Prairieland I alk
Seasons—Symbolic of Human Life
By ROM AINK SAI'NIIKBS. 4110 South 5I*t St., Lincoln 6. Nchr
LINCOLN It's the twilight hour 01 r enruary
23 as I write.
Sat in the full glow of sunshine this afternoon
on the front veranda. The snows of winter gone,
a cardinal was perched out there in a treetop
pouring forth a song of welcome to the sunshine
and warmth of a February closing hour on prairie
land But before the golden
rod puts on summer's shining
coat, the prairie roses Hoorn
and the morning glories adorn
the wall days must come and
go and with them other win
ter h lasts.
Today is grand and we
know the things of life one day
until the next. A landscape
robed in green verdure and
tinted with floral bloom springs
from without the moving
scenes of nature as time Ramalne
wends its way onward. Sviimlers
Springtime's renewed life, the green of sum
mer, the brown of autumn, snows of winter sym
txjlic of human life, the joy of childhood, the bloom
of youth, mature years shaping human destiny, old
age crowned in snow white passing the days in
serenity that comes to the has beens.
• • •
Capital punishment Kill the killers. It has
evil- been the human tradition that the murderer
has fortified his right to life. Among the various
modes of "capital punishment” and human torchor
the ancient Persians crucified, men offenders hung
on the cross facing their persecutors, women their
fare toward the cross. The Hebrews were said
to recognize four forms of capital punishment,
stoning,* beheading, burning and strangling. The
Romans crucified, killed with the sword and spear,
laid the victims neck across a block and cut off
his head, and on holidays gathered at the arena to
see wild beasts eat human victims. Burning
at the stake, hanging and various forms of butch
ery, not alone for murder but if you had an idea,
a w'ay of life the bigots did not approve. In our
fair state you may think and talk and boast as
you please, and If convicted of a killing the worst
that awaits you is a seat in the electric chair.
* * *
Five-cent letter postage and eight for airmail
gets the ok of the senate committee. Write to your
friends and your sweetheart while you can save
two cents. . . Congressmen woo the favor of farm
and ranch men and ladies by demanding the re
tirement of Secretary Benson. Grain and livestock
prires have been at an all-time high during Mr.
Benson’s official career. When President Grover
Cleveland’s secretary of agriculture, Nebraska’s
J. Sterling Morton, held down that job and grain
and livestock prices were at an all-time low, no
one demanded a new secretary of agricuture. . .
They tell us it is “out of old Nebraska,” but should
they not say young Nebraska ? We were young then;
now we are old.
It is notea wan pleasure mat me train-saving
boys are not licked yet. As that organization is
headed by Holt county find adjacent county citi
zens, they by so doing perpetuate the tradition of
th community. For more than three-quarters of
a century' citizens in that greenrobed section of
prairieland have prolonged the struggle to get
what they wanted until victory was won. One
guess is that the railway passenger trains serv ing
North Nebraska are not so much lacking in public
patronage as being overstocked by railway union
bosses, their members riding from Omaha to
Chadron and back doing nothing much but draw
ing big pay. Railroad offirials don’t know how to
end it other than to discontinue the trains.
• • •
Prairieland patriots down in Custer county
j think a sales tax is the answer to the tax burdens
of the day. Property tax, poll tax, Income tax, au
tomobile tax, social security tax, luxury tax.
Cheering that our neighbors down in Custer like
it all so well that a sales tax gets a big boost right
where was born the populist party to set the coun
try straight on the highway to prosperity during
the 1890’s Somehow they missed the mark. But
things got going again in the American way as
they always have and no doubt Nebraskans will
survive with or without the sales tax.
• • •
A widow lady a block up tIn* street, owner
of some valuable properties and in need of noth
ing, accepted a call from an outstate city t« (each
in the public schools. The monthly pay eheck
of $-loo was sufficient inducement for the lady
to return to the work she had once been engaged
in. Four hundred a month—poor teachers! If
our pioneer $20-a-month teachers could know
it they might want to come forth from their
graves ami go buck to teaching.
* * *
Gerald M. Mullen of Omaha, a nephew of
O’Neill’s democratic war horse, the late Arthur F.
Mullen, is mentioned as a candidate for the dem
ocratic nomination for member of congress in the
Second Nebraska congressional district. His
uncle, Arthur F , was county attorney of Holt
county, later settling in Omaha and became na
tionally known as democratic national committee
man for Nebraska. He was offered a federal
judge seat by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, but
his aggressive makeup inspired him rather to con
tinue his course as the party war horse.
