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Prairieland Talk ... ° $20-Million Pleases Shopkeepers By ROMAINE SAUNDERS, Retired, Former Editor The Frontier LINCOLN—Air base functionaries, caught by the camera some newspaper guy had secreted under his coat when making a visit to the base, were in a happy mood about the luncheon that usually sets off a “committee meeting.” The smiling mood may have been the reflec tion of an inward inspiration that comes from knowing of the soft flutter of 20-million-bucks to be annually tossed out of the federal treasury for this specific setup. Anyway, our capital city has the air base. Now it may be in order for Lincoln citizens to provide themselves with sub terannean hideouts in the event of a bomb raid on an inviting target such as these air bases are supposed to be. Commercial interests of the city are also interested in the fluttering of those 20-million- _. bucks, as well as toil - stained hands of guys and gals that labor at the base becoming partakers in tasting the fed eral cake. A wife and mother next door to where my typewriter is parked puts in an eight-hour shift at the base. ; - Q * *c * “Panty” raid by roughneck students, scorch ed hands and faces from hot irons wielded by plucky coeds, a broken nose, other scars and a group of rioters expelled from the campus—and the University of Nebraska still stands. A riot at the pen and the garden quits—the penitentiary still stands and members of the board of control hunted up another boss of things at the pen. Next the capital city joins .with the rest of the country to “slow down and live.” Countrywide publicity told the story of the university campus incident. I learned today of1 anothercstory involving a group of men students attending the state university—a story that somewhat dispels the bad taste left by the other incident. A group of young men at the university make a practice of hunting out needy families, especially aged couples, whom they can help in some way. Two blocks up the street from where Prairieland Talker now dwells lives such a couple,; aged and infirmr, To their home came ° one evening a month ago two young men, students of the state university. They asked if there was anything about cthe home or premises that needed repairing. The old gentleman told them there was ° much that ought to be done but he could not af ford to have it) done. Twenty young men from the university showed up at that home, repapered the rooms, painted inside, and out and reshihgled the roof. And it cost the old couple not one cent. ° o o * * *o ° An able north1 Nebraska editor bewails what he apparently has concluded to bg a kindergarten aspect of our unicam legislative body, attributing the lack of legislative talent to the absence of any lure for financial reasons, and cites a few states that have hung upJ such lures in the way of high salaries for their law makers. Io have spent the past six months in such a state during which time the legislature was in session but I could discover no brilliant statesmanship among its members. State affairs are managed as well in Nebraska as in any of the 48 states. Heaven help us if the ebbing tide of time brings upon its crest a dearth of pa triotism whereby the job of state senator becomes attractive only because it has become a phinder bund. O_o_ The plaintiff note of the mourning dove greets the new day as the sun glows across prairieland this bright morning in mid-April—plaintiff but joyous song to a wanderer returned to his home land. Unaware of it all, the feathered beauty has been given life and freedom of the air unmolested by retrievers and hopeful sportsmen and remains safely as one of the chorus of songbirds that have drifted oin on stately wings from the winter’s re treat to be with us another summer. Springtime and summer come again down the highway of time. Flowers, apple and plum tree blossom with a promise of ripened fruitage. Gardeners and field workers are at it again, while capable sisters are pushing the sweeper at the annual job of spring house cleaning. Every hour or two another calf is added to the herd out on the ranches, baby chicks scamper about and have a little barnyard fun be fore the fatal hour when they will sizzle in a hot frying pan. Plan to see some prairieland friends at O’Neill in another month and trust Billy McNich ols makes good his threat to come out of Holly wood, Calif., to join the “homecomers” at that time. • • • Notables of the democratic political gioup hanging out at the nation’s capital indulged in a lovefeast with the trimmings at one hundred per plate, expounding partisan doctrine which con sists mostly of peeling the hides of President Eis enhower and his administrative assistants. Mr. Truman was among the banquet speakers, being critical of the administration’s foreign policy. The administration foreign policy for 20 years previous to that at present was to send the flower of Am erican young manhood across the seas to bleed and die on foreign battlefields. The foreign policy of the present national administration has been to bring our soldiers home as soon as possible. * * * • Lawmaking