The Pine River Journal (Pine River, Minnesota), 1936-11-26

              PINE RIVER JOURNAL
VOLUME II NUMBER 15
THE PINE RIVER JOURNAL. PINE RP7ER, CASS COUNTY. MINNESOTA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1936
SUBSCRIPTION $1.00 Per Year
NEWS BRIEFS OF
INTEREST FROM
'ROUND THE STATE
103 YEAR OLD RESIDENT
DIES    AT   ST   JAMES
St James.—One of Minnesota's oldest residents, Mrs. Susan
Carroll Doolittle, 103, died on
Armistice day at St James,
where she had lived for the past
45 years. Veteran of the pioneer days when Indians roamed
the southwestern part of the
state, Mrs. Doolittle recalled
how she had unknowingly fed
the notorious Younger brothers,
train robbers and bank bandits,
the dav before their captui'e
when they were being trailed by
-a posse after looting the North-,
field bank. One of her favorite
hobbies was piecing quilts and ^
during her 95th year she finish- j
ed five. She observed her 100th
birthday when Franklin Roosevelt was inaugurated president,
March 4, 1933.
WOLVES   ATTACK
FARMER'S   LIVESTOCK
Grand Rapids.—Wolves will
be a menace to unprotected
livestock and deer this winter,
if a recent experience of James
K. Knight is an indication. Three
wolves attacked a three-year old
heifer belonging to Mr. Knight
and so lacerated the animal
that it had to be killed.While the
dead heifer was being dressed,
one of the wolves came back to
see what had happened to his
<iuary and a luckv shot in the
ear killed him. The wolf was
one of the large Siberian wolves
weighing 85 pounds. Mr. Knight
has the bountv and hide of the
wolf as a partial compensation
'for the loss of his heifer.
school patrols. The majority of
the fatalities resulted while the
children were at play in the
streets. Others were caused by
automobile-bicycle collisions.
"The situation" is one that
needs serious consideration,"
he said, and asked that motorists
exercise extra caution while
driving in residential districts
where children may be at play.
He also emohasized the danger
of fast drivino through all-ys
into which children may dash
from back yards.
"Although it may prove a
problem in some cases, parents
will avert many a trag°dv if
they will forbid their children
from plaving in the streets and
alleys. The streets should be
not used for playgrounds or
ball-games but for traffic."
Referring to the dpaths among
children riding bicvcles. he
praised ordinances adopted by
some cities licensing bicycles and
settine standards for equipment.
The Minnesota traffic accident
picture, the committee chairman
added, is none too bright.
The first ten months of this
year brought 524 deaths, as
compared to 495 for the same
period of 1935.
"In October of last year, 74
persons died, and deaths for +he
same month this vear, totalled
77. and it is very likelv that additional October fatalities will
be repo rted to the committee
before long."
SHOOTS GRAY FOX
FROM TREE PERCH
New Prague.—A 16 year-old
Lonsdale youth, who shot a large
silky-haired gray fox perched
in a tree, is greatly envied by
his pals. While out hunting
rabbits near his home he spied
the animal sitting in a tree.
Raising his gun, he aimed and
fired and down came the fox.
People remarked that it was
rather unusual to find a fox in
a tree but it was thought that
the animal had been chased by a
dog and forced to leap the 18
feet into the tre* as a fox is not
known as a climber.
MOUNTIES ARE HEADED
HOME AFTER TOUR OF U. S.
Fergus Falls.—Eighty Canadian mounted policemen and
their horses occupying1 five train
cars, passed through Fergus
Falls last week.
The mounties, dressed in
their bright scarlet coats, were
returning to Winnineg, Canada,
following a tour of the United
States and a visit to the Texas
Centennial, where they participated in the exhibition. Two
cars were filled with horses.
6TH DIST. RALLY
HERE DECEMBER 6
LOCAL MAN SHOT
WHILE DEER HUNT-
TING WEDNESDAY
Peter E. Hanson had the misfortune of getting a serious
bullet-wound in his right arm,
while deer hunting with a party
of friends in the Swatora district. He was standing above
a ditch near the road, dressed in
a red cap and red jacket. Three
shots were fired at him, one passing over his head, one missing
his cheek by a hair and the third
passing through .the upper part
of his arm, grazing the bone.
The, shock threw him to the
ground. He did not hear or
see anyone and the source of
the shooting remains a mystery.
Pete showed great will power
and couracre bv trekking a mile
and a half back to camp, where
he waited three houra for the
return' of his partuers. Ole
Hemness rushed him to Aitkin,
where a physician dressed the
wound; he was then taken to
the Brainerd hosnital, where he
remained until Wednesday night.
He is out of danger now and is
feeline as well as can be expected. It is too bad some of th^se
deer hunters don't know the difference between a man and an
animal.
BOY DROWNS WHILE
SKATING ON LOON
LAKE FRIDAY P.M.
