The Pine River Journal (Pine River, Minnesota), 1935-11-14

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JOURNAL
VOLUME I NUMBER XIV
THE PINE RIVER JOURNAL, PINE RIVER, CASS COUNTY. MINNESOTA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1935
SUBSCRIPTION $1.00 Per Year
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ARODNI- OUR STATE
MISTAKE   RAILROAD
TRACKS F0R- HIGHWAY
Northome.—'Twas "three o'
clock in the morning" for a party of Northome residents, but
also almost the dawn, when
their car wedged itself in the
railroad ^tracks just outside of
town. The local freight train
had to stop quite suddenly. Evidently the dri\ er had made a
mistake and turned too soon on
leaving the highway, -while returning home from a dance. His
car was wedged in between the
tracks at the switch division.
The occupants crnsidered themselves very lucky as one headlight remained on, giving warning to the engineer which
bled him to pull up his train.
Members of the train crew hei
ped the occupants of the car get
their machine off the track, and
then proceeded blithely on tl
way.
LOCAL   PTA   MET   LAST
FRIDAY   EVENING
MEANEST   <MAN    TAKES
FOOD    FOR CHARITY
Moorhead.—The wo-Id's m
est man has visited in Moorhead
in St J-'hn's Episcopal Church,
members of theguild had gathered together fruits, vegetables
•and other delicacies worth shout
$60 in their annual Harvest
Home Festival. Each year the
food is given to Miss Marie Jor-
genson, school nurse, for distribution to the vo~<v. Last v
Dean S. J. Hedlund reportedtbat
someone had broken in the dor
at the south side cf the church
and cleaned out the entire ■ -eol-
lectrn.
Considering the icy traveling:
the splendid attendance at the
November meeting of the PTA
is very reassuring and shows a
marked increase in the interest
of the organization which isvery
gratifying to the workers of the
cause. The business meeting
was followed by a program in
keeping with Education week-
Those in attendance we're privi-
ledged to hear Mr. A. J. Linden
render a group of vocal solos
which were enjoyed by everyone.
Miss Henderson, instructor in
the n:rmal training department-
gave a very interesting talk on
"School and Country Life." Mrs
F. R. Anderson then entertained
the audience with several delightful readings. Mr. Haack
gave a short talk on "Taxes"'
which was very enlightening to
the taxpayer. He then presented the first edition cf the high
school paper. Thfs paper if sufficiently financed, will be published monthly and will be readv
for distribution every PTA nite.
Everyone in attendance at those
meetings will receive a free copy.
The concluding number on
the program was a demonstration of Chemistry Exoeiments.
which was very interesting. The
experiments were conduted bv
Luverne Leef and Arlene Gardner. Lunch was"" then served
after which meeting new friends
and visiting around continued
The receipts of the lunch which
will finance   the   PTA   totaled
Thirty Six Counties Sign To
Administer Their Own Relief
ROADSIDE IMPROVEMENT
NEW PLAN PROVIDES WELFARE BOARDS FOR
EACH  COUNTY
, More than 50 per cent of the
SERA participating c: unties already have adopted the decenta-
lized plan of direct re :of super
MARLOW TO SHOW SCENES
TAKEN   IN   MANCHURIA
In order to make accurate
scenes for the Cosmopolitan
production, "Oil for the Lamps
of China," Which First National Pictures is presenting at the
Marlow Theatre, • Sunday and
'•Monday, It   was   necessary    tn
vision, apd simdar actxon is ex- make   twQ   . tant   locatio„
peted to be taken in most of tne  ,ri      th_   fi__t tQ   Lon_   pine
remaining counties withm    tne ngar Mt Whit and the _ec.
SIX ' YE * R   ()]
13rMILE    HIKE - HOME
M. CONZET WILL
AK HERE DEC. 9
Morris.—Hunting phe? sant°
may be sport, but it's no> fun tn
just sit in the car and wait while
ones companions are enjoyin
the shooting in a distant field
At least the idea didn't anneal t"
BiTy, 6-year old son of Mr. and
Mrs. E. J. Voklen of Morris, and
he proceeded to do something
about it. Billy, with his dad and
two other men, went afte1* some
pheasants. Finding a likely hun
ting ground, Bi.lv was instructed to remain in the car, parked
out in the middle of the section,
while the men hunted along a
ditch and through a neighborin<-
cornfield. An hour or so later
when the men returned, to the
car, Billy was gone. No great
apprehension was felt until a
search in the irrimediate vicinitv
failed to locate him. Approaching dusk didn't relieve their worry. Inquiries at two farm
homes brought no clue, and the
men finally decided to drive into DonnelV. a short distance
awav. to see if anvone there had
seen Billv. A lad of bis description had been seen walking determinedly through town, thev
learned, so the er-'Mio headed toward Morris. Half a mile down
the road thev canght m-, with
Billv. trudging h-^Hv homp-
ward and c^mberinqf down int<">
the diteh ivli»nii-av ci fn- annr-.q
ed. He had walked qhout fou1"
miles when they caught up with
him. He didn't care for this
waiting around business he to1r1
his dad.
