The Pine River Journal (Pine River, Minnesota), 1938-11-18

              PINE RIVER JOURNAL
VOLUME IV NUMBER 14
THE PINE rtiVER JOURNAL, PINiE   RIVER,  CASS  COUNTY,  MINNESOTA,  FRIDAY,  NOVEMBER 18,  1938
SUB. $1.00 In County, $1.50 outside
NEWS BRIEFS OF
INTEREST FROM
'ROUND THE STATE
MR. AND  MRS. A. S. WHITE
RETURN   FROM   EXTENDED TRIP
BLOW  TORCH   IS A  COSTLY
BUG  EXTERMINATOR,  MAN  FINDS
Hills.—-Frank Teason of Lester, had
an unpleasant and costly experiment
when he was trying to rid his premises of box-elder bugs. He was using
a blow torch to burn the bugs off the
side of his garage, and after having;
completed the job, opened the doors
of his garage to take his car out. Imagine his surprise, when he discovered the whole interior of his garage
in flames, caused from the torch,
which had burned through the outside boards and ignited the dry timber inside. He was unable to get his
car out before the fire could be check
ed.
Leaving November 4, for Illionols
and Indiana, Mr. and Mrs. Abe AVhite
returned to Brook, Ind., where they
began their married life forty-five
years ago. They visited with friends
and relatives in Chicago, Kankakee,
St Ann and Chevance, 111., and Muncie
and Brook, Ind. They returned to
St Cloud Monday, where they spent
the day. On Tuesday, they accompanied their son Lawrence, to Pine
River, who remained here for a few
days hunting. Mrs. White also visited
with a great aunt who is 94 years old.
PAUL SCHWARTZ
DIES SUDDENLY
IN FLORIDA
MINN. DAIRY INDUSTRY MEETING
HERE MONDAY
MINNESOTA  NOW  GETS  NOTORIETY AS GOOD  PEAR  COUNTRY
Lakefield.—A pear weighing fourteen ounces was grown on the Henry
Ruser farm in Round Lake Township this year. Mr. Ruser is widely
known as a horticulturist and a few
years ago harvested six bushels of
pears from his orchard. Ten years
ago on his visit to Germany, Mr. Ru-
er brought from his native country,
a scion of a pear tree! and grafted it
on a Kiefer pear tree on his home
farm. The fruit is large, firm and
delicious. Mr. Ruser has proven that
pears can be grown in southern Minnesota in marketable quality and
quantity.
"TWENTY-YEAR"
CLUB MET FRIDAY EVENING
HUNTER   BAGS  A "WHOOZIT"
WHILE   PHEASANT   HUNTING
Anoka.—Howard Shaughnessy went
pheasant hunting during the season
and brought back a bird strange emit'
to interest Ripley. Reading from top
to bottom, the bird stacks up about
like this: The head is a hen chicken
almost white; primary wing feathers
white; top side of body and balance
of wing feathers unmistakably pheasant, although the underneath feathers appear to be chicken; the feet
are leghorn chicken. Its a male bird
weighing about two and one half
pounds, the white head and long
brown tail presenting a weird ghostly effect. It is a beautiful bird and
Howard intends to have it stuffed and
preserved.
SKUNK     HIDES     EASY    TO
TRAIL    IN     TRUCK    THEFT
Duluth.—Police cleared up a truck
theft in quick order one night recently, and they didn't need blood
hounds to track down the missing
merchandise. The truck, stolen from
the West End Iron and Metal Corporation, contained a box of skunk
furs, from which, said the police radio, "the odor is very noticeable."
The thief apparently agreed, for the
truck was soon discovered, a block
from the place where it had been
stolen.    The furs were still in it.
FINDS GOATS  LOST  AT AUC-
TION   SALE  WITH   AIRPLANE
Brainerd.—Briefly, this little tale
could be entitled "How to Find Lost
Goats," or "Aviation Scores Again."
