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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (May 5, 1955)
Prairieland Talk . . . Genus Homo an Inquisitive Creature By ROMAINE SAUNDERS, Retired, Former Editor The Frontier LINCOLN—To get away from the haunts of men and scenes of vain display we take to the highway and head for the wooded park in the dis tance dedicated to the memory of the pioneers, only to find the park trails that wind around among dark pines crowded to the right and left with automobiles that have come to rest and romping kids everywhere. But you roll down the car window, breathe deeply of floral scented ' air where lilacs and blossom laden bushes stand in regal beauty among the stalwart pines. The little lakes and water courses beside the trail are the playgrounds of webfooted fowl and a temptation to husky boys. The buffalo feed in a distane ra-| vine and today no deer loiter about the fence and other zoo _ ... . Romaic* specimens may be taking an af- _ , Saunders ternoon nap. Returning to crowded streets and the abodes of men we drive through a “new development” where others are flocking in to inspect an “open house.” The genus homo is an inquisitive creature. * • * The state library commission, created by an act of the legislature in 1901, had on its shelves in the statehouse at last report 86,721 books and 4,099 in Braille for the blind. About 30,000 vol c umes, including those for the blind, are sent out to borrowers annually. The annual cost of main taining the library commission varies from $60, 000 to $65,000. Besides the executive secretary, Louise A. Nixon, and her assistants, who are paid salaries, there is a board of directors who draw no pay but expenses of the trip to Lincoln for monthly meetings are met by the state. The pres ent board members are Thomas E. Adams, jr., of Beatrice, president; Mrs. Chester Hugo of Goth enburg, vice-president; Merle Kingsbury of Ponca, cMrs. Martha E. Lot of Omaha, Earl L. Meyer of Alliance. These board members are also identified with the libraries in their home communities. * * * During a brief visit this morning with State o Seat. Frank Nelson, before the tap was sounded calling the senate to the business of the day, Mr. Nelson said the present session may not be able to adjourn until in June. When informed that I had come to the chamber to advise im • mediate adjournment, the senator said that would be okay with him. o * * * Footprints upon the way left a trail of 'crime before the imitator of Jesse James came to Nebraska to stain his hands with the blood of a victim and was found guilty by a district court jury of manslaughter, which is a mollifying legal term that means murder, and drew a sentence, of five years imprisonment. The manslaughter victim was a young woman. Has human life become so cheap that five years for murder 'is now the ju dicial estimate? * * * The ground of old Palestine that had echoed to the tread of prophets and kings and been stain ed by human blood down the centuries of time has now a spot baptized in the blood of a Nebraska citizen. Charles B. Harris of McCook, visiting in the Holy Land and looking over spots and places where sacred memories cluster, ventured onto forbidden ground not aware that it was such qnd was shot down by an Arab. She was in tears. Honeymoon days were in the past in her native land across the seas. The glow of romance was but a memory as the drama of life seemed little short of tragedy. She had mar ried an American soldier in her native Gernmany, a young woman of culture entrusting her future to a soldier boy from Nebraska. Or was he? At any rate, their home at present is in our capital city. From a courting gallant, that guy had become a cruel and abusive husband, and the wife was often in tears. A sympathetic neighbor woman saw her tears. The heart-burdened woman told her story. She was taken to consult a lawyer and when she informed her obstreperous husband what she planned to do he mellowed and decided to treat his wife as all gentlemen treat their life’s companion. * • * Her friends in Lincoln know her as “Grand ma” Johnson, a 95-year-old grandmother, who has spent most of her life in Nebraska and has chil dren, grandchildren and great-grandchildren and still another generation. She was put aboard a plane at a point in the state of Washington to re turn to her homeland after a sojourn with “the folks” out there. Blind — or nearly so — she sat strapped in her plane seat when the stewardess noticed a worried look upon her aged face and asked her what the trouble