LXVI O'NEILL, NEBRASKA,.THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1945 NO,27
SMALL DOSES
PAST AND PRESENT
By Romaine Saunders
Rt. 5, Atkinson
Housewives afe at their wit's
end for the grease to fry a po
tato.. What’s the matter with
baking it?
Synthetic legs, crutches, straps,
belts and tubes displayed by the
dealers in surgical supplies is a
gruesome reminder of a living
harvest from the world’s battle
fronts.
War is over, about a million
will never come back, “defense
workers” are scattered across the
country and nobody can find a
house to live in—where they think
they want to live. And there are
a lot of empty houses in the rural
communities of Nebraska.
If it so develops that the Red
Cross has tossed nearly a half
million dollars to the A. F. L. and
C. I. O.. in the past three years
there are a lot of people out on
the hinterland who will feel that
they are through with the Red
Cross. *
Think not that I am come to des
troy the law or the prophets. I
am not come to destroy, but to
fulfill. . . . Whosoever therefore
shall break one of these least com
mandments and shall teach men
so, shall be called the least in the
kingdom of heaven.—From the
“Sermon on the Mount.’’
Secretary Schwellenbach has
about as much success on the
labor front as did Madame Per
kins. Citizens like to have, are
entitled to have, officials whose
capacity measures up to the job
they are expected to do. Is not
Washington overrun with little
men, men who have neither the
courage nor the capacity to deal
with the strife between industry
and labor?
Maybe the boy has the solution
to life’s vexations. Let him get
sight of a football and the mere
obligation of a family mission
he has been sent on becomes a
secondary consideration, it can
wait or be wholly cast aside.
He will get his hands on that foot
ball. That is the urge, pleasure,
fun, hang the work. “Life is real,
life is earnest” is the philosophy
off grown man, boys take it
lightly.
Salt Lake City denies it pays
its dog catcher $10,000 a year and
their best teachers $2,700. May
be any fellow who can rid a com
munity of its surplus canine pop
ulation is worth ten grand. The
dog catcher works 365 days for
his, the teacher 287 days of about
six hours each. Maybe they are
underpaid, so are country editors.
Some things we do for the “good
off humanity.” And if we find
financial reward the only incent
ive to our job the job can be
only drugery.
i This is ventured at great, risk—
J the risk of incurring the displeas
“ ure of the membership of the
Women’s Clubs. Much of their
study now is devoted to "whole
meal salad." Salad—what a trav
esty on our heritage from our
New England and Pennsylvania
cooks! Salad—a mysterious mix
ture otf indigestables and cold po
toes that would stop the works
of a brass monkey. Salad, maybe
its something for lady’s fingers
to toy with, deluding themselves
into a belietf that their men think
they are getting a meal. No
offense meant, sister; neither
shall I be frightened at a respon
sive chorus, “Phoo, what does
that smarty know about proper
diet?" Shall I tell you?
Billions have gone in to the
whirlwind of war's devastating
yea^s—years of bloodshed and
heartaches and now is there to
be continued even greater war
preparations, a system of univer
sal military training, military
sentiments to predominate? That
is the focal point to which trends
are leading. The billions put in
to this business would better go
for building permanent roads
Fletcher Gorman, of Chicago,
stopped in town long enough
to see what local printers thought
about installing an offset press—
Greek, of course to you—but the
old town is of considerable im- j
portance when a firm in the great
city thinks we are ready for such
| equipment here.
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BRIEFLY STATED
! Miss Grace Suchy came up
from Omaha to spend a few days,
at the home of her mothe- last j
| week.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Peter re
ceived word from ttheir son, Pvt.
Fr..nk F. Peter that he is now
! stationed in Manilla.
Mr. and Mrs. Ross Harris, Jr.,
and Miss Betty Harris came over
from Sioux City Friday end vis
ited with their mother, Mrs. Es
ther Cole Harris until Sunday.
They have the right idea over
in South Dakota respecting free
dom of the road. A car from over
the border in town the other day
flaunted flaming red license plates
of 1942 issue. Where would a
Nebraskan get with a three-year
| old license tag at the tail light?
