Editorial fc Business Offices: 10 South Fourlh Street
O'NEILL. NEBR.
' CARROLL W STEWART, Editor and Publisher_
Established in 1880— Published Each Thursday_
*-'Entered the postofflcT^t O’Neill Holt county, Nebraska,
as second-class mail matter under the Act of Congress of March
l 1879 This newspaper is a member of the Nebraska Press
Association, National Editorial Association and the Audit Bureau
of Circalations.
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Population 5,000?
We overheard 2 men talking on the Golden hotel corner the
other evening. One man exclaimed “My, I’ve never seen a town
build-up as quickly a* this town has done m the past few years.
His canipamon countered with something like this: "And in such
a short time, too!”
These men were utter strangers as far we we were concern
ed, but obviously were drawing comparisons of O’Neill over a
span of 5 or 10 years.
Sometimes this evolution is more quickly and accurately
noted by the strange, casual visitor than by the persons who sit
on the sidelines all the while. Like being too close to the forest
to see the trees.
O’Neill's post-World War II boom has been nothing short of
phenominal. Almost magic. , . , . _.
Unlike so many other towns where a single industry or a sin
gle feature of community life accounts for most of the growt
O’Neill simply experienced a few growing pains ani grew. Al
most every other business block is new or has had a major face
lifting since the pains set in. West O'Neill, always lusty and am
bitious for its size, during this period has moved into high gear
and today counts no fewer than 18 important business establish
ments—-and others on the wav! . . . . „
Elsewhere in the city a similar metamorphosis has taken place.
Elsewhere, too, the transformation has been amazing indeed.
Right now 3 new important business buildings are under con
struction and another is about to be started. We refer to the new
home for the Asipius Motor Co. in West O’Neill, which will pro
vide a handsome showroom for Kaiser, Frazer and Wulys motor
cars; a new annex building for Shelhamer Oil & Equipment com
pany, the International Harvester dealership, and a new home
for the Holt County Independent, which is The Frontier s com
panion in the printing and publishing field. Soon the new home
for Gilligan’s drug store will be under construction. Recently com
pleted was an annex at the Merri Dr. Pepper bottling works.
This editorial is intended to deal principally with buiiness
building. The new St. Anthony's hospital, a 420-thousand-dollar
medical center, and the scores of new houses under construction
of course would not be overlooked in a discussion of building
activity in the city as a whole.
These 5 buildings mentioned above, in particular, have been
planned for many months and, in several Instances, all necessary
arrangements were made long before the outbreak of hostilities
in Korea. The point we wish to illustrate is that the owners are
going right ahead with their plans anyway, which leads us to be
lieve that O’Neill’s building and expansion all the way has been
sound and substantial. We like to think that O’Neill is a little
metropolis that is growing steadily and firmly.
Barring an all-out war and a topsy-turvy dislocation of the
people in our great nation, we think that some day in the not too
far distant future the population sign boards at the edges of our
town will read; “O'Neill: 5.000.
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If this section of Nebraska can escape a severe early frost in
the next few days there’ll be lots and lots of corn. Weather during
the past 10 days has been especially favorable for maturing the
corn.
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Another Holt county fair and rodeo is history. Fairgoers have
been generous in their praise of the livestock and produce ex
hibits and the entertainment—particularly the rodeo.
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If you’re a parent and you have a child who went to school
for the first time this week, the appeal for safe, careful driving
in the school zones has a special significance.
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Next a series of football games, then Thanksgiving!
DR. GILDERSLEEVE. OJX
OPTOMETRIST
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O'NEILL NEBR.
Eyaa Examlnad . Olaaaaa Plttad
Caspar Larsons Feted
on 45th Wedding Dale—
EWING— Mr. and Mrs. Cas
per Larson were surprised when
the members of their family
came home to help them cele
brate their 45th wedding anni
versary on Sunday, August 27.
A picnic dinner was served at
noon. A beautiful gift was pre
sented to the honored guests.
In the evening, about 40 of
their neighbors dropped in to
surprise them. Lunch was serv
ed and a gift was presented the
couple.
Frontier for printing!
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Prairieland Talk —
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‘Inexorable Sweep of Time Has Drawn Us
Into Whirlpool of World’s Madness’
By ROMAINE SAUNDERS
LINCOLN — One hundred
years ago the United States was
at the crossroads of our nation
Romaine
Saunders
al history. Ten
years later
blue clad men
from the
North with
drawn swords
and loaded
muskets faced
grey clad men
in the "South
ern states, and
Gettysb u r g,
Vick s b u r g,
Chic a m a u
q u a, Chatta
nooga and At
lanta were written in blood up
on the pages of American his
t
sympathy abroad
if not actual aid to the Southern
cause and protests went to Lon
don from Washington.
