The Pine River Journal (Pine River, Minnesota), 1939-07-21

              PINE RIVER JOURNAL
VOLUME  IV,  NUMBER  48
THE PINE 1UVER JOURNAL, PINE RIVER,   CASS  COUNTY,  MINNESOTA,  JULY 21,  1939
SUB. $1.00 In County, $1.50 outeide
Out of the . .
Waste Basket
—By—
GRANT   BERGSTROM
Mistaken Identity
Arvid Lundin, the good-natured
village clerk, had the surprise of his
life the other evening, when lie arrived home and his wife casually inquired as to whether or not e was
driving his own car and stated that
a few minutes earlier Deputy Sheriff
Clyde Townsend had called concerning a stolen vehclle. Arvid replied
that he wasn't in the halblt of driv'ng
ol her people's cars home and then
with a bewildered look on his face,
he reached in his pocket to inspect
the ignition keys only to find that
they didn't belong to him. He made
a wild dash for the yard where the
car was parked and after close scrutiny, assured himself that sho 'nuf
he was sporting another man's jel-
lopy. He Immediately drove uptown
and found a crowd of 25 or 30 people, together with Mr. Townsend,
waiting for the missing car -which belonged to a Air. Sams of Staples who
was working up a good sweat.
* * * *
This iS How It Happened l
Arvid drove uptown early in
the evening and parked his new
'39 pick-up in front of the drugstore. After completing his mission there, he returned to his car
where he met Dale Dubbs. The
two men engaged in a friendly
conversation and before long had
wondered across the street to
see someone else where they talked for some time. After exchanging good-nites, Mr. Lundin turned around and climbed into what
he supposed was his own truck—•
never once thinking that his car
was parked on the opposite side
of the street. The truck was the
same make, model, color and was
also very new. The keys were
in the switch and without another thought he started the motor and drove down to the Journal office where he spent a half
hour before going home.
* * * *
A Stolen Car
About this time Air. Sams of Staples decided to go home and was unable to find his car. After a thorough search, he decided it must have
been stolen, and called upon Deputy
Townsend for assistance. After making a few inquiries Clyde looked
about the streets and saw a similar
car parked by the drug store and recalled seeing Mr. Lundin drive up
earlier in the evening. Before long,
a sly look came upon his face and
he called the Lundin home with the
above mentioned results.
Had it not been for Mr. Townsend's
good memory however, the gentleman from Staples may have searched
well into (he night without any results.
'BO  WANTS   BACON  AND
EGGS   FOR   BREAKFAST
Granite Falls—. A young hobo
knocked at the back door of a Granite
home one morning recently and asked the housewife, already in the midst
of a big wash, for something to eat.
She stopped her washing and prepar
ed a breakfast for the wanderer., th :
breakfast consisting of butter;-d tost,
a doughnut and coffee—just exactl.
tlie same as the family had eaten
As she handed the tray to the 'Bo n
the steps, he looked at it and then
asked, "Haven't you any bacon and
eggs?" He was told tlhalt the family
didn't have bacon and eggs for breakfast and that he would either have t i
eat them or nothing. He Lite the toas;
and  coffee.
Edith AlcAllister spent Tuesday
visiting  in   Walker.
Alwin Nicholsen spent the fore
part of the week here on a . acation
from his duties  at Fort Snelllng.
Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Walquist, Mr.
and Airs. Cliff Haugen of St. Paul,
spent the week-end at the Frank
Cromett home. Conn Cromett will
leave tomorrow for a week's return
visit at their home in  St. Paul.
Erwin Butler and daughters drove
to Bemidji Saturday where the girls
will remain with their grandmother
for a few weeks' visit.
A number of friends held a parcel
shower on Dorothy Aleyers at the Oscar Kolb residence Thursday evening.
RUTH L. LAUGHLIN, rural school
girl living near Nevis, Alinn., who
won first prize in the Sixth congressional district essay contest conducted by Congressman Harold Knutson
for the best essay on "Why I Am
Opposed to War." Ruth also won
first prize in Hubbard County. Several hundred rural school children
competed.
