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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.
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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.