CORRECTION
Last week the Journal reported th ■ vould be here
PTA meeting en Dec. 2.,
but the chairman of the program
committee had confused the dates so we hope that everyone will
read this correction, as Mr. Conzet will be the guest speaker on
the regular meeting which will
be held Monday, December   9th.
Mr. Conzet will give an illustrated talk on Forestry work.
Some time before the date of his
ccming here details as to his
real subject will be published.
However in the meantime keep
this date open and plan to hear
a most vivid story of his work.
Mr. Conzet is not a stranger to
Fine River people as he was here
some twelve years ago underthe
auspices of the Eradelphian Club
and th:se who recall his talk
know that he will entertain his
audience with interesting facts
about our forests and the work
of his department. Mr. Conzet.
knows his subject and-will interest you sufficiently Jo forget
the hard benches.
NORMAN - PICKER
FORTNIGHTLY CLUB MEETS
A delieMf"l pa/ri^ w.°.s hel^
Mondav evening when Mrs. J. A.
Downinsr entertained the Fort-
nightly Club at her home. At
seven o'clock the members an^
gnests sat down to a delictus
dinner, after which three tal
of bridge were plaved. High
score was awarded to Mrs. L. E.
Dougherty and low to Esther
Conzet, a guest at the nartv
Other guesijs were Mrs T E
Hill and Mrs. Marion Sherwood!
Don't forget the Turkey Sho-t-
at the local Armory, Saturday
evening, Nov. 23.
On Saturday afternoon, Anna
N rman, daughter ic_ Mr. and
Mrs. Erick Norman of Pine River, became the bride of Clifford
Picker of Brainerd. Afte the
wedding ceremony which was
performed at Brainerd, the couple went to the home of the
bride's parents, near Pine River
where a wedding supper was served to immediate relatives. -Mr
and Mrs. Picker will make their
home on a farm west of Brainerd.
KUBIS - SIMMONS
Miss Selma Kubis and Harokl
Sheridan Simmons both of
Hackensack, were quietly married at Pine River on Thursday.
Nov. 14, by Justice of Peace Robert A. Bremkin. The bride is a
daughter cf Mrs. Maki, and has
been employed at the Holman
hospital.
Miss Martha Datzman returned Wednesday morning after a
six weeks visit in Chicago where
she was called by the illness of
her brother-in-law. She also
visited with her brother, Leo
Datzman and other relatives in
Indiana.
next few weeks it was anounced
here by L. P. Zimmerman, administrator.
The Counties ' numbering 3<?
are:
Anoka, Becker, Benton, Big
Stone,Chippewa, Chisago,i Cottonwood, Dakota, Douglas Faribault. Grant, Hubbard, Isanti
Koochiching, Lyon, Lake of the.
Woods, Meecker, Morrison, Murray, Nicollet, Nobles, Otttertai?
Pine, Pope, Pipestone, Redwood.
Renville, Rural HennepinJ, Sherburne, Stearns Stevens, Swift.
Traverse, Waseca, Wilkin and
Wright.
This new plan provides for the
establishment of county welfare
boards composed of twomembers
from the board of county commissioners, two from the child
welfare board and the fifth, sixth and seventh to be elected by
the original four.
* nd to the big rock country near
Chatsworth, California.
A year before the piture went,
into production the studio sent a
special company to Manchuria
to take what is called stock
shots.
, Sequences represented the
Manchurian Plains, Shanghai,
Yokohama and New York.
ACCOMODATING PHEASANT
SHOT,   FALLS IN   KITCHEN
To' Arthur Martinson, Moorhead jeweler, goes the distinction of making the most extraordinary pheasant shot of the season. Hunting in Wilkin county,
his party came across a number
of birds in a field that was posted, with 'No Hunting' signs. In
quiring of a s'm if they would be
permitted to hunt on .the land
they were informed
•   n~--_.y   were imuriiieu     that    they
These welfare boards have the j had ai]owed no one to shoot,on
responsibility and supervision of
handling all relief cases in their
counties.
"This plan was devised to give
the counties a more direct voice
in determining their relief policies." Mr. Zimmerman said.
"It has been received virtually
unanimously in everv county
where it has been brought up. A
majority of the remaining thirty of the sixty six SERA participating counties are expected to
take favorable action on the
question as s"on as brought before them officially.
HIGHWAY   WORKERS
READY   TO   BATTLE
WINTER'S     STORMS
In every corner of the state,
the Minnesota highway denart-
me'nt is "digging in" for its annual battle with winter's snow
storms.
