Editorial & Business Offices: 10 South Fourth Street
O'NEILL, NEBR.
' CARROLL W. STEWART. Editor and Publisher_
Entered the poetoffice at O’Neill, Holt county, Nebraska
as second-class mail matter under the Act of Congress of March
8, 1879 This newspaper is a member of the Nebraska ress
Association, National Editorial Association and the Audit Bureau
of Circulations.
Established in 1880— Published Each Thursday_
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Those M & O Trains
(Guest Editorial from the Blair Pilot-Tribune)
The M & O railroad, which is attempting to remove north
south passenger train service from th>? Omaha-Sioux City line
through Blair, got a little too premature in its efforts last week
and received a light reprimandory slap on the cheek from the
state railway commission.
The M & O claims it has been losing money with its passen
ger tram service and would like to cancel out the service. The
other day, with a coal shortage suddenly at hand, the M & O shut
down service to three times a week.
Then, without warning, it announced passenger service would
be eliminated altogether for the present in view of the coal short
age. . . , ... .
About this time the railway commission became irked and
ordered the service restored to three times a week.
Certainly there is a dearth of coal, and possibly the M & O
was really trying to conserve when it cut off passenger service
altogether. Yet there is always a suspicion in the minds of many
that the M &t O might have been trying to show that nobody
would fall over dead or starve to death if the trains were not op
erated at all.
If if could prove lhis, Ihe M & O mighi have quite an ar
gument in its favor when the commission gets around to hear
ing the case.
The commission, however, doesn’t appear to be so sympathetic
to the railroad in its unannounced move. In fact, the commission
knows that most small railroads are attempting to curtail their
service as much as possible instead of trying to show profits like
any other business would. It may well be that the M & O did its
shaky discontinuance cause a disservice by trying to cut out pas
senger service on the basis of the great coal shortage.
Railroads were happy enough to be classed as semi-utilities
when they were getting land grants and other favors from state
and federal governments. Now they suddenly are just poor pri
vate corporations forced to serve the public when it doesn’t pay—
and they don't thmk it’s fair.
But, in the first place, the railroads do make good money on
the whole. They have, it is true, certain services which show no
profit or even a loss. Yet on the other hand, grocerymen make
little or no money on coffee and cigarettes, but they cheerfully
handle both in the interests of complete service to their customers.
If the M & O had tried vigorously to promote passenger pat
ronage on its Omaha-Sioux City line, and still took the loss it
claims, we’d be more sympathetic. But instead, it has made no
apparent attempt in this direction. Its rolling stock has often been
pitiable, its stations along the line have remained old-fashioned
and ill-kept, it has tried no advertising or public relations.
To many, in fact, it appears that the M & O and some of its
brother lines have deliberately attempted to discourage patronage
and profits. Perhaps this is untrue; if it is, the commission cer
tainly would not be out of line in suggesting sound business at
tempts to make money before allowing abandonment of a needed
public service,
* * *
No Use to Negotiate
American officials are said to be divided in their opinion as
to whether this country should go ahead with the production of
a super bomb, described as one thousand times as deadly as the
original atomic bomb.
The production of a hydrogen atomic bomb is said to be pos
sible, at no exaggerated cost, but there is difference of opinion
as to whether it should be undertaken before another effort is
made to reach an agreement with the Soviet Union about atomic
power.
It is difficult for us to see where there is much to be gained
by negotiating with the Communists. Let us assume that they
agree on regulation, there still remains the vital question of in
spection to insure compliance with any understanding. This the
Russians have repeatedly rejected.
Without adequate inspection and control, there would be no
gicat icliance upon any paper promise made by the Russians.
There would be the chance that, working in secret, the Russians
would go ahead with atomic developments. It would be too late
to discover this fact after an aggressive war got underway.
Plan Phone Service
In North Coleman
Art Duty said this week that
there will be a meeting in the ;
district 14 school house on Mon
day. February 6. at 7 p. m., for
persons in North Coleman town- ;
ship interested in securing rural
telephone service. An organida
tion will be perfected at the
gathering.
“Voice of The Frontier Mon -
Wed.-Sat., 9:45 a m., WJAG.
Visitor from Kearney—
Mn. M. Fredrickson, of Kear
ney, visited her son and his wife
Mi . and Mrs. James C. Fredrick
son, from Monday, January 23,
until Saturday. Mr. Fredrickson
and Mr. and Mrs. Don Best, >1
Kearney, came to take Mrs.
Fredrickson back with them.
Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Pinker
man and family visited the
Lloyd Collins family Monday.
Frontier for Printing.
THURSDAY,
FEBRUARY 2
r - 0 Neill -
^ Benefit
k American Legion
1 Firing Squad
1 ADMISSION:
ft $1.50 Per Person
I (Including Tax)
I Prairieland Talk —
Hay McClure, As Sheriff, Would Have
Been a Calamity to Holt County
By ROMAINE SAUNDERS
•y
LINCOLN — Through the
hauteur medium of a monthly,
learned getlemen of medical
sciene tell of
“the tranquili
ty of death.”