* * *
Will Lowrie, a dashing and cultured young
man, the focus of adoration of the girls in “his
crowd" something like a half-century ago in
O’Neill, is wintering with his wife in San Diego,
Calif., where they have a son living. Will’s home
is at l-ike Hubert, Minn., and in a recent letter
from him I learn that he and Mrs. Lovvrie are en
joying it in sun-warmed Southern California. They
plan to head for home when sunbeams warm the
waters of his Minnesota lake.
Editorial—
Another Side of Redistricting
Bill Cox, publisher of the Pierce County Lead
er and Wisner News-Chronicle, is author of thought
provoking and generally sound editorial comment
each week in his two newspapers.
Last week he discussed “Another Side of Re
districting”, which is entitled to some serious
thought by rural and town people alike.
The Cox editorial is reproduced below in full:
Much has lieen said "pro and con” about the
advantages and disadvantages of redistricting of
rural areas, but 99 percent of the talk has been
from the rural side of the question.
What about the towns—the towns where the
K-12 school is to be located?
Somebody has misconstrued redistricting into
a picture of a “bed of roses” for the towns and
nothing but “thorns” for the small district.
When you investigate the details the towns are
often going to lie the loser on redistricting.
Consider any single rural school district near
your town. The rural district may consist of as
little as 10 or 15 sections of land
So the small district decides to consolidate with
the town school. In effect, this imght be described
as forming a partnership.
Here are the rules of that “partnership” as
set forth by the state of Nebraska:
(1). The rural district becomes part owner,
without cost, of all the buildings owned by the town
district. This may have a net worth of $300,000 to
$500,000 or even more in a town of around 700 to
1,000 or more population.
(2) . Hie city district may be up to its neck in
debt for buildings and classroom improvements.
The new partner (the rural district) does not as
sume one cent of that debt. The rural district stu
dents enjoy the use of the new buildings but only
town people can pay on the debt.
(3) . A rural district valuation is so small com
pared to. the total valuation of the town district
that people in the city will not feel any relief in
the tax burden by consolidating with a single small
district.
It has already happened, and it will happen
again when you see town districts fight consolida
tion with rural school districts. The consolidation
of a single rural and a town school district is a fi
nancial loss for the town.
In this discussion there is one “forgotten per
son”—the student! Yes, there are advantages for
the youngsters in consolidation on an orderly man
ner but in Nebraska the word “redistricting” has
eliminated all thought of the student and the tax
payer has become the important person—at least
in the mind of the taxpayers.
Take just a moment to look at a situation in
Aurora. Several rural districts consolidated with
the Aurora city school district. The rural units
moved into the school in the city at “no cost”, then
a fire wiped out a town school and a vote of the
new consolidated district was needed to build a new
school structure.
Five elections have been held and every time
the bond issue of a new building has been defeat
ed. The rural vote plus a few city votes control
the city school. The city school district has lost
control of its own school district!
The rural areas receiver! a half million dollar
school plant “free” when they consolidated, but to
vote Kinds to build a new plant 15 to 20 miles from
the farmer’s home is another question.
Consolidation has two sides. It is well to look
carefully at Kith sides, the rural side and the city
side. . -
Immediate Savings
Seventy-seven percent of the 497 separate
recommendations of the Hoover commission have
been adopted in whole or in part. Since the com
mission presented its final report on June 30, 1955,
a total of 210 recommendations have been accept
ed wholly or with minor modification while 173
have been accepted partially or as to basic ob
jective. Not accepted were 79 recommendations.
Of the 383 recommendations accepted, 146 have
been implemented with 145 more in the process of
being placed in effect.
Some of these changes in government have
brought immediate savings The benefits from
others may not be fully apparent for several
years.
The aged Former Presdent Herbert Hoover
never accepted a cent in many years of distinguish
ed service, unlike Messrs. Roosevelt (a squire).
Tinman and Eisenhower. He was mistakingly
blamed for the great depression of a generation
ago, but history has vindicated most of his posi
i tions and now, in the twilight of his life, his true
greatness is being appreciated by more and more
people.
Except for his advanced years he is one who
could lead our nation out of fiscal depths and glo
bal confusion. To lie sure he would restore the
ship of state to a sane and reasonable course.
