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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (June 23, 1932)
TRUCK LOAD OF RAINBOW TROU1 Valentine Hatcheries tc Supply Waters in Pierce, Neb., Territory Pierce, Neb.—(Special)—A truck from the state fish hatcheries at Valentine delivered 5,000 rainbow trout to Elvon Bowen and W. C Ulrich, local sportsmen, last week These men are looking after thes« youthful members of the finny tribe until they are old enough to be placed in streams in this vicinity The young trout will be kept In the tank at the city park for about six weeks when they will be placed in the trout pond on the August Korth farm, four miles southwest of Pierce. A large number of the consign ment were deed when they reached Pierce, owning to the difficulty in keeping the water, in which they are transported, at the right tempera ture. NUMEROUS LAND SALES IN NEBRASKA Lincoln, Neb. —(Special)— In cluded in a list of land sales are several transfers in northeastern Nebraska counties. Drezelinc Sib bersen sold 160 acres in Knox coun ty to William Blunck at $75 an acre. Oustaf Harmel purchased a 20-acre tract in Madison county from William Moderow at $77 an acre; Josephine Stafford bought 160 acres from Albertine J. Rudnick at $102 an acre; Mary Huseman pur chased 80 acres from John Huse man, trustee, at $100 an acre. Platte county sales included: 80 acres at $131.25 an acre, Sahar J. Terry et il to Edward R Dack; 80 acres at $100 an acre, Edward R. Dack to Sarah J. Terry; 40 acres at $50 an acre, A. W. Kummer et a] to William and John Kummer. BOY WALKS 20 MILES TO ATTEND SCHOOL AFFAIR Bloomfield. Nab. — (Special) — George Lowln, an eighth grade graduate, living east of Bloomfield walked to Young’s park, a distance of nearly 20 miles, to be present at the eighth grade graduation ex ercises. He carried his dinner pail all the way from his home to the park. The walk so fatigued the boy that he fainted after arriving. He was revived and neighbors saw to It that he was given transporta tion home. A total of 306 graduates were presented their diplomas by County Superintendent Catherine Tunberg. A feature of the program was the singing of the Knox County Rural Chorus, directed by Miss Doris Rissness of Creighton, with her sister, Margaret, at the piano. Glen I. Anderson of Lincoln gave the address. COCK PHEASANT KILLS SNAKE IN BATTLE Page, Neb. — (Special) — Rural Mall Carrier Robertson saw a bat tle between n cock pheasant and a good sized snake which resulted In victory for the fowl. The pheasant, his feathers ruffled to the full ex tent, would spar around the snake, finally darting in with lightning speed to peck at the snake’s head. The snake seemed unable to harm the pheasant. When the snake was quiet and the pheasant had moved on, Robertson examined the snake and found its eyes were pecked out and his head badly mutilated. MAKE CHANGE IN RURAL MAIL ROUTES Bloomfield, Neb. — (Special) — Mrs. Lola Simmons, local postmis tress has announced that rural mall routes one and four will be consol idated about November 1. C. S. Lovejoy will be pensioned by the government and the mileage of his route added to Walter Dahlstrom’s route. This is a part of the govern ment plan to cut down expenses. One mile will be eliminated on Route 4 and three miles on Route l. Some patrons now receiving their mall through Bloomfield will be transferred to Wausa. IIARTINGTON ODD FELLOWS WIN FIRST PRIZE Hartington, Neb. — (Special) — The local Odd Fellows' Initiatory degree team exemplified the Initia tory degree at Emerson, at a session of the northeast Nebraska Odd Fel low’s district association annual meeting and captured first prlge. The prize awarded was a nickle plated emblematical sword and scab bard. Second place was won by Car roll, third by Wayne and fourth by Bloomfield. Next year’s convention will be held at South Sioux City. The of ficers of the association for next year are: E. S. Garnett of South Sioux City, president; Rev. Phillips of Winslde, Neb, vice president, and George Sheets, secretary-treasurer. SWARM OF BEES INVADED HIS CAR Homer, Neb.—(Special)—To have a swarm of bees push open his two piece windshield and light on his lap was the rather novel experience of Ed Krause of Homer. Mr. Krause stopped the car, shook the bees from his lap and a few from his mouth and proceeded on hi/ way without a bee sting. COLUMBUS MAN HEADS TRUCKERS’ ASSOCIATION Columbus, Neb. — <UP) — Don Moist cf Columbus, is the new pres ident of the Nebraska Motor Trans port association, succeeding Ray Mc Maken of Plattsmcuth. Charles E Hall of Omaha, was re-elected sec retary-treasurer, at the annual con vention here. LeRoy Wade of Oma ha was elected first vice president and Ralph Woods of Aurora second vice president. Mission Built on Rocks Houses Saint’s Painting 3foma Church in New Mexico W as Established 300 years ago * Here Is a picture of the old Acoma Church in New Mexico estab