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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 25, 1955)
Prairieland Talk . . . Frets About Arkansas Snakes By ROMAINE SAUNDERS, Retired, Former Editor The Frontier __ .1*_ — LINCOLN—Idling away the passing moments seated on a bench in the ^hade of a tree, a little • girl came to sit with me. The faith and simple trust of a little child—why should life’s harsh ex periences in after years curdle the milk of human • , kindness and childish trust! She was a sociable little lady and about the first thing she confided in me was that I would not see her again, because her fam ily was moving to Arkansas. Said they did not have much money but her daddy and mamma both : worked hard to get enough for ' the move and to get settled in a new home. Both mother and fa ther will teach school where they are going. The little lady quite concerned about the snakes and snapping turtles she had heard about but would try to 'keep away from such, but still was a little fearful lest a rattle Romaine snake would get into their house! Saunders She confided in me that she was 5-years-old, next would be 6, then 7 and some day she would be big, get married and have babies, thought five would be the limit. I gave ner a dime and she scooted away to a nearby store. Presently, she came back with a bot tle of grape, sat by my side and in the course of a few minutes emptied that bottle down her 5-year old neck; meanwhile, keeping a weather eye to the rear and side for fear her brother would show up and demand a drink from that bottle. Bottle empty, the little miss took it back to the store, hoping to receive two pennies for it which she said she would give to me. * * * I An irrigation project in the McCook communi ty serves a territory 17 miles in length by three miles in width. Talking with a patriot from that part of the state recently, it was learned that the reports of crop and weather conditions out that way had been badly mixed with fiction. The gen tleman informed me the fruits of the ground were abundant and the community prosperous. Both Co zad and Brady taxpayers thought it their duty to provide, via bond issues, more and better facilities for the school kids. . .Among the tragis stories com ing over the air this Monday morning is that tell ing of the drowning of a Long Pine man in Enders lake. . .Lincoln has hung up the welcome sign for state fair visitors, but I don’t think you will have as much fun as you did down at Chambers as the Holt county fair came to life again. The first Holt county fair was held on the open prairie a mile east of a village called O’Neill in 1.884. * * * While out of the city earlier in the month, a pioneer Methodist preacher of Holt county died and was laid to rest in Wyuka cemetery in Lin coln. The deceased had lived in Lincoln in recent years. Some living in the Blackbird community today may recall when Reverend Kuntz was pas tor of the Methodist church there and at Min She was looking up at we branches of a lordly cottonwood that stood in a setting of silken-gowned bushes and reached its foliage-adorned arms heavenward. It was at an in tersection suburban bus stop., a moment to wait for the outgoing bus that would take her back to her down-town abode where stone walls and sun-heat ed concrete left no room for a blade of grass or a growing twig. There is a bit of pantheism or love of nature in most of us. The lady had gone to the very city limits to get away for a brief span from walled-in surroundings and where she could stand upon God’s green earth, walk among the flowers and trees and look up into the blue above. Then the bus rolled to a stop and the lady with whom I had talked of green fields and hospitable people on distant prairieland got aboard with a bit of wistfulness reflected in a parting look. * * * Mr. Spindler’s story of the battle of Wounded Knee recalls seeing some 10 years ago in a museum in a New England city the figure of an Indian on which was the buckskin jacket worn by Lieuten ant Bullhead, the Indian police who shot Chief Sit ting Bull and brought on the battle on the Pine Ridge known as Wounded Knee. The lady and gent in charge of the museum were told the story of the killing of Sitting Bull and the battle that fol lowed by the supervisior of this department and they looked at me in wonder. Whether it was be cause they were listening to a real Sioux Indian story or looking at a specimen from the Nebraska prairies I did not learn, neola. • * * A plutocratic Nebraska dairy concern pays money to go on the air with a glib salesman to tell the world that their “sweet cream” butter has been exalted to the clouds by the experts. You don’t know what the real thing is if you have never spread a slice of bread with country butter churn ed from sour cream. When I sat down to the din ner table at the George and Maude Meals ranch south of Atkinson recently, I went all out for the country butter and maybe the girls had to do a churning after my departure. * * • The Wesleyan Methodist church leaders came to Holt county to pitch their tent and establish a state camp ground. Camp meetings went out a generation or two ago and it may be this group will revive interest in open-air church services. The camp site is six miles east of At kinson And St. Joseph’s Catholic church in At kinson invites its communicants now to bow the knee in a splendid new church edifice. • * * The fellow who told his wife that he had turn ed down an invitation to dinner and dancing be cause he wanted to listen to the ball game will be up and around in a day or so. * * * While the United States is bringing up its youth to be