The Pine River Journal (Pine River, Minnesota), 1937-01-07

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PINE RIVER JOURNAL
VOLUME II NUMBER 21
THE PINE RIVER JOURNAL. PINE RIVER, CASS <X>U.ffS\ MINNESOTA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 1937
SUBSCRIPTION $1.00 Per Year
NEWS BRIEFS OF
INTEREST FROM
'ROUND THE STATE
FARMERS RECOVER
BAD CHECK MONEY
Brainerd.—Checks totaling almost $325. have been recovered
for Crow Wing County farmers
to whom they were tendered for
payment of stock purchased in
the southern Dart of the county.
The checks wer~ issued to the
farmers hv a M;nneanolis man
who was buying stock and (farm
n.'-rviiirvhs naving fo„ tb.fi products with checks wTu*h came
back from the bank with the notations that no fnn^s w~rp th°ra
to cover them. After th^ats of
prosecution were made. th° nrm-
ey was recovered by the county
attorney.
GROW   T.wmmows   IN
OTTERTAIL   COUNTY
F^rfucs Falls— Th-f- winter
there will h° lemon m*> af the
Press'ev Tewis liom" in Ottertail countv And the- lemons
will come from their own tr-*
thrives in Minn°s"ta F"<vmtlv
fcVioir evbihi'ted °n urnis'iall'"' lar-
ge lemon, cut from their tr**-
when it was 19 b0low zero the
night before. This1 is the first,
time the trpe. which now stands
two feet in heMif. is bearing
fruit. As a 'five inch seedling,
it was brought thne? vea^s ag°
from Michigan. The tree is full
of fragrant bVssoms, so there
may be quite a few lemon pies.
\wrywr*T\r's tjat pot.t.s iwtt/f.Q
IS RETURNED BY WANT AD
Mound.—Polling the distance
from one town to the next from
Mound to S-ton. did not prevent
a woman's $12.00 hat from being
found through a 25c want-ad.
When 0Td Man North Wind whip
ned a woman's hat from her
head and carried it far beyond
her reach, she thought it was
gone forever. But. reckoning
with her rcsou*c-ful husband
he turned his ctorvc. to th° office
of the Mound Pilot and inserted
p- n/}v°rtia_.Tr>onf for the return
of the hat A S-ton man appeared a few davs later with it and
carried away a shiny dollar as
his reward.
SMILES BRING TONY $12,000
Duluth.—"There are smiles
that make you happy." and there
are also smiles that can bring
you a fortune. Tonv Monti, a
newsboy, who was formerly in
th" Duluth Children'" Home, has
just received a $12 000 inheritance as a reward for his cheerful disposition His unfailing
smile and cheering wovds endeared him to a wealthy California man who nam-d him in
his wi'l TT,_ furu°d ove** more
than S^lKOO in c*~h and $6,500
in real estate and government
bonds to the boy.
SCHOOL NOTES
School was, dismisspd eariv on
Monidav afte-n^oo b°cause of the
sudden snow-storm and noor
road conditions, which made it
hard for the busss to travel.
The tobaergan slide on the
rin-fh oid" ~f the school building
is taking .shape and wi]l probably hp read'" for use next week.
Renairs for the mimograoh
machine have arrived and the
school paoer will be published
as soon as possible.
The Pine River basket-ball
team will play Backus at Backus Fridav nite.
-A shipment of new library
books arrived, and the YPA
group is busy assembling them.
RELATIVE OF LOCAL LADY
DIES FROM RABBIT FEVER
Mrs. W. A .Koester received
word this week of the death of
her cousin, Mrs. Jack Gillispie,
of Illinois. Death was caused by
rabbit fever, and was contracted
when Mrs. Gillispie was cleaning
a rabbit without using gloves
This disease is not unknown by
anv means but this is the first
fatality that we have evpr heard
of, caused by cleaning rabbits.
NOTICE TO OLD AGE
PENSIONERS IN CASS
To al1 whos° attention this notice will come who are rceiving
Old A ere A ssistanca and who are
entitled to a pension' are urgent-
,- "ioniToc+^d to be nr sent at a
mass meetir»<r in the school auditorium in Pine Piver on Monday
Jan. 11 at ? p. m. Th° Old Age
Assistance Taw and the administration of such benefits will be
discussed.
TWO INFANTS PASS
AWAY THIS WEEK
Gladvs P arl S°h-on, 2 months
old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Gus Schoon of Gail Lake, passed
away Saturday, January 2.
Funeral services were held at
the Northland Funeral Home
Chapel, with Rev. Pearson of
Jenkins officiating. Interment
was made in the Pine Ridge
cemetery.
