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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 15, 1953)
The Frontier Woman . . . Redbird Reader Avers This Department Should Feature 2 Letters Each Week By BLANCHE SPANN PEASE This is the season of the year when some how “what to cook” isn’t always easy to figure out. The holiday over-abundance of fool leaves appetites jaded, and although the basement or cellar is often still rich with canned fruits and vegetables, somehow one isn’t hungry for those either. So why not fix up some of the canned foods, a different way than you usually do? Take the plebian string bean for instance. Why not use some other canned things, too, and serve Mexican string beans for a change? MEXICAN STRING BEANS Three cupfuls canned string beans, one minced onion, two tablespoons bacon fat, two table spoons flour, one cup canned tomatoes, one green pepper, one teaspoonful salt, sprinkle black pepper. Cook the onion until golden brown in the bacon fat, stir in the flour when smoothly mixed, add the tomato, pimento or green pepper and the liquid drained from the beans. Stir un til boiling, cook for five minutes, then put in the salt, pepper and beans and heat thoroughly. ESCALLOPED TOMATOES RICE AND CHEESE One quart canned tomatoes, lbi teaspoons salt, two teaspoons sugar, y4 teaspoon pepper, two tablespoons butter (melted), two cupfuls cooked rice, 1% cups coarsely grated American cheese, \'2 cupful buttered bread crumbs. Add the seasonings and butter to the tomatoes, then add the cheese and rice and transfer to an oiled baking dish. Cover with the crumbs and bake from 35 to * b* a moderate oven of 350 degrees F. —tfw— No Fall or Spring Housecleaning?_ Mrs. Claude Pickering of Red bii^i wins our three months’ sub scription today. Dear Blanche: I m getting my correspondence uptodate. I love to get letters, but I’m not always as prompt about answering as I should be. Wonder how many oithers are just like me in that respect? I enjoy your column with its good recipes, heLpful hints and the letters, but it does have one fault, it’s just too short. We ladies should get together and petition the editor to give us a little more space. I would like to see The Frontier Woman carry two letters, like it did at first. I know you're thrilled over your new house. I don't imagine you were bothered too much by spring and fall house cleaning worries this year. Of course, I realize, all houses, even new ones require a lot of care. I’d like to pass along a hint to all the ladies having newly waxed and polished floors. If water is spilled, don’t mop it up and thus rub off the wax, just lay a thickness or two of newspaper over the water, after a few minutes the water is ab sorbed, you can dispose of the paper, and your precious wax hasn’t been disturbed in the least. It’s longer between wax ing, this way, so will save some time, too. Another thing I want to men tion is those pesky scraps of toilet soap used to be one of my pet peeves but not now—when the bar gets thin but before it breaks, I get a new bar, moisten both the new one and the thin one and press them very firmly to gether. There’s never any little scraps to bother this way. These ideas, are very simple, I know, but I kept house several years before learning them, so maybe they might help someone else. Isn’t that the way, so often, ! one will hear of a work, time or money saving idea then sit back and marvel at how you could have been so dumb, as to have thought of it yourself. I have many times. Next time I write, I want to inclose a sweet pickle recipe we think is grand. The way time flies we’ll be waking up one of these mornings thinking its time to pick cucumbers again. Which reminds ms, I have some overalls waiting to be mended, so I’d better bring this to a close and get busy. MRS. CLAUDE PICKERING —tfw— New Ideas— Want to try something new in the toast line? Remove crusts of bread and butter bread on both sides lightly. Toast them in a hot waffle iron. They come out in crisp, waffle pattern and make an excellent base on which to serve creamed dishes such as peas, chicken, salmon or dried beef. Turkish toweling can be pur chased by the yard. It makes very attractive kitchen or bath room curtains that won’t have to be ironed and will wash like a towel. Keep one of those spray bot tles that window cleaner