air-minded, the communists seem to train theirs to be error-minded. Editorial . „ . Something Is Wrong Nebraskans are beginning to ask themselves: <s Who is running the state penitentiary—the inmates or the constituted government officials? It is quite apparent that something is radically wrong and that things have not been right for some tiine now. It is further apparent that concessions gained by the prisoners following rioting last March gave them the notion they should-try again. Appeasement simply does not and cannot work with incorrigibles—men who cannot abide by the laws of society or else have no desire to do so. The 13-hour combination riot and fire last week, causing more than one hundred thousand dollars in property damage, came on the heels of a sordid backlog of goings-on between the walls— including murder, knifings, uprisings and just plain insolence. The fact the thugs were in command of the institution for 13 hours does not reflect well upon the prison administration or those responsible for the appointment of the administrators. On the other hand, at the international level it has been fashionable since the advent of one world, do-good theories to sit down and talk things over with Chinese reds, Moscow reds and other outlaws. Those conference talks usually result in one-way appeasement and concessions favoring the evil side. It is really no wonder, therefore, the smallfry outlaws in state institutions inherit the misguided idea they’re entitled to conference concessions, too. And, where discipline and administration are weak, they can stir up quite a spectacle. Dollar a Year Men The current practice of the government util izing dollar-a-year men in high administration posts is being abused to such an extent that it is questionable whether any dollar-a-year men should be permitted to accept top government jobs. Recently the commerce department released a list of dollar-a-year men serving the government and some of them handle jobs involving decisions which affected the former business (and future business) of the official—and its competitors. It has also charged that in the defense depart ment some key men working there without pay are still being paid by big companies. The quest ion comes up for close scrutiny when competitors of the firms who pay the salaries of these top gov ernment officials charge that specifications and work ordered, in many cases, conform to the products or methods used by a certain company. The situation is thoroughly confused. Officers of cabinet rank were forced to sell large holdings in big corporations. Charles Wilson sold a couple million dollars worth of General Motors stock. Yet officials below cabinet rank are getting by with what the topmost officials were barred from doing. One criterion should be enforced for all. We do not like the idea of officials or any one remaining on the payrolls of big profit firms while doing defense work, other government work, except as consultants with no authority over planning, purchasing and design. And consultants should be just what the word implies—consultants. Present practices in government allowing abuses such as those out lined above should be ended. If the republican administration does not want to be charged with granting special favors, and playing favorites, in the business world, at the cost of the taxpayer, a new set of standards is necessary for dollar-a year men. The town of Hell, Mich., which always bobs up in the news when it freezes over, is now known as Hiland Lake, and this offers an opportunity for more propriety in everyday speech around the home. E.g., “Where in Hiland Lake did somebody hide the screwdriver?” Baby Boom Statistics for 1955 show that an all-time record will be set for births this year. It might be inter esting to some people to note that the summer months, especially August, are the months in which the highest birth rate occurs during the year. No one has explained exactly why this is, but year after year, August makes an excellent show ing in births. The rate of births for 1955 is already one percent of the 1954 rate, and it is estimated that almost 400,000 babies will be born this month. The booming birth rate means a good outlook for the business future, since the larger the pop ulation, the larger the potential demand for goods. But the baby boom also means that the shortage of educational facilities will probably continue to plague this country for many years to come. The baby boom of World War II has already affected the schools and is causing the current se vere shortage. World War II babies are about ready to emerge from school and enter the business world, marry, create new families and new demands. By 1960, it is estimated that the number of new fami lies and the increased demand will be swelling rapidly. Crown Frowns A British royal commisssion looking for possi ble new sources of tax revenue has, after long in vestigation, decided against attempting to tax gambling gains as income. Its reasons are described as fiscal: If the gambling gains of bettors are taxed as income, then in justice the crown must permit gambling losses to be deducted from taxable income. But the crown would come off much the worse in this exchange, because gambling losses through out the population invariably and by much exceed gambling gains. This is a truism both in the United States and Great Britain, because the gambling fraternity sustains itself and makes a great profit off the demoralizing endeavor of many persons to get “something for nothing.” Whose pocketbook stands the difference? The public’s, of course. The British commission wisely holds that the nation’s pocketbook cannot afford to share the loss. Congratulations to the St. Joseph’s Catholic church clergy and parish in the Atkinson com munity fbr the magnificent new church. It has been said the rain falls on the just and unjust. And sometimes it falls on just nobody at all. Now that football season is here a lot of Sat urday afternoons will be pre-arranged. 