The Pine River Journal (Pine River, Minnesota), 1940-06-07

              PINE RIVER JOURNAL
VOLUME V NUMBER 41
THE PINE KJ.VER JOURNAL, PINE RIVER,   CASS  COUNTY,  MINNESOTA, FRIDAY, JUNE 7, 1940
SUB. $1.00 In County, $1.50 outeide
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Waste Basket
—By—
GRANT   BERGSTROM
OUR   COUNTRY   AND
OUR     FLAG
Thursday of last week, people thru-
out the nation gathered to pay tribute
to America's war dead, human sacrifices of all wars in which this country
has participated. Memorial Day was
set aside on May 13, 1868, by John A.
Logan, commander-in-chief of the U.
S. army, for the purpose of commemorating all those who fell in the cause
of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness for his nation.
Again we stand on the brink of war,
with warring nations all over tlie
world—and as we meditate over this
Memorial Day, we wonder how much
these past sacrifices of human life
mean to the American people.
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On Memorial Day, Veterans of Foreign Wars and Legionaires with wives
and mothers all over the U. S. and at
the American cemeteries in Europe,
sounded taps and payed tribute at the
graves of thoSe who died so that we.
might enjoy the gifts of the greatest
democracy in the world.
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These comrades, many of whom
fought side by side with these fallen
heroes, have not forgotten what they
Saw on the field of battle. They have
not forgotten the look of courage,
stark fear, hatred, despair, and suffering in the eyes of their dying buddies. They have not forgotten and never can forget the horrible sight of
human flesh, gory with blood, memories which time has seared into the
very mirror of their souls and which
only death can erase. They have not
forgotten and never can forget the
wounded waiting for aid, the dying
praying for deliverance from suffer -
ing and the tortures of hell. Indeed,
why not tell all of it. They never
will forget the headless, bloated,
stinking bodies, waiting to be dragged
into some convenient shell-hole and
hastily covered with dirt—yes, the
very guts of men hanging in trees and
barbed wire entanglements- Trench
rats, already feasting on men not yet
■dead; cooties and mud and slime and
screaming shells—and after it all the
aftermath of war.
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Widows and orphans; returned soldiers broken in body and spirit; the
lame, blind and halt, victims of shell
shock and gas confined to padded
cells, foaming at the mouth, quivering masses of human flesh, all mentality gone—still walking, screaming
and trying to run from an enemy after
22 years- Added to all this, we had
the world wide spread of influenza,
another typical plague which follows
in the wake of all wars and takes its
toll of human lives.
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But these things seem to momentarily .have passed into eternity and
today the American people think of
the last war only in terms of money—
the huge war 'debts as yet unpaid, the
depressions   and   panic  which  follow
all wars.
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You say this is not true, that you
do care— then, my dear public where
were you and you and you when these
Veterans and their wives in Pine River. Backus and Longville, gathered
to do honors to those fallen heroes
and to meditate over the price of
peace? Were you at these meetings
with prayers on your lips and in your
hearts, that we might not again be
drawn into a conflict so that your
boy and mine, your husband, father
or brother might be spared the injustice of being called to fight only
that ten or twenty years from now
the people of the nation shall have
forgotten the price they paid so we
might better live?
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Where were you at these meetings?
Or was it just another holiday from
work?
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Those Who attended the meeting in
Pine River will have seen a lad in
uniform present—once a fine upstanding young man in the commuity.
Three days at the front—since then
hopelessly helpless.    We  Salute You,
Buddy!
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Hats off to Longville, where every
great-grandfather and tiny baby packed the auditorium to  overflowing.
However, be that as it may, the purpose of this is only to remind you that
War Is HELL!—And unless we have
the proper respect for our country and
FAREWELL  PARTY  AT  M.   E-
CHURCH   FOR     MR.    AND
MRS.   FRED    HEUER   FRIDAY
The Methodist Church and various
organizations of the church are sponsoring a farewell party in honor of
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Heuer Friday evening June 7, at 8 p- ru., at the church.
A cordial invitation is extended to
the congregation and their many friends in the community.
