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The Frontier Lxvi O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1945 NO. 26 SMALL DOSES PAST AND PRESENT By Romaine Saunders Rt. 5, Atkinson The war has left an heritage of intern, tional and domestic pains that neither Spitfires, bombs nor guns can eradicate. An up-to-date corn harvester J (picks and shells the corn in the field. The next advance in me chanical corn growing may bring us the hot corn bread fresh from the field. It has started. To what extent it will spread remains to be seen. Some industrial plants have settled their iabor troubles by closing down. One gent throws down the gauntlet and h:.s taken the stump against Union labor leaders. The stage is set and all that’s needed is a few good rab ble rousers among the A. F. L. and C. I. O. to bring on a domestic upheavel. Amd the public stands helpless to ward off the punches. The hooded Arabs who came over for the San Francisco con ference of fifty nations learned American ways quickly. The men j of the desert have staged a! strike down in old Egypt, crack- j ed a few heads and tied up peace ful pursuits in ancient Alexan dria. But a strike is not alto gether a new thing in Egypt. About the year 1500 B. C. the Hebrew brick makers dropped their crude tools and walked out i on the hardened old Pharoah, history’s first successful strike. An esteemed disciple of the late father of the New Deal setup fasks me to finish the theme sug gested by peace time military training, observations on which appeared herein recently, broad ening its scope to include various agencies, state and national, if not so designed the ultimate workings of which are to cut in on personal liberties. Liberty, liberty—what a lot of gushing lip service the precious heritage in- ( spires. It is one thing to defeat a proposed program and another thing to throw off the yoke once the pegs have been fastened. And loyalty to your beloved po litical god demands you carry the yoke without a murmur. Leaning at a safe angle against the brick wall corner, a confident foot planted on the stone step, clad in swagger pants and ample jacket, dense clusters of hanging curls billowing over broad back and bosomy front, a similarly clad pal at her side, she took in the street scene with smug assur ance—or was it disdain. Another waited by incoming and outgoing busses, auburn hair, large and jolly, blue overalls rolled over bare legs to the knees, the confi dence of a gold miner asserting everything the new woman has. She swung an ample limb, maybe she would say leg, over the stool at the lunch counter, lighted a fag, and wise to earth’s hard ways \ ordered “black offee.” The gals A are taking life in strides. In a pasture now turned to the brown of autumn d short distance to the northwest loll a dozen male aristocrats of the pure Hereford breed that came from one of the fancy stock showings out at ; Denver. The pasture and the ' bulls are the property of Hugh Birmingham with whom I drove by there recently. Those fat, aro gant, self-satisfied bluebloods of cattleland look every inch the thorouhbred. Mr. Birmingham I nought nineteen bulls at the Denver showing last morith and s selling them to breeders in the county who are seeking to im jrove their herds. The cattle ndustry, from the days of the dipping, shooting punchers to the jresent more genteel booted cow nan, has always be°n the indus |Uftrial standby in Holt county. ■ ^nd many thousands of three or 'four popular breeds now grazing |h<- prairies are of a very high quality. Nearby this pasture across the road Mr. Birmingham f * has a field-of corn and will solve the “picking” problem for his ✓ « I There was a citizen over tow ard Antelope slough in the happy long ago who wore a straw hat in midwinter. November is not usually straw h t weather but has made an exception this time. Among the conglomeration of bare heads, hats, caps, sombreros visable to the naked eye on the streets Monday gejits’ wearing straw hats were not missing. BRIEFLY STATED Something is always wrong with the weather. We thought it was about right, a close com petitor of the best anywhere. They s..y it is so dry in the corn fields that mechanical pickers are knocking about as many ears on the ground as are tossed in the wagon. Grass lands would be benefitted by an inch of moisture, though farm lands are in the greatest need. Land values in Holt county have made material advances in some instances in recent years, others remain stationary and still other instances are cited of land being sold for considerable less than it had bean held previously. The advances in prices asked by owners in some cases exceeds 30 per cent of what they had for merly asked. The volume of saJes is not gfreat neither are sales at a standstill. Many