The Pine River Journal (Pine River, Minnesota), 1937-04-22

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PINE RIVER JOURNAL
VOLUME II NUMBER 36
THE PINE RIVER JOURNAL, PINE  RIVER,  CASS  COUNTY,  MINNESOTA, THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 1937
SUBSCRIPTION $1.00 Per Year
NEWS BRIEFS OF
INTEREST FROM
'ROUND THE STATE
VILLAGERS   STRUGGLE   TO
SAVE   LAD   FROM   CAVE-IN
St Cloud.—Rice villagers and a
crew of firemen worked frantically
one day last week to extricate Sev-
erin Stachowski, 12 year old son of
Ed Stachowski, who was trapped in
a 25 foot well on the Leo Guck farm,
'■" Stachowski family now lives. Severin was trapped by cave ins
in the well. His father was repairing the well, and needing a wrench,
went into town to get it, leaving Severin and a brother at the well. After his father left, Severin went into
the well to shovel out some of the
sand. The timbers which served as
curbing collapsed while he was down
there and he was completely smothered with sand which ran into the
well like water. The brother gave
the alarm ; and the father managed
to get the boy's head out into tho
air. A rush call to the St Cloud fire
department brought the chief and
two firemen to the farm in record
time. The lad was trapped by the
timbers which fell over his legs and
were pressed down by the constant
flow of sand. By afternoon ho haa
been extricated to the hips, but it
was expected that it would be Impossible to take him from the well
for at least two hours more.
en into the place, Miss Schabert, the
operator.summoned the night police.
When the officers arrived they found
a blaze burning briskly in the rear
of the establishment. The fire department was called and through its
work the flames were soon under \
control. The rear of the store and
its contents were considerably damaged by fire, water and smoke. The
"twinkling" or the number light on
the switchboard, it was later learned,
was caused by a short circui'ing of
a telephone wire which was exposed
to  the  flames.
PAUL BUNYAN
MEETING HERE
NEXT SUNDAY
COMPLETES   SIXTH   CABIN
ON     NORWAY     LAKE
Mr. P. L. Hempstead has recently
completed his sixth Cedar Log Cabin
on his site on Norway Lake. The new
cabin is the largest and will be
equipped with electricity and rusti''
furniture. He' has also completed '£'■
rustic chairs, 3 rustic beds and
tables which will be used in the cabins.
FOUR BIG FEATURES
AT THE MARLOW
IS     DECLARED     WINNER;
ALTHOUGH   BACKING   DOWN
Claremont.—When a person backs
down In an argument he is usually
regarded the loser, but Knute Hyland considered himself the winner
even though he did have to back
down the road about one-half mile.
He had stopped in a farmer's driveway, and stepping from his car, he
noticed a bull wandering along tlie
road. It was apparent that the buV
had also noticed Knute and instead
of being friendly, snorted several
times, pawed the dirt and then lunged toward him. Knute returned to
the ear, and since the bull continued
to charge forward, he started the motor, put the car Into reverse, and escaped the first charge. But still the
animal continued. There was no
time to turn around, and because li
was doubtful if Mr. Bull would listen'
to reason and engage in a friendly
argument, Hyland "stepped on it"
and backed down the road. For a dis-j
tance of one-half mile to the main
road the bull followed.
A     SIX     LEGGED     PIG
WITH     TWO     TONGUES
Hancock.. .One of the pigs in a litter of 11 pigs farrowed the first of
the week on Ray Stensby's farm was
<\ real curiosity. The animal had six
legs, two legs being right between
the two hind legs but with the feet
tongues. The pig was alive when
rnrn'e d backwards. It also had two
farrowed and walked about a bit but.
it was found the double tongue prevented it from nursing. Mr. Stensby
killed it and brought it to town. It
is on exhibition at a local cream station, plckeled in alcohol.
BLOOD AND GARMENTS IN
BOX CAR START SEARCH
Brainerd*—Bloody garments, apparently belonging to a girl of ten or
twelve years, found here last week
in a box car of the Northern Pacific
railroad, started agents and officials
of the state bureau of criminal apprehension on an effort to trace the
route of the car to this point. Fragments of an Argentine newspaper
and magazine, found with the garments, and bloodstains in the car,
are expected to provide clues to aid
the investigation, which already has
resulted In tracing the car to the vicinity of New Orleans.
