The Pine River Journal (Pine River, Minnesota), 1937-03-11

              PINE RIVER JOURNAL
VOLUME II NUMBER 30
THE PINE RIVER JOURNAL. PINE RIVER, CASS COUNTY. MINNESOTA, THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 1937
SUBSCRIPTION S1.00 Per Year
NEWS BRIEFS OF
INTEREST FROM
'ROUND THE STAT2
HOLDING SPEAR IS GOOD
EXCUSE FOR NO LICENSE
BARNEY BANGSTON PURCHASES STORE AT FED. D.
Belle Plaine.—"Holding the
spear for the other fellow" is a
good alibi for not having a fishing license. One of the borough
residents who was ctbserving
i^^. fishing operations at Bells
,W* Plaine's Horseshoe Lake recently, approached two men on the
ice, one having a spear poised
over the ice, and one having a
spear poised over the water. Being questioned about a fishing
i-.~.^c.,~ th'- fisherman who was
from out of town replied that he
had none as be wasn't fishing—
"I'm iust h^i'Er the spear for
the other fellow."
Barney Bangston, well known
(farmer of Hne River, has purchased the Feed and Grocery
Store at Federal Dam, formerly
owned by Homer Fraser. The
deal was completed last week.
The store will be under the
management of Art Bangston.
The Bangston family moved to
Federal Dam on Wednesday of
j.43t rV3e:c, ani w. 1 makj their
future home there.
"OLD TIME MUSIC
CONTEST" AT ARMORY WED. NITE
SUPPER CLUB MEETS
The Sunday Night Supper
Club met this v, eek at th • home
of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Town-
send. A delicious luncheon was
served at seven o'clock, after
which three tables of bridge
were played. Mrs. T. E. Hill received high score for the ladies
and Dr. Dingle for the men.
OLD OM*HA CLOCK IS
BACK   ON   THE   JOS,
Mankato.—Miend ■     go-1      av
new and apparently ready    to
duplicate its past 50 years    of
service, th?    m-aha "-+■ "ov" ?•'■*'••
keener, an old weight clock, is
ba"1- iv s~Tvi'v °ft"' th~,:'~ in^n
ths on the retirement li~t    Th°
Sgrnp      voto'-p-n      tiTT~-T)i"0-      b"
which train dispatchers worked
at the old station in Mankato
the ancient clock was replaced
in the Omaha depot's office last
December, after  is  c s.   son
into a dozen pieces when    the
time-keeper    unexpectedly    fell
tii'om us ~>l?c- 6r th   wail     'j-~r,
weeks it laid in the discard, the
clock was given a secon.. dunce,
"/^,-ri ji-    was    sHoned   to   the
Omaha general office in St Paul.
CASS CO. MED. ASSOCIATION MEETS
The Cass County Medical Association met at the Holman
hospital, Thursday evening,Mar.
4. Members present were Dr.
Campbell of Cass Lake. Dr. Rankin of Remer, Dr. Ringle of
Walker, Dr. Johnson of Pine
River, Dr. Rosenfield of Pequot,
Dr. Sellers of Motley, and Dr.
Button of Pine River.
Problems of taking care of
the countv poor were discussed
from various angles, a* to ethical conditions in Cass County.
The o~oblem. was finallv sol-
The local VFW Post of Pins
River is sponsoring an "Old
Time Fiddlers Contest" for fiddlers and harmonica players, to
be held at the Pine River Armory, Wednesday evening. March 17. $30 in prizes will be
awarded the winning contestants, with a door prize for the
holder of the luckv number.
A full evening's entertainment is assumed all those who
attend. A "Hill PdUv" orchestra has been engaged t-« Provide
old and new tirri* nvmc for the-
dance to be held after the contest.
During t>e nt^rmi-don. th*
Ladies Auxiliary will ■ri-rve
lunch.
All yuii old time musicians are
urged lc register now L«r the
contetst.
A big t-vening of fun and fro-
L'c for only 15c and 35c.
GOLD MEDAL B. B.
TOURNEY IN PINE
RIVER SAT. & SUN.
