The Pine River Journal (Pine River, Minnesota), 1937-07-15

              PINE RIVER JOURNAL
VOLUME II NUMBER 48
THE PINE RIVER JOURNAL, PINE RIVER,  CASS  COUNTY, MINNESOTA, THURSDAY, JULY 15, 1937
SUBSCRIPTION $1.00 Per Year
NEWS BRIEFS OF
INTEREST FROM
'ROUND THE STATE
ADDING   MACHINE   INVENTOR
LIVES IN   NORTH   MANKATO
Mankato.—Who knows but what
there isn't some man or women living next door to you who has made
some invention or some great discovery which you know little or nothing about. In a modest little > home
in   North   Mankato,   there  lives   just  Rlver  resldent>   and
LOCALS
Don Sherwood and Peder Ness arrived from Bemidji Saturday evening,
to spend the week-end with Mr. and
Mrs. N. D. Sherwood. Mrs. Ness and
daughter returned home with them
Sunday, after spending the past week
with her parents.
Mr. and Mrs. Herb Kline drove to
Bemidji Sunday, and spent the. day
with Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Kline. They
were accompanied by Mr. Kline's
parents, who remained for a longer
visit.
Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Birch of Davenport, la., spent a few days laat
week with Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hempstead. Mr. Birch is a former Pine
was    formerly
COUNTIES TO SHARE
IN FEDERAL ROAD
AID MONEY
FIGHTS    BEAVERS    FOR
DRINKING   WATER
HIS
SUPPLY
such a man and his wife, both well
on in years. The man is Marshall M.
Cram, who invented and held the patent on the first mechanical adding
machine in the United States. The
Invention is contained in an ordinary
'< oking box about seven inches long,
and five inches high. The machine it-:
self is a small brass instrument with
keys numbering from one to nine arranged in two rows. As one presses
a key, it turns a flanged wheel the
number of notches equal to the number imprinted on the key. The adding
machine was patented August 7, 1877,
under the administration of President
Rutherford B. Hayes.
YOUTH
OWN
MANUFACTURES    HIS
AUTOMOBILE  AT   HOME
employed by the Spurrier Co.
Mr. and Mrs. Ford Rowell of Minneapolis, spent the week-end at their
cabin on Norway Lake. Mr. Rowell
left Sunday for South Dakota, while
Mrs. Rowell remained for an extended stay.
BIBLE CONFERENCE
TO BE HELD AT
MILDRED CHAP.
Red Lake Falls.—Strikes and slow
production in automobile plants do
not bother Louis Calllier, 15 year-ola
son of Lawrence Caillier of Lake
Pleasant Twp., for he has built his
own automobile. Driving the newly
manufactured car from his farm home
to town for the first time, he attracted considerable attention and many
a Red Lake Falls boy envied Louis
his possession, even though the vehicle has no knee-action springs and
upholstered seats. The car is power-
el by a gas engine, is belt driven and
has a 48 inch wheel-base. Louis says
that it will develop a speed of 18 miles per hour.
TREE
IMAGE  BURNED
ONTO BOY'S
CHEST
Friends of the Northern Gospel Mission, whose work is well known    In
Redwood Falls.—Sixteen year-old
LeRoy Brueske was marked, probably
for life, by a lightening bolt which
struck his Ihome in New Ulm last
we ek during a storm, burning an almost perfect image of a tree on his
chest and upper abdomen. The youth
had gone into I the cellar to turn rainwater Into the cistern when the bolt
struck the chimney, practically demolishing it. Flue stoppers in the
chimney were blown out and electric
fuses put out of commission, but no
fire started.
FISH
POLE    AND
RECOVERED
REEL
FROM
this vicinity, will be interested in the
announcement of its Seventeenth Annual Summer Conference to be held
at Mildred, on T. H. 371, from July
22 to August 1.
There have been some improvements made in the conference camp
grounds this year which will add to
the comfort of the gathering.
The Conference will open Thursday evening, July 22, at 8 p. m., and
there will be three daily sessions
thereafter; week days 9:30 a. m.,
3 p. m. and 8 p. m. Sundays, 10:30
a. m., 2 p. m. and 8 p. m. Sunday
school for the community at 9:30 a.
m.
After the first Sunday, the weekday afternoon will be devoted to special Bible studies on the book of
Ephesians.
