The Pine River Journal (Pine River, Minnesota), 1936-11-12

              PINE RIVE
JOURNAL
VOLUME II NUMBER 13
THE PINE RIVER JOURNAL, PINE RIVER, CASS COUNTY. MINNESOTA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1936
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i>   NEWS BRIEFS OF
INTEREST FROM
'ROUND THE STATE
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TAMED CROW LAUGHS,
SPEAKS, DOES TRICKS
Buff al o Lake.—A tame crow
which talks, laughs, sneezes and
performs queer stunts, is owned
by the Wiggert family in Buffalo Lake. One of the amusing
things about the bird, six years
eld, is the fact that it can enunciate words clearly. The sound
is made by peculiar movements
of the neck and tongue,although
the tongue is not split. The
bird, taken from a nest and
tamed by Mr. Wiggert says
"Polly, Harold and Hello,"
sneezes and laughs and plays
foolish tricks on people. On one
occassion the crow followed the
children to school, riding three
miles into the country on the
irear axel of a truck. When
the truck stopped, Pollv flew
from her nerch and greeted
them all with a hello.
WEIGHT OF BUILDING
RESTS ON HAND, UNHURT
BOAR
VICIOUSLY
ATTACKS   FARMER
Blooming Prairie.—VicicHisly
attacking Carl Ruzek of Blooming Prairie, a 300 pound boar
knocked him to the ground,
jabbed his tusks into his legs
and bit off full mouthfulls of
flesh. As a result the farmer-
was seriously ill the foUowing
week and there was danger of
infection starting in the large
open wounds.
The attack occurred while
Mr. Ruzek was moving a number of hogs into another pen. As
he herded them along, the large
boar suddenly became angered
and turned on him, knocking
him down and biting his legs.
Carl's father rushed to his aid
and a pet dog leaned at the furious boar attempting to draw
his attention away from the
victim. The boar also severely
bit the dog, before he could be
finally cornered and locked up.
Twenty stitches were reauired
to close the deepest wounds in
the boys legs.'
LOCAL BOYS ATTEND JUNIOR LIVESTOCK SHOW TUES.
VFW AND AUX. HOLD
JOINT INSTALLATION
Granite Falls.—With the en
tire weight of the upper story
of Cudahy's warehouse in Gran-|
ite Falls  hitting three fingers!
of Alfred Anderson's riaht hand
no   bones were fractured    and
the hand was merelv bruised .
Mr. Anderson, an employee at
the Cudahy Companv, was repairing the uoner floor of the
warehouse, which was sagsn'ng,
and in so doing raised the foor
by means of a jack and a cedar
post. While the jack was in
place, Anderson endeavored to
shove a block between the joist
and the post with his right
hand, but the iack kick°d out
and the full weisrbt of the upper story fell on his fingers. Being alone he was unable to release his hand until someone
heard his cries for help and
came to his assistance.
TAKES POISON TN PLACE
OF MEDICINE, DIES
Fergus Falls.—A Buse twsp.
farmer, Herman Neubauer died
Saturday from the effects of
poison which he took by mistake, having failed to distinguish it from a bottle of medi-
cinp in a dinfv lighted' room.
While in the citv during the afternoon, Mr. Neubauer consulted a physician regarding a minor bronchial ailment, and was
given a bottle of medicine. He
also purchased a bottle of "40
Leaf," a deadly poison for the
extermination of poultry lice.
Returning home after dark, he
took in his groceries and after
getting in the house decided to
take some of his medicine before doing the evening chores,
pnrl in tKa Him lamplight took a
snoonful of the poiaon instead
of the medicine. When Mrs.
Neubauer entered the house,
she found her husband in great
agony. Upon examination of
the bottles she reaMzed what
had hanoed and summond ?
doctor immediately. The patient was taken to the hnsr>ita1
where he di-d 15 minutes later
The noison. comnosed mostlv of
nicotine, had taken full •pfTef*
b°fnv,n medical aid could be administered.
MR. >NT» 1MRR. TEF. TSENSEF
LEAVE FOR THE WEST
Mr. and Mrs. T<e° Is^nse^ lef*
Fridav for an evtonried visit ir-
the west and southwest.   Thf
itt,-!!   yisjt  wiHi   tV\°iv     S"nS      fnT*
daughters at Far°-o, Vallev Citv
Washington, California and Texas. They expect to be gone
about four months.