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 seeond-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—2,463 (Mar. 31, 1955) When You and I Were Young: . . . Auto Journey to Chambers in 2 Hours ‘Old Pioneers’ Here 31 Years 50 Years Ag:o John Golden’s house was struck by lightning. A chimney was knocked off and shingles were scattered to the winds. . . J. H. McPharlin moved his family in from his ranch in Swan township and will remain here until after the field trials. . . Will Zink, who played ball in this city in 1899 and held cases in The Independ ent, is now playing ball for St. Jo seph in the Western league. , . O. O. Snyder, William Lickard and D. H. Cronin accompanied Ray Saberscn in his automobile on a trip to Chambers. The road to Chambers is about the worst in the county, but the trip was made in less than two hours. . . The Frontier scribe attended the old settlers’ picnic held in Kaczors’ grove. Several of the old pioneers had lived in Holt county as many as 31 years. 20 Years Ago Lawrence Francis Stevens died a this home near Page at the age of 21. . . The doubles tourney end ed in a final blaze of glory with James Duor and Jerry Phalin de feating Larry Phalin and Don Stannard. . . At the meeting of the Simonson post of the American Legion, Ira H. Moss and J. D. Cronin were elected delegates to the state Legion convention. . . A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Lee Gilman. . . The regular South Honey Creek club meeting was held at the home of Ronald and Marian Huebert. . . Editor Jackson of the Chambers Sun was looking after business matters in this city. 10 Years Ago A recital of instrumental music will be given at the O’Neill high school auditorium. . . The young people of the Methodist church ar Chambers held a party in the church parlors in honor of several servicemen who are home on fur lough. . . Fifty-one awards will be presented by the Chicago & North Western Railway company to the boys and girls in eight mid western states showing outstandin proficiency in 4-H club work this year. . . Jim Welch of Knoxville suffered a very peculiar accident while threshing. . . Mrs. Evert Miner entertained the Misses Carolyn Wintermote, Bonnie Grimes and Doreen Gleed in hon or of Sharon Miner’s sixth birth day anniversary. It was also Doreen’s birthday anniversary. One Year Ago Miss Frances Gotschall was chosen queen of the annual At kinson hay days. . . D. R. Sutcliffe has taken over the dental office and practice belonging to Dr. C. M. Eason. . . A “Miss Emergency March of Dimes” will be chosen at the dance to be held at the Am erican Legion auditorium. . . Six persons were injured in a two car collision at the O’Neill Drive In junction of U.S. highways 20 and 281, northwest of the city. Drivers of the two cars were Dale Mlinar and Frank Aerts. Eby Medical Specialist at Fitzsimons— Army Pvt. David L. Eby, son of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond A. Eby, 117 S. Second street, O’Neill, re cently completed the army’s med ical specialist course at Fitzsim ons army hospital, Denver, Colo. Private Eby entered the army in January, 1955, and completed basic training at Ft. Bliss, Tex. He was graduated in 1953 from O’Neill high school and attended Nebraska State Teachers college at Wayne. Public Attends— The Pleasant Brook 4-H club met August 5 at the Tutilc school house. The next meeting was held at the St. John’s church. An achievement day of the Pleasant Brook 4-H club was held there with the public attending. 2 Men Sign for Grace Bible School CHAMBERS — Mr. and Mrs. Robert Adams held a farm sale at their place northeast of Chambers on Saturday, August 13. The sale was well attended and satisfactory prices were received for most things. The Adams family is mov ing to Omaha Monday, August 29, where Mr. Adams will enter Grace Bible institute. Mr. and Mrs. Jerald McClena han and two sons expect to leave within two weeks for Omaha where he will enroll in the insti tute. Both men will go into full time Christian work. Ernesti Finishes Non-Com School— CLEARWATER— Specialist 3/c Carl L. Ernesti, 22, son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Ernesti of Clearwater, recently was graduated from the Seventh army non-commissioned officers’ academy in Munich, Ger many. A driver assigned to the 100th light truck transportation com pany, he successfully completed a five-week course in leadership, map-reading and other military subjects. Specialist Ernesti entered the army in 1953. He arrived in Eur ope in August, 1953. Ernesti is a 1948 graduate of Ewing high school. He was a farmer before entering the army. Gets Master’s Degree at Colorado State— Among the 478 students gradu ating from different departments at Colorado State college of edu cation, Greeley, Colo., is' Stephen W. Price, formerly of O’Neill, who received his master of arts degree in education administration cn August 18. He will return to Schuyler this fall where he will resume teach ing business education. Mr. Price is married to the former Grace Suchy of O’Neill. The Schuyler school is headed by D. E. Nelson, formerly of O’ Neill. Grattan Clubbers on Safety Tour— The Grattan Flats 4-H club held a meeting Monday, August 1, at the home of Velda Ernst. 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