The Pine River Journal (Pine River, Minnesota), 1939-03-03

              PINE RIVER JOURNAL
VOLUME IV NUMBER 2S
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THE PINB lUYER JOURNAL, PINE RIVER,  CASS  COUNTY,  MINNESOTA,  FRIDAY, MARCH 3, 1939
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CAPITOL
CORRIDORS
By Lee M. Bennett
CHANGES   IN  LOCAL TRAIN
SCHEDULE EFFECTIVE MARCH  1
The Joys of Home
I can't divulge the names on this
one, but the story is told that one or
our good Cass County officials decided
to surprise his wife on their wedding
anniversary recently, and called up
a radio station with the request that
they dedicate "Gold Mine in the Sky"
to her. All went sweetly, and the
wife was highly gratified until the
song got to these words: "Take your
time old mule, I know you're growing
lame"—and it was then that the neigh
bars heard in feminine crescendo:
"So I'm an old mule, am I. Well,
take that!"—There was a loud crasn,
then silence.
Moral: Don't try to please 'era—It
Just can't be did!
!      Rural  Bloc Formed
That a fairly well organized farm,
or rural bloc, has been formed in the
Senate was demonstrated last Friday
when the rural Senators voted almost
solidly when acting on an amendment
to tlie bill to reduce the coverage of
Minnesota's unemployment compensation act to require contributions on'y
from employers of eight or more persons.
The present law requires contributions from all employers having one
or more employees, and thre has rlght-
or more employees, and their has rig.it
especially from the small towns and
villages throughout the state where
unemployment is not seasonal as in
many of the larger industrial areas.
Most small town employers keep their
help on the payroll the year around,
bnt ln the cities many employees are
laid off at certain seasons of the year.
It was to protect these employees and
to provide for them in slack seasons
that the unemployment Insurance was
inaugurated.
As a result of these differences ln
circumstances, the small-town employer felt that he was paying out good
money to help the city employer. To
prove this contention, following is a
table showing the effect on several
counties iu the state. Column 'A
shows the contributions made to the
fund and 'B' shows the amounts returned to the unemployed persons:
A. C. Thompson, local agent for the.
M & I ltailroad informed us this week
that the f-ollowiug changes in the local train schedule were effective on
March  1:
No. 11, Northbound, arrives in Pine
Rfver at 2:10 a. m.
No. 12 Southbound, arrives in Pine
River at 1:28 a. m.
No. 11 nnd 12 are former trains No.
Ii,'! and 34.
Improved service which has recently been incorporated on this line, cuts
running time down to and from the
Twin Cities and now gives us a thru-
train without any change of cars at
Little FalLs, as was necessary before.
VETERANS TO
SPONSOR OLD
FIDDLERS CONT.
An "Old Time Fiddler's and Aceor-
dlan Player's Contest" sponsored by
the local Post of the VFW, will be
held at the Pine River. armory on
Saturday evening, March 18, according to an announcement made, by Dr.
It. F. Dingle this week.
Anyone desiring to enter this contest Is requested to get In touch with
either Dr.   Dingle  or  Homer Fraser.
Further detailed announcements w.u
appear In your next weeks Journal--•
watch for It.
ERADELPHIAN CLUB MEETS
Mrs. II. C. Skinner was hostess t'>
the Eradelphlan Study Club at her
home Friday. Mesdames Oscar Daid
and A. C. Thompson gave papers on
the state of Georgia.
The nest meeting will be hold at
the home of Mrs. Marion Sherwood
Friday, March 10.
OPENS    CAR    DOOR    ANjO
IS<    HURLED   TO    ROAD
County
(A)
(B)f
Cass
9
10,274.97
$ 6,920.04
Dakota
290,767.77
98,950.87
Morrison
19,265.50
19,305.2b
Wadena
14,128.08
8,936.09
Crow  Wing
57,796.08
226,441.%
Crow
Wing,
due  to   the
Bralnerd
railroad
shops
or    industrial    area,
Sluyton.—LeRoy Otto, local high
school student, lrad only a few bruises nnd scratches to show for his narrow escape from serious Injury or
death last week, while returning home
from a busetball game at LuVerne.
