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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (July 26, 1951)
Editorial & Business Offices: 122 South Fourth Street O'NEILL. NEBR. CARROLL W STEWART, Editor and Publisher Established in 1880—Published Each Thursday Entered the postoffice 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. Terms of Subscription: In Nebraska, *2.50 per year; elsewhere in the United States, *3 per year; abroad, rates provided on request. All subscriptions are strictly paid-in-advance. _____ Government by Numbers The state board of equalization Monday decided to go along with the 71 Nebraska county assessors in fixing 1951 cattle valua tions for tax purposes. This will bring loud vituperations from livestock growers in 22 northwest Nebnaska counties, which represent the greatest cattle producing area in the world. The decision means that cattle valuations for tax purposes will be increased from 33 to 88 percent—a severe increase indeed com pared to increases in other forms of personal property. And there is irony in the manner in which the percentage was devised. As brought out in an equalization board hearing a week ago in Lin coln, a handful of eastern Nebraska assessors helped to bring about what the stockgrowers term a “disproportionate" tax value in a “non-scientific” manner. The stockgrowers charged that each county assessor in the state, at a meeting in January, put his stock valuation suggestion in a hat, the numbers were drawn and averages figured. This be came the rule at assessment time. And now the state board of equalization has stamped its approval on the formula and on the result. Our guess is this matter will result in loud reverberations from the sandhills country—and rightly so, because fixing an equitable tax value is not quite as easy as placing numbers in a hat. The board of equalization states the average increase in actual taxes would be approximately 60 cents per head. It occurs to us, however, that the 22 socalled “rebel" counties represent most of the cattle population in the state, and the cattle are in the hands of these “rebel” stockgrowers at assessment time. The feeders in the eastern part of the state possess the cattle during the fattening period and are subjected to no assessment whatsoever on the animals. Moreover, the grain that goes into the feeder cattle is raised, fed and shipped without an assessment. It’s no wonder the state board of equalization found the as sessed valuations in the “rebel” counties less than the average as sessed valuation in the 71-county group. Equalization! It seems to us it should be accomplished county by-county in a state so large where conditions vary so much. Then there’s the OPS with its price rollbacks! The combined action of OPS and the assessors will have a new, important effect on stock growing, and it’s easy to under stand why. Government by crony in Washington and numbers in Ne braska! ★ ★ ★ A Good Place to Live As one reads the reports in the daily newspapers and maga zines he is inclined to realize more-and-more the benefits of living in such an area as northcentral Nebraska. We refer to the shocking truth regarding the use of narcotics by juveniles in the large cities, notably New York City. Even Omaha seems to have its narcotics problem. Then there are racial disturbances, sometimes violent, in other sections. And we read too of alarming morals conditions id other localities. Every now and then the young people of this area become involved in unfortunate adventures of some sort, but they are mild in comparison to the tragic results of such drugs as heroin on the children of the nation’s metropolis. The poorer people, those living in less desirable neighborhoods, seem to be the ones who are most frequently addicted, according to what we read. And while those young| people are starting on the road to eventual drug addiction, the boys and girls on prairieland ®nSaged in church activities, swimming, baseball, dancing, movie-going and frequent trips to ice cream bars. While the teen agers of New York are testifying before a shocked investigating committee, the teen-agers of O’Neill are thinking primarily of the next dance, next youth jamboree or some similar social function. All of which prompts us to feel that prairieland is a good place to live after all. MORE HARVEST DEPENDABILITY WITH THI MASSEY-H