The Pine River Journal (Pine River, Minnesota), 1938-12-02

              PINE RIVER JOURNAL
VOLUME IV NUMBER 16
THE PINE .iaVER JOURNAL, PINE   RIVER,   CASS  COUNTY,  MLNNESO TA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2, 193S
SUB. $1.00 In County, $1.50 outeide
NEWS BRIEFS OF
INTEREST FRO.'H
'ROUND THE STATE
TRUCK  SMASHED  INTO
TRAILER-    SPILLS    BOTTLES
Pipestone.—A truck, loaded with |
soft drinks and ice cream, was badly
smashed and its contents scattered
and damaged, when it crashed into a
car and trailer parked on the highway
north of Pipestone, one evening recently. The truck hit a trailer and
then went into a ditch where it tipped, over. It was reported that the
trailer's flares failed to function when
he stopped on the highway to repair
a tire. What a sight to the eyes of
the children that wreck would have
been, had it happened in town.
CHILD     DRINKS    GAS,
HAS     NO     ILL     EFFECT
Luverne.—Boys will be boys, it has
been said, and when they decide that
they are thirsty, they waste no time
in obtaining something to drink. Verl
Stoffel, year-and-a-half old son of Mr.
and Mrs. Jack Stoffel of near Lis-
more, is no exception. When his
mother was filling a lamp with gasoline one day last week, little Verl de-'
cided that a drink was just what he
needed. When his mother left thej
room, the boy drank the small amount of gasoline that remained. Mrs.
Stoffel noticed it almost at once and j
Verl was taken to a doctor immediately. . He suffered no ill effects
from the liquid.
LOCAL MAN DISCOVERS NEW
WAY TO SPREAD FERTILIZER
J. A. Trude, living west of Pine
River, has discovered a new method of spreading fertilizer—it is
much faster and spreads the crop-
producing elements over a much'
wider territory than the old fashioned way.
His discovery was made and
tried out at the same time and
here is how it goes: Mr. Trude
was coming into Pine River from
the west Friday afternoon, with a
loaded manure spreader and was
walking by the horses on tlie north
_ side. He was crossing the tracks
by the pickie factory when a south
bound freight bore down on the
ill-fated load with all its furry.
Mr. Trude evidentally did not notice the approach of the steam
steed nor hear the long toots on
the whistle as the engineer leaned
on the cord, for, a second after he
and the horses had passed over
the last rail the spreader and its
load was scattered hither and yon.
The hand of fate was indeed in
Mr. Trude's favor as neither him
nor his horses were hurt at all.
The impact of the train snapped
the pole of the spreader just back
of the horses and the load went
merrily on its way down the track.
It was some time before the engineer and fireman were able to
sweep off the odorous covering on
the engine and cab and continue
down  the  track.
The accident was very nearly a
tragic one and had it been so, no
jests would have been made but
as it is, it makes a good story—■
and a poor manure spreader.
AAA Meetings To Be
Held In Co. Next Wk.
RITES HELD FOR
LEWIS KING AT
E. CHURCH
AAA meetings will be held throughout the county next week to discuss
the l!).'!ii Farm Program, according to
Ed Dorsey of Pillager who heads the
AAA  in the  county.
The purpose of the meeting is, co
discuss the background and purposes of the Farm Act and. to receive
suggestions from those interested, on
improvements   on   future   legislation.
Following' is the place and date of
meetings:
Pine River Armory, Dec. 9, afternoon
Reiner village hall, Dec. 0
Longville  hall,   Dec.   8,   evening
Bilnd  Lake  scnool,  Dec.  5,    evening
.Mildred  school,  Dec.  1.2,  evening
Herder school, Dec. 8, evening
Loon   Lake  hall,  Dec.  8,  afternoon
Pine   Forest  school,  Dec.  13,  evening
McKinley  hall,  Dec.  9,  afternoon
Poplar  school,  Dec.  14,  evening
Maple Grove school, Dec. 13, evening
Ellis hall, Dec.  13, afternoon
Home Dem. Project
Meeting Held Here
County Agent, Oscar Nelson, Mrs.
