Prairieland Talk
Wet Snow - - Worth $ $ $
By ROM AIN E SAUNDERS. Retired. Former Edtter The Frontier
LINCOLN—An inch of rain upon the thaw
ed out earth, a foot of wet snow—to those whose
hopes hang upon the $ it means 50 million
Others vision prairieland robed in silken
green this summer, full flowing streams, the flor
al bloom dotting the landscape with bright colors,
trees in full leaf; hear the song of birds, thepra
irie frogs’ orchestra, the hum ? . '
of flying wings and the gay- *
colored butterfly
Y.s, tea ri|M-ning wheat
fields assure another loaf, thi
garden spots our spuds, the
herds feeding to the full
throughout the grass lands
fattening for the slaughter—
all will supply the necessary
sustaining elements to enable
John, Joe, May and Kate to
keep on the go, while you and
me loiter there by the bloom- Romaine
ing rose. Saunders
• * *
Theodore M Rarick of Eugene, Ore., and J.
C. Foley of Yorkshire, England, have recently be
come members of the Nebraska State Historical
society. . . A reminder of the Trans-Mississippi
exposition held in Omaha in 1898 comes from Lt -
Col. Duncan Campbell of Harrisburg, Pa., who
has sent two medals to the Historical Society mu
seum. . . The state railway commission will hold
hearings this month in Lincoln, Norfolk and Val
entine to consider the North Western railroad’s
plan to discontinue all pickup and delivery ser
vice at towns through which the railway passes.
Thought 'twas business this grand old railroad
wanted! . . A wildcat has been seen down near
Fairbury, one of the first settled communities of
Nebraska as a territory. . . He lies in his grave
and can’t protest. The Lancaster county tax as
sessed to the estate of the late Sam McKelvie is
$3,865
In a letter to Prairieland Talker, under date
of March 28, Dr. A. L. Miller, member of congress
representing prairieland patriots in the Fourth
Nebraska congressional district, expressed his un
abridged agreement with friends out this way cn
the subject of foreign aid, condemns it all as use
less waste of money, other than approving the
sending of food, medicine and clothing to the
homeless in wartom regions. “We have poured
billions down the drain in foreign aid,” says he,
“while some of our own people at home were suf
fering from want.” Doctor Miller has in mind,
too, some changes that he feels should be made in
social security, among these possibly raising the
monthly payments of $100 for all on social secur
ity who have attained the age of 80 years.
* • *
The editor of a state dally paper that will
not accept liquor ads was fined $250, caught up
drunk and disturbing the peace. A change of
editors has not been announced at this writing,
nor has announcement been made that the ed
itor may take a seat on the water wagon.
Physicians and churchmen in European lan Is
are stirred over the work of a woman, Mrs. Alex
andra Magoula of Athens of the Greek Orthodox j
faith, who is said to be working miracles of heal- ,
ing comparable to that of Peter and Paul of the
long “ago. Crowds of the afflicted and curious
throng about the woman’s house so police author
ities ask the woman not to step out of her house,
but at such a time as that police are helpless and
maybe some of them, are there for other inter
ests than mere police duty. There have been “faith
healers" here and there throughout our land for
a price but none has yet arisen to put doc out of
practice, as has occurred over in ancient Greek
territory.
• • •
Insolent and arrogant, David Beck sat before
the senate committee and defied federal author
ity. But he had reckoned without the cost The
great American Federation of Labor has ousted the
ego bloated Mr. Beck and goes into Teamster
Union affairs to make a cleaning. The labor
union membership for the most part approved of
actions taken by their chosen leaders but ap
parently they can not go along with any of their
number who presumes to defy the authority of
the country that makes his job possible.
* * *
School boys profited by the late March snow
fall as well as the wheat growers. One 14-year
old told me he garnered $4.75 shoveling snow
from sidewalks one forenoon. Another young fel
• low reported receiving $17 for a day’s work with
his snowr shovel. Seventeen dollars—that’s just
what we printers at the Sioux City Journal pulled
down after a 69-hour work week the winter of
1895. Born more than a half-century too soon—
; or were we?
* * •
The sales and income tax bill was killed by a
slim margain of votes in the legislature. Sen.