are coming here from the counties east looking for places to rent. There tarried for a day and half the night in the city two printers from the composing room of the Chicago Tribune. The Frontier did not get these gents’ names though they made a fraternal call. Just what were printers from Chicago doing out here? Well, it was none of my business so took it for granted they were just see ing the country. And they did us a good turn while in our plant. Printers never fail if they con Printers never fail to lend a hand if they can help a fellow craftsman. When the vacancy is filled in the O’Neill supervisor district the new member may inherit a sizeable “lobby” of citizens who are rather up in arms to demand a ceanup of our $125,000 court house back yard—the storage lot facing Fifth street. About every thing objectionable to sight and smell has been dumped in there along with the county bridge timbers and other property. It is a sight for the gods to blush at and not since the rubble of a blacksmith shop and disorderly home was removed from the court house block has such an accumu lation gathered in a centerally located part of the city. Pfc. Jerry Toy of Camp Bowe, Texas, arrived Sunday for a short visit with his mother, Mrs. Anton Toy and other relatives and friends. farm manager by turning a herd of hogs loose in the field. Union heads have compiled a volume of over 200 pages on “Living Costs in World War II.” How reliable the figures are is anybody’s guess. But why a book about it? Do not all know the pinching fact of the price of a meal and the roof without a book. And possibly no small amount of this cost is tracable back to the payroll of Union labor. November. A chill im the air, freshening, inspiring, imparting vigor for the listlessness of drowsy warmpth; trees denuded of the rich summer green, flow ers faded, birds taken the long flight, the prairie brown and silent save for the call of a coyote for its mate, the mournful bawl of bereft cows for the calves sent away for slaughter, the crow of the barnyard chanticleer and quack of ducks. But autumn skies take on added luster, inviting charm—the glow of dawn a deep er pink, the gold of sunset a bit more intriguing, the night sky aflame above the prairieland. Business, work, get the mail and the daily grind. Necessary, proper, but comes there never across the vision nature's grand picture, the sweeping power of spiritual values? Life is mor ? than meat and a bank account. “Consider the lilies, they toil not neither do they spin. . . No O’Neill Line in the BusStrike O’Neill is served by four bus lines, neither of which has been involved in the strike of bus drivers tying up eastern lines. Bonesteel, Sioux City, Norfolk, Ainsworth and Grand Island are points of bus service to and from O’Neill. The several drivers, asked if they were involved, replied, “We don’t strike and are not identified don’ strike and are not identified with any Union.” One driver said he would carry passengers as long ;.s there was anyone who wanted to ride. Another views the whole strike situation as alarming, saying, “There’s a rev olution on the way, labor has gone crazy.” All busses serving O’Neill are independent lines and the men operating them are uniformly courteous and helpful, satisfied with, the business and the privil ege of serving the peaceful com munities through which they op erate. Irrigation Interest The soil conservation office at the annex reports considerable interest in some section of the county in irrigation and is being called on for technical advise for the location of reservoirs for im pounding water. One such is on property owned by C E. Rund quist of Orchard on the Big Sandy in northwest Holt. An other is six miles south and two tast of Atkinson. The conserva tion officials go only where their services are solicited and their work is to survey the ground to determine the point of location for impounded waters to secure the best results in distribution to the land. These necessarily are located on streams or natural water courses which are dry at times and by construction of dams high water accumulations may be put to use. There is pump irrigation also in limited are?s that serve small home plots. Testing the Herds Veterinarians from the state and federal departments of ani mal husbandry are testing cows and heifers in herds in the county for T. B. and other bovine ail ments. This is the first general testing work to be carried on here for a number of years. There was much l resentment among ranchers in the southwest part of the county some years ago when they received the mandatory or ders from Lincoln to corral their cows on a specified date as a vet “will be there to test them for T. B.” The resentment was not so much over the test as it was over the way