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

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VOLUME 1 NUMBER VIII THE PINE RIVER JOURNAL, PINE RIVER, CASS COUNTY, MINNESOTA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1935
SUBSCRIPTION $1.00 Per Year
NEWS BRIEFS FROM
AROUND THE STATE
World   War   Hero   Gets
Distinguished   Medal
' Rochester—Extreme bravery
in action during the world war,
brought its reward to a Roches-
ter man when Sergeant Gerald
Cooke was last week awarded
the Distinguished Service Cross.
Only 68 Americans have beeim so
decorated.' Eighteen years ago
Sergeant Cooke was doing advanced outpost duty in the Verdun sector. Ahead of him lay
No Man's Land; and behind him
the 23rd infantry of the secoinid
division of the American Expeditionary Force—its protection
against surprise attack dependent in part upon him. Suddenly in the sodden-blackness, he
stumbled upon a German machine gun nest. It was the lives of
five Germas or his own and that
of many others in his division.
With an automatic held in his
good right hand—his left arm
y-was in a sling—he "wiped out"
the nest single handed. Cooke
was both wounded and gassed in
the war. Besides the distinguished Service Cross, he has also
been decorated with the Croix
de Guerre, with palm, by the
French government, for valorous-service. Modest about his
accomplishments, he refused to
jgive a newspaper interview and
monchalantly remarked, "Oh,
that's nothing."
quito bites and from bruises resulting from trying to free himself. Returning home via the
hitch-hiking route from Iowa,
Gustafson was picked up outside
of Benson by two men, who told
him they would take him to Or-
tonville. Arriving at thePomme
de Terre state park, they drove
in, drew guns, forced Gustafson
to disrobe and tied him to a tree.
They then took his watch, clothes and money and departed.
Gustafson's frantic calls for
help went unheeded until almost
24 hours later when Frank Suc-
kow, residing in the park vicinity and showing some visitors
the park development, came
across the exhausted man. The
men who mistreated him were
later aprehended and identified
by Gustafson's watch which they
still had with them.
PINE R. DEFEATS
HACKENSACK FRI.
CAR PUSHES PEDESTRIAN
THRU   GLASS   WINDOW
Alexandria—It isnt safe to
walk upon thestreets of Alex-
' andria and Miss Ethel Kappa-
han will henceforth stay away
from large plate glass windows.
She was severely injured when
a model T Ford, driven by Mrs.
Anrna Velander, jumped the curb
and pined her between the car
and the broken window. Mrs.
Velander of Farwell was attempting to park in front of the five
and ten cent store in Alexandria
when she lost control of her* car,
runindng it up on the sidewalk
and into the largecurved glass
window. The heavy plate glass
was shattered' and Miss Kappa-
han was crushed between the
car and the window, being cut
severely by the broken glass on
the arms and legs. Two bones
in her left leg were also broken
and her shoulder was badly
wrenched. Miss Kappahan
heard a noise behind her and
was turned slightly when the
car hit her. Otherwise she may
have been pushed into the window head first.. She received
mo cuts about the face or head.
In the first game of the season
Pine River High School defeated
Hackensack, in a game of touch
'football, by a score of 7 - 0.
All the scoring was done in the
fourth quarter, when Jones, local halfback, intercepted a pass
and raced 45 yards for a touchdown. Riley added the extra
point by a place kick.
Although this was the first
game of the season some promising athletes were seen in action.
The Haack brothers, Jim Evans and Harold Rognlie carried
off the honors of the day. Next
Wednesday a return game will
be played at Hackensack.
Frank Finch, the local touch
ball enthusiast, refereed the
game.
Students of Pine River To
Give  Carnival October
25
PLEA FOR FUNDS   TO   PURCHASE      FOOTBALL
EQUIPMENT
GARDNER - JOHNSON
Drunk Throws Hymn Books
Through Church Window
Stacy—Hymn   books    flying
out of four or five broken   windows Of   St    John's   Lutheran
Church at Stacy and the discovery of a young   fellow   drunker
than seven sailors at a   barten-
dei's reunion, trying to stagger
north on the   highway   with   a
huge pulpit bible in   one   hand
and the other numbly   engaged
in thumbing ride in any   given
direction, led to the arrest of 18
year old Mr. Gallagher of Duluth.   Beaking into the church in
his drunken condition, the young
man proceeded   to   throw   the
. hymn books out of the windows
■   and cause a general scene of havoc.   He gave no reason for his
actions, other than   having   become so drunk on wine and beer
that he didn't know what he was
doing.   He was tried and released under condition that he reimburse the county for   expenses
involved in his arrest.