Frank Nelson would doubtless have been one vot
ing to kill the measure, but he was reported ab
sent. Maybe he had been called home and got
stuck in a snowdrift up there in north Holt county
gulches and did not get back to the statehouse to j
vote when the bill came up for final passage. No
sales, no income tax—just yet.
* * *
The three-dollar watch fell to the concrete
floor in the basement, picked up unbroken and
ticks off the minutes as good as ever. Had it
been a hundred-dollar watch, it would have
been a total w'reck. Another in favor of the
Waterbary.
* * *
The supreme court of the state has sustained
the contention of the citizens of the Amelia com
munity and boys and girls will not need to make
daily trips to Chambers to hang their hats on a
high school peg. That Amelia high is to con
tinue as an educational center in southwestern
Holt county is gratifying to all concerned, tne
state education commissioner to the contrary
not withstanding.
Editorial
Budget Control Can Be Regained
Sen. Harry F. Byrd’s proposal for a single
package “appropriation-expenditure control” bill
—designed to re-establish effective congressional
control over annual Federal exenditures—deserves
the “vigorous, vocal support" of all thoughtful
citizens, a spokesman for the Nebraska Citizens
Council has declared.
Robert M. Armstrong, executive director of the
statewide taxpayer-research organization, said:
“Detailed knowledge of the federal
budget is hardly required to reach the
conclusion that congress has lost control
over annual federal expenditures. Feder
al taxes are almost unbearably high,
yet, in these times of our greatest pros
perity, little or nothing has been done
about reducing our huge national debt,
and federal spending is steadily rising
above the $70 billion level. Something
is out of control!
Congress has been wrestling for
many years with the problem of streng
thening its control over the purse strings
of this nation, without result. For ex
ample, analysis of the fiscal 1958 feder
al budget made available to us show
that, in addition to $73.3 billion in new
spending authority requested, federal
agencies will start the new fiscal year
with about $70 billion of unexplained bal
ances of prior appropriations and auth
orizations on hand. Thus, if the resi
dent's requests are granted, funds avail
able to the agencies for expenditure
would total more than $143 billion—an
astounding sum! A ndthis does not in
clude substantial amounts in trust
funds, which are ‘outside’ the budget.”
We feel strongly, the Nebraska Citizens Coun
cil director concluded, “that Senator Byrd’s pro
posal, under which annual limitations would be
placed upon expenditures from both current and
carry-over appropriations, can provide the
answer to this spending control problem. And,
pmiri the current clamor against unresaonably
high federal spending, this is the time for citizens
to act.”
The Nebraska Citizens Council, in coopera
ation with taxpayer-research groups in many
other states, consistently has supported action to
strengthen congressional fiscal controls.
Mrs. James A. Davidson
Mrs. James Davidson, 84, died March 22 after
• brief illness. Known affectionately by har
neighbors and others as “Grandma” Davidson,
she had lived a long and useful life.
Born as Anna Hansen, in New York, a
daughter of a Danish immigrant couple, she came
West as a girl, lived on a homestead north of
O’Neill and later southwest of O’Neill.
She married James E. Davidson, sr., Novem
ber 7, 1892. Together they reared a fine family
of 11 children and they helped to build our com
munity. Five of their sons served in the military
during two world conflagrations. Mr. Davidson
died in 1942.
In 1949, Mrs. Davidson won the singular
honor of being “Nebraska mother of the year” by
the state department of the American Legion aux
iliary.
Plans had been made for The Frontier editor
to interview Mrs. Davidson in an attempt to learn
first-hand the trials and processes used by her
parents and her pioneer husband and of
her own efforts to lay the foundation of our city.
But she suffered a stroke a short time be
fore the appointed hour and her story, as we
would like to have learned it and told it, thus
cannot be told.
“Grandma” Davidson’s deeds and her role in
our frontier town will not soon be forgotten.
‘Ray’ Siders
Holt county has lost a well-known resident
in the untimely death of Raymond C. (“Ray”)
Siders 60, a retired farmer who for several years
resided at Inman.
Mr. Siders was a longtime resident of the
Steel Creek locality in northeastern Holt. He was
active for years in farming and ranching circles.
He was a pioneer in the sense that he estab
lished one of the original registered Aberdeen
Angus cattle herds in this area. Black cattle to
day are a tremendous factor in the economy of
the area, and cattle raising is Nebraska’s biggest
industry.
