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.
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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.
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in a building Vi block north of
the First National bank. Fresh
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