If anything
exemplif i e s
perfect tran
quility, rest,
I inaction, r e
lease from
move m e n t,
pain, anguish
or laughter it
is a dead
thing. I looked
Romaine uPorl stucl\ a
. one yesterday.
Saunders The/e he ;ay
in the peaceful embrace of
death, form and features that I
had known as a living, animated
being. Joy and pain, toil and
planning, the activities of earth
ended for him, “tranquil as if his
spirit lay becalmed in heaven’s
approving ray.
Funeral services over, friends
move in solemn file for a last
look at the dead, the takeoff
for the grave marking the end
of one more taken from us.
What these men have said
about it more properly compre
hends tranquility as death ap
proaches. But this is not always
the case. As we are ushered in
to the world we let out a lusty
squawk so in departing there is
a gasp and a groan.
• • •
If Mr. Sallows can bring to
every near and far commun
ity in Nebraska the roads they
think they are "entitled to"
he will be a pretty popular
guy.
• • •
Oldtimers remember them all
with pleasure: Patrick Hagerty,
for county treasurer; Hay Mc
Clure, for sheriff; Jim Harnish,
for superintendent; John Wertz,
for clerk; John Skirving, for
clerk of the court; Garry Ben
son, for judge; R. E. Bowden,
for surveyor; and I. R. Smith,
for coroner. That was the Re
publican county ticket in 1899.
Skirving was the only one of
the group elected. The next is
sue of The Frontier, telling the
story of the election, ran a three
column head, "We have met the
enemy and we are theirs.” Some
on the ticket had been put up
for slaughter. Hay McClure, as
sheriff, would have been a cal
amity. I had followed the cow
trails with him and he had the
outlook of a Nick Carter and
was too handy with shooting
irons. But he was an open-hand
ed and loyal friend at that.
• • •
Is it the settlers of the Mis
souri valley who are promoting
the program at old Ft. Randall'.’
Probably not, but certain in
terests that hope to garner a
harvest for perpetual duration
from the citizens who have
been doing pretty well for near
ly a hundred years in the terri
tory drained by the Big Muddy.
As for irrigation, why irri
gate when there is now an
over - production of grain
stuff? The plains stales west
of the Missouri were spread
out by nature as the natural
livestock region.
We have messed around and
tried to change matters. Settlers
in Holt county and on west ear
ly learned it didn't pay and
.oat tneir safest assets consisted
of the grasslands as nature for
med the prairieland.
• • *
Lincoln awoke this morning to
a white wonderland. The day
previous had brought a coating
of ice with the gloom of a sun
less day. The day preceding that
suggested the time of blooming
roses and newly hatched chicks.
Now at midday the merciless
mercury has touched a point
four below zero. Over my win
dow pane the delicate drawings
of the frost artist have created
another wonderland of trees
and flowers and mountains and
gem adorned clouds. Out in the
open snow crunches under hur
rying feet, overhead the sun
gleams through an opening in a
j cold cloud bank and shines for
a brief minute on the snow-cov
ered scene and is gone. Nature
again has spread a white blank
et over the earth to renew the
; fertility of the ground.
• • •
Had a federal functionary
j come along and told Dave Weis
garver how many beans he
j could plant he would have been
1 invited to go jump in the Elk
horn. Nebraska bean growers
, are now taking orders limiting
| the number of acres to be plant
ed. A little of Russia as a start
| er.
* * *
From a recent report of the
State Library Commission it
i is learned that “small tables and
i chairs have been donated for
j the children’s corner and they
now have their own book center
with their shelves” at the town
ship library in O’Neill.
• « •
Gen. Marshall is reported to
have declined an offer from the
publishers of such things of one
million dollars for his memoirs.
The old war horse evidently
j thinks there are enough of such
I volumes now in the library
| shelves of the country.
John L. Lewis, for many years
the czar of the coal miners,
finds a revolt on his hands,
i Grimmed faced coal diggers
have not returned to work at
the request of Mr. Lewis. Is this
the beginning of further revolts
of union men when other labor
lords will be tumbling from
their arrogant heights? Messrs.
Green. Murray, et al, are prob
ably looking on with a bit of
I concern for their grip on the
union membership. They set up
a guide book on congressional
candidates assuming to tell the
man with a union card how to
vote. The results will be an in
teresting feature in states that
are electing members of con
i gress.
A federal grand jury said
Alger Hiss is as guilty as they
make 'em. He threatens ap
peal. Jury verdicts have a hab
it of standing up in higher
courts. Girl traitors are slow
ed away. Big shots like Hiss
and Bridges are hard to hog
tie. Equality before the law.
So?