Besides his contribution to the livestock field,
Mr. Siders was eternally striving in many ways
to make this empire of Holt a better place in
which to live, providing leadership and talent in
farm and livestock organizations, church boards,
school boards, civic groups.
In addition to these affairs, he was a fine
family man and a wonderful neighbor.
The Inman Methodist church could not beg<n
to accomodate all those who gathered Monday af
ternoon for the funeral to pay last respects.
His friends were many; his deeds were out
standing; his loss will be felt in many ways.
American Medical Journal: It would be amus
ing to visualize how people would look if some
of the cliches were applied literally. For exam
ple: Mrs. Johnson was all ears . . . The husband
who couldn't put his foot down . . . The man
who lost his head . . . The girl who cried her
heart out . . . The fellow who didn’t have a leg
to stand on . . . The woman who always keeps a
stiff upper lip . . . The fellow who always has one
foot in the grave . . . The chap who always keeps
his nose to the grindstone . . . And the woman
who was stewed in her own juice.
A woman we know (Mrs. C. E. Jones) scoop
ed up snow by the jarful and sealed the jars She
stores the melted soft water for use in her steam
iron.
CARROLL W. STEWART. Editor and Publisher
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Alien You A 1 Were Young- • -I
Howard Will Open
Blacksmith Shop
Looks Over Gordon, ,
Returns Here
50 Years Ago
Frank Howard has returned ,
from Gordon and decided rot to ,
move there He expects to open
i blacksmith shop here. . . James
H. Miller and Martha M Ross,
both of Meek, and Charles Hoy
er and Gertrude D. Hansen, both
of Blackbird, were issued mar
riage licenses. . . S. J. Weekes
and Dr. J. P Gilligan. on a trip
to Seattle. Wash., and other
points West, met several former
O’Neillites: A. B. Newell, J J.
King, Charley Hamilton, Gus
Handlon and Mrs. Mary Walker.
. Mrs. W. F. Clevish is in
Omaha awaiting surgery Mr.
Clevish is with her. . . The fol
lowing teachers were elected re
cently: J. G. Mote, superinten
dent; Mary Horiskey, Margaret
Grady, Anna Donohoe, Mrs. j
O’Neill, Miss Jessie Moore and
Miss Abbott of Pilger. D. W
Cameron had his foot injured
by a wagon wheel.
20 Year* Ago
Mrs. Claude Bates and Mrs.
Charles Abart of Emmet were
hostesses for the Ladies’ Aid
Mrs. Sam Jennings and Mrs.
Scott of Atkinson were guests. . .
Among those taking students to;
the music contest in Albion were
Mrs. Mabel McKenna, Mrs. H.
L. Bennett, Mrs. C. B. Yarnell,
Levi Yantzi, L. M. Merriman and
Mrs. Peter Dodsen. . . Deaths:
Mrs. August Schroeder, John B.
Gaddie, 23. . , Clarence Eugene j
Ward and Miss Loretta Bernice
Kubichek, both of O’Neill, were;
married.
10 Years Ago
Miss Ruth Pribel and Miss Kay j
Cramer, both nurses in Sioux |
City, were weekend guests at
the John Pribel Dome. . . J. B.
Ryan donated land tn the Amer
ican Legion for a club. . .
Deaths: Mrs. Zachary T.
("Grandma”) Long, 86, of Ly
nch; Mrs. Anna E. Hendrick of |
Orchard; Billie Keiser, 17, of j
Scottsbluff .. .Mr. and Mrs. Cecil j
Spry held a family get-to-gether |
at their home. . . The Matschullat
family gathered at Lincoln for
a reunion.
One Year Ago
A surprise reunion was held at
the Clarence Schmiser home in
Deloit . . . Elmer Juracek of Star
ind Harvey Krugman of O’Neill
were elected as members of the
Holt county soil district board of
directors . . . Deaths: Mrs. Wil- j
liam Yurgil, 39, of Omaha, form
erly of Stuart; Mrs. Anna I
Grimes, 74, of Clearwater; Mrs. j
Catherine Kallhoff, 86, of Ewing;
Charles Ballon, 71, of Atkinson,
Rollin Hatch at a St. Edward rest
home; Frank Souhrada, 82, of
Verdigre ... A Harding reunion
was held in Fullerton, Calif.
