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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 17, 1946)
* LXVI O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 1946 NO. 36 SMALL DOSES PAST AND PRESENT By Romaine Saunders The ’88 blizzard stories have gone through a 58- year enlarge ment process. »_ You might share your pound of butter with those dry bread eaters in California. We can t ship them a house but a package of butter goes by express. With soldiers, strikers, groups from many sides bringing press ure to bear in a dizzy whirl the poor congressman is getting about as severe a dose of post war head ache as the next one. So far neither bus, truck, elect ric, telephone or other strike has disturbed the prairieland. Bus and truck drivers, telephone girls and table waiters are happily functioning throughout the com munity. Just how much of the blaring and braying over the alleged plunder of the assistance funds is because of an honest interest in the welfore of the beneficiaries f the funds r how much of it is pure political claptrap? s* Irrigation enthusiasts are toy * turn it all over to the partners of Uncle Sam in the revamping of Europe and Asia. My own view is that the scientists who produc ed the inflamable atom should have the control of their dis covery. Boys with the city dailies come before daylight. Then you have the daily grist of strikes, acci dents, crime and the headache in Washington. But for the news of pleasant things, the activities of a happy people, you wait for— these little weekly papers. Irrigation entmisiosts are toy-1 ing with the idea of violtaing the Niobrara to irrigate 300,000 acres. The volume of water might dam ^ v pen a hundreth part of such a tract, spoil the catfishing, rob the ■galley and the gulches of its natural heritage and compensate with a few loads of melons. The stone wall thait the army of strikers seem to have encount ered does not lend encotvroge ment to workers in the few re maining unaffected industries to join the walk-out procession. Maybe some of those big indus tries around Detroit are row de- j termined to move to more con- ] genial localities or stay closed inlefinitely. The Jandary evening sky is aflame with color. Sunset in the prairie is a picture of alluring charm; the pink, the gold, the lazure blend to intrigue the eye, | to hold us at eventide in a bit of transcending lovliness. A touch of gaiety that fades into night's shadows and blooms again into! celestial dots of light dusted across the far expanse of eternity. | The prairie lies in somber winter j .Globes and traffic moves freely over dun-gray roads, cattle feed in the open spaces with no snow to hinder—and withal we are having a pretty fine winter in this grassland of Nebraska. Accidents, more or less serious, are not confined to the highways of earth or air. They have be- j come rather alarming out where it has hitherto been regarded as the field of peaceful and happy persuits. Machines have taken over the land, the plow, the reaper and other emblems of agriculture. Machines are also taking a toll j of human hands, of crushed limbs,1 of broken bodies. How much of this is the result of carlesness, or at least a lock of caution, is not for one sitting in comparative safety at a desk to say. Tractors and corn pickers are responsible for: most of the reports of a hand taken off. This seems quite avoidable. It is always a risk, a potential tragedy, to reach into any part of a moving machine. The railroad warning, Stop, Look, Listen, has filled a mission. May be the farm worker can borrow ^ the one word. Stop. Turn off the ' power and when wheels no longer ' revolve reach to remedy the difficulty. They’re after you again. This time its your very duds having Cleaned the pocki tbook. So shed them and fork over. From one of those “Area" directors lown at Omaha comes the mandate to ; O’Neill citizens to gather up clothing for the needy overseas. ; And nobody ever new this com munity failing to respond, gen erously and gladly, to a call for i help. We are fed like gormands, clother and housed beyond real needs and there is not a lean and hungry Cassius among us. There will be recepticles about town where clothing may be left as well as women’s organizations taking clothing to make any needed repairs. Anything that can be worn, furnish covering to bare feet and naked bodies is now greatly needed in distant lands ravished and denuded, starved and diseased by the rav ages of war. And maybe gener ous souls will feel like tossing in a new sutit or lress to gladden some hapless ragamuffin. Judge Reimer is taking on active inter est in the work here. Mrs. P. B. Harty was hostess to the Martez club Tuesday evening at a 7:00 o’clock dinner at the M and M. Twelve guests were pres ent and later in the evening cards were played at the Harty home. High scores were made by Mrs. Ed Campbell, Mrs. F. Cronin and Mlrs. Ed M. Gallagher. Pvt. John Etherton is spending a furlough with relatives in the city before returning to Camp Roberts, California. First Presbyterian Church Kenneth J Scott Pastor Sunday, January 20, 1946 10 a. m., Sunday School, John Harbottle, Stipt. 