lished in 1629 by a Franciscan priest By NEA Servce Unique In its history, and the largest Mission church in New Mexico, is the old Acoma Church, 50 miles west of Albuquerque, situated in the "City of the Sky," an Indian pueblo built upon the summit of a gigantic tableland of lock. The church was established in 1629 by Friar Juan Ramirez, a Franciscan priest. It is more than 150 feet in length, and is massive ly constructed of adobe, the front walls sloped to lorm huge but tresses, topped by two square tow era Adjoining are the convento and the lookout, a vantage point from which one may view anyone approachng the narrow asvent from the plains 400 feet below. The interior of the church is spacious, but dimly lighted from the thiy window in the front wall, like many old churches in New Mexico, the chapel is barren of pews. The altar shows its age. It is simple and homely with its crude images and ornaments. The most precious possession of the church is a painting of St Joeph which was brought to Aco ma by Friar Ramirez, to whom the picture had been presented Lj King Charles of Spain. Bearing the likeness of their patron saint, and an era of pros perity and good-fortune having descended upon the pueblo after its arrival, the picture was credit ed with supernatural power by the Acomans. Its fame spread, and the pic ture was coveted by the neigh boring tribe of Laguna who, after requestng its loan for a time and meeting with defeat, stole the pic ture one night and removed it to their own church. The theft nearly ended in bloodshed which was prevented only by Father Ma riano, who persuaded the Lagunas to promise that it would be re turned as soon as their fortune had changed. So prosperous became th£ vil lagers that they broke their prom ise and refused to part with their prize. Finally the distraught Acomans appealed to the courts for the picture's return. According to the records of the supreme court of New Mexico, Judge Kirby Bene dict ordered the Lagunas to re turn the painting. To this day their faith in the picture of St. Joseph never has wavered. DIVERSIFIED PHILOSOPHY Man's alibis are oft times limp. Here’s one that should be starched— "At three? Why, I had just stepped in To have my eyebrows arched.” Though they may yet change lead to gold, So far the atom splitters Have not accomplished any more, Than have the lool pole sitters. The hatters now have formed a league, Their slogan, “Guard your sinus! The man who hatless wends his way, In I. Q. ranks a minus.” Hereditary traits are borne By units labeled, genes. Oh, what a upas family tree Had Mr. Gaston Means! Now alcohol abounds, they say, In color’s slow vibrations. Does that explain that rosy haze Attendant on liberations? A new device broadcasts the noise Of microbes in their lair. Old stuff f The crooners for some time Have been upon the air. —Sam Page. MASS PRODUCTION From Indianapolis News. A few years ago the claim was proudly made that America had solved the industrial problem for all time, our salvation being assured by mass production and high wages and lower prices. This comfortable view was held by many of our peo ple. Foreign governments seemed disposed to accept it also. At least they wondered how we could do it, and set for their agents the task of finding out. It was assumed that the process or method was an Am erican discovery, and wholly novel Of course it was no discovery, bui a development out of existing condi tions. There had to be large pro duction to meet a large demand. Such production ought to mean lower production cost a unit of pro duct, with a consequent Increased margin for wages. It is all ‘‘old stuff.” The lower prices which were to accompany the high and higher wages did not appear. On the con trary prices for a considerable time soared. The program, which has been said, was not devised by Am erican genius, or geniuses, never did bring the blessings, but there is nothing of the miraculous about it. Certainly we w ere all mistaken in thinking that it would insure and protect that it would insure and pression and unemployment. No one now makes or dares to make any such claim. What is surprising is that any one should ever have made it. We are now striving very earn estly to solve that same problem whiah it was Ight-heartedly as sumed w’ould never again bedevil us. As usual with Americans, we are striving hopefully, and with confidence in the happy outcome. Many of us too are learning, at least so it is hoped, that we are dealing primarily with human be ings—their wants and needs, and WENT TO HIS HEAD Cincinnati—Authority was not the proper thing to give her husband, Mrs. Pearl Seig contended in a suit against her husband. Henry. She said when he was made a deputy sheriff he thought he could boss everyone, including his wife. She charged he drank heavily and reached the point w’here he drank beer frem the crock before it was ready to bottle. ->»». - I O EVERYONE, HEIGK-0 Houston, Tex.