Amongst the speakers will be Miss
Maude E. Cary of Morocco, North Afri
ca, veteran missionary to the Mohammedans, and other missionaries of
the Gospel Mission Union. Rev. W.
L. Porter of Minneapolis, is expected
«o be present and all the workers of
the Northern Gospel Mission. Mr.
John T. Carson of Duluth is expected
to be present throughout most of the
conference: Mr. and Mrs. C. Gabriel
of Duluth will sing.
For those who wish to stay in the
camp, lodging and meals are served
without fixed charge on the free offering plan. The public Is invited to
all services.
"Good News" is going out this week
from N. W. Elsberg, State Highway
Commissioner, to the county boards
and county engineers of each of Minnesota's 887 counties, in the form of
notices that they are to receive their
full share of $2,266,708 in federal
money for improvements on secon?
dary and feeder roads during the next
four years. Cass county will receive
$18,810 in 1937-'38 and $37,620 for
the four years.
Allocations of funds have been made, Commissioner Elsberg stated, on
the same basis used by the federal
government In alloting federal aid
money to the states. That is, the
funds were divided among all counties
Strictly on a combined basis of population, area, and road mileage within the counties.
Making allotments on a four year
basis Instead of only on a two year
basis makes it possible for those
counties most hard pressed financially, and therefore unable immediately to match the federal funds dollar
for dollar as required by law, to get
their full share of federal money with
out necessarily being required to take
it this year or next.
The matching requirements for federal money, attached to the new allocations of secondary road funds to
counties Instead of to the state, are
giving county officials not only the direct benefits of federal aid but also
a taste of the strict requirement ot
the federal government which demands that those who would benefit
from federal appropriations must also
appropriate an equal amount of their
own money.
This has long been a condition
which has made the State Highway
department subject to the availability
of state funds for matching, but which
other units of government, not required to match, could not reas.in..-
bly be expected to appreciate.
Bemidji.—Andrew Johnson who lives alone on a farm along Grant creek,
several miles northwest of Wilton,
has to fight with the beavers for his
drinking water. His water supply
comes from a good-sized natural
spring on the edge of the creek near
his house. This proved very satisfactory until a colony of beavers decided to settle in the creek a short) distance below the spring. With all
the skill and engineering ability of
the beaver family, they built a dam
across the creek and created an artificial lake. When the dam got up toward four ieet high, the water in the
creek overflowed Mr. Johnson's spring
and he got his axe, pick and other
Implements and attacked the dam until he got the water level bplow the
spring. As soon as he left, the boss
beaver came out and surveyed the
havoc and set all his beavers to wont
again, tooth and tail, to repair the
damages.
Pine River Wins
Shutout From Akeley
NOTICE
The annual school meeting In District No. 16, in Cass County, Minnesota, for the election of officers and the
transaction of other business, will be
held at the Huffman Schoolhouse on
the 20th day of July, 1937, at 7:30 p.
m.
Mrs. G. A. Koppenberg, Clerk
Rowland Bergstrom was a supper
guest 't the Marius Houg home Sunday.
Several friends gathered at the
home of Dr. and Mrs. A. N. Meland
Saturday evening for a cabin-warming.
Mrs. J. O. Brezinsky spent Tuesday
in Brainerd.
Sheriff C. E. Merry of Walker was
in  l'ine River on business Tuesday.
Arnold Rognlie drove to Longville
Tuesday evening.
John Norman Is suffering from severe blood poisoning in his foot.
Levina Dahl and Nadine Farnam
drove to Bralnerd Friday.
FIGHT PICTURES
TO BE SHOWN AT
MARLOW THURS.
LAKE
PRIVATE JOBS  CUT WPA
ROLL     NEARLY
1000
Bemldji.—Walter Kimball of Grand
Forks, who lost his fishing equipment in what might have been a serious accident on Lake Bemidji, still
has fishing equipment although the
vintage may be uncertain. Mr. Kimball felt a strong pull on his line
while fishing and when he reeled in
his line found it was connected to another line. Then came into view a
fishing rod which apparently had
been reposing on the bottom of Lake
Bemidji for an Indefinite period. Attached to the split bamboo pole was
an old type reel which was found to
be in good working order and a spinner. With his own equipment at the
bottom of the lake as the result of
the overturning of his boat a few
days later, Mr. Kimball now prizes
his find more highly than when he
first found it.
