The Pine River Journal (Pine River, Minnesota), 1939-03-31

              PINE
JOURNAL
VOLUME IV NUMBER 32
THE PINE itiVER JOURNAL, PINE RIVER.  CASS  COUNTY,  MINNESOTA, FRIDAY, MARCH 31, 1939
SUB. $3.00 In County, $1.50 outside
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IN
CAPITOL
CORRIDORS
By  Lee  M.  Bennett
"Blow   Up  in   Courthouse
Noticed that the blow-up in the Cass
county courthouse last week consisted of a fire-cracker going off in th-}
lobby—all of which equivalents the
"blow up" which some Cass politicians
threatened would happen to the "court
house gang-' at the election last November
Northern   Minnesota   Plan
One of the constitutional amendments approved last fall ln Minnesota was that authorizing the trading ot
state lands for property of similar value from private individuals or the
Federal government. The purpose of
this amendment was to consolodat.e
state and federal holdings for forestry and recreational purposes and to
assist in the resettlement of settlers
now living on land poorly suited to
agriculture. As a result therefore,
the amendment was of particular value to Cass county.
To carry out the purposes of tlyj
amendment, three bills have been introduced In the Legislature. One
would permit, with proper safeguards,
county boards to zone all lands in, the
county for recreational, agricultural
or forestry purposes, and thus develop
a plan for future development. A second bill fixes the proceedure for
trading state land for that owned by
private individuals. Where a settler
is now living in a remote forest area
he will be enabled to exchange it for,
property near an established commun-!
Ity and better suited to agricultural
purposes, better market and school
facilities. The third bill allows the
state to give an insurable title on ta-c-
forfelted lands. At present a quit
claim deed from the original owner or
the court is necessary. The bill would
invalidate any claim the owner might I
have unless made within a year after
the land has been forfeited.
None deny but that serious and costly mistakes were made in the early
exploitation of Northern Minnesota,
but these bill when enacted "into law
and properly administered can <u,
much to remedv the errors of the past
Three  Weeks  Left
Some three weeks remain of the
present session which will adjourn |
April 19, and naturally both the House I
and Senate are going along under full
steam. Sessions are being held on
Saturdays, together witti two nignt
sessions during week days. The last
day for introduction of bills, unless
by permission from the Governor,
was last Saturday. Bills of various
sorts  are  being passed    every    day.
Three major bills will be up for
discussion this week. One of these
is the Vance-Myre relations bill which
is receiving considerable backing
from the rural areas and which, if
passed, will out-law to a considerable
extent the radical actions which apparently has been running riot for
the past few years • a second is, a
state reorganization hill which Governor Stassen stressed during his
"campaign last fall; and the third is
the Civil service bill for state emloy-
ees which has already passed the
House and has been amended by a
Senate sub-committee, also backed by
the Governor. All three should do
much to make Minnesota government
considerably better for all concerned.
Gas   Tax   Bill   Up I
The 4 cent gas tax bill passed the
House last week and now is in a Senate committee awaiting action. Two
years ago an extra cent was added
on for a two year period ending June
ot> of this year. Unless a similar bill
is again passed the tax will revert to
three cents on July 1. Passing the
House by a strong margin, and with
lots of sentiment for It in the Senate,
It would appear that the tax will be
retained for another two years.
Gossip in capitol corridors is; to
the effect that the fastest thing
wheels   these days is  a  kike  on
a bike in the Reich!
DRIVER   WATCHES   REAR
WHEELiGO  PAST   HIM
LATEST   FREAK   OF
NATURE  IS AMAZING
Welcome.—You drivers of Model A'9
may think you know all about , the
breed, but take it from Louie Weter-
kamp, you ain't seen nothin' until a.
rear wheel (off your own Ford) starts
beating your time. Then, says Louie,
look out! It happened at sundown
one evening recently. All of a sudden,
Bang! and the afterdeck of the Ford
gave a sharp lisp to Starboard. He
looked out of the window just in time
to see the rear wheel go past, take the
ditch, spin across a barbed wire fence
and stop in the field. The car remained unhurt and after Louie fixed the;
runaway  part he drove  on home.
St. Charles.—-All of us have heard
of various nature freaks, especially
among animals, but hero is one that
beais most of them. It is a pig whicn
has two bodies, with but one head;
it has four ears, and eight legs. The
nature monstrosity was born on the
Nichols farm near Troy, to a sow that
had seventeen pigs in her litter, besides the freak pig. In preparing the
animal for mounting it was discovered
that "it" had one digestive tract, but: i
hart two livers. The freak will be)
placed in a glass cage after mounting.