—One always pic (•res a man that is constantly in rieht as a worried, harassed-looking their ability or lack of it, to satis fy them—and not with machinery and systems. Not wages but wage earners, not price but buyers and sellefs, not taxes but taxpayers, not debts and credits but debtors and creditors are the real factors in the problem. It is this fact that makes it so serious. No one as yet seems to know what is wrong, but whatever it is, it has been demon strated that it has been beyond the power of mass production to prevent or cure. There is nothing wrong with production on a large scale. Criticism should be directed not against it, but rather against those who so foolishly expected from it what it could not possibly perform, and counted on it as a sure shield against panic. PRUDENT GET THEIR REWARD They Are the “Rich” Congress Now Talks About Soaking From the Baltimore Tvening Sun Paudent people are people who refuse to indulge in the wild spend ing orgy that prevaled in the days of prosperity. They did not try to keep up with the Jonses, but in stead substituted oranges for grape fruit at breakfast except on Sun day or when company came. They got their cream off the top of the milk bottle and went in for prune deserts. When they went on motor trips they did not stop at some nice and expensive tearoom, but took their lunch with them. And at summer resorts they engaged rooms without baths that were on the third floor and did not have a view of the mountains or the sea. They did not fritter away their money on Jewelry or cosmetics or send their daughters to costly fin ishing schools. If they bought fur coats they bought them when they were marked down, and when they had to go to a place they did not call a taxi, but went in a street car Instead. They did not under take to purchase a house in an ex clusive suburb and pay for It Just like rent, nor did they Join a lot of clubs and become involved in the purchase of desirable objects on nit- uticrreu-paympm pian. They were not misled by people who gave them tips on the market which would make them a fortune in a short space of time. They were suspicious of the new economic era and their common sense told them that the day of reckoning would come. They denied them selves all of these little pleasures in order that they might be pre pared for a rainy day. And now, after a long, long time, they have come into their own. They have received their reward. For when congress talks about soaking the rich, they have the satisfaction of knowing that con gress is talking about them. ■ ■■ ■ ♦ ♦ ■ . - Too Well Known. From Tit-Bits. "Have you a speaking acquaint ance with the woman next door?” "A speaking acquaintance? I know her so well that we don’t speak at all.” individual. J. J. Settegast. 87, dis agrees with this. * I’ve found that the most enjoyable thing about liv ing.” he says, “is being in debt.” These words were said by Settegast, Houston pioneer, at a birthday bar becue given him recently by his nine children. “CREATE A JOB" FUND FILLED Plymouth, Mass. —(UP)— This town of about 14,000 people, landing place of the Pilgrims, has over pledged by $30,000 a $150,000 “Cre ate-a-Job” fund, and as result 111, 072 hours of work are promised to , heme workingmen. ^ REAL COWBOYS RIDING RANGE Reno, Ne*.—(UP)—Just how wild Is the West today? Are there any “real" cowboys left? Have the dude ranches complete ly supplanted true ranch life? The city dweller, or train tour ist, whose closest approach to the West Is through a story, motion picture, or Pullman window may well wonder whether the old days of the buckaroo and vaquero have vanished completely, but in fact they have not. Scattered along the edges of the most desolate parts of the West, where they have been driven by the march of sheep and civiliza tion, are ranches where the old traditions still are observed. Near Amedee. Cal., the capital of what once was as rich a cow country as any in the United States, a number of such men are now living. One is the foreman of a cattle ranch owned by the Humphries interests, large opera tors throughout northeastern Cal ifornia. Another has his own ranch, and makes a living partly through trading and selling horses he rounds up on the surrounding mountains and high basins. Wild horses roam a part of this region. They are few in number now, but constitute an unwanted quantity at best. Cowboys finding them either round them up and corral them, or shoot them, for a wild horse now Is usually fit for one thing only—chicken feed. Most are small, poorly formed, and un tamable. Holding the lines along the more remote ranges are “real” cowboys. Some of them have nothing to do but remember the old days, when thousands of cattle grazed the sum mer and winter ranges, but others are still making a living keeping the dogles in check, riding fence, or breaking horses. Chaps and 10 gallon hats are put to practical use as well as ornamental purposes, and riding