THE FRONTIER-O’Neill, Nebr.
CARROLL W. STEWART, Editor and Publisher
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Nebraska Roads
Nebraska’s Gov. Val Peterson stated in an article in the
mid-July issue of The Nebraska Farmer:
'We must remember that Nebraskans pay for good roads
whether they get them or not.'
The governor noted that "These losses are not always ap
parent. For instance, hardsurface roads in our great cattle
country would serve the interests of ranchers eager to reach
market with their livestock in good condition and with the least
possible shrinkage. Yet they would prove equally beneficial
to businessmen in Lincoln and Omaha who thrive on the ship
ment of that livestock and the purchasing power it creates.”
Continuing, Governor Peterson said the state’s foremost
road problem "is one of providing the best possible service
within our income for the broad farm communities for Nebras
ka."
This is true, he wrote, because agriculture provides 80 per
cent of the total income of our state economy and all cities
"however large or small" are “rural trading posts serving cus
tomers who travel Nebraska highways."
"Nebraska sustains one of the 8 largest roadway sys
tems among the 48 states," the governor's comprehensive ar
ticle said. "We possess more than 100.000 miles of open
roads, or enough lo circle the world four times."
“Against this is ranged a population ranking 32d and a
middle-bracket income. Our overall problem is that of a state
with a tremendous road system on one hand and a relatively
low population and limited income on the other.”
Discussing present and contemplated revenues of the high
way department, the governor pointed out that continuation of
present allotments lor roads will force "a retarded program
from the levels of 1947-1948” and will not permit a construction
program meeting the public demand.
"This is a big undertaking," he wrote, “but with a sound,
well-planned program we can do the job. I firmly believe we
ran carry a progressive highway improvement program from
revenues raised as we build. It is my resolve that Nebraska
shall not be plunged into an overly ambitious program requiring
excessive tax burdens.”
The Frontier feels that Governor Peterson’s recently-ap
pointed Nebraska Highway Advisory Committee is a step in the
right direction towards solving the state’s road needs. The May
meeting of the Committee in O’Neill, in conjunction with the
state legislative council’s subcommittee on roads and individual
northeast and northcentral Nebraskans interested in better
roads, produced a thorough airing of local road problems.
The findings at the O'Neill meeting and at other similar
parleys held throughout the state are now being correlated
and upon these findings the governor intends to apply what
he terms his "well-planned program."
The Frontier feels that Governor Peterson inherited an un
fortunate road situation that can be attributed primarily to the
late war and its resultant dislocation.
We feel that if the governor’s plan has as auspicious an
ending as it has had a beginning Nebraska ultimately can well
be proud of post-war highway development.
J. X
We don’t agree with those radio commentators who say !
that "farming is essentially a gamble." There is an element
of chance in farming, of course, just as there is about every
kind of business, but it isn’t a "gamble.’ It is as sure as the
laws of nature.
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According to some of the commentators, the Democratic
national convention this year was a rather quiet affair compar
ed to those of the Rooseveltian era. There has never been any
one to take the place of the magnetic apostle of the New Deal.
★ ★ ★
After years of misunderstanding, abuse and calumny. Her
bert Hoover, only living ex-president, received a magnificent
ovation from his fellow Republicans at Philadelphia. He stood
forth vindicated as a great American.
★ ★ ★
The fellow who stopped to light a match while filling his
gas tank discovered a new, quick means of suicide.
Letters to The Editor
Department of The Army
Office, Chief, Army Fieid
Forces
Fort Monroe, Virginia
_ 15 July 1948
The Editor
The Frontier
O’Neill, Nebraska
Dear Sir;
Please put me down for three
months' subscription to your
enterprising newspaper. I can
not afford to miss the works
of your new columnist. Miss
Mary Devine Brennan. A sim
ilarity of our names, of course,
has nothing to do with my in
terest.
Sincerely yours,
JOHN M DEVINE,
Major General, GSC
Deputy Chief.
(Editor’s note: The general is
jesting. Mary Devine Brennan
is a favorite niece. Mary De
vine’s mother, Mrs. F. N Bren
nan. widow of the late Colonel
Brennan, is a sister of the 2
star ground forces general who
recently, headed the experi
mental universal military train
ing unit at Fort Knox, Ky.)
Yellowstone National Park
Goal of Motorists _
Mrs. William J. Frcelich and
children, Mary and Jimmv, ana
Miss Marde Birmingham and
Miss Elizabeth Latta left Mon
day, July 19, for a 10-days’ va
Parkn ri YellowstPrne National
Park. Clarence Hicks is the
driver.
Mesdames Ross and Richter
Are Hostesses —
A linen shower for Miss
Patricia Browning was held on
Saturday afternoon, July 77
The co-hostesses were Mrs. Ol
iver Ross and Mrs. Charles
Richter. The shower was held
at the Ross home.
Lorenz Bredemeiers
Tendered Farewells
A picnic was given by the
Soil Conservation Service
group Saturday evening, July
19, at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles B. Crook in hon
or of Mr. and Mrs. Lorenz F.