County Agent Dawes is spend
ing the week in Lincoln, where
the county agents from over the
state are in session with the heads
of the State Department of Ag
riculture in the annual gathering
for the promotion of agricultural
interests.
Office girls had a holiday Mon
day the 12th to celebrate the 11th. j
It was a great day for some of j
them, two weeks’ washing to do,'
the household put to rights, patch
ing and the like. Besides holding'
“down town’’ jobs keeping the in
dustrial activities of the city
from stagnation many of the lady j
I workers keep their home and fam
ily functioning normally.
Indian Summer some call it.
| Grand Nebraska autumn sunshine
j is good enough. It had a brief
i interruption by a “spit” of snow
| last week and a good rain Mon
day of this week. The moisture
I has put at rest with some the fear
j of prairie fires though with clear
skies and bright sunshine grass
will yet bum. However, frosty
I mornings, damp earth and green
| meadows in the blue grass belt |
| south and southwest sections of
the county fire hazards are re
duced materially. We have learn
ed of no destructive fires in the
county during the warm October
days, reputed to have been the
driest in the memory of those
whose exptriences did not reach |
back to the really dry time of
1894.
j
I
that would permit the producers
of life’s necessities to get their J
stuff to the cities’ mighty eaters
at less cost, at less risk. The |
cattle and hay country of Ne
braska needs roads, needs them I
more than it needs electric lines
strung across the prairies. And,
these too, are desirable. Clay and
gTavel highways are wholly in
adequate for the heavy traffic
and at this season, the season of
the movement of stock and hay,
efforts are made to improve them
only to render them nearly im
passable. Billions for devas- j
tation, maybe a few dollars to
spare to give the fellows out on
the land a decent system of
roads.
The body of a 21-year-old dis
charged soldier was sent to his
mother in Kentucky last week
from a Nebraska town. He had
met a violent death when the car
in which he was said to be speed
ing with two women companions
“going home from a dance,” left
the highway, careened, plunged
in the air, rolled over again and
again. It was four in the morn
in. After a night of revelry on
a dance floor, away on the wings
| of the wind in a speeding car
with the pale hand of death at
the wheel. A night of excite
ment, of revelry, and human
nerves are not a match for dang
ers of the highway. And the
mother down there in Kentucky
with a bleeding heart will lay her
soldier boy away the victim of
an avoidable tragedy.
Can’t Rlame the
Strikes for This
Strikes do not account for
everything. Th-t is, strikes on the
labor end of industry. The big
1 boys of industry are on a strike,!
1 too. According to local lumber
; dealers the mills have shut down
while their yards for hundreds
of rods are jammed with logs and j
will make no more shipments un - J
til in January when operations j
I will be resumed.
Income tax is back of this shut
dawn, lumber dealtrs say. The
mills made a pile of money in
I 1945 and after piling up all the
J expense items that can be dug
! out of the brush they still have a
big wad to pay income tax on
and are shutting off further in
I come by discontinuing product
ion.
A promise, or a hope at least,
looking toward Washington is for
a lower schedule of taxation for
j 1946. With this rainbow of prom
ise now glowing on the horizon
“big business”—and nothing
much bigger than the sawlog—
now rests on cushioned ease to
resume the intake of income
when the tax/ gatherers moral re
form becomes an assured fact.
O’Neill is on the waiting list
■for building materials for houses
and buildings and lumber dealers
hert are sanguine over prospects
for the rap of hammers and rasp
of saws maybe about the fragdant .
and blooming month of May. One!
local yard has been advised that
a car of lumber long ago due in
the railroad yards here will not!
be shipped by the sanfroid mill j
men until January 2. The lumber
situation locally has become
much worse since the end of hos- *
tilities that was absorbing much
of the lumber output.
