Prairieland Talk—
4 Dorsey Men Sleep with Pigs
By BO MAINE SAUNDERS, 4110 South SUt St., Lincoln 6, Nebr.
LINCOLN Seventy years ago the day this is
produced on fhe typewriter the prairieland was
swept by the worst blizzard known to any of us.
Today rain falls on the Capital City. I missed be
ing caught on the road that day by a few minutes,
so survive to tell again the story.
Out of the scenes of death and desolation the
morning ;liter I think of one
amusing sight on the street in
O'Neill Con Keys came down
what is now Douglas street
from the east the morning of
the 13th, hitched iieside a horse
drawing a bobsled, Con hold
ing up his end of the neck
yoke. He had started from his
home the morning before with
team and bobsled headed for
a i>atch of timber near the riv
er for a load of wood.
The storm struck as Con
was by a vacant house and Saunders
there he holed up, taking his horses into the house
with him, stuck it out that day and night, one horse
"kicking the bucket" before morning When
morning came he hitched the one horse and him
self to the sled and headed for home. At the First
National bank comer a few guys looked amusedly
on as Con passed by.
Another scene that morning four nearly froz
en men from out Dorsey way pulled into town with
loads of hogs. Caught in the storm they had ar
ranged their wagons for windbreak and crawled In
with the pigs.
• • •
The two following short stories come from
Homer Cambell of Seattle, Wash., a pionter Holt
county lad in the long ago:
Dear Romaine: Recently you asked me to
relate for your Prairieland column, early-day
happenings in O’Neill or Holt county of which
I had knowledge.
H<tw about Hugh Gallagher’s experience
with the phantom colt? Hugh will be remem
bered by oldtimers as the tuba player in the
O’Neill Comet band (as it was called) along
about 1887 and afterward. His bread-and
butter job, however was working his farm
several miles northwest of O’Neill.
Driving home one evening in the twilight
of the late Indian summer, there appeared
out of nowhere a bay colt, trotting in pace
with the team, about 20 feet distant
Whereupon the horses shied off with a snort,
and broke into a run. Mysteriously, seconds
afterwards the apparition vanished and the
team settled into a trot.
Yes, something supernatural did happen
that evening on the drive home- something
which made Hugh jittery even to tell about it.
• • •
Bom on an island in the Adriatic sea, a speck
of land not shown on our maps, the son of enslav
ed parents among an enslaved human race, now
a stalwart man, an American citizen, a citizen of
the beautiful Capital City of the wonderland we
call Nebraska. Last night he stood before a vast
audience and told his story. As a child he with
his mother and sister took passage on an ocean
going steamer, sailed exit of Adriatic waters into the
Mediterranean and on to the Atlantic’s broad ex
panse. When land was seen in the distance all
on hoard crowded to the rails and exclaimed.
There it is! That is America, the land of free
people. Some shed tears of joy, leaving their na
tive land of enslaved humanity to become citizens
of the land of freedom. His father who had pre
viously corne across met them in New York. To
day the speaker, the former immigrant boy is a
clergyman filling a responsible position in the
church of his choice.
A longtime resident of Lincoln whom I had
known closed his eyes in the sleep of death and
friends looked for the last time on his lifeless form
as it luy straightened for the grave. Shortly be
fore the hand of death closed those eyes to open
no more. I had sat by his bedside, sensing that
toe more life was ebbing away. So another friend
that we had known is laid to rest in the grave.
The living know that they must die—the dead know
not anything. So reads the lines inspired by the
Author of life. So if you would touch the heart
throb of a fellow traveler down the road to the
abode of the dead lay a rose in his hand before
that cbbying tide of life goes out.
* • •
(’,mnt not that man a gentleman, though
graced with polished manners and friendly smile,
yet wanting sensibility, who needless gives a
dog a Met, who lays a destroying hand upon a
harmless creature of the wild or sets up nights
plotting against, his neighbor.
• • •
A farmer friend down within jumping distance
of Kansas has ‘‘hung up the shovel and the hoe,
taken down the fiddle and the bow. He quits farm
ing to sit on easy street. His shovel and hoe was
this modern farm equipment, it brought him $15,
000 at public sale. The only “livestock” seen about
his section of grain fields were 50 hens. The 50
brought $90 at the sale. He and his wife will
continue to live in their farm home, renting the
farm land to neighbors. And they can now take
off any day for California, Florida or South Polar
regions.
• • •
Friend Frank Nelson is a candidate for state
senator again and probably will be elected. The
senator has served in our legislative halls longer
than any ever elected from Holt county and doubt
less has found the senate chamber in our State
House of architecural grandeur an alluring place
in which to spend the winter, and put in a rap
when needed to head off some fool-liking legisla
tive proposal. If we both survive for another win
ter I will have the pleasure of grasping Frank’s
ample but toil worn hand again when Nebraska’s
statesmen come to town.
