The Pine River Journal (Pine River, Minnesota), 1937-01-14

              PINE RIVER JOURNAL
VOLUME II. NUMBER 22
THE PINE RIVER JOURNAL. PINE RIVER, CASS COUNTY, MINNESOTA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 1937
SUBSCRIPTION $1.00 Per Year
NEW. BRIEFS OF
INTEREST FROM
'ROUND THE STATE
TWO INCH NEEDLE
FOUND   INSIDE   EGG
Hector.—A recent "Beliave it
or Not" feature of Robert Ripley carried an item about a man
who found a portion of a needle
inside an egg. But that is small
news compared with tbe discovery made by Mr. Anderson, a
baker in Hector. Recently,
while working in the bakery.An-
derson broke ooen an egg which
upon examination, was found to
contain a needle approximately
two inches long.
The steel was black and corroded, but nevertheless was a
regular sowing needle. Anderson reports that it is the first
time in his eleven years as a
baker that he .ver found any-
thinrr like a needle in a egg, and
it will probably be manv years
before he discovers another. Although hens often pick at anything bright in the yard, how a
needle could be swallowed and
and ero through into an egg will
remain a mystery.
BILLS RUWFJn TN FIRE
NET PROFIT TO OWNER
International Falls—When . a
Seventh Dav Adventist school
at Browns Corner was destroyed
by fire on December 1, Miss Alice Anderson, resident teacher,
gave up the roll of bills she had
in her desk as lost. She believed the roll contained $23.. but
she was not certain. When the
ruins had cooled off however, a
search was made and a cluster
of ashes was found which appear
ed at one Hm° to have been mon
ey. The bills were turn°d over
tc the bank, which sent them to
Washington to the Treasury De-
pariment.
The other day the government return- t.s answer: the
wad of ashes was worth $31.
eio^t dollars move than the owner thought, ahe hart in her desk.
The cashier of th° bank remarked that he wou'dn't have
given a plugged nickel for the
evidence. "It looked like just a
bunch of ashes to ma," he said.
POUREn su^ar TN
GAS   TANK   OF
CAR
Hutchinson!—When the new
oar of Hank Thalman of Howard
Lake started missing the. other
day, he began investigating.
What he found was perhaps the
last thing he would have expected—about three pounds of sugar in the gas tank! The car
had been parked ou+side a cafe
while Thalman ate his dinner,
after which he drove to Delano,
only a few miles away, where
he noticed the cvlinders were
missing. When the gas line
was found to be clogged up, the
tank was drained and the presence of sugar was discovered.
Some- of the gas was taken to
the University and there it was
estimated that three pounds of
sugar had been poured into the
ten gallons of gas in the tank.
Since sugar can cause a good
deal of damage in the engine,
Thalman was lucky his line was
plugged and the presence of the
glucose was discovered. It is
not known whether someone
thought the idea was a good
joke or whether the sugar was
placed in the tank maliciously.
MRS.   ISENSEE   ENTER-        f
TAINS AFTERNOON CLUB
STRUCK BY FALLING
ICICLE   FROM   TANK
Deer River—A narrow escape that John Martin will remember for a long time occurred at Deer River last week,
when a large icicle dropped from
a water tank and stmck him as
he was walking along th* street
The tank was 15 or 20 feet
from the sidewalk, a heavy wind
taking it that distance in the
air as it fell. Although badlv
stunned. Martin continued on
down the street, where a companion took him to a doctor's
office.
Mrs. L.W. Isensee was hostess
to the Afternoon Club on Thursday of last week. A dlicious
luncheon was served by the hostess at two o'clock, after which
•several tables of contract were
played, with honors going to
Mrs. Ben Shiffer.
SCHOOL NOTES
The 'A' teams of Walker and
Pine River, will meet ■ in Pine
River Friday night. The 'B'
teams of Backus and Pin? River
wi'll play the same evening.
The "Footlights Dramatic
Club" of the senior high school,
wi1! present a orogram of 4 one-
act plavs on Janu arv 30.
The Pine River Spotlight- the
high school newsraoer, is again
being published. Th° edito- is
Mildred Wymore and assistant
editors are Robert Dubbs, and
Levina Potter.
The Pictures of the student
body and faculty, which were
taken bv a photograoher before
Christmas, arrived this week.
The seniors are waiting patiently for thei>* class-rings, which
are already three weeks over
due.
Pine River was victorious in
*-he basketball game Friday with
Backus, by a score of 26-13.
PENSIONERS ORGANIZE CLUB MON.
A crowd of 75 old age pensioners and applicants for old age
pensions met at the local school
on Monday of this week, to discuss the organization of an Old
Age Assistance Club. The meeting was conducted ' by Wm.