11 a. m., Morning Worship. Sermon: “Spiritual Surgery.” 5:30 p. m., Junior Christian Endeavor. 7 p. m., Westminister Fellow ship. Leader, Dick Remy. Tuesday, January 22, Mid-week Devotional Service at 8 p. m. Thursday, January 24. Our third monthly “Christian Neigh bors Social.” This social begins at 8 p m. Circle No. 2 has charge of it. Let us come and enter into this fellowship with our whole heart. ST. MARY'S WINS OVER BUTTE HIGH SCHOOL 39-23 Thursday, January 10, several of St. Mary’s Cardinals went to Butte where they played a wond erful game against the Wildcats. The first quarter was the most successful for the Cardinals, making 14 points to the Wildcats six. After a short rest the Cardinals come out on the floor alrud with their luck holding up they shot every way there is to make a point. In this quarter the S. M. A. Cardinals made an adlitional 12 points, with Willson as high point man. The score at the half was 26-12. In the third quarter the Card inals met with a little more com petition. It seemed that the Wildcas were a different team after the half, but they were still unable to make any points dur ing this quarter, whereas the Cardinals made 4. The score at the end of the third quarter was 30 to 12. The final quarter was one of much excitement, although the score was a little one-sided from the beginning. After about two minutes of playing the Wildcats began shooting long shots and making many of them. Hansen was fouled out of the game. The score ended 39-23 in favor of St. Mary’s. Willson was high point man for the Cardinals with 13 and Koehler for Butte with 10. , The St. Marys Reserves also announce their victory over the Butte Reserves with a score of 38 to 8. Tom Harty was high point man for the St. Marys Reserves with 13 points. Having a wonderful display of teamwork from the team, Joe Biglin, the reserve team coach, was proud of them and so were we all. Congratulations, team. Organize to Get Hospital Started Last Monday evening a number of prominent leaders and business men of O'Neill mot in the library at St. Mlary’s Acalemy for the purpose or discussing plans for a community hospital. The meet ing was an animated one in which each person present ex pressed his opinion freely. All present were in favor of the pro ject, and pledged their individ ual and united support. William J. Froelich was unanimously selected as chairman of a per manent general committee. As plans stand every man who was present will seive as chairman or member of a specializel com mittee. Contacts will be made in a wide arfei. According to present plans the hospital will be located on the lots west of the academy, set back so that the park will form its front lawn and contain a driveway. The size of the building will depend almost entirely upon the designations am requirements of the doctors of the area to be served. BRIEFLY STATED Miss Genevieve Biglin returned to Sioux City Tuesday after a visit with the home folks. M. Sgt Cletus Sullivan, who re turned from overseas last week, will arrive home Friday. Mrs. Joe Shipman arrivel Sat urday from Randolph to visit her sister-in-law, Mrs. Clara Miles. Ed O’Donnell of Denver, came up from Omaha Tuesday evening for a short visit with the home folks. Romaine Saunders made a bus iness trip to Lincoln Monday afternoon, returning Wednesday evening. Mr and Mrs. Ben Harty left for Sioux City last Sunday, where Ben entered St Vincent’s hospital for treatment. Robert Gallagher came up front Omaha Tuesday evening and is a guest at the home of his mother, Mrs. Bea Gallagher. Mrs. John Frenking came up from Omaha Tuesday evening for a visit with her sisrters, Mrs. Marne Melvin and Mrs. Bea Gallagher Mr. and Mrs. Clyde McKenzie returned home last Friday, after spending a couple of weeks visit ing relatives and friends in the eastern part of the state. Mrs. C. E. Stout, Mrs. Edwarl M. Gallagher, Mrs. Ed Campbell. Mrs. H. J. Birmingham and Mrs. W. J. Froelich drove to Norfolk Monday evening to see St. Mary’s play Sacred Heart. Mr and Mrs. Ed Campbell drove to Grand Island Sunday where they met their son, Seaman 2-c Eddie Campbell, who came in that evening from San Diego, California. He will return to San Diego Saturday. Richard Cronin came u,p from Norfolk Wednesday evening to spend the balance of. the week at home. The first semester is over and the second starts next Monday morning, so the students