was. “What are we sitting here for, why don’t we get going?” “Grand ma” wanted to know. She was told they were “go ing” as fast as the plane could fly. She discovered that when her son met her at the airport in Lincoln at 8 o’clock that evening. • • * A young miss, teacher of a rural school in Cherry county, got into print but first into court. She is said to have drawn a fine of $100 on the strength of a parental complaint that their cher ished child, the teacher’s lone pupil, suffered from “assault and battery” administered by the teacher. It was formerly the custom if we violated school room rules and incurred the displeasure of Miss Willie, we got a whaling and when the folks found it out, we got another when we got home. Must have been fun in those days to be the teacher, but who cares to be one now? The young woman teacher up in Cherry county turns over to his hon or a month’s pay check or goes to jail for endea voring to maintain discipline in the school room. * * * Probably many Lincoln citizens were fearful last evening—not of a bomb raid, but of the wea ther pronosticator’s threatened tornado. It was supposed to have swept all of eastern Nebraska and scattered the wreckage across Iowa. The day had been troubled with gales bringing in from denuded fields far to the south and windswept prairies, sunbaked bits of earth. At midafternoon warning came out of Kansas City that hail storms and tornados would hit us. Nothing happened. Morning came, bathing the landscape in sunlight, and we are all here. * * * There were visitors at the statehouse today. So it is every day. The visitors today among other outstaters and out-of-staters who drew special at tention included a delegation of 165 public school pupils from rural schools of Boone county. Other places of interest in the city were visited by the young people. High school students to the number of 836 from various Nebraska towns, and a group of outstate editors were also in capitaltown during the week. Editorial . c, . Legislative Questions Are Complex Guest editorial from Nebraska (Geneva) Signal As this is written it appears the Nebraska legislature may adjourn in the near future with out passing legislation to meet several situations which many think are real problems for the people of the state. If this is true, there will be some one who will ° point to the present session as the one which ac complished little in the way of enacting construct ive legislation. We have the feeling, however, the criticism may be unjustified and we may conclude this legislation has laid the foundation for future sessions to act wisely. o The disposition of three bills now before the legislature will illustrate our point. They are the ton-mile tax bill, the sales-income tax bill and the bill to abolish the turnpike authority. Current discussion of all three bills has done much to enlighten all of us on the issues involved. In: the case of the ton-mile tax bill, we have dis covered there are several objections to the mea sure as well as much to be said for it. It is possible a future legislature may be able to work with other 6tates and establish a uniform law on the subject, cas we have done in other fields, and thus over , come most of the objections. o In the case of the sales-income tax proposal, ceven though it may be killed it seems to us peo ple now see it is no magic answer to our tax prob lems but that something is going to have to be done to lessen the tax burden on real property. Perhaps the people are not yet ready to make the jump to the suggested form of taxation, but cer tainly we are more fully informed on the question ! than we were before the legislature began its con o sideration of the measure. :G As for the bill to abolish the turnpike author ity, most of us will appreciate the fears express ed) by legislators that the authority goes too far and is an invasion of rights which we are not ready to sanction. It is possible, however, if the bill is passed and the authority is repealed we will simply have backed up for another start on the problem. We can’t ignore it, and it would seem some type of authority will have to be substituted for the one abolished. Even though we may not be ready for a - turnpike in Nebraska, the state certainly will wish to keep in touch with developments and be ready to act when the proper time comes. c So, without attempting at this time to evaluate the work of the present session of the legislature - even before its record has been made, we believe much has been done to lay the foundation for fu ture progress