The 2 year-old daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Murrel Hanson of
Backus, passed away Monday
evening. Funeral s-rvices will
be held Friday afternoon, at the
M. E. Church in Backus, with
Rev. Milne of Pine River officiating.
DRIVE STARTED
AGAINST OBSCENE
MAILS IN U. S.
Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Johnson of
Ah Gwah Ching. sp-nt Thursdav
with Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Walton. Bobbv and ElJpn Crosby of
Osage, accompanied them.
__Try A Want Ad
Encouraged by the 15 year fed
eral penitentiary sentence meted
out to Gayle'R. Cleveland of Pensacola, Florida, alias Miss Gayle
Cleveland, on charges of sending
obscene matter through the
mails , the Postal Inspection service has launched a nation-wide
drive on obscene correspondence
clubs conducted through the
mails, it was announced by the
Ppst Office department.
Cleveland was the operator of
"The Letter Club Different," one
of numerous obscene correspondence clubs which have for their
purpose the mutual exchange
of 'cbscen? literature, photographs and drawings and which have been uncovered by postal inspectors in various sections of
the country. The Pensacola 'Letter Cub Diff rent" of Cleveland
was conducted in the same manner fls are the other obscene correspondence clubs which are
now the subject of a far-flung
roundup bv the Postal Inspection
service.
As operators of the Club.
Cleveland would insert advertisements in the cheaper magazines offering for a small fee.
•is^nl'v t-n cents, to put interested ner sons in touch with others
of either sex who were in terest-
1~>d in the evchange of literature
and photographs of an obscene
nature. Unon remitting the original fee of ten cents, the persons ans"'oriner the advertisements of "The Letter Club Different" w°re then forwarded an
identification and descriptive
Mank. which, when properly filled out and returned to "Club"
-^ave a minute description as to
fhe senders acre, weight, height.
features and nhvsical measurements in addition to stating the
fvpe and sex of the person with
whom thev wished to correspond
on obscene, lewd and lascivious
subjects.
MORE FUNDS NEED
ED FOR HIGHWAY!
STATES ELSBERI
JOHN KATER TO SELL
FORDS IN PINE RIVER
With upwards of $10,000,
in federal aid funds as one
the benefits at stake, N.W. Elf-
berg, state commissioner of
highways, in his biennial letter
of legislative recommendations
to Governor Elmer A. Benson,
today placed the determination
of Minnesota's (future highwaip
policy directly in the hands of
the people of the state and their
elected representatives.
His report and r commendatip
ns were particularly pertinent
inasmuch as only last week, thrf
U. S. Department of Agriculture allotted to Minnesota $5,537,
023 in fed-ral highway funds for
1937, most of which cannot be
'obtained howievei, unless thf
state matches the federal money with state funds that are not
now either available or in sight.
A similar amount will be at stake in 1938. before another legis
]ature meets.
"The publi" and the l°mslat-
ure," Commissioner Flsberg's
recommendations to Governor
Benson stated. "mu«t soon decide between the abandonment
of a normal highway improvement program o» the adontion
of a schedule of motor vehicle
and motor fuel taxes high enough to meet the cost of such a
program."
The commissioner adhered to
his statement made during December that he would make no
effort to influence the Legislature as what nolicv it should
choose. He did advise, however
that legislation b° enacted that
would put the Highway department on a oav-as-vfu-oro polic.v
so that road dollars will go _>»**
roads instead of naving interest
on bond indebtedness.
A pay-as-you-go' nolicv he stated, can onlv be accomplished bv
eliminating- road construction or
by increasing current revenues
to match fed-ral aid funds,
meet state obligations on other
federal funds, and provide state
funds "for roads on which no federal aid is available.
The report points out that tho
1933 legislature added 4.500 miles of countv roads to the state
trunk system, increasing its milage 65 percent, and at the same
time reduced motor vehicle licenses and left gas^linp taxes
unchanged. This provided no
means for "financing the imnrov
ment and maintenance of the enlarged trunk svst°m." and nonp
has vet been provided the report
adds, at the same time setting
forth that the, 1935 legislature
met the critical situation bv authorizing further bond issues tn
finance matching of federal aid
Commissioner Elsberg cited
that bond charges n"w take month an one-fourth of the current
income of the Highwav d^oart-
me nt everv vear K° advised
the Governor that complete- details of the financial problems of
the department wi1! be presented
to the proner legislative committees, but evPressed it a°
his beli°f that the "interests o*
the motorists and the public win
be best served bv making a substantial increase in current revenues for the trunk highway
system."
