The Pine River Journal (Pine River, Minnesota), 1937-07-29

              PINE
JOURNAL
VOLUME H NUMBER 50
THE PINE RIVER JOURNAL, PINE RIVER,  CASS  COUNTY,  MINNESOTA, THURSDAY, JULY 29, 1937
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FATHER'S     MOWER     KILLS
SIX     YEAR-OLD     BOY
St James.—The Six year-old son
of Mr. and Mrs. Fritz Olson died after both his legs were cut off by his
father's mowing machine. The little
fellow went with his father who set
out to mow weeds on the road between St James and Grogan. lie
was walking near the mower when
the horses became frightened and
.lumped towards him. The child's
legs were cut off just above the ankle and he died a few hours later.
COUPLE     BUYS    LICENSE     IN
1900,  ARE  MARRIED  THIS  YEAR
Posston.—A Hennepin county couple were on their honeymoon last week
just 37 years after having taken out
a marriage license. John Woodruff
and Alma Wilson, who in 1900, at
the ages of 30 and 26 respectively,
took out a license in Minneapolis,
last week, came to Anton A. Segner,
justice of peace at St Bonifacius, produced the old license and were married.
COUNTY'S 1148 DOGS
VALUED  AT
ARE
$17,000.00
Park Rapids.—Hubbard county's
dog population is worth $17,220.
That's the "full and true" value placed on the 1148 canines listed as personal property by the various twp.
and village assessors, whose figures
must stand in spite of those persons
who, having lost turkeys aud sheep
by killer dogs, would not place such
a high value on them. Information
gleaned from the assessment books
reveals also the fact that there are
fewer hogs in Hubbard county than
there are dogs. Assessors listed only 1046 hogs, as compared with 11-1S
dogs.
PIONEER     DAYS     REVIVED     BY
FARMER     MOVING     900     MILES
commend. "Aw we ain't got no scenery to speak of around here," came
the reply. Then getting a glimpse of
the "Minnesota" license plate, the
Dakotan with twinkles in his eyes
and a longing to return said, "Pard-
ner, Minnesota is where they got the
beauty and scenery. Up on around
Ortonville on Big Stone lake. I think
that is the most beautiful spot."
Which happens to be the exact location of the Minnesotan. ■
A  SMALL  TORNADO   BECOMES
A     GIANT     SPRINKLER
New Ulm.—A natural phenomenon
was noted in the vicinity of Oshawa
recently during a thunder storm,
when a small tornado became a giant sprinkler. The twister struck
Nicollet county, swooped down on
the Mike Bresnahan farm in Oshawa.
sucked up the water in a small
slough and then continued for some
distance before spreading the water
like a giant sprinkler over the Alan
Mans  farm.
U. GOPHERS WIN
KITTENBALL GAME
TUESDAY EVENING
On Tuesday evening, the Pine River Pirates met the Golden Gophers In
a~six-inning exhibition kittenball game played at the school grounds. The
Pirates played an excellent game but
were no match for the husky Gophers
who won by a score of 10-1. Bill
Biever called em behind the bat.
Included in the line-up from the U.
were Twedell, Buhler, LeVoir, Moory,
Gmittro, Kundla, Midler, Schultz, Ad-
dington and Peterson.
METHODIST CHURCH
PROJECT IS PROGRESS^ RAPIDLY
At a meeting of the Trustees of the
Methodist Church Monday evening,
Leo Walton of Jenkins, well-known
throughout this territory for his artistic rock work, was awarded the
contract for the construction of the
footings and walls of the new basement.
When completed Pine River will
have one of the most attractive Sunday school and banquet rooms in the
northwest. The walls will be of the
type of construction known as rubble
work, much used in modern Church-
building. Mr. Walton will begin the
work within a few days. Great interest in this improvement is shown
throughout the community. Pastor
Milne hopes to have most of the
work done before October 1, which
is the beginning of the new Conference year.
