The Pine River Journal (Pine River, Minnesota), 1938-11-11

              PINE RIVER JOURNAL
VOLUME  IV   NUMBER 13
THE PINE RiVER JOURNAL, PINE   RIVER,  CASS   COUNTY, MINNESOTA,   FRIDAY,   NOVEMBER  11,   1938
SUB. $1.00 In County, $1.50 ouislie
NEWS BRIEFS OF
INTEREST FROM
'ROUND THE STATE
REMARKABLE     COINS     ARE
EXHIBITED      AT      BANK
Bayport.—A coin collection containing more than 5001) pieces was displayed at a local bank recently. The
display offered a rare opportunity to
glance into the past of coin making
in the United States. Most remarkable coins in the collection was one
of those chimerical pieces that everyone has heard about and practically
no one' has seen, a 1913 Liberty-head
nickle. Less than ten of thes;.' coins
ever got into circulation. The oldest
coin is a 177G penny and the next is
a 1779 dollar. He has complete series of dimes, dating back to 1823 and
he has like series of half dimes, dating back to 1829 and continuing until they were no longer minted. Se
veral unusual coins are included in
the display. Among them are n
commemorative coin struck off for
the succession of Edward to the English Crown, and two spoons made of
Canadian dimes. A few very unusual Chinese coins are also among the
collection. Most coins going into the
collection now are comparatively new
being commemorative issues of various coins struck off in honor of some
particular event, such as a worldj£
fair, etc.
MAN     IS     SCALPED,     BUT
NOT      BY     THE      INDIANS
Brooten.—Shades of pioneer days !
Vvm. Ebensteiner, 62, was the victim
of a scalping, but, unlike early days
when Indians lurked in the woods,
brush and tall grass, ready to pounce
upon an unwary traveler, the scalping was not done by a tomahawk or
knife. This time it was the propeller
of an airplane that did the daihage.
Mr. Ebensteiner and his son flew
from St Paul to Brooten and in landing in a field, they ran into some
shocks before coming to a stop. The
elderly gentleman hurried out of the
plane to see if any damage was done
to the flying machine. He found
none, but when he straightened up
his head he was struck by the still
revolving propeller, and the bone of
the skull was laid bare. A local physician took 29 stitches in Mr. Eben-
steiner's head and three days later,
he returned to his home by train.
25  TONS  OF  CLAM   SHELLS
SHIPPED     FROM      PILLAGER
Pillager.—As the result of an industry that flourished on the Crow
Wing river near Pillager the past
summer, about 25 tons of clam shells
were shipped over the N. P. railway
last week. Otto Schneider supervised
the loading of the shipment which
went to Memphis, Tenn., where the
shells will be made into buttons. Several men were engaged in fishing
for the clams in the Crow Wing river during the summer. No estimate
was given as to the value of the
clams, but they will undoubtedly
make several hundred dollars worth
of pearl buttons.
Band News
This week the high school band
been giving special attention to two
numbers that are to be recorded for
WCCO's North Star School of the
Air. The pieces are, "Youth of America," by Paul Yoder, and "College
Boy"   by   Harold   Bennett.
Byron Cunningham, cornet player,
is a new band member, also Denny
Brann, formerly of Pequot H. S.,
who plays either drum or cornet. If
our band keeps growing we will soon
have to use the gymnasium for prac-
tic as our quarters are getting cramp
ed.
1—Band  Reporter
NOTICE
The Pine 'River Farmer-Labor Club
will hold their regular meeting Monday evening, Nov. 14th, at S p., m.
All members are requested to be present.
M. L. Kinneberg, See.
"A Guy Gets Around"—a New Fiction Serial by Virginia Sullivan Tomlinson—Illustrated in Color. In the
The American Weekly, the magazine
distributed with the Sunday Chicago
Herald and Examiner. Don't miss
It. (adv.
FRESH   STRAWBERRIES
IN LATE OCTOBER
'_, George Roscoe stopped in at
the Journal office the other day
to report that wild strawberry
plants were in full bloom in his
back yard two weeks ago which
is indeed rare for this time of
the year. George feels that we
should have a little credit for
all this plant phenomena as
long as every other part of the
state is reporting everything
from Easter lilies to peaches
in bloom.
Stassen Wins By Large Plurality
The Sewing Club held a shower in
honor of Mrs. Cecil Carlson at the
Harris Zigmund home Wednesday.