Achterkirch of Swanberg.
John Lembke was appointed
chairman, and L. E. Pollock of
Jenkins secretary. A. C. Hickel,
L. E. Pollock and Olaf Stranne
were appointed as a committee
to write up the Old Age Assistance Club resolutions.
In his talk. Mr. Achterkirch
pointed out that Governor Ben
son. in his Inaugural address
said "Mv aim is to carrv out the
will of the oeoole." Manv of
those present were dissatisfied
with the amount of pension that
they are receiving and many have been unab'e to obtain! any at
all. It was suggested that the
Club make an anneal to the Gov.
This was not d°finit°lv decided
A definite program will be plan-
•■nied and followed at future meetings.
The n°Yt meetinor wil] be held
in Pine River on Mondav. January 18. All those interested.
from both Crow Wing and Cass
counties are urged to be present.
FREE FBETOFT DFT.TVWRTES
IN ANY PART OF PINE R.
Beginning January 12. of this
week, all residents within the
village limits will receive free
freight delivery from the local
depot. Formerly this service
was given onlv to bnsiness establishments of the town.
N. D. COX IS VICTIM OF FROSTBITE
LIGHT QUESTION
DISCUSSED AT
PTA MEETING
Possibilities of a municipal
light plant for Pine River, were
discussed at the PTA meeting
held at the school bouse Monday evening. The possibilities
of wholesaling current from a
near-by source were also considered.
Rev. MacKinney. as president
of the PTA had charge of the
meeting and a?so did some
ninch hitting for a guest sp°ak-
LOCKWOOD GETS
IMPORTANT POST
IN HOUSE SET-UP
Two members of the house of
representatives from this area,
were recently named to committee chairmanships by Speaker Harold Barker.
V. Lockwood, Cass county representative, was named head
of the liauor control committee
and Theodore Thiel-n. Pierz,
Morrison county, heads the telephone committee.
.This is indeed a f -ather in Mr.
VILLAGE STREETS OPENED
BY STATE HIGHWAY PLOW
er that did not arrive until later j Lockwood's cap, as the liquor
in tbe evening. He had several, control committee will be one of
charts showing comparative rat- the most important ones in the
es in Pine Fiver and other towns, legislature.
The village council made arrangements with the state Highway department to plow out all
the streets in Pine River, and a
plow was sent up from Brainerd
Tuesday to do the work. They
worked most of dav completing
the job and put the streets in
fine shape. Now, if we don't
have a storm for a few days the
new roads can b° em'oyed by
everyone, especially those who
have been seen shoveling their
wav out everv morning.
The council should be commended on this action as travel
was almost nil on most of the
village streets.
ORPHAN WRITES
FROM V.F.W. NATIONAL HOME
Hm also Avo'aiued the reasons
■for the high local rates and outlined several Plans of constructing a municipal system and cit
The ability of the Cass county
representative was again recognized when he was anoointed
a member of the powerful rnle<*
SUPPER CT.UR ENTRRTMN-
ED AT THE SKINNER HOME
>d instances of benefit in towns: committee of the House.    This
committee governs the rules under which the House will do its
work. exch.
OBITUARY
where similar plants are in oper
ation.
Mr. Bliss, of Brainerd. who is
connected with the Minnesota
Power and Light Co.. arrived later in the evening and the p'an ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
of wholesaling current was dis-1 Al Soaper, age 75,passed away
cussed. He explained that under Saturday afternoon after a oro-
the Rural Electrification Ad- longed illness of two years. Mr.
ministration, through the coop-.Sopher has lived in Pine River
eratioh of local companies, a i for the past tw°nty years and
circular svsbem is being planned was well known here,
for this district and the plan so | Funeral services will be con-
far includes the territory around ducted from the Chapel of   th*1
the lakes and comes within seven
miles of Pine River. It was suggested tha+ Pine River connect
with this line and wholesale
their current at possibly 2c and
"etail with sufficient profit to allow for overhead and maintenance cost. This was considered
^he most likely plan, although no
definite action was taken.
Mr. Gates, Gen-ral Manager
of the Minnesota Utilities Comet with the village council on
Tuesday evening, concerning the
franchise which expires on January 14. Mr. Gates stated that he
wasn't in anv position to draw a
franchise involving a rate cut
at this time as the net earning
nower >of the local company was
not sufficient to warrant such a
reduction. At the present they
will operate without a franchise.
Further consideration, as to the
franchise will be made at a later
date.
Northland Funeral Home on
Thursdav afternoon (today) at
1:30 p. m.
Members of tve O. E. S. lodge of Backus, attended the installation of officers in Pine River Tuesday night.
