The Pine River Journal (Pine River, Minnesota), 1939-01-27

              PINE RIVER JOURNAL
VOLUME IV NUMBER 24
THE PINE itiVER JOURNAL, PINK   RIVER,  CASS  COUNTY,  MINNESOTA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 1939
SUB. $1.00 In County, $1.50 outeilde
IN
CAPITOL
CORRIDORS
By Lee M.  Bennett!
Whist Scores
The following article is written by
Lee Bennett of Pillager, who is well-
known throughout the county and
who is now employed in the senate
chambers at the state capitol:
In these days when some men, are
prone to "give up," when everything
seems to go wrong—it might not be
amiss to refer to a case that happened several years ago.
In a certain midwest community a
young man of 22 was a partner in a
crossroads store. In seven years every
penny of savings was gone. After
two years of struggle trying to accumulate another stake, and determined not to repeat the mistakes of the
former business. He failed again
when his new partner drank, up all of
the profits. The business was sold at
a forced sale and the partner grabbed
the receipts and French Leave. For
several years he struggled alone and
on his 39th birthday had paid the last
dollar of his obligations. A short
time later he was offered a job as a
surveyor and was forced to borrow
money to pay for his Instruments but
a creditor levied on the Instruments
and took them for debt.
This was followed by the' greatest
blow of all when his first ancl only
enduring love suddenly died ancl his
heart followed her to the grave. He
nearly went into Insanity, so much,
in fact, that he never dared to carry
a pocketknife.
Ten years later he entered politics
and he was elected to Congress, but
PINE RIVER AGAIN
JOINS PAUL BUNYAN ASSOCIATE
The following whist scores are print
ed with the position of each team as
it stands. The last- game was played
Monday evening:
Siefert—Downing        09—356
Walton—McAllister       59—331
Siefert—Kolb       60—84i>
Schuster—Robideau    60—337      Otto Parlitz, local resort owner and
E.  Rovik—Seaton       60—334' first vice president of the Paul Bun-
Slefert—Hickel      50—330 yan Association and a director in the
O. Rovik—A. Zigmund     60—B2!»|Pine River area,  completed  his    can-
Sielbel—(Zigmund       43—310 vass of the village this week and re-
Rognlie—Rognlie    59—309  ports the collection  of $84.00.       Six-
Hanson—Triggs    41—307  teen  memberships  were  sold  at  $5.00
Hill—Lundin       65—306 and the balance-is donations made to
Shepard—Luscher       48—300  the  association.    All   money  collected
Dubbs—Teagarden      56—290  for   the  association   will  be  used   for
— 1 advertising purposes.    They will also
be represented at: the Sportsmen's
show in both Minneapolis and Ghlcfago
with   Paul  Bunyan  liooths
Dog Team Passes Thru
Pine River Thursday
Carlson—Carlson     60—2Sj
Kater—Sherwood   ... .•  45—289
Dingle—Bremken     60—288
Allen—Plath     37—28a
Lien—Of tedahl      49—280
Fields—Thompson  39—273
Carlson—Kotka     60—255
Basore—Fraser     39—252
Melberg—Bloomfield    60—250
Norman—Houston     38—250
Klein—Lundrigan     60—247
Kline—Jones  30—207
Biever—Johnson     — . 31—195
DEANNA DURBIN AT
MARLOW SUNDAY
Following is a list of memberships
sold here.
Pine River Oil Co., J. F. Anderson
Lbr. Co., Katers, Gamble Store, Pino
River State Bank, Zigmund's Store,
Brookside Service Station, Community
Oil Co., Hill Hardware Co., Marlow
Theatre, Hourigan's Drtig Store, Pine
River Hospital, Northland Funeral
Home, Kolb's Cafe, Standard Oil Co..
Minn. Utilities Co. Those making donations' are: Fields Barber Sliop, Dr!
C .10. Johnson, and. Leonard Johnson.
SPECIAL   NOTICE
"Speed To Burn" starring Lynn
Bari, Henry Armetta,! Michael Wha-
len and Chuck Chandler will be the
headliner for Friday and Saturday.
! The picture concerns a race horse
who is known as a winner but who
always loses in the races and,is sold
after two short sessions was defeated much to  the Jockey's disappointment
for re-election. Later, he was placed
in line for the U. S. Senate but due
to a split in the party, failed to   get
who knows that dirty work has been
practised. It is planned to' get him
back to the track and that is where
the nomination.    Two years later he complications set in.
tried again and was overwhelmingly
defeated. He was now 50 years of
age and had not achieved one personal  victory in 30 years.