O’Neill News .
Mrs. Wendell Babl and Mrs.
Andy Ramold were hostesses at
a birthday dinner given Sunday
for their mother, Mrs. Leo
Schneider. Guests were Mr. and
Mrs. Wendell Babl and sons,
Mr. and Mrs. Leo Schneider and
children, Mr. and Mrs. Andy Ra
mold and son.
Mrs. Ira Hopkins W’as a lunch
eon guest of her daughter, Mrs.
Dale Perry, Thursday. The oc
casion was Mrs. Hopkins’ 68th
birthday anniversary. Guests
were Mrs. Don Hopkins and
children.
Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Bowen
went to Grand Island Wednesday
to attend an MFA Insurance
meeting. They plan to visit their
son, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bowen,
in Hastings Friday.
Harold Connors of Greeley was
here on business Sunday. He is
Mrs. M. J. Wallace’s son-in-law.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Kahler of
Bonesteel, S. D., visited their
daughter and her husband, Mr.
and Mrs. Kenneth Juran, and
sons Saturday.
Jack Carney was home from
Creighton university for the
weekend.
Mr. and Mrs. Don Godel and
Randy of Omaha were weekend
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd
Godel.
Little Miss Elva Gettert,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Glenn
Gettert, returned from Atkinson
last Thursday where she had
spent five days with her grand
parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Liab
le.
Miss Mary Elizabeth Gatz was
home from the College of St.
Mary in Omaha for the weekend, i
Lynch News
Mr and Mrs. Beryl Moody and
ramily spent Thursday evening.
\pril 21, at the Howard Ander
;on home
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Kalkowski
ailed at the Louis Novak home
ruesday evening, April 2. Mrs
Novak's mother of Lincoln is
isiting them this week.
Wallace Courtney was a busi
less visitor in Lake Andes. S. D.,
he first of last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold France of
dinatare visited their parental
■'loyd France home this week.
August, Leo and Lawrence
■Calkowski were business visitors
n Niobrara Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. V. J. Koscan of
\noka visited at the Joseph Mi
•anek, sr., home Sunday, March
51. The women are sisters.
Mr and Mrs. Herman Schoch
rnmaier and family of Bonesteel.
5. D., and Mr. and Mrs. Dale
Barta and daughters of Verdel
,vere Sunday dinner guests at the
Albert Kalkowski home.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Spencer
if Rapid City, S. D.. are visiting
their daughters, Mrs. Veldon Let'
ind Mrs. Gene Harris, and their
families this week also other rel
atives.
The Vance Anderson family of
Butte were recent dinner guests
at the Thomas Shrunk home
south of town.
Mrs. Velma Micanek, teacher in
district 62, spent two nights at
the Beryl Moody home due to
the wintery weather.
Carl Weeder, Larry Halstead.
Rex Carson, Willis Elasser and
Gary Micanek went to O’Neill
early Sunday, April 7, and ac
companied the national guards to
Ashland, for a one-day target
practice.
Cecil Zink has spent the past
week visiting friends and rela
tives here before going to Man
hattan, Kans., to make his home
at the Alden Zink home.
Boyd county Catholic youths
were guests at Wagner, S. D., at
the Father De Smet council of
the Knights of Columbus Sunday
evening, April 7. Talks and dis
cussions on vacations for young
people stressing “The Married
State” and priestly and re
ligious vocations were features of
the evening’s entertainment.
Frank Weeder was a business
visitor in Butte Wednesday, Ap
ril 3.
Frank Matejcek of Verdel cal
led at Albert Kalkowski’s Wed
nesday, April 3.
Sunday, March 31 visitors at
the Edward Streit home were C.
L. Haselhorst, Mr. and Mrs.
Beryl Moody and family, also
Mr. and Mrs. Dale Audiss and
Dianne of Butte.
Mr. and Mrs. Lorie Micanek
and Mrs. C. L. Haselhorst spent
the weekend at the Herbert Ross
meier home in Sidney.
Veldon Lee returned home
from Wakefield Thursday eve
ning because work was curtailed
until weather conditions improv
ed. He left again Monday.
Evangelist meetings are being
held this week in the Seventh
Day Adventist church.