PINE RIVER LEADS
LEAGUE IN SECOND
HALF OF PLAY
Pine River won from Akeley Sunday 5-1, placing them at the head of
the list in tne league for the second
halt' of the schedule. They are the
only team without a loss in the last
lap ami have sufficient strength to
carry them on to victory, if their top-
notch playing so far this season is
any   indication.
The local boys garnered nine hits
from their opponents, scoring two
runs in the fourth, two in the fifth
and one in the ninth, while Akeley
received only four scattered bingoes
and crossed the plate oniy once. In
the fifth. Four errors were chalked
up against the Akeley boys, while
the locals came in for only two blunders. Pine River plays the Hackensack  aggregation   nexj   Suncay.
The lineup Sunday was as follows:
Lavoie, 3b; L. Syckes, ss; G. Seaton,
If; C. Seaton, lb; Rognlie, cf; C.
Syckes, c • J. Riley, 2b; Bundy, p;
J. Haack and Jim Riley alternated
at rf.
CELEBRATION   AT   STAPLES
BRINGS      BACK      MEMORIES
The Staples 50 year anniversary
celebration brings to mind that Airs.
Oscar Seaberg, at that time Airs. Ben
Fordyce, and Mr. Fordyce, were mar
ried in 1S84, moving to Staples the
same year, where Air. Fordyce worked on the section. At that time the
town was consisted of a combination
store and postoffice and a small saw
mill. The town was called Staples
Mill.
Mr. and Airs. Fordyce moved to
Pine River in 1S89, where the latter
died some years later. Airs. Fordyce
was later married to Mr. Seaberg
and they acquired several choice pieces of land north of Pine River and
this year, Airs. Seaberg is constructing a new two-story house on the
home place.
Second Inspection Begun on Soil-Production
Farm reporters and committeemen
began working this week checking for
the second time some of the farms
signed up under the 1939 AAA.
The farms visited were those where
.oats and other grains are to be cut
for hay on land seeded to legumes or
grasses this year, also where late
seeding was not visible on the first
inspection as well as woodlots which
have been improved under the farm
forestry plan.
Air. and Airs. Tony Schmidt and
daughter of Cedar Rapids, la., are
guests of Mr. and Airs. Lon Fields.
Next Sunday Mr. ind Airs.. AVill Janish and Air. and Airs. Don Janish of
DesMoines, will arrive for a week's
vacation.
Eldo Henry returned to Bottineau,
North Dakota Wednesday after spent
Ing a few weeks at the Clem Henry
home.
Air. It. Parks had as his guest last
week, Dr. F. B. Weathley of Alinneapolis.
SERVICES FOR WM.
MCLEAN HELD ON
WEDNESDAY P. M.
Wm. AIcLean, well-known resident
of l'ine River passed away at his
home early Alonday morning, at the
age of 52 years. His health had been
failing for several years hut he had
been quite active until tlie past:
month when he was taken seriously
ill.
Funeral services were conducted
from the Methodist Church Wednesday afternoon, with Reverent'.-; r. J.
AlacKinney, Robert Alean and Van
Dorn officiating. Interment was made
in  the  Pine   Ridge  cemetery.
William Maxwell AIcLean was born
January 17, 1887, at Kimball, Alinn.,
where he spent his early youth. He
was united in marriage to Elizabeth
Bryant July 1, 1907. Two daughters
were horn to bless this union, .Airs.
Flias Rovik and Billie AIcLean, both
of  Pine  River.
Air. and Afrs. AIcLean made their
home at Jenkins until ten years ago,
when they moved to l'ine River,
where  they  have since resided.
He leaves to mourn his untimely
passing, his wife, Airs. AVm. AIcLean.
and two daughters, Airs. Flias Rovik
and Billie AIcLean; also his mother,
Mrs. Eliza AIcLean and two brothers,
Steve  and  Allan, all  of  Kimball.
The heartfelt sympathy of the entire community is extended to the AIcLean family in their hour of bereave
ment.
