The Pine River Journal (Pine River, Minnesota), 1936-11-19

              PINE RIVER JOURNAL
VOLUME II NUMBER 14
THE PINE RIVER JOURNAL. PINE RIVER, CASS COUNTY. MINNESOTA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1936
SUBSCRIPTION $1.00 Per Year
NEWS BRIEFS OF
INTEREST FROM
'ROUND THE STATE
WOMAN  FINDS  $150.00
IN BILLS IN WASHING
Albert Lea.—A West HoKan-
dale housewife was surprised
on wash day when she opened
her washing, machine to hook a
bundle of clothes from the hot
suds and discovered with the
clothes, a ten dollar bill. Amazed at such a find she lifted the
next haul with speed and energy
and found a large roll of bills.
She netted a total of $150.00 in
fresh washed bills, very clean
and ready for circulation upon
repair of the machine damage.
It developed that the head of
the house had careful]v parked
the bills in his shirt for safekeeping, had thrown the shirt
into a corner of the clothes closet and since then worried about
what had become of the mcney
to be used in payment of expenses due. The snug roll merrily
made its way to Monday's wash-
tub, the housewife being unaware of such a fine haul in the
shirt pocket. ■
LIONESS LOOSE IN
THE NORTH WOODS
Baudette.—Hunters in the
Nester Falls section in Ontario,
are getting an added thrill this
year because a lioness is loose
and is roaming the woods.somewhere between Nestor Falls
and the Sioux Narrows. It is
believed that the animal escaped from a circus some months
ago.
CORRECTION
We wish to make a correction in the account of the Siltman-
Lyons wedding of last week.
The attendants were Hubert
Drinkall and the grooms sister,
Mrs. V. F. Uhlig. The young
couple were married at Grand
Rapids. October 24, and are living near Blackberry, Minn.
WPA TO BUILD DAM
AT HAND LAKE OUTLET
AN EXTREME BARGAIN
LEADS TO ARREST
Waseca.—A bargain is a bargain and often is a good thing,
but when the bargain consists
of selling a new radio at half
price it may turn into a trap. . .
and a bad thing. This was the
sad lesson taught Alfred Nelson,
alias George Anderson, when he
attempted in Owatonna .and Wa-
eca to sell a new radio, originally costing $80 for . $30. He
nurchased the radio at the Gamble store in Austin, on the installment plan and immediately
loaded it into a trailer to try
and peddle it. Failing to make
the sale in Owatonna, about a
half hour after the purchase he
turned to Waseca, where hp so>-
licited several resident1?. The
radio fa^ed to work while making a demonstration, but fearing that it might create suspicion if he took it to the Gamble
Store, he took it to a radio shop
for repair, where he was jmorp-
hended by an officer. Nelson
gave his address as Paynesville,
but it has been changed to the
county jail at Austin. He wif*
face charges on selling mortgaged property.
CLINGS 2 HOURS TO
BOAT IN ICY WATER
Construction of a standard
"Type C" dam at the outlet of
Hand Lake will begin November 23, according to an announcement from the office of A. T.
Gilbertson, district director of
the WPA. Sponsored by the
state department of conservation, the project will provide a
flexible control for the water
level of the lake, and has been
allotted $3,435.30 in federal
funds by Victor Christgau, state WPA administrator.
"WHITE ANGEL" AT
MARLOW SUNDAY
Detroit, Lakes.—Following- the
harrowing experience of clinging to a boat in the icv waters of
Long Late for two hours, Leo
Eidenschink escaped death to
celebrate his 24th birth''av anniversary. Leo. while hunting
with a friend, was thrown into
the icy waters when his boat
sunk. A'thongh he tried to
swim, he cou'd not mak° it and
returned to the boat which was
overturned. His friend heard
the cries for h^lo but cmiH nof
get a boat from a near-by farm-
r and two hours elaps-d before
he summoned help. As the two
hours clicked off their slowly
moving minutes. Leo and his
boat gradually drifted to shore,
where an ambulance waited. As
his feet touched shore, he realized he had won a great battle
against death and collapsed in
the arms of those who had come
to aid him.
One of the relatively obscure
periods in contemporary history
is the mid-Victorian period. The
history of the latter part of
Queen Victoria's reign shines
with the names of Disraeli. Glad
stone, Lord Roseberry, Carlyle,
Dickens and other titans who
made this epoch a memorable
one in the history of England
and the world: at large.
The early part of the nineteenth century has a sienifican-
ce in the stream of politics and
letters which has been almost
eclmsed bv the effulgent contributions of the later 'eminent
Victorians."
