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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 30, 1952)
3 Prairieland Talk . . . Will Tongues Hang Out Again? By ROMAINE SAUNDERS LINCOLN—The carrier who delivers mail at ' my address put on his hip boots and primed up the shotgun last week and headed for the lakes of Holt and Rock counties. There were four nim rods in his party and they succeeded in knocking down 25 ducks. Pheasant season had not yet begun while they were out that way but they saw plenty of them and some grouse. Many of the smaller sandhills lakes, he reports, have turned to weed patches owing to prolong ed dry weather, which is really not a new thing on prairieland. After being in the wet for several years until you are about web-footed, it is a pleasure to move about on dry earth. In the 1890’s, in the early part of the Romaine 20th century, and again in the 5*un<w«: . 1930’s dry conditions and hot winds prevailed. Now after a period of worry over floods may be the 1950’s hides will crack open and tongues will hang out for want of rain. * * * John L. Lewis and his coal miners may be on the way out. Robot mining machines appear on the horizon. . . This from the pastor of a large city church: The patron saint of the Irish is St. Patrick, of the English St. George. The patron saint of Americans is St. Vitus. The American people are so tense and keyed up that it is impos sible even to put them to sleep with a sermon. . . Speeds up to 50-miles-per-second are being toyed with by scientists in laboratories in efforts to discover the effect of such rushing through space if it can be put to practical use. . . That indispens able personage we have known as the housewife should now be spoken of as a domestic engineer. And the kitchen functionary as the dishpan ex pert. . . A fellow who seems to have gone to the trouble of counting the babies says the world’s population increases by 100 million every four years, and about half of the people of the world are hungry, sick or poorly housed. . . A bullet en tered the large artery near the heart of a 16-year old Ohio lad and found its way to his knee. The young fellow was none the worse after the bullet was extracted. * * * I Political campaigns can dish up the partisan hogwash, but this is about the limit when the president of the United States takes the stump to insult American citizens. Mr. Truman has shown no outstanding ability as a statesman but in the realm of billingate he has few equals. * * * For 150 years the Du Pont organization, start ing on Brandywine creek, Delaware, has been op erating until today there are 24 branch plants employing 87,000 workers. . . At one time in his campaign tour Wilkie caught a ripe tomato in the eye. General Ike met with boos in a New Jersey town. If you would shun the insults from poor fools that know no better, don’t run for presi dent. . . . Farmers in the wheat growing sections of southeast Nebraska who planted deep have thrifty looking fields of winter wheat and with a modicum of snow during the winter they will feel assured of a crop next season notwithstanding this prolonged autumn dry spell. * * * It was a blustery day in late autumn. I had a lot of land and no money. That was the fix a good many prairieland patriots were in a half century ago. I was figuring just how to get some things that were needed or I thought they were needed, with just about empty pockets, f was | crossing the street in the little town when some- ' thing sticking up out of the sand attracted my at tention. At first look I thought it to be the stamp off a cigar box. But I fished it out to discover I had a 10-dollar bill in my fist. Ten dollars would buy something more than a loaf of bread in those days. Call him not old whose visionary brain Holds o’er the past its undivided reign. For him in vain the envious seasons roll Who hears eternal summer in his soul. If yet the minstrel’s song, the poet’s lay, Spring with her birds or children with their play, Or maiden’s smile or heavenly dream of art Stir the life-drops creeping ’round his heart— Turn to the record where his years are told, Count the gray hairs—they can not make him old. Maybe so. But can florid prose or honeyed rhyme bring back youth’s magnificent insolence, youth’s haughty swagger, youth’s boundless ener gy and limitless opportunities for contributing to a world’s needs? Can it bring again lustre to brown eyes, smooth skin and abandoned restless ness, worthy ambition and high resolve? No. Only the somber strains of regret and where the fires of youth glowed the ashes that cover the embers of memory. But age has its compensations—seren ity of mind, the rush and push and struggles of life no longer calling and the days and months and remaining years when the patriot with the hoary-head takes things easy. Retired—the goal of all. * * * Would you have a child your adoring friend? Slip that child a bit of something sweet to eat. • * * Nature, carrying on the work of fertilizing