It all happened at an auction sale
when an auctioneer prepared to extole
the values of a herd of Angora Silk
goats which together with other stock
and equipment were to be sold. However, for the first time in years, -he
animals had chosen to play hookey
from whatever their duties around
the farm were. A fruitless search began as members of the crowd volunteered to proceed afoot through the
woods and swamps nearby. But no
goats could be located in that slow
manner. Thwarted in the terra fir-
ma search, the sale clerk turned aviator and volunteered to find the animals from the air. From his vantage
point in the sky, Clerk Flaata saw
the herd lying deep in swamp grass
a mile and a half from the farm. He
wrote a note describing the hiding
place, and dropped it to the crowd
below. His duty in the air well done,
the sale proceeded, with the goats
the latest victims of the advances of
modern transportation.
Twenty-three members of the the
local "20-Year Club" gathered in the
Lounge Rooms of the Marlow Theatre
Friday evening of last week for their
annual meeting. The club consists of
men that have lived in Pine River for
20 years or more since their 21st.
birthday.
The early part of the evening was
spent in a social manner, with members visiting and discussing the "ear
ly days." Geo. Bowman of Akeley, a
former resident of Pine River was
present, being the only out-of-town
old-timer to show up. Grant Bergstrom was present as a visitor.
The business meeting was called to
order by R. C. Spencer, who was
pinch-hitting for the late W. C. Cromett, President, who was called to the
Great Beyond early this year, and
John Allen, Secretary of the club took
down the minutes. Officers for the
coming year were elected, with Mr.
Spencer receiving the vote for President and John Allen being re-elect-
ea Secretary.
The banquet, which was prepared
by the able hands of Chas. Thorpe and
son Ernest, with R. C. Spencer assisting, was served at 10 p. m., when
everyone's appetite was all sharpened for the big feed—and what a feed,
baked ham, Spanish rice, potato salad, cabbage salad, baked beans,, cake,
pie, coffee and a cigar. A larger
crowd than was present had been expected, consequently a large amount
of tasty food was still on hand, which
the club decided to give to needy families in the village. All in all, it was
a grand evening and one that won't
be forgotten soon.
Early pictures of Pine River were
shown, when the Barclay Hotel was
going strong and no buildings graced
the main street east of the bank. One
photo showed Jess Christian driving
a team of oxen down main street,
some thirty odd years ago.
This year is one of the few in which
two members of the club have passed
on, W. C. Cromett and W. G. Stewart, who were both present at last
year's meeting.
RITES FOR MRS.
KIELTY ON TUES.
Mrs. Wm. Kielty who suffered a
stroke at her home in Backus last
week, passed away Sunday. Funeral
services were held at Our Lady ot
Church Tuesday, with interment at
the Pine Ridge cemetery.
Mrs. Kielty is a well known resident of Backus, having made her
home with her family there for many
years. A complete obituar is not
available at this time.
SEPTEMBER  SEES  154  DRIVERS
LOSE THEIR   ROAD .PRIVILEGES
NOTICE
The Minnesota Workers Alliance
will meet at the local armory Wednesday, Nov. 23 at 8 p. m, Everybody
is welcome.
Ben  C.  Phillips,   Sec.-Treas.
For another month the courts ot
the state dealt severely with unfit
drivers in an effor to place a halte*
on the traffic death rate and 154 drivers  had  their  driver's licenses .. re-
i
voked in September.
During the same period, the drivers license unit of the- Minnesota Hl-
way Department reported that 69 suspensions had been ordered.
Intoxication accounted for 152 of
the license revocations. Only three
of the revocations were ordered
against women. 38 of the revocations
were in Hennepin county, 29 in Ramsey and 24 in St JL,ouis.
Forty-five counties had no revocations. The majority of suspensions
were for reckless driving.
Word was received by John Allen
Monday, from Hollandale, Florida,
that Paul Schwartz, had passed away
Sunday.
