O’Neill Rockets
Blank Bartlett
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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.
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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.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Brink
man went to Lincoln Sunday to
visit Ernest Brinkman who is re
covering in the Bryan Memorial
hospital from injuries received in
an automobile accident.
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