The Pine River Journal (Pine River, Minnesota), 1935-10-24

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PINE RIVER JOURNAL
VOLUME I NUMBER X
THE PINE RIVER JOURNAL, PINE RIVER, CASS COUNTY. MINNESOTA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1935
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NEWS BRIEFS FROM
AROUND OUR STATE
WOLF LOSES FAST RACE
WITH A CAR AT NIGHT
Ada—W. C. Ripley of Ada,
has an experience which he
might well send in to his name
sake of 'Believe It Or Not Fame'
and incidentally has an extra
$15 in his pocket as a result of
the occurrance. Ripley was driving east of Ada at night when
an animal came out of the ditch.
He at first believed it to be a
dog, but as his headlights play-
on the animal running ahead, he
discovered that it was a Wolf.
As the Wolf an from one side of
the road to the other, Ripley
followed, with his lights turned
on the fleeing animal at alltimes.
After achase of possibly half a
mile, during which tha oar had
to be speeded up to nearly 65
miles an hour, the Wolf was
struck ard killed. Ripicy leaded up his game and brought it
to Ada, where he collected a
bounty of $15. for the hide.
BOGUS MONEY PASSED
AT   FESTIVAL   DAYS
Sanborn—Watermelon day at
Sanborn was a big success—until those who took in! the money
began examining some of the
bills. At least fourteen fake
greenbacks weredetected, with
more expected to show up as the
bills are Returned from the bank.
Apparently passers of the bogus money felt that such occasions as watermelon days in Sanborn, Springfield and New Ulm
were the best places to get rid
of the bills, and a number of
(fakes were reported' from each
city.. To the casual observer
the bills might appear to be
genuine,but upon close inspection1 and and comparison with a
genuine dollar bill the difference
can readily be seen. The printing on both sides is much more
crude with details such as fine
lines, hardly discernable.     i
400   MOTORISTS   LOSE
THEIR DRIVERS LICENSE
Four hundred Minnesota motorists were penalized for serious driving offenses in the past
three months by the suspension
or revocation of their drivers licenses according to a highway
department announcement. Loss
of license followed convictions
for driving while drunk, careless
driving, leaving thescene of an
accident, reckless driving, driving without the permission of
the owner and other charges.
The offending drivers lost the
privilege of operating a motor
car for periods ranging from 30
days to indefinite revocation. In
the latter case, the license can
be restored only by court action,
and not sooner than one year
from the date of revocation. As
licenses are suspended or revoked, the names and addresses f
the drivers are supplied to police
departments, sheriffs and the
state highway patrol, whose duty it is to see that the law against driving without a license is
enforced.
PTA COMMITTEES MET
ON MONDAY EVENING
DISCOVERS FIVE KITTENS
IN   QUART   FRUIT   JAR
Chaska—Quintuplets that
have it all over the famous Dionne babies in one respect are
boasted ini Chaska. When Mrs.
Louis Winkelman heard a mewing in her basement recently she
investigated and found that' a
quart fruit jar was mo longer filled with jelly but with kittens.
When the little felines were extricated from the jar, it was
found that there were five of
them packed into the small space.
They had just been born- a day
or two before and were all alive.
How they got into the jar and
kept alive no one knows.
The president of the PTA.
Mrs. Dale Duo~ and all the
chairmen and various commit-
te s, held a discussion meeting
at the home of Mrs. Charles Sei-
bel on Monday evening. Plans
were made for the coming years
work, and in a short time the
committees will be ready to publish the progams so the public
will know what fs in store for
them. Evsry PTA meeting will
be 'worth attending.
Mrs. Seibel served a delicious
lunch 'following the meeting.
FAREWELL PARTY
Friends and neighbors gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Ernest Comstock' Sundayevenino;
to bid them good bye, and wish
them well in their new location.
They are leaving for Red Oak,
Iowa. The evening was spent in
visiting after which refreshments were served.
ACCIDENTAL SHOOTING
FIND RINGS LOST 45 YRS.
AND 73 YEARS BEFORE
Jordan—Elliot Varne   has   a
sixth sense for finding lost rings.
