THE FRONTIER
O'Neill. Nebraska
CARROLL W. STEWART
Editor and Publisher
Entered the Postoffice at O'Neill,
Holt County, Nebraska, as sec
ond-class mail matter under the
Act of March 3, 1879. This news
paper is a member of the Nebras
ka Press Association and the Na
tional Editorial Association.
Published Each Thuisday
Established in 1880
Terms of Subscription:
In Holt and adjoining counties,
$2 per year; elsewhere $2.50
per year.
GIRL SCOUT NEWS
By Marilyn Bcha, Troop Scribe
The Irish Lassies Girl Scout
Troop held its regular meeting
Sunday afternoon at Mrs. Merle
Hickey s home. We practiced
the flag drill and songs for our
courts of awards and investituie
ceremony, which will be held
November 1 at the Golden ho- .
tel.
We had an election of officers
and the following were elected:
Judy Martin, treasurer; Marilyn
Beha, troop scribe.
Vve arc sending a box of toys
to Poland this week. Any Girl
Scout who has not handed in
her toy should do so at once.
After our meeting, a treat was
served on Hickey’s lawn by
Marilyn Mangan’s patrol.
Leaves for Trip East—
H. E. Coyne left last Thursday
to attend the Nebraska - Notre
Dame football game in South
Bend, lnd., and to visit his
daughter, Miss Nadine Coyne,
in Chicago, 111., He also expects
to visit in Scranton, Pa., and
Detroit, Mich., before returning
home.
CARS RANSACKED
Automobiles belonging to H. ;
‘ L. Linaberg and C. W. Porter
were ransacked late Satuiday
near the H. G. Kruse residence.
Groceries and other items were ;
taken.
Mo'her Honors Daughter—
Mrs. Ferd Krutz was hostess
to nine guests at a birthday par
ty lor her daughter, Nila, who
was 3-ycars-old on Monday.
ipRAIRIELAND B> !
BOMAINE
i ...TALK SAUNDERS :
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LINCOLN — I spent last
week in O’Neill. You can't
put in a week there and come
away in the same mood be
cause of the contact and fel
lowship of friends, many of
them friends of nearly a life
time. It is something to go
into a strange community and
make friends, but for months
or years you may be merely
a buDble in the stream. May
be you can fool some of them.
But you can’t do that where
you have been known for
three-score years. I would not
want to. But familiar faces
arc becoming less plentiful.
O'Neill has enlarged its
tents and lengthened its
chords. I was riding into
O'Neill a day in the long
ago seated in the wagon be
side my grandfather. As we
entered the boundaries the
venerable patriarch looked
out across low buildings and
prophe-ied. "It will be a big
city some day."
Grandfather’s predictions
need not be fully vindicated.
There is no call for a “big
city” on the prairie, but a
flourishing, growing countyseat
town is fully assured.
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You have heard of winter
linge ing in the lap of spring.
W now find summer lingering
in the lap of winter. The
autumn sun burns out of the
ethereal blue and bright days
invite to the open road. Across
the brown prairieland stretch
ing beyond the glow of sun
set groves of trees are seen
with foliage turned to gold
and reflecting the light and
warmth of Indian summer,
cattle feed their fill and lay
down to cud-chewing content
ment, rounded cones of hay
stacks upon the meadows re
semble African villages and
the painted homes of piivale
dwellers present a picture of
peace and hospitality far re
moved from the strife and tur
moil of a world gone mad.
By the time this comes to the
reader the blue of blooming
morning glories and the gold
of the golden rod may have
perished from the pinch of
a killing frost and summer
again merged into November’s
melancholy days.
Bus travel has its features.
There is the talkative woman
with a voice that rasps like
filing a saw; the over-friend
ly slobbering gent, who had
tarried too long at the bowl
of amber flud; the pert
little miss who knows her
way about, and the lively
old gai, who can tell the
driver where to head in.
The .bus stop is usually at
a lunch counter and the
usual happened as we pulled
into Bartlett the other day.