Beatrice McGrath Ass't. Home De-j
monstration Leader of the U. Farm,!
met with the county chairman at
the Lake Region hotel Wednesday,
to discuss the possibilities of organizing a demonstration project in Cass
County.
Mr. Nelson opened the meeting
with a few brief remarks concerning
ihe newness of this undertaking in
i e county, its ..ppeal to ladies con-
iari.il throughout the county ancl
tlie advisability of selecting a project
to meet the needs of the people in
the county.
Mrs. McGrath spoke briefly on the
advantages of the organization, the
number of projects which might De
taken up aud the advantages of each
as well as the building up of a community   spirit   throughout   the  county.
The organization will be divided
into units of 10 to 14 members witn
a chairman in each unit. At least 2i
of these units must be organized in
the county in order to obtain the
free services of specialists from the
I. i arm. Anyone in the county in-
. terested in having such units are ask
ed tu get in touch with the county
agent.
Out of town people present at the
meeting, included R. M. Douglas,
Mesdames Peter Lillemo of Wilkinson, Wallace Goss and Dave Foster
of Cass Lake. R. F. Hallberg of Leader, Frank Madigan of Laporte, Ed.
Dorsey and Claude Vincent of Pillager. Bert Heemstra of Mildred and
Leslie Gilson of Pine River.
Lewis' B. King, father of J. W.
King passed away in Pine River on
Friday, at the age of 88 years. Death
was due to old age.
Funeral services were held Sunday
afternoon from the M. E. Churcn,
with Rev. Harry Nelson of Battle
.Lake officiating and Rev. Mead assisting. Interment was made in the
Pine Ridge cemetery.
Lewis B. King was born April 23,
1S50 in Morgan County, Ohio ,where
he spent his early youth. On September 19. 1872, he was united in
marriage to Rebecca Pierpoint. This
union was blessed with eight children, three of whom died in infancy.
One daughter died in 1926. In the
early days of their married life, Mr.
and Mrs. King came west to Iowa,
and since have lived in Missouri,
Wisconsin and Minnesota.. Because
of advanced age and ailing health,
Mr. and Mrs. King came to live with
their son Joseph in 1936, and moved
with him to Pine River in 1937.
Mr. King was a consistant christian, having been converted and joining the 'M. E. Church when a young
man. His life was lived for others
and he especially loved little children.
He leaves to mourn his departure,
his wife, who will soon be 90 years
old, three sons and one daughter. Also 18 grandchildren, 13 great grandchildren and a host of friends and
relatives.
: Those from out of town who atten-
ed the services, were Rev. and Mrs.
E. C. King and baby and Miss Neva
King of St Paul, and Ben P. King of
Humboldt,  Iowa.
VILLAGE ELECTION
NEXT TUESDAY,
BIG VOTE SEEN
Considerable interest has been
shown the past few days concerning
the Village Election to be held Tuesday, December 6 at the local polling
rooms.
No public announcement of the issues at stake have been made but considerable excitement has been worked up the past week and na small amount of campaigning is being done.
Major H. C. Skinner, who has served in the capacity of Mayor for the
past two terms, and Harris Zigmund,
who has served as councilman for several terms, did not file for re-election, ■
Other offices expiring this year are
that of Assessor, two Constables and
two Justices of Peace. The only can-j
didates running without opposition
are H. M. Leef for Assessor and Ben
Shiffer and Vane Jones for Constables. A heavy vote is anticipated at
the polls. i
Candidates and the offices to which
they aspire are as follows:
For Mayor—
Don D. Lundrigan
II. J. Lusher
For Councilman— |
Marios Sherwood
Elias Rovik
For  Assessor—
JU. M. Leef
For Constable  (2) —
Vane Jones
B. L.  Shiffer
For Justice of the Peace (2)—
A.  M.  Shill
Robert  Bremken
W. J. Webb
Frank  Shepard
The polls will be open from 9 a. in.
to 5 p. m.
