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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (July 26, 1956)
Fat Cattle in Big Gains at Omaha Fat lambs and better fat cattle stored sharp upturns Monday at' Omaha. Meanwhile, the Omaha livestock run paced all major markets. Fat cattle sold 25c-75c higher, some choice and prime steers up more. Several loads of heavy steers were in on the maximum gain. Nebraska steers weighing 1577 brought $23 and Kansas 1776 - pounders $22. Nebraska 14 iy's scored $24.25 and weights from 1272-1313 hit $24 50, high est since late April. Numerous steers and yearlings were brack eted at $20-$23.50. Fed heifers sold to $22.75, highest since last September, and Iowa mixed steers and heifers commanded $24, best for that class in a year. Holstein steers sold to $18.25. Cow trade failed to keep pace; by contrast was slow and no bet ter than steady to weak, spots 25c off, canners and cutters $9 $10.25; beef cows to $12.75. Bo logna bulls sold ot $14.75; vealers to $19. Stockers and feeds, totalling some 2,500, sold firm to 50c high er Nebraska and Wyoming feed er steers weighing 800 - 850 brought $19.50, and Wyoming 1052’s $18.75, other stocker and feeder steers $16-$ 19, one set Wyoming stock steers weighing 650, $20, replacement heifers $17 $19, steer calves weighing 476 $20 75 and lightweight steer and heifer calves $20. Hogs were mostly steady, some sales weak, butchers weighing 180-330 $15.50-$17.25, latter high fur the major markets; sows weighing 300-550 $11.25-S15.50. Among recent sales at Omaha for shippers from this area: Huffman Corp., 22 steers, wt. 1135, $20.50. 30-Acre Stuart Park Improved STUART—The Municipal park here has been improved this .summer. The park consists of 30 acres on the north edge of town. New, lighted, pressed brick pillars have been built at the entrance. Fireplaces and picnic tables have been added and wa ter mains were extended to the park. A new sprinkler system was installed. Manv trees and flowers have I, ,, planted. The amphitheater, >u,Uj race track, ball diamond -u'd 4-H building have been im ,)n,ved and the football field r< ceded. , The school board is adding ver rooms and rooms to store equipment. A park house for various school and civic uses is ,, ' being added. T wo men work full - time at t , ■ park. No Dull Moments Now in Sandhills HOCK FAILS — And what is everybody doing these last days of July? . . There seems to be a variety of Joins’ anything from taking turns at gathering up a carload „t chattering youngsters at » a m and hauling them to town g> the pool for swimming les sons; canning the seasonal fruits jis they appear on the market, oi gathering wild choke cherries and sand cherries and making jams and jellies. One housewife baked nine loaves of homemade bread. There are occasional family gatherings and picnics for relax ation and pleasure. Never a dull moment in the sandhills - for those who enjoy work! Methodist Group Starts on l’lay— . INMAN—The Methodist youth fellowship met Wednesday eve ning, July 18, at the church for choir rehearsal, devotions and starting work on the play which they will present before schoo. starts. The name of the play is ‘‘Going, Going, Gone. Anna Mae Herald die devotional lesson. On Wed nesday evening, July 11. Bren^ c’olman presented the lesson, and cames were directed by Bernice fcohnan Linelle and Roger Tomp kins served lunch at the close. f*errv Dawes of O’Neill has been * guest at these meetings. Arrives from Chadron Mrs Thomas Wilson of Lhad ron arrived Friday to visit her brother, Andrew G. Wettlauffer, and Mrs. Wettlauffer and her .sister, Mrs. Tess Murray. Mary and Cherie Wanser of tlartington are here visiting their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Froelich. Hustler* Meet at C'rumly Home— PAGE — The Eagle Hustlers dairy club'noet at the home of A. T Crumly. The evening was spent judging dairy cattle and getting ready for the Iowa Nebraska district dairy show at Norfolk. Next meeting will be August 7 with Denny Ickes.