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_ e Frontier
Business Office and Plant: 10 South Fourth Street
, O’NEILL. NEBRASKA _
~ Entered the postoffice at O’Neill. Holt county. Nebraska
as second-class mail matter under the Act of ‘
8. 1879. This newspaper is a member of the Nebraska
Association. National Editorial Association and the Audit Bureau
of Circulations. _
Established in 1880—Published Each Thursday _
' ROMAINE SAUNDERS
Editor-in-Chief, Diamond Jubilee Edition
^EVLJWSTONEWART Mechanical Super—
CHARLES W. APGAR News Editor Sr Advertising MMiager
MARGARET O. STEWART Society Li
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mTrCARET E mCKFY Reporter & Office Manager
^THEr S AS1?ER Linotype Operator
f^RRY BOURNE Pressman & Linotype Operator
™RD BA?ELMAN .-.- Stereotyper dr Pressman
Special Correspondents: Maude J• 1
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(Redbird); Elsie Cork (Page); Mrs. James McMahan (Inman); Mrs.
F. R Carpenter (Chambers); Mrs. Ewalt Miller (Star); Mrs. F. S.
Kerter (Wnch); A S. Evans (Ewing); Mrs. Henry Retmers (De
ToTtP Ardith Farrier (Chambers); Mrs. Laurence Storjohann
(Atkinson). __
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on request. All subscriptions are strictly paid-in-advance,
GROSsTdISTRIBUTION THIS ISSUE: 3,219
THURSDAY, JUNE 30, 1949_
Our Diamond Jubilee Edition
"Where there is no vision, the people perish.
This week, The Frontier presents with a feeling of pleasure
and pride Its long publicized and eagerly anticipated Diamond
Jubilee Edition to its vast family of readers in O Neill, Holt cou
ty, and the entire territory where it circulates.
This edition is an achievement in country journalism which
is seldom equalled. It consists of many pages, filled withi inter
esting reading matter, timely human interest features and graphic
pictures, all of which vividly recreates the story of a typical Ne
braska community’s growth and development.
It is a story of life and expansion, of struggle and progress,
of hardship and success, of ambition and failure, of adventure
and aspiration and of a constant forging ahead in spite of handi
caps and discouragements.
The Frontier is glad to have had the privilege of publishing
this big edition in commemoration of the 75th anniversary o
the settlement of O’Neill.
O’Neill is an outstanding Nebraska city. Its long history is
replete with incidents of absorbing dramatic interest and the
rousing Diamond Jubilee celebration which is planned ^ Octo
ber 12 will be a fitting climax to the steady march of progress
which it has made in the past.
This edition represents a lot of planning, a lot of cooperation
and a lot of hard work and sweat.
All the member* of the Frontier *iaff have toiled faithfully
for many week* to produce it and they appreciate the a*«l»tance
which they have received in *uch generou* measure from the
people of O'Neill and Holt county. Without that cooperation,
such an edition would have been impossible.
"Seventy-five” is symbolic of achievement. When a married
couple lives happily together long enough to celebrate their GoW
en Wedding, that is considered remarkable; but, when they c
ebrate their Diamond Wedding, that is considered extraordinary.
The event is unusual and so is the Diamond Jubilee of a
community in this new and virgin West. Of course, in the Eas ,
where civilization is much older, the event would not!oe c<m
gidered unusual and, in foreign countries, where
back hundreds and even thousands of years, it would not be no
ucea.
But a Diamond Jubilee in Nebraska, celebrating as this one
does the birth, growth, progress and achievements ofasturdy
American community like O’Neill, is a great event and this news
paper considers it a privilege to tell the story to the world.
The history of O’Neill and Holt county is not all sunshine and
roses by any means; there have been plenty of dark, drab, dan
gerous days^—days of devastating Summer heat, destructive Wm;
ter snows, pestilences and calamities. These are all accurately por
trayed in the pages of this special edition but the point is that
through it all-through good years, fat 'years and lean
years, through prosperous years and pool yeais, O
continued to march steadily ahead.
In recent years, O'Neill has had a phenomenal growth—it
has forqed ahead at a remarkable rate and has set a new record
for expansion along various lines. There are several obvious rea
sons for this—location, climate, natural resources, etc., but one
of the most important is the character of its people.
The people of O’Neill and Holt county are people of vision
and only the next 75 years will reveal what that vision still has in
store for them. *
This Diamond Jubliee Edition of The Frontier will, we pre
dict, be preserved and read with interest and delight by genera
tions yet unborn.
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Hospital Fund Mounts
Each week The Frontier is privileged to record contributions
to an ever-mounting St. Anthony’s hospital fund. In an advertise
ment in this issue, the building committee states “the hospital
will be a reality . . . there will be no turnback.”
This edition of The Frontier no doubt will fall into the hands
of many who have not been following the hospital movement
through the news columns of this paper. We earnestly ask you
to read the Page 2-G message from the sponsors of the move and
do what you can to help.
