. It was
a hard fought contest and a well
played game.
SURPRISE   PARTY
On Wednesday evening, Nov-
20th., a group of neighbors and
friends gathered at the Gus
Hoefs home, southeast of Pine
River, and took them by surprise on their 15th anniversary
of wedded bliss.
Those present were Maynard
Seaton and family, E. A. Erickson and family, Frank Peterson
and family, Mr. and Mrs. M.
McKay, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Dropping, Oscar Norman and family,
Harry Ryder and family.Llew-
ellyn Knott and family, Herman
Peterson and family, Anna An-
tonson, Laura Pederson, Walter
Pederson, Art Pederson, Obed
Odegaavd, .Lois and Clifford Hof
Man, Mr. ?r.d Mrs. V. Hedlund,
and Alice Chrhiian.
60,000 DRIVERS
HAVE BAD RECORD
OBITUARY
Emma May Curtis passed
away Saturday aftenoon, Nov.23
at 3:20, at her home in Bungo
township.
She had been in poor health
for several years and for the
past seven years had been confined to her bed.
The deceased was the eldest
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rodney Curtis. She was born Feb-
24, 1904, at Dent, Minn. She
was 31 yrs. df age at the time
of her death.
Besides her parents she leaves
to mourn her loss, two sisters.
Mrs. Anthony O'Dowd <o£ Walker and Mrs. Merrill Kaser of
Brainerd.
Funeral services were conducted by Rev. Charles Pearson,
with interment in the Pine River cemetery.
More than 60,000 Minnesota
motorists who have been involved in serious traffic law violations or accidents in the past
year may be interested to know
that they hold a special "reserved section" in the huge card index files of the state drivers license bureau.
From all parts of the state, records of misbehaveddriverscome
into the central office of .the license bureau in St Paul, says a
highway bulletin. When a person thus gets "on the violator or
accident list, a special card is
made up for him, with his name,
description, residence and details
of his motoring difficultiesplain-
ly set forth. Whenever he is
convicted of a major driving offense, whether it be in his home
town or in any part of the state,
the story is told on his license
bureau card.
Police, Sheriffs and courts
throughout the state are now
making use of this central fund
of information. When a stranger gets ito trouble by his driving, the local authorities often
telephone the license bureau and
see if their man has a bad record. They then govern their
actions accordingly.
To date the drivers license
bureau this year has revoked or
suspended 1,318 licenses for serious offenses. In each case thp
peace officers of the person's
home community are notified of
the revocation or suspension and
the duration of the period in
which the individual is prohibited from driving a car. The license bureau has more than a
million drivers listed in its files.
and the task of keening those records up and handling suspensions and revocations is one of
considerable magnitude.
NOTICE
The Cass County   Agricultural Association will hold their annual, meeting Dec, 5, at 8:00   P
M., at the Pine River Armory.
Dr. Jenson is spending Thanks
giving with his parents at Montevideo.
MILDRED POULTRY AND
BERRY   ASS'N   FORMED
At meeting held at the Mildred school. The Poultry and
Berry Ass'n was formed this
week.
Practically all those in attendance signed un   as   members.
Mr. Hayes, of the Agricultural
Dept., gave a talk on organization, to change the mode of farming to make it more profitable
and also to have a market for
poultry and berries. This ass'n
is a benefit to all members who
join and will help the unemployment situation in the locality.
There will be no cold storage
plant built as this will be a shipping association.
The following board of directors were appointed: E. H. Hill,
Thomas Peterson, David Wipper
M. L. Kinneberg and Mr. Lang-
ley. Thomas Peterson, pres:
David Wipper, vice pres; and M.
L. Kinneberg, sec.
There will be another meeting
in the near future which will be
announced later.
was saved from death in his garage only because of the fact
that his mother "worried" because be had not arrived home.
Dagner, son of Mrs. William
Dagner, near Minnesota Lake,
had driven home about midnite
from a party, running his car
into- the garage. His m ther, in
the house, thought she had heard him in the yard, and worrying about the lateness of his
arrival, finally got up to investigate. The motor of the car was
still running in the garage, and
in the closed building monoxide
gas had taken its effect. In order to revive him, Mrs. Dagner
dragged the boy out into the air
and then summoned a doctor.
Two hours passed before the phy
sician was able to revive him
completely. Had it not been for
the mother's worrying and her
discovery of the situation, the
gas would have been fatal in
another twenty to thirty minutes, the doctor stated .
NEWS BRIEFS FROM
AROUND OUR STATE
ERADELPHIAN CLUB MET
ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON
The regular meeting of the
Eradelphian club was held on
Friday afternoon at the home of
Mrs. J. E. Germain. After a
short business meeting, Mrs.
Germain gave a very interesting
paper on Lace and Lace making
with illustrations and also showing a collection of laces of different kinds.
The next meeting will be held
at the home of Mrs. Allen, Dec.
13th. The topic of the meeting
will be Politics, with Mrs. Seekel as leader.
'REDHEADS ON PARADE'
AT MARLOW WED. andTHUR.