• • •
In the minds of O’Neill’s early settlers there
seemed to linger the possibility of Indian raids
Pat Biglin, a boy then, now years departed, who
shared pioneer life and slept with his father at
the time, was awakened one night by noise sug
gesting intermittent discharge of firearms in the
distance- pop. pop-pop, pop. There seemed no doubt
the Indians were coming. In panic he turned to
awaken his sleep-bound father, who was making
the pop, pop, pops when he opened his mouth to
breathe.
• • •
The January moon rides high in the western
heavens an hour before the dawn of another day.
Winter night on prairieland lighted with the gold
en glow of a full moon calls us to step out and
turn the gaze heavenward. And there the vision
of the night inspired the lines of the poet, and for
ever, and forever as long as the heart has pas
sions, as long as life has woes, the moon and its
broken reflection and its shadows shall appear as
the symbol of love in Heaven and its wavering
image here!
• • *
Lincoln, the Capital City of this beef state,
lias a furniture factory owned and operated and
promoted by Union college. Business Is good,
factory management reporting one month’s pro
ducing and sales exceeded $80,000. The factory
provides jobs for 100 students working their way
through college.
Editorial—
Ike Is Optimistic
(From Omaha World-Herald)
Rarely in recent months has President Eisen
hower l>oon more optimistic, than he was Monday
in outlining the country’s economic state.
The United States can lick the slump, he said.
It can meet the full cost of Russia’s new challenge.
It can point for "real economic growth.’’ And it
can do all of this "without inflation."
Americans can do all this, he went on, if bus
iness holds prices at levels warranted by costs and
labor keeps its demands within the limit of gains
realized through increased productivity As for
government's role, Mr. Eisenhower says his pol
icies will be shaped to foster the earliest possible
business recovery, but he did not say what the pol
icies would be.
The Associated Press noted that he did not
mention tax cuts, public works or deliberate defi
cits among the stimulants being considered and
the whole tone of his message indicated that he
was in fact relying on the free workings of the
enterprise system to put the country back on the
upgrade.
We wish the President had said that plainly
istead of implying it. But in any event, the mes
sage glowed with cheerfulness and an expectation
that the decline in business activity "need not be
prolonged.” If the President and congress do not
go riding off in all directions to bring about an up
turn by government fiat, we think time will vindi
cate that belief.
Let reverence for the law be breathed by
every mother to th leisping babe that prattles on
her lap; let it be taught in schools, seminaries and
colleges; let it be written in primers, spelling
books and almanacs; let it be preached from thi
pulpits and proclaimed in legislative halls and en
forced in courts of justice.—Abraham Lincoln.
There sometimes wants only a stroke of for
tune to discover numlx?rless latent good or bad
qualities, which would otherwise have been eter
nally concealed; as words written with a certain
liquor appear only when applied to the fire.
—Greville.
We look into the long avenue of the future and
see the good there is for each one of us to do, when
we realize after all what a beautiful thing it is to
work, and live, and be happy.—Robert Louis Ste
venson.
We never realized there were so many mili
tary experts in this country until the soviet Sput
niks were loosed.
Frontier
CARROLL W. STEWART, Editor and Publisher
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Ten Registered Shorthorn Cattle
to be sold at A1 Koenig farm sale
Monday, Jan. 27th
• Five cows, five-years-old, to start freshening last of
of March. All good milk cows.
• Four coming two-year-old heifers, to freshen this spring.
• One registered two-year-old Shorthorn bull.
Outstanding Shorthorn Cattle
John U. Connot
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Attend Funeral of
Sister-ln law at Tilden—
CHAMBERS—Mr. and Mrs. T.
E. Alderson went to Tilden Satur
day to attend the funeral of Mrs.
Guy Alderson, who died unex
pectedly Wednesday, January 15,
of a heart attack. She died in
Our Lady of Lourdes hospital at
Norfolk.
Mrs. Alderson, formerly Miss
Esther Wadsworth, taught in the
Valley Center school near Cham
bers many years ago, and also in
some of the surrounding com
munities. She is remembered by
many who met her when she and
her husband came to Chambers
on different occasions to attend
the fair.
Burial was at Stuart in the;
family plot in the cemetery there,
where her parents are buried.
She was a sister-in-law of T.
E Alderson of Chambers.
When You & I Were Young . . .
Bigler’s Hogs Hit
New High of $3.70
Charley’s Offering
Best of Winter
SO Year*. Ago
Henry J. Holden of Everett,
Wash., and Miss Clara Edith
Cans of Inman were married. . .