is a necessary art among them. Chicago Mayor ‘Promises’ Wont Bother Drinkers Chicago — (AP) — Mayor Anton Cermak said Tuesday that Chicago police will “continue their drive on crime" and take no part in enforc ing the dry laws during the nation al political conventions oft the next month. “Chicago doesn’t need mopping up more than any other city,” he said. “There’s no liquor here. The drive should start in Washington because most of the liquor will be brought here by senators, congress men and others from that city. They put the law on the books and spend millions of dollars to enforce It, so why should the city spend money for the same thing?” “I suppose the enforcement lead ers, especially Amos Woodcock mean to search the delegates as they step off the trains. That is the only way they can do it.” Cermak called John D. Rockefel ler, Jr., a “very w'ise man’* for changing to advocacy of prohibition repeal. “Wise men change their minds’* he said, “but fools never.” Our Own Economy Plan. From the Pathfinder. 1. Eliminate from government payroll all Solons’ relatives over 70 years old or under 12. 2. Thinner coating of mucilage on the stamps. 3. Abolish army transport ser vice and leave the'boys stranded. 4. Let Congressmen follow Huey Long’s example and resign from all committees. 5. Wrap up unused federal bureaus in Congressional Record tied with their own red tape. 6. Instruct government employes to fill their fountain pens at home. 7. Limit Senators to one snuff a day from the Senate snuff boxes. (This suggestion is not to be sneezed at!) 8. Washington workers plant gardens in their off-time. 9. Prohibition Bureau manufac ture its own padlocks. 10. Speaker Gamer furnish his own string for mending the House gavels. 11. Government overtime work ers supply their own excuses when reaching home. 12. President Hoover to catch all the fish for the cabinet officers’ wives. 13. Set the nation's clocks and pace back to where they were be fore the World war. HELLOrPAL! Knoxville, Tenn.—Over 21 states Joe Henry and Eddie Vinsom had rambled selling papers. Four years ago they parted in Jacksonville, Fla. Recently Eddie swung off a freight here and started to walk up town. Walking by the postoffice, Eddie investigated. Sure enough, it was Joe. The pals are united again and doing a rushing business here. m ■■ — ■- ♦ ♦ " ■ — Bloody Battle. From Answers. Gus: I’ll have you understand there’s good blood in my family. Gulliver: Yes, and hew much did they pay for the transfusions? PLAN ADVERTISES DINER Boston—(UP)—An enterprising proprietor has chosen a novel method of advertising his lunch cart on the Taunton highway. Perched atop the roof of the diner is an engineless airplane, its tail tilted skyward at a sharp angle. Passing motorists are attracted to the diner in the belief there has been a plane crash. ----- -— Palmyra, 111. —(UP)-.. Johnson Linder, who was too old to fight in the Civil war. recently celebrated his 105th birthday. He smokes a big cigar each day r.nd Is as active as many men half his age. EVERYTHING BUT KISSES IN MOVIE SOUND LIBRARY When Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. kissed Loretta Young in the scene above, the sound you heard in the movie houses was exactly the same one you would have heard if you had been on the movie lot. Studios have been unable to “dub’* kiss sounds into the talkies and each one (s genuine. BY DAN THOMAS NEA Service Writer Hollywood — What, no kisses! Such an exclamation might be heard around the sound laboratory of a motion picture studio almost any time. And therein, boys and girls, hangs a tale. In the sound libraries of Holly wood’s studios can be found mil lions of feet of sound film, upon which is recorded sound effects covering approximately 800 sub jects — almost every conceivable sound from pig grunts to a French locomotive. But nary a kiss can be found anywhere! Of course there’s a reason. Other sounds can, when necessary, be “dubbed” into a picture with satis factory results. Kisses can’t. If the effect is to be right, the sound of .each kiss must be recorded at the same time the action is regis tered. Major Nathan Levinson, chief sound expert for the Wernar-First National studos, explains the mat ter in this way: “No two kisses ever are exactly alike. Consequently the sound of one don't ever be matched with the action of another satisfactorily. In fact, at times the effect of such matching would be aosolutely ludi crous. The action and sound must , be recorded simultaneously.” Compiling libraries of sound effects started with the influx of talking pictures. In the early days equipment was cumbersome. There were no portable sound trucks to go out and rcaord any desired noises. Practically everything had to be done right in the studio. So every new sound obtained was filed away for future use. Considerable ingenuity also was brought into play to determine various ways of imitating certain sounds. One of the first