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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 11, 1934)
Over the County INMAN NEWS Mrs. William Brown and daught er, Musetta, were Norfolk visitors Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Butler and daughters, Mary and Anella, and Elder and Mrs. M. A. Peterson, of Neligh, were here over the week end attending the L. D. S. conven tion. Roy G. Goree and daughters, Ilene and Helen Fay, of Long Pine, were here Saturday visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Goree and other relatives. Miss Joyce Outhouse, who has been in Lincoln for several weeks visiting her sister, Dorothy, has re turned home. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Ticknor were Norfolk visitors Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Dee Brittell and children visited relatives in Creigh ton Sunday. James McMahon, E. L. Watson and Lewis Kopecky were yi Norfolk on business Monday. Miss Dorothy Chicken has ac cepted a position at OINeiil and entered upon her new duties Mon day morning. Cleve Roe, who is empoyed by the C and N. W. at West Point, spent the week end here with his . family. Mrs. Mary Hancock and daught, er, Miss Gladys, were Sunday din ner guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Hancock at O’Neill. Mrs. M. E. Ruthledge and daugh ter, Mrs. Zada Payne, of Clear water, were here Sunday attending the convention at the L. D. S. church. Mr. and Mrs. Sprague, of Spring view, were week-end guests of Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Outhouse. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Chicken and. daughters, Dorothy and Wilma, spent Sunday with relatives at Creighton. Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Doughty and daughters, Mary and Mildred, of Norfolk, came Friday and visited until Saturday at the home of his sister, Mrs. L. R. Tompkins. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Colman have gone to Lincoln for a visit with their daughter, Mrs. Jerry Hare and family. W. H. Chicken is moving his stock of goods to his new location this week. Mr. Chicken will have a very up-to-date grocery store when he gets it arranged. The conference of the Central Nebraska District of the L. D. S. church convened here Satnrday evening and. Sunday. On Saturday evening Elder R. S. Bedel, of In dependence, Mo., delivered the mes sage. At 9 o’clock Sunday morn ing baptismal services were held at the river. At 10 o’clock con firmation services were hejd at the church. This was followed by the sacremental service. At 11 o’clock Elder Budd delivered the sermon. A basket dinner was served at noon. At 2:30 ^a. business session was held and officers for the Dis trict elected. The following officers were elected: President, Elder M. A. Peterson, of Neligh; Secretary and treasurer, Mrs. M. E. Ruth ledge, Clearwater; Musical Direct or, Mrs. Zada Payne, Clearwater; Director religious education, Mrs. Pearl Allen Neligh. At 7:30 Elder Budd again preached to a large congregation. He also preached Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday nights of this week. Membership Sunday was ob served at the M. E. church Sun day. A large crowd was present and the membership roll of the church was read. Next Sunday will be Rally Day and the Sunday school is making preparations to observe it in the Sunday school hbur. MEEK AND VICINITY Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Borg spent Wednesday afternoon at F. H. Griffith’s. The Ladies Aid met Thursday afternoon with Miss Magpie Eggar. A large crowd attended. The ladies are doing some sewing and are planning on making a quilt, with the names of the lady who pieces a block embroidered in each block. A delicious lunch was ser ved by the hostess. The next meeting will be at Mrs. McDon ald’s. Harry Fox, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Fox and baby and Edward Kaczor returned Thursday from several days visit with relatives in South Dakota. Quite a large crowd attended the party at the Howard Rouse home*! on Friday evening and a good time Is reported, by those who attended.! Mr. and Mrs. John Krough and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Linduorg and daughters, Ruth and Evelyn, called j at A. L. Borg’s Thursday evening. I Mr. nnd Mrs. Clifford Thomson and Klmn and Mr. and Mrs. Clay-1 tor. Thomson and Irvin, Ley and; Franklin, cf Lynch, were dinner guests at the F. H. Griffith’s home on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. George Hansen and Mrs. Henefin motored to Iowa Sat udray for a visit with relatives. Mrs. Ed. Henefin and son, Orville are staying at the Hansen home here while they are away. Mr. and Mrs. Will Langan left for Omaha on Saturday. Mrs. E. H. Rouse accompanied them as far as Fremont, where she will visit with a sister, while they attended the Division convention and visited with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Everett Johnson arrived on Sunday from their home at Valentine for a weeks visit at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gust Johnson. Mrs. Ed. Henefin helped Mrs. Clifford Wells on Monday to pre pare for their sale on Wednesday. Cecil Griffith, who is working for Robert Benson and Dorsey Ben edict, spent Sunday with the home folks. % A. L. Rouse and Levi Yantzi, of O’Neill, motored to the Rouse Bros, home here on Friday afternoon. Mrs. Dan. Hansen helped her sister, Mrs. Clifford Wells on Tues day. Arthur Rouse spent Tuesday evening at Frank Griffith’s. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Griffith called at the Gus Karel home Sat urday afternoon. Albert Kaczor and Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Hubby called at Howard Rouse’s Tuesday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Dorsey Benedict and daughter, Mona, spent the week end with the folks at Norfolk. PLEASANT DALE Miss Minnie Segar spent the week-end at the home of her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Gus Segar. Miss Segar teaches in the Pribil district south of O'Neill. Mrs. Alfred Bradley and little daughter returned to their home near O'Neill after spending a week at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Ohmart. Dean and Verne Beckwith made a business trip to Scotts Bluffs Fri day. They were accompanied there by their sister, Mrs. E. N. Garvin, who spent the past two weeks vis iting her father, Fred Beckwith, and with other relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Gus Segar received word from their son that they, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Segar, are the proud parents of a baby boy, born October 1. They live in Norfolk. Pred BefckwSth visited relatives in Neligh Sunday. Henry Vequist and daughter, Vivine, called at Ralph Beckwith’s Wednesday evening. The M. E. Ladies Aid will have a food sale at the McGinnis store in Emmet Saturday. The world’s series is about the only topic discussed, out this way, especially by baseball fans. EMMET ITEMS Miss Helen Vogel spent the week end with the home folks here. Miss Lucille Lowery returned home Saturday evening after spending the past week with the Misses Dorothy Sesler and Ella Prange at Atkinson. Miss Dorothy Luben was an over night guest of Miss Agnes Vogel one night last week. Jimmie O’Donnell left for Iowa Sunday where he will seek employ ment in the corn fields there. Mr. and Mrs. Otto Iloehne were Sunday dinner guests of Miss Eve lyn Tomjack. Quite a number of children re ceived first Holy Communion at the Emmet Catholic church Sunday. The regular thirteen hours De votions was held starting at 8 o’clock Sunday morning and ending at 9 o’clock Sunday evening. Lavina Kloppenburg returned to school Tuesday with a new glass eye. Her eye was knocked out a few weeks ago when a piece of iron hit her. She expects to get glasses later. Gus Dahms and Ed. O'Donnell were business callers at O’Neill Monday afternoon. Miss Agnes Vogel was a Sunday dinner guest of Miss Dorothy Lu ben. The Misses Faye Sesler and Tres lyn Vogel called on Dorothy and Esther Luben Sunday afternoon. John Tenborg, Jimmie O’Donnell and Joe Luth went to Sioux City Sunday. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Malloy was struck by lightning Tuesday morning. Not much damage was done. Paul Hoehne was a business cal ler at the Joe Fernholz home Mon day. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Roth and children, Joe Sesler and Herman Grothe were Sunday dinner guests of Mrs. Bauman of Atkinson. Mrs. Art Tibbett, of O’Neill, was a dinner guest of Mr. and Mrs. John Lowery Monday. Mrs. George Carr, of Atkinson, spent several days visiting at the Russell Carr home south of Emmet. Excavation Shows Holt County Was Once The Home of Many Indians By J. B. O’Sullivan (Conclusion) The Muskhogean stock is believed to have traveled east also to the Gulf states and there established a well defined culture, including the Chicksaw, Choctaw and Creek Nations or tribes. The assumption accepted by some is that these people, at a time not yet proved, pioneered into the eastern part of this country and populated what had been a wilderness. No atempt has been made to trace back farther and anyone’s guess is as good as another’s, but from what we know of the dense populations of Old Mexico and Peru and of South America in ancient times, teeming millions, and know ing human nature and how easily a right wing may fall out with the left, how the migration in stinct is incorporated in all of us, it looks like a good guess to sug gest these waves were of Maya, Inca, Aztec, Toltec or some similar old stock banished, perhaps, or voluntarily leaving for some reason that may never be determined. In step with this line of thought is a late hews dispatch sent out by the United Press organization and here it is: “McCook, Nebr. — (UP) — Evi dences of a monumental civilization that trecked. across Nebraska plains, perhaps Mayan stock, en route to the Yucatan peninsula from Alaskan regions has been un covered here by archaeologists rummaging in the vestiges of an ancient Indian civilizaton. “Accordng to Captain Ray E. Colton, archaeologist, excavations recently completed in the Republi can river basin in this region have uncovered evidences to support the theory that the Mayan tribes at one time inhabited western Nebras ka and eastern Wyoming. Colton came here to carry on his studies after work among the ruined, May an cities of Chichen-Itza and other ruins on the Yucatan peninsula had convinced him that the creators of the prehistoric Mayan civilization had come to Mexico from Aisa by way of the Aleutian islands and Alaska. “After patiently studying and comparing artifacts, examples of pottery, arrowheads and skeletons, the evidence has been sufficiently pieced together,’’ Colton said. “We believe it safe to announce that the once mighty Mayas, that great cultural race who were found in possession of the peninsula of the Yucatan by the Spaniards, once lived in Nebraska. 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He believes their stay here was a period of preparation which culminated in a rapid and well di rected migration into the debths of Mexico, ending at Yucatan, which became the seat of what was prob ably the most majestic of oil pre historic Indian civilizations. Astonishing discoveres in Old Mexico recently have, in many in stances, pointed toward Nebraska, indicating this state must have been a melting pot of great im portance in ancient times and more than at one period. Judging from the great works of stone and earth found in Mexico, there must be buried here things that should cause wonderment. There must be temples and monuments. Out along the Niobrara river and Eagle creek there may lie buried works comparable to the best found in Monte Albans, Mexico, and on the west side of the river Nile in Egypt. These may be on a smaller scale. About six miles east of Ontepee, Old Mexico, a god of stone with backward moods was the chief find at ruins of an old Indian city on the Yerba mountains, and scientists only recently realized the import ance of the ruins. Indians for ages have lived and died in the vicinity without paying any attention to the old works. The great god of stone lay there in mud, half buried, arid some of the reds got the idea there was more buried under it. Roused from their semi-tropical stupor, these fellows made huge ropes and got all hands to unite at making a try for some free spneding money. In spite of much chugging and tug ging, the god remained stubborn and at last slowly sank in oozy mud while the Indians talked the thing over and concluded the god did not want to be disturbed. Under the god were great slabs of stone. A great amount of earth had to be moved only to find, the stone slipping deeper into the earth for the trouble of the workmen. Described by an archaeologist, the god has almond eyes, strongly Mongolian, the nose is triangular, and from the mouth hangs a ton gue that is divided, in half. On its brow is a square head-dress and the work somewhat resembles that of the Mixtec Indians of Oaxaca. Today the Amusgo Indians inhabit the country. A11 sorts of terraces and small pyramids are to be found in the vicinity. A number of plazes here and there would seem to indicate Toltec influence. The Indians of the present day took the works left by ancients for granted, and called the great stone god “the church” and paid scant attention to it until the search for money started. Then, just as the stone was thought to be coming out of its setting, the god sank in some peculiar mud and the Indians concluded it did not want to appear in its entirety. Delving away back in ancient In didan lore, it is very intersting to find that most of the principal nations of Old Mexico have legend ary connections to Nebraska or nearby tribes and nations. Why this is true may be through the presence here of the Pawnee, who scientists have suspected of having migratd long ago from Old Mexico for the reason they do not know whence they came and because their sacrificial ceremonies strongly sug gest any one or all of the fascin ating people who held forth in.the land of Mexico long before the coming of the Spaniards. At the entrance to Red Canyon, in the Southern Black Hills, is what is known as the Edgmont Stone, and on it is etched picto graphs that have been deciphered as a claim to the Black Hills by Aztec Indians. What these In dians were doing so far north is a mystery, yet there is the stone for the world to read. The interpre tation of the work made by Frank A. Bucker, of Edgemont, S. D. Bucker said the work of the Az tecs must not be confused with that made by later Indians such as the Cheyennes and Sioux. Those Indians undoubtedly knew the sig nificence of the stone "deed” and by way of cancelling it, wrote other mystic symbols all over the stone. Buker got his knowledge of picture writing from books by the world’s best scientists and he is sure his reading is correct. The Aztecs claimed eternal possession of the Black Hills, according to trans lation. (The end.) ALPHA CLUB The Alpha Club met Wednesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. No Hunting or Tres passing Allowed On Lands Owned By Me. JOHN WREDE Aaron Boshart. Nine members and six guests were present. The guests were: Mrs. P. J. Lansworth, Ruby Tomlinson, Mrs. Sam Robertson, Helen Knapp, Mrs. Amanuel Bosh, art and Pal Boshart. The program was as follows: Roll call; news from the White House, high spots on each candid ate, Mrs. Ted Morton and Mrs. George Robertson. Mrs. Boshart, served lunch. 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