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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (May 7, 1953)
Prairi eland Talk . . . Womanhood Would Cease Wars By ROMAINE SAUNDERS LINCOLN—Museums are interesting places. • The Nebraska Historical society maintains a mu seum that is visited annually by thousands from other states and many from foreign lands. The society’s records show that the past year in addi tion to the thousands of visitors from 15 states, Alaska and Ha waii that visited the museum there were 62 from Canada, 24 from Germany, 17 each from France and England, 16 from Japan, 14 from Belgium, 13 o from Egypt and 12 from Africa. The museum will eventual ly be moved from the State house to the society’s new build ing now nearing completion. The state university also main tains an extensive exhibit that includes animal life past and present. This state has within its borders buried bones of prehistoric and extinct animals, many of which now tell the story as they have come from the capable hands of clever curators. Of the 43,906 individuals visiting the His torical society’s museum last year 26,312 were Nebraskans, Doctor Olson, secretary of the so ciety, reports. A visit to Lincoln is not complete unless the museums are visited. • * • Within a few days American motherhood will receive special honors. Nothing is too good — shall we rather say good enough — for our mothers, and in a large measure to womanhood, many who have not been privileged to wear the crown of mother. And should we not include the world’s womanhood? The scourge of war that drives the plowshare of destruction through the earth has been the work of man; binding up the wounds, giving succor to the suffering, has been the work of Florence Nightingales. But one wom an in history, Joanne d’Arc, grasped a destroy ing weapon and led an army to victory over soil blood-drenched from the wounds of the fall en foe. Had womanhood the control wars would cease to the ends of the earth. It is the mothers and potential mothers who step in to minister to the suffering left in the wake of the crushing Juggernauts that have cursed the world. Prairie land Talker salutes the mothers of the communi ty and lays at their feet this feeble tribute. * * * Claire McVay of O'Neill, an official of the Hereford Breeders' association, presided at a meeting in Ord attended by Hereford breeders from North Nebraska counties when arrange ments were put in motion looking to a tour in August of farms and ranches where the fancy bovines are groomed and their red and white hairy coats given permanents. * * * Prairieland is aglow this morning. Green beneath, blue above with sunlight out of the mysterious depths of the universe bathing the land in warmth and light. Trees adorned in green silken gowns and buds ready to burst to decor ate the landscape with fragrant floral bloom. A feeble breeze stirs as if to whisper of the soul of nature and transfix us for a moment in the presence of an angel. And then the picture changes. What has become of the animated life of prairieland that we once knew? The antelope that cocked an alert ear at the approach of an enemy, the pluver, the curlew, the prairie chick en that scooted about in the grass, the stately blue heron and the golden - crested eagle that floated on graceful wings among the clouds? The destroying hand of man has wiped them out, comes a whisper from the ghosts of other years. But the sweep of open country still abides, the song of other birds floats on the air and we get a fleeting glimpse of other wildlings trotting over a distant hill. * * * Clocks and watches up at Valentine will tick off standard time since May 1, the community having abandoned mountain and daylight sav ing time. Editor J. Emil Hauge, the one-man force of the Meadow Grove News, has taken on another job. At the recent annual meeting of the Nebraska Press association, he was elected president of the association for the current year. . . During a dairy cow exhibit at Battleboro, Vt., under the auspices of the Holstein-Friesian Association of America, two Nebraska exhibits won honors, a state university cow and a bull owned by R. W. Koehler of Fremont. . . A group of 32 ladies from Kansas, interested in home affairs, visited Lincoln and other Nebraska communities re cently to see what their neighboring state has of interest. . . Lexington puts on a celebration on June 4, when the first stranger that shows up will be lassoed and taken in tow as the communi ty’s guest for the day, after being togged out in chaps and sombrero. . . A little spot of earth where once stood tepees of the Pawnee sold in Lincoln recently for $30,000, bare ground, no buildings. * • • Now comes that insurgent senator from Oregon to claim the belt for the longest speech in the United States senate. Senator Morse talked for 22 hours and a half. I think a Ne braskan outdid them alL Senator William V. Allen who held a seat in the senate in the nine ties talked for a week about "fiat money'' and made the wise guys of the East who had wink ed at each other when Allen arose sit up and take notice. * * * If you have enough to eat, communism will have no appeal. The populist movement of the nineties was the American brand of commun ism and developed on empty stomachs and emp ty pockets, but when William McKinley and the full dinner pail got into the national picture populists lost their identity by fusing with dem ocrats and then died. If the march of the reds is to be halted in the sweep across Asia the 75 percent of the people in those crowded lands who have never had a square meal must be fed. Out of those lands arises the human cry of hunger and desperate people turn to anything that seems to hold a promise of hope. Will free peoples step in with a program to relieve the masses or let the reds have it? * * * April departed this life one week ago, after running true to form for 30 days, and no tear drops have fallen. Rain and wind, frosts and the chill of gloomy days; then the burst of sunshine and the mellow warmth of a bright day, ushered in at the pink glow of dawn as the sun begins the daily march across the prairieland sky and drops behind the Rocky mountains at evening in gold and purple-tinted glory. Today we are a week along another leaf on the calendar. April and May are allotted to prairieland to tone up the earth to produce the wealth of another sea son. So here we go to see “What Will the Harvest Be?-’ * * * The continent of Africa has been not only the hangout of savage races of men and sharp clawed beasts and pestiferous insects but it has a species of the latter that will devour an elephant. Certain ants that are carnivorous inhabit sections of the country. A missionary couple had gone to the village one evening leaving their two little children at home asleep. When the parents re turned they found only the skeletons of their children. Ants had eaten them, according to the story of a speaker I recently heard. No father or mother even as a messenger of the cross is called upon to make such sacrifices. * * * Why this half-way business in the exchange of war prisoners in Korea? Exchange of prison ers if made in good faith would mean thorough evacuation of prison camps. And will life ever be the same again to those men released after many months in the hands of the enemy? Let us hope that out of the embers of embittered years our brave soldiers will catch a vision that will lead to a new highway of life and point to a worthy destiny. Editorial . . . City to Lose Good Superintendent At Tuesday evening’s city council meeting a * regrettable incident occurred. City Supt. L. A. Anderson, who has held his post since June 1, 1950, tendered his resignation. The Frontier has felt that the creation of the post of city superintendent was a sound move and that Mr. Anderson, the first to hold the ap pointive office, has done a good, capable job. Mr. Anderson told the council he had re jected several city management proposals during the past year, but he liked O’Neill very much and would be willing to stay on here except for an attractive offer from a different field. He con templates traveling for a savings and insurance firm at Grand Junction, Colo., and will make his home there. Under the leadership of the newly-elected Mayor J. E. Davis, the council was casting about for a socalled city superintendent during the early months of 1950. There were a number of candidates for the post but Mr. Anderson’s qualifications and personality best filled the de scription of the type man the council wanted. Mr. Anderson will be the frist to admit he has not succeeded in pleasing everyone. But The Frontier sincerely believes he has made a sincere and conscientous effort to please the most and, at the same time, look after the best interests of the city. He has had five employees working under him looking after streets, water and sewage. They are Howard Newton, Ralph Scofield, Rob ert Cook and Arthur Holz. In addition, Lloyd Brittell is in charge of the city dump. For a growing city of this size and the in herent problems of the past, this force is modest indeed. This in considering a pronounced lack of hardsurfaced streets, a 1913-style municipal wa ter and sewage system (until extensions and im provements were made in late years), an inade quate drainage system, and a constant demand for extended services because of the steady growth of the town. Frankly, O’Neill had its headaches when Mr. Anderson came to town, and still has many of them. Being a councilman was a very distasteful, thankless job prior to his coming and it still has many shortcomings. But O’Neill residents grad ually have been coming around to the proposi tion that they should harass their mayor and councilmen less and instead take up their day to-day problems with the city superintendent. The token-paid councilmen, all of whom have business matters of their own to occupy their time, should not be expected to devote personal time to