PAGE 2—March 24. 1949.
THE FRONTIER_O’Neill. Nebr.
CARROLL W, STEWART, Editor and Publisher
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Retrospect and Prospect
Spring is here. Winter is ended.
Many signs and harbingers announce the joyous arrival of
Sprmg. .
These signs and harbingers can not be denied or contradict
ed The seasons come and go regardless of what men think about
it People may dislike to see Summer passing and Fall and Win
ter approaching, but it happens just the same. The leaves fade
and fall to the ground, the birds sing their last song and fly South,
frost kills the beautiful flowers and, then, the snows of Winter
pile up at our doorstep.
That is one thing everybody may be certain of—the seasons
of the year come and go in their appointed order—and noth
ing can stop or hinder them.
In a world of change, there are not many certainties, but the
order of the seasons is one of them.
The only thing we can do is to adjust ourselves to the order
and regulate our lives accordingly. That man has partially suc
ceeded in doing after centuries of experience.
People can accommodate themselves to the weather in vari
ous ways, but they can’t change the climate.
The seasons of the year with their various changes, sunshine
and cloudy weather, rain, wind and snow, blistering heat and
freezing cold and all the rest of it, are as fixed as the stars in their
courses. They are unalterable. And so we come at last to the
beginning of another season—the happy, sunshiny season of
Spring. Spring is always welcome, but it has never been any
more welcome than it is this year.
Retrospect shows why.
Spring this year comes on the heels of the longest, most ter
rible, most devastating Winter in the history of Nebraska and the
Midwest.
It was a Winter wmcn commenced witn a Diizzaru in Novem
ber and continued with mounting fury until the latter part of Feb
ruary.
It was a Winter of terror and suffering and many head of
livestock died from exposure and starvation while human beings
also suffered from cold and hunger.
It was a long, horrible Winter and, naturally, all transporta
tion and communication facilities were paralyzed while business
of all kinds was prostrated.
Finally, conditions became so bad after months of continuous
■now, wind and cold that the federal government took charge and
sent a fleet of bulldozers to fight the huge snowdrifts and open the
highways, roads and streets.
A good job was done and, gradually, the situation in O’Neill,
Holt county and the rest of the storm-ridden area returned to
normal.
As the vast body of snow melted, the threat of destructive
floods hung over the area. But it is hoped that threat has been
averted.
And that, in brief, is the story of the past Winter in retro
spect as we welcome the sunshiny, joyous Spring.
The prospect is a more cheerful one.
Spring is always a bright, beautiful, joyful season, but it
will appear more so this year. The Frontier believes, on account
of the bleak, terrorising Winter which has preceded it. By con
trast with the past few terrible months, it will seem more hope
ful than usual.
The normal activities of Spring are many, varied and inter
esting and we may anticipate that they will go forward 9s rapid
ly as weather conditions permit.
As soon as the snow is off the ground and the condition of
the soil is favorable, plowing and seeding will commence and,
when the new crop comes up, it will be time to start the cultiva
tors.
Spring is a very busy season for the farmer and for every
body else connected with the farm.
Both on the farm and in town, vegetable gardens Will be start
ed as early as possible and a great many people will plant and cul
tivate flower gardens. Flowers of all kinds grow easily in Ne
braska and hundreds of homes in town and country are places of
beauty. Shrubbery of every variety is prolific and the lilac and
bridal wreath bloom at an early date.
All this activity will go on the accompaniment of many kinds
of birds singing and twittering in the trees.
Yes, Spring is a cheerful, joyous season and it is to be hoped
that the memory of the awful Winter just past may fade into the
background as the prospect of a new year of constructive, profit
able activity and enterprise is gradually realized.
★ ★ ★
Ideas Always Welcome
(Guest Editorial from Wayne Herald)
Most Nebraskans offer little opposition to a longtime bettei
roads program, but not all Nebraskans are in favor of paying foj
it. Or perhaps, it would be more correct to say that they oppose
some of the methods proposed to raise the needed revenue.
Bitter opposition has developed from some groups over the
proposal to boost highway revenue by increasing the state gaso
line tax one cent per gallon, and by increasing motor vehicle reg
istration fees.
Nobody cares to see taxes increased, but it is our firm con
viction that Nebraska won't gel "out of the mud" unless more
funds are made available. This money must come from some
where, and that means either an increase in certain existing
taxes, or the imposition of new taxes.
The problem facing the legislature is a stiff one. Since bet
ter roads are demanded, it must find the money to carry out s
highway program. Groups and individuals opposing the pro
posed gasoline tax and registration fee increases may have very
good reasons for their opposition, but they must not be contem
merely with fighting the proposals. If they have better sugges
tions as to how the money should be raised, let them come for
ward with their program.
The legislature probably would welcome any help that can t*
£1 j ypn.
If Nebraska’s business index has shown a general decline th«
past two months, one of the big reasons undoubtedly is the con
dition of the roads. For many weeks, roads in a large area of th<
state were solidly blocked with snow. Now the same people wh<
were snowbound are mudbound.