Governor Will Provide Leadership
Meeting in Omaha, the Nebraska Farmers
Union added more confusion to the state’s mixed
up tax picture. The group's legislative committee
went on record as opposed to both a combination
sales and income tax or a straight sales tax. The
group approved a straight income tax.
The important thing is that the action points out
the need for leadership in the state tax picture.
Farm, school, business and other groups have
been rather far apart in their separate thinking
on how the tax base should be broadened. It does
not look at this point as though any mutually satis
isfactory program could ever be attained.
It would seem that, with the interest evidenc
ed in the issue, Gov. Victor Anderson could provide
the leadership that is lacking in this field. A pro
gram from the governor to the legislature would
carry' with it the weight and influence of that of
! fice.
We feel that he will provide that leadership.
"Terrible Terry” Carpenter's inconsistent
views can be gotten along without.
In the small towns the horsedrawn village
dray was still one of the main means of delivery
| less than 30 years ago.
____
Ike says we might cut taxes if business gets
worse. But in our experience business never gets
that bad. 1
aSsSSF Frontier
CARROLL W. STEWART Editor and Publisher
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"Does This Me on I've Flunked?"
When You & I Were Young . . .
No More Help for
Distressed Dogs!
Art Chambers Learns
Hard Way
50 Years Ago
Frank P. Hunter of Star and
Carrie R. Carson of Dorsey took
out a license to wed. . . Dave
Moler, who is in the nursery busi
ness at Wayne, was in town get
ting orders from his friends. . .
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Coppoc of
Chambers honored their son and
his wife, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Cop
poc, who were married recently
in Valpariso. . . Art Chambers of
Atkinson has decided it doesn’t
pay to be kind to dogs in distress,
lie found one with its leg caught
in a fence. When he tried to free
the animal, the little pup would
not have any of it, but grabbed
his benefactor’s leg and held on.
Consequently, the doggie is dead
and Art is badly crippled and
swears vengenance to all dogs
hereafter found in distress.
20 Years Ago
Mrs. Mary Reider, mother of
J. B. O'Sullivan of O'Neill, died
in a Gregory, S. D. hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Murray were
honored at a farewell party. They
are leaving this locality. . . Mr.
and Mrs. John Vitt, who live
south of O'Neill, became the par
ents of a daughter. . . Dr. Charles
Archibald Tompkins, a native of
Inman, was recently mentioned
in Time magazine for applying
pectin to a badly mashed foot of
a child who had been run over.
Instead of amputating as was
thought necessary, the foot was
saved. Dr. Edith Haynes, a bac
teriologist. had conducted experi
ments with apples and pectin and
had announced favorable results.
Doctor Tompkins used her for
mula and succeeded.
10 Years Ago
John Hull, about 70, of Redbird,
fell on the ice near his cabin
and injured himself. Crawling,
he managed to get back to the
cabin and keep his fire going and
prepare some food Living alone,
he stayed this way for four days.
By chance two neighbors, Howard
Graham, and his father, Thomas,
heard his cries for help, as they
passed by. He was taken to the
home of a brother, Halsie Hull,
where he is being cared for. . .
Mrs. William Menish, known as
‘‘Grandma'' Menish, celebrated
her 99th birthday anniversary. . .
Deaths: Mrs. W. II Mclnemey
of Cheyenne, Wyo., formerly of
O'Neill: Rudolph Kramer. 69, of
Stuart.
One Year Ago
Mrs. Ada Cox celebrated her
92d birthday anniversary quietly
at her home in Chambers. . .
Deaths: Edward J. Matousek, 73,
of Atkinson; Robert J. Yantzie,
34. of O’Neill, father of two small
children; Clarence H. Johnson,
74, a resident of southeast of
Chambers; Elmer O. Frbseth, 57,
of Spencer. . . F. N. Cronin and
Ira H. Moss announced that they
would not be candidates for the
board of education. . . A Cham
ber of Commerce committee pre
sented a plan for redesignating the
streets of O’Neill to the city coun
cil.
ANNOUNCEMENT
Federal Land Bank
Interest Rate
REDUCED
from 5 Vi % to 5%
All Land Bank loans now
bearing 5Zi% also reduced
automatically to 5%.
