The Pine River Journal (Pine River, Minnesota), 1937-02-04

              PINE RIVER JOURNAL
VOLUME II NUMBER 25
THE PINE RIVER JOURNAL. PINE RIVER. CASS COUNTY. MINNESOTA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1937
SUBSCRIPTION $1.00 Per Yeai
NEWS BRIEFS OF
INTEREST FROM
'ROUND THE STATE
FIGHT TO SAVE ARMS,
LEGS OF YOUNG GIRL
Aitkin.—A wistful 16 year oM
Aitkin county farm girl, Marcel-
la Gobel has been accla-'med a
heroine. But the act which won
praise for her bravery and courage threatened to cost he- both
arms and legs. Physicians foug t
to save the limbs from amputation after both arms and legs were
badlv affected bv evPr>su,*e and
penetrating frost, suffered as
she dashed a quarter op a mile
through snow and 40 below zero
temperature in her nightgown
to notify neighbors tha<- her father's house was burning The
narents and four small children
fled to the barn, where they buried themselves in the hayloft to
keep warm.
SNUFF   O^   ?fi   YEARS
AGO FOUND IN ATTICK
HOFFMAN.— Persons using
snuff mav get the opportunity of
sampling a chew of this product,
the genuine good old Copenhagen, made Apnl 19. 1911, nearly 26 vears ago. John G°vick
recentlv found a box which had
never been opened, in thei attic
of a house during moving time.
The date is stamped on the seal
to prov_ his st«>tom«mt. It may
be a little stale but it is still good
old snuff.
OR*N«ES APF PFJNC R *nq.
ED IN A STORE UP NORTH
Madison lake.—At least one
man. L. J. Johnson, postmaster-
merchant of Otisco. do°s not
need to depend on shipments of
frcsfi oranges from the sunny
climes. He bos a smal1 orange
tree growing in his store. The
tree is t°n verves old and staged
blooming last March and at the
present has eleven oranges at
various stages of growth.
CAT PROVES TF «T TT
HAS   NINE   LIVES
PAUL FUNYAN'S PLUE OX
TRAVELED THRU P. R. FRI.
Paul Bunyan's mammoth Blue
Ox, "Babe," invaded the    envi
rons of Pine River on Fridav of
last week, en-route to St Paul
to thrill the spectators   of   tho
Winter Snorts Carnival.   The 0"
stands 18 'feet high and is mounted on an automobile chasis fo
exhibition- purposes.
M. E. L ABIES AID WILL
MEET   ON   THURSDAY
The M. E. Ladies Aid which
was scheduled to meet, Wedues-
dav at the home of M s. Chas.
Siebel hais been post^n^d unti'
Thursdav ft-day). A 15c lunch
will be served.
M. E. S. SCHOOL NOTICE
Next Sunday a spscial offering wi'l be taken at S'mda"
school. The proceeds will go to
the flood sufferers.
FLU DROPS ATTENDANCE AT B/LL SUN.
Morris.—The supposition that
a cat has nine liw»s was strengthened bv a ride from Brainerd
to Morris, which required more
than ordinary endurance. Perched on a spring itl front of a
rfl*lroad engine within 10 or 12
:n/.>io<5 of the huge drivers and
w,+h the temper^-.'re reading
o,i i d-jps Kkw zf ru. a cat traveled the distance of 120 miles.
TTr.on the twin's arrival at Morris, the special passenger looked
nrvv^ ijVo a huge snowbal1 than
a cat and it appeared that at
least eierht of the nine lives had
ehHo<1 awav. Several davs e^ao-
9i0.r] before the cat could recuperate from the soreness irf frozen
ears, frozen tail and frost bitten
fe^t. Members of the train crew
recxnifred the cat as one that
had fwouented tho round-house
at Brainerd, and had pvidentlv
boa'-d«d fnp engine while it was
stationed there.
CARD OF   THANKS
We wish to thank our dear
friends and neighbors for thei""
acts of kindness and words of
svmnathv t^ us in our hour of
sorrow, in the loss of our husband, father, and brother. Thank
you for the flowers. thQ beautiful s"m°-s and Rev. Milne for his
comforting words.
Mrs. John Sparks
Oliver Sparks
Earle Mears
James Sparks
CARD OF   THANKS
We wish to express our aopre
ciation and thanks to our friends
for their «vmoathv and hern dur
ing our illness and the death of
our beloved husband and father.