Two years later, after this last defeat,   destiny   compensated   him--he
Deanna Durbin stars in "That Certain Age," her latest Universal production, playing at the Marlow Theatre Sunday, Monday and Tuesday.
With her in the principal supporting
role is Melvyn Douglas, with the bal-
was  elected  President of the  United ance of the cast, including Irene Rich,
(States.
THIS MAN WAS  ABRAHAM LINCOLN!
CAPITOL VISITORS
Visitors at the capitol this week included  A.   Swedberg  Jr.  of  Pillager,
John Halliday, Jackie Cooper, Peggy
Stewart, Juanita Quigley, Jackie Sear-
le, Charles Coleman and Nancy Carroll.
Joe Pasternak,  responsible for De-
anna's  previous    pictures,    produced
County Agent, Oscar NJelson and John this big success. She is at her best in
Born of Walker, Emit Cole of Pilla- this new picture.
ger, County Attorney, Ed Rogers, Co. I    "The  Toy   Wife,"    starring    Luise
Commissioner,   AAron  Zaffke,  Arthur Rainer, with Melvyn Douglas and Ro-
We would like to call attention to a
Evangelistic Campaign by radio con
ducted by the Family. Alter broadcast,
Waterloo, lowa over stations WJMT-600
KRNT-1320 and KMA-930, with Ilo.\
L. Brown as evangelist. These services begin Feb. 1 and continue until .Mar.
12 every week clay at 0:30 A..M. and
Sundays at 7:30 a. in. All are invito,I
to tune in as this will be of special
interest.
—John II. Viens
Ted Farnam completed his ice harvest   flast   Thursday,   .filling   ibis   ice
house to capacity.   The'ice is of good
quality this year, although  not as i
has been in previous years.
Seven Eskimo dogs, a snow sled
three men and six pups mushed
into  town  about  noon Thursday.
Tlie men, Carl and Rudy Schubert of Sask., Canada, and John
Schmidt of Chicago. Mr. Schmidt
had accompanied them from Cass
Lake. They appeared at the
winter carnival in Bemidji last
week and are now headed for
Chicago, whore they will attend
the sportsman show.
The pups, six of them, all has-.
kies,   were   born     in     Winnepeg
three  weeks    ago.    There    were
originally  eight  of  them but  two
died   enroute.
.Mr. Schubert stated that they
traveled about 35 miles a clay and
expect to make Chicago in throe
or four weeks.
NOTICE
Jack Dempsey To
Referee Golden
Gloves Bouts
CARD OF THANKS
The Bungo .Township Farm Bureau
will meet at the Pine Forest School on
Friday evening, January 27 (to-nite)
at.8 p. m. A splendid program has
been planned hy the committee—one
that you cannot afford to miss. Bring
your neighbor with you and enjoy a
delightful evening of entertainment
and education. Bring something for
lunch. A cordial invitation is extended to everyone.   Mrs. Leslie Gilson. sec
is coming to the Marlow next Wednesday and Tnursday. xhe film is
Miss Rainer's firs tsince she and
Spencer Tracy were co-starred in
"Big City."
A story of lift in New Orleans and
on the Louisiana plantations of the
ISoO's, "The Toy Wife" presents Miss
Rainer in the title role of "Froufrou"
Brigard, with Douglas as George Sa:-
toris, attorney and political figure
whom she marries, ancl Young as An-
MISSIONARY   MEETING
the
the
Re-
On Friday evening, January 2'
monthly missionary meeting of
Gospel Tabernacle will be held,
cent thrilling reports from mission-
fields will be given and a profitable
program is being prepared. The public is cordially invited to be present.
A missionary offering will he received.
MRS. YORK WRITES
FROM HOT SPRINGS
Sampson   of  Motley,  Martin  Rosvold  bert Young sharing honors as leading dre Vallaire, gambler, swordsman and
of May Twp., Ed Brown of Pillager
and Supt. Otto Haack of Pine River.