by making us fully aware of both sides of several important questions. That may be preferable to speedy passage of bills without proper deliberation. Fine Feathered Economists Having engaged in a little bird watching late ly, we are impressed with their resemblance to some of our fine feathered friends in the field of economics. Although the following birds are ac tual, any similarity to economists living or dead is purely intentional. The penguin, who wobbles from side to side and struts his stuff at banquets and conventions. The eagle, who soars among the clouds and rarely gets down to earth. The parrot, who simply repeats what other parrots are saying. The hummingbird, who flits from hedge to hedge. The heron, who has a shallow approach but sticks its neck out anyway. The owl, who looks wise and doesn’t give a hoot for the opinions of others. The stork, who thinks all we need is lots of babies. The sparrow, who darts off at a tangent when ever it is cornered. The loon, who always sounds the same dole ful note. The pelican, who swallows every fish story that comes along. The magpie, who chatters so incessantly that no one else can be heard. The guinea hen, who lays an egg every time it opens its mouth. The raven, who quothes ominous rumors of disaster. The whippoorwill, who blames others when it gets out on a limb. The starling, who is a constant nuisance around government buildings. The dodo, who was originally a Russian economist. Threat Can Be a Favor A father of three children in the northeast section of town overtook a teenage speeder the other day, pdinted out to the unthinking driver that 32 children lived in the block and under no cir cumstances would he (the father of three) permit such screwball driving again. The lecturer further warned the whiz kid he would personally admin ister a sound threshing if ever there is a recur rence. The whizzer now avoids the block and, we understand, his driving habits are improved. This demonstrates to us there is at least one way remaining to handle the crazy teenagers who do not know how to behave at the wheel. Of course, the righteously concerned father of three is now committed to do some dirty work that should have been done long ago by the parents. If compelled by circumstances to carry out the threat, he will be doing a favor for both the whiz zer and the whizzer’s blinded parents. ^p FPONTIFft 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) When Yea And I Were Young. . . Saloon license Upped to $1,000 Krotters to Extend Telephones 50 Years Ago The new city officials were installed at a session lasting most of the afternoon. Saloon licenses were approved at the meeting and it was voted that licenses cost $1,000. . . The sherriff met an incoming freight train from the West to arrest a traveling man who is charged by a hotel man in Stuart with the theft of a sum of money. . . B. Gilispie went to Rushville Sunday night to look over the strip of govern ment land north of there that was recently thrown open to set tlement. . . Congressman Kinkaid has accepted an invitation to ad dress the old settlers at the an nual picnic of the Old Settlers’ association of Hughes county, S. D. Before coming to O’Neill, Con gressman Kinkaid was a resident of Pierre, where he started a bank. He sold it and came to O’ Neill following the famous Mis souri river floods in 1881. At the time of the floods the bank build ing was endangered and he had to move nearly $30,000 in coin to a nearby hill for safety. . . Bob McClintock has been transferred from the O’Neill-Sioux City ex press run on the Great Northern to a run in Minnesota and will re move his family from O’Neill to to Wilmar, Minn. . . Krotter and Co., are building an addition to the main office at Stuart, making an extension to the telephone de partment, and are materially changing the inside and outside of the building. 20 Years Ago Lod Janousek will return to O’Neill after an absence of two years. He entered into a contract with R. H. Parker and will be the tenant of the new building that Mr. Parker is going to con struct on Douglas street. . . The Gatz Brothers are building an addition to their ice and storage plant south of the Burlington tracks. . . Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Sargent held openhouse in cele bration of their golden wedding anniversary. They were united in marriage in this city on April 30, 1885. Both came to the county around 1879. . . Miss Florence Pate of McCook is a new resident in the city. She has accepted -a position with the O’Neill Produc tion Credit Association. 