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    The Frontier
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A daily perusal of the press would
convince the most skeptical that Sen
ator Black was not the only "publicity
hound” in congress.
Women Can Prevent War
War clouds are becoming darker
each day and by spring, when robins
sing and all nature sings of peace
and plenty, war expects Russia and
Japan to count their dead in ghastly
winrows. Considering results of the
World War, and the many others that
have ufflicted humanity since the be
ginning of human existence, and. the
talk of glory and pride and honor be
fore the conHicts and the stark sorrow
following them, it seems a mystery
why intelligent beings have to do this.
If this country is attacked or the need
arise, the enemy shall find plenty of
fight in this quarter, plenty of patriot
ism and no regrets, but that does not
explain the fact that civilization at
times appears as an asinine ass.
They say if war is ubolished. the
women shall have to do it. Every
thing else they attempted has been
well done. They mother humanity,
-ufft-r. -lave and sacrifice years and
years and smile through it all and
finally see their sons go out on ghosty
fields to trade death with the sons of
their sisters.
It must be painful to mothers after
fighting measels, mumps, diptheria,
rickets and scarlet fever and many
other diseases for years night and day
only to win a fine and robust son who
must enter a contest of extermination
practically against himself as he steps
on the threshold of life’s parade
grounds after a score of years of in
tense struggle.
There must be a lot of crooked
thinking in the world to admit the
horror of a man at war against him
self with so many agencies as earth
quake, flood, fire, pestilence, disease
and certain death staring every one
in the face nt. nil times. There must
be something wrong which could be
righted.
It must be that sooner or later the
women of the world will tell the men
of the world nothing ever was nor
shall be gained through war. If
women do not have the power, when
united, to erase wars from the earth,
each and every one of them know
where they can obtain it.
ST. MARY’S ACADEMY
NOTES
We are glad to see all the pupils
back in school again. The attendance
for the past week was perfect. Every
body is busy and working hard.
Grade 2
In the second semester the children
made their first attempt to write with
pen and ink. The litle boys aud girls
hope to earn the gold star button in
Palmer writing.
The following children made the
greatest improvement in writing dur
ing the past few weeks: William Bren
nan, Dale Dailey, Francis Schendt,
Donna Gallagher, Marcella McNamara,
Eldora Lowery and Margaret Ellen
Reka.
Last Friday our arithmetic contest
in rapid addition was in favor of the
boys. The boys had 21 counts and
the girls 9.
Third and Fourth Grades
On Washington’s birthday we had a
patriotic program for the other grades.
Everyone enjoyed it very much. The
children were in costume.
The program was made up of songs,
poems and a play. Since there are 28
days in February, each one in the
class, except two, was a day, having
his number on the shield that he wore.
"The Making of the Flag," was the
first number, with Constance Golden
as Betsy Ross and Mary Ann Casey.
Corinile Kubitscek ami Winifred Coyne
as her maids. Jack Harty was George
Washington. Paul Kubitschek the fife
player, and William O'Connell the
drummer boy.
“Hi# Buttons Are Marked U. S..’1
was reciter! by William O Connell anil
Paul Kuihifachek told about, "Which
General ? ’
February now brought in her days
and they in their turn spoke, or the
clmes sang song* in their honor.
“Why Do We Honor Lincoln So,”
by Alfred McNamara; A Story of St.
Valentine, Dorothy Davidson; A song
of Valentine, The Class; Sing a Song
of Washington, The Class, and A Story
of Longfellow, Corrine Kubitsehek.
The songs, “America, and “America
the Beautiful,” were sung and the pro
gram ended with the song of songs,
our own “Star Spangled Banner.”
Fifth and Sixth Grades
A project in connection %ith our
language lesson was required last
week. This project was the issuing of
a monthly class paper, or a so-called
“surprise box." The name for this
paper was almost unanimously chosen
to be “Merry-Go-Round.”
