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.
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When You and 1 Were Young . ..
Men s Club Flans
Initial Ball
50 Years Ago
Emil Zimmerman was in At
kinsOn. . . F. W. Lehman, of
Chambers, was in this city last
week. . . Health board meets in
regard to regulations to curtail
the spreading of contagious dis
eases. A fine of from $1 to $25
will be imposed for violation of
any of its rules. . . M. J. Miller
was a caller in O’Neill. . . The
Young Men’s Social club of O’
Neill will give their initial ball
at the opera house. The ball will
be a public affair and the supper
will be served at Hotel Evans.
25 Years Ago
A hungry little black bear,
“Amos,” arrived in O’Neill, ac
companied by the degree staff,
which will conduct a ceremonial
of the Aneicnt Mystic Order of
Samaritans at the Odd Fellows
hall. . . Mrs. D. A. Streeter came
from her home at Sioux City to
spend a couple of weeks visiting
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. H.
Murray, and other relatives. . .
Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Clauson and
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Surber enter
ained 12 couples at the Golden
hotel. The evening was spent at
bridfle. Mia. n. m. sauers won me
ladies’ prize and R. F. Griffin the
gentlemen’s prize.
10 Years Ago
Marriage license: Carl Damero,
of O'Neill, and Miss Alvina Na
ber, of Atkinson, January 20. . .
Miss Eileen Davidson left this
week for Los Angeles, Calif., af
ter spending some time visiting
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. James
Davidson. . . Mrs. Loren Nelson
went to Omaha and visited rela
tives. . . Miss Dorothy Leiwer, of
Inman, was a guest of Mrs. Anna
McCartney. . . Miss Marilyn Be
ha celebrated her 7th birthday
anniversary Sunday with 7 little
girls as guests. There was a thea
ter party and an ice cream treat.
1 Year Ago
Workmen have been going full
speed on the St Anthony’s hos
pital building project. . . A bene
fit coon feed sponsored by Simon
son post 93, of the American Le
gion, Sunday attracted 320 per
sons. . . Forty-two relatives and
75 friends signed the guest book
Tuesday, January 23, as Mr. and
Mrs. Joseph Bruder celebrated
their golden wedding anniversary.
O'NEILL LOCALS
Mr. and Mrs. John Stuifbergen
returned from Omaha on Wed
nesday, January 16, after a 3-day
business trip.
Mrs. H. M Summers and Mrs.
Earl Day, of Elgin, were Monday
guests at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Summers.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Stutz enter
tained Mi. onrl Mrs. Gerald
Lounsbury and daugm.M, qer_
alyne, at dinner on Sunday, Jan
uary 20.
Sunday dinner guests at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. John Un
derwood were Mr. and Mrs. Hen
ry Vanert and family, of Neligh;
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Beck and
family, Mr. and Mrs. John Gra
boski and son, Mr. and Mrs. Syl
vester Beck and baby, of Creigh
ton; Mr. and Mrs. Sam Neis and
baby, of Elgin, and Miss Patricia
jaliagher.
Venetian blinds, prompt deliv
ery, made to measure, metal or
wood, all colors.—J. M. McDon
ald Co.. O'Neill.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Harley
and daughter, of Atkinson, spent
Sunday at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Ralph Beckwith. Mr. Harley
returned to his home the same
day and Mrs. Harley and baby
spent the night at the Beckwith
home.
Alma Eby, of Page, came Sun
day to spend the day wiih Mr. and
Mrs, Raymond Eby.
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I Prairieland Talk —
O’Neill's Police Chief Befriends Wayfarers
While Touring City on Night Beat
By ROMAINE SAUNDEP*
LINCOLN— Police Chief Chet
Calkins has been pounding the
O’Neill beat for many years in
the old town and among other
favors beyond the line of duty
has helped a lot of wayfarers find
a spot to hole up for the night.
A number of faces of those who
n other years guarded the peace
and dignity of
the community
come in a pro
cession from
memory’s store
nouse. Norie El
lis and Eli Her
shiser each in
turn had the job
when it was a
job in the wild
and woolly
days. And there
were others —
Romainp John Lap-ham,
Saunders John Horiskey,
Charley Hall,
Jack Cain, Jack McManus and a
few others.
Watchman, what of the night?
Two thousand B.C., the question
was asked. Watchmen patroling
city streets is of ancient origin.
These functionaries kept the home
folks within the walls in bounds,
while hawk-eyed notables with
sword and shield were on watch
from the walls for lurking foes
without.
As long as there is a segment
of humanity on mischief bent
there will be the instruments of
authority to protect the law-abid
ing from the lawless.
• • •
January 15. Nebraskans bask in
cheering sunbeams under pleas
ant skies. Mountain regions bulg
ing the Sierras, the Coast Range,
Bay Cities and sunkist orange
groves are wind blown and tem
pest tossed, snow clogged and I
flood battered. Midwinter has be- I
stowed upon delightful prairie
land a mellow moment and the
soft white mantle of late Decem
disappears from the brown
earth, wimi u in store for tomor
row, for the next houi may be as
equalijMiarsh as that today roar
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ing through Nevada and Califor
nia communities. Prairieland, too,
has its moods. We respond ac
cordingly to storm and sunshine,
to sombre shades and flashing
color, to the drifting snow or
melting sunbeam, the rolling
thunder and rainbow hues above,
to the hum of insects and song
of birds on a summer day, to the
nink petals of a prairie rose and
the fragrance of apple bloom.
