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The Frontier _ " —■ ■■ ■■■«■■■ ■■■■ ■ " 1 ■■■■■ I ' ' 11 I ■■—■ ■■■■■ .11 I ■ ■■■■ —I*"). Lxvi O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29. 1945 . NO. 29 SMALL DOSES PAST AND PRESENT By Romaine Saunders Rt. 5, Atkinson Flabby under the chin, .crow foot marks telling the tale of years, bare legs making pitiful pretense to be cl-ssed with the bobby socks. How the old girls hang on to the make believe. Down at York $5,300 of the ( tax payers’ money is to be paid a Cleveland, Ohio, firm to deter mine the value of York real es tate for assessment. What have they got assessors for down there? If capital and labor, corporation heads and the boys with the wrenches, can’t settle it all, we’ll have to conclude that there may be some truth to the statement born of scientfic findings that Americans are slowly going cr. zy. They gathered by the thous ands in the old Roman amphithe atre and sat under the blazing sun to shout in wild delight at the brutal, barbaric, tragic scenes in the arena. An American foot ball crowd has a good measure of like endurance, and magnified de vdiion to stick it out for a game in the open on a day like the north pole sent us Thanksgiving. Edgar Howard of Coumbus, for mer judge, former congressman and always editor of the old classic school has attained the manly age of 87. Will Maupin, former railway commissioner, always a printer, always an en tertaining and sometimes exasper ating writer, has passed the four score mark and still writes stuff that crowds the columns of an initimable personal organ that tells the world whither it is drift ing. The cost of one kill is said to have been $50,000 in the recent war, as compared with 75 cents in Caesar’s wars. The reaction of returned soldiers is wide and varied. One veteran who recounts his dreams of getting back home to this “wonderful country” has been disillusioned by the greed and grab for money he has run into and has reenlisted in the ormy. Others say it is great to be back in the U. S. A. One chap says he has the feeling that the human race “has just about arrived at the top of the stairs and before the turn of the century will fall and break its silly neck.” I dare you. Did you ever hear that, young friend? Life chal lenges at every point. From childhood hours when we were thrown the challenge by a play mate, I dare you to jump, a jump from a high place, all along life’s way there comes the lure, I dare you It may be a jump from a moral, a worthy, high level to a step below and then another and another jump until there is the final plunge to the bottomless pit. It may be the challenge, I dare you to set a high mark for attain ment, intellectual, moral, indus trial, a glowing star lighting the it way to worthwhile achievements \\ as the ye.ns pass on swiftly. I «F dare you. At every turn can we sayt, “I dare do all that may be come a man; who dares do more is none”? “Then said he also to him that bade him, when thou makest a dinner or supper, call not thy brethern, neither thy kinsmen nor thy rich neighbors;lest they also bid thee again and recom pense be made thee: But when thou makest a feast call the poor, the maimed, the blind.” Into a vulgar, selfish world, to a gener ation of self-satisfied hypocrites, the One to whom millions of our own generation pay lip tribute, other millions mock and deride, flashed this new sort of phil osophy. If needed then maybe more now. Our organized char ity where conscience may be put to rest with a dollar the hungry are fed, but I wonder if there is something of the human contact thot is being missed by sending a loaf to a needy fellow creature instead of inviting him in to share it With us. Maybe we are all too grand for a ragamuffin to sit at our shining board. The sentences in quotations are not mine. Wh,at I say may be of no importance. What the One quoted has said is forever im mutable. “The federal government will not permit this kind of action to interfere with its processes either in the capital or any other part of the nation.’’ With these brave words, the bravest that have come out of Washington since the days of the picturesque Teddy Roosevelt, President Truman takes over busses and street cars serving the broad and slanting streets of our nation's capital, when a strike put the hundreds of thousands of that great city to hoofing it. With the army, the navy, the police and a nation to back him the president can use brave words and still braver deeds. But is there not a puzzl ing inconsistency in the govern ment’s attitude of encouraging strkes in private industry and then bring to bat the whole force of government when strikes ' touch an official tender spot? BRIEFLY STATED Miss Bernice Baer was called to Creighton by the sudden death of her father, last Saturday. Myron Mayhew of the Fine Saddle Horse ranch of Cherry county was in the city Monday, j Mr and Mrs. Merlin Bader and daughter of Mt. Hood, Oregon, have been visiting at the home of Mr. Bader’s mother, Mrs. Viola Morgan. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Watson and son, A. C. and Mr. and Mrs. T. T. Baker, prominent Wyoming pre cinct ranchers, were in the city Friday making purchases. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Edwards and daughter, Mrs. James Marsh, ac companied by her husband, re ! turned Sunday to Rockford, 111., I after a visit with friends here. Mr. Edwards was formerly em ployed at the Noble lumber yard. I - Mrs. John Classen, nee Helen Sullivan, was at her desk in the county superintendent’s office for a time Monday. The Class en’s were recently married in Omaha and have been visiting the past few days with the groom’s parents at Spencer, Judge and Mrs. John P. Classen. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh McKenna and son, Richard, came up from , Lincoln Wednesday last to spend Thanksgiving with Hugh’s par ents, Mr. and Mrs. C. F. McKenna. They returned Friday to Lincoln where Hugh is completing a course at the State University after a long period of service in the army. Biglin Bros, were notified Sun day of the death of Margaret1 Gibbons at her home in Butte,1 Mont. The body will be shipped to Grand Island accompanied by her two sisters familiarly known by the older residents of O’Neill as Dede and Deb, arriving there Thursday when the body will be brought tp O’Neill for burial. The funeral will be held at St. Patrick's church Friday morning. According to the Lincoln Jour nal of November 22 the state pardon board has announced that it “would parole John C. Galla gher, 54, former Holt county clerk, after he has served two years of his 1 to 21 year sentence. It con celled the $2,245 that Gallagher was fined for embezzling $1,988 of county funds during the time that he served as Holt county clerk.” The two years will expire in De cember, 1946. The O’Neill-Norfolk bus line is making plans for large improve ments in the bus service between 1 these two cities. It is reported that two new busses costing $7,500 each have been ordered for May delivery. The line started a few years ago with two seven pass-1 enger automobiles and is now operating with pony cruisers. The Grand Island bus driver felt he needed a bigger bus when he pulled in Sunday from Ainsworth with a fair sized load and learned there were eighteen here waiting to take passage to Grand Island. | Polio is Fatal to Page Young Man Sorrowing friends, sympathetic neighbors and strangers came to the Biglin Bros, morturary to view the remains and pay a final trib ute to a young man of the. Page neighborhood who had been struck down by that dread enemy of youthful vigor polio. And as he lay in the habiliments of burial life like and peaceful it appeared unreal that one so young was straightened for the grave. William Timm, age 19 years, five months and 23 days, the third generation of a Holt county fam ily, was stricken on November 14 in a paralizing grip and died the 25th at the family home on a farm northwest of Page. Fun eral was hed Sunday afternoon at the Biglin chapel, Rev. Lloyd W. Mulli.s condurting the service. Pallbearers were, Melvin Haynes, Elwin Haynes, Richard Holiday, Richard Cunningham, Darrel Heiss and Emil Pochop. Burial was in the Page cemttery. William Timm was born May 29, 1926, at Page, the son of Frank and Florence Anderson Timm. He leaves his mother and step father, and one half brother, Owen Lee Parkinson, his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. William Anderson of Page, grandmother, Mrs. Hen rietta Wagner of Norfolk; seven uncles and aunts and twenty-four cousins. His father died in 1927 when William was an infant of nine months. He had been bap tised into the Methodist faith. William spent his entire boy hood in the Page community and had graduated in 1943 from the Page High school, after which he took a year’s course in radio. Outdoor life was the strong ap pear for Billy, with a fondness for animals and a warm, respon sive heart for his friends. Omaha Men in Accident Bert Murphy, head of the firm of Andrew Murphy & Son, Omaha, sustaned back injuries when the car in which he was riding with two companions by the names of Chrisman and Savagt, also of Ormha, overturned when a tire blew out on the highway two miles south of the Spencer dam late Monde y afternoon. The other occupants were only slight ly injured but the car was badly wrecked. Mr. Clausen of that neighborhood brought the three to O’Neill where Drs. Brown & French examined the injury with x-ray and the Biglin ambulance was called to take them into Omaha but because of sleet and fog east of here the ambulance got only to Norfolk Monday night, proceeding to Omaha Tuesday. A1 Strube drove the ambulance. The Murphy party were out here on business and were on their way to Winner when the accident happened. The Lohaus Motor Company brought in the wrecked Chrysler. Joins Soil Saving Staff William H. Schorer reported at O'Neill last week to assist with the work of the Holt Soil Conser vation District. Mr. Schorer recently discharg ed from the army lived on a farm near