The members of the editorial staff
are as follows: William Biglin, chair
man; William Kubitsehek and George
Hammond, managing editors, and
Robert Miles and Owen Hiatt assist
ant editors.
Since the project in question was not
very small a thing to accomplish, a
committee of reporters was also ap
pointed. They are as follows: Maxine
Harrington, Mary A. Meer, Catherine
Finley, Marjorie Cronin, June Carol
White and Edward McManus.
Watch for a copy of our first issue
March J5th in this column. You will
enjoy it—most probably.
Grades Seven and Eight
Amidst great rejoicing and enthus
iasm, the following pupils emerged
victorious in the elimination contest in
spelling: oral, Lanone Miles, first, and
Dorothy Reardon, second; written,
Harriet Hammond first, and Robert
Lowery, second.
Our class had the sole honor of sell
ing tickets for the Chicken Dinner,
which was given here on Washington’s
birthday, for the benefit of the basket
ball boys. We hail the pleasure of
selling 198 tickets.
The following are some of the aims
of our classmates. We shall only
mention a few : Jean Biglin is most
desirous of accomplishing the art of
making perfect “Ns”; Margaret Ham
mond is aiming at reciting without
clearing her throat; Bardy Kubitschek
would like to sit in the last seat in the
last row. We wonder why! If the
real desires of the class in general
were voiced they would probably be
‘No More School.”
M. E. CHURCH NOTES
Our church extends a cordial wel
come to any not attending regular
church services. Services at 11 a. m.
and 7:.'!0 p. m. Sunday school at It)
a. m. and Epworth League at p.m.
The Protestant churches of O'Neill
are planning their pre-Easter activ
ities with n view to increasing attend
ance at all the regular services of the
church, as well as increasing the ac
tive membership. A united rally will
be held in the M. E. Church next Tues
day evening at which time the preach
er will be the pastor of the Presby
terian church, Rev. II. D. Johnson.
The members and friends of both
churches are urged to attend and be
come acquainted with our aims and
plans.
The Epworth League at a well at
tended meeting last Sunday voted to
sponsor an Intermediate League. A
committee appointed to nominate a
superintendent for the Intermediate
Leagce brought in the name of Miss
Elva Kee, and she has constented to
act. A meeting of the younger boys
and girls will be held Sunday to org
anize and elect officers.
Excavation Shows Holt
County Was Once The
Home of Many Indians
By J. B. O’Sullivan
(Continued from last week.)
Not one but many whites claim they
saw mounted redskins send an arrow
entirely thru a buffalo. Flesh is said
to he as difficult to penetrate as rub
ber like that used in making auto
mobile tires. This feat was superb,
but it could not have been as exciting
to as great a number of persons as
another method of capturing an entire
herd of buffalo.
With horses, the wild boys soon dis
covered the buffalo had another very
peculiar trait and one it would be hard
to explain today. Chased on horse
back, the wild cattle of Quivera al
ways made desperate effort at out
running a horse, then, if successful,
going around it, sort of “tagging” the
horse out. They are said to have done
this time and again in any given chase.
The Indians applied this quirk of the
animal's nature toward making cap
tures. A high log fence or stockade
was constructed of logs with a gate
left open but with gate-poles handy.
Old men and women, children, stumps
of trees, brush, anything nnd every
thing that would make a makeshift
fence was constructed or placed, at the
proper time, in two lines, often four
miles long, each, one line running out
from one side of this gate and the
other from the other side of the open
ing. At the gate this fencing was
perhaps 10 feet apart; at the other
end it might he a mile nr lrss.
On the proper sort of day, a horse
man would locate a herd of bison, ride
to a point, leaving the animals between
him and the corral, light the grass,
and at the right time, after the bison
had scented smoke.come yelling on his
horae and away went the animals.
away from two deadly enemies and
toward the slaughter pen. A buffalo
skull, bleached, generally was hung on
a long pole in this stockade to win the
Great Spirit’s favor and find many fat
bison in the corral after the chase was
over.