If vou can gel near them, look at mo»l any rural road in the
blizzard area. These roads, or "trails." are Utterly impassable
i„d some state highways are in little better ewdUkn When
farm families can't visii their favorite towns and cities, a drop
in business is inevitable.
Roads have a tremendous effect on the economy of the entiri
state Failure to do something about the roads may cost the peo
pie ot Nebraska far more than would be spent on the roads them
selves. * * *
The Frontier has received many compliments fc-Hr reader,
on its service in handling the news o p
Winter.
* ★ *
As far as we are concerned, we feel that we could go a Ion,
time without seeing any more snow.
Not the Reaction He Wanted
N/ ’=»
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Prairieland Talk —
Nude Men Swim in Mile Wide Elkhorn,
Broad Bare Backs Bobbing Above Ripples
By ROMAINE SAUNDERS
LINCOLN—With a mighty
roar an army base on the Paci
fic coast blows up. . . . Family at
Hallam (Neb.) is nearly wiped
out by gas explosion. . . . Mer
cury drops to near zero in mid
March. . . . Lambs sold at all
time high price on Chicago, 111.,
market $2.25 a hundred pounds.
. . . Assessor Ray Bly down in
Swan precinct reports nine sets
of twin lambs at his ranch. . . .
A highway death near Gothen
berg made the 10th fatal crash
in Nebraska from March 1 to
15. . . . A Louisiana senator
talked 12 Ms hours in the senate
and won a kiss from his wife,
if nothing more. ... The legis
lature voted additional funds
that will provide one extra
sandwich a day for 20 days for
some on old age assistance. . . .
Unemployment increases each
month since the late election,
and congress still filibusters.
♦ * *
Some years ago a former sold
ier of the Russian army found
refuge in the United States
when he published a document
telling of the finding of the 4,
000-year-old ark built by Noah
which rested on Mt. Ararat in
the year 2,349 B. C. Now a
movement is under way by the
British and American Oriental
researchers to explore the pos
sibilities of finding this relic of
the deluge. Maybe this under
taking is noteworthy as disclos
ing that a few survive who de
vote their energies to some
thing besides instruments oi
slaughter, clamoring for higher
wages or planning for pensions.
* • •
“A shift in seasonality of pro
duction is the biggest reason for
the decline in the wide season
al variation of egg prices.” Thai
is how it happens according tc
an expert out at the ag college
How these specialists can makf
it sound scientific! The gent lr
the white apron at the grocer}
counter puts it a little more un
derstandable when he say:
“there are lots of eggs now.
• * •
One and a half million of th<
registered motor vehicles an
said to be “on government busi
ness.” This has inspired one gen
to figure out that “stretcher
bumper to bumper on superhigh
ways crisscrossing the countr;
they would extend from Sai
' ! Diego to Bangor and from Mi
ami to Seattle, and the taxpay
: j ers could use the sidewalks.”
While freezing continues on
the weather schedule, no an
xiety befalls the possessor of
a fruit tree or two in the back
yard that early effulgent
bloom will make an appear
ance to wither and die from
the visitation of a late killing
frost. There was an early
June in O'Neill when not a
bud or a leaf adorned the
nude arms of the trees. An
other season when the Elk
horn was a mile wide South
of town in July and local
gents swam in the nude from
shore to shore, broad bare
backs bobbing above the rip
ples like some strange water
creature.
• • •
The death of Tom Morrow, £
Phoenix, Ariz.. was reported o
. March 12. He had attained th
age of full four score years, wa
, formerly a citizen of O Neil
who* was held in high esteer
* there, and as I recall, was cor
nected with the O’Neill school:
Later he took up the study
law and became a leading law
yer in Western Nebraska durin
his residence in Scottsbluff.
• It
* The lowest temperatures re
corded by the weather burea
1 was in February, 1889, when a
Tallahassee. Fla., mercury drop
• ped to two below zero and nin
other states recorded a low nc
since nor before experience^
Montana stood at the top of th
, frigidity with 63 below zero.
Probably the fellows wh
went to Cuba in the 1890s to lit
erate the islanders from Spams
rule would not feel like doin
! it again after the stoning of th
U. S. embassy at Havana.
One of those freight car size
trucks left Lincoln last Thurs
day for San Francisco, Calif.,
loaded with Nebraska eggs. The
driver taking the load informed
me that owing to the high price
of feed in California he can
truck eggs from here and sell
them for less than the home pro
duct.
• • •
It is the privilege of any
member of the legislature to be
recorded “not voting.” Just
why a measure affecting the
interests of Nebraskans is side
stepped by a considerable group
in the present session is not ac
counted for in the report of pro
ceedings.
* * *
The game and fish commis
sion is announcing that 100,
000 trout, full grown and
i ready for you. are being
"planted" in the following
Nebraska streams: Rock
Creek, Lake McConnaughey,
Steel Creek, Plum Creek, the
Cedar. VerdigTe and the
Lodgepole.
• • • —
If everyone was to be paid
on a basis of what they are
worth there would be salary
and wage lowering, from the
president on down to the under
taker.
• • •
Effie M. Webb, of Bartlett, is
one of four Nebraska teachers
whose application for retire
ment has been approved by the
board of educational lands and
funds.
