SIMMONS FLAYS THE
NEW DEAL IN TALK
HERE WEDNESDAY
(Continued from page 1.)
in tax money. Brain trusters are
already busy, studying where that
additional half billion can be gouged
from the American people. That
increased tax bill for the nation
means Nebraska will pay, as its
share, $5,000,000.
“Compare your income with a
year ago. Then compare it with
the increased cost of groceries,
clothing and necessities of life, to
say nothing of any luxuries. Has
your income increased the 100 per
cent that cotton goods increased,
according to General Johnson s
boasts.’’
Simmons declared another trag
edy of a broken pledge wa^ that
of reducing government bureaus.
He declared that there are more
people working for the government
today than ever before in the
nation’s pease time history.
‘ Like flies, he said, around me
sugar barrel bureaucrats are med
dling, interfering and dictating in
the business of the people, charg
ing the costs of administration to
the people of this state.”
Simmons said, that the figures
show cost of administering codes
will cost a half billion dollars a
year.
“Again," he said, “they insult
your intelligence by letting on that
the consumer won’t pay the added
cost of this unwarranted meddling.
The farmer, Simmons charges, is
"getting it in the neck” four times
from the new deal.
“He is paying, as a citizen,” he
said, “his share of the increased
taxes, his share of increased living
charges brought about by the codes,
his share of the tribute to price
fixing combinations that have been
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set up as a result of the anti-trust
law suspension, and on top of all
these burdens the farmer is paying
the costs of his own recovery out
of his own pocket by processing
taxes levied upon the products of
his farm.”
Simmons bitterly denounced the
hog processing tax, calling it the
most brutal tax ever laid upon an
industry. He charged, and said the
figures had never been challenged,
that the tax on hogs alone costs
Nebraska farmers approximately
$1,050,000 a month.
“That is money taken from the
farmer day by day,” said the for
mer congressman. “This is money
that he is entitled to and which he
should have as he sells his produce,
not just as a part of it when some
government official sees fit.
“That money represents what
the farmer would spend for neces
sities for himself, his family, for
rent or for taxes, for interest ot
to hire labor for his farm or to im
prove his property. Does it occur
to you that every time 20,000 hogs
are sold in Omaha in one day that
the processing tax levied on those
hogs averages $100,000 and that
that $100,000 the farmer does not
have to spend, in this state.
“Nobody will tell you what it is
costing to administer the AAA.
How much is going out of the
farmer’s pocket to pay for this
army of bureaucratic busy bees
that swarm about him and whose
mileage and salaries total an
amount nobody, but Washington,
knows."
Simmons declared we are a
nation of under-consumption and
not of over-production and. that the
nations must direct its energies
toward increasing consumption.
“In the face of a shortage of
food stuffs, in the face of a proba
bility that thousands upon thous
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“People should elect congressmen
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president in everything, but men
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“This of all times is not the
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tion to anybody. The man who
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the courage to come out against
what he knows is wrong.”
Excavation Shows Holt
County Was Once The
Home of Many Indians
By J. B. O’Sullivan
(Continued from la3t week)
A terrible tragedy occurred one
day in the village of the Omahas.
It is almost too terrible to repeat.
The girl tried, and failed to bring
her husband out of a fit of anger.
The husband drew* a great knife
and struck her down. The chief
sobered and was terror stricken
when he found he had committed
a deed he could not undo. Obtain
ing a large robe, Blackbird covered
himself and sat down by the cold
body of his favorite. He would
not sleep, eat nor drink. Then,
after several days, the rest of the
tribe got busy. There were many
schemes considered but the Omahas
knew of one that seldom did not
^ork.
Blackbird scratched his head and
showed some signs of life. The
women whispered. Then the old
fellow smiled and showed he was
coming out of his mood. He arose
and carried on some years.
The Omahas were populus and
contented and nothing appeared to
cause them undue anguish until the
smallpox broke among them and
v/iped out more than two-thirds of
the tribe. This disease always
caused the Indian more suffering
than the white people. In this case,
some of the Omahas wrent out to
lonely places on the prairies where
they died in agony. Many others
drowned themselves in the Missouri
river, some arose and slaughtered
their families and fired the houses.
