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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 14, 1948)
THE FRONTIER-O’Neill, Nebr. CARROLL W. STEWART, Editor and Publisher ofm£S m second-class mail matter under the Act of contra o Tim. This newspaper is a member of U»e Netoaska Association, National Editorial Association and the Audit cure* of Circulations. Established in i *80—Published Each Thursday_ ^T.™ of Subscription! ' In Nebralta. W-M .here in the United State,. »3 per year; atoMd. r»ies P™"aeu ■Trequest AU subscriptions are strictly paid-in-advance. Election Draws Near The eargerly awaited 1948 national election is rapidly ap Pr0<Thisgiinportant event is now but a few days distant and, al most^before we are aware of it, the voters will be trooping to the noils to cast their ballots for the candidates of their choice. l^a year of unusually interesting events, the national elec tion is outstanding. One of the remarkable things about the approaching presi dential election is that it will climax a most spectacular campa,\gn^ A11 political ™-P»‘^hn94Tcrea^pa1igrSCtl.e moat cfomly mtny ?ear», is the most colorful aud exerting the American people have seen in some time. ... There are three presidential candidates in the field this year, « JSS’y stop to listen intently to what the candidates have to say. Bui that i. only the foam. The crowd., ^eband^ the loud-speakers, the fanfare, the excitement and the noise are only the manifeetation of the real significance of ■ Pohll“J campaign. The cynic may sneer at the demonstration, but there i. a reality hidden beneath it. It .imply prove. thal * American people have a vital intere.t in the great ...ue. which underlie the demonstration. People of the older generation can recall some °* P^tic al campaigns of the past. Methods have changed with the pas iig years just as forms of transportation and communication have changed In the “good, old days.” there were torchlight processions, which are obsolete now, and there were no such things as the radio and the loudspeaker, but the reality under neath all this noise and demonstration hasn’t changed any. Poll krai campaigns and elections go on and on year after year in a democracy. That’s the point* exactly—in a democracy—and that is pre cisely the reason The Frontier is presenting this editorial this week. We would like to stress the thought that political cam paigns and elections, whether staged in a setting of torchlight processions or loudspeakers, are a manifestation of democracy and imply'both a privilege and a duty. The Frontier is not attempting to dictate to its readers how they should vote, but it is suggesting that voting is a hard-earn ed right, characteristic of free men, and that every citizen should exercise it » Thero are millions of people In the world today who do not have that right. The 1948 presidential election is the most important election which has been held in the United States in a number of years and it involves fundamental and vital issues which are not only aational in scope, but also international. Some of the would-be world dictators are going to sit up all night on election day to get the returns and it is no great exaggeration to say that world peace may depend on the outcome. If the dictators see the American people marching to the polls in vast numbers to exercise their rights as citizens, they are going to stop and reflect upon their future course of action. Nothing would please them more than manifestations of dis harmony, indifference and division. Political campaigns and elections are often a good deul of a i farce. Citizens go through the forms of voting, but it doesn’t mean much and there are many intelligent and conscientious persons who stay at home on election day. Of course, they are mistaken in their attitude, but it is significant, nevertheless. The truth is that one should take every political campaign and elec tion seriously and make an effort to get at the real, vital issues involved. If there is no such issue, the over-burdened taxpayers had better be spared the heavy periodic expense. It is a matter of common observation that real principles and Issues aremot sufficiently emphasized in some political campaigns. They might be said to be composed of four parts—one part, hot air one part, bunk; one part, politics, and one part, fact or truth— and that is obviously a prostitution of the sacred right of the bal lot. What we all need to do. as The Frontier sees it. is to lift every political campaign out of the commonplace and put them on the high level of intelligent and patriotic cilisenship. Run ning for office should mean much more than a scramble for votes. And that is particularly and preeminently true this year. The people of the United States are going to the polls in November to elect a president and vice-president. It is not only a spectacular, but a tremendously important event. The result of that election may not only have a vital bearing on the future prosperity and welfare of this country, but also on the international situation. The peace of the world, as we have already suggested, may de pend upon it and so we urge every citizen to exercise his or her nght and privilege by going to the polls on election day and casting an intelligent and conscientious vote, mtmmmrnmTTtmtnmmtmi i n mt mnmmmm;mm 7m.;,.. j O’Neill Rollerdrome 2 Blocks South, l/2 Block West of Traffic Signal ^ Skating Every Night The following nights have been reserved for “Closed Door” Parties: WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 20 (Parties Must Be Booked At Least One Week in Advance) ★ LET US FIT YOU with a pair of 45-Degree Chicago Shoe Skates. We can get you what you want at the price you want to pay. We sell nothing but the Best CHICAGO SKATES j mounted on first-grade elk shoes. Contact. . . CHAS. CHAMBERS, JR., Prop. Prairieland Talk — Hobbling Old Lady Always ‘Just Fine’ Although She Has Reason to Complain ! t By ROMAINE SAUNDERS LINCOLN—An old lady that i I had known when she dwelt in happier days passes me on the street now hardly able to navigate with the help of a crutch. The picture of for lorn suffering, I think to bring her a word of cheer and ask how she is. The reply always is, “O, just finer If that morn ing my own spirit is below normal I moved on ashamed of myself from such a rebuke that one in her deplorable condition, who seemed to have abundant reason to complain, always was feeling “just fine.” • • • Upon the rare occasions of an execution coming up at the state penitentiary there comes forward citizens with objec tions. The dfiath