The Pine River Journal (Pine River, Minnesota), 1939-05-12

              Pine river journal
VOLUME  IV   NUMBER 38
THE PINE KiVER JOURNAL, PINE RIVER,   CASSS   COUNTY,  MINNESOTA,   FRIDAY.   MAY  12,  1939
SUB. $1.00 In County, $1.50 ouSside
Out of the . .
Waste Basket
-By—
GRANT   BERGSTROM
Friendship   is   an  odd    thing,    it
Is   acquired  sometimes tnrough fear,
sometimes  through  wealth,  oft  times
through admiration  and occassionally
through  good   deeds—but   rarely.
* * * *
Thre -fair-weather variety is large
in number and easy to find but of
little good. Which reminds us
of a poem we read several years
ago that brings out the idea without   any   fancy   phrases or  frills.
The poet is unknown:
* * * *
A  good  fellow's friendship  is  worth
more than gold,
It's not had for the asking,
No place is it sold.
You cant't find it by waiting,
Nor In a book on the shelf,
You've just  got to be a good fellow
yourself.
* ♦ * *
The above verses are written from
memory and may be bit off shade,
but nevertheless, the    idea    is    still
there.
* * * *
Next Sunday is Mother's Day.
Don't forget the greatest "ady of
all time—Your Mother. Remember her on the day made sacred
by mothe-hood. v.helher rich or
pooi-—she will appreciate your re-
memb.ance, however small it may
be.
* * * *
If the Journal doesn't seem to be
up topjar these days, kindly bear
with us for a short while, as the force
has been swamped the past week,
printing a school annual, graduation
announcements, name cards and not
to mention the many small jobs that
are sandwiched in b*tween. So far,
everything has been going galley-wes!
and we will soon have the job completed.
* * * *
We have been asked by a friend to
make mention of the fact that local
golf enthusiasts should get together
and lay out a course near the village.
He stated 'hat there are enough club
artists and would-be artists, to easily
form a golf club aid fiiace tne po-
pos tion. This writer being a poor
man at the art of barn-yard pool,
i ould not set forth tne necessary steps
needed.
Marriage is like a telephone—i
one doesn't always get the party
wanted.
Roy Lee  Post  No. 2617, Veterans  of  Foreign   Wars
will conduct a Poppy Sale in  Pine   River,  May  20.
In Flanders Fields
By Henry Polk Lowenstein
Sleep on, brave soldiers,  sleep,    sleep    where    the
poppies  grow,
Sleep on, brave soldiers, in your    places,    row    on
row.
The lark's still soaring in the sky,
Still bravely singing, soaring high.
Away above thei cannon's roar,
Scarce heard amid the guns as yore,
Before you slept in Flanders Fields.
The faith with you we've kept and battled with tho
foe;
On crimson fields by you we've slept where poppies
blow.
The torch you flung to us we caught;
With blist'ring hands we've bravely fought
To hold it high to guard you thru the Night,
And at the Dawn to guide you to the Light,
When you awake from Flanders -Fields.
CREAMERY MEETING TO BE HELD
NEXT WEEK
c&$sClZ^llf\-A WSS WELFARE
ceive $109,000 In Aid       ^ . ^  . ^^^^^
BOARD ADOPTS
WORK PROGRAM
The State Board of Allotment this
week announced the allocation of
$7,000,000 in state aid .funds from
gasoline tax and one-mill tax revenues to Minnesota's 87 counties for'improvement of local  roads.
One-mill road and bridge tax revenues supply $1,200,000 for this year's
allotments and the counties' one-
third  share of    the    gasoline    taxes
The Cass County Welfare Board
announced this week that all employable families receiving direct relief
will be required to workt out the value of their relief order at the rate of
twenty-five cents per hour.    This lias
makes up the remaining $6,300,000, to   b(>eu   made  posslble   thl.ough   the   co-
be expended on county aid roads
The total exceeds by $250,000 the
combined '38 allotments which included $1,250,000 from the road and bridge
levy- and an even $6,000,000 from gas
tax revenues. The one-mill tax allotment is $50,000 less this year than
last.