—By Joyce Summers, reporter. Guest of Washecheks— Rev. Walter Neth of Clarks and his son-in-law and daugh ter and their two children of Lincoln were Tuesday dinner guests at tthe home of Mr. and Mrs. Carlyle ("Curley”) Washe chek. Mrs. Washechek is Reve-1 rend Neth’s daughter. Safety Workshop Set at Valentine The Nebraska Traffic Safety Foundation, during July and August, is conducting a state wide tour for the purpose of en couraging the formation of ad ditional county safety organi zations. Currently, only 18 out of 33 counties in Nebraska are known to have such an organi zation. Invitations have been extend ed to two representatives in each county not having a county safe ty group to attend an organiza tion workshop. Holt is one of the Nebraska i counties already organized. Area four, which includes Holt county, is under the supervision of J. J. Moreland of Merriman. Mr. Moreland has made pre paration for a workshop to be held in the city hall at Valen tine on Tuesday. August 7. The workshop session begins at 2 p.m.; there will be a public meeting at 7:30 p.m. White Horse Troupe to Show on Sunday NAPER — On Sunday after noon, July 29, at 2 o’clock the famous White Horse troupe, de veloped at the White Horse ranch will be shown at the White Horse ranch, near Naper, Butte and Stuart, under the new manager and trainer, Bob Far rar. The White Horse troupe since 1939, has traveled from coast-to eoast under the management of Cal and Ruth Thompson. Since their retirement from the show world, Bob, a boy from Ohio, who trained and received his ex perience at the Thompson ranch since 1946, will contoinue show ing their troupe; of snow white American Albino horses which include eight “flying white stal-j lions" and three trained Spitz dogs. James F. Mullen Dies in Hospital James Francis Mullen. 36, of Kearney died recently in the Veteran’s hspital at Omaha. Bur ial was at Kearney on July 14. . Mr. Mullen was the son of Mrs. Henry Mullen and the late Mr. Mullen. He was reared at Emmet and later moved with his parents to O'Neill. He served 17 vears in the army, having enlist ed in 1939. He received a medi cal discharge in December, 1955. He was married to Miss La Vaughn Hadwiger on March 12, 1947, and they became the par ents of two children—Rodger, 8, and Vicky. 3, by whom he is survived. Other survivors in clude mother, Mrs. Henry Mul len of O'Neill, two brothers and three sisters. Notes 3d Birthday Anniversary— PAGE—A family dinner was held Sunday at the Edgar Boyle home near Page to celebrate Ed gar, jr’s., birthday anniversary. He w'as 3-years-old. INMAN NEWS Mr. and Mrs. Donald Lusk, Lynda and Janet of Fargo, N.D., came Monday for a few days' visit with their nephew and niece, Mr. and Mrs. James M. McMahan. Mrs. Elizabeth Morsbach re turned Sunday from Chamber lain, S.D., where she spent sev eral weeks visiting in the home of her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Hackett, and family. Auction Calendar Saturday, July 28: Walter Christon residence, O'Neill; Vir I gil Laursen, real estate broker. I (Details in this issue.) Plaids fron^ortugal^l I f ANCHOR MAN . .. Dressed in bright plaids, this fisherman from the picturesque Tillage of Naxare in Portugal goes down to the sea to earn Cis living just as his ancestors have for hundreds of years. His plaid outfit is a Naxare tradition, probably copied from the tartans of the Scotch Highlanders who fought under Wellington in Portugal during the Napoleonic Warn. In the tail of his black stocking cap, the fisherman carries matches, tobacco, sad sometimes even lunch. Naxare is typical th« bosnitable Portuguese towns where American visitors can enjoy excellent arrow mnds ti-in--uk meals for ae little a* R a day. Gat* (extreme left) checks the pressure gauge on irrigation pump. The sturdy 97-hp propane gas engine operates for about 60 cents per hour.— The Frontier Photo. This is a panoramic view of the self-propelled irrigation unit at work.—The Frontier Photo. 1 Elaborate rig crawls in a huge circle In the quarter-section field of corn, putting down about an inch and a half of water in the 82 hours required to complete the circle.—The Frontier Photo. Omaha Youth Hurt in Tractor Mishap Gene Lowery. 