Prairieland I alk . . .
Envy, Hatred in Holy Land
Hi ROMAlNt' SAUNDERS. Retired. Former Editor 1 he Frontier
LINCOLN—Palestine, known as the Holy
Land, is the only land on earth where the Lord
lived and walked as a man, less in square miles
than our peaceful prairieland. It lies in neither
Asia nor Europe, the western boundary is washed
Ly the blue waters of the Mediterranean and
Egypt, in Africa, is at its feet. ■ It has drenched
with human blood from 1400
B. C. on down the centuries
—men, women and children
slashed and beheaded by the
sword, a stream of human
blood and butchered bodies
from Dan to Beer-Sheba. The
ancients slaughtered with
sword and spear—today it is
bombs and guns.
Out of the hatred and
slaughter of past centuries
there appeared 2,000 years
ago, One Who walked where Romaine
the clash of arms had been Saunders
heard and sounded a strange note: A new com
mandment give I you that ye love one another!
But hatred and envy live on in the hearts of
men, bombs explode and the rumblings of war
roll again from Mount Gilboa. Hebrew and Arab,
racely brothers, as all people of earth are hu
manly related. When can Jew and Arab, Mus
covite, Mongolian, Maylay and paleface kiss and
“love one another?”
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Atkinson has a queen of the hay meadows
Alliance joins the ranks of exalted royalty with
queen of the Box Butte wheat fields, Burwell
mounts a queen of prairieland on a saddle horse,
each of these communities with one representa
tive of a royal house. But down at Geneva, they
go for the queen stuff in a grand way—three
“beauty queens,” redhead, blonde and a bru
nette. . . .Two young felons serving terms in the
state penitentiary have put on something of an
interesting show in Judge Polk’s courtroom in j
Lancaster county district court. It is not very ;
clear just what they want other than to vent their
hatred of prison life, no regrets for the crimes that
put them there, only bewailing the fact that the
Nebraska pen is not a first class hotel. . . Word
comes from one of the numerous bureaus in
Washington that Nebraska has a population of
1,304,000, and one Nebraskan has a “bureau”’ that
antedates most of the Washington bureaus, a solid
maple one made in the 18th century and presented
as a wedding gift in old Pennsylvania to my
grandmother 130 years ago.
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Down below Grand Island the Platte can
hardly be termed a river today. Rather a dry
bed of sand 30 or more rods across. The
Middle and North Loup south and north of St.
Paul in Howard county float full streams from
shore to shore. The historic Elkhorn, where
deer and buffalo drank the nectars of the sands,
where along its grass robed banks Indian
campfires burned and where the pioneers bath
ed weary feet before moving on to a frontier
settlement called O’Neill, has thinned down
to a narrow stream, and I fear the old swim
ming hole is about dried up.
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October passes ouit in a blaze of sun lighted
glory on prairieland, extending in colorful autumn
tints to distant horizons under a canopy of blue
and gold reaching across the heavens. Another
month gone' into the record of time, November 1
is here with the great national event six days
ahead when America has the turnout that comes
every four years. Political factions are arrayed
to win or lose. Prairieland and its people will
survive another election, grass will grow, wind will
blow, winter will merge into spring and birds will
sing whoever resides at the White House. Au
tumn colors deepen as November days come and
pass away. Then winter gales and drifting snow
and we sit by the hearth in flickering firelight as
night spreads the milky way across the heavens.
The green and floral bloom of summer, the brown
of November, snow and ice of winter, unfolding
buds of spring—the seasons each with life and
beauty come down the pathway of time.
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If the average man could see himself cheering
at a ball game, he’d never attend another one. Per
haps that’s why the world series television cameras
seldom show a closeup of anyone in the stands. I
Grandsingor. a convicted murderer, who has
exhausted the legal and judicial hopes to pro
lung his stay on earth, will now walk the last j
mde to the death chamber in the state prison for
killing a highway officer near Valentine. Graham,
another vicious killer, lost his appeal is the high ;
court of Colorado and must go to the gas chamber. I
Another convicted murderer held in the state
i r.son of Nebraska under life sentence appeals
his conviction to the state supreme court. The
laws of God and of man demand the life of the
killed. That desperado of a half-century ago in
the Idaho prison home that he had occupied as a
trusty, set the bomb that caused the death of
Idaho’s governor and wrho had caused the death of
a score of Cripple Creek strike breakers, was sen
tenced to be hung. The governor’s widowed wife
interceded and had the sentence changed to life
in the Idaho state prison. In after years, Or
chard was given charge of the prison poultry yard.
The w-arden walking among the poultry one day
saw a crippled chicken and asked Harry why he
did not kill that chicken. “I can’t,” replied Or
chard. He had taken the lives of many humans
with impunity—now could not kill a chicken. If
a murderer now in our state prison awaiting the
death call should experience such a change of
heart, let him live.
