PAGE —THE FRONTIER. O'Neill. Nebr., Thur*.. Dec. «, 1IH Prairieland Talk ... Paddock Had First Paper By ROMA1NE SAUNDERS. Retfrod. Former Editor The Frontier LINCOLN—Holt county has had 26 newspa pers; four are now published in the county. Elev en of the 26 were published and printed in O’Neill when G. M. Cleveland launched The Ban ner, T. V Golden being an associate of Mr. Cleveland, W D. Mathews launched The Frontier in the year 1880 James H. Riggs was the next publisher and editor of The Frontier, followed by Clyde King, D H. Cronin and the present owners and publish ers, The O’Neill group of weekly papers consisted of the Banner, Frontier, Trib une, Free Press, Holt County People, Item, Sun, Alliance Tribune, Beacon Light, Inde l>endent. Democrat. The first paper in the county carried a Paddock date line and was known Komaine as Holt Record. Others in Saunders the county were the Minneola Sun, Dustin Dis patch, Amelia Journal, Emmet Echo, Chambers Eagle changed to Bugle and then Sun, Inman In dex, Ewing Item and Ewing Advocate, Page Re porter, Shamrock Pickin’s, and two papers at At kinson, the Graphic and Plain Dealer, Stuart Ledger and Stuart Advocate, the total outside of the countyseat adding up to 15. There were highway incidents in the long ago also. The Atkinson Plain Dealer in an issue of late November, 1900, told of Henry Martin of Sheridan township being thrown to the ground when his buggy upset as a wheel dropped into a ditch, the horses taking off on the run and drag ging the upset buggy with them, Henry escaping unhurt. The Chambers Bugle told of a similar experience. Mr. and Mrs. August Schrier had when out riding in their buggy, Mr. Schrier being quite badly hurt in the upset. . . Bennett Mar tin sold his ranch of 600 acres in the Redbird country to a citizen of Laurel. . . G. C. Hazelett and A. J. Meals arrived home from Alaska. . . Miss Mattie Mann visited friends in Atkinson. . . Rev. Father Cleary came to O’Neill to give his second series of lectures to those interested here. . . Rosco Conklin, a Union soldier in the war with the south and a bachelor character of frontier days in O’Neill, died in Binghampton, N. Y., November 2, 1900. In his pockets at the time of death there was found $1,400 in cash. • • • The group of young bogus statesmen that gathered in a law-making body at the state house and supported measures they thought Nebraska needed, among them the ton-mile tax, will know more about It when they get to op erating the farms and ranches and industries of the state. • • • British and French and Hebrew military might at the field of Armageddon, United Nations troops patroling the land of the Phraoahs, Poland and Hungarian revolts, strikes at the U. S. in dustrial centers, the “poor farmer” and the out look for winter wheat—all of minor concern, the weighty matter of prairieland: shall a Nebraska patriot be yanked up and sent to jail for knock ing over a game bird for his dinner while within the law-blessed precincts of a five-rod highway? Mr. Warren, county attorney over in Knox, has stirred up a judicial hornest’s nest. Maybe he should bo sent, not to jail, but to Congress! * > • * Holiday—when men loaf and housewives stand over the cook stove preparing a big feed for the family and the company, then wash dishes the rest of the day. The farm near Page that Paul Shanner re cently sold for $100 an acre was where Paul’s mother sat as a bride in the long ago in a little one-room homestead abode and shed tears be cause she did not have even two pennies with which to buy a stamp to mail a letter to her people in Indiana. She and her husband qow lie buried in the Page cemetery. The younger of their two sons died recently in Arkansas. Now Paul leaves the land of his childhood and mature years and drives to the southland. His parents and an uncle of Paul’s, L. T. Shanner, a mer chant in Inman in the long ago and at one time in the state legislature, wrere pioneers of prairie land and from such as they, this generation has its heritage. Paul goes to Arkansas and his de parture closes the story of another pioneer fam ily of prairieland. So long, Paul! Come and see us some day. • • • A young Indian mother with her two small children, from the Rosebud of South Dakota, lost their lives when the shack near Scotts bluff where they had holed up for a week was destroyed by fire, the buck and dad of the group out dowmlng firewater til a pale face cop came along and landed him in jail. • * * Back there on the Atlantic sea coast, in old Boston town, eyes are turned this way. With a capital of 20-million-dollars to start with "Christianland” is to be built somewhere out this way, a minature Nazareth, a Jerusalem, Geth semany and others of sacred memory to the Christian world. In the minds of men there must be shrines, a place for pilgrims to journey to and j maybe roll in the dust. He in whose honor Christianland stands for did not ask for shrines or pilgrimages, but rather if you would do Him honor through inspired devotions, go to thy closet, shut the door, bow there, and “Thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly,” • * * The