Mrs. Elizebeth Gardner and
Mr. John Johnson took the town
by surprise this week when they
announced their marriage which
took place at Walker, on Friday
afternoon at 1 o'clock, with
Judge Oliver performing the cere
mony.
Mr. and Mrs. Johnson left Saturday morning by car for Minneapolis, where they will spend
their honeymoon visiting at the
home of Mr. Johnson's daughters
and continuing from there to
Medalia, where they will visit at
the home of Mrs, Johnson's sister.
Mrs. Johnson has been a resident of Pine River for Twelve
years and is very well and favorably known by everyone, having
been manager Of the local Telephone exchange until this summer when she sold out to the present owner.
Mr. Johnson has been a resident of Pine River for the past 2
years. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson
both have a host of friends in
this community who join with
the Journal in wishing them a
long and happy wedded life.
ROBBED OF CLOTHING
LEFT   TIED   TO   TREE
£>rtonville.—Minus all clothing but a shirt, Carl Gustafson,
young farmer near Ortonville,
was found tied to a tree in the
state highway park six miles
north of Appleton, at one o'clock
in the afternoon. He had been
tied to the trunk early the previous afternoon. Gustafson was
taken to the Appleton hospital
suffering from exposure,   mos-
Shoppers    Are    Routed
Rochester— An animal of the
Weasel family— Mr. Skunk to
you—met its Waterloo in the
basement of a Rochester store
last week when Rex Robinson,
game warden, shot it. Mr. skunk
announced his odorous presence
to many passersby and shoppers
in the vicinity. Employees of
the store could see the animal in
the basement for several days,
although identification was uncertain. It is believed that the
skunk entered through the grating leading to the basement of
the store from the alley. The
animal finally took offense at
efforts to disturb him, and it
was necessary for clerks in one
or two nearby stores to take rapid defense measures with perfume atomizers.
Carnival Night Oct. 25th. - -
Keep the date open it will be the
biggest night of the month - Fun
for everyone, read on and on and
count the attractions that you
will want to see.
One of the feature attractions
will be the "Amateur Hour' 'ana
this will be in the form of a contest and is open for everyone interested in1 competing. Old amd
young are urged to attend and
take part. If you play any kind
of a musical instrument, dance
sing or do anything in the amusement line register at the school-
house and start practicing.
There will be prizes awarded
for the best numbers which will
be contributed by the local merchants as well as the organization back ofthe carnival.
Other attractions fo the evening will be as 'follows: In A Gypsy Tea Room, (where I first met
you) fortunes will be whispered
to you - while refreshments are
served - A Fish Pond - the usual
kind and a booth for Ripleys believe it or Not's; Keeno, with
grand prizes offered, and a Hot
Dog Stand. The Queen of the
Carnival will be crowned, with
appropriate celebration.
The object of this carnival, besides offering a big night for tha
community, is to gain funds to
carry on the winter activities in
the school program.
The curricular this year adds
many special features to the usual years activities. There will
be a school band, orchestra, Glee
Clubs, dramatic class, debate
team, football, and basket ball.
Looking forward to an interesting winter those in charge are
eager to have funds to carry on
all this work. Lets all plan to
make this the biggest event of
the season.
The manual training boys are
busy at the tennis courts assisting with the work yet to be done.
The physical Education epuip-
ment has arrived and the grade
children are putting in their time
at kitten ball. The smaller grade
students are enjoying the merry-
go-round.
Miss Anna Swenson of the Department of education visited
the Normal Training Department
on Tuesday.
New pupils enrolled this week
are Paul Gardner and Gordon
Johnson, both are seniors.
Suits for the football team are
needed terribly bad. Many towns
have purchased suits for their
school teams by donations from
the merchants. The local school
is asking this support and any
contributions from any one interested will be greatly appreciated. Anyone who will contribute
five dollars to this cause will receive a season ticket to all school
activities including the Northwest Assembly programs. Think
of this bargain ! Get in touch
with Superintendent Haack and
place your donation cheerfully,
any amount small or large will
be greatly appreciated.
The regular meeting of the
school board will be held Thursday evening, October 10, at 8:00
P. M., at the schoolhouse.
P. T. A. WILL MEET ON
MONDAY OCTOBER 14th.
"Tenshion Please!" The first
regular meeting of the P. T. A.
will be held at the schoolhouse,
on Monday evening, October 14,
at 8:00 P. M. The meeting will
be a friendly greeting to the
members of the Pine River faculty and it is hoped that there
will be a splendid attendence.