grievances of every Tom, Dick and Har ry except at regularly constituted council meet ings. On those occasions the council, it seems to us, has been very generous with time and always lends a considerate ear. Since Mr. Anderson’s arrival in town the city has extended its own water and sewer lines without costly outside contracting. Streets have been swept and cleaned quite regularly and side streets have been graveled and “bladed” with some systematic attention—even though at times it may not appear that way. Snow removal has been undetaken promptly and with vigor, drain age problems have been met in a practical way with limited funds for that purpose. The city dump today—neat, orderly and well-fenced—i? not an eyesore at all. These things have taken time. We’ll venture Mr. Anderson has saved the city several times his salary in the water and sewer extension field alone. Mavor Davis has said he regrets losing Mr. Anderson and the council, with little exception, is squarely behind him. There have been a few critics of the creation of the city superintendent’s job and a few critics of the council’s initial choice. But The Frontier wishes to commend both the council on its choice and Mr. Anderson on a three-year job well done. Mr. Anderson is confident of O’Neill’s fu ture. He points out thai it has its neadaches, as all municipalities do. He thinks O’Neill’s stategic location holds a bright future. He points to diver sified farming on one hand and ranching on the other, three U.S. highways, two railroads, a first-class power center, prospects of irrigation, fine churches and schools, a first-class hospital, a fine proposed swimming pool and park, and an ever-expanding trade territory as great assets. Mr. Anderson sincerely believes that main tenance of unimproved streets is considerably more costly over the years than paved streets And that is a competent observation that might well be taken to heart by taxpayers. We wish Mr. Anderson and Mrs. Anderson well in their new location. But we'd rather they stayed on in O’Neill. C. R. Kite, who lived in the Atkinson community when a boy. died April 25 in Lin coln at the age of 80 years. Anyway the O’Neill kids are happy with the first hurdle cleared toward a good swimming pool. 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; elsewhere in the United States, $3 per year; abroad, rates provided on request All j subscriptions are strictly paid-in-advance. When You and I Were Young . .. Fast Long Pine Norfolk Train Now No Stops at Emmet or Stafford 50 Years Ago At a meeting of the mayor and city council, the saloon li cense was fixed at $1,200 per year. . . Beginning May 10, the North Western will put on a new daily passenger train be tween Long Pine and Norfolk. The train will not stop at Clear water, Stafford or Emmet ex cept to drop passengers from east of Norfolk. • . Alex Hart’s corn guessing contest was won by Burl Martin who guessed the exact amount of kernels on the ear of com. He received the S10 prize. . . The Griffin building is now enclosed and will soon be ready for occupancy. . . Albion is a dry town this year and the News says many of the resi dents of that burg drank enough Saturday to last them for a year. 20 Years Ago R W. Carroll was reelected superintendent at the O’Neill public school for the next school term with a Alary of $2,250. . . John Protivinsky moved his gro cery store to the McManus building on South Fourth street. . . . The members of the bar of the Fifteenth judicial district gave a complimentary banquet at tne Golden hotel for Judge James A. Donohoe. • . Glenn Ir vin Spindler and Miss Roberta Dorothy Brittell were married May 1 by Rev. F. J. Aucock. . . The employees of the city ten dered a banquet to Mayor Stout and the members of the council at the Grand cafe after the council meeting Tuesday eve ning. 10 Years Ago A huge audience gathered in the dining room of the Golden hotel and were hosts to Govern or Griswold, Walter Roberts, state director of civilian activi ties, and Mr Carter, state fire warden. . . It was announced by the office of price administration that each family unit will be al lowed 20 pounds of sugar for each member of the family for canning fruits and vegetables and five pounds of sugar per person for the preserving of jams and jellies. . . Ben Grady was appointed city clerk for the next fiscal year. . . Pvt- Lyle Eppenbach is spending a fur lough here with his family. . . Ted McKenzie, USN, is home on leave. One Year Ago Rev. V. R Bell, pastor of the Methodist church, retired from the ministerial profession due to a heart ailment. . . Victor Halva related the story of being aboard the Titanic when it sank 40 years ago. . . Airman Wallace Shellhammer completed his ba sic training at Lackland air force base at San Antonio, Tex. • . . Miss Shirley Leahy was cho en valedictorian of St. Mary’s academy. . . The king and queen of the O’Neill junior and senior banquet and prom were Bruce McElhaney and Miss Hazel Ma rie Johnson. Happy