Mr. Schwartz, who is well-known
in Pine River, submitted to an operation for acute appendicitis the pre-
vous Monday. The operation, together with a weak heart, caused his
untimely death Sunday. Funeral services were held Tuesday, with interment being made at Hollandale.
Mr.Schwartz was 58 years of age at
the time of his death. He was boi|i
in Iowa, and when only a young 'boy.
moved with his parents to Montana,
where they operated a ranch. Later
he entered the real estate and coal
mining business in Big Sandy, Montana. In 1920, Mr. Schwartz mftved
to Pine River, where he established ft
real estate business. In 1920, he moved to Florida, where, together with
his son, he entered tlie real-estate
business, later, owning a tomato growing and packing concern. Mr.Schwartz
and his family have returned to Pine
River every summer for the past several years, where they have a large
circle of friends.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Paul Schwartz, his father who is 97
years of age, one son Hilbert and two
grandchildren. Also one brother in
California.
TURKEY SHOOT,
BEST EVER THIS YR.
In spite of bad weather and poor
roads, the VFW and Auxiliary were
well pleased with the attendance and
receipts of the Turkey Shoot held at
the armory  Saturday  evening.
Sixty-three birds, many of them
prize fowl, were won by the enthusiastic crowd. The 251b. turkey was
won by Ernest Johnson and the other by Vernon Erickson.
The Ladies Auxiliary reports very
favorable results from lunch, fancy
work and candy sales. The pillow
was won by Mrs. Kolb and the rug by
Mrs. Christian.
The VFW and Auxiliary wish to
express their thanks to the public for
the splendid support given the Turkey Shoot.
PTA   PLAY   PROGRESSES
December 2, is the date set for the
PTA play, "The Spite Fence." This
is a rollicking comedy, packed with
fun and humour. The cast, which
was carefully chosen to portray eacn
character represented, includes the
following:
Mrs.  Emma   Barlow,   proprietress   of
the Airmont Inn ..Mrs. M. Cromett
June  Barlow,   the   daughter,   Marion
SieUtz
Seth Haskens, the man who lives on
the adjoining farm, Clifford Gardner
Dave Haskens, the son, Erwin Butler
Tubby Williams, a young village 'h/v
gossip       John  Haack
Mrs. Lucy Upton, a nervous old maid,
Miss  Torske
Rosie,  maid of all work at Airmont
Inn       Miss Hill
Horace Graham, a financier,... L. E.
Dougherty
Harry Jackson, a young society man,
Corwin Jones
Evelyn Jackson, his sister, the society
bud    Miss  Rasmusson
Mrs. Theo. Dreyfus, a social climber,
Mrs. Bates
Dora   Dreyfus,   the    daughter,    Mrs.
Butler.
The play is under the capable direction of Miss Isaacson and promises
to be very interesting and entertaining.
Band News
.The band is still waiting for the
recorder from WCCO to arrive and
take the two recordings that have
been previously promised. In the
meantime, we have received some new
band books with old time tunes written in modern version, also numerous
pieces of separate sheet music, which
will keep the members busy for some
time, learning and perfecting these
numbers.
Our next appearance will be at the
Pine River-Motley basketball game,
•November 22.
W. H. Olson of St Paul, representative of the Minnesota Dairy Industry committee, spoke at the Pine River school Monday evening, before j
a group of creamery board members ]
and others interested in the work of
the  dairy  industry.
The Minnesota Dairy Industry Committee is a non-profit association, incorporated last year to promote dairy
interests in the state of Minnesota,
and is now conducting a campaign to
promote the sale of the state's dairy
products through an extensive advertising program to be financed by a
levy of 1-20 of a cent per. pound of
butterfat handled by each creamery
or other dairy interest.
One representative from each of
the various poultry and dairy associ-
tions in the state make up the committee.
Mr. Olson outlined the aims of the
group, and pointed out that this was
part of a national program. In this
state, the program will go into effect
as soon as dairy interests representing 75 percent of the butterfat volume handled in the State of Minnesota sign the necessary agreements
binding them to the payment of the
1-20 of a cent per pound levy, providing that the national program has
progressed sufficiently to warrant going ahead. This levy amounts to only
$1.00 per patron per year, or ten cents'
per cow for creameries.