The Methodist Church school will
observe Childrens' Day and Fathers'
Day with a picnic June 16, at the C-
F. Peter's home on Ponto Lake. Further details will be published next
week.
Dr. C V. Williams who is doing ve
terinary work at Fosston, spent tiie
week-end at his home here.
JUDGE HARDY
AND SON AT
MARLOW SUN.
"Here I Am a Stranger", opens at
the Marlow Friday and continues thr.i
Saturday, with Rolland Young, Gladys
George and Russell Gleason.
The story concerns a child of divorce who learns after entering college that shabby Duke Allen is his
real father. After effecting the regeneration of his parent, he finds himself
in a bad situation concerning a hit-
and-run driver. Nevertheless, he carries through without faltering.
Mickey Rooney and Lewis Stone
bring you "Judge Hardy and Son" on
Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. Tne
picture carries the Hardy family thru
all their troubles with Judge Harly
settling things in his usual manner.
The story departs from comedy when
Mrs. Hardy becomes ill with pneumonia and plunges the family into
protracted and prayerful despair. It
is truly a picture for everyone.
"Pack Up Your Troubles" with Jane
Withers and the Ritz Brothers, comes
to you Wednesday and Thursday. The
story is built around the background
of the last World War, with comedy
throughout. The Ritz brothers join
the U- S- cavalry as comedians and
wind up as mule guardians. Thi \
meet Jane across the water who is a
young mademoiselle in a French village.
DULUTH-FARGO
ROAD DESIGNATED
THRU PINE RIVER
CLUB MEMBERS TO ATTEND
ANNUOL 4-H CLUB WEEK
The following 4-H Club members
left Wednesday for University Faun,
St. Paul, where they will attend cue
annual 4-H Club Week:
Carol Kyllingstad, Pine River; Everett Schultz, Federal Dam,; Rutli
Pietz, Lila Lee, Jean Stub, Pillager;
^Rena Lou Benson, Pequot Lakes; Vernon Hanson, Marvin Nelson and Liili-
an Swecker, Motley; Byron Harder.
Norton Longville; Eileen Heemstra,
Leona Clodfelter, June Bellefeuilie
and Virgina Zaffke, Backus; Hugh
Norton, Walker.
For the first time, the 4-H club
building at the state fair grounds will
be used to house members for the
event. During their stay they will attend classes where demonstrations of
agricultural and home economics projects will be held. Splendid programs
have been arranged in addition to regular meetings.
our flag, it isn't worth tlie sacrifice
Of our boys. If this land of opportunity, with its cars, airplanes, factories
and fruitful lands is worth fighting
for, then let's be proud of the banner
which carries for us the symbol of a
democracy unequalled in the world-
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Yes, 'tis your flag and my flag—
and yet only one person in Pine River
stood at attention and saluted as it
passed by down the street—only one
removed his hat and in Backus, one
man continued painting a store and
didn't even look around as the flag
passed. Upon inquiry, we learned
that he works on WPA. Surely a nation which makes such a livelihood
for  the  unemployed,   deserves    more
respect than that!
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Wake up People! This is your
country and my country—your flag
and my flag. If we prefer the flag of
another country, let's go there and
live—if we prefer our own, let's appreciate the God-given privil-edge of being American People, so that when
our boys go forth to do battle, it
shall not be in vain.
Salute your Flag, Love it, Honor it
and respect it.    It is not only    your
duty—it is your priviledge.
—Mrs. Dale Dubbs
H. J. Luscher and Arvid Lundin pi:
Pine River, Mr. Tomlinson of Nimrod and Mr. Andrews of Sebeka me:
with the county commisioners Tuesday of this week to secure a resoluli
on concerning the proposed Duluth
Fargo  highway.
The county board passed a resolution designating the route through
l'ine River and continuing west, meeting the road designated by Wadena
County. The highway has now been
designated to pass through Aitkn,
Crow Wing, Cass, Wadena and Otter
Tail Counties.
RESTOCKING   FORESTS
Minnesota is i estocking 6,000 acres
o: ft rest land this spring with Norway. White and Jack Pine an t White
S;>ruce, according to Claren \c Prout
•t] charge of forest management.
