The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965, May 03, 1951, Page 2, Image 2

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    .Frontier
Editorial & Business Offices: 122 South Fourth Street
O'NEILL. NEBR.
' CARROLlTw. STEWART, Editor and Publisher
“ Established in 1880—Published Each Thursday
Entered UvTpostoffice at O’Neill, Holt county, Nebraska, as sec
ond-class mail matter under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879.
This newspaper is a member of the Nebraska Press Association,
National Editorial Association and the Audit Bureau of Circulations.
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in the United States, $3 per year; abroad, rates provided on request.
All subscriptions are strictly paid-in-advance.
Prairieland Talk —
South of Tracks No Place for Ball Park;
City’s First Diamond Now a Built-Up Area
By ROMAINE SAUNDERS
LINCOLN —Any oldtimer, if
any yet grace the O’Neill scene,
could have told the sporting
fraternity that
south of t h e
railroad tracks
is no place for
ball games. We
used to swim
from the rail
road to the
next section
line and set
tlers out that
way swam
their horses to
town. I note
a move is on
Saunders
to get up on the gravel flats to
play ball.
The first ball diamond offici
ally and publicly recognized in
the comunity was in the block
now cluttered with buildings and
houses on the north side of Doug
las street betwen First and Sec
ond streets.
Then, when a more extensive
field was needed to accomodate
a few developing homerun slug
gers, ball grounds were layed
out on the open prairie east of
town, south of Douglas street,
grandstand and all!
Next move was to the north
east on the hill, where at one
time was held a socalled county
fair consisting of horse races,
ball games and other sports.
U
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... .a sot of boautlful Continental
Silverware. Got as many pieces as yon
aood. Five ploco starter sot consists
of teaspoon, lablospoon, dinner knlfo,
fork, and salad fork. Tbo beauty of
this fine silver-plate.. .made by one
Of America's famous silversmiths...
la sure to please. Guaranteed for serv.
too.
Ask your Sioux Brand Pood Dealer
for more details.
SIOUX BRAND
Paaltry
Fill
Tour Sioux Brand Dealer will bo clad
to show you how to make real profile
with your poultry this season. Rlcht
now ho has a folder of helpful poultry
hints.. .FREE.. .It outlines a procram
that will mean more poultry profits
•or you.
TRI - STATE
HATCHERY
Phone 90 — O’Neill
Mother’s day, May day, Mem
orial day and the floral bloom on
plum and apple trees. As the
typewriter responds to the touch
today, thunder rolls in deep
tones and clouds open their treas
ure store of rain. It is altogether
fitting that a day be set apart
in the bright month of May when
in a special way mothers of Am
erica have our attention. A new
generation of mothers has the
past year been entrusted with
their first child. Young moth
ers, mothers experienced in guid
ing the footsteps of youth, and
grandmothers, all may feel the
thrill the day brings. One way
to observe the day would be for
father to take over the care of
the children and let mother
have a day to herself. I would
not overflow with gush, but to
the mothers of Prairieland now
living has been committed the
destiny of their children, and to
our mothers who have passed
beyond the shadows of life’s
sunset we weave a wreath to
their memory.
* m *
In the cas« of Mr. Young,
late of the liquor commission,
he would have been in much
greater public favor by grace
fully resigning instead of mak
ing a determined effort to hold
on to the job.
• • *
A group of the editors of some
of the country’s notable newspa
pers at a gathering in Washing
ton, D.C., called attention to what
most informed persons have
known for sometime. Official
Washington covers up important
matters, dishing out for public
consumption only such informa
tion, or misleading information,
as it pleases officialdom. The
same cover up policy has filter
tered into state and city govern
ments in various sections of the
country. In times of strained
relations with foreign powers, it
might be well to be cautious a
bout divulging anything that
would give aid and comfort to
a potential enemy. This being
used as an alibi to keep the
homefolks in ignorance of some
things that are going on in of
ficial circles. But they are de
ceiving nobody, and the ballot
box is still inviolable.
A white-haired patriarch down
this way is still campaigning for
William Jennings Bryan. Mr.
Bryan made 3 attempts to break
into the White House, but, of
course, he was on the wrong side
of the Mississippi river at that
time, and the “crown of thorns”
and “cross of gold” did not have
the appeal that is always attached
to the idea of the “full dinner
pail." Moreover, Mr. Bryan
launched into the hopeless task
of reforming the democrats.
• • •
Perhaps the chiefs of staff
think they'd better line up
with the commander-in-chief
lest they too get the ax.
• * •
Booze hounds have been liberal
with the amber stream among
the men entrusted with legisla
tive authority this session of the
unicam. Dictation and bribery
on the part of this element is
what brought about the Volstead
act. It can do it again. Lobby
and a form of bribery has be
come a profession. It has all
too much to do with national
and state legislative bodies.