Installation of officers in both
the V. F. W. and the Women's
Auxiliary was held on Wednesday evening. Mrs. Ruby Sed-
lock of Brainerd, was the instal-
line officer for the ' Auxiliary.
Others from Brainerd who took
part in the work were Rose Potter, Lola Ray, Mabel Yoki Minnie Thomason, Fern Bircher,
Frances Caswell, Helen Hand,
Rose Warrick and Alta Carter.
Plans were made for entertaining the Comades on November 10. and also for a visit to
the schools on Armistice Day,
as part of the Americanism program.
The V. F. W. Installation was
h°ld with Chas Rounds as installing officer. This was one of
the maior events of the evening.
Commander Caswell and Past
Commander Yoki of Brainerd
were a^so ores^nt.
The V. F. W. is working hard
on their Turkey Shoot. It promises to even surpass the splendid entertainment afforded the
public last year—and a much
larger crowd is expected. The
ladies will be in charge of the
lunch counter, and thpy promise
plenty of hot dogs and coffee at
a very reasonable price.
LUNDIN DRESSIN PLANT
GOING AT FULL TILT
Arvid Lundin's dressing plant
is a scene of activity these davs.
Four hundred turkeys are picked daily, given employment to
eleven pickers. The plant is
modernly eauioped with a picking room, killing room and a
steam boiler for scalding. A cement floor was installed recently
to enable the pickers to keep
the plant more sanitary.
REITER - HICKEL
A wedding of interest took
r.lace at the Catholic paisonage
Thurs^av morning, when Mrs.
Vera Reiter became the bride ot
Nick Hickel. The ceremonv
was performed by Rev. Father
Crowp. with Mr. and Mrs. Ludwig Witt as attendants. The
couple left immediately after the
ceremony for Minneapolis.
CARD OF   THANKS
The Ladi°s Auxiliary entertained the Veterans at a pariy
at the OddfeHows hall Monda-
evening. Everyone enjoyed a
social hour after which lunch
was served. About 35 members
were present.
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We wish to thank the many
friends and neighbors for their
kindness and sympathy in the
d°ath of our infant son. To Rev.
^ehaan for his words of comfort, and for the songs by Mrs.
stoutenberg Jr. and Mrs. Dale
Grinols. and We a:1so wish to
thank the Swanburg Ladies Aid
for the beautiful floral offering.
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Rice
Reynold Martini and Douglas
Erickson of the Pine River 4H
Club left Monday morning for
St. Paul, where they will attend
the Junior Livestock Show on
Tuesday and Wednesday. Reynold Martini will exhibit three
Market Turkeys and Douglas
Erickson, five Market Chickens.
Sheldon Norwood of the Home-
brook Club and Arthur Ne'son
and Don Williams of the Lsad-
er Club also represented Cass
County at the show. The boys
were accompanied by Oscar Nelson, Co. Agent of Walker.
V. F. W. TO HOLD
TURKEY SHOOT
SAT. NOV. 21
NEED HELP TO APPLY
FOR MARRIAGE LICENSE
Bemidiji—Assistance was needed in applying for a marriage
license by a couple, who found it
impossible to make a trip from
Orookston to Bemidji, where
the application should have been
filed. The> couple, Peter Hanson and Selena Olson of Grvgla
solved the problem with help
from the Pennington county
clerk of court. The application
was made with him and he then
forwarded it to the clerk of
court in Beltrami county together with his letter -stating
that the couple could net make
the long trip and asked him to
assist in the situation.
The local V. F. W. Post will
hold their second annual Turkey
Shoot at the Pine Riyer Armory
on Saturday evening-, November
21. The Women's Auxiliary to
the V. F. W. will assist in making the night a gala affair. The
target'shooting will he somewhat changed this year according to Homer Fraser, Commander, but the change is for the
customers benefit and will make
it all the more interesting.
The armory will be transformed into a veritable carnival with
shooting gallerys, pin wheel.
bingo, roulette, paddle and wheel
game and a lot of other interesting attractions that have been'
added to the list. There will be
a large supply of ducks, gz<<zse,
turkeys and chickens for the
lucky winners.