WWW
The rhetoric teacher once said there is no
work known to man more difficult than writ
ing. Or less rewarded. Edgar Allen Poe starv
ed to death but Sir Walter Scott’s Waverly
Novels got him out of debt, and Doc Mathews,
founder of The Frontier, quit the banking busi
ness to return to newspaper writing.
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October 25, 1900, Hon. Phillip C. Hanna, con
sul-general to Mexico, addressed the citizens of
Inman in support of the republican party nomi
nees, also the next day at Ewing. Senator Thurs
ton spoke to a similar gathering in Stuart. . . Els
worth Mack passed out Havannas a day in late
October that year as a token of rejoicing that he
had become the father of a baby daughter. . . .
A committee of the board of supervisors turned
in a report that the county attorney was short
$278.20 in his accounts with the county. . . . Con
Keys lost three porkers by drowning in floods
caused by heavy rains. . . Maylon Price’s bar
ber, Lon Brundage, was spending a few days in
his home town of Tilden. . . Mrs. A. J. Hammond
was visiting friends in Worthington, Minn. . .
Mrs. Mary Berry of Cleveland, O., with her daugh
ter, was a guest in the home of her sister, Mrs. E.
P. Hicks. . . Thursday, November 1. 1900—and
56 years later Thursday, November 1.
WWW
Next it’s Hallowe’en. Now Young America will
come to your door not with the threat to smash
a window if no treats, but to ask for a donation
to help needy children and youth. Have your
two-bits ready. Hallowe’en to an earlier genera
tion meant a night of fun, ‘‘upsetting small
buildings, cluttering Fourth and Douglas street
corner with wagons, machinery, wheels and
trash.
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Dad, the breadwinner, always gpts caught in
the middle. He comes home complaining about how
little dollars are worth these days, then his family
decides to go out and spend them since they are so
cheap anyway.
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CARROLL W. STEWART. Editor and Publisher ,
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Do-It-Yourself!
When You and I Were Young . . .
Trio Goes South
for Duck Hunting
Wild Bill, Wright,
Harding in Shoot
50 Years Ago
Boy babies are reported this
week at the homes of Mr. and
Mrs. Peter Donohoe and Mr. and
Mrs. Clyde Derby. . . Apples, 65
cents a bushel. . . Will Bill,
Charles Wright and Jim Harding
went south for a week’s duck
hunting. . . The WCTU will hold
their next meeting at the home
of Mrs. C. Bright. . . Walter
Rathburn is home from a two |
months’ sojourn in South Da- j
kota. . . Walter LaViolette de-1
parted Tuesday for St. Paul,
where he has a position in a drug
store. . . John Brennan is behind
the counter again in his father’s I
hardware. John has been in Fre- !
mont during the summer.
20 Years Ago
Edward E. Gatz, outstanding
young businessman died sudden
ly while hunting. . .Mr. and Mrs.
James Cronk of Inman have a
son weighing nine pounds. . . A
large crowd gathered at the P. V.
Hickey home and charavaried
Mr. and Mrs. Maloney, who were
here on their honeymoon. . . Mr.
and Mrs. Glenn King of St. Lou
is, Mo., were guests of his cousin.
Mrs. Helen Mullen. Mr. King is
a member of the St. Louis base
oall team. . .Mr. and Mrs. Louis
Storz of Omaha were pheasant
aunting guests of Mr. and Mrs.
J. B. Mellor.
10 Years Ago
Mrs. Francis (Alice) Brittell,
11, a mother of 13 children, died
it Inman. Her mother, Mrs.
Mary Reynolds, 91, of Tilden is
ilso a survivor. . . Mrs. R. R.
Morrison, Mrs. F. J. Dishner and
Mrs. J. J. Harrington entertained
at dinner at the Golden hotel for
Mrs. Eld Giard of Chicago. . .
Children baptized by Rev. Carl
Elayburn Sunday at the Metho
dist church at Page were Ter
rance Anthony, Bruce Bowen
and Karen Sorensen. . . Sgt. and
Mrs. Donald Medcalf of Cham
bers have a son weighing eight
pounds. Sgt. Medcalf is currently
stationed on Luzon.
One Year Ago
Lowell A. Calloway, 22, of
Ainsworth, formerly of O’Neill,1
and three young friends, perished
when their car skidded into a
gravel pit. . . Mr. and Mrs. W. A.
Ellis of Dorsey, celebrated their
60th wedding anniversary. . .
Mrs. Alma Drayton, 74, of Or
chard was fatally injured in a
one car accident. . . Mr. and Mrs.
Rolland Weyhrich are the par
ents of a daughter. . . Mrs.
Georgia Rasely, who was con
fined to her home for about two
months, was at her desk at the
de-'K. at the Royal theatre twice
this week. . . All the Greenfield
family of Stuart, enjoyed a fa tu
ny reunion.
118 1 eachers Go
to Group Meeting
One hundred eighteen teachers
out of the 126 in Holt county at
tended group rural teachers
meetings which were held at the
following schools:
Group 1— District 169—Chris
tine Krysl. teacher.
Group II—District 119—Mrs.
Lydia Medcalf, teacher.
