Prairi eland Talk . . .
* Advanced Thought*
By ROMAINE SAUNDERS, Retired, Former Frontier Editor
LINCOLN—So the state of sem)-nudity is a
mark of progress, is it?
Yes, this is the age of “advanced thought.”
And see what we have! Three wars, blood
and tears and desolated homes in less than a gen
eration, crime that baffles offi
cers of the law, mere children
charged with revolting crimes.
High taxes and a staggering pub
lic debt; a daily cry for more pay
to meet the high costs and work
'til you fall over to earn enough
to maintain the home; high rents
with thousand dollar properties
priced to the sky.
Traitors abroad in the land
and on public pay rolls, moral
values flouted and the cynic
thumbing his nose at common Romaine
decency. Saunders
* * *
The daily paper teHs what happened, what
•was discovered and where. It leaves the reader
in the dark as to cause, effect and other details.
The weekly paper gives the complete story which,
when you have read, there is nothing more to be
said. The taily arouses curiosity, the desire to
know more; the weekly tells it all. . . The Leigh
World has gone into the hands of a new owner,
the sixth since Prairieland Talker got out his last
edition in that little Colfax county town. . . Most
vacationers are back home recovering from it all.
One such puts it this way in a letter to this scribe:
“There is just, no place like home.” Learn to es
° teem the blessings of home by galavanting over
the country. A Holt county citizen after visiting
the show places remarked to his wife when near
ing home that those haystacks dotting the mead
ows looked better to him than anything they had
seen on a 2,000-mile trip.
• * *
Cattle prices having come down from $30 to
$17 per hundredweight, the fellows out on the
grasslands are beginning to wonder. There was
a time if we got $17 for a thousand pound beef
we stuffed the 17 in our jeans feeling pretty
good.
* * *
A blind man seen about every day on the
street is something of a remarkable personage.
Hand him a leaf and he will tell by feeling or put
ting the leaf in his mouth what variety of tree it
came from. As the shadows and calm of twilight
settle across the land and the insect orchestra
plays the evening melodies you may hear only
katydids rasping away, but he will tell you a score
of other insects he can hear coming in on the eve
ning air. One compensation for being blind, but
who would care to exchange sight for the sound
of buzzing insect life?
* * *
Next the school bell rings, and then Nebras
ka’s biggest show at the state fair grounds.
Haven’t learned whether there comes to the ed
itorial desk an envelope from fair managers with
“comps” enclosed along with a column of superla
tives for our next issue about the coming fair.
Nebraskans take pride in the annual exhibits of
the state’s resources and the editorial attention
accorded such events might well be rewarded with
a pass at the gate with “freedom of the grounds.”
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Motorized wheelchairs for invalids will soon
be available. . . Rear Admiral Byrd, retired, is
planning another south polar expedition “when
world conditions will permit.” . . French navy
divers have gone down in the Mediterranean sea
to a depth of one mile. . . A guy employed in the
government printing plant in Washington is ac
cused of being red, but he is not a printer.
* * *
The Nebraska Public Library commission
has received as a gift from the three sons of Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Woods in honor of their parents
a Gertstenslager Bookmobile which will be stock
ed with 1,600 books from the commission and
used in demonstrations throughout the state.
When Ben Franklin flew that kite he had
the germ of an airplane idea—and didn’t know it.
. . . The suggestion comes from the Nebraska City
News-Press that the automobile license plates be
personalized similar to those of Wyoming by
showing Terry Carpenter riding a bull. Or J. Hyde
Sweet pulling the lever* of a Washington hand
press. . . Susan B. Anthony, the mother of “wom
en's right/’ arrested, tried and fined for voting
at an election in 1872; elected to the Hall of Fame
for Great Americans in 1950. . . Congressman A.
L. Miller flew out from Washington to attend the
funeral of his father at Plainview. The senior Mr.
Miller attained the age of 91. Congress will be in
summer recess. . . County boards in some in
stances are appealing the state board’s valuation
boosts to the supreme court. Others are meeting
the situation by lowering levies.
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We live to learn along life’s pathway,
Rebuffs to slight and kindness to repay.
The slights, the snubs are nothing much—
Just bits of venom from souls fed on such.
It’s the kindly thought, the word of cheer
From friends and neighbors we love to hear.
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The primitive instinct is strong in the race.
A group of neighborhood kids spent last night
in camp on an island of the Platte over by Ash
land. It was not wholly a group of kids—dads
went along. The lure of camp life, the glow of
camp fires, a night under the stars, the hum of
insects and to awake after the night’s repose on
mother earth to see not the plastered ceiling
above you, but the pink glow of early dawn does
something to a fellow and you crawl into the
day’s duds feeling fit to wrestle with a grizzly.