PINE RIVER DROPS
GAME TO LONGVILLE SUNDAY
TRUCKS ARE RULED OFF
CERTAIN  HIGHWAYS  ON
SUNDAYS AND HOLIDAYS
To lessen Sunday and holiday traffic accidents on the heavily traveled
arterials feeding Minneapolis, St Paul
and Duluth, the state highway patrol' be on the field
Is cooperating with tlie Railroad and, pies and re-vamps, the score was clo-
Warehouse   Commission   in   enforcing u se  which    indicates    a    hard-played
In a well played game, marked by
a very low score, Longville defeated
Pine River by a score of 4-2 on the
local diamond Sunday. The hits ana
errors were about evenly divided,
truly a pitcher's battle that lasted
through nine innings of tense base
ball. No outstanding plays were made by either team. Owing to a hard
side wind, many freakish fly balls
completely baffled the fielders of
both teams causing no little faultfinding with some fans.
The local boys did not show up as
well at bat as in the two previous
engagements—maybe because of the
Longville slabman who was steady
and smart and showed up well in tne
pinches.
With a win over Backus next Sunday, the boys will be tied with them
for first place and that is what they
are going to try to do. The season
isn't over, pull for the team as hard
as they are pulling for Pine River.
Last Sunday's game was playeo
with a crippled and revamped lineup,
but next Sunday with the regular
hoys out there a better ball club will
Regardless of crip-
FSirmont.—While only the pioneers
can speak vividly of the covered-wagon's laborious entrance into the
frontier, one farmer and his family
are experiencing them as they, make
a year's journey by a caravan of wagons and teams from ThiefRiver Falls
to Marshfield, in sounthern Missouri.
This distance is more than 900 miles,
not too much for a two-day jaunt by
automobile. Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Krue-
'ger and five children stopped one
night last week in Fairmont with a
caravan consisting of a 1919 Ford,
semi-trailer and a procession of a
cow wagon, house trailer, hny rack,
auxiliary wagon and buggy, drawn by
three teams of horses who gave up
here unable to move another hoof.
The personnel consisted of Mr. and
Mrs. Krueger, Florence 20, Opal IS,
August 17, Bernita 15, Donald 4, Donald's cat, two dogs, six horses and
five cattle. The caravan was formed last October, when, after 24 years
of discouragement in Pennington co.,
the Kruegers started south, crawling
across country at the rate of 15 or
20 miles a day, camping at the roadside at night. Hampered by snow,
they gave up in the face of a bad
storm at New London, where Mr.
Krueger got his family through the
winter doing odd jobs. The journey
was resumed in June.
SWANBURG
Mrs.   Anderson,   Correspondent
Miss Virginia Peterson is home
from the city for a few days.
Rev. and Mrs. Dehaan spent Monday at Mildred, with friends.
Miss Pearl Moser is employed weekends at the summer-home of Geo.
Ryon on Whitefish lake.
Mrs. O. F. Murrer of Devils Lake,
N. D., spent a week here with her
sister-in-law, Mrs. Jim Murrer.
Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Fuller and
infant son of Minneapolis, spent Sunday at the Delmer Riley home.
Mr. and Mrs. W. Anderson and Mr.
and Mrs. Jens Ege of Minneapolis,
spent Sunday with the John Stevens
family.
Mr. and Mrs. Abe Petersonj Mrs.
Inez Johnson and son and Mr. Fren-
en, all of Osakis, arrived Sunday for
a few days visit with relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Peterson of Long
Prairie, arrived alonday, for a few
days visit at the Wendell Peterson
home.
Mrs. Henry Ruud, Mr. and Mrs.
uakley Buud and Lloyd Conner visited with Mr. and Mrs. Harlan Miller
at Mildred Sunday.
The Misses Naomi, Olive and Phyllis Stevens and Marion Sundell are
spending the week at Camp Jim, on
Lake Hardy, near Brainerd.
The Ladies Aid met at the home of
Miss Emma Houston on July 21, and
was very well attended. Besides the
members a number of visitors were
present. After the usual business
and social hour a delicious lunch
was served by the hostess. The next
meeting will be held at the home of
Mrs. Marvin Peterson, on Sept. 15.
Chapter 431 of the 1937 Minnesota
legislative session laws, which forbids
certain commercial trucks from using
certain highways from 9 a. m. to \'l
midnight on Sundays and holidays
from Decoration day to the second
Sunday of September each year.
The law exempts Class T vehicles.
trucks of one ton capacity or less, vehicles transporting livestock, trucks
carrying newspapers and perishable
food stuffs, public utility emergency
wagons, ambulances, garage repair
cars and the like.