Opening the door to throw out a cigarette butt, he was jerked out of tht*
machine to the pavement by a strong
wind that was blowing at the time.
shows a gain the other way, but practically all counties without large Industrial areas pay In considerably
more than is paid back.
The amendment asked that the bl'.l
be changed to cover employers of 4
or 5 or more, but due to the fight
created over the matter, the bill was
finally passed In the Senate to exempt
all employers employing seven or less.
The bill now «oes to the House where
it may be changed again.
Whatever finally happens to the
bill, It Is apparent that Senatunj rrum
the rural areas will stick together n
matters pertaining to their section of
the state, aud they comprise about
two-thirds of the total, so It is safe o
say that what the "country cousins"
want—they will get.
Hatchery at Walker
A delegation of Walker businessmen were here last week, and together with Senator Herreid and Representative Sawyer, met Snturday morning with the Game and Fish, Com-
mlssion.relatlve to making a fish ppno
hatchery on Leech Lake nt Walker
Leech is one of the largest and best
fishing lakes In Minnesota and Walker citizens feel that a hatchery there
would do much to keep the lake
stocked with wall-eyed pike. We understand that the Game and Fish
Commissioner promised to cooperate
with them and assist In the matter.
Dads Optimistic
Cuss county daos are certainly a
very optimistic bunch If they may be
judged by a bill allowed at their January meeting. With some thirty Inches
of snow on the level, and the temperature at 30-below, the good dads allowed a bill for $1.96 for lawn sprinklers
for the court house.
Investigation  Under Way
The investigating committee consisting of both branches of the Legislature and working In conjunction
with the Attorney General, is now under way and reports there/rom may be
FAMOUS ORCHESTRA
AT ARMORY SAT.
Saturday night will be a big occasion at the local armory when Henry
Halstad and his melody makers will
play for a special dance. This Is a
well-known band and was booked for
Pine River only thru a cancellation
due to a fire. A mammoth floor show
will be staged with both professional
and local talent, featuring Lola Hom-
pe, radio songbird. Don't miss this
big dance of the season.
NOTICE
I wish to correct a misunderstanding regarding roller-skating nt the
armory:
Mr. Rohr had nothing whatsoever
to do with the closing. It was based
entirely on personal observation and
opinion expressed by a few business
men.
SIGNED: John J. Allen
M. J. HOFFMANN
New Highway Commissioner' of Minn.
M. J. Hoffman was appointed State
Commissioner of Highways January 4,
by Gov. Harold E. Stassen. He assumed the duty of administering Minnesota's 11,350 miles of trunk highways
with a long record behind him of accomplishments In the field of public
engineering service.
Mrs. N. D. Sherwood was a guest
of Mrs. Robert Campbell Monday afternoon.
PACELLI ELECTED
POPE THURSDAY
! ARTHUR BANGSTON
DIES SUDDENLY;
SERVICES THURS.
the
thur Bangston passed away at
local hospital Monday night at
tr.- age of 30 years. Death was caused by severe illness, culminating in
intlamatlon of ihe lungs.
Funeral services were conducted
from the Pine River Gospel Taberna-
n>- Thursday aftornoon with Rev. MacKinney and Kev.  Wiens officiating.
Arthur Fred Bangston, son of Mr.
a.ni  Mrs.  Harney  Bangston was born
tuary IS, 1909 in St. Louis County,
nesota. He was married January
i | 1933 to Blanche Burchett, at Walked Minnesota. To this union were
born two children, Venlts Joyce nnd-
vir|rfoin Lee.
Ho is survived by his wife, Mrs. Arthur Bangston and two children, his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Barney Bangston, and one sister, Mrs. Lillian; Kus-
ke of Carrington, N. Dak. A brother,
John, preceded him In death eight
years ago.
Mr. und Mrs. Bangston and family
moved to Pine Biver about a year
ago from Federal Dam, where they
had made their home for some time.
Whist Scores
Walton—McAllister     5S—61:.
Siefert—Downing    55—041
Siefert—-Kolb     00—619
Rovik—Seaton     -GO—610
Rorik—Zigmund    60—G01
Schuster—ilobldeitu     60—580
Shepard—Luscher     60—57b
Hill—Lundin     46—075!