The proprietor of that town's
lunch room sent out a tray
of cold pop with his com
pliments.
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In Nebraska, the state par
don board acts as a court of
last resort. Eight gents have
just been pardoned or paroll
ed which the state had gone
to the trouble and expense
of court trials and convict for
crimes. The courts weigh
these criminal cases through,
pronounce sentence and then
have their work checkmated
by an ill-informed pardon
board. The pardon board is
a state house function that
may well be dispensed with
along with the office of tax
commissioner.
• * *
It seemed that if ever there ,
..as candidate for the elec
tric chair the 17-year-old le1
cently tried in Lancaster coun
ty district court and convicted
of a revolting crime this was
the one. But with seven women j
on the jury the lad has es- :
caped with his li e. He hails
from another state and will
now be the guest for life of |
the prison warden.
The men and women out
on the land producing life’s
first essentials have the least
to say of any segment of the
countiy's industrial, profes
sional and political setup as
to what they get for their
product. The tuff coming out
o: field and grasslands is
fundamental to the existence
of human life itself. It comes
to market and is sold not at
a price set by the producer
vt what the speculator in
food, from a potato to a fat
beef, says he will pay. High
prices of the human feed then
can not be traced back to the
land.
I wonder if Nebraska has
not about reached the ulti
mate in production. I know
it is the fashion, under that
illusive fhmg we call "for
< ward looking," to preach
greater and still greater
loads of wealth coming out
of the overworked soil. Both
grasslands and croplands are
used to the limit and a prai
rie hen can hardly find a
place in the grass to make
a nest. And when cattle,
grain and hay drop to the
normal level or below what
will happen to the boom in
flated towns?
At the hearing at Valentine
in the matter of school land
leases these was a difference
of about 12 acres between the
ranchers and state officials as
to the acreage required per
head of live stock on the state’s
sandhills school lands. My
own acquaintance with the ter
ritory is sufficent to warrant
the belief that the raise in
grazing land lease is unwar
ented.
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If you would enjoy your
meal, don't look at the p ice
slip th w. i er le. ves yc.u un
til after you have eat.n.
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letters to the Editor
4717 North 40th St.,
Omaha, Nebr.
October 23, 1947
The Frontier:
Mrs, Cronin and I wish to
thank-you for your very nice
write-up and photograph of us.
We are nicely located with
our daughter, Mrs. Johnson. Her
husband, Elmer I. Johnson, is
one of the finest men in Omaha.
They have a son, William Jo
seph, 19 years of age, who is
working here in a garage. Mr.
Johnson has a good position
with the Omaha & St. Paul
road, making up trains. . .
Truly yours,
D. J. CRONIN
ANOTHER GREAT
OFFERING
By
NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA
HEREFORD ASSOCIATION
Bassett, Nebr.
SATURDAY i
NOVEMBER 8TH
Show in Morning - Sale, 1 o’clock
89 BULLS
IS HEIFERS
For Catalog, Write
TUG PHILLIPS
Sale Manager
BASSETT, NEBRASKA
Watch next week's issue for list
of consignors
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Mrs. McIntosh Honored—
Mrs. Robert Evans and Mrs.
R. E. Armbruster were hostesses
at a stork shower Friday eve
ning at the Evans home in hon
or of Mrs. William McIntosh.
Mrs. C. A. Weatherford, Mrs.
Fred Saunto, Mrs. Ed Venal
and Mrs. Clay Tohnson, Jr., were
the winners at cards. The hon
ored guest received numerous
gifts. _£_
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1947 Pontiac 4-D. Sedan, Radio & Heater
r
1947 V-8 Ford 4-D. Sedan, Radio & Heater
1947 Chev. Club Coupe, 2-Tone Color, lots
of Extras
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1947 Plymouth 4-D. Special Deluxe, Heater
1947 V-8 Ford, 2-Door Super Deluxe, load- #
ed with Extras
1941 Chev. 2-Door, Fair Shape, Radio &
Heater
1940 Plymouth 4-Door, Fair Shape, Radio
& Heater
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The flappers attached to
each side of the human head
we call ears are of sufficient
prominence of themselves to
require no additional em
phasis by suspending hard
ware from those of the fe
male of the species. The
nose of the male of the
species is of sufficent dimen
sions that the inverted V on
the lip pointing to it is su
perfluous.