Thus "The White Angel," the
motion picture presenting the
biography of Florence Nightingale plaving at the Marlow
Theatre Sunday, Monday and
Tuesday, comes as more than a
mere narrative in life of a heroic
woman. Through the life of
this woman, nlayed' bv Kay Fran
cis, we see the sweeping events
of those 1850's. There is the
story, of her valiant onslaught
against the entrenched war-
Lords of the ■ British Cabinet
who resented the intrusion of a
woman—even one like Flor-nce
Nightingale—into the field-hospitals.
Here is history in its most
sterling garb.—visual education
teachers and stucl-nts can well
appreciatQ such a motion picture
■ Don't forget the dates—Sun.,
Mon., and Tuesday at the Marlow.
FAMED FOR MUD   TURTLES
Luverne-.Citizens of Luverne,
southwestern Minnesota, are beginning to realize that they have slipped up on a good industry
because nation-wide fame has
been acclaimed the city on its
mud turtles. A couple recently came to Luverne from Dayton, Ohio, to catch turtles. For
two weeks they have worked up
and down Rock River and have
caught hundreds of turtles, one
of them weighing 22 pounds.
SAFETY GROUP TO
ASK NEW TRAFFIC
CODE   FOR   STATE
RE-INVESTIGATION
OF ALL ON RELIEF
ROLLS TO BEGIN
"20 YEAR CLUB"
MET WEDNESDAY
EVENING; NOV. 11
Plans for presenting a revised state uniform traffic acf- to
the next session of the Legislature will be discussed by public
officials and others interested in
traffic safety at a meeting to be
held November 23, at the State
Canitol.
W. F. Rosenwald of St Paul,
chairman of the Uniform Traffic
Law Committee of Minnesota
Public Safety, has called the
meeting for 10 a. m. in the Senate chamber. Mr. Rosenwald is
maintenance engineer of the
Minnesota highway department.
A re-survey of the work relief rolls in Cass county was started this week to determine families most in need. Instructions
in accordance with WPA requirements governing the requested re-check, were received the
fore part of the week by Francis
Elmer of Walker, county certification officer. The Coordinated
Field Service has requested the
survey be made, because there
are not sufficient funds to give
employment to all unemployed
persons, WPA is desirous of restricting employment to those
most in need.
Revision of work relief rolls is
of special importance to county
officials as its first objective
will be to eliminate those who,
as a result of the recovery program and improvement in private employment are no longer
in need of relief. Insofar as
quota restriction will permit,
those removed will be replaced
bv other employables who are
still in need. It is expected that
this will result in reduction in
the cost of local direct relief.
Co-incident with the re-check
will begin the termination of W
PA's share of drouth relief
which was started in July as srft
emergeucy measure and designed to terminate about December 1. Bv that time, most of |
the 19.000 drouth sufferers who
have been given this temporary
employment, will have had an
opportunity to earn enough
cash to meet their pressing
needs during the winter months.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hill were
guests at the W. G. Stewart
home Friday evening.
Mrs. Wesley Stilly of Longville, was operated on for appendicitis Saturday, at the Holman
hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. Bennie Davison
of Des Moines, arrived Wednesday for an indefinite stay at the
Hank Leef and Chas. Bates
homes.
The thirteenth annual meeting of the 20 Year Club was
held Wednesday evening of last
week, the meeting- being called
to order by President Cromett.
;33 members and 5 guests were
present. Minutes of the last
meeting were read and approved
and the treasurer's report was
^fioroved, showing a good balance.
A greeting was read from A.
J. Linden regretting his absence
and' sending a box of cigars
which were greatly appreciated.
All the old officers were elected for the coming vear: W. C.
Cromett, Pres.; R. C. Spencer,
Vice nres.; John Allen Sec.; and
A. S. White Treas.
A social hour was enjoyed after the business meeting and a
lot of old yarns were spun con-
'"prning the early davs of Pine
River, some of them dating back
to when George Bell ran the old
Barclay House Hotel. Photographs were shown when main
street could only boast of five
bui'dings.
Music was furnished by Ev-
erette Evans. Dr. Button and j
the Basore bovs and when it
comes to Hill 'Billies' they hav-
n't a thing on them. Then came
ithe eats—the first course consisted of LaMint Julep, which
no one turned down. Roast
chicken and dressing galore, bak
ed beans, pickels, cranberry
sauce, bread, butter, apple pie,
coffee and cigars. Everything was set on a bier long table
and there were no objections to
'.seconds.'