The Ladies Auxiliary will have
charge of the lunch counter.
Don't forget the date and the
place—where you can win your
Thanksgiving Turkey!
FORTNIGHTLY CLUB MET
onintLUBMiiT      I ACT   niTrc unri
MONDAY   EVENING LAM   RUES HELD
SCHOOL   NEWS
ARMISTICE DAY OBSERVED AT SCHOOL
Armistice Day was fittingly
observed at the high school auditorium on Wednesday afternoon at three o'clock. ' The program was given under the direction of the Veterans of Foreign
Wars as follows:
Call to Order
Presenting V. F. W. Comman-
N der, Homer Fraser
Presenting Colors, by   members of VFW staff
Band selection, by   the   High
School Band "America"
Reading, by E. C. Lembke
Lecture, by Harry Schenk, of
Longville. Spanish and World
War Veteran.
Band Selection "Star Snengled
Banner" H. S. Band
Mr. and Mrs. Jay Goranson
of Omaha, are spending the
v/eek at the Ayres home and assisting in marketing the turkeys.
The basket-ball season opens
next Friday evening, whpn the
High School A Team will play
the Junior College Team, and
the B team will play the faculty.
On Friday Nov. 20, the first
official interscholastic game will
be played at Pine River, with the
A team playing Riverton and
the B team pleaying the Pine River Town Team.
A drivp for the sale of season
Activity Tickets will be made
this week. These tickets will
entitle you to see at ^ast nine
good basketball games in addition to other good entertainment.
Magic Mystery Magrum will
entertain at the School auditorium on Monday afternoon at 3 p.
m. C. Thomas Magrum of Chicago, Magician Extraordinary,
presents magic thru ages, card
manipulations, scientific paper
folding and magical illusions.
Admission is 10c and 15c, activity tickets are good.
Last week the entire school
saw "The Hoosier Schoolmaster" at the Marlow. A season
ticket treat.
Mr. and Mrs. P. O. M. Anderson left Tuesday for Hot Springs
Arkansas, where they will spend
the winter. Mr. Anderson stopped in at the Journal office Monday and ordered his paper sent
to that address.
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Erwin Wittemore arrived the
latter part of last week from the
west, where he spent the past
year. He intends to spend the
winter with his parents. Mr. and
Mrs. E. Wittemore.
Members of the Fortnightly
Club met at the home of Mrs. B.
J. Houlrigan Monday evening..
The following officers were elected: Pres., Mrs. L. W. Isensee;
vice pres., Mrs. C. R. Townsend;
sec, Mrs.'F. L. Hempstead.
A delicious dinner was served
by the hostess at sev^n o'clock,
followed bv several games ot
contract. Mrs. Harris Zigmund
received high score and Mrs. R.
F. Dingle low.
FOR WM. E. ROHR
ON SATURDAY
M. E. LADIES AID WILL
HOLD BAZAAR DEC. 8
Members of the M. E. Ladies
Aid will give their annual Supper and Bazaar on Tuesday evening, December 8. Many useful and fancy articles will be
on sale. The place of the sale
will be announced later.
Jimmy Skinner was host at a
dinner at the home of his parents Saturday evening. Guests
included Misses Bunnie King,
Adrienne Nation and Ted Shiffer.
ANNUAL POULTRY
SHOW THIS WEEK
The fourteenth annual Poultry
Show will be held in Pine River,
Friday and Saturday, November
13 and 14, at the local Armory.
Premium lists were printed
and distributed last week to all
poultry raisers. Entries closed
Wednesday night, November 11.
Some very fine birds were exhibited at the show last year,
and those in charge say that an
even better exhibit1 is expected
this year. In addition to a number of fine birds there will also
be several rare varieties of
stock at the show. Plan to attend.
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.
Roy Hardy, Pine River.
Ben Christian, Pine River
Fred Heuer, Pine River
Fred Wolkenheuer, Pine River
Wheeler Spain, Pine River
F. D. Burnett, Pine River
E. M. Hinch, Pine River
Elof Larson, Pine River
J. A. Brezinsky, Pine River
Nat. Dental Lab., Minneapolis
Barney Bangston, Pine River
P. O. M. Anderson, Pine River
R. W. Carpenter, Pine River
1 MARRIED A DR.'
BANK NITE PICTURE
Haskins experimental tests on
Josephine Hutchinson for "1
Married a Doctor" coming to the
Marlow on Wednesday and
Thursday of this week, hit upon
a method to film her titian hair
more realistically." By a new
lighting scheme her hair appears
in its natural color on the screen.