• * •
I have a grandson who led a
i bride to the altar January 29. As
he was pondering what color
suit to get for the occasion I
ventured a suggestion. If you
want to make a hit and start
something in bridegroom attire
get you a pair of Big Yank over
alls, march down the line to the
altar wearing the overalls and
no coat. The idea failed to take
j hold. He got a tuxedo. Young
men start out in gay attire and
wind up in middle life in over
all. No suggestions for the bride.
• • •
Announcement is made of the
discovery of a new heart drug.
It is not stated what effect, if
any, it is to have on the two
young souls wth a single
thought: “Two hearts that beat
as one.”
__i_ — . MM.
The Holt county primary vote
will be divided three ways to
nominate a candidate for state
senator, Mr Coats, of Stuart,
taking a hand in the gamble in
vites a division of the vote of
the west half of the county and
support from Rock and Key a
Paha where he has wide ac
quaintance. There was a time
when the newspapers of Holt
1 county were generous in their
; advice about who to vote for,
but now they leave it to the in
| telligence of their readers.
• • .
Sen. Marg Smith, of Maine, a
notable woman of Yankeeland.
| is coming to town. She is sched
j uled for an address at the GOP
; Founders’ day doin's March 21.
: It will be worth a trip from re
mote corners of prairieland to
! sit at the banquet board at the
Cornhusker and hear this lady
1 who makes the veterans of
I many years in the US senate sit
up and take notice when her
ruby lips pucker for a verbal
| onslaught on “fair deal” vag
I cries.
AS*
Whether eggs are five cents
or $5 a dozen you can get along.
They have been just that. An
oldtimer tells of the $5 egg mar
ket at one time where he was in
Africa. I sold eggs for a nickel
at Pat McManus’s early in the
20th century and that was two
cents above what some locali
ties were paying. And at two
bits a dozen now poultry own
ers feel they are being highway
ed.
• • »
During February ranchers and
farmers are to be regaled with
stock management lectures at
meetings held throughout the
state under the direction of the
agriculture extension service.
Holt county has been passed up
in the schedule arrangement,
maybe this suggesting that the
old cowhands up this way are
amply qualified to run their
business.
It cost the passenger on a
stagecoach $250 and two weeks
on the road for a trip from Kan
sas City to Sante Fe over the
old Sante Fe trail. You can go
by air now in a few hours at a
cost of $45.
Frontier for printing.
REDBIRD NEWS
Lyle Wells was in Redbird
. Saturday, January 21.
W. H. Hartlaad was here Sat
! urday, Januarry 21.
C aude Pickering was in
I Lynch Saturday, January 21
Elmer Lu^dtke called here
Saturday. January 21.
Lee Wei a was in Redbird
Saturday, January 21.
Guy Kellar, of Lynch, was
here Saturday, January 21.
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Barta
cal ed in Redbird Saturday,
January 21.
William Podany and family [
Moved Saturday, January 21,
from near Dorsey to a farm they
puchased near Butte.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas Richter,
of O’Nei 1, were Sunday visit
ors at Pete More’s.
Mrs. Anna Carson went to
her school Sunday evening, Jan
uary 22.
Albert Carson called in Red
bird Sunday, January 22.
Gene Hrbek was in Redbird
Monday, January 23.
Fred Truax was here Mon
day, January 23.
C aude Pickering and Mr.
Connley were callers in Red
bird Monday, January 23.
Mi s Eva Truax visited here
Monday, January 23.
Alfred Truax, of near Lynch,
was assisting at Mike Hull’s
Monday, January 23.
Mrs. Pete More went to Har- j
vey Krugman’s near Opportun- I
ity Monday, January 23.
Lee Wells was a caller here
Monday, January y23.
Albert Carson was at Ray Wil
son’s Tuesday, January 24.
Robert and Vjrgil Wilson
were among the visitors here
Tuesday, January 24.
Ray Wilson visited at Mike j
Hul’s Tuesday, January 24.
Gordon Barta transacted bus- |
iness in Lynch Wednesday, Jan- |
uary 25.
Mr. ana Mrs. ai .nur cessert
left by auto Wednesday, Janu- :
ary 25 for Ravinia, S. D., to
visit Mr. and Mrs. John Stew- j
art.
Les*er Pierson and Tom Bow- !
ers, of Butte, were in Redbird
Wednesday, January 25.
Will Hartland visited at Mick
ael Hull’s Thursday, January
26.
Mrs. Florence Harris of
Lynch, was in Redbird Friday,
January 27.
Howard Slack was a visitor
in Redbird Friday, January 27.
Will Conard was here Fri
day, Januay 27
V, n. Podany and family, of
Butte, visited in Redbird Fri
day, January 27, saying that
they are nicely located in their
I new home.
Mr. and Mrs- Florence Hia
cocks called in Redbird Friday,
January 27. _ »
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