ARRIS I 11 j; With a Massey-Harris 26 on your farm, you can start your next harvest with more confidence than ever before. You'll know you have a combine that's built rugged ... that won t be bothered by sloping land—loose or rough ground. You can depend on Balanced Separation to thresh and save what you cut, smoother harvesting that is more economical. For more and cleaner grain in the tank ... a harvest done on time ... you can depend on the Massey-Harris Super 26 to come thru under the toughest conditions. Stop in and atk about the Super 26. Wo'll bo glad to give jrow all the dotoilt. OUTLAW IMPLEMENT CO. Phone 373 West O’Neill Band Director Provides Treat STUART—Tom Lynch, director of the Stuart band, was host to ents at a picnic in Hidden Para- ! dise at Long Pine on Sunday' Ju- ! iy 22. A picnic dinner was prepared 1 j by the mothers and Mr. Lynch treated the crowd with ice cream. The day was spent swimming and visiting. .. ... . Other Stuart News Mrs. F. A. Johnson and daugh- j * ter, Dorothy, of Winner, S. D.. | j came on Monday, July 16, and i spent the week with her sister, [ Mrs. Noma Hall. Mr. and Mrs. James Nachtman I and family were O’Neill visitors i on Tuesday, July 17. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Shald and Shirley went to Edgemont, S. D., | on Wednesday, July 18. They , were also at Hot Springs, and re- j turned home on Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Art Buller and children, Sharon and Russell, of j Omaha, spent from Wednesday, j July 18, to Sunday visiting in the Stanley Cobb home. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Peterson and boys, Gary and Steve, of Omaha, ; came on Wednesday, July 18, for a visit in the Lavern Stracke home. They returned to their home on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Dale Henderson and family, Mr. and Mrs. M. M. j Shattuck and family and Miss j Ruth Rhodes spent Sunday, July i 22, in Hidden Paradise at Long Pine. Mr. and Mrs. Rollo Berry and Willis, Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Yarges and family spent Sunday, July 22, at the Dwight Moody cabin in Hidden Paradise at Long Pine. LYNCH NEWS Mr. and Mrs. Marion Darnell, of Dandy, Ore., were Monday, July 16, 6 o’clock dinner guests at the Vince Jehorek home. William Tappe and sons, of Butte, called on friends in Lynch and vicinity Tuesday, July 17. Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Darnell and Mr. and Mrs. Marian Darnell left Saturday morning, July 21, for Scottsbluff where they will visit the John Duff family and the Jim Darnell family at Morrill. They also plan to spend one day visit ing relatives in Denver, Colo., be fore returning to their home in Sandy, Ore. They spent the past week here visiting the men's mother, Mrs. Sarah Darnell, at the local hospital, and their brothers Ernest, Carlie and Ar den, as well as old time friends. Mrs. Vincent Jehorek received word of the death of her cou sin, Mrs. Ignatius Pavloski, at Farwell on Thursday. The funer al was held Saturday morning, July 21. Mrs. Frank Vomacka, sr., and son, Frank, jr., Mrs. Joe Hlavka, of Gregory, S. D., and Mrs. Joe Kopecky, of Spencer, visited at the Edwin Vomiacka and Louis Novak homes Friday, July 2u. Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Court ney and Eugene were Wednes day July 18, visitors at the Allan Koscan home in Butte. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bruggeman and son, of Bristow were Monday evening, July 16, visitors at the Bill Teadtke home. Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Rutledge returned home Monday evening, July 16, from a few days stay in Sioux City. Mr. and Mrs Virgil Darnell, of Sandy, Ore., called at the Jerry Sixta and Wallace Courtney homes the first of last week. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Sixta en tertained at Sunday dinner, July 15, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Cizek and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Klasna, all of Spencer. Gariy White returned home on Thursday from a visit with rela tives in Oregon. Charley Malcolm, of Spencer, was a business visitor in town Sunday. Janet and Virginia Cassidy, of Ft. Randall, S. D.. spent last week visiting their grandmother, Mrs. Inger Levi, also Miss Vera Levi. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Dahlberg visited relatives in Gross last week. DR- FISHER. Dentist- adv MILLER THEATRE —Atkinson, Nebr.