Phillipsbury, Kansas. Mrs. Kathern Schorer and children, Susan and Danny, are living at Denver, Col., and will join Mr. Schorer as soon as he can find a place to live. Mr. Schorer comes to Holt county with considerable train ing and experience. He gradu ated from the Iowa State College and received his Masters degree from the University of Nebraska in plant ecology work. He has done conservation work in Miss ouri and Iowa, farm management work in Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin and county agent work in Kansas. In Holt county Mr. Schorer will work with L.. F. Bredemeier and Merlyn Shaw on the Soil Con servation District. County Surveyor Lenard A. Thomazin was up from the Chambers neighborhood Tuesday consulting with the supervisors over a proposed road up in Dustin precinct. There is on in Omaha tod y a banquet, something of show and a tour through s;ock yards and packing plants for the boys out here in the grass roots. The pro gram deals with various phases of the agricultural activities of Nebraska and the setup, sponsor ed by the Oni ha Chamber of Commerce, is officially alphabeti cally designated P. F. L., which means when put into words, Pasture, Forage, Livestock. At this time there is special recog nition of those who have made outstanding records in beef pro duction, haying methods and gnass developments. Those “in on it” from Holt county are Skrdla Bros, of Stuart, Harvey Tompkins of Inman, Ray Siders of O’Neill, all of whom, with County Agent Dawes definitely plan to go to Omaha for the pro gram. Skrdla’s will fly their plane. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Hallgrimson of Stuart and Bob Clifford of At kinson are among those with out standing records and plan to at tend the Omaha gathering if they can make arrangements to leave their ranchts long enough. BRIEFLY STATED E. G. Casey and son, Tommit, spent Friday and Saturday at Burke, S. D. _____ Miss Adalene Green returned last Wednesday from a seven weeks visit with relatives and friends at Seattle, Washington. Lloyd A. Collins and family, of Burke, S. D, arrived in the city Wednesday of last yveek to make their home here. They bought a home in the western part of town and Mr. Collins also be comes owner of the Putnam im ! plement business. i _____ Bennett Gillespie, Matt Beha and a frigid air.«iealer from Bas : sett formed a ftarty who left Tuesday for Sioe.x Falls, S. D., via Sioux City, to attend a gath ering of dealers, not in hot air, but those shining new things we used to call ice boxes. R. H. Shriner reports the sale of the residence at Fifth and Everett streets to Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Culvert of Burke, S. D., who will make their home here. Mr. Culvert comes to take up his duties with Lloyd A. Collins in the implement trade. Mr. Shriner also reports the sale of the Mrs. I Ella Shaughnessy farms just east of town, the home place to Eliza beth Howard and another quarter to Ralph Van Horn. twenty-one ladies representng nine project or womens’ clubs of a portion of the county met at the assembly room of the court house Monday afternoon for their last meeting with Miss Della Lewis who came up from Lincoln to give some helpful instruction pertaining to club matters. She is leaving the state to accept a similar position in Maryland. At the close of the afternon pro gram the club women exchanged gifts and enjoyed an informal social hour, closing with lunch. Joe Daas, one of the progress ive merchants of Chambers, w. s a business visitor to the city Mon day. Mr. Daas, a native of the land known as the near east, thinks that because of the fan actical religious feeling of the Mohammeran Arahs there is no hope for permanent settlement of the Palestine question and if the fanatical Egyptians and Arabs were not held in check by Eng land and France there would be tot 1 annihilation of all Hebrews in that part of the world. There was a stranger in town Tuesday. Nothing strange about that. Strange if a strange one doesn’t run onto one or a hund red strange ones every day. This stranger, a rather aristocratic! tightly closed and huge truck bearing the brand of Indiana and the herd brand Grey Lines, a subsidary of the Greyhound bus company, which in turn is a sub sidary of the Pennsylvania rail road, according to the pleasant young Hoosiers who breakfasted in town and headed on toward Denver with their cargo of fur niture. They put out the smiling assurance that they were not in volved in any strike or labor dispute. While Horse Is U. S. Attraction Up along the breaks of the Niobrara where once was the hangout of Doc Middleton, Pat Nolan, Kid Wade and the likes of A1 Hileman, twenty-five miles north of Stuart now nestles among the picturesque hills u national show place' developed by a former ranch hand down on the old Bruner ranch in south-1 west Holt county, Carl Thompson I and his charming wife Ruth Thompson, a former country school teacher. The White Horse Ranch, known from coast to coast and almost daily visited by admiring Ameri cans from many states, stretches