Two years ago he found a   ring
that his mother had lost 73 yrs.,
ago.   Last week he found another ring that his mother had lost
just 45 years ago. The find two
years ago was made when Var-
ner was doing some repairing on
his home.   The ring was discovered in the bottom of a window
sill, presumably being   dropped
there before the house was plas
tered.   It was while Varner was
putting in a new window   that
the piece was found.    The ring
that he found' last week was   a
solid gold band about a quarter
of an inch wide.   He   found   it
while digging a hole out in   his
yard to transplant some   grape
vines.   He was   spading   when
something shiny   attracted   his
eye.   The ring was slightly tarnished after its 45 years in the
ground and it had   come   apart
where it was fastened together,
but a few minor repairs fixed it
up as good as ever. The   design
on the ring is plainly visible.
Jimmy Tillsbury, living near
Portage, was accidently shot by
his brother-in law while out hunting Sunday. The men were
scanding together looking over
their guns when the charge
went off. Jimmy received severe lacerations in the calf of
his leg and was brought to the
local hospital for treatment.
CAR DROPS SEVEN FEET
WITHOUT A SCRATCH
Belle Plaine —Cars occasionally get cracked up from trivial
causes, but one went over a seven or eight foot embankment at
Belle Plaine without a scratch.
The vehicle, a pick-up truck, had
been left in gear in the rear of
a lot. A five year old child got
in, pressed the starter, and was
off for a zig-zag ride through
the orchard. The frightened
child jumped out as the truck
headed for the street. A deep cut
made in front of the property
for a new highway had a five
foot retaining wall. The truck
nosed dived over this embankment and landed on all fours.
The driver hurried out, got in the
car amd drove the car away without even a scratch on it to show
the run-away.
1935 Red Cross Poster
Invites Your Membership
POPULAR COUPLE
EXCHANGE VOWS
Dorothy Cleora Kaier, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
John Kater of Pine River, and
Glenn R. Houston, youngest son
of Mrs. Mitchell Of Swanberg
were united in marriage Saturday, October 18, at 5:00. P. M.,
in Minneapolis. Their attendants were Marjorie Smith of
Wells, Minnesota, and Ray Basset of North Branch.
The bride was attired in a
beautiful gown of transparent
velvet with accessories to match.
The groom wore the conventional
blue.
Both young people are well
known in. Pine River, having
spent most of their life here.
They both graduated from the
local high school. After leaving
Pine River, Miss Kater graduated fom the Winona Teachers
College and taught school for several years. Last June she purchased the Shamrock Dancing
Studio in Minneapolis, which
she has conducted since.
Mr. Houston attended Hamlin University until he became
connected with the Greyhound
Bus Company, which position he
still holds.
They will be at home to their
many friends in their apartment
at Yale Place, in Minneapolis.
Their host of friends wish
them success and happiness in
their mew venture.
N. W. ASSEMBLY
PROGRAM DATES
Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Bailey of
Pequot, were Pine River visitors
Tuesday evening. Mrs. Bailey
attended the Star Chapter.
The Misses Monica, Marcella,
and Helen Lauritzon and Nadine
Farnam were Brainerd shoppers
Saturday.
LONGVILLE NEWS
PRE-NUPTIAL SHOWER
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Nyvall
visited in Northome Saturday.
Clarence Craig was a Brainerd
visitor recently.
Miss Fayne Thompson is employed at Ferd Diesch's resort.
Mrs. E. Aultman expects to
leave for California   this   week.
Come to the PTA' meeting
Friday evening.
Mrs. John Chase is assisting
at the John Tabaka Jr. home for
a few days.
Last week Ma Craig moved
her restaurant into the west
storeroom of Fullers store. She
also rented the living quarters
above the store.
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The many friends of Miss Eva
Arnold, duaghter of Mr. and Mrs.
Cordell Arnold, gathered at their
home Sunday to honor Miss Arnold with a shower party. A
very delicious lunch was served.
Miss Arnold was the recipient f
many beautiful and useful gifts.
She was also presented with a
lovely friendship quilt, which
was made by a group of friends.
OLD   MAP   OF   STATE
SHOWS STRANGE FACTS
Jackson—A map of Minnesota
published in 1854, one of the
prized possessions of Gus Swanson, ranks as one of the oldest
maps of the state in existance.
Well preserved for its age, the
map shows that Minnesota then
comprised only twenty counties.