are having a few days of rest after their examinations. William Wells one of the pioneer residents of the Redbird section of the county, was transacting buiness in this city Monday and made this office a pleasant call, extending hid subscription to The Frontier, which he has read for nearly a half century, to 1947. W. A. Summers was up from Wheeler county Monday and found time while in the city to visit the printers. Serving for! many years on the county board and ther official jobs in Wheeler makes him one of the well in formed men especially on tax affairs, which at present is and absorbing matter to the fellows who have to “dig up.” Holt county has been exceed ingly well favored with mild weather, open winter. The counties south of Hdt have had much snow which remains in drifts on down to the valley of the Platte and east through the “corn belt." And mountains of corn are cribbed in farm-yards, with an outfit -now and then along the way still in the fields gather- j ing the crop. Few if any cattle are seen in feed lots and the | corn for the most part remains j untouched in heaps. At Lincoln you need fur coats and sheep lined boots to keep out the cold. Judge Meyers down from Alli ance thought he would become1 frost-bitten before he could get out of Lincoln and back to Ne braska's better climate region. Roads in Holt county could hard ly be better and no snow banks adorn the landscape. List or registrants discharged since last reprt: Fred Colfack, Jr., Ewing Omer G. Gibson, Ewing Donall L. Pollack, Ewing Duane L. Domina, Atkinson Robert W. Allendorger, O’Neill Earl R. Hunt, ONeill Maurice C Hupp, Ewing Carl C. Spangler, Clearwater John H. Gallagher, O’Neill John Bilstein, Amelia Edward D. Ethert>\ O’Neill Leo B. Valla, ONeill Henry F. Kruger, Stuart Raymond A. Mi 'nson, O’Neill Edward R. Jordan, Page Charles E. Russell, Page Ernest W. Larson, Spencer Louis D. Walters, Chambers Maurice E. Tomjack, Ewing James P. Higgins, O’Neill William L. Lofquist, Ewing Paul J. Deermer, Atkinson Leo S. King, Stuart Owen M. Hiatt, O’Neill Donald L. Carroll, Atkinson Clyde McKendie, Dorsey Ralph Colfack, Ewing Harold E. Cnnors, O’Neill Alvin Kloppenborg, Emmet Robert F. Gaskill, O’Neill Arthur W. Kopp, Stuart Arthur H. Leach, O’Neill Leonard) J. Shone Stuart Donald L. McPherran, Atkinson Emrick E. Rocke, Atkinson John D. Alder, Opportunity Clarence M. Hammill, Atkinson Benelict B. Turek, Amelia George E. Green, Atkinson. Edward W. Gamel, Page Byron Grenier, Opportunity Ivan A. Pollock, Atkinson William J. White, Dorsey Victor A. Kaup, Stuart Richard G. Smith. Chambers Bennie G. Braun, Atkinson Herman H. Kramer, Stuart Ward J. Flannigan, Stuart Leslie C. Perry, Inman Harry D. Matseh.uilla't, Page Frank R. Belmer, Jr., Ewing Harold J. Donohoe, O’Neill Lyle M. Green, O’Neill J. I. Smith, AJtkinson Robert C. Sniler, Ewing Merwin W. Arter, Atkinson Joseph C. Witherwax, Spencer Louis R. Brown, Atkinson Clarence L. Nelson, O’Neill Lawrence W. Rudolf, Stuart Aelred J. Sanders, Ewing Bernard Dale Marr, Atkinson Charles E. Fridley, Ewing Gordon G. Barta, Redbird Ernest H. Eppenbach, O’Neill Ross O Barnhardt. Ewing Vernon L. Smith, Chambers. Donald Wolfe departed Mon day for Glenwood Springs, Col., with the view of locating in that section. Mbs. Wolfe will re main with her mother at Inman for the present. APPRECIATION I wish to thank the kind friends and neighbors that sent me cards and letters while 1 was in the hospital. Also thanks to the ladies who called and assisted me in my home. Mrs. DALE POTTS. Local Livestock Market Unsettled A special meeting of the O'Neill Commercial Club was held last Friday evening. E. C. Weller, who recently purchased the j O’Neill Sale Yard, was present and explained in detail his plan, of operation for the balance of, the year. Mr. Weller explained that the1 rates fo the selling of cattle and : hogs at the O’Neill yards have been lowrer than those charged by him at Atkinson, and in his opinion he could not operate the 9’Neill yards at a profit to him self unless he could obtain higher rates. He further explained that1 he is endeavoring to have the rates | at the O’Neill barn to conform with those charged at the Atkin son yarl. He went on to explain that he could not profitably op erate the yards on a full time basis of a sale every week. He stated that he expected to open the yards as soon as he could get <the rates raised. Sales would be held every two weeks until May 1st. Then the yards would be closed until August 1st. From that time until the middle of Sep tember sales would be held every two weeks. From the middle of September to the middle of No vember sales would be held every week. The balance of the year sales would be held every two weeks until May 1, when the sale would be closed. Hogs