A social hour and luncheon was enjoyed. Mrs. Carlson received numerous gifts.
ACCIDENT SATURDAY NITE SENDS
TWO TO HOSP.
Because of a faulty steering-gear,
a car owned by Eddie Bowman of
Walker, failed to negotiate the corner two miles north of Pequot Saturday night, and crashed into the ditch.
The car rolled over several times.
Mr. Bowman and Fern Bolden, a local high school student, were both
seriously injured. They were both
taken to the local hospital for treatment. The other two occupants of
the  car  escaped without  injury.
Incidentally, the vehicle had been
purchased by Mr. Bowman the day
of the accident, and had been repaired from another wreck a few
days  before.
PTA Met Monday;
Plan Home-Talent Play
The November meeting of the P.T.
A. was held at the school Monday evening. After a short business meeting an interesting program was pre-
^nted beginning with a vocal duet by
Miss Rasmussen and Corwin Jones.
Mr. Haack presented 3 reels of silent
movies: Digging Up the Past, Pottery   Making,   and   Central    America.
Dr. Adkins was present to give a
very interesting talk on "Imunity in
General," explaining thoroughly the
difference between natural, acquired
and passive imunity. Talking in general on Diptheria, he described the
symtoms, procedure of medical care,
anti-toxins given, when and how. He
talked briefly on innoculations and
the time necessary for immunity to
be built up. Dealing lightly on the
subject of whooping cough and scarlet
fever, he stressed the advisability of
inoculation against the first; however he did not urge the scarlet fever
treatment because of the debateable
imunity  resulting.
Dr. Adkins gave a very interesting
talk on the manufacture of the serum and how anti-toxins are made.
He advised innoculating at certain
ages and made a plea for inoculation
to be made a routine practice every
year, so that all susceptibility may
be eradicated.
Miss Isaacson announces that the
cast of characters has been chosen
for the Home Talent play to be held
December 2. The play "The Spite
Fence" by Chas. George, is a comedy
in three acts, with lots of funny situations as well as homey truths. The
cast includes eleven home folks,
names of whom will be announced
next week.
It was unanimously decided to purchase out-door scenery for the stage
with  receipts from  the play.
The traveling prize was again won
by tlie nth grade, and the door prize
which had been donated by Mr. and
Mrs. Ralph Hunt, was won by Mrs.
G.  E.  Henderson.
FAMILY   REUNION
Mr. and Mrs. Peder Ness and children of Bemidji, spent the , week-end
at the N. D. Sherwood home. Mr.
and Mrs. Dwight Sherwood of Brainerd, spent the week-end at the Cox
and Sherwood homes. On Sunday,
Mr. and Mrs. Ness and children, Mr.
and Mrs. Dwight Sherwood and child
ren, Mr. and Mrs. Marion Sherwood
and Don Sherwood, enjoyed a family
reunion dinner at the N. D. Sherwood home.
FIRE DESTROYS
OLD PINE RIVER
LANDMARK SUN.
Fire of unknown origin, completely destroyed the section house, located on the railroad right-of-way along
T. H. 371, Sunday afternoon. The
house was occupied by Mr. and Mrs.
W. J. Webb, who had moved in only
recently. A large amount of clothing
and furniture were destroyed along
with the structure. Mr. and Mrs.
Arthur Thompson had some some
household furnishings stored on the
second floor which were also destroyed.
The alarm was turned in about 3:30
Sunday afternoon when Mr. Webb
discovered smoke , coming from rhe
north wall. The chemical truck arrived immediately but as the tank
was not charged it was of no use and
the water hose was not long enough
to reach the scene of the fire so the
flames continued unmolested. A large
crowd gathered immediately and began carrying things from the burning
building as fast as possible. It was
some time before flames broke out
from the wall and spread over the
entire house. The theory has been
advanced that faulty wiring may have
caused the fire as it was entirely concealed in the wall at first.
None of the household furnishings
were covered by insurance. The building however, was insured through the
railroad company.
A subscription list circulated Monday, by Harry Luscher and Fred Ham
lin brought in $103.50, which was presented to Mr. and Mrs. Webb, who
were left practically destitute by the
fire.
An experience of this sort only
goes to prove the necessity of improving, the fire fighting equipment
so that forced water may be had at
all locations in the village., A project
has been started by the village council to install a water main and hydrants at stragetic joints which will
give this protection. This matter
will be voted on at the December
election. About half of the funds necessary for the project will be furnished by a PWA grant.
