The Pine River Journal (Pine River, Minnesota), 1939-06-23

              PINE RIVER JOURNAL
VOLUME iV,   NUMBER 44
THE PINE KiVER JOURNAL, PINE RIVER,  CASS  COUNTY,  MINNESOTA, FRIDAY, JUNE 23, 1939
SUB. $1.00 In County, $1.50 oufeside
Out of the . .
Waste Basket
—By—
GRANT   BERGSTROM
Notice To Swanburg
Grange Members
A column is sometimes a hard
thing to get started, especially wheu
you haven't been able to pop an idea
that you might enlarge upon—ana
this is one week when things don't
seem to be popping.
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A kindly squib from a lady-
subscriber almost floored . this
writer last week, but it wasn't
long before someone came along
and did some raving and ranting
which brought us right back to
life again and everything seemed ('normal. Anyway, a kindly word
of praise now and then does no
harm.
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The present population of the United States is 128,031,000. The population at the first census (1790) was
3,029,214—Uncle Sam has raised quite
a family in 150 years.
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Did  You   Know
That the world consumes about
65,000,000  pounds     of    potatoes,
8,000,000   pounds   of     meat     and
80,O00,0CJ pounds of bread daily.
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Hens lay 2,500,000 eggs. White
1,500,000 quarts of wine and
500,000 quarts of beer are consumed. Coffee is the world's favorite beverage, 50,000,000 cups
are consumed each hour. The
world's hourly tobacco bill is
$1,500,000.
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This writer had a rather unusual
experience white driving through th^
country last Sunday.. The incident
occurred on the highway between
Backus and Park Rapids. We were
traveling rather slowly when we
**pied an odd looking animal along the
roadside. It was so odd in fact tnat:
we returned to investigate the oddity, which was nothing more than i
woodchuck carrying a youngone by
the nape of the neck, which accounted for the pecLiliar shape.
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The woodchuck did not seem at
all scared when we stepped from the
•car and walked towards it. She dropped her child and the two scampered
around in jhe middle of the roadway.
In the course of ten or fifteen min-
untes, while we watched the animal,
five more automobiles stopped and
■there were ten or twelve people out
watching Mrs. Woodchuck and her
baby. By this time the lady of the
woods had become wary of all the
attention she was receiving and picked up the young one and scampered
fiff  into   the   woods   which   bordered
,the highway.
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Several theories were advanced as
to the cause of her tameness but
non of them seemed very sound. The
fact that the little one was around
probably accounts for the mother
standing by and although she appeared to be nonchalant, she was no
doubt  plenty   nervous  for   taking   to
the   highway.
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The torna*i0 which struck at Anoka Sunday, arrived at the height of
ran American Legion convention in
that city—and of course was the end
of the convention.
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It seems like hard luck Is bark-
•   ing at the heals of- the veterans
these days as the VFW convention held here two weeks ago wa»
1   more or less clouded by bad weather also.
Mr. and Mrs. Helmer Jones spent
Sunday at the E. O. Gravdahl home
at Pequot.
JUNE IS
DAIRY MONTH
The Grange meeting in Swanburg
will be held Monday evening instead
of Tuesday evening as announced,
due to the school election Tuesday
evening.
—Elsie   Murrer,   Sec.
Everything Set For
Big Dance June 30
The biggest dance' of the season
will be held at the Pine River armory Friday evening, June 30, when
Slim Jim and his famous Rough Riders will entertain.
This is one of the outstanding-
bands in the northwest. They played
to a packed house in Pine River a
year ago and were well received.
Plan to spend Saturday evening, June
30 at the Pine River armory.
PINE RIVER NEARS
TOP IN VICTORY
OVER WALKER
UNIVERSAL CREDIT
INSTITUTES NEW
ADV. CAMPAIGN
A nation-wide advertising campaign
using newspapers, magazines and bill
boards has been instituted by the
L niversal Credit Company to inform
the public about the important business of automobile financing, Mr.
Bradley  announced here today.
"Our campaign is purely education
al," said Mr. Bradley. It will discuss publicly the important business
of automobile financing A large
part of the income of- the American
people each year goes into automobile instalment purchases, simply because the device of credit provides
a convenient way to get new transportation without the immediate outlay of considerable cash.
"Although instalment financing
plans have been available for many
years, the public never has known
except in a vague manner what constitutes fair rates and good service
in the field.