FORTNIGHTLY CLUB MET
ON MONDAY EVENING
A tragic   accident   happened
near Pequot on Friday afternoon
,of last week ,when Ralph   Boe,
: the 16 year old: son of Mr.   and
! Mrs. Boe was drowned in Loon
: Lake.   The lad was skating with
, his brother and returned: home,
noticing that his   bill-fold   was
missing he started back ins-arch
of it with   his   brother.   When
, they reached the lake they star-
I ted skating in opposite directions, looking for the lost article.
;They were several blocks apart
when Ralph cried for help.   His
brother at once rushed to his aid
and tried to pull him   out   but
saw it was impossible and barely
was able to save himself.    His
bill-fold was found on his dresser by his mother, wh re he had
left it earlier in the day.
The coroner was summoned
immediately and the body was
removed to th° Northland Funeral Home in Pine River. Funeral services were held1 on Wednesday at the Kedron Church
near Pequot.
Members of the Fortnightly
Club met at the home of Mrs. C.
R. Townsend on Monday evening. A delicious luncheon was
served by the hostess at seven
o' clock, followed by several
games of contract. Mrs. W. G.
j Stewart received high score and
jMrs. Fred Hempstead low.
ENTERTAINS "DEER
WIDOWS   WEDNESDAY
Mrs. Harris Zigmund was
hostess to a group of ladies on
Wednesday, whose husbands are
among the deer hunters. A one
o' clock luncheon was served, after which bridge was played.
NOTICE
Members of the Auxiliary will
Imeet at the Oddfellows hall all
i Saturday evening for practice.
| All members are urged to    be
i present.
The V. F. W. will hold the
Sixth District Rallv at the Pine
River Armory on Sunday afternoon, December 6. beginning at
2 p. m. Twenty four post will
be represented at the Rallv,
with all of them taking part in
the program. A degree team
has been organized and will put
on their work, initiating several new members to which he
pubiic is cordially invited. Several distinguished speakers will
also be present. A free lunch
will be served by the Ladies
Auxiliary. Home,. Fras-r. local Commander, informed us
that they will be prepared to
take of 500 people.
SOIL CONSERVATION
CHECKS NOW READY
INCREASE IN DEATHS OF
GRADE SCHOO LCHILDREN
An alarming increase in traffic accident deaths of children
of grade school age in this state was revealed by A. V. Roh-
weder, chairman of the Minnesota Public Safety committee.
Citing a need for additional
caution on the part of motorists
and increased educational activity by parents and safety leaders.
Rohweder said that fatalities
among children from 5 to 14
years of age as of November
1st of this year, equaled those
for the entire twelve m onths of
1935.
"The traffic deaths among
children of this age totaled 38
for 1935. Reports received by
the committee for accidents
throughout the state up to November 1 of this year, showed
an equal number of fatalities."
Rohweder pointed out that no
deaths occurred while the children were under supervision of
Soil Conservation checks for
183 Cass county farmers totaling-$8,742. were received by
County Agent. Oscar Nelson. He
olans to distribute the checks to
farmers on Friday, at various
places in the county.
This amount of .noney was received from the first transmit-
ta of application for pavment
forms. A second: transmittal
was made for 350 farmers about
ten days ago. A third transmittal for about 500 farmers will be
made today. The St Paul and
Washington offices have been
very prompt in handling the applications as only >one week elapsed between the time of the
first transmittal until +he checks
were received.
The early soil conservation
payments to farmers here is one
of the accomplishments of the
newly organized Cass County
Farm Bureau, states Mr. Nelson.
CHAUFFEURE LICENSES
MUST BE RENEWED IN NOV.
Mike Holm, Secretary of state, wishes to remind all chauffeurs of the necessity under law
of renewing their chauffeurs licenses during this month. Now,
as before, if application for renewal of chauffeur's license is
filed during the month of November, the fee is only $1.00 and
no examination is reauired. If.
application is not made before
the first of December, however,
an additional charge of $1.00 as
penalty is required by law.
"We have absolutely no authority to waive the penalty"
said Mr. Holm, "so we trust that
chauffeurs will send in their applications for r°-newal during
the month of November, and
thereby avoid the increased cost
to themselves.
Application blanks for renewals were sent to all licensed
chauffeurs before November 1.
Many were returned becaus e
the licensee evidently had moved
to a new address without reporting to the department. Any
chauffeur who has not received
his application blank should
write immediately to Mike Holm,
St Paul, and the required blank
will be sent.
NOTICE
All V. F. W. members are urged to be present at the armory
. Wednesday, November   2.   Important business concerning the
Rally will be discussed.
	
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph CaTT,entp>"
left Sunday for Minneapolis and
the south.   Thev plan to be gone
FARM HANDS READY
TO GO TO WORK
about two months.
BUNYANITES DEFEAT PIRATES MON.
The Pine River Pirates met
the Brainerd Bunyanites in the
first game of the season on
Monday evening, at the local
gym. The local boys were defeated by a score of 24-16, but
this does in any way indicate
the playing, as the score was
tied at the end of the first half.
