PAGE 2—April 21. 1949
THE FRONTIER_O’Neill, Nebr.
CARROLL W. STEWART, Editor and Publisher
Entered the postoffice at O’Neill, Holt county, Nebraska,
•a second-class mail matter under the Act of Congress of March
I, 1879. This newspaper is a member of the Nebraska f'ress
Association, National Editorial Association and the Audit Bureau
of Circulations.
Established in 1880—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.
Triple Threats
At least three important issues confront O’Neillites at this
time, and, to a certain degree, are of prime importance to other
Holt countyans.
These are:
1. Hospital. Time has come for positive, concerted action
In behalf of the three-vear-old plan for a large new “commun
ity” hospital.
2. Power. Consumers Public Power district officials con
template moving the O’Neill diesel-power generator to Valentine.
Officials should be prevailed upto to retain this plant in O'Neill at
least until such time that power shortages and threats of short
ages no longer exist.
3. Highways. O’Neill must exert every effort to retain and
improve its existing highway facilities.
The Frontier sincerely believes that the forgoing issues, or
problems, or whatever you choose to call them, are deserving of
atraight-forward thinking and immediate action.
Groundwork for the proposed new hospital and many of the
preliminaries were gone over many months ago. Meanwhile, con
struction costs have mounted sky-high but an attractive govern
ment grant has been assured, making the hospital outlook bright
er than ever before.
The community hospital move right now can be summed
up in round numbers like this: Proposed cost, 300 thousand dol
lars; cash on hand and cash immediately available on the
strength of "excellent" commitments, 70 thousand dollars;
government grant available and already "earmarked" for O'
NeilL 100 thousand dollars.
Since the inception of the movement the plan has been to con
struct a hospital as a community- or even a county-wide effort,
turn the hospital over to the Sisters of St. Francis, who have pledg
ed the ground and will accept any reasonable indebtedness from
the point where the hospital committee leaves off. The Sisters of
St. Francis, a Roman Catholic order successfully operating simil
ar institutions elsewhere, would own, operate and control the in
stitution here.
Realizing the importance of expanding hospital facilities in
the Nation, the United States government has made available
grants for such purposes. However, this availability may not long
exist, and it is a golden opportunity, if not a final opportunity to
press the movement and bring to North Central Nebraska a fine,
modern hospital.
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sionate reasons, cannot be measured.
It is inconceivable that Consumers Public Power district of
ficials would make any changes whatsoever that would impair or
jeopardize service. Fresh in our minds, however, are the “brown
outs” and “dimouts" of the past two Winters, when ice jams have
clogged the hydro-electric power plants. Fresh, too, are memories
of costly service interruptions during the past few weeks
The Consumers Public Power 1.000-kw diesel-powered gener
ator in O’Neill was installed in 1937. It is inconceivable, too, that
only 12 years later its usefulness at O’Neill could deteriorate to the
point that it should be moved lock, stock and barrel. So, for the
present and until there is an abundance of uninterrupted power
in the region (as well as in the state), The Frontier holds that
the O’Neill plant should be kept intact and be kept ready for stand
by service . ... .
Its standby usefulness is also of some concern to citizens ir
neighboring towns because, in time of emergency, the O Neill gen
erator can supply sufficient rationed power to maintain refngera
tion, keep electrically-controlled heating units and appliances go
^ Well-meaning Consumers Public Power officials at the state
level, who are sensitive to the will of the people by the nature oi
their organization, are not residents of O’Neill "Paper planning
is well and good, but as long as ice is capable of restricting outpu
of the hydros and as long as Nebraska rivers are capable of drying
up then The Frontier believes diesel standby plants are a mighty
good and cheap insurance even though they are called upon to
operate only a fraction of the time.
A meeting in O'Neill tonight (Thursday) will bring interest
ed parties in from Nebraska towns between Red Cloud and But
le as well as some South Dakotans. This is a timely step in a
right direction in behalf of highway 281.
The highway network is becoming increasingly important to
the prosperity of O’Neill. Every town and community has its
road problems about which much has been said and written. Vi<’ie
not about to make a long dissertation on this time-worn topic.
Collectively O’Neillites can be a positive factor in the develop
ment of US highways 20 and 275 and federally-designated high
way 281 But individual whims and fancies must be overlooked
to greep the big picture and refin the highway advantages the
0 YOU can help by lending
b„, recent developments in X ^ksTow JSS.ttS'blS
Frontier doesn’t presume to tell other tolKs thesc mat.
ness but takes the liberty to pass on its ow
ters as a moral responsibility to its readers.