Mrs. A. Nodell
Mr. and Mrs. Fr*d Heuer
Mr and M-s D. H Wil co-
Mr. and Mrs. Elof Nodel'
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Nod-T
The annual President's Ball
was held last Sundav evening, at
the Lake Region hotel. Six tables of bridge and two tables of
whist were in session. Mrs. Ben1
Hourigan won the door prize.
Honors in bridge went to Virgin*
ia Witting and Al Downing. Seconds were won. bv Mrs. Marion-
Sherwood and Oscar Kolb. Mrs.
Clvde Seaton received honors in
whist. The proceeds of the evening will go to the sufferers in
thp- flood region.
The party was not as well attended as in previous v-earg, due
mostlv to weather "onditi"rs and
the prevailing epidemic of "flu"
which is making its annual
rounds.
MINN^fVIM   MOTOFTS'Tiq
PAY ONLv H A T-F rT"TT1P' t * ■*'■
OF    U.    S.   ESTIMATT
Minnesota motorists pav omk
a little more than half a^ h~av
a load of motor vehicle and gnso
line taxes as the American Petroleum Industries committee e*
timates for the average through
out the United States.
This committee,    which    ba^
been waging a campaign throng"
out the U. S. to reduce ga^olm"
taxes in the interest of the lar
ge gasoline and oi1    compQuiins
this week issued a bnFetm tha4"
The average    automobile    m
the TTnit-p-i Rtate= navS    $38 3"
in gasoline taxes  state and feJ
eral.
The avers p-e automobile in
tne United States ravs a total
including gasoh'ne. motor vahi
c'le license, and in some stat0*
weight an^i -Tvorsonal propert"
ta^es of $50.35.
"Poponop qn+"mibil"s travel
much farther each vear than
tiro-v did five vears ago the Institute estimator that th° av°r
cio-|Q r-^r nsQs IftO o-allnns of g"SO-
line instead of ^00 gallons p°~
war at that time. This. thev
point ent in^roflses the g^solin^
tax revenue tbn.enp-h.out the cou"
trv hv Si 50 000 000 annuallv.
What tne oat*-o-ienm ins'tituf--
fails to point out., however, i"
that the reason whv antomnh'l0--
travel farther, use more gas-line
and nav more- gas taxes, i-s. b°
cause the o-asoline taxes of th"
past have heen us°d to bw-'*
more and better roads on whicv
to trav°l.
The Institute also fa fed to an
.n1v thg f>ase to Mi,r)-n°sOta. wh^r'-
altho"gh complete and a'P'-at-
new firrnreiS are no*- vet av^i'labl-
preliminary estimat°s indicate
that the ptrovqor/i rri^tor Vfth'Cl"
pavs incl"ding tne 1c fe^er-'
rraa tnv. on'v about an averag-.-'
"f 5S9fl 00 in onvgolirt-0 taves a."
so hoti'»h); th°i-- national ave^a""
^f $39 95 ,«nr| 0njv a tOfa1 0J
^Vini-it   S^O 00   i,ri-  t^tal   t"Y«s     ta"
against th«iV estimate of $50 3"
cor the nation.
.^TryA Want Ad
18 mpmhers nf the Sf CIO"''
hasVetKqU, team st^nne^ at fh'-
T a^e "Region lintel fo>- dinner or
•Saturday. Thev also stopped
Sunday on their return trip.
WPA ENGINEERS
OF MINN. SENT
TO FLOOD AREA
Recognition of the excellence
of the engineering staff in Minnesota's WPA came last week
when four members of the statc
organization were called for spe
cial duty in flood areas along
the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers
E. B. Curry, Assistant Sstat0
Supervisor of Operations, C.
Walter Johnson, District Operations Supervisor stationed at
New Ulm, M. A. Fitzge-aM of
Minneapolis. FieM Engineer and
W. C. Oakes, of St Paul, Area
Engineer in Ramsev County
were among those called.
Victor Christgau. state administrator, received the reaue?t fori
engineers shortly before last Fri
dav. Bv 1 p m.. the same day
the four men had been assigned
tc the emergen ev work and w°p°
on a plane for Chicago. Bv Saturday morning, thev were at
work on the iob of directing recovery a.s the flood waters of th°
rivers slowly receeded.
IOOF AND REBEKAHS HOLD JOINT
INSTALLAT'N TUES.