10 Years Ago Lieutenant Madeline Ullom departed for a replacement camp in New York to reenter army ser [ vice . . . Bennet Gillespie has bought the building occupied by R. E. Osborn and will move his radio and electric equipment into it as soon as vacated. . . The alumni of St. Mary’s residing in Omaha will hold a banquet at the Fontenelle hotel in May. . . Ernie Pyle, famous war correspondent, was killed on the island of Okin awa. . . Alvin Heese of Page has been awarded the bronze star for meritorius service. . . Sgt. Harold L. Young has been chosen to lead the weekly informal discussion group for men of his engineering section at an Eighth air force bomber station in England. These discussion programs are part of the air forces’ “orientation” pro gram designed to stimulate thought and controversy concern-j ing postwar problems. One Year Ago Ira H. Moss was nominated by President Eisenhower for the of fice of postmaster at O’Neill. . . Mrs. Mattie Johnson celebrated her 95th birthday anniversary. Mrs. Anna McCartney, 75, retired O’Neill business women, died at St. Anthony’s hospital here in O’Neill. . . A 60-piece harmony band and two choruses, all com posed of rural school pupils, will be featured in the Holt county eighth grade promotion exercises. . . . Don Templemeyer, athletic coach for two terms at Holbrook, has been signed by St. Mary’s academy to be full-time high school teacher and athletic coach. ... A blizzard ushered May into O’Neill and vicinity. “OLD RELIABLE” MARKET REPORT ; Tuesday, May 3rd Auction Cattle receipts 676 head. Continued strong prices pre vailed this week on a larger run; with the better kinds in the best demand. Gotschall Bros, with 115 heifers weigh ing 485 lbs topped the heifer sale at $18.50 cwt. Albert Sterns with steer calves at $24.00 was the days best on steers. The bulk of the light yearings sold from $22.25 to $24.00; plainer steers $19.50 to $22.00 with chossbreds and dairy types down to $13.00 cwt. Comparable heifers were well recevied at prices mostly $16.75 to $18.50 cwt. Two year old fleshly steers sold from $19.75 to $21.25; only a few feeding heifers on hand mostly $15.00 to $16.25 cwt. Not enough breeding cows to test the market. Suckling calves sold from $15.00 to $30.00 per head. Butcher cattle found a ready market with beef cows selling from $11.50 to $13.00 cwt. high cutters $10.00 to $11.25; low cutters % canners $8.00 to $9.75; Beef bulls $11.50 to $13.24 cwt. Next Auction Tuesday, May 10th THE OLD RELIABLE Atkinson Livestock Market Phone 5141 Atkinson, Nebr. Lynch Teachers Named for 1955-’56 LYNCH—The following teach ers were reelected last week for the year 1955-’56: Supehintendent —Eldon Koplin; athletic coach —Warren Emry; shop — Jack Rohrberg; home economics— Nelle Nelson; English—Delores Van Hove; history—Mrs. Eldon Koplin; eighth grade — Madlen Peklo; third and fourth— Mrs. Marvin Petersen. Two vacanices are to be filled. Nature Hike Finds New Boarders for Rock Falls School ROCK FALLS—The Rock Falls school pupils have been extreme ly busy. On Wednesday, April 20, they attended the rural school chorus practice in O’Neill. Following the practice, they went to the public library to browse around. It was a first visit for most of the chil dren, and all had been wanting to go. Mrs. Henry Vequist, Mrs. Louis Brown and Mrs. Albert Widfeldt provided transporta tion. Last Thursday they ate lunch outside. At afternoon recess time they took a walk to a pond not too far from the school and brought back water snails and pond animal eggs. On Friday, the pupils acquired an aquarium and took another walk to the pond. As a result of the two trips, two little frogs, several snails and innumerable tiny, wierd and wriggling water creatures are now also at home in the school— new “boarders”, if yau please. As Friday was arbor day, the pupils spent much of the morn ing seting out lilacs, spirea, rose bushes, hollyhocks and other plants and shrubs. The rain on Saturday was a perfect follow up. un Monday, April 25, Mrs. Don Hynes and Mrs. John Schultz took the pupils to O’Neill to see the art exhibit from the Univer sity of Nebraska. The pictures were done in such media as oil paint, water color, pen and ink, pencil, and lithograph work, and covered subjects from horses and scenery to politics and modern art. They also visited the offices and plant of The Frontier, where members of the staff showed the operations in the printing of a newspaper. They were especial ly fascinated by the linotype ma chine (which miraculously pro duces little lead