whirling eddies of time lay us upon the lap of the closing month of the year, the month in which Prairieland Talker was born in the long ago. Millions may have birthdays in December but only one of transcending significance to man kind; we call it Christmas. Out of the drifting winds of centuries has come a day when we look again upon a Babe in a manger, feel the inspira tion of the wise men of the East who laid their gifts at the feet of Joseph and Mary and we pass along our little tokens that friends and dear ones have a place in these human hearts of ours. So we lay again upon the altar of human emotion our Christmas greetings with a simple gift. Dr. and Mrs. L. A. Carter have traveled life’s highway together for 60 years, the passing years uniting them forever in hand and heart and now in life’s golden age enjoy peace and plenty in their home at Fourth and Everett streets where for years now forgotten Jonh Barleycorn was dispensed to cow punchers and the hilarious, now a pleasant home with flower beds and inviting summer garden. Friends of Dr. and Mrs. Carter not only extend the hand of congratulations but wish for them continued happiness in home life together. * * * A lad, 10- or 11-years-old, stood on the cor ner of a busy intersection. An aged patriot ap proached the opposite corner to cross the street. The lad rushed over, took the old man by the arm and guided him safely across the icy street. The lad is a student at a parochial (church) school. If he learns nothing else but to be cour teous and helpful it is worth it. Editorial . . . Who Is Exempt? Sportsmen from four counties converged at O’Neill Friday night to hash over some problems. But the dramatics in the socalled Robertson case and its sequel, the Skokan case, dominated the meeting. Fifty sportsmen from Knox, Holt, Boyd and Rock county adopted resolutions applauding Knox County Attorney Merrit C. Warren of Creighton for his position. The resolutions also called for the resignation of Donald Robertson of North Platte, member of the state game com mission. Why the meeting? Basically, it was an outlet for indignation. Perhaps it provided a forum to ask the simple question: Who is exempt? To refresh our readers with the background, this is the general (though not detailed) story: Mr. Robertson sometime ago was approach ed by a state game warden in Johnson county. The warden went to the county attorney in Johnson county and complained that Mr. Robert son was shooting game from a public highway (verboten in Nebraska, but okay in South Da kota). The Johnson county attorney filed charges. Subsequently, State Game Director M. O. Steen, a newcomer in Nebraska, ordered the charges dropped, declaring the facts did not jus tify a hearing, etc. Late last month Leorge Skokan, Knox county assessor, was approached on a highway by State Game Warden Fred Salak of O’Neill, who com plained to Knox County Attorney Warren. Mr. Warren made no bones about being re luctant to file charges against Skokan, pending a clarification of the socalled Robertson case. Knox County Judge Ora Ballard, who would have heard the Skokan case, strongly suggested Mr. Skokan would have been found not guilty. A spokesman for the Knox delegation, pres ent at Friday’s meeting here, carried the matter further: “You can’t find a jury of 12 men in Knox county who would convict Skokan!” Reverberations set in at the statehouse. Gov. Victor Anderson said he would order a full investigation of the Knox case. Spokesmen in the attorney-general’s office said Mr. Warren could be ousted from office if he refused to pros ecute. Warren declared he never refused to file but somehow the charges stayed put in a desk drawer while statewide publicity, sometimes embarassing, was biting at his heels. Now, Mr. Warren is considered by The Creighton News as a good county attorney. The News declares Mr. Warren has prosecuted more cases and spent more time on the job than any other Knox county attorney in the past decade. Law violaters, the Creighton paper continues, are quick to agree that Mr. Warren believes in full enforcement of the statutes. Therefore, Mr. Warren’s only sin is that he is fair. He believes that Knox eountyans should get the same treatment as others. Thus the crux of Friday’s discussion at O’Neill was not so much whether Mr. Warren was remiss in his duties as it was whether or not the same law applies to all Nebraskans. Can a member of the state game commission get by with something that other people can’t? It appeal's Governor Anderson should have called for an investigation in the Robertson case before getting exercised about the Skokan inci dent. It also appears Mr. Robertson should have taken the advice of the state legislature’s special committee, which delved into the matter some months ago, and came up with the suggestion that Mr. Robertson resign. The legislative committee, which did not at tempt to find Mr. Robertson guilty or not guilty, simply adopted the view that Mr. Robertson, by virtue of what had happened, had served his period of usefulness. State Game Director Steen called Robert son's violation a “technical” one, but no one comes forward to explain the difference between a “technical" violation and an ordinary one. Mr. Steen referred to the Knox incident as a "kindergarten comedy”. But Dr. H. D. Gildersleeve of O’Neill, who was made temporary chairman of the North-Cen tral meeting, wrote Governor Anderson: “Sportsmen are legion who disagree with Mr. Steen’s version . . . they regard proceedings todate as rather serious”. Other items on the agenda for Friday night were glossed over, ie: elimination of the Niobrara game reserve, hunting and fishing fees, relations with game wardens, etc. Any wonder? Because most of the sportsmen were bent on finding the answer to that simple question: Who is exempt? __ When the weatherman misses his prognosti cation and the weather turns out more severe than he predicted, he is the object of barbs; when he errs and the weather turns out pleasant after all, folks unzip their coats and gloat over the sky watcher’s mistake. Mr. Weatherman: You can’t win! Whether you spell it Santa Klaus, Kris Krin gle, Pere Noel, of Father Christmas, the spirit is the same and the present that fits every stocking is a U.S. savings bond. CARROLL W. STEWART, Editor and Publisher ARTHUR J. NOECKER and ESTHER M. ASHER, Associate Publishers Entered at the postoffice in O’Neill, Holt coun-j 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. Term* 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—2,559 (March 31, 1956 When Yon and I Were Young. . . Explosion Burns Stuart 8-Year-Old Tries to Start Fire witS Kerosene 50 Years Ago Mrs Harvey’s little 8-year-old boy of Stuart got up Thanksgiv ing morning and while his moth er was asleep, tried to light the fire with kerosene. An explo sion tock the skin off his arm and burned the sides of his face and neck. . . Charles Cavanaugh and Mary Boyle were united in marriage Friday by dev. M. F Cassidy. . . Thomas Simonson and Charles Wrede, two Frontier subscribers at Agee, were in to renew their subscriptions. . . Mr a nd Mrs. Henry Ihney are still confined to their beds with typhoid fever. . . Mr. and Mrs. Sharp's baby girl died and was buried Thanksgiving day from their home in Page. . . Travel ing by automobile from O’Neill to Star, a group of five gentle men made it in an hour and one half for dinner at Mr. Thierolfs. 20 Years Ago Mrs. Julia M. Thomas died of ' pneumonia at the age of 63 years. . . Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Taylor of Opportunity celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. They are the parents of 11 chil dren. . . Mrs. Henry Mullen came into the hospital Wednes day severely burned when her (clothing caught fire from the ’ stove in her home . . Mr. and Mrs Orville Lowery of Meek are the proud parents of a baby girl j l>orn November 25. All concern ed are doing nicely, even Orville is expected to recover 10 Years Ago Mrs. Fannie Gallagher, 76, a native of Liverpool. England, died after a 20-day illness. . . Miss I Jeanne Kennedy of Ainsworth and William Sorenson of Page were married . . Richard Strube and Miss Ellen Martin of Yuma, Ariz., both who have been residing in Hollywood, California, were married. . .Mrs. Ralph Cooke, the former Celeste Gleed, of Chambers, was honor 'd at a miscellaneous shower at theC . V. Robertson home. One Year Ago Mr. and Mrs. John Cassidy of Spencer, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. . . Martin A. Scheikopf, 64, died at St. An thony's hospital. . . Yvonne Mlnarik of Ewing and Cletus Thramer were married. . . Baby boys were bom to Mr, and Mrs. Lyle Honback, Mr. and Mrs. Don ald Watson, Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Kersenbrock, Mr. and Mrs. Max Mossman all of O’Neill and baby girls to Mr. and Mrs. Dean Van Scoyk of O’Neill, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Colfack of Page and Mr. and Mrs. Albert Scheinost of Spencer and twins, a boy and a girl to Mr.an d Mrs. Don Foc ;en of Atkinson. The Misses Janelle and Donna Tams of Ewing were weekend guests at the M. B. Marcellus home. Mr. and Mrs. Glenn W. Miller were in Norfolk last Thursday. Mrs. C. F. Clark, 72, Expires at Burwell BURWELL — Funeral services for Mrs. C. F. Clark. 72, of Bur well were conducted at 2 p.m.. Saturday, December 1, at the Methodist church here. Burial was in the Burwell cemetery. Mrs, Clark died Wednesday, November 28. Her parents were hornesteaers in Garfield county and she had been a resident of the county since 1903. She married Mr. Clark in 1910. Mr Clark has been a director of the O’Neill Production Credit association for over 15 years. Survivors include: Widower— C. F.; two daughters, several j grandchildren and great-grand | children. One daughter, Vivian, died two years ago. M. B. Higgins, D. C. Schaffer, William Mattern, Merle Hickey and James W Rooney, all of O' Neill, and Otto Krupicka of Spen cer were among those from a dis tance attending the funeral. Plan Yule Party— Friendly Neighbor* The Friendly Neighbor Project club met Wednesday, November 28, with Mrs. Dwayne Philbrick. The lesson was on refinishing furniture. 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