Out °f town guests attending tlie
funeral, included Air. and Airs. Alvin
AIcLean, Air. and Airs. Steve AIcLean,
Air. and Airs. August May and Haroid
AIcLean. all of Kimball; Dave Brown
and son Dewey of St Cloud, .Mr. and
Airs. .lack Curo of Walker, Airs. Mable Morlarlty of Seattle, Wash., Mr.
and Airs. Roy Kelsey. Airs. Walt Aliller, Air. and Airs. Don Young, Air. and
Airs. Walter Spornitz and Jack, Air.
and Airs. Eugene Warner, K. D. Law*
son, Air. and Airs. Walter Walton,
Airs. Leo Walton, Airs. Leo Walton,
Air. and Airs. Wm. Brandes and
daughters, Air. and Airs. Frank Bryant Sr., Air. and Airs. Frank Bryant
Jr., and daughters, Airs. Roy Bryant,
( laire Newton, and Hal Willis, all
of  Jenkins.
A suffering body has gone -j rest,
A voice is hushed and still.
Gone to be judged by God, above,
According to his divine will.
We do not like to part with those,
Whom to us are held dear.
But it's appointed onto man to die,
And we know not just how soon
our parting may be near.
So all we can do is watch and pray.
Keep down  at Jesus' feet.
For those who walk in Christ's
own way,
Shall some day their loved ones
meet.
Now may I point you to the Christ,
Who tasted death for thee.
AVho will give you comfort, peace
and rest,
For his salvation  is  free.
So weep not friends, but ready be,
So when your Lord does call.
You'll know you've made your
peace   with   God,
Is my message to one and all.
Sleep   In   Peace
INTERESTING    HOBBY
LOCALS
Hildegarde Johnson attended the
wedding of a friend at Cambridge
Saturday evening. She was accompanied on fhe return by Mrs. H
Hokansen, Airs. Emma Johnson and
Miss Alto Hokansen of Alinneapolis,
who are guests at the Johnson home
this week. The Alisses Helen Holm-
quist and Margaret Grace also spent
Sunday here, returning to Fort Dodge
Monday  after   a   week's  vacation.
Mrs. Harold Loper, formerly Violet Grinols, of Hawaii, who with her
husband, attended Harvard University the past year, called at the F. L.
Hill Home and on other friends
J'l'hursi(la,.v. On Friday Mrs. ityoper
and her father, Air. AVill Grinols,
will leave for San Francisco, from
where they will go to Oroville, Cal.,
for a visit at th" Harold Hill ancl
Bury] Brubacker homes Defore taking the boat for Hawaii. Mr. AVill
Grinols will remain in Hawaii six
or eight months. Airs. Hill ind Mrs.
Brubaker are sisters of Airs. Loper.
Mr. and Airs. Loper have held teaching positions in Hawaii tne past "ew
years and have this year completed
their education at Harvard. IVery
unusual is the fact that Mrs. Loper
attended Harvard because very few
ladies have ever been admitted to
that  institution.
Airs. J. W. Gunther has several very
interesting heirlooms, among them
an ebony ring inlaid with silver which
her father sent her while he was
soldiering during the Civil AVur. She
also has a spent bullet from an old
musket which he picked up on the
battlefield and carried as a mascot
throughout the war. Airs. Gunther
has a meat platter more than 150
years old which her grandmother had
when she first began housekeeping.
Interesting too is the word received
from 'Buster" Gunther, t*e blind boy
so well known around Pine River.
Buster accidentally lost his eyesight.
when a young man, and nowi lives' in
Alinneapolis. He is married and makes his living by making belts and
table mats together witli his musical
talent He has recently learned to
read Braille.
Swanburg Aid Will
Sponsor Bazaar and
Dinner July 26th.
The Annual Bazaar and chicken
dinner sponsored by the Lutheran
Ladies Aid of Swanlburg, will take
place on Wednesday, July 20. Please
remember the date and bring your
friends.
Date of Special
Election Changed
To Tues., Aug. 1
GETS   LETTER   FROM   BE-
LIEVE-IT-OR-NOT   RIPLEY
VFW PICNIC WELL
ATTENDED SUNDAY
'Ihe joint picnic of VF\v and Auxiliary members from Pine River,
and Longville at Lake Ada Sunday,
was well attended and a sumtuous
picnic dinner was enjoyed after
which races and contests were held.