More-than 1,100 miles of snow
fence is practically all in place.
More than 200 big V plows are
being attached to the department's heavy duty trucks. Fifteen tractor plows and twenty
one rotary plows are tuned up
and ready to force their way
through deep drifts.
Piles of gravel— more than
10,000 cubic yards are in strage,
tic locations waiting to be spread
on icy pavements. For mixing
with this there is more than 100
tons of calcium chloride which
helps the gravel to imbed itself
firmly in the ice and tnus o-
vide traction for slipping tires.
Maintenance workers of the
highway department must keep
more than 11,300 miles "»_ sta'c
highways open. During storms
snow plow crews work continuously, night and day, until the
roads arc clear.
the premises and they themsel
,ves did not have'a gun. Getting
permission to hunt in an adjoining field, a flock of pheasants
were flushed and Martinsongave
them a .salute, crippling one in
the legs. The bird made a bee
line for the farmer's house, a
quarte of a mile away, and fell
exhausted inside the kitchen
door. Some shot. Some placement!
McGRATH    LAD    SPROUTS
POP   CORN   IN   HIS   EAR
LeRoy Thomsen, son of Fred
Thomson 'of the McGrath district, is practicng new methods
SCHOOL NOTES
An extra curricular activitv
has been added to the highschooi
in the form of a school paper.
The name of the paper is "Pi-Hi-
Lite. The staff is as follows-
Editor-in-Chief, Gertrude Siefke
Ass^c. Editor. Gordon Johnson:
Science Editor, NanNesbitt
Backman; Society Editor, June
Anderson; Humorous Editor-
Roger Dudley; Sports, Lawrence
Lowe; Reporters, senior high
school- Mildred Wymore and
June Anderson; Junior H. S.Lorraine McAnich, Eleanore Cain.
Reynold Martini and Muriel
Houg. The paper will be published ence a month on the day
of the regular PTA meetings.
Thanksgiving vacation begins
on Wednesday, Nov. 27, at 4:00
P. M. School will resume again
on the following Monday morning.
The first basketball game of
the season will be at the High
School Gym on Friday, Nov. 22
This will be a double-header- the
first game between the Notrmai
Training Team and the High
School 'A' team. Thesecond, between two girls teams of the
Pine River High School under
the direction cf Miss Hanson.
On Wednesday afternoon Mrs.
Olive Dahl, former postmaster
of Pine River, gave a short talk
on "Postal Service" to* the English II class.
It is hoped that groups and
individuals interested in the
beautification of property fronting trunk highways will avail
themselves readilly of the services offered by the roadside development division of the State
Highway department.
As pointed out by commissioner Elsberg, Minnesota as a
a great tourist state has a stake
in the attractive appearance of
its roadsides to visitors. The
highways are the vestibules and
avenues of approach to our cities
and recreational regions. Accordingly they should appear at
their best advantage at all times.
Tourists have time and again
been struck by the incongruity
of such eyesores as ugly billboards and unkempt and dilapidated hot dog stands anl gasoline stations along the highways
traversing regions of natural
scenic beauty. For est hetic
reasons a road should "tie in"
with the landscape through which it runs and forsafety reasons
there should be as few signs as
possible along the way to distract the attention of the motorist from his driving.
Trees, shrubs and flowers rather than junk piles and ash-
heaps are the proper roadside
emellishment for Minnesota hi-
ways. Those who are interested
in futhering such beautification
have a helpful ally in the roadside development division of the
State Highway Department.—
St Paul Dispatch
U. S. AUTO TAXES
30 PER CENT LESS
REBEKAH MEMBERS
VISIT BRAIN'D LODGE
REYNOLD MARTINI PLACES
FIRST AT LIVESTOCK SHOW
Monday evening, Mesdames
Lewis Walton, Arvid Lundin,
Ernest Robideau, Ollie Dahl, and
Alice Amy motored to Brainerd,
where they visited the Brainerd"
Rebekah Lodge. Mrs. Walton
made this her official visit there
as District President. Mrs. Cora
Deiter, of Rochester, Minn., Assembly President, and Past Assembly officers, Mr. and Mrs.
Ernest Haymaker of Motley,
Minn., were speakers of the evening. The members report a
very instrutive meeting besides
a very pleasant social time.
The Minnesota motorist pays
nearly thirty per cent les5 in motor vehick taxes and license fees
than the average American automobile owner, according to a
tabulation by the American Association of State Highway Officials, received by the Minnesota Highway Department.
Considering license fees and
gas taxes alone, four states have
a lower average charge to the
motorist than Minnesota. Two
of these four, however, assess
personal property taxes on automobiles which brings their total taxation of the motorist
higher than the Minnesota figures. Thus in total average automobile taxation, 45 states are
higher than Minnesota and only
two, Kansas and North Dakota
are lower.