Cass  Gels $109,000.00
Cass   county's   road   fund   will     be
enriched by $109,000 under the allotments made by the board, which will
operation of R. A. Dahms, Cass County Highway Engineer, who is working on the welfare board on this program. The clients will lie notified liy
tlie relief office as to the number ol'
hours they are expected to work. They agi ment
will then be' notified by the county
engineer as to the nature of the work
they are to perform. The work will
consist of graveling and brushing
county and township roads and other
miscellaneous jobs in this connection.
Committees of from three to five
farmers from each township in the
Pine River area were selected to handle the reorganization campaign for
tho Cooperative Creamery here, "at a
meeting of the Hoard Tuesday. All
members of the newly organized
Hoard were all present and discussed
the creamery campaign with Krland
Johnson of Walker, County Supervisor of the Farm Security Administration, S. Allen Aldrich of Grano
Rapids, Clifford Ukkelberg of Aitkin,
and H. N. Roningen  of Duluth.
A survey of the territory indicated
that 2000 cows can be signed up in
the area contingent to Pine River,
which would guarantee a much larger
volume of butter fat than received by
the average creamery in  the  state.
According to John Norman, president, the sale of 200 shares of stock
to producers and $2000.00 worth of
preferred stock to business men, will
put the creamery association in strong
financial condition. Oscar Dahl, president of the local bank, stated that
a committee of business men will undertake to sell the preferred stock to
assist in placing the creamery on a
sound financial basis. The preferred
stock is non-voting. All local town-
snip committeemen will meet with the
board on Saturday, May 20, at the
l'ine River armory, at 2 p. ra.
According to Mr. Aldrich, who has
been advising the board In their reorganization plans, there are now
(i".i successful cooperative creameries in tlie state and only 210 private
enterprises and 30 centralizers. Other
communities with smaller volume are
making their creameries pay, he continual. The local creamery must b':
reorganized now or the rarmers mint
tece tlie fact that the local creamery
will eventually be1 under private man-
Green Dragon Cafe
To Re-open Today
The Green Dragon Cafe, which has
been closed for tbe past two weeks,
while workmen were busy redecorating, will re-open for business Fridav.
May 12, (today).
The entire interior has been redecorated and renovated throughout
and presents a very pleasing appearance. Major H. C. Skinner, owner of
the cafe, states that everything will
be in readiness for the opening day.
Bead the announcement on another
page of this issue.
MAIL CONTRACTS
FOR STAR ROUTES AWARDED
REV. MCCRACKEN
TO SPEAK AT BACCALAUREATE
Morris Linden to Play
Before Crown Prince
Maurice Linden, son of Mr. and
Mrs. A. J. Linden has the honor of
being selected as the one in charge
of the music when the Crown Prince
and his Princess of Norway visit Du
luth in June. He has also been requested to" play a violin solo, being
an  accomplished  violinist.
Mr. Lindfn is the principal of the
Washington and Brooklyn schools in
the  Hibbing district.
go a long way in improving the roads Th« employables will be absorbed by
of the county.
At an earlier meeting in March, the
board allotted $4,368,762.93 of current
trunk highway revenues to pay principal and interest on state highway
and county re-imbursement bonds.
These bond charges totalled $2,883,130
principal, and $1,4S5,632.92 interest.
An additional $430,000 of state highway revenues has been set aside to
meet the expense of the motor vehicle registration bureau.
Cass and Crow Hi-
way Jobs Awarded
M. J. Hoffman, Minnesota Highway
Commissioner,   this  week    announced
•t.he .Olounty road maintenance men
throughout the county. Relief families having employable male members will be expected to cooperate
with the welfare board in this matter
and if they refuse to work, their relief will be withheld. Many complaints have been received by the welfare office about families receiving-
aid and giving nothing in return for
it. These complaints have been responsible for the action taken by the
Welfare Board in this matter.
