The Pine River Journal (Pine River, Minnesota), 1939-02-17

              PINE RIVER JOURNAL
VOLUME IV NUMBER 27
THE PINE itl VER JOURNAL, PINE   RIVER,  CASS  COUNTX,  MINNESOTA,  FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1939
SUB. $1.00 In County, $1.50 outside
IN
CAPITOL
CORRIDORS
By Lee  M. Bennett
Lots of visitors from Cass as well
as other counties were here last week,
the occasion for the influx being the
annual, convention of County Cornmi i-
sioners and two educational meetings,
all of which brought visitors from all
parts of the state.
AU the Cass county Dads with the
exception of John Olson were present,
accompanied by Auditor Peterson and
Engineer Dahms. Resolutions passed
at tlie last commissioner's meeting at
Walker were presented to Senator
Herreid and Representative Sawyer,
and a general discussion was held.
The legislation discussed, referred to
the state In general and to Cass county In particular. Legislation referring
to the county, was that regarding designation of certain roads as part of
the State Highway system and regarding salaries of county officials.
As a result of the confab, bills will
be introduced this week to add the
following roads in Cass county to the
State   Highway  system:
State Aid Road No. 10, from the
present trunk highway 371, one mile
north to present Highway . No. 84 •
State Aid Road No. 7, from Longville
to highway No. 6; State Aid Road No.
2, from Pine River west to Highwav
No. 64; County. Aid Road No. 25, in
McKinley township from highway No.
04 west to the Wadena county line;
and the Pillager- Pine River road.
FIRE DESTROYS
YOUNG HOME ON
NORWAY LAKE
Fire of unknown origin, supposeuiy
caused  by   defective electric    wiring,
completely destroyed the Thos. Young
residence on Norway Lake Monday ev
ening.    At the  time of the fire, tfw
home was occupied by Mr. and Mrs.
At this time, several bills are in the j Imm BuUer_    AU the household fur.
legislature from other sections of the
state adding roads to the state system. It is impossible to state now,
whether or not any of the roads w'ul
be added. According to the State
Constitution,   the  present   set-up     ot
nishlngs, clothing etc. of the Butler
family were destroyed alon with the
building.
The fire Is thought to have started
about 7:30 p. m., and went un-noticert
until shortly after eight o'clock when
State  Highways  must be 75  percent the Amundson boys drov6 by and saw
completed before any new roads can the (Jame8 and rughed tQ plne Rh,el
be added.   Also, there must be money
to build and maintain them.   It seems
very   possible that  even  should    the
Highway Commissioner state thsit the
System was now 75 percent completed
that no roads will be added unless the
present gas tax of 4 cents is kept in
force. The cities and the .southern
part of the state are for decreasing
the gas tax while.the northern part
generally seems to be in favor of
keeping it. In any case, I know that
both Senator Herreid and Rep. Sawyer will do all they can to assist in
the matter.
The «alary bill for Cass county )Of-
ficials was also discussed, together
wlili the resolutions submitted by tha
Taxpayer's Association. Information
is being gathered on these matters
and a bill to cover the situation will
be put In later. Just'what will be the
final outcome, no one' can now tell.
However, the sentiment seems to be
that County Attorney Rogers, should
get an increase as his present salary
is only $83.33 per month, the lowest of
any county attorney in the state, and
far below the standard for any official
of this kind. It Is also possible th.it
the County Duds may get a slight increase. Their present salary is $35
per month. With relif, WPA, social
security and other matters needing
their continual attention, it does not
seem that there should be a great deal
of sentiment against the proposition,
especially as the Board the past few
years has done a fine job in cutting
down county expenses. On salaries ef
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co give the alarm. Mr. and Mrs. Bur-
ler and children left home about 3:30
.in the afternoon, eating their evening
meal in town. In the evening they
attended the convention being held at
the Tabernacle, so were unaware pt
the disaster until notified about 9 p.
in. when the entire structure was already in ruins.
When news of the fire reached Pine
River, several men drove out by car
but by the time they arrived it was
beyond control and nothing could be
done. The fire department was not
called out.
A somewhat smaller building about
150 feet away escaped the flying embers entirely and was not touched by
the flames.
The home was originally built by
Dr. Williams, a former resident here
and was purchased by Mr. Young in
1935 and since then has been complete
ly remodeled and modernized into a
fine residence.
The loss was partially covered by
insurance but not sufficient to replace it. The Butler family also carried some insurance so their loss is
also partially covered.
SPECIAL   MEETING
The Brainerd- Campj a group of
some fifteen traveling salesmen and
business men of that city, are planning a series of services for Sunday.