Believe it or not, Gust Wolfrank
can sho-nuf run in a sack race—ancl
in the husband-calling contest, 5 women called and 47 husbands answered ! ! :
Longville visitors all wore their
little badges with the big red lanterns. The Sherman \ochuni Post ot
I.ongville is known throughout the
state as the "Red Lantern Post. This
came at a convention some years ago
when it was annoucned that a Rally
would be held at Longville, and some
one inquired as to its location. Air.
Schenk promptly replied, "We'll hang
out a red lantern and you can't miss
it."
A Past President Club was organized and past presidents of Pine River and neighboring Auxiliaries wil'
make up the membership. Airs. Gust
Wolfrank was elected president and
Airs. Dale Dubbs, secretary of the
newly formed organization. The first
meeting will he held next month in
Pine River. The club is planning a
very  eventful  year.
Bricelyn.-^Recently Air. Alinteer
Bricelyn tobacco store owner, received the following letter from Air. Be-
Heve-ItOr-Not-Ripley. It aid, "Dear
Air. Minteer. Is it true that in your
tobacco store in Bricelyn, a' town of
509 population, you carry 771 brands
of tobacco in stock? If so would you
please state why you find it necessary
to carry so many brands, and also
send a photo or snapshot of your to
bacco store for use in the "Believe.
It-or-Not Cartoon?" Signed: Be-
lleve-It-or-Not, Robert Ripley. Right
now Mr.' Mineer happens ,to have 80S
Brands and is kickering for more from
Europe. Storage cases for the tobaccos are specially conditioned to keep
the tobacco in its freshest stata at
all times. The process is so perfect
that no matter how long the tobaccos are on the shelves it remains in
as fresh a state as the day it was
packed.
Airs. Rube Spencer left Wednesday
for St. Cloud, where she will receive
medical   treatment.
Henry and John Jost of Little Falls
spent Sunday at the L. M. Jost home.
Dr. and Mrs. E. C. Mead of Duluth.
visited at the Robert Mead home
Wednesday.
Airs. Alargaret Bryant of Duluth
and Harold AIcLean of New Ulm are
guests of Airs. William AIcLean.
Air. and Mrs. Ed Henderson of Aitkin, Airs. Anna Lockhart of Vinton.
Ia., and Air. and Airs. AValker of
Shellsburg, la., spent Friday at the
George  Johnson  home.
Air. and Airs. Adolph Leseman have
purchased the P. E. Hanson home
and will move to Pine River this fall.
Air. and Airs. Hanson will occupy the
S. P. Hanson house.
LOCAL ITEMS
Wm. Hoffman returned to Alinneapolis Saturday, after enjoying a
two weeks visit with relatives here.
Air. and Airs. James Duke of Harlan, la., Air. and Mr.s. AVynn Robideau
and children and Air. and Mrs. Ernest
Peterson were Sunday guests of Mr.
and Airs. Emery Fick.
Airs. George Putnam left for Chicago Saturday, after a two weeks visit
at the Clarence and Ralph Duncan
homes.
Air. and Airs. Chas. Bangston of
Princeton, 111., and Airs. Ada Oberg
of Lake AVilson, were week-end guests
of Airs. Barney Bangston.
Bob Lane and Homer Fraser spent
Saturday at Alonrose and St. Paul
on business. They will atcend a Council of Administration meeting in St
Paul  next  Sunday.
Frank Quinnet of Philadelphia,
who spent the past fpw weeks visiting at the AV. F. Quinet home, is now
visiting with his sister, Mrs. Sam
Harpham.
All-, aud Airs. Gus Nelson returned
Saturday from a week's visit in Alinneapolis.
Robert Dubbs called on George Aliller at Damfino camp Sunday.
S Air. and Mrs. Frank Guest and Air.
and Airs. Art Alurray of Wadena,
were Sunday guests of Air. and Airs.
Clyde Townsend.
Mr. and Airs. J. AV. Kirkendall of
Alinneapolis, arrived last week for an
indifinite visit at Shady Point, and
are guests of Mr. and Airs. H. A.
York.
Mrs. Marie Jones spent the latter
part of this week with Mrs. Alalia
Upton at Lake Hattie.