The i-'orkers will be covered by the
county e. ~---ees Insurance policy,
handled by t Ynchor Casualty Company, through its agent, C. E. Elsenpeter.
Notices to all clients who are to
work were sent out with the May re-
County Supervisor, Mr. Johnson,
was appointed as campaign manager,
wiih .1. F. Keuebrger as assistant.
Community meetings will be held in
each township, after tlie me ting oi
.May 20.
PTA CONFERENCE
AT DEERWOOD
Supt. Otto Haack announced this
week, that he had been very fortunate ln securing the Rev. O. E. Mc-
Cracken of Fargo, N. Dak., as guest
speaker at the Baccalaureate services
to be held at the school auditorium,
Sunday evening, May 28. Rev. Mc-
Cracken is head of the Union Gospel
Mission of Fargo, conducted by a
hoard of directors from fifteen church
es in the city. He may be heard over
the radio every Sunday on station
WDAY on the Union Gospel Hour.
Dr. A. V. Obern, Professor of Education at the University of North Dakota, will address the graduating
class at commencement exercises lu>
year, to be held Friday evening, June
2, at 8'p. m. Dr. Obern is a nationally known writer and an accomplish
ed speaker. He will stop, in Pine River, enroute to Duke University in
North Carolina, where lie will be a
guest  instructor this  summer.
Awards were, made by the U. S.
Postal Dept. last week, of three star
routes from the Pine River office, to.
Helgie Norman, Ernest Glover and
John White.
Ernest Glover was awarded the
Longville route on his low bid. Mr.
Brandt has carried mail on this route
for the past several years. The route
has been extended to give service to
patrons on Norway Lake, near Lemb-
kes, Hempsteads and several other
homes. Patrons will also have daily
year-around service on this route, beginning May 16. Mr. Glover will assume responsibility of the route on
July 1,
John White was the successful bidder on the Fifty Lakes route, formerly carried by BUI King. This route
will have dally service during the sum
mer. Mr. White will take over tne
route on July 1.
Helgie Norman who has carried tho
mall on the Graff route for several
years, was successful in his bid and
will continue In that capacity. Dally
year-around service lias been inaugurated on this route.
Fifteen applications were received
at the local office for the above routes
according to L. E. Dougherty, postmaster. These contracts will run for
four years, at which time they will
again be open for bids!
Sheep Demonstration
At Frank Swift Farm
The annual conference of the 12th
district of the Minnesota Congress of
Parents and teachers will be held this
year at Deerwood, May 13, beginning
at 0:30 a. m. All local associations
are urged to send as large a delegation  as possible.
The theme of the meeting this year
is "Character Education for Moderu
Youth" and all who know the temptations that beset the young people of
today  will  realize its  timeliness.    In
W. E. Morris, Extension Animal
Husbandman, is the U specialist that
Cass county farmers will <iave an opportunity to hear and see at the sheep
demonstration meetings .May 17, according to Oscar Nelson, County
Agent.
Farmers from the central p.irt of
the county should be on hand at the
Frank Swift farm, near Pine River,
at 10 a. m. on May 17, while those in
the. western section will gather at
the Chas. Stone farm near Poplar at
2 p. m. One of the biggest problems
confronted by Cass county sheep raisers is the control of worms, ticks,
and grubs. Demonstration on that
subject as well as docking, castrating
and handling wool, will be featured
at each meeting to help local men
raise a higher percentage of lambs
that will grade "top" when they reach
market.