Daughters Gather In New
Members at Banquet
Sunday afternoon November
4, 1945, the Catholic Daughters of
O’Ntill, Nebraska, received into
their Court twenty-two new mem
bere and reinstatements, as fol:
lows:
Shelia Barrett, Inez Benson,
Catherine Cuddy, Thelma Cronk,
Betty Flood, Marjorie Hansen,
Genevieve Flood, Grace Gilham,
Jennie Green, Mary Kivett, Helen
McNichols, Helen Regal, Eileen
Sullivan, Isabelle Moore, Lois
' Saidon, Genevieve Sauser, Cath
erine Warnke, Anna Pribil, Alice
MrCafTrey, Mary Pruss, Frances
Rotherham, Ellen Sullivan,
i At 6:30 p. m. a lovely banquet
| was served by the Sisters of St.
Mary’s Academy. Our lovely
i to stmistress of the evening was
I Mrs. Doris Tomlinson. The musi
' cal program was sponsored by the
| students of St. Mary’s. Among
the interesting speakers of the
| evening were: Msgr. J. G. Mc
Namara, Father John O’Brien,
^ Father Peter Burke, and Father
R. J. Lisco. Out of town guests
j present were: Mr. and Mrs.
I Owens, Mrs. Long, Mrs. Warren
; and Mrs. Carberry, all of Nor
■ folk, Nebr.
| A Birthday Surprise
j Mrs. Elizabeth Jones was sur
prised by a group of friends on
her birthday Friday evening.'
Those present included, Mr. and I
Mrs. Douglas Shaw and family.!
Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Price and
Eddie, Mr. and Mrs. Arch Dens- j
berger, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Gei
del and family, Tillie, Elsie, Louis
and George Peter, Estel Thomas
and Leo Jareske. The evening
; was spent playing cards. Arch
and Ruth Densberger won high
score, Mrs. Albert Geidel and
Louis Peter won low score. The
i hostess was presented with a
lovely gift from all present. Af
l ter a delicious lunch was served
all went home, after congratulat
ing the hostess and wishing her
many more happy birthdays and
all agreeing that they had spent
a very pleasant evening.
j Prof. Ira George was a bus pas
senger to Stuart Tuesday to give
of his lorge talent to the school
boys and girls in their musical
| training.
Power machinery doing the
work in field and meadow; air
planes and automobiles “riding
the range;” Nebraska farms and
ranches still h&ve nine and a quar
ter million dollars in horse and
mule flesh, according to the find
ings and valuations of the assess
ors last April.
BRIEFLYSTATED
Mattie Soukup spent Friday in
Sioux City, Iowa, on business. |
Harry Smith, of Brunswick, is
visiting relatives in the city this
week.
Miss Bonnie Reimers left
Thursday mornmg for California,
where she will spend the winter.
A. B. Connell, of the local
employment office, went to Nor
folk today to attend a two-day
meeting of the U. S. Employment
Service officials.
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Dailey, Mr.
and Mrs. Wilbur Smithland and
Mr. and Mrs. Emmet Thompson
were guests at the Leo Smith
home at Page last Sunday.
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Former Supervisor John Stein
hauser, of Stuart, was looking
after business at the court house
Tuesday and visiting his many
old time* friends in the city.
Miss Marjorie Cronin left
Thursday morning for Santa Bar
bara, CaL She will spend some
time there with her aunt and
j uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Butts.
Clarence Shaw, a long time
' friend of The Frontier from out j
! southwest, made us a visit Tues
; day, joining others in adding to I
the season’s editorial prosperity, j
Mrs. Virginia Gilman of this
I ctiy Has received word that her
j husband, Pvt. Lloyd Gilman, is
| stationed at Kokura, Japan. Mrs.
| Gilman is a daughter of Mr. and
I Mrs. J. E. Dailey of Inman.
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Mr. and Mrs. P. B. Harty and
son, Tom, Mr. and Mrs. F. N.
Cronin and J. D. Cronin spent
Sunday in Grand Island. While
there they visited at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Clinton E. Cronin
and attended the football game
j between Grand Island and St.
Mary’s of O’Neill.
