Prairieland Talk . . . Lights vs. Heavies in Classic By ROMAINE SAUNDERS ljincul,n—xt was a cc'u day if the fellows preceding the present generation couldn’t stir up some fun in O’Neill. The ball and bat were re sorted to frequently. At one time the heavyweights about town challenged the lightweights to cross bats with them. Here was the lineup: Heavyweights— R. J. Marsh, catcher; D. H. Cronin, pitcher; George Triggs on first, Frank Campbell on second and Jer.-y McCarthy, third base; T. V. Golden, shortstop; Steve Mc Nichols, John Harmon and M. M. Sullivan, fielders. Light weights— Jim Triggs, catcher; Joe Horiskev, pitcher; E. R. Ad ams on first, John Lewis on second and Joe Meredith on third base; Ed Eves, shortstop; Pat McManus. Walt Keeler and O. F. Biglin, fielders. Romaine The score showed 28 runs Saunders for the heavyweights, 29 for the lightweights. S. J. Weekes took the risk of umpiring the game. * * * A gent down at Clay Center has it figured out how to provide for his household and meet living costs half way. He has engaged in the business of making and marketing catfish bait. . . Goveror Crosby doesn’t get along too well with the legislature, and nobody could blame them if the county assessors of the state would resign in a body or go ahead on their own and ignore it all. . . Boys in a Catholic school m Omaha have organized groups to act as “traf fic cops’’ and are helping out by directing traffic in conjested districts of that city. . . Saw a young fellow from Texas on the street yesterday who had come to Nebraska to get cooled off, saying it was scorching hot down that way. . . And a former Nebraskan, with his wife and two chil dren, got a bit homesick up there in eastern Washington, and are here for a month’s stay. . . The sport season got going for the Western league when Lincoln’s baseball club known as Chiefs had their first game at Des Moines in mid-April. • * • North Platte voters elected a patriot for mayor who starts his administrative reform movement by closing the synagogues of Satan about town, of which the city of the Platte was reputed to have plenty. * * * “This is not a way of life, in any true sense. Under the clcfud of threatening war it is human ity hanging from an iron cross.” President Eisen hower, in an eloquent plea for world order, em ployed the figure of a cross in a vividly moving word picture of the cost of war and war ma chines, pointing out what the millions that even one engine of destruction costs would build in homes and institutions of learning. Money that war costs can be replaced; but the blood and tears and heartache and human misery are not computed in money. He calls upon the leaders taking over in Russia and those in red China to sheath the sword and show honest endeavor for peace, the human cry for a safe and sane way of life. It is either this or annihilation. The presi dent’s cross of iron is a reminder of William Jennings Bryan’s cross of gold, and as that fig ure stood for a rallying cry of a political group in 1896 Mr. Eisenhower’s cross of iron may be the call to save humanity from the abyss. • • * At one point in the political knock down and drag out in Holt county the opposition thought they had to do something to throw a wet blanket on the popularity of the author of the section homestead law. So they went after the individ ual with a fictitious charge of playing upon the heartstrings of a maiden lady of the community to the tune of breach of promise to marry. The lady involved, then in Council Bluffs, la., wrote to us of The Frontier denying that there had ever been any matrimonial designs on her on the part of the gent involved, and the Hon. Moses P. Kinkaid rested easy, carried every election and his popularity expanded. I warned ioaav aiung a whwj ***— — me to a secluded glen. Concrete wearied feet touched the almost sacred soil of Mother Earth and high overhead slender bars of clouds floated like the planes of men in the sea of golden sun light. From the earth I look out into the depth of that silent sea and for a moment partake of the enchantment of eternity. Trees that border the glade into which I have wandered reach aspiring arms upward as if to dip into that sea of light. Birds awing dart heavenward to revel in the sunlight and come again to earth to build their homes. Insect life had begun to stir after months of lying dormant. Ants, the great builders, were at work; they make no noise about it but do things. Bees, mosquitoes