— Fri.-S*t. July 27-28 _GEDEEiSBL Sun.-Mon.-TuM. July 29-30-31 Wed.-Thurs. Aug. 1-2 Mrs. Claire Van Hove and daughters, Dolores, of Bristow, and Mrs. Goldie Bay, of Palm Beach, Calif., visited Mrs. Char les Manson and other relatives on Thursday, July 19. Mrs. Gertrude Easton and son, Charles, of Greeley, Colo., arriv ed Thursday, July 19, to visit her mother, Mrs. Addie Wrede, and sister, Mr§. Henry Martin. Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Benash and children departed Friday, July 20, for Milford. The Benash s have rented their home and are living in a trailer house while Mr. Benash attends a machinist’s school there. Mr. and Mrs. Otto Matschullat, of Page, were noon guests Friday of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Parker. Miss Barbara Peterson is ex- I petted from Sioux City Saturday to spend the weekend with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George E. Peterson, sr. Their son-in-law, J. F. McCarthy, is expected today (Thursday) at the Peterson home. Mrs. McCarthy and children have been visiting her parents for 2 weeks. Bill Shaw, of Bassett, visited his mother, Mrs. Dorothea Shaw, Sunday. Mrs. H. J. Hammond returned Monday from Atkinson where she visited her daughters and their husbands and families, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Bowker and Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Chace. She was gone a week. Miss Virginia Riffey, of Ponca, arrived Saturday, July 14, to vis it Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Riffey. Mrs. J. P. Ryan and Ida Mae and James P., of Loup City, arriv ed Saturday to be weekend guests at the Hugh Ray home. Mr. and Mrs. Dan McKenzie, of Dorsey, were visitors Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ray mond Revell. Mr. and Mrs. Joy Applegate, of Avondale, Ariz., were caliers on Saturday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Gene Sanders and family. Mrs. Clinton \^olfe went to Waverly Saturday to visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Yo cum. The Dean H. Jeffreys family moved to the north part of town this week. Mr. and Mrs Carl Schenzel went to Sioux City for the weex end. They visited Mrs. Chris Karras, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Mer chant and E. H. Coker, who is a patient at the Methodist hospital. Harry Sullivan recently return ed from Oklahoma and other places, where he had taken a crew of wheat cutters. Venetian blinds, prompt deliv ery, made to measure, metal or wood, all colors.—J. M. McDon ald Co., O'Neill. lltf Mr. and Mrs. John Tobin, of Kansas City, Kans., arrived Fri day for a visit until the first of next mnoth with Mr. and Mrs. Ralph McElvain. Mrs. Eva Kurtz, of Pasadena, Calif., and her'brother and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Spangler, of near Pasadena, arrived Sunday to visit their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Await Spangler. Card party and lunch at St. Mary's gym Sunday, July 29, at 8, sponsored by St. Mary's alum ni. Lunch 50c. 11-12 Thomas J. Sullivan, jr., and John P. Sullivan, of Norfolk, ar rived Sunday at the Thomas J. Sullivan home. Dr. and Mrs. Harry D. Gilder sleeve attended a North-Nebras ka optometric meeting in Norfolk last Thursday. Plans were made for a golf tournament and dinner dance at the Norfolk Country club in August. The northern branch will be hosts to the Ne braska optometric group. Mrs. Gildersleeve is chairman of the auxiliary and Dr. Gildersleeve is vice-president of the northern as sociation. Mrs. Pat Sullivan and son, Ray, were in Omaha from last Thurs day until Saturday. Tom DeBack er drove Ray and Gene Sullivan to Omaha Sunday where they at tended the St. Mary’s Alumni as sociation picnic. Ray, who is a private in the army, left for Ft Lawton, near Seattle, Wash. Gene returned from Omaha Wednes day. Save time and money on auto parts and accessories. Try us First.—Western Auto, O'Neill. ll-ISc Robert Wallace, son of Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Wallace, left for Om aha Friday where he will work at the Veterans hospital as part of his training at Creighton uni versity medical college. POISON OAK or sumac STOP ITCHING with this excellent new treatment for ivy, oak or sumac poisoning. 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