trap will be sprung on a date late in Oc tober taking the life of a man convicted of a brutal murder. Now lhe protests are being flavored with religious senti ment. One gent has the cour age to claim to know the ex ecution is to defy fhe will of God. All we know of the divine will in such matters, all we ever will know and all we need to know is recorded in Gen. 9:6, and reads: "Whoso shed deth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed." Too bad that red skin from up in Sheridan county has to go to the electric chair; his blood stained hand wieding an ax in a revolting crime that left the battered body of an indus trious ranch woman is infinite ly more terrible. • • • Seventy-two Lincoln busi ness concerns received bills for advertising in four labor publications. Referring these claims to the Better Business Bureau, it was discovered to be a racket being worked by parties having no connection with any labor union or their publications. The game had been tried in Des Moines, la., Omaha, Lincoln and Hastings, and some harvest had been | reaped by the racketeers. The : Lincoln businessmen’s organi zation has marshaled the evi* dence which they felt would send these gents to the peni tentiary and were ready for the county attorney to proceed with prosecution when they report ed they had this word from the imperious functionary: "They’re gone and that’s all that's important.” The county attorney had told the gents that were working a fake ad vertising racket they had one half hour to get out of town and three hours to get out of the state. Launching forth to barn storm the country declared he would “give ’em hell.” As someone has said, you can give only what you have. So the little man of the White House has gone forth raving mad, but has not succeeded to any great extent in “raising hell.” On the other hand, the apostle of good cheer in this presiden tial contest comes from Sacra mento, Calif. The running mate of Gov. Dewey has kind words for everybody and says no faction or political group has a monopoly on worthwhile gov ernment policies; that Ameri cans of whatever party or fac tion fundamentally are alright, and having put everyone in good humor asks if after 16 years they don’t think there should be a house cleaning. The answer comes with a roar, ‘‘Yes!’’ • • • America ha* caught the driftwood of European in tellectual and "former" scar let dyed political spellbind er*. both male and female, j and they introduce them- I selves to u* by "writing a book" • • • The slogan of organized la bor, the heritage form Samuel Gompers, is “reward your friends and punish your ene mies." Maybe that is neces sary in the hard grind of a , harsh world. But I wonder how another slogan, promul I gated from a Judean mountain | side in A. D. 31 would work if adopted by both worker 1 and employer: “Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbor and I hate thine enemy. But I say unto you, Love your enemies, i bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you and pray for them which de spitefully use you and perse cute you." I wonder if that is n’t good doctrine for right now. \ I A 17-year-old youth is on trial in Lincoln charged with running a knife into a grocer that resulted in his death. A 14-year-old Illinois kid goeg, to prison for 14 years for the murder of an 8-year-old girl. Juvenile “delinquency” h a s reached the juvenile criminal stage in some instances. A group of youth in an eastern city resent the talk of juven ile delinquency and have gone | to work in a big way to im i prove civic conditions. Most of lour kids are grand young Arn I ericans. • » • All is hushed after a brief spasm down here in Lincoln over the uncovering of a weed patch sex rendezvous of school kids by a policewoman. May be, in view of the gay adult gathering where they get lik kered up and moral virtues are flouted, the weed patch is only a mild expression of the primitive animal instinct which youngsters have devised in imitation of the indoor hang outs of their elders. • • • A colorful group long in the American picture has been re duced by the inexorable march of time to six blueclad vener able figures who met last week in the last national gathering of the Grand Army of the Re public. The youngest of these was 99; the eldest, 104. There was once an organization of the sons of these old soldiers and the Womans Relief Corps which also seems to be but a memory. - • • • I Calling attention of those Get your share of extra wear with flattering, super-value NYLONS Different 1 \ Lovelierl NYLONS Sheer but durable service weight hose Here'* a practical hose you'll wear every C ^ ^ day, day after day. Sheer hose that gtve *W B ^ you extra service. All nylon, newest colors. H Sizes 8Vi-10Vi. - ~ “ Welcome... Teachers! whose protest held up a cow pony trot from Valentine to Clearwater to the racing car that jumped the fence and kil led seven spectators, injuring 18 others. But that w a s over in Florence Italy. ■ Stroller Enthuses Over Desert View By A. STROLLER PHOENIX, ARIZ., Oct. 5— One of the most interesting and educational things about traveling is the opportunity it affords for seeing various parts of the country. The United States is a won derfully picturesque country from the standpoint of natur al scenery and the traveler can view a vast variety of it. Every section of the country has its own distinctive kind. A person who travels from Nebraska to Arizona, as the writer does every Fall, passes through several states and he or she can look out of the car window as the train speeds along and observe a marvelous natural panorama. Cities, towns, villages, farms, ranches and plains may be seen in unending succession and the view either in the day time or at night is entrancing. The writer has made the same trip twice a year for several years over the same line and he never grows tired of it. And, to this writer, one of the most fascinating scenes which may be observed along the way between the Midwest and the Southwest is the desert. There are vast stretches of deserb land through which the trains run. especially in Arizona, and they are tremendously interesting. - The desert itself, its wild life, its peculiar form of vege tation, its gorgeous sunsets, its little towns and villages, its ranch houses and tiny stores are all interesting and the most suggestive thing of all is its vast geological formations which fairly overwhelm you with their age and grandeur. ^ m m ^ ^ ^ - r O’NEILL TRANSFER ★ Please route your freight O’NEILL TRANSFER An O'Neill firm. 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