Pembina embracing territory
equal to one third the present
size of the entire state. At that
time Minnesota territory dipped
down to the junction of the Miss
ouri and sioux rivers, near Sioux
City, Iowa.' The Jakes now
known as lake Shetec near Slayton, were called the Great Oasis.
That the red man still had plen--
of territory in which to hunt and
Ifight is shown by a notation, on
the map: "The vast region of
the prairies from Red River of
the North and MiniWakan lake
to about the Great Bend of the
Missouri river is the great hunting and fighting ground of
Kdakcotak, extreme southern
part of Ramsey county, with the
county extending north of Mille
Lacs." Minneapolis is shown on
the map as St. Anthony Falls.
BIRTHDAY   PARTY
A COSTUME PARTY
CARNIVAL FRIDAY   NITE
"Amateur Hour" at the carnival Friday night promisises to
be one of the most interesting
features. A great variety of
entries have already been made
and those in charge say there is
someone to represent almost every kind of entertainment, whatever it may be.
A full evening of thrills amd
fun are in store for everyonethat
attends. Meet your gang at the
gym Friday nite and enjoy an
evening of real fun.
. In enumerating the various
entertainment features that will
be sponsored by the school, in
last weeks issue we mention that
we would publish the dates of the
various features which follow in
the paragraph below:
The first will be presented on
Friday, Nov. 8th, at the high
school auditorium at 8:00 P. M.
G. E. Tordt, former director of
the Texas Reptile Institute at
Austin, will give an interesting
lecture on "Our Friends The
Snakes." Anyone ineterested in
Zoology will will find a great
deal of information from a man
who knows his subject and tells
it well.
The second feature will beheld
January 2, at 8:00 P. M., with
Bob Briggs, an art entertainer.
Mr. Briggs is a crayon expert
and is a tradition in the middle
west. His pictures will be found
in many schools; In addition to
this he is an accomplished vocalist, having sung in more than
a hundred operas. This form f
entertainment should be a rare
treat for everyone.
The third feature will be held
February 28, at 9:00 A. M., with
the Meneley entertainers. They
are two talented vocal and instrumental entertainers, using
huge organ chimes.
March 14, brings you the Fa'u-
bell Duo at 8:00 P. M. These
two young women presenting
entertainment Of the highest order, Music, Readings, Ventriloquism and a variety of costumes
and character portrayals.
The above are four types of
entertainment you will receive
when you buy your season ticket
besides all the ball games that
were listed last week, and in all
probability there will be several
additional evenings of entertainment included that are as yet not
definitely arranged for. Do not
hesitate to buy your season ti
cket - you will save money and
the advanced funds will give the
management opportunity to carry out the heavy program for
the year.
The Birthday Club celebrated
the birthday of Mrs. Harve
Cromett at her home, Saturday
afternoon. The hostesses for
the afternoon were Mrs. A. Lundin, Mrs. H. Zigmund.and Mrs.
Elias Rovick. Decorations and
games in keeping with the hallo-
ween spirit were used.. Guests
arrived in hallow'een costumes.
Mrs. Marion Sherwood winning
first prize for the best costume
at the party; Mrs. Downing second and Mrs. F. L. Hempstad
third. The chief diversion1 of the
afternoon was games and story
telling, Mrs. Downing winning
first prize for the best story. A
delicious lunch was served at
5:00 P. M., after which the party adjourned.
MARCH OF TIME
AT MARLOW SUN.
GRACE MOORE PICTURE TO
BE SHOWN AT MARLOW
SUN„    MON.,    TUES.
It's interesting from start to
finish. The happenings of the
month put into twenty minutes
of real entertainment. You have
heard it on the radio, now see it
on the screen- "The March of
Time," showing three days starting Sunday.
The screen's loveliest voice
has returned to us once more.
Grace Moore will thrill the audience at the Marlow Theatre Sunday night in her new picture,
"Love Me Forever." Combining
drama, music and romance, Grace Moore's new picture is a gift
for the whole world, a thrilling
evening of heart warming entertainment.
Not since 'One Night of Love1
has the screen been in better
form. Not since Miss Moore's
last picture has anything so satisfying to the soul been flashed
before our eyes or sung into our
ears.
