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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (July 24, 1952)
Prairieland Talk ... s Spending Money Like Drunk Sailors \ By ROMAINE SAUNDERS 5 LINCOLN—A farmer from Fillmare county < I talked with today harvested this season his wheat from 240 acres which yielded a total of □ 7,200 bushels, an average of 30 bushels to the acre. So far, he had put on the market 230 bush els of his crop, receiving $1.93 per bushel. His oats were a failure but has promise of an average corn yield. He farms around 600 acres and with the modem power equipment that about takes one year’s crops to buy, employs but one farmhand. He thinks the nation is to con tinue in control of the socalled Homaine new deal element which ever Saunders party is successful this coming election, and some industrial and government heads who haven’t discovered a way to keep the country’s factories operating without the shedding of American blood on foreign soil. And so the Ko rean war drags on, army and navy and air forces stationed in distant lands and at home military heads spending money like drunken sailors hav ing war machines turned out at the factories. He is concerned over the monumental fed eral debt and thinks a slop should be put to handing out billions to bolster industry in foreign lands What this solid Nebraska farmer thinks of our national picture is typical of what many on prairieland are thinking. Ike, after a lifetime in a soldier’s uniform, maybe not too much should be expected of him, if made president, toward balancing the budget, reducing the tax load or in ducing congress to withdraw the vision from beg gars beyond the seas and take a look at the home folks possibly in term of what Doc Townsend once proposed. But Senator Taft will be on hand. The 123d anniversary of the founding of the Brooklyn Sunday-school union was observed in that section of New York City by 100,000 children and. teachers taking part in a parade. . . An Epis copal rector in Cleveland gave each of his par ishioners $1 to see what they could do by invest ing the money to promote the church work. Most of them came up with $10. . . Reviving Apostolic days, one church group reports the baptism of 1, 698 natives in one day in the Belgian Congo of South Africa. This church group baptises by im mersion, and they now have nearly 85,000 mem bers in that part of the world. . . Roman Catholic parents of a parish in Dartmouth, INova Scotia, have asked the town to take over the operation of the parochial schools. . . Preachers and laymen read aloud from the Bible for 7 hours in down town New Haven. * * * * When the move was launched to build and equip a modern hospital in O’Neill, a town to the east and a town to the west got the inspiration. If O’Neill has such a thing we must have one, oo. These were rushed to completion and are now in operation, one of which that I have seen, sets forlornly in a dreary spot uninspiring for regain ing health. For reasons of hinderanees that could not be avoided, the new health center for O’Neill has not yet been made ready for the care of pa tients though this is now early anticipated. It oc cupies inviting grounds far enough from the dis turbing noise of traffic and when opened for the public will be under the management of a group who £re successful in hospital work elsewhere. * * * "There is no God but Allah and Moham med is his prophet'" SO' drones the muezzins from their towering mosques calling the faith ful to prayers in Moslem lands. The swarthy sons of the Nile may have been reading of John L. Lewis and Phil Murray. The word now comes that the prayer-hour time keepers are about to strike for a raise, the contract to specify also that the muezzin is a servant of God, not of men. It is hoped that those over this way whose livelihood comes from re ligion don't get the idea. There was dug up out on prairieland and * brought to Lincoln for the folKS pacing up and j down “O” street to look at with wondering eye . and open mouth the petrified skeleton of a fallen wayfarer who may have been looking over the j country a thousand years ago with intentions of t staking out a claim. . . The medical profession has i long been baffled over cancer. One researcher ventures the guess that it is a virus disease, which doesn’t help much—it’s still cancer the killer. . . ^ Wipe your glasses, be ready with an attentive ear, the peerless leader, the outstanding patriot will soon be telling us how to vote. . . A deluge bring- ^ ing 3 and 4 inches of rain to Southeastern Ne braska in mid July, with continued lightning v and crashing thunder frightened away the heat I wave and encouraged gardeners and com grow- S ers. j * * * * j Whether it was the halo of the heroics hover ing over the late lamented Chicago convention, 1 a legitimate wave of popularity or the Swedes I from Minnesota that did the trick, at any rate here comes another Kansas man appealing for our 1 votes. No doubt he’ll be elected as “we the peo ple” go nuts over anything new, kick, aside the tried and proven thing of quality to take over a new thing or promising newcomer who might prove a flop. Is this to be repetition of 1928-’32 when the hero of another generation came home to step into the executive seat? Possible, but not likely. It’s great to be so popular that even a dem ocrat shouts for you. Poor Bob! You’re feeling sick I ween. But you are big and patriotic and will not harbor a grudge. In the new administra tion you are going to be