► Mr. and Mrs. Walter Spencer
left Saturday, April 6 for Spencer
to visit with their son, Dale, and
family before returning to their
home in Rapid City. S. D.
Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Haselhorst
and Mr. and Mrs. Beryl Moody
1 at the Melvin Haselhorst home
and family Spent Monday, April
in O'Neill.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Carsten of
Seottville moved into the Harris
residence, which they recently
purchased
Veldon Lee left Monday for
Wakefield Monday where he has
employment.
Mr and Mrs. Thomas Mueller
and Mr and Mrs. Jake Mueller
attended a school play at Creigh
ton Sunday afternoon and eve
ning. The men's sisters partici
pated m the play. Mrs. Frank
Weeder took care of the Mueller
children while they were gone.
The men’s sisters participated in
the play. Mrs. Frank Weeder took
care of the Mueller children
while they were gone.
Carl Nelson of Spencer was a
Lynch visitor Tuesday, April 2.
Mr. and Mrs. Glen Hull and
son Jerry were Verdigrc visitors
Sunday, March 31.
George Courtney was a Butte
caller one day last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Martin Jehorek
visited at the Jack Jehorek home
in Farwell Sunday, March 31.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Spencer of
Rapid City, S. D., were 6 o'clock
dinner guests at the Bill Stouffer
home Tuesday, April 2. Mrs. Vel
don Lee and sons were also
guests. Mr. Spencer is Mrs.
Stouffer’s brother.
Jimmy Lueken returned to his
base after a 10-day furlough with
home folks.
Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Nelson of
Verdigre attended the Harris sale
here recently.
Celia News
Mrs. Bertha Chaffin of Park
Dale, Ore., arrived April 1 by
bus for a visit with her son,
Leonard, and family. On Sunday,
the Chaffins and their guest
were dinner guests at the home
of Mrs. Chaffin’s parents, Mr.
and Mrs. J. B. Mellor of Atkin
son.
Dorothy Scott was a Sunday
dinner guest at the William Ma
loun home.
Mr. and Mrs. Duane Beck and
Sheryl were Sunday dinner
guests at the Le Roy Hoffman
home.
Glen Sorenson and Mr. and
Mrs. William Maloun and son
were Monday evening, April 1
visitors at the Orville Orr and
David Rahn homes.
Quite a number from the com
munity attended the spring mus
ical staged by the public high
'school in the school auditorium,
Monday evening, April 1.
Marvin Boeson, Atkinson high
coach, took Ronnie Frickel and
Vernon Anderson to Hastings
Saturday for the Hastings senior
career day meeting. They return
ed home that week.
Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Lange and
family were Monday evening vis
itors at the Hans Lauridsen home.
Mr. and Mrs. Milton McKath
nie and family were Sunday din
ner guests at the George Mintle
home.
Mr. and Mrs. John Sicheneder
and Gail were Friday evening
visitors at the Milton McKathnie
home.
Mr. and Mrs. Duane Beck and
Sheryl were Monday dinner
guests at the Wiliam Malouti
home.
Jim Lauridsen was a Sunday
dinner guest at the Hans Laurid
sen home.
Mr. and Mrs. Milton McKatto
nie and family were Tuesday
evening. April 2 supper guests at
the John Schwindt home
Alex Forsythe returned homo i
Tuesday, April 2. from a trip to
Iowa. He attended a Presbyterian
men’s meeting in Chicago, 111.,
and visited in Tennessee.
Buddy Focken, Patty Allyn
and Alex Forsythe were Tuesday:
evening, April 2. v isitors at the
Clarence Focken home.
Bonnie Frickel spent Tuesday,
with Peggy Armolil.
Mr. and Mrs. William Maloun
and Dorothy Scott were Saturday j
visitors at the Duane Beck home.
Dorothy Scott was a Saturday
dinner guest at the Beck home.
PURCHASE STORE
AMELIA—Mr. and Mrs. Al
fred James recently purchased
Charlie’s liquor store at Burv ell.
They expect to take possession
about May 1.
WINS $25 BON’D
Mrs Florence Peters of the
Gilligan Rexall Prug staff has
been awarded a $25 savings bond
by Rexall. She was a winner in
a Super Plenamins sales contest.
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