DR. AND  MRS. C. E. JOHNSON
ENTERTAIN  SOUTH  AMERICANS
I >r. and Mrs. C. E. Johnson had
as house-guests over Sunday, Mr. and
.Mis. Victor J. Wallin of La Paz, Bolivia, S. A. Mr. and Mrs. Wallin ire
former residents of Minneapolis, and
have been friends of the Johnsons
for  many  years.
12 years ago, Mr. and Mrs. Wallin
left for South America, where the
former is president of a gold mining
corporation  in  the Tipauni Valley.
The new mines to be opened are
nnw .-ready for operation, furnished
witlj equipment costing more than
a  half million dollars.
After a visit of several weeks with
friends, Mr. nd Mrs. Wallins will
make  the  return   trip.
LOCAL HUNTERS
TAKE EARLY NOVEMBER SWIM
Education Week
Nov. 6 to 12, has been designated
as "National Education Week." it
is said that this is one week when
the the school bell rings for every
one, parents, businessmen and taxpayers as well as students. Education is one of our biggest enterprises, with more than $10,000,000 invested in the U. S. Reports show that
32 millions or 1-4 of the population
of the U. S. is in school or some
form of education.
In observation of Education AVeek
and Armistice Day, the Ladies Auxiliary visited the local school at assembly meeting Tuesday, and presented to the school, framed facsiin-
An accident which came close to
being tragic, occurred Sunday at Lake
Lizzie, when Harve Cromett and Geo.
Lazotte tipped over, while hunting
about 300 feet from the shore. Ted
Hill and Robert Campbell who wer1?
on the other side of the lake, saw the
accident and rowed across to the rescue. The canoe capsized when the
hunters were firing into a flock of
*■ tucl;s and evidentally became too
excited, capsizing the small craft.
Messers Cromett and Lazotte immediately started swimming for shore
which was no small job, fully clothed and in icy water. It was only thru
sheer desperation and superhuman effort that they gained safety. Ted Hill
ani Mr. Campbell arrived about the
same time the exhausted men fell on
shore, almost delirious and unable to
stand from the shock of the cold water and the long swim, jftajor Skinner who was hunting on another part
of the lake arrived, and it took the
combined efforts of the three men
to get the less fortunate hunters to a
warm place to thaw out.
Harve says "believe me, November
is no time to go for a swim in any
lake."
Both men lost their shotguns and
amunition when the accident occurred
and unless it warms up an awful lot
no one will be diving for them this
year.
Knutson, Fullerton, Herreid
and Sawyer Elected Tues.
New Minn. Governor
Harold E. Stassen
iles of Roosevelt's Proclamation iu
honor of the 150th anniversary of
the signing of the Constitution and ot
the Declaration of Independence.
EASTER   LILY  BLOOMS  IN  LATE
OCTOBER     IN     MINNESOTA
New Richland.—Snowball blossoms
out of season, apple blossoms out of
season and in fact, nature this year
seems to be getting entirely away
from the beaten path and is charting
a new and unusual course. In keeping with this out-of-ordinary condition, an Easter lily owned by Mrs. C.
W.   Brown   bloomed   several   months
OFFICIAL! RETURNS FOR COUNTY
Rep.  in  Congress, 6th  Dist.
Harold Knutson, Rep j 4782
Harry W.   Christenson,  F-L   ..2401
Judge of Dist. Court, 15th. Dist.
D. H. Fullerton ., 3825
F.J.  McPartlin      2190
Senator in Leg., 52nd. Dist.
George Herreid    3534
Edgar R. Mullins  , 3292
Rep.  from   Cass   County i
N. W. Sawyer 386S
V. Lockwood    3472
County  Auditor
L, C. Peterson       5604
Homer  Fraser       1818
County Treasurer
W. T. MeKeown   ,. 4653
Iver Nystrom   2953
Register of  Deeds
Leonard Peterson       5560
Anton  Granby       1998
Sheriff
C. E. Merry      5687
N. C. Hanson   2283
County Attorney
Edward  L.  Rogers       3995
Don  D.  Lundrigan       3865
County Surveyor
John Curo      537
Bill  Spain       307
Co.  Supt.  of  Schools
J. W. Wicklund     5194
Harold  Dickinson    1494
County Coroner
Earle Thomas     3300
Dr. Button       1700
Commissioner  1st.   Dist.