seated. * * * * ( One each from Egypt, Hawaii, South America 1 and Sweden and groups from 21 of the states ( make up the 247 who did not get enough of it j during the conventional school year so came to 1 Lincoln to take summer school work at one of the colleges of the state’s educational center. And one of the students has this to say about it: “I think we are steaming in knowledge.” * * * * Mr. Truman subscribed to an oath to en force the Federal laws. The president balks at the Tafl-Harlley law. Is it the law or the hated author that inspires the president's en mity? * * * * A thing known as hairy vetch is thought by the experts down at the Ag college to be the stuff as a forage crop for sandy land. Oldtimers out ; where the sands begin tried a lot of things only in the final analysis to discover that the native i grass was their best bet. » < * * * * This matter is by the decree of the watchers, ( and the demand by the word of the holy ones: to the intent that the living may know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men and giveth it to whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the basest of men.—Daniel 4:17. * * * * A blind man down this way gets on a bus and starts for down town to sell doormats that his hands have made. The blind folks get pen sions but they are ambitious to do something. It hasn’t been proposed yet that the guy blind in one eye be given a half pension. * * * * Forever on the move—house-to-house, apart - ment-to-apartment, farm-to-farm, town-to-town, state-to-state. And thereby has developed a 500 million-dollar household goods moving industry. * * * The names of 67 editorial, business and ad vertising functionaries appear at the mast head of a popular weekly magazine, its real attraction being the work of the printers and pressmen who are not mentioned. * * * ; We wonder how the people of Holt county managed to get along before automobiles, radio and the moving pictures. Editorial . . . Those Presidential Primaries me people of the United States may event ually decide that citizens in every state should have a chance to vote on their choice for prsident. Though it is generally not understood, the peo ple never do have a chance to vote for president of the United States as the election system oper ates today. Instead, the people vote for a slate of elect ors — which their forefathers who framed the constitution set up as the best way to assure the election of a qualified man to the presidency. The electors were supposed to be chosen by the state legislatures in the beginning and were to be men of prominence and education, who could choose the best candidate for president. How ever, as the years passed, electors became a mat ter for the voters to decide upon and the voters today vote for electors and not for the president. Thi^ is not the only indirect part of the sys tem, since the voter is usually given only two slates of electors in most states, one slate sup porting the candidate for the major party and the other slate supporting the candidate of the other major party. In some stales, the voters in November actually have no choice, since the election has been decided in the primary earlier in the year and only one slate of electors has a chance of election. These are the socalled one-party-states. The nomination of candidates, to which the electors are pledged, comes about in a manner which is not the best example of democracy. The two parties convene every four years, in the form of about 1,200 delegates. These delegates are us ually chosen in state conventions, which are often controlled by the state political machine in pow er at the time. Thus, the delegates who come to the conventions are not elected by the people, in most cases, and may not represent the wishes of the people. An example of the machine power was aptly demonstrated a fortnight ago in the 25th national republican convention. Twice-defeated Tom Dew ey. for example, helped turn the tide in favor of Dwight Eisenhower, a fledgling, to deny the nom ination of Sen. Robert Taft, who for 20 years has been the symbol of opposition to new deal and fair deal legislation. In 16 states, presidential primaries are held, which give the people a chance to vote on the presidential candidates in a sort of popularity contest. In the other states such primaries are not held. Thus, the whole process is one of indirectness, which leads to confusion in some cases and which prevents the average voter from expressing a choice from among all the candidates in the race. The proposed change is a constitutional amend ment, which would give the voters of each state a chance to express their choice among the candi dates competing for the nomination of their party. Another proposal is one which would sub stitute the names of the two major candidates for the names of electors and allow the people to vote for the actual candidate in November, rather than the electors. The former proposal, which would insure the nomination of the candidate who had the support of more members of his party than any other candidate of that party, might be the easier solution. Generally speaking, voters in Novem ber know very well which candidate the electors represent, but the nomination scramble is much more confused. A candidate can often be nominated in na tional conventions as a result of machine tactics, or the support of the party organization, despite the greater popularity of another candidate. Thus, if all states held presidential primaries