The Pine River Journal (Pine River, Minnesota), 1935-09-05

              PINE RIVER JOURNAL
VOLUME I, NUMBER HI.
THE PINE RIVER JOURNAL, PINE RIVER, CASS COUNTY, MINNESOTA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1935.
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DR. BUTTON WRITES
FROM SEATTLE
Dear Editor:
Have been wondering how the
newspaper is coming, hope everything is 0. K. I discovered
one thing on my trip that it is
a long trek across this U. S. A.
but not filled with many hardship conditions.
The first point of interest
that we visited was the Fort
Peck Dam, a huge undertaking.
This dam is about two miles long
the largest earth dam in the
world, of course it is still in the
making. It will be a haif mile
wide at the base and two hundred feet wide at the crest. The
top is intended to be used as a
highway going through the
country, anyway it sure is a wonderful engineering project and
the U. S. Army engineers are
doing the work.
The next point of interest
from a sporting point of view is
Shelby, Montana, where the
famous Dempsey-Gibbons fight
took plae and which broke the
bank at Shelby. We stayed there
one night, it is an old fashioned
cowboy town with all the trimmings. Next came the oil weds
(we don't hear much about them
in Minnesota) but there is a forest of derricks just west of Shelby and a batch of refineries taking are of the oil. (A funny
thing gas is 25 a gallon right
here in the oil fields.)
Next we went through Glacier National Park, a stupendous spectacle, something once
seen never to be forgotten, the
huge mountains, the huge canyons and the roads built on the
side of the mountains. These
roads are good but one feels like
hanging on by the skin of your
teeth. The streams and lakes
are wonderful, a blue green and
so pure that you can see the bottom anywhere and tell the color
of the rocks, in fact I saw a nice
trout in one of the streams
which would probably weigh a-
bout two pounds. There are also dozens of waterfalls the spray
from them giving off a rainbow
hue, it is surely an interesting
country. We are staying witn
an old friend of mine, W. S. Zie-
glitz, a retired fireman of Seattle and are seeing all the sights
he can show us. Yesterday we
went to Mount Rainier, the Glacier covered mountain and that
was a beautiful spectacle, the
glacier glistening in the sun and
so huge that the mind can hardly fathom it all. The road building in this country has been a
wonderful piece of engineering.
. We landed at the end of the road,
: 6,400 feet above sea level, and
hardly realized we had been
climbing for two hours. It is
just a hundred miles from Seattle and a beautiful drive through
wonderful forests of fir, spruce
and cedar, from one to two hundred feet tall and seemingly as
big as a house and all the way
the streams coming down from
the glaciers as pure and clean as
our conscience should be.
This afternoon we are going
down to the waterfront and see
the docks and ships, another
beautiful sight to me, as I have
never seen a big boat or the
ocean. Last week there were 72
warships in the harbor and sure
am sorry that I didn't come
sooner so I could have seen some
of the big babies.
On our way out we came thru
the Wenstchee valley, where the
orchards of peaches, apples,
cherries and pears are located.
These orchards are all irrigated
and are at their best right mow.
Of course we stopped and gouged
ourselves on the fruit and I can
tell you from experience that a
tummy ache is the first result.
after that one can eat anything.
Will write more later.
Very truly,
Dr. A. J. Button.
Maaon Elizabeth Glover was
born July 21, 1934 and died August 29, 1935 at the age of'13
months and eight days. She
leaves to mourn her passing her
father and mother, Mr. and Mrs.
Leon Glover, three brothers,
Richard Charles and Lloyd and
four sisters, Hazel, Lela, Virginia and Ethel.
Funeral services were held at
the home with Rev. Charles
Pearson officiating.
DRIVERS URGED TO
OBEY TRAFFIC LAWS
Governor Olson Sets Aside September as Month for Special _
Precaution to be Taken
Against Accidents
A.recent proclamation issued
by Governor Floyd B. Olson
states:
. Whereas in recent preceding
years traffic accident injuries
and deaths occurring in the
month of September have exceeded those occurring in other
months, and
Whereas it has been conclusively demonstrated through the
conduction of the Minnesota
Public Safety Committee and
cooperating organizations, and
otherwise, that traffic accident
injuries and fatalities can be reduced by united effort,
I, therefore, as Governor of
the Strte of Minnesota, hereby
proclaim that the Month of September, next following is designated as the one particular
month of the preset year in
which outstanding and especial
effort should be made upon the
part of all citizens for the voluntary and complete observance of
traffic regulations with the objective of reducing accident injuries and deaths to the absolute minimum; and,
Furthermore, I hereby urge
upon all courts of jurisdiction,
upon all traffic law enforcement
officers, and upon others in authority, that for the whole and
entire month of September extraordinary measures be taken
to achieve full and complete conformance with all traffic laws
and regulations which have
bearing toward the prevention of
accidents upon streets and highways of Minnesota, and I further ask all traffic law enforcement agencies of the State of
Minnesota to make report to me
on or after October tenth by
which is shown, first, the efforts
made to effect voluntary observance of traffic regulations and
the apparent effects of the same
and, second, the punitive measure taken to require the strict
observance of such laws and regulations.