slugs with chil dren’s names on them) and the press on which printing is done in color. The big thrill was talk ing with Mr. Stewart while he made a tape-recording. He also made his voice come out of a radio for the group. Window-shopping and playing on the playground equipment at the public school climaxed a won derful and educational afternoon. Church League Ball Scores Posted— CHAMBERS — The American Legion sponsored church league baseball games got underway Saturday, April 30. The Cham bers Methodist and Chambers Baptist teams played at the fair grounds; the latter winning by a score of 7-6. The Bethany Pres byterian met the Ballagh team at Ballagh. The score was 8-2 in favor of Bethany. The town grade school boys defeated the country grade school boys, 12-3. Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Waitley Kathy of Omaha spent Sunday at the Harold Shaw home. African Articles Displayed by Speaker STUART — The home demons tration clubs of the Stuart com munity held their annual spring program at he fireman’s hall Monday afternoon. Mrs. F'dlo Berry, president of the Sanu Creek Improvement club, welcomed the guests and introduced the presidents of the clubs. They are: Mrs. Herbert Sweet of the Cleveland Clackers; Mrs. Arthur Kaplan of the Hay dettes; and Mrs. Dale Henderson of the Happy Hour. Mrs. Robert Martens of Atkin son, county chairman of home demonstration clubs, gave a short talk. Ladies of the Cleveland Clack ers presented vocal numbers. A style show was given by the home economics class of the Stuart high school. Fourteen young ladies modeled dresses they had made in their sewing class. Mrs. Robert Bichel, home eco nomics teacher, told the exper iences they had with various patterns and materials. The guest speaker was Miss Uniola Adams, a missionary nurse home from Liberia, Africa for a rest period. Her interesting talk was illustrated by colored slides and articles made and used by the people of Liberia. A social hour followed the program with the Haydettes club serving coffee and cookies. Sixty one ladies were present, 34 of whom were invited guests. Former SMA Student Ordained a Priest Rev. Carl L. Ferris, a former student at St. Mary’s academy, was ordained a Catholic priest at Grand Island Tuesday morning. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred W. Ferris of Valentine. The ordination was conducted by Most Rev. John L. Paschang, D. D. Four other priests were ordained at the same ceremony. Father Ferris will conduct his first mass at 10 a.m., today (Thursday) at St. Mich o las church in Valentine. Luncheon will be served at 12:30 at the Valentine auditorium and a re ception will be held there from 5 to 8 p.m. 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. Reporter Takes Group on Gavin’s Tour— STUART—Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Fullerton of Atkinson accompan ied Mr. and Mrs. Berlin Mitchell to Yankton, S.D., Sunday where they spent the day with Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Scott and family. The afternoon was spent sight seeing at Gavin’s Point dam near Yankton and a drive in the city viewing historical and modern buildings of interest. Mr. Scott is a reporter on the Daily Press and Dakotan at Yankton and made the trip very interesting. Your whole family will enjoy the “Wings Over Jordan” con cert. Tell others to bring their families. 350-400 Head of Cattle 0 Ther will be 350 to 400 head of cattle at the regular week ly sale to be held today (Thursday) at the O’Neill Live stock Market. r, Q Included in the offering will be steer and heifer calves and some yearlings—some real good quality cattle. Q We are also expecting around 150 feeder pigs plus the usual run of fat hogs. c. 0 Plan to attend the sale in O'Neil ltoday to fullfill your livestock needs. O’Neill Livestock Market Phone 2, O’Neill r X Weiteex Style COLATES !. r' Don’t forget Mother on her day, May 8th. She’ll appreciate your remembering and especially if it’s Fangburn’s. : See the large selection of lavishly decorated Mother’s Day Packages at our Candy Department. GILLIGAN’S REXALL DRUG - - Phone 87 — O’Neill 11 Every 31 seconds—day and night — another beer drinker switches to Hamm’s. What attracts all these folks? They tell us it is Hamm’s special kind of crisp, clean-cut taste, with smooth ness “aged-in.” It’s an unusually re freshing flavor which we have captured here in the land of sky blue waters. Won’t you be curious? Just once, try Hamm’s Beer. Theo. Hamm Brewing Co., St. Paul, Minn. f]lC heer from the v_X ^ land of sky blue waters