the soil, denudes the trees and bushes of frost tinted foliage and scatters it across lawns and fields. City householders will have none of this. Leaves are raked into bundles and burned. For a few weeks the picture lingers high in treetops of the gold of dying leaf against the background of the deep blue above. And today autumn winds whisper among the tree branches and scatter the green robes of yesterday into the air like falling sn6w, now brown and dead to return to dust cf the earth to enrich the new life that will spring again from that dust. And so the frosts of time straighten us for the grave to return to dust that out of that dust enriched immortal life will be born to dwell above this vale of tears. * * * Government loans on this year’s com crop have been taken out by Nebraska growers in a few instances, it has been stated. The amount available for the borrower is $1.50 to $1.53 per bushel, a little more than local elevators pay, so maybe a loan means a sale. It was in 1944 that Harry Ressel, chairman of the Holt county AAA committee, said in a letter to The Frontier that there were 31,008 bushels of corn under govern ment seal in the county, the loan rate at that time being 88 cents a bushel. * * * Before Governor Peierson took off for de bates with some of the democratic bigwigs on political questions and speeches on a tour that took him to New York City I had a visit with him. Something was said that gave the govern or an idea for a speech. Now then, if we fellows out on praiireland can tell the wise men of the east where to head in, maybe there should be a few more of us sent down to Washington for a cleanup. * * * Three blocks up the street the Lions club strung a banner the width of the street in a mis sionary gesture in behalf of the election to get the sovereign citizens to vote, but before night the banner trailed on the pavement in response to a gust of wind. Trust that was not significant of failure on the part of the efforts of the Lions. * * * Grandpa sat it out in quiet contentment while the famliy spent the weekend “down on the farm.” And that acounts for the roast chicken we are having on the dinner table these days. Editorial . . . Return of GOP Right Direction Not too long ago, when disinterested people relaxed in their efforts to remain free, and failed collectively to forestall the theft of the govern ment from the hands of the people, a lid was put cn the ballot box, and history recorded a chapter of pages written in red. The guys named Joe, Adolf and Benito mov^d in belligerently and tailored Europe with a suit of slavery. The suit was uncomfortable. It would n’t fit us, either. Americans live in a great country. Courage already has established and maintained all the basic freedoms of man in America. Free enter prise has fashioned the most magnificent repub lic history has ever recorded. The inheritance of Americans is a rich bequeathal of privileges, rights, resources and liberty. An American that is an American does what he can to promote and preserve that inheritance. One of the most effec tive means to do this is to vote. An American that is an American votes! The editorial policy of this paper is pregnant with republicanism. We see in Robert B. Crosby a man qualified for governor and further see in him the answer to any possiblity that a projected demise of U.S. Sen. Hugh Butler might result in a democratic senator. On the national scene, we endorse uwignt u. Eisenhower for president as the one to keep faith with the free enterprise of man, the decentraliza tion of power in government and the determined effort to bring Americans home from Korea. General Eisenhower was not our favorite in the Chicago republican convention. However, in the interval he has “consolidated his positions and forces,” if you please, and on November 4 a vote for Mr. Eisenhower becomes a vote against a group that is slowly yet inexorably leading us down the road to socialism. Although the presence of a military man in this nation’s highest office offers problems, they are outweighed both by the candidate’s capabili ties and the drastic consequence of his oppo nent’s magnetic tendencies toward an over-bal anced central government. Gov. Adlai Steven son’s background and current campaign are too closely allied with the new deal and fair deal for anyone t^ minimize these tendencies. Columnist George E. Sokolsky recently offered the following six valid reasons why he has decided to back Eisenhower in the election. We believe his reasons are worth repealing in brief: 1. It is clear that Eisenhower, if elected, can find a cooperative majority in congress, while Stevenson will not have a supporting majority of his own party in congress. Should Stevenson be elected, the wasteful struggle between the president and congress will be continued. - 2. Eisenhower has given every evidence respecting the rights of the people of each state: S^venson has indicated a preference for an over powering central government. 