Group III—District 238—Mrs.
Janet Fryrear. teacher.
Group IV—District 97—Betty
Spangler, teacher.
Group V—District 4—Mrs. Lu
cille Pinkerman, teacher.
Group VI—District 131—Patty
Baner. teacher.
Group VII—District 80—Mrs.
Dorothy Sanders, teacher.
Group VIII District 9—Karen
Domohoe, teacher.
Group IX—District 120—Mrs.
Ardath Coday. teacher.
There were from nine to 16
teachers attending each meeting
which was held only in the af
ternoon. The teacher of the host
school taught arithmetic classes
for an hour. The children were
dismissed at recess and the re
mainder of the afternoon was
spent with a teacher’s meeting.
The devices of the demonstration
were discussed and there was an
exchange of art ideas. The meet
ing ended with a coffee hour.
Groups I, IV, V, VI and VIII
had 100 percent attendance. Miss
Alice French, county superinten
dent, attended all meetings.
PHONE US your news . . . insur*
publication by reporting it early
O'Neil! News
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Schmit
and children spent the weekend
in Nenzel with his parents, Mr.
ai d Mrs. John Schmit.
Mr. and Mrs. David Maughan
of Tilden were weekend guests
of her parents. the Harry Gra
hams.
Suzanne Stewart entertained
at a Hallowe'en part} Tuesday
evening at the home of her par
ents. Mr. and Mrs. Carroll W
Stewart. The guests were all
the girls in her fifth grade class
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PROPHECY
of the BOOK OF REVELATIONS
ILLUSTRATED ON THE SCREEN IN COLOR
By ARTHUR F. GIBBS
of Independence, Missouri
MONDAYS—November 5 and 12
WEDNESDAYS—7 and 14
FRIDAYS—9 and 16
We will open the seven seals of the Apocalypse
Explain the Women and the Beast of Revelations
MONDAY, Nov. 5—The White Horst* and the Rod Horst*
WEDNESDAY, November 7—The Black and Pale Horse and
5th, 6th and 7th seal
FRIDAY, November 9—The Women of Revelations
MONDAY, November 12—The Beast of Revelations.
The mark of the beast
WEDNESDAY, November 14—The Hereafter Chap. 20 and 21
FRIDAY, November 16—THE OPEN DOOR
Travelogs of Alaska
Missionary Gibbs, who has performed missionary work
in Alaska and the far north, will present Travelogs of his ex
periences in Color preceding each lecture.
ALL ARE INVITED
Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter Day Saints
INMAN
Bll—BBBI■■■
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Because my boys are going to the army, 1 must retire from the ranch and will of
fer my cattle and machinery at public auction, on the premises, located 1 0 miles west
of Chambers, 3 miles south and /i west; OR south from Atkinson on Highway 1 I to
junction with 95, 2 miles east, 3 miles south and /i mile west; OR north from Burwell
on Highway I l to junction with 95, 2 miles east, 3 miles south and /i mile west —
Wednesday, Nov. 7
Starting at 12 O’clock Lunch by Amelia WSCS
116 - Head of CATTLE -116
This Is a Fine Herd of Aberdeen-Angus
67-angus stock cows 32-yearungs
2—Registered ANGUS BULLS 10-CALVES
5-MILK COWS _ _
Saddle Pony, 7-years-old, gentle, broke
2—Saddle Ponies, coming 2-years-old, gentle, broke
GOOD TEAM OF WORK HORSES, wt. 3,600 lbs.
MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT I
J-D 60 Tractor, ’54
2- Bottom J-D Plow with
power lift
Quick-Tatch J-D Culti
vator
J-D 999 Com Planter
Reg. IHC with overdrive
Filson Branding Chute,
nearly new
3— J-D Hay Rakes, used
two seasons
Underslung, heavy duty
Dozer Blade
Slide Stacker, nearly new
Power Sickle Grinder
6-Ft. Horse Mower
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IHC No. 9 Trail Mower
3-Rake Hitch for Reg.
Farmall
Wagon and Box
Walking Plow
IHC 2-Wheel Tractor
Spreader
2—Sets of Harness
Saddle and Bridle
1950 %-Ton Chevrolet
with combination
fold down Badger box,
nearly new
Hay Rack
Drawbar for Trail Mow.
Hyd. Post Hole Digger,
nearly new
J-D No. 5 Power Mower
Cage for Stacker
Bearcat Hammermill 5-A
Twin Draulic Loader
34-Doz. J-D and IHC
Sickles
300-Gal. Gas Barrel
with stand
J-D Short Stringer Wench
Model A Car Sweep
50-Ft Endless Belt
2—80-Ft. 34-In. Cables’
Cream Separator
Heat Houser for J-D
Pump Jack, nearly new
2—Log Chains
TERMS: STRICTLY CASH. I
HUGH CARR, Owner
* COL. ED THORIN, O’Neill, Auctioneer-Real Estate Broker
FIRST NATIONAL BANK, O’Neill, Clerk
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