and other little animated things let us know of their activities. An hour out where nature speaks to the soul, care and life’s worries flee away as though they had never j been. » * * The ladies have taken over the work of as sessing fhe householders of Lincoln, going from door-to-door with their pads cf schedules. One of them got around to my son's home a few minutes before bed time last night, jotted down ages, possessions and bank balance but not in terested in bills due and payable. * * * If you heard the music ringing, not in the bright celestial dome, but from out across the country a d3y recently, that was when a couple thousand musically minded high school kids got together down at Wayne and let go on the tunes of the day. . . Lincoln barbers have some song birds, organized into quartets and hooked up with a national organization of vocal performers. Among the tonsorial artists John Smoot was 60 years too soon as an O’Neill barber. . . Two thou sand Burlington railroad workers in the Lincoln area have taken a cut of three cents an hour in pay, action based on government figures on to day’s living costs. . . Searching for the thing to put a stop to the ravages of polio has cost todate $18,000,000. . . Surviving disciples of the late George Norris are putting on a memorial ban quet next month in Omaha, Senator Morse, the insurgent from Oregon being annouced as the speaker. . . Weather forecast was for “nearly normal.” Next day—70-mile wind. * * * As quoted by a writer in the Nebraska His tory magazine, E. S. Newman, who was living in retirement in El Paso, Tex., after having operat ed cattle ranches in Texas, Wyoming, Nebraska and Montana, was visited by Bill Miller of Bur well, a one-time trail rider for the Newman out fit, who says: “I asked him if he ever found any range that would equal the sandhills of Nebras ka and he said no.” F. M. Widner, one of the big operators in the cattle business in Holt county 40 years ago, said the reason the sandhills coun try was ideal for cattle ranches is the fact that it furnishes both summer and winter feed. Congressman Miller has suggested to those interested that they form a legal Nio brara irrigation district. Despoil nature to raise a few more spuds for Uncle Sam to dump into the seas! • * * Taxation of church property is agitated in some states. Exempting religious interests from the tax rolls is of ancient origin. It was about the year 500 B.C., that the then world sovereign, Artaxerxes, who styled himself “king of kings,” from his throne in old Babylon promulgated this decree when the Hebrews were returning to their homeland after 70 years in exile: “That touching any of the priests and Levites, singers, porters, Nethinims or ministers of this house of God, it shall not be lawful to impose toll, tribute or cus tom upon them.” * * * With one negative vote, the Lincoln city council has gone back to the blue laws age. An ordinance closing business places on Sunday has become law. That certain exemptions are provid ed for makes any reference to religious senti ment look ridiculous. It springs from business in terests that want a day off and they don’t want others in their line of business to pick up a few dollars while they close up. Editorial . . . Its Don’t Count in Korea Many Americans are deriving more bitter ness than joy from the exchange of prisoners in Korea. The cry of “appeasement” is raised again, and some citizens advocate the breaking off of any negotiations with the reds. It is entirely natural for people to be arous ed by reports of cruelty. And certainly every thing possible must be done to halt it and punish it. But it is also essential to consider what is possible—and to get all the facts and to put them in perspective. There are too many politicians and too many newspapers seeking to exploit public anger recklessly—even to halting the re turn of prisoners or needlessly enlarging the casualty lists. Sharp indeed is the disappointment of rela tives who had hoped for the return of a son, brother, or husband who has not been released. Certainly everything possible should be done by the United Nations command to make sure the reds deliver all the sick or wounded prisoners they held. It was good news when the reds agreed to release more prisoners. Surely every possibility of air transport for those difficult to move—of which the UN also holds some—should be explored. TT_ * i 1 _ X Xl 1 _ X *_ _1 livnv«cit JV AJ UVb UiC 1 Clan V CO Ui