Should the animals veer to right or
left, up went hands, robes, shawls,
sticks or anything and yelling and
gesticulating turned the beasts back
to the desired course. The closer to
the corral the more assistants and the
better the “fence.”
The horseman rode close to the lead
ing animals and cleverly dodged from
side to side, always ready to run
ahead and cause the leaders to run
around the horse and thus change the
course of the entire herd. Soon the
gate bars rattled and the wild cattle
of Quivera busied themselves at bunt
ing their shaggy heads against well
placed timbers. The killers appeared
with maul-like hammers or spears and
soon the camp was a blaze of glory
as each member busied himself at his
appointed, part of the work of operat
ing a “packing house” on the prairies
of Nebraska.
A strange find is that reported by
several persons to have been made on
the old Erb farm east of the Mennon
ite church about 13 miles north of
O’Neill. Part of a native-grassed
piece of land was not broken up until
some years ago. A young man came
along and obtained a job herding the
sheep of James Early, Sr. A few days
ago, Edward, his son, said the lad was
not much of a sheepherder, hut his
Indian artifact finds w'ere astonishing.
There* on the Erb farm, he gathered,
according to Mr. Early aaboiat two bu.sh
.*ls of arrowheads alone. When he left
le took the collection with him and
he place was almost forgotten as be
ng very prolific in yielding relics.
What was going on at the Erb
'arm? A great battle. It would not
have been impossible, but it seems
jnlikely. It may have been a fine
Mace to drop antelope, grouse, or some
animal we never heard of that became
•xtinct. Those who were on the field,
lave the impression the place is a huge
burying ground. It would be interest
ing in this quarter to know if a ship
had been broken out of most of the
arrowheads found there, if the surface
indicated great age since manufacture,
the size, shape, kind of stone of the
heads and if any other artifacts are to
be found there. If many were un
broken and nothing else lies there, one
could picture a fine flat high spot to
bag some desired animal herder to
bring down elsewhere. School child
ren in that vicinity could, spend inter
esting hours gathering any piece*fi>f
foreign rock found there, or at any
other point in Holt county, for that
matter. It would be nice to know who
tamed Holt county before we arrived,
who carried wood and water and was
generally a little slave to the rest of
some family.
One of the rarest, and reported to
have been sold to museums for as high
as $500 each, is a piece called bird
stone, of stone, and fashioned to look
like a bird. It has been reported here
often that August H. Brown, of Hast
ings, Nebr., found the only birdstone
ever to come to light in this state. Mr.
Brown is a field worker for an in
surance compaify, a friend, of the
Hammonds here, and one of the best
authorities on things Indian one could
hope to meet. He started his artifact
studies as a hobby.
While out on Apple creek, northeast
Holt county, looking up earth works,
burials and village sites, Edwin Alder
kindly took time out to show many
specimens of the wild, crab apple tree
which have been there since the home
steaders arrived. The homesteaders
said they were growing there when
they came and they noticed none were
found on other creeks in the vicinity
and that the nearest point where other
wild crabs was sonte 200 miles away.
In the 33rd annual report of the
Bureau of American Ethnology, 1911
1912, is this paragraph on the crab
apples of Apple creek:
“The crab apple was used for food
by the tribes having acquaintance with
it. The Omaha and Ponca knew it as
being found in the Otoe country along
the Missouri, in the southeast part of
Nebraska. They said it is found no
where west or north of this except on
one creek which flows into the Nio
brara river from the south at about
the line between Knox and Holt
counties, 150 or 200 miles from any
other locality where trees of this
species grow. This would seem to
indicate a case of plant migration by
human agency, the occasion being the
dropping in camp, in some place fav
orable for germination, of fruits or
viable seeds brought with camp sup
plies obtained on a trip of consider
able but not at all unusual distance
to the southeast.”
