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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 7, 1952)
O’Neill Rockets Blank Bartlett o Wheeler Crew Bows • Sunday, 9-0 The O’Neill Rockets romped over Bartlett, 9-0, in a North Central Nebraska league game played Sunday at Bartlett. Ber nard Troshynski struck-out 12 and allowed only four hits as he led his teammates to victory. Vircil Morrow led the hitting for the Rockets with a home run, a triple, a double and two singles in six times at bat. Lloyd Cork had „lts in slx times at bat for OTNeill. Boxscore: O'NEILL (9) AB R H Tielke, cf_4 i q Hamik, cf-2 0 0 * Cork, ss-6 2 4 Morrow, lb_6 3 5 Gorgen, 3b_3 0 1 Culhae, 3b_10 0 Appleby, 2b_3 o 0 Luber, 2 b-1 0 o Bholes, If_3 o 1 Godel, If---1 o 0 Troshynski, c_5 i 2 Holz, rf-2 0 0 Cooper, rf_3 i i B. Troshynski, p_4 i i Totals _ 44 9 15 BARTLETT (0) AB R H Tillington, ss_4 o 0 M. Passo, r>_3 o 1 Peterson, 2b_4 0 2 E. Passo, lb_4 0 1 Hinze, p_4 q 0 Day, 3b-3 o 0 LeLagge, If-3 o 0 B. Passo, cf_3 0 0 Menvey, rf-3 o 0 Totals _ 31 o 4 O'Neill Loses The O’Neill Rockets suffered a 4-8 setback Tuesday night at Spalding. The winners out’nit the Holt crew, 11-6. Boxscore: O'NEILL (4) AB R H Tielke, c_2 1 1 Sholes, If___4 o 0 Cooper, 3b_5 1 1 Morrow, lb_5 1 l Appleby, 2b_4 0 1 Troshynsky, c_3 0 0 Godel, ss _3 0 0 Hamik, rf_4 0 1 Graham, p_4 1 1 Totals___34 4 6 SPALDING (8) AB R H Zahm, cf_5 0 1 J. Smith, p_5 l 2 Jensen, 3b_5 0 1 McQuillan, lb _4 1 1 Gannon, If_4 1 1 B. Dugan, ss_4 2 3 Costello, p_4 0 1 R. Dugan 2b _4 2 0 Lammers, rf_3 1 1 Totals_38 8 11 Stauri 15 — Chamber 10 CHAMBERS — The Chambers baseball team was defeated by Stuart Sunday by a score of 15 to 10 in a game played at Chambers. Tomjack led the hitting for Chambers with two Singles and two doubles in five times at bat. Box score: STUART (15) AB R H Schuesler, ss_5 * 2 1 Hoffman, lb _4 2 1 Baum, 3b_7 12 King, c _ 7 0 1 Johnson, If _ 4 3 0 Hytrek, 2b_* 3 2 1 Kunz, rf _4 2 1 Shald, cf _ 4 2 3 Krysl, p_5 12 TOTALS_43 15 12 CHAMBERS (10) AB R H Cameron, 3b _ 5 0 2 Hiligas, ss_4 0 1 G. Oetter, 2b _ 5 0 1 Tomjack, c_5 3 3 Couch, lb_4 1 2 Harley, cf_„ 5 10 Grimes, p_ 5 11 K. Oetter, 3b_2 0 1 Waldo, If_2 11 Lambert, rf_5 0 1 TOTALS_42 10 13 C&NW Receives 32 New Diesels — Thirty-two diesel electric loco motives for freight service have been delivered to the Chicago & North Western railway system during recent weeks, it was an nounced Monday by R. L. Wil liams, president. The diesels are part of the rail way’s program to add 90 units of diesel motive power during the current year. Fifty-eight addi tional locomotives are still on or der with deliveries scheduled to be completed by the end of No vember. The recent deliveries consist of 23 1,500-horsepower road switch ing locomotives, _ EWING NEWS Mr. and Mrs. Hugo. Nini of Oklahoma City, OKia., arrived in Ewing Saturuay for a visit witn her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Sturbaum, and her sister, Mrs. Allan Pollock, and family. Mr. Nini, who has been in tne army air force for some time, has re ceived his discharge. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Sturbaum en tertained at a family dinner party Sunday at their country nome. .Guests were Mr. and Mrs. Hugh (Nini of Oklahoma City, Okla., and Mr. and Mrs. Allan Pollock and daughter, Patsy. Mr. and Mrs. Mike Philben and children accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Delmont Stonebraker and son of Neligh and Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Stonebraker of Cham bers enjoyed a picnic diner at Goose lake on Sunday. Fishing was the afternoon’s pastime. Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Edwards of Irwin, la., spent last Thursday at the home of their son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Edwards, and family. Other guests at the Edwards home were Ricky Ann and Paula Jean Edwards of Park Ridge, 111. Arthur Funk, James Schindler and Peter George departed for San Diego, Calif., on Friday. They made the trip by auto. Mrs. Velma Robertson of Har din, Mont., has been a guest at the home of her brother and sis ter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Lee. She left Sunday to return to her home. Mr. and Mrs. John Tomjack and family of Melbeta wrere re cent guests at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Tom jack, and also at the Frank Hawk country home. Mr. and Mrs. Lester Bergstrom and children, Mrs. Caroline San ders and Arthur Sanders, were Sunday evening guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Curly San ders and family. Mr. and Mrs. William Kropp and family of Norfolk were week end guests at the home of his brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Kropp, and fam ily. Mr. and Mrs. Kermit Jefferies, Judy and Jerry letf Monday on a two weeks’ vacation trip through the western states. They will visit her sister and brother in-law% Mr. and Mrs. Dwaine Ben don, and family at Los Angeles, Calif., and other relatives and friends in San Francisco, Calif. Mrs. Verge Kline of California was a houseguest of Mrs. Mae Gemmill from Thursday to Sat urday when she left by bus for Norfolk to visit at the home of her son, Harold Kline, and family. 16,000 Cattle Hit Omaha Market Some 16,000 cattle and calves hit the Omaha market Monday. Better than 40 percent of the run came from the west and south west—some forced to market by drouth. Slaughter steers and yearlings sold unevenly steady to 50 cents lower, most decline generally on steers above 1.150 pounds. Steers and yearlings bulked at $29,00 $32.75, with better steers to $33.50 and late in the trading session one load held higher. Weighty steers included 1495-pounders at $31.50; 1337-pounders at $32.50. Plain killers sold down to $22, odd head under that. Best heifers were some at $32.75. Cows sold steady to weak, can ners and cutters $12 to $14.50, strong cutters to $15.50, beef to $19, odd head $20. Bulls lost 50 cents and more, bolognas to $23 and $23.50 sparingly, beef to $19, a few $20. Vealer top held at $29. There were some 5,500 stocker and feeder cattle and calves on sale Monday at Omaha and bulk sold steady, better yearlings strong, but late in the day some of those lacking in quality re mained unsold. Plain to good stock steers ranged from $17 to $28.25, good to choice lightweights $29. Medium to good feeder steers brought $22.00-$25.50. Hogs sold weak to 50 cents lower, maximum decline on sows over 400 pounds. Butchers weigh ing 180-360 ranged from $20 to $23.65. Butchers Friday at Oma had hit $23.75, best since Feb ruary 1951. Sows weighing 270-* 550 Monday sold at $16.50-$21.00, lightweights to $21.50. Stags brought $14-$16. Still barred from the Omaha market as of Monday were hogs from counties under federal quarantine for vesicular exanthema—those counties in Ne braska, Box Butte, Hall, Dodge, Douglas, Saunders, Sarpy and Washington; and in Iowa, Wood bury and Pocahontas. Among recent sales at Omaha for shippers from this area: Louie Pofahl, 28 hogs, wt. 329, $21.75; 17 steers, wt. 1,312, $32.00; 61 hogs, wt. 317, $21.85. Frontier for printing! ■ — 5 ^f-4 fffj m ^/ if^ ' ^ f ^ *£|§ I Oul of Old Nebraska. . . Emigrant Woman Poisoned at Well? Susan Hail Legend Is Still Alive Not far from Kenesaw, in Adams county, stands a lone grave, the final resting place of Mrs. Susan O. Hail, a covered wagon emigrant who met her death on the overland trail, June 2, 1852—a hundred years ago. We know very little about Su san Hail. Indeed, the only docu mentary evidence we have comes from the notes of Justus L. Co zad, who surveyed Kenesaw township in the summer of 1859, and copied the inscription on the marker, as follows: “Memory of Mrs. Susan O. Hail of LaFayette county, Mo., who died June 2, 1852, age 34 years, 5 months and 12 days.” The gaps in documented knowl edge have been filled in over the years by a host of legends sur rounding the lone grave on the prairie. One of these legends con cerns the circumstances of Mrs. Hail's death. According to the story, she died from drinking water at a well poisoned by the Indians. This seems improbable on the face of it. Much more probable is the suggestion by Niels Mikkel son of Kenesaw, a close student of the history of the region, that