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A few individuals who profit
by wealth others produce
rather than producing it have
b on interviewed by a Lincoln
paper asking for an expression
in the matter of a special ses
sion of congress to deal with
the European situation. They
were quite unanimous for the
special session. I wonder what
the sentiment is among those
whose toil-worn hands pro
duce the wealth of Nebraska.
Mi re than likely such a group
would favor a special session
of the congress if that honor
ed body could at once move
♦ o withdraw American troops,
American money, and Ameri
can citizens and leave decaying
Europe to its own fate.
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Thv word is a lamp unto
my feet, and a light unto my
path. — Psalms.
• • •
The only wav to escape ihe
handicaps of old age is 1i die
voting.
SHAFFER BROS.
Anxiety 4th Herefords
Annual
BULL SO
1 1*. M. at the Livestock Sales Pavilion
ATKINSON, NEBR.
Wednesday, Nov. 5
Consisting of
40 HEAD OF BULLS 40
As good bulls as we have ever raised. 2S Husky Bulls, ot
serviceable age. from 12 to 18 months. The balance are 6
to 8 months old. The greater part of these bulls are ouf of
Laddy Domino 3333026 and Spartan Lamplighter 3419615.
Herd Bulls for the Rancher
or Purebred Breeder
SHAFFER BROS.
COL. E. C. WELLER, Auctioneer
For catalog. Write to SCHAFFER BROS.. Burwell. Nebr.
Longhorns by the millions ranging the western
grasslands from the Gulf Coast to Montana . . . build
ing empires . . . making history and legend on the
great cattle trails! That was sixty and more years
ago. Then the railroads came, much of the range* was
fenced and the fate of the longhorn was sealed. Short
horn, Angus and Hereford bulls came in from the
east. Gradually, the longhorns were bred out of
existence, until today only a few isolated “museum”
herds are left.
Thus is one story of continuing livestock progress,
of better animals developed to meet changing condi
tions and needs. Who knows but that in another fifty
years today’s “best” may look as old fashioned as
longhorns do now.
W ith hogs, one amazing change is in the increased
speed and efficiency of producing pork. Three years
once was needed to raise a hog to market weight.
Today, pigs often weigh 200 to 250 pounds at six
months or less. Straight line and cross-bred breeding
experiments seek even more efficient hogs to make
weight in the same short time, but produce more meat.
In lambs, development is directed toward “dual
purpose” breeds. Certain breeds have been best for
wool but not best for meat. Others produced the
meat but were lacking in wool. Researchers have
made progress on breeds of lambs to produce both
meat and good wool economically.
A first step in the improvement of any animals or
any herd is to use proven sires on dams of known pro
ductive ability. The effe alone is not enough. To know
production records and ancestry is vital. Bull grading
programs offer greater certainty in choosing a sire.
Weighing young animals at weaning time and mark
ing them is important, especially in the selection of
gilts. A “touch system” of sheep grading is proving
helpful in culling large bands in little time.
On any matter pertaining to livestock breeds or
breeding. Swift & Company has no favorites. We
serve the interests of producers of all breeds, in all
parts of the country. We urge you to watch carefully
. Track Down the Facts
i
These are the tracks of the coyote. They
.. look like dog tracks, but there are differ -
*• ences which the expert tracker can see.
* In the livestock but nees, too, some
times things are not as t hey seem to be.
r or example, some people say we wasi< our grain by feed
ing it to animals. Instead, they think we should eat the
grain ourselves. They do not realize that the millions of
head of cattle and lambs that are marketed every year are
little more than grass turned into meat. It is true that
many of these animals are fed a certain amount of grain
and other concentrates to turn them into finished meat
animals. However, if it were not for cattle and lambs,
779,000,000 acres of land in the United States would pro
duce little, if any, food for humans. To put it another way,
about 51% of the total land of our nation consists of
grazing land which cannot be used for producing other
feeds and food.