It is interesting to note that Indians
raised a species of watermelon, and
why none are found here in a wild
state must he laid to severe winters,
late and early frosts of spring ami
fall, or to insect enemies nr lack of
cultivation where this is necessary to
survival. The watermelon was found
growing wild in the south along creeks
ami other suitable places. That they
were raised in Holt county there can
lw> no doubt.
One of the peculiar uses to which
the melon was put was in the captur
ing of wild duck and other waterfowl.
A pond was used in this work which
a man could wade its entire bredth and
length. Ducks must have been an
eye-sore at the time and not as wild
as we find them today by constant
bambardment of shotguns.
As the young ducks swam about on
this lake, they became familiar with
many floating melons from which the
edible portion had been skillfully re
moved. The rinds bobbed about on
the water and proved to he harmless
to the fowl.
When the Indians thought it about
time for some roasted duck, a few
skilled hunters slipped into the lake
just before daylight. Over their heads
hung halves of the largest melons and.
thru slits cut therein the ducks were
watched. Slowly came the “melons,”
naturally bounding on top of the
water and in time the ducks were
w-ithin a few feet, perhaps playfully
pecking a melon or green or dozing in
a hot sun. Out stole an Indian hand
under the water, the bird’s feet were
grasped, and the duck “dived” before
it could squak alarm. Under the
water a duck lost its head, and the
slaughter continued until pots could be
filled to overflowing.
(Continued next week.)
A vote on the ex-soldier’s bonus was
assured by house members who signed
a petition to force a vote on March 12.
The petition became operative against
a presidential warning that now is not
the time for payment of a bonus.
A grasshopper war fund of $2,000,
000 was reported out and is. included
in the agricultural bill by the national
house. The amount asked, was pruned
$247,000. The fight on grasshoppers is
to be in the Dakotas, Minnesota, Wy
oming, Wisconsin, Idaho, Montana and
Nebraska.
Two hundred youngsters from 11
South Dakota towns at the Epworth
League meeting at Alexanderia in
sisted they should not bear arms under
any circumstances in any war at any
time anywhere. Of the 200 members,
105 belong to the Mitchell league. The
declaration was made following an ad
dress by Dr. II. C. Culver, Mitchell
Methodist minister, who talked on
World Peace.
Verne Sanke’s ranch in Buft'alo
county, on the Crow Creek Indian res
ervation, is subject to mortgage fore
closure which is being held up by the
suicide of the owner and jailing of his
wife on complicity charge involving
the kidnaping of Charles Boettcher II,
capitalist, of Denver about a year ago.
The ranch now is barren, the stock
having been sold, by Mrs. Sankey.
Sankey called his place a turkey ranch.
It lies on a well-wooded stream.
The International Harvester com
pany at Chicago, made increases in
wages to 22,000 workers affecting 12
plants and averaging about CVa per
cent increase or within 97 per cent of
the 1929 level.
A sand storm in Texas cost the
Wheat growers of that state $1,000,000
with wheat at present prices.
Following the suicide at St. Louis
of August A. Busch, Adolphus Busch,
third oldest son, was elected presi
dent of Anheuser-Busch, Inc., by the
directors. Young Busch now heads
the family as well as numerous busi
ness interests of which Anheuser
Busch, of beer making fame, is the
chief corporation.
MEN grow rich by the slow
aceiiiiiiiliitioii of money, ami
poor by its<|iiieli dissipation.
THE
O’NEILL NATIONAL
BANK
Capital, Surplus and Undivided Profits,
$125,000.00
This bank carries no indebted
ness of officers or stockholders.
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STURDY PIONEERS
Two lives well lived could be used
as a title for the above picture which
represents beauty, comfort and satis
faction. A lot of history could be
written from what either the man or
the tree might say because both have
seen many variations in climate and in
general conditions. Whether this tree
was planted by the man in the picture
or by someone else who had faith in
the future, it is serving a very worth
while purpose.