would be bought at the yard on specified days during the weeks no sales were held. He made no mention of his intentions regarding the | holding of sales after May 1 of next year President McElhaney asked for discussion from the club members. After considerable discussion Mr. Weller was asked by Mr. Mc Elhaney whether he would put a price on the yard and whether he would give the club a 30 day option. This would give the club members and business and pro fessional men time to give the matter of purchase more thought. Mr. Mr. Weller put a price of $13,000.00 on thd yard and agreed to give a thirty day option. Another meeting was held by the directors of the Commercial Club and a number of business and professional men on Tuesday of this week. A discussion re sulted in the opinion that there are two ways of providing the ranchers and farms of the O’Neill territory with a livestock market. One way would be to purchase the present yard from Mr. Weller at a fair price anl the other would be to erect a new yard in a more accessible location. There is considerable sentiment for both plans. An option has been se cured on a 20 acre tract of land in a highly desirable location in the event that it is decided to ; build new yards. A temporary organization was set up at the meeting, with Dr. H. L. Bennett | as chairman and James W. Roo ney as secretary. The chairman was authorized to select five busi ness or professional men to con stitute a committee which will draw up a set of incorporation papers. These papers will be submitted at the next meeting of all business and professional men of O’Neill, as well as farmers and ranchers of the territory, who would be interested in helping to organize a stock company. This stock company would purchase the old yads or build new ones, and in either event, lease such yards on a term basis to a repu table and able sale yard operator. The committeee appointed by Chairman Bennett consists of, J. D. Cronin, Henry Lohaus, H. L. Lindberg, Hugh Ray and Herb Peterson. A great many farmers and ranchers of this territory have expressed their dissatisfaction with the closing of the sale yards and the plan sirfbmitted by Mr. Weller for the operation of the yards on a part of the year basis. The O’Neill sale yards have in the past given the farmers and ranchers of the O’Neill trade ter ritory a highly satisfactody mar ket at reasonable rates. The O’Neill business and p o fessional men are anxious to do whatever they can to be of ser vice to the farmers and ranchers in this territory and also to get be hind anything that would be of value in keeping O’Neill grow ing, but they feel that perhaps the plans for the operation of the O'Neill yards as outlined by Mr. Weller would not give the farmers and ranchers a suitable and year round market at reasonable cost. Part time operation will raise the cost of marketing to a good many farmers and ranchers, through the fact that they might have to haul their livestock to the closest market, which would be Atkinson, one day and then make an extra trip to O’Neill another day to transact their nec essary business. The officers of the O’Neill Commercial Club, who initiated the movement for the purchase of the old yards or the builling of new yards, sincerely trust that all business men and professional men of O’Neill, as well as all farmers and ranchers of this territory, who may be in terested in helping to establish their own market yards, will at tend the next meeting of the Tem porary Sale Yard organization, which will be announuced by Chairman Bennett very soon. Have You Got a Dime? Once again we have an oppor tunity to share im the unrelenting battle against infantile paralysis, the dread crippler that annually attacks America’s children. We can hope thait the children of our communtiy will be spared, in the year before us. We cannot be sure. No one can predict where, when or how severely the Great Crippler will strike. It therefore behoves us to be pre pared. The Holt County Chapter of the National Foundation for In fantile Paralysis is arming now, against the possibility of an out break in the summer ahead. They must have the necessary funds to help our health officials,physicians and hospitals provide the finest available care and (treatment for infantile pa.alysis patients. When a polio outbreak occurs, no one knows how much special equip ment and applanceS or how many physical therapists and nurses, may be needed. Our chapter and the National Foundation are plelged to see to it that no victim of infantile par alysis shall go without care and treatment for lack of money, re gardless of age, race, creed or color. This is our opportunity to share in one of the greatest humani ta ian services of all time. Let us all resolve ito give generously. Lot