of such instru ments ever used consisted oh a small cylinder and piston, mounted on a flat board, with a nine-inch piece of hollow copper tubing stand ing uprght near it. By turning a crank and blowing into the hollow tube the sound of a running and whistling locomotive could be Imi tated with fair success. This apparatus was used in a number of pictures until a way was found for Installing a recording unit on a real train to collect all of the genuine noises. As might be expected a studio sound library grows with each new production because each picture is almost sure to have some previously unrecorded sound in it. However, although the library grows, its use diminishes. Sound engineers have discovered that no imitation quite takes the place of a genuine noise Itself. Consequently, when possible all soundc are recorded anew when the objects from which they emit are photographed. The catalogued sounds now are used only in emer gencies. But the libraries are kept right up to date just the same. Although natural*, sounds are secured whenever possible those days, there are times when such sounds must be aided by a little human ingenuity. For example, there was a scene In “So Big” in which a sandwich was dropped into a chair. But the sound of the s»ft bread EYESIGHT CAN BE SAVED Some Simple Rules for the Pre vention of Blindness From the New York World-Tele Gram According to the National So ciety for the Prevention of Blind ness, one-half of all blindness Is preventable. Science has now dis covered all its major causes. It re mains for such public-spirited or ganizations as the national society to educate the public in prevention. To minimize the hazards to sight foilow these rules: Read with a clear, good light ' did not make enough noise t? be picked up by the microphone. The sandwich then was lined with a sheet of thin lead and the scene was remade very satisfactorily. Among the various noises which may be found in one of these sound libraries are: the noises of crowds —all kinds, happy, angry, excited, American, foreign and mixed: sounds from almost every make of automobile at various speeds; the opening and closing of water tight compartment doors on a battleship; the waves against the boat, both an chored and at various speeds; a printing press; winds at all veloci ties; thunder of varous degrees, and the sound of almost every ani mal. But in none of the libraries can b<^ found a siagle record of a hu man kiss. — ■ -♦♦ — Crusoe’s Balance Sheet. From the New York Ttimes. When Robinson Crusoe was cast upon a desert isle he began serious ly to consider his condition. This led him to draw up the state of his affairs in writing, “not so much to leave them to any that may come after me as to deliver my thoughts from daily poring over them and afflicting my mind.” As his reason began to master his “despondency” he began to comfort himself by set ting the good against the evil, that “I might have something to dis tinguish my case from the worse. He thereupon stated his situation “very impartially like debtor and creditor;” Evil I am cast upon u uunuic island, void of all hope of recovery. Good But I aim alive and not dead, as all my ship’s company was. Evil I am singled out, and separated, as it were, from all the world to be miserable. Good But I am singled out, too, from all the ship’s crew, to be spared from death. And He that miracul ously saved me from death can de liver me from this condition. Evil I am divided from mankind, a solitaire one banished from human society. Good But I am not starved and perish ing on a barren place affording no sustenance. Evil I have no clothes to cover me. Good But I am in a hot climate where if I had clothes I could hardly wear them. Evil I am without any defense or means to resist any violence of man or beast. Good But I am cast on an island where I see no wild beasts to hurt me as I saw on the coast of Africa; and what if I had been shipwrecked there? Evil I have no soul to speak to or relieve me. Good But God wonderfully sent the ship in near enough to the shore that I have gotten out so many necessary things as will either sup ply my wants or enable me to sup ply myself os long as I live. He concluded that, on the whole, there was scarce any condition in the world so miserable but there was something nevative or positive in it to be thankful for. And he let it stand that we mav always find something from which to comfort ourselves, and to set on the credit side of the account. falling from above over your left shoulder. Hold your book or paper about 18 inches from your eyes. Always read with your head up. Keep book or paper clean; a soiled page is hard to read. Avoid books printed indistinctly, in small type or on glossy paper. Rest your eyes frequently. If your eyes ache, or if you have trouble in seeing things distinctly, have your eyes examined. Russia announces the successful | production of rubber from a plant ! named “tovsagis.”