Bill Reducing Non-Resident
Fishing License Approved
SERVICES HELD FOR
JOHN RUHL SR.
MONDAY
FUND PROFOSED  TO
FINANCE   FEDERAL   AID '
ROADS^IN   COUNTIES
John Ruhl Sr., aged resident of this
community, passed away at the home
of his daughter, Mrs. Ben Ackerman
Friday morning of last week. He-
was S7 years of age at the time of
his death. Mr. Ruhl had made his
home with Mr. and Mrs. Ackerman
for the past year.
Funeral services were conducted
from Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic
Church Monday morning at 9 a. m.,
with Rev. Father R. Crowe officiating.
Interment was made in the Pine Ridge
cemetery.
Mr. Ruhl was bom on July 8, 1801,
In Indiana.
ARKANSAS TRAVELER, WITH BURNS,
AT MARLOW SUN.
The dramatic story of a woman
who sacrifices her love for one man
so that she might send another away
In war with a beautiful memory shattering his ideals, is the stirring theme
of "The Shopworn Angel," starring
Margaret Sullavan and James Stewart at the Marlow theatre Friday andj
Saturday.
Miss Sullavan brilliantly portrays
the role of a gold-digging show girl
who marries the young, naive soldier,
James Stewart, because she wants
him to go to France with a memory
ancl also because he is the first man
who has ever looked upon her as a!
fine woman. Her other sweetheart
is Walter Pidgepn] the dashing mar.-
about-town, who knows and loves her
for what she is.
Adolph Zukor presents that famous
radio and screen star, Bob Burns, inj
"The Arkansas Traveler," Sunday,
Monday and Tuesday at the Marlow.
Be there and see your favorite radio!
star on the screen. The story concerns a small town, its newspaper and
its people. The paper is coveted by
the local moneybags, and Bob Burns,
a tramp-printer arrives in time t/>
save everything from ruin.
Sally Eilers plays the part of a
night club entertainer In her new picture "Tarnished Angel," coming to
the Marlow next Wednesday and
Thursday.' Through force of circumstance she turns to a fake revival
business and becomes famous as a
faith healer.
Notice
SPECIAL   SERVICES   SCHEDULED   FOR    MILDRED   CHAPEL
Rev. and Mrs. David Fast of Mc-
Clusky, North Dakota, will conduct
special evangelistic services every evening this week at 8 p. m. through
Sunday, April 2. Special singing,
object talks especially for children
and gospel messages have been arranged for these meetings.
Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Brezinsky were
guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Ben Olin In Brainerd, Monday evening.
If you have brush to burn or meadows to clean off by burnine-—do It
while there is still snow in the woods.
This was the request issued today by
the Minnesota Division of Forestry in
a special notice tb fanners and settlers.
Damage to timber, game, game cover, grasses and hay, resulting from
spring fires, is reduced to a minimum
if burning is done while there Is still
snow in the woods, the Forestry Division notiee stated.
"The desire of neighbors and landowners, who do not want their farms
burned over, should be respected,",
said Homer Whiting, supervisor of the
Brainerd, Minn., forestry area. "This!
can best be accomplished by having
sufficient help and equipment at hand!
while burning is going on and by constructing a fire break around the area
to be burned."
Burning 'permits may be obtained
from local township fire wardens -or
the nearest forest ranger.
Means to break the legal and financial bonds which have prevented
most Minnesota counties from participating in the use of federal funds for
construction of secondary and feeder
roads, and to make available to them
$1,147,000 of accumulated Federal ahij
Secondary monies for county rngnwuv>
Improvements, are set up in a bill pro-
pared for introduction in both the Sen
ate and the House early this week.      j
The measure paves tlie way tor tne
establishment, construction and main-'
tenanee of a statewide secondary ays-1
tern of'roads that will eventually con-j
stitute the vast Important auxiliary to
the  state's  primary   highway   system.
It provides virtually  for setting up .i
Special fund, out of tax monies, to finance the. counties in  tlie improvement
of  their  most   heavily     travelled    or
strategic   highways.
The bill, originating with the new
State Highway administration under
Commissioner M. J. Hoffmann, has
been painstakingly drafted in conferences between state highway officials,
officers of the Minnesota Association
of County Commissioners and the
state1 association of County Engineers,
and members of the staff of Attorney
General J. A. A. Burnquist.
It Is being sponsored in the Senate
ancl House by the chairman of thet respective committees of Public Highways, Senator 0. I. Oliver of Grace-
ville and Representative A. J. Powers
of Mahnomen.