NATION-WIDE BUTTER SALES WEEK
IS SPONSORED
The Nation-Wide Butter Sales week
will be held from December 8 tol4,
and is sponsored by farm organizations, manufacturers and over 200,-
000 retail stores in the U. S. The
local creamery, of which Joe Neuberger is manager and L. O. Fick,
secretary, will also participate in
this  drive.
The purpose of the National Sales
Week is to reduce the present butter
surplus which amounts to 75,000,000
pounds carry-over for the last five
year  period.
Together with the manufacturers
and retailers, there are over 6,000,000
farmers behind this drive.
Band News
The band has been progressing rapidly with the new pieces they have
been working on. We are also getting the old ones back in shape so
there will be a larger variety to use
at basketball games and other entertainment.
Joan Tournier and Betty Lembke
have both joined the band in the past
month. Joan will play in the alto
section and Betty in the saxophone
division.
On December 20, the band will
follow the hasketall . team to Men.i-
gha, where it will do its best tc cheer
the boys on to victory.
GAIL LAKE MAN
TAKES OWN LIFE
EARLY MONDAY
SAND LAKE
John Williams of St. Pabi and
Frank Felthouse were week-enu
guests at the Chet Felthouse honiv.
on Portage Lake.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Walton nun
Gail Philips of Pierz, spent the weekend at the L. W. Walton and Nick
Philips homes.
IOOF Whist Tournament To Begin Soon
Mrs.   J.  A.   Knutson,   Correspondent
Ralph Gilbertson left Friday for
Minneapolis, after spending Thanksgiving at his home here.
Miss Francis Bryant called on Marie  Knutson   Saturday  afternoon.
Si Escher and son    Vaughn    were
Thanksgiving Day guests at the Howard Robideau home.
. • Marie Knutson was a guest at the
Udseth home Friday  afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Rhoades and
Marie Knutson were guests at the
Jack Knutson home Thanksgiving
Day.
Lloyd GilWertson of Minneapolis,
spent the week end with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Gilbertson.
Norman Gilbertson returned from
Washington and other points in the
west last week. He is now employed
at the  Lake Region hotel.
Lyle Gorenson was a guest at the
Si Escher home Sunday.
Olaf Stranne called at the Knutson   home  Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Glen Gardner and
family were dinner guests at the
Murray  Ward home  Sunday.
Mrs. Jack Knutson called at the
Stranne and Udseth homes Wednesday.
PTA Play Tonite
If you are interested in the local
school, P. T. A. or, the ability of your
home towners "to act"—come to the
school auditorium and see Mrs. Morris Cromett, Corwin Jones, Mr. and
Mrs. Erwin Butler, L. E. Dougherty,
Misses Hill, Torske, Sielitz, Cliff Gar-
dned, Mrs. Bates and Miss 'Rasmussen
in "The Spite Fence," hit comedy of
the season,  at the school tonight.
Pine Riverites who drove to Brainerd Monday were: Mrs. Jim Flynn,
Dave MacKinney, Kenneth Houg and
Arnold Rognlie.
Mr. and Mrs. Claude Bell drove to
Brainerd Sunday where Mrs. Bell submitted to an operation at the St. Joseph's Hospital.
ROGERS-ASTAIRE
PICTURE AT MARLOW SUN.- MON.
These  whist   tournaments  need  no
introduction—more than 50 men    enjoyed the games last year and it prov,,
ed a grand success with splendid attendance at every session.
Anyone interested please choose
your partner and register with either Oscar Kolb or Dale Dubbs before
December 12. Watch this paper for
date of opening game. The games
will again be held in the I.O.O.F. hall.
Francis Fowler Dies
In Minneapolis Sat.
CO. ANNUAL FARM
BUREAU MEET AT
ARMORY TODAY
Farm Bureau Unit
Organized Tues. Eve.