Attending the Minnesota Editorial
convention in session here over the
week-end we,re Editor piattner of
Hackensack, Fred Hart of Walker and
Albert O. Anderson of thte Pillager
Herald. The session was addressed
by Gov. Stassen, who asked the help
of the newspapers of Minnesota in
giving the state a good, efficient government and also their criticisms
when they deemed it necessary. The
Governor stated emphatically that the
men,  is  the special attraction which | also suitor for her hand.
Pine River L&dy Has Interesting Collection of Buttons
Button! Button! Who's got the but-l The collection weighs 45 pounds and
ton? Mrs. Anna Underleak of Pine is every color of the rainbow, all shap-
River—12,000 of them. | es and the sizes run from two ancl one-
In a collection she started in 1807, half to three-sixteenths inches in dl-
present administration would reduce |Mrg Tjntierieak has them from all cor- j ameter. Ivory .bronze, thorn, wood and
state expenditures notwithstanding1 ners of tne wori(j, made from every I rubber buttons are the oldest; then
the many demands which were being conceivable material and in most every | come mother-of-pearl, jet, glass, rub-
shape and size imaginable. .ber, bone, leather, china, porcelain, dif-
,When she was a child of 7, It was the fereilt kinds of wood, shell, paper, nut,
made on state government.
Bills   Galore
Bills galore are being    offered
both the House ancl Senate these days when she traveled and queried friends! precious stones, casien of milk, blooci,
and  relate to  everything under    the peci buttons as hoys exchanged pocket fur, wool, cotton,, tin, pewter, gold, sil-
sun it seems.    Among them are bills knives and choice marbles.    Mrs. Un-; ver and nickel.
Hot Springs, Ark.
Jan. IS, 1939
Mr. Editor,
We have been reading about tlie
very cold weather up north and are
wondering how you people are all coming along and enduring the frigid air
that blows in so often, bringing snow
ancl sleet along in its wake. We are
hoping that the cold blasts will have
spent their force before our return
home again. We have moderate weather down here most of the time, but we
find that it really gets colder than' we
had anticipated before we left home.
Last week we had a cold snap which
lasted about three days. The thermometer registered 14 above for one nit?
but the next clay it had moderated and
since then we have had warmer weather. We have not had any snow but
have rain occasionally.
Hot Springs at this time of the year
is a very busy place. A large number
of people are here from the different
We wisli to express our sincere appreciation for tlie kindness and sympathy extended us by our many friends
during the illness and death of our beloved husband and grandfather. We
especially wish to thank Rev. Huss for
his words of consolation, those that
sent floral oiferings, those thai took
part in the singing and the pallbearers.
Mrs. Sarah Felton
Air.  ancl Mrs.    Ralph    Felton
ancl children
Mr.  and  Mrs.   Everett   Felton
and   children
The skating pond across the dam
has been cleared and the enthusiastic
skaters are grateful to those who donated their time and also to John
Rohr who entertains the crowds with
music.
Mr. ancl Mrs. Wes Isensee of Valley
City, N. Dak., spent the week-end at
the L. W. Isensee home.
Jack Dempsey, former world's heavyweight champion, will referee the
Golden Gloves bouts at Brainerd Friday evening. The tournament had
been scheduled for only two nights
but because of the large number of
entries it was found necessary io
hold  tlie fights  Friday  night  also.
-Mr. Dempsey was located at Mitchell, South Dakota, where he was
refereeing fights.
The huge Brainerd armory will sent
over 2000 people so every one is assured a good seat every night. A i-
missi'on prices have been set at 3,r>e
for Thursday and Saturday nights,
ancl $1.00 plus tax for reserved seats
Friday night, when Jack Dempsey
wil! he in the ring. All other seats
will be 50c on this night.
SPECIAL PROGRAM
FOR PRES. BALL
All those who have not yet purchased tickets for the President's
Birthday Ball, to be celebrated here
in tlie form of a card party, should
do so at once. The party will be held
Monday evening, January 30 at the
school.
The proceeds received from ticket
sales will go toward stamping this
dreaded'disease. 50 percent of the
amount raised will go to the county
chairman who will hold this in trust
until a new chapter embracing this,
county is established. The other 50
percent, will go to the National committee and will be used for research
ancl study of the disease. Plan to
attend and help the good cause along.
A program will be given following
the games, with vocal selections by
Corwin Jones and Miss Rasmusson
and a reading by Miss Isaacson. A
lunch will be served lit the close of
the evening.
VFW To Meet Wed.