Hanson—Triggs     57—570
Hickel—Siefert     GO—569
Carlson—Carlson     50—567
Siebel—Zigmund   48—567
Lien—Oftedahl     59—567
RITES HELD FOR
CLAUDE WHITTED
ON SATURDAY
Dingle—Bremken     4S—Sou
Allen—tPlath     60—550
Kater—Sherwood     48—53'j
Fields—Thompson     60—532
Melberg—Bloomfield    48—524
Rognlie—Rognlie     -12—50u
Dubbs—Teagarden    33—47i
Carlson—Kotka     53—154
Basore—Fraser     50—Ha
Klein—Lundrigan    36—12 r
Johnson—Biever   44—12:.!
Kline—Jones     12—422
Norman—Houston     37—418
LENTEN 8ERVICES AT METHO-
DIST    CHURCH  ANNOUNCED
EFFECT ON LOCAL
DIST. IF STATE AID
IS NOT CHANGED
Eugenio Cardinal Pacelli, secretary
of the state under Pius XI, was elected 202nd Pope today and immediately
ascended the throne of St Peter as
Pope Pius NIL
With that ceremonial act he becam;-
head of the Homan Catholic e'hurefc.
Vicar of Christ and spiritual father
of 332,000,000 Catholics throughout
the world on his 03rd birthday.
OPERA TO BE GIVEN
AT PTA MONDAY
These coining weeks upon which
we now enter, are the memorial of a
great Life and Love lifted by a low
cross higher than any memorial ever
built. During this season, more than
any other, we shall stand in tho sua-
dow of that cross and Churches all
over the world are uniting in services.
The M. E. Church' of Pine River
will sponsor a series of meetings especially planned for the young people
of the community, altho everyone
young or old will be welcome. These
meetings will be held at the Church
Friday evening, beginning on
Starch 10, i>'6iittlmiiflg thru until Ea ■-
,ter..
Excellent speakers have been secured and there will be special music.
Next week's Journal will carry a
complete program of the services.
The finest program of the year has
been planned for the next meeting of
the PTA, to be held Monday evening,
March 6, at the school auditorium.
The entire program will be musical and will be presented by the principle characters of the light opera
"Mikado," which will be later presented In Bralnerd. under the direction of Dwight Sherwood. The players
will appear in costume ancl will also
present a short skit and a number of
musical numbers. Everett Neison of
Brainerd, will entertain with several
violin numbers. Mr. Sherwood has
been an outstanding school band director for several years and is now
conductor of the Washington high
school band in Brainerd.
An invitation is extendod to evory-
one to attend this meeting.
Notice of Annual
Township Meetings
NOTICE  OF  CAUCUS
The Caucus for the Township of Pine
River will be held at 2:00 o'clock in
the afternoon of the 7th day of March
1939 at the schoolhouse in Mildred.
By order of the Board.
C. M .Swift, Clerk
NOTICE OF BIDS
Notice is hereby given, that sealed1
bids for the conducting of a prellmln-1
ary electric   survey   of   present    and
possible future consumption of electrical energy of the Village of Pine River, Minnesota, to determine the feasa-
blllty of a municipal electric    power
plant and distribution system for said
village,  will be received and opened
on the 7th day of March, 1939, by the
Milage Council of the Village of Plm>
River, Minnesotn.
Attest:
HARRY LUSCHER, MAYOR
ARVID   LUNDIN,   CLERK
NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING
The annual meeting for the Town of
Gall Lake will be held Tuesday, Mar.
14 at the Clough Lake Schoolhouse.
The following officers will be elected:
One Supervisor for three year term,
one Treasurer for 2 year term, one
Town Clerk for two year term and one
Assessor for two-year term. Caucus
will be held from 9:30 a. m. to 11 a. m.
Frank  Engel,  Clerk
expected at any time. If there has
been corruption it should be punished,
and If not, those under a cloud should
be given a clean bUl of health.
NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING
The Annual Meeting and election of
officers for the Town of Walden, will
be held Tuesday, March 14, 1939. at
the Kladt school house. Polls will
open at 9 a. m., and close at 4 p. m.