bodies toy with many things Aspir ing statesmen think should be incorporated into the law of the land. Gallant fellows in our state legislature were inspired to regulate by law the wages of women so the women employees would get the same check payday the men working be side her got, but there was an overwhelming ele ment against them in the unicam and the measure met an untimely death. Should lawmaking bodies step in and tell the employer and employee what the rate of pay for her services shall be, maybe the next step would be to determine by law what husbands should hand their wives to finance household expenses. * * * Whether he regrets having been born a cen tury too soon or is happy that he was, a venerable friend in a distant city has discovered that at the past rate of inflation by the end of the century, now 45 years distant, if you hire a guy to work for you it will mean reducing your bank account $1,000 a month, and 50 years later the working man will be an aristocrat drawing $650 a week. “Anyway,” my friend advises, “keep your powder dry.” * * * Some individuals listen to learn; others talk to be heard. . . In view of widespread opposition to the proposed world calendar, our government has taken a stand against its adoption. * * * Lacking other points of attack, politicians have recourse to the federal farm aid program. Editorial .^ 0. Back to Good Old Days? Never! n From the first days of mankind its has been < common practice to bewail the perilous times and long for the “good old days.” We better quit our moaning and start think ing about the “good new days” because those allegedly “goodGold days” belong in never, never land. There never has been, since the beginning of time, an easy era of living. Mankind is always o ° going to have to travel on a rocky road on this earth. ° o o The quicker we resign ourselves to the fact the better we will be, ophysically and emotional ly At least 60-percent of all the people that walk into the offices of doctors in O’Neill, and anywhere else, have nothing organically wrong with them. Inctoo many cases ,the physician: has to work hard to make the patient feel that he is “doing some thing” for their self - imagined physical ills. Worry, tension and fear are to blame for most of the troubles that we think are physical. We have worried ourselves into a first - class race of , neurotics. o Thousands are worrying about Communism, H bomb “fall out,” fear of cancer, dread of heart J disease, fear of another war. 0 W4 are worrying ourselves into a state of national sickness that is appalling, fDr. Otto L. Bettag, director of welfare for Illinois, said “We better start thinking in positive fashion that this is still a pretty good world.” c “We as citizens should emphasize our good points for better mental healths” he said, c f ‘.“When people yearn for the good old days they are yearning for a day there never was.” c ^ ^Throughout human history there has always been a bewailing about degeneracy of our times. Who wants to return to the good old days? Doctor Bettag says he “doesn’t want to return to the tdays when there were epidemics of smallpox, typhoid fever and cholera, the “good old days” when mothers died by the thousands in childbirth, when children slaved in factories, when there were at least three dozen lynchings a year, when bootlegging was big business and when rioting and breadlines were an every day sight,” These are the days of mass education, of greater health and prosperity than ever before, said the optimist. o “Religion is having a rebirth,” he said, “Re member Christy was an optmist.” There may not be anything physically wrong with-you but keep on doing a first-class job of time and a half worrying and there really will be something seriously wrong, say the doctors. As an antidote for gloominess about the world swallow these mental pills today.0 There are 162,922,999 Americans who are not members of the communist party. Over 37,011,460 couples will stay more or less happily married during the year. The internal revenue service will find about 43,816,154 income tax (returns for 1954 filed correctly. o Some 162,380,580 persons will be safe from fatal heart attacks. o ° About > 33^293,000 children are learning some thing at school. o Eighty-three countries0 in the world do not know the secret of the H bomb. O o O q O o Dust Ikish; Showers Luscious Within a span of four days last week many midwesterners felt the pangs of despair and the bliss of happiness. Weather-wise, that is. On Tuesday, April 19, a cold front moving across the state kicked up a fierce duststorm, which rivaled the worst ordeals of that type of the “terrible thirties.” It was the dust, as much as anything else, that created a mass exodus from midwest farms to the West coast and to the cities 20 to 25 years ago. Nobody knew for sure where last weeks’ dust came from. Some was reddish; some was local. Denver, Colo., Omaha, Lincoln, Norfolk, Valentine and many other points report ed vicious storms which practically obscured the sun. At week’s end came the sweet and luscious rain, giving everyone good reason to erase the vivid memory and ikish taste of