For one sequence in the elaborate musical picture, "Redheads on Parade," at the Mar-
lew Theatre Wed and Thurs. of
next week, enough electricity
was consumed to light every residence in Los Angeles, a city of
more than two million inhabitants. Five generators, operating at full capacity supplied the
voltage for five hundred huge
lamps.
TURKEY RAFFLE
DRAWS BIG CROWD
The Turkey Shoot and Raffle
sponsored by the.local post of
the V. F. W., which was held at
the Armory Saturday night, attracted people from all the neigh
boring towns,there being some
three hundred in attendance-
trying to win their thanksgiving
dinner, which quite a number
did, although they weren't al)
so fortunate. However it was a
very interesting and enjoyable
session and everyone seemed eager to try all the offerings.
Sixty Four birds; 35 Turkeys.
13 Ducks, 11 Geese, and 5 chickens were won by the lucky ones
that is those that could guess
the best or shoot the straight-
est. Lunch was served about
midnite after which every one
enjoyed an hour of dancing ■ j
the main floor of the armory.
The two large Turkeys given
away 'free were won by V. E-
Dcugherty and John Koppenberg.
_ All in all the Shoot was a decided success and everyone is
convinced that the "Vets" are
great entertainers.
NEW   BEAUTY   SHOP TO
BE OPENED IN PINE RIVER
MOTHER'S WORRY SAVES
BOY FROM MONOXIDE GAS
Minnesota    Lake.—Overcome
by monoxide gas,   Eldo  Dagner
144 POUND CALF BORN
ON ECHO STOCK FARM
Brainerd.—The largest bovine
"blessed event" on record, a hale
and healthy holstein calf weighing 144 pounds, occured at the
Echo Stock Farm near Bainerd,
last week, according to O. H.
Scott, co-proprietor of the institution. The calf is normal in
every respect and at the time _f
birth had reached the weight of
which calves are usually veiled.
Normal weight of a holstein calf
at birth is 90 pounds. Old timers
in this section scratched their
heads, and tried vainly to call to
mind the birth of a larger calf,
and then agreed that the Paul
Bunyon exposition held in Brainerd, last summer must have had
something to do with it. They
wonder if it will not develope into a counterpart of Babe, Paul
Bunyon's big blue ox. Babe as
students of Bunyon lore will remember, was 42 axe handles and
a plug of chewing tobacco wide
between the horns, and her tears
when she wept bitterly abouther
gigantic size, formed what is
now known as Minnesota's
famed ten thousand lakes.
A new beauty shop will be
opened in Pine River, on Monday
December 9th., under the management of Mrs. Lucile O'Keefe-
The Beauty Parlor will be located in the new Lake Region Hotel.
Mrs. O'Keefe comes here
from St Paul, where she was employed in the beauty salon in the
St Paul Hotel and later owned
and operated the Blue Rose Beauty Craft Parlor in the same city.
Mrs.    O'Keefe   comes     herp
highly   recommended,     having
been an operator for over eight
years.    Read the announcement.
Ion another page of this issue.
SKIIS   ON   THIN   ICE
AFTER   DUCKS; NO GO!
Mound.—It was a great idea-
while it worked! It seems that
the slight approach cf winter
did not support the theory of
Donald Painter, .Mound, that he
could ski along the top of Mud
Lake like the ducks he was hunting. Painter was so certain
that he could beat Mother Nature and try out something new
in duck hunting that he put on a
pair of skiis and set out on Mud
Lake early one i^ecent morning
on a hunting trip. F r some
time, he glided along the edges,
his invention worked fine. But
tragedy entered. He hit a soft
spot on the thin ice and fell
through. His companion, Milton
Uner, realizing that he could do
nothing alone, ran for aid, and
two hunters with a duck boat
came down and attempted to
get Painter out. But there was
not enough water and the rushes
were so thick that they couldn't,
use the boat. So they became
metropolitan and called the St
Boniface fire department. The
fire laddies spread out ladders
on the ice and by much maneuvering managed to get Painter
to shore. Although suffering
from exposure, Painter has entirely recovered from his experience.
DICK POWELL CAN ROAR
LIKE   A   LION   IN   FILM
A talent hitherto concealed by
Dick Powell was revealed when
the popular star disclosed his
ability to imitate animal sounds
with accuracy.
Dick, while filming the Warner Bros, picture, 'Broadway Gondolier,' which comes to the Mar-
lew Theatre on Sun., Man., and
Tues. of next week, was reput-
red to launch into a veritable
barnyard serenade.
In his very best imitating
manner Dick gave the moo of a
cow, the bray of a donkey, the
quack of a duck, the baa of a
sheep and then topped it all off
with the roar of a lion.
"Broadway Gondolier" has an
all star cast which includes besides Powell, Joan Blondell, Adol
ph Menjou and Louis   Fazenda.
CARD   PARTY   GIVEN   BY
CATHOLIC   AID   MONDAY
Ten tables were played at the
Catholic Ladieses aid card partv
Monday evening, nt their aid
rooms in the theatre   building.
At the close of card party
party prizes were awarded to
Mrs. Frances Siefert for high
score in bridge, Dr. Johnson for
high score in whist and Pete
Hanson for high score in 500.
Refreshments were then served
after which a social hour was
held.