. charge of the panel discussion in the
the award of contracts for grading on lief orders aud the work they will do] afternoon wm be L C Murray of
state aid road No. 16 in Cass county in May, will cover these orders. In
and No. 1 in Crow Wing county. The the future, the Board will issue the
combined projects extend from one relief order and the work assignment
and one-half miles east of Pine River as soon after the first of each month
at the Nick Ritchie corner, to White as it is possible t° "1° so- Although
Fish Lake. i the order is released before the woric
Aitkin, with a half-dozen school people and laymen discussing various
problems. Panel discussions have proved   themselves   an   excellent   way   of
Staples to Celebrate
Golden Anniversary
Old Age Pension Clients to Meet May 18
A general Old Age Pension Clents
meeting will be held at the armory
Thursday evening, May 18, at 8 p. m.
All Old Age Clients, business men,
Townsend Club members, ministers,
farmers, laboring men, old folks aud
young folks are urged to attend this
very important meeting. A speaker
of national reputation has been se
cured for the evening.
Thousands   of  people  are  expected
getting varied viewpoints from people  to  crowd into  Staples  July 3,  4 and
in close touch with the situation and 5, when that community re-enacts Its
Both jobs were awarded to Niena- is actually performed, subsequent re-  free aiscussion fl.om people in the au. I pioneel. iurabering  and railroad  days
ber and Pettyjohn, of St Paul, fort a  lief will depend upon the willingness  dience    There ,g <<m illformality   and'during its  Golden Anniversary    cele-
total  of  $27,043.78. | of the client to perform the required   frienclliness about tllis sort of meet-' bratlon,    Al    Ashenbrener,    publicity
RITES FOR PHILLIP
BEHLER TODAY
Phillip oehler, pioneer resident at
Pine River, passed away at the University hospital May 8, at the nge of
75 years.
Funeral services will be conducted
Friday (today) nt 2 p. m., from the
Chapel of the Northland Funeral
Home, with Rev. Mead officiating.
Interment will be made in the Pine
River cemetery.
Phillip Behler was born November
1, 1803, at Three Oaks, Michigan, and
came to Pine River at the age of IS
years. He settled here with Will
Ritzier and has made 1. < home here
ever since. Mr. Behler is one of tho
pioneers of this country and is well
known  throughout the county.
He leaves to mourn his passing,
three brothers, George and William
F. of Three Oaks, Mich., and Ernest.
of Michigan City. One brother Charles  preceded   Mm  in  dearth.
Out of town relatives attending tie1
funeral, included Mr. and Mrs. Wm.
Behler Jr. and Mr. and Mrs. Ralph
Snyder of Three Oaxs, Mich.
MOOSE LAKE FARM BUREAU
TO MEET MAY 15 AT SCHOOL
Work is well under way and when  duties.     This   work  program,
completed should give us a fine high-  announced,  hSs  no   connection  wnai-
way east to Whitefish, which has been soever with any existing WPA project
stated,  while    visiting    in
in deplorable condition.
PWA  or   Forestry  projects,    but    is
purely  a   local proposition,  sponsored
entirely  by   the   Wefare  Board.    The
Board  invites  suggestions  and    constructive criticism from anyone inter-
I ested in this program and if these sug
Askov.—To drown or not to drown,  gestions will be beneficial to the coun-
that is the question—and that is the ty as a whole, the board will do every
DROWNING?     NOPE,   MAN
1 JUST     PLAYS    A    PRANK
Agricultural   Conservation   Program
i   	
Final figures on participation in the
1939 Agricultural Conservation program have just been released as May
2nd. The figures show that 97.2 per
cent of the crop land in 2260 farms
in Cass County is signed up under the
program. The remainder or 2.S per
cent of the crop land is operated by
farmers who refuse or were undetermined about signing up under the program. 126 is the number of farms represented in this group. The final date
for sign up was May 1. This means
that the farms that were not signed up
will not be checked for performance
during the coming summer.
sheriff's problem these days since th-J
finding of a car on the/ highway bridge near Sandstone recently. The
identity of the car was, soon learned
when a note to a certain young lady
was found in,tlie seat, telling her of
the intention of the owner to jump
over the railing into the cold, cold
river below and that'she would never see him again. Norbert Nolan was
the owner of the car and it was Norbert Nolan whom men spent the entire day dragging the river bottom
for. They would still be searching,
except that a young man reported he
had seen Nolan near his home in
Cloverdale. Officers went to his home
and there he confessed to the prank
and offered to make payment. He
will be expected to pay for the expense of dragging for his body which
was found .hale and hearty. ,
thing in its power to adopt them.