dust. Forecasters had encouraged us with the word there would be “scattered thunder showers in eastern Nebraska.” A gentle rainfall set in at noon at O’Neill and spirits of the people were buoyed when they learned 1.73 inches of badly needed moisture had fallen before the skies cleared. The “thunder showers” netted Omaha a 2.50 inches deluge; Tarkio, Mo., was hit by a small twister; Coin, la., had a cloudburst. Such was the midwestern weather picture the third week in April, 1955. Attorney-General Brownell is quoted as say ing that President Eisenhower is our greatest na tional blessing. That may be well understandable coming from one holding an important post under the “national blessing.” There are national bless ings, national privileges and opportunities in Am erica that transcend any individual however great his position may be. Perhaps Mr. Brownell had not in mind the individual but rather that the national constitution creates the office of chief executive and the people of this nation have the ballot that says who the chief executive is to be. If you can stand a shock, look up your bud get records for 1939 and note the difference in the cost of living. That was just 15 years ago. IjjlflME Fprwrrfrt) 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; rates abroad provided on request. All subscriptions are paid-in-advance. Audited (ABC) Circulation—2,335 (Mar. 31, 1954) o When You and I Were Young . . . ‘Doc’ Matthews Now in Tennessee Big Blowout Held at Bergers* 50 Years Ago Migs Katie McNichols, who had her right ankle sprained some three weeks ago by being thrown from a wild colt, is again able to be out. . . Miss Nellie Hendrix and Harry Prouty were united in marriage at the bride’s home north of Atkinson. Rev. Alexan dria performed the ceremony. The party at Bergers’, out Eden valley way, was largely attended.^ Dancing and card playing was the entertainment. . . The Fron tier received a letter from the founder and many years’ editor of The Frontier, W. D. Matthews. He and his wife are now residing in Memphis, Tenn. 20 Years Ago The Young Republicans of Ne braska will meet in Hastings to organize a permanent Young Re publicans organization. . . it’s hard to believe times are hard in the county. One hundred and six teen new automobiles have been registered in the county treasur-1 er’s office since the first of Jan uary. That is $90,000 worth of automobiles and averages the registration of one new car per day. . . Mr. and Mrs. Henry Bau man celebrated their 52nd wed ding anniversary at their home. Around 36 persons were present. . . Dust like powder hung over the southwest part of the county in the early afternoon. At 4 it was dark and lights were neces sary. The night brought the much wanted and needed rain. 10 Years Ago The fire department was called to St. Mary’s academy. Smoke damage was done in the basement due to defective wiring. . . Dor othy Josephine Bosn, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Bosn of O’ Neill, has received her appoint ment as second lieutenant in the army nurse corps. . . Fred Wat son was up from Wyoming pre cinct with steers for the sale ring. He reported the livestock indus try out his way continues in a flourishing condition. . . O’Neill business concerns have weathered the vicissitudes over a half-cen tury—drought, hard times, storms and hot winds—but the boys on the OPA have them about floor ed. ' . Ed Earley reports the loss of five calves during the blizzard April 16 when they drifted over with snow and smothered. Others were found with ears sticking out of the snow and survived. One Year Ago Miss Ardyce Alton has been elected president of the O’Neill chapter of Future Homemakers of America. . . One hundred and fifty-one Ewing citizens are mem bers of the American Red Cross this year. . . O’Neill was chosen the site for the 1955 IOOF annual meeting at the annual district Session held in Page. . . The senior class of Atkinson high school will present its class play, “Our Miss Brooks,” at the high school auditorium. . . G. C. De Backer returned to his duties at the J. C. Penney store— his first activities there since he was in jured in an automobile accident March 12. Assistant Leaders Chosen by Wranglers— The Sandhill Wranglers’ 4-H club met at the home of Carol Hanson Sunday, April 17. The purpose of the meeting was to give out new material on pro jects. We have a few new assistant leaders for the various projects: Mrs. John Mohr, for sewing; Mrs. Alfred James, for gardening; Mrs. Harvey Hanson, for cooking; and Mrs. Robert H. Clifford, for birds. We were all very happy to re ceive our new material. After the meeting we played games and Mrs. Hanson served a lunch. Our next meeting will be at the home of Bobbie and Bonnie Clifford April 29.