NORTHERN MINNESOTA Waving pine, elm and graceful maple - Sturdy oak, birch and rustling popple - Beautiful lakes, flowers, and sparkling streams - Green hills and valleys are nature's beauty, Artist's dreams - In Northern Minnesota. Elk, fish, birds and fleet-footed buck - Shaggy bear, squirrels and busy woodchuck - Porcupine, beaver and skunks that roam - Friendly mosquitoes and woodticks all are at home - In Northern Minnesota. Abundance of iron ore, pulp-wood and lumber - Cord-wood and Yule trees (in month of December) - Poultry, wool, beef and number one butter - Potatoes, grain, vegetables, alfalfa and clover - In Northern Minnesota. Busy cities, fertile farms and summer resorts - Conservation camps and Lake Superior ports - Excellent churches, schools and colleges - Community halls and parks with rustic lodges - In Northern Minnesota. Ranger stations, good roads and wayside inns - Beautiful Lake Itasca where the Mississippi begins - Healthy pure air, sunshine and skies of blue - City folk and farmers welcome and invite you - To Northern Minnesota. Front Page BAGLEY In the heart of Clearwater County On the shores of Lake Lamond Lies our proud village of Bagley Of which we are very fond. Great piles of lumber, pulp and cordwood. Are shipped out every day To help keep factories humming In cities far away. Cream, eggs, beef, pork and poultry Wool, vegetables and grain Are hauled to Bagley markets And shipped by truck or train. Our courthouse is a beauty, And our high school is the tops; We have many filling stations, Churches, a bank and shops. Yes, we are proud of little Bagley And the neat farms 'round about, So cheer the folk who built it Whom we couldn't thrive without. BEAUTIFUL SPRING The cawing of Mr. Crow Rain, slush and snow, March winds that blow, These are all signs you know Of Spring, Spring, beautiful Spring That always cometh in the springtime   of the year. Mumps, colds and sneezes, Flu, croup and wheeses, Spring fever, other diseases Sulphur, tonics and goose greases In the Spring, Spring, beautiful Spring That always cometh in the springtime   of the year. Wet, cold and muddy feet, Little lambs that bleat, Maple sap so sweet, Marble playing on the street In the Spring, Spring, beautiful Spring That always cometh in the springtime   of the year. Seed catalogues galore, Geese fly north once more, Our hopes and ambitioons soar When we can open wide our door In the Spring, Spring, beautiful Spring That always cometh in the springtime   of the year. Front Page SPRING How sweet to hear the first robin sing   His merry song in the early spring, We surely know then that winter is past   And the ever welcomed spring is here at last. When the many little plants spring to life anew   By the warm spring rain, the sun and dew Something inside of us seems to shout   The pent up emotions that must come out. We want to sing, to play and create,   Our plans are many, our ambition great. No time of the year is our heart so light   As in the early spring when the sun shines bright. This poem was read over a nationally broadcast radio program, NBC's Breakfast Club of The Air, exact date unknown. PLANT A GARDEN Did you ever plant a garden   In the early months of spring And dream about the harvest   The coming fall would bring? Did you ever plant a garden   When the soil was moist 'n warm, Cover seeds with new plowed earth   Dig up a wiggly worm? Did you ever weed a garden,   See the plants break through the ground Then watch them grow and blossom,   Hear the bees buzz all around? Did you ever reap a garden,   Gather flowers, fruit or greens, Eat carrots, when they're freshest   Tomatoes, corn and beans? Then you must plant a garden   Be it tiny as can be. In watching Mother Nature   Great wonders you will see. Front Page FRIENDS AND FLOWERS A little seed, sunshine and soil,    A little rain, time and toil, A little light, warmth and air    And behold we have a flower fair. A cheery word, smile or song,    A kindly deed, a forgiven wrong, A word of hope, love, praise when due    And we have a friend very dear and true. Both rich and poor may share these treasures,    Dear, precious friends and flowers, By deeds of kindness, words of love,    And with the wonderful gifts from God above. FEBRUARY Below zero temperature, ice, wind and snow, That little breezy month and then the crow. MARCH Some more freezing wind, rain and snow, A little bit of sunshine and robin joins crow. Front Page