A few facts about the dairy industry : 300 food products are nationally advertised, whereas dairy products have no national advertising.
Wisconsin cheese producers spent
$75,000 in 1937 and New York dairy
interests are spending $260,000 on advertising. To become really effective,
the advertising program must be
backed by all dairy interests.
Mayor's Endorsement
Pine River is a community of homes
and any campaign which has as its
theme, "Protect the Home" is assured
the whole-hearted  support of all.
To protect homes from the shattering tragedy caused by Tuberculosis is
the aim of the Christmas Seal campaign.
It, therefore, gives me great pleasure to endorse Christmas Seals as u
method of raising funds for the fight
against tuberculosis and I urge everyone to cooperate in this campaign, i
hope everybody will buy as many
Seals as possible and that every greeting card and gift going forth from
our community, will carry the double-
barred cross Christmas Seal, showing
that Pine River is doing its part to
eradicate tuberculosis,
(signed) MAJ. H. C. SKINNER
Mayor
RITES FOR THEO.
HAUGGARDE HELD
TUESDAY P. M.
MOST ELABORATE
PICTURE OF YEAR
COMING TO MAR.
RED CROSS DRIVE
IN FULL SWING
The annual Red Cross membership
drive is again under way, with Mrs.
H. C Skinner as local chairman.
There are 3„715 chapters of the
Red Cross in the U. S. This organization is a silent public servant,
working in floods,' famine and disaster to lessen suffering and bring medical aid to humanity. No one realizes when they may suffen from s^me
unknown disaster, and need suci aid
as the American Red Cross gives. If
you have a donation to make, j-;-?; in
touch with Mrs. Skinner. Help the
American Red  Cross.
School Notes
New enrollments this week, include
Frances, Clarence, George and Maxim! Gildou of Horseshoe Lodge, and
Byron  Cunningham of Hackensack.
The second grade class has completed some very interesting posters
on "sleep."
The Normal Training Dept. is in
charge of the second grade reading
class.
The Industrial Arts Dept. is making a set of "outdoor scenery" for the
auditorium stage.
The coaches, Mattson and   Butler,
Opening tonight and continuing
through Saturday, the Marlow brings
you "I Am the Law," topped by a su-
pberb performance from Edward G.
Robinson, supported by Barbara O'Neill, Otto Kruger, Wendy Barrie and
John Beal. This is by far the finest of
the racket breaking cycle to date. It
is class "A" dynamic enterainment,
backed by such a great cast. It is a
swiftly paced story with a hefty wallop, one that will hold interest from
start to finish, having all of the entertainment elements to give Robinson
full leash on a made-to-order role, one
that he plays with consummate ease.
Marking the advent of motion pictures' greatest year comes the most
elaborate of all pictures starring the
popular young singing star, Bobby
Breen in "Breaking the Ice." This is
a big musical drama with three of the
five songs by Frank Churchill, composer of "Heigh-Ho" and "Whistle
While You Work" for Walt Disney's
"Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs."
The new picture will introduce to the
screen Irene Dare, the world's youngest ice skater. No youngster since
Shirley Temple has shown more promise, or has been given more advance
publicity, than this five year-old miss
who spins over the ice with all the
skill and grace of a professional skater. She has already starred in 16
ice shows and now looms upon the
motion picture horizon as on of its
most gifted stars. This will be shown
Sunday, Monday  and Tuesday.
attended I an athletic meeting at Staples  Tuesday  evening.
Supt. Haack accompanied the vocational teachers to a state divisional
meet at Staples, Wednesday evening.
The Pine River squad will play its
first basketball game of the season
at the local gym Tues., Nov. 22, with
Motley. Taylor of Brainerd, will referee.