Under the law, however, during the
season in question, any type commercial vehicle may enter or leave St
Paul or Minneapolis on Sundays and
holidays via all highways except No
12 and 52 from a point 35 miles west
of the Twin Cities; No. 52 from Anoka to Minneapolis; No. 169 from a
point between Zimmerman and Anoka ; No. 61 from a point 35 miles north of St Paul to St Paul.
No trucks except those classified
as exempt may leave the Twin Cities
or Duluth by any route.
name. They lost, but only after a
hard fight and to a Longville team
that should be a credit to any town.
Remember when 'Snodgrass' dropped
that Million Dollar fly ball? Well, the
totals show that he took part in many
a good game thereafter, Its only natural that nings go wrong at times,
with  any player.
DIME     SAVING  TOTALS  $94;
ALMOST   FILLED   PINT  JAR
Local Man Shot Thru
Neck, Recovering
HONOR   ROLL
The following new and re-newal
subscriptions to the Journal have
been received the past week.
Look at the label on your paper,
if you are in arrears, stop in and see
us.
E.  S. Holman,  Florida
Cecilia Koppenberg, Pine River
R. J. Johnson, Pine River
William Caswell, Pine River
Tom Riley,  Pine River
Mr. and Mrs. Helmer Jones and
son were week-end guests of Mr. and
Airs. Oscar Robideau of Wirt, Minn.
Mrs. Selecta Besch of Sauk Centre,
and Miss Mae Davies of Emily, called
on Rev. MacKinney Monday.
4-H CLUB HEALTH
CONTEST IN PINE
RIVER IN SEPT.
Confessions of a bandit chief who
crowned himself king. A true story
as exciting as any Arabian Nights
tale. In the American Weekly, the
magazine distributed with next Sunday's Chicago Herald and Examiner, (adv.)
Clara City.—"I started saving dimes
a year and a half ago,." stated Ole
Strand, a farmer living near here,
"and today I brought the jar in and
used the dimes in the purchase of a
tractor." The dimes totalled $94 and
almost filled a pint fruit jar. Strand
remarked that whenever he had a
dime in his pocket, it went ihto the
jar, planning at first to use the collection in buying a car instead ,of a
tractor.
Mrs. Ernest Johnson of Pequot,
was a guest at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Moulster on
Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Grant Hayes and
daughter returned to their home in
Mt. Ayres, Ia. Sunday, after spending the past week with Mr. and Mrs.
John Kater.
The Cass county 4-H Club Health
contest which will be judged by Dr.
Burns of the Walker Sanitorium, will
be held September 2, at Pine River.
This is the entry day of the county
fair.
Each club is entitled to two delegates, one boy and one girl. The local
club delegates will be choosen at the
August Club meetings by Sanitorium
nurses.
The winning boy and girl in the
county contest will represent Cass
county at the State Fair.
All club members are urged to at.
tend their local meetings in August,
and to bring their health records!
with them. Meetings next week will
be as follows: Cass Lake, Monday,
Hackensack and Backus, Tuesday;
Pine River, Wednesday; and the Ju
nior winners, Friday.
Warren Huffman Sr., well known
resident of Pine River for many years,
was accidentally shot at his farm
home near here last Saturday. He
was immediately rushed to the local
hospital where he is recovering from
the effects of the wound. The bullet,
a .22 calibre, passed through the
front of his throat and lodged just
beneath the skin at the back of his
neck.
The accident occurred while he was
riding on a hay-rack. The gun which
was lying on the rack behind him,
slipped off. Reaching around, he attempted to catch it but missed. The
butt end of the rifle struck the rack
and discharged, sending the bullet into his neck. He was taken to the
Holman hospital and a specialist from
Brainerd was summoned for consultation. The injured man is expected
to recover.
CASS LAKE HALL TO BE
REDECORATED BY
WPA
A WPA crew consisting of six men
will be assigned effective July 28, to
the work of redecorating and improving the interior of the village hall at
Cass Lake by A. T. Gilbertson, district director. It is estimated that the
cost of the work will total approximately $822, of which the federal government is contributing $675 for labor, and $147 pledged by the village
council for material and other than
labor items.
LOCALS
Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Gardner, Mrs
Gardner-Johnson were among the
Brainerd  visitors  Saturday.