• • •
State Senator Dwight Burney,
of Hartington, has been trying
to fix over things so Nebraskans
will pay taxes every day. Most
folks think once a year is enough.
_I
I LIVESTOCK AUCTION I
I EVERY TUESDAY I
I We sell both cattle and hogs on Tuesdays. From now on, 9
9 hog auction starts at 12 o’clock noon, followed by auction of 9
9 cattle. 9
H For a good return, bring or ship your livestock to the B
B market that has the best outlet. Our chargee are ne 9
ffj more, and probably lees than you hare been paying 11
8 elsewhere. K
■ Phone Atkinson 5141 9
I ATKINSON LIVESTOCK MARKET I
S Atkinson. Nebraska H
Look Behind You, Boys
South of the North Western
tracks and a mile or so west of
the then “downtown”, Theo.
Walmer built an attractive sub
urban home on 6 acres of land,
with barn and other buildings.
At the time he was in the flour
and feed business on upper
Fourth street. That suburban
property sold for $1,000 and the
Walmers moved from the state.
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Boynton
were the purchasers, coming here
from Iowa. Mrs. Boynton was
a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walt
Rathbone, who were O’Neill pio
neers.
• * •
The Nebraska statehouse con
tinues to be an attraction for
visitors. A Sioux City bus was
down the other day with a load
of visitors to look the situation
over. Most every day high
school groups breeze in on the
dull routine of the legislative
sessions, which for the. most
part affords neither entertain
ment or instruction.
In the summer of 1900, an O’
Neill merchant advertised ladies’
shoes at 98-cents the pair. Today
in the show windows along O
street are displayed little dainty
nothings of women’s footwear at
$6.95 the pair. That is the way
they have of saying 7-dollars
now. At the next window you
may run on to a pair of men’s
boots with a $16.95 tag hung on
them. Outrageous prices, we
say. We have become enslaved
to the custom of keeping up ap
pearances.
• • •
Seed stores axe quoting
bluegrass seed up to $1.25 a
pound. This seed may come
from the meadows of Holt
county, so city lawns derive
their velvet carpet, and city
dwellers their roast beef from
Holt's verdant grasslands.
* * *
Some convicts over at the pen
itentiary have been showing their
resentment of regulations relat
ing to inmates of that institution.
If they do not like it they should
have thought of that before en
tering upon a course of crime.
One gent who goes to the electric
chair next month seems to think
he is a guest in a high-class hotel.
His revolting crime was such that
it excludes him from any prison
favors.
• • *
Values are relative; that which
one person does not want anoth
er does. And so the wheels of
barter and trade keep rolling.
Miltonvale Choir
Visits Home—
CELIA— The a cappella choir
from Miltonvale Wesleyan col
lege, Miltonvale, Kans., of 25
singers, their director, Prof, of
Music Edwin Foote, and wife,
and also a bus driver, Robert
Howland, were Tuesday after
noon, April 24, guests at the
Mark Hendricks home.
They were supper, also over
I night, guests at the Hendricks
] home.
About 10:15 Wednesday morn
ing they left for Sloan, la., where
they sang that night. They also
had 2 services each day the rest
of the week and were to arrive
in Miltonvale Monday evening,
April 30.
Mrs. Joe Hendricks did the
cooking. Mrs. Lawrence Smith al
so assisted Mrs. Hendricks.
Robert Hendricks, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Mark Hendricks, is a
member of the choir.
O'NEILL LOCALS
Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Allen
visited Mrs. Leslie Stewart, of
Plainview, over the weekend.
Mr. and Mrs. Tony Asimus
spent Tuesday, April 24, in Lin
coin.
Mrs. Dean Ramsier, who for 3
weeks has been a guest of Mr.
and Mrs. L. C. Anderson, went
with them to Hastings Sunday.
There they met and spent the day
with Mr. and Mrs. Charles And
erson, of Benkleman. Mrs. Ram
sier then returned to her home
in Wray, Colo.
Dr. Fisher, Dentist.
Mr. and Mrs. Dick Lower and
family spent the weekend in Fre
mont.
Mrs. F. M. Brennan and Miss
Bernadette Brennan visited their
niece, Sister Benedict Joseph, at
Hartington Sunday.
Mrs. Billy Ernst returned Tues
day to her home in Amelia after
having visited Mrs. Thersa Mur
ray for a few days.
NOTICE! /
BOARD OF EQUALIZATION MEETING
★ The Holt County Board of Supervisors
will meet as a Board of Equalization
on May 7th, 1951, for the purpose of hear
ing complaints and equalizing the assess
ment of property.
★ They will be in session May 7th, 8th,
and 9th, and if necessary may be in
session for as many as 50 days.
RUTH HOFFMAN
County Clerk
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