OBITUARY
Hazel Hilmore was born at
.OaVig Minn., on Julv 9. 1903,
where she resided until she reached the age of seven, when she
came with her parents to Jenkins. She made her h"me in
Jenkins until Febrparv 9. 1925,
when she was united in- marriage to Edward "K^adt of Pine
Fiver. She was 33 yaars. 6 mos .
and 8 davs of age at the time of
her -death. PViq it, onnnv>d bv
her husband. Edward Kladt and
one son TiMniior: also her mother
Mrs. Xda ^ilmona r-f OsaMs: one
hrother. "Peorl of ^an Anfrmio.
Teva^ and fi,Te sister F-i'la Ritter of Sauk Centre Ora Hoiev of
Pinp River F-^io ONtrk -f ^tv,
Montana ^rln.o Qn-rhe* irf 0*,ge
Ta... and Mildred Kelsey of Jenkins.
Funeral services w-e-re heM on
Sunday, .Tanuar" v-i with Rev.
Chas. Pearson officiating.
The local Rebekah and Oddf u
lows Lodge held Joint Installation on Tuesday   night   cf   this
week.   At the close of the meeting, a delicious lunch was served
to the members by a committee,
after which several   games   of
cards were enjoyed.   The following officers were installed:
Dist. Dep. Grand Master Lewis
- Walton
Dist. Dep. Pres. Mrs. Chas.
Bates.
Grand Warden ____Fern Lundin.
Fred Heuer
Grand Sec. ___ Sadie Rbideau,
Robert Bremken
Grand Treas. Ossio Siebel,
Arvid Lundin
Noble Grand ___ Albert Teagarden, Mrs. Teagarden
Vice Grand _____ Oscar   Kolb,
Ethyl Cromett
Secretary Lon Fields, Slora
Bates
Treasurer Lewis Walton,
Olea Zigmund.
NEW R. R. COMMISSIONER
I'HINGS THAT ARE
TAKING PLACE IN
THE LEGISLATURE
GEO. JONES CALLED
BY DEATH MON.
HAROLD R. ATWOOD
Recently appointed to succeed
the late Knud Wefald as railroad
and warehouse commissioner. He
has a record of 10 years as a
member of the legislature. ■
SERVICES FOR JOHN
SPARKS HELD SAT.
■p(\J>irr\rjn.JfrVTy   OT TTT>   TriVT.
TERTAINED MONDAY EVE.
Mrs. L W. Isensee wa/a hostess
to the 'B,n>'tnie-^ti-<r f!hib on M^n-
dav evenin.o- of this week. A delicious luncheon wa° served bv
the ho«t<*<s »*■ seven o'clocV. after which bridge was niaye.d.
with hio-h score o^jng- to Mrs. L.
W. Walton, and low to Mrs. Ben
Hourigan.
J E N KINS   !
Iris Engel , Correspondent
Miss Ella Shupe is v isting
relatives in Minneapolis.
Ruby Jepperson is ill with
scarlet fever.
Mrs. John Spencer was a Pequot business visitor Monday.
C. L. Allen- is confined to his
home with the flu.
Mrs. John Orso^ was a business visitor in Jenkins Saturday.
Mrs. Ann Nelson and Ann
Himrcd made a business trip to
Fort Ripley Tuesday.
J. C. Engel left for Minneapolis Mon^av. where he will spend
a few days.
Lois Jacobs soent Sunday afternoon at the Frank Bryant Jr.
home.
Frances Holmes is employed
bv Rav Bliss. He started work
Mondav.
Ollie Zeis, Edward Kemoer
and Sam Goss made a business
trip to Penu-et Saturday.
Miss Rachel Roderick spent
••Ve woio-v end at her home in
Brainerd.
M^s AH'n Tac"bs visited at
the John Spencer home Saturday.
T eo Walton Sr. fa robiu'Wro-
the Satre Service Station, whi"h
was damaged by fire a month
iiro
Charles and Jerrv BV>dgnH,
who a *e attending school in Minneapolis were w°ek-°nd visitors
at their horne on TaVe Bertha.
George Smith had the misfor-
"-"•no <->f >i».ojji'i,Ti,fr a rib wh'lft
working at the Leo Waltrn
home.
Mrs. Shepard of  Pine  River,
Geo. Jones, pioneer resident of
Pine River, passed away at his
home Monday, after a lingering
illness. Funeral services were
conducted at the M. E. Church
on Wednesdav of this week, with
Rev. Mi'ne offHatin<r. Pallbearers included W. C. Cromett, Lon
Fields, S. P. Hanson, Art ShiU,!