us make this March of Dimes the greatest ever! —Submitted by Mrs. D. C. SCHAFFER, Holt County Chairman Infantile Paialysis Fundation. BRIEFLY STATED Mr. and M!rs. Bennet Gillespie were in Sioux City last Friday. The first carload of furniture to arrive in O’Neill “since the war” was unloaded for Biglin’s Monday and a lot of homes are going to sparkle now with bright hew furniture. Ellis Wade, a brother of the Kid who met a tragic death at the hands of the viglanters 62 years ago next month, visited in the city the past week. He has land in the vicinity of Lynch but makes his home in Colorado. P. J. Frost was up from the Frost Bros, ranch near Ballagh, formerly known as the McDonald ranch, on Monday advertising the public sale at the ranch Jan uary 24. Mr. Frost says he and his brother have bought a ranch west of Stuart and will be mov ing there in the near future. Their sale is advertised in this issue of The Frontier. The Tri-State has the incubators in the turkey hatcheries now in operation and plan to put 12,000 poults on feed on their farm southwest of the city. The out put of this firm last year amount ed to about 25,000 turkeys after losses of between 25 and 30%. The Corkle hatchery informs us they expect to start their turkey incubators early next week but we did not ascertain the number they plan to produce this season. Soldiers Guests at PC A Meeting Honoring the men of this vicin ity who left farms and ranches to fight for their country, more than 200 stockholders and guests of the O’Neill Production Credit Association held their first post war annual meeting on Monday, January 7, in the High School Auditorium at O’Neill. D. C. Schaffer of O’Neill, presi dent of the short term credit co op, introduced 12 veterans from Holt, Wheeler, Boyd, and Gar field counties who attendel the meeting as hornored guests. Small tokens of appreciation were pre sented to Keith Sheilhase of Aa kinson, wrho served 48 months in the army and to Joseph Price of O’Neill for 36 months of overseas service in the army in the South Pacific. Two members were re-elected to the board of directors for three year terms, Ray Siders of O’Neill and Otto Krupicka of Spencer. In his annual report, James W. Rooney, secretary-treasurer, re vealed the O'Neill Production Crelit Association wound up 1945 with 246 members and $267,000 in loans outstanding. Farmers and stockmen in the four county area borrowed more than $684, 000 to finance livestock and farm ing operations during the year, he reported. A feature of the meeting in cluded the presentation of divi dend checks to all stockholders present. Guest speakers included John ArnerJ of the Federal Land Inter mediate Credit Bank of Omaha, and Robert L. Chesire, secretary of the Production Credit Corpor ation of Omaha. W. W. Derrick, Animal Hus bandryman, University of Nebras ka Extension Service, presented his colored picture, “Cattle Rais ing in the Nebraska Sandhills’’ which was enthusiastically re ceived by all present. Miss Evelyn Stannard left Tuesday for Omaha on a business trip. Eagle Creek 4-H Club The Eagle Creek 4-H Club held their annuol Christmas party it the Walter Sire home in Butte December 30. After the covered dish lunchen the club enjoyed pliayin gbingo. At the close of the | afternoon the gifts were dis'ribut ed and much fun was had in finl ing out who gave each gift. Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. Max Warnke and family, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Hull and fam ily, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur O’Neill and family and boys, Jess Mellor Jennie Beth, Murray and Benton, Mrs. Loret a Hynes and family, Mr. and Mrs. Oswald Drutke and Tommy. The next regular meeting will be held at the J. B. Mellor home January 27. —J. W. S., News Reporter. NEW BOOKS AT THE GRATTAN LIBRARY The following new books are now at the Grattan Pi.blic Lib rary: New easy to read books: City Dog and Country Cat; The Quin ducklets; Litt'e Engi e t at co Id; Sukey; Lit'le Elephp.ni’s Ch ist mas; Me, Too; Merry Chr:stmas, Julie; Christmas Whale: Pete ’s Adventures; Too Big Feet: Un happy Rabbit: Waggles. Adult books: Br desh ad Re visited, Waugh; Green Dolphin Street; Try and StOD Me, Cerf; The Egg and I. MacDonald; Strange Women, Williams; Gen eral Ike, Hatch; Stairs of Sand, Grey; Morley’s Varieties: Earth and High Heaven, Gr.iham; These Two Hands; Three O’clock Din ner, Pickney; Younger Sister, Norris; White Tower, Ul’man; Through These Fires. Hill; Week end at the Woldorf; Tomorrow ift Forever; Immortal Wife. Stone; Mass of Brother Michael; And They Shall Walk, Sister Kenny; Up Front, Mauldin; Our Grapes Have Tender Vines; Sight With out Glasses; World, the Flesh and Father Smith; Brave Men, Pyle. Bernadette Brennan, Librarian.