the officials vent at it. A meeting was b»l^ in Amelia at that time attended by most cattle growers of the section, but they decided not to hang the oncoming squad of vet terinarians. There seems to have been no upheavel this time. Pvt. Dwayne Landis of Fort Robinson, arrived Saturday to spend a furlough here visiting his mother, Mrs. Mae Landis and other relatives and friends. Friendly Neighbor’s Club The Friendly Neighbors Project Club met at the home of Mrs. Harden Anspach Thursday after noon, November 1, with ten mem bers and one visitor present. Mrs. Dale Fetrow and Mrs. F. H. Griffith, project leaders for this year, demonstrated the mak ing of a whoe meal salad showing the use of vitimins A. B. C. a nd D. in the salad and dressing. Tre next meeting will be at the home of Mrs. Dale Fetrow, date not yet decided. NOTICE Two Coon Dogs came up miss ing the morning of October 29, from my home 1 mile south of Chambers. One black and tan, other blue tick. Will pay good re ward for information leading to their recovery. Lewis Rothchild, 25-2’/2 Chambers, Nebr. Mr. and Mrs. H ward Holliday j left Saturday for Grand Island, where they will make their fut-| ure home. He was recently dis-1 ch: rged from the navy after three and one half years service, twenty-eight months of that time being served overseas. Willi, m Miller spent the week end in Omaha on business. BRIEFLY STATED Miss Babelle Bauman spent the week-end at her home in At kinson. Hugh Birmingham made a bus iness trip to Omaha over tht week-end. Rev. Father Brick was up from Omaha during the week greeting friends here. Mrs. Alice Bridges spent a few days with friends in Sioux City the past week. Miss Mary Miles of Omaha, spent the week-end here visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs Gerald Miles. Miss Arleen Shade spent the w^ek-end in Stuart visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Shade. County Agent A. N. Dawes at tended an all day meeting of farm and ranch interests at Bassett Tuesday. I Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Voecks ar rived Sunday from Fort Leaven worth, Kansas, where he received his discharge from the army. Rev. Mullis and a group of Methodist young people went to Norfolk Monday to participate in a District church gathering there. “V”— Elmer Nuttleman returned to his home in Springfield, Mo., on Monday, after a visit) at the home of Mr. and Mrs Glen. Tomlinson. Mr. and Mrs. William Froelich returned Friday from Chicago. Mr. Froelich spent the week-end here and returned to Chicago on Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Swim of ScottsblufTs, returned to their home on Friday, after spending a few days here visiting Edith Castleman. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Souhrada re turned to their home in Lincoln on Monday, after a week’s visit with Edith Castleman and other friends here. Joe Beha of Minneapolis, Minn., spent the week-end here visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Beha and with other relatives and friends. Miss Mary Helen Martin of Omaha, spent the week-end here visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs. William Martin and other relatives and friends. Mrs. Edna Selden and Clifford Reese returned to Valentine on Monday, after a week’s visit here with Mrs. Seldon’s sister and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Fay Miles. Young America never forgets that they have a “night out” Hal lo we’n, but perhaps they did more good than harm in the old town by streaking windows with soap, a juvenile suggestion to us for a washup. Capt. Parr, formerly assistant pastor of St. Patrick’s church and just back from army duty as a Chaplain serving in Italy, was in the city during the week re newing friendships here. He h' s not been released from army service but feels at any rate that it is great to be back in the homeland. Mrs. Wagner, of the state su perintendent’s office in Lincoln, was in the city during the we; k and in company with Miss Mc Cullough visit d a rural school or tw'O in the f r corners of the county, the object of such visit being to obtain first hand infor mation on the schools in the out of the way places of the county for guidance of the state depart ment of education in the general scheme of schools in the state. Tune in on Your Radio Nov. 17 George B. German, farm re porter for WNAX at Yankton, was in the city last Saturday re turning from a stock show over | at Broken Bow, when he had crossed a sizeable section of thei sand hill cattle country which in-j tiigued him, in company with Howard Gillespie, county agent of Dixon county. The stop here was improved leisure time to uu,ke transcripts of a three-way disqpssion which will come over the air from the Yankton station November 17 and 19, at 12:50 