February 26, in this vicinity. Services will be conducted at Pequot, Mildred, Backus, Hackensack^ Whitefish
and Jenkins. A rally will, be held at
the Pine River Gospel Tabernacle in
the evening. The Methodist Church
will have a service in the morning.
NELS SJOSTROM
RITES MONDAY
Nels Sjostrom, well known resident
in the Lake Hattie community, passed
away at his home early Thursday
morning, at the age of 76.
Mr. Sjostrom had been ill for some
time and failed to rally from a stroke
he suffered recently.
Funeral services will be conducted
from the Trinity Lutheran Church in
Pine River, Monday afternoon at 2 p.
m., with Rev. Huss officiating.
Whist Scores
Whist	
Siefert—Downing       60—529
Walton—McAllister        60—527
Siefert Kolb     55—499
Rovik—Zigmund      54—498
Rovik—Seaton    58—19<j
Hanson—Triggs       60—470
Hill—Lundin       60—470
Shepard—Luscher       43—46J
Hickel—Siefert     46—462
Schuster—Robideau       60—400
Siebel—Zigmund    50—45t>
Lien—Oftedahl  00—43a
Carlson—Carlson  46^-451
Dingle—Bremken     45—451
Rognlie—Rognlie  41—451
Allen—Path     40—445
Fields—Thompson     56—432
Kater—Sherwood     41—434
Melberg—Bloomfield  ....  59—415
Dubbs—Teagarden    45—413
Basore—Fraser     53—376
Carlson—Kotka     43—35b
Klein—Lundrigan  30—357
Johnson—Biever     48—333
Norman—Houston     33—330
Kline—Jones  51—323
Temp. Drops to
40 Below; Coldest This Winter
Pine River Selected
For District Contest
LEONARD JOHNSON
ORA BRANDT INJURED IN ACCIDENT
A near tragic accident occurred
last Friday evening, when Leonard
Johnson and Ora Brandt were pinned
beneath a truck they were repairing.
Mr. Johnson suffered a dislocated
shoulder and head injuries, while Ora
Brandt received a back injury and
other minor bruises. Both men. have
been released from the hospital and
are recovering nicely.
The accident occurred when they
raised the car with an improvised
hoist and proceded to go to work underneath. Something slipped—and
down came the vehicle on top of the
men. As soon as they were extricated they were rushed to the local hospital where they were cared for.
Electric Hack Saw
Made By Local Men
Rites For Mrs. Peter
Kroger Held Satur.
Free Movie At Marlow Next Wednesday
Mrs. Peter Kroger of Minneapolis,
well known In Pine River, passed
away at her home in Minneapolis last
Thursday, at the age of 88 years.
Funeral services were held Saturday
and interment was made at the Lake-
wood cemetery.
Mrs. Kroger was well known in this
vicinity, having spent many summers
at her home on Norway Lake. She
became ill last summer while here,
and it was necessary to return her o
Minneapolis, where she has since remained.
The Staimbrook Implement Co. will,
sponsor a free movie at the Marlow1
AVednesday,   Feb.   22,   at   1:30   p.   m,
featuring Daylight Farming Tractors, _
and  farm   Implements.    Their adver-j
tlsement appears on another page in; pal and district courts and by the drlv-
this Issue. I ers license unit of the Minnesota High-
The   model   40,   Allis-Chalmers,   all  way department,
crop harvester will be shown on    ae,    During the first month of 1939, driv-
screen.   This .'is a small combine fur- ers licenses were ordered away from
nlshed with an 11-bushel grain tanK   120 persons, as against 75 for January
It   is  a   beautiful   machine  produced 1938.
The local blacksmiths, Bill Day ani
Frank Felthouse, do not confine their
talents wholly to blacksmithing, and
to prove this they have constructed
an electrically-powered hack saw that
will cut any size of iron regardless of
thickness. All they have to do to cut
off a two-inch chunk of iron is insert
It In the specially constructed vice,
start the motor and walk away while
the machine completes the job in a
first-class  manner.
The saw appears in every detail to
have come from a factory. A similar
saw purchased on the market would
cost approximately $100, while this
ingenious device cost the makers only
about $10. in actual casn. The balance of the materials were salvaged
from the scrap-pile etc. The pulleys
were cast from aluminum and cut on
a lathe In the shop. A steering geer
from a Chevrolet has been Incorporated to reduce the speed and a timing
gear and chain are used to transmit
the power from the motor to the shaft
Bearings .shafts and mountings were-
all cast and turned out.on their turning lathe which makes It practically
100 percent home-built.
Stop in and inspect the machine; it
is interesting even to a novice.