piioviiuia who are most bitter — or most ready with de mands for breaking off negotiations. It is citizens angered by red brutality and duplicity, annoyed by a sense of frustration and fully aware of the grim alternatives in Korea. Sometimes, too, they are simply reacting to partial, irresponsible re ports, without getting an accurate picture of the situation. For instance, anger over the small number of prisoners returned by the communists is lessened when it is realized that proportionate to the to tals held the reds are returning more than the UN. So, too, with the stories of brutality and neglect. Nothing of the kind should be excused. But it must be remembered that these prisoners wpuld not be coming home now had not the reds cared for them at some cost and trouble to them selves. Apparently, as a rule such care matched that given by the Chinese to their own soldiers Even the reported “death march” took place under battle conditions and in an area where Chinese standards of food, transport, and care governed. If the prisoners could have been left near the front—if American planes had not been strafing columns moving in daylight and cutting down down supplies—if the standards of fooa, transport, and care to which American soldiers are accustomed had been available, the new wave of hatred against the Chinese would make 0 o more sense. If the UN could enforce a demand for a Red Cross inspection of communist prison camps— if the UN could require a full accounting of all the missing men—if all who have been responsi ble for brutality or neglect could be punished— -• O if the breaking off of negotiations today would not blast hopes for those still to be returned— if the people who cry “appeasement” could win the war in Korea and impose their will on the communists, the bitterness currently expressed might be turned to more useful ends. But ifs don’t count in Korea. The civilian and military leaders of the nation—both parties— have come to the conclusion that the alternatives to negotiation are stalemate or far heavier fight ing. The experience with the prisoners again un derscores the choice and asks those who oppose negotiation to offer a better wray. If the air force wind geniuses had been here abouts during the past fortnight they would not have wanted for ample breezes to study. They’d had an opportunity to apply their sensitive in struments on anything up to 50-miles-per-hour. Next year, perhaps, we’ll be visited by Arctic explorers with a special interest in 18-ft. deep snowbanks. Anyway, O’Neill citizens emphatically have made known their feelings regarding a swim ming pool. There was eloquence yet simplicity in the pleadings of the kids who for the past several weeks have been soliciting pool support from their elders. Lush lawns in mid-Nebraska along the Platte river are being sheared for the first or second time. Remarkable difference one hundred miles north makes. Only O’Neill’s artificially nurtured lawns are even green! High school kids, contemplating a busy sum mer, already are soliciting jobs from merchants and shopkeepers. Memorial day is only a month away. Editorial & Business Offices: 122 South Fourth SL 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 pet year; elsewhere in the United States, $3 per year; abroad, rates provided on request All subscriptions are strictly paid-in-advance. When You and I Were Young . .. Skeletons Found, Murders Solved Remains Identified by Friends 50 Years Ago At annual meeting of the O’ Neill fire department, the fol- j lowing officers were elected: C. | C. Reka, president; Merritt Mar- 1 tin, secretary, and James David- j son, chief. . . Joe Ryan left for j Hot Springs, S.D., to spend a j two-weeks' vacation. . . An un- j known exchange says “e” is the j most unfortunate letter in the | English alphabet because it is ! never in cash, always in debt ; and never out of trouble. . . The mystery surrounding the sudden uisappearance of “Old Man” Hill and son, Charles, in 1893, was undoubtedly solved yester day, as far as the son, Charles, is concerned, when Charles Dai ly plowed up a skeleton on his tarm located on the south bank of the Niobrara river' in Holt county. The remains had been buried face down, evidently in a big hurry, and they were identi fied by people who had known him in life. It has always been understood that the Holt county vigilantes made away with the Hills, but up until now no trace of them was ever discovered and it was the general supposi tion that the vigilantes hung them first and then sank their bodies in the quicksand of the Niobrara. 