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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 22, 1953)
Prairieland Talk . . . \ Harbor Concern for Future By ROMAINE SAUNDERS. Retired, Former Frontier Editor LINCOLN—Old Virginia is one of 13 states j that have been listed for federal aid because of a near nationwide drought. Nevada, New Mexico and some of our neighboring states make up the 13. The sun rose this morning on prairieland shaded for a moment by clouds that have since taken flight and the shining orb of day takes over the march across the blue above. Most ev eryone harbors a look of concern for the future while; at the same time reveling in the delights of bright autumn days. Maybe we should face the possibility of a rainless, hot wind season coming down the highway of time when fall and winter have folded their tents like the Arabs and silently 6tolen away. I stopped yesterday for a Romaine talk with a patriarch who still Saunders rides a bicycle and speculates some in real estate. Maybe such perceive things hidden from other eyes. He said it was time we were getting a jolt through the medium of a famine year to bring us back to sanity. But we have since heard the rumble of thunder and been refreshed by a shower. * * * A drizzle all day October 15 and the rain for the week amounted to 1.45. But that was the weather report for O’Neill in 1931. . . It was that year a part of northern Holt county was included with five counties as “relief territory” because of a tough summer. Gov. Charles Bryan didn’t ask Washington for a handout but called upon the favored sections of the state to come forward with supplies and funds; and the response was gen erous. . . A couple of guys went to a friend’s • home in southeast Holt one evening and after a drinking party thought the evening was not quite complete, so found their way to a pasture, caught, killed and dressed a calf, took the result back to their friend’s home and topped off the night’s hilarity with a feed of roast veal. Next they were in the clutches of the law at the coun yseat. . '. In that year there were three newspa per pages taken up with the delinquent tax list. * * * While we pass as a people of law and order, there are loo many loopholes through which . desperate criminals crawl. After a young vil lain has admitted his guilt, why talk of court . procedure, change from one court to another to assure a “fair trial," get a jury together. Some time ago I read of an individual in another land being convicted of a crime at 4 p.m., and at 6 p.m. he was hung. ♦ * * A successful Thayer county farmer tells me his corn will probably yield not more than 15 bushels to the acre. The usual yield is 60 bushels. His wheat fields are looking well so far but some fields in his community are showing yellow spots. This he attributes to putting in the crop without adequate soil preparation. The farmers, who after plowing. the fields went over them but once with the harrow, now have a poor showing for a crop, while those who thoroughly worked the soil to conserve moisture see the result in what promises a fair crop if conditions are at all favorable. These are the sort of farmers that need not the preach ments of the conservation busybodies. * * * For printing his name Dixon the late Judge Dickson would have held The Frontier in con tempt of court. Most people are a little fussy about the family name though of course can do nothing about it if they are taken advantage of after they are six feet underground. Another generation is on the screen in the peaceful village of Lynch since that night 53 years ago when a young woman asleep in a room at the Walters hotel was awakened to find a guy known as Fred Brailey in bed with her. Brailey had pulled the screen from the bedroom window, op ened it and crawled in. The lady screamed for help and the false impersonator of Lochinvar threatened her with a knife. The frightened girl redoubled her cries ’til help came when the hotel people were aroused. Brailey made his escape but was caught and the community just missed an other necktie party along the Niobrara. * * * “We are not a law enforcement agency,” said the superintendent of city schools in extenuation of failure to report a criminal act on the part of a teacher to the law enforcement agencies of the community. That may not be the standard of thinking in all educational circles but there is something remarkable about such a statement that leads one to wonder if that school man has a warped conception of his duty not only as a school official but as a citizen. It got to the au thorities through the channel of the parents of a little girl who was the victim of a depraved supply teacher from the university. * * * An old boy informed me today that a Townsend club still functions in the capital city, holding weekly meetings. The original Town send plan proposed a