and the country’s voters of each major party had an op portunity to express a preference in them, the country would get the most popular candidate of each major party. That would be certain only if the delegates named in the respective states were pledged to vote for the primary winner. In this way, the people of the country would be given a chance to directly choose their presi dent, even though the electoral college system, as set up in the constitution, were retained. * • • • Men work hard in order to retire and rest; they usually die before they retire and the ques tion whether they rest is unanswered. * * * • The people who talk most about the broth erhood of man might give a few thoughts to the sisterhood of women. ~ Frontier Editorial 8c Business Offices: 122 South Fourth St. CARROLL W. STEWART, Editor and Publisher Established in 1880—Published Each Thursday Entered at the postoffice in O’Neill, Holt county, Nebraska, as second-class mail matter under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. This news paper is a member of the Nebraska Press Associa tion, 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. AH subscriptions are strictly paid-in-advance. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS WD—Glen L. Brewster to Rob ert Ferris 2-20-50. $300. Lots 19 20 and 21, Blk. 12, Inman. WD—Isa Olla Young et al to Loren F. Burgess 5-23-52. $3106. 62. SWy4 33-31-10. WD—Julian L. Sokja to Ran som G. Rockey & wife, 4-5-52. $175. Lot 4 Blk 29, Ewing. WD — Julia K. Humpal to James F. Humpal 2-20-51. $1. swy4 Sec. 9, Twp. 29, R. 15 and Nondescripts No. 40-46-47 & 53 in Sec. 32-30-14. WD—James F. Humpal to Reg- ! ina Witter 7-16-52 $1. Nond. No. 40 & 46 in Sec. 32-30-14. Grantor reserves a life estate. WD—Ralton O. Jarvis to James K. Galyen & wife, 2-1-52. $10 Nond. No. “C” in NWy4NEy4 32 30-14. QCD—Robert A. Montgomery to George E. Montgomery 10-18 13. $200. NEy4 36-27-9 WD—Sadie Derickson to Mabel Jeanette Derickson 7-18-52 $1 Part NM»NEy4 11-31-9 & part of SWVi 2-31-9, about 37 acres. WD—Dorothy Sojka to Lewis M. Carter & wife, 7-12-52. $175. Lot 3 Blk. 29, Ewing. WD—Alfred James to John B. Beck, no date, Lots 2 & 3 Blk. G, Neely’s 2nd Add., Atkinson. When You & I Were Young .. . Baseball, Boxing, Running Scheduled Atkinson to Compete Against O’Neill 50 Years Ago Mr. and Mrs. A. Hammond and daughter, Grace, are visiting rela tives and friends in Iowa. . . The Christian Endeavor society will give a lawn social in the grove one block west of the Presby terian church. . . Del Aiken, manager of the Atkinson heavy weight baseball team, came to O’ Neill and agreed on a match game of ball played in O’Neill. Odie Biglin was chosen umpire. Besides the ball game, there is to be a 50-yard foot race between D. Clem Deaver and F. H. Swing ley and a boxing match between Tom Coyne and Phillips of the Atkinson team. 25 Years Ago Little Miss Dorothy Warner en tertained 14 guests at a party on her ninth birthday anniversary. Those present were Loree Sauers, Mary Haffner, Eloise Liddy, Alice Schwisow, Carolyn Beers, Delta Gunn, Ruth Harris, Junior Harris, E. Donald Bowen, Lois Stevens, Luella Harding, Pearl Welton, Gloria Warner and little Robert Bowen. . . Dr. and Mrs. L. A. Car ter and daughter, Marjorie, left by auto for Chicago, 111., where they will visit with Mrs. Joe Smith and family. . . Mrs. Della Shaw went to Tonawanda for a visit at the home of her son, W. R. Shaw, and family. 10 Years Ago Miss Kathryn McCarthy of Grand Island spent the week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. H. McCarthy. . . Walter Sire, Walter Smith, W. E. Wulf, John Sullivan and J. D. Cronifl went to Lincoln. . . Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Tomlinson entertained the Last Minute bridge clu-b. . . Miss El len Lois Wilcox returned from Plattsmouth where she visited relatives. . . Pvt. Harold Donohoe of Ft. Forrest, Tenn., visited his wife and parents. One Year Ago In the first of a series of inter city golf matches, the O’Neill Country club 12-man team easily turned back an Ainsworth crew . . . Francis B. Luben, QM3/e a naval reservist who was recalled to active duty in January now is aboard the USS George Clymer at the port of Inchon, Korea. Mrs. Ben Wayman New Noble Grand— At a regular meeting of the Eden Rebekah lodge, which was held Friday, July 18, at the IOOF hall, Mrs. Ben Wayman was in stalled as noble grand and Mrs. Roy Johnson as vice grand. The installation was made by Mrs. Nellie Medcalf, the district dep uty marshal, and her staff from Chambers. Refreshments were served fol lowing the regular meeting. try Frontier want ads! DR. H. L. BENNETT VETERINARIAN Phones 316 and 304 — O'NEILL — Long Range Plan and Scientific Road Classification Urged by Demo Candidate Editor’s note: While Melvin Paul, the Nebraska Press asso ciation’s Capitol correspondent, is vacationing, this column is being conducted by guest writers. Today’s is Walter R. Raecke of Central City, the democratic candidate for gov ernor. Last week’s was Mr. Raecke’s opponent. Republican Robert B. Crosby of North Platte. By WALTER R. RAECKE Democratic Candidate for Governor These words are being written a few days prior to the opening of the first of our two great national conventions. The preconvention presidential campaign this year has been the most interesting one of many years. One of the most encouraging features has been the surge of interest shown by the voters. They have stepped for ward by the hundreds of thou sands