Directors of the O’Neill National
hank are: M Dowling. T R Pur
cell, T. H. Fowler, H. P. Dowling
and Jas F O'Donnell. . . Char
ley Bigler marketed a load of
hogs at Emmet He received
S3 70 per hundred, the high point
of the winter. . . Inez Murray and
John Cleary' were married . . . Mr.
McLeod, about 75, died of pneu
monia. His wife is ill with the
same affliction.
20 Years Ago
John Melvin was taken to the
hospital with pneumonia. . . Mrs.
Louisa Ann Errner, 79, died at
her home about 14 miles south of
O’Neill. . . "Slogum House”, by
Mari Sandoz, was banned from
libraries including O'Neill public
library. . . Brown-McDonad’s ad
vertised ladies' coats on sale for
$7 and ladies' hats for 25 cents.
Girls’ formals were on sale for
$1. . . Mrs. John Pruss of Pleas
ant Dale went to Ewing to see her
mother, who is very ill.
10 Years Ago
O’Neill’s first pre-fab house is
being erected on the outskirts of
O'Neill and is owned by Mr and
Mrs. Howard Holliday. . . Col
lier's magazine’s cover pictured
twins, Eleanore and Earlene Fer
guson of Sun Vallep, Ida., riding
on a sled. The little girls' daddy,
Earl Ferguson, is a nephew of
Mrs. T. D. Hutton and Mrs. E. E.
Hutton of Inman. . . Deaths: Al
bert A. Kaczor, 61, of Deloit; John
Rotherham, 80, w'ho died at the
home of his daughter. Mrs. Mi
chael M. Langan in O’Neill. . .
Neighbors of Vernon J. Davis of
Inman gathered at his place to
gather corn and saw' wood for
him. Mr. Davis has been in poor
health.
One Year Ago
Spencer celebrated the paying
off its mortgage on the public
school. . . The temperature got
to 16-below at Celia. It was too
cold to go any place, stited The
Frontier's correspondent, Mrs. O.
A. Hammerberg. . . Mr. and Mrs.
R. K. Platt of Chambers celebrat
ed their golden wedding anniver
sary with open house. . M. G.
Mckathnie, who lives 16 miles
from Atkinson, uncovered a "un
identifiable” snake. It had hiber
nated and almost came to life in
the warm office of The Frontier.
Dorsey News
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Brady, sr.,
were Thursday shoppers in O’
Neill.
Thomas Hiscocks and Gordon
Barta attended the sale near
Venus Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Merle Spangler
accompanied Mr. and Mrs. Wil
liam Deriekson to Norfolk Tues
day, January 14.
Veldon Pinkerman and Ken
Coventry were callers in this
community Friday.
John Deriekson was a business
caller at the Pat Osborn home
Friday.
Lorelle Pickering spent the
weekend with his folks and rela
tives returning to his work Sun
day.
Eddie Hrbek did trucking for
Bill Aim Monday.
The Dorsey Four have been
busy practicing for the dance at
Ash Grove, January 25.
Mr. and Mrs. Guy Hull and
Leroy were Sunday dinner guests
at-the Albert Carson home.
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Millard and
Linda were Sunday overnight
guests at the Osborn home.
Mr. and Mrs. John Babl and
children were callers at the Harry
Johnson home Monday.
Note Anniversary—
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Parker cele
brated their anniversary which
was Monday and her birthday on
Sunday by a surprise visit by their
children, Mr. and Mrs. Harlan
Parker of Butte, Mr. and Mrs.
Ben Oetter and a telephone call
from their son, Frank, in Seattle.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Morrow
spent the weekend in Ewing with
her parents. Mr. and Mrs. John
Bauer.
Money to Loan
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AUTOMOBILES
TRUCKS
TRACTORS
EQUIPMENT
FURNITURE
Central Finance
C. E. Jones, Manager
O’Neill Nebraska
For Auto Liability
& Property Damage
INSURANCE
Town 5-10-5 17.20; Farm, 13.60
Town 10-20-5 19.00; Farm, 15.00
Town 25-50-5 20.20; Farm, 16.00
Fire and Extended
Coverage
5 year Annual Pay Town Dwel
ling $2.60 per $1,000.00.
Farm; $8 00 per $1,000.00 first
year and $3.50 each subsequent
year. No renewals required.
See, Write or Phone
L. G. GILLESPIE
Insurance Agency
O’Neill Phone *18 ft 114
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Lift- of Momon . . . brought to mtooii.
Lindquists Are
Card Party Hosts
STAR—Mr. and Mrs. Nels Lin
quist entertained at a card party
Saturday evening at their home.
Those attending were Mr. and
Mrs. Ewalt Miller, Mr. and Mrs.
Ben Miller, Mr and Mrs. Bill
Hibbs, Mr and Mrs. Soren Soren
sen and family, Mr. and Mrs.