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He’s Right on This One
(Guesl Editorial from The Sioux City Journal)
Truman while expressing the belief and the hope
that it never will be necessary again to drop the atomic bomb upon
that it n frnnklv admitted that he would not hesitate to
an enemy cou y, welfare of the democracies were at
'obviously“e meLm 'h« we'd ™pl„y th(. atomic bomb
£ £ weapon in saving ourselves if we became engaged in a major
IdTn rXuS^haVthTealemiTu'r Swafwe^Tt! too. If
r tedU| anaenndemy “ ST SS SK2
d°mwhen an aggressor nation makes war on another its purpose
When an gg j into subjugation, to dominate it, to en
is to destroy it, to b gtn^ wovjld be justified in going to any
slave it. . itself War is not a game to be played, but
extreme in defending ■ ^ aU.out e{fort for victory. Let us
a grim business to g ^ in mind and let there be no
Americans keep V™* use of superior weapons if we have them,
SdT„‘g"se° £a atomic £mb. Mr Truman is right tn
what he has said about it.
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Nebraska country roads are in the worst condition this year
that they have ever been.
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Many seasonable hints for shoppers are contained in The From
tier each week.
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A bright future lies ahead of O’Neill and Holt county.
But, How About the Pacific?
I
Prairieland Talk —
Land Given to Town May Be Fenced;
Arched Entrance May Bear Name of Perkins
By ROMAINE SAUNDERS
The gift of over a hundred
acres of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel
Perkins to the people of Cham
bers is an fjiduring token not
only of their interest in the
community but substantial ap
praisal of what life has meant
to them among the peo
ple of the charming village
where they make their home.
Chambers citizens now have
the background for a park and
recreation center and we may
look some day to see that
body of land fenced with an
arched entrance bearing the
name of Perkins Park.
My friend, Dan, and his es
timable wife, have well nigl
overwhelmed their friends witl
this generous gift and their tri
bute to the community will for
ever be enshrined in the mem
ory of those who follow on.
* * *
Old earth looked at the moor
a night last week, moved over a;
much as to say who are you
and stood guard for two hour:
blacking out the lunar orb. Nex
day the Northwest coast country
was cracked by earth quakei
and then Nebraska was hit b}
the one hundredth snow storn
of the season. No one dare pre
diet now when the mornini
glories will climb above ou
heads with the bloom of whit*
and blue and red. The harsl
visitations of nature seem t<
partake of the mood of mei
now holding a knife at th<
throats of their fellows th<
world over.
• • •
Mr. Hoover tells us what mos
citizens already knew that then
is startling waste of public fund
in military spending. The mili
tary establishment, a necessary
evil, fundamentally is a destroy
ing agency of man. It must liv*
on the products of othe
agencies. This of itself eliminate
any sense of economical man
agement such as governs in pri
vate industry. And what Mr
| Hoover has said of the military
he has said with equal force o
Other government agencies. Tin
1 country has been made awar*
of it. What will be done abou
it? * * •
Day-by-day records many des
elated homes across the land
but none has so touched univer
sal sympathy as that of the lit
tie child from a California horn*
whose life was sacrificed in ar
open well. The one responsiblt
for leaving that death trap oper
should not be allowed to es
cape prosecution. When care
lessness results in heart-rend
ing tragedy it is criminal.
• • *
Those who have felt a changi
again in the primary ballot per
mitting the voters a second
choice have their wish. Jusl
what advantage this is may be
difficult to say. Imaginatior
helps a lot. By the write-ir
privilege there has always beer
ample provision for second
choice. Nebraska was favored
last year with a sizable list of
presidential barnstormers and
it is devoutly to be hoped this
new form our legislature pre
sents us does not double the
list.
• • •
State officers are going to
have to make out with pres
ent pay checks at least until
another session of the legisla
ture. Measures introduced to
raise salaries have been re
jected, and now in the face of
pretty near unanimous senti
ment throughout the state the
sales tax bill is on the way to
enactment into law.
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Nebraska had an earthquake
April 13, a professor at Wesley
an University announced, the
tremor continuing for an hour
| and a half during the after
noon. It was recorded on one of
those delicate instruments but
nobody felt the earth slipping
from under them, and may be
accounted for as a “tidal wave”
from the great quake in the
Northwest coast region.
* • *
Great men have not been
ranked as great scholars nor
great scholars as great men.
Maybe it would be still tougher
going without the inspiration of
| either of these.
• Complain about the weather?
1 Visit one of those cheerless in
stitutions operated both for pro
fit and humanitarian motives
' known as nursing homes. Climb
! a narrow stairway, go from one
! little room to another, look upon,
| speak to and grasp the wither
ed and toil-worn hand of those
human wrecks who represent
life’s driftwood, lying two or
more in one small room, waiting,
only waiting, ’till the last sun
beam of the last day for them
has flown into the far unknown
eternity.
A pain-racked body will
thrill, wistful eyes will look
full into your face to catch a
glow of sympathy and encour
agement. Speak the word. It
is as little as you can do stand
ing there in the full glow of
health and physical vigor.
That person whose withered
i frame lies upon the bed before
i you has known the joy of active
life, has shared the tears and
laughter of childhood, has loved
and toiled and played and wor
shipped as you are still privil
i eged to do; has stood transfixed
’ in the evening’s sunset calm and
i wondered at the, mysteries far
■ out in the night sky, plucked
the velvet-Detaled flowers and
caught the fragrance of the
rose.
i At hour spent at the bedside
» of a lonely old fellow-pilgrim
i whose life’s activities are over
! and you go out humbled into
' the throbbing current about
you, concluding that a mid-Ap
ril snowfall is not so bad if you
t can wade through it with sturdy
strides.