"It is estimated that there are now
from 400 to 1000 different companies
offering automobile financing services to the public-
"As a large national company operating in this field, confining our busi
ness to Ford dealers exclusively, we
felt some time ago that the time had
come to give the public an insight
into the whole business of automobile financing. We felt that if we
could tell the public what services
it is entitled to and what charges
are fair for such services, we would
be able to help car buyers discriminate in selecting a finance service
and help  them  save money.
"Many car buyers have been deterred from utilizing their right to
credit purchasing by tha confusion
existing in their minds regarding credit methods and practices. The
fact that emergency loans for remedial purposes are entirely different
from transactions involving the time
sale income-producing or 'pleasure
giving articles is not generally understood.
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Council To Sponsor
Local WPA Project
, Improvement, of village streets >nd-
(the addition of new curbs and sidewalks has been assured for Pine River, following a conference between
,Mr. Gustafson of Walker and L. W.
,Tsensee and T. E. Hill who, together
,wlth other members of tne council,
iliave approved the project. Labor
(Will be furnished by local WPA work
,ers.
, Anyone interested in adding new
sidewalks or curbs on their property
pre asked to get in touch with Arvlc
Lundin, clerk of the council.
Ponto 4-H Club Meets
The Ponto Lake 4-H Club held a
basket social and kittenball game
Sunday afternoon, with John Heemstra of Swanburg acting as- auctioneer. Although the crowd was small
due to inclement weather, Mr. Heemstra did a most commendable job   of
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The Pine River boys- went to bat
against Walker, at Walker Sunday,
and garnered nineteen hits from the
northerners to win by a score of
7-2.
This victory places them at the
Jiead of the list in the league and
next Sunday's game with Pequot-
Nisswa here, will tell the story. Tie.'
latter team is undefeated this season
and Pine River has lost only one
game. Should the locals win (Sunday's game they will be tied for first
place and an extra game will be
played to decide the victors of the
first half.
The local lineup was as follows:
T. Lavoie, 3b; R. Sycks, 2b; C. Seaton, rf; G. Seaton, lb; L. Bundy, ss;
L. Sycks. p; ('. Sycks,'c; J. Riley, If;
H. Rognlie, rf. J. Haack substituted
for Lavoie in the first inning.
Come out Sunday and watch the
big game of the first half.
Mrs. Mary .Morey ol' Longville speat
Thursday at the Charles Lee home.
Eradelphians Will
Meet Next Tuesday
The next nnd last meeting of the
Eradelphian Club will be held on June
27 beginning with a theatre party al
the Marlow Theatre featuring "Tail-
spin."
All Eastern Star members, Itheir
husbands and all Masons and any
member of either Lodge who may 1),'
visiting in this community are cordially invited and will meet at the Marlow Lounge Rooms at 7:15. Luncheon will be served at the close of the
evening.
POPULAR MILDRED
COUPLE SPEAK
VOWS TUES.
BARNHEART  -   LINN
A very pretty wedding took place
at the Mildred Chapel Tuesday evening, when; marriage vows were spoken, by Lucile .Barnheart and Albert
Linn. The service was reall by Rev.
George Arbogast of Deer River, uncle  of the bride.
The Chapel was beautifully decor-
i.ted in pink and white. The ring
ceremony was  used.
The bride and groom, followed by
their attendants, ted the processional,
entering to {he strains of the wedding march played by Mrs. Floyd
Neuman.
The bride was attired in a wedding
gown of white satin with a lace veil
and carried a bouquet of pink and
white flowers. The attendants, sisters of the bride, Vivian and Merle
Barnheart,   wore  pink  organdy.
The groom was attended by his
two brothers.
Mr. and Mrs. Wiens sang "Pilot
Them Oh Gracious Saviour" and "He
Knows the Way" accompanied by
Mrs. Fred Holmberg, sister of the
bride. Harold Barnheart, brother of
the bride, acted as usher.
Following the ceremony and prayer, Mr. Wiens, local pastor brought a
message of advice and council, especially to the young Christians, urging them to let the Lord lead in
choosing a life-partner and speaking
of the spiritual sacredness of the
marital ceremony which harmonizes
with the spiritual significance of the
marriage itself. Claude Barnheart,
father of the bride, brought the service to a close with a prayer.
The Chapel was filled to capacity
with friends and relatives of this
estimable young couple.