The fact that the Bunyanites
were all very "rangy" and carried three all-state men goes to
prove that the Pirates are real
basket shooters. Heino Mattson
was accidently injured during
the game and it was necessary
to have several stitches taken in
his lower lip and chin to close
the wound.
The attention of farmers in
this vicinity is directed to the
fact that a large number of capable farm hands are ready for
work. These men, registered
with the National Reemployment Service, hail from all parts
of the county and are available
in all sections. Farmers who desire farm hero are requested to
contact the Cass County office
of the National Reemployment
Service at the Courthouse at
Walker and state their needs. A
person will then be selected who
best fits the qualifications required by the employer, and
this man will be referred for consideration.
These farm hands are intelligent men of varied ages with
actual work experience. Many
of them can run all types of
farm machinery, as well as milk,
and take care of stock. They
are all available for an average
farm wage.
The National Reemployment
Service is presented to the public as a free, government sponsored service, which serves as
an intermediary between employ
er and employee. A referral is
made solely on the basis of
qualification.
Mr. and Mrs. Peck and family
of Minneapolis, and two brothers
of Cut Bank, Montana, spent several days last week at the home
of their father, John Johnson.
COW KILLED BY   LIZZARDS |§
Howard Lake.—Two live liz-
zards were responsible for the
death of a 14 months old Brown
Swiss heifer, belonging to Ernest Krohn who lives near How-
arl Lake. The animal was found
dead and an examination revealed two lizzards in the heifer's
stomach.
Thanksgivings
By Albert T. Reid
Mr. and Mrs. John Ackerman
and family of Robbinsdale, arrived Sunday, for a visit at the
Herb Kline home. Mrs. Ackerman will remain here while Mr.
J Ackerman goes to Sugar Bush,
to hunt deer.
* BULLETIN
ALL farm commodity
Prices going sky-war.d.
Employmentopening up.
TEXTILE MILLS BOOMING   *«5^~
Industries go^
FULL BLAST-
PRICE OF_0FL_A£^
MONEV BEGIWN"NG
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* Merciful havens r<3uSr that's Zwfu\ !
Every one is ^o\ng to k<ave suck
ei -terrible appetite for turkeys."
TURKEY SHOOT
DRAWS RECORD
CROWD SATURDAY
The Veterans of Foreign wars
sponsored their second Turkey
shoot in Pine River, on Saturday, November 21, and packed
the basement of the armory with
sharp shooters, corn players,
spin wheelers and what not to
the extent of about 500 people.
John Lembke was the lucky
man, winning the attendance prize, a nice twenty five pound turkey. A total of 75 birds including turkeys, chicken, ducks,
and geese were given away. The
shoot netted the local post a little more than $200, which will
be put to good use in Pine River.
$25. will be donated toward the
Christmas fund and they will also aid the Auxiliary at the District Rally, to be held here on
Sunday. December 6.
Members of the V. F. W. wish
to extend their thanks to the pub
lie for their whole hearted support given them at the Turkey
Shoot.
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C. V. Gardiner, Pine River
Mrs. Barbara   Saenger,   Pine
River
Ole Hoplin, Pine River
Nils Hoplin, Pine River
Victor Nikkari, Pine River
A. J. McAllister, Pine River
J. M. Thompson, Pine River
Clyde Townsend, Pine River
Albert Teagarden. Pine River
N. D. Sherwood:. Pine River
Walter Clark, Pine River
Adolph Nelson. Pine River
Mrs. Florence Craig. Longville
Ray Tabaka. Longville
Ernest Nyvall, Lone-viHe
L. G.Mager. Lonerville
John Meagher. Mildred
L. B. Nelson, Mildred
Harry Mager, Mildred
Frank Roads. Mildred
Dr. C. V. Williams, Pine River
MINN. CREAMERIES
RECEIVE HONORS
Minnesota Ureamenes again
won the highest honors in the
National Butter scoring contest,
held at LaCross, Wis., November
10 and 11. The average score
by states are as follows:
Minnesota, 94.37
Wisconsin, 93.9
Iowa, 94. 01
Among the banner winners,
the local Land O'Lakes Creamery played an important part,
scoring 94.5. All scores of 93 or
more helped put Minnesota in
the winning class. Mr. New-
berger, local operator, deserves
much credit for the fine showing of the local creamery.
CHASES AND CATCHES
GASOLINE    BANDIT
Alden.—The act of borrowing
gasoline did not prove worthwhile for the man who attempted it at Alden. The filling station attendant chased and caught
the bandit, getting his money.
The man who tried to "borrow"
the gasoline, parked his car near
a filling station, where he secured a gas can and two gallons of
gasoline. He pointed to his car
saying he would put the gas in,
drive to the station and fill his
tank and pay the bill. He did
put the gas in the car but did
not return with the can1 or the
money. The attendant who saw
the incident jumped intoa car
and chased the thief, making
him pay for the gasoline.