Given under my hand and the
Great Seal of the State of Minnesota this nineteenth day of
August, nineteen hundred and
thirty-five, A. D.
Floyd B. Olson, Governor. .
ATHLETIC PROGRAM
COMING YEAR PLANNED
LOCAL SCHOOLS OPEN
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Local Schools Opened Tuesday,
September 3, With Enrollment of 470 Pupils
Dr. Dingle, president of the
athletic association informed us
this week that plans are being
made to carry out a very interesting atheletic program this
coming season. If possible they
will try and organize several volley ball teams and as soon as the
season rolls around they will
start passing the old basketball
but right now they are interested in getting the fellows out for
touch ball and a meeting will be
held at the school grounds
Thursday (tonight) at 6:30 all
the fellows interested' in athletics are urged to attend. They
hope to induce coach Mattson of
the local high school to coach the
boys and if there are enough
teams in the county there is a
possibility of organizing a
league. Don't forget to be there
Thursday at 6:30.
The Pine River Public School
opened Tuesday, September 3,
with an approximate enrollment
for the opening day of 470 students in al! departments.
Courses offered this year in
the junior and senior high school
departments are as follows: English, constant, 6 years; social
science, 6 years; mathematics, 6
years; Science biological and
physical, 6 years. Other courses
offered in the senior high school
are: home economics; industrial arts; music and foreign languages.
For the first time in many
years, the Pine River school
win have a department of Home
Economics. Although the new
equipment is not yet installed,
the department is organized and
the enrollment completed, under
the direction of Miss Lois Odin.
The Home Economics course is
a very expensive one, but the
cost of the installation and operation will be more than offset
by aid from the State Educational Department. This branch
of training is a noteworthy addition to the curriculum of the
Pine River High School.
The music department also is
a new feature of the curriculum.
Although musical training has
been for years an important part
of high school activity here,
this is the first year in which an
accredited course in music is offered. The foreign languages
department is also to be augmented by classes in Latin, provided there is a sufficient enrollment for such classes to warrant their continuance. The usual two-year French course is offered as well.
A temporary list of teachers
is available, although there is a
possibility that more will be engaged during the coming week.
According to Mr. Haack, superintendent. Those already active
are: G. E. Henderson, of Fisher,
Minn.; senior high principal;
Mrs. Maude Martin, Pine River,
junior nigh principal; Miss Lois
Odin, Thief River Falls, home
economics; Miss Lavern Benson,
Black Duck, mathematics; Miss
Eunice McCart, English and foreign languages; Corwin A. Jones
Cass Lake, science, history, and
music; Harold Mattson, Gilbert,
Minn., industrial arts; Miss Antoinette Henderson, Fergus
Falls, normal training; Miss
Grace Lucas, Sherburn, Minn.,
first grade; Miss Evelyn Even-
sta, Pillager, second grade; Miss
Thelma Erickson, Pine River,
third grade; Miss Leone Golz,
St. Cloud, fourth grade; Miss
Luella Torske, Ada, Minn., fifth
grade; and Miss Helen Henry,
Pine River, sixth grade.
Five of the teachers listed a-
bove taught in the Pine River
School last year. They are Mrs.
Martin, Miss Golz, Mr. Mattson,
Miss Henry and Miss Erickson.
The number of bus routes operating from the Pine River
School has been increased from
five to eight. Schools served by
these routes are: Mildred, Blind
Lake, Clough Lake, Fifty Lakes,
Swanburg, Whitefish Lake,
Sundberg, Pleasant Valley, Loon
Lake, Stony Brook, and Maple
Leaf.
OBITUARY
Marion Elizabeth, youngest
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leon
Glover passed away at her home
on Thursday, August 29, after a
short illness.
Sept. 12, 1927. They resided in
Longville until four years ago
when they moved to Walker
where they made their home until the time of her death. Her
mother preceeded her in death
when she was only a year old.
She leaves to mourn her untimely death her husband, Henry Erickson and two children
Betty Mae 6 years old and Donald Henry 6 months old, also her
father Henry Haugin, of Pine
River, and two brothers George
of Holton, Mich., and Thaddeus
of Longville; five'Tsrsxers, Mrs.
Hilda Nopson of Grand Rapids,
Thelma, of Minneota and Mrs.
Marie Hauggard, Mrs. Agnes
Mattson and Corolla Kline all of
Pine River.
