The Pine River Journal (Pine River, Minnesota), 1939-04-21

              PINE RIVER JOURNAL
VOLUME IT NUMBER 35
THE PINE ltiVER JOURNAL, PINE RIVER,  CASS  COUNTY,  MINNESOTA, FKIDaY, APRIL 21, 1939
SUB. $1.00 In County, $1.00 outside
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NEWS BRIEFS OF
INTEREST FROM
'ROUND THE STATE
BLOODHOUNDS  SEARCH   FOR
"MAD  BUTCHER"  HORSE  KILLER
Official Notices of the
Village of Pine* River
NOTICE TO  BUILDERS
Bemidji.—Three big bloodhounds
owned by George Brooks of LaCrosse,
Wisconsin were brought to Bemidji to
track a horse killer recently. The
"Mad Butcher" is linked up with the
killing of two horses and might possibly be connected with four dead
horses killed by a deadly poison. The
Dickinson horse, killed most recently,
was found with its throat cut, head
split open and was disembowled.
Bemidji authorities are worried- that
he might attack some human if he is
allowed to remain at large, which
prompted them to bring in trained
bloodhounds which have been used
all over the country for tracking down
criminals. The local police, county
authorities and the state bureau of
criminal apprehension have been work
ing on the case.
Any parties that are figuring on
building, must first get a building permit from the Village Clerk. Part of
building ordinance requires all buildings to be finished and painted or
stuccoed on exterior.
—Hi J. LUSCHER, MAYOR
■NOTICE
All refuse shall be taken to dumping
grounds only. Parties that have been
dumping on roads leading to dumping
grounds, are known, and we ask that
they clean same up.
By Order of Village Council,
H. J. LUSHER, MAYOR
VERNA CROMETT,
RUSSELL JOHNSON
SPEAK VOWS SAT.
MISSIONARY  MEETING
LOST  BILLFOLD  FOUND  INTACT
LAYING    IN    ASH    PILE
Glencoe.—The saying attributed to
the pioneer: "Thar's gold in them
thar hills," frequently proves true,
and it has also proven true that there
was wealth in one of the ash pi.os
which conspicuously dot the alleys at
this time of the year. Some time during the winter a billfold was lost containing a nice sum of money. Advertising for it failed to bring results and
it was thought it had fallen into tho
hands of a person who believs in ''finders keepers." However, this did not
prove to be the case. It fell from the
citizen's pocket while he was in the
act of emptying a pail of ashes from
his furnace. The spring thaw dissolved the snow, and when the resident
was making what he hoped to be abo;u
the last trip to the ash-pile, a water
soaked billfold was disclosed to his
eyes near the base of the pile.
On Thursday evening, April 27, the
monthly missionary meeting will bs
held at the Gospel Tabernacle. Miss
Helen Johnson, a missionary to the ft.
dians, is expected to be present ana
tell of her experiences. The public is
cordially  invited.
'MEN WITH WINGS'
FEATURE AT MARLOW ON SUNDAY
COWS    DIE    FROM GRASSHOPPER    POISON    RECENTLY
Anoka.—It wasn't marked poison, so
a sack of poison grasshopper bait
was fed to. six high grade Guernsey
cows by William Farb recently. Mr.
Farb had purchased a farm recently,
and found part of a sack of what
looked like bran in a workshop on the
farm and being short of feed, fed it
to the cows. The next day the cows
began to show the ecects, but in the
meantime Mr. Farb had sprayed the
Jiorse barn and thought that it was
t'his that made them sick. The follow-
day the rest died. Some of the milk
ifrom the cows had been used and the
balance was taken to town for medical examination. No ill effects were
suffered from the milk.
Opening to-night and continuing
through Saturday the Marlow brings
you "Drums" in technicolor with Sabn,
that bright young star whose supberb
acting has won him national fame.
The supporting cast includes Raymond
Massey, Desmond Tester and a host
of others.
Men With Wings, Paramount's cavalcade of the air, giving the history
of the airplanes from the first Wright
Bros, flight to the present day, will
be featured at the Marlow Sunday,
Monday and Tuesday. Produced on
an elaborate scale, it has some of tne
most thrilling air scenes ever filmed.
The natural beauty of the Technicolor is the highlight of the production.
Leading roles are capably handled by
Fred MacMurray, Ray Milland and
Louise Campbell, while Andy Devlne
and Lynne Overman Dring a touch of
comedy to an otherwise heavy drama.
"Ferdinand the Bull" will he an added attraction on this program.
I Second in the exciting Sports Adventure series produced by 20th Century-Fox, "Road Demon,'' a story" of
auto racing, opens next Wednesday
and Thursday, Cash Club nights, at
the Marlow with Henry Arthur, Joap.