across 3,000 acres with a hundred white horses and as many white cattle. Mr. Thompson, the first in command and ownership after his wife Ruth, was in O'Neill Monday, favored this writer with a profusedly illustrated book de scriptive of the ranch and its history. Mr. Thompson was doing a bit of detective work to locate some things of value that had been stolen from the ranch by a former ranch hand and which he thought might have been offered for sale here. He was also per fecting arrangements for a trip with Mrs. Thompson that will keep them away from the ranch for a fortnight or possibly longer. They maintain a troup of trained riders and educated mounts of immaculate white and the visit to California is in connection with this feature of their enterprise. . Mr. Thompson says he has a white wolf, white badger, is get- j ting a white deer and hopes to develope a white strain of all of these. The white coyote was caught by an Amelia hunter south east of Chambers and the ranch acquired it for $50. They have white hogs, white sheep, white dogs, cats and rabbits. In place of the usual hot branding irons, everything pertaining to the ranch is in gleaming white. The ranch is also something of a Boys’ Town—with the addition al compliment of girls. Mr. and I Mrs. Thompson are making a home for boys and girls, some I from congested centers of the east whose home environment is ! of a low order or none at all. Twelve year old Jimmy has just been given a trip to Pennsylvania to spend Christmas with his mother, his older brother remain ing at White Horse. They have at present twelve boys and girls. Mr. Thompson admits that he had been a bachelor for more than ten years before he discovered that “it is not good for man1 to be alone. Much of the success of their enterprise he attributes to Mrs. Thompson’s help. A radio announcer in big, rich, grand and boastful California last summer denied a claim that had got abroad that the much publi cized nag of the Jap emperor | came from the White Horse. California, of course, is the back ground of all notable things. Mr. Thomson says the horse was sired in California but his sire traces back to White Horsq ranch stock. He is h ving prepared a history of this somewhat famous horse. | Mr. and Mrs. Thompson plan-, ned to leave from Atkinson Tuesday afternoon on their trip to California. He had recently returned from a trip to New York City. — CARD OF THANKS We wish to take this means to thank our kind friends ond neigh bors for their many acts of kind ness and words of sympathy during the death and burial of our beloved son, brother, grand son and nephew, Billy, and for the beautiful floral offerings.— Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Parkinson and Owen Lee, Mr and Mrs. Wm. Anderson, Mrs Henrietto Wagner, Mr. and Mrs Jasper Hitchcock, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Williamson and family, Hazel Haines and Ronnie, Mr. and Mrs. Orville Mc Kimi and family. — Mrs. Homer Mullen of Scribner, spent a couple of days here the past week a guest of Miss Berna-1 dette Brennan. CLARK APPOINTED TO VACANCY ON BOARD Andy Clark was appointed yes terday to fill the vacancy in supervisor district No. 3, the O'Neill district. Appointments to vacancies where a number of qualified applicants are involved is always a delicate job. No doubt the board’s selection will prove satisfactory to the citizens concerned. KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS INITIATES LARGE CLASS Twenty-five new members, were taken into the Knights of Columbus here last Sunday after noon. Knights from Norfolk, Columbus and Omaha came here for the occasion. Among the prominent members of the order to participate in the initiation ceremonies were State Deputy Charles J. McDonald of Omaha, and State Treasurtr Ben McNair of Columbus. A banquet was served in the evening to 200 in the gymnaisum of St. Mary’s Academy. The local Knights feel it was one of the best occas ions of that kind they have had. BRIEFLY STATED Miss Donna Gallagher left Sun day to return to Rosary College, at River Forest, Illinois. Mrs. C. E. Stout and Mrs H. J. Birmingham left Saturday for Omaha for a few days stay. Arthur Hooper of Portland, Oregon, is visiting at the home of his sister, Mrs. Oscar Newman. Andrew Morgan of Lincoln, state adjuster for the Farmers’ Mutual Insurance company, was in the city Tuesday. Mrs. F. A. Miles left last Sun day for Valentine, being called there by the serious illness of her aunt. Miss Lou Birmingham left Sat urday for Barat College, Lake Forest,, Illinois, where she is at ttnding school. Patricia O’Donnell, who is a student at Rosary College, River Forest, 111., returned to her school duties last Sunday, after spending the Thanksgiving va cation with the home folks. Victor Howith, a former resi dent of Swan precinct, but now | in Nance county, came up from his home near Fullerton Tuesday on business at the court house. He still owns the Swan ranch and went out there yesterday. St. Mary’s Basketball team | play their first game