9, son of Mr. and Mrs. Don Lowery of Omaha was injured Saturday, July 14, when he fell into the power i takeoff of a tractor being oper ated by his grandfather, Howard Oberle. Gene was visiting at the home | of his grandparents northeast of O’Neill. He was taken to St. An-' thony’s hospital for treatment He received severe bruises an< one wound reqquired e i g h stitches. He was dismissed fron the hospital on Wednesday, Jul; 18. Crawler Pump Outfit Fascinates PAGE— Passersbv at the for mer Elmer Clagey place, located three miles north of town, now owned by C. J. Gatz of O'Neill and operated by Bill Scheinost, are overwhelmed by the bdhuty of the irrigation la.vout as it creeps around a huge arc spray ing water on thriving corn. Gatz and Scheinost have gone, all out in their irrigation try. Gatz purchased the place for $90 per acre with the assurance there was ample water down be low. There was. Today, the 97-hp Continental engine pumps water at the rate of one thousand gallons per min ute. Tile water — about 54 de grees—is forced to a pivot point a few feet from the well. Elbows take it overhead from where it streams through an eight - inch pipe. At intervals there are oscil lating adjustable sprinklers that break the water into fine drop lets The pipe is suspended by huge derricks on wheels. It’s a sight to behold to watch’ the automatic equipment — 15-; thousand-dollars’ worth — carry out its job. It tracks so slowly one can barely see the wheels turn. A complicated cylinder valve arrangement turns the cleated j wheels that support the derricks. The wheels at the far end travel "faster” than those close to the pivot, but the nozzles equalize the water distribution A giant nozzle at the far end .'Wishes in the fashion of a : > archlight on the tail end of a passenger train, spurting precious moisture instead of light. Gatz had the improvements removed from the place. Apply ing fertilizer, treating the soil, building a huge new corn crib and installing the irrigation sys tem * hooped the investment to around $200 per acre. The land lies well and lends it self to pump irrigation The rig has crawled around the field six times already this sea son — running night-and-day. If anything goes wrong with the pressure or self-propelled mech anism. the machine is stopped electronically. For a few days after a rain, the pump gets a breather Othor wise’ it busily pumps and pumps. For several years Scheinost has been doing limited irrigation on his adjoining land. “Water . . . water! That's all we need," he declares The Galz - Scheinost arrange ment is the first self-propelled rig in the O'Neill area, but not the first pump irrigation, which is catching on by leaps and bounds. Corn i'assling; Hail Does Damage Corn deteriorated “consider ably” in Nebraska last week al though in areas favored by rain fall, the crop is holding up well. I government farm observers re ported Tuesday. A good general rain is needed, according to the State - Federal Division of Agricultural Statis tics. About 31 percent of the corn had tasseled by the weekend, compared with 8 percent a week earlier and 18 percent on the comparable date last year. Increased activity was noted the past week around the sand hills livestock sale circuit. Most ly 2-year-old steers and 2-year old heifers were in the feeder offering with a great number of cows being offered at sale barns throughout the area. A few pac kages of yearling cattle were sold through auctions, but neith er the quality nor the number were in the offering to establish a price trend. Good to choice 2 - year - old steers were quoted from $18-19 with 2-year-old heifers going from $16.25-17.50 Three loads of good to choice 2-year-old steers were offered at a local auction and sold from $18.05 - 18.60. Twenty - five head of choice steers carrying a lot of flesh, weighing 1,075 pounds sold for $18.60. A load of light yearlings were Herefords of choice qual 1 ity. Eighty head of Hereford steers were reported contracted for $17.25, August 10 delivery. These cattle were 2-year-olds. Another contract was for $17.10 on 325 head of steers. The cow market was quoted steady last week with fat cows selling from $10.50-12. Heifer j ciica can a **^«.»