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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (June 3, 1948)
THE FRONTIER .... O'NEILL, NEBR. CARROLL W. STEWART, Editor and Publisher_ Entered the po.stoffiee at 0‘N< ill, Holt county, Nebraska. , u second-class mail matter under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. This newspaper is a member of the Nebraska Press Association and the National Editorial Association. ! Established in 1830—Published Each Thursday Terms of Subscription: In Nebraska, $2.50 per year; else where in the United States. $3 per year; abroad, rates provided on request. All subscriptions are strictly paid-in-advance. | OUR GROWING TOWN During the past few weeks, The Fiontier has published 2 special editions. The first was published in March, consisted of 30 pages and was entitled “Spring Edition;’ the second was published last week, consisted of 22 pages and was called the "Shelhamer Edition." The first edition, as its name indicates, celebrated the return of Spring and was filled wth news, fea tures and seasonable advertising and the second commemorated the opening of the new Union Super Market and Shelhamer Produce building, erected by R. G. Shelhamer, and was like wise filled with timely reading matter and advertisements. These 2 special editions were a success in every sense of the word, were well received by the reading public and the publisher is proud of them. They were produced at the ex pense of much thought and planning and required many hours of hard work; but we think the result justified the effort. The most important thing, however, about these 2 special issues of The Frontier is that they are signs of the times—they are convincing proof of the progress the town of O’Neill is making in these days. This newspaper is simply keeping step with the live, progressive community in which it is fortunate enough to be located. O'Neill is a growing town—it is on the march. It is situat ed in a rich farming and ranching country, is inhabited by thrifty, intelligent, substantial people of vision and up-to-date ideas and it has a future of unlimited possibilities. Our popu lation is growing, our business is expanding, our stores and homes are improving, new and expensive buildings are being built and the future prospect is bright, indeed. The people of O’Neill have reason to be proud of its past record of achievement and of the bright outlook ahead and The Frontier feels very optimistic in regard to tomorrow. It sug gests that now is the time for every citizen to put his shoulder to the wheel and push. It is an old saying, but still true that it is better to be a booster than a knocker. Miss Patricia McMahan went to Norfolk Sunday and spent the day with her friend, Miss Vivian Stevens. REGIS HOTEL All Rooms " with Bath OMAHA Horn* of tha Popular White Horse Inn and Cafe Regis St. Mary's Omaha Alumni Gathers at Birchwood — The fourth annual banquet of the Omaha chapter of St. Mary’s alumni was held Sun day, May 16, at the Burchwood club. James Merriman was toastmaster and talks were given by Rev. Francis Price and Miss Mae Hammond. So loes were sung by Mrs. Mary Fitzsimmons Massie and Miss Joan Frenking. Mrs. William Bowker, the former Miss Margaret Ham mond, was elected president, succeeding Mrs. Julia Wagner. Leaves for California Visit — Mrs. Alice Bridges and son [Eddie, and Mr. and Mrs. Low ell Culver and family, left on May 16 for a visit in Los An geles and San Francisco, Calif. Try Frontier Want Ads! John R. Gallagher j Attorney-at-Law First Nat l Bank Bldg. { | O'Neill s Phone 11 j ACE SHERMER’S PUBLIC SALE Thursday, June 10 At the ranch located 18 miles South and 11 miles West of Atkinson, 38 miles North of Burwell and 11 miles West, or 14 miles straight West of Amelia, Nebraska. Road will be marked. Sale starts promptly at 1 o'clock P. M. Lunch wagon will be on the grounds all day. 174 Head of High-grade Aberdeen Angus Cattle 40 head of 3-year-old heifers, all have calves at foot; 50 An gus cows from 4 to 6 years old, 40 with calves at foot; 4 head of bulls from 1 to 5 years old, 3 are registered Angus, one is a high grade. This is my entire breeding herd of Angus cattle. 10 Head of Horses 10 Palomino stallion, 5 years old, broke to ride; Buckskin geld ing, 5 years old, broke to ride; two-year-old half Shetland mare with spotted colt; yearling Palomino mare colt; 2 yearling colts; 3 head of work horses, weight 1400 pounds. Machinery and Equipment Farmall tractor on rubber, in good shape; small Allis-Chal mers tractor with mower; 2 good McCormick-Deering 12-ft. rakes; 2 McCormick-Deering power mowers; trailer mower; 1936 model Dodge 1 Vi-ton truck with grain and stock rack; John Deere manure spreader, * good one: stock saddle, and the following hors« drawn machinery: lister, cultivator, harrow, disc and some miscellaneous articles. TERMS CASH. For credit make arrangements with your banker. Ace Shermer, OWNER. ERNIE WELLER. Auctioneer BANK of BURWELL, Clerk PRAIRIELAND B* X POMAINE ... TALK SAUNDEHS | LINCOLN—At the age of one full century a Nebraska woman tells of getting a meal in a hurry for Jesse James at her early home down in Missouri. The incentive to haste was a word from the