And then you are confronted by the inexorable
that you must get back to civilization if you are
to get the hotcakes and a steaming cup.
There are doubtless Frontier readers who will
remember the Lowrie boys, Clinton and Will, sons
of Rev. and Mrs. N. S. Lowrie, Reverend Lowrie
doing pioneer ministerial service in Holt county.
Both Clinton and Will are ordained ministers,
Clinton in Detroit, Mich., and now ^pending a
little time with Will at Lake Hubert, Minn. Will
recently wrote an inspiring letter to the engineer
of this department with whom he rode the prairie
trails in the long ago. Both he and Clinton are
facing the shadows of life’s sunset but enjoy good
health and the peace of mind that comes as a
fruitage of having contributed to the uplift and
spiritual welfare of those to whom they have
been privileged to minister.
* * *
War in Korea is at least at a standstill. And
25,604 American soldiers died in vain, nothing
settled, hatred living on in the hearts of men,
desolated homes and little children left homeless
and orphans. Hardly a community across peace
ful prairieland that has not felt the sting of the
ominous message to father and mother telling
that their son had been “killed in action.” How
much longer upon the march down the corridor
of time can mankind survive under a flood of hu
man hatred?
* * *
Head somewhere on a vacation trip, see a
lot of country and new faces; come home and
lake a week to get back to normal.
* * *
If it is the Nebraska winds the scientists are
interested in they should have been here in the
spring or come in September. Prairieland does
not put on much of a wind show in August.
* *
So those Muscovites would have us believe
they can make the H-bomb. What concerns us
most is what they intend to do with it.
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The name of Alice Scofield of O’Neill appear
ed today in a list of 14 nurses graduated at the
Bryan Memorial hospital of Lincoln.
Editorial . . .
We Lost the War
Everyone rejoices now that peace has come
in Korea. It is an ominous peace, a strange ces
sation of hostilities, yet the shooting has stopped.
The rejoicing is not in the same spirit that
marked the termination of other United States
wars, which were waged on an all-out basis, no
holds barred.
There are sad aspects of the Korean debacle.
The most notable one is that it ’s the only war in
history that the U.S. has lost. No one will refute
that the actual fighting responsibility largely was
borne by the U.S. and South Koreans. There the
semblance of a genuine United Nations effort ends.
The efforts put forth by other allies were very
puny indeed compared with the cost in men,
blood and machines borne by the U.S.
Little South Korea’s gallant defenders put
forth tremendous effort in relation to the size of
the country, its population and its resources. But
the big burden fell to the U.S.
As this editorial is being written, no news has
been forthcoming regarding release of communist
held prisoners-of-war from the O’Neill region.
However, it is sincerely hoped Operation Big
Switch will yield this area men who have been
held in red captivity.
We lost the war!
Not only because of the tremendous cost in
lives and in money, but because we are ending
just about where we started .without attaining
our objective. The entry of the Chinese reds into
the war at the very time when the U.S. had it
won, spelled the difference.
Our allies (political—not pnysicai;, wno were
trading with China, coupled with lame Washing
ton leadership, restrained our forces from attack
ing the real enemy, and insisted that not even
Red China’s bases be disturbed. This provoked
the MacArthur recall and history will prove, we
think, MacArthur had the right idea.
Under these strange conditions of war, a
strategy completely foreign to the U.S. concept,
our people were put at a very great disadvantage.
They had colossal logistics problems, they had to
contend with Oriental primitive conditions, rug
ged terrain and weather, and they were expected
to fight with one hand tied behind them. It was
a frustrating situation, indeed — apparently bar
gained for and prearranged that we should lose
the war.
And we did just that—we lost the war!
Our own personal feeling, however, is one of
joy that it is over. We do not like to see American
boys dispatched to fight all over the globe—the
third time in 35 years Uncle Sam has swept up
and-down O’Neill’s main street and picked the
cream of its manhood for overseas fighting. We
have felt all along that, tied up as they were, they
could not possibly hope to win.
The atrocity stories make your blood run
cold.
We’re mighty glad to see the boys coming
home, or at least coming from the battlefront.
They should, perhaps, never have been there.
We wish folks wouldn’t wait until Wednes
day to phone or bring us items several days or
a week old. We want the news — right after it
happens! Okay?