Ever since Federal Aid Secoi;
funds were made available to the
counties in 1937, most counties in Minnesota have found themselves unable
to advance the »sums required for matching sucli high-type improvement
projects as were contemplated under
the federal Hayden-Calitwright Act,
it was explained by O. L. Kipp, nctinj;
chief engineer of the hignway department, who with Commissioner Hof- j
fmann took a leading part in working
out the proposed program.
The act now proposed would .set up
a Secondary Highway Revolving fund.
This fund, not to exceed 'the amount
necessary to match available federal.
aid secondary monies would be«determined each year by the state board of
allotment, consisting of tne highway
Commissioner, State Auditor & State
Treasurer.
This secondary fund would be set
up from gas tax revenues which the
board estimates will accrue during
each calendar year, and would be so
designated before the regular gas tax
allotments are made to the counties.
The county board and tne Commissioner of Highways would jointly select the county roads to oe included
in the Secondary system. All roads,
county or state secondaries, would be
eligible for selection except highways
that are included in both the State
Trunk system and the present. Federal
aid system.
The counties retain the full right to
determine what part, if any, of their
gas tax apportionments shall be sent
up to match federal money on improve
ments thus made possible.
L W. WALTON TO
HEAD FAIR BOARD
AGAIN THIS YEAR
The Cass County Fair Board held
their organization meeting at the Farmers Supply Store Saturday evening,
with seven members present: L. W:
Walton, (J. I'. Rognlie, Clifford Gardner. Bert Heemstra, Homer Fraser,
Lenny Emery ancl Marius Houg.
The following officers were elected
for this year: President, L. W. Walton ; Vice Pres., Bert Heemstra, Secretary, G. P. Rognlie: .'ind Treasurer,
L. M. Severeid. Due Lc> the fact thai
there were only a few members present, the board of directors was not.
elected. This will be done at. a| meeting to be held the latter part of this
week.
ancl  Do  received   the  largest   number
of suspensions, with those from 21 to!
25 next.    Hennepin County again was]
first with 10 suspensions and Itniusej I
second with S.
To  date  this  year  194   drivers'  licenses have been revoked and 128 sum
pended.
ATTEND   SCHOOL   MEETING
Supt. Haack and Messers Butler,
Henderson and Mattson attended a
school men's meet at Hackensack
Monday evening. Supt. Haack gave
a report on his visit to the legislature
last week, discussing school finances.
He met with the educational committee of the House of Representat-
tives. The possibility of instituting a
course of social hygiene in schools
was  also discussed  at  the meeting.
EVERY DRUNK DRIVER
OF   '39   LOSES   LICENSE
Every convicted drunken driver tn
1939 has suffered full loss of his driver's license by revocation, Instead ot
suspension, Elden Rowe, chief of tne
State Highway Patrol, reported tins
week to M. J. Hoffmann, Minnesota
Highway commissioner. The report
also showed that of the 5,437 drivers
licenses revoked since the departmert.
was organized five years ago, .5,230 of
90.5 percent were revoked for drunken
driving.
For last February, 74 licenses were
revoked, 72 of them for drunken driving, one for failure to stop and one roi
manslaughter. Hennepin County wa.t
the highest with 1(> revocations • Ramsey next* with 12; and St. Louis third
with seven. Of the 87 counties. 59
had  no  revocations.
Suspensions for the month totaled
52.    Drivers between the ages  of 26
POSTPONED PIE
SOCIAL TO BE
HELD TONIGHT
Creamery To Hold
Shareholders Meeting
A special Shareholders meeting
which will take care of the business
of tlio Annual meeting of the Pine
River Co-operative Creamery Association, which was postponed last February 11 owing to the snow blockade
at that time, will be held at the Armory in Pine River on Saturday, April
15, 1939. The meeting will be called
to order at 10 a. iu.
Order of business: calling of roll,
proof of notice, reading ancl disposal
of all unapproved minutes, annual reports of officers and committees,
election of officers, unfinished business, new business and adjustments.
L. O. FICK
Secretary
Use A Want Ad
Our
QUESTION
B
ox
1. Who was Mark Twain ancl
what does mark twain mean"?
2. Under how many flags has the
Texas country been?
3. What part of the United States
is farthest  north V
4. Who was the 'Father of Baseball' and what did he do?
5. What religion has the most
followers?
(i. What is the difference between white and black peppers?
7. What did 'Mary, Mary quite
contrary'   have   in   her  garden?
S. Can a person be frightened to
death by a terrible dream or nightmare?