How this can b° a/rnmnHshod
is a matter for legislative determination. th° corhmissioner said
chiding bv his earlier assertion
that the Highway department
will make no campaign for revenues.
Commissioner Elsberg stresa-
«d the imnortance of growing
nublic demand for safer roads
separated traffic lanes, senamted
crossings, widening <>nd straightening of olde- highways and
Greater sight distances on curves
and hills.
Two specific measures were
suggested in the interest of safety: first, adequate provision
f rr financing and maintenance of
the Drivers License Division and
enforcement of the law that
(continued on page 4)
ohn Kater, who operates the
or Inn garage has received
franchise to sell Fords and
Ford products he announced this
week. He received two models
on./J£uesday. which are now on
djsnlav in his garage. He has
turned over the Pontiac-Buick
sales to Marion Sherwood, who
wi'l conduct his business in the
building back of the bank.
MEETS WITH UNFORTUNATE ACCIDENT NEW YEARS
Mrs. George Urton had th"
misfortune of having a pile of
wood fall on her on New Years
Dav. While in th° basement
gathering wood before building
a fire, a stack of wood which
had been piled to the ceding
fell on hpr. seriously cutting the
back of her head and blacking
her eve. A physician was called
immediat°ly to dress her wounds
She is recovering nicely.
ENTERTAIN FORTNIGHTLY
CLUB ON MONDAY
The Fortnightlv Club was entertained at the home of Mrs.
Al Downing Monday evening
A delicious luncheon was served
bv the hostess at 7:30, after
which bridgo was plaved bv the
members. High sere wpnt to
Mrs. Clyde Townsend and low to
Mrs. L. W. Isens-e.
ROADS MUST BE
MADE FOOL-PROOF
MUNICIPAL LIGHT PLANT
PAYS BIG DIVIDENDS
BILL DAY IS BUSY MANUFACTURING SNOW PLOWS
Bill Day, the local blacksmith
has created quite a reputation as
a snow - p'ow builder, and
during the past two weeks has
been working early and late to
complete plows that have been
ordered.
He uses his own plans and
shapes the plows and welds them
in his own shop.
The plows are made for trucks
and do a good job of cleaning off
the snow.
MUNICIPAL PLANT
TOPIC FOR PTA MEET
The nation's greatest safety,
Campaign cannot achieveultimate,
success until license and patrol |
measures have culled out habitually dangerous drivers, and un-j
til at least c.s much attention is]
paid1 to the education' oif motor i
vefhicle  operators as    is    now
paid to educate firemen of stationary steam boilers.
These, in summary, are conclusions of America's highway
experts at the 22nd national convention of the American Association of State Highwav Officials, according to Minnesota officials who returned last week
from the assembly in San Francisco.
Minnesota's Stat« Highwav
Department, headed1 bv Commissioner N. W. Elsb-rg, ranks high
for the entire nation, as evidenced bv the fact that Minnesota
officials held three of the most
important places in: the national
association. J. T. Ellison, deputy commissioner and chief engineer of the Minnesota department, was chosen a member of
the national expeutive committee; W. F. Rosenwald, maintenance engineer, was named chairman of the committee on Traffic
Control and Satfety, and O. L.
Kipn. construction engineer,
heads the committee on Design,
for the nation-widie organization.
Mr. Rosenwald asserted on
his return that the entire trend
of th" convention this yea*- was
toward greater emnhasis of the
drastic need for education of
motor vehicle drivers. This,
sneakers and' stndv committ-es
agreed, is now the most immediate need in the nationwide cam-
naign to cut down the appalling
death and injury toll of the highways.
(continued on page 4)
The PTA meeting at the high
school auditorium next Monday
evening, will be a mass meeting
on "Municipal Ownership." Supt.
Miller, of the Aitkin Municipal
plant will be present with members of the board. The local library of books and pamphlets'
pertaining to municipal ownership and and current distribution
will be on display and any ques-
tions asked will be gladly answered by those present.
Special musical entertainment
will be furnished by an orchestra
from Pequot. Be there!
A special invitation is extended to residents: of Pequot, Backus, Jenkins and Hackensack as
well as all the local people.
IF you are interested in reducing the rates you are paying
for your currents—Be There.
BENSON ASKS VAST
PROG'M IN ADDRESS
NOprrwT Aivrn FTTN'T, POME
AWARDED CO. CONTRACT
The Northland Funeral Home
Was awarded the contract for
burial of the county poor, at a
meeting of the Countv Commissioners Tuesday. This is the
third consecutive year they have
received the contract.
For some reason or other the
commissioners rejected all bids
for county printing.
Gov. Elmer Benson, in his address to the Legislature, proposed a liberal program, asking
for a 'new deal' for the state.