John   Olson       1007
Arvid  Lundin       647
Commissioner  3rd.   Dist.
Aaron   Zaffke    1003
John   Sinna       390
Warren  Goss  was  defeated in the
5th Dist. by Peter Duncan.
ahead of time, putting forth unusually large and 'healthy blossoms. An
Easter lily in October is, to say the
least, unusual.
The 20th anniversary of the signing of the Armistice will be celebrated today (Friday) Nov. 11. 20 years
ago, the most costly and horrible war
of all ages was brought to a close.
Today, in the U. S. as well as other
countries, this day is observed as
second in importance of world holidays.   This day is dedicated to peace.
Pine River celebrates with appropriate ceremony today, the ending of
the World War and we cannot forget
that the Armistice came too late for
the eight and one half million boys
and young men who lost their lives.
,   Have  we   learned   our   lesson,   or
ARMISTICE
DAY
have all those great soldiers died in
vain? Or will ;the world remember
their suffering and sacrifice and in
remembering, see to it that such suffering and sacrifice never again is
exacted?
Today, in memory of our heroic
dead, in tribute to our thousands of
disabled Comrades to whom no armistice can ever mean peace, let us
dedicate this occasion and our united
efforts to the preservation of our National security. Let us keep America
out of war!
—Roy Lee VFW Aux.
Rogers tWins in   Close
County   Attorney
Race in Cass
Pine River and vicinity turned out
284 strong Tuesday, to cast their ballots for the General Election. This
is the largest vote cast in Pine River
for many years, and clearly indicates
the intense interest taken in the present campaign.
Judges at the local polls, were B.
E. Wideman, Frank Hill and John
Allen. Mrs. W. J. Webb and Mrs. Ernest Robideau acted as clerks. It was
necessary for the clerks and judges
to work all night Tuesday and until
"noon AVednesday to complete/ tha
count.
In 1936, the year of the presidential election, 274 ballots were cast In
Pine River.
Gov. Elect, Harold E. Stassen won
over Elmer A. Benson with a 200,000
plurality. The entire Republican ticket was elected, with no exceptions,
and again places the GOP in control
of Minnesota.
All county officials were returned
to office with the eception of Verne
Lockwood, incumbent, running for
re-election as Representative from
Cass County, who was defeated by
N. W. Sawyer of Walker. The vote
cast, clearly indicates a Republican
victory throughout. The closest race
in the county was between Don Lundrigan of Pine River and Edward L.
Rogers of Walker, incumbent, for the
office of county attorney. Don was
defeated by the small margin of 130
votes.
The following tabulation for Pine
River is official. However, as we go
to press, two precincts still remain
out in the county, Torrey and Salem,
but as both precincts have only 100
votes there is no chance of swinging
the count.
HOW   PINE   RIVER   VOTED
Rep.   in   Congress  6th.   Dist.
Harry W. Christenson 66
Harold Knutson      177
Harold F.  Deering       22
Judge of Dist. Court, ;15th Distj
D. H.  Fullerton   ..I.   146
F. J.  McPartlin     88
Senator irv' Leg. 52nd  Dist.
George Herreid  147
Edgar   Mullins       98
Rep. from Cass County
Vern Lockwood      150
N. W. Sawyer   Ill
County Auditor
L. C. Peterson  156
Homer Fraser     117
County  Treasurer
W. T. MeKeown   150
Iver  Nystrom       105
Register of  Deeds
Leonard Peterson  210
Anton Granby    51
Sheriff
C. E. Merry    194
N.   C.  Hanson       83
County^ Attorney
Edward L. Rogers   82
Don D. Lundrigan     192
County   Surveyor
Bill   Spain       14
John   Curo    23
Clerk of Court
A. K.  MePherson >..   178
Geo. Bonick     75
Co. Supt. of Schools
J. W. Wicklund      225
Harold  Dickinson    , 40
Commissioner   1st.   Dist.
John  Olson       107
Arvid  Lundin    170
County Coroner
Dr. Button   138
Earle Thomas     129
CARD  OF  THANKS
We wish to express our sincerest
thanks to our dear friends and relatives for their kindness, sympathy
and floral offerings during our bereavement. Next to our sure hope,
"Blessed are the Dead Which Die in
the Lord" nothing has been more
comforting to us than your kind expressions of word and deed.
Mr. and Mrs. Theo. J. Albrecht
and children
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