John Allen was forced to leave
before the meeting was over to
catch a train. The last they
saw of John, he was heading
for a warmer climate with a
chicken leg in on? hand and his
hat in the other. The old timers
say it was the best meeting
they have ever had and went
home well filled.
WILL CELEBRATE GOLDEN
WEDDING ON NOV. 24th.
A Golden Wedding Celebration in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Will
Kline will be held at the Grover
schoolhouse on Tuesday. November 24, in the afternoon and evening. Everyone is cordially invited to attend.
WAR VETERAN HAS 91st
'      BIRTHDAY NOV. 9th.
Residents of the Minnesota
Soldier's Home near Minneapolis, helped James Wittemore celebrate his ninety-first birthday
on, Mon day of last week. Army
anecdotes were exchanged and
'old times' revived. Mr. Wittemore enlisted with First Minnesota Infantry and served nearly
two years in the war. He was
iformerly a patient at the local
hospital and is the father of E.
Wittemore of this city.
LOCAL BOY HAS UNUSUAL
EXPERIENCE ON TRIP
Einar Gilbertson had an unusual experience while enroute to
Pine River from Minneapolis. He
was riding with a truck driver
from Bemidii. Piqketers of the
trucker's strike iumped onto the
running board of the truck and
confiscated the ignition key.
Sensing trouble, Einar jumped
from the truck and managed to
elude the men. the trucker did
cot fare,so well and was severely
beaten before the police arrived.
LADIES AUXILIARY
ENTERTAIN VFW
ARMISTICE DAY
THURSDAY AFTERNOON
CLUB MET LAST WEEK
The Thursday Afternoon Club
held it's first meeting of the
year at the home of Mrs. H. C.
Skinner on Thursday of last
week. A one o'clock luncheon
was served.1 by the hostess, after
which two tables of contract
were played.
BIRTHDAY DINNER
Frances Moulster entertained
Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Moulst°r and
daughter of Brainerd. at dinner
Saturday evening. The occasion being Mrs. Moulster's birthday. Mrs. Clarence Dressel was
also a guest.
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MACKIES MAKE
'WHOOPEE' SUNDAY
Sunday evening proved to be
one of excitement in Pine River.
Mr. and Mrs. Macki of Walker,
formerly of Pine River, came to
town in search of activity and
proceeded at once to get "well
oiled." After they were well on
the road to feeling glorious thev
began to cut a few capers and
decided to share their good time
with other residents of the town.
Those chosen, however, did not
appreciate the honor and decided to tactfully eject their visitors after they had taken possession cf their home and calmly
disrobed for a good slumber.
After all methods failed, the
host was forced to call in deputies, Shiffer and Jones. Mrs.
Macki resented this action and
said so in no small words becoming so violent the men were forced to handcuff her and after extensive .persuasion they got
them into a car. They were taken to Walker, where they rested
the remainder of the night in
the village lock-up. On Monday
morning they were brought before Justice A. M. Shill and fined
$30, to be paid within three
months. When last seen they
were trudging peacefully but dejectedly on the road toward
Walker.
ENTERTAINS BRIDGE CLUB
Mrs. Clyde Townsend entertained the bridge club at her
home Wednesday evening. Bridge was played at three tables,
with Maud Anderson winning
high score and Esther Conzet
second. At the close of the evening the hostess served a delicious lunch.
STATE ROADS MADE
i SAFER BY REMOVAL
OF GRADE CROSSINGS
With nearly all of Minnesota's federal allotment of railway grade crossing funds spent
or under contract, the state has
completed or contracted for the
eliminaion of nearly 100 dangerous rail-highwav crossings,
according to N. W. Elsberg.
state highway commissioner. In
addition it has greatly added to
present day motoring safety by
protecting nearly 50 £<'ade
crossings with automatic electric signals which flash red
lights on and off whenever a
train approaches.
Most of the work is completed
or nearing completion, but a
small amount will be in progress
this coming winter. _ The highway department received $5,395,
441 of emergency federal funds
with which to carry on the grade crossing program. Minnesota has consistently held first
place among all the states in the
rapidity with which its grade
crossing eliminations under this
program have been completed.
"notice
A Pie Social and Dar.ce will be
held at the Pine Valley school
on Wednesday, October 25. Ruth
Mary Lauritzon is the teacher.
LOCAL NIMRODS
RETURN WITH DEER
Deer season is here and most
of the local hunters are after a
deer and some have returned
with their game already bagged.
Arvid Lundin and C. B. Knutson were the first to return with
their deer, bringing home two
fine specimens shot near Itaska
Park. They were back in Pine
River early Sunday afternoon,
getting their deer an hour after
they arrived on the sc=ne.