outlaw' and a glimpse at the artillery he was equipped with. Other Nebras ka women served meals to out law's. The April sun pointed to tho hour of noon a day in the early 1880s. Three men came riding out of the gulches of the Niobrara river basin in northern Holt county—Homer, Rene and Orlander Dutcher, a trio of brothers but little re moved from the barbaric. Like Jesse James that came riding up to the Missouri woman’s home and demanded something to eat, these 3 men dismounted at the cabin of a settler and ordered dinner and feed for their horses. The settler will be mentioned by the name of Ragan, though that is not tho true name. The husband and father had started that morn ing for O’Neill 30 miles away to get a few supplies. Jimmy, the younger of 3 boys, remain ed with his mother while the 2 older boys took care of the horses. Mrs. Hagen prepared a piti ful meal. Her eyes wet with tears under the pressure of a headache because of crushing poverty and so little to set oetore these men whom she recognized as the terrible Dutchers. They ate, or pretended to, went out, remounted and start ed back over the trail in the direction from whence they came instead of proceeding on toward town as they had said they would do. Within a quar ter of an hour there was heard at the settler’s home a rifle shot. Presently back came the 3 men with a deer slung across the horse of one of the riders. The men skinned the deer, dressed and cleaned the carcass and left it for the family to feed on fresh venison. They then proceeded on the journey to town. The next day they returned with flour, sugar and other food supplies for a des perately needy family of set tlers who had shown a wil lingness to share their little. This was one way frontier “bad men” had of hunting out needy settlers. • • • Another Memorial day was alloted to the living. Out of the tragedy of battle field has come a beautiful service. Mem ories subduing the thought of material things on Memorial day with the floral tributes are no longer meant alone for the soldier. ‘On fame’s eternal camping ground Their silent tents are spread; And glory guards in solemn round The bivouc of the dead.” At the head of the graves of the Grand Army soldiers is placed the American flag they fought to preserve as the emblem of a united na tion. Almost to the last man they have turned to the dust of earth from whence man kind came. Other men of other battle fields rest in cemeteries at home and abroad. • There are none among the living of any community who have not been touched by the poigant sorrow of a desolated home. And as we have gone again to lay a wreath upon the graves of our dead that simple service has been an expression of the best in our lives. The heads of the Ford au tomobile industry are the first to have the courage to ask their 100 thousand or more employee to agree to wage reductions. And they throw out the warning of a period of unemployment if the demand for increased pay continues. * * * With head raised in an at titude that suggests he might be scanning the Nebraska heav ens for a sign of rain, a new faculty member of the state university is pictured in state papers. The gentleman with a doctor’s degree comes from Iowa to direct the university chemurgy project. This is sup posed to be. as Webster de fines it, the application of a scientific knowledge of chem istry to the cultivation of the soil, to secure from it not only food, but clothing, shelter, heat, power and other undefined possibilities. What Nebraska farm tractor drivers are get tings out of all this has never been made known. But maybe we had better cancel the or der. Here comes a candidate for president who if elected would pull up every other row of corn. And he is another Iowa gentleman. • * * Probably the most cjaeerful gent you can encounter is one who is boring through dirt, sand, rock and gravel in search of a pool of oil. Out there in (the vicinity of the Spencer dam, on the Holt county side was included in the scheme for of the Niobrara, a township a search for oil. Drilling had got well under way with that' stuff they call oil shale show ing up in the subterranean specimens coming out of the hole. The last story told was 'on November 1, 1945, when the boss of the works called at The Frontier and informed us he wras out on a hunt for addit ional pipe. Said he was head : ing South. I don’t know what I resulted from the hunt or if my friend of the oil industry ever got back to Holt county. The proposed draft for military service would be O. K. if the age feature was set at from GO to 80. • • * Now comes a rabble rouser to the capital city preaching “political reform.’’ Maybe the best political reform would be Vo cut off the stream flowing from the ^U. S. treasury to a large group of citizens and a return to the old fashioned American conception of survive al through the medium of root hog or die. • * • Had Governor Dewey taken him on in Nebraska as chal lenged, the Dewey-Stassen bid for votes here might have re sulted as it did in Oregon. Don’t invite a gent who is on the tricks of the court room into a debate if you wish to avoid a trap. I ' ’ INMAN NEWS Ernest and Barbara Trow bridge and Plenn Nickels re turned the first of the week from Saratoga, Wyo., where they spent a few days visiting Mr. and Mrs. Elton Trowbridge and family. Mr. and Mrs. R. V. South re turned to Inman Tuesday from Kansas City, Kans. They ex pect to make their home here. Mrs. South will be remember ed as Louise Anspach. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Han sen and son, Roland, drove to Creighton Thursday afternoon and visited at the home of Mrs. Louise Hansen. Roland re mained at Plainview to spend the remainder of the week at the Roy Hansen home. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Rouse and daughter, Marjorie, are spending this week in Glen Rock, Wyo., visiting relatives. Their daughter, Mrs. Gerald Risor, and children, of O’Neill, are helping Marvin on the farm during their absence. Mr. anud Mrs. Wally Webb and son, Dickie, and Mrs. Pearl Roe of Hillsboro, Ore., and Joe Bettner, of Buhl, Ida., left on Monday for Hillsboro after vis iting in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Leo P. Mossoman and Max and Paul Bittner. Mrs. Nelson Barker, of Chad ron, came Friday morning and is spending a' few days visiting her sisters and brothers-in law, Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Clark and Tom and Mr. and Mrs. T. D. Hutton and Vickie Sue and also her father, Tom Berger. Mrs. Mary E. Grady has re turned to Rapid City, S. D., af ter spending a couple of weeks here with her sister, Mrs. Bes sie Rothersham. Fred Schaum, of Royal, is spending this week with hfs old friend, Frank L. Watson. On Saturday Mrs. Blanche Brown, of Pender, came and took her father, Mr. Watson, to Creigh ton where they visited the Millboro cemetery. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Lancy, of Jasper, Minn., came Wednes day, May 26, and returned on Thursday accompanied by Mr^ and Mrs. George Lancy, who will spend some time in Min nesota with their son and fam ily. Mr. and Mrs. John Kahler and daughter. Mary Ann, of Creighton, called on Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Hansen Monday afternoon. Miss Bonnie Couch, a mem ber of this year’s graduating class, has accepted a position with the M & M bakery and cafe in O’Neill. She commutes to and from O’Neill with Mrs. Helen Sholes and Patricia Me Mahan, who are also employed in O’Neill. Fred Retke, of Alliance, spent Tuesday and Wednesday. May 25 and 26, with his broth er and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Otto Retke. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Cov entry and boys and Mr. and. Mrs. James Pinkerman and children, of Omaha, drove to Scottville for the Memorial service Sunday. Ernest Trowbridge and Mrs. Anna Smith went to Page Sun day where they helped Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Trowbridge cele brate their silver wedding an niversary. G. E. Moor, of Beatrice, came Tuesday, May 25, and visited until after Memorial day. Are You Prepared for These Bills? If Not See: Lester J. Jonas Your Friendly EQUITABLE Man — O'Neill — O’Neill Hatchery — O’Neill - MOTHER S BEST FLOUR 325 4 48-Inch FEEDERS, for growing Chicks, 35c GAS HOT PLATES, 2-hole ll00 FOR VACATION » HOT PLATE, REGULATOR, Cylin der full of PROPANE, 3900 O'NEILL AUTO REBUILDERS 5 Blocks North of Bus Depot . SPECIALIZING IN BODY & FENDER it Repairing it Repainting LINDQUIST & SNOS PHONE 133 Public Dance # • AMERICAN LEGION BALLROOM — O’Neill — Elmer Hali and His Orchestra Tuesday, June 8 Adm.: $1 Per Person, Including Tax io Years Ago Today Nebraska Launched a Unique Program In June, 1938, leaders of the brewing industry met in the Cornhusker Hotel, Lincoln, to launch a program of Self-Regulation in Nebraska. Now—10 years later—they return to the original meet ing place to review accomplishments and plan for the future. What are the purposes of the industry’s Self-Regulation program? To help prevent abuses that might occur in the sale and consumption of beer; to see that conditions surrounding such sales and consumption are not against the public interest. Has the program succeeded? Yes. Tavern owners now generally strive to conduct their places in the public in terest. Citizens, patrons of taverns or not, cooperate by demanding strict enforcement of law and orderly con duct. Public officials are helped and welcome the cooper ation of the industry program. And, now, at the outset of its second decade of service, the brewing industry renews its pledge to help safeguard the public interest. It faces the future with confidence that its program is sound—and permanent. [NEBRASKA COMMITTEE United States Brewers Foundation Charles E. Sahdall. state director. 710 first nat ibankblos Lincoln SIT DOWN and Iron A Shirt In 4x/2 Minutes— PROCTOR NEVER-LIFT IRON iT STANDS SO YOU CAN SIT Don't You Wish You Could? YOU CAN with Mary Proctor's new \ Sit-Down ironing tech nique, explained in her valuable new book, “Ironing Can Be Easy”, and the new Proctor Never-Lift iron. Attend this Demon stration and learn the new Sit-Down Ironing Method. Get This Valuable Book Free See Mary Proctor in Person at the Sit-Down ironing CcmcnsLation THURSDAY, JUNE 10 - 2:30 P. M. LEGION CLUB In O’Neill See Jinx FciJkenburg and Tex McCrary in Color Movie on SIT DOWN IRONING. ■- 11 1 '* m-Kr*T~ 1