9. Why can an automobile be
driven farther in Canada on a gallon of gasoline than in the United
States?
10. Why Is it said, 'Buffalo Bill
never killed a buffalo?
Answers on Page 4
The PTA pie social and basketball
game which was postponed, will be
held at  the school  tonight  (Friday).
A rip-snortin', streamlined basketball game betwixt the futuristic five
fighting, ferocious, floppy, flappy flappers, fooling, finagling, fouling and
otherwise disturbing the artistic ability of the careful, casual, courageous,
courteous carriers of tlie corny consumptives. In other words, the Terrible Turks will play the Galloping Consumptives.
Horizontal Mcl'ivot Mattson will entertain with his swing aggregation,
better Known among the well-Informed, as the "Aeolian Eighteen". Everyone is cordially invited. The game
starts at 8 p. m., and will continue
until people's appetites demand a
more stable form of entertainment.
Each lady is requested to bring a
pie ancl will be admitted free. For
those not bringing pies, there will *)e
an admission charge of 5c.
Everyone should lie present ancl
support the band in their attempt to
raise money for uniforms.
CARD   OF  THANKS
We wish to express our sincere
thanks to our many friends and neighbors who so kindly assisted us during
the illness and death of Mr. Shaub.
We also wish to thank Rev.MacKinney
and all those bringing floral offerings.
Mrs. Addle Shaub and family
New Club Leader
Miss Ethel Anderson of Lockhart,
has been appointed 4-H club leader
for a six-month period in Cass County beginning April 1. Miss Anderson
comes highly recommended ancl no
doubt 4-H mcunbeers will enjoy working with her.
Miss Anderson attended Moorhead
State Teachers College two years anu
N. D. Agricultural College at Fargo
for two years. She is a former club
member.
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The Increase in the. non-resident
fishing license which was made two
years ago, with a chorus of complaints
from the resort areas of the state,
now litis been wiped off the statute
books. The picture at the left snows
Governor Harold E. Stassen signing
Senate File No. 1, the bill reducing the
license from $4 to the old figure of
. .. Watching him sign the bill from
left to right, are 'Senator F. J. Milk".-,
author of the bill; Senator C. A. Dahle
chairman of the senate game ind fish
committee, and Herman Litelike, chair
man of tlie bouse game and fish committee.
In addition to tlie $3 Itcense, the
bill provides for a combination nonresident fishing license for husband
and wife at $4.50.
Tills reduction is expected to lie a
big factor In increasing tourist travel
to Minnesota this summer and will oe
a help to all sections of the state. Resort areas have complained bitterly
that the increase in the non-residetiL
license, seriously reduced tourist tract  to Minnesota.
"Normally, the reduction shoul I
bring about an increase of at least
20 percent in the tourist industry, and
non-resident fishing." said Ed. L,
Shave, director of the Minnesota tourist bureau. "On account of the two
world's fairs, however, this increase
may not be fully effective during 1939.
The reduction brings Minnesota hi
line with its nearest competitors for
the tourist vacation business, and the
state can continue to draw Its large
clientele from the south and east.
WILD FOX TRIES TO
GET INTO FUR FARM
Park Rapids.—Kauglila Vogtman reports an interesting experience at the
Vogtman Fur Farm. He has a large
police dog who signals his master by
barking in a certain manner when one
of the foxes happens to get out of res
pen In the inclosure within the guaru
fence. One day recently the barking
of the dog attracted Mr. Vogtman'*
attention, but on investigation none ■. r
the pens proved to be emptv. However, a fine red fox was discovered
outside of the enclosure trying to citg
its way in. Mr. Vogtman now lias a
valuable red fox pelt.
Sell It With A Want Ad
Rubber Marksman
You old timers, who still claim to
be good with the slingshot, had better
look to your laurels, for "slingshot"
Charley Taylor, the Tennessee Hillbilly, is coming up this way to take on
all comers. And when Taylor misses
a target with his slingshot—that's
news.
He will demonstrate his talents for
the first time to Minnesotans at the
sixth annual Northwest Sports Show
In the Minneapolis auditorium, April
8 to id. Show visitors wishing to compete with him and get tneir target
eyes back in form will have a specially constructed slingshot range to
work  in.
Tin cans will be set up on a row, of
fence posts at the range, and there
will be cut-out duck ancl gopher targets to shoot at.
Taylor, former guide on Reelfoot
lake in Tennessee, can break clay targets "on the wing" and shoot BB-shot
out of a miniature slingshot as fast
as a man can pump shells into; a shotgun.
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