Lewis Farnam and' Bud Kline
left for Bena. Chas; Rounds,
Ernest Robideau, Harve Cromett. Clyde Townsend and young
Bill Cromett went to Pistol Lake.
Harris Zigmund. Pete Hanson,
Erv. Lembk° and Ole Hemness
went to the Swatora district and
Ben Shiffer, Vane Jones, Chick
Anderson and Harold Stotts did
their hunting in the Swanberg
territory. Axel Johnson and
Elmer Christenson brought in a
nice deer from near Emily. The
farmers around h=>re have also
shot several deer in the neighborhood.
HONOR ROLL
The following new and renewal subscriptions to the Journal
have been received the past
week:
L. M! Severeid, Pine River,
,   Harvey Stevens. Pirip River
Homer Fraser, Pine River
Frances Moulster, Pine River
Mary Villa Mustard, Ohio
Victor Hedlund, Pine River
Look at the date on your paper, if you are in arrears, stop in
and see us.
LOCALS
Messers Moore, Roselle and
Lindsay, officials of the White
Eagle Oil Co.. are hpre on business, and incidentally are doing
a little deer hunting.
Six carloads of sheep were unloaded in Pine River Sunday, to
be let out to various farmers on
shares. Another shipment is expected in the near future.
E. J. Carnahan is visiting relatives and friends at Whipholt.
Swede Carpenter, who is employed in the local creamery,
spent Sunday at his home in
Longville.
Delia and Kenneth Gardiner
spent the week-end at their
home here.
Evelyn Evansta spent the
week end at her home in Pillager.
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About 35 guests were present
at a party given in honor of the
V. F. W. and their wives, mothers and fathers at the Oddfellows hall Tuesday evening. The
party was started with a grand
march, led by Supt. Haack and
Mrs. Huffman—all errors being
penalized and money derived
from fines placed in the treasury.
Honors were won by Supt.
Haack. Ethel Kolb. Arthur Aamot and Oscar Kolb—the grand
prize going to Charles Rounds,
and the consolation prize to Chet
Felthouse and John Norman.
Games were plaved and contests
held, after which a very unique
and novel floor show was staged
by Oscar Kolb, Chet Felthouse,
and John Norman. The show
was something entirely new to.
everyone and nothing like it has
ever been staged in Pine River.
It brought an avalanche of lau^h
ter and applause almost brought
the house down.
A delicious luncheon was served at 10:30, after which cards
were played.
Hearty thank-yous go to Nora
Button who was responsible for
the evening of fun. Everyone
had such a full measure of pleasure that it was decided to make
it an annual event.
107 YEAR OLD MAN
ASKS FOR PENSION
Fergus Falls.—The oldest r°-
sident in Ottertail county, Michael Heise of Aurdal, who will'
celebrate his 107th birthday
anniversary on Christmas Dav.
has made application for old
age assistance at the Fergus
Falls court house. Born in Poland more than a century ago.
Mr. Heise came to America 50
years ago and has resided in
Ottertail county for 30 years.
He is a widower, has been twice
married and has no children.
He has never been ill in his life
and is still in good health although he is somewhat feeble
and walks with a cane. His age
can be proved by papers which
he brought from Poland.
COMMERCIAL CLUB
MET TUESDAY NITE
The Pine River Commercial
Club held a special meeting on
Tuesday evening of this week
for the purpose of electing officers and also to provide for a
community Christmas celebration. Nothing definite was decided but a good Christmas program for the children is assured,
with plenty of candv and popcorn for all those that attend.
The program may be held in the
armory this year to accomodate
the large crowd that is expected.
Committees were appointed to
take carp of the details.
The following officers were
elected for the coming year:
Pres., Grant Bergstrom; Sec,
J. O. Brezinsky and Treas., Oscar Dahl.
M. E. LADIES AID ELECT
OFFICERS WEDNESDAY
The M. E. Country Ladle's Aid
held their regular meeting at
the home of Mrs. Harve Cromett
on Wednesday of last week, with
Mrs. Ben Kline assisting.
The following officers were
elected for the coming year:
Pres., Mrs. Harve Cromett; Vice
pres., Mrs. Sherwood; Sec, Mrs.
Walton; and Treas., Mrs. Ben
Kline.
The Ladies Aid: wishes to
thank all those who donated food
or money for the dinner held on
October 31. The sum of forty
dollars was netted for the basement fund.
Erwin Wittemore will go to
St Paul this week to visit with
his brother Lon. who is a patient at the Gillette hospital.