—By Robert O. Clifford, reporter. Willats with AA Unit in Japan— ORCHARD—Pvt. David L. Willats, 26, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Willats, route 1, Or chard, is a member of the 40th anti-aircraft artillery brigade in Yokohama, Japan. Private Willats, an artillery mechanic in battery D of the 753d anti-aircraft artillery battallion, entered the army in October, 1954, and completed basic train ing at Ft Ord, Calif. Spencer Navy Man Arriving May 22— SPENCER—Howard R. Fried rich, electronics technician third class, USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. P. O. Friedrich of Spencer, is scheduled to return to the U.S. May 22 aboard the destroyer USS Uhlmann. The Uhlmann, a unit of des troyer division 152, visited Hong Kong and Singapore. Soldier on Leave Pvt. James Walnofer (above), son of Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Walnofer of Orchard, spent the April 16-17 weekend with his parents. He has been in the army since January and is stationed at Ft. Riley, Kans. Ike’s Popularity Mounts, Miller Says Congressman Makes Annual Poll President Eisenhower is more popular with Fourth district vot ers now than he was in 1952. Re turns from the 86,000 question mailed by Rep. A. L. Miller to all boxholders in Nebraska’s Fourth district, show that 72.6 percent of the farmers and 76.5 of the town people would re-elect Mr. Eisenhower in the next elec tion; Mr. Stevenson received a '7.6 percent vote from the farm and 8 percent from the towns; others, such as Senator Know land, Chief Justice Warren, Sen ator Kefauver, Governor Harri man, General MacArthur, made tip the balance. The flexible farm price system is better-liked in the cities than on the farms; cities voted for it 72.6 percent, but only 56.7 per cent of the farmers gave their okay. The 90 percent parity plan received a 27.4 percent favorable farm vote and 15.9 percent want ed to return to the 100 percent parity program. Nearly 70 per cent of the rural and 60 percent of the city returns voiced ap proval of a bushel quota on wheat; its running-mate, the two price system, lost out by a neg ative vote of 50.6 percent on the farm and 53.6 percent in the city. More than 60 percent of the farm and ranch, and 70 percent of the city questionnaires, showed favorable reaction to present social security for farmers. Many other groups, such as doctors, lawyers, veterinarians, may ask to be brought under the law in coming years. A majority of the question naires showed dissatisfaction with the present foreign policy, al though 43.7 percent of the rural and 46.3 percent of the city re turns expressed a favorable view. The same question brought a 91.6 percent “no” vote in the last year pt the Truman administration. There is almost universal agree ment among people in the Fourth district that communist China should not be admitted to the United Nations. The vote was approximately 93 percent against, and only 7 percent for bringing red China into this body. A com parable percentage thought U.S. should grant less foreign aid— Announcing . . . OUR ONCOMING Registered Hereford Bull SALE at WINNER, S.D. Monday, May 23 Offering Will Include 45 HEAD of Supreme and Aster Breeding • C. M. Christensen & Son Dundee, Minnesota and Reliance, So. Dak. .. DANCE .. AT O’NEILL American Legion Auditorium & BALLROOM ACES OF RHYTHM ORCHESTRA Saturday, April 30th Adm.: Adults, $1; high school students, 50c 92.5 percent of the city people and 90.8 percent of the farmers. A bare majority of the re turns, 51 percent farm and 57.6 percent city, favored fed eral aid to school construction, but only 42.5 percent and 44.6 percent of the farm and city returns*, respectively, tavited federal aid to education. Statehood for Hawaii and Alaska received an approximate 76 percent favorable poll, present selective service was approved by about 65 percent, and nearly the same number would like to raise postal rates to meet the cost of service. Opinion on universal military training is evenly di vided. Only 40 percent favored voting privileges for 18-year-olds, and about 55 percent said “no state sales tax.” A 54 percent vote ,o “hold the line” on tariffs out numbers the 23 percent who want them lowered and the 20 percent who thought they should be raised. Joins Shorthorn Group— PAGE—Ivan R. Heiss of Page has been elected to membership in the American Shorthorr Breeders’ association, oldest breec recording group in America. Mr. Heiss joins a distinguish ed group of Nebraska breeders who are making outstanding rec ords -With Shorthorn cattle. Frontier for printing! Letters to Editor O’Neill, Nebr. April 22, 1955 Dear Mr. Stewart: I wish to take this privilege to thank-you for the wonderful train ride and for giving me ar opportunity to attend the meeting at Bassett. I also want to thank-you for letting our school visit your stu dio. We enjoyed it very much. Thank-you again! Sincerely yours, JANET KRUGMAN * * * O’Neill, Nebr. April 23, 1955 Editor: Wish to thank you for giving us the tickets to take the trip tc Bassett, Janet and myself reallj enjoyed the trip very much. ] especially enjoyed the meeting and talks given. Wish also to thank you fo? permitting my school to enjoy watching during the broadcast and some taking part in it. The children are still talking about it. We also visited the Tri-State plant and hatchery, First Nation al bank, county sheriff’s of fice and county jail. Thanking you again. Sincerely, MARTHA MURPHY District 60 I DRS. 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