She was baptized in the Lutheran faith to which she was
faithful unto death and was always known as a willing worker
in her. church and a loving mother and wife at home.
Funeral services were held at
the Hope Lutheran Church at
Walker, August 11, with Rev.
Naglesoni officiating. Interment
was made in the Ever Green
cemetery at Walker.
PLAY CAST ENTERTAINED
FRIDAY EVENING OF
LAST WEEK
Mrs. Oliver Dahl and Miss Elnora Rode, assisted by Miss Esther Conzet, were hostesses at a
party in honor of the cast and
horus of "A Bold Front" an Friday evening, in the Oddfellowe'
Hall. Card games and dancing
were the entertainment offered
the forty guests. Members of the
cast and chorus present included
Mary Alice Christian, Mrs. Elias
Rovik, Barbara Kolb; Ruth Lauritzon, Virginia Stewart, Marcella
Lauritzon, Avis Rode, Helen
Farnum, La Verne Leef, Lila
Norberg, Monica Lauritzon, Dorothy Mae Marsh, Jean Button,
Louis Farnum, Frank Finch, Roy
Peterson, Ted Shiffer and Bud
Kline.
Music for dancing was provided by the Parisians, and supper
was served at midnight. Two
beautifully decorated cakes and
a card of appreciation were sent
for the occasion by the Cass
County Fair Board.
Pine River Bank Will Soon Open
Petition Granted Within
Ten Minutes
Before long Pine River will be
able to boast another addition to
its town. The hearing which was
held August 27, for the purpose
of moving the Charter of the
Guthrie Bank to Pine River was
granted within ten minutes and
we have been informed from a
reliable source that as soon as a
few minor details have been taken care of the bank will establish
its business here, possibly within
the next month.
LON FIELDS WINS LOVING
CUP AT BREEZY POINT
L. E. Daugherty, Postmaster,
announces that the office hours
for Sunday are changed from
9:00-9:30 a. m. to 10:00-10:30 a.
m. The change is effective Sunday, September 8th.
OBITUARY
We have beeni requested to
publish this obituary due to an
error:
Mrs. Henry Erickson passed
away at the University hospital
Augst 8. Death was due to cancer.
Rosella Haugin was born at
Lake Stay, near Arco, Minnesota, 1910, and was 24 years, 11
months and 12 days of age at
the time of her death.
She came to Pine River with
her parents when she was two
and a half years of age and resided here until her marriage to
Henry   Erickson   of   Longville,
HILL-BASORE
Hazel Hill of Mildred and El-
don Basore of Pine River were
united in holy matrimony, Sunday afternoon at 5:30 p. m. at
the home of Rev. Charles Pearson, with Rev. Pearson officiating.
The young married, couple
have a host of friends in this vicinity who wish them health and
happiness. The young couple will
be at home to their many friends
in Pine River.
28 POUND PIKE
CAUGHT IN WABEDO
28 Pound Monster Measures 49
Inches From Stem to
Stern
Considerable interest was a-
roused here last Thursday afternoon when H. W. Greenwood of
Alton, 111., who is vacationing at
Wabedo Lake brought in a Northern Pike weighing 28 pounds
and 2 ounces and measuring 49
inches from stem to stern. It
just goes to prove that the big
ones are still there if you only
know how to catch them. Mr.
Greenwood used a Copper Spoon
for bait in catching the monster.
Shortly after he arrived in town
with it a photo of the fish was
takefn in front of the Hill Hardware store and you had to look
twice to see the man in back
holding it up. That is one big
one that didn't get away.
CAR TURNS OVER ON
LONGVILLE ROAD
Mr. Bowman and family of' St.
Paul who are vacationing here
had the misfortune of tipping
over about 9:30 A. M. Friday.
He was traveling at a moderate
rate of speed about two miles
from Pine River on the Longville road when he struck some
loose gravel and lost control of
the car going into the ditch and
tipping on the side. Very little
damage was done to the car outside of a broken windshield and
a few dents. Mrs. Bowman who
was sitting on the side that the
car tipped was bruised and cut
about the legs but nothing very
serious.
VILLAGE OF 1800 HAS NO
VOLUNTEERS FOR MAYOR
Long Prairie^—Who wants to
be mayor of Long Prairie. Apparently there is no one in this
village of over 1800 people who
desires the honor, and as a result
the office left vacant by the resignation of H. C. Wolfarth remains unoccupied with nothing
to indicate it will be filled immediately. It is rumored that the
council has approached several
citizens requesting them to assume the duties of mayor at
least until such time as the village elections are held, but thus
far the invitation on the part of
the village dads has been kindly
but none the less firmly, declined.
Lon Fields was awarded the
silver loving cup at the trap
shoot held at Breezy Point on.