George H. Yancey, Clerk
N'OTICE   OF  CAUCUS
Notice is hereby given that a Caucus has been called for Wilson Twn.,
March 7, at 1 p. m., at the Wilson
Township Hall.
I. J. Cottrell, Clerk
KAY'S FASHION SHOP CLOSES
Following a sale which, will be held
this week-end, Kay's Fashion Shop
which Is now located in the Shill
building, will go out of business. Mr.
and Mrs. Young plan to leave for
Minneapolis next week where they
will make their home.
NOTICE
The Minnesota Supremo Court ln a
recent ruling upheld the constitutionality of the Tax-Forfeiture Law, thereby vesting in the state, title to al.
lands coming under that classification.
These recently acquired lands are
subject to the same laws, in regard to
trespass, as other State lands. Timber cutters are hereby notified thar.
it would be advisable to check the
ownership of lands before they start
operations, as all trespass on forfeited
lands will be subject to the same provisions as that applying to other State
owned lands. Buyers of cut timber
products are also liable to the extent
of double the stumpage value for all
products found In their yards, which
have been removed from State lands.
Pine River H.S. Team
Has  Good  Record
With nine victories and one defeat,
Pine River Is in a tie with Pequot for
top place in the "B" team conference
for the Eastern Division.
Coach Matson's team began the
season with poor prospects since only
two veteran players returned. The
team started with a win from Motley
ai.J had a clean slate of wins when
the holidays arrived.
After losing to non-conference teams
at Walker, Crosby-Ironton and Hackensack, the quintet came back with
added punch to split two games with
Pequot, tying them for the conference
Following is Is an outline of a talk
given by Supt. Haack at a meeting of
! school executives of the Bemidji area
I at  Walker  Thursday    evening.     Mr.
I Haack  also  brought  out  these  facts
at  a  meeting in  Aitkin  recently.    It
thoroughly explains how the state appropriation will effect this district as
well as others If the distribution   of
state aids is not changed;
The figures relating to the budget
recommendation are from the budget
recommended to the State Legislature
February 1, 1939. The school coses
for the biennium arc taken from the
budget of the State Department >f
Education for the years 193S-39 and
1939-40. Tax rates and tax values of
the local district are taken from a re
port dated February 1939 from the
County Auditor of Cass County.
Budget recommendation of special
aid to schools 1939-41 .,( ?15,459,00l>
Annual appropriation of the biennium  1939-41     7,729,500
Budget estimate fixed aids 1938-30—
Transportation crippled children   *   30,000
High school tuition  2,350,00(7
Teacher training        60,000
Total Fixed aid  2,440,000
Budget recommendation, annual  appropriation       7,729,500
Fixed   aid       2,440,000
Bal.  available  for prorated
aids       5,2S9,50o
State Dept. of Ed. budget 1038-
39   11,500,000
Less fixed aid    2,440,000
Total  need for apportioned
aids    0,560.000
aids ... .5,289,500-9,560,000 53%
Budget estimate fixed aids 1939-40—
Budget esitraate fixed aids 1939-40—.
Transportation   crippled  children         35,000
High school tuition   2,500,000
Teacher training      60,000
'iotal fixed aids 2,595,00'j
Budget   recommendation,   annual appropriation 7,729,500
Fixed aids       2,595,000
Bal. available for prorated
aids     5,134,500
State Dept. of Ed. budget 1939-
40       12,000,00)
Less fixed aids   2,595,000
Total need for apportioned
aids   9,405,00 j
Estimated prorating of these
aids .. 5,134,500-9,405,000 .. M.n%
Prorating of aids for school year
1930-37       64.<
Prorating of aids for school
year   1937-38       60..
Average prorating for biennium
budget 1937-39    02.7
Average prorating estimate for
biennium budget 1939-41  54.:/
Loss in aids of biennium 1930-
41 over 1937-39    7.8
Total prorated aids for 1937-
38 in Pine River school
In
Funeral services were conducted
Saturday afternoon, for Claude Whitted, at the Saul Whltted home, witn
Rev. Hanson officiating. Two vocal
solos were sung by Mrs. DeCamp. Interment was made in the Wabedo
cemetery. Pallbearers included John
Royal, Victor Chlig, Donald Zaske,
Lee Clodfelter, Leslie Shepard, and
Tom LaBeau.