Hit of the Week
A man bought a hat at the clothing store for
$10 and paid for it by check. The clothier made
a 20 percent profit on the sale, or $2. He endorsed
the check and went next door and bought $10
worth of hardware and paid for it with the en
dorsed check. The hardware merchant endorsed
the check and bought $10 worth of drugs and this
went on until it reached the tenth merchant and
each one made a $2 profit on the $10 sale. The
tenth merchant deposited the check and it was re
turned, marked, “No such account.” Unable to
locate the writer of the check, the tenth merchant
called the other nine merchants who had endorsed
the check and suggested that since each had a $2
profit on the transaction, they each give him $1
to take care of the check, which they did and left
each with a $1 profit. The question is, who paid
for the hat and how did 10 merchants each make
a $1 profit on a bad check?
Some wag has said that almost every com
crop is “lost” four or five times during the grow
ing season, according to comments from pessimis
tic farmers. This year’s crop in Holt’s com country
was “lost” two or three times, but now, in late
August, we hear predictions of bumper yield
prospects. One visitor to The Frontier said: “Never
had corn looking so good.”
With the instant death of Aaron Cohn, 56,
O’Neill resident, Holt county recorded its first
traffic fatality for 1953. The death resulted from
a car-truck collision on what is perhaps one of
the most dangerous intersections in north Nebras
ka. Every third car screeches its brakes to get
around the deceptive comer.
It was a rare treat for the thousands of vis
itors who toured the-wind test site Sunday after
noon. The civilian scientists let their hair down
and labored earnestly to reduce technical terms
and functions to language the open-mouthed vis
itors could understand.
JStE Frontier
CARROLL W. STEWART, Editor and Publisher
Editorial & Business Offices: 122 South Fourth St.
Address correspondence: Box 330, O’Neill, Nebr
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
newspaper is a member of the Nebraska Press
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Audited (ABC) Circulation—2,200 (Mar. 31, 1953).
When You and I Were Youngs ..
Wise MiH Gets
New Gas Engine
Hives, Graphaphone
Spell Misery
50 Years Ago
J. H. Wise installed an eight
horse gasoline engine at his flour
and feed establishment to supply
power for operating a feed mill...
Judge Kinkaid went to Kearney
where the examination of appli
cants for appointment to the West
Point military academy were
held. Merle Kline and Owen Mer
edith are two O’Neill boys to take
the examinations . . . The Great
Northern hne is selling round
trip tickets to Seattle, Wash., and
Portland, Ore., for $45 and to
San Francisco, Calif., for $50 . . .
Bob Williams is building a- car
penter shop just north of Bazel
man’s lumber office . . . C. E.
Hall, R. R. Dickson, S. J. Weekes,
Thomas Simonson, H. A. Polk
and John Skirving attended the
republican judicial convention at
Valentine . . . The Black Hills
passenger which was due at 9:52
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dark because of a heavy rain
which caused a washout in the
western part of the state . . .
Frank Brittell has been visiting
his father at Neligh for the past
three weeks . . . C. W. Hamilton
and family toured the Pacific
coast states . . . Wanted: Several
persons of character and good
reputation to represent and ad
vertise an old established, wealthy
business house. Salaiy $21 weekly
with expenses additional. Horse
and carriage furnished . . . Gol
lmar Brothers circus gave a per
formance featuring the only real
living hippopotamus in captiv
ity .. . Supervisor Grimes brought
a load of lumber from Chambers
with a three-horse team and wide
tired wagon ... To a bad attack
of the hives add a little prickly
heat, a few mosquitoes and a
graphaphone playing in the next
house and you have a sample of
intolerable misery.
20 Years Ago
In an automobile accident two
miles east of here, three persons
were seriously injured. They were
Charles A. Swarmer, 77, who suf
fered internal injuries and his
son, Charles C. who received
severe head lacerations, one ear
being almost severed, a broken
collar bone and many cuts and
bruises. Mrs. Swarmer, 47, wife
of Charles C., received a broken
left wrist and a badly crushed
left leg, internal injuries and
many bruises. She was taken to
a Norfolk hospital where it was
necessary to amputate her left
leg. She failed to survive the
operation. The elder Mr. Swar
mer is in serious condition and
the younger Mr. Swarmer is get
ting along satifactorily. The ac
cident occured when the younger
Mr. Swarmer was driving about
55 miles an hour and hit loose
gravel which caused the car to
roll several times . . . James
Tuor and Ralph Tomlinson went
to Norfolk to participate in a
tennis tournament . . . Nebraska s
new divorce law went into effect
the first of the month and on the
first day two judges issued 46
divorce degrees, an all-time high
for Nebraska . . . County Super
intendent Luella Parker went to
Center where she officiated and
judged at a school exhibit at the
Knox county fair . . . L. G. Gil
lespie returned from a three
weeks visit at Oregon. Mrs. Gil
lespie remained for alonger visit
there and in California.
