The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965, December 30, 1954, Page 2, Image 2
Prairieland Talk . . . Custer Footprints in Holt? By ROMAiNE SAUNDERS, Retired, Former Editor The Frontier MARION, IND.—After 78 years the National Park service revives the story of the Custer bat tleground up on the Little Big Horn where Gen eral Custer and his forces were overwhelmed by the Indian warriors. The battlefield or scene of that disaster to an over confident army command er is now a national shrine which the park service has publicized in a recent publication, embod ied in which is the modern ver sion of what took place there in 1876. The publication comes from the government printing plant in Washington, D.C., and is liberally adorned with pictures of the general, other military figures and scenes of the park , Rom sin* About the time of the settle- .. ^ ^ ment of the McEvony-Thompson Saunders group down the river from the present city of O'Neill, a trail was made across Holt county ap proximately four miles north of the Elkhorn riv er reputed to be footprints of the army of Gen. George Custer. Another military trail crosses Holt county from southw-est to northeast which in early times connected Ft. Randall on the Missouri with a fort below Burwell. Nothing has ever been proposed to enshrine thw trails as of historical importance to this generation of Holt county citizens. w w — Once more the door is bolted and another Nebraska citizen in the bloom of young manhood is there for life in t aeethstdasRIthatiaFhnlyea Is there for life in the slate penitentiary. What is it that starts youth on the highway to penal institutions? Wherein are parents and society responsible for the wave of crime in which the uag are involved? The young man from Hast ings convicted of a revolting murder should go to the electric chair, the judge said. He is right. The murderer has forfeited his right to live. • * * Indiana traffic laws require that vehicles tak ing to the road drawn by horses must have license plates the same as motorized conveyances. Thereby the door to the jail is opened for religious perse cution. A woman spent 27 days in jail because of her religious convictions—maybe the law looks on such as religious notions. She had been arrested for driving a horse hitched to a buggy without li cense plates. Paying the fine imposed would be a violation of her rengious convictions, so she went to jail. A friend belonging to the same group of worshipers in Pennsylvania sent the Indiana court the money that released the woman so she spent Christmas with her family at home. . . The radio station at Bowling Green, O., went on the air a day recently with news delivered by carrier pigeons, a last resort after a dispute with the telephone peo ple. . . After floating in celestial realms for a month during yuletide season, it is something of a jolt landing back on earth. . . One of those national pollsters reports that “most Americans believe in God.” An ancient report has it that “the devils believe and tremble.” The Salvation Army of the city gathered $1,605 from their “march of dimes” marathon. There is something for this and similar uplift organiza tions to do and we can but wonder what effect they are having on the moral standards of the nation. The FBI reports that during the first six months of 1954 there was a major crime commit ted every 13.8 seconds in the United States. And more-and-more teenage boys and girls are be coming involved in crimes. * • • Friends of Senator McCarthy who have felt he was doing what needed to be done regret that he has cut open a wound between himself and the president, though it is understandable that a guy frying dragged through what he has could lose his temper and speak inadvisably. While Mr. Eisen hower has remained calm, it would be interesting to have heard Harry S. Truman blow up had he been the president. • • • An Indiana patriot by the name of Bottomles did not think his name was sufficient for one of his calibre, so he went to court and asked the cir cuit court judge to authorize a change to Aearly godlet Wileyelectronspirit Leegravity. His honor declined to interfere in family affairs in this in stance. The 5-foot illuminated plastic star that adorn ed the top of the huge Christmas tree tha^ stood on the white house lawn in Washington was made by the General Plastics Corp. of this city and pre sented to the nation’s chief executive. . . Indian apolis has a committee of “vigilanters ’ that has set itself the job of rounding up the thieves. Prop ably over there in the Niobrara river gulches you can still hear stories of Holt county’s vigilanters or regulators