When death came to the wiley
chief, Blackbird, one of his re
quests was that his body be placed
on top of Blackbird'hill. He asked
that his favorite horse and also the
scalps Blackbird himself, had cut
off, fastened on a stick, the horse,
chief and all, be buried on the brow
of Blackbird hill, where Lewis and
Clark, in 1804, visited the grave.
In 1832 George Catlin visited the
grave, found Blackbird’s skull and
presented it to the Smithsonian
museum at Washington.
Blackbird was so finicky when
he ruled his people he was said to
have several slaves whose job it
was to tickle Blackbird’s feet, and,
if they awakened the chief or in
any other way caused a fit of anger,
they invariably paid for it with
their lives. *
- Peeps, into the Indians of the
past, those living before history
was written, especially right here
in Nebraska, reveals here and there
interesting facts. Down on the
farm of Vilas Sheldon, southeast
of Nehawka, Nebr., workmen under
CWA direction have uncovered
relics of a very industrious people
who lived thbre at least before the
year 4621.
An interesting point believed to
be proved is that the people there
were agriculturists and generally
were very industrious. It is said
of the American Indian of today
that he is somewhat lazy, and other
charges are held against him. It
must be remembreed that contact
with the whites greatly changed
the ways of the brown people. You
cannot find a people living unmo
lested for thousands of years, as
were the Indians, as free as birds,
with well defined cultural attain
ments, a religion at variance with
others, happy, and then have the
riff-raff of another race, traders,
trappers, free-booters, scoundrels,
scalawags, firewater peddlers and
the Lord knows what else, skin
them out of everything but their
bones without their changing from
a wonderful to a don’t-care-what
happens attitude race.
The wonder is the Indian is still
with us. Only for his stoicism he
should have wiped himself off the
map. Of course the Indian of to
day is not like those of prehistoric
times. He has been debauched, de
cieved, cheated, and today many an
Indian, when there are whites
around, puts up a pretty eloquent
speech merely by remaining silent.
It is not intended to say all In
dians today are shipwrecks; it is
meant that if and when imperfec
tions are noted, when the Indian is
accused of being this or that, the
abuse and injustice he suffered
hundreds of years should be re
membered and the Indian praised
for being as good as he is.
The Nehawka work is under the
direction of Dr. G. H. Gilmore, of
Lincoln, and k lot of work has been
done, raking off earth so to expose
the leavings of those who lived near
where Nehawka stands.
Two house sites have been ex
cavated and a search of the vicin
ity has revealed that there are
about 35 more which are to be
opened if federal financial aid is
forthcoming. The Indians who lived
there buried their dead in mounds,
very similar to those lying north of
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Phone 16 O’Neill, Nebr.
here on the banks of the Eagle
creek. Another old house, is on
land owned by a man named Burns.
The latter place is a few miles west
of Nehawka.
A peculiarity of the houses are
that they are found to have been
square, and not round, as were most
of the more modern half-cellar
houses of the Nebraska Indians.
The house remains have been
found at the rate of about six a
day.
Houses here around O’Neill, al
though none have been excavated,
look to be about 10 to 15 feet
across and,to have been round. They
may have been square and the roof
and trampling of buffalo worked
the rims until they look round
under a mat of vegetation.
A puzzling fact noted is that one
of the houses opened measured just
51 feet square, and it is the geo
metric exactidude that caused the
speculation. How did they do it?
Their engineers must have known
far more than they have been given
credit for. Out on Eagle creek it
has been noted, engineers outlined
mounds in patterns that would be
a credit to a geometry wizard of
today.
A fireplace was carefully looked
over and this was on a raised flat
in the center of the old home. Five
cache, or secret holes were found
in the floor, places for hiding small
precious articles, arrowheads and
such things during absence of the
family, or in case some raiders
came along. Sometimes food was
placed in these holes, maybe during
very hot or cold weather. The holes
where stood the center posts for
supporting the roof also were
found.