pension for all of $200 a month with the provision that it be put in cir culation by spending it all each month. We un derstand club functions now involve getting to gether each Wednesday evening to enjoy a bowl of soup and perpetuate the program of wishful thinking. * * * A soldier appeared on television the day this was written and told the story of life’s strange buffetings. Thirty-one years ago when he was a 9-months-old baby he was left by an unknown individual on the steps of an orphanage in an eastern state. His childhood was spent being shift ed from one foster home to another until he had known 10 of them. “I have spent 10 years in army service. Have I any relatives in this world?” he concluded. If he doesn’t, he should have a lot of friends. * * * With about a newspaper column each week listing the names of sick and injured, oldtimers wonder if this generation is a bunch of weak lings or just want to loaf for a few days in one or more of the hospitals that have sprung up at about every crossroad. An earlier generation took it on the chin and went about their affairs just the same. * * * The experts conclude it is not speed that reaps a harvest of death on streets and high ways. Somehow a car parked at the curb is harmless. * * * Sound, fury, says Ike of the rumblings and mutterings coming from that democratic conclave in Chicago, 111. It was the expected assault of the outs upon the ins. The soft flutter of greenbacks at $100 a plate could be distinguished above the noise and the partisan bigwigs probably will say they got their money’s worth. * » * The critics of the agriculture department program gloat over the victory at the polls of the democrat in a Wisconsin congressional district election. Where I was a kid in Wisconsin a re publican stood about as much chance of being elected to office as he does down there in Platte county. Editorial . . . Best Guess: Benson Will Stay Granted that Secretary of Agriculture Ezra1 ,T. Benson has been on the hot seat for some time, our best guess is he will stay in the Eisenhower cabinet. Benson is absorbing a lot of blame for condi tions not necessarily belonging to him. As a mat ter of fact, in the few short months he has been agriculture secretary, the policies are pretty much „ the same as those that date back to the Roosevelt era.' Stop and analyze the situation and, we think, you will agree. Benson is a substantial fellow with consid ° erable good background and success, and we question if the administration will sell him down the river because of certain turns in the economic picture. There has been lots of recent speculation that he was being asked to resign. Even last v/eek, Nebraska’s Fourth District' Congressman A. L. Miller sounded off with a suggestion that Benson should quit. It has been widely rumored that dissatisfaction with the department of agriculture ° policies is creeping into high circles in the repub lican administration. The president recently quashed the rumor that Mr. Benson was resigning with a statement that Benson retained the confidence of the ad ministration. Mr. Benson acted to soothe farmers and ranchers fcr* announcing that his department would not let them suffer undue hardship. Secretary Benson is squarely on the spot now and he knows that if his proposed policies are adopted by congress next year, and fail to bring some relief to farmers and ranchers, his position will be untenable. Not only is he faced with the financial plight of agriculture, he is in line for a major battle in congress in his efforts to reorgan ize the government’s farm program. • A congressional agriculture subcommittee took a whirl through the midlands last week and is returning to Washington with the unanimous word that “props” should stay on farm commodi ties. This is a good vote-getting approach, anyway. But how often around these parts we hear that government “props” and controls should go! Un fortunately, the fall of 1953 finds Mr. Benson in the middle of a long-in-the-making conflict that will have to be worked out. It might also be said that Mr. Benson is caught in an economic trap sprung several years late. After all, besides killing 30 thousand of our finest young men, the dismal and empty Korean war buoyed the economy for several years, and it’s possible the day of economic reckoning final ly has arrived. Mr. Eisenhower wasn’t our GOP choice for the presidency and therefore Mr. Benson doesn’t have to be defended in these quarters. But we’ll string along with him. We believe Mr. Benson to be an intelligent, honest, conscientous fellow try ing to do a job. Ammo Fire Has Repercussions • , Nebraska’s weekly press picked up the hue snd cry against motor ammunition carriers fol lowing the Boys Town accident, fire and ex plosion in which three persons died. The Wahoo Newspaper promptly reported that the Saunders county board of supervisors ordered Watson Bros. Transportation Co., and the •..