"HOORAY   FOR   LOVE"
SHOWN   AT   MARLOW
If you can make audiences tap
their toes to a tune, you have a
hit.
That's the opinion of Bill Robinson, the dusky tap dancer
who is a headliner in RKO Radio's musical hit, "Hooray
Love," with Ann Sothern
Gene Raymond.
Robinson says "Hooray _..
Love" is tops because it brought
about foot taps when he saw it
at a preview 'on the coast.
The number "I'm Living in a
Great Big Way" brings Robinson and Jeni LeGon together in
a fast stepping number.
for
and
for
FALL   SEASON   MOST
DANGEROUS OF YEAR
STATE PATROL WARNS
BACKUS
Word was received   by   radio
of farming, with somewhat   in-[over WCCO that   Reynold   Mar-
different sucess so far. While
in a playful mood recently, he
placed a kernel of pop-corn in his
ear. Though it would not shake
out, he overlooked mentioning if
to his parents until he experienced a little annovance which
bordered on the painful. Investigation showed that the kernel
had sprouted nicely and was and
was preparing to soring forth in
acres of well developed corn. Dr.
Wahlberg was called and theseed
transplanted to a roomier location on the farm, where it is understood to be doing nicely.
Try A Want Ad
tini took first place in his class-
with his Naragansett Turkeys.
He carried away honors at the
Pine River Cass County Fair, at
the State Fair, and now has won
highest honors at the-Northwest
shows. Reynold is a member ot
the Pine River' Junior High
School.
NOTICE OF   ELECTION
The village election of the village of Pine River will be held
December 3. Anyone wishing to
file foroffice must do so en or be
fore midnight, November 22
Arvid Lundin, Clerk I ed on the slippery roads.
John Spillane made a business
trip to Minneapolis last week.
Mr. T. H. Francis and son
Ralph spent Sunday at the J..H.
Bloom home.
Jeff Saunders made a business
trip to Brained and Walker last
week.
J. W.Bailey and Aaron Zaf-
ke were among those from here
that attended the taxpayers
meeting in Walker Saturday.
Mrs. T. H. Francis spent the
week-end visiting at the home of
her son-in-law and daughter. Mr.
and Mrs. Corbin Darby in Minneapolis.
Quite a number from around
here went to Mildred Sundav
evening where they enjoved the
music of the Nevis Gospel String
Band.
Cclds and lumbago seem to be
quite a common ailment around
here. Some are kent busy with
a handkerchief, while others are,
or should be using a cane.
William Codner had the misfortune of tipping over his saw-
rig last week, breaking the belt
pulley and bending the arbor-
The rig started slipping on the
icy road and over it went.
The WPA started work last
week on the road around Pine
Mountain Lake. There are
about thirty men working on
this project. They also started
work on the telephhone line west
of Backus; fifteen men are employed 'on this project.
Bud Jimmerson had the misfortune of having the rear end
of his car struck by the south
bound freight last Thursday.The
car was quite badly damaged
but not beyond repair. Mr. Jimmerson received a few minor
cuts and a good shaking up. The
] cause of the accident was blam-
Late fall and early winter is
the most dangerous season of
the year, for motorists using the
state highways, according to officers of the Mi-i'nesota highway
patrol.
In proportion to the number
of vehicles on the roads, more
accidents happen at this season
than any other part of the year.
and consequently greater caution
is required of drivers, said J. P-
Arnoldy, chief of the patrol,. In
a warning statement to motorists.
"Fog and poor visibility, frost,
sleet, icy spots and slippery wet
leaves, test the motorist's judgement," Summer speeds cannot
be maintained when winter conditions begin. Every fall when
the first sleet and ice form on
the pavements, scores of motorists skid into ditches and are
hauled out for the hospitals and
morgues because they drive too
fast.
"Slow down," be sure your
brakes lights and other safety
devices are in good condition.
Check the motor exhaust to see
that carbon monoxide gas cannot leak into the body of the car,
A little of this gas may numb
the senses just enough to slowup
the body's re-actions to road
dangers. In old cars especially,
il is wise to leave a window
slightly open. Above all, when
roads are treacherous, SLOW
DOWN!   '
COKATO BOY DISCOVERS
NEW FUEL GAS AT MAC.
Harold Ohlgren, son of the Co-
kato veterinarian, and William
Mahle, St Paul, seniors at Mac-
alister college, after months ot
experimenting, feel that they
have developed a method whereby a gas can be produced from
clover. The boys say the gas
could be produced cheaply and
used economically. The overhead in manufacture is little and
it produces carbon as a by-product. The carbon can be turned
back into the manufacture by
using it as fuel. It would be possible to produce 2,500,000,000
cubic feet of the gaseous hydrocarbon from three thousand
acres of clover.—Annandale Advocate.