—Correction: A donation of $1 by tha
Fortnightly Club was omitted in the
financial statement of the President'3
Birthday Ball last week.
—The International Harvester Co.,
has established a new repair service
at the Farmers Supply Store. A full
line of parts will be carried.
Mrs. Frank iShepard who has been
caring for Mrs. Abe White during her
recent illness, returned to her home
Wednesday.
Pine River has^een honored    this
year, in being selected for the district
i Declamation meet, to be held February 27, at the school auditorium, following the sub-district contests.
Below, is a list of contestants who
won letters at the local contest:
Oratory—
First;   '"Hands"   by   Perry  Burgett.
Second "War is a Racket" by   Bill
Cromett.
Dramatics—
First, "Mothers of Men" by Audvy
Doty.
Second, "■Sbylock and Antonio"   by
RuthJohnson.
Humorous—
First, "The Big Bad Giant" by Gwen
Engel.
Second, "One Happy Family" by Edna Shiffer.
Winners in this contest will participate  in  the  sub-district contest   .0
be held at Pequot  Monday  evening,
February 20.
Weather
LOCALS
PINE RIVER NOSES
OUT PEQUOT TUES.
CONVENTION A SUCCESS
on the type of mammoth press as Is
used to form the 'turret-top' on Fisher bodies. It operates electrically and
the   operator  has  only   to  press   the
In addition, suspensions of licenses
were ordered In 76 Instances.
In the age group from 21 to 30 were
the highest proportion of drivers who
button.   In addition to the free show lost their rights to drive.
Delegates gathered 'from ' Crosby,
Bralnerd, Walker, Menahga, Emily and
Whitefish for a District fellowship
meeting at the Gospel Tabernacle on
Monday. Lunch was served In the
Marlow Lounge Rooms at 5:30. Music
was furnished by the Olson Brothers'
Male Quartette. Evangelist, Howard
Barfoot spoke in the afternoon and
Pastor Sievertson of Walker, In the
evening. An offering for work among
Chippewa Indians was taken at the
evening service and given to Miss
Danielson, who is working among them
at Onlgum on Leach Lake.
The local basketeers played their
best game of the season .Friday evening, when they nosed out Pequot 15-14.
MacKinney substituted at guard for
Stanley who was ill. H0US was retired
In the third quarter because of a
sprained ankle.
The Pequot boys entered the lead
only once during the entire game, in
the third quarter when the score was
11-12 in their favor. At the end of the
half, Pine River was leading 11-2, but
the Pequot boys returned with a new
lease on life and closed the big gap.
One of the smallest Pine River
crowds witnessed one of the best
games of the season—and believe it or
not, Pequot rooters out-numbered the
locals.
The next encounter will be at Backus Friday evening, (tonite). A postponed game with Menagha will be
played here, Saturday evening.
CLOTHING
PROJECT   TO
START    IN     MARCH
Mrs. Claude Gardner and son Virgil, spent Sunday in Staples where
they visited relatives. They were accompanied on the return by Mr. and
Mrs. Leslie Debolt, who had been visiting with the former's mother there.
Dr. Thabes of Bralnerd, was called
to the local hospital for a consultation
on the Claude Whltted case Wednesday, and stated that the Injured man
was receiving the best possible care
and that no. operation "was "necessary/
Messers Homer Fraser, Bob Lane,
and Dale Dubbs attended a Past
Commander's celebration as guests of
the Mahlum-Hanson Post of Bralnerd
Sunday. This celebration is an annual event and all Post Commanders of
the sixth district are guests.
A. J. Linden drove to Hibbing Tuesday. He was accompanied by Frank
Marsh, who spent the past week here.
Betty Marsh who is spending the winter at the Chas. Siebel home, accompanied them to spend a week with her
parents at Keewatln.
Ben Shiffer went to Elk Riven Monday, where he received a final medical check-up. Mrs. Shiffer and Irene
accompanied him home Thursday.
Irene was released from the St Barnabas hospital In Minneapolis, following a recent operation.
Spent Her Fortune to Win a Man
Who Hated Money! Why Traffic
Cops Get Grouchy!. Two of the Many
Interesting Features Appearing in the
American Weekly, the Magazine Dis
tributed With the Sunday Chicago
Herald and Examiner. (adv.
Dr. Karl Johnson, son of Dr. and
Mrs. C. E. Johnson, left for Duluth
this week, where he will practice medicine.
Supt. Haack spoke at a joint meeting of the Lions Club and School Executives of the State H. S. League of
This vicinity has weathered one of
the coldest blasts of the winter this
past week.
A high wind last Friday," drifted the
loose snow and brought down the frigid wave. All roads were blocked until late in the day when snow plows
began work after the wind had died
down. By Saturday Noon traffic was
again back to normal but the cold
weathe^ persisted.