who caught some horse thieves with the lasso rope and harbored others as members of the organization. . . What does a candidate for public office reap as a reward for campaigning for votes? The high man on the republican ticket in Wisconsin lay in a hospital cot all through the late political campaign. . • Safe driving day has been tried, now how would a reckless driving day do to kill off the reckless ones? . . . Here, as else where, the average motorist heeds not those street and highway signs, “Speed Limit 30 Miles” per hour. . . One way to unload an official job you don’t approve of is to “resign on account of health.” • * • What the layout man considered of no im portance so sandwiched the item in with other inconsequentia.ls, tells of James A. Donohoe, ar rayed in the judicial robes of a federal judge, pronouncing 32 cases of nuts unfit for human use and directed that the nuts be turned over to the nutcrackers in the Omaha zoo. Just a worth while item to an old O’Neillite in the Lincoln pa per that came today. * * * The community awoke this morning to a white world. During the night snow had fallen to a depth of nearly a foot. It lies motionless and white across the city and far away landscape. Little traffic is in action this morning. Are families at home getting acquainted? The dark outline of forest trees raise their leafless boughs above the earth robed in white and stand out against the gray of a clouded sky. Decorations and lighted Christmas trees in the windows of householders are a reminder of an other holiday season. Out of the air radio’s slim fingers have plucked a song, “Silent Night.” But what has become of the music of the long ago of sleighbells tinkling out in the frosty air when cut ters and sleighs drawn by horses went gliding by our door? Sleighbells have been stilled, the ro mance of a bobsled load of youth and maidens are but a memory, and we climb in with a competent driver at the steering wheel and roll way on me chancical wings in an age when to get there on time is the important thing, not romance. * * • A few’ months ago he slipped a gold band on the finger of an outstretched hand, the joy ous music of wedding bells rang out. Today she is in court with a petition that asks not only for a bill of divorcement but that the guy who placed that ring on her finger be required to meet the installment payments on the ring. * » * American Federation of Labor promoters are priming their guns to go after the Indiana legisla ture should that body presume to consider the adoption of a “right-to-work” measure during the 1955 session. The right, the privilege, the necessity to work are fundamental, can neither be denied by union labor groups nor created by law. All laws attempt to do is to safeguard inherent rights. From a higher authority than state legislatures or AFL councils the father of the human race was told that “in the sweat of thy face” should mankind labor for a livelihood, a decree and the experience universal through the centuries. Labor unions seek to control all work. And right-to-work laws such as Nebraskans adopted mean little or nothing. A non-union applicant for a job at a unionized plant is dismissed with the word that no additional workers are needed—“no openings at present.” * * * The remains of eight persons were laid away in cemeteries as a gruesome tribute to Indiana’s weekend highway tragedies, a similar record made each weekend. Cut throats, killers, children fcremated in burning homes, explosions, hidden death traps—all add to the tragic picture where death stalks the land. To the safe driving slogan may well be added a host of other precautions and the hangman’s noose for the cut throats. * • * An educator with the title of doctor in an insti tution up in Michigan handed in his resignation in the middle of December, not for health reasons, but because he believed that Gabriel would blow the trumpet on December 21 that announced the end of the world. “Of that day and hour knoweth no man.” Editorial . . . Our Growing Population The U.S. census bureau recently reported the population now totaled over 160,000,000. This rep resents an amazing increase since 1950, when the last population census was completed. The total then three years ago, was about 8,000,000 less than it is today. If the present trend continues, which seems quite likely, the United States will be a country of 180,000,000 people in another short seven years anH by 1970, will be a country of well over 200, 000,000 people. The significance of this growth, when compar ed to the population of Russia, is highly important. There are only three countries in the world with a