-An average of 1/(00 trees arc planter! to the acre. They are sjedlin^s
i (Vm two to three years o1''., grown
a: state nurser.ts.
T' o CCC coups are work'ng with
i.if Forestry Division in this plantinj.
project.
Above. Mayor-elecl John .1. McDOnough, St. Paul, receives guest
tickets to the memorial dinner for the late Governor Floyd Olson, to
be given at 7 p. in'., June 17, at the Minneapolis armory. Mr. HcDon-
ough is shown with Miss Patricia Olson, the late Governor's daughter,
(left), and Mrs. Floyd Olson.
STATEWIDE  TRUNK   HIGHWAY
PROJECT APPROVED  FOR WPA
Sheep Demonstration
Meetings to be Held
Another group of sheep demonstration meetings have been arranged for,
a I which Mr. W- E- Morris, U. specialist and a representative from the CVn-
t;al Cooperative Livestock Sh'.pp ng
Association, will demonstrate various
sheep operations such as dipping,
locking, drenching, etc. These meltings will be held near sheep pens
which gives an opportunity for discussion with these specialists in regard
to demonstrations.
The meetings have been arranged
for Thursday, June 13 at 10 a. m., at
the Chas. Stone farm in Poplar Twp.,
and at 2- p. m., at the S. W. Johnson
farm  in Ansel  Twp-
National Flag Week
Observed June 8-14
The first "Flag Week" in the history of the nation was conducted ast
year under the advisory and unifying
guidance and assistance of the United
States Flag Association at Washington, D. C. Because of the universal
appeal of Flag Week and the tremendous success of the first observance,
it has been decided to make Flag
Vv eek an annual event.
The purpose of Flag Week is to promote national unity, a united citizenship free from class hatred and racial
and religious intolerance which will
make impossible in America the ex-
istanee of any "ism" except Americanism.
As last year, mayors of towns and
cities throughout the nation" are being
requested to appoint committees to arrange for the observance of Flag
Week in  their  communities. •
During Flag Week, June S-14, you
are urged to display "Old Glory" at
your home, your place of business, on
your car, and also to wear an American flag pin.
Flag Day, June 14, will commemorate the 163rd anniversary of the adoption of the Stars and Stripes- The
oldest flag now in use with the exception of that of Denmark is the
American Flag.
Some of the ways to observe Flag
Week:
1. Displaying flags every day at
homes, business places and windows.
2. Holding patriotic exercises and
parades.
3. Distribute flags and patriotic literature.
2. Singing national anthem in theatres after last act, with every me
standing in silence, in churches, at
programs and by theatres showing
short subjects on the American Fiag.
5. Observing Flag Sunday, June 9,
in churches- Suggested sermons:
"God and Country," "Racial and Religious Tolerance" and "National
Unity."
The Roy Lee Auxiliary 2617 will
help to carry out the above suggestions for Flag Week in Pine River. Mrs.
D. L. Triggs, State Director of Americanism of VFW Auxiliary, urges all
Auxiliaries and communities to cooperate in observing Flag Week.
A statewide trunk highway project
just approved in Washington w.ll provide WPA employment for workers in
nearly all parts of the state, accord
ing to S. L. Stolte, state administta-
tor.
The total cost of the project will be
$4,427,000, of which $3,320,000 will be
WPA funds and the remaining $1,107.
000 will be furnished by the sponsor-
:ng body, the Minnesota Department
of Highways. The project, will, for
the purposes of administration, consolidate all present WPA state highway projects into one, although otherwise the work will be carried out as
at present, with each project being
operated separately. In addition to
including all present WPA highway
work, sponsored by the state highway
department, the project will also add
work not now being undertaken.
Mr. Stolte pointed out that through
the cooperation of the highway depart
ment this project will supply WPA
employment in many communities
which would otherwise be without it
because they are not able to supply
the required sponsor's contributions-
The areas in which the work will be
undertaken are distributed in nearly
all sections of Minnesota.