she died from that dread, univer sal killer of the trail, cholera. Another oft-repeated story has Mrs. Hail’s grief-stricken husband returning to Omaha to secure a monument, then transporting it across the prairie in a wheel barrow,erecting it on his wife’s lonely grave. This is possible, but if Mr. Hail made this trek of de votion he probably made it, as Mr. Mikkelson suggests, to St. Jo seph, Mo. Another possibility might have been Kanesville (soon to become Council Bluffs) across the river from the present city of Omaha, and then an outfitting point of some pretensions. The legends are very well in their place, and they make good reading in the Sunday supple ments of eastern papers. Susan Hail's lone grave, however, needs no legend to perpetuate its place in history. In a very real sense, the grave of Susan Hail serves to commem orate the memory of thousands of emigrants who lie in unmarked graves along the overland trail. The ravages of nature soon de stroy the original grave marker, and when it was discovered by | the early settlers of Adams coun ty very little was left of it. A new marker was erected in 1896, but it, too, soon gave way before the destructiveness of nature and souvenir hunters. Finally in 1933 the Hastings Outdoor club erected a stone marker bearing the plaque of the Oregon Trail Memorial association (now the American Pioneer Trail associa tion), and protected by a strong iron fence. Kinkaid Act Increased Arthur's Population — Though Arthur County was named, and had its boundaries de fined, in 1887 when the legisla ture established a number of sandhill counties, it was not ac tually organized on a going basis until 1913. It may rightfully claim, then, the title of Nebras ka’s youngest county. It is a statistical distinction in Nebraska, too—for some time it had the smallest population of any county in the state. In 1940, the census showed 1,045; a preliminary report of the 1950 census shows only 799. Lack of population was the principal reason for the failure to get the county on a going basis in the 19th century. The census of 1890 gave the new county which had been named in honor of President Chester Arthur, a population of just 91. There did not seem to be many signs that the population would increase, and for a quarter of a century Arthur county was, for all prac tical purpoes, a part of McPher son county. (The arrangement does not seem to have been a par ticularly happy one.) The basis of settlement in the county, as in much of western Nebraska, was the Kinkaid act, pushed through congress by Moses P. Kinkaid of O’Neill, who represented Nebraska’s Sixth dis trict in the house of representa tives from 1903 to 1922. Accord ind to the Kinkaid act, passed in 1904, in certain counties of west ern Nebraska, including Arthur, a homesteader could claim 540 acres rather than the customary 160. The prospect of securing a I section of land brought a rather considerable influx of settlers j to the county, and in 1920 the population was 1,412, the high- ( est it has ever been. t There was some expectation that the Kinkaid act would make l it possible for general farming to supplant cattle raising in the areas in which it operated. By 1920, however, any fears that this would occur had generally been laid to rest. Though the valleys of Arthur county produce good crops it was soon found that cat tle raising, which had been the earliest activity, would remain the principal one. In his historical sketch of Ar thur county written for “Who’s Who in Nebraska” (1940), Carl C. Crouse described the pattern of life in the county as follows: “A little farming, a bunch of Here ford cattle, some milk cows, hogs and turkeys together with plen ty of hay is the picture of the av erage ranch.” About 2 o’clock Wednesday afternoon, July 30, a fire started on a newly-mowed meadow at the Ted Crawford place on the Niobrara river, east of the Spen cer dam. About 50 volunteers came to help fight the blaze. Neighbors told Mr. Crawford they saw a small tornado touch down and then smoke began to rise. About 160 acres was burned off on the Crawford and ad joining Bennie Johring places. REDBIRD NEWS (Last Week’s News) Mr. and Mrs. Jake Knittel of Gregory, S.D., called in the Ray Wilson home Monday morning enroute home. They had been Sunday overnight visitors of Mrs. Knittel’s brother, Joe Schollmeyer, sr., at O’Neill. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hiscocks and Mrs. Bill Conard and daugh ter, Neta, are vacationing in Ore gon. Dick Truax and Bruce Scholl meyer visited Friday afternoon with Larry Halstead. Mrs. Ralph Pinkertnan went to Omaha Wednesday, July 28, and flew to Fairmont, Ind., to visit Pinkerman relatives. Jo Ann Baker of Lynch called in the Ray Wilson home Friday afternoon. Mrs. John Stewart and sons of Wagner, S.D., are visiting her parents, the Art Besserts. Miss Dorothy Rosenkrans de parted Saturday for Wayne col lege to complete her two-year course during the post-season. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Wilson and Billy attended a Sinclair family reunion at Chamberlain, S.D., Sunday. Little Philip Wilson stayed with his grandparents, the Ray Wilsons. Mrs. Fred Truax, sr., visited her daughter, Mrs. Dale Bessert, Friday. Mrs. Albert Carson and Mr. and Mrs. Junior Wilson accom panied Lloyd Tuch of Verdel to Omaha Friday. Mrs. Ellen Savitts of Forest Grove, Ore., visited in the Nick Baker and Ray Wilson homes Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Wells entertained the Wells families at a family dinner Sunday in their home. Clifford Wells, Frank Wyant and Ray Wilson were busy Fri ady and Saturday looking for a machine to finish their threshing. Mrs. Mary Wolfe is visiting her son, Clifford, and family of Clinton, la. Gaylene Kaasa visited Doris, Helen and Alice Halstead Thurs day afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. George DeCamp and daughters, Carolyn and Le ona Mae, of Meadow Grove, were dinner and supper guests of Mr. and Mrs. Earnefct Wrigh* and family Sunday, July 27. Mr. and Mrs. Orville Miller and family were supper guests of Mr. and Mrs. Earnest Wright and family Monday night, July 28, to help Jackie Mae Wright cele brate her 12th birthday anniver sary. Ewing Boy Scouts Enjoy an Outing Take Swim in River on Trip EWING—Boy Scout troop 18* members accompanied by Assist ant Soutmaster, H. R. Harris and Committeeman Gail Boies went on a hike Tuesday evening, July 29, which ended at Yellow Banks for supper. The group was divided into pairs. The meal was prepared over open campfires, which is a part of their scout training. The boys are getting a professional touch to this style of cookery. Since each individual brought the makings for a supper, the menu was a varied one. Later in the evening, the Scouts went for a sponsored swim in the Elkhorn river after which they broke camp and headed for home. Other Ewing News Ronald Neisius spent a few days with Milan and Bob Welke last week. R. H. Jefferies has returned home from Long Pine where he has spent several weeks at the [ home of his daughter and son-in law, Mr. and Mrs. Jay Hixson, and family. Mr. and Mrs. Leland Welke and family, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Neisius and family picnicked at Goose lake on Sunday. Slate Meeting A meeting will be held at the Odd Fellows hall in the village of Inman on Friday, August 8, at 8 o’clock p. m. for the purpose of outlining the method of ob tain i n g improved telephone service for the people served by the Inman exchange and for all others interested in the territory, a spokesman for the committee announced this week. MARRIAGE LICENSES Warren Finch Cronk and Miss Carmen Linda Roach, both of Page, on July 23. Robert Kenneth Shaw and Miss Julia E. Martin, both of O’Neill, on July 23. Merlyn Dwayne Anderson of Redbird and Miss Florence Mil dred Walters of O’Neill on July 31. Terminates Visit Here; Returns to Canada — Mr. and Mrs. Glen Hull0 and Charles Caywood took George Caywood to Sioux City where he took the train for Edmonton, Alberta, Can., after a six months’ visit here with his sister and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Lowry, and brother, Charles Caywood. 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