Helpers Plant a Tree— The Happy Helpers 4-H club met at the home of Edythe Grimes on Saturday, April 18. The meeting was called to order by the president and the roll call was answered by naming different kinds of fruits grown in Nebraska- A song contest was held and all members participat ed by naming as many songs as they knew that were played. All members were present. The meal planning girls had their lesson on making frosting which we used to frost two an gel food cakes. The let’s cook girls had their lesson on making ambrosia. They each made it. Games were played following the meeting and then Mrs. Grimes served us a lunch.. The next meeting was Friday, April 24, at Gloria Osborne’s home. We planted a tree that day at the fair grounds. A wie ner roast was held—By Dorine Gleed, news reporter. Reports for Duty at Air Station— Recently reported to the U.S. naval air station at Memphis, Tenn., for duty was Raymond E. Murphy, commissaryman sec ond class, USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. William J. Murphy of O' Neill Murphy, who entered the na val service in October, 1948, re ceived his recruit training at the U.S. naval training center at San Diego, Calif. State Lowest in Road Building Plans Plight Gets National Attention By CLIEF SANDAHL, Chairman. Nebraska Editors Highway Conference Nebraska’s highway plight has taken on national recognition. An official tabulation just re leased shows Nebraska is sched uled to put under contract less money than any other state in the union for new road construc tion in 1953. Of course, that is based on revenue available the past two years, for that was the only yardstick available when the Nebraska highway department was asked to make known its plans a few weeks ago. But even with all of the addi tional revenue which the 1953 Nebraska legislature might allo cate to roads for the next two years, before it adjourns, the state of Nebraska still would be behind most of its counterparts Here is what the tabulation, as of April, shows: On the basis of revenue exist ing at the time of compilation of the report—and with no indica tion at that time as to what ad ditional money might be avail able—Nebraska is scheduled to put under contract $4,535,000 worth of road construction in 1953. This is a 41 percent drop from the $7,727,000 reported to be put under contract in 1952. The slate reporting the next lowest amount for construc tion contracts on roads plan ned in 1953 is Vermont, with $5,600,000 Only two other states are con templating less than $10,000,000 in 1953 highway construction contracts, according to the tab ulation, and they are: Rhode Is land, with $8,000,000, and New Hampshire with $9,014,000. Pennsylvania reports plans for the greatest expansion construc tion-wise—that of a $131,047,000 road buliding program during 1953. But what about the states west of the Mississippi river—in Nebraska’s area? There are 14 states, including Nebraska, grouped in this category. It is interesting to note that all of the states west of the Mis sissippi river have plans for road construction contracts far in ex cess of Nebraska. This is what they contemplate, together with their 1952 contract performance: Minnesota—$33,000,0000 plan ned in 1953, same put under con tract in 1952. Iowa— $18,000,000 planned in in 195o $36,774,000 put under tract in 1952 (the Iowa legisla ture since has enacted a 1-cent increase in the state gasoline tax, which would make a differ ence in the first figure). Missouri— $50,000,000 planned in 1953, $356,774,000 put under contract in 1952 Arkansas—$20,000,000 planned in 1953, $19,200,000 put under contract in 1952. North Dakota — $11,000,000 planned in 1953, $10,800,000 put under contract in 1952. South Dakota — $14,500,000 planned 1953, $12,313,000 put un der contract in 1952. Kansas — $32,000,000 planned in 1953, $30,712,000 put under contract in 1952. Oklahoma— $44,658,000 plan ned in 1953, $35,080,000 put un der contract in 1952. Texas — $106,000,000 planned in 1953, $102,000,000 put under contract in 1952. Montana—$11,884,000 planned in 1953, $10,511,000 put under contract in 1952. Wyoming—$11,500,000 planned in 1953, $9,500,000' put under contract in 1952. Colorado—$26,000,000 planned in 1953, $21,000,000 put under contract in 1952. New Mexico — $16,500,000 planned in 1953, $14,500,000 put under contract in 1952 Mr. and Mrs. Max Janes of Bakersfield, Calif., are guests of her mother, Mrs. Margaret Stan nard. Mr. and Mrs. Janes are enroute home from a trip to Florida and through the south ern states. Mrs. Janes is the for mer Miss Mary Stannard. The Presbyterian rummage I sale will be held May 7. 8 and 9 in a building Vi block north of the First National bank. Fresh supply of good clothing, house hold articles, linens, etc. 52-lc PLANT FUNK'S G in '53 . • . and be assured of a stand! Full free replacement . if stand is not obtained for any cause. AVAILABLE IN O’NEILL ONLY AT — Harry E. 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