The schedule for the year is as follows :
Nov. 22, Pine River Vs. Motley, Here
Dec. 2, N. Y. Mills-Pine River, There
Dec. 9, " " Here
Dec. 16, Pine River-Backus, Here
Dec.  20,  Pine Rlver-Menagha,  There
Jan.   10,   Pine  River-  Hack.,    There
Jan.  14,  Pine River-Walker, Here
Jan.   20,   Pine   River-Pequot,   There
Jan. 24, Pine River- C-I., Here
(continued to page 4)
Thursday, November 24
Ole Hauggarde, a resident of Pine
River for the past 22 years, died suddenly at his home Friday morning of
last week, at the age of 75 years.
Death was caused by a weak heart.
Funeral services were conducted
from the Trinity Lutheran Church
Tuesday afternoon, with Rev. Huss
officiating. The Semmler girls and
their brother sang two beautiful solos. Interment was made in the Pine
Ridge cemetery. Pallbearers were
Harry Hill, John Allen, S. P. Hanson,
J. Bark, Theo. White and Jess Christian.
Ole O. Hauggarde was born in Ha-
lingdahl, Norway on May 9, 1863. He
was baptized in infancy and confirmed in the Lutheran faith. At the age
of '20 years, he came to this country,
settling at Kensett, Ia. In 1884, he
was united in marriage to Julia, Iverson at Kensett. She preceded him
in death in 1922. In 1895, he moved
with his family to Minneota, Minn.,
where they resided for seven years,
until 1902, when they move onto a
homestead near Pine River. In 1916,
they moved to Pine River, where they
have since resided. Seven children
were born to Mr. and Mrs. Houggarde
of which only three survive, Oliver
Olson of Pine River, Oscar Houggarde
of Brainerd, and Theodore Hauggarde
of Pine River.
Although his health has been failing for the past several years, he was
active up to the day of his death.
CARD   OF  THANKS
We wish to express our sincere
thanks to the many friends and neighbors who assisted us during the death
of our father. We also wish ta thank
all those who took part in the services and those who sent floral offerings.
Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Olson and
family
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Hauggarde
and family
Mr. and Mrs. Theo. Hauggarde
and family
Mr. and Mrs. Herb Kline and Florence and Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Webb
were Brainerd shoppers Friday.
Buy Christmas Seals
The 193S Christmas Seal campaign
is on and again offers every person
the opportunity of a partnership in
the great campaign against tuberculosis.
At one time, tuberculosis was considered a hopeless heredetary disease, but today, there is at'hand, sufficient  knowledge to  control  it.
Almost 3 1-2 million people have
died from tuberculosis in the U. S.
during the past 30 years. ' The annual death toll at present is still
70,000. One out of every six deaths
occurring among young men between
the ages of 20 and 40, and one out
of every four deaths among young
women between the ages of 15 and 30,
are caused by tuberculosis.
This makes a total of 40,000 youthful lives annually. It is estimated
that there is in excess of 5:00,000 active cases of tuberculosis in the U.' S.
today, of which 95,000 are bed patients.
The sale of Christmas Seals furnishes funds to combat this disease in
40 countries  outside of the U.  S.
This is the 32nd annual Christmas
Seal sale held in America—Buy Seals
Generously.
TABERNACLE   NEWS       I
Miss Mae Davies is spending the
week at the Ed Davies home in Emily.
Miss Alice Tozier spent the weekend with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Dave Tozier.
Rev. and Mrs. P. J. MacKinney and
Verne and David, Laura Scott, the
Van Dorn family and Mrs. Tournier,
attended a fellowship meeting held at
Emily Tuesday.
The Tabernacle chorus will give the-
cantata  "The Pillar  of Fire"  at the
Evangelical Church at Brainerd Thurs
day evenine and at the Emily Gospel
Tabernacle Friday.
Rev. P. J. AlacKinney attended a
Church convention in Minneapolis last
week.
W. C. Day is making" a furnace to
be installed in the Tabernacle soon.