comes in next to your ironing board, filled with hot water. Then when you come to a dried out spot in a garment, a fine spray will make it iron much more nicely. When You & I Were Young. . . Government May Take Over Rails Coal Shortage Faces Nebraska Towns 50 Years Ago Judge Harrington and Court Reporter Maher held court in* Chadron this week. . . Judge Kin kaid left for Washington where he expects to arrive February 1. . . With the adjournment of the county board, Chairman Robert Marsh relinquished the reins of government and retired to pri vate life. . . Josiah Coombs sold the Spencer Advocate to Charles A. Manville, principal of schools . . . There was an increase of over $1,000 in the postal business in the past 10 years. . . Nebras ka towns are suffering from a coal shortage. The government may take over the railroads, coal mines and coal-carrying vehicles . . . The county board organized and elected F. W. Phillip chair man. . . The county board se lected The Frontier as the offi cial paper of Holt county for the ensuing year. . . The Modern Woodmen presented their annual ball at the rink. 20 Years Ago The C. E. Stout drug store was moved to the corner store in the Golden hotel building. . . Elmer Hagensick purchased the Nebras ka State bank building. . . At the last meeting of the county board, all salaries of the court house were reduced. . . Holt county sent 15 students to the University of Nebraska at Lin coln. . . Caught in the act of rob bing the safe in the H. C. Mc Nare drug store of Lynch, one robber shot Mr. McNare. He was not seriously injured. . . Roy Griffin was selected as a member of the federal grand jury at Oma ha. . . W. A. Alexander, editor of the Spencer Advocate for eight years sold his interest to H. P. Howard. . . Ray Carroll, su perintendent of the high school, was ill with flu. . . The county board estimates $132,100 as the expenses for 1933. 10 Years Ago Anton Toy, jr., was appointed cadet chief petty officer at the preflight school at Iowa City, la. . . . Mr. and Mrs. Dean Streeter celebrated their 25th wedding an niversary. . . Co. Francis Brennan died of a stroke January 9. . . Mr. and Mrs. S .M;. Ohmart cele brated their 50th wedding anni versary. . . Bennie Johring was elected president of the FFA chapter. . . O’Neill high school basketball team won the county championship. . . Gordon Brittell, who is in the army in California, spent a week here with his par ents. . . A family reunion was held at the A. N. Butler home. . . Chet Young has rented the Karl Keyes farm. Mrs. Jerome Spitt er left to join her husband at Ft. Knox, Ky. . . Judge D. R. Mounts and Court Reporter McFJhaney held court in Rock, Brown and Keya Paha counties. . . Miss Dor othy Moore returned to Omaha where she attends Duchesne col lege. One Year Ago Twenty-one Holt county men entered the armed forces. . . The railway commission held a hear ing on the O’Neill-Winner bus line. . . Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Froe lich announce the engagament of Miss Nancy to John Robert Berigan. . . The Lohaus firm feted a company employee, James Gallagher, who is departing for military induction. . . Burglars failed in attempted robbery at the Bristow bank. The Frontier Want Ads bring results! Bob (Daniel Boone) Martens, Ed Slaymaker ... 28 Pelts ★★★ ★★★ Mink, Beaver, Muskrat in Haul By MAUDE SILVERSTRAND , Special Correspondent ATKINSON—When a veteran Holt county trapper came to town a few days ago with a big haul' of pelts, one could imagine it was ol’ Daniel Boone himself. One December day, Robert (“Bob”) Martens hauled in his big load, consisting of five mink, six beaver and 21 muskrat. About 7 o’clock that evening he retired to his shop in tne base ment of his home to begin the intricate job of skinning and stretching the pelts. It was 3 o’clock in the morning when he finally emerged. Bob started his trapping career along the banks of Holt creek, which was close to the home of his parents, about 12 miles south east of Atkinson. He was only a small boy when he set his first traps on Thanksgiving day, 1900. His first year’s catch he re members well. It consisted of 11 muskrat, one small mink, and 15 skunks. No doubt his mother. and other members of his family, who came in contact with Bob at that time, were very glad when the trapping season was over. Bob says his love