The finds included many that
showed the people were farmers
perhaps more than they were hunt
ers. Hide scrapers made of deer
antlers, bone punches, spades made
of the shoulder blades of buffalo,
several extra long awls of bone,
hundreds of potsherds or broken
pottery fragments are among the
things recovered. Not a thing in
the way of metals was discovered
and that fact clearly indicated the
people lived there before the Span
iards came to look for gold.
Showing the people were farm
ers, spades and hoe-heads, charred
corn, beans and pumpkin seeds
were found around the old fireplace.
The archaeologists who looked the
exposed place over remarked that
the most interesting feature of the
houses is their square construction
and great size. Modern Indians
seldom made square houses, at
least not the Pawnee.
The pieces of worked flint found
there showed the people obtained
their supplies along the quarries
north of Nehawka. There is a high
hill there, and the top of it is
gouged out in many places where
some people obtained great quan
tities of flint.
The archaeoligists said the re
mains there,especially the quarries,
indicated the people were remark
ably industrious, just the opposite
of our conception of the modern
brown man. More than 270 quar
ries have been found thus far in
the vicinity, most of them on the
banks of the Weeping Water creek.
In some cases, the people dug out
the flint at a depth of 25 feet. One
authority looked the quarries over
and expressed the opinion the work
was done thousands of yeais ago.
Accumulations of earth in the pits
CKUsed this estimate.
Over the doorway a vestibule had
been used and this was found to
have been seven feet wide and 11
feet long, corresponding exactly to
estimates made of several here,
which cannot be exactly determined
until excavation is made.
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Mrs. L. G. Gillespie and daughter,
Mrs. E. R. Wood, drove down to
Plainview last Friday for a few
days visit at the home of Mrs.
Woods’ mother-in-law, Mrs.Blanche
Wood.
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O. and Henry Heuton, of Carroll,
Iowa, who had been visiting their
cousin, Frank Pruss and family
here and with other relatives at
Emmet, left for their home Wed
nesday.
Rev. and Mrs. D. S. Conard and
Mrs. Sexsmith left last Thursday
afternoon for Lincoln, where they
attended the Methodist conference.
They returned home Saturday
evening.
Miss Maxine O’Donnell, who had
been visiting at the home of her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. O’Don
nell and other relatives here for the
past week, left last Sunday for her
home in Chicago.
Mr. and Mr*. H. B, Burch and
Mr*. Luella Parker drove down to
Lincoln last Friday and attended
the Methodist conference held in
that city last week. They returned
home Saturday evening.
Word comes from Columbus that
Mr. and Mrs. Hans Eggar, former
ly of this city, are the proud par
ents of a little daughter, born last
Tuesday. Mrs. Eggar was former
ly Anita Liddy of this city
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remittance from Mrs. F. Bruzzell,
of Teckla, Wyoming, renewing her
subscription to this paper. Mrs.
Bruzzell says that money is rather
scarce in that section of the
country. ,»
Miss Mae Hammond, who is at
Norfolk attending federal court
with Judge Donohoe, came up last
Sunday and spent a day visiting
relatives and friends in this city.
She returned to Norfolk Tuesday
morning.
Mrs. Margaret Brennan and
daughter, Miss Bernadette, re
turned last Friday from a two
weeks visit at the home of their
son and brother, Major Francis
Brennan and family at Ft. Leaven
worth, Kansas.
M. R. Sullivan and son, Cletus,
and daughter, Miss Mary, returned
last Tuesday afternoon from a ten
day visit at the home of Mr. Sul
livan’s brother, Joe, at Laramie,
Wyo. M. R. says they had a very
enjoyable trip and a pleasant visit.
Wesley Bolin, who has been the
manager of the O’Neill Creamery
for the past two years, has been
promoted and will leave next week
for St. Louis, where he is to take
charge of a plant operated by his
firm there. Ernie Nelson, who has
been an employee of the local plant
for about a year, has been named
as manager of the local plant and
took over the managerial duties
the first of the week.
(First publication September 20)
LEGAL NOTICE.
Thomas Watt, Henry Hasings,
Alexandre Watt, Michael Cavan
augh; The heirs, devisees, legatees,
personal representatives and all
other persons interested in the es
tate of Thomas Watt, deceased,
real names unknown; The heirs,
devisees, legatees, personal repre
sentatives and all other persons in
terested in the estate of Alexandre]
Watt, deceased, real names un
known; The heirs, devisees, lega
tees, personal representatives and
all other persons interested in the
estate of Michael Cavanaugh, de
ceased, real names unknown, and
all persons having or claiming any
interest in a tract of land bounded
as follows: Commencing at a point
693 feet north of southwest corner
of Northwest Quarter of Section 29
Township 29 North, Range 11 West
6th Principal Meridian in Holt
county, Nebraska, running thence
cast 2640 feet; thence north 1947
feet; thence west 2247 feet; thence
south 740.8 feet; thence east 14
feet; thence south 746.2 feet;thence
west 407 feet; thence south 460
feet to place of beginning, real
names unknown, defendants, are
notified that on September 15, 1934,
Mary A. Kelly as plaintiff filed a
petition and commenced an action
in the District Court of Holt county,
Nebraska, against you, the object
of which is to have the plaintiff
decreed to' be the owner of the
real estate above described, to have
the title to said premises quieted
in plaintiff; to have you decreed to
have no title to, or interest in, said
premises and to remove the clouds
cast on plaintiff’s title by reason of
your claims.
You are required to answer said
petition on or before October 29,
1934.
W. J. HAMMOND,
18-4 Attorney for Plaintiff.
(First publication Sept. 6, 1934.)
(W. J. Hammond, Attorney.)
LEGAL NOTICE
All persons interested in the es
tate of Robert K. Swan, deceased,
both creditors and heirs, are noti
fied that on September 4, 1934, j
David G. Vequist, Henry Vequist, j
Lewis Vequist, Charles Vequist and |
Albert Widtfeldt filed a petition in j
County Court of Holt county, Ne
braska, alleging that Robert K.
Swan, a resident of Rock Island
county, Illinois, died May 25, 1878;
that the executor of his will, under
authority therein granted him, ac
quired a mortgage upon East Half
of East Half of Section 24, Town
ship 31 North. Range 13 West 6th
Principal Meridian in Holt county,
Nebraska, and subsequently by
foreclosure proceedings acquired
title to said premises; that petit
ioners are owners of said premises
and as such are interested in said
will; that the prayer of the petition
is "Petitioners pray that a day be
set for hearing on this petition;
that notice thereof may be given as
required by law; that upon such
hearing the authenticated copy filed1
herein may be admitted to probate
as the last will and testament of
Robert K. Swan, deceased..” You
are notified that said petition will
be heard September 27, 1934, at 10
A. M. at the County Court Room in j
O’Neill, Holt county, Nebraska.
(Seal) C. J. MALONE,
16-3 County J,udge.
(First publication Sept. 6, 1934.)
LEGAL NOTICE
Harry M. Burgess. Charles A.
Stillman, Joseph A. Treat and all
persons having or claiming any
interest in North Half and South
east Quarter Section. 24, Township
31 North, Range 13 West 6th Prin
cipal Meridian in Holt county, Ne
braska, real names unknown, de
fendants are notified that on Sep
tember 4, 1934, David G. Vequist,
Henry Vequist, Lewis Vequist,
Charles Vequist and Albert Widt
feldt, plaintiffs, filed a petition and
commenced an action in the Dis
trict Court of Holt county, Nebras
ka, against you the object of which
is to have plaintiffs decreed to be
the owners of the real estate above
described; to have the title to said
premises quieted in plaintiffs; to
have you decreed to have no title
to or interest in said premises and
to remove clouds cast on plaintiff’s
title by reason of your claims.
You are required to answer said
petition on or before October, 15,
1934.
W. J. HAMMOND,
16-4 Attorney for Plaintiff.
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