"I Married a Doctor" is based
on the greatest of Sinclair Lewis' best selling novels of married
love. It is filled with action,
thrills and drama tempered with
considerable comedy.
Besides Miss Hutchinson the
cast includes Pat O'Brien. Ross
Alexander, Guy Kibbee, Louise
Fazenda, Olin Howland, Alma
Lloy, Margaret Irving, Grace
Stafford and Robert Barrat.
TABERNACLE NEWS
A pleasant surprise was afforded the congregation of the
Gospel Tabernacle on Sunday
night. The Olson brothers, a
male quartett visited the services and rendered several inspiring numbers. The Jericho Road,
a Negro Spiritual, was especially
enjoyed. We have invited the
boys back again for those that
were unable to be present.
Funeral services for William
Elmer Rohr, who passed away
on Wednesday of last week,
were conducted at the Catholic
Church on Saturd'ay morning,
with the Requiem High Mass
sung by the pastor, Rev. Father
Crowe. The Church was filled
to capacity with friends and relatives from far and near, who
came to pay their last respects
to the Demory of a beloved citizen, which was mute evidence
of the high respect in which Mr.
Rohr was held.
Pallbearers were Al Downing,
Frank Siefert, W. G. Stewart,
Ben Ackerman, Jack Lyons and
Clem Henry .Interment wasmade
in the Pine Ridge Cemetery.
William Elmer Rohr was born
in Columbus, Ohio, on October
4, 1869, and was 67 years of age
at the time of his dea^h. He
spent his early years in Ohio
and Indiana. On June 21, 1899,
he' was united in marriage to
Lena Schurger at Decatur, Indiana, to this union five children were born. They resideo
in Decatur for a few years, later moving to Hogland, Indiana.
On July 17. 1907, Mr. and Mrs.
Rohr and children came to Pine
River, having previously purchased land on Whitefish Lake.
After arriving they decided to
establish their home on Norway
Lake, where thev built their
present home. For many years
Mr. Rohr owned and operated a
blacksmith shop in Pine River
and more recently he spent most
of his time with his garden and
berries.
Five years ago his health began to- fail and in February of
that year he was taken to the
Brainerd hospital for treatment
of diabetes. He rallied and has
been active in his garden and
other duties until last March,
when he suffered a severe heart
attack from which he was unable to recover although he was
up and about most of the time.
For the past three weeks his
condition gradually grew worse
death coming on Wednesday of
last week.
For nearly.thirty years Mr.
Rohr has been active in business
community and Church affairs
in Pine River and will be greatly missed in the community. He
and his family have helped in
the building of the Catholic congregation from a very small beginning to what it is. today. He
was an active member in the
"20 Year Club" and was always
ready to help any worthy cause.
He leaves to mourn his death
his wife, one daughter, Mrs.
Fred Hemostead;, and four sons,
Ora, Frank, John and Eugene
and three grandchildren, Miry,
Frances and Tresa Rohr, all of
Pine River; Three brothers, O.
M. Rohr of Great Fads. Mont.,
John H. Rohr of Flint. Michigan,
and D. L. Rohr of Pulmart,
Michigan; Three sisters. Mrs.
Dan Gorman and- Mrs. Vernon
Mohler of Van Wirt, Ohio and
Mrs. Henry Heideman of Richmond, Indiana.
Those from out of town who
attended the funeral were Mr.
and Mrs. O. M. Rohr of Great
Falls and daughter Mrs. Stanley Sislo and Mr. and Mrs. John
H. Rohr of Flint, Mich.
BUFFET SUPPER PARTY
AT D. L. TRIGGS HOME
Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Triggs
and Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Robideau were hosts at a very enjoyable buffet supper party at
the D. L. Triggs home on Saturday evening. After a delicious supper, contract was played
at four tables. Prizes for high
scores were received by Frank
Anderson, Esther Conzet, Mrs.
Frank Sheoard, Chas. Siebel and
Lewis Walton. Guest prizes
were also presented.
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