A short musical and instructive
program will be given following
the business meeting, after
which a general reception and
"get aquainted" games will be
featured; Mrs. L. Walton and
Miss Esther Conzet acting as
the hospitality committee. Refreshments will complete the evening's entertainment. Everyone planning on attending is ask-
ed to register with Lon Fields or
Mrs. Dahl so the committee in
charge of refreshmestnnts will
be able to arrange accordingly.
PIONEER   OF   GRAFF
PASSES AWAY THURSDAY
John Nelson' passed away at
his home in Graff, on Thursday
of last week. He was 59 years of
age at the time of his death
which was caused by a blood clot.
Mr. Nelson was born in Sweden and came to this country as
a child. He moved to Cass county when a young man and resided there until the time of his
death.
Funeral services were conducted at the Graff schoolhouse on
Sunday, with Rev. Falquist of
Brainerd officiating.
Six nephews acted as pallbearers and six friends of the community as honorary pallbearers.
He leaves to mourn hisuntimely death his wife and aged
ther pnd a host of friends.
best possible impression on1 visitors. Our natural scenic advantages are great, but often an
otherwise beautiful part of the
country is spoiled by some man
made eye sore which could easily be blotted out at little or no
cost by proper plantings. The
highway department itself has
of course, been an offender against beauty, but it is wow erasing
construction scars and is giving
serious attention' to the preservation of natural attractions.
Private individuals and groups
cam be Of great assistance in
this effort to make our highways, avenues of beauty as well
as utility.
"Country sohoolhouse^.farm-
steads and village or city residential properties facing on the
highways, lewd themselves particularly well to beautification
by individual or co-operate effort."
FAREWELL PARTY
FOR REV. TALIKKA
Friends and members of the
M. E. Church, gathered Wednesday evening to bid Rev. Talikka
farewell and god speed in his
next call.
A program of musical selections and readings were given.
Rev. Talikka favored the group
with a beautiful vocal selection.
He was presented with a purs a
of Silver as a token of friendship and the high esteem in
which he was always held. A
delicious lunch was served after
which a social hour was spent.
During his stay here Rev. Tali_
kka has made many friends who
wish him success in his new
field.
FARM CLUB BOYS
TO BE FINANCED
THE LOANS WILL BE MADE
TO THE BOYS   THRU
CLUB   LEADER
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ESCAPED PRISON CONVICT
TAKEN AT SIOUX FALLS
Appleton—Howard Robbins'
vacation from his duties at the
state penitentiary was terminated on Tuesday, when police detectives at Sioux Falls, S. Dak.,
arranged to have him report
back to warden Sullivan for employment from now on. Robbing, who was slated according
to the thrillers, to come home on
a slab and with several new notches in his gun commemorating
his last brush with the minions
of the law, was taken acording
to reports, after onJy a slight
scuffle, when he came back to
collect a three dollar balance on
car heater he had stolen and sold
for five dollars, receiving two
dollars down.
Robbins agreed after his cap-
ature and identifiction to waive
extradition proceedings and
prison guards went to Sioux
Falls on Wednesday to return
him to Stillwater and his job in
the twine plant.
FARMER LABOR CLUB
MET TUESDAY   EVENING
The Pine River Farm Labor
Club held its regular meeting on
Tuesday evening with a very
good attendence. A big "blow
out" was discussed and decided
upon, further details will be published later. Watch for the big
event—Secy.
Mr. and Mrs, Earl Cromett and
daughters returned Tuesday
from a three weeks tour in California and other points in the
west. They report a very enjoyable trip but add that they
are glad to be back . in Minnesota.
The big Carnival coming Nov. 11
TN CALIENTE'    AT
MARLOW TO-NIGHT
"In Caliente," First National's
latest musical, plays a tthe Mar-
low Theatre to-night. Its all
star cast is headed by Dolores
Del Rio, Pat O'Brien, Leo Car-
rillo and Edward Everett Hor-
ton.
Scores of beautiful Hollywood
chorus girls appear in numbers
created and directed by Busby
Berkeley, who staged the big
hits in "Gold Diggers of 1935,"
"Wonder Bar," "42nd Street"
and a score of other film musicals.
WICKLUND-LESHER
Cards have been received announcing the marriage of Miss
Genevieve Lesher and Erick
Wicklund on Saturday, Sept. 28,
at Minneapolis. Both young
people are former Pine River residents, Mr. Wicklund having
spent most of his life here. Miss
Lesher is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Wm. Lesher of Clarion,
la., and Mr. Wicklund is the son
of Mrs. Anna Wicklund of Minneapolis.
Miss Lesher has attended the
Minnesota Bible University in
Minneapolis the past year. Mr.
Wicklund is a graduate of the
University of Minnesota. The
young couple will make their
home in Minneapolis where the
groom is employed.