REFINANCING OF
SCHOOL BONDS DISCUSSED TUESDAY
About fifteen taxpayers    of
this district met at the   school-
house Tuesday    evening,    with
the school board to discuss   the
ved by all membersi agreeing to ;questi0n of how to   retire    thp
\vVio
-OQ     ■f-Q^-'.O
■a-*ft b
August Selander, woodwork expert, who learned his trade in
Sweden, vn the rU"- wK-n t-\>--
clock was first made. Selander,
who won fiist prize at the iV62,
state fair on his entry of a landscape scene in inlaL; wood ft
ted the pieces together so skillfully th at the caso apo-a j •"
good as it did before thi fall
The work-, of the cLck s~ compact that they can be plac d i"
a quart berry box, were soon
adjusted by a local watchmaker, and the timepiece went on
its way as before.
BACKUS
abide bv the schedule of fees
of th,e. Unnr Missisdopi Medical Associarion. with a few ex-
ceutions. The meeting adjourned about midnight.
MEETS MONDAY EVE.
Mrs. R. F. Dingle was hostess
to the- Fortui-ghtlv Club Mon^a"
evening. Supper was served at
seven o'clo"1' "fter which several games of bridg-- -■■'•■■■ve enjoyed. Mrs. Harris Ziermund re-
"■ei-ofj Viio-Vi r.pr-1-e. and Mrs. F.
T-. F^mostead low.
"SIT DOWN" STRIKE
Nick Ritchie stopped in    the
other day to ren or; that he had
a "sit do-m" strike while har-
 vesting ice last week.   He says and is being seriously consider-
W. W. Pomplun, Correspondent Emery Fick backed his truck up'ed by the board.   If this   plan
district's bonded    indebtedness.
Mr. T. G. Even-son and Mr.
Moody of Minneapolis, were present, representing the bondholders.
The bondholders, thru these
mart >i9Viq offered to re-finance
$177,100 worth of b~nds at
par value, waiving1 all the interest on this amount to date,
which would amount to $20 0<v>
for 2 1-2 v°ars On the basis of
$130,000 divi^d jnt0 two iesfte"*.
series A and B: s-ri°.s A of $50
000 to the st*t~ of Minnesota
at 3 1-2 ner cent and seri°s B
of $80,000 bearing 1 1-2 per
cent interest for the first ten
years and 2 1-2 per rent thereafter. This will be due in 30
years.
This plan should be accepted,
The Gold Medal Basket Ball
tournament will start at 4 p. m.,
Saturday, March 13, with e'ght
independent teams competing.
Sixty medals and three trophies, on display at Hourigan's
Drug store, will be awarded to
the winners. Henry Rose of
Bemidji will referee All the
games will be played at the
school gym.
The Saturday games   will be
olaved in tve following order:
4 p. m.. Walker Vs. Cass Lake-
7 O. m.. T?..°-m°r Vs   B""ku'S
8 p. m„ Brainerd Vs. Ha«k)?ns'>
9 p. m., Pine Ri^er Vs P^ouot.
At 3 p, m., Sunday the winners of Saturday's 4 and 9 p. m.
games will plav, and at 4 p. m..
the winners of Saturday's 7 and
8 p. m. games will play.
The consolation game will be
played at 7 p. m. Sunday evening. The championship gam°
will he olayed at 8 p. m., Sundav
evening.
The winner* of th-'s tournament will "0 to th^ NaHon*1
Gold Mledd Tournament, to be
held in Nebraska.
PATROL TO DRIVE ON
'ONE-EYED' VEHICLES;
ENFORCE TRUCK LAW
An intensive drive on all 'one
eyed' motor vehicles on the
highways of Minnesota, has
been ordered to begin March 16,
by John P. Arnoldy of the Minnesota Highway patrol. Orders
to arrest all drivers of cars and
trucks displaying but one headlight, or without tail lights, as
a means of reducing accidents
have gone out from Mr. Arnol-
dy's office.