It Korea a parallel to our
national crisis in 1860? As
Northern states protested in
terference from without in
that struggle, maybe nothing
less can be expected from
North Koreans as our military
might bears down upon them.
I stem from a tribe that wore
the blue in the 60’s and am now
led to wonder if our national
destiny must continue to send
our khaki-clad legions to the
ends of the earth.
The inexorable sweep of the
centuries has drawn us into the
whirlpool of the world’s mad
ness where we again, like the
ancient Philistines, must “quit
ourselves like men.”
• • •
According to a story that got
into the daily papers, Delbert
Edwards, living down in Swan
precinct, and Blaine Garwood
each have encountered a cougar
moving on padded paws through
the hills at night with an eye
open for a fat calf.
Mountain cats are not strang
ers to prairieland.
Some years ago at least one
of these creatures made the
Beaver valley and territory to
the north its hangout.
I did not have the luck to see
(this fellow but one night he sent
j the cold chills up my spine
when he visited our neighbor
hood and sent his blood-curdling
i cat cry to high heaven. Leave
it to some of those dead shots
down in southwest Holt to
bring the big cat pelt to town
some day.
• • •
What did Secretary Johnson
mean when he said he and Mr.
Acheson got along “as well as
could be expected of 2 cabinet
officers?” _
Maybe Malik, Skliarov and
Maximov for once were right.
China has gone all out red, the
nationalists have been reduced
to a handful that have taken
refuge on the island of Taiwan,
otherwise known as Formosa.
The yellow and browns of Asia
have turned red.
The whites will have to learn
to accept them as such and give
up the idea of changing colors.
“And the sixth angel poured
out his vial upon the great river
Euphrates, and the waters there
of were dried up that the way of
the kings of the east might be
prepared. And I saw 3 unclean
spirits like frogs come out of
the mouth of the dragon, out of
the mouth of the beast and out
of the mouth of the false pro
phet, for they are the spirits of
devils working miracles which
go forth unto the kings of the
earth and of the whole world
to gather them to the battle of
that great day of God Almigh
ty.”—Rev. 16:12-14.
• • •
It is not one of the big ones
like the New York Times or
Chicago Tribune that was first
to promulgate the “T-bomb”
idea but,our somewhat obscure
but our very own—the Lincoln
State Journal. Editor Me says
so himself. But some other not
ables like Eisenhower proposed
a week or so earlier that the U
nited Nations setup start broad
casting a "truth offensive" to
the wideworld. Now while Mos
cow blares its fairy tales another
version will be heard from Lake
Success in the sonorous voice of
truth—as somebody sees it.
• • •
An MD over at Omaha
made a 9-lhousand-dollar kill
ing X-raying the boys lor mil
itary service. $450 a day. In
Milwaukee. Wis.. another doc
pulled down 30-thousand-dol
lars in about the same time
in the army X-ray business.
Now congress wants an "in
vestigation."
• * *
Of the 1 billion 905 million
acres comprising the United
States, 24 percent is said to be
in croplands, 35 percent grazing
lands, 32 percent forests, and
less than 4 percent occupied by
cities and towns. _j
Cattle rustjers were dealt
with after this fashion in B C.
1491: “If a man shall steal an
ox or a sheep, and kill it or sell
it, he shall restore 5 oxen for
an ox and 4 sheep for 1 sheep.”
There is some sense to that, as
the victim of a thief gets pretty
well paid for his loss if the thief
is caught. Under our code hr
has the doubtful satisfaction of
knowing that the gent who rob
bed him is stowed away in jail.
• • •
Some are yelling their heads
oif for millions for flood con
trol. Next year longues may
hang out for want of water.
Clodhoppers along the Mis
souri river have been doing
all right for the past 4 score
years and managed to keep
their heads above water. It's
the while collar gentry that
want to get their mitts into
the public purse and squan
der more millions on useless
effort.
• • •
Tea is said to be the world’s
most popular drink. As one who
stays consistently on the water
wagon, I wonder if the popular
ity of that sparkling thirst
quencher hasn’t been overlook
ed.
• • •
The blue sky is bigger than
the clouds.
There is a departure from the
polished blacks and browns in
men’s shoes. There is little m .
the male attire that flashes
rainbow hues so the shoe factor
ies are going to his clumsy feet
with a touch of color. Why not
return to the beaded moccasin
of the Indian? But what will the
bootblack do?
(Continued on page 3.)
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