Lysle Johnson and family, Mr.
and Mrs. Clayton Nelson and fam
ily, Mr. and Mrs. Merle Spangler
and family and Mr. and Mrs. Al
bert Derickson and family.
High prize winners were Mrs
Bill Hibbs and Ben Miller. Second
high were Lysle Johnson and Mrs.
Soren Sorensen. Ewalt Miller won
the door prize. Lunch was served.
—
Other Star News
Miss Kay Hibbs of Norfolk
spent Thursday to Sunday with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bill
Hibbs, and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Ewalt Miller had
dinner with Mr. and Mrs. Gerald
Waring last Thursday. Mrs. Hattie
Boelter accompanied them there
to spend a few weeks.
CENTER UNION
C. P. Turner, minister
Sunday, January 26: Sunday
school, 10 a.m.; preaching ser
vice, 11 a.m.; young people meet
ing, 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, January 29: Pray
er meeting and Bible study, 8 p.
m., at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Otto Lorenz.
Frontier want ads don’t cost . .
they pay!
‘Ten Commandments'
Coming Next Month
The monumental dramatiza
tion of the life of Moses, Cecil B
DeMille’s production “The Ten
Commandments”, marks the first
time in film history a Biblical
story has l>een given the added
majesty and meaning of authentic
Biblical settings.
Scenes for the VistaVision,
Technicolor DeMille masterwork,
arriving February 5 at the Royal
: Theatre, were shot on a three
month location trip to Egypt by
DeMille, Charlton Heston and a
picked crew of technicians on the
very ground the Book of Exodus
describes.
The three-hour, 39-minute Par
amount film, which stars Charl
ton Heston, Yul Bryner, Anne
Baxter, Edward G. Robinson,
Yvonne De Carlo, Debra Paget
j and John Derek, along with a
j massive supporting cast of stars
and 25,000 extra, contains key
scenes made on the shores of the
Red Sea in Egypt, in the deserts j
of the Sinai Peninsula and on the |
slopes of Mount Sinai in the very
places where the Scriptures tell
i of Moses seeing the Burning Bush
and hearing the Voice of God.
The tremendous sets re-creat-!
ing the gates of the Pharaoh’s j
city, through which the great |
mass of Israelites pass in the Ex
odus scene screen history’s big
gest were built on ground Moses
walked as Prince of Egypt.
Andrew Ramold attended a
Standard Oil Co., meeting in Bas
sett Tuesday.
Munir Students
Going to Clink'—
The following O'Neill high
school students will attend band
clinic at Valentine, Monday, Janu
ary' 27:
Paula Reed, Ken Franklin,
John Kurtz, Yvonne Steele, Con
nie Morrow', Hob Kramer, Boh
Jenkins, Raymond Fox, Nancy
Wray, Diane Gillespie, Marion
Moseman.
Ghent Knepper, Terry Kurtz,
Doug Fredrichs, Larry Dawes,
Beverly BritteU, Gary Brewster.
Peggy Rakes, Steve Reynoldson,
Emerson Steele, Darrell Clyde.
Betty Schultz.
Dr. and Mrs. 11, D. Gildersleeve
spent last Thursday in Norfolk.
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Meadow Gold Plans
Intense lAuttpalgn—
A nationwide newspaper cam
paign has been scheduled for
January* and February by the
Meadow Gold ice cream division
of Beatrice Fouls Co., to intro
duct* cherry vanilla as special
flavor of the month.
Created for the important
"cherry" holidays. Including Val
entine's day ami Washington’s
birthday, the new flavor will be
featured in loth four-color and
black and white ads in 175 nevvs
pajvers across the country in Jan
uary and Februarv. Four-color
point-of-sale posters have been
distributed to support the cam
paign.
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5.99 - 7.77
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MEN’S 8-INCH
WORK SHOES
5.97 - 9.97
BOYS’ WELLINGTON
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4.99
WOMEN’S
LOAFERS
2.99 & 3.99
BIG BOYS’
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4.99
WOMEN’S
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2.99 & 3.99
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22 emergency stops from 60 mph —
and Buick's brakes still effective!
As a result of this grueling brake test, SCI stated:
"We find It the rule for Detroit sedans to brake
quite efficiently for the first few stops, but then they
deteriorate rapidly." But here's what happened in
the Buiek Cshtusy; 22 "crash stops"* were made from
60 MPH, and afterwards, the brakes were still fully
effective. Says SCI: "This was by far the most severe
test we ever have submitted a sedan's brakes to,
but after It was over the Buick's brakes functioned
perfectly ... Buick has done it, has achieved a
much better product, and has set a new standard of
brake quality for Detroit."
•"Crash Stop''— farteet fuff Pop potiible for
e ear traveling at a given spsecf.
Every window ol every Buiek ii safettNIplati GIom
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