The bride is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Claude Barnheart of Mildred, where she has made her home
since childhood. She is one of the
willing workers in the Church and
is ever ready to be of service to the
Lord.
In the short time Mr. Linn has
made his home in Mildred, he has
become favorably to known to many.
The many friends of the young
couple congratulated them and wished them many years of happy wedded
life.
Bible School Program
' The Vacation Bible School of the
Methodist Church will have a pro-
rani on Friday evening at 8 o'clock.
This program will officially close the
school.
The Bible School has been very
successful having an enrollment of
60 and  an  average attendance of 61.
Eight young people of the Confirmation Class will be excepted into
the church.
Council Meets With
Com. Club to Discuss Power Deal
i
Epworth League
The Sunday School and the two
Aid Societies of the Methodist Church are sending a delegate to the Epworth League Institute at Barnum.
The institute begins on Saturday and
continues through next week. Rev.
and Mrs. Mead will also attend.
Bungo Farm Bureau
To Meet Friday Eve.
Mark Johnson Writes
of South America
The Bungo Farm Bureau Unit will
hold its next regular meeting on Friday evening, June 23 (to-night) at
.S ]i. m. An interesting program that
will be to your liking has been planned by the committee, so be sure and
plan to attend. Bring something lor
lunch.
George Henderson left Tuesday for
the University of Minnesota, where
he will attend the summer session of
school.
William McLean returned home
from the University Hospital on Tuesday. Friends are sorry to learn of
his  serious illness.
STAPLES TO CELEBRATE IN JULY
witli only a litttle over a week remaining, Staples' anniversary celebration July 3-4^5, has assumed the
proportion of one of Minnesota's
most important July Fourth celebrations   for   1939.
To commemorate the building of
the Northern Pacific "cutoff" from
Little Falls, that resulted in the establishment of Staples, the little city
is spending hundreds of dollors and
has enlisted shows and entertainment that are expected to keep thousands busy for the entire three days.
The contract with West Bros,
shows, assures Staples of having one
of the largest and finest carnivals in
this area. Nineteen floats have already been built and it is expected
that from twelve to fifteen more are
coming in, making the parades the
most spectacular In Minnesota this
year.
The past week has seen the adding
of the famous Junior and senior
drum corps of ;St Paul, to the list
of some sixteen bands and drum
corps already planning to participate.
Dancing each evening, free acts
twice each day, and fireworks' each
night, are among the many features.
Among the speakers, are Governor
Harold E. Stassen who will preside
July 5. July 3, is "Historic and
Guest Day" and the fourth is going
to be a grand old Fourth, according
to Al Ashenbrenner, publicity chairman, who called here in the interests
of the celebration this week. Al says
if you hear a lot of music in town all
of a sudden some day. It will broba-
bly be the Staples German band
whoopin' it up for the celebration.
Anawa 4-H Club
The Anawa 4-H Club met June 19
at the B. Kyllingstad residence. The
meeting was called to order by the
president, D01'°thy Schielger. The
Secretary, Orville Gibbs, read the minutes of the last meeting and then the
Club pledge was given. A new name
for our club was debated upon. The
name Anawa (meaning wide-awake)
was suggested and excepted. Mr.
Smith was present and gave an interesting talk on the work of other
members of other 4-H clubs.
The evening was spent by singing
song, enjoying a marshmellow roast
and playing games. The next meeting will be held on July 20 at the .).
Heino home.
Reporter,  Lillian  Heino
.ell it with a want aa
Dr. and Mrs. Carl E. Johnson and
daughter Hildegarde, attended the
graduation exercises at the U. of
Minnesota Saturday evening, where
their eldest son, Mark W., completed
his college course. This was the
completion of a course started thirteen years ago, but interrupted when
Mark, then a sophomore at Northwestern U. joined the Bolivia Gold
Exploration Co of Tipuani, Bolivia,
S. America, as surveyor, engineer and
radio operator.
He lived in South America for eight
and one half years and worked successively at the mines in Tipuani, as
radio engineer for the Standard Oil
Co. at La Poz, Bolivia, Chief engineer for the government of Bolivia
during the war with Paraguay, Chaco,
when he had the commission of captain, apd later as an engineer for
the new government radio station at
La Poz, Bolivia.
Mark returned to the U. S. four
years ago and has been employed as
engineer for radio station WTCN.