Frank Shepard and Jess Christian. Interment was made in the
Pine Ridge cemetery.
George Lyman Jones was
b*r-n in Oshi-osh Wisconsin, on
April 30, 1862. He was 74 years
rf age at the time of his death.
He moved to Maoleton. Minnesota, with his parents at. the ag^
of 17, where he grew fa manhood. Fe was nnited in marriage to Mary Oates on Septem-
W H    19^7.     T-. thfs union  foil-
chi'dren were bom: Mrs. Ben
Robideau. Vane Jones and Frances E. Jones al' of Pine River,
'"me son Geo. W. J^nes p-eceed-
->J T-im in ^oqth on November 1,
11918, while serving his countrv
in France. Fe i- aho s'rnrived
bv his twin brothe- Stephen P.
Jones of M^rionett". Wis.. a!s"
+Vtto .r^ov.-'^.hildrpn- th^e great
grand children and a host of
nolotiv-es 'cnd fri>nds.
Mr Jqnie" was united in. the
r%,-,-„>, 0f phrioj. at Madelia, in
1898 in whi«h fj>if- he contmned
"nto his d°ath. He came to Pine
River on Septembe- 14. 1901.
where he r^sid0'' mith his familv
until the time of his death.
POY   SLI^^^   two
MILESS   ON   SKIIS
T 'oRov.-With the temperature
at fi"e decrees be'ow zero, Donald Mc^illvrav. four years old.
made a two mile t-ip on hn fa
ther's eight fo^t s^iis. His absence caused his parents m'T-h
distress and worrv unti1 thev
ifoun-d him in- tha evening. Whil^
his father mother and grend-
narents f^anticaHv searched b'""1
dings and surroundings for th°
m'.ss?n.sr bpv someone notice^
that Mr. McGi^lvray's °kiis werr
also missing.   It was found that
maP'V    sVi    t**n'ls    rorliof--1       -f-v-x-n
+he home and in many directions
Which had he taken? Sear-bine-
first one and the© another, final
lv litt'e fo"t prints were fonn-''
where a wire fence had obliged
hiro to dismount and circle a
field where a fry* had be^n trailed. Through four more ba~b°d
wire fences without a scratch o'*-
a snag in his cl-thing an^1 ther°
he was at the highwav. The bov
thought it was fnn slicing in his
dad's tracks, but bv this tim0 h°
couldn't get out of th°m s^ he
contmued on unti1 he arHved at
a neighbors home where he de-
ci^^d he woul d n'av for a whil°
before returning home.
who has been emn'bved at the W
Soornit?; home, returned to Pine
River Sunday.
John Sparks, pioneer of Pine
River for over thirty years, succumbed to the call of the grim
reaper on Wednesday of last
week at 6 p. m. The entire community was shocked to hear of
his death as he had been ill only a short while. He had been
in ill health for several years bu:
was always very active until he
was taken ill onlv a few days before deathh occurred..
Funeral services were heid
from t^e Chanel of the Nortl,-
land Funeral home. Saturdav at
2 p. m., with Rev. Milne officia-
fin<?. Inte-rnont was made in
the Pine Ridge Cemetery.
John W. Sparks was born at
^~fVi Mofl^oevii'^e, Ohio, June
12. 1874. He moved with his
parents to Iowa, at the age cf
nine years. In 1902. thev moved
to Grant. Minn., where he resided until 1911, when he moved
to Pine River to make his permanent h^me. On Dec. 17. 1908.
he was united in marriage to Anna Hazelton Means. To this union one son was born who survives.
He leaves to mourn his un-
timelv passin-o- Ms wife and on°
son Oliver of Pine River,one step
son. Farl Mears of Fort Sn0llinsr
Also a brother James of Oe-wein
Ta.. and two sisters. Mrs. Geraic:
Huffman cf Fugenei Oregon, and
Mrs. Cora Behold of Sherdao
Wvoming together with a host
>~f friends.
MRS. ELNA JOHNSON
PASSES ON MON.
Mrs. Elna Johnson.aged mother of Axel Johnson of this city,
passed away at the home of her
son, on Monday of this week.
She had been ill several months
with flu and complications of
old age. She was 75 vears of
age at thie time of death.