Valerie, Heury Armetta, Tom Beck
and Bill Robinson featured. The film '
brings back the Gambini Family, who
were introduced in "Speed to Burn,";
first of the series.
A beautiful candle-light wedding
was solemnized at the home of -\ i.
and Mrs. Ernest Robideau at five-thirty o'clock Saterday afternoon, wln'i
Miss Verna Cromett, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Morris Cromett of this city,
became the bride of Russell Johnson;
son of Mr. Johnson of Brainerd. The
service was read by Rev. Robert Mead
of l'ine River.
The ceremony was performed amidst
an artistically arranged bank of palms
ferns and flowers, lighted ny beautiful
candelabra.
A host of relatives anu friends gathered to witness the solemnizing of
the ceremony.
Mrs. Arthur Holman of Brainerd, a
close friend of the bride acted us
bridesmaid, and BUI Cromett, a brother of the bride, attended the groom.
The bride was attired in a tan traveling suit, with Paris tan accessories and wore a corsage of roses and
baby breath. The bridesmaid chose
blue, with matching accessories and
wore a bouquet of sweet peas and
baby reath. The men wore conventional grey suits.
j Immediately following the ceremony, a wedding dinner was serve I
to sixteen guests at the home of Mr
and Mrs. Ernest Robideau, uncle ami
aunt of the bride. A huge wedding
cake composed of five tiers and topped with a miniature bride and groom.
baked by Mr. Robideau, graced the
festiye table, which was decorated
in pink and white.
Miss Cromett grew to woman hood
in this community and is well ano
favorably known by everyone. Sf.fl
Is a graduate of the local high school
and the normal training department.
For the past three years she has be?n
employed as head waitress at the
Garvey Cafe in Brainerd.
The groom is a resident of Brain*
erd, and is employed at the Western
Union omce.
The young couple left the same evening for Brainerd, where they will
be at home to their many friends at
308 North  Seventh  St.
CREAMERY MEETING SATURDAY, IS
VERY SUCCESSFUL
A meeting was held Saturday of
the stockholders and patrons of tne
local creamery, at the armory. One
of the most successful meetings in
recent years was carried out, which
shows the increasing interest and
necessity of a creamery in the community.
L. O. Fick, Secretary of the institution, opened the meeting, discussing business :>[ tlie past year and also plans for the coming year. Following tlie opening session, a board oi.
directors, consisting of L. O. FleK.
Jim Shepard, Marvin Peterson, George Olson, John Norman, Gust Koppenberg and N. D. Sherwood, were
elected. An organization meeting
will be held Saturday, April 22.
Five hundred patrons and interested members enjoyed a noon-day
feed at the armory, according to Joe
Neuberger, operator of the local
creamery. Funds for the meal were
donated by Pine River business irje.i,
who realize tlie importance to tue
community of a well managed creamery such as we are now enjoying.
Further plans for the progress -it
the institution which are now under
way will be announced in your next
week's  Journal.
EXPERT SHOT BROUGHT ERRANT
FLIGHT   FROM   HIGH-LINE   WIRES
,Sauk Centre—It's kite flyin' time
and one lad was equal to the troubles
that beset his craft. Flying high, his
kite took a swoop earthward and tangled in the highline. The boy, unidentified, fook a .22 rifle, and in three
shots had severed the string, brought
his kite to the ground, and never
touched the highline. Power company
employees weren't recommending this
type of retrieving and warned against
its dangerous possibilities.
NEEDLE SWALLOWED BY
YOUNG  BOY,  IS  REMOVED
Lismore.—Verl Stoffel, two year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Stoffle, feels
better after the removal of a needle
from his stomach. Last week Mrs.
Stoffle noticed a large swelling on the
little fellow's side. He was taken to
the hospital and the missive was successfully   removed.
EMERY FICK HIT
DEER WITH TRUCK
MONDAY EVENING
Case Against Chas.
Harris Dismissed
Pine River Allotted
Additional State
Aid for Next Year
Sell It With A Want A<1
PONTORIA
THERE
COMES a
MOMENT
• A story of human
emotions, personal
achievement . . .
featuring a young
girl who, through
her own efforts,
forged her way to
a life of success
and happiness.
SERIALLY
IN THIS PAPER
Mr. and Mr.s. Hetherington spent several days in the Twin Cities last
week.
Several children in this vicinity are
confined to their homes with the measles.
I The K. G. Siltman family spent one
evening this week at the Preston Siltman home.
Mr. _and Mrs. M. Garten spent Saturday at the L. Clodfelter home. The
Gartens were dinner guests at the A.
Siltman homet Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Calvet arrived
from Minneapolis Wednesday, and are
spending a few days at their summer
home here.
