The Pine River Journal (Pine River, Minnesota), 1937-06-17

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PINE RIVER JOURNAL
VOLUME II NUMBER 44
THE PINE RIVER JOURNAL, PINE RIVER,  CASS  COUNTY, MINNESOTA, THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 1937
SUBSCRIPTION $1.00 Per Year
NEWS BRIEFS OF
INTEREST FROM
'ROUND THE STATE
TWIN   BROTHER AND  SISTER
HAVE   DIFFERENT   BIRTHDAYS
St Cloud.—The feminine insistance
"Ladies first!" resulted in the birth
of twins who will celebrate their
birthdays on different days, to Mr.
and Mrs. Adam Kammermeier at
their home in Cold Springs. The
lady arrived at 11:55 p. m., June 2,
and the gentlemen followed his sister at 12:10 a. in. on June 3. The
former also won out by physical superiority, tipping the scale at 6 1-4
pounds. The physicians who officiated at the arrival found the pair
'healthy and squally' and suggested
that they be named 'Edward and
Wally' in honor of the famous couple
who were married June 3 in France.
Although they were tempted by the
suggestion   they   decided   against   it.
CHICKEN"   GROWS     RAPIDLY
IN   WATER   BOTTLE   HOME
Sandstone.—A six-weeks-old chick
making its home in a large water
bottle, attracted attention here last
week. Art Halvorson placed a chick
in the bottle and it spent six weeks
there until the bottle was broken to
get it out. It was said that the chick
is much larger than others of the
same age which had been allowed to
run normally.
SCOUTS   PEDAL   1,700   MILES
FOR   BOY  SCOUT  JAMBOREE
Wadena.— Two British Columbia
youths, pedaled their way to the International Boy Scout Jamboree to
be held in Washington this summer,
passing through Wadena last week,
after having driven more than 1700
miles. The boys were Phil LaFor-
tune and Arthur Freeman, both of
Cobble Hill, ATancouver Island,- British Columbia. They left their homes
25 days before and averaged about
65 miles a day. When they reached
Wadena, they had had only one flat
tire on the entire trip to delay them.
OLD     ENGINE     OIL     IS     GOOD
FOR     BURNING     OUT     RATS
BRIDAL  SHOWER
A bridal shower was given in honor of Miss Joan Button at the home
of Mrs. R. O. Hendrickson in Moorhead Saturday. The honored guest
received many beautiful and useful
gifts in memory of the occasion. She
was accompanied on the trip by Barbara Kolb  and Norman Gilbertson.
TABERNACLE   NEWS
On Sunday evening, Rev. Mackln-
ney will be in his pulpit again after
a week-end in the Bethel Temple in
St Paul. Mr. Mackinney will speak
next Sunday night on "The Jews,
England and the Coming War in Europe.
NEW YORK MAN
ARRIVES HERE
VIA TAXI-CAB
This resort territory has overlooked a bet in its literature— it failed
to suggest the hiring of taxi-cabs for
transportation to resorts and lakes in
this region. But a New York salesman made up for the oversight, ar
riving in this territory Saturday, after leaving Broadway last Sunday in
a cab he hired there. The salesman,
Roy B. Johnson, New York City, spent
Friday night of last week in Minneapolis, and drove up north Saturday
to begin fishing.
He said the trip averaged $17 per
day, about the same amount as if he
had made the trip by plane.
114  LOSE   LICENSES  IN   RECORD
DRIVE     ON     TIPSY     DRIVERS
Fairmont.—One of the best ways
to get rid of rats is to burn them,
'thinks Dave Jaqua, caretaker of the
local city dump, who tried out the
■experiment with success. A year ago
a man came to Fairmont with the pro'
position to kill all rats at the city;
dump. He spread poison and killed
hundreds of them, but there were as
many as ever until tried out his
scheme of fighting rats with lire. He
got a large quantity of old crankcase
and other waste oils from garages
and dumped a truck load of this oil
down the bank at the dump. When
he touched a match to the oil a heavy explosion resulted. The entire
bank was ablaze. Everything on the
surface was burned and the fire
crept into crevices in the bank and
burned as long as the oil lasted. As
all the ground at that point is filled
with rubbish and debris, the fire readily found combustable material. So
far into the pile did the fire burn that
an area of three or four feet settled,
leaving a deep depression in the surface of the bank 20 feet above. It
is believed that hundreds of rats
were burned to death and their living quarters destroyed. If the caretaker gets enought motor oil he expects to put on more rat fireworks.