The regular February meeting of
the VFW and Auxilary will be held
Wednesday evening, February 1. Initiation of new .members will take
place and prizes for the essay    con-
Supt. Haack Attends
Meeting In Minneapolis
■Supt. Haack spent Friday and Saturday of last week in Minneapolis,
where he attended a meeting of tht;
Committee on Constitutional Amendments, representing the northern division as a committee member.
While there, he took time out io
talk over legislation affecting northern Minnesota, with Representatives
and Senators from this district. The
diversion of income tax funds would
greatly affect this part of the state
and unless pressure is brought to
bear on the matter, there is a possibility of its passage which would
cause serious results in state school
aid.
Mr. Haack was also interviewed by
the American Education Press and
asked permission of the use of his
articles, several of which have already appeared in educational periodicals.
Ask Vets Pensions To
Equal WPA Wages
Convening of the first session of
the 76th Congress, afforded the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United
States further opportunity for obtaining adequate provision for America's
disabled Veterans. The National Legislative Committee of the Overseas
Veterans' Organization already has
prepared legislative measures to be
introduced in Congress, according v>
Department    Commander    Louis    a.
test will be chosen.    Plans for    the Riesch,  who  discussed  the legislative
Dsitrict Convention to be held    here i objectives formulated by the V. F. W,
in June will also be discussed. for 1939
The Ladies Auxiliary is sponsoring
an essay contest in the Backus school,
"We are asking that    the    Federal
Government allow the sum of $60   a
states.    The    hotels    and    apartment similar to the local contest.   Identical! month each  to approximately    42 00t>
houses are being filled up preparatory
for the big Arkansas Derby which begins February 2S and will last for
about 30 days.   Nearly all the visitors
derleak, then living in Chatfield, gathered a string of 999.
From All Parts of the World
She has collected buttons from Min-
for a  State Civil Service; Labor Re
lations  Act;  Taxes;   new   state  high
ways; appropriations for state build-;    Then she started tlie collection    in nesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Florida, New
ings including an extra appropriation earnest.    She kept an alert eye   open York, New Jersey,   Maine   Michigan,
of $345,000 to complete the new norm- as remembrances of friends.Girls swap Montana,Arizona, Arkansas, California,
al school building at Bemidji,  which f0r buttons with unusual shapes   and North and South Dakota, Pennsylvania
situation  was  aired   in the  last  cam-  colors. | Georgia,  Indiana,  Texas,  Washington.
paign;  compensation  for  damages   loi History of Button Making Japan, China, Germany,  France, Eng-
persons and property by  state agen-1    Her collection today is a    veritable land and Czecho-SIovakia.
cles; salary bills in certain counties; history of button making. Designs one;|    Outstanding buttons are some from
new game and fish laws, liquor con- popular were replaced by   new   ones, the coat of Emerson Hough   (author
i
in fad to start "charm strings" of buttons | vegetable, inlaid mirrored panes, semi- are here to take the baths and some of
the bath houses are now filled to capacity. To take the baths for the first
time in the Hot Springs Water of Ark.
gives the bather a new sensation and
an experience that he does,not soon
forget. After the first emersion he
goes after the second one the next day
with more enthusiasm. The bath houses are all equipped in the most modern
way.   They have separate departments
prizes will be presented the winners. | permanently ancl totally disabled Vet-
erans who, at present, are receiving
The National Park contains 1,016 on]y ?30 a month," Commander Relsch
acres and is surrounded by mountains, j explained. "The great majority oi
The area lies east of the "Ouachita." j these men are limrried and have faml-
pronounced Wash-i-tau. Mountains, jjies to support. Their "permanent anu
* Community activities are carried on totill disability" rating means that th°
in the same manner in which we are. , eterans Administration itself recognl-
all accustumed. They have grade zes fl^gg 42)ooo men as absolutely unable to earn  one cent  for the support
schools, high schools and churche.s ot
all denominations. There are also lrf
colored church organizations. The
city of Hot Springs is centrally located
with an altitude of 600 feet above sea
level, but the altitude rises to 1200 feet
for both men and women.   All the hous at the summit of some of the    moun-
es have colored attendants except one, tains.   Hotels are numerous- and some
and they all dress in white   uniforms, of them accomodate 1000 guests.   The
The majority of visitors   prefer   the Oak Lawn Race Track is a one mile
trol;   new  educational  laws:  market- sne found, and then the old favorites of the Covered Wagon"): lead buttons colored maids; they are more courte- dirt track where they hold the Arkan
ing ancl many others.
Lockwood  Here
Former   Representative   Vern  Lock
wood is an occasional visitor at
come back.
[. .Aiany designs are repeated from year
from  Custer's  battlefield ;   hand-made ous to white people and more    atten-
buttons   from  the  Philippine  islands; tive to all your    wants    and    wishes.
to year, she says.    Among these   are Shell buttons from Nessean, capital of Bath houses are all privately    owned
the buttons shaped like or ornamental with  the Bahama islands; buttons over 100 and  are  separate  institutions    super-
There
capitol  these days.    Mr. Lockwood is  crescents, moons, stars, old mill witn years old from Europe;  buttons from vised by the U. S. Government
a director of the Land O'Lakes   and waterwheel, buckels, castles, animals, the world's famous -Mayo surgeons at are 19 pay hath houses.   Eight are in
flowers, fans and children.
Weighs 45 Pounds
while a member of the legislature,
watched bills relating to the dairy industry in the state. Although not a
member of the legislature now, his duties occasionally call him to the capitol in these matters and others affecting dairying and farm legislation.
Being a farmer, and being well   and
favorably known  to  many of the le-	
gislators, he Is ideally situated to help al game and fish bills which have al
certain  legislature  needed  by    dairy ready been introduced and
and farm organizations. i which  will  follow
Game and fish  Laws
Rochester;  from army and navy uni-  the park at the foot of Hot  Springs
forms of the Civil, Spanish and World Mountain on a street known as   the
There were 59 firms making buttons wars, and from firemen, police, nurses Bath House Row.   There   are   green
in this country   as far back as; 1850, and   railway  men;   buttons  worn  by lawns surrounded by hedges with tall
she learned, and they consumed near- Indians from the North  ancl Negroes Magnolia trees in front of each barb
ly 1,000 tons of mother-of-pearl alone,  from  the  south •   buttons  from  many . house. The other bath-houses are situ-
military schools in the United States ated in different parts   of   the   city.
and one picked up at the base of the There are 47 hot springs in the Park,
Statue  of  Liberty. | all invisable and carried to the foot ot
The following write-up  was    taken the Hot Springs Mountain and deposit-
from  the  January 20,  issue    of
Many buttons from those early factories are in her collection.
sas Derby annually. At the present
writing there are now 325 horses in
the stables. The large grand stand is
something out of the ordinary being
glassed In on all sides and steam heated which affords the visitors comfort
in all kinds of weather.
Mr. and Mrs. I'. (). M. Anderson were
riding with us last week when we passed an oats field which was sown last
November. The oats are three inches
high. Another farmer was sowing his
5-acre field in oats. He says he expects to raise a bumper crop.
of themselves or their families."
The V. F. W., demand for a mini
mum of .$60 for the Veterans in question, is based on the Governments own
standards of what constitutes a suh-
sistance sum, Commander Reisch declared.
"Non-Veterans employed by the VVP-
A oi- who are on government relief
rolls, are not expected to live and support their families on the $30 a montn
Uncle Sam allows these 12,000 permanently and totally disabled War
Veterans," he declared. "Is it not reas
onable for us to demand that these
Veterans and their dependents be accorded treatment more nearly approximating that accorded other needy
Americans':1
Other proposed measures to be introduced in Congress by the V. F. W.,
include pensions for needy widows and
orphans' of all War Veterans ; jobs or
pensions for all War Veterans; great-
more    of
One of the most
important is  the fee  of non-resident
Of special Importance to Cass coun- licenses.   I will follow this up with a
There are other and more interes
ing things to  tell  about  Hot  Springs ler protection of    the    United    States
the ed in one large reservoir.    From this and the commimity but space will not | against the inroads    of    communism,
con- reservoir they are carried by pipes to permit us telling it all.   Mr. York joins, Fascism and Naziism ;    an    adequate
ty will be tha final outcome of sever-, special article a little later on.
Minneapolis  Tribune,  and  as  it
cerns a local resident and is very In- the different bath houses.   All springs me in greetings and a prosperous newj national  defense and permnent    neu-
teresting we are re-printing it for our are owned and operated by the U. S. year for you. trality for  the  United  St ates, Corn-
readers: Government, —Mrs. H. A. York     mander Reisch  explained.