W. A. Thompson, one of the
substantial ranchers of Wyoming
precinct, was in the city Tuesday,
ordering The Frontier sent to him
at Amelia. Mr. Thompson is one
of a family of very early pionters,
j his father, who attained the re
markable age of 100, being among
| the very first in the Inman valley
and later developing a ranch near
I Swan lake. W. A. has found
his liie’s interests interwoven
with the southwest prairielland
j where he operates one of its de
'sirable ranches.
An enjoyable social function
! enlivened the staid precincts of
the Odd Fellow’s hall Tuesday
evening when the Rebekahs and
Odd Fellows to the number of
three score came together for an
evening’s mental relaxation. C.
! B. Jewett, Grand Master of the
order and Mrs. Jewett, past presi
, dent of the Rebekahs, were' in at
tendance from Norfolk as guests
! of honor. Mr. Jewett made an in
| formal talk as did also Mrs. Jew-,
■ ett. Musical numbers were en
i joyed, and the evening passed
in social contact until 11:30.
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Introductd to a full house by
Master James Bridges, President
of the Youths Fellowship, Lt. Col.
Frank A. Welder, recently re
tired as a chaplain in the army,
gave an interesting talk to the
young people of the Methodist
Church Sunday evening. It was
a young peoples’ meeting but ege
was no Uar and old and young
from the O’Neill church groups
and from nearby towns came to
listen with rapt attention to the
Col.'s story of experiences on the
blood-stained battle ground in the
islands of the far South Pacific,
the reaction of soldiers to war's
horrors and their interest in the
mission work of the various
churches among the islanders. At
the close of the formal address
the interested crowd kept the
Colonel talking informally and
answering questions for another
hour.
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Taxing Agency
Out for Reform
More than a score of men and
women representing the taxing
agencies of five north Nebraska
counties, equipped with pensil and
ppd, sat at the long table in the
assembly room at the court house
Tuesday afternoon to absorb all
Information possible at County
Assessor Gillespie’s and State Tax
Commissioner Armstrong’s party.
Mr. Armstrong discussed at
some length and at many angles
the many-angled taxation head
ache, from which it w*as gathered
that there is definite dissatisfact
ion with the present system and
equally definite movements on
foot to work out changes. He
pointed out what he feels is an
inequality between the tax bur
den carried by real estate and
that of personal property, the
real estate carrying about two
thirds of the tax load. Somethng
like 70% of bank deposits he said
escaped assessment. Some prop
erties are assessed too high* some
too low, and the efforts of officials
charged with the duty of admin
istering the tax laws must be to
remedy the inequality.
Meetings .are being held
throughout the state by the tax
commissioner and also the legis
lative committee of seven mem
bers to work out reccommenda
tions for changes in the tax laws.
Some would do away with this
and substitute that, add here and
take away there, and from the
days of the Caesars until now and
ever will be not an entirely sat
isfactory tax setup. In the mean
time we will have our schools, our
roads and bridges, our fine pub
lic buildings and paved streets,
our parks and play grounds, our
universities end librarits.
Land assessments and sale
prices by precincts in Holt county
covering a period of sixteen years
was gone into with the somewhat
complicated result of a proposal
to slice up the county into 40-acre
tracts making something like
23,000 separate parcels of land,
I classify these as hay, range or
farm lands and average them all
up with the rest of the state. This
proposal is not looked upon with
favor, though it is recognized
j that land assessments are not just
what they should be. Some
tracts have been sold the past
sixteen years for less than the
assessed valuation placed upon
them.
If you are a tax doctor come
I on with your chest or remedies.
Study Haying Meihods
Val Kuska, Agricultural Agent j
for the Burlington railroad, and
F. J Chase, of the Rural Econ
' omicsi Department of the Agricul
tural College, spent two days with
the County Agent in studying
having operations and methods
in the county, with respect to the
State Pasture-Forage-Livestock
program.
Mr. Kuska and Mr. Chase are
members of the State PFL com
mittee and were checking the
farms of Lawrence Skrdla of
Stuart, and Harvey Tompkins of
Inman. These two farms were
[chosen by the PFL Committee to
represent Holt county in the hay
making contest which is sponsored
by the Omaha Chamber of Com
merce, in cooperation with the
extension service. Mr. Kuska
stated that he is very much inter
ested in. this area and in methods
that are being used in the differ
ent forms of agriculture. Mr.