The patrol has also been ordered to check all "X" licensed
trucks to sse that the home cities of the operators are plainly
stenciled on the side of the ve
hides, showing from what town
the trucks are operating under
the 35-mile law. Operators who
fail to have their trucks so
marked will be arrested.
THINGS THAT ARE
TAKING PLACE IN
THE LEGISLATURE
P. R. TO JOIN PAUL
BUN VAN CLUB AGAIN
WPA WOMEN   MAKE
LAR^E NUMBER OF
GARMENTS IN MONTH
Wm. Codner made a busi/ies*
uixj to JtSiainerd Monday.
.'-red ue.uAe vva„ a ualmeas
ea^'i in  vvaLer, last Tuesday.
Ray Lveiaaa cade„ a, tne H.
II. burman home Monday.
Mrt. Bessie jcl^ea .,;.' Sunday with her parents in Backus.
M*\ and Mrs. T. H. .'rands
and family, spent Sunday at the
H. H. Burman home.
Frank Haves was a business
caller in Walker, one day last
week.
W. W. Pomplun spent the
week-end in Brains, d, visitin-
-. it i his wife, who is employed
at the St Josephs hospital.
The class play "Always in
Trouble" by L.e judo, ciass oi
Backus, last Friday and Saturday, was well attended.
Peter Masteller is moving into the Thomas farm home, wr.st
of Backus this week. Paul Mas-
"eller is moving into the home
vacated by Peter.
Miss Anna Tieken. Louis Rd
der and Loretta Voor^i 0f B ain
erd, accompanied Mrs.  W.  w
Pomplun home Saturday night,
to see the Junior class play .They
returned the sam* ev^in^
Mrs. John Spillane, Mary Helen and Mabel Jones returned
from Minneapolis Saturday, after taking Mr. Spillane therefor medical treatment. He was
operated on Wednesday, and is
not getting so well. Mrs. Spillane left Tuesday morning, to be
with him.
for a load of frozen w^ter and
Bill Schuster, the official loader,
sat down and refused -to load
ths truck.
Mrs. E. D. Evans left Monday, for a weeks visit with friends and relatives in Pequot.
JENKINS   !
Tris Engel . Co-respondent
Mrs. Nelson and Miss Himrod
drove to Brainerd Saturday.
Mrs. John Soencer called on
Mrs. Jacobs Monda-\
Mr.-and Mrs. C. L. Allen re-
turned from Minneapolis Monday.
Mrs. Wm. Parker called on
Mrs. Frank Bryant Friday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Warner
were Brainerd shoppers Saturdav.
Miss Frances Bryant spent
Saturday night with Lois Jacobs.
Mr. L. Undine of Longville,
wps a business visitor in Jenkins
Monday.
Marvin Zismund of Pine River, s^ent the week-end with
^onqld Young.
Edward Kemn&r was a business visitor in Minneapolis, over the week-iO-nd.
Mr. and Mrs. John Spencer
nwed info th°> "ew home, formerly owned by Mrs. L. Hampshire.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Harms are
the proud grandparents of a
grandson, born to their daughter Norma Hunt, last Wednesday.
isn't accepted tve bondholder?
can immediately ge a $44.000
judgement again-t tho district
and a tax lew to co^er it will be
snread. If this judgment isn't
taken care of thev can confiscate any piece or nieces of oro-
nertv in t"e district tst mav
sui1- their fane. This ca^s for
serious consideration on the part
of the taxpayers in the district.
No decision was reached at
this meeting. Final decision
will be made at the regular
meeting of t>-e school board, to
be held tonight.
A total of 592 garments were
made for needy person- on direct relief in Cass county this
past month, bv jo-al women on
WPA sewing projects.
This nroduction fi'nve was released today bv Victor Christgau,  state administrator.    The
work is di^cted locallv bv Mrs j
Virginia Sh-ear^f   woman's    di-|
.rector, in the oflfic of A. T. Gil- i
bertson. district director,' located in Brainerd.
Garments made for the needy
of the county included: 61 items
of infant's wear. 50 items of
girl's wear, 163 items of women's wear. 13 item-! of boy's
wear and 305 miscellaneous articles.