Bredemeier, who are moving
away from O’Neill. The guests
included Mr. and Mrs. Brede
meier, Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Crook, Mr. and Mrs. Harold
Young, Mr. and Mrs. Robert C.
Hill. Orville Indra, and Mr.
and Mrs. Earl Spendlove and
daughter, Kathleen, of Ains
worth. The Spendloves are
former residents of O’Neill.
There was to have been a
supervisor’s meeting and party
Wednesday evening, July 21
The party, a covered dish din
ner, was to have been given in
honor of the Bredemeiers. Mr.
Bredemeier will be conserva
tionist for the Cherry county
SCS district.
Poffs Arrive from
Washington, D. C. —
Mr. and Mrs. William H.
Poff arrived Wednesday, July
14. for a short visit with rela
tives in O’Neill. They had
come from Washington, D. C.,
and were on their way to
Boise, Ida., where they will
make their home. They left O’
Neill Monday.
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Mary Kathryn Turner
Is 12-Years-Old —
On Sunday, July 18, at her
home, Miss Mary Kathryn Tur
ner was guest of honor at a
party given on her I2lh birth
day anniversary. The 12 guests
played games and were served
{refreshments. They came at 5:
130 p. m. and departed at 9.
I The Frontier: 7c per copy
CONVENTION CLEAN-UP. OLD STYLE . . . The man who
made the cleanest sweep of them all at the Republican na
tional convention in Philadelphia, Pa., comes up the aisle—
behind a broom. By this time the last weary delegate had
left the hall, the emotional sprees marking the naming of
7 aspirants to the Republican nomination had ended and the
dead trappings of the hectic nominating and voting demonstra
tion littered the aisles and corridors.
Prairieland Talk —
Rodeo Time Reminds Romaine of
Genial Nigger Jim, a Bronc Rider
By ROMAINE SAUNDERS
LINCOLN—Rodeo time
again. O’Neill has consistently
declined to take on this sort
of amusement, maybe because
the old town saw a plenty of
that thing in its earlier days.
Rodeo comes from the Span
ish and its true meaning is
roundup. And that was not
so much a display of horse
manship as it was bringing
ing the beeves to trail to the
loading pens.
Horsemanship is of ancient
origin. The Latins had their
Consus, god of the horse race.
At an earlier period the Baby
lonians invented the Centaur
that still remains among the
signs of the Zodiac, a figure
part man and paprt horse. Leg
end connects it in religious
worship with Nimrod, the
great grandson of Noah, he,
Nimrod, reputed to be the first
to break a bronco to ride, be
ing also credited by the Egyp
tians with having produced the
horse. Nimrod having been a
Negro may have had some
thing to do with the efficiency
of the colored gents with
horses.
One of the bronc riders to
hang out in O'Neill was the
genial Nigger Jim.
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From whence came these
wonderous clouds that today
have drawn a curtain over the
celestial furnace that has
poured a flame across the land
in the early days of July?
Only yesterday the heav
ens of brass from prairie rim
to prairie rim burned with
the fierce glow of desert
heat.
During the night, announc
ed by the angry growl of thun
der as if nature would rebuke
its own heartless extreme, rain,
first a few drops drumming on
house tops, then with a rush
settling into a steady down
pour.
Today high tree tops wave
their grateful plumage in the
morning breeze, sod and floral
bloom have been washed clean,
off to the south an engineer
pulls his long train of empties
out of the city to the little
towns with elevators to be
loaded with $2 wheat and the
fireman manifests his enthus
iasm over the rain by scooping
in the coal which sends forth
a mighty cloud of smoke, a
baker’s truck heaves and
weaves its way through the
mud of an unpaved stretch of
street.
Lancaster county corn fields
are safe for another run of
weather.
* • •
Anyway the Democrats
could find only 2 anywhere
near presidential caliber—
and 1 of them a Republican.
A A A
Highway^ and hospitals are
said to be a crying need. The
federal government maintains
hospitals for former soldiers
and many states operate like
institutions where for a regis
tration fee of a dime or so
you can go in as a guinea-pig
for student experiments. The
high cost of a night or 2 in
city hospitals excludes many
who need medical care. Per
haps a solution would be more
state hospitals or one in each
county maintained at public
expense. Highway worries will
continue until the remnant of
the race is taken on seraph
wings to the celestial realm
where the streets are paved
with gold.
* • *
A New Deal Democrat with
the unusual accomplishment
of being a Bible student de
clared his intention to vote
GOP Being asked for a Bible
text to support his change of
political convictions replied,
“Whereas I was blind, now I
see.”
Coming!
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of O’NEILL
Speaking of early day Ne
braska conditions a contribu
tor to a state publication down
at Burwell says that in the
1880’s a church of that town
was heated with corn, ‘‘which
was deposited in gunny sacks
inside the door as members
came to church.” Was there
such a thing as a gunny sack
at that time? How old is the
gunny sack? There were two
bushel grain bags which held
two bushels of shelled corn or
one bushel of ear corn. Corn
was a common fuel and a com
mon feed for man and beast in
the homestead days but such
things as “gunny sacks’ were
unknown in my boyhood
neighborhood.