Mrs. A. N. Meland and guest, Mrs.
Wm. Meland of Duluth, drove to
Brainerd Saturday.
C. E. Wymore suffered a heat stroke Wednesday, and entered the local
hospital for treatment.
Miss Ruth Mary Lauritzon, a student at the Bemidji Teachers college,
spent the week-end at her home here.
Mrs. Peder Ness and daughter ot
Bemidji, spent the week-end with Mr.
and Mrs. N. D. Sherwood.
Mr. and Mrs. Don Martin arrived
Saturday from St Cloud, and will
spend the remainder of the summer
here.
Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Olson and family of Gibbon, Minnesota, are guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Robideau this
week, arriving Friday.
Vane Jones made a business trip
to Walker Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Kluck of Mason City,
la., arrived Tuesday, for a visit at
the Earl Gerard cottage on Norway
Lake.
SOIL  CONSERVATION   COMPLIANCE CHECK TO START SOON
PLANE     STRIKES     HAY   STACK,
AND     IS    BADLY    DAMAGED
Fertile.—An unbooked "thriller"
was witnessed by fair-goers here one
afternoon last week when an airplane pilot misjudged his landing requirements, hit a haystack and had a
real crack-up. The plane was quite
badly damaged, but the pilot escaped
without injuries.
FAR    AWAY    FIELDS
ARE     STILL     THE
GREENEST
Ortonville.—To both Minnesota and
South Dakota residents the far away
fields are the greenest. J. A. Peterson of Ortonville, while on a sightseeing tour through the Black Hills
region in South Dakota, listened intently to a wonderful sales talk by
a South Dakota man on the state he
had left only a week earlier. While
at Hot Springs Mr. Peterson entered
a grocery store to make a few purchases and incidentally asked the proprietor what drives    he    might    re-
LOCALS
Betty Paine and Beryle McKelvey,
who have been the guests of Mr. and
Mrs. John Kater Jr., left Friday for
their home in Ree Heights,  S. Dak.
Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Neuberger and
children motored to Long Prairie on
Sunday, where they spent the day
with friends.
Mr, and Mrs. Earl LaBonte and
daughter Barbara Ann of Park Rapids, were visitors at the T. D. Farnam home Sunday. Mrs. LaBonte and
Barbara Ann remained for an extended visit, while Mr. LaBonte returned
home Sunday evening.
Rev. Fredin, Pastor of the Tabernacle Baptist Church of Minneapolis,
called at the M. E. parsonage Sunday evening. The Milnes gave a
series of meetings with Rev. Fredin
when he was pastor at Eau Claire.
Wisconsin.
j Some Golf Hazards—
By Albert T. Reid
SO IT BECAME MECESSARY
TOVR1TE INSURANCE
TO GOVER GOLF Rl SJCS
.JTryA Want Ad
According to recent information received by County Agent Oscar Nelson,
the checking of compliance under the
1937 Soil Conservation Program will
be under way August 2. The school
of instruction for Farm Reporters was
held on Thursday (today), at which
time instructions for proceedure ot
the program was given out.
The farms that were measured last
year will not be re-measured this
year unless some discrepancy has ari-
son about the measurement. The
maps of the 1936 measured farms
were traced in the county office and
will be used in obtaining field data
under the 1937 program.
Mr. Nelson urges farmers to watch
the map closely, giving information
as accurately as possible and states
that care should be exercised in signing the reports as the county office
will assume that the maps are correct when a farmer's signature is
attached to a map, and will go ahead
with the application for payment
There is no definite limit for the
amount of conservation payments to
any county so no effort will be made
to hold down the payment but in order to receive a payment the applicant must show that he has earned
it. The issuing of the 1937 checks
will be greatly speeded up if accurate
reports are received.
FEATURES YOU WILL LIKE
Clothes may not make the man
but leaving them off makes him
foolish, says Irvin S. Cobb, who
discusses semi-nudism in his riotous column in this issue.
Felix Featherhead gets caught
in an artificial rainstorm and
Finney of the Force learns to appreciate music. Laugh with them
on the funny page.
Senate Kills court bill in President's most crushing legislative
defeat. Sen. Dieterich changes
his mind and Barkley is choosen
senate majority leader, see Edward W.Pickard's "News Review."