One hundred and fourteen Minnesota motor vehicle drivers lost their
licenses last month as police, sheriffs
and highway patrolmen tightened
their drive on reckless and intoxicated operators. Setting an all-time
high mark for license revocations in
May, Gil Carmichael, director of the
Drivers License division of the State Highway Department, in a report
to N. W. Elsberg, reported steady
progress as the state's police forces
close in on drunken drivers.
For the first five months of 1937,
361 drivers have lost their licenses
on revocations and of these, 349 were
drunken drivers, Mr. Carmichael said.
Since the bureau started in 1934,
there have been 2,713 revocations,
and of these 2,597 were convicted of
driving while drunk. While revocations leaped to a new high in May,
the 114 comparing with 72 the same
month last year, suspensions dropped
from 100 in 1936 to 79 for May 1937.
NORTH PINE R.
MAN     BRINGS     1,200     EGGS
ON     RARE     CITY    TRIP
Fairmont.— Archie Handy.Center
Craek pioneer living in the Granada
community, made one of his rare visits to Fairmont last week, shook
hands with the boys at the courthouse
chatted on the streets and disposed
of more than a hundred dozen eggs.
In spite of his more than 81 years,
Archie still wears his long golden
locks,his eye is keen and his mind
active. "I can't stand up straight
like I used to—I have to lean on my
cane," said Archie. "If I try to
stand erect I lose my balance and
stagger. They had it reported that
I was drunk when I came to town
last year." Archie, who is fond of
raising poultry, used to like eggs
very well but now he says "It's just
like everything else, when you have
lots of something you don't care very
much for it.   .
Mrs. Dubbs, Correspondent
Mr. and Mrs. Del Frame and Mr.
and Mrs. George Johnson were guests at the Heemstra home Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Dale Dubbs called at
the Duncan home Sunday.
Darrel Collins was an over-night
guest at the George Collins home last
week.
Grandpa Duncan spent Sunday at
the Clarence Duncan home on Horseshoe Lake.
Maxine and DelRose Dubbs spent
Sunday with Maxine Heemstra.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Chumley accompanied Verne to Wadena, where they
attended the wedding of Marion Chum
ley.     Congratulations  Marion.
Robert Dubbs left Thursday for
Pontoria, where he is employed.
Mr. and Mrs. Homer Fraser called
at the Dubbs home Sunday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Weishair called
at the Geo. Collins home Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Davison are
spending a few days at the Charles
Bates home.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Bates visited
at the Henry Leef home Monday evening.
Mrs. Thomas Young, Mrs. D. B.
Stevens and Miss Lund spent Monday afternoon at the Bates home.
ST PAUL MAN CONVICTED ON CHARGE
OF ASSAULT FRL
AT     HOUSE    TRAILERS
Phillip Rosenblum of 847 Caro St.
St Paul, was convicted in Justice
Court in Pine River Friday, on a
charge of assault and battery, brought
against him by a 20 year-old married
woman living near Pine River. He
was sentenced to Pay a fine of $60,
or serve 60 days in jail, by Justice
Wm.   Stewart.
Rosenblum, a rural salesman of
dry goods and notions, found the
young woman alone at her home 6
miles west of Pine River and attempted to criminally assault her. After
a struggle she managed to elude him
and forced him out of the house,
locking the door. A short time later
when her husband returned home,
they drove to Pine River and filed a
complaint with Deputy Townsend. A
search for the man was started immediately and farmers in that territory were notified and asked to be
on the look-out for the salesman. On
the following day Rosenblum drove
up to a nearby farm home to make
a sale. The farmer recognized and
held him until authorities could be
notified.
After being found guilty he immediately paid his fine and was released.