*. were quoted $12-13.50. Meaty bulls brought from $12 - 13.50 with light bulls down tq. $11.50. The Deloit community receiv ed 1 >4 inches of rain on Wednes day, July 18. Meanwhile, the Riverside community had rain, also hail and hard wind. Some of the corn leaves wrere badly j stripped by the hail. In Boyd county a number of j reports indicate the second crop1 of alfalfa never greened. Describing conditions in the' Star vicinity, Charles Cole said some pastures are “beautiful” where timely showers have been received, despite a 45 - day drouth in the spring. A few miles away, however, he said pastures were barren. Weather summary: Hi Lo July 19_ 78 54 July 20 _ 82 52 July 21 82 53 July 22 , 81 55 July 23 92 55 July 24 .87 65 July 25 _ 94 59 LUNDBERG MEMORIAL (Creighton) Admitted: Miss Augusta Othe lia Lundberg, Creighton; Mrs. Maurice McManigal, Brunswick; Mrs.. Clarence Nelson, Creighton, Mrs. John Vogt, Creginhton; Mrs. James Shefl, Winnetoon; Denzil Milne, Creighton; George Bern er, Randolph; Mrs. Fred Horst man, Winnetoon. Dismissed: Mrs. Jerome Morlari and daughter, Creighton; Den zil Milne, trasferred to Norfolk; Mrs. Vincent Becker and daugh ter, Creighton; Mrs. Bruce Jundt and daughter, Creighton; Mrs. Richard Rice and daughter, Creighton; Chet Sufficool, Win netoon; Miss Augusta Othelia Lundberg, Creighton; Mrs. Mau rice McManigal and son, Bruns wick; Paul Joseph Hoferer, Creighton; Henry Ca r ri 11 o , Bloomfield. 1 Ode to A Well-Read Hat .r ' - ** ■KkWK. aa WHEN IS A HAT READABLE?—when It’e a etraw that’a not really a atraw. That’a aboot aa dear as a blinding rain, yon say. Well, honest injun, thia sun-loving couple are taking a good look at the first warn weather hat to be fashioned fron a man-made science fiber, la fact, they’re reading their paper through it. It’s the new Lee-Dynel “straw" hat which besides being porous and light as a feather, can be crushed and bounces back without a wrinkle—and speaking of rain, water won’t damage it either. An ideal item for dad. for bum neaa or pleasure—or both. Drought Damaged Corn Can Be Salvaged— Corn and sorghums that are damaged by drought or when it cannot mature because of early frost can be salvaged by making silage. Both corn and sorghums should be harvested before the leaves turn brown. If the leaves have turned brown, water should be added when the crop is placed in the silo. The best com silage is made when 50 percent of the kernels are dented. The total digestable nutrients are higher when the corn is more mature, but the vi tamin A content declines with the loss of green color. Forage sorghum made the best silage when the seeds are in the late dough or early ripe stage. When sorghum is cut when the immature the siltge will be sour and unpalatable; so it is impor tant to harvest at the right stage. More detailed information on making corn, sorghum, or grass silage can be obtained at the county extension office. Emergency Pasture and Hay Crops— With a shortage of hay and pasture and the season getting = ” ■ late for replantnig certain fields, emergency hay and pasture crops can be planted. Piper or Wheeler sudan grass will produce hay even when planted at this late date. Plant at the rate of 20 to 25 pounds per acre at a depth of one inch and p eking the seed bod may im I prove the stand. Sudan grass may be pastured after the plants have attained a tieight of one foot or more. Win te ryre can be sown for fall pas ture and early spring pasture when seecVd at the rate of 1 Ms bushels per acre. Interviews Conducted WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1 One of the fastest progress ing companies in this field will have a representative in terviewing men who have the following qualifications: 1— Own automobile in good condition. 2— Willing to travel Monday through Friday. Home ev ery weekend. 3— High school education. 4— Aggressive and a sincere desire for advancement. 5— Available for immediate employment. 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