of all out door life, hunting, fishing and trapping, has kept him closely attached to his trapping career since that Thanksgiving day a half-century ago. In intervening years he has learned enough about the habits of native birds and animals to fill a book. Most of his trapping has been'done along the banks of Holt creek and the Elkhorn river. It was his privilege while on a fishing trip to Canada last June to attend the Royal Ca nadian fur sale at Regina. On close examination he decided that their fur because of cli matic and other conditions is really superior to Nebraska furs. Their summer fur com pares favorably with winter pells here. > The biggest haul he remembers was in 1922. He skinned and stretched 114 rats, seven mink and two raccoons and., believe it-or-not, he attended a party later that evening. At one time his wife wore a mink cape composed of the pelts of 32 mink. She has also worn lovely beaver coats as memen toes of her husband’s skill as a trapper. .The display in the accompany ing picture consists of 28 beaver and several mink. He says the shipment would probably make two average-size ladies’ coats. The fur is classified according to quality and size of pelt. The pelt known as a beaver blanket must measure from 66 inches up. Mink, of course, is the aristo crats of furs and Bob says this season he caught his finest, in quality and size. It measured nearly 36 inches from the tip of its tail to the tip of its nose. He concluded his trapping reminiscences with a few com ments on the great outdoors and with high praise for the game conservationists, who guard this natural heritage for those who will hunt and trap and fish in the years to come. “1 believe one of the greatest pleasures for man is Mother Na ture. She is here for us at the present time to enjoy and will be for generations to come if we are all real sportsmen,” explains Martens. “In my estimation, a real sportsman is one who does everything he can to replace and guarantee the supply of all that he removes for his own bene fit. “Our conservation officers have a rough and tough time of it They travel over bad roads to the most remote corners of their ter ritory and many times must deal with gamehogs, lawbreakers and just plain hoodlums. They are not out to arrest you just for the fun of it, but are performing their avowed duty of protecting the wildlife of Nebraska in any way they can. It is our duty to help these men and cooperate in every way possible. They are trained for their job. “Most of them are young men and in my opinion are underpaid. These men are your friends if you would only realize it. If yon don’t know your game warden, get acquainted with him.** Respond to Call with Favorite Store —> The Eager Beavers held a meeting at district 15§ Fri day, January 2. The meeting was called to or der by President Edward Mul len. Roll call was answered by seven members stating their fa vorite kind of store. Three members were absent. They were Dolores, Edgar and Bobby Tunender. The minutes were read and ap proved. English and criticisms were read and corrected. Tho next roll call will be our favorite sport. Before the meeting was adjourned we sang a few songn. On motion the meeting adjourned. —By Dolores Tunender, news re porter. The Frontier for printing. , . DR. J. L. SHERBAHN CHIROPRACTOR O'Neill. Nebraska Complete X-Ray Equipment Vx Block So. of Ford Garaoe > 1 * It Happened In NEBRASKA I * No “Wild West” movie ever showed more action than the early railroads trying to cross Nebraska. In 1866, with the railroad al ready 270 miles west of Omaha, Chief Roman Nose warned the white man to go no farther. When the railroad continued, Indian bands attacked many a train—derailing some, and killing hundreds of workers. But the Iron Horse marched on. NEBRASKA DIVISION Nebraska's taverns have made great strides Since pioneer times, too; Today our taverns United States ere clean, wholesome, law-abiding. Our tav- Brcu'CTf , , . . . . ... Foundation era owners are respected citizens, doing their share to build their communities. 710 First Nat'l Bank Bldg., Lincoln S-R-S SAGESER — ROBERTSON — SHAFFER BROS. 10TH ANNUAL SALE OF Registered Herefords 55 BULLS Friday, January 23 STARTING AT 12:30 O'CLOCK. AT THE ATKINSON LIVESTOCK MARKET ATKINSON. NEBRASKA WHEAD BY M. L. 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