The ceremony took place atthe
Church of Christ in Minneapolis.
Miss Lesher has been singing
with a Choral Club the past 3
months in many of the large cities. The Choral Club being from
the Bible U.
Mr. Frank Zupon of St Cloud,
spent Sunday with.his brother
Lawrence,
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
URGES BEAUTIFYING
ROADSIDE PROPERTY
Recognizing the growing interest in' roadside beautification
in Minnesota, the state highway department is offering the
services of its roadside development division to civic groups
and individuals interested in improving the appearane of property fronting on trunk highways, according to a department bulletin.
"Experts in the department
will be glad to offer suggestions for the screening or elimination of eyesores along the
highways, or for other types
of beautification," N. W. Elsberg, highway commissioner
announced.
"As a great tourist state,
Minesota wishes to   make   the
PALATIAL CAR USED
BY   HUNTERS   OF   70'S
During the past summer,
streamlined and air cooled trains
were displayed by a number of
railroad companies in Minnesota railway stations. In sharp
contrast to the cool interiors of
these modern coaches was a "pal
atial heme on wheels," which
was the i< nter of an unusual degree cf inle.' est, when it was exhibited in St Paul, in September,
1878.
The interior of this car was
finished in black walnut, rosewood, and mahogany, with gold
and silver ornaments. It contained a reading room, a drawing
room, and a dining room, with
furniture upholstered in crimson
and plush, curtains of silk damask, and carpets of velvet brus-
sels. The equipment included
twelve double births, silver pla-
tei1 oil lamps, washrooms, a kitchen, refrigerator, water tank,
and lockers for ice, tools and vegetables. In these elaborate
surroundings were traveling a
group of hunters from Worcester, Mass., who were bound for
western Minnesota and Dakota,
where they planned' to hunt upland game birds.
Ini the seventies, hunters used
the railroad to reach their favor-
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A new program for farm boys
in 4-H Clubs, Future Farmer
chapters and other agricultural
student groups to finance crop
and livestock projects of their
own, was announced to-day by
the Farm Credit Administration.
The plan will make it possi-
le for organized groups of farm
boys to grow crops or raise livestock under the direction of a
vocational agricultural teacher,
county agent or other responsible group leader. The funds necessary for production may be
borrowed under a trustee agreement from the Production Credit
Association operating in the
county.
The loans will be made to the
boys leader, teacher or sponsor,
who acts as trustee under a simple trustee agreement signed by
each boy and his father, guardian or other responsible adult.
The association will make the
loan to the group leader on the
security of a note for the entire'
amount of the loan, signed by
him as trustee, and also secured
by the individual note of each
member of the group for the
amount advanced him. Each
member's note must be signed
by a parent, guardian' or other
responsible adult as co-maker.
Under an alternative plan for
financing group projects, the
loan is made to an adult borrower on the security of his note,
accompanied by notes of the individual members, the latter
signed by a parent or responsible adult. This plan has been
used for more than a year.
The minimum amount which
may be loaned by a production
credit association to a farmer is
$50, but under the group financing arrangement agricultural
students who individually need
much smaller loans can pool
their credit needs and obtain a
loan,, as a group, from the Production Credit Association, some
560 of which are now in operation serving every agricultural
county in the United States.
Accompanying each loan application is a statement from the
group leader describing the nature of the projects undertaken.
Each member also makes out his
own financial statement, a budget of his probable, expenditures
and a plan of repayment. This
is of considerable educational value to the boys, since they are required to make their plans ahead
of time and provide as close an
estimate as possible of the expenditures involved.
"This is the kind of credit education you can't get in books,"
says one vocational agricultural
teacher, "and a method of teaching farm credit that beats a
dozen lectures. For all practical
purposes the boys are going
through all the steps of sound
production financing used by
their fathers."
Raking City Dump Makes
Good Living For Seekers
Winona—Salvaging in' a   city
dump may sound like poor picking, but Winonans do   it   every
day, summer   and   winter,   and
think it worth while,   according
to L. K. Dudley,   caretaker   of
the Winona city dump.   Five or
six men, and   often   a   woman,
rummage through the   rubbish.
The salvagers hunt mostly   for
metal and rubber which   can   be
sold to junk dealers, butoccasion-
ally a real find is made.   Three
years ago, a hysterical   woman
arrived at the   dump   with   her
father-in-law and other relatives
and recovered a   diamond   and
platinum ring, valued   at   $600.,
which she had left in the toe of
a bedroom slipper that was hauled away as rubbish     from   her
home.   Her joy, however,   was
not 'equal to that of a youth who
found a five dollar bill recently.
Down on his luck, the bill   gave
him a new lease on life.