DRAMATIC CLUB TO
PRESENT PLAYS
As their final production this year,
the Footlights Dramatic Club will present a one-act play festival at til"
school auditorium,   Friday, May 19.
The following four plays will be
presented:
• The Pampered  Darling"
"By  Special  Request"
' Winter Sunset"
"I atterson Dinner"
Sperial musical entertainment will
he presented between the plays.
ing, that brings out tilings that
more formal situation would fail
do.
In addition to the panel ti»»r»
will be brief talks by three of the cle, depicting the history of Staples,
state officials: Mrs. S. E. Lindsay, J The spectacle will include a cast of
state president, will discuss "Building -iOO people and will be presented all
Programs  of   Service;"    Mrs.   F.     E. j three nights in a special out-door thea
a | chairman,
to   l'ine  River this week.
Headlining a   great  three-day    program, is a mammoth  historical speta-
The Moose Lake Farm Bureau unit
will hold its next meeting May Iff,
Monday evening, at the Maple Grove
school at 8 p. m. An Interesting program has been planned by the committee, to which everyone Is invited.
Lunch will be served following the
program.
Mrs. Sam Salfisberg, Sec.
Jones will talk on the needs for larger membership in the PTA if the organization is to function properly, and
Mrs. E.M. Larson of Aitkin, will bring
out fresh viewpoints in membership
participation.
tre. The Rogers Producing company,
will have charge of the presentation.
Parades each day and fireworks
each night as well as free acts will be
a part of the entertainment. Carnivals   and   street   concessions,   dances
Mr. and Mrs. Olaf Keen, and family
left Wednesday for North Dakota,
where they will make their new home.
Ed Kladt has moved in'to their vacated home.
Use A  Want Ad
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Corps will participate in the celeoratJ-
on.
A special train is being arranged
from thi' Twin Cities. To encourage
other bands to participate, special
band   prizes  are being  awarded.   The
In addition to the program proper, | nnd other attractions    have    already  Long Prairie Commercial Club, reallz-
of  been contracted.    Dancing every nite
• I with   Jack    Kane's     orchestra.    The
there   will   be   informal  meetings
old   friends   and   new     acquaintances
nnd   the  pleasure  of   a  meal  shared' dance committee has also announced
with those interested in our most vital problem—the future of the young
people of today.
This is one of the best .Ivsmatic
cluli presentation for the month and
induces- both drama and comedy Plan
tr. attend.
We'll  be welcoming you Friony evening. May 19 at 8 p. m.
- Audrey Dotty
Sail It With A Want Ad
jitterbug and old time dance contests
for  afternoon   entertainment.
Among the old timers who have already  agreed   to  appear  on    special
programs,   is   Tom     Moodie,     former
i governor of North Dakota.
Si Severson, general chairman, who
witli a committee, visited the Twin
Cities last week, said that such outstanding organizations as the East
Side Post American Legion Drum
Corps, the Hook 'Em Cow Riders,
South St Paul Stock Yards
Corps, and -Northern    Paqifie
ing the importance of the event in
Todd County history, has already approved sending the Long Prairie high
school hand.
In the meantime, besides preparing
the history for the pageant, the historical committee is ..receiving hundreds of idd time pictures and relics
for  displays.
The celebration will actually last
five days. Carnivals and concessions
will be on the streets by July 1 and
that evening a preview of the historical pageant will he : presented. On
the evening of July 2, a union outdoor
Drum  Church service will be  held  in    the
JJjruw pag»ant theatre.