Kuska was also interested in the
tree planting that have been
made in Holt county and as a rail-1
way agricultural agent, stated I
that he could almost tell what
kind of an area he was in by the
trees that had been pl.nted in
that area. Commenting on Holt
county, he stated he certainly was
favorably impressed with the
people, livestock and crops. Many
questions were asked of the
County Agent, relative to the use
' of the land and the feasibility of
hay and beef production in Holt
1 county. He expressed his opinion
to the agent that if more people
| coud see this sandhill area, they
would have a much better under
I standing as to the conditions and
type of agricusture in which it is
engaged.
The second day in the county
was spent visiting farmers in the
cohnty and studying their types
of farming enterprices and their
plans for the future. Mr. Chase
was primarily interested in this
phase of the work, and is hoping
to g..in some valuable information
from Holt county. Farms and
ranches visited in Holt county
were those of Ray Siders, O’Neill;
M. B Higgins, Atkinson; Robert
Clifford, Atkinson. Mr. Kuska,
when asked by the agent what
his ideas were regarding the live
stock industry in the future, re
plied that he would like to see
more livestock produced and fed
in this area and possibly less hay
shipped out. He did not mean
dry lot feeding, such as is done
in the eastern part of the state.
Results of the hay making con
est will be published at a later
date and will be climaxed at the
State PFL finish-up meeting at
Omaha on Nevember 29.
Court Convenes for
Graham Trial
As we close our forms Thursday afternoon
closing arguments by attorneys are being made.
From being a commonplace in
the judicial history of the county
a jury trial seems to be a novelty.
When the case of the State against
Graham was called for organiza
tion and trial in a long lonesome
court room Tuesday the cold
benches in the spectators quar
ters were warmed by a ‘full house.
The south section was preempted
by students from the two schools
whose instructors piiotel them in
to see the workings of the district
court.
Milton I. Graham, of Bellville,
Kansas, is on trial for the death
of John J. Hyties whose injuries
sustained in a bus and truck col
lision near Inman proved fatal.
Graham was the driver of the
truck.
County Attorney Julius D.
Cronin begun the action on be
half of the state but has with
drawn and the prosecution is in
the hands dt Irwin A. Jones from
the attorney general's office in
Lincoln. The defenlant is rep
resented by William W. Grif
fin of O'Neill and N. J. Ward and
Fred Swoyer, both of Bellville.
The following are serving as
jurors: Charless Dallagge, Ir
win Parsons, Charles Lofquest,
William Derickson, L. W. Ulrich,
Herbert Rouse, Lawrence Dobro
volney, Blain Garwood, A. G.
Pritchett, Vern Sageser, Ed
Sterns anl John Werner. The
three ladies in the first call, Mrs.
John Protivinsky, Miss Alma
Syfie and Mrs. Vera Anson, were
excused from serving.
The taking of testimony from
a long list of witnesses was under
way when court convened Wed
nesday morning.
Mrs. C V. Suuivan is up from
Omaha visiting at the home of
her mother-in-law, Mrs. Agnes
Sullivan.
T. W. Knoell and daughter,
Gretchen, Mr. and Mrs. T . J.
Knoell and son were in Lynch
Friday on business.
Mis. P. J. O’Donnell came
up from Sioux City last Satur
day and spent the week-end with
relatives and friends here.
Mrs. C. V. Sullivan is up from
at the game’residents
mendation from the spectators at
the game, who admitted it was
a “real” Prep Club.
Mr. and Mrs. Clark Willson
drove to Grand Island last Sun
and witnessed the football game
between St. Mary’s of O’Neill and
St. Mary s of Grand Island.
Andrew Clark, who was raised
in Grattan township and h s been
a resident thereof all his life, has
added his name to the list now
on file with the county clerk for
appointment to 11 the supervisor
vacancy in the Third district.