Mrs. A. A. Uhlig entertained the Improvement Society at her home Satur
day evening. "000". was played at
four tables. Everyone enjoyed the
pleasant evening.
Edward Siltman Is confined to the
Pine River hospital, in a serious condition as the result of an automobile
accident  Saturday  night.
Mr. and Mrs. W. Warnky returned
from a trip through the west last
week. They also attended the Exposition while on the coast. The patter's
sister, Dorothy Zaske, of St Paul,
spending a few < days with them.
Supt. Otto Haack returned Wednesday evening from St Paul, where he
has spent the past several weeks
working with educational committees
in the interests of the local school
He was appointed to assist a sub-committee, headed by Mr. Rockne, for preparing statistics and grafs to be used
in explaining the financial condition
of various territories in the state. uL*.
Haack prepared detailed graphs by
dividing the state into three groups:
Red River Valley, TwinCity Area, and
Northern Minnesota, which proved
conclusively that the state aids received in this territory, known as
Northern Minnesota is rightfully ancl
logically coming to them. Through
his efforts, Pine River will receive an
additional $1500 to $2000. School aids
were raised throughout the state by
$1,600,000 during this last session.
Supt. Haack stated that Senator
Herreid and Representative Sawyer
spent a great deal of time and effort
in convincing the Senate and Housj
of the necessity of these added aids,
giving all the support possible for
these measures.
Pine River is indeed fortunate in
securing this additional aid and a vote
of thanks should extended Supt.
Haack for his efforts.
The case against Charles Harris,
which was scheduled to be hiard before Justice Webb last Friday, was
dismissed because of the absence ot
complaining witnesses. The charge
was brought by one of the Buschlnger
boys and was the outgrowth of his
eviction from a local tavern, after h»s
presence   had   become     ot>jeetlonabie\
Mr. Harris was in no way at fault
and was merely protecting himself
against an onslaught with an automobile crank when it became necessary
for him to defend himself and others
in danger of being hit.
The case was scheduled to have
been heard earlier in the week but
because of the inability of Ed. Rogers, attorney for the plaintiff, to be
present, the case was postponed at
the last minute. Dan DeLury of
Walker, had been retained to plead
the case for Mr. Harris.
FINDS     IRON     POST     INSIDE
INSIDE  OF  LARGE OAK  BOARD
JAIL EMPTY ON  EASTER,
FIRST    TIME     IN    YEARS
is
The week old infant daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Dwight Francis of Cloquer,
passed awayWednesday morning. Fun
eral services were conducted from the
Pine River Gospel Tabernacle Thursday afternoon, with Rev. MacKinney
. officiating. The sincere sympathy or
friends and relatives is extended to
the bereaved parents.
International Falls.—As has been
the habit for years and years, Deputy
Sheriff Fred U. Day read his paper,
then walked to the county jail to turn
it over to the prisoners. But there
were no prisoners ! The officer simply
had forgotten that the only inmate of
the county penal institution was released when friends posted bonds. Today Mr. Day recalled that it was the
first time within his memory that
the jail has been unoccupied or - Easter Sunday. Only three times in the
past twenty years has the jiil been
empty.
N rwood.—-Anyone who has eve.'
sawed a log has run into plenty of
knots in the process, But not mai>y
people run into an iron fence post in
the middle of a 21 foot log as did
William Isehe of Norwood recently.
Mr. Ische found the piece of Iron
fence "post deeply imbedded in the ,-g
about twenty-five feet from the butt
end. Needless to say, they aren't
many teeth left in the circular saw
that he was using. It it thought that
the piece of post must have become a
part of the tree very early In its lif.'1.
—Clean up unsightly back yards   tnd
vacant lots.
3
Our
QUESTION
B
ox
1. What is considered man's most
valuable physical development?
2. Did a president or vice president ever resign?
3. Who brought the first mules
to the United States?
4. What animal travels fastest
on foot?
5. What is the heaviest substance on earth?
0. What is the longest river in
the.world?
f. Who built the first modern
automobile in America?
8. Who was George Eliot?
0. What is the spice called mace'.'
10. Is the product of two whole
numbers always greater than their
sum?
Answers on Page 4
While returning from Brainerd on
Monday evening, where he had hauled a truck load of lumber, to be
transferred to a larger truck, because of load restrictions, Emery
Fick struck a 200 pound Doe, wrecking the front of his truck to the extent that it had to be laid up for
several days for repairs.
The accident occurred near the
John Kater farm about 7:30 in th:
evening. The Doe came from the
east side of the road and'leaped <ii-
rectly into the path of the truck, making It impossible for Mr. Fick to avoid
striking it. The deer was killed instantly. The occupants ot the truck.