* • *
A city dairy organization has
taken space in a newspaper to
promote world peace and invites
the public to mail them sugges
tions on how to attain the Utopian
dream. Isaiah had a plan for
peace. Thou will keep him in per
fect peace whose mind is staid
on Thee—on the Lord Jehovah.
‘There is no peace, saith my God,
to the wicked.” In the last days,
ays another prophet of God, evil
men and seducers shall get worse.
The outlook for world peace is
just about nil. But there is peace
for all who desire it. From the
shadow of the cross come these
words: “Peace I leave with you,
My peace I give unto you.”
• • •
At Farwell, a little town
down in Howard county, a doi
en of eggs sold at a sale for $15
and a pie brought $20. It was
not a fancy breed of chickens
that produced the eggs, nor did
Eleanor Roosevelt bake the pie.
A local food sale to raise cash
for the polio fund.
* • •
Robert Crosby, of North Platte,
seeking the republican nomina
tion for governor, among other
declarations, says he is opposed
to a state sales tax. So are most
of us. Terry Carpenter, out in
Scotts Bluff county, several times
a candidate as a democrat and
now registered as a republican, is
for Crosby for governor and has
ambitions himself to become a
member of the national republi
can committee. In which event
the Terrible Terry will make
things hum politically.
Everybody indulges pardonable |
pride in possessing something
new. Even the Christmas necktie
and pair of socks bring a smile.
The lure at present is a new
house. And what.they are costing
is beyond a brigand’s ransom, j
The secondhand houses are now
in less demand though many of
these make more comfortable
homes than most of the new cre
ations and are constructed of
more enduring material. In New
England, in the South and in the
older settled communities 'are
dwellings tuat have stood for 300
years that give you a homey feel
ing not to be found in the mod
ernistic creations.
• * •
Worshipping at the shrine of
childhood we worship mostly
noise, at the shrine of youth it is
mostly bluster. “When I get big,”
says the child. “I don’t know,”
says youth. In full maturity we
have come to the drab existence
of glamour gone and the full im
pact of the struggle for a liveli
hood. Disillusioned by the frosts
of manv winters, the noise and
bluster and glamour of earlier
years are for t^e rising genera
tions and in the end you take ov
er a 6-foot plot of earth.
• • •
“Take me, and bind these arms,
these hands,
With Russia’s heaviest iron bands,
And drag me to Siberia’s wilds
To perish if ’twill save my child!
“One moment!” shrieked the
mother, “One!
Will land or gold redeem my son?
Take heritage, take name, take
all,
But leave him free from Russia’s
thrall!”—"The Polish Boy.”
• • •
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The breaking waves dashed
high on the Honolulu coast line;
500 yards offshore Kakuso Ta
kata’s lobster fishing boat cap
sized. By the time the fire de
partment rescue squad arrived
Takata was sunning himself on
the beach. He had paddled him
self to safety with an oar of his
row boat. Take note, young fel
lows—Takata is 98-years-old.
• • •
By mid - January Nebraska’s
death toll from highway crackups
so far in 1952 stood at 12, a few
short of 1 a day. . . Mr. Truman
wants 5 billion added to the tax
load. . . Mr. Stassen proposes
bringing the Asiatic blood-letting
to an end by reinstating McAr
thur, blow ’em up or or get out
of there. . . Governor Peterson
has named campaign managers.
• * •
Now a Yankee has come out
with a gadget that takes off sur
plus weighL transforms an over
corpulent maid or matron into a
fair figure. Just plug it in, say
promoters, gtasp the handle, and
the electric current fries out the
fat. But what shall be done with
the lean and hungry ones?
• • •
The first born being triplets,
the young father of the 3 called
up his editor friend of the local
weekly to tell of the event. Not
quite understanding what the ex
cited dad said over the telephone
the editor asked him if he would
repeat it. “Not if I can help it,”
snapped back the new dad.
• # •
“Let us hear the conclusion of
the whole matter: Fear God and
keep His commandments, tor this
is the whole duty of man. For
God shall bring every work into
judgement, with every secret
thing, whether it be good or whe
ther it be evil.”
62 REGISTERED 62
HEREFORD^
AT PUBLIC AUCTION
O’Neill Livestock Market
O’NEILL, NEBRASKA
Show 10:00 A.M. — Sale 1:30 P.M.
Saturday, Feb. 2
41 serviceable age bulls, 1 tried sire, 19 senior yearling
bulls, 20 junior yearling bulls, 1 yearling bull, 7 bull calves,
1 bred cow, 8 bred senior yearling heifers, 3 yearling heif
ers, and 2 heifer calves.
Anxieties, Larry Dominos, Regents, Mischiefs, Dominos,
Paladins, Bozatos, Stanways, Pioneers, Asters, North Stars,
Royal Dukes, Silver Knights, Bacas, WHRs and T O Lintons.
Bred females are mated to Midway Larry. Baron Dandy 7th,
TH Revelation 148th and JSA Larry Domino 4lh.
Cattle will be judged. Animals lacking quality and breed
Characteristics will be sifted and will not be sold.
Come early and see the cattle judged.
Holt County Hereford Breeders’ Ass n
For Catalog Address:
JAMES W. ROONEY. Sale Mgr.. O'Neill. Nebr.
CHARLES CORKLE, Auctioneer
WILFORD SCOTT, Chadron. Judge
LAURENCE BULLER and HI MACKEY. Fieldmen
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