Telling the story of Margaret
Howard, a debutante who suddenly finds herself penniless,
"Love Me Forever" takes her
from the moment she meets Ste-
phano Corelli until she sings her
astoundingly beautiful debut at
the Metropolitan in lovely "La
Boheme." Corelli, a big time
gambler, falls in love with Mar-
garet when he hears her sing,
and sponsors her career.
ANNUAL POULTRY SHOW
TO   BE   HELD   NOV. 8 - 9
The Lake Region Poultry Association will hold their annual
poultry show at the Armory in
rPine River, Friday and Saturday, November 8-9.
The business and professional
men of Pine River have contributed a number of prizes and together with the regular prizes
will make this one of the best
poultry shows in recent years.
Be sure and plan to attend.
MEA MET LAST WEEK
The pupils of the Pine River
schools enjoyed a two day vacation last week, while members
of the faculty journeyed to various places where Divisional meetings were held. Supt. Haack,
Mr. and Mrs. Henderson, Miss
Torsky, Miss Oden and Mr. Rosen made Thief River Falls their
choice, while Misses Henry, Lucas, amd McCart selected Virginia. Misses Wicklund, Erickson,
Gols, Evensta, Benson, Henderson and Mrs. Maud Martin' attended the meetings at St. Cloud.
FARMERS GET BIG CHECKS-
_FOR GRASS SEED SHIPME'T
OVER 100,000 TO BE ADDED
TO CCC ROLLS IN OCTOBER
A new Civilian Conservation
Corps enrollment program, effective October 1, 1935, is now
in progress to replace men who
dropped out prior to that date,
and to increase the stregth ofthe
corps above the total of 519,000
the figure reached August 31st
of this year.
It is expected that overlOO.OOO
young men and veterans will be
enrolled by the War Department
in the CCC during October.
The reduction in the age limit
for CCC enrollees makes it possible for physically fit youths of
seventeen to participate in the
Emergency Conservation work,
provided they come from families now on public relief rolls. At
least 40,000 American youths of
17 are thus eligible for enrollment.
A survey shows that 213,377
juniors were selected for enrollment during the June, July amd
August expansion. Seventy
five per cent of the number were
21 years old or under. The War
Department records show that a
total of 43,097 enrollees of the
Conservation Corps left the forest camps to accept outside, employment during the three months ending August 31st, 1935.
F. C. Shepard made a business
trip to Staples Wednesday.
The Star Chapter held its regular meeting Tuesday evening,
with the largest attendance   for
some time.   A social hour
lowed the Chapter session.
Baudette—Some big checks
have been received by farmers
for grass seed sent out at Baudette. Harold Bruber received
a check for $2200 for one load of
clover and timothy seed, while
B. D. Webber received $1550 for
his, and ArthurHolmgrem got
$956. In, spite of the fact that
the grass seed yield per acre in
the Badette section is lower than
last year, more seed will be shipped out than in 1934. Twenty
carloads had been shipped last
week, with about the same amount to go. The total amount received by farmers will be less
than last year owing to the low
prices, but the increased amount
shipped out is due to bigger
acreage.
Miss Monica   Lauritzon-   and
Miss Leonme Zaske, who are attending Teachers College at St.
fol- Cloud, spent the   week   end   at
their parental homes.
GRAFT   57   KINDS   OF
APPLES ON ONE   TREE
Red Wing— Fifty seven' apple
in one—that's something to
talk about. The tree is the property >of Mrs. John C. Seebach
and was produced by grafting
57 varieties over a period Of several years. Some of the apples
on the tree this year are as large
as am' infant's head. A plate of
the apples won first prize at the
Minnesota state fair for Mrs.
Seebach.
Neighbors Buy Cows To Replace Poisoned   Herd
Blue Earth—Neighbors of
Mrs. William Thorton, near Blue
Earth, presented her with a herd
of five milch cows and a purse
money, after news had been received that she had lost twelve
head of her cattle from corn
stalk poisoning the previous day.
Mrs. Thorton's cattle died suddenly on a Friday from the poisoning, and the next day a delegation of neighbors presented
her with a new herd and a purse
of silver to go along with it.
The money was solicited from a
number of nearby neighbors,
with everyone chipping in to
partly recompense her for the
loss which she felt so keenly.