Funeral services were held
'from the Chapel of the Northland Funeral Home Thursday,
with Rev. Wm. Detv officiating.
Interment was made in the Pine
"Pifirre cerneterv.
Mrs. Fl"a Johnson was borr,
on April 26. 1861, in Sweden.
She was united in marriage to
Ola Johnson before coming to
tMg conntrv in 189R. Mr. and
Mrs. Johnson settled on a farm
west ef Pino "CM^er. To this union seven children were born to
^loos t*1 - ^ome nf whom s,v are
living: Peter Johnson of Brook-
ston. Minn.. M^s. Fmma Wright
of Clarkston. Wash.. Mrs. Ella
■^riop.h of Minn-enpolis, Axol
Johnson of Fine River. Swan
John-snn of S—e,et. Ideho, and
Mrs. Walter Schultz of-St   Paul.
Hers was a long and usefu-
life, raising seven children, one
r-f -whir-h nrocerlerl hQ- in death.
Mrs. Hilda Lang of Minneapolis.
^h0 was a tru° b"li°vor in Christ
as her Savior, and He has received her into the h°avenlv home,
where she will rest from the
troubles of this world. She wa3
liked bv all who knew her. Peace
be with hey memory.
Lockwood	
As predicted in my legislative
letter of last week, liquor laws
and especially the so-called State
Dispensary Bill which is in fact
a liquor control bill is drawing
more fire than any other bill introduced in the House.
My Committee Room, 204, is
the hot spot of the Capitol right
now. It is my desire to get the
bill on the floor of the House as
soon as possible and have the
issue decided to clear the atmosphere in the House and give us a
chance to settle down to other
legislation.
The charge of Roy Wier of
Minneapolis, that a huge slush
fund was being raised to defeat
the liquor control bill, added to
the uproar. He also charged
that a member of the Senate was
paying off for votes on the North
40 bill two years ago. taking the
members into the back room for
"the pay off."
A resolution was passed on
January 29, calling for a committee of five, with full power to
investigate the charges made by
Mr. Wier.   This should be done.
The alleged "payoff" was said
to have taken- v-sass when the
attempt was being made to over.
ride the veto of the North 40 bill
bv Governor Ols^n I was criticised by some people for my action in voting to sustain the veto
The people- of No^th Hibbing
who two years ago favorrd the
bill, have now come to realize
that it was a mistake and refused this year to return two of
the sponsors of the bill to the
Legislature.
I miVht sav that th° so-called
North "For-tv bill provided that
the mining companies purchase
S"ph r>rOrw",'tv ",5 Was left jn t,h'nt
section of Hibbm-w that ha^ bQen
mined bv mir\;r\.f operations.
However, the mining comnanies
-tr-pre fa r^^eive a rodn^tion in
taves which wo"]d have m'ms
than compensate^ them for- th^
puruchase nHce of this, p-op-rtv
and therefore the taxpayers
would have be°n far worse off
than thev vere before.
After &V these charges +hnt
have been f^n'no- ba^1r and f^rth
I am more hannv th an -v»r
that I was on the right side and
voted for what all recognise now
was in the interest of the people.
An article appeared recentlv
in, the Minneapolis Tribune stnt
ino- th-at 43 counties of th° state
paid the bulk of the tax load and
the rest of the counties received
far more than they paid into thm
treasury. It further stated
that Cass countv was t>.e largest
recipient of this monev in comparison to the amount paid in.
On account of our vast acreaoe
of federal, state and rural credit
lands. I am mf the oninion that
we are pntitfed to even greater
consideration from the state and
the federal government than we
are now getting. I assure vou
that I shall keep this in mind, as
I have heretofore, when legislation affieoting our county is being considered.
In my next letter I will endeavor to give you some information on- the Lobbv bill, income tax
biU and other measures of interest.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to thank our friends
and neighbors for their acts of
love and sympathy during our
recent loss of wife, mother and
sister. Also for th e beautiful
floral tributes. We also extend
orateful thanks to R°v. Chas.
Pearson and Rev. MacKinney
for thojr comforting words
Edward Fla^t and son Elmer
Mrs. Ida Oilmore
Mrs. Ora Corev
Mrs. Edna Luther
Mr. and Mrs. Rov Keisey
Mr. an'l Mrs  John Ritter
Mrs. Eda Clark
Mr. P°arl njlm^re
Mr.and Mrs. Fheier Anderberg
Miss Esther Kladt
Use The Want Ad Coiumn