The work will fall into a large number of categories, all of them, however, being included under highway
work. Besides standard grading, re-
grading graveling, shoulders will be
widened, ditches cleared and deepened, guard rails installed, erosion control work and roadside development.
Work under the new project will begin within the nevt 30 days, according to present plans.
TEACHERS   ENJOY   REUNION
For the fifth consecutive year, former members of the Pine River faculty-
gathered for a week's outing at Piney
Ridge. Those present, included Matilda Sageng of Buhl, Esie Mickelson
of Spring Valley, Mrs. Glenwood Riley (Ingrid Savalainen) of Clarkville,
Margaret Oberg of St. Paul, Jean Bru-
neau of Pequot, Mrs. Edwin Reidel
(Gay Booker) of Mound, and Miss Leone Golz.
CATCHES   RIDE   WITH   SISTER;
AWAY     FOR     NINE     YEARS
- Sleepy Eye.—Take it from Francis
Kronfus, Morgan's No- 1 hltch-hik?r,
it's a small, small world. Francis
was recently hitch-hiking to Morgan.
A car bearing a California license and
driven by a lady, stopped to give him
a lift. Miss Rose Kronfus of Los Angeles, driver of the car, had to take a
second look at the young man before
she realized that she had picked up
her brother whom she had not seen in
nine years.
BASS SPAWNING  BEDS ARE
CLOSED     UNTIL     JULY   15
Approximately 1500 bass spawning
teds have been marked closed to fishing until July 15, by the Stat2 Division of Game and Fish-
'these areas are closed on recom-
menc'ation of district wardens who
submit maps showing the location of
spawning beds- The bays and streams
if tbe lake wh.ch are the natural
spawning beds of bass are th^.n posted \. ith No Fishing signs.
Practically all the waters of Minne-
scta  contain  nf-.tural  spawning beds.
A couple of good bays or spawning
beds in any one lake, if marked off
and f bsolutely potected fro:n all ties-
passing during the spawning se iSon
will natural/ly produce enough pan
ush and bass to stock any lake, the
diivsion stated.
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SERVICES FOR
MRS. ED CRIMMINS
FRIDAY MORNING
Mrs- Ed. Crimmins, 50, well known
resident southwest of Pine Riv'r
passed away at the Brainerd hospital Wednesday.
Funeral services will be held Friday (today) at 9 a. m., from Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church, with
Rev. Father Crowe officiating.
A complete obituary will be published next week.
SCHOOL   PTROL   CAMPS  TO
HELD  FROM  JUNE 16 TO 17
Minnesota's fifth annual School
Patrol Safety and Conservation camp
for boys will again be held in two sections this year, at Lum Park near
Brainerd, according to Allan Briggs,
state commander, and C. A- Zweiner,
state adjutant.
The first 150 boys registered for
the camps by American Legion Posts
will attend from June 16 to 23, and
the next group registered from Juns
23 to 30. The camp will again bear
the name "Legionville), a model, self-
governed   community.
School patrolmen from 10 to 18
years of age, who will be in school
next year, are preferred because they
will be able to take back to the local
schools they represent, the benefit ot
instructions they, receive- Legion
posts sponsor the boys representing
their school patrols, and selection o"
the representatives is made by school
authorities, generally on a basis of effective work done in the prevention
of accidents in traffic, on playgrounds
and in other home and school activi
ties.
The boys will be supervised by competent instrucotrs from the Highway
depart, conservation department, health department and educational institutions, will elect their own town officers, make their own laws and enforce them.
COMMISSIONERS
FAVOR FOOD
STAMP PLAN
The Cass County Board of Commissioners went on record as favoring the Food Stamp Plan for Cass-
County at a recent meeting.
Introduction of the Food Stamp
Plan would save the county approx-
imately *230.00 each month which is
now being spent from direct relief
funds to pay for the distribution of
surplus foods- The Village of Cass
Lake, through the Junior Chamber of
Commerce and food merchants in tlie
village and immediate vicinity, are
sponsoring a meeting for a more thorough discussion and understanding of
how the stamp plan operates, June 12,
at 7:30 p. in., at the city hall.