STATE AND COUNTIES
OPEN JOINT DRIVE TO
CUT THE DEATH TOLL
O.F.S. LODGE HOLDS
INSTALLATION TUES.
The Clover Chapter No. 241 of
the 0. E. S. lodge held their installation on Tuesday night of
this week. The following officers were installed:
Worthy Matron__Rena Mae Hill
Worthy Patron Phillip Palmer
Ass. Matron^ Audrey Miller
Ass. Patron__ Frank Hill
Conductress 5___Edith Reynolds
Ass. Conductress Ada Miller
Chanlain __Annabelle Thievoldt
Marshall Ida Miller
Organist  Maude Anderson
  j Treasurer Amelia Trig<rs
A statewide drive, in cooperati- Secretary Evelyn Webb
on with the sheriffs and county Warden Nora Murphy
attorneys of Minnesoa's 87 coun Sentinal  Alice Bailv
ties, was launched this week by Ada Mabel Rode
the Minnesota Highway depart- Ruth Florence Hill
ment to reduce the toll of human Esther Rubv Skinner
life on the highways and to dri- Martha . Nellie TVss
ve the drunken driver   off   the,Electa  June Br-zinsky
roads. The outgoing Matron. Evelvn
Instructions for the drive w-re Webb, was presented with the
issued to all patrolmen of the past Matron's Jewel. Evelvn
Minnesota Highwav patrol bv Webb and Worthv Matron. Ren a
John P. Arnoldy. chief patrol of- Mae Jj?il w°re presented with a
ficer. At the same time, Chief beautiful bouquet of flowers by
Arnoldy, in his biennial report the members.
N. D. Cox was severely frozen
Sunday morning from exposure
to the sub-zero weather. He fell
along the path to his nome near
Ben Hourigan's residence and
was unable to rise. Marks in the
snow indicated that he had craw
led about ten fe"t after falling.
Jim Gearv discovered him about
8:30 Sunday morning and immediately summoned aid. He
was taken to the Holman hospital where it was found that his
feet, hands and knees were badly frozen. It will probably be
necessary to amputate his fingers and toes. The temperature
during the early morning registered about 40 below, and it is
thought that he was exposed for
about five hours.
to N. W. Elsberg, state commissioner of highways, disclosed
that-the enlarged highway patrol had travelled a million more
miles' in 1936 than in 1935, put
in 90,000 more patrol hours, and
performed more than 400.000
official acts in the interest
'aw enforcement and
prevention.
Minneisota sheriffc. and countv
attornevs. at thDir recent s+ate
conventions, have been consulted
and have agre-d to full cooperation in the state-wide campaign
in 1937.
In the past state highway pa-
After the installation, lunch
Was served at small tables lighted by candles.
In all cases of motor fatalHies
th* rtatrolman is instructed   to
notifv the countv attorney and
of the sheriff as quickly as possible
accident i so that, both may assist in   the
investigation.
"The countv attornev is the
only person who can determine
what charge shall be placed
against the oneratod of a vehi
Maior and Mrs. H. C. Skinner
enertained the Sunday Night
Supper Club at thei- home on
Sunday evening. The hostess
served a delicious buffet suooer
at seven o'clock, after which
contract bridge was plaved, with
high scores going to Mrs. John
Kater and T. E. Hill.
P. R. PIRATES TAKE
REMER INTO CAMP
The Pine River Pirates continued in their victorious stride
Tuesday night, when they met
Remer at the local gym. Bob
Lane of Pine River, acted as referee. The game was more or
less an exciting one with the
score running into the higher
brackets. It was a trifle scrap-
ty also with one Remer man
loosing a tooth and cutting his
lip. The final score was 26-13
in favor, of the pirates.
The Pirates will play again
next Tuesday.' eith-r with Pequot Or a CCC camp from near
Walker.
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.
A. O. Anderson, Backus
OBITUARY
Many people who do not know
just what good the VFW and
Auxiliaries are accomplishing,
might be interested in the follow ing ldtter. This national
home is one of the institutions
kept by the Veterans and Auxiliaries for those who suffered
through the great war. Last
year the splendid recreation hall
at this place was built by the
VFW and Auxiliary. Everv
Auxiliary member in the U. S.
donated 2c per week toward the
building fund, and although it
is still far from finished, a wonderful start has been made and
every effort will be made to complete the work in 1937.
Interesting parts of the letter written to Donald Dubbs follows:
VFW Nat'l. Home
Eaton Rapids,
Dear Donald:
We received the books donated by your Auxiliary to the Minnesota cottage, which we very
much appreciate.
My father was overseas in
the war. Some of the places he
was were England. Belgium,
France, Germanv'and Russia.