Come in and talk with us
about a Federal Land Bank
loan on your land to:
Refinance Debts
Make Farm Improvements
Buy Land
Other Uses
Elkhorn Valley
National Farm Loan
Association
LYLE niF.RKS, Sec.
O’NEILL
Church Notes
METHODIST (Page-lnman)
Rev. Lisle E. Mewmaw, pastor
PAGE—
Thursday, March 6 (today):
Women’s Society o f Christian
Service all-day meeting with
study class on the Gospel of
Mark at 10 a.m, and covered dish
dinner at noon; junior choir, 4
p.m.
Third Sunday in Lent, March
9: Sunday-school, 10 a.m.; wor
ship, 11 a.m.; MYF, 7:30 p.m.;
young adult waffle supper and
meeting.
Monday, March 10: Commiss-;
ions will meet at 7:30 p m., fol
lowed by official board meeting.
Wednesday, March 12: Chancel
choir, 7:30 p.m.
March 16 to 20: Spiritual life
mission special lenten services.
Plan to attend.
March 24: Fourth Quarterly
conference.
INMAN—
Third Sunday in Lent, March 9:
Worship, 9:45 a.m.; Sunday
school, 10:45 a.m.
Wednesday, March 12: Choir!
practice, 7:30 p.m., and MYF.
Thursday, March 13: Women’s
Society of Christian Service
meeting, 2:30 p.m.; official board
meeting, 7:30 p.m.
March 23: Church-wide basket
fellowship supper, 6 p.m.; fol
lowed by fourlh quarterly con
ference.
FOR BOTH CHURCHES
March 6 & 7: West-half district
Bible conference sessions at 2:30
and 7:30 p.m. The afternoon ses
sions will be of special help for
Sunday-school teachers but
everyone is urged to attend every
session if possible.
Wednesday, March 12: Inter
parich prayer hour, 9 a.m. Read
John 3: 11-17.
March 17: Vacation church
school institute in O'Neill Metho
I dist church.
( ENTER UNION (O’Neill)
Rev. C. P. Turner, pastor
Sunday, March 9: Sunday
school, 10 a.m.; preaching ser
vice, 11 a.m.
Young people’s meeting at 7:30
in the evening; preaching ser
vice following young people’s
meeting.
Prayer meeting and Bible
study Will be in the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Clarence Ernst Wednes
day. March 12 at 8 p.m. You are
cordially invited to any and all
of these services.
FUEL GOSPEL (Butte)
Sunday, March 9: Sunday
school, 2 p.m.; worship. 3 p.m.
You are invited to come and wor
ship I he Lord with us and enjoy
these inspirational services and
our very fine quartette.
FULL GOSPEL (Ewing)
Sunday, March 9: Sunday
school, 10 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m.
We cordially invite you to attend
these services and hear the soul
stirring and soul-searching mes
sages of the full gospel.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Mlinar
were Feb. 23, guests of Mr. and
Mrs Leonard Larson of Clear
water. _
ROYAL THEATER
O’NEILL
Thurs. March 6
SAYONARA
Say "Sayonara” whenever you
say ‘good-bye” . . . write it on
your letters ... say It on the
phone. Once you’ve seen Sayon
ara you’ve seen the greatest!
Marlon Brando and an exquisite
new Japanese star in Sayonara.
Adults 90c; Children 25c
All children must have tickets
unless in arms
Fri.-Sat. March 7-8
CATTLE EMPIRE
Starring Joel McCrea, co-star
ring Gloria Talbot. Don Haggerty,
Phyllis Coates. When the West
rocked with the thunder of the
big cattle drives that carved a
nation out of the lawless wild.
Sun.-Mon.-Tues. March 9-10-11
He’s a sergeant's dilema . . .
A captain’s nightmare . . A gen
eral riot! Paramount presents
Jerry Lewis as
THE SAD SACK
Jerry’s wild and whacky in
khaki! A Hal Wallis production, j
Co-starring David Wayne, Phyllis i
Kirk. Peter Lorre. Joe Mantel], I
Gene Evans. Jerry joins the
comic groats! With this unforget
tably uproarious performance,
Jerry takes his place high among
the laugh-leaders of all time!
Matinee Saturday & Sunday 2:30
Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and
Friday and Saturday admission—
Adults 50c; Children under 12,
12c, Free If accompanied by par
ent. Wed., Thurs. Family nite,
family admitted for two adult
tickets.
Lion-Like Weather
Unlike February’s
DELOIT March is coming in
like a lion this Saturday morning.