He recommended a state dispensary liquor system, extention of
the mortgage moratorium, elimination of the stat" tax levy on
homesteads up to $4,000 assesed
valuation and an increase in ore
taxes.
Gov. Benson took a firm stand
in the increase of iron ore taxes,
changing th° method of levy
and repealing the ex emption of
the iron mining comnanies from
income taxes. He also urged a
revision of the tax system to relieve the uniust tax load which
now rests upon the home owner
and farmer. Believing that taxation is based on ability to pay,
he submitted bills to increase the
monies and credits tax and also
th" tax on utilitv co. franchises.
He also advocate^ an increase in
estate, gift and inheritance taxes and taxes of insurance companies.
Union rate of pav for all of the
state employes and comnulsory
workmens compensation for all
employees were somQ of theother
proposals given in his speech to
the Legislature.
Municipal ownership has proven a great boon to the farmer
and other rural users of current
in Minnesota. Seventeen private
companies ssrve 8638 customers
"barging them 9 4c ner kiWatt.
But fifty municinal plants serve
5311 customers at only 3.4c per
kilowatt. The Municipal plants
charge just a trifle over one-
third of what the privately owned comnanies taxed their customers. The users ?e~ved bv the
Municinally owned p]ant nay only $40.00 ner year for 940 kilowatts, while the private companies hold-un th°ir customers
for $70.00 for 733 kilowatts. Almost twice as much for less
current. It certainlv is logical
to believe that the large privately owned comnanies who serve
many more customers and produce more current, can manufacture their current for less
cost per kilowatt than the municinally owned nlants. And vet
they charge almost three times
as much. The big nrofitsi go into the pockets of a f°w g^d-gor-
ged corporations who will hire
lawyers, newspapers and politicians to fight municipal owner-
shin here in Pinp River. WAIT!
WATCH! The 'pight has not begun yet. The B. E. P. P's. will
not let go of a spot like this with
out a fight.
The Aitken Municipal p'aut
gave $8,000 to their citv last
year, besides furnishing 90 ooo
k. w. h. free to the city and building a "white wav" at the cost
of $1,700. This was don* all in
one year, while the B. E. P. P's.
took $5,000 more than thev
should have out of the pockets of
Pine River peonle. while we
stumbled around in the glimmer
of our 100 watt street lamps—>
when thev work—so someone
down east could line their pockets.
A Diesel nlant can hoi jnstai-.
ed here with two engines, one of
150 horsepower and one of 180
horsepower. These will pav for
themselves over a P"riod of ten
years while we enjov rates that
will be much lower than those
we now pay.
If we work together and plan
wisely we can change the whole
'future of Pine River and keep
here for culture, convenience and
permanent imnrovements, manv
thousands of dollars that would
otherwise be sent east by the local company.
Evervone is urged to attend
the PTA meeting next Monday
evening, when these matters
will be discussed. The m*n who
operate the Aitkin Municinal
plant will be there to exo'ain
how well their plant is conducted.
FRACTURES RIGHT ARM
IN FALL ON SIDEWALK
MRS. WYMORE
CALLED BY DEATH
SCHOOT FwrWTVFQ NEW
RADIO IN SUB. DRIVE
The school received a new
"Philco radio as a reward for
their efforts in securing snhscrip
tions for the Curtis Publishing
Co.
Christmas was an unfortunate
day for W. J. Webb, who fell oni
the icy walk Christmas Day and
fractured his right arm just below the shoulder. He is feeling
fine at the present but is unable
to use the injured member.
HONOR ROLL
The following new and renewal subscriptions to the Journal
have been received the past
week:
Look at the date on your paper, if you are in arrears, stop in
and see us.
Frances Siefert, Pine River
Frank Anderson, Iowa.
Forrest Gilmore. Mildred
Geo. Bealer, Mich.
Phil B paler. Pine River
Mrs. Jack Dooner, Minneapolis
Mrs. Ford Rowell, St Paul
Mrs. Maggie; E. Wymore of
Pine River, passed away at her
home Wednesday afternoon at
2 p. m. Death was due to complications following cancer.
Funeral services will be held
Saturday, at the M. E. Church at
2 p. m, with Rev. MacKinney
and Rev. Milne officiating.
The Ramseys will sing at the
funeral. Full obituary will be
printed next week.
John Rohr and Harold Jones j Mrs. Gardner-Johns on is seri-
made a business trip t oBrainerd' ously ill with an attack of neuri-
Tuesday. tis.
Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Henderson
returned Saturday, from Webster, S. Dak., where thev spent
the holidays with relatives.