3. The election of Eisenhower will preserve the two-party system; the election of Stevenson will destroy the tradition of two parties and will lead to a multi-party condition. 4. A new look at the domestic economic problem is essential and the republicans have the advantage, as a party, of not having a vested in terest in errors already made. 5. Eisenhower has made his position clear as an anti-communist. Stevenson’s anti-commun ist speech “sounded to me like a defense of Amer ican communists and an attack on those who op pose them.” 6. Eisenhower may fumble on economic problems but his intention to reduce government spending provides hope for a lowering of taxes. Stevenson refuses to meet this problem. Republicanism still means free enterprise, and free enterprise still spells the survival of Am rica. The return to republicanism is the right di rection to survival. The voting booths open on November 4 will be the place to take steps in the right direction. We Don’t Care How—But Do (Guest editorial by Bill Lee, Dakota County Star, South Sioux City) It’s shocking when a deliberate campaign, requiring money and manpower, is necessary to induce Americans to preserve their liberties. But apparently that’s the point to where we have degenerated today. Records indicate last year only 50 percent of America’s total voting population took the time and effort to enter the polls election day. That’s a clear cut indication that half of us don’t give a damn why, when, how or where we are going. There are times when, after studying voting records, you will reach the conclusion only half of us are worth saving. Particularly when you consider that we have sacrificed sons, daughters and fathers in wars to preserve our right to indicate our pleasure, or displeasure, with government. We, personally, would be ashamed to admit we held these sacrifices in so little regard. We wonder at times if the non-voting seg ment of our population has any feeling at all. Editorial & 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: el severe in the United States, $3 per year; abroad, rates provided on request. All subscriptions are strictly paid-in-advance. • REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS WD—Simon E. Timmermans to Ivan Gilg & wf 1-29-52 $950 Part of SE V\ 32-30-14 WD — Mary M. Swingley to Claude Rayer & Marguerite Ray mer 9-30-52 $8,000- SWV4- NEy4 12-30-15 SD—A B Hubbard, Sheriff to E Summers 8-10-50 $900- Lots 11 Si 12 Blk 30- Ewing WD—31anch Petr to Joseph F Peter Si wf 10-20-52 $1- N% 33 ■'P/2 34- Ey2SEV4 27- swy4swy4 27- SEy4 13-28-12 WD — Blanch Petr to John A Peter & wf 10-20-52 $1- SM> 33 Sy> 34- W^SE% 27-28-12 WD—Joseph A Peter to John A Peter & wf 10-20-52 $1- Vz Int ’n SWy4 13- Twp 28- Range 12 When You and I Were . . . Ed Redmond Will Portray ‘Crockett’ Actors Will Present Dickens Story 50 Years Ago The new building owned by Mrs. Cress is expected to be ready on Tuesday with a new lines of groceries, candies and notions. . . J. V. Owens will lead the discussion on “Bailey’s Prin ciples of Agriculture” at the Reading Circle 1. . . The pillow sale will be held at Pfund’s store. . . Ed Redmond will por tray “Davy Crockett” at the op era house Friday night. . . A good heavy spring wagon to trade for a fresh cow, inquire of M. M. Sullivan. . . John Hubby reports that the outlook for a republican success was never brighter. 25 Years Ago A dance was enjoyed by friends and neighbors at the A. Boshart new bam last Saturday evening. . . Mrs. R. M. Sauers is entertaining 16 girl friends in honor of Miss Loree Sauers at a goblin party. . . Clyde King, pro prietor of the Galena Lumber company, whose safe was robbed some time ago, thinks the robber a very kind hearted man as he returned the strong box which he carried away at the time of the robbery. The box was found in the yard in a conspicuous place. . . Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Har rington celebrated their wedding anniversary Wednesday evening. . . Robert Morrison expects to open a grocery store in the new Saunto building about November 1 . . Miss Ruth Osenbaugh enter tained the girls of the third grade and their instructor, Miss Doro thy Hall, at a Hallowe’en party. . . . Charles B. Scott, who died at his home in O’Neill, was the old est court reporter in point of con tinuous service. . . At a nuptial mass at 7 o’clock Monday, Octo ber 24, occurred the marriage of Miss Loretta Rose Sullivan and John Hynes. . . The members of the O’Neill fire department were guests of the Hanford Produce company at a 7 o’clock dinner at the Western hotel Tuesday eve ning. 10 Years Ago Pvt. Jack Grady graduated from aviation mechanics school at Shepard Field, Tex. . . The Holt county war price and ration - ing board urges all car owners to obtain from their gasoline dealer an application blank for basic gasoline rationing. . . Lt. Mike Harty arrived from Ft. Benning, Ga., to visit his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Harty. . . Mr. and