March 1 Such a contrast to the
70 degree temoperatures the
community enjoyed last week
end, pros ing the adage there's all
kinds of weather in Nebraska. "If
you don't like the weather iu*rf
wait 15 minutes”.
Other Deloit News
Mrs. Myrtle Jewell and Mr.
and Mrs. Jack Jewell of Dallas,
S.D . were Sunday dinner guests
at the Ralph Tomajck home on
Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Johnny
Bauer and Mr. and Mrs. Rudy
Morow and family and Mr. and
Mrs. Wayne Donohoe of O'Neill
were afternoon guests.
M r s. Clark, 105 - years - old,
grandmother of Mrs. Alderson,
left the Alderson home on Tues
day, February 25 to visit rela
tives. Mrs. Clark was formerly
from Taylor. Mr. and Mrs. Aider
son moved from the Charles Mc
Donald home to near Mobridge,
S D. Their two sons will remain
until school is out.
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Knapp
moved to the Charles McDonald
farm this week from near Neligh.
Mr. and Mrs. Claude Elliott
and family are moving from the
Homer Stearns farm to a farm
near Orchard. Mr. and Mrs
Sammy Stearns and son of Nor
folk are moving to the Stearns
farm.
Charles McDonald, Mrs. Char
les Barlak and Mrs. Henry Rei
mer collected for the* "heart
fund” in this community last
week.
A number from here attended
the wedding of Lois Woeppel and
Donald Day at the Methodist I
church in Ewing. Don is the sonf
of Mr. and Mrs. Royvan Day who
live west of Deloit. Mr. and Mrs. i
Don Day will live on a ranch
north of O'NeiU. I
Mi’s. Verhune and 14-year-old t
son and the lk\n Spahn family
were guests of friends from Ger-i
many at O'Neill Sunday, Ft b
ruary 23.
Rev. and Mrs \V 11. Rt>ss of the'
Presbyterian church in Ewing
were calling on friends in this
communty on Tuesday, February
25.
Lieutenant Leonard L l.arson,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard
Larson of Anchorage, Alaska,
returned recently from Japan.
He hits recevied his honorable
discharge from the navy. He is
going to drive to Anchorage,
Alaska, He is a nephew of Mrs.
Henry Reimer.
Mr. and Mrs II. Reimer and
Eiayne w o r e Sunday dinner
guests at the Dun Larson home
in honor of Mrs. J. A. Larson of
Ewing who was celebrating her
birthday anniversary.
Several from here attended the
Anton Tom.iack funeral in O'Neill
on Friday morning.
I I Farm Bu reau
Delegats to D. C.
DEI.OIT Eleven Nebraska
Farm Bureau leaders left by aii
I for a three-day visit in Wash
ington to loam how congress
'.operates.
They represent seven counties
w h i e h achieved increases in
membership. Those from Wheel
or county were Mrs. Charles Bai
tak, west of Bartlett.
Mrs. Don Kellner visited her
mother. Mrs. Anna Pollock, in Ew
ing on Monday, February 24.
Walton, Wheeler
in Re-enlistments
M/Sgt. William (Hill* Cousins,
the army recruiting sergeant at
O'Neill, has announced the fol
lowing enlistments and ro-elist
ments in this area:
Roliert Lamont of Denby, S.D.,
for transportation corps (re-en
listment h
Lawrence Lev i of Gordon, for
signal technical school.
Lester Walton of O’Neill, for
ordinance corps tre-enlistment).
Sherman Wheeler of Long
Pine, for army engineers t ro-on
list month
O’NKII.I. LOCALS
Gene Clossoti, teacher in the
city school system at Irwin, la.,
spent the weekend here. Irwin is
located about 1*0 miles east of
Sioux City.
Paul Baker returned to Oma
ha Sunday afternoon after bring
ing his wife hen* to spend sever
al weeks with her grandmother,
Mrs. Mary Zastrow
Mr. and Mrs. Vorc Butler and
Mrs. Sophia Lashmett of New
port wore Saturday, Feb. 22,
guests of Mr. and Mrs. 1>. D. De
bolt.
Mrs. Mary MeCloud and 1’ C.
Donohoe visited their sisters, Mrs.
Margaret Agnes and Mrs Eliza
beth Grady in Norfolk on Sunday,
February 23.
Paul Shierk
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