here next Monday with Spalding High School team as their opponents.; On Wednesday they play the In man High School on the local ■ floor. Miss Helen Biglin was hostess to the Martez Club Tuesday evening. Following dinner at the M ..nd M cards were played at the Biglin home. High score winners were Mrs. P. B. Harty, Mrs. H. J. Lohaus and Miss Helen Biglin. Lt. and Mrs. W. H. Bowker are house guests at the home of Mrs. Bowker’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Hammond. Lt. Bowker has just returned from Iwo Jima and is on a forty-five day terminal leave. They will go to Sacre mehto, Cal., from here. Osear Boyer vs. E C. Wilbur is the title of a suit filed in district court wherein the plaintiff asks for $10,000 for alienation of his wife’s aflftctions. He alleges it began in M y last since when the wife abandoned husband, home, children, the youngest 5 years, has gone with the defendant and seeks divorce from plaintiff. Miss M e Keys who has been the efficient manager of the J B. Ryan office on lower Four h street almost since the business was started, is retiring from the position she has filled so long to c re for her mother who is in feeble health. Neil Ryan, with clerical and navy experience, is looking after the office work for his father. Mr. and Mrs. Van Vleek, of Woodburn, Wash., arrivtd here Tuesday night and will m ke their future home in O’Neill. Mrs. Van Vleek is a daughter of Alva Marcellus and they have moved into his home in the southeast section erf the city. After they get located Mr. Van Vleek will join the force of employees of the Marcellus garage and give Alva more timt to devote to the hand ling of new cars and to look after the outside work than he has been able to give to that portion of his business in the past. Rubble, rubbish, weeds head high and a vacant lot can’s just be classed as vacant. The efforts of city officials to keep the streets swept and garnished are some what mitigated and the picture marred by the socalled vacant lots. Relires After A Half Century After more than a half century, fifty-four years to be specific, R. E. Chittick of Stuart has sold his drug store and retired from an active life that involved not only his personal business but a great interest in the public affairs of his community. This is the l..st “turn over’” up to date in the drug business in the county, the one just previous taking place down at Chambers. Drug stores in the county have passed to new owners with considerable regular ity in recent years. Mr. Chittick was elected county treasurer «as a republican against strong fusion opposition. If this generation doesn't know what “fusion” means in politics is should be de fined as an amalgamation at fkopulists, democrats and every element with an implacable hatred of republicans. The op position bloomed into persecution after Mr. Chittick took office la 1900. With a clear record and nothing to fear after about one year in office, but feeling that the abuse of political demogoguee was not worth remaining in office, Mr. Chittick resigned, the first up to that time to resign a county office. James C. Harnish, serving as deputy under Mr. Chittick, wal appointed to the office and later elected at the general election. That his home community didn’t share the vicious feeling manifest by jealous political ene mies is testified to by Mr. Chittick being almost continuously in official positions in Stuart. The animosities, the bitterness, the abuse of good citizens over our | county offices in the long ago was enough to make men blush. A MUSIC PROGRAM The Vocal and Instrumental Music departments of the O'Neill Public Schools will present a program on Tuesday evening, December 4, at the High School Auditorium at 8:15 o'clock. • Only large groups consisting of Girls Chorus, Boys Chorus and Band will be used. The admission charge will be 25c and 15c. List of Registrants discharged since November 14, 1945: Frederick G. Soger, Atkinson Joseph J. Kalina, Inman ! Robert W McCartney, Stuart j Martin L. Craig, Page Otho R. Johnson, O'Neill Robert P Thompson, O'Neill Joseph E. Stutz, O’Neill Richard L. Hovey, Stuart Herbert C. Spahn, Ewing J Cecil T Grenier, Opportunity j Jerome M. Baum, Stuart l Lloyd T Lawyer, O’Neill Clay H. Johnson, O’Neill James B. Rotherham, Inman John C Hipke, Stuart George Verzal, Atkinson Forest I. Iverson, S uart Harold A. Green, Chambers Fred E Wilbi r, Page Poul V. Shipm.m, Atkinson Alvin J. Heiser, Atkinson Dtlmar L. Sp ngl- r, O’Nt ill Don Id R Smith, Atkins n Keith N. Ni whous -, Chambers Leo Straka, Stuart Lloyd C. Taylor, Chamb *rs William P. Krysl, Stuart Donald R. Wi t, Amelia Arnie E. Mace, O’Neill Ct.rl L. Hubei, Ewing Melvin C. Hickerson, Amelia Tommy J. J. Dunn, Jr., Atkin son Jack A. Dailey, O’Neill Boyea B. Shaffer, Stuart August B. Sc-hutt, Amelia Wilbur L. Sydow, O’Neill Danold E Lowery, O’Neill Robert E. Thomas, O'Neill Irwin C. Dunlap, O'Neill Delbert P Warner, Atkinson Robert H. Lamb, O’Neill Harold J. Weller, Atkinson Lee E Osborn, O’Neill LeRoy J. Dobrovolny, Atkinses