population in excess of the U.S. population today —China (with an estimated 450,000,000 people), India (with an estimated 365,000,000) and the USSR, with a population of 200,000,080. Since the U.S. population is growing at a fast er rate than the Russian population, it seems like ly that, in the near future, the United States will contain as many citizens as does the USSR. This would give the armed services of this country a call on as much manpower as soviet military lead ers now enjoy, and wipe out the Russian numerical superiority. The soviets, however, maintain a ponderous numerical advantage when all their subjugated people are counted. Oppressed people frequently are to be found in the liability column rather than as an asset in a show of strength. It is obvious that if the United States can maintain its industrial superiority, while increas ing its population faster than any other country in the world, the future will hold only improving comparisons for the land of the original thirteer colonies. Frightening aspects of atomic and hydroger warfare tend to neutralize the relative numerica strength of modern powers. God forbid World Wai III ever breaks out. Farmers, Ranchers Doing Alrigh Secretary Benson in a recent speech said tha the farmer or rancher never has had a greater op portunity than he has today, and that his greates opportunity lies in what he can do for himself on his own individual farm rather than in what the government can do for him. That is probably just as true of farming as of business. Oldtimers can look back to depression days, can name farmers in this very area who continued to make money through the hardest of times be cause they had the knack of adjusting their own operations to the times. Of course, living in a farm or ranch commun ity, all of us want what is best to assure the pros perity of the farmer. We’d be foolish if we didn’t feel that way about it, and there’s nothing of pol itics involved. It’s a matter of all striving toward the same objective, but a little difference of opin ion about which highway is best. We do know, however, that farming is not yet to be listed under unprofitable occupations. The price of farm land, in the few cases where it can be bought, and the absence of farms or ranches available for rent, indicates that the agricultural sections .are still doing all right. We hope to keep it that way. 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 coun ty, 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; t rates abroad provided on request. All subscriptions t are paid-in-advance. t [ Audited (ABC) Circulation—2,835 (Mar. 31, 1954) When Ton and I Were Young... Free Ice Bath at Carlons Lake Van Every, Maxwell Get Dunking 50 Tears Ago The thermometer spent several days below zero. The coldest reg istered was 12 below. . . Walter Bundy of Ord and Miss Alice C. Cantwell of Page were united in marriage at the county judge’s office. . . County Attorney Mullen has received word fiom Sheriff Hall that he will arrive this week with Bernard McGreevy from Phoenix, Ariz. . . Leopold Seger was called to Omaha as a witness in a case before the grand jury. 20 Tears Ago Raymond and Alvin Bausch, pupils attending the public school here, are to start for Wyoming astride a motorcycle to visit rela tives in the “cow country.” . . Thelma Riley, daughter of Mrs. Lila Riley, and James H. Cronk of Page were united in marriage a: St. Patrick’s Catholic church. . . . O’Neill high defeated St. Jo seph’s hall, 38-9, and St. Mary’s basketball team won over Or chard, 24-12. . . Coyotes are heard ' yowling near midnight here and it is presumed they have increas ea or moved in from drought areas to partake of the abundant rabbit crop here. . . Marvin Van Every and William Maxwell, while skating on Carlon’s lake, ran into a thin-iced water hole used by the Lawrence family in watering livestock. Besides a free icecold bath, no serious results v.er suffered. 10 Years Ago According to Game Commission Secretary Paul T. Gilbert, the Nebraska game commission has inaugurated one of the longest fisliing seasons in the history of the department. The season this year will be 12 months. . . 