Mrs. Ellen Brock and daughter,
Donna, of Colorado Springs, Col.,
and Mrs. Lornea Arnold, of Ver
nour. Washington arrived in the
city Tuesday for a few days visit
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Steskal. Joe and Dennis Steskal
are brothers of Mrs. Brock and
Mrs. Arnold.
Many Come to
O'Neill’s Party
They came a “thousand strong.”
The call to the banquet, to the
show sent across the prairieland
by the Commercial Club through
the medium of the newspapers
brought them in by the hundreds.
} The vast school auditorium seated
a sea of men from the grass and
plow lands interspersed with city
dwellers. It was a men's affair
though the gentler sex can never
be quitt eliminated. They put
charm, the touhh of quality and
art to an entertainment program.
By 7 o’clock last evening Prof.
George’s school band struck the
drums and blew the horns to the
tune of a march and the evening’s
fun was on for the mob assembled.
A half hour of band selections
closed with the national air when
the house arose and stood in silent
respect. Then followed a few
vocal selections by the McNichols,
Hickey and Flood trio of female
voices, who were well received.
Reminiscent of the vaudeville
Stage of another generation, a
set of juvenile twins, Don and
Devon, midget radio stars, with
Dwala Graves, piano artist, did
dancing and singing to the delight
of the audience. Jess Bloggett
baffled a fascinated mob with his
tricks of legerdemain and boldly
called himself a magician. No
body could deny it. Gene Laff
ler, program director for WNAX
over at Yankton, added a touch
of comedy and Lam and Martha
from the same studio injected ad
ditional comedy into the pro
gram’s finish.
Prizes were awarded to the one
coming in from the farthest out,
to the oldest man In the audience
and to the Soldier with the long
est term of service abroad. These
went to a resident of the Dorsey
neighborhood living out the great
est distance, to the senior Mr.
French of Page and a soldier from
Brunswick who had been 39
months over there.
The banquet was spread at 10
o’clock for the hungery but highly
entertained guests. And this
humble pilgrim had forgone sup
per expecting to bt seated at the
groaning banquet board at 6:30.
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Marriage Licenses
Eugene Wolfe and Mary E
Flood, both of O’Neill.
Edward Leopold Schneider and
Lauretta Mary Kaup, both of
Stuart.
Sylvester J. Kramer and Fran
ces J. Kaup, both of Stuart.
Mrs. Ray Noble, Bonnie and
Pvt. Raymond Noble drove to
i Grand Island Monday afternoon
to meet Seaman First Class
Joseph H. Noble, who is just back
from overseas and has a month
leave. Raymond returned to Ft.
Riley Tuesday night after a ten.
day visit with Mr. and Mrs. R.y
Noble and family.
Mr md Mrs. Clark Willso
and family, Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Lohaus and Miss Alma Wallace
were among the O’Neill residents
who witnessed the football game
t Grand Island last Sunday,
when St. Mary’s put up a gal
lant fight against the numb r one
six man team in the sta e. No
resident of this city, who follows
the games looked for St. Mary’s
of O’Neill to win this contest, in
ft ct many were afrad that our
1 local boys would be enable to
score, but, after the contest was
! over, Grand Island was happy
j that they won for the local boys
j threw a reH scare into the mem*
| ber of the number one team.
SHOLES-HOPKINS
In a double ring ceremonjr
Thursday, November 8, at 2:00 p.
m„ at tht Methodist Church in In
on n.Miss Marjorie Sholes, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Sholes
became the bride of Pvt. Dean
Hopkins, son o'! Mr. and Mrs. Ted
Hopkins, Rev. E. B. Marcey per
forming the ceremony.
The bride wore a fushia suit
and hat; the groom was in Army
uniform, also the bride’s uncle,
Pfc. Jim Sholes, who gave the
bride away. The attendants were
Gene Hopkins, brother of the
groom and Mary Lou Sholes,
cousin of the bride.
A reception for relatives and
close friends was held at the
bride’s home.
At the expiration of Pvt. Hop
kins’ furlough he will report to
Fort Riley for assignment and
Mrs. Hopkins plans on going
with him there.