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Hot July days bring out a
display of bow legs and knock
knees, bay windows, lean and
the luscious arms and other
anatomical monst r o c i t i e s.
Young men and maids, old
boys and graying gals, whp
have the courage of indiffer
ence put on an outfit that
covers about a square foot and
challenge Old Sol to turn it on
at the rate of 100 in the shade
and thus unattired go shop
ping.
• * •
Placed between the right
and left entrance to a large
chain store reposed a 300
pound block of ice in which
had been frozen a dun-color
ed blanket, ostensibly one
from the pile on window dis
play being offered for sale.
A 300-pound cake of ice is
more of an attraction at 100
in the shade than is the
blanket.
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Experience is said to be the
best teacher. It may prove the
most costly. A 3-year-old ran
onto his dad’s .38 in a bureau
drawer and found it was a
deadly play thing when it was
discharged and killed t h e
child’s mother. A frantic fath
er cut the throats of his two
young children but lost his
nerve when it came to putting
into execution the plan to
slice his own worthless neck.
• • •
A lemon-yellow specimen of
the Shepherd breed went trot
ting up to the street drinking
fountain, stood on his hind
legs, hooked his muddy fore
paws to the bowl and helped
himself to a drink.
George Reciors Back
from Idaho —
Mr. and Mrs. George Rector
and Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Rec
tor returned Sunday, July 18,
from Boise, Ida., where they
had been for 3 weeks. The
Rectors, who recently sold
their ranch northeast of O’
Neill, have purchased an 80
acre tract near Boise where
the 2 families will reside. They
plan to move to Idaho next
month.
Try Frontier Want Ads!
Dr. Eason Departs
for Louisville, Ky
CHAMBERS—Dr. C. M. Eas
on. veteran Chambers dentist,
departed Monday, July 19. for
his new location at Louisville,
Ky. Dr. Eason will be con
nected with a Veterans hospit
al in his new post.
Dr. Van Horn, of Ogallala,
arrived Saturday to locate
here, taking over the dental
practice of Dr. Eason’s.
Other Chambers News
Mrs. H. O. Stevens, of At
| kinson, visited Thursday, July
| 15, at the home of her son,
Mr. and Mrs, Dean Stevens,
and children.
Vernon Smith drove to Polk
Sunday, July 18, to bring
home those from Chambers,
who have been attending
Camp Joy.
Mr. and Mrs. Steve Shavlik
and Myron and Mr. and Mrs.
Edwin Hubbard drove to El
gin Sunday, July 18, to visit
Mr. Shavlik’s mother.
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Hub- <
bard made a trip to Omaha on
Monday, July 19.
Mr. and Mrs. Dean Stevens,
Cherelyn and Terry spent
Sunday, July 18, visiting rela
tives in Atkinson.
Mr. and Mrs. L. V. Cooper
drove to Spencer Sunday, July
18, to visit in the Ralph Freid
rich home.
Mr. and Mrs. H. O. Russ
and granddaughter, of O’Neill,
participated in a dinner on
Thursday, July 15, in the R. K.
Platt home.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Smith
and children and Mr. and Mrs.
Don Crandall drove to Norfolk
Thursday, July 15.
Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Hixon
and children spent the week
end at Long Pine as guests of
his brother, Mr. and Mrs. Jay
Hixon.
Mrs. Wayne Smith, Mrs.
Duane Carson and Mary Lace
Spath are attending a teachers’
course in O’Neill this week.
Sunday, July 18, dinner
guests in the Vern Wilkenson
home were: Mr. and Mrs. Art
Fluckey, Mr. and Mrs. Loy
Fluckey and children and Mr.
and Mrs. Pete Sorensen.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Wv
ant entertained the following
J at dinner Sunday, July 18: Mr.
I and Mrs. Wade Grubb, Mr.
| and Mrs. Roland Jackson and
Janie Lou, and Mr. and Mrs.
William Reninger.
Larre and Lonne Eschliman
left Saturday, July 17, for
Ulysses to visit their sister
after spending a month in the
Frank Hardy home.
Sunday, July 18, guests in
the Louis Harley home werer
Mr. and Mrs. Duke Struebing
and Jess Janes, of Wood Riv
er; Mr. and Mrs. Duane Mc
Kay, Mr. and Mrs. Gordon
Harley and Richard Harley, all
of Chambers.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Brown
and children spent Saturday
and Sunday. July 16 and 17,
at Norfolk visiting her sister.
Mrs. Dale Micheals, and fam
ily.
Mrs. Edward Nissen and
children returned Saturday.
July 17, to their home at
Wayne after a 2 weeks’ visit
with relatives and friends at
Chambers.
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Members and their guests
are invited to visit the Old
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