Every house- trailer, and all towed
vehicles transported on the streets
and highways of Minnesota, will be
'violating the new traffic code if they
are not equipped with brakes that
can be operated by the driver of the
jtowing car. Ihihs is the warning of
-the Minnesota Highway Patrol. Most
manufactured house-trailers are so
equipped, according to Frank Corcor-
jan of tne patrol, and dealers who
transport new machines can obtain
proper equipment. Section 105 of
the new trahic code provides for
this  new  enforcement.
LET     'EM      PASS,     AVOID
FINES,    PATROL    WARNS
If the other fellow comes up nehind
you on a highway, toots his horn and
starts to pass, don't race him, its expensive. This is the warning of the
Minnesota Highway Patrol. It might
'•ost you $100 or may send you to
jail for 90 days. That's the maximum penalty provided by the now
traffic code. Since the new law be-
taine effective the patrol has arrested
a score of drives for violating Section 34, which forbids speeding to prei
vent  passing.
BURGLERS LOOT
STORE IN HACK.
FRIDAY NIGHT
Cass county authorities and the
criminal bureau of apprehension
agents have been checking meager
clues seeking to capture the burglers
who early Friday, broke into the
Hackensack Lumber and Hardware
Company and got away with $348 in
cash and $592 in merchandise. The
merchandise was loaded onto a large truck that the bandits brought
with them.
The investigation is being conducted by Sheriff Merry and C. A
Leary, manager of the Brainerd office of the state crime bureau.
The robbers entered the store
through a rear window and smashed
open the safe containing the cash.
The merchandise valued at $592, included four outboard motors.
ST    CLOUD     HAS    SIX
SISTERS CITIES    IN    U.    ».
STATE  PATROL TAKES FLING
NUPTIALS OF LOCAL
INTEREST TAKE
PLACE THIS WEEK
HANSON - HOLVERSON
A beautiful wedding ceremony was
performed at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. S. P. Hanson in Pine River Saturday, when Miss Selma Hanson became the bride of Harry Holverson
of Boty River. The ceremony was
read by Rev. Gorden Hansen of Boy
River, with only the immediate family present. Attendants were Raymond Hanson, a brother of the bride,
and Miss Debora Van Giffen.
The bride was attired in a peach
silk lace gown and wore a corsage of
tea roses and achillea. The bride's
attendant wore an orchid dress with
a corsage of roses and larkspur. The
groom wore the conventional blue.
A reception was held at the bride's
home following the ceremony. The
young couple left immediately after
the reception for a wedding trip.
They will be at home to their many
friends at Braham, Minnesota, after
June 30.
NEWMAN   -  CARPENTER
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Kline of Part
City, Montana, and Mrs. Neubauer of
Watford City, N. D., left Wednesday
for Morton, Minn. They have been
visiting at the Herb Kline home.
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Walton and
Mrs. Foss and Mr. Bartlett of Backus,
left Wednesday for St Peter, where
they will attend a meeting of the
Grand Lodge.
_JTryA Want Ad
St Cloud.—This city, built along the
shores of the Mississippi and famed
for its granite industry, has six sister cities for "St Clouds" flourish
in Wisconsin, Florida, West Virginia,
Pennsylvania and in some foreign
countries. Raising its feeble head
against the wilderness, St Cloud, Wis.
was given its place on the map by
the railroad then originating from
Sheboygen. The village has a population of 265. St Cloud, Florida, has
a population of 3000. It was founded 25 years ago as a community for
veterans from the United States military service and is now distinctly a
residential town where those veterans spend their declining years.
France and Algeria each have a "St
Cloud" also.
Torturing his 700 wives was the
favorite sport of the Sultan of Morocco who has just died. Rend about
him in the American Weekly, the
magazine distributed with next Sunday's Chicago Herald and Examiner.
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Houston, Mr.
and Mr. and Mrs. John Kater drove
to the North Shore Tuesday on a
fishing trip.
The home of Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Newman of Backus, was the scene
of the marriage of their daughter, Rosalie M. Newman, to Rolland R. Carpenter, son of Mrs. Blanche Carpenter of Longville, Thursday afternoon,
June 10, at 1:30 p. m.