Mrs. Howard Rouse enfer tained relatives and friends in honor of Pvt. Lawrence Rouse, home on furlough. . . Fifty-one choice Angus heifers set a new top on the Chicago market. The price paid was $16.50, the highest since September of 1937. . . The dance at Atkinson last Wednes day night sponsored by the Hair Dressers’ association, Unit Six, netted $106, which will go to the USO. . . Archie Bright, who is attending Wayne State Teachers college, is spending the weekend here with his parents. One Year Ago Rev. Robert W. Olson launches work on new Gothic edifice for the Christ Lutheran parishoners. . . . Mrs. Dale Curran, appearing as “Mammy Yokum,” won first prize in the masquerade party Tuesday evening sponsored by the American Legion. . . Sgt. Ed gar J. Boyle arrived Tuesday from Korea. . . St. Mary’s Card inals defeated the Sacred Heart Knights, 12-6. . . A group of eighth graders from St. Mary’s academy gathered Monday eve ning at the home of Miss Marga ret Helen McElvain for a Hallo we’en party. WALTER R. RAECKE DEMOCRAT FOR GOVERNOR .ii Will give sound, faithful and im partial “On the Job” Service I ■ ^ \ t 1 State Capitol News . . . State Uemo Chairman Forecasts Capture of One Congressional Seat LINCOLN—The Nebraska po litical campaign headed lor the , wire this week with both major I parties claiming victory in sight. State Democratic Chairman Wil i liam Meier of Minden said he ex pected the Cornhusker state would end up in the demo column and that the party would be able to elect its gubernatorial candidate, Walter R. Raecke. In addition, Meier thought, the dec ocrats might be able to come up with a congressman, although he didn’t specify which one. State GOP Chairman David T. Martin of Kearney took an op posite view. He said he was less concerned with sweeping that state which he regarded a cinch than with piling up a better per centage vote for republicans than in the neighborhood of Iowa and Kansas, with whom Nebraska has a contest. * * * Governor — Jousting for the governorship are two men remarkably alike in their training: both are lawyers, both former legislators and both former speakers of the legisla ture. The republican is Robert B. Crosby of North Platte. He’s 41 and a World War II navy veteran. A former lieutenant-governor, he has termed the office a political dead end and thinks it ought to be abolished. He has campaigned pretty much on the idea of a shakeup in the organization of state government. The democrat is Walter R. Raecke. He’s 57 and a World War II army veteran. He ran for the same office two years ago and lost to Gov. Val Peterson by 45, 000 votes. He has pegged his campaign on “on-the-job” govern ment with an indirect slap of Governor Peterson’s traveling. He is for an overhauling of the elec tion laws and against a broad ened tax base. * * * Senator, Long Term — Republican is the incumbent, Sen. Hugh Butler, who is seek ing a third six-year term He is 74 and was formerly in the flour milling and grain business. He has voted pretty consistently against tax and appropriations in creases but voted aginst a cut in funds for the bureau of reclama tion. Democrat is Stanley D. Long, a Grand Island druggist. He is 65 and was a member of the Univer sity of Nebraska board of regents for 24 years. An unsuccessful candidate for congress in 1946, he is urging a halt to deficit spend ing and a major reorganization of federal government. Petition candidate is Dwight Dell, a Beatrice farmer. He is 39 and has been active in the Chris LEGAL NOTICE OF MEASURES TO BE VOTED UPON NOVEMBER 4, 1S52. BALLOT TITLES AND TEXTS OF CONSTITUTIONAL , AMENDMENTS PROPOSED BV THE 1951 LEGISLATURE. Proposals Will Appear On the Ballot Xn the Following Order Proposed Constitutional Amendment "For amendment to Article III, sec tion 19, of the Constitution of Nebras ka, to authorize the Legislature to provide that, where there are public officers elected or appointed to a court, board, or commission, having more than one member and the terms of office of one or more members com mence and end at different times, the compensation of all member* of such court, board, or commission may be increased or diminished with the be ginning of the full term of any mem ber thereof," 300 □ “Against amendment to Article m, Section 19, of the Constitution of Ne braska, to authorize the Legislature to provide that, where there are public officers elected or appointed to a court, board, or commission, having more than one member and the terms of office of one or more members com mence and end at different times, the compensation of all members of such court, board, or commission may be Increased or diminished with the be § inning of the full term of any mem er thereof.” 