2/Lt. Robert G. Shoemaker received his wings at graduation exercises held at Selman Field, Monroe, La. . . The issuance of 1945 license plates for an automobile will have no effect on the gasoline ration coupons held by individual own ers. . . Miss Zelma Waldo, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Beryl Waldo iAmelia, was united in marriage to Robert Kalb of Denver, Colo. One Year Ago Mrs. Della (“Grandma”) Bow den on Christmas day celebrated her 90th birthday anniversary. A small family dinner party was held at the home of her grand son, Gerald Wettlaufer. . . The St. Mary’s academy Cardinals defeated the SMA alumni in an unofficial holiday cage exhibition, 46-37. . . The O’Neill Saddle club and the O’Neill Square Dance club are jointly sponsoring a free benefit polio dance. . . Lloyd Bergstrom, 60, formerly a farmer in the Page community and one time Holt county deputy sheriff, died in Newcastle, Wyo., follow ing a long illness. Thorin Member of Battle-Ready Unit— CHAMBERS—Army Pfc. Char les H. Thorin, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest A. Thorin of Cham bers, is serving with the 10th in fantry division at Ft. Riley, Kans. The 10th is a fully trained and equipped division, ready to move and fight on short notice. Private Thorin, an ammunition bearer with the 85th infantry regiment’s heavy mortar company, entered the army in October, <.952. Completes Machinegun Training Course— ANOKA—Marine CpL John M. Anderson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Anderson of route 1, An oka, was graduated November 27 from the First marine division’s machine gun school in Korea. The two-week course is con ducted by veteran marine in structors. On completion of the course, students are returned to their parent units. Riverside News Mr. and Mrs. Vet Schlotman attended the wedding of his ne phew, Jack Forman, at Bellevue Sunday, December 26. Mr. For tran teaches in the Kansas uni versity. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Miller and Altha Lou entertained at a pre - Christmas dinner Wednes day, December 22, with the Leo Miller family and Mr. and Mrs. Valter Miller as guests. The H. Millers and daughter left Friday to spend Christmas in Canon City with the Gerald Hadduck family. Pfc. Lowell Jensen was an ov ernight guest of Tom Christon Tuesday, December 21. Mrs. Kittie Fry had all her children who reside in Nebraska at her home Christmas eve. They were Mr. and Mrs. Willie Shra der and family, Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Fry and children, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Fink and sons and Mr. and Mrs. Vic Vandersnick and family. Christmas day dinner guests of the Grant Motts were: Frank Wondercheck, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Gallino and girls of Newport, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Combs and children and Zina Combs of Yankton, S.D., Rev. and Mrs. George Fran cis and Nancy and Rita Wonder check, all of Plattsmouth, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Strode of Stuart, Mrs. Belle Mott of Page and Mr. and Mrs. Roy Headman of Winner. SD. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Fink and children of Denver, Colo., spent several days with Mr. and Mrs. Bert Fink. They and the Lee Finks spent Christmas with Mr. and Mrs. Bert Fink. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Mlinar and daughters were guests of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Larson, Christmas day. Mr. and Mrs. Dean Bader and sons of Omaha and Mr. and Mrs. Dale Reiter and sons of Albion spent the holiday weekend with the ladies’ parents, Rev. and Mrs. F. A. Hand, and family. Miss Lin da Snodgrass of Almena, Kans., was also a guest of the Hands from last Thursday until Tues day. Christmas day guests at DeWitt Hoke’s included Jim Gunter, Mr. and Mrs. Lionel Gunter and sons, Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Switzer, Mr. sr.d Mrs. Rol Hord and Duane, Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Nelsen and Jimmy, Mr. and Mrs. DeWitt Gunter and daughter, Mrs. Hilda Graver. Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Napier, John and Russell were joined on Christmas day by Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Hamster and sons, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Napier and children and Mr. and Mrs. Richard Napier and girls. Christmas day guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Bennett were: Mrs. Flora Young &nd Wilmer and “Uncle Jim” Eennett of Orchard; Mrs. Ruth Waples, Josephine and Judy and Mrs. Ruth Groski and David, all of Lincoln; Mr. and Mrs. May nard Morrow and children of O’ Neill; Mr. and Mrs. Clarie Utter back of Clearwater and Miss Ina Bennett of Ewing. Mr. and Mrs. Wendell Switzer ai d children were guests of the Wayne Olmstead family in Neligh on Christmas. Mr. and Mrs. Gene Streeter and children and Mrs. Mary Rotherham and Pat were guests cn Christmas day at Bill Lof cuest’s. Christmas dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Dave Pollock were Mr. and Mrs. Dale Raasch of Omaha, Mr. and Mrs. Art Busshardt and girls and Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Pollock and girls, all of Neligh, and Mrs. Amy Jacobson and Mrs. Ernest Norwood of Ewing. Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Miller had as their guests on Christmas aay her mother, Mrs. Ida Calkins, and the Ernest Scholmeyer family of Crofton and Mr. and Mrs. John Miller, sr., and Joe. Mrs. Calkins remained for a longer visit. Mrs. Jim Pollock, Norman and Cpl. Wayne Pollock and Mr. and Mrs. Joe Sturbaum were guests of the Allan Pollock family on Christmas day. Mr. and Mrs. Archie Johnston and family and Mr. and Mrs. Earl Day and daughters called at the Eill Lofquest home Sunday eve ning. Levon Gunter’s birthday anni versary was observed Sunday at the home of his parents with Mr. and Mrs. Verl Gunter and chil dren as dinner guests. Mr. and Mrs. George Mont gomery were Sunday supper guests of the DeWit Hoke family. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Mlinar, Judy and Nancy were Sunday dinner guests of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Mlinar of At kinson. Ruby, Alberta and Cleo Butler of Omaha spent the holiday v. eekend with the Leo Miller family. Jay Butler was a dinner guests Christmas day and Sun day and the Wendell Switzers joined the family group Christ mas eve and Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Rickert and daughters of Farson, Wyo., arrived Christmas eve for a two weeks’ visit with the Z. H. Frys and other relatives. The Stan Rickerts, Wayne Trys and Mrs. Kittie Fry spent Christ mas day with Mr. and Mrs. Z. H. Fry. Sunday dinner guests at the Wilbur Bennett home were Mrs. May Shrader and Wayne, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Shrader and family, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Luzio and family, Mr. and Mrs. Bus Napier and children and Mr. and Mrs. Maynard Morrow and chil dren. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Shrader joined the Wayne Lautenschlager family and other relatives for a dinner Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Christon i and Tom, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Con- j way and Irvin Christon were Christmas day guests of the Oar er ce Thor in family in Neligh. Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Fry and daughters spent Christmas eve with A C. Gibson, Marcia and Keith. Mr. and Mrs. Leo Miller and children were supper guests of the Archie Johnston family one night last week. Both couples celebrated December wedding anniversaries. The members of the Z. H. Fry j family were all at home Sunday. The Stan Rickerts from Farson, Wyo., the Frank Emsic family of Omaha, Mr. and Mrs. Dale Napier, Mr. and Mrs. Richard I'apier and girls, Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Fry and girls and Mr. and Mrs. Duane Jensen and Anna Marie were present. Janice Jen se was ill. She stayed at home with "Grandma” Jensen. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Kurpge weit entertained the Harold Mli nar family at supper Sunday eve ning. Mrs. Edna Lof quest and Mr. and Mrs. Bill Lof quest and chil dren spent Sunday at the Reuben Meyers home in Neligh. Mr. and Mrs. Will Shraders' home was filled to capacity on Christmas day. Guests were the Willie Shraders, Archie John stons, Gerald Wettlaufers, Verl Gunters, May Shrader and Wayne, the Lewis Shraders, F.alph Shraders, Joe Luzios and Bus Napiers. Christmas guests of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Napier were Mr. and Mrs. Dale Napier, Mr. and Mrs. I vnn Fry and children and Mr. and Mrs. Lorraine Montgomery and family. A Sunday Christmas dinner vas enjoyed at the Carl Christon heme with the following as guests: Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Lar sen, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Reimer and Elayne, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Temple and Twila, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Pahi and Mary, Mr. and Mrs. Don Larson and children, Mrs. Lina Smith and Mr. and Mrs. Jim Conway. Breakfast Hostesses— Mrs. O. D. French and Mrs. Dale Kersenbrock entertained at a breakfast at the M&M cafe on Sunday morning. Butte Couple Plans Golding Wedding BUTTE—Mr. and Mrs. Nick J. Weber, longtime residents of this community, on Monday, January 10, will observe their golden wedding anniverasry. There will be a special mass in e r honor at Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic church at 9:30 e m., followed by a reception be tween 2 and 4:30 p.m., at the American Legion auditorium. A dance will be held in the evening at the Legion hall. 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