• • •
Gov. Val Peterson was sched
uled to be one of the speakers at
a function in New York City
promulgated by the Woman’s
Republican qjub. There is a dis
tinct advantage in going to a
distant state to make a speech.
There is always a collection of
notes on hand that have been
used at home from which to
■ make a selection.
• • •
i Talk has neither created nor
prevented business collapse in
the past. Such things just hap
pen while you blink an eye. In
the past inflation has been fol
lowed by a bust and all the
smart gents of industry and la
bor, combined with the wisdom
of statesmen, have stood help
less with hands in their pockets.
* * *
Lincoln bank statements for
April show a shrinkage of de
posits of over five million dol
lars since December 31 last. As
the Winter months are the
months of spending maybe this
j shrinkage will be overcome dur
ing the Spring and Summer per
I iod of production.
* • •
According to Nebraska’s Third
i district congressman, one in 24
i American are communistic in
their outlook. In this cultured
capital city of 100,000 patriots,
I personally am able to identi
fy one flaming red gent.
* * *
If you expect to get a pass
port through the pearly gates by
| taking on a saintly cloak once
a year for holy week you will
probably find yourself pitched
down the back stairs.
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Latest news from Washington
is that our honorable statesmen
are still engaged in that “broad,
overall study.”
O’Neill Locals
Mr. and Mrs. Carol Summer -
er, of Ewing, were Sunday din
ner guests at the home of Mrs.
I Summerer’s parents, Mr. and ,
Mrs. Guy Young.
Allen Martin spent the week
end visiting his parents. M r .
and Mrs. Henry Martin. Allen
attends Wayne" State Teachers
college.
Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Qunnn
left today (Thursday) for Lin
coln to visit their son. Edward,
and Mrs. Quinn. They will also
attend their grandson, Gary’s
first birthdav anniversary par
ty.
Sunday guests at the home
of Mr and Mrs. Charles Fox
were C. E. Worth and children. I
Mrs. Ella Carr and Mrs. Mary
Wetzier. Mrs. Worth, who has
been visiting at the Fox home
few the past week, returned
with them.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Verzal and
son, Jerry, of Atkinson, were
Sunday dinner guests at the
home of Mrs. Versal’s parents,
Mr and Mrs. E. F. Quinn.
Mr. and Mrs. John Pruss, of
Emmet, and Mr. and Mrs. Geo
rge Ries and children, of At
kinson spent Sunday visiting
at the home of Mr. 'and Mrs.
Ivan Pruss and family.
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Donohoe
and daughters, of Fremont,
spent the Easter holidays visit
ing relatives and friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Fay Robeson
spent Sunday visiting Mrs.
I
Robeson’s parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Larry Wisch, of Neligh.
Mr and Mrs. W. W. Waller
were Sunday dinner guests of
the latter’s parents, Mr. and
Mrs. R. A. Snell, of Page.
Mrs. H. W. Tomlinson spent
Thursday visiting her daugh
ter. Mrs. James Coventry, and
family, of Inman.
Mr. and Mrs. John Parkins,
of Omaha, were Sunday guests
at the home of the former’s
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Parkins.
4-H CLUB NEWS
LUCKY CLOVER CLUB
The Lucky Clover 4-H club
held a meeting Sunday, April
10, at the home of Harold Os
born to organize our club for
another year.
At noon sandwiches, cake,
pickles, coffee were served and
after lunch we had our meet
ing. All members were present
but Lowell and Victor Picker
ing, Jay and Shirley Slack.
Same officers were re-elect
ed for this year: Mary Lucille
Osborn, president- Alvin Car
so n , vice-president; Shirley
Slack, secretary-treasurer; Bev
erly Carson, news reporter.
We decided on what projects
we are going to take. Our next
meeting will be held at the
home of Alvin and Ronnie Car
sons as soon as we get our new
material.—By Beverly Ann Car
son, news reporter.
“My Cook-Book and ’
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TABLE FOR LESS MONEY"
APPLES
2 pounds.... 35 c
ORANGES
5 pounds 45 c
CABBAGE
2 pounds.... He
CARROTS
2 bunches.. lie
CELERY.19c
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Green Onions Peppers
Radishes Lettuce
Strawberries Grapes
ICE CREAM
Vanilla.21C Pl
Flavored.. 22C Pt
CHARMIN NAPKINS
3 pkgs. 37c
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CAMPBELL’S
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JUMBO FIGS ?6Mozin&PuUed: 33c
WIENERS tr 47c
CORNED UJIQIJ ARMOUR S. AA
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COFFEE 39c
CRYSTAL Aymin AMAIZO AA
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REALEMON S"Z°" 27c
CHARMIN 2-a 15c
RASH root. ... 7 Can! SI
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SIRLOIN STEAKS, lb.65c
SHOULDER ROASTS, lb . . 53c
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PURE
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