301 □ TEXT OF PROPOSED CONSTITU TIONAL AMENDMENT Be it enacted by the people oi the State of Nebraska, Section 1. That at the general elec tion in November 1952, there shall be submitted to the electors of the State of Nebraska for approval the following amendment to Article III, section 19, of the Constitution of Nebraska, which Is hereby propbsed by the Legislature: “Sec. 19. The Legislature shall never grant any extra compensation to any public officer, agent, or servant after the services have been rendered nor to any contractor after the contract has been entered into, nor shall the compensation of any public officer, in cluding any officer whose compensa tion is fixed by the Legislature, be increased or diminished during his term of office except that, when there are officers elected or appointed to a court, board, or commission having more than one member and the terms of one or more members commence and end at different times, the com pensation of all members of such court, board, or commission may be in creased or diminished at the beginning of the full term of any member thereof." Proposed Constitutional Amendment •Tor amendment to Article VIII, section 1, of the Constitution of Ne braska, to authorize the Legislature to provide a different method of taxing motor vehicles and providing for the distribution to the state, counties, townships, cities, villages, and school districts of such counties of their proper shares of such tax," 302 Q "Against amendment to Article vIII, section 1, of the Constitution of Ne braska, to authorize the Legislature to provide a different method of taxing motor vehicles and providing for the distribution to the state, counties, townships, cities, villages, and school districts of such counties of their proper shares of such tax.” 303 □ TEXT OF PROPOSED CONSTITU TIONAL AMENDMENT Be it enacted by the people ol the State el Nebraska, Section 1. That at the general elec tion in November, 1952, there shall be submitted to the electors of the State of Nebraska for approval the follow ing amendment to Article VIII, section 1 of the Constitution of Nebraska, which is hereby proposed by the Legislature: "Sec. 1. The necessary revenue of the state and its governmental sub divisions shall be raised by taxation in such manner as the Legislature may direct. Taxes shall be levied by valua tion uniformly and proportionately upon all tangible property, and fran chises. except that the Legislature may provide for a different method of taxing motor vehicles: Provided, that such tax proceeds from motor vehicles taxed in each county shall be allocated to the state, counties, townships, vil lages and school districts of such rounty in the same proportion that the jpvv of each bears to the total levy of said county on personal tangible property. Taxes uniform as to class mav be levied by valuation upon all tgher property. Taxes, other than ♦ tian rural overseas program. Run ning on an antimilitary platform, he favors immediate repeal of the l draft and is against UMT. * * * Senator, Short Term — Democrat is William Ritchie, 66-year-old Omaha lawyer. An unsuccessful candidate for gov ernor in 1932 ard for senator in 1944, he is bitterly anti-Truman. He favors a return to the gold standard and thinks the federal government has too many em ployees. Republican is Dwight Griswold, the former governor who’s now a a banker at Gering. A former legislator, he was director of in ternal affairs for the allied mili tary government in Germany and later chief of the Greek foreign aid mission. He is for reducing taxes and trying to settle the con flict with Russia without war. * * * Lieutenant-Governor — Republican is Lt.-Gov. Charles Warner, 77, a Waverly farmer seeking third term. He served 13 terms in the legislature Democrat is A. Clifford Ander son, a 46-year-old Lincoln realtor, now after his first public office, although he has been a delegate to the last two democratic na tional conventions. * * * Secretary of State — Democrat is Harry Swanson, 62, an Omaha salesman who was sec retary of state from 1933-’41. He unsuccesfully sought his party’s nomination as governor two years ago. Republican is Frank Marsh, 29, a Lincoln garage door contractor who is the son of the late secre tary of state who had the same name. He has no previous po litical experience. * * * Attorney- General — Republican is the incumbent, < Clarence S. Beck, 54. He was ap pointed to succeed James H. An derson who resigned and won a term of his own in 1950. He has a good record of maintaining the gambling crackdown launched by MONEY TO LOAN ON AUTOMOBILES TRUCKS TRACTORS i EQUIPMENT FURNITURE Central Finance Corp. C. E. Jones, Manager O'Neill : Nebraska property taxes, m^y be authorized by law. Existing revenue laws shall con tinue in effect until changed by the Legislature.” Proposed Constitutional Amendment “For amendment of Article III, sec tion 7, of the Constitution of Nebraska, providing for the salary of each mem ber of the Legislature in the sum of one thousand two hundred fifty dollars per annum," 304 □ "Against amendment of Article III, section 7, of the Constitution of Ne braska, providing for the salary of each member of the Legislature in the sum of one thousand two hundred fifty dollars per annum.” 