20 Years Ago The Holt county baseball league organized with John J. Harrington elected as president and W. J. Holliday of Stuart as secretary and treasurer. The ad mission fee to all games was fixed at 25 cents. . . Thomas J. Smith, who edited the first newspaper published in the city and Holt county, the Holt Rec ord, died at the home of his daughter at McCook at the age of 87 years. . . Charles Hancock and Miss Mable Buxton eloped on April 1 at Lake Andes, S.D. . . , Clarence Bergstrom'return ed from Sioux City where he submitted to an operation re cently. . . Walt Stein, Fred Saunto and Howard Bauman went to South Bend, Ind., to bring back some new cars. 10 Years Ago Pfc. Henry Reimer of the air base at Kingman, Ariz., spent a 15-day furlough with his par ents, Judge and Mrs. Louis Rei mer. . . Sam Lofquest and Lois Siders, the 4-H club winners, re ceived awards at the Sioux City Stock Yards company and Crete Mills and were paid $12 in war stamps. . . Mrs. Ben Asher left for Neosha, Mo., where she will join her husband at Camp Crowder. . . Miss Lois McKenzie, a student nurse at St. Vincent’s hospital, Sioux City, spent the weekend with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde McKenzie, sr. . . Miss Dorothy Christensen and Guy Pinkerman were married on April 24. . . At a special meet ing the city council purchased $25,000 worth of war bonds as an investment for the city. One Year Ago O’Neill purchased a new fire truck for $15,000. . . Four Boy Scouts were advanced to star Scouts. They are Daniel Put nam, Frank Fetrow, Roger Niemeyer and Ivan Kaiser. . . Ninety-six rural teachers met at the O’Neill public school for a workship session. . . Mr. and Mrs. Norman Gonderinger be came parents of a son, Charles Norman, born on April 26. . . The Carl Asimus “goat farm” is open to visitors on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Everitt are the present occupants. District Judge D. R. Mounts and Ted McElhaney went to Pawnee City Sunday morning where they are holding court this week. _ r ROYAL THEATER FrL-Sat. May 1-2 Randolph Scott Amerioa’s Favorite Adventure Star in His Biggest Adventure of All! As THE MAN BEHIND THE GUN From Warner Bros, with all its surging excitement! Also star starring Patrice Wymore, Dick Wesson, Philip Carey, Lina Romay. Adult 50c; children 12c; tax incl. Matinee Sat. 2:30. Children un der 12 free when accompanied by parents. Sun.-Mon.-Tues. May 3-4-5 Sir Walter Scott’s IVANHOE Color by technicolor. Starring Robert Taylor, Elizabeth Taylor, Joan Fontaine, Emlyn Williams, George Sanders. Adult 50c; children 12c; tax incl. Matinee Sun. 2:30. Children un der 12 free when accompanied by parents. Wed-Thurs. May 6-7 FEARLESS FAGAN Janet Leigh, Carleton Carpen ter, Keenan Wynn and introduc ing Fearless Fagan (the famous lion himself). Family night. $1.00; adult 50c; children 12c; tax incl. Dr. Edw. J. Norwood, O.D. Optometrist, from Crawford, Nebraska, will be in O'Neill on MONDAY, MAY 11 9 Add. to 5 Pdd. At the Hotel Golden Glasses Properly Fitted Eyes Scientifically Examined Farewell Tea for Mrs. Esther Atkinson— CHAMBERS — The Beautiful Valley Garden club held a sur prise tea and a handkerchief shower Saturday, April 25, in honor of Mrs. Esther Atkinson at the home of Mrs. C. E. Tib bets. Upon her arrival at a “special meeting.” as she had been told, Mrs. Atkinson was completely surprised when she was present ed with a handsome jonquil cor sage by the club president, Mrs. Bernice Platt. After an entertaining “quiz” program conducted by Mrs. Ar dith Robertson and Mrs. Jean Hoffman, little Donis Hoffman entered with a small, open, blue silk umbrella, which she pre sented Mrs. Atkinson as protec tion against the copious down pour of lovely handkerchiefs showered upon her by the club j members. In such variety of col or and design, the handkerchiefs ! gleamed with all the tints of a j summer garden. The tea table was beautifully | appointed with sparkling silver | service and crystal, tall candles, and a centerpiece of delicate ' blue spring iris. Mrs. C. E. Tib- j bets and Mrs. C. V. Robertson poured. Dainty cakes and sand wiches were served. The Atkinsons, who sold their farm west of town last fall, have purchased a home at McPher son, Kans., where Mr. Atkinson is now employed. The family will move to McPherson in May, after the boys complete the