10 Years Ago
Harry Peterson was appointed
manager of the Northwestern
Bell Telephone company, succeed
ing J. R. Miller . . . Lambert Bar
tak of Deloit lost 39 head of
steers when lightning struck a
tree under which the cattle were
huddled . • . The barn on the Bill
Cuddy place burned to the
ground ... A marriage license
was issued to Floyd Wison and
Grace Pribil, both of O’Neill, on
August 21 . . . Backfire from a
power haysweep set fire to the
meadow at the George Withers
ranch . . . Pvt. Don Lowery of
Camp Robinson, Ark., is home
on furlough.
One Year Ago
Dr. Rex Wilson of Burke, S.D.,
is making arrangements to open
an office on the corner of Doug
las and Madison streets • . . Eddie
Gallagher, 12, of Inman suffered
a skull fracture when thrown
from a horse . . • Harold Leise
was killed instantly when struck
by lightning while riding on a
tractor ... Don Riley returned
to San Diego, Calif., after spend
ing a leave with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. J. P. Riley . . • Lynch
is installing a new street lighting
system.
Big Sunday Program
At Antelope Fair
NELIGH—The biggest event of
the year in Antelope county' will
open wide the gates at Riverside
park fairgrounds this weekend
for the three-day county fair feat
uring a program for thrill-seekers.
The “Tournament of Thrills”
with the famous Chitwood Dare
-{
devils breadlines two full' pro
grams Sunday, August 30, after
noon .and evening. It is the
world’s greatest show of its kind.
On Saturday and Monday af
ternoons the stock car racing
promises more spills and thrills
for another pair of exciting after
noons.
There will be many other
features including daily base
ball games, high quality free
acts, marching bands, pagenls,
skits, parades, and one of the
largest carnival midways ever
to play northeastern Nebraska.
Relay horse races Saturday
and Monday afternoons have a
part in the “most interesting pro
gram” in years at any county
fair in the state.
The Saturday night program is
given to youth. There will be the
| stock parade, boy scout pagent
(and home talent skits to enter
tain Saturday night. The Sunday
afternoon and night program will
be the Chitwood “Tournament of
Thrills.” in 28 events. The Ante
lope Saddle Club drills and man
euvers, plus trained horses oc
cupies the Monday night pro
gram, together with a calf scram
ble when six 4-H’ers will come
out with a calf to feed next year.
A tractor race and demonstration
are a part of the Monday after
noon program as is also the
marching bands spectacle with
bands from all over the county
taking part.
The 1953 Antelope county
fair—Saturday, Sunday and Mon
day, August 29, 30, 31—promises
to surpass in entertainment, and,
possibly attendance, all previous
events during the 39 years of its
existance.
Venetian blinds, prompt deliv
ery, made to measure, metal or
wood, all colors,—J. M. McDon
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★ COLORFUL ★ ACTION-PACKED
★ BIGGER
Antelope County FAIR
Riverside Park, Neligh
3 — Big Days — 3
SATURDAY - SUNDAY - MONDAY
August 29, 30, 31
(Entry Day — Friday, August 28)
Featuring TOURNAMENT OF THRILLS
Starring Chitwood Daredevils, Texas Lonestars, Hollywood
Stuntmen, Canadian Aces, Indianapolis, Daredevils, in the
World’s Greatest Thrill Show!
STOCK CAR RACES — FREE ACTS — EXHIBITS
DISPLAYS
. . . PROGRAM . . .
Saturday, August 29—
AFTERNOON
STOCK CAR RACES, county drivers v
BASEBALL—Humphrey vs. Antelopes (Midgets)
RELAY HORSE RACE'
EVENING
STOCK PARADE
HOME TALENT PROGRAM
SKITS BY 4-H CLUBS
BIG MIDWAY — PENNY PENNINGTON DAILY
Sunday, August 30—
AFTERNOON
TOURNAMENT OF THRILLS
BASEBALL—Oakdale vs. Tilden
EVENING
l TOURNAMENT OF THRILLS
MIDWAY — FREE ACTS — PENNINGTON
Monday, August 31—
AFTERNOON
MARCHING BANDS
STOCK CAR RACES, county drivers
BASEBALL—Elgin vs. Orchard
PARADE OF FLOATS
TRACTOR RACE
RELAY HORSE RACE
EVENING
ANTELOPE SADDLE CLUB
CALF SCRAMBLE I
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