Tonight (Thursday) the Marlow
theatre brings you two outstanding
features for the price of one. "Crim
inal Lawyer" co-featuring Lee trac"
and Margot Graham, boasts a strong
supporting cast including Erik Rhodes
Betty Lawford, Frank Thomas and
Aileen Pringle. This picture is an
expose of methods used by unscrupulous attorneys to make witnesses
on the stand perjure themselves.
The second feature "Two in a Crowd"
stars Joel McCrea and Joan Bennett.
This pictures proves that one half of
a thousand dollar bill is not worth
any more than half a soap bubble-
that a girl should never spend her
sweetheart's wedding trousseau money unless she is sure she wants to-
marry him.
Friday and Saturday brings yon
"Devil's, Playground" with Richard
Dix, Chester Morris and Dolores Del
Rio. This is a picture of ace-divers
of the navy. Two friends part when
sent on different assignments; one
buys a home as a land instructor and
marries a dancer. He soon finds out
his wife is unfaithful. While away
at sea he meets his friend and also
his wife. Complications continue from
then on.
On Sunday, Monday and Tuesday,
Shirley Temple plays in "Dimples," as
sweet as always. Don't miss any of
these big features—they are all pictures you will want to see.
All resort owners and managers are
urged to attend a special meeting of
the Paul Bunyan Playground Association, which will be held at the Marlow Theatre in Pine River, Sunday afternoon, April 25, at 2 p. m.
George Bradley of the Ten Thousand Lakes Association will be present and will address the assembly.
He will also show pictures of the
playground to illustrate his views of
the authenticity of the association.
This will be done through the courtesy of Mr. Rohr, manager of the theatre. Special motion pictures of the
surrounding territory will also be
shown.
This meeting promises to be of
interest to anyone associated with
the public and as many as possible
are urged to attend.
Last Sunday the Association held a
Directors meeting at the Lake Region
hotel, with twenty seven representatives present for the dinner. George
Bradley of the Ten Thousand Lakes
Association addressed the members,
after which a business discussion was
held. Plans for enlarging the membership were discussed and the resorts that are not members will be
solicited to join.
PLANS FOR ARMORY
DISCUSSED HERE
TUESDAY P. M.
Major Bettenberg of St Paul, met
with the village council Tuesday afternoon to discuss plans for remodeling the local armory.
He presented a plan calling for a
two story addition to the front which
would be forty feet deep. This addition will provide quarters for the fire
equipment with a fifty foot tower for
the hose; a five cell jail, council
chambers, Marshall's quarters, lodge
room and a 30X40 hall.
The council has written for an appointment with Adj. Gen. Walsh in
St I'aul, to determine the proceedure.
The approximate cost of material will
be $0,000 of which the village will
have to stand only a small portion, depending on the WPA set-up and the
amounts that the federal and state
governments will absorb.
COOPERATIVE AUCTION TO
BE HELD HERE ON MAY 8th.
Plans are being made to hold a Cooperative Auction in Pine River    on
Saturday,  May  8.    The sale will  be
held on the vacant lot between    the
Farmers Supply Store and Bill Day's
Blacksmith  shop.    Anyone that    has
anything to sell should bring in their
merchandise and list it at the Farmers Supply Store.   The auction is being sponsored by the Pine River Sta-
! te Bank, Homer Fraser and Bill Sea-
, ton.  Read their ad on another page
i of this issue.
SNOW REMOVAL
COSTS STATE OVER
MILLION DOLLARS
HONOR   ROLL
FRIMOOD  -   MUYRES
TIME TO CLEAN UP
YOtJR BACKYARDS
Leone Golz and Evelyn Evansta
drove to Minneapolis, on a shopping
trip Saturday.
Governor Elmer A. Benson has designated the..week ending May 1, as
"Conservation Week" and May 7 as
Arbor Day and Bird Day, and the
week beginning May 3 as "Clean-up"
week. The state has a set date for
the clearing of all rubbish etc. every
spring and this year the State Boar''
of Health is cooperating with the state to carry out this pla n.