Walking
Running
your farm publications, and the bulletins of your
state agricultural station, and the accomplishments
of successful breeders for latest news about the kinds
of livestock which you raise.
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UPSIDE DOWN CHILI PIE
(Yields 6 servings)
I pound ground beet V4 teaspoon cnili powder
Vi cup chopped onion Vi teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon shortening 1 teaspoon Worcestershire
1 cup cooked kidney Sauce
beans 1 cup cooked tomatoes
Saute meat and onion in melted shortening. Add beans, season
ings, and tomatoes. Cover. Simmer gently about 15 minutes.
Pour into a greased 9-inch pie plate. Top with corn bread batter.
Bake in a hot oven (425 degrees F.) for 20 minutes.
Corn bread
Vi cup sifted flour 1 tablespoon sugar
V* cup yellow corn meal 1 beaten egg
2 teaspoons baking Vi cup milk
powder 2 tablespoons melted
1 teaspoon salt shortening
Mix and sift dry ingredients. Combine egg and milk. Add to
flour mixture, stirring until well mixed. Stir in shortening. Pour
over chili in pie plate.
Wilj It Pay Me to Specialize?
by M. T. Buchanan
State College of Washington
“Should I specialize in some crop or en
terprise, or should I diversify my oper
ations?” Many farmers and ranchers
have to hnd the answer to this question.
M. T. Buchanan
r or instance, in the state of Washington
there are 63 distinct types of farming in this one staW
alone. And they should consider that the types of prod
ucts which come from farms in different areas of the
United States are not accidental. They are caused by
the inter-action of physical and economic factors. Hm
operation of these two forces has been hastened by
mechanization, development of better crop varieties
breeds and disease-resistant strains.
Specialization, of course, leads to increased efficiency
in the use of labor, equipment, capital and buildings.
_ Marketing is an easier task and more time ia
Packers do not make
livestock prices
In their day, the hardy, self-sufficient
' longhorns were the best breed for the
open, unfenced ranges. In a land with
out transportation they actually took
themselves to market. Hut the tough longhorns
couldn’t match newer breeds in beef production.
Calves from Hereford, Shorthorn and Angus bulls
and from thrifty longhorn dams grew faster. They
produced more and better meat from less feed.
Blockier and of heavier frame, they yielded more of
the more jwpular meat cuts. They were better money
makers for farmers and ranchers. Such results en
couraged selection of better foundation stock.
Each improvement in meat production has been
met by increased demand for popular cuts on Amer
ica’s dinner tables. Livestock producers and meat
packers have worked hand-in-hand to encourage
greater demand for meat. But Swift & Company
plays no favorites among breeds of beef producing
animals. We do not make markets ... we find them.
In our buying of livestock we transmit to producers
the knowledge of the kinds of meat that are preferred
in various sections of the country.
The price producers receive for their livestock is
governed by what the packer
can get for the meat and by
products.
available for maintenance of equipment and for
planning new and better methods. A great deal of
the increase in production of agricultural prod
ucts has resulted from specialization. Farm*
have increased in size. Proportionately, the
amount of labor needed has decreased, allowing
more labor for use in other ways.
Specialize or diversify? There’s plenty of “real
life” evidence to help you in reaching a decision.
Go visiting. See how your neighbor does it. It*»
your problem and even if you decide to make no
changes from your present plan, you’ll get a lot of
ideas on how you can do your work better.
-OUR CITY COUSIN
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Hey, you I What makej you think 10ft com ij joftt
Soda Bill Sez: . . . . the man who gets
what he wants is successful. The man who
wants what he gets is happy.
SWIFT & COMPANY
UNION STOCK YARDS
CHICAGO I, ILLINOIS
NUTRITION IS OUR BUSINESS - AND YOURS
Right eating add* life to jkmtt year*" and yarn to yoor life