— . - — Buckingham Transportation Co., to stop parking loaded ammo trailers in areas near schools. The Dakota County Star (South Sioux City) carried a story on the top half of its front page relating that State Sen. Hal Bridenbaugh of Da kota City warned the legislature that just such a disaster would occur. “What if the holocaust had occurred on South Sioux’s narrow Dakota avenue?” the Star asked in an editorial. “It almost certainly would have destroyed two city blocks of business buildings and endangered many lives.” The Blair Pilot-Tribune said Blair’s Mayor Raymond C. Hanson stated he “saw nothing wrong with lots of ammunition trucks passing right through town (Blair) without police escort.” “There are reports, however, that many Blair citizens disagree with this viewpoint and think such trucks should be banned from going through Blair,” the Pilot-Tribune added. New High Living Cost The bureau of labor statistics reported in the last days of September that living costs had risen three-tenths of one percent since mich-August and nowr were at a new high. The index figure for July was 114.7 and for August 115. The base figure is 100 a~id represents the average of prices in the period of 1947-’49. The rise represents the third straight monthly in crease in living costs. As a result of the higher price index, 1,300, 000 railroad workers will get wage increases of three cents an hour. This follows a rise for an other million workers granted about six weeks ago. Both employee groups have contracts which tie their wages to living costs allowing periodical adjustments depending on whether living costs are going up or down. Two good things happened in Lincoln Satur day. It rained, snapping a six weeks drought, and those Nebraska Cornhuskers earned a hard won football victory over Miami U., giving Husker partisans a new outlook. 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 Association, 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; rates abroad, provided on request. All sub scriptions are paid-in-advance. Audited (ABC) Circulation—2^00 (Mar. 31, 1353). Calves Suffer from Pneumonia 16 III on Smith Farm Near Celia CELIA—Sixteen calves on the Merrill Smith farm and at least one calf on the Alex Forsythe place have been ill this week with pneumonia. Dust on grass and general dry conditions are blamed. These are baby calves just being weaned from their mothers. Other Celia News Nineteen members of the Celia Independent Telephone company held a regular annual meeting at the Alex Forsythe home Monday evening, October 13. Three di rectors were elected. They are Ed Bausch, Jim Lauridsen and Alex Forsythe. Other directors are Ray Pease, Stanley Johnson, O. A. Hammerberg and Milton McKathnie. Mr. and Mrs. Hans Lauridsen and sons attended the reception for Mr. and Mrs. Harold Gold fuss at the Chet Anderson home at 2 p.m., Sunday, October 11. Mrs. Goldfuss is the former Betty | Anderson. The couple was mar ried September 28. Mrs. Emil Colfack and pupils attended a reading demonstration at the Pioneer school, Gene Claus son, teacher, from 2:30 to 4 p.m., last Thursday afternoon. Reverend Phipps worked with wood at the Joe Hendricks farm the past week. Mrs. Charles Dobias and sons, Roger and Rodney, were Sunday dinner guests at the D. F. Scott home. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Schlotfeld and family were Sunday after noon visitors at the Hans Laurid sen home. Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Hammer berg were Friday evening visit ors at the P. W. Kilmurry home. Saturday, October 10, Mr. and Mrs. Hans Lauridsen and sons took her aunt, Mrs. Esther Meyers of Columbus, who had been visit ing the Hans and Louie Lauridsen families, to O’Neill to go by bus to Columbus. Sunday dinner guests at the Joe Hendricks home were Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Hupp and Mr. and Mrs. Bob Reiser and children of Butte. Buddy and Billie Focken spent Sunday afternoon at the Rever end Phipps home in Atkinson. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Smith and family were O’Neill visitors last Thursday. Mrs. Smith also visited Mrs. George Beck, who was a patient in the O’Neill hos pital. Mrs. D. F. Scott was a Satur day afternoon visitor at the Frank Kilmurry and O. A. Ham merberg homes. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Lauridsen and family and Carl Damero were dinner guests Friday at the Hans Lauridsen home. Mr. and Mrs. P. W. Kilmurry helped their granddaughter, Mary Catherine, celebrate her ninth birthday anniversary at the Frank Kilmurry home Sunday. Mrs. Ray Pease’s aunt, Mrs. Rufus Snepp of Lebanon, Ind., Mr. and Mrs. Bergman of Gary, Ind., Miss Fern Spann and Mr. and Mrs. William Spann spent last Thursday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Ray Pease. Mr. and Mrs. D. F. Scott were Saturday morning visitors at the H. O. Stevens home. Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Hammer berg were Tuesday, October 13, O’Neill visitors. Mrs. Hammerberg also visited Mrs. George Beck, who was a patient in SJ. An thony’s hospital, O’Neill. Mrs. D. F. Scott returned home from Worthington, Minn., Tues day morning, October 13, where she had gone to attend the funer al of her sister, Mrs. J. P. Ludlow of Mitchell, S.D. Mr. and Mrs. Hans Lauridsen were Wednesday evening, Octo ber 14, visitors at the Milton Mc Kathnie home. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Schlotfeld and family were Friday evening visitors at the Emil Colfack home. Paul Payas spent from October 9 to 13 at the Clarence Focken home while his parents were visiting in Iowa. Emil Colfack was a Monday I II I DR. H. D. GILDERSLEEVE OPTOMETRIST Northeast Corner of 4th & Douglas O’NEILL, NEBR. Phone 167 Eyes Examined _ Glasses Kitted Office Hours: 9.5 Mon. thru Sat. Stop Taking Harsh Drugs for Constipation Avoid Intestinal Upset! Get Relief This Gentle Vegetable Laxative Way! For constipation, never take harsh drugs. They cause brutal cramps and griping, disrupt normal bowel action, make re peated doses seem needed. Get sure but gentle relief when you are temporarily constipated. Take Dr. Caldwell’s Senna Laxative contained in Syrup Pepsin. No salts, no harsh drugs. Dr. Caldwell’s contains an extract of Senna, one of the finest natural vegetable laxatives known to medicine. Dr. Caldwell’s Senna Laxative tastes good, gives gentle, comfortable, satis fying relief for every member of the family. Helps you get “on schedule” without repeated doses. Even relieves stomach sourness that constipation often brings. Buy Dr. Caldwell's 30* size today. Money back if not satisfied. Mail boede t» Bo* 280, New York 18. N. Y.. ~ dinner guest at the Frank Kil murry home. Alex Forsythe, Hans and Jim : Lauridsen and Clarence Focken attended the Presbyterian men’s council meeting in the Presby terian church in Atkinson Friday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Skrdla visited the Hans Lauridsen family Sunday evening, October 11. Mr. and Mrs. Sewell Johnson and daughter were Sunday guests at the Connie Frickel home. Mr. and Mrs. Frickel and Mr. and Mrs. Johnson visited the Ray Pease family in the afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Omer Poynts were Friday evening supper guests at the Mark Hendricks home. Emil Colfack, Duane Beck and Frank Kilmurry attended the Bassett livestock sale Wednesday, October 14. Mr. and Mrs. Duane Beck and Mr. and Mrs. Emil Colfack visit ed Mrs. George Beck in the O’ Neill hospital Wednesday eve ning, October 14. Mr. and Mrs. Emil Colfack and son, Dennis, were O’Neill visitors Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Hammer berg were Sunday evening visit ors at the Milton McKathme home. Mr. and Mrs. Mark Hendricks and family, Mr. and Mrs. Omer Poynts and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hendricks and daughter went to Pickstown and Randall dam, S.D., Sunday. David Phipps spent Sunday with Robert Hendricks and fam ily Several of the young people of the community attended the At kinson Wesleyan young people’s society party at the Mark Hend ricks home Tuesday evening, Oc tober 13. Twenty young people were present. Mr. and Mrs. Emil Colfack and family were Sundav evening vis itors at the Frank Kilmurry home* Deloit News The Clearwater Creek club met Wednesday, October 1, at the Ted Twiss home. A lesson on “Suds” was given by the leaders. Donna Day attended a teach ers’ meeting at the Redtop school last Thursday evening. A number of friends and rela tives from Norfolk and Omaha attended the Thramer funeral on Saturday. The Christian Mothers served dinner for the relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Reimer and Elayne were supper guests Saturday evening at the Ralph Tomjack home. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Sehi and Mr. and Mrs. Rudy Juracek spent Tuesday, October 20, on a fish ing trip. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Reimer and daughter were Sunday din ner guests at the Lynn Carnes home near Neligh. Mr. Elam of Falls City spent last week at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Stanley Huffman, and family. On Friday evening a birthday dinner was enjoyed in bis honor. Mrs. Fred Harpster spent last 5 " week at the home of her mother, Mrs. Reimer, in Ewing. Deloit had a little shower of rain Friday morning, more would be welcome. TO GET HEARING The state pardon poard has listed nine penitentiary inmates for hearing on November 10, in cluding Francis DeWesse, 27, of O'Neill, who is serving a term for burglary and grand larceny in Holt county, three to seven years, and also a one to two years term for escape from Lancaster county. 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