There are several unsightly alleys
and back yards in Pine River that
could no doubt be easily cleaned up
with a little effort on the part of the
owners. This should be done at least
before the fishing season opens as
that is when the influx of tourists begin. If every property owner would
see to it that all rubbish and refuse
that has accumulated over the winter,
was hauled away our town would
soon have a very presentable appearance.
Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Henderson drove to Minneapolis Saturday, returning the same day.
A pretty wedding ceremony was
performed on Monday, at the home
of .Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Frimood, when
their daughter Vivian became the
bride of Leo J. Muyres of Hackensack. The ceremony was read by Rev
Dehaan of Swanberg. Attendants
were Mrs. L. Scarr and John Heemstra.
The bride wore a white satin dress
with accessories to match. The groom
wore the conventional blue. After
tho ceremony a reception was held
afl the home of the bride's parents for
close friends and relatives. Those
present included Mr. and Mrs. John
Muyres, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Scarr.
Rev. and Mrs. J. E. Dehaan, Mr. and
Mrs. John Heemstra, Mrs. Jerry Miller, Mr. and Mrs. P. Frimood and Lester and Frank Frimood.
The bride, a daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. P. A. Frimood of Pine River, is
known here, having been employed at the Lake Region hotel for
the past three years. The groom is a
son of Mr. and Mrs. John Muyres and
has been employed with the Deerwood Lumber Co. for several years.
The young couple will be at home May
1, after a short wedding trip, at the
Green Tree, summer home of A. C.
Reinhard of Minneapolis, where they
will be employed as caretakers.
The many friends of the young
couple wish them many years of happy wedded life.
The following new and re-newal
subscriptions to the Journal have
been received the past week.
Look at the label ■ on your paper,
if you are in arrears, stop in and see
us.
Ben Robideau, Pine River
Fred Carlson, Pine River
T. H. Adamson, Mildred
Chas. Siebel, Pine River
CELEBRATE SILVER
WEDDING SUNDAY
Over 100 friends and relatives gathered at the Victor Nikkari home
Sunday, to surprise them on their
25th wedding anniversary. Guests
came from Pine River, Pequot, Brainerd and Jenkins.
Talks were given by Otto Heikkin
en of Brainerd and Abe Pajumpa of
Pine River, congratulating the honored couple on the date of their anniversary. Gifts including a set of
silverware, a bouquet of roses a dinner set and 25 twenty-five cent coins
were presented Mr. and Mrs. Nikkari.
The afternoon was spent in visiting
ancl talking over old times, after
which a delicious lunch was served
The wedding cake was baked by Mrs.
Dewy Dunnell of Pine River.
Mrs. Raymond Huss, Mrs. Alfred
Gravdahl, Miss Garrett and Mrs Egen
of Pequot, were guests at the home
of Mrs. Helmer Jones Wednesday afternoon, at tlie home of Mrs. Mickelson.
SWITCHBOARD     OPERATOR
AVERTS   A   SERIOUS   FIRE
Hastings, Alertness and prompt ac
tion on the part of a night operator at the local telephone exchange
probably saved a drug store here
from a very distructive fire. Miss
Madeline Sehabert's suspicions were
were aroused at one-thirty o'clock
one morning when the switchboard
"number light" indicating, Eddy's^
drug store began to flicker. Thinking that prowlers might have brok-
B A C K U S
W. W. Pomplun, Correspondent
John Spillane and Dwight Kennedy drove to Walker Sunday forenoon.
T. H. Francis completed his new
home, and moved in last week.
Jimmie Hayes left last Monday for
Walker, where he joined the CCC.
Miss Faye Francis and Helen Eveland called at the Superintendent's
office in Walker Saturday.
Frank Hayes and W. W. Pomplun
made a business trip to Walker Saturday.
Ray and John Eveland and W. W.
Pomplun were callers In the Remer
vicinity Sunday.	
Ray Eveland and family, T. H.Fran
cis and family and Mrs. Kate Pomplun spent Sunday evening at . the
Hugh Bishop home.
Mr. Seastrom and family of Ames,
la., arrived Saturday with their household goods to make their home here.
They purchased the place formerly
vacated by T. H. Francis.