On Tuesday evening, Nov. 22, a
group met at the Pine Forest school
to organize a Farm Bureau unit. A
discussion of problems of the day
was made by Co. Farm Bureau Pres.,
Ed. Dorsey of Pillager. He also explained the benefits derived and the
interest that should be taken in an
organization of this kind.
• •Upon motion, it was decided to organize a unit. The following officers
were elected:
Gus Koppenberg     President
Les   Leverington       Vice  Pres.
Mrs.   Les   Gilson       Sec-Treas.
The next meeting will be held at
the Pine Forest School on Thursdav
evening, Dec. 15, at 8 p. m., at which
time all unfinished business will be
taken  up.
Bring cake or sandwiches and plan
to be there. Take your neighbor
along.
The county annual meeting of the
Farm Bureau will be held at the Pine
River armory Friday afternoon (today) beginning at 1:30 p. m. About
fifty delegates from all over the
county are expected to be present.
There are now 15 units in the county
and two more are being organized
this week, according to Ed. Dorsey,
President   of   the   organization.
The   purpose   of   the   meeting' will
be to discuss various reports  of  offi-l
cers, elect new    officers    and    select
delegates   to   the   state   convention.
The Farm Bureau is the largest of
all farm organizations and has played a leading part in drafting and
securing the passage of legislation
favorable to the farmer.
	
Frances Fowler, son of Mrs. H. I.
Davey of Minneapolis, passed away
Saturday at a Minneapolis hospital.
Death was due to complications
which followed an accident in which
he was badly burned on Decoration
Day.
Francis and his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. H. I. Davey, made their home
in Pine River for several years, moving to Minneapolis about eight years
ago. Mr. Davey built the seed house
in Pine River which now houses the
Farmers Supply Store. He was also
engaged in the real estate business
here for some time.
The deceased was 35 years of age
at the time of his death. Funeral
services were held at the St Steph-
ans Church in" Minneapolis Monday
morning and graveside services at
North Branch Monday afternoon,
where interment was macie.
Wurn   -Vd
• •An outstanding picture of the year
will be presented at the Marlow Friday and Saturday, "Flight Into Nowhere" starring Jack Holt. The picture is filled with flying-thrills and
jungle  terrors.    Don't  miss it!
On Sunday, Monday and Tuesday,
the Marlow again brings you that
famous dancing team. Ginger Rogers
and Fred Astaire in "Carefree." The
story deals with a stormy romance
between Miss Rogers an actress.Fred
Astaire a psychiatrist and Ralph Bellamy a lawyer. Against this background of romantic complications,
which form much the funniest framework of any of the Astaire-Rogers
pictures, sparkle a brilliant group of
dance numbers, most of them in the
distinctive setting of a luxurious
country club.
A new acting trio that might well
be re-teamed for other pictures, makes its debut in the persons of Herbert Marshall, Virginia Bruce and
Mary Astor, seen together for the
first time in "Woman Against Woman" at the Marlow Wednesday and
Thursday.
Marshall turns in a convincing and
appealing portrait of the husband ;n
this picturization of Margaret Cul-
kin Banning's story, "Enemy Territory," dealing with a second wife
who fights against public censure in
her husband's home town. Miss Bruce
and Miss Astor who plays the unsympathetic first wife, presents a vivid contrast in appearance and types
of beauty, at the same time contributing compelling chracterizations of
exacting  roles.
PTA To Meet Mon.
The regular December meeting of
the PTA will be held Monday evening at the school. An interesting pro
gram has been prepared. Miss Hill
will give a talk on "Books" and Mrs. [
Butler will discuss "Toys and Gifts
for Children." The quartet, Messers
Otto Haack, Warren Matthews, John '
Haack and Erwin Butler will sing
several  Christmas  songs.
The door and traveling prizes will
again be awarded and lunch will be
served as usual.