WPA s-°wine gave employment to 16 wome" jn Tass countv the past month There are
98 sewing oroi^H-s in operation
in Minnesota. This is considered one of the most serviceable
project's of the WPA. for women. 38R2 wwn ave b~ing given mnch-ne°dQd emnlo-ment-
who wonld ntH°vwi«>e b^ on direct ™>]jp>f\ These garments are
distHnnt*d to othQr rc-li°f clients through the local Surplus
Commodity offices.
V.
F. W. *Nn  ATmiJ'Rv
MET WEDNESDAY EVE.
The V. F. W. and Ladies Aux
iliary held their regular meetings on Wednesdav evening
Plans were made for the "Old
Fiddlers Contest" to be held
on March 17, at the Armory in
Pine River. To dat? many entrees have been received and it
promises to be on," of th- finest
entertainments sponsored in
Pine River for some time. Wea
ther conditions being favorable
visitors from the entire sixth
district will be present.
The Ladies Auxiliary wil1
have charge of a lunch counter
dnrinsr the dance.
Mrs. Maria Upton, an untiring
worVer. donated her se~vioes to
the organization bv making and
nuiltino- a lovelv ouilt f°r fh°
Auviliary to disnoce of The
quilt is on display and tickets
are being sold at 10c rach or 3
for 25c.   The final drawing will
Oscar Dahl and daughter Le-|be made after the dance at the
jona, drove to Glittir^ Friday. 'Old Fiddlers Contest.
SWANBERG BOY
BURIEDJIONDAY
Lyle Clir.ton Stevens, young
son of Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Stevens, passed away at the University hospital on Thur^av afternoon of last, v^k The bodv
was brought to Pine Ri-ver by
the Northland 'Funeral Home.
Funeral services were held at
the Swanberg schoolhouse on
Monday of fchi« wek. --dth Bev.
Dehaan officiating. InWment
was made in tha Evergreen
Cemetprv   in Swanberg.
Lyle Clinton Stevens was born
August 15. 1934. in S"-anbQrg.
From birth, the f^i1^ >»r?-«?V
and active as ho was. had been
-vfflicted bv a maladjustm-^
nerves, which in turn affected
the organs of the littl° body. On
Monday, Februarv 22. he was
taken to the Unive-sity hospital in the hopes t^at something
might be done tVpre to remedv
the condition. Doctors there
were unable t^ offer n solution
and meanwhile the child's organs reached the erd of their
resistance.
On Wednesday. March 3 he
was awake. talv'°d with thos°-
who were with him ano1 plaved
jwith some toys. On Thursday
morning, he again awoke as
usual but soon fell asleep. He
passed away between 3:30 and
4 o'clock that afternoon.
At the last meeting of the
Pine River Commercial Club,
it was decided to again join the
Paul Bunyan.Playground Association, which necessitated a
payment of $50. for membership. Oscar Kolb and Ben Shiffer were appointed to act as a
committee to solicit the business men to raise this amount.
$50 of the funds soli ited will
be used for the membership and
the balance has been deposited
to the Club's account at the
local bank.