school year here in Chambers. Club members hope to be able to accept Mrs. Atkinson’s invita tion to visit them after they are settled in their new home. Tarry Gallagher Adopted Shutin— The Goldenrod extension club met at the home of Mrs. Oliver Ross on Wednesday evening, April 15. We answered roll call by telling our most embarrass ing moment and of course this provoked much merriment. We voted to use our hobby chine and then sell the articles money to buy a hobby-knit ma chine and then sell the articles : which we can make with it. Some of the members are plan ing to visit Donna Mae Fuh rer in the near future. We turned in safety question naires, and if any of the mem bers still have theirs they are to send them to Mrs. Vera McDer mott by May 1. A potted plant was sent to one of our members, Mrs. William Luben. who has been ill in a Sioux City hospi tal. A May basket kit was also sent to Terry Gallagher, our adopted shutin. Mrs. McDermott gave a report on head colds and Mrs. Ressel reported on the Korean situation. The mystery box proved to have only a stamp in it but the game netted 52 cents as no one could guess the clues. The lesson for the evening was given by Mrs. Ressel and Mrs. Lee Brady, jr. We learned a great deal about soaps, deter gents, bleaches and water soft eners. Mrs. Ross served a lunch of barbecued sandwiches, potato chips, relishes and coffee.—By Mrs. Neil Dawes. REJOINS PENNEYS Quentin Cavanaugh has re j turned to the J. C. Penney or | ganization after two years in the army. He resumed' his work Monday at the store here. Later he will be assigned to a Penney store elsewhere. Meanwhile, Herman Janzing, assistant man ager here, Monday began a week’s, vacation. McKee Now Aboard Flagship— ATKINSON—Recently reported aboard the amphibious force flag ship USS Mount McKinley was Navy Lt. Neal S. McKee, son of Dr. and Mrs. N. P. McKee of At kinson. He was formerly commanding officer of the USS medium land ing ship number 282, and later executive officer of the USS med ium rocket landing ship number 405 before reporting to the USS Mount McKinley. Lieutenant Mc Kee attended the Atkinson high school and the University of Nebraska at Lincoln. The Mount McKinley recently returned here after an 11 month tour of duty in the Far East. Mr. and Mrs. Allen Knight and Mr. and Mrs. Fora Knight were Sunday dinner guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ted Loukota at Gross. Arrives from Missouri— Earl Reed of Branson, Mo.» spent several days here on busi ness and visited relatives. MONEY TO LOAN ON AUTOMOBILES TRUCKS TRACTORS EQUIPMENT FURNITURE Central Finance Corp. C. E. Jones, Manager O'Neill : Nebraska ■ O'NEILL DRIVE IN Fri-Sal. May 1-2 “Wagons West” • A technicolor Western with Rod Cameron and a big cast. Added Shorts Sun.-Mon. May 3-4 “Back at the Front” Willie and Joe with an all star cast See these two guys with the Tokyo Geisha girls in a rip pin’ comedy. News and Shorts 4' Tues.-Wed May S-G “Island of Desire” A South Sea adventure story in color. Added Shorts Thursday May 7 “Scarlet Angel” Yvonne DeCarlo and Rock Hudson A ravishing riot of fun in New Orleans, in color. Added Shorts Charter No. 5770 Reserve District No. 10 Report of the Condition of the O’NEILL NATIONAL BANK of O’Neill, in the state of Nebraska, at the close of business on APRIL 20, i 953 .o Published in response to call made by Comntroller of the Currency, under Section 5211, U.S. Revised Statutes ASSETS Cash, balances with other banks, including reserve balance, and cash items in process of collection.$ 671,479.4£ United States Government obligations, direct and guaranteed _ 2,272,264.07 Obligations of States and political subdivisions 52,467.20 Corporate stocks (including $4,500.00 stock of Federal Reserve bank) _:_______ 4,500.00 Loans and discounts (including $363.24 overdrafts)_ 423,212.42 Bank premises owned $3,000.00 _I_ 3,000.00 Other assets_ 151.44 Total Assets_$3,427,074.62 LIABILITIES Demand deposits of individuals, partnerships, and corporations___^$2,862,430 33 Deposits of United State Government (including postal savings)_ 91,849 03 Deposits of States and political subdivisions_ 142,859 56 Deposits of banks_ 88,607 63 Total deposits___$3,185,746.55 Total Liabilities_ $3,185.746 55 CAPITAL ACCOUHTS Capital Stock: Common stock, total par $50,000.00 _$ 50,000.00 Surplus- 100,000.00 Undivided profits___ 91,328.07 Total Capital Accounts_ 241.328.07 Total Liabilities and Capital Accounts -..$3,427,074.