■*
Proclamation
WHEREAS, The omnipresent Providence in His infinite
wisdom has seen fit to call from this life,
two brother members and dear friends, William Cromett and William G. Stewart, and
.IEREAS, Their presence amongst us will be great)
missed because of their many splendid qualities,
NOW, Therefore, Be It Resolved, that the Twenty-
Year-Club of the Village of Pine River. M'n-
nesota, here assemble at its annual conclave
this eleventh day of November, 19'58, do hereby pay ■' tribute to them whose loss we so
deenlv feel, and offer our condolence to then-
families •
Be It Further Resolved, That a copy of this resolution
be spread upon the minutes of this meeting,
and that a copy thereof be transmitted W
their families.
A. J. LINDEN
Dated at Pine River, Minnesota, Nov. 11, 1938
B. E. WIDEMAN
Resolutions Committee
Tragedy struck at the farm home
of Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Baughman,
who reside in Gail Lake Twp., for the
second time in the past two months,
early Monday morning, when their
son Lewis, age 32, took his life with
a 22 calibre rifle.
The shooting occurred about 6:30
a. ru., while the morning chores were
in full swing. A physician was immediately summoned, but all efforts
to save him were in vain. He passed
away at 8:30 a. m. The body was
taken to the Northland Funeral Home -
in Pine River.
Two months ago their 12 year-old
son LeRoy was accidentally shot in
the leg, and had returned home from
the hospital only last week. The injury necessitated the amputation of
the lad's leg.
Members  of  the  family  said     that '
Lewis was subject to fits of despondency and attributed his act to  this
cause.
Before turning the gun on himself,
he calmly informed his parents of his
intentions to take his life and end .t
all. After leaving the house he secured a shotgun. His father, sensing
what was in his mind, grappled with
him and gained possession of the
weapon. He then returned with a
small calibre rifle, and again the elder Baughman tried to gain possesion of the gun, but this time the son
was prepared, and struck his father
a hard blow over the eye with the
butt end, momentarily dazing him.
He then pointed the muzzle to the
middle of his forehead and pulled
the trigger. He lived two hours after the fatal shot.
County Coroner Dan Whitney of
Brainerd was called, but no inquest
was held.
The sincere sympathy of the entire
community is extended to the Baughman family, in this, their second tragic occurrance in the past two mouths.
Lewis Ellis riaughman was born
in Warren County, Iowa, on August
16, 1906, and was 32 years of age at
the time of his death.
..Funeral services were conducted
Thursday afternoon from the community Church, with Rev. Mead of
Pine River officiating.
Besides his parents, he leaves to
mourn his death, one sister, Gertrude
and six brothers, LeRoy, George, Ernest, Elmer, Charles and Edmund.
M. E. Church Bazaar
A beautiful display of aprons vanity sets, pillow slips, towels etc., will
be offered for sale at the M. E. Aid
Bazaar next Wednesday. A chicken
dinner with all the trimmings will be
served beginning at 5 p. m.
CARD   OF  THANKS
We desire to thank our many friends
for their sympathy and help at the
time of the death of our husband,
father and grandfather. Especially
to Mrs. Horn for her loving care during his illness • to Mr. Christian and
the M. E. people for the use of the
church; to all who furnished cars
and for any other  help.
Mrs. Rebecca King.
Joseph W. King and Family
Ben  P.   King
This Man Hunts Under Great Handicap
Deer hunters who had every advantage at their command and missed their deer, should take a few lessons from Tom Bogart who killed
his deer under almost impossible circumstances.
Tom broke his back during the
war and since then has dragged him-
,stelf around on crutc'hes—not even
iiaving the use of the one bum leg
that remains. Mr. Bogart and a
company of hunters set up their
camp on the old grade, roughing it
like everyone else, and by resting on
his crutches, shot his deer. This does
not seem an especial fete to Tom's
friends, for while he has spent mon-
'ths and months in veteran's*hospitals,
he has what it takes and has a great
ambition toj he busy. During the winter, he traps and hunts near his home
and in the.summer he weeds the
garden and has been known to cook
some  very  delectable dishes.