The Rev. A. E. Hanson of Christ's
Church St Paul, officiated before an
improvised altar of ferns, forget-me-
nots, lillies of the valley, bridal wreath and candelabra. Preceding the
services a program of nuptial selections was played by Miss Aurora
Berg. Miss Berg sang "Ah Sweet
Mystery of Life" and "I Love You
Truly," with Miss Stella Berg as accompanist. For the processional,
"The Bridal Chorus" from Lohrengrin
was played.
The bride, who entered with her
grandfather, J. A. Newman, wore a
gown of white silk chiffon, quaintly
styled with sherred bodice and short
sleeves puffed at the shoulders; Floor
length veil of lace edged net with lace
cap and tiara of seed pearls and orange blossoms. She carried a bouquet of Calla Lillies.
Mrs. Robert Teets, her sister, was
her only attendant. Mrs. Teets wore
a floor length dress of white silk
crepe, a tiara of pink roses and carried pink roses. Mr. Robert Teets
attended  the groom.
Following the ceremony, a reception was held for those present at the
services. Guests included Mrs.Blanche
Carpenter, Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Carpenter, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Carpenter, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Kinkel
and family, all of Longville; Mr. and
Mrs. Ed Olson of Crosby, Mr. and
Mrs. Stevens of Pine River, Mr. J.
A. Newman, Mrs. Adah Miller, Misses
Aurora and Stella Berg of Backus and
Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Starkweather of
Hackensack.
Mr. and Mrs. Carpenter will reside
in their home on Norway Lake, which
they purchased recently.
NATION - SHIFFER
The marriage of Miss Adrinne Nation of St Paul, to Theodore Shiffer
of Pine River, has been announced by
Mr. and Mrs. B. L. Shiffer.
The marriage took place in Cass
Lake on Friday, June 11, with Rev
Stevens officiating. The only attendants were Mr. Ralph Gornflow of
Hackensack, and Miss Stevens. The
young couple will be at home to their
many friends in Elk River, after September 15.
Mrs. Shiffer is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Nation of St Paul, and Mr.
Shiffer is the son of Mr. and Mrs. B.
I,. Shiffer of Pine River.
Huge July 4th Celebration Planned
PRENUPTIAL  PARTY
Miss Cora Houg was guest of honor at a pre-nuptial party given by
Mrs. Walton Sunday afternoon.
Miss Houg's marriage to Lyle Smith
of Cummings, la., will take place this
month.
FEW CHANGES  IN COUNTY
BECAUSE   OF   CONSOLIDATION
Consolidation of districts to effect
a reduction in the administrative
cost of WPA, announced last week at
the St Paul office of Victor Christgau,
will result in practically no changes
in Cass county, according to a statement issued this week at the Bralnerd
office of A.  T.  Gilbertson.
Administration of the Work Relief
Program hereafter will be handled
through seven instead of nine offices.
The smaller number of district offices
will make it possible to administer
the program with approximately 50
fewer administrative employees. The
changes concern counties in the southern and west central areas. Districts
Three and Nine have been consolidated with headquarters at New Ulm,
and districts Six and Eight will be
taken care of through the St Cloud
office.
That reduction in Minnesota is not
more drastic, is due to the fact that
the administrative personnel has
been reduced from time to time to
correspond with the reduced employment of project workers.
COOKING SCHOOL IN
PINE RIVER SAT.
The Minnesota Utilities Co. of
Pine River, is sponsoring a free cooking school and demonstration, to be
conducted in their salesrooms in Pine
River, on Saturday afternoon, June
19, beginning at 2:30 p. m.
The demonstration will be conducted by Miss Naomi Rice, Home Economist. Attendance prizes will be given to those present. Everyone is invited to attend and become familiar
with the speed, safety and durability
of the new modern ranges. Read
their ad on another page of this issue.
STANLEY - PETERSON
Co-
of
to
Mr. and Mrs. Guy Stanley of
hasset, announced the marriage
thi<r daughter Esther Carolyn
Sampson Custer Peterson, youngest
son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Peterson of
Spang. The ceremony was read at
the Methodist parsonage in Hill City
on Friday evening, April 2, with Rev.
Elsie Hartman officiating. Mr. and
Mrs. H. Stanley of Hill City were
the attendants.