p. m. The trees, the grass, the sweep of endless landscape, unbroken, unmarred by the haunts of city dwellers along the trail from Broken Bow to O’Neill, covered now in less time than when Omer M. Kem came over here to campaign for congress driving a pair of bronchos, was discussed by Mr. German, Mr. Gillespie and A. N. Dawes at Mr. Dawes’ office in the court house. The cattle country is "strictly in It" from most every point of interest and it will be of unusual concern to citizens of the county to listen in on this three-way enlightened discussion when it is released. Mr. Dawes says the two gentlemen from out of the county were a little more than favorably responsive to what they saw of the prairieland. His familai ity with the country made Mr. Dawes’ participation in the discussion all the more informa tive for the visiting men. - - 1 Miss Mains’ Wedding Date r O’Neill relatives and friends extend congratulations to Miss; Jane Mains of Denver, on her ap proaching marriage and hopes that happiness and prosperity will accompany her and her hus band through a long and happy wedded life. Miss Jane Laurissa Mains has set November 11 for her wedding; to Charles H. Brittan. The cere-1 mony will take place at 10 a. m. in the chapel at Regis college and will be performed by the Very Rev. John J. Flanagan. Miss Mains is the daughter of Mrs. Thomas S. Mains. She is a gradu te of St. Mary’s Academy at O’Neill, Nebr., and attended Nebraska University. She is a , member of the Junior'Woman’s club of Denver and for the last i twi years has been most active j in the American Red Cross colun i teer services as a nurse’s aid. Her fiance is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Brittan, a prom inent family of Alliance, Nebr. : and has just returned from eigh teen months of duty in the Euro j pean theater otf war. He is a * graduate of Regis College. — The Denver Post. — Sentenced to Reformatory Floyd A. Spence, a young man i from Atkinson, will h ve from two to ttn years in the men’s re , formatory for it to be impressed upon him that the way of the transgressor is hard. He was taken before District Judge | Mounts Wednesday on complaint 'of the county rttorney involving a serious offence against a young woman high school student, en tered a plea of guilty, the sen tence following. Attorney Lee Atkinson, was in court in behalf I of the girl. Gun Accident Kenneth Coover, 21, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Coover of Page, was accidently shot last Sunday while out hunting. It seems to be hard to get information con cerning the accident, but from what we have been able to learn Coover was shot in the lower pnrt of the body by a five year old boy who was playing wbh his gun. He is in a Norfolk hospital and his condition is said to be critical. Mrs. Melvin Ruzieka left Sun day for Redfield, S. D, where she will visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Sell. Marrlapr I.iceneos James E . Carney, of G'N< 1', and Nora Janet Lodwig of B.s sett, on November lat. For 1ho want of a quorum city council members did not con vene in regular session Tuesday evening, deferring the meeting to the call of the mayor. PETITIONS FOR DIVORCE Florence Parkinson vs. Leon ard Parkinson. Florien Gesirliech vs. Iva H.' Gesiriech. BRIEFLY STATED Judge D. R. Mounts held court in Butte on Monday. Mrs. Robinetta Malone returned to her home in Omaha on Tues day, after visiting friends here. Alva Marcellus left Saturday j for Rochester, Minn., where he i will go Jhrough the Mayo Clinic. Pvt. Raymond J. Noble and Donald Sprague are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Ray Noble and family. Frank Clements is in Rochester, Minn., for consultation with the medics as to the state of his health. Mrs. Harold Connors and Miss Alma Wallace returned Tuesday from Omaha, where they had spent a few days. The O’Neill Waman's Club meets November 14 at Mrs. Cow perthwaite’s with Mrs. Ira George giving the review. This meeting is a week early. The Catholic Daughters of America held a business meeting at the Academy Tuesday even ing. Following the meeting a luncheon was served. Mr. and Mrs. Charles McKenna I left Saturday for Lincoln, where j they will visit their son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh McKenna and son. Mr. and Mrs. Fay Jones, Mrs. John Baird and Bill Klinger, of Omaha, spent the past week-end visiting Mr. and Mrs. Joe Noble and Mr. and Mrs. Ray Noble and family. Mrs. Neil Ryan went to Omaha to meet her husband, who was returning to civilian lffe after j his discharge from service in the Navy. They came on to O'Neill Monday. According to the Hobo News | the war has changed romance. Eskimo girls no longer favor rubbing noses but request that a kiss be “like it is done in the movies. Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Welch re turned to their home in Omaha Tuesday, after spending a few days here visiting Mrs. Welch’s mother, Mrs Theressa Murray and other relatives and friends. Lt. and Mrs. Ln Vem Stevens Evelyn and Helen Cavanaugh went to Omaha last Thursday. Lt. Stevens left from there for his st tion at Eldorado, Texas, the others returning home on Friday. Art Cowptr'hwaite has neither cow to milk, barn to clean out nor herd on pasture to keep tabs on. For the first time in forty years he says he is without a hoof to concern him. But he goes to the sale yards to keep in touch with the livestock move ments. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Bowers and Mrs. Donald Elkins and son Ken-1 ney of Denver, Col., returned to their home Wednesday, ;,fter a visit with their daughter, Miss Helen Bowers. They visited an other daughter, Mrs. Frank Hav arank at Lynch and their son, Tom Bowers at Bristow. — Helen Simar spent Sunday in Atkinson visiting at the P. T. Schultz home. Her neice, Miss Maurine Schultz returned to O’Neill wi'h her and will visit here for a few days. Miss Schultz was recently discharged from the Marin'1 Corps at the T1 Tora Air base at Santa Ana, Cal. JOB OPEN There is need for a substitute post office clerk at O’Neill. Vet erans only. Apply immediately. Ajjed Pioneer is Buried at Inman Charles Manse Fowler was born in Belmont county, Ohio, on October 7, 1860, and passed away November 4, 1945, at the age of 85 years and one month. At the time of his death he was living with his son Mark, iri Omaha. The body was brought to this city Tuesday morning and funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at 2:00 o’clock at the Methodist church in Inman, Rev. Maxcy officiating and burial in the Inman cemetery. When a young man he left his native state and moved to Iowa and there was united in marriage to Miss Kate Martin, who pre ceded him in death twenty-four years ago. To this union were born nine children, six of whom are still living. There are left to mourn his passing five sons and one daughter. The children are: Frank, of Denver, Col.; Jess of Jamestown, Cal.; Henry and Mark, o£ Omaha; Chester,* of Compton, Cal., and Mrs. A. N. Butler, Inman. There are also eight grandchildren, four great grandchildren, two brothers and three sisters and a host of friends. He moved to Nebraska about 1884 and homesteaded seven miles nprtheast of Inman. Later he moved to Inman, where he lived most of his life. During his years in this county he always took an active interest in the civic affairs of his home community and of the county, in the early days. He had and extensive ac quaintenance over the county and was greatly admired for his integrity and faithfulness to his many friends. He was a good citizen and one of those who h:.d a prominent part in the upbuild ing of Holt county. Ted MeElhaney returned Tues day from Omaha, where he had gone on business. NEW LIBRARY BOOKS 1 Books added to the Public Li brary since October 8th: Our Vines Have Tender Grapes, Three O’Cloek Dinner, Green Dolphin Street, Rivers .of Glory,, Coffin for Demitdious Greek Coffin Mystery, Tom Paine Americ ’s Godfather, Soldier to Civilian, Betrayal From the East, Secret of Keeping Fit, Faith of Our Fighters, Goodbye Mr. Chip pendale Juvenile books are: Mystery of Lilac Inn, Dorothy Dixon Wins Her Wings, Two Little Fellows Secret, Rose in Bloom, Eight Cousins, Mark on the Mirrof, Freckles, Seventeen, Husklebtrry Finn, Tom Sawyer, Robin Hood, The Little Pepper Series. Magazines regularly at the Li rary are: The S turday Even ing Post, Look. Life, Modem Screen, Screeland, Popular Me chanics, Readers Di est. Re d. Wee Wisdom, Child Li e, Colum bia Army Life, Colliers and Ladies Home Journal. Newspapers at the Libr ry a'^e: World Herald, Omaha: Inde depcndent and Frontier, O’Neill: Graphic, Atkinson: True Voice, Omaha; New York Herald Trib une Book Review and all up to date phamphlets. Eagle Creek 4-H Club The Eagle C e k 4 H Club met at the home of Dor s Steams ore October 28. After a covered d'sh luncheon the mee ing was railed to order by the president. The main business of the meeting was reorganizing the club for the com The following officers wtre ing year. elected: President, John O’Neill; vice president, Benton Mellor; secret ry, Vincent Warnke; news reporter, James Sire; song and cheer leader, Murray Mellor; Mr. and Mrs. Arthur O’Neill, who have served so faithfully as leaders of this club, asked to be relieved of their duties. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Mellor were then elect ed as new leaders. There are twelve members in the club. It was decided to meet once a month. The next meeting will be at the Max Warnke home on November 25. —J. W. S., News Reporter. t