Claude Oliver Whitted was born at
Wabedo, Mlnn.,May 31,1912, the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Saul Whitted. He grew
to manhood in this community and
was well and favorably knowu by everyone in the vicinity. He was united
in marriage to Miss Agnes Smith on
December 21, 1935. He passed away
February 21, 1939, following an accident.
He leaves to mourn his untimely
death, his wife, Mrs. Claude Whltted,
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Saul Whitted, two brothers, vreorge of Milwaukee
Wis., and Roy of Bralnerd j two sisters, Mrs. I.ols Felton of Wabedo aud
Mrs. Pauline Siltman of Pontoria. Also eight nieces nnd nephews.
CARD OF THANKS .
We wish to thank our many friends
neighbors nnd relatives, for the kindness and sympathy extended us during
the illness and death of our dear husband, son and brother. We also wish
to thank those who sent floral offerings, for the comforting words of
Rev. Hanson and the beautiful songs
of Miss De-Camp.
Mrs. Agnes Whitted
Mr. and Mrs. Saul Whltted
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Felton
Mr. and Mrs. George Whltted
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ernie  Siltman
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Whitted
POEM
The following poem was written by
a lady from Wabedo and Is dedicated.
to Claude Whitted:
There Is uo daylight.the stars go down
to rise upon some other shore.
And bright in heaven's jeweled crown
they shine forever more.
There is no death !The leaves may fall
the flowers may fade and pass away.
They only wait through wintry hours
the warm sweet breath of May.
There is no death! The choicest gift-;
that heaven hath kindly lent to enrth.
Are ever first to seek again
the country  of their birth.
They are not dead,    they    have   but
passed
beyond the mists that blind us here.
Into the new and larger life
of that serener sphere.
And ever near us though unseen,
the dear,  immortal  spirits trend.
For all the boundless universe
Is Life—there are no dead.
—A Friend
Pine River Wins From
Brainerd Saturday
The Pine River H. S. squad,1 under
the tutelage of coach Mattson, defeated the Bralnerd "B" team Saturday
night by a score of 27-24.
Pine River carried the lead all thru
the game with the exception of the
third quarter when It was 19 all.
Riley nnd MacKinney were high-
point men during the evening and the
entire squad played heads-up basket
ball.
Thursday night marked their first
tournament game with Motley but as
we go to press we have been unable
to learn the outcome.
Mill levy needed per year to produce loss in aids 1939-41 30.J
The Governor has suggested a 5 percent tax on all State Dept. budgets
for the purpose of allocating government costs.
If this additional deduction is marie
loss in aids of biennium 1939-41
over  1937-39    10 .j
This makes approximately 1-6 of
:6,672.»siast years aids or an annual loss
order to figure the loss for the to Pine River of  4,490.0:>
next year over the years receipts the Amount of mill-levy required per
7.8 percent must be reckoned on the year to produce this loss 49.^
cad.    The percentage of gnmes won  02.7 percent    ,-hich was the    average.    The  above  figures  do   not  Include
places   them   second   to   Verndale  In j prorating for the next biennium. This the State Depts. budget for transpor-
the entire "B" team conference. means the loss on our prorated alrisjtation   of  non-resident    high    school
Pine  River has  won    twice    from of the last year will be 7.8-02-7 or np-i pupils.   If the legislature does not ap-
Motley, New York Mills, Backus, Men-' proximately  %. This gives us a loss J propriate money over and obove the
agha aud once from Pequot.   Its only of       3,334.11   suggested appropriation by the Gover-
loss in conference play Is to Pequot.  Valuation of Pine River dlst.148,883.00 nor,  the total school budget for the
Amount money 1 Mill tax levy 148.88 biennium  1939-41   (including the
-Brainerd Dispatch
Use A Want Ad
Amount 1 Mill levy will produce
tax delinquency 38 percent)  ..91.14
5 percent) will be  25,272,950
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