305 □ TEXT OF PROPOSED CONSTITU TIONAL AMENDMENT Be it enacted by the people of the State oi Nebraska, Section 1. That at the general elec tion in November, 1952, there shall be submitted to the electors of the State of Nebraska, for approval, the follow ing amendment to Article III, section 7, of the Constitution of Nebraska, which is hereby proposed by the Legis lature. " Sec. 7. Members of the Legislature shall be elected for a term of two years beginning at noon on the first Tuesday in January in the year next ensuing the general election at which they were elected. Each member shall be nominated and elected in a non partisan manner and without any in dication on the ballot that he is affili ated with or endorsed by any political party or organization. Each member shall receive and be paid the sum of one thousand two hundred fifty dollars per annum, payable in such manner and at such times as may be provided by law. In addition to his salary, each member shall receive and be paid an amount equal to his actual expenses in traveling by the most usual route once to and returning from each regu lar or special session of the Legisla ture. Members of the Legislature shall receive no pay nor perquisites other than said salary and expenses. Em ployees of the Legislature shall receive no compensation other than their salary or per diem." Proposed Constitutional Amendments "For amendments to establish a State Department of Education; to provide for a State Board of Educa tion and the election and term of office of the members thereof; to provide for a Commissioner of Education, and the appointment thereof, and how his salary shall be fixed; to provide that all provisions in the Constitution of Nebraska and laws of the state relating to Superintendent of Public Instruc tion shall insofar as applicable apply to and mean the State Department of Education, State Board of Education, or the Commissioner of Education, as the case may be; and to amend Article IV, section 1, Article VII, sections 1 and 13, and Article XVII, section 3, of the Constitution of Nebraska,” "Against amendments a State Department of Education; to provide for a State Board of Educa tion and the election and term of office of the members thereof; to pro vide for a Commissioner of Education, and the appointment thereof, and how his salary shall be fixed; to provide that all provisions in the Constitution of Nebraska and laws of the state re lating to Superintendent of Public Instruction shall insofar as applicable apply to and mean the State Depart ment of Education, State Board of Education, or the Commissioner of Education, as the case may be; and to amend Article IV, section 1, Article VII, sections 1 and 13, and Article XVII, section 3, of the Constitution of Nebraska.” 307 □ TEXT OF PROPOSED CONSTITU TIONAL AMENDMENTS Be it enacted by the people ol the State ot Nebraska, Section 1. That at the general elec tion in November, 1952, there shall be submitted to the electors of the State of Nebraska for approval the amend ments to the Constitution of Nebraska which are set forth in section 2 of this act, and which are hereby proposed by the Legislature. Sec. 2. The amendments proposed are as follows: (1) To add four new sections, to appear in Article VH of the Constitu tion of Nebraska, as sections 14, 15, 16, and 17, and to read as follows; "Sec. 14. There is hereby established a State Department of Education which shall be comprised of a State Board of Education and a Commissioner of Education. The State Department of Education shall have general super vision and administration of the school system of the state and of such other activities as the Legislature may i direct.” "Sec. 15. The State Board of Edu- I Anderson late in 1949. Democrat is Michael McLaugh lin, 46, a Lincoln attorney. This is the seventh straight time he has bid for the office. He was special assistant attorney general 20 years ago. * * * State Treasurer — Democrat is J. R. Farris of Lin coln, an unsuccessful candidate for tate auditor in 1950. He is 77 and was state purchasing agent for 12 years when the dem ocrats held sway in the capitol. Republican is the incumbent, Frank Heintze, 57, of Omaha. He was deputy state treasurer for eight years before becoming treasurer. * • * Stale Auditor— Republican in the incumbent, Ray C. Johnson who has held the office since 1939. Fifty-nine years old, he was a bank official before becoming state auditor. Democrat is Gus Beschorner, 71, year-old Lincoln accountant. He retired two years ago after 16 years service with the internal revenue bureau in Lincoln. * * • Railway Commissioner — Democrat is J. C. Reynolds, a Lincoln attorney who has unsuc cessfully sought the office on two previous occasions. He also ran without success for district judge. Republican is the incumbent, Joseph J. Brown, 56. He is a former clerk of the commision and was appointed to fill the va cancy created by a resignation. Try Frontier want advs! W. F. FINLEY, M.D. O'NEILL First National Bank Bldg. OFFICE PHONE: 28 4 Numerous Visitors at Taylor Home — Mrs. Jack Taylor, who was seriously ill recently, received nu merous visitors including: Mr. and Mrs. Don Taylor, Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Taylor and fam ily and Miss Lucy Shald, all of Ainsworth, on Wednesday, Octo ber 15. Mrs. Wesley Taylor and Miss Shald spent Thursday and Friday night, October 16 and 17. Mrs. Harry Hollenbeck and family came and stayed until Sunday evening, October 19. Bob by Taylor took her home Monday, October 20. Kenneth Taylor was there all last week. _ (Political Advertising)(Political Advertising) KENNETH WARING Petition Candidate for COUNTY SUPERVISOR SECOND DISTRICT I WAS APPOINTED in March to fill an unexpired term on the Holt County Board of Supervisors. I am a (petition candi date for election on the November 4th bal lot. It will be impossible for me to contact all the voters in the Second district person ally, but I want you to know I would sin cerely appreciate your support at the polls. cation shall be composed of six mem bers, who shall be elected from si districts as provided by the Legis lature. Their term of office shall b for six years each, except as here inafter provided. Their duties am powers shall be prescribed by th Legislature, and they shall receive m compensation, but shall be reimburse! their actual expense incurred in th performance of their duties. The mem bers of the State Board of Educatioi shall not be actively engaged in th1 educational profession and they sha] be elected on a nonpartisan ballot. L the general election of 1954, six mem bers shall be elected to the board, on from each of the six districts; tw members shall be elected for tw< years, two for four years, and two fo six years. In .each general electioi thereafter two members shall b elected for six year terms from dis tricts as prescribed by the Legis lature." "Sec. 16. The State Board of Edu cation shall appoint and fix the com pensation of the Commissioner of Edu cation, who shall be the Executiv< Officer of the State Board of Educa tion and the administrative head o the State Department of Education and who shall have such powers an< duties as the Legislature may direct The board shall appoint all employee; of the State Department of Educatior on the recommendation of the Com missioner of Education.” “Sec. 17. All provisions in the Con stitution of Nebraska and laws of th« state relating to the Superintendent oi Public Instruction shall, insofar as such provisions are applicable, applj to and mean the State Department oi Education, the State Board of Educa tion, or the Commissioner of Educa tion as the case may be." (2) To amend Article IV, section 2, to read as follows: "Sec. 1. The executive officers of the state shall be the Governor, Lieu tenant Governor, Secretary of State, Auditor of Public Accounts, Treas urer. Attorney General, and the heads of such other executive departments as set forth herein or as may be estab lished by law. The Legislature may provide for the placing of the above named officers as heads over such de {jartments of government as it may by aw establish. The Governor, Lieuten ant Governor, Attorney General, Sec retary of State, Auditor of Public Accounts, and the Treasurer shall be chosen at the general election held in November, 1954, and in each even numbered vear thereafter, and their term of office shall be two years and until their successors shall be elected and qualified. The records, books, and papers of all executive officers shall De Kept at tne seat of government, and such officers, excepting the Lieuten ant Governor, shall reside there during their respective terms of office. Offi cer* in the executive department of the state shall perform such duties as may be provided by law. The heads of all executive departments established by law, other than those to be elected as provided herein, shall be appointed by the Governor, with the consent of a majority of all members elected to the Legislature, but officers so ap pointed may be removed by the Gov ernor. Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, the heads of the various executive or civil departments shall have power to appoint and re move all subordinate employees In their respective departments.” (3) To amend Article VII, section 1, to read as follows: "Sec. 1. The Governor, Secretary of State, Treasurer, Attorney General, and Commissioner of Education shall, under the direction of the Legislature, constitute a board of commissioners for the sale, leasing, and general man agement of all lands and funds set apart for educational purposes, and for the investment of school funds in such manner as may be prescribed by law.” (4) To amend Article VII, section 13, to read as follows: "Sec. 13. The general government of the state normal schools as now exist ing, and such other normal schools as may be established by law. shall be vested, under the direction of the Leg islature, in a board of seven members to be styled Board of Education of State Normal Schools, six of whom shall be appointed by the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Legislature, two each for a term of two, four, and six years, and two each biennium thereafter for a term of six years, and the Commissioner of Edu cation shall be a member ex officio, rhe duties and powers of the board shall be prescribed by law. and the members thereof shall receive no com pensation for the performance of their iuties, but may be reimbursed their ictual expenses incurred therein.” (5) To amend Article XVII, section i. to read as follows: "Sec. 3. Until otherwise provided jy law the salary of tha Lieutenant Governor shall be twice tne salary of i member of the Legislature." Proposed Constitutional c Amendment ; "For amendment to Article XVI, sec - tion 2, of the Constitution of Nebraska, I to provide for determination by the J Legislature of the number of members - required to compose a constitutional j convention, and to authorize the Leg , islature to define the boundaries of ; election districts and to prescribe the manner in which members of a con ‘ stitutional convention are elected,” 1 "Against amendment to AriicleScvi, I section 2, of the Constitution of Ne > braska, to provide for determination ! by the Legislature of the number of members required to compose a con : stitutional convention, and to author ize the Legislature to define the boun * daries of election districts and to pre scribe the manner in which members of a constitutional convention are ■ elected." 309 q TEXT OF PROPOSED CONSTITU TIONAL AMENDMENT 1 J/ Snm?'t0d ^ thm POOP1" oi tha Stata ■ of Nebraska, ■ .. Section 1. That at the general elec , tion in November 1952, there shall bs [ submitted to the electors of the State of Nebraska for approval the follow i lng amendment to Article XVI, sec tion 2, of the Constitution of Nebraska, which is hereby proposed by the Leg islature: "Sec. 2. When three-fifths of the members elected to the Legislature deem it necessary to call a convention to revise, am md. or change this con stitution, they shall recommend to the electors to vote at the next elec tion of members of the Legislature, for or against a convention, and If a majority of the electors voting on the proposition, vote for a convention, the Legislature .shall, at its next session provide by law for calling the same; Provided, the votes cast in favor of calling a convention shall not be less than thirty-five per cent of the total votes cast at such election. The con vention shall consist of not more than one hundred members, the exact num ber to be determined by the Legisla ture, and to be nominated and elected rr°m districts in the manner to be prescribed by the Legislature. Such membe-s shall meet within three months after their election, for the purpose aforesaid. No amendment or change of this constitution, agreed uP°n by such convention, shall take effect until the same has been sub mitted to the electors of the state, and adopted by a majority of those voting for or against the same.” Proposed Constitutional Amendment •Tor amendment to Article XVI, sec tion 1, of the Constitution of Nebraska, . to provide for publication of notice of ^“mission of constitutional amend ments by publication in newspapers once each week for three consecutive weeks," 310 r-. “^galnft amendment to Article XVI. section 1, of the Constitution of Ne braska. to provide for publication of “^mission of constitutional amend ments by publication in newspaper* «*ch week for three consecuUv* weeka- _ 311 □ TEXT proposed CONSTITU TIONAL AMENDMENT Ba ** •nm?t*d b7 tha people o1 the State of Nebraska, ■ Section 1. At the general election 1952. there shall be sub mitted to the electors of the State of . ®br!?ka ?°f approval the following «7\£*f1,£en\1V\frticle XVI- section T, of the Constitution of Nebraska, which P«>Po»ed by the Legislature: !• The Legislature may pro pose amendments to this Constitution, tf, -he fame be agreed to by three nfths of the members elected to the i wture’ 8uch Proposed amendments be entered on the journal, with “ !v7eaa ,arld n*ya» and published once each week for three consecutive weeks, in at least one newspaper in each ^ty where a newspaper is pub "j¥L*d* lmmediately preceding the next election of members of the Legislature. a?c!?0? 831(1 amendments shall tcl the Sectors for ap or ruction upon a ballot sep arate from that upon which the name* S£?dldat*8 aPP«ar. If a majorit* electors voting on any such amendment adopt the same, it shall *i,a Parl °f this Constitution, pro vided the votes cast in favor of such amendment shall not be less than ^ty-five per cent of the total vote* cast at such election. When two or more amendments are submitted at ^me Section, they shall be so sub mitted as to enable the electors to vote on each amendment separately " Respectfully Submitted JAMES S. PITTENGER Secretary of Slat* (PubUshed Four Times, During th* Weeks of October 6. 13. 20. 27 >