MARLOW HAS EXCELLENT PROGRAM
A story of human emotions as epic
as its scene, Columbia's "Romance of
the Redwoods" opens at the Alarlow
Xheatre to-night and continues thru
Saturday with Charles Bickford and
Jean Parker featured. The new film
captures all the scenic grandeur ol
the nation's timber belt, and it possesses all the flaming power inherent
in the pen of its author. "Romance
of the Redwoods" is based upon a
•lack London story of the great nortu
woods. A bruising, brawling thriller
of the timberland, this new film is a
stirring drama set amid surroundings
of majestic dignity which enhance
the entertaining and swiftly-paced
narrative. A seething caldron of
smoke and flames, the blazing brilliance of a huge forest on fire, climaxes "Romance of the Redwoods" and
symbolizes the burning emotional conflicts which make the film so thrilling.
"Three Smart Girls" starring Dian-
na Durbin is 'far and away the best
of the Joseph Paternak-Henry Koster-
Deanna Durbin pictures, a triumph
for each of these fortuitously affiliated artists, for Universal and, in a
large and imporant sense, for the
motion picture art-industry. Tins js
the picture that Eddie Cantor' and
others have been telling their radio
audiences not to miss, and exhibitors
who underwrite all of the good tilings
said about it by air and in print will
still be guilty of understatement, if
this and six or seven thousand other
witnesses to its unreeling at the New
York Roxy are not unanimously mistaken. Deanna Durbin is supported
in this big production by Nan Grey,
Helen Parish, Nella Walker. Robert
Cummings and Charles Winninger
which appears at the Alarlow Sunday.
Alonday and Tuesday.
The unforgettable story Alark Twain
wrote about two youngsters of the
Alississippi Valley who solve a myster
ious murder comes to the screen, in
Paramount's "Tom Sawyer, Detective,
which plays next Wednesday and
Thursday. The- boys in question—
"Tom Sawyer" and "Huck Finn," are
played by Billy Cook and Donald O-
Connor.
Due to a legal technicality in tha
posting of notices, the special election concerning the municipal power
plant in Pine, which was scheduled
to lie held Tuesday, July 18 has been
postponed and notices have been post
ed, announcing that ---e election will
be held Tuesday, August 1, at the
Pine River armory, between nine
a. m., and five p. m.
A sample ballot and the official notice f the election is published on
another page  of  this issue.
RESTRICTED AREAS
FOR WILD RICE
HARVESTING
From | the north boundary of Leech
Lake reservation north to the Canadian border is non-reservation territory. Of this region the,north po
tion Squaw Lake is included, also
north part of Sand Lake, all of Rico
Lake and Popple and Big Fork Rivers. The non-reservation to the west
of reservation border extends to nea>
Bagley, then south to Ponsford,
thence west to a few miles east of
Gallaway, thence north to Bejou,
(North ctorner of White Barflh). The
non-reservation territory south and
west includes districts of Ponsford,
Detroit Lakes, Fergus Falls, Alexandria, Sauk Center, St. Cloud, Little
Falls, PINE RIVER, Brainerd, Aitkin,
East Lake, AIcGregor, also all immediate territory south of Leedh Lake except the Alille Lacs Lake reservation
above described. East and south non
reservation territory beginning at
line through Bowstring Lake extends
to Vermillion reservation (Above described) including Virginia, Hibbing,
Floodwood, AVrig'ht, AIcGregor, and
East Lake and from the reservation
line east of Bowstring Lake south by
Village of Deer River and Bah Club
to Mississippi River, except a few
sections of land soutlh and east of
Deer River Village in White Oak Lake
region.
Arve Tappe recently purchased the
garage in Jenkins formerly owned by
Norbert Kemper, and together with
his family, will make his home there.
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Jost and William Smith of Albert Lea, cousins of
John Lembke, arrived last AVednesday for a visit at the home of Air.
and  Mrs.   John  Lembke.
Crowning Triumph of Legless Miss
Simpson's Battle .with Bad Luck.
Read how she Overcame the Tragic.
Handicap that Turned Her Into Only
Half a Beauty, in the American ,AVeek
ly, the Magazine Distributed with the
Sunday Chicago Herald and Examiner, (adv)
Sell It With A Want Ad
Here the artist portrays tbe application of the new -white safety
lines to "No Passing" zones on
cuj-ves or hills on three-lane highways. The driwer on whose side
the white Baei appeais_ is forhidden
to.Bse-theje