Wednesday morning was the coldest
mor»ing of the year, with an unofficial reading of forty-below. Thursday morning was slightly warmer -with
the mercury at 25-below. However,
by mid-afternoon It warmed up to 20-,
above with snow thawing in some places.
The only let up from Friday to
Thursday, was on Sunday when It was
slightly   warmer.
The village streets'have been kept
open in fine shape by Dan McAllister.
Schools Closed
School was closed on Thursday of
last week because of the heavy snow
and was not opened Monday because
of an outbreak of measles in this district. It Is scheduled to re-open again
February 21.
VILLAGE FINANCIAL
STATEMENT PUBLISHED THIS WEEK
A complete detailed account of Village receipts and expenditures are
printed in this issue of the Journal.
Study it over carefully. It Is of vital
interest to taxpayers of this comnrinrl-
ty. Also included in this statement
are reports of the municipal liquor
store and the cemetery.
The statement shows a balance of
$1,122.84 in the village coffers after
an expenditure of $13,901.25, much of
which went to improve and beautify
the village through WPA projects spon
sored by the village council, such ■ as
the park, water-front, sidewalks and
cemetery. A total of $14,424.35 was
received by the village in taxes and
other sources of Income, principally
the liquor store, which did a groas
business of $9,859.35 In 1938, enriching
the village treasury considerably.
The cash on hand this year, $1,122 84
Is almost three times that of last year
which was $463.10.
Members of the village council are
well-deserving of a vote of thanks in
conducting the business of the municipality in sach a commendable manner
and also for the many Improvements
they were directly responsible for in
the village the past year.
Region 24, at Aitkin,  Wednesday evening.
All band members and others planning to attend the basketball game at
Backus Friday evening, will please
meet at the school at 7 p. m., where
a bus will be charterea for the trip.
Requirements for Emergency Crop & Feed Loans
Mr.   Staimbrook   informs   us   that
free lunch will also be served.
YEAR
'»
•
STARTS   WITH
BANG—120   FORFEIT
DRIVERS'     LICENSE
If January is any portent, a record
number of dangerous drivers will be ers whose suspension periods had ex-
taken off the road this year by munld plred.
Hennepin county had 24 revocations
Ramsey county 22, St. Louis county 11
and Dakota and Otter Tail counles
4 each. Of the total revocations for
the state all but two were for driving
while  under the  influence of liquor.
Forty licenses were returned to drlv-
FAIR   BOARD   TO   MEET
The annual meeting of the Cass
County Fair Board will be held Wednesday evening, February 22, at 8 p.
m., at the school house, for the purpose of electing officers and taking
care of any other business at hand.
Those In Pine River and vicinity
who are interested in jolng the clothing project in Cass County, are asked to get in touch with County Agent.
Oscar Nelson at once.
If ten to fourteen ladles In any one
community wish to form a group, Mr.
Nelson will be glad to see them about
organizing.
This project is free to evryone. New
things will be made, utilizing old materials, practical trimmings etc., will
be studied and demonstrated.
This work Is scheduled to start in
March. All those interested shourw
form groups and organize at once.
For further particulars, write to the
County Agent. This work Is an extension service of the University
Farm.
Applications for emergency crop
and feed loans for 1939 are now being
received at Walker, Pillager and Backus by Vincent P. McCoy., Field Supervisor of the Emergency Crop and Feel
Loan Section of the Farm Credit Administration.
The loans will be made as in the
past, only to farmers whose cash requirements are small and who cannot
obtain credit from any other source.
The money loaned will be limited
to the farmer's immediate and actual
cash needs for growing his 1939 crops
or for the purchase of feed for livestock.
Farmers who can obtain the funds
they need from an individual, production credit association, bank or other concern are not eligible for crop
and feed loans from the Emergency
Crop and Feed Loan Section of the
Farm  Credit    Administration      The
loans will not be made to standard rehabilitation clients whose current
needs are provided for by the Farm
Security Administration, for merly
known as the Resettlement administration.
As in the past, farmers who obtain
emergency crop and feed loans will
give as security a first Hen on the
crop financed, or a first lien on tue
livestock to be fed If the money borrowed is to be used to produce or purchase feed for livestock.
Where loans are made to tenants,
the landlords, or others having an Interest in the crops financed or the live
stock to be fed, are required to waive
their claims In favor of a Hen to the
Governor of the Farm Credit Administration until the loan Is repaid.
Checks ln payment of approved
loans will be mailed from the Regional Emergency Crop and Feed Loan
Office at St. Paul, Minnesota.