Following is a list of the donors and the amounts giver:
Lake Region Hotel $2.00
Arvid lundin 1.00
J. F. Anderson Lbr. Co 2.00
Pine River State Bank ___ 1.00
Pine River Oil Co. 3.00
Lon W. Fields 2.00
Katers — 3.00
Pine River Journal 1-00
Paul Bunyan Cafe 1-00
Community Oil Co. 2.00
Brookside Cabins 3.00
J. Lyons   1.00
Ben's Cafe 3.00
Gamble Store  2 00
B. J. Hourigan 2.00
Land O'Lakes Creamery __ 1.00
P. E. Lindberg 3.00
H. Kline  ~ 1.00
Al Downing Barber Shop _ 1.00
Homer Fraser, 3.00
Cass. Co. Independent 1 00
Pine Biver Tele. Co. —— LOO
Farnam Dray Line ^-^
Minn. Utilities Co. 2.00
Dr. R. F. Dingle — L00
Dr. Johnson __ L00
Don Lundrigan  L00
Northland Funeral Home -- L00
L. W. Isensee LOO
"Pr-nest Robideau -50
Hill Hardware Co. 3.00
Municinal Liquor Store — 3.00
John "Pohr 3 00
Dr. Meland L00
By V. Lockwood
The saying "Time Marches
On" is well understood at the
Qapitol,- Monday comes,- the
week's work is planned- unfor-
seen matters needing attention
arise, calling for added work,
and "Presto" it is Saturday
night. The session is now half
over. At the beginning of a
Session bills are drawn up and
introduced and the work of whip
ping the bills into proper shape
in committee is our bigjob. As
the Session advances Bills are
still pouring into the legislative "hopper"' (over 1200 in the
House and more than 900 in the
Senate at the nresQnt time),
and we have the added work
of considering the bill* on the
floor of the House that were
fortunate enough to get out of
the committee- and sometimes
perhaps unfortunate that they
did get out. So the work increases as "Time Mareh^- On" until toward the end of the session, when there is a grand
scramble to see who gts his
bills finally acted upon; until
the last night of .the session
when the real jam is on and at
midnight the-face of the official clock is draped^Between rush
es to the lunch counter for a
cup of coffee or a sandwich the
mill grinds onV- sometimes well
into the next, day:—when somebody whose bills-have b^en taken care of or for ether reasons,
shouts—"I move we do now
adjourn." Thats when we relax and find out how tir-d we
reallv are. That time is fast approaching.
Well, what's going onjiow? I
am introducing a bill which, if
passed, will provide for an In-
dan Fair to be hdd at Cass T,ake
where Indians mav exhibit th>iT
handiwork and re-r^'ve r>remi-
ums for the best exhibit of various articles made Or grown by
them.
.    —L—
I am also introducing a resolution asking that a highway
be named, or a suitable memorial be erected at Walker, in honor of the late Senator P. H. McGarry, who introduced and was
greatly responsible for the- "as-
sage of Senate File 78. providing
for the good roads amendment
in 1919, and who was known bv
many as "The Father of the
State Trunk Highway System."
WPA TO DUPLICATE THE
WALKER SEWAGE PL4NT
AT OSAKIS,   MINNESOTA
A testimonial to the adequacy
of Walker's ne;v sewag- aispo-
sal plant came this week, when
the WPA office of Victor Christgau, state administrator, formally approved plans and allotted
funds for the construction of a
similar plant at Osakis. Work
will begin on March 15 and will
provide employment for moite
than 100 needy people.
The Osakis plant will cost approximately $114,300, of which
$96,100 will come from WPA
relief funds and $18,200, contributed by the Village Council, as
sponsor of the project.
The plans will cover the installation- of 28000 feet of sewer mains which will serve th°
business and residential districts of the village.
A bill has b°en introduced by
the Public Welfare committee
and if nassed will trovHo for
the Stato matfhinq- th* Federal Old Age Asristanc- Fund. At
present the "Federal na,Ts 50 ner
cent, the State 33 1-3 per cent
and the counties 16 2-3 per
cent. If passed this will increase State taxes of which we
pay our share according to valuation. However it would mean
a big saving to our taxpayers.
—L—
The Legislature sees the necessity of some such law, as
some northern counts are unable to pay as the law now
stands, and if onlv one countv
fails, the entire amou-t of federal assistance will be withdrawn.
La Verne Benson spent the
week-end with her parents in
Blackduek.
Helen Henry and Ruth Mary
Lauritzon motored to Nisswa
Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Labonte of
Park Rapids, spent Sunday at
the Ted Farnam home.
This letter is getting rather
lengthy- more next week.
YOUTH'S >RM STUMP TS
MUTILATED PY BUZZ SAW
Detroit Lakes—Gust Haaland
23, of Rochert. who thr-e years
ago lost the lower part of his
right forearm in an accidental
shooting, recentlv had the remaining portion of the arm destroyed when his sleeve caught
in a buzz saw. Although it was
thought possible to save the
badlv mutilated arm stumn. it
became necessary several da^s
later to amputate it just below
the shoulder.
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