Fire of unknown origin'broke .out
in the Walter Newman woodshed on
Sunday morning. The woodshed wao
completely destroyed and for a while
it looked as though the house was iu
danger.
TO  ALL  PEOPLE  CONCERNED
IN   LEVELS  OF   LAKES     IN
NORTHERN    MINNESOTA
If you happen to visit one of the
water conservation projects in your
vicinity you will notice a sign reading:
STATE OF MINNESOTA
DEPT. OF CONSERVATION
TAMPERING WITH CONTROLS
PUNISHABLE BY LAW
One reason for placing the signs on
these projects was to insure a technical and close supervision by department employees only. We take this
opportunity of requesting |everyone
to cooperate with us in this matter
and we can assure you that your cooperation will be sincerely appreciated. Anyone wishing to change tne
levels of any lake is requested to get
in touch with the District office of the
Dept. of Conservation at Brainer, and
an official of that office will visit the
project as soon as possible to investigate the complaints and if necessary make the proper adjustments.
James H. Downs, Dist. Supt.
Heavy winter snow.which teet a
50-year precipitation record in some
parts of the state, cost the Minnesota
Highway Department $1,215,514 for
snow removal for the first three
months of 1937, or $188,679 more to
keep the roads open than in the same
period of 1930, according to the maintenance divisions report to N. W.
Elsberg, state highway commissioner.
Expense was $1,026,835 the first three
months of last year.
Snow fall reached a depth of 112%
inches (9% feet) at Brainerd, according to highway reports, while Detroit Lakes reported 104% inches and
Morris t.<>d 82. Heaviest driftin,-
0"cuiTi'd !n end near Morris -anil1
Willmar, while Marshall and Windom were also deep in the drift
country.
Minnesota had the wettest winter
since 1891, according to federal meteorologists. For December, January and February, the average precipitation in the.state was 3.86, compared to a normal average of 2.28 for
those months. Snow fall ranged
from 60 to 70 inches in most parts of
the state.
Total snow removal expense in 1930
on state highways was $1,406,816,
January to December inclusive. To
date in 1937,the department has spent
$1,215,514, and to this must be added,
in computing the total of the year
$274,000 for erection and dismantling of some six million feet of snow
fence. Of this, approximately 24,000
was for new fence. There will also
be some addition for keeping the
highways open next fall.
While the cost of highway maintenance for the nearly 11,500 miles
of road increased, no state highway
was closed for more than a few days
this year and no main trunk route
was closed for more than 24 hours,
except in isolated cases. Counties
were assisted in some cases on secondary roads where state equipment was
available and overtaxed county plows
were unable to do the job.
To offset the higher expense, the
Northwest's drouth-stricken farmers,
especially Minnesotans, were benefited greatly by the added moisture to
surface soil. The northern part of
the state which includes the famous
wheat growing territory, received an
average of 51.7 inches of snow, according to government figures.
DATE FOR TEACHER'S INSTITUTE
MEET'G CHANGED
The Rural Teacher's Institute
which was to have been held in Pine
River, on Friday of this week, has
been postponed until Wednesday, May
14, because of the illness of the State
Institute Worker, Mrs. Agnes Pyne.'
Don't forget the change in date.
HIGHWAY   PATROLMEN      .
TAKE   TO   MOTORCYCLES
. Minneaottofs 100 state highway
patrolmen are deserting automobiles
for motorcycles this week and by
May 1, the entire force will be mounted on the two wheeled machines,
according to John P. Arnoldy, patol
chief. While no particular "drive Is'
planned, the patrol has been ordered
to enforce every traffic law, Mr. Arnoldy said, and will not tolerate drunken or reckless driving or excessive
speed .Use of motorcycles began in
the' southern part of the state .and
more than 80 men will be mounted before  May  1.
FEATURES YOU WILL LIKE
The "young un" gets a black eye
in S. L. Huntley's "Mescal Ike" comic
strip today. Read it on our "Funny
Page."
Irvin S. Cobb discusses the reap-
pearane of the California condor, until recently thought extinct. Read
his interesting column in today's id-
sue.
Government begins application of
validated Wagner act to end industrial strife. Read E. W. Plckard's
"Weekly News Review."