to participate in the pri maries and have made it known that they want a voice in the se lection of the candidates. The writein votes have been most sig nificant and have clearly demon strated that the people are not al ways satisfied with the choices of the regular politicians. This is a healthy sign of democracy. The recent Nebraska primary has shown the need of some changes in our election laws. The second presidential preference vote and the vice-presidential preference vote served no purpose except to lenghthen the hours of labor for the election counting boards. The preprimary conven tion endorsement of candidates for state office is largely mean ingless when the same delegates are permitted to endorse as many candidates as they wish for the same office. As the result of the filing of petitions to place my name on the ballot, the splendid unsolicit ed vote given me in the primary, and the encouragement offered by so many Nebraskans, both demo crats and republicans, I am now a candidate for the ofice of gov ernor. I shall try not to disap point you. * * * Industry— Nebraska is primarily agricul tural and without a prosperous agriculture all of us will suffer. However, a humming industry and good wages to labor are neces sary to provide a market for farm products. The lack of new land to settle and will has impressed upon our people the necessity for the prop er use and conservation of our soil and water. Greater progress has been made along this line in the last twenty years than in all our previous history. The coopera tion and public spirited assistance of the people of each community is necessary to uccessfully make the most beneficial use of our water and to keep it under prop er contfol. The rights and wishes of the people in each locality ef fected must be given fair consid eration. * * * Roads — Nebraska people are keenly conscious of their road problem. It is not confined to any one coun ty or area, but is one of the chief subjects of conversation in every locality. The amount of roads which can be constructed and and maintained depends primar ily on two things. First the wise and efficient al location, use and expenditure of whatever money is available; and second, the amount of money available. The first considera tion, under existing laws is the direct responsibility of the gover nor and the highway depart ment. The second consideralion is purely and simply economic. There is a limit to what can be done with whatever funds are available. Assuming that the money is to be spent efficiently, the fact still remains that only a cerain num ber of miles can be built or main tained with a given amount of money. If the people are unwill ing to provide more, the highway program cannot be substantially expanded. This is finally within the complete control of the voters under the initiative and referen wish.dum, and they can, if they wssh, override any action of the governor and legislature on the subject, as has already been demonstrated. Two years ago 1 repeatedly ad- o vocated the formation of a long range program, including the scientific classification of roads according to proper standards and a system of priorities for con- o structon and development. Some work has been commenced along c this line and it must be success fully completed. * * * Responsibility — The space allotted for this ar ticle will not permit the discus sion of a proposed state highway commission, nor problems con nected with education, assistance and other matters of state con cern, but they will be discussed during my campaign. The governor has general charge of the administration of state afairs and it is his respon sibility to see that the various de partments operate efficiently and economically. Expenditures for state govern ment in Nebraska have tripled in the last ten years. This is suf ficient warning that the governor has a full time job, which must be accepted in all seriousness and with a firm determination to serve the people well. With such determination I en ter upon the campaign, which I intend to conduct in a clean and dignified manner in keeping with the importance of the office in volved. Tune In! Voice of The Fron tier” . . . 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Amount to Proposed Raised by FUNDS Require- standing Reserve on Hand Misc. be raised 1952 Taxation 195’ ments Warrants 7-1-52 Revenue by Taxation Levies in-1951 Levies 1952 Levy % General-$117,553.00 $ 5,778.52 $ 51,208.74 $ 66,620.61 $ 45,030.00 $ 62,889.65 1.79 $ 83,948.73 2 44 Bridge -_- 70,000.00 2,670.54 36,720.45 30,223.51 21,745.00 57,422.48 1.60 46,087.51 1.34 Road - Bridge- 26,025.00 5,901.98 66.78 11,993.76 20,000.00 Road--- 202,500.00 7,041.71 26,219.92 82,002.63 153,009.00 750.00 .03 1,719.97 .05 County Unemployment Relief - 13,044.40 470.35 5,010.37 7,943.99 10,581.13 .30 2,063.84 .06 Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Relief_ 2,500.00 250.00 2,213.61 536.39 .02 688.09 .02 County Fair-_____- 4,500.00 1,919.64 500.00 2,080.36 .06 3,439.57 .10 Mothers’ Pension ___ 1,072.12 1,072.12 Special .Mail Route Road Fund _ 70,000.00 1,664.29 217.77 10,882.06 61,000.00 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING July 30, 1952 Notice is hereby given of the public hearing Co be held on Wednesday, July 30, 1952, at 1:30 o’clock P.M.r at the Court House in Holt County, Nebraska for the purpose of entering objections, suggestions, or corrections to the 1952 County Budget. BOARD OF COUNTY SUPERVISORS Holt County, Nebraska