Monday, shooting 22 out of a
possible 25 clay pigeons. Considering that there were some thirty odd participants in the shoot
Lon comes in for plenty of credit for winning the cup.
Several people from Pine River atended the outing held at
Breezy Point Monday and report
a very enjoyable time. The
grounds were thrown open to
everybody and'golf, tennis, horse
shoe pitching and many other-
sports were enjoyed by those
that attended. This is the first
outing of this sort held at the
resort but Mr. Fawcett states
that from now on it will be an
annual event.
SCHOOL BOARD POLITE
IN ELECTION BATTLE
MINNESOTA
NEWS BRIEFS
WRONG GUESS LEADS
TO $10 FISHING FINE
Waconia—Eddie Cotton, New
York master of ceremonies guessed wrong on the number of
ward's in Minneapolis and it cost
him $10 in a game and fish violation fine in Justice Court. Cotton applied for a resident fishing
liense at Waconia and gave his
address at a Minneapolis hotel.
When asked what ward he lived
in, he thought a moment, and
then said the fourteenth." the license was issued to Eddie Cotton, fourteenth ward, Minneapolis. But when game wardens inspected the license on the lake
at Waconia, Cotton ran into difficulties. One of the wardens
knew the correct count on Minneapolis wards. Cotton was
brought before Justice Ray Meeker and fined $10 for angling
without a license. Cotton said he
came to Minnesota to be master
of ceremonies at a walkathon.
BIRDS SHOW DISTASTE
FOR FISHERMAN'S BAIT
Ortonville—Both birds and
fish were rivals for a trout fly
and the swallow won—but just
for a moment. Ross Kaercher,
fishing with a fly rod for blue-
gills in the south Big Stone lake
bay, was suddenly startled to
find one of the swallows which
had been flitting about him on
the end of his line, when all the
time his sole intention was to
lure the bluegills. Badly surprised and after no end of embarrassment, the bird finally rid
itself of the bait and fled, leaving the fish alone with the tempting barbed morsel. Billy Orton,
who was fishing nearby, vouches
for the story.
LITTLE GIRL'S HEAD
GOES IN BUT NOT OUT
Luverne.—Mary Helen McRo-
bert agile three-year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. McRo-
bert, had an unpleasant experience when she squirmed her
head into the steering wheel of
her parents' car and caught it so
tightly it was necessary to saw
the wheel in order to release her.
The little girl was seated in her
mother's lap behind the wheel of
the car, when she suddenly
reached over for something and
stuck her head between the
spokes of the wheel. Unable to
extricate herself, she became rigid. Try as they might, Mr. and
Mrs. McRohert simply could not
release her. A saw was then put
into action and in a few minutes
Mary Helen was freed and none
the worse for her experience.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hill drove
to Dorset Wednesday afternoon
to attend the funeral of Mrs. J.
H. Tamm, who died Monday
morning.
Sleepy Eye.—A session of the
school board resembled the Democratic convention of 1920 last
week when 22 ballots for president at an attempted organization meeting were cast without
a deciding vote. After numerous ballots had been cast, all resulting in 3 votes for O. A. Pres-
cott and 3 for Dr.W.F. Rounds,
a suggestion was made to adjourn and 3 not to adjourn. A
recess followed during which
board members inspected the
building. When voting started
again the deadlock was resumed,
but finally a ballot of 5 to 1 resulted in adjournment. Since the
first step in organization is the
election of a president, no other
business could be transacted at
the meeting. Despite their inability to get together m electing
a presiding officer, the meeting
was a very pleasant one. There
were no hard words, not even a
hard look.
MAYBE DUMB BUT NOT
DEAF, ARREST REVEALS
Red Wing—Beer ruined the
career of a peddler of pencils in
Red Wing. A transient, in a
soiled white cap, heavy overcoat,
his sockless feet in shabby shoes
made the rounds of the beer parlors selling pencils. Apparently
deaf and dumb, he chattered in
sign language or wrote out his
wants on pad with pencil. His
condition aroused sympathy and
business was fairly brisk. However, as he went from bar to bar
he drank up his profits in beer
and the close of the day found
him in such a sorry state that
the police were summoned and
the intoxicated mute was put in
a cell. It was then a minor 'miracle" occurred for when he "deaf
and dumb" peddler found himself in jail, his lost voice and
hearing returned with a rush
and he raved loud and clear a-
gainst the Red Wing police and
their ancestry. A police car escorted him to the outskirts- of
town and the "mute" was sent
on his way.
WARDEN BLIDE RELEASES
DEER AFTER HEALING LEG
Hallock. — "Billy" the baby
deer brought in with a broken
leg by Game Warden Blide iast
spring is now enjoying himself
in the wilds of the poplar grove,
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