Minneapolis. Being asied by this
paper to give his impressions of South
America, we received the following
information which may be of interest to our readers:
Instead of giving some of my im-
impressions about South American
people and countries, because it is
several years since I left South America and conditions change, especially economic conditions, let me give
a few of my impressions of our own
American people regarding South
Americans.
Some questions like these might
arise: Why do we insist on considering them as Spanish when they
•a,re intensely patriotic and have
no more connections with Spain than
the language? Should others consider us English for the same reason? Why do we look on South
America as a frontier where we may
find pygmy Indians and head hunters, big game expeditions and large
completely uncivilized places? When
South American people come to live
among us or .visit us, why do we ask
them if they ever wear shoes, if their
clothes are purchased in this country
or many other questions which, if
not insulting to them, at least give
them a very poor idea of American
intelligence? I could ask many other questions as hard to ,answer but
I will try to give some idea of the
reason these things happen and some
thing of the South American visitor's
viewpoints on them.
In  the first  place,  of  course,   the
Siouth   rAmericans   are  'not   Spanish,
and even though some are originally
from  Spanish stock,  there is  almost
as much of a mixture of races as in
i
our own country. It is true that some
of the people are of decidedly Spanish origin and have kept their Spanish blood quite pure. This is especially ti-ue of the western countries
where the better class people are of
almost pure Spanish blood and the
lower classes are Indian or Indian
mixtures. However, in many countries the people are Italian and Portugese. German and English stock as
well as Spanish, and even Scandinavian settlements are found in some
places. It is only ignorance which
causes us to look upon South Americans as Spanish.
Whenever a missionary, writer or
tourist goes to South America to get
material for a book or story, they
always select places where the writings will have melo-dramatic touch.
The missionary comes back to America with stories of the uncivlized conditions of the Indians and shows mo-j
vies of them and tells of the conditions he has found. He gives the
impression that all of South America is as he has pictured it and that
it) is completely uncivilized. The
write goes to the most inaccessabie
districts and tells of the same things.
We have only to read Waldo Frank
or any of the J>the|r write|nB who
have told of these things. Not many
of them tell aoout the beautiful cities
they have visited or the culture they
have found, because they were    not
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The Village Council met with several members of the Commercial Club
at the armory Tuesday evening to dis
cuss the proposed municipal light
plant for Pine  River.
Mr. Stebbins was present and went
into detail concerning the survey his
company had made, and, with a
group of charts, he explained very
convincingly the prospects of a local
light plant and the method of paying
for it.
In the first place he advised Pine
River to build the plant only for their
own service and not for the five-town
hook-up as was first advocated and
went on to explain that it was. more
practical And would be a better money
maker for the municipality.
A municipal power plant for Pine
River and Norway Lake would cost
approximately $84,000, the plant to
be installed in the armory building,
which just recently became the property of the village. The entire cost
of the plant would be paid out of revenue-certificates and in the course of
a ten-year period the plant would
have automatically paid for itself
ancl the local consumers would have
enjoyed a drastic reduction in light
rates. The proposed rate is a 7 cent
top, reducing to 1 cent for water
heating. We are now paying a 11
cent top rate.
The village would not be bonded
nor would there be any possibility of
the taxpayers being levifed any part
of the cost of the plant. These revenue certificates would be payable
out of the earnings of the plant if
and when the money is available. In
other words, there is no definite due-
date on these certificates and the
plant is actually paid for as it earns
its own money and not before, which
would not jeopordize the taxpayers
or the village in any way, and during
this period a rate of only 7 cent top
would be charged. This rate is guaranteed and cannot be increased. At
the end of the ten-year period Pine
River will own its own plant and under favorable conditions will enjoy
an even lower rate than is mentioned
above.
Vote of the people is necessary to
carry this project through and it cannot be done in any other way. A
special election will be held sometime in July to be announced later.
The building of a high-line to Hack
ensack to serve that village is also
under consideration. This would be
paid for in the same manner as mentioned above. Numerous users could
be secured along the highway and
also a number of resorts in that area. However, a complete survey of
this part of the project is now under
way and when completed, will determine whether or not the line willbe
built.
Don Sherwood spent tne week-end
at the home of his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. N. D.  Sherwood.
TJ|6 artist's drawing above shows ,
the new method used by the State, i
Highway Department to indicate]
uHo Passing" zones on two-lanei
"hways at approaches to hill-
by the use  of  tbe  white
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