, Mrs. Peterson spent several years
.with her parents in Hill City and
moved with them to Cohasset a few
years ago. Mr. Peterson grew to
manhood in the Spang and Hill City
communities and is a graduate of the
Hill City high school. „
. Mr. and Mrs. Stanley are former
residents of Pine River, and their
daughter was born here. Their many
friends here will be interested to learn
of the marriage.
The Misses Mathilda Sageng of Dal-
ton, Elsie Michaelson of Minneapolis,
Margaret Oberg of St Paul, and In-
grid Savolainen of Nashuak, have
rented a cottage at Kilworry Camp
on Whitefish Lake, and will spend a
short vacation there. They are all
former memebers of the Pine River
faculty.
Plans for a gala Fourth of July
celebration are under way in Pine
River. Funds have been contributed
for the promotion by the local business men to finance a Fish Fry and
Celebration that will accomodate four
thousand people. This is one of the
biggest undertakings Pine River has
tried in the celebration line for a
number of years and in order to make it a success, the cooperation or
everyone in the community is needed.
A large variety of Entertainment
has been scheduled to fill the entire
day, from early morning until late at
night. The day will begin in the
morning with a parade of floats and
band music by the school band. The
floats will represent various business
enterprises in Pine River. A Grand
Prize will be awarded to the most interesting float in the parade—so now
is the time to begin planning for it.
Monday, July 5, has been decided upon as the day for the celebration as the Fourth falls on Sunday this
year.
Following the parade there will be
a full program of water sports, baseball and kittenball games and a hl»
larious "water fight" by members of
the local fire department and volunteers. This will be followed by a
"Jitney Dance" with good  music.
One of the biggest events of the day
will be held at noon when some 2000
pounds of appetizing fish will be prepared for all comers. The "Fish Fry"
will be under the able management
of Charles Thorpe, veteran of several such occasions in Pine River.
Climaxing the days festivities will
be a gigantic display of fireworks in
the evening—an appropriate way to
round off a good old Fourth of July
celebration.
There will be something doing all
day—not a dull moment in a carload.
Plan To Spend The Fifth of July in
Pine River, an 3 Enjoy a Good Old
Fashioned Fish Fry.
Central   Walden
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. McCarthy of
St Charles, arrived Thursday.to spend
a few days with the Lauritzon children.
Bertel Carlson left Friday for Blue
Earth, where he will be employed this
summer.
Lillian Heino,   Correspondent
Abe Pajumpa and mother and George Davidson visited in Milwaukee
last Sunday. They were guests of
John Pajumpa, formerly of this vicinity.
Leo Heino spent the week-end at
his home.
Miss Blanche McAllister and Alice
Heino called at Walker Saturday, attending to some business and visiting
with J. W. Wicklund.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Sundberg and fami
ly and John Sundberg Sr. of Brainerd, were guests at the Heino anCt
Julius  Johnson  homes   Sunday.
Relatives of Mrs. Ancil Woods and
Norbert Filsmeyers drove up from
Eden Valley to spend the week-end
here. They also attended graduation
exercises at Pine River.
Mr. and Mrs. Nikkari and Martha
and Donald attended the graduation
exercises in Brainerd Friday evening.
The Nikkari family and Ruth Council were visitors at the Heino home
Thursday evening.
Mrs. Caroline HIetala called at the
L. Wilson home Thursday.
Charles Heino made a trip to Bralnerd Monday. He was accompanied
by Misses Sophie, Lillian and Edna
Heino and Roy Davidson. The latter
three will attend confirmation school
there this week.
The Kaylas have purchased a new
V8. It will be stored at the Pequot
Garage until they complete a building
for it at home.
Jack Sarkiho of Brainerd, visited
with his family at the Leander Wilson home over the week-end.
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.
H. L. Maxhimer, Pine River
Jack Knutson, Pine River
FEATURES YOU WILL LIKE
Smiles and chuckles for alf the
family on our funny page.
Irvin S. Cobb sympathizes with
the poor little rich man In his
problem of running the yacht. A
truckload of witticisms by America's foremost humorist.
Labor flare-ups continue on all
fronts as steel strikes continue
to take first place. E. W. Pickard
examine* the situation in his
"Weekly News Review."