During the last three of four years
many of Nebraska’s grand, old trees
have been cut for fuel, sometimes by
land owners, but more often by others
who could only offer their labor in
return for wood to warm their homes.
Trees which have reached their matur
ity could certainly be used for no bet
ter purpose. However, those of us
who are now enjoying the benefits of
early tree planting have a tree plant
ing duty to perform if our children
are to enjoy these same benefits.
Nebraska is known thruout the
world as the “Tree Planters State”
because of early day activities in this
phase of development and because
Arbor Day originated in this state.
Trees have played such an important
part in the development of this whole
Great Plains area that their numbers
should be increased rather than de
creased. Nebraska needs trees to pro
tect farm homes, livestock and fields
from the damaging effects of wind,
for controlling soil erosion, and for
general beauty and shade. Trees
planted for these purposes can also be
utilized for rough lumber, posts and
fuel. Every farm in Nebraska should
have from three to five acres in farm
woods to produce fuel and construction
materials, both of which are needed
every year.
During the last nine years, 32,000
farmers in Nebraska have made wind
break and woodlot plantings from
stock furnished by Agricultural Ex
tension Service, University of Nebras
ka, under the terms of the Clarke
McNary Act of 1924. This project
makes it possible for farmers to secure
forest tree seedlings and transplants
at the cost of handling, packing and
shipping. Approximately six milllion
trees have been set out thru this pro
gram during the nine year period, and
in spite of some very adverse seasons,
the average survival has been 63
per cent. »
Application blanks for the seedlings
and transplants can be secured from
Agricultural Agent James W. Rooney
in O’Neill.
Nebraska News Items
Yankton bridge is falling down, or
may be left high and dry if the fed
eral government cannot be prevailed on
to finance control of the Missouri
river channel, say South Dakotans.
The bridge cost $1,250,000. Engineers
estimate it should cost $225,000 to hold
the river channel where it is and that
temporary work need not cost more
than $20,000. The Missouri is gnaw
ing land from the Nebraska side at
a rapid rate, threatening a length of
highway No. 81.
Taxes that must be paid to save her
home caused Mrs. Caroline Segebartt,
of Scottsbluff, Nebr., to save $250.
The other day she started for the
courthouse and before reaching that
institution she found she had lost her
pocketbook and the $250.
A very unusual thing happened on
the Platte river a few days ago. There
was, according to L. R. Rudd, an
engineer of Grand Island, a flood of
the Platte because the river was too
low. The river was very low, he said,
causing many sand, bars to form. Then
ice caught on the bars, forming a sort
of dam, the river rose and caused a
small flood. When the water became
high enough, it carried away the ice
and the flood was at an end. New
channels also were cut and these
caused much of the water to escape.
The ice was slushy and impossible to
dislodge by the use of dynamite.
According to recent releases by
state CWA administration officials a
few days ago there were jobs created
numbering 28,500 and divided as fol
lows: 20,470 county and municipal,
state highway 4,054, airport 801, fish
and game 179, county administrative
and state, and CWS administrative and
geodetic jobs totaling 28,500.
An old grudge is thought responsible
for a shooting affray on the streets
of Nibrara last Monday night in which
Norman Roth, 35, met his death. Tom
and. Rex Snyder were jailed pending
investigation of the shooting. Fve
slugs from .32 caliber revolvers en
tered the body of Roth. The Snyder
brothers were jailed at Center. They
are not married and have made their
home with their father west of Nio
brara.
Sweet Wife: When we were first
married I used to awaken Nick with
a kiss every morning.
Mike: And now?
Mrs. Nick: After three months he
bought himself an alarm clock.
Attorney Sylvian Allyn’s son had
been ill, and on arriving home he
askedofhiswife: “How’s poor Moses?”
Mrs. A: “Very bad, indeed, Sylvian.
He won’t take an interest ...”
Sylvian: “What? Won’t take any
interest? Then he must be dead! ’
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