He's been around most of the
world but now he's been dead
five years. My mother has been
dead nine years.
I liave two sisters here at the
home. The old-st.Lottie 14. and
the youngest T.oretta 12. I am
15 years myself. There are nine
children in our cottage, but none
are from Minnesota. My sisters
and I are from In<H'na. Clvde
Francis and Muriel Morgan are
from South Carolina and Donald and Joe Gray are from Detroit.
There are 640 acres ' at   the
home.   Tw°ntv cottages and 175
children.   It is one of the most
beautiful homes in the world.
Our matron is Mrs. Soules.
We have quite a good time put
here and are alwavs satisfied.
I play a saxophone in the band.
Your friend,
Aaron Sharp
cle who. throueh culpable negligence, causes the d°ath of anv
_ _ ,._._„ „_  _,   person," Mr. Arnoldy said in his
trolmen have customarily placed j instruction bulletin.
"j)rpl,_ss rl""iritr charges agaiTist
motor vehicle operators under
the influence of liquor. Hereafter, under the new instructions in all such cas^s. oatrohnen
are ordered to consult the co.
attorney whenever a driver is
-rmr_bended nu^er tbe inf'uenoe
r>f liouor, and the decision will
be left to that countv attorney
as to whether the charge *""
be careless driving or drunken
driving, carrving a m'"1'
severe penalty.
"The great slaughter of human lives on our highways must
be stopped. You have the means,
and with the assistance rf the
conntv attornev and sheriff, fatalities and accidents can be
reduced, and it is your duty to
do so."
Minnesota's highway   patrolmen traveled 4.249.396 miles bv
automobile and   motorcvele   in
.__ .    1936 .according to the bienniel
more I report, as compared   to   2,961,
748 miles in 1935.
Mrs Maggie E. Wvmore" was
born October 26, 1882. in Rose
Hill, Ia. She was united in marriage in 1898 to Homer Fuller.
To this union one son was born,
Charles Fuller, now of Chicago.
Mr. Fuller passed away shortly
after their marriage, on Oct. 1,
1900, she was united in marriage
to Cornelius Wymore. Mr. and
Mrs. Wymore cast their lot with
the people of God in 1910, and
were baptized in Freemonf, Ia.
They fervently thank God for
the re-newal of these vows and
this fellowship in recent months.
In 1931, they moved to Cass
County, where they have resided continuously since that time.
In addition to Charles Fuller.
Mrs. Wymore was the beloved
mother of eight children, all of
whom survive her. Thev are
Robert of Pine River, Leonard
pf Griswold. Ia.. Eugene of Pe-
quo t, Mrs. F H. Powers of Des
Moin°s. Ia., Mrs. Henry Norman
of Mildred, and Margaret and
Phyllis of Pine River. Also eight,
grandchildren and a host of
friends and relatives.
Mrs. Wymore passed away on
Wednesday, January 6, at 2 p.
m., at the age of 54 years, 2
months and 11 days. Her death
was proceeded by some two
years of intermittent suffering.
She was a member of the Legion Auxiliary and of the Country Ladies Aid Circle. A good
woman, who was an asset to
the community has passed from
among us. God grant that we
may serve our day and generation and meet her on the golden
shore.
Of her immediate familv Mrs.
j Wymore is survived by her aged
I mother, Mrs. Alice Armstrong
DAIRY-HERD IMPROVEMENT STARTED IN CASS CO.
All dairymen realize that improvement of h°rds or the maintenance of a good herd is essential in order to make a profit
from dairvihg in this age of keen
competition.
During the past 20 or 30 years
much good work has b-en accomplished through bull-rings or
bull ass'ns. The increase in butterfat production has been as
high as 50 percent from the offspring of a purebred sire.
"Bull rings are highly recommended" -state? Co. Agt Oscar
Nelson. "Wh°n several farmers
are availing thems°lves of the
service of one herd sire a better
one can be used at less cost per
unit."
Recent rulings make it possible for a group of farmers to
buy a pure-bred bull and finance
it at a very low rate of interest
through tbe offioe of Wm. F.
Mackmiller, Rnr.nl Rehabilitation
Supervisor at Walker.
A cow census is now being
taken in a limited way bv mail
thru this office to d termine local interest in herd improvement. The ouestionaire may
not reach aU inter-sted parties
but that does not eliminate you
from the benefits k£ he->-d improvement.-You mav contact
the Countv Rural Rehabilitation
Supervisor dircct if interested.
of Otumwa, Ta.. two brothers,
Mathew of Lake View, Miss.,
and Ora of Ottumwa. Ia.; also a
sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Sheely of
Fairmont.