Tough Hike, and It’s Not Over Yet
I
Prairieland Talk —
‘Eternity Rolls on and Then from Hand of
Creator Comes a New Heaven, New Earth’
By ROMAINE SAUNDERS
Prairieland ventures today
out among the stars. Priests
and preachers inculcate that
which they have learned of
life’s eternal values. Musicians
thrill with song and the con
cord of sweet sound. Where
are the poets whose inspired
fingers pluck from the skies
the celestial rhyme to soothe
the restless soul?
For a moment a veil is
drawn across the world’s dark
I picture. If
■■■■■■■■■ what is writ
ten here
seems strange
and fantastic,
out of har
mony with
your school
of orthodox
theology, my
hpology i s
that by dili
gent study it
j n a s d e e n
searched out
Romaine of that ne
Saunders
outlived all others, the sacred
scriptures.
" . . . , there was silence in
heaven — silence before the
throne of the Infinite, in that
celestial realm from whence
emanates life to created
worlds. Harp of seraphim, song
of cherubim are hushed, heav
enly beings await expectantly
the climax of the ages. The
sinister tread of Satan “from
going to and fro in the earth
j and from walking up and
| down in it” is about to end.
How long does the hush
continue? “About the space
of half an hour"—30 minutes
as men measure time, seven
days as prophetic time is
computed. And then what?
Seven angels with commis
sions of authority from
which there is no appeal
come from out the celestial
portals to spread the decree
of doom, doom for one re
bellious planet amid worlds
without end.
Doom—but why dwell upon
the irrevocable destiny of an
outlaw world. Step rather from
the ebbing tide of time into
the full flowing tide of eter
nity; across the far unknown
to those realms where eye will
see the majestic grandeur,
where ear will hear the full
throb of immortal life; in the
homes of ivory and gold,
streets of a city more than 300
miles in length and breadth
stretching in glittering glory to
walls of jasper and diamond
studded stone, tree of life and
water of the river of life, the
throne and the presence of the
Sovereign of the universe, the
Son now to reign as Krg of
kings, celestial beings and the
redeemed of earth.
Walking the gold - paved
streets a venerable patriarch
I approaches. Ah, Father Abra
ham, here you are. Is this the
city you looked for when you
were down there on the plain
of Mamre And then appear
a regal pair, the father and
mother of mankind. One by
one patriarchs and prophets,
>
apostles and martyrs greet and
the less notable of earth, now
all citizens of the eternal king
dom.
For one thousand years the ,
redeemed of earth are the
guests of the Savior of men.
Heaven is explored and the |
mysteries of eternity fill the
minds of all with adoration
and praise. Then the gracious
invitation, Come, my people,
we are taking a journey to an
other planet. A multitude ga
ther about their King and with
the rapidity of thought the re
deemed throng traverse the
untrod paths of space and as
their feet rest upon the fruit
ful soil of an unfallen world
there gathers a group of majes
tic beings who have never
known the sting of sin. They
bow in adoration before the
Lord, then ask, Who are these
you have brought to our
world? Ah. here they are, he
replies.
This is why 1 went down
to earth and tread the path
way to the cross. These have
been redeemed from among
men out of the one tragic
wreck that shall never more
mar eternity's ages. A visit
with those of an unfallen
world—not a fantastic but a
precious thought.
Eternity rolls on, and then
from the hand of the Creator
comes “a new heaven and a
new earth,” to which the great
glittering city with its immor
tal citizens descends. Home at
last.
“That unchangeable home is
for you and for me,
Where Jesus of Nazareth
stands—
The King of all kingdoms for
ever is He
And He holdeth our crowns
in His hands.”
State Capitol News
LINCOLN — It was a quiet
week at the statehouse.
Summer arrived and with it, j
stenographers shed their stock- j
ings to display suntanned legs j
and there was the usual quota j
of vacation-vacant desks.
Even Gov. Val Peterson’s ,
massive, carved desk was J
cleared, as he attended the ,
governor’s conference in Colo
rado Springs’ swank Broad-,
moor hotel.
There, the chief executive
held forth on his favorite top
ic: highways.
“Boxcars on rubber tires,” he
told fellow governors are not
paying their share of highway
maintenance and construction
costs. He waxed warm as he
blasted the lobby opposed to
1 higher highway taxes.
“There seems to be a na-,
tional pattern of petroleum
and trucking interests to fight
gasoline tax inccreases,” he
said.
In his own state, there it
a counter weapon to the pe
troleum and carriers lobby.
It's the Better Nebraska As
sociation formed to sponsor
Peterson's highway program.
At least one busy place in
rm,iM ao>K« momi to
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Ralph N. Leidy... O’Neill
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the capitol was high in the
tower, where the state head
quarters of the Veterans of
Foreign Wars pushed the cam
paign to suspend rent control.
Attorney General James An
derson last week approved the
form of the petition to be cir
culated by the VFW and that
set the wheels spinning. A
kick-off meeting at Omaha last
weekend was called to corre
late the strategy to secure it,
634 valid signatures before 5
p.m. on August 24.
(Earlier reports said the
deadline was August 27, but
the secretary of state’s office
pointed to attorney general’s
opinions that August 24 will
be 90 calendar days after ad
journment of the legislature.)
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