* * *
Potato planting time and still
snowing. But that is not so im
portant as what there will be at
potato digging time.
• • •
An 87-year-old member of
the faculty of the University
of California, says it is noth
ing remarkable that he has
just become the father of a
baby boy and has a 60-year
old son by an earlier mar
riage. Maybe the old boys can
do a better job of raising kids
than some of the younger
ones.
• • *
I J. J. Amen, a Lincoln paint
. er, announces himself as a can
r didate for mayor and says he
i has “ideas.”
* * *
With the passing of the negro
minstrels an amusing if not a
great thing passed from the en
tertainment world.
* * *
Hollywood claims to be hu
man. We hadn’t suspected them
as being divine.
EMMET NEWS
Miss Helen Martens was a
last Thursday supper guest at
the Henry Benze home.
Mr. and Mrs. Guy Cole lett
for Lincoln on Sunday on bus
i iness.
Mr. and Mrs. Keith Abart,
I of O’Neill, visited Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Abart and Der
cey on Sunday. , ,
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Fox
and sons, Gordon, Charles, jr.,
t , and Raymond, left for Down
n ey, Calif., Wednesday, March
e! 16, where they will visit their
s j son, Mr. and Mr. Leonard Fox,
[ and family.
i' Mr. and Mrs. Erwin Kramer
. and son, Bobbie, of O Neill,
j and Mr and Mrs. Paul New
fiton. and sons, Jimmie und
Melvin, visited Mr. and Mrs.
1( Robert Fox and Richard on
”j Sunday.
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A. Stroller Visits
Bible Institute
By A. STROLLER
PHOENIX, ARIZ., March 15.
—The writer had an interesting
experience one morning last
week. He visited the Arizona !
Bible Institute, which is locat
ed about four and a half miles
Northeast of the city.
This Bible school has been in
operation in Phoenix for a ;
number of years under different
names. First, it was called the
Phoenix Baptist Institute, then,
the name was changed to Phoe
nix Bible Institute and, finally,
the name, Arizona Bible Insti
tute, was adopted.
For a long time, the school
occupied a building on Cen
tral Avenue, but, a year ago
last Summer, it was moved to
its present location.
The institution now has an
ideal spot. It bought a tract of
land just outside of the city
limits and several abandoned
army barracks, which were
j moved onto it. In the past two
years, the acreage which is na
turally beautiful, has been
greatly improved and all the
buildings have also been mod
ernized and improved. Even
tually, the school will no doubt
become one of the most attrac
tive in Phoenix.
Rev. E. C. Eymann, M. A.,
with whom the writer has been
acquainted for several years, is
the president and he is not only
a scholar, but an indefatigable
worker. He puts in many hours
every Summer and Winter
working on the buildings and
grounds.
This religious school offers a
three-year course in Bible study,
theology, synthesis, music and
various other subjects and its
purpose is to fit its graduates
for active service in the min
istry and the mission field.
It is coeducational and a large
number of young men and wo
men have gone forth from it
during recent years to labor in
this country and abroad.
Some of the students are
married and live in trailers on
the campus.
When ihe institute was lo
cated in town many of the
students were employed in
various places and a few of
them still are.
One of the most important
subjects in the curriculum is
vocal music, which is taught
by a pastor’s wife who used to
be a radio singer.
When the school was situated
in town, the writer used to at
tend many of the lectures and
exercises, but it is very seldom
that he is able to visit it since
it moved.
(Next week: Spring in Phoe
nix).
Go to Lincoln —
Mr. and Mrs. Francis Yantzi
left Tuesday for Lincoln on
business.
HOLT COUHTT
EDUCATIONAL NOTES
The next off-campus college
course in O’Neill will begin
Saturday afternoon, March 26,
at one o’clock, in the public
school building. It will be Ed
ucation 101 or Speech 151 and
will be taught by Harlan Ad
ams from the University of
Nebraska.
The tuition is $3 per hour or
$18 for the course plus $1 en- ;
rollment fee and $3 for the
book. No matriculation fee
will be charged until the stu
dent wishes to transfer his
credit to the university regis- ;
trar’s office.
This course is primarily the
study of children’s speech dif
ficulties and corrections. A
clinic will be held in connec- j
tion with the course.
Plans for a Holt county
teachers’ bus tour for college
credit are becoming more def
inite. Further announcements
will be made later. — By Elja
Mccuiiougn, cwumy superin
tendent.
Carnival Queen
Candidates Named—
CHAMBERS—Candidates for
carnival queen were selected
last week from the Chambers
high school classes.
They are: Donna David, sen
ior; Arliss Bly, junior; Deloris
Wilkinson, sophomore; Kay Ei
senhauer, freshman.
Various positions for the car
nival also were assigned.
The carnival will be held -
April 1.
Young Ladies in
St. Patrick's Party—
CHAMBERS — The Misses
Neva Jarmen, Jeanne Farrier,
Mary Jo Roth and Barbara
Wilcox entertained 12 of their
friends at a St. Patrick’s party
at the Roth home Friday eve
ning.
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