Emery Fick, his son and Ernest
Thorpe,  escaped unhurt.
.The deer was taken to Pine River
and turned over to Warden Heuer,
who reported the accident to tee
state department.
A Little Civic Pride
Will Make a Big Difference In Village
On another page of this issue appears a notice by the Board of Health
for a general clean up of yards and
premises of the village before May 15.
The village council is doing everything they can to cooperate in this
movement and are this week, cleaning
aud preparing the dump grounds for
refuse. They sincerely ask that every
one using the dump, be considerate
enough to haul. their rubbish onto the
grounds and ot along the road leading
up to it. This has been uone in the
past and steps aire being taken to remedy this practice.
It is inevitable, apparently, that ash
heaps and refuse accumulate during
the winter months and these should
be taken care of. So far, the weather
has prevented anything like real progress along the clean-upline, but warmer weather is now here and a gooJ
rake and bit of hard work will <Jo
wonders to any back yard or vacant
lot.
A good clean village will go a long
way towards advertising our town
when the VFW convention is held here
in June.
Jim Ware and Ted
Howe Win Firsts in
Old Time Contest
The Old Time Fiddler's and Accordian Player's contest sponsored by
the VFW at the local armory Saturday evening proved quite successful,
considering the fact that the contest
had been postponed and road conditions were not the best. Dancing was
enjoyed until a late hour and everyone had  a good time.
Winners in the fiddlers contest,
were Jim Ware, first; Jack Rice, second and James Jimmerson third. In
the accordian division, Thed Howe,
first and Leonard Peterson, second.
David MacKinney will conduct services at the Pequot Evangelical
Churcn Sunday evening.
11 it with a want ad
JUNIORS TO PRESENT CLASS PLAY
NEXT FRIDAY
Junior   Class   PPlay   .. . ^	
Hilda Manning, author of the Juni- .
or Class Play, "Pickles Becomes a
Lady," a comedy in three acts, is a
newcomer who, in comparatively short
time, has attracted the favorable attention of critics everywhere. Her
first play, "Life Begins at Seventeen,"
like the present offering of the Junior Class, dealt with the problems ot
adolescence. It is for her understanding and her sympathetic insight into the lives of our youngest generation
that Miss Manning has achieved her
greatest  recognition.
This new play, "Pickles Becomes
a Lady," has been described as a "genuine human document, throbbingly alive and richly understanding of the
American youth it so successfully portrays." The problems of adolescence
have always provided a fertile flel-t
for the pens of our American dramatists. Anyone who can translate into terms of spoken drama the hopes
and dreams, the adventure and misadventures, the, tragi-comic climaxes
in the lives of these young people, is
immediately assured of a wide ana
avid career and Miss Manning has
amply demonstrated her ability alonu:
these  lines.
Pickles Becomes a Lady" has attracted more advance attention than
any other play presented for some
time. The cast includes the following members of the Junior Class:
Norma Thyr, Milton Heemstra, Margaret Wymore, Leona Hopite, Marian
Schultz, Ruth Johnson, Gertrude Ellis, Reva Nelson, Evelyn Johnson, Lucile Shepard, Floyd Stanley, Ofraydon
Cadwell, Vernon Basore and Donald
Peterson. Eleanor Kolb is the competent advertising manager assisted
by Doris Cromett. Ellsworth Houg
is the stage manager; Leota Rounds
and Marie Homan are assistant directors; Miss Isaacson is the faculty
member  in  charge of the play.
Tickets for "Pickles Becomes a Lady
will be sold by members of the Junior Class during the coming week. Tlie
play will be shown on April 28, 1939
at the Pine River School auditorium.
Curtains  will rise at 8:15 p. m.
—Clean  up unsightly back yards and
vacant lots. ,
T-B Cattle Testing
Started in County
Testing of cattle for tuberculosis
in Cass County, started Sunday, April
16, and will continue until April 29.
Twenty-two veterinarians and their
assistants are doing tlie work. Dr.
Jl. J. Jones of Milaca, assisted by
Charles Chamberlain, Dr. L. A. Swenson of Sherburn, assisted by Andrew
Ruigh, and Dr. J. C. McKee of Litchfield, assisted by Marius Houg, are do-
the work in the Pine River territory.
ROMANCE IN
MANHATTAN!
The story ot Mary Loring.
a home town girl who
sought refuge in a New
York writing career. You'll
weep with her when handsome Dr. Christopher Cragg
marries another girl . . .
but you'U discover Mary
was lucky when she meets
Phil Buchanan, the young
magazine editor who ultimately brings her happiness. You'll read every
thrilling installment of this
new story appearing serially in these columns.
THERE
COMES a
MOMENT