R. A. Taylor, director of surplus
commodities for Minnesota.has agreed
to present the food stamp plan as it
would operate in this area.
The surrounding eight counties of
cut-over land, are in a group that is
known as "distressed counties."
These counties receive all but a small
portion of the money that is spent for
direct relief purposes, from the staie-
and federal government and since the
inauguration of the food stamp plan
the government has been very anxious
for the various states to take up this
plan and in turn Minnesota is very
anxious to have the distressed counties utilize this resource and thus
save the $230 which is now being-
spent from direct relief funds for distribution purposes. The board ot
county commissioners and the merchants in the northern part of the
county are most anxious to have :-.
good attendance of business men and
interested citizens attend the meeting
June 12.
GIVES  2000  PENNIES  TO   CHURCH
RECORD   PREMIUMS OFFERED
AT STATE  FAIR THIS YEAR
Record premiums of $145,758, an
all time high, are being offered for
education exhibits at this year's Min
nesota State Fair, August 24 to September 2, according to Raymond A.
Lee secretary.
Largest share of the $19,465 increase in prize money over a year ago,
will be distributed as additional premiums to the owners of winning Minnesota livestock. Cattle, horse, sheep
and swine departments will award added prizes to home state breeders in
iddition to the regular premiums in
open competition.
Cattle exhibitors are offered $33,866.
an increase of $8,303- A large portion
of this will go to dairy breeders as a
stimulant to the state dairy business
which brings annually an income of
$150,000,000- Substantial increases
are also offered beef cattle exhibitors
To thousands of 4-H Club exhibitors
is offered $25,000, the largest amount
in 'club history. This tops by $3,000
last year's premiums and is a token
of the appreciation of the management for the excellent achievements
of the club members.
Premium lists just off the press will
be mailed  on request, by writing to
he state fair office, St. Paul.
Mr. and Mrs. Lon Fields and Mi.
Mrs. Arvid Lundin entertained at a
^even o'clock dinner and bridge party
at the Fields cottage on Blackwater
Lake Monday evening. Thirty guests
were present. Mrs- L- W. Isensee received honors for the women and Mrs.
I> W- Walton low. Ernest Robideau
won high score for the men and John
Kater low.
>
Tracy.—Mrs. A. L. Newman of Am-
iret certainly should be congratulated
on her good work. Mrs. Newman turned over to Rev. Korfage, Marshall Methodist minister, 2,000 coppers as a
contribution to the remodeling of the
Amiret Methodist Church. She had
been saving the pennies for six years.
The 200 pennies filled a fairly good-
Sized paper box.
HEAD 'PLOWED' IN FARM MISHAP
Shakopee.—Anton LoTour, whose
farm is located south of Shakopee,
was riding his tractor ahead of the
plow recently when the plow lever let
go, caught the tractor seat on the underneath side and knocked him and
the seat from the machine. Mr. La-
Tour fell in the path of the plow
which passed over his head, cutting
a long, deep gash in the scalp. He
scrambled to his feet and immediately drove his car to Shaokpee for medical aid.
SPRINGER HAS 4 DRUM STICKS
Olivia.—A four-legged chicken at
the Olivia hatchery is the object of
much attention and comment at the
present time, but unaware of its sudden popularity, the queer little creature timidly goes on living its natural
life. Normal in every other respect,
the little chick may grow to give some
one a rare treat—that of feasting on
four drumsticks instead of the customary  two.
Doctori
Townsend
ociys	
IT IS regret-
table that there
are many, in
these changing
days, who
thoughtlessly
say that the
people are unfit,
or unable, to
direct their own
affairs; that democracy fails in
a crisis, and that there must be
certain super-men to direct their
way of life.
"It would be well to recall to those
thoughtless, that it took 500 years
for civilization to win its way to the
freedom of a democracy. Blood was
shed all along the route Are we
now willing to permit any one man
to tear this foundation from under
us? Are we not as able to meet a
crisis today as we were in 1776?
But, to maintain this heritage of
freedom, we must practice the dem-
Dcratic principles handed to ua_ by
>ur predecessors.       '