CASS COUNTY WAS REPRESENTED   AT   WPA   MEETING
Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Henderson returned Friday, from a. two week's
trip thru South Dakota. They also
visited relatives in Fisher, Minn.
Mr. and Mrs. Marion Sherwood and
Mrs. John Kater drove to Fargo Sunday, where they spent the day with
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Houston
Mr. Quello left Saturday for Pequot, where he will conduct a two
weeks Bible School, before returning to his home in Fergus Falls.
Archie Timblln and son Jerry of
Barron, Wis., stopped in Pine River
Tuesday to renew acquaintances with
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Kolb. They were
enrouta to Black Duck.
Gerald Seaton of Bemidji, spent the
week-end at the L. W. Fields home.
Approximately 1,000 WPA workers
in Minnesota obtained jobs in private
industry during the last 30 days, according to word from the St Paul office of Victor Christgau, state administrator. Exactly 925 persons left
the work relief program, notifying
project foremen that they were going
to private jobs, thus making an official record that will entitle them to
a preferred status should such jobs
end through no fault of the workers.
WPA is making a special effort to
meet quota reductions by relying on
private employment. No new assignments are being made and, thus far,
the voluntary activity of workers in
finding other jobs has kept apace
with reduced WPA activities.
In the district of which Cass county is a part, the number of workers
who obtained private employment totaled 16, according to A. T. Gilbert-
son.
Mr.   Christgau   urged    farmers    to
"Quality Street," co-starring Katherine Hepburn and Franchot Tone,
and one of the most famous plays of
all time comes to the Marlow theatre
tonight (Thursday) together with the
first release in this section of the
Louis-Braddock fight pictures. This
play was originally produced in New
York with Maude Adams in the title
role. A year later the play opened in
London, and its success made the
playwright famous.
On Friday and Saturday the Marlow brings you Victor McLaglen and
Preston Foster in "Sea Devils." The
two huskies first met when McLaglen was cast in the title role of "The
Informer," and Foster was chosen as
the leader of the Irish Insurgents in
that unforgettable picture.
In "Sea Devils" they are again, enemies.    McLaglen  is  seen   as  a hard
bitten C. P. O. in the Coast    Guard
service and  Foster   as  a  cocky  seaman whose attentions to McLaglen's
daughter,  Ida  Lupino,  gives  rise    to
many   of   the   dramatic  smashes    of
the story. The story is played against
an   exciting    background    of    Coast
Guard work, with two daring rescues
at sea and the dynamiting of a   big
iceberg in  the North Atlantic  steamer lanes, adding thrills to the picture.
Sunday, Monday and Tuesday brings
you "History Is Made at Night" with
Charles Boyer, Jean Arthur and Leo
Carillo togetner with a huge supporting cast.    The story starts with a divorce in Paris and suddenly shifts to
America after a murder involves several of the cast.   Later an innocent
man is chargeu with the crime.   The
real criminal hearing this starts for
Paris and is shipwrecked which brings
many complications.    Don't miss this
contact NRS offices just as quickly as picture of mystery, drama and trage-
they know their labor needs, so that dy at the Marlow.
arrangements can be made to    meet  ■
the demand. Use A Want Ad
HIGHWAY CHIEFS OPEN   DRIVE
ON WEEDS;  WILL CLEAR SIGNS
Cass county was represented at a
district work relief conference held
this week end at the Brainerd office
of A. T. Gilbertson district director.
The purpose of the conference was
to dlscusa the 1937 WPA program ann
to determine how best the county administrations can take advantage ot
the federal government's activity
along work relief lines between now
and July 1, 1938.
Representing Cass county were Aaron Zaffke, chairman of the county
board, R. A. Dahms, county engineer,
and Francis E. Elmer, who Is the
county certifying officer.
"'Mothers Summer Reading—
- By Albert T. Reid
SCHOOL ELECTION
TO BE HELD TUES.
Orders were issued to all district
maintenance engineers on Minnesota's 11,500 mile state Highway system this week to launch a concerted
drive upon the unusually heavy growth of roadside grass and weeds, witli
special attention directed to eliminating hazards that obstruct the motorist's view of warning signs.
The orders took cognizance of the
fact that vegetable growth has been
especially rank and rapid this year
due to the heavy rain fall, and that
roadside signs on trunk highways, especially "stop and guide signs" and
warnings were rapidly being obscured.
All district men were instructed to
be sure that all such weed patches are
cut on highway right of ways before
they hare time to go to seed. -
The annual school election for In
dependant District No. 19, will be
held at the schoolhouse on Tuesday
evening, July 20 at 8 p. m.
Five officers are retiring, two of
which resigned the past year. Those
retiring are G. P. Rognlie, C. M.
Swift and Marius Houg. Those who
resigned are Oscar Kolb and Al
Downing. The terms are as follows:
Two for a 3-year term
Two for a 2-year term ?
One for a 1-year term /
Considerable Interest will no doubt
be shown in this election because of
the unsettled Impending bond Issue,
although no one has filed there Is a
possibility of several sticker candidates.
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In a well played game In which every local player stood out like a star,
Pine River defeated Akeley 12-0.
With the bases loaded in the Akeley
half of the ninth, two men down and
a sure hitter at bat, it sure looked
as though the locals could not prevent Akeley from registering at least
one score. The menu read: three
balls and two strikes on the batter.
Thorson, local slabman grooved the
next pitch which was well tagged by
the Akeley hitter. The ball zoomed
directly between first and second—a
breathless moment. Seaton, local
first-baseman, hurried to cover the
bag, and Isensee who was holding
the second base assignment, made a
desperate effort, which developed Into a perfect fielding stunt. The batter was (Out) and the side retired
without a score.
C. Seaton at first base should   by
all rights be called "Spark Plug," as
his   everlasting    defensive    ambition
certainly put pep into the entire team.    G. Seaton who was on the   receiving end, prevented a score when
he dove outside and into the dirt to
smother a "Wild Pitch."    Tuttle    at
short,  fielded  and  batted  flawlessly,
and alwoys made It a point to get to
the  right  spot   providing  the  batter
didn't  rife  the  ball  directly  at him.
Lavoie—well  his  quick thinking and
his  ability  to  do what he    thought,
was in answer to what Knute Rokne
once told his football club, "Football
is played from the Adams Apple up."
Thorson went the entire route and
worked   especially   careful  with  men
on the base paths.   Not once in   the
entire   game   did  he  lose/ confidence
in  his  ability  to  handle  his   assignment.   Huff, in left field was always
parked in some batter's way regardless of direction of travel or speed of
the ball.   He made every chance look
easy and rifled the ball back to the
infield   with   his   accurate    throwing
arm.   Rognlie in center-field, performer as usual with natural ability, what
a ball  hawk  this young man turned
out to be.   Carlson In right, performed like a seasoned veteran,    not -  a
throw  was  directed    to    first    base
that he failed to back up.    This    is
one of the mose essential qualifications of any good fielder.   The hitting
of the locals unveiled this fact—The
boys have been  taking their batting
practice   seriously.     Smartness    was
shown in base-running.   After all getting  safely   to   base  means  plenty—
especially  home base.    Prior  to  the
start of the second half    the    boys
promised you some real baseball and
what  they  promised  they  are  determined to give.
Give the boys every assistance, after all they are a fixture amongst
you and for you. Every member of
the ball club wishes to thank those
that so liberally donated, so that
Pine River might have a creditable
club. Added to this word of thanks,
they have pledged that not one ounce
of energy will be spared to earn a
victory in every start.
The locals will play the Remer Club
next Sunday July 18, in Pine River-
Be There!
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Irvin S. Cobb likes the simple
homestead life in preference to
the complicated existence of wealthy city folks.
Carter Field finds shrewd
Washingtonians believing ithat
President Roosevelt will break
the third-term precedent. His informative news letter is in this
issue.
Steel goes back to work after
battle with CIO. E. W. Pickard's
"Weekly News Review" records
another chapter In this famous
labor-capital struggle.
Lyle Dougherty left Saturday for
St Paul, where lie boarded the Twin
Zephyr